Word: cal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...uninitiated Easterners the University of California at Berkeley usually glows with the promise of incessant sunshine and 17,000 tanned, wildly social collegiates. When compared to the slush of a Cambridge winter and the frequent dearth of "available" 'Cliffies, the Cal student does indeed lead a glamorous life. Yet it is the unfortunate plight of Berkeley students that intense social pressure deprives many of them of a full share of the advantages which are so glaringly available...
...ideal deteriorates, however, when we examine student groupings within these dorms. One sophomore, now living in a fraternity, noted that during his freshman year in a dorm he met very few people. He had come to Cal with several friends from high-school, and had been so overwhelmed by the size of his dorm that he rarely moved outside his small group...
...Many Cal students experience the same problem. One begins to realize that size is not only Cal's major feature but also its major problem. In addition to presenting a vast opportunity, the large, polymorphous student body can pose a frightful prospect of insecurity and alienation...
...Cal's cliquishness even thrives in its political groups. For example, Slate, the reasonably influential, peace-oriented student political party, has its own social gatherings, which draw a constant flock of distinctly "Slate-types." One sophomore commented that he had been deterred from joining Slate for fear of being "lost in the clique...
Another victim of the "groupiness" at Berkeley is the large colony of foreign students. Of the 2300 foreign students at Cal about 350 live in the huge International House. Despite an effort to mix them with Americans, most of the foreign students keep to their own nationality. The large block of Orientals, including 550 Chinese and Japanese citizens, is especially cohesive...