This week is perfect beach weather — scorching hot and not a cloud in the sky. Yet the campus is crawling with students with their noses in their books, whether Harry Potter or history. We set out to answer a burning question:
It's summer! What are you doing here?
| 'Unfortunately, I'm in summer school. I'm
taking Psych 101, which is a requirement for my major,
to get it over with. Everyone thinks it's an introductory
course but it isn't; it's an upper-level course that's
mostly statistics. But at least in the summer, a lot is
cut out
and we don't have to learn as much. After I'm done, I have
a trip planned to Maui for two weeks. That's my reward.'' —Rachel Stewart, fifth-year Psychology
major. Hometown: San Bruno, CA
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'I have to take summer school. I'm taking
Bio 1B and Math 16B, getting some of my requirements out
of the way so I can take more fun stuff during the semester.
Then I'll head home for a week before I have to be back
at school. They're a lot of work, but I'm happy doing it
now.' —Aaron Gacias, third-year
intended Molecular and Cell Biology major.
Hometown:
Los Angeles, CA |
| 'Pretty much like everyone else right now,
I'm in summer school. I'm taking MCB 102, trying to get
one of the harder requirements over with. Summer classes
have their pros and cons: they're good because you
have a lot more time to study, but they also go so much
faster. After my class is done, I'm just going to hang
out and do some of the things that I never have time to
do during the school year.' —Connie Chow, third-year Bioengineering
major. Hometown: Southern California.
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'Well, I'm just a Berkeley student temporarily — I'm
taking an improvisational theater class here during the
summer. I do a lot of performance as part of my musical
and storytelling pieces at CCAC [California College of
Arts and Crafts, in Oakland] and I'm using the class to
get training that CCAC doesn't offer yet. I wanted to see
what a more traditional
acting class could offer me, and it's been great.' —Michael Hays, fourth-year Film/Video Performance
major at CCAC |
| 'I'm taking Bio 1B and Asian American Studies
R2B classes in summer school, one for my prerequisite and
the other to fulfill a requirement. It's not very fun,
but I still have to take it even if I don't like it. So
I am doing them now so that I can take more upper-division
classes in the fall. I'll have one week before school starts
again to relax, and I think I'm just going to stay home.' —Amy Kwong, third-year intended
Earth & Planetary Science major. Hometown: San Francisco.
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'I'm here because I just got out of my cultural psychology
class, Psych 166. I'm getting my humanities requirement
out of the way. I like taking this class in the summer,
because it's shorter, more condensed, and I can really
concentrate on it without other classes distracting me.
I also like the more relaxed feeling on campus
— it's not as crowded and the weather is so nice.' —Rachel Melman, third-year Bioengineering
major. Hometown: Los Angeles, CA. |