Stories
| Meeting Christo | |
| Authored by: martih | Views 449 |
| The first time I met Christo was in the main floor of South Hall during student visit day. I was impressed by him but also most strikingly by his name. "Christo" was cool because it's the same as the uni-named artist, and "Sims" was really cool because that... View Story | |
| From: My First Time Meeting Christo | |
| Keeping One Day Ahead of the Students | |
| Authored by: doctor_bob | Views 619 |
| I've now taught about twenty courses at UC Berkeley in the 5 years since I supposedly "retired" from a successful decade working in Silicon Valley, but I will never forget the first course. I was asked by the Dean of what was then called the School of Information Management... View Story | |
| From: My First Time Teaching A Course | |
| Do people forget that I'm a girl? | |
| Authored by: lindsayT | Views 607 |
| Ever since my first year or so into my undergraduate engineering program, I seriously have come to believe that my classmates forget that I'm a girl. One of my friends Mark said he saw me as an asexual being and that it weirded him out to see me as... View Story | |
| From: My First Time Lying About My Pen Name | |
| The Presidential Push | |
| Authored by: sfmf | Views 769 |
| After every Olympics it's customary for the entire U.S Olympic team (all sports) to visit the White House in Washington D.C and take a picture with the President. In 1998, I was fortunate enough to compete in the sport of freestyle skiing in Nagano Japan and it was my honor... View Story | |
| From: My First Time Meeting A President | |