Berkeley

Berkeley
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Site Information
College	University of California, Berkeley
Location	Berkeley, California
Years of Operation	2010-present
Avg. Number of Students	95
Courses Offered
Service, Leadership & Community Transformation - Civic Leadership Institute (LEAD)
Canon
All of Me | Stairway to Heaven | American Pie | Where Is The Love
Site Specifics
See The Essential CTY for cross-site articles.

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Berkeley is the CTY-CLI site which was created in 2010, when the San Francisco site was closed. It is for predominantly for students who have aged out of 'Regular CTY' programs (as they are known there) - students finishing 10th-12th grade. The site runs during session 2 only, as session 1 is at the Peabody campus of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. The site is located just outside the main campus of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Unit 3 Residence halls. The code for the site is BRK.

As the site is CTY-CLI, the only 'course' offered is in Service, Leadership & Community Transformation.

Only about half of the students at this site each year have previously attended a CTY session, but traditions at this site are introduced to (and usually accepted by) all the students.

Dorms

Ida Sproul, Unit 3 Residence halls.
3rd floor is used for the office and admin; boys are on 4th and 5th; girls on 6th and 7th; instructors, TAs and Admins on 8th.

Course

The Civic Leadership Institute course is a Service Learning course organised by the Civic Education Project, which is run by Northwestern University.
A detailed course description can be found on the course page: Service, Leadership & Community Transformation. Specifics to the Berkeley site are below.

Field Experiences

Current affiliations with organisations in the local community are:
Boys and Girls Club
Glide
Ebase
Coalition On Homelessness
Alemany Farm
Womens' Day Center
Quesada Gardens
Literacy for Enviromental Justice
Death Penalty Focus

Change The World Talks

Change The World talks are talks creatd by the staff, it can be an RA, TA or Instructor. This talks take place at the Geneva Hall (same building were you take classes) and you will receive a sheet in which they explain you which talk will take place and which classroom. Each talk lasted 25 minutes in 2015 and for each 25 minutes you have 5 options of talks to attend. This last from 7:00 pm till 8:25pm and after the talk you go to your classroom and share you experience.

Student Life

Activities

One activity period is offered each day (equivalent to a daily activity), lasting roughly 1.5hrs. There are usually 4-5 choices plus the option of signing in or out.

Signing in and out

Students are given the option to sign out with a buddy to roam the Berkeley In Bounds areas, or to sign in and stay within the Residence In Bounds areas.
During the first week, they may do this once between Tuesday and Thursday, and signing in or out is mandatory on Friday.
During the second week students may sign in or out twice between Monday and Thursday, and Friday is compulsory.
During the last week, students may sign in or out once between Monday and Wednesday, and Thursday is compulsory.

Dances

The dances have refreshments. These usually consist of chips, sprite, soda, diet soda, and water. This is a very nice change from most regular CTY dances, which only have a water fountain.
The atmosphere is relaxed compared to regular CTY dances - young adults are left to be young adults (no flashlights).
Also, in 2015 they offered no only chips and soda they also offered PIZZA in all of the three dances!
In 2015, the dances lasted 2 hours (8pm-10pm), but at the last dance even though it lasted two hours, after the dance you had the option to stay in social time and have smores at a "bonfire".

Canon

The last four songs are Cupid Shuffle, Stairway to Heaven, American Pie and Where is the Love. This new tradition at BRK, to play Where is the Love after American Pie, was introduced so that students who had previously attended regular CTY could experience a change. It has so far proven very popular.
In 2015 they only played Where is the Love last on the first dance but in the 2nd and 3rd dance they played it after Stairway to Heaven and before American Pie.

Sleepovers

In 2014, the original plan was for sleepovers to be allowed to boys on the second Friday and to girls on the second Saturday (same floor only). However, soon after this was announced, the girls petitioned successfully for both boys and girls to be allowed sleepovers on the second Friday and Saturday (same restrictions applying).
Sleepovers are also allowed on the last night (third thursday), under the same previous conditions, and as long as mattresses are returned to their original rooms before 8am, when rooms are returned.
In 2015, sleepovers were only allowed Saturday nights and for the last night (last thursday) sleepovers were not allowed.

Traditions

There are a few, increasing each year.
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Canon

Lovetape day

This was first brought to Berkeley in 2014, and was held on the second Thursday. This is because it was decided that it would be during the middle of the second week, but there was a speaker on Tuesday, rendering it inappropriate for students to be covered in tape; and there was a field experience on Wednesday, hence the same problem.
In 2015, there was a spirit week, which was held on the last week (monday: pajama day, tuesday: twin day, wednesday: nothing because of field experience and thursday: LOVE TAPE DAY)

Grass Orgies (grorgies)

This is not usually possible in the normal in-bounds areas, however on some activities and when walking to the BART station students will walk through the university campus, where grass orgies are possible.

Passionfruit

In 2015, it was held in front of the Campanile (Sather Tower) and it was from 5:30am-6:30am.

Giggly Soup (GS-CLI)

GS-CLI

Name

Mr Chris Worthington, the third speaker at BRK.14, explained how he and his partner were affectionately named the 'Giggly Soup Twins' by his passing father.

Aim

To express gratitude openly and freely.

Instructions

1) Write a note to anyone in CLI (can be students or staff), to express gratitude, admiration, appreciation or just all round good vibes.
2) It must be anonymous (don't sign your name).
3) Drop it in one of the mailboxes on the 3rd floor and an RA will deliver the note.
4) Rinse, and repeat.

Students

Order by year attended, and then alphabetically by surname please.