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UC Berkeley Campus Tour: World's Best Public University

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UC Berkeley Campus Tour: World's Best Public University

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right now we're walking to the southern

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gate the main entrance

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for uc berkeley oh wow

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we're now heading into the main library

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called the doe

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library they often say that library

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though

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inside of this library is the biggest

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reading room

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i have ever seen in any campus hall

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we've visited so far

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[Music]

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so now we're walking in the doe library

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this is the main library for uc berkeley

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students having just visited ucla i

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noticed a big shift in the student

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culture here at uc berkeley

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from balanced lifestyles to hardcore

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study culture

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it's only the beginning of semester but

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we could hardly find a spot

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in the library coming out of the doe

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library we can find

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the memorial glade this

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is where a lot of students just chill

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but right now it's under construction

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but usually it's really green grass

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and it's a nice picnic area study area

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reading area

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you name it so i met a new friend hi

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i'm anna damian this campus is

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really beautiful honestly when i first

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came to this campus i was shocked like i

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felt

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smarter just walking on campus oh this

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seal right here i'm going to show you

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guys

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this seal right here you guys cannot

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step on it don't step on it

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basically if you step on it that means

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you're not going to get a 4.0

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no so this

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is probably triggering a lot of uc

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berkeley students right now

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oh my god there we go the main reason

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why you don't get 4.0

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is because you don't study so i'm gonna

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study here

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well i'm studying this is literally

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triggering everyone that's walking past

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another study habit that you should

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incorporate into your life is sleeping

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so you know you should

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sleep more to get a 4.0

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[Music]

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another thing you should do if you want

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good grades is exercise regularly so

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that's what you should do instead of

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worrying about stepping on this seal

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right now we're in sprawl as you can see

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there's everyone

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walking around me the whole school is

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crowding around me right now

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because it's actually club day this is

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where all the clubs

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are coming out showing you what they're

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all about and trying to get you to sign

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up

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and that's a pretty cool part about uc

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berkeley because there's so many

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different clubs you can join

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there's one called the hyperloop club

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the underground tunnel with elon musk

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how cool is that

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and look at this okay because uc

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berkeley is located

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in san francisco home of tech you got

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all these inventions all over the place

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for example this is a

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robot that delivers food to you how cool

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is that

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because uc berkeley is so compact it

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feels like there's a lot of people and

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it's very crowded

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let's keep going and i'll show you one

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of the coolest hangout spots

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on uc berkeley campus this is ananya and

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she's going to take me

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to the coolest building at uc berkeley

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the cantonilly let's go up the elevator

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oh yo

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this looks so good oh

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man you get to see everything there's

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nothing blocking this campanile

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we're almost like in the clouds we're

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the same level as the clouds

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it's 307 feet and there's a huge bell

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here

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[Music]

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whoa it rings every hour but real people

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actually play as an instrument like

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three times a day

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how cool is that so this is berkeley

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right here

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and all the way into the distance in san

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francisco

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home of all the tech startups all right

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so right now we're in the student union

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part of uc berkeley

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all around me are activity centers so

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this one's called the martin luther king

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jr student center it has a cafe and the

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uc berkeley merch store

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over here is the escherman building

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which has a lot of dance studios and

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study spaces and right here is

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zellerbach hall

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this is home to the auditorium and a lot

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of performances

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are held here

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[Music]

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the thing about this space is that it

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houses a lot of activities so

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at night like usually around 10 p.m the

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dance club comes here to practice

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so you know you can get groovy if you

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want

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we were just randomly walking on campus

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and we

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found turkeys i think we know what we're

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eating for dinner tonight

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come on come on let's go you find a lot

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of crazy things

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on berkeley campus crazy people and

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turkeys

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now we're going to visit one of the

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nicest building on

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uc berkeley campus the true hall this is

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a part of the haas business school

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and it's where most of the business

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classes are my favorite

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i actually study marketing so this is my

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home

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there's an interesting thing about

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berkeley is that there's only

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handles on one side of the door it's

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because before

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there were protests where students

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locked both handles

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so teachers couldn't get out now they

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only have one handle so that won't ever

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happen again

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that's pretty cool learn from your

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mistakes

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now we're inside it's actually really

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nice there's a bunch of study area desks

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couches

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and we're about to go into one of the

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nicest classrooms i've ever

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seen on any campus hoss is on the newer

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side so it looks nicer classroom sizes

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usually range from like

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40 people or there's big lecture halls

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with like 200 people as you can see this

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classroom is

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equipped with all the learning

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essentials and the best part is

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they have a microphone for answering

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questions so people at the back can hear

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you

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i would love to study here it's just so

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new and it feels nice

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being in this environment i can take in

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a lot of information

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but where do you see berkeley students

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hang out

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when they're not in class

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let's go find out california

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memorial stadium go bears

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help me oh uc berkeley actually has a

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lot of

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places where you can chill and lie

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around but it also has a nice

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school culture right yeah definitely

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there's a bunch of interesting places

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with a lot of tradition

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and i think you can see behind us there

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is the 4.0 ball

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if you touch it you might get a 4.0 we

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stepped on the seal earlier

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now we're going to touch the 4.0 ball

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does that mean

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our grades just cancel out so as we walk

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down the roads of

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uc berkeley we can see uc berkeley

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really likes to study because they have

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10 libraries

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there is a bancroft library and behind

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me

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is the asian library and

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i think somewhere over there is the

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engineering library

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10 libraries just for one little campus

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that's insane

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so right now we're actually walking

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towards

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the best cafeteria on campus right

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yeah technically it is for students who

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are usually international

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but it's really good but this is the

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best part of this campus tour

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right beside me here are the frat houses

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there it's actually

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rush week right now so they're just

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chilling outside

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it's having the best time of their lives

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now we're gonna keep going to the

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cafeteria

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i'm so hungry dude that's a lot of

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walking

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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the food here is so good literally the

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cafeteria has everything

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they got like different

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yeah they got ice cream they got yogurt

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yeah yeah salad they got healthy options

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too that's really important for me

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they got kombucha on tap how cool is

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that

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and then they got some steak and chicken

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over here let's get that protein

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my name is hafu guo and i'll see you

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next time

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peace and because uc berkeley is open to

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anyone there's a lot of weird figures

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just walking around

Interactive Summary

This video offers a comprehensive tour of the UC Berkeley campus, highlighting its unique culture, academic intensity, and notable landmarks. The host explores key locations including the Doe Library, the Campanile, the Haas School of Business, and various student centers. Throughout the tour, the video showcases the university's vibrant student life, traditions—such as the warning against stepping on the campus seal—and the extensive resources available to students, including numerous libraries and diverse dining options.

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