Berkeley

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-05-08 09:55pm

I thought it was hysterical.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-05-08 10:33pm

Crayz9000 wrote:I don't know... Berkeley is the #3 tech campus in the United States, but I am not going near it with a ten-foot pole if I can help it. UC Santa Barbara is a bit tamer (although it does have a rep for being a party town).

Actually, I think that all of the UC campuses are nicer than Berkeley. Do you know that ONE FOURTH of all the tax dollars collected by the city go to homeless people?

In any case, the funniest comment I ever heard about Berkeley was from a Soviet comic who defected during the Cold War. He had this thick Soviet accent, and was up on stage saying. "Soviet Union and United States are not so different. In United States, you have city everyone make fun of... name of Berkeley. In Soviet Union, we have city everyone make fun of... name of Berkeley."

He was really funny.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-05-08 10:34pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
The Penultimate Ninja wrote:Be prepared for VERY hilly terrain.
Literally or figuratively?

Literally, yeah, Santa Barbara is far from being level. I've been up there a number of times already for other reasons.

Anyway, I've heard that most people who go into UCSB end up dropping out, because they party too much. I'm not that much of a party guy for starters, and at any rate I'd be transferring as either an undergraduate or a graduate, not going in as freshman.

In terms of hills, UCLA is the worst. It's a fifteen minute hike to and from the campus to the dorms, there.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-05-08 11:49pm

Master of Ossus wrote:
Crayz9000 wrote:I don't know... Berkeley is the #3 tech campus in the United States, but I am not going near it with a ten-foot pole if I can help it. UC Santa Barbara is a bit tamer (although it does have a rep for being a party town).
Actually, I think that all of the UC campuses are nicer than Berkeley. Do you know that ONE FOURTH of all the tax dollars collected by the city go to homeless people?

In any case, the funniest comment I ever heard about Berkeley was from a Soviet comic who defected during the Cold War. He had this thick Soviet accent, and was up on stage saying. "Soviet Union and United States are not so different. In United States, you have city everyone make fun of... name of Berkeley. In Soviet Union, we have city everyone make fun of... name of Berkeley."

He was really funny.

That would probably be Yakov Smirnoff.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-05-09 03:10am

Iceberg wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:Actually, I think that all of the UC campuses are nicer than Berkeley. Do you know that ONE FOURTH of all the tax dollars collected by the city go to homeless people?

In any case, the funniest comment I ever heard about Berkeley was from a Soviet comic who defected during the Cold War. He had this thick Soviet accent, and was up on stage saying. "Soviet Union and United States are not so different. In United States, you have city everyone make fun of... name of Berkeley. In Soviet Union, we have city everyone make fun of... name of Berkeley."

He was really funny.
That would probably be Yakov Smirnoff.

That would be my guess as well. He's a funny guy.