| Berkeley College | |
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| Motto | ? - |
| Named For | Reverend George Berkeley |
| Established | 1934 |
| Colors | Red, white |
| College Master | Marvin Chun |
| College Dean | Kevin Hicks |
| Undergraduates | 417 |
| Called | Berkeleyites/Thundercocks/Thunderchickens |
| Location | 205 Elm Street |
| Homepage | http://www.yale.edu/berkeley |
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Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, constructed in 1934. George Berkeley (ˈbɑrkli (12 March 1685 14 January 1753 also known as Bishop Berkeley, was a Philosopher. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The eighth of Yale's 12 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Reverend George Berkeley (1685-1753), dean of Derry and later bishop of Cloyne, in recognition of the assistance in land and books that he gave to Yale in the 18th century. George Berkeley (ˈbɑrkli (12 March 1685 14 January 1753 also known as Bishop Berkeley, was a Philosopher. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year There is also a village named Cloyne in Ontario, Canada. This article is about the town in the Republic of Ireland Cloyne It was renovated in 1998. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
One of its many fight songs is as follows: "Berkeley! Berkeley! All the Girls you want to Lay! Berkeley! Berkeley! All the Guys you want to Lay! Berkeley! Berkeley! EVERYONE you want to lay! GO Berkeley!" The chant rhymes because it uses the historically accurate pronunciation of George Berkeley's name ("Bark-lay").
Berkeley freshmen are housed in Vanderbilt Hall, named in honor of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Cornelius Vanderbilt ( May 27 1794 &ndash January 4 1877) also known by the Sobriquets The Commodore or Vanderbilt is home to the Vanderbilt Suite and includes Anderson Cooper among its alumni, though Cooper was actually a member of Trumbull College, which housed its freshmen there at the time. Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3 1967 is an American Emmy Award -winning Journalist, author and television personality Trumbull College is one of twelve undergraduate residential colleges of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Unique features
Berkeley is similar to other residential colleges, with its own gym, television room, and other amenities. It also has unique features:
- Bishop Berkeley Bagel and Beverage Bar: A place where students gather to watch movies, engage in fellowship, and eat freshly prepared food. It is a healthy version of a buttery. In the Middle Ages, a buttery was a storeroom for Liquor, the name being derived from the Latin and French words for Bottle or to The Bagel Bar was founded in the late 1980s by Richard Y. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) C. Lee (B. A. 1991) (fondly known as "Rch"), who later perished in the attack on the World Trade Center.
- The Thomas Mendenhall Game Room: A recreational room equipped with a pool table, a ping-pong table, and a free NBA Jam video arcade machine. Thomas Corwin Mendenhall II (born 10 July 1910 in Madison Wisconsin – died 18 July 1998 on Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts A billiard table or billiards table (or more specifically a pool table or snooker table) is a bounded table on which billiards-type games NBA Jam is a Basketball Arcade game developed by Midway in 1993. A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom in Japan or as an "arcade" is a venue where people play arcade video games This room is the setting for many late night and weekend hijinks.
- The Swiss Room: A private dining room in the dining hall. Transplanted piece by piece from Switzerland, this 16th-century wooden room is priceless, in part because it has been decorated with stained glass by G. Owen Bonawit. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation For the Blackford Oakes novel see Stained Glass (novel The term stained glass refers either to the material of coloured Glass or to the art G Owen Bonawit (1891–1971 is an artist whose studio created thousands of pieces of Stained glass iat Yale, Duke, and Northwestern universities
- The Berkeley Press: A complete, operational letterpress printshop, with a large powered platen press and precision Vandercook flatbed cylinder press, the Berekely Press occupies two rooms on the lower level. Students use it to produce their own books, broadsides, holiday cards and ephemera, and a regular Apprentice Course introduces newcomers into the 'Black Art'.
- The woodshop: A woodworking shop that is well-stocked with power tools and lumber. Woodworking is the process of building making or carving something using Wood. In addition to being the best woodshop on campus, a professional cabinetmaker comes to Berkeley most weekends to teach students the tricks of the trade.
- The tunnel: A sheltered passageway connecting Berkeley's two grand courts, North Court and South Court, which are divided by a grassy area in front of Yale's main library. It stands steps away from the Beinecke Library, the Commons, and the Old Campus. Yale University 's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (BRBL was a 1963 gift of the Beinecke family The tunnel features a variety of student murals on the walls and is a convenient pathway on those rainy or snowy days. There is also a rumor that it hosts a biannual tunnel-jousting competition.
- On the wall outside the Master's House that faces Sterling Memorial Library, there is a plaque stating that its location marks the house where Josiah Willard Gibbs used to live. Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale University, containing over 4 million volumes Josiah Willard Gibbs ( February 11, 1839 &ndash April 28, 1903) was an American theoretical Physicist, Chemist
Traditions
Annual traditions include the snowball fight (which pits North Court against South Court), GLO (a blacklight party), and the Bishop's Bash, which was founded in the spring of 2002 by Ben Reiter and Charles Finch - under the guidance of the Master's Office. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Its unofficial rivals are Trumbull and Calhoun Colleges. Trumbull College is one of twelve undergraduate residential colleges of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Calhoun College is a Residential college of Yale University. Early history In 1641 John Brockston established a farm on the plot of land that One college tradition is the "Berkeley Streak. " During the annual prospective student visit days, Berkeley students would streak from freshmen housing on old campus to Berkeley's North Court. Streaking is the act of taking off one's clothes and running naked through a public place The Streak has not happened since 1997, but will be revived in fall 2008 during freshman orientation week (Camp Yale).
Dining hall
Berkeley residents have the best dining hall at Yale; according to the Wall Street Journal [1], Berkeley has the best dining hall in the country. It was until 2006 the testing ground for an experimental organic food and sustainable produce dining plan overseen by celebrity chef Alice Waters. Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional Pesticides artificial Fertilizers In its strictest sense a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking Alice Louise Waters (born April 28 1944 in Chatham, New Jersey) one of the best-known and most influential American Chefs since the 1970s is credited Currently, the dining hall has joined the rest of the residential colleges in serving the same menu, thereby rescinding its unique status. It still remains an immensely popular place to eat, and this is largely due to its central location on campus.
Notable alumni
- Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International
- Jordana Brewster, actress
Trivia
- On the television show Gilmore Girls, Logan Huntzberger is a part of Berkeley College. Fareed Zakaria ( born January 20, 1964) is an India -born American Journalist, Author, and television host specializing Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. Jordana Brewster (born April 26, 1980) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in The Fast and the Furious, Gilmore Girls was an Emmy Award -winning Golden Globe -nominated American Comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino This is a list of characters for the Comedy-drama Television series Gilmore Girls. [2]
External links
| Residential Colleges of Yale University |
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