<p>Geez, Blue, that's rough. I'm a Cal grad (1980). My 25th reunion is coming up over Homecoming weekend. As much as I love UC Berkeley, the crazies on Telegraph are getting seriously aggressive. I know how to handle myself in Berkeley, but the last time I was on Telegraph, a homeless guy really scared me. </p>
<p>I was with my 6'4", 20-y/o nephew. This guy came out of nowhere and started screaming something at my nephew about the t-shirt he was wearing, which was innocuous and did not have anything controversial on it that could have been misinterpreted, by a sane person, anyway. He just got right in my nephew's face, and started screaming something about, "I dare you, you f#!#ing-F%#!" in relation to absolutely nothing we had said or done. We were just walking down the street, not making eye contact with crazies. </p>
<p>The guy came up behind us, and as soon as my nephew turned around to see who was screaming, the guy started waving his arms, and screaming more obscenities. My nephew who visiting from another state was so surprised that he just stood there in disbelief, and I had to physically take his arm and pull him away from the situation. The guy followed us for a few feet, and then, backed off.</p>
<p>I was a student during the Naked Guy era. He had something against clothing, I think it was a Freedom of Expression deal, so y'know, he just didn't wear any. Then, all of the copy cats started doing it, so on-campus security booted them off-campus. Then, the city got involved because the nekkies migrated to where else?...Telegraph Ave.</p>