<p>If there's a voting for Berkeley's most famous alumnus/alumna, who are you going to vote for?</p>
<p>im gonna go with the Woz.</p>
<p>lol go take which famous berkeley alumni are you</p>
<p>Jason Kidd. Even though I’ve never heard him speak of Cal. Ever. lmao
That or Natalie Coughlin cuz she’s hot.</p>
<p>Triangle man.</p>
<p>william hung</p>
<p>Steve Chu from MCB and Physics is pretty big. He is the energy secretary.</p>
<p>There’s an old video on YouTube in which Jason Kidd gave reasons for why he chose cal</p>
<p>Tom Anderson. Hey, he was everyone’s friend on myspace.</p>
<p>Ah man, I just wiki’d William Hung and I’m sad that he dropped out of Cal. He was going to be a Civil Engineer too; I wonder what happened.</p>
<p>I mean, if he was an aspiring engineer at Cal, he must have had the sense to realize that he didn’t have musical talent. It seems odd to me that someone at Cal, even those in the lowest percentile, would just drop his or her academic career to pursue a dream he or she has no chance of having long term success in.</p>
<p>Yes, because William Hung was smart, he had the sense to drop out to pursue a dream that would reap more money than he would ever make as an engineer. Plus, he could go back to school if he wanted. But for now, he’s a millionaire, the world knows his name, and he’s probably financially set for life. I’m sure he was loving what he was doing. He’s recorded an album, been in movies, commercials, TV shows, high-profile interviews, etc …it sure beats slaving away at school.</p>
<p>He’s still being laughed at. Not to mention that he looks like he has an extra 21st chromosome.</p>
<p>trisomy 21 chromosomes = down syndrome!
lol sorry genetics class.</p>
<p>Darn, I should be the next William Hung then. Screw engineering, I’m dropping out and auditioning for American Idol!</p>
<p>“But for now, he’s a millionaire, the world knows his name, and he’s probably financially set for life.”</p>
<p>I don’t know about that claim. </p>
<p>If you look into what movies he’s done after his rise to fame in the mid 2000s on IMDB, you can see he is all but reaping the benefits. The first movie, Where’s Mama’s Boy?, was a box office flop and has dismally low ratings. The second movie he was in, Chinaman’s Chance, Hung was just an obscure secondary role. </p>
<p>As for his music career, the only album that has had any mainstream success was his debut album, Inspiration, which sold 990,000 copies. But arguably, the only reason it sold that well was because of Hung’s quick rise to fame, a passing gimmick that people thought was funny for maybe a few months. Let’s be honest, after the joke got old, he ceased to be funny or to be even considered a form of talent. </p>
<p>Sure he’s had many instances of being in commercials, in TV show cameos, and interviews, but that only went as far as his initial five minutes of fame. </p>
<p>William Hung should have realized his claim to fame was not going to last much longer than a few months, maybe a year. The nature of his popularity was not of admiration or respect for his work, but as a quick joke, something that was never meant to be taken seriously.</p>
<p>Millions? Set for life? Why then has he gone back to community college after just a few short years? I think it is not because he has an intense interest in getting back into academics for the its own sake, but because he needs a new form of income, one independent from his minutes in the limelight a short 4 years ago.</p>
<p>If you can look like william hung you are set</p>
<p>if you mean set as in set sail for fail, then you, sir, are correct!</p>
<p>what about the most famous politician who have sat foot on Berkeley?</p>
<p>If you’re talking about literally setting foot, there’s Al Gore from last week, and the Dalai Lama, if you consider him a political figure, from last weekend…</p>
<p>Series of text messages to my boyfriend:</p>
<p>Me: Yay, I aced my midterm.
Me: Also, Al Gore is here.</p>
<p>Him: Wth?</p>