<p>Several years ago, Berkeley had a cute ad with the words of alumni/author Joan Didion…I think she says it exactly right:</p>
<p>"I arrived at Berkeley at 18 with two new suitcases…, a yearning to be someone better and not the slightest business being there.</p>
<p>Yet, I loved it right away. What Berkeley offered me was infinite.</p>
<p>Without Berkeley, the world I know would have been…more ordered, less risky, but not the world I wanted. Not free. Not Berkeley. Not me."</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - [UC Berkeley] The Promise of Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rubcoXR3bGU&feature=related]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rubcoXR3bGU&feature=related)
If this link gets deleted, search “The Promise of Berkeley” on Youtube.</p>
<p>/thread</p>