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Caltopia

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Were you a winner in our Caltopia raffle?

Avatar photo by Lance Knobel Aug. 24, 2011, 2:15 p.m.October 4, 2022

Baskets filled to the brim with gift certificates and pizza for a year from La Val’s Baskets filled to the brim with gift certificates and pizza for a year from La Val’s The two days of Caltopia were quite a whirl for students, faculty and staff, as well as for exhibitors like Berkeleyside. From the […]

Posted inBerkeleyside, Schools

Thousands of Cal students, staff flock to Caltopia

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor Aug. 22, 2011, 10:37 a.m.October 4, 2022

Students new and old come out in droves for the community-boosting swag-fest that is Caltopia. Find Berkeleyside at booth E104 UC Berkeley freshmen, some looking dazed, others excited, as well as more blasé seniors, turned out in their thousands on Sunday for Day One of Caltopia, the self-described “two greatest days on the planet”. The […]

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UC Berkeley’s Caltopia: The ultimate Town & Gown affair

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor Aug. 18, 2011, 11:30 a.m.October 4, 2022

This weekend, when around 30,000 students and faculty stroll through Caltopia, browsing the booths of more than 100 exhibitors, Berkeley’s two driving forces, the city and its university, will be pitched in perfect harmony. And Berkeleyside will be there to sing along too. Caltopia was launched nine years ago as a way for Berkeley businesses […]

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Caltopia: two days of college lifestyle coming our way

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor Aug. 20, 2010, 4:16 p.m.October 4, 2022

If the “largest experiential college lifestyle festival in the nation” was happening on your doorstep, you might want to check it out, right? Well it is. Student festival Caltopia takes place on Sunday 22 and Monday 23 August at the UC Berkeley campus and, although it may not live up to its promise of being “the […]

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Fleur de sel caramel or death by chocolate?

Avatar photo by Tracey Taylor Jan. 07, 2010, 7:50 a.m.October 4, 2022

Cupkates, Berkeleyside’s favorite cupcake truck, is inviting its customers to select its next new cupcake flavor. As Cupkates owner Kate McEachern puts it: “We aim to please. So, we’re letting you elect the next flavor. Submit your entries and I’ll put the top three to a vote. The winner gets a free dozen of his/her creation.” […]

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