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Chapter 1

Elements and energy that rewrote chemistry

Chapter 2

The spark of free speech and social change

Chapter 3

Campaniles, crypts, and campus lore

Chapter 4

The code and companies that built Silicon Valley

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Master of How UC Berkeley shook up science and society

Ch 3 · Campaniles, crypts, and campus lore
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ucberkeley The campus superstition of stepping on the Sproul Plaza stone seal.

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ucberkeley Sather Tower Fossils

Inside the Sather Tower where the carillon rings, Are tons of ice-age fossils and prehistoric wings.

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Berkeley’s bell tower houses over 20,000 fossils, including saber-toothed cats.

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ucberkeley UC Berkeley protects the secret identity of mascot Oski the Golden Bear.

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Stepping on the seal of bad luck

ucberkeley Stepping on the university seal on Sproul Plaza is rumored to ruin your GPA.

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Oski the Bear and the secret identity

ucberkeley Berkeley's beloved, slightly creepy mascot has kept his identity secret since 1941.

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Cal Curiosity Box
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ucberkeley Sort Berkeley's historic secrets and discoveries to learn how Cal shaped the modern world.

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Fun Fact

Falcon Cam: Sather Tower is home to a pair of peregrine falcons named Annie and Lou, who have their own 24/7 live-streamed nest camera.

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Glossary
campanile (noun)
A freestanding bell tower, especially one built near a church. Completed in 1915, Berkeley's landmark tower houses over 300,000 prehistoric fossils within its cool lower levels.

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Gossip

Would you wear the secret Oski mascot suit?

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Quiz

The fierce athletic rivalry between UC Berkeley and Stanford University centers around winning what physical trophy?

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ucberkeley Stanford and Cal students battle for the historic Stanford Axe trophy.

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In what year was the Stanford Axe first stolen by UC Berkeley students, sparking a decades-long tradition?

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ucberkeley Sather Tower houses a massive collection of prehistoric fossils

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What is the name of UC Berkeley's official costumed bear mascot, whose real identity is kept strictly secret?

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What stone object must UC Berkeley students touch to reverse the bad luck of stepping on the university seal?

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From which famous California fossil site did the prehistoric bones stored inside Berkeley's Campanile originate?

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According to campus superstition, what will happen to UC Berkeley students if they step on the stone university seal in Sproul Plaza?

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What is the popular name of Sather Tower, the iconic 307-foot clock tower on the UC Berkeley campus?

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What surprising items are stored on five floors of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower?

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