Thursday, August 07, 2003
Was this what Berkeley was like in the 60s? Wednesday morning powerwalked over to UChile to check out a class at 8:30 am...for which the prof didn´t show up. Fascinated myself with the huge murals of Che Guevara, MIR, and desaparecidos that graced the walls of the Facultad de Filosofia (home of their history department, interestingly enough). Then went home and slept til one and my PUC class. Afterwards, went back to UChile for a History of Rock class, that like the unfortunately L&A B-20 of last year, threatened to kill my interest in blues in the space of an hour.
Went back to UChile today, to the Social Sciences building, Social History of Latin America with this prof. Ran into the girlfriend of another WHRB guy, so when someone came in at the end of class to ask who supported the student strike next wednesday, and wanted volunteers for something the FECH was putting on, I wasn´t the only hand unraised (Apparently once there was a student strike for 6 weeks!). But all the buildings on campus have grafitti and murals (the new-looking SS building has Che too, inside).
There is a notable dearth of normal college ruled notebooks here. Also, legumes. Greens of any kind- all I´ve eaten/been served is lettuce. But there are empanadas, and real rice (almost like my mom´s, and really cooked unlike harvards) .
Oh, beware the italiano- tomatos, guacamole and mayo on a hot dog.
and I´m getting guitar lessons! from my host dad:-) I´ve even almost cut off my nails, which is a real sign of commitment, for me:-)
Went back to UChile today, to the Social Sciences building, Social History of Latin America with this prof. Ran into the girlfriend of another WHRB guy, so when someone came in at the end of class to ask who supported the student strike next wednesday, and wanted volunteers for something the FECH was putting on, I wasn´t the only hand unraised (Apparently once there was a student strike for 6 weeks!). But all the buildings on campus have grafitti and murals (the new-looking SS building has Che too, inside).
There is a notable dearth of normal college ruled notebooks here. Also, legumes. Greens of any kind- all I´ve eaten/been served is lettuce. But there are empanadas, and real rice (almost like my mom´s, and really cooked unlike harvards) .
Oh, beware the italiano- tomatos, guacamole and mayo on a hot dog.
and I´m getting guitar lessons! from my host dad:-) I´ve even almost cut off my nails, which is a real sign of commitment, for me:-)
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