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Berkeley to-do!

1. Common Grounds

6.4
Dwinelle Hall - UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Coffee Shop · University of California-Berkeley · 5 tips and reviews

CalCal: You have reached the cafe oasis! Enjoy, earn XP, and be on your way navigating through the world that is Dwinelle Hall.

2. International House

2299 Piedmont Ave (UC Berkeley), Berkeley, CA
College Residence Hall · 10 tips and reviews

CalCal: John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates $1.75 million for the purchase of land for and construction of International House, which opens in 1930.

3. International House

2299 Piedmont Ave (UC Berkeley), Berkeley, CA
College Residence Hall · 10 tips and reviews

CalCal: What do Jerry Brown, Google's Eric Schmidt, and the Crown Prince of Norway have in common? They all lived at I-House Berkeley! Read more.

4. Cal 1 Card Office

180 Cesar Chavez Ctr (Lower Sproul Plaza), Berkeley, CA
Office · University of California-Berkeley · 3 tips and reviews

CalCal: Cal 1 card = Cal campus ID card Read more.

5. Cal Student Store

7.4
2495 Bancroft Way (at Sather Ln), Berkeley, CA
College Bookstore · Southside · 16 tips and reviews

CalCal: Imagine Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, only replace Charlie with Oski and candy with Cal gear. Mmm, sweet! Read more.

6. LeConte Hall

U C Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Berkeley, CA
College Classroom · University of California-Berkeley · 4 tips and reviews

CalCal: This building was named after Joseph LeConte, Cal's first professor of geology, natural history, and botany. He, along with John Muir, was one of the founders of the Sierra Club in 1892.

7. University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA (Bancroft Way), Berkeley, CA
University · University of California-Berkeley · 77 tips and reviews

CalCal: Sixty-five Nobel Laureates have been university faculty, alumni, or researchers. Look for the blue signs at campus parking spaces reserved for the Laureates. Get more tips. Follow Cal on Foursquare! Read more.

8. Free Speech Movement Cafe

7.8
Doe Library (Wickson Rd), Berkeley, CA
Café · University of California-Berkeley · 20 tips and reviews

CalCal: What was the FSM? Stop in the cafe, grab a bite to eat, learn about the free speech movement, and increase your Cal street cred! Read more.

9. Doe Library

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
College Library · University of California-Berkeley · 12 tips and reviews

CalCal: A bronze sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena looks down on visitors coming through Doe Library's north entrance. Read more.

10. UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive

2626 Bancroft Way (btwn Oxford St & Shattuck Ave), Berkeley, CA
Art Museum · Southside · 11 tips and reviews

CalCal: In 1968, German expressionist painter Hans Hofmann makes a gift of paintings and funds to help launch the University Art Museum, today the Berkeley Art Museum.

Campanile (Sather Tower) is one of Berkeley to-do!.

11. Campanile (Sather Tower)

9.3
Campanile Esplanade, Berkeley, CA
Scenic Lookout · University of California-Berkeley · 18 tips and reviews

CalCal: The Campanile is home to the 10,500 pound Great Bear Bell, which has the image of young bears and the constellation Ursa Major. The bell tolls on the hour and was a gift of Evelyn and Jerry Chambers.