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Watch new students form giant ‘150’ at Bear Affair

Thousands of new students came together at California Memorial Stadium last night to form a giant "150" on the field as part of the weeklong Golden Bear Orientation

By Public Affairs

thousands of new students form a giant — Thousands of new Berkeley students formed a giant "150" on the field of the California Memorial Stadium to celebrate the campus's sesquicentennial at GBO event, Bear Affair Wednesday night. (UC Berkeley drone photo by Doug Wilson)

August 16, 2018

As part of UC Berkeley’s Golden Bear Orientation (GBO), a week of training sessions, ice breakers, tours and academic programming, thousands of new students gathered at California Memorial Stadium last night to form a giant “150,” to celebrate the campus’s sesquicentennial. (Watch the video below.)

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Time lapse video shows thousands of new students forming a giant “150” at California Memorial Stadium Wednesday night. (UC Berkeley video by Claudio Brescia)