As a freshman at UC Berkeley, Solange Etessami ’13 regaled her friends with tales of her high school cafeteria. For many of those students who had come from public high schools, the idea that a cafeteria...

By Allegra Tepper Shawn* Meet Shawn, a self-proclaimed "laid-back" senior who, like the other subjects of this story, will be sharing the trials and tribulations of his collegiate quest with Chronicle...