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International House Times 5 Milos Petrovich (IH 1999-02) e first time that I made a relationship with anybody who is disabled was with Victor and I didn't know how to handle him. I didn't know how to talk to him. I didn't know how to physically handle him. As a matter of fact he would ask me, "Lift me here, lift me there, can you help me brush my teeth?" or something and I thought to myself, "Now how do I do this without looking clumsy?" I was uncomfortable and the people who lived in I-House with us for those three years, I think were, for the first time, exposed to that. Victor Pineda* (IH 1999-02) I remember when I had no way to get from my wheelchair to my bed and I remember that I felt so stuck and alone but I could knock on Milos' door and he would be like, "Alright! Let's get you into bed." It became almost a regular routine that in the middle of the night, I would wake Milos up and so without even opening his eyes, in his pajamas he would just go across the hall and turn me around and go back. And it's that kind of friendship that makes you realize that you can do anything if you have a good person who's watching your back. And people like Milos and other people at I-House actually show me that I have so much to share with the world. *Read more about notable alum, Victor Pineda's appointment by President Barack Obama to the United States Access Board on page 15. Stories of Life Under the Dome Carol A. Snow (IH 1971-72) How else would a girl from the Orange County suburbs rub shoulders with Christian and Muslim Lebanese or go dancing in the Mission with a group of Latinos from south of the equator? Answer: dinner conversations nightly at I-House. Nothing was more real than living in I-House when East Pakistan became Bangladesh and being able to talk to students from both parts of the former Pakistan. Everyone should have this experience. And I so miss folk dancing with our dapper Austrian instructor! Victor Pineda* (IH 1999-02) and Milos Petrovich (IH 1999-02) From the 2015 I-House video: If These Old Walls Could Speak Paul E. Hockings (IH 1960) When I arrived at I-House from Canada in 1960, there was a young law student on the front steps greeting all the new arrivals and carrying their bags inside for them. He was the first American I got to know. His name was Jerry Brown (IH 1960-61). Newly arrived students from Asia were amazed, for it quickly became known that he was the California governor's son. "You would never see a governor's son carrying bags in India!" people said. Visit ihouse.berkeley.edu/stories to read more or submit your own story at ihalumni@berkeley.edu. Jerry Brown (IH 1960-61) with his father Governer Edmund G. "Pat" Brown in 1960 Photo: Associated Press

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