Reading Roundup: In Search of Truth, and Other News
Introducing: Berkeley’s first basic needs manager
Posted on September 14, 2018 - 2:14pm
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Our House: Chaos and Creation in the Berkeley Student Cooperative
In the Winter of 1979, the residents of Barrington Hall built a stage on the ground floor of their home, opposite the entrance to the dining room. With only about eight feet between the linoleum floor and the concrete ceiling, the stage couldn’t be taller than seven or eight inches. But it was tall enough—upon it, the legendary Berkeley cooperative hosted legions of punk rock and funk metal bands, both famous and forgotten. Everybody played there over the years, from Black Flag to Primus.
From the Spring 2017 Virtue and Vice issue of California.
Bowles of Yore’s Coming Back—With Wi-Fi, a Co-Ed Drinking Song and a Funky Monkey Tiki
The re-birth of Bowles Hall is so far proceeding on schedule and on budget. And might include a monkey tiki.
The $40 million renovation of the iconic, 1929 dormitory has been moving forward at a rapid clip since UC Berkeley OK’d the project in July, transferring its ownership to a non-profit run by Bowles alumni. Scaffolding now covers the castle-like exterior, and work crews are busy restoring the ornate dining commons, grand staircase and more than 110 student rooms.
Posted on October 20, 2015 - 4:48pm
Crammed into Berkeley’s Housing Zone, Students Get Creative—and Desperate
The stereotypical student has long had a meager existence—subsisting on rice and pasta, living on the cheap in order to binge on swanky textbooks later. But for students in Berkeley, the most expensive U.S. college town according to Realtor.com, finding a place to live in a highly competitive rental market requires particular creativity.
Posted on October 13, 2015 - 12:35pm
