I think the time gap between this post and the last post is the longest such gap this blog has ever seen.
Many things have occurred since the last post, and most of them have been keeping me very busy. Here’s some of the important stuff:
I moved back into the dorms. This will be the first [...]
Today, I selected my dorm room for next year at the Berkeley Housing and Dining Room Draw. I’ll be living in Foothill Hillside 7A30A with a (currently) freshman Chemistry major.
It’ll be interesting living in a Foothill Hillside double — I’ve lived in a Bowles Hall single for the past two years. I’ve loved Bowles Hall [...]
I got this email today:
Dear Bowles Resident:
All current Bowles Hall residents who have applied for a 2005-06 housing contract and indicated a preference to return to Bowles Hall next year will not be able to return to Bowles.
Next year, Bowles Hall has been identified as a First Year Experience (for freshmen only) pilot program. [...]
Since Bowles Hall is an all-male dormitory, you can imagine that quite a bit of drinking goes on here. As with anything else that happens in Bowles Hall, the Residential Assistants usually adopt a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy - in other words, as long as you don’t gravely harm yourself or any of your [...]
This is my second year living in UC Berkeley’s oldest dormitory: Bowles Hall. After the wild adventure that was last year, the administration has decided to crack down on many of our “traditions.” In the interest of preserving them for future Bowlesmen, I’ve decided to make occasional posts about “Bowles Hall Culture.”
This first post is [...]