A recent inspection into the seismic safety of Units 1, 2 and 3 in April found four highrise buildings in each residence hall complex to be below standards held by the University of California. Read More…
Unit 2 residents reported a case of bedbug bites in Griffiths Hall last week, prompting campus officials to act fast in order to prevent the pests’ spread. On Tuesday, dogs trained to detect bedbugs sniffed out rooms on the eighth floor, the location of the latest outbreak. Heat treatment will Read More…
Students in the new Maximino Martinez Commons had to quickly adjust to concerns raised over the gender-specific bathrooms in the residence hall when they moved in last week. Read More…
In an effort to address the growing need for student housing under the constraints of continuing budget cuts for the university, UC Berkeley is considering private developers to oversee future housing projects. The first student housing project to be considered on campus for private and public collaboration is currently planned Read More…
Starting this fall, Golden Bear fans will have a new food provider to satisfy their game-time hunger during at-home sporting events. Cal Dining — the campus program that feeds the UC Berkeley community and students who live in the campus’s Residential and Student Service Programs — announced May 24 that Read More…
A number of peeping incidents have hit the UC Berkeley dormitories over the past few months, raising safety concerns among residents. At least five peeping incidents — mainly in Davidson and Cunningham Halls in Unit 2 — occurred between Feb. 16 and March 22 when several residents reported people peeping from Read More…
The UC Board of Regents will discuss the possibility of stabilizing and preventing an increase in student housing costs at UC Berkeley during the March 28 regents meeting. According to a meeting action item — which proposes restructuring the campus’s housing debt — campus housing amounts to 43 percent of a Read More…
The UC Berkeley Haas School of Business is planning a multi-million dollar expansion, which would provide for the construction of a new building and possibly allow for the growth of the school’s MBA program. The building project — which would allow for new classrooms and learning, among other possibilities — Read More…
UC Berkeley students can now apply to live in a new housing complex near People’s Park that is currently under construction and is expected to open in the fall. Maximino Martinez Commons, a complex built for 416 students, will offer priority to continuing sophomores and upper-division students and will open Read More…
When freshman Myles Blackwell arrived at Davidson Hall in Unit 2 on move-in day this semester, he did not expect his housing to be a large study lounge converted into a cramped bedroom for four students. “When we got here, the lounge was set up as a room with four Read More…
