A guide to residence halls from a freshman who’s never set foot on campus
Ryan Kendrick/Staff
To be honest, though, as a freshman who has yet to step foot on campus, I don’t really know anything about UC Berkeley’s residence halls.
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UC Berkeley opens walk-through testing site at Underhill Parking Garage
Beginning Thursday, UC Berkeley students living in the residence halls can walk to Underhill Parking Garage for their mandatory twice a week COVID-19 surveillance testing.
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Students living in UC Berkeley housing consolidated to fewer buildings
Students living in residence halls on campus are being consolidated into fewer buildings to better utilize resources in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UC Berkeley to possibly consolidate students living in campus housing
In an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, UC Berkeley is looking to consolidate students within campus housing while promoting social distancing and community.
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An ode to the broken elevator in my dorm
If you’ve lived in the dorms — specifically in Units 1, 2 or 3 — you’ve probably experienced your elevator breaking down at some point.
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A day of ups and downs: Spending an entire day in a Unit 2 elevator
To better understand elevator culture, I need to be in one for more than just a few minutes. So, that’s why I decided to spend an entire day in an elevator.
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Which UC Berkeley residence hall are you?
We all know that each of the residence halls have extremely distinct personalities, and we can’t help but relate the hall to the people living in them.
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Shower stalls are steamy
Sex on Tuesday
The residence halls, as you will soon discover, are simmering cesspools of teens living on top of one another, complete with clogged bathrooms, unwashed sheets and the lingering smell of weed. Such an environment makes for prime seduction — no joke, I found my first two serious boyfriends in campus housing. When you are crammed in with a bunch of people your age, there will always be that smoking hot person you eventually pursue.
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An open letter to Blackwell: You’re really not all that
Oh, Blackwell, you are the life we wish we had. You are the wind beneath our wings. You are the building we walk by just to get a peep inside. Most importantly, though, you’re an inefficient use of resources.
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A brief history of campus-supplied student housing — and lack thereof
On Charter Day, March 23, 1868, Berkeley didn’t offer student housing since California state codes prohibited the existence of dormitories on college campuses
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