The Daily Clog » Bowles Hall http://clog.dailycal.org A Cal blog brought to you by The Daily Californian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Down With Trees, Up With Stadium—Down With Bowles, Up With Haas Suites? http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/10/16/down-with-trees-up-with-stadiumdown-with-bowles-up-with-haas-suites/ http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/10/16/down-with-trees-up-with-stadiumdown-with-bowles-up-with-haas-suites/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:50:29 +0000 Dena Fehrenbacher http://newclog.dailycal.org/?p=697 All this hullaballoo about the construction of Memorial Stadium, and no one seems to care what might have happened to poor old Bowles Hall. But for anyone who might care, let the Clog allay your fears: that dear Hogwarts-esque dorm will not be snatched from student residents and presented on a silver platter to Haas businessmen after all. The plan to convert the 1928 landmark dormitory into suites for executives attending the university’s Haas School of Business received an outcry from former Bowlesmen. The controversy was enough for the SF Chronicle to blatantly label it the "Battle of Bowles Hall--tradition vs. money." It was also enough to have the Haas project collapse in favor of a more modest proposal for general renovation of student dormitories. ]]> All this hullaballoo about the construction of Memorial Stadium, and no one seems to care what might have happened to poor old Bowles Hall.

But for anyone who might care, let the Clog allay your fears: that dear Hogwarts-esque dorm will not be snatched from student residents and presented on a silver platter to Haas businessmen after all.

The plan to convert the 1928 landmark dormitory into suites for executives attending the university’s Haas School of Business received an outcry from former Bowlesmen. The controversy was enough for the SF Chronicle to blatantly label it the “Battle of Bowles Hall–tradition vs. money.”

It was also enough to have the Haas project collapse in favor of a more modest proposal for general renovation of student dormitories.

After all the deliberations, the Clog is still curious why there were tree-sitters but no Bowles-sitters. What would Bowles-sitters look like? The two controversial projects were next-door neighbors–it wouldn’t be that hard for the tree-sitters to occupy both areas. Because, yeah, we know trees are important, but that Led Zeppelin mural on the northeast corner of the top floor is just as important.

However, we do concede that it would have been awfully fun to see the Haas Business Executives sing the Bowles Hall Drinking Song.

Image Source: Allison Porterfield, Daily Cal
Plan for Bowles Hall Over; What’s Next for Landmark? [Berkeley Daily Planet]
Battle of Bowles Hall–tradition vs. money [SF Gate]
Haas Plans Educational Center at Bowles [Daily Cal]

]]> http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/10/16/down-with-trees-up-with-stadiumdown-with-bowles-up-with-haas-suites/feed/ 1 Haas Gets its Hands Off Bowles … Hall http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/07/15/haas-gets-its-hands-off-bowleshall/ http://clog.dailycal.org/2007/07/15/haas-gets-its-hands-off-bowleshall/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:44:04 +0000 Gerald Nicdao http://newclog.dailycal.org/?p=518 So the university is able to preserve a historic landmark while the City of Berkeley "struggles to save one of theirs":http://clog.dailycal.org/546/the-fight-to-save-the-berkeley-iceland-continues. The Chron reports that Bowles Hall will continue to be what is today—home to 200 testosterone-saturated, immature freshmen. OK, that’s not exactly what the Chron said, but that’s what we gather from the report.]]> So the university is able to preserve a historic landmark while the City of Berkeley struggles to save one of theirs.

The Chron reports that Bowles Hall will continue to be what is today—home to 200 testosterone-saturated, immature freshmen. OK, that’s not exactly what the Chron said, but that’s what we gather from the report.

In November, the Haas School of Business stated its intentions to take Bowles and turn it into some special educational center and hotel for 30 to 40-somethings.

“Other options are being looked into, but nothing far along yet,” campus spokeswoman Marie Felde said.

The Bowles Hall Alumni Association must be relatively happy.

The alumni association questioned where it was “ethically appropriate for UC, or any university, to replace the wishes of donors of yesterday with the wishes of donors of today.”

At least the donors are assured that the largest sausage-fest on campus is still going to continue on next year.

UC backs down on plan to convert dorm [Sf Gate]

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