Bowles!
#Comms
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Who's Who ft. Faculty
Lore...
100

The oldest residential college in the US.

What is Bowles Hall?

100

This Comm is in charge of Haunted House.

What is Social Comm?

100

UC Berkeley is recognized as a leader in this type of undergraduate involvement.

What is undergraduate research?

100

This person grew up in Japan.

Who is antje?

100

This dead individual may be seen roaming/heard around the grounds at night.

Who is Frederick the Ghost?

200

Animals (3) that used to live at Bowles.

What is a cat/dog/bear cub?

200

This comm proudly hosts the Bowles Olympics.

What is Traditions Comm?

200

This moniker of Berkeley is 22ft taller than its Stanford counterpart. 

What is the Campanile?

200

This person worked at I-House prior to joining the Bowles family.

Who is Mark?

200

Bowles sits atop a complex network of these, where students formerly hid contraband.

What are the Catacombs?

300

The year Bowles was founded (hint: our address).

When was 1928?

300

The deer of Bowles are grateful for the fruits of this comm’s labors. 

What is Gardening Comm?

300

Before becoming a popular concert venue, the Greek Theater primarily hosted events for this student group.

What is rally comm?

300

This person is an aficionado for jelly beans.

Who is Gerry?

300

A former Bowles resident was the first and only kind of four legged friend to earn a degree from Berkeley.

What is a dog (Igor Fetch)?

400

Practice adopted during the Great Depression to help Bowlesfolk struggling economically

What is free lodging in the attic?

400

This comm breaks out the shears for a good cause. 

What is Philo Comm?

400

Only one individual holds a degree in this, graduating from UC Berkeley in 1970.

What is magic?

400

This person’s work was featured on 60 minutes for their project’s discoveries in Sperm Whale communication.

Who is Gasper?

400

Bowles Hall was featured as “Carmen Hall”, an undergraduate housing facility in this 2000 film.

What is Boys and Girls?

500

This former US Secretary of Transportation is a Bowles alum. (hint: namesake of SJ airport)

Who is Norman Mineta?

500

The chairs of these two comms are voting members of excomm. (hint: both featured in previous answers)

What are Traditions and Social comm?

500

One major offered early in Berkeley’s history was created largely due to demand in response to this boom. 

What is the Gold Rush?

500

This person recently published their first book in which the intersection of AI and humanities is explored.

Who is Nina?

500

Bars were placed at the outlook of the Campanile as allegedly some Bowlesfolk did this.


What is rappelling/climbing the Campanile?

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