<p>Seems like a lot of us, including myself, got assigned to this mysterious dorm that no one knows about...I did not even list it under my preferences and i got this.... can someone who lives in there(or knows about it) enlighten us about the various aspects of this dorm? thanks</p>
<p>it's famous for throwing the biggest halloweeen party in the country</p>
<p>beware of the closeted homos tho</p>
<p>oh no, not the homos. =/</p>
<p>TTG</p>
<p>Bowles exterior is nice; however, the interior is less than great. Some of the bathrooms are old and some of the rooms aren't too good either. And the climb...whew!</p>
<p>It has great views though.</p>
<p>Let's not be homophobic here...even if they're closeted, they're not going to sit around an attempt to convert people nor are they going to camp out in the bathrooms hoping to see a male nude.</p>
<p>Looks like a Harry Potter castle, it's kind of far away from the action, people have said that living there is almost like being in a frat...I don't know what else to say except that living with all guys isn't necessarily a bad thing. It could be incredibly fun. Anyway, you're not supposed to date girls on your floor.</p>
<p>closeted homos are the best, i cant wait to jerk them out of the closet! ROFL ROFL PUN PUN ahahahahahahaha. seriously dont be an ignorant jerk, theres quite a few homos at berkeley and we could pop a cap or two.</p>
<p>I went on a tour there during CalDay. The only nice thing is the old look and the possibility that you might get 1 of the single rooms with in the quad-room. Otherwise, the interior is kind of bad and very old and have to go to foothills to get food.</p>
<p>Bowles Hall looks and sounds pretty cool! How many other dorms has an official drinking song?</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowles_Hall%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowles_Hall</a>
<a href="http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/bowles.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/bowles.html</a>
<a href="http://www.calband.berkeley.edu/calband/multimedia/calsongs/bowles.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.calband.berkeley.edu/calband/multimedia/calsongs/bowles.html</a>
<a href="http://www.dailycal.org/particle.php?id=13376%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailycal.org/particle.php?id=13376</a>
<a href="http://www.dailycal.org/particle.php?id=16569%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailycal.org/particle.php?id=16569</a></p>
<p>Bowles has tradition...Playboy ranks their Halloween Party as one of the best.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, I prefer the newer units.</p>
<p>One of the problems with Bowles is that there are so many people going there that are completely dreading it. You might see some long faces, at least in the beginning. I doubt it's that bad. Definitely the best looking dorm.</p>
<p>What kind of people usually live there? As in, jocks or nerds?</p>
<p>Uhh, guys in Bowles are like girls in Stern... Conservative, nerdy, doing w/e crosses their mind because they don't need to make a good impression. Jocks tend to be more outgoing and receptive of the opposite sex. But then again, a lot of the housing options are random so you never know.</p>
<p>I heard there are some nerdy jocks out there at UCB.</p>