<p>I’m sorry, but I spent the night in Bowles Hall at Berkeley for an admitted students program, and it is one of the reasons I chose not to attend Cal. It does have a cool neo-Gothic exterior, but the interior was more reminiscent of an institution. </p>
<p>As a whole, housing at USC is average, but the Parkside Area offers some of the nicest housing I have seen at any college. I have been a resident at the Parkside International Residential College (PIRC) and the Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College (PAHRC-which was just built this year), and they are phenomenal. Check out [Sign</a> Up](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-dorm23aug23,1,4879775,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true]Sign”>http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-dorm23aug23,1,4879775,full.story?ctrack=1&cset=true) for information on PAHRC. Suites, private bathrooms, plasma TV’s, study lounges, private music practice rooms, a performance space, banquet rooms, and $11,000 Poel Henningson lighting fixtures</p>
<p>Ahh…there’s nothing like PAHRC
[New</a> Residence Built on Fresh Ideas](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14131.html]New”>http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/14131.html)</p>