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positive living community. Traditionally, the positions on the Stern Hall Association include President, Executive Vice President, Social Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Historian, and Publicist. All positions on the Hall Association are elected by the residents of Stern Hall at the beginning of each semester (except for the Treasurer position, which is year-long).
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mural entitled "Still Life and Blossoming Almond Trees" is located at the bottom of the spiral staircase leading off from the main lounge, and a painting of Rosalie Meyer Stern hangs in the Stern Library. The library itself contains a valuable collection of French literature, donated by a member of
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Stern Hall, like all Berkeley residence halls, has a Resident Hall Association, known colloquially as "Hall Ass." Stern Hall Association members are student residential leaders who, along with Residence hall staff, plan activities and events for the residents of Stern Hall in an effort to create a
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Drinking Song and the California Drinking Song. Starting from fall of 2006, the repertoire of songs began to include one Bowlesmen-chosen pop song, different each week. There is also a song written specifically about Stern, the Stern Hall Eating Song, which is now considered to be taboo.
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Each semester, a Senior Dinner is held for all graduating seniors residing in Stern. Seniors receive a small farewell gift, and take a customary picture together. Usually the dinner is catered by the dining commons, and often there are open spots for non-seniors as well.
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as well. Included among these is the annual setup dinner and dance, where the ladies of Stern and the men of Bowles are randomly paired up to enjoy a catered, semi-formal dinner and dance.
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In addition, every Thursday night, the men of Bowles trek up fire lane to sing to the ladies of Stern. The serenade begins and ends with the "alakazoo chant," and includes the
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As an all-girls residential dorm with a long history, there are many Stern Hall traditions that involve
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Stern Hall was built fifty feet to the east of its originally planned location, after investigations in
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and widow of Sigmund Stern, class of 1879. It is the sister hall to
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Stern Hall has a number of notable features: an original
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revealed its original location was seismically unsafe.
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