Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Berkeley Student Co-op Behaving Very Badly

More than a score of neighbors are suing an "Animal House" near the University of California, Berkeley, campus where over the years students have hurled chunks of roasted pig at passersby during a luau, beheaded a chicken with garden shears and twirled a flaming baton next to a neighbor's fence.The off-campus cluster of houses called Le Chateau has developed a reputation for outrageousness that has forced even the open-minded to demand closure to the situation. One former Chateauvian, as they're called, was dubbed "Naked Guy" because he went to class wearing only shoes and a small hat.On Monday, a small-claims court judge concluded hearing testimony from 21 neighbors, each of whom seeks $5,000, from the student housing cooperative association that owns Le Chateau. A date for the ruling was not announced. [thanks to Michael B.]

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