Cal Bears Football Blog

Adding a link to a great blog which locates news articles on the Cal Bears as they progress. This blog is posted by our bro David Michael dd'87. Click on the title, above, or on the link to the left, under "Links" under my photo.

Replacing the Hut Courtyard Would Make a Difference

I find it hard to blame the boys in the house if the courtyard looks like a shambles. The patio is a broken mess. These hut rooms are unpopular because the area is unattractive.

Now that summer is over and the renters are out, the active men of our brotherhood are moved back in, and will soon have the courtyard cleared again. But they can't do enough to make it look clean. It's hard to sweep, and you can't hose it off because the water won't drain. Here's a photo I took last winter on a rainy game day.

The courtyard is a puddle. That's not a river down the middle, the water shows where the trench was for an emergency drainage repair involving the sewer and storm drains. This happened during the recent renovation a couple years back. A real monkey wrench in that job. Also added in excess of $20,000 to the cost of the renovation.

This courtyard is a discredit to our beautiful, historic house.

Repair of Bar Stairwell

The bar stairwell wall has been replaced. It was peeling and cracking after being soaked a number of times by the faulty plumbing. We'll address the seemingly permanent pluming problem soon.

But for now, the stairs down to the bar look GREAT!