"Maison des Animaux"

"The three-house, 85-resident compound at the corner of Hillegass and Parker streets in Berkeley's South Campus area is where Cal's misfits fit right in. Even in a system that attracts odd characters, Chateau--where being weird is a virtue--arguably boasts the most unusual members. Maybe that's why it's become the black sheep of the system, Cal's communal-living version of Animal House."


In a 2004 East Bay Express article, Will Harper discusses Berkeley's infamous Le Chateau student housing cooperative (prior to being shut down to undergraduates).