A residence hall is a place for students to congregate. With couches, rooms and a place to study, a dorm building should be the last place one would think about shopping.

La Verne’s Resident Assistants attended the Southern Resi­dential Activities Programming Conference last month at UC Riverside.

In the five years that Alan Hernandez has been at the University of La Verne, he has not been able to keep a low profile.

For the fifth time in a row the University of La Verne has won the coveted Spirit Award at the Pacific Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls conference.

This semester the University of La Verne’s residence halls have experienced a series of attempted robberies, harassment and unwanted visitors, that has shaken many of the students who live on campus.

The fall semester has brought several reports of attempted robberies, harassment and unwanted visitors in and around campus dorms.

Members of the Residence Hall Association are headed to Southern Oregon University on Friday for the annual Pacific Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls Conference.

With his experience in housing at Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Northridge and Cal State San Bernardino, Juan Regalado has had no problem stepping in as housing director to deal with the issues that have come his way.

Students from the Sheraton, Brandt, the Oaks and Stu-Han dorms will engage in a Battle of the Halls all year for the most points to win a dinner from the housing office.

The influx of new students, and expectations that this year’s enrollment increase will hold steady has created the need for additional on-campus housing.