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Aamir Jamil/The Hoya | The Office of Planning and Facilities Management began a site improvement project the week of March 10 to add waterproofing to Harbin Terrace and turn it into a student gathering space, planning to add synthetic turf, painted planters, modular seating, new lighting and shade roofs.

Construction Begins to Add Student Gathering Space on Harbin Terrace

By Aamir Jamil, GUSA Desk Editor March 21, 2024

The Office of Planning and Facilities Management began a site improvement project the week of March 10 to add waterproofing to Harbin Terrace and turn it into a student gathering space. The project,...

VIEWPOINT: Encourage Balanced Discussions

VIEWPOINT: Encourage Balanced Discussions

By Gordon Ahl May 14, 2020

I would imagine there are not many seniors who would happily choose to live in Harbin Hall again. In fact, all year long, my peers asked me why I would choose to be a resident assistant for first-year...

FILE PHOTO: MICHAEL HOWARTH FOR THE HOYA | Two elevators in Harbin Hall, one of four first year dorms, malfunctioned Tuesday night.

Harbin Hall Elevator Abruptly Drops, Trapping Student Inside

By Hansen Lian October 25, 2019

FILE PHOTO: MICHAEL HOWARTH FOR THE HOYA | Two elevators in Harbin Hall, one of four first year dorms, malfunctioned Tuesday night. Two elevators in Harbin Hall malfunctioned Tuesday night, with one...

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Nine buildings, including the Intercultural Center (pictured), experienced a power outage earlier this evening.

Power Outage Affects Nine Buildings

By Toby Hung October 20, 2015

At least nine buildings on campus experienced power outages beginning at around 6:45 p.m. tonight due to an electrical transformer failure, according to a university-wide email from the Department...

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Harbin Hall was awarded for winning the Switch It Off pledge.

Harbin Residents Win Energy Conservation Challenge

By Anna Riley February 3, 2015

The Switch It Off Challenge, a five-week-long competition between the four freshman dorms to increase sustainability efforts, announced Harbin Hall as its winner on Thursday at an award ceremony in...

Hot Water Fails in Henle and Harbin

By Tom Garzillo January 30, 2015

Two independent equipment failures at Henle Village and Harbin Hall affected hot water systems this week, and students living in Henle remain without access to hot water during peak hours. A water pump...

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A transformer failure in Harbin Hall caused a power outage on the north end of campus.

Harbin Transformer Failure Causes Power Outage

By Katherine Richardson November 24, 2014

The north end of campus lost power for six hours on Saturday due to a transformer failure in Harbin Hall. The failure triggered electrical system safety mechanisms, which caused a power outage in surrounding...

Freshman Hall Forms Lasting Bonds

By Michael Crouch May 16, 2013

I lived in the purple cluster on the eighth floor of Harbin Hall my freshman year. For those who are unfamiliar withHarbin’s layout, each floor is made up of three clusters of eight rooms surrounding...

Harbin Sweet Home: Building Dorm Pride

By Hanaa Khadraoui September 27, 2011

Bears, burglaries and fires, oh my! Besides the bears, the above statement turns out to be a pretty accurate summary of my experience so far in Harbin Hall. In the mere three weeks that I've been...

Dumb Decisions on the Hilltop and the Diamond

By Dave Finn November 2, 2010

In weighing the recent Harbin drug-related arrests, I've started to think about dumb people in sports, whose actions have similarly affected the public's overall perception of their peers in a negative...

Stove Fire in Harbin; Students Evacuated

By Eamon O'Connor April 21, 2010

*Updated 12:55 a.m. April 21* A fire broke out before 6:50 p.m. in a stove on the eighth-floor common room of Harbin Hall Wednesday. According to the D.C. Fire Department, the fire began when a student...

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