Location: 1st Floor of Survivance Hall

Eighth College's Hi-Desk is available to assist residents with lock-outs and mail inquires. You may contact them either via phone (858) 822-6522  or email (hospitalityinformation@ucsd.edu)

Typical Hours:

• Monday to Friday: 8 AM - 9 PM
• Saturday to Sunday: 8 AM - 4 PM
• Hours may vary during holidays and student break periods.

Posting Policy

Before being posted, All posters and flyers must receive an approval stamp at the Eighth College Residence Life Office, located on the first floor of Sankofa Hall. In order to get an approval stamp the following conditions must be met:

1. Materials must include the time, date, and location of the event, sponsoring group’s name and contact information
2. Materials will not be approved to remain posted for longer than seven (7) days. No more than one publicity item per event/group may be posted in any given space. 
3. If approved, Eighth College Office Assistants will post the posters/flyers in the lobbies of all the residential buildings in Eighth College.
   1. We recommend that organizations bring at least 5 copies of any poster/flyer to ensure that there is one copy in every residential building in Eighth College. [Azad, Podemos, Pulse, Sankofa and Survivance Hall]

Postings of any kind are not allowed in outdoor Eighth College spaces, including outside pillars, doors, windows or columns. Any Posters or Flyers posted in Eighth College that are not approved by the Residence Life Office will be removed. 

Posting Rules:

1. Any damages resulting from posting violations may result in other sanctions based on the discretion of the Director of Residence Life.
2. Materials will not be approved to remain posted for longer than seven (7) days. No more than one publicity item per event/group may be posted in any given space. 
3. No door-to-door soliciting or promoting of events is permitted, including when posting on apartment and suite doors (“door tagging”).
4. Postings which malign or denigrate any individual, groups of individuals, or the university community will not be approved for posting.
5. Posters advertising alcohol and other controlled substances, or non-university sponsored events at which alcohol and other controlled substances are available, will not be approved for posting.
6. Postings done in violation of these guidelines will be immediately removed. The first posting violation will result in a written warning to the person who signed the waiver as well as the org advisor.  If a second violation occurs, the organization will be required to clean tape and string from all posting areas in which the organization posted.  A third violation will result in a loss of posting privileges at Eighth College.

Flyers

1. All flyers are limited to 11 inches by 17 inches (legal size paper) in size. Anything larger, is considered a poster and subject to the terms outlined below.
2. A maximum of 10 flyers will be approved for any flyers 8 inches by 11 inches (Letter size) or smaller and a maximum of 5 (anything larger than legal size) posters will be approved for anything larger.

1. There is to be no posting over announcements that are still current.

Posters

1. All posters must be limited to 3 feet high by 4 feet wide. Anything bigger is a banner and requires special posting approval by the Residence Life Office (eighthreslife@ucsd.edu)
2. Posting is allowed only in designated areas in the Eighth Residential Complex:
   1. Bulletin Boards in the First floor laundry rooms and bulletin boards in the lobby areas of our residential areas (Azad, Pulse, Podemos, Sankofa, and Survivance lobbies)

1. 1. There may be a limited number of postings permitted, pending the availability of space during that time.
   2. A maximum of 5 posters will be approved for each event. Only one approved poster per event may be posted within a designated area.
   3. Eighth College Organizations may make a special request to post larger posters (“breezeway banners”) only with written permission from the Director of Residence Life or her/his designee by emailing the Residence life office at eighthreslife@ucsd.edu with a copy of the banner, its dimensions, and a description of the request. 

• All Posters must go through the approval process through the Residence Life Office on the first floor of Sankofa Hall or risk being removed. 

Certain Areas within Eighth College are reserved for special purpose notices.

The following areas are to be utilized only for specific postings, by the offices designated.

• Residence hall suite doors and apartment front doors may be used as posting spaces only by Eighth Residence Life or its committees. 
• Residential Buildings Lobby walls
• A-frames can be used for Eighth College postings but must first be approved by the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs or Director of Residence Life and will only be allowed in designated areas.

Location: 1st Floor of Pulse Hall

Our fitness center has peletons, lifting weight section, punching bags, and other exercise equipment for residents to use.

 If there is an need for a service in the gym or if equipment is missing please fill out this form:

Request Form

Eighth College has a variety of spaces where students can study, including reservable rooms in Survivance Hall. Residents of Eighth College have study lounges on every floor of their residential building that they may use to study or socialize. Our college also has three reservable study spaces located on the second floor of Survivance Hall that students can use.

How to reserve one of the three study rooms in Survivance:

Reserve ahead of time by filling out the form below. You will receive an email confirmation if any of the rooms are open to reserve during the time you chose. 

• Study Room Reservation Form

You may also visit the residential life office between the hours of 8 AM to 8 PM to reserve a room the day of. The rooms are first-come first-serve and are only reservable for a maximum of three hours at a time. 

Location: 2nd floor of Survivance Hall

The community kitchen is available for all Eighth College residents to use to cook their meals. Occasionally cooking tutorials are held in this venue to show residents how to cook meals at home. 

If there is an need for a service in the kitchen or if equipment is missing please fill out this form:

Request Form

Location: 2nd Floor of Survivance Hall

The Game room is open for residents to use and has a pool table and other games including a pac-man machine. 

If there is an need for a service in the Game Room or if equipment is missing please fill out this form:

Request Form

Location: In Eighth College Plaza

Enjoy the architecture, art and scenic views in Eighth college at the Zen Garden and Mediation Pavilion located in the Eighth College Plaza. 

Location: 1st Floor of Sankofa Hall

Our Commuter Lounge is open to help provide a space for our commuter students to have their meals, study, socialize and relax during their time on-campus. 

Hours:

Open everyday between 8 AM to 10 PM excluding holidays.

All the residential buildings in Eighth College come with a laundry room available to residents. Thee laundry rooms have both washers and dryer. They may be found either on the first floor of the building (Pulse Hall), second floor of the building (Survivance Hall) or on every odd/even floor. 

Important Notice:

If clothes are left in the dryer or washer for over three days, our custodial team will collect the clothes and put them in storage. Residents have two weeks from the day the clothes were collected to claim them before our team considers the clothes abandoned and donates the clothes to charity. To claim or inquire about any missing clothes, please email "EighthOAs@ucsd.edu" for assistance. 

Location: Eighth College Plaza

Eighth College has multiple grills available for students to use. To request usage of these grills you must first fill out the grill reservation form. Grills will remain off and inaccessible unless previously reserved via form. You may also visit the residential life office on the first floor of Sankofa Hall for assistance with the grills.

• Grill Reservation Form