John Gibson

The resolution was approved Aug. 27 at the North-American Interfraternity Conference’s annual meeting and requires that its 66 member fraternities implement the policy by Sept. 1, 2019.

John Gibson, a former UC Berkeley student and Cloyne Court co-op resident, sustained irreversible brain damage from a near-fatal drug overdose in 2010. Seven years and $3 million of medical bills later, Gibson died Sunday in hospice care at the age of 28.

It’s been about six months since the campus’s largest student cooperative house was purged of its membership after efforts to alter the house’s culture. All but one of the house’s residents have left, and now, the final remaining member is getting ready to pack his bags.

We are a mission-driven organization. Above anything else, we strive to provide a housing community to students in financial need. By significantly decreasing our liability risk and increasing the variety of housing options we offer, BSC has further met its mission statement.

Many of Cloyne Court’s members shifted their focus over the weekend from fighting to keep their house to savoring their final months together.

The Berkeley Student Cooperative’s Board of Directors will vote this Thursday on the future one of the largest cooperative houses in the country, Cloyne Court, after a month of heated debate, high emotions and late-night conversations among many co-op members.

This is an outcome that nobody wanted. But to limit its liability and ensure that it can continue providing affordable housing to students, the BSC must let Cloyne go.

The Berkeley Student Cooperative’s Board of Directors voted to extend the timeline to decide the future of Cloyne Court at an almost eight-hour meeting beginning Thursday night and continuing into the early hours of Friday morning.

Cloyne Court may be designated as a substance-free academic theme house following a proposed plan last week by the Berkeley Student Cooperative executive cabinet.