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Officials at the University of California at Berkeley are scheduling an open house today to answer questions and inform the public about plans for new student housing near the Southside neighborhood near campus. 

Architects and UC Berkeley planners will be on hand to discuss the master plan of the Underhill area, which will provide 1,200 beds by 2005, a new dining commons, a cafe, parking and recreational facilities. 

Officials plan to discuss the College-Durant project, which is scheduled to open for this year's fall semester, that will house 120 students in apartment-style units. The Central Dining and Office Facility, a four-story building east of Bowditch Street between Haste Street and Channing Way that will provide student food services, a coffee shop and house the administrative offices of residential service programs, will also be discussed.