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Community Bulletin Board
Excellent information available on UC Berkeley websites
Recently a number of new Cal websites have been added to the UC Berkeley
home page.
War with Iraq. UC Berkeley is proud
of its historic role in encouraging the free and open exchange of ideas.
The situation in Iraq has intensified
debate and discussion around campus. This website is a clearinghouse
for information, resources, and announcements concerning campus efforts
and policies to promote dialogue and learning in a climate of civility
and tolerance. To visit, go to http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/
iraq/
Cal in the Community. A guide to more than
200 community partnerships and campus resources available to the public,
this website
by Cal’s
Office of Community Relations features programs ranging from transportation
to entertainment, and education to health, with contact information
and other helpful tips. Go to http://calinthecommunity.
berkeley.edu
Cal Marketplace. A shopper’s delight,
this site offers a variety of goods and services online: theater and
athletic
tickets; hats, coffee
mugs, and jackets emblazoned with bears and big Cs; books and journals;
lodging; public classes and workshops; facility rentals; lecture notes
. . . and more. Go to http://www.calmarketplace.org
UC Berkeley NewsCenter. A web portal offering visitors
up-to-the-minute news and features about all things UC Berkeley. Think
of the online
NewsCenter as a one-stop site for news, current events, calendar listings,
and features — written, edited, and presented by a team of university
editors, writers, and designers with their fingers on the pulse of
the campus. Go to http://newscenter.berkeley.edu
And, don’t forget to bookmark:
The UC Berkeley Homepage. The granddaddy of them all. Start
here and explore to find out just about everything there is to know
about UC
Berkeley and the wealth of information the campus offers on nearly
every topic. Go to http://www.berkeley.edu
Bear in Mind
Once a month, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Berdahl addresses the community
with a webcast, interviewing campus newsmakers and concluding with
an issue “on his mind.” Recently he interviewed Harry Kreisler,
executive director of the Institute of International Studies, about
U.S. foreign policy generally, and specifically regarding Iraq; senior
Ankur Luthra about how to win a Rhodes scholarship; and Mary Ann Mason,
dean of the Graduate Division, about graduate issues and her research
on how having children affects faculty women’s tenure-track choices — and
chances. Chancellor Berdahl then discussed the need for political discourse
in the midst of the “war on terrorism.”
For current and past broadcasts of “Bear in
Mind,” go
to http://www.berkeley.edu/
news/chancellor/bim/index.html
Cal Baseball Youth Day
From home runs to hot dogs, Cal baseball offers classic pleasures.
On Sunday, April 13, Cal Baseball Youth Day features a $1 admission
for fans 17 and under. The game against Arizona State starts at 1 p.m.
at Evans Field (next to Edwards Stadium; enter at Schlessinger Drive,
off Oxford Street near Allston Way).
Campus Excess, Surplus
and Salvage
Used oak desks, office chairs, file cabinets, chalk boards, card catalogues,
lost and found bikes, and more are all available to the public through
UC Berkeley’s Excess, Surplus and Salvage. This reuse/resale
arm of the university collects and sells furniture, office equipment,
computer and lab equipment and other items from campus departments.
The goods are available to the public at the salvage store located
at 1000 Folger St., two blocks south of Ashby Street, one block west
of San Pablo Avenue. The store is open to the public on Wednesdays
and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
For information, call (510) 642-1186.
Summer Session/
Senior Audit
Each year, about 16,000 students enroll in summer courses at UC Berkeley.
Among them are many local senior citizens, who can purchase a Senior
Audit Card for only $25 per summer — a discount of $335!
To obtain a card, send your name, address, and a check or money order
for $25 (made out to “UC Regents”) to: Berkeley Summer
Sessions/Senior Audit Card/22 Wheeler Hall #1080/Berkeley, CA 94720-1080.
To qualify for the discount, one must have turned 55 years of age or
older by May 27, 2003. Please enclose proof of age.
Information on Summer Session may be found at http://www.summer.berkeley.edu or
by calling (510) 642-5611.
University Village development moving forward
The firm of Allen & O’Hara has been selected to head a team
to develop a 26-acre mixed-use project at University Village, along
San Pablo Avenue in Albany. The proposed project includes 587 units
of rental housing for 1,034 graduate students and 30 units of rental
housing for junior faculty at UC Berkeley. The project will also incorporate
70,000 square feet of commercial development, as well new community
and administrative facilities. Recreational and open space features
include park land, new Little League fields and the restoration of
the two creeks that run through the site.
The next step is the preparation of an environmental impact report.
Following the environmental review and approval by the UC Regents,
groundbreaking is expected in 2004.
For information, call Jeff Bond, UC Capital Projects, at (510) 643-6869.
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