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Emergency warning siren UC Berkeley is implementing a network of sirens and communications links, known as an alerting and warning system, to serve the community in the event of an emergency. The sirens are audible for up to a mile from campus. During an emergency, sirens will be activated. Anyone who hears the siren should seek shelter immediately and shut all doors and windows. Update information will be available from the emergency information line at (800) 705-9998, from KALX radio at 90.7 FM, and online at http://emergency.berkeley.edu. Sirens will be tested regularly — at noon, the first Wednesday of each month, beginning in February 2003. |
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| A commuter-friendly employer UC Berkeley is one of the area’s most commuter-friendly employers, according to the Bay Area Best Workplaces for Commuters Coalition — a group of local business, transportation, human resource and environmental organizations — and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The honor roll, announced last fall, is for employers offering key commuting benefits — such as vanpool subsidies, bike-commuter facilities, onsite daycare, transit passes, and “telework” programs. The “Who’s Who” of commuter-friendly Bay Area employers included Bayer, Chiron, the City of Berkeley, Hewlett-Packard, and Pixar Animation Studios. For information about the Commuter Choice Initiative, visit www.commuterchoice.gov |
Conference on alcohol and other drugs The City of Berkeley, UC Berkeley and Berkeley Alcohol and Substance Abuse Providers are hosting a free conference on alcohol and other drugs on Wednesday, March 19 at the Clark Kerr Campus, 2601 Warring Street. The conference will focus on approaches to treatment and developing an integrated delivery system for the City of Berkeley. For more information, contact Barbara Coleman at bcoleman@ci.berkeley.ca.us |
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| Gay Bears A new web site, “Gay Bears: The Hidden History of the Berkeley Campus,” tells the story of sexual minorities who have studied, taught, worked, and visited the Cal campus virtually since its beginning. The project grew out of a gay/lesbian-themed tour of campus which staff members William Benemann and Steve Finacom created last spring. “When we prepared for the tour, we were surprised at how rich the campus was with gay and lesbian associations, and how few of them were known,” recalls Finacom, a planning analyst in Capital Projects who pursues UC history projects on his own time. Among the entries are sugar heiress Annie Alexander, who helped establish the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the Museum of Paleontology; Hubert “Jay” Stowitts, class of 1915, who was “discovered” as a dancer that year by the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova; and writers James Baldwin, Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, and Thornton Wilder. To visit the site, go to sunsite.berkeley.edu/gaybears |
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| Campus-sponsored Middle East dialogues continue
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Columbia University Professor Edward Said — one of the most prominent literary and cultural critics of our time — will reflect on the critical juncture we face, as a nation, with respect to the crisis in the Middle East. The author of numerous books including “Orientalism,” a groundbreaking examination of the academic discipline of Oriental Studies, Said will speak on “The U.S., the Islamic World, and the Question of Palestine.” His talk is cosponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Office of the Chancellor. Said’s lecture is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. in Zellerbach Auditorium. Tickets will be available beginning the week of Feb. 10 at Cal Performances’ ticket office. The event is free; there is a limit of two tickets per person. |
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Spring offerings at UC Berkeley Extension
For more information call (510) 642-4111 or visit www.unex.berkeley.edu |
Children’s summer programs A complete listing of children’s summer programs at UC Berkeley will be available mid-February online at http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/ and in the Spring issue of Cal Neighbors. |
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