Moore, who died in Berkeley police custody on Feb. 12, became the focus of controversy during Tuesday’s council meeting. As the City Council attempted to move an item on mental health for further discussion later in the meeting, vocal protests erupted, eventually culminating in police officers forcibly removing one protester who refused to give up the floor.

Before the council meeting, protesters also held a rally in front of City Hall, holding signs stating, “We won’t forget Kayla!” and “Justice for Kayla (Xavier) Moore.”

Much of the anger in the room reflected protester frustrations about the scarcity of information regarding the case. Berkeley Police Department currently has a “press hold” on Moore’s autopsy report, and although the BPD has assured that the report will be released in the near future, the situation has resulted in strong criticism from members of the family as well as the community.

During the public comment session, two protesters ceded their speaking time to Arthur Moore, Kayla’s father, who directed most of his criticism toward Bates.

“I’m very, very disappointed that your chief of police put a hold on this case,” Arthur said to Bates. “We haven’t heard anything from your office stating that things are going to change … Nobody has said anything about my son. Nobody from your office. What I’m asking you to do is change your mind and give us some answers.”

Prior to the council meeting, much frustration was taken to the streets. On March 12, for example, about 70 protesters gathered at People’s Park and marched on Berkeley Police Department.

Though the protest was nonviolent, the anger was tangible as participants chanted slogans like “Vengeance for Kayla Moore.”

The march was soon followed by a birthday memorial for Moore, who would have turned 42 this year. The memorial also had a march with turnout similar to that of the march on Berkeley Police Department headquarters.

The council meeting, however, was not all emotional pleas and outbursts. Moore’s sister, Maria, proposed that the city have a mental health awareness month.

“What the city needs is more mental health services,” Maria said. “Let’s allocate those funds that would hire more cops to mental health services.”

The heated discussion on mental health and Moore’s death cooled down after the forced removal of one of the protesters. Councilmember Kriss Worthington emphasized that the council must focus on helping move the Berkeley community past this issue and toward a healing process.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org and follow her on Twitter @gladysrosario93.

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Restaurant owners voiced concerns that if the quota were relaxed, other restaurants would enter an already competitive environment, which would hurt their businesses. Multiple restaurant owners, including those of Gypsy’s Trattoria Italiana and Pappy’s Grill and Sports Bar, spoke at the meeting in opposition to removing the system.

“I strongly disagree with the proposal,” said Jahanshah Jowharchi, owner of Gypsy’s. “Our restaurant has suffered tremendously in the last two years … Many of us are going out of business due to overpopulation of restaurants.”

Currently, the city has quotas limiting the number of businesses, such as restaurants, barber shops and gift shops, that operate in the Telegraph commercial area. The proposal, if approved, would relax the restaurant quota system for the next three years.

Alex Popov, manager of Pappy’s, initiated a petition against removing the quota system. He also created the Telegraph Restaurant Association last week to voice the sentiments of local restaurant owners.

Thai Basil, CREAM and La Burrita are among 34 local restaurants that have signed the petition in favor of keeping the quotas.

“When I explained to (business owners) the issue, especially to those who are mom and pops, they said, ‘How are we going to survive if this passes?’” Popov said. “(Even) talking to nonfood businesses — they are concerned.”

Yet other business owners, such as Craig Becker of Caffe Mediterraneum — who is also president of the Telegraph Business Improvement District — think the quotas have done more harm than good.

“I think the government has a big role in making any commercial district successful, but I just don’t think that the quotas are the right way to go about it,” Becker said.

Due to time constraints, the council did not debate the restaurant quota matter and decided not to approve it at this time.

“If they would have taken a vote last night, we would have prevailed,” Popov said. “The fact that we didn’t get everything done in one meeting is not that big of a deal, but as long as we’re continuing to have Telegraph in the spotlight … It might take a long time, but as long as we’re looking at ways to improve the business district.”

The City Council voted, in one motion, to adopt of a number of the other items pertaining to Telegraph, such as looking into the financial impact of converting Bancroft Way and Durant Avenue into two-way streets and of creating parklets.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org and follow her on Twitter @gladysrosario93.

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Currently, the city has quotas in place limiting the number of each type of business — such as restaurants, barbershops and gift shops — that can operate in the Telegraph Avenue commercial area.

Thirty-four local restaurants, including Gypsy’s Trattoria Italiana, C.R.E.A.M. and La Burrita, have signed a petition opposed to relaxing these quotas for three years.

Alex Popov, manager of Pappy’s Grill and Sports Bar, created the petition and the Telegraph Restaurant Association to organize the thoughts and concerns of local restaurant owners.

“We’re concerned with the general appeal of (Telegraph Avenue),” Popov said. “We don’t want (visitors) to think of Telegraph Avenue as just a place to go when they’re hungry.”

The current city quotas specify that 19 carry-out and 30 quick-service restaurants may operate in the area, yet the petition counted 72 carry-out and quick-service restaurants in operation.

Some restaurant owners said there are too many restaurants operating in the Telegraph area and that they desire more retail diversity. According to Popov, 17 of the 18 stores on Center Street in Berkeley are restaurants.

City Council members will discuss the quota issue in a meeting Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org and follow her on Twitter @gladysrosario93.

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Even after surviving a war zone, UC Berkeley freshman Unis Barakat found himself succumbing to the lingering emotional scars of his experience.

Barakat had spent his childhood on the Gaza Strip in Palestine, fearing for his life as helicopters fired missiles and cars exploded around him. Before he moved to the United States, family members physically abused him, holding his mother back as they threw him down the stairs.

In the spring of 2011, Barakat attempted his first suicide.

“I was sick of the injustices in the world,” he said. “It wasn’t a place I wanted to be. I really wanted to kill myself at the time.”

“We need to accept that feeling
depressed, anxious or suicidal —
these are natural parts of
the human condition and part
of what it means to be alive”
- Scott Wallin,
Doctoral student studying
cognitive disabilities

Though Barakat’s story is exceptional, the depression he experienced is not uncommon and is in fact widespread among college-aged individuals.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the average suicide rate for college campuses is about eight deaths per 100,000 college students. Two UC Berkeley students committed suicide this past year, placing the campus just under the national average — though not all suicides on campus are reported.

“Cal is a very stressful place — there’s an intensity, an academic integrity,” said Aaron Cohen, a psychologist at the University Health Services Tang Center. “That creates a lot of stress, anxiety, depression — you name it. So I do think there can be a pulse on this campus where we’re not creating a healthy environment.”

In light of this reality, UC Berkeley began receiving $600,000 in the fall of 2011 as part of a nearly $8 million California Mental Health Services Authority grant that aims to improve mental health programs within the system over a span of three years. The campus began implementing programs this year to increase awareness, reduce stigma and educate the campus community about suicide prevention.

Raising awareness

UC Berkeley junior Silvia Lopez, grappling with a daunting workload and the death of a family member, decided she needed a therapist. But she thought the Tang Center was “just a hospital” and didn’t know where to go to have her needs addressed.

After a professor referred her to the center, she arrived as a walk-in, signed a small stack of papers and met with a counselor who evaluated her and signed her up for a series of treatments.

“I wish I knew how easy it was,” Lopez said.

According to Cohen, the Cal MHSA Student Mental Health Initiative coordinator at the Tang Center, approximately 5,700 students used the Tang Center’s Counseling and Psychological Services last year. He said that considering the campus serves approximately 36,000 students, many may not be utilizing the center’s resources because they are unaware of what it offers.

“It’s really important for us to get the word out there about our services and let people know about confidentiality, let people know we’re not about labeling, let people know we’re trying to figure out a way to support students through what they want,” Cohen said.

Stephanie Ho, a Tang Center psychologist and former Cal MHSA grant coordinator, said first-generation, first-year students and those who are away from their family for the first time experience stressors that make them more susceptible to depression but are least likely to be able to navigate the resources on campus.

“The Tang Center’s provided a lot of help for me now,” said Blake Simons, a UC Berkeley sophomore who battled depression. “But being able to access those resources was hard, especially as a freshman, being lost, in a sense.”

In targeting first-year students, this academic year the campus implemented the Interactive Screening Program, an anonymous online questionnaire that surveys students’ stress levels and substance abuse issues. Cohen provides students with feedback tailored to their responses and invites them to schedule a counseling appointment.

“You’re a student at Berkeley,” said Shannan McClain, a UC Berkeley senior and founder of the campus suicide prevention group You Mean More. “It’s overwhelming. You might not take the time to find the Tang Center even if you’re struggling.”

“Depression is temporary.
Suicide is forever.
I know I’ll get through it,
and that is what keeps me sane.”
- Silvia Lopez,
UC Berkeley junior

The Cal MHSA grant funded other programs designed to raise awareness like the Gold Folder, a reference guide for faculty and staff with indicators of distress in students, campus resources and protocol during an emergency. Additionally, the campus will launch a large-scale media campaign on topics such as depression and suicide.

“You need to help make people aware of this issue,” Lopez said. “It breaks my heart that people feel like there’s no way out. Depression is temporary. Suicide is forever. I know I’ll get through it, and that is what keeps me sane.”

Constrained by a lack of resources

Struggling to come to terms with the suicide of a close friend and shrouded by what he could only assume was depression, Blake Simons resolved that he needed help.

After calling Counseling and Psychological Services in his freshman year, Blake said a staff worker emailed him a list of outside psychologists, ultimately steering him away because he had “too many problems” — more than could be remedied in the allotted five free counseling sessions provided for all students.

“We just wish that we had more resources, more staffing,” Ho said. “Where it comes up is that we have a session limit and have wait times.”

McClain said many students struggle to access mental health resources and secure an appointment at Tang. She said students may wait indefinitely for a 15-minute conversation.

“Tang is doing a lot,” McClain said. “But in the time of budget cuts, I’m sure they’re understaffed and doing the best they can.”

According to Kim LaPean, communications manager at the Tang Center, campuswide budget cuts in 2008 affected the level of service that the Tang Center provided. After recovery from the budget cuts, staffing has grown, but Counseling and Psychological Services is still advocating for resources.

“Even with all of the funding we currently receive, we struggle to meet the demand for our mental health services,” LaPean said in an email.

Jeff Prince, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, said that although the university has supported the department, staffing is still not up to the level of need. The Tang Center currently employs 26 psychologists and social workers, 12 trainees and 12 psychiatrists, five of whom are full-time employees.

“Even with all of the funding
we currently receive, we struggle
to meet the demand for our mental
health services”
- Kim LaPean,
Communications manager at the
Tang Center

“Given the volume of students coming through the door, we do a really good job of trying to meet their needs,” Cohen said.“We always are needing more support and more resources.”

A portion of the Cal MHSA grant is directed at hiring staff, including a full-time psychologist and a part-time postdoctoral fellow.

“I believe the funding has enabled us to do some creative and long-needed work in suicide prevention and mental health education,” Prince said in an email. “Maintaining student access to counseling is critical — and just as critical is reaching those students who do not present themselves for counseling but can be helped through these programs.”

A stigma that feeds on itself

Lopez said it was a crippling stigma against mental illness in her community that kept her from seeking help for her depression.

“If I mentioned wanting to see a psychologist, my parents would say, ‘We won’t pay for that,’ and ‘What the hell for? You might as well tell me the problems,’” Lopez said.

Many researchers say an inevitable obstacle in raising awareness and even approaching depression is the harmful stigma surrounding and defining mental health.

“If I break my arm, there’s no stigma against going to doctor and getting it fixed,” said Scott Wallin, a doctoral student who studies cognitive disabilities. “But if I’m feeling stressed, if I can’t do my work or maintain relationships, there’s a stigma about going to the Tang Center and seeing a therapist. What’s wrong with me? Am I weak? Why can’t I be normal?”

This stigma, according to Wallin, stems from a continual cycle of self-deprecation when individuals internalize the negative perceptions held against them and sink further into depression.

Steven Segal, a campus professor of social welfare, said people tend to distance themselves from those who have been hospitalized because they perceive them as a threat to their safety, which exacerbates the isolation and reinforces the depression.

“It feeds on itself, in a way,” he said.

Wallin added that although some categorize depression as a medical condition in order to alleviate the stigma, this classification can prove detrimental, as it implies there is something defective on a biological level and innately broken or wrong “from your cells on up.”

“We need to accept that feeling depressed, anxious or suicidal — these are natural parts of the human condition and part of what it means to be alive,” Wallin said.

Yet Lopez has difficulty internalizing this affirmation and said at times she feels like a failure and “not smart enough to be here.”

Susan Bell, manager of outreach and consultation for Counseling and Psychological Services, said Cal MHSA programs, such as the peer-to-peer trainings, will educate students on the signs of depression and allow them to share this information with their peers.

“Mental health is nothing to be ashamed of,” Blake said. “Just say, ‘Hey, I have this problem, but I’m dealing with it. I’m getting the help I need so I can be where I want to be.’”

“I’m very happy now.”

The Cal MHSA grant programs will continue until spring 2014, when most of the programs will be implemented.

As for Barakat, it has been more than a year since his last suicide attempt, and he is still recovering. He said that his psychiatrist has reduced his medication and hopes he will be off of it in a year.

“I’m very happy now — not necessarily happy, but I feel like nothing would bring me down,” Barakat said. “Surviving the things I’ve been through made me a lot stronger, and a lot of times I feel like, if all of that didn’t bring me down, nothing will.”

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The Committee on Higher Education voted in favor of Assembly bills 1287, 1285, 1364, 1241, 1318 and 1085, which seek to expand accessibility and increase grant benefits in light of recent reductions to the Cal Grant program.

“Not only is there a need for these bills, but there’s a consensus that we want to make these investments in education and really come out with a productive investment,” said Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva, D-Fullerton, who authored AB 1287. “If we’re really going to get California back on track, we have to invest in education.”

All six bills were introduced in February. AB 1287 would guarantee that students who are initially approved for a Cal Grant continue to receive it for four years, as long as they are financially qualified. Quirk-Silva said that this could prevent eligible students, whose family incomes would fall just below the threshold in following years, from being eliminated from receiving grant aid.

“It’s devastating for those students and families that a moderate increase could have such a severe impact,” Quirk-Silva said.

AB 1241 hopes to expand accessibility by increasing the amount of time a student is eligible to apply for a Cal Grant from one to two years. Additionally, AB 1364 aims to increase the amount of award money students receive to no less than $5,900 while ensuring that adjustments fall in line with inflation.

According to the website of the UC Office of the President, the UC system has taken a neutral position on AB 1241 and 1285 and has yet to take an official stance on AB 1318, AB 1364 and AB 1287.

The UC Student Association has supported the passage of AB 1285, AB 1364, AB 1241 and AB 1287 and advocated for the bills in a campaign initiated this week urging UC students to contact their respective Assembly members.

“It’s very important that the Cal Grant program be sustained and expanded,” said Darius Kemp, organizing and communications director of the UCSA. “The higher education system should get more funding than it currently is getting. This is the time for us to actually do that.”

Quirk-Silva said one concern the cost of the bills may bring up is that legislators will have to find a way to balance education with other objectives, such as health care and child care, in the budget.

The legislation will now move into the Committee on Appropriations, which will give an estimate of how much the bills would cost if passed. The committee is expected to make a decision on whether the bills will move to the Assembly floor around April 23.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org and follow her on Twitter @gladysrosario93.

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The employee, Roy Washington, was maneuvering a forklift which was lifting a metal recycling bin when it accidentally hit the fire alarm.

Joey Brenner, a laboratory machinist on the scene, said occupants in Hildebrand Hall evacuated once the alarm sounded.

“They’re planning on putting a shield around the (fire alarm) or moving it,” Washington said.

UCPD could not be reached but witnesses at the scene said that the accident placed no real threat to occupants in Hildebrand and people were allowed to reenter the building soon after.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org and follow her on Twitter @gladysrosario93.

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These are sensory details one might take for granted, but they are all-important for Lung, a sophomore at UC Berkeley who has been blind since she was diagnosed with retinal cancer when she was 1 month old.

Most UC Berkeley students do not understand the challenges students like Lung face on a daily basis, but the campus community had the opportunity to become more acquainted with such experiences last week during Disability Awareness Week, an annual event organized by the Disabled Students Union to reduce the barrier between disabled students and others on campus.

“We’re people just like everybody else,” said Hamza Jaka, the co-president of the DSU. “Disability Awareness Week for me is about getting to know the people. We want to help them learn, and the best way to learn is by talking with people and educating yourself.”

Events last week included a resource fair, a panel discussion on the history of the Disability Rights Movement, a guide dog session and a movie screening.

Lung brought her service dog, Van Dyke, to the guide dog session on Wednesday to share her experiences and give an idea of what daily life is like for disabled students.

During her first year, Lung struggled to acclimate to the new environment and become independent. Even today, Lung said, it can be tricky to make sure she doesn’t run into poles or benches.

“There could be more challenges to work through, but there are always ways to get through them,” Lung said.

Lung, an English major, uses a Braille computer to read hundreds of pages for her assignments as well as to listen to music and access Facebook.

According to Ann Kwong, vice president of internal affairs at the DSU, when people are better able to relate to disabled students, they help transcend the one trait that most often defines disabled students: their disability.

“See past the disability — don’t just focus on the disability,” Kwong said. “Through further understanding, I hope that there’s more connections both ways to help dispel misconceptions.”

Lung’s passion for music motivated her to immerse herself in music theory courses and to learn to play the Indonesian gamelan, an instrument resembling the shape of a xylophone.

She said that Disability Awareness Week allowed her to share her story while showing that disabled students are just as competent — and just as human — as others without disabilities.

“I think the general message for the public is that just through having some wit and some resilience, people are going to be able to overcome their challenges to accomplish what they hope to,” Lung said.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org and follow her on Twitter @gladysrosario93.

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Student protesters gathered on Upper Sproul Plaza to bring attention to women’s rights violations and the Syrian civil war, which has been going on for nearly two years.

“The U.S. people are starting to become more apathetic to what is happening in the Middle East, but with 70,000 Syrians dead and an unknown number of people being raped, then there is no more room for apathy,” said Samy Harmoush, the national project manager for the Syrian American Council, a nonprofit organization that helped plan the event.

Noma Kahf, a UC Berkeley sophomore and protest organizer, said that some people who walked by were unaware of the current conflict and were shocked to learn about some of the forms of torture being used during the civil war.

Over the course of the one-hour protest, participants held signs reading, “He stuck a rat in her vagina” and, “Sexual violence is why 1 million people have left Syria,” referencing atrocities committed in the civil unrest.

The explicit posters refer to a BBC news article in which a woman was sexually tortured by Syrian government officials. In the article, graphic details are included, which describe a young boy and an activist who were both arrested and raped while detained.

Kahf said organizers preferred a silent protest because it is a more respectful way to pay homage to the rape victims.

“A silent protest has a deeper meaning and makes people read our signs rather than have us chanting and shouting our protest,” said participant Hani Khater.

On the Facebook page announcing the protest, the organizers posted a petition urging First Lady Michelle Obama to condemn the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad for the rape of women in Syria. Kahf said the magnitude of the Syrian government’s power should be considered when one judges who is to blame for the atrocities.

“Human rights violations against anyone is wrong, no matter who does it,” Kahf said.

A year ago, student organizers set up a demonstration in which participants on Sproul Plaza acted out scenes of abuse from the civil war. Plans for the next event are still under way, according to Kahf.

Harmoush said the same type of protest has been planned at 15 other college campuses and that in April, there will be a forum on campus allowing Syrian women to share their stories.

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BAM/PFA, which was founded in 1963, is currently located on Bancroft Way and will be moving to 2120 Oxford St. in Downtown Berkeley, a block away from the Downtown Berkeley BART station. The center will join a section of Berkeley that already has a reputation for the arts, with institutions including the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

“I believe we will add a tremendous amount not just to the arts community but to every resident and visitor to downtown,” said Lawrence Rinder, director of BAM/PFA, in an email. “The museum will be a cultural hub, presenting excellent art, film, and performance of just about every imaginable type.”

Some of the early construction now under way includes salvaging reusable material, disconnecting utilities and preparing for the demolition of the nearby parking structure to be closed in the beginning of March.

Construction is expected to be completed by summer 2015, with the center opening to the public by early 2016.

The decision to relocate was prompted by a 1997 engineering survey that found that the current building did not meet seismic standards. To this day, the building has a “poor” rating, according to the BAM/PFA website.

“We’re incredibly excited to get this project under way after such a long time,” said Aimee Chang, director of engagement at BAM/PFA. “It’s a very important kind of museum for the city of Berkeley. I think this museum will really put Berkeley on the map in terms of cutting-edge art.”

The new facility will contain exhibition galleries, a learning center, a participatory art-making studio, a 230-seat theater and a screening room, according to a BAM/PFA press release.

Currently, BAM/PFA annually screens 400 films, hosts 15 exhibitions and provides a venue for public speakers, performers and other programs. All of these activities will continue at the new Downtown facility.

Plans for the center were designed by New York City-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which previously blueprinted the Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Mayela Rodriguez, a co-chair of the BAM/PFA student committee, said moving the museum Downtown may make it more accessible to the Berkeley community as well as entice students who live on the north side of campus to attend more museum events.

The entire project costs $100 million and will be funded by private donations, $95 million of which is already accounted for.

Once the current BAM/PFA center is completely emptied, the old location will continue to be managed by the University of California, which must then decide what to do with it.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org.

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The main student store will relocate from its current location in Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and open on Feb. 19 across the street, next to Ned’s Berkeley Bookstore, as part of the Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project.

In preparation for textbook buyback season and summer sessions, a portion of the Cal Student Store is also slated to move into the building currently being occupied by Ned’s Bookstore, a space that the Cal Student Store will now use to keep its supply of rental, used, new and digital textbooks, according to a statement released Wednesday. This section will open in March.

Cal Student Store Director Amanda Reese said that the ASUC and ASUC Auxiliary have been in charge of informing students of the move via signs. However, some employees at Ned’s Bookstore became aware of the relocation only recently.

“We were told about one or two weeks ago,” said Ned’s Bookstore employee and UC Berkeley senior Carlos Zambrano. “No one really expected it. It was just really sudden. We had to take everything off the shelves because they’re moving in here.”

Once Ned’s Bookstore moves out of its Bancroft location, the Cal Student Store will be the only textbook retailer in the campus’s immediate proximity. The store’s parent company, Nebraska Book Company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2011; however, it is not confirmed whether this was the cause of its displacement.

Some students do not believe that the Cal Student Store’s move will be an inconvenience to customers due to its relatively close location.

“I don’t think it will be an inconvenience on students just because it’s so close to where it used to be,” said UC Berkeley freshman Kushal Ranjan.

Whether the move will affect the Cal Student Store’s staffing levels remains to be seen and will be assessed “based on business needs,” according to Reese.

When the Cal Student Store closes, the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union will be completely closed and fencing will surround the building to allow its renovation.

“I’m excited the work is moving ahead,” said Christine Shaff, communications director for UC Berkeley Facilities Services. “Once the bookstore is moved out, the MLK will be completely closed and be part of the construction site.”

The Cal Student Store’s move is part of the larger Lower Sproul Redevelopment Project, which is scheduled for completion in 2015. The project involves the renovation of Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Anthony Hall, Cesar Chavez Student Center, Zellerbach Hall and the complete demolition of Eshleman Hall.

Gladys Rosario covers academics and administration. Contact her at grosario@dailycal.org.

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