Quarterly report shows slow Memorial Stadium luxury seat sales
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A quarterly financial report released Friday shows that sales from Cal Athletics’ Endowment Seating Program have not kept pace with initial projections. Read More…
Flawed from the beginning
CAMPUS ISSUES: The struggle to sell Memorial Stadium seats stems from overly optimistic revenue projections and an ill-conceived project.
The recently renovated Memorial Stadium’s new foundation may stand rock solid, but the same could not be said for the financing plan to cover the project’s roughly $320 million in costs. In spite of Cal Athletics’ and the campus administration’s best efforts to bring the stadium’s finances back onto a Read More…
Larry Conrad to become next campus CIO
The campus announced the appointment of Larry Conrad as Berkeley’s next Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Friday. Read More…
Dykes’ arrival marks new chapter in Cal football history
Amid the downpour of dead week, excitement is in the Berkeley air. Call it the oncoming Bear raid. Or perhaps Air Bears. With Sonny Dykes and the “air raid” offense coming to Cal, nicknames for the 2013 Bears’ offense have already been floated throughout the campus community and blogosphere. “What’s Read More…
Election will have powerful impact on UC
Cuts in state funding have taken toll on public education
With state funding accounting for only about 11 percent of UC Berkeley’s operating budget in the 2011-12 academic year, a question arises as to what, exactly, defines a public university. We believe that while sources of revenue are an element of the equation, there are other important attributes that must Read More…
Home improvement: The return of Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium is more than a football field — it's a capsule of Cal's legacy.
From December 1922 to November 1923, a coliseum was constructed at the foot of the Berkeley hills dedicated to the fallen California comrades of the Great War. On Sept. 1, 2012, a cannon will sound from Strawberry Canyon, marking a new chapter in the rich history of California sports. Memorial Stadium is back. Read More…
Barbour, Birgeneau get around giving score predictions for Saturday’s game
In the last few weeks, I’ve asked the same question to almost everyone I interviewed for an upcoming football feature: Can you give me a score prediction for the Cal-Nevada game? Much to my chagrin, none of them answered. Vice Chancellor John Wilton was surprised I even asked him. Read More…
UC, campus looks to expand online education program
Though UC Berkeley is making efforts to stay on the frontlines of online education, some campus faculty believe the university could do more to provide better online education for its students. Read More…
Litigation continues against Gill Tract occupiers
Ongoing litigation continues against protesters who occupied UC-owned land in Albany two weeks after UCPD cleared out the encampment. Two of the 10 protesters arrested during the May 14 raid on the Occupy the Farm camp had their charges dropped by the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office last Wednesday, and Read More…
Occupy the farm protesters face court hearings while campus promises urban farming
Two Occupy the Farm protesters arrested during last week’s UCPD raid of UC-owned land in Albany had charges dropped against them in court hearings Wednesday. At least nine more protesters arrested May 14 at the Gill Tract in Albany have upcoming pretrial hearings, but according to Deputy District Attorney Teresa Read More…