Northwest stairs to Lower Sproul Plaza open
The northwest stairs to Lower Sproul Plaza, a rain garden and a renovated pathway between Zellerbach Hall and the Alumni House were formally opened with a celebration Friday, Oct. 25.
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Tag Archives: Lower Sproul Plaza
Shared burden for Lower Sproul
On Sproul redevelopment, campus must start to meet students halfway
With the start of the fall 2012 semester, we, the students and the campus, began a process of physically transforming the landscape of UC Berkeley. Beginning with the passing of the B.E.A.R.S initiative in spring 2010, we voted to raise our own student fees to the tune of $124 million
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Career Center to open at new location across from Lower Sproul Plaza
In an effort to increase its accessibility to the student body, the UC Berkeley Career Center will open at a new location on Bancroft Way across from Eshleman Hall Monday.
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Negotiations continue as vendors vacate Lower Sproul
Renovation of Lower Sproul Plaza, schedule to begin soon, has left just two vendors open in the Bear’s Lair food court.
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Curb your spending
#ASUCproblems
To the amazement of our ASUC wallet, the Senate Finance committee began the year assuming far more fiscal conservatism than in previous years, and established sound precedents. Unsurprisingly, disruption recently reversed this trend, and was not based on rational reasoning, but on rash financial legislation. Pandora’s Box was torn open as the ASUC Senate recently decided to fund charitable goods, reminding us that recipes of fiscal irresponsibility breed insurmountable deficits.
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Coffee Spot moves out as Lower Sproul renovation moves forward
The Coffee Spot, which began moving out of the Bear’s Lair Food Court Sunday, is one of multiple vendors that will be displaced by the overhaul of Lower Sproul Plaza set to begin this fall.
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Renovation to Lower Sproul Plaza continues into fall
With the relocation of the UC Berkeley Career Center to Bancroft Way, this summer began the extensive $223 million renovation of the Lower Sproul Plaza that will continue in through the fall, designed to make the area more lively for students by improving the area’s functionality, safety and overall appearance.
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California higher education problems stem from resource allocation, report says
A report released Sunday by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni proposed that California’s higher education problems stem not from a lack of funding but from a misallocation of current resources. The Washington, D.C.-based independent nonprofit organization published the report amid debate about whether the crisis of public higher
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Eshleman Hall to be demolished months later than projected
Contrary to previous expectations, Eshleman Hall, a building that houses dozens of student groups, will now be demolished in spring 2013 — several months later than originally projected. Prompted by the B.E.A.R.S. Initiative in 2010, the demolition of the building is part of the larger multimillion dollar Lower Sproul Plaza
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English Studies Institute faces uncertainty over lease agreement
Members of an English language instruction program at UC Berkeley are uncertain about their future place on campus as plans for a major construction project push forward. The English Studies Institute currently leases space on the fourth floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union building. That lease expires
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