Berkeley raises $1.44 billion in campaign
BERKELEY “”mdash; The University of California, Berkeley, said
Thursday it has raised $1.44 billion, beating the target for its
eight-year fund-raising campaign.
The campaign, which was launched under Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien
in 1993 and ended in December, had a goal of raising $1.1
billion.
Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl said the amount raised by the
university sets a record for the highest dollar amount ever raised
by a public university. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, held
the previous record by raising $1.41 billion in a campaign that
ended in 1997. The University of California, Los Angeles, aims to
raise $1.6 billion by 2002.
“We compete at the highest intellectual levels in teaching
and research,” said Donald McQuade, UC Berkeley’s vice
chancellor for university relations. “We also need to marshal
the same kind of private support to recruit and retain the best
faculty and students in the world.”
Of the $1.44 billion, $747.2 million will go toward faculty
research and school projects, including university museums and
performances. About $181.5 million will be spent on 68 faculty
chairs, 50 professorships and 501 graduate fellowships.
Some $160.7 million will fund research to benefit the sciences
and engineering. Other major objectives include undergraduate
scholarships, a fund to be used at the chancellor’s
discretion, library collections and the new Walter A. Haas Jr.
Pavilion sports complex. The funds raised came from more than
500,000 gifts from UC Berkeley alumni and friends, as well as from
corporations and foundations.
Campus paper seized over safety fears
A front-page photograph of a woman who may have witnessed a
killing led East Los Angeles College officials to confiscate nearly
all copies of the weekly campus newspaper.
“At this point, the newspapers are being held on the
advice of the Sheriff’s Department and our legal
counsel,” dean of student development Daniel Ornelas said
Wednesday.
Seizure of 4,000 copies of the East Los Angeles College Campus
News was ordered because of a photograph showing the face of a
possible witness to Monday’s campus parking lot killing of
student Joseph Robert Gallegos, 20.
One of three front-page photos published Wednesday shows
deputies surrounding Gallegos’ fiancee. In the background of
the grainy photo is the partly concealed face of another student
who told a reporter that she saw the shooting but didn’t want
to be interviewed.
Campus News staffers believe the student told authorities she
feared that having her picture in the paper could place her in
danger. After consulting with attorneys and investigators, Ornelas
seized most of the newspapers.
“The Sheriff’s Department said the newspaper may
jeopardize their investigation,” Ornelas said.
The action infuriated reporters, editors and the college
journalism professor.
“The (college) district does not have the right to pull an
edition because they don’t like something in it,” said
Professor Jean Stapleton.
Alleged bomber returns to court
The San Jose community college student accused of plotting a
mass killing at his school returned briefly to court Thursday.
Al DeGuzman, 19, did not address the court in his brief
appearance, at which future dates in the case were set.
On Feb. 1, he pleaded not guilty to 122 charges brought against
him. If convicted, DeGuzman could face 108 years in prison. On
April 5, the attorneys are expected to meet again to set a date for
the preliminary hearing, Farris said. DeGuzman allegedly planned to
attack the De Anza College campus on Jan. 30.
Compiled from Daily Bruin wire reports.