<p>Forget its environmental impact, there's better reasons why the facility shouldn't be built. Most important of all, it doesn't contribute to Berkeley's overall wellness. The atheletic program is pretty good as it is. I think it'd be better if Berkeley spent on other, more important and underfunded issues, like: </p>
<ul>
<li>better pay for faculty</li>
<li>better ugrad advising</li>
<li>seismic retrofiting</li>
<li>more financial aid</li>
<li>ugrad research</li>
<li>smaller classes</li>
<li>better classrooms</li>
<li>more dorms</li>
<li>better dorms</li>
<li>lowered fees</li>
<li>improved food</li>
<li>better grad housing</li>
<li>safer campus and city</li>
<li>etc</li>
</ul>