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yeah there may be other important issues. but`the most important of them is KEEP TEDFORD AT CAL.
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<p>I'm not saying football isn't important. I'm saying that in IMHO there are more important issues. The biggest one is seismic retrofitting, followed closely by a crackdown on crime on campus and the immediate surrounding area. </p>
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of course cal is more than just football. but football is one symbol of school pride whether you like it or not. yes, we celebrate our great tradition in academic and research, and community services. but we as a school connected every saturday after playing of "big C" and firing of the cannon. this, my friend, is the "elusive cal family".
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<p>I am well aware of the fact that sporting events, like most social events, are incredibly effective at making people feel like they "belong" in a group. To a certain degree, that's actually a good thing. If a person doesn't have at least some sort of group identity, s/he is very likely to commit suicide.</p>
<p>But while football may be pretty good at bringing the student community together for a couple of hours each week, if Berkeley truly wants to improve the undergraduate experience across domains, it should also spend on other issues. Prominent among these are increased funding for undergraduate research, smaller class sizes, better pay for lecturers, reduction or elimination of impaction, direct pro-student negotiation with landlords, increased UCPD presence in consistently crime-ridden campus areas, etc.</p>
<p>If Berkeley were actually fundraising for those issues, I'd be pretty happy with the planned athletic facilities. But the sad reality is that the fundraising for the issues I consider most important appears to be nowhere near as important for the administration as issues like sports, diversity, and inclusion.</p>
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ps. have u ever been in lewis and latimer, or u just happen to look these two up? i've been conducting experiments as well as attending classes/seminars in both, and i have no idea how you judge them as "very poor" or "poor" condition.
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<p>See the link I provided to a university site in which those buildings, and others, are listed as being in some sort of "poor" seismic condition.</p>