09-18-2019, 01:41 PM
OK, I'll go first. I'm a life-long Catholic who lived in the former Serra House from 1980-82 (draw number somewhere north of 4000), and I have no problem with Serra Mall being renamed for the founder of the University. In fact, I've always been confused as to why a secular university would have the name of a Catholic figure in its address. Maybe the impetus for this decision was political correctness, but that's not a reason to discount it out of hand. This change makes sense for non-political reasons, IMO.
(Hope I didn't violate any protocols of the board.)
(Hope I didn't violate any protocols of the board.)
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)