Despite ongoing budget cuts and belt tightening at UC Berkeley, Chancellor Carol Christ just announced plans for a $30 million upgrade to the women’s beach volleyball and softball facilities… the school continues to struggle to pay off $438 million in outstanding debt from the renovation of Memorial Stadium and construction of a new training facility, and soon after the university spent $18 million in donor money to build a new aquatic center. UC Berkeley, meanwhile, is still grappling with a sports budget deficit that peaked near $22 million a couple of years ago and totaled $19.5 million for the school year that just ended… Christ said the funding for the volleyball and softball upgrades will come from “undesignated bequests” — donations that were given to UC Berkeley with no strings attached.

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by Matier & Ross, The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: July 18th, 2018, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.