Chronicle of the University of California

Issue #1:
Alarums and Diversions:
Disasters at Cal
Spring 1998

Issue #2:
Ladies Blue and Gold
Fall 1998

Issue #3:
West of Eden:
The University and the Environment
Spring 2000

Issue #4:
The University at the Turn of the Century: Then and Now
Fall 2000

Issue #3
West of Eden: The University and the Environment
Spring 2000

Press Release
June 1, 2000

The Editorial Board of the Chronicle of the University of California is pleased to announce the publication of issue number 3, spring 2000, devoted to the university and the environment. Its title is ""West of Eden" and its eighteen articles are divided into two parts: the first, "Creating and Preserving the University's Environment," takes the reader from the 1905 debates about putting the Big C on Charter Hill to the displacement of vernal pools on the Merced campus site, and from the organic farm at UC Santa Cruz to preserving Strawberry Creek from toxic runoff. Part two, "Beyond the University," is a look at the many university alumni and professors who assisted in the founding and direction of associations such as Save-the-Redwoods, the Sierra Club, Save The Bay, even the National Park Service. There are book reviews and a list of oral histories of prominent environmentalists connected to the university. There is also poetry, memoirs of John Muir, and many photographs, maps, and drawings - old and new. In a total of 140 pages, we expect readers to find much as entertaining as enlightening.

The new "West of Eden" issue is available in the Cal Student Store and other bookstores and by order from: Chronicle of the University of California, Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley CA, 94720-4650.