Berkeley Will Have Major Closed Perimeter Because of Right Wing Speaker; Counseling Will Be Offered

Ben Shapiro

In a campus-wide e-mail on Thursday, University of California-Berkeley's Executive Vice Chancellor in addition to Provost Paul Alivisatos detailed the steps the academy has planned inward advance for the September 14th spoken language on campus past times the neocon Ben Shapiro.

In a letter Alivisatos wrote  (my Bold):

At 4 p.m. on September 14, UCPD volition constitute a shut perimeter roughly Zellerbach Hall in addition to surrounding buildings. Buildings nigh Zellerbach Hall volition hold out shut at 4 p.m., amongst no access permitted. The perimeter volition be
assembled over the course of teaching of the twenty-four threescore minutes menses starting inward the morning. Affected buildings include: César E. Chávez Student Center, Alumni House, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Sproul Hall, in addition to Eshleman Hall. There volition hold out a express number of access points along the perimeter; outset at 5:30 p.m., a ticket to the number volition hold out required to gain entry into the perimeter.

Parking volition hold out shut ALL DAY on September fourteen at Barrow Lane Parking Spaces, Peppertree Lane Parking Spaces, North Sproul Lot, in addition to the ASUC Garage....

An increased in addition to highly visible law presence volition hold out on campus on September 14...

Some may wishing to attend the number in addition to listen the speaker to shape their ain views. Others may wishing to rest away. Some may wishing to protest. All activities tin hold out done peacefully in addition to amongst respect. If yous pick out to protest, delight seek ways to protestation peacefully in addition to safely piece observing rules related to the pupil code of behavior in addition to our Principles of Community. If events escalate roughly you, delight strongly consider leaving...

Support in addition to counseling services for students, staff in addition to faculty

We are deeply concerned well-nigh the behave on some speakers may convey on individuals’ feel of security in addition to belonging. No ane should hold out made to experience threatened or harassed precisely because of who they are or for what they believe. For that reason, the next back upwards services are existence offered in addition to encouraged:

• Student back upwards services
• Employee (faculty in addition to staff) back upwards services

And Shapiro is solely the warm upwards act.

Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos in addition to perhaps old White House aide Steve Bannon volition hold out coming to Berkeley from  Sept. 24-27 for "Free Speech" week.

 -RW
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