Stories for April 15, 1998 Higher Education in the 21st Century: Eugene Garcia Brazilian Government Honors Environmentalist Sternberg A Personal Perspective on Affirmative Action Volunteer 3,000 Signs Up for Peace Corps Duty Minority Admissions and Me 1998 Distinguished Teaching Awards Staff Ombuds Office: The View from the Middle Jazz Pianist Vijay Iyer Combines Art and Technology Learning How Flies Fly New Families: Do They Work? Outstanding Managers To Be Honored May 4 HRMS Campus Demos April 22 Congress Reauthorizes the Higher Education Act Campus Custodian José Diaz: "Getting Deep" With Campus Buildings New Transportation Project Eases Commute Problems Hope for an Endangered Bird Reimagining a BART Station		Reimagining a BART Station Campus Students Assist Oakland Highschoolers with Community Redesign Plans by Cathy Cockrell, Public Affairs posted Apr. 15, 1998 Oakland Technical High School students presented plans for redesigning the MacArthur BART station and area to a panel of jurors April 8 at Oakland City Hall. The Oakland Tech students developed their plans with the help of Berkeley graduate students through the Urban Plan project. Jurors included local politicians, community groups, development organizations and educators. Among them were Jane Brunner, Oakland City councilwoman; Alex Greenwood and Gladys Moore of the City of Oakland Community and Economic Development Agency; Walter Miles of the MLK-Telegraph Business Association; Lynne Horiuchi of Turning Leaves and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and Carlos Castellanos of the Spanish Speaking Unity Council. The Urban Plan is a six-year-old project in which Berkeley graduate students – from a variety of departments including city planning, architecture, landscape architecture and business – assist Oakland Tech students in redesigning MacArthur BART station and surrounding neighborhood in West Oakland. In six weeks the students learn many of the complexities of developing the urban environment: assessing physical, social, and political environments; balancing public and real estate economics and quality of life; managing agendas and conflict; understanding the history of cities and neighborhoods; and envisioning future healthy communities and environments. [ Back to top ]

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