New student group lobbies city to address northside pedestrian safety

EECS freshman Chris Fletcher lives in the Foothill Residence Halls. He knows what it’s like to leave campus at 3 a.m. after a long night of studying and walk through dark streets and sidewalks to his room. “I’ve never personally been assaulted, but it’s a creepy place,” he says.

Like Fletcher, many engineers live in dorms and apartments around northside and walk home in the wee morning hours. Compounding matters, northside businesses close early in the evening, leaving the area dark and deserted for residents. [FULL STORY]

Common First Year begins this fall
All freshmen will take same set of courses, with exception of EECS

In one of the biggest changes to the College’s curriculum in years, faculty approved the Common First Year (CFY) during its fall meeting and set an implementation date for this August.

All entering freshmen, with the exception of those who have already declared EECS as their major, will take the same set of courses. In the fall, they’ll take Math 1A (or, with sufficient AP credit, another math course), Chemistry 1A (or 4A), E 10 “Engineering Design and Analysis,” and a humanities elective. In spring, they’ll take Math 1B, Physics 7A, E 7 “Intro to Applied Computing,” and a second humanities elective. At the end of the year, freshmen will declare their majors if they haven’t already done so. [FULL STORY]

CEE students travel to New Orleans to help rebuild devastated areas

After seeing the footage on TV and writing about the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, two Cal engineers still found the real New Orleans startling. “What got to me was how widespread [the destruction] was and still is,” says CEE senior Lauren Huey. “It was hard to grasp what actually happened,” adds master’s student Dan Tran. [FULL STORY]

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