UC MBEST Center begins construction of new headquarters Construction began in September on the first new facilities to be built at the former Fort Ord military reservation: a headquarters building complex for the UC Monterey Bay Education, Science, and Technology (MBEST) Center. The 26,000-square-foot headquarters complex, scheduled for completion in spring 2001, will house a variety of tenants, including the MBEST Center administrative offices, UCSC Extension, the city of Marina Small Business Incubator, and other tenants. (Full story) Text Only Version	October 2-8, 2000 Vol. 5, No. 9 Police issue alert concerning campus assault Ailey II: An interview with Sylvia Waters Kerr Hall faculty and staff computer training labs upgraded Environmental toxicology hosts inaugural lecture on 'Frontiers in Toxicology' Police Department posts report on crime statistics, resources on the web UC initiates first large-scale U.S. university exchange with the Philippines UC Davis scholar named founding director of systemwide language consortium