Are There Dinosaur Bones in UC Berkeley’s Campanile?

Bay Curious

KQED

History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

On the way up to the observation deck, visitors pass five stories of prehistoric bones. Are dinosaurs among them?

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	The Campanili at UC Berkeley is hard to miss.
0:08.0	It's 300 feet tall, it's loud, and on clear days you can see the distinctive white spike all
0:16.7	the way from San Francisco. For a few bucks you can even take an elevator ride to the top for a supreme view. And rumor has it that on the
0:26.8	ride up you pass five floors of something strange. A hidden storehouse of dinosaur bones.
0:35.0	This week on Bakurious, we'll find out what's inside Berkeley's Campanili,
0:43.0	aka Sather Tower, aka that big point tower
0:47.1	on UC Berkeley's campus.
0:48.9	I'm Olivia Allen Price.
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1:08.0	All right we wanted to find out what's inside Berkeley's Campanili.
1:14.0	It turns out that word is Italian for Bell Tower.
1:17.0	Science reporter Daniel Potter, he met our question-asker.
1:21.0	Hi, Kate.
1:22.0	Hi, are you Daniel?
1:24.0	I am.
1:25.0	It's good to meet you.
1:26.0	Can I get you to introduce yourself your name and where we are?
1:29.0	Sure.
1:30.0	So, hi, I'm Kate Groschner and right now we are standing in front of the Campanili
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