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Financial Implications of Arizona Boycott Uncertain

by Stephanie Baer Contributing Writer

As cities nationwide uncover millions of dollars worth of contracts with Arizona-based companies, Berkeley remains uncertain about its financial ties to the heavily boycotted state.

The Berkeley City Council unanimously adopted a resolution May 18 urging the city to refrain from entering into new contracts and to consider terminating existing contracts with Arizona-based businesses.

The resolution also restricts all nonessential travel by city employees to Arizona until the law is repealed.

According to city spokesperson Mary Kay Clunies-Ross, city staff is currently looking at contracts that have not been signed to determine whether any bidding companies have ties to Arizona.

She said she could not comment on whether staff has cancelled any of these pending contracts.

“There’s no traction on this yet,” she said. “It’s a pretty big job.”

Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego and Oakland have all enacted similar measures against the state since the bill was signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer in April.

“As an American, I am offended that I can’t feel comfortable traveling in my country without fear of falling victim to racial profiling,” Los Angeles Councilmember Ed Reyes said in a statement. “No American should ever have to feel that threat.”

The city of Los Angeles and its propriety departments, such as the Los Angeles Harbor Department and the Los Angeles World Airport, have roughly $56.28 million in contracts with Arizona-based businesses, according to a city staff report.

Monica Valencia, press deputy for Reyes, said city staff will review each contract and terminate them in “the best interests” of residents.

Later this summer, Berkeley will review existing contracts in the next stage

of the boycott, Clunies-Ross said.

“Because of where we are in the fiscal year, that second stage may not start for a while,” she said. “We have to do a whole bunch financial reporting ... to close out the fiscal year.”

Even before analyzing the financial implications of an Arizona boycott, the San Jose City Council trimmed down a May 5 resolution recommending the boycott, according to City Attorney Richard Doyle.

San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo said after receiving calls from local businesses that were concerned about the financial effects of the boycott, the council decided June 8 not to terminate existing contracts with Arizona-based companies.

“We were uneager to be putting folks through a lot of torment through this difficult economic time,” he said.

“We talked ... about how we’d craft a boycott that … would not impact some relationships.”

Doyle said the city of San Jose knew of three existing contracts — with Allied Waste Services, TASER International and Clear Channel Airport — that would have detrimental economic impacts if terminated.

According to Doyle, the remaining financial effects of the boycott — which forbids city officials from travelling to Arizona — are few and hard to predict.

Liccardo said he does not think the boycott lessens the significance of San Jose’s opposition to the bill.

“At this point the arena has moved from the political to the legal,” he said.

“I simply don’t believe that additional pressure is going to change the Arizona Legislature’s mind … it’s going to be up to the courts.”

While cities like San Jose have scaled down their boycotts due to financial complaints, Clunies-Ross said she did not know of any concerns from Berkeley businesses thus far.

Stephanie Baer is an assistant news editor. Contact her at sbaer@dailycal.org.

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Parking spots have become a concern after the opening of a new Trader Joe’s. The city has limited some nearby streets to residents only.

Parking by Trader Joe’s Restricted

by Gianna Albaum Contributing Writer

As Trader Joe’s celebrated its grand opening Friday, the city of Berkeley began restricting parking on nearby streets to residents only, potentially causing a curbside struggle between residents and customers.

When the city was considering approving the construction of the store located at 1885 University Ave., neighbors expressed concern that customers would encroach on residential parking. In response, the Berkeley City Council approved a modified Residential Parking Permit zone at their June 1 meeting, desig-

nating parking spots on one side of the surrounding streets exclusively for residents.

The parking restrictions went into effect Friday on Berkeley Way, Grant Street, Bonita Avenue and Addison Street.

While customers were happy to have the store in the area, Diana Moore, a Berkeley High School student, expressed concern about the impact of the store on residential parking.

“Trader Joe’s is full of wonders,” Moore said. “But the parking’s going to be kind of a problem. It’s going to be hard for residents to park ... that’s going to make a lot of people mad.”

Prior to the store’s opening, the closest Trader Joe’s locations were on College Avenue in Oakland and at El Cerrito Plaza.

Kathy Thornton, a Trader Joe’s customer, expressed the need for the store in the community.

“I bet this place will be crazy at lunch, with people looking for something healthy and good to eat,” she said.

The lack of parking raised concerns among some at the nearby North Berkeley Senior Center.

Following an inquiry from Councilmember Susan Wengraf, the council asked city staff to develop a six-month

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Commission on the Future to Meet Monday UC Librarians Urge Professors

by Javier Panzar Daily Cal Staff Writer

Eleven months after its inception, the UC Commission on the Future will meet for the fifth time Monday at the UC San Francisco camONLINE PODCAST pus to discuss Listen to more analysis revised recomand read the updated mendations, as well as a slate recommendations. of entirely new proposals.

The commission — formed last July with the goal of charting a course for the university as it sustained a single-year loss of $637 million in state funding — will focus their discussion Monday on 13 out of the 30 recommendations originally proposed at their March meeting.

These 13 “major recommendations” focus solely on financial and enrollment issues, though the other recommendations previously put forward are not being taken off the table, according to UC spokesperson Steve Montiel.

Also included in Monday’s meeting will be three new recommendations from the UC Academic Council and 10 “expanded” recommendations from

The UC Academic Council will make three additional recommendations to the UC Commission on the Future Monday:

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Downsizing the university over the short term by reducing the size of faculty, administrative and other staff by limiting replacement due to retirements, terminations or other separations.

Forgoing new capital projects that are not essential for safety, unless state bond funding is available. New projects shoud have established funding for facility support and for programs that will occupy the space.

New academic programs must have an identified funding stream that guarantees stable and appropriate resources for quality and growth.

the commission itself.

The council’s recommendations, derived from an all-day May meeting, focus on limiting the “risky” growth

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of the university in times of financial strain, according to Henry Powell, chair of the Academic Senate.

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To Boycott Publishing Company Action Recommended in Response to Subscription Cost Hike, But Company Calls Current Rate ‘Unfair’

by Allie Bidwell Contributing Writer

Librarians throughout the UC system are urging professors not to submit articles to 67 journals in Nature Publishing Group, in of protest of a 400 percent increase in subscription prices.

UC librarians and representatives from the California Digital Library and the University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication drafted a letter June 4 condemning a new contract with the publishing group, which the letter states will raise the university’s subscription costs by more than $1 million.

However, in a June 9 response, the publishing group states the “implica-

tion that (Nature Publishing Group) is increasing its list prices by massive amounts is entirely untrue” and claims the UC system has been paying an unfair rate. According to the publishing group, the university has been given a large discount that is subsidized by other subscribers’ payments.

This is because the university, according to the statement, is one institution with multiple campuses, making its definition as a subscriber complicated and producing a lower subscription price.

Brian Schottlaender, university librarian for UC San Diego, said in an e-mail that the publishing group’s response is misleading.

“That claim is completely without merit,” he said in the e-mail. “It’s based on ‘list price,’ which no one pays anyhow. When UC’s price was renegotiated in 2008, there was no reference to its being ‘unfair.’ Why is it unfair now?”

He added that the proposed increase would make the average cost

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UC Wins Environmental Award For Its Eco-Friendly Practices

by Emma Anderson Daily Cal Staff Writer

UC President Mark Yudof stood in the ranks of Avatar director James Cameron Saturday night as he received an award on behalf of the university’s eco-friendly practices.

The “green” carpet was rolled out that night for Cameron, Yudof and other recipients of the 2010 Millenium Awards, bestowed by Global Green USA — the American arm of an organization created by former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev to foster environmental values.

The UC won the California Environmental Leadership Award for its commitment to the environment and sustainability, said Ruben Aronin, director of communications for Global Green.

From composting food at university dining systems, to creating projects focused on reducing emissions, Aronin said the university has demonstrated a commitment to the environment.

He added that most noteworthy was the number of buildings certified with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) — 32 across the 10-campus system.

UC Berkeley has two LEED-certified buildings and 18 LEED-registered projects that await certification.

Though other educational institutions, such as Los Angeles Community College District and Los Angeles Unified School District, have previously received this award, the UC is the first major university to win.

“Yale School of Forestry and Oberlin College have robust sustainability

initiatives, but the UC system stands head and shoulders above the others,” Aronin said.

But Lisa McNeilly, director of the UC Berkeley Office of Sustainability, said it may be harder for other schools to be as “green” as the UCs, which strive for low greenhouse gas emissions and efficient energy usage. Though schools like Harvard University might have more resources to become green, they use more energy because of their location in a colder climate.

“Our greenhouse gas emissions are substantially lower than Harvard’s, but Harvard lives in a substantially colder climate,” she said. “Their electricity, which they have no control over, is made with more coal, but at the same time they have more LEED-certified buildings and more sustainability staff.”

Matthew St. Clair, sustainability specialist for the university, said he hopes the award will help attract more students to the system.

“Studies show students how green a campus is will impact (students’) choices of where to go to college,” he said.

McNeilly said while campuses like UC Berkeley have come a long way in becoming more sustainable, they still have a way to go.

“Sustainability is a journey, not a destination, so if you’re asking are we there yet, no,” she said. “Has the journey been a really robust one, yes.”

Emma Anderson is an assistant news editor. Contact her at eanderson@dailycal.org.

librarians: Subscription Prices Rise 400 Percent from front of the group’s journals three to four times more expensive than most other scientific journals to which the UC subscribes.

In the statement, the publishing group said its content merits the extra price.

“It is our belief (our) titles represent excellent value for money, whether measured by cost per download, or perhaps more accurately, cost per local citation,” the statement said.

Richard Schneider, chair of the university committee on library and scholarly communication, said because UC professors contribute a large number of articles to Nature, one of the publishing group’s major journals, it is as if the publishing group is “repackaging and delivering” their work. He added that UC professors contributed 12 percent of all articles printed last year in Nature and the next highest contributing university was Harvard University, at 9 percent.

Although many professors rely on publishing their research in journals produced by the group, many UC Berkeley faculty have endorsed the

boycott, according to UC Berkeley university librarian Tom Leonard.

Professors will have other opportunities to publish their articles, according to Laine Farley, executive director of the UC’s California Digital Library, which manages most of the university’s journal subscriptions. The service eScholarship would give professors the opportunity to publish their articles in journals elsewhere.

According to Schneider, boycotting the publishing group will not leave students at a disadvantage. He said if students need access to journals the library does not subscribe to, they can contact corresponding authors with email addresses provided in the journals and request a full copy of the article.

“The rest of the world sees UC as the premier research university in the world,” he said. “We hope Nature sees the light and recognizes that UC provides a valuable service to them and that we can achieve a mutually rewarding and sustainable relationship with Nature.”

Contact Allie Bidwell at abidwell@dailycal.org.

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BART riders, such as these at the MacArthur station, will have the opportunity to voice their opinion on how to use extra State Transit Assistance funds in a series of meetings.

BART to Seek Community Input On Use of Surplus $4.5 Million

by Aaida Samad Contributing Writer

After receiving an unexpected influx of $4.5 million, BART is holding meetings around the Bay Area until June 23 to gain input about how ONLINE VIDEO to use the extra BART riders share their money.

BART re- thoughts on how the ceived nearly funds should be used. $26 million in previously diverted State Transit Assistance funds in March when state courts ordered those funds be returned to the agency, according to Jim Allison, spokesperson for the agency.

Agency officials say the new funds not only save them from a projected $11 million deficit for the 2010-11 fiscal year, but also provide $4.5 million in extra funds.

In a series of 18 meetings — the first held on June 10 — BART will ask commuters for their input on two issues: proposed fee reductions and defining “major service changes,” Allison said in an e-mail.

BART’s board of directors is suggesting the allotment of $2.3 million to temporarily reduce fees by 3 percent for four months, said board Vice President Bob Franklin in an e-mail.

The meetings are the public’s chance to weigh in on this fare reduction option and put forward their own ideas for consideration.

Discussing the definition of “major service changes” is part of the agency’s efforts to comply with Title VI of the Federal Civil Rights Act, according to Allison.

“BART wants to make sure that if it is considering a major service change in the future that it seeks input from under-served communities,” Allison said in the e-mail.

The agency lost $70 million in federal stimulus funds earlier in the year when the Federal Transit Administration found them in non-compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The

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funds were meant to construct a connector from the Oakland International Airport to the Coliseum BART station.

UC Berkeley students who commute

by BART said fare reductions would be a fair reprieve from fare increases over the last few years.

“The money should first be allocated towards fare reductions,” junior Aliza Kazmi said in an e-mail. “I am paying way more than I should be as a student and frequent rider.”

UC Berkeley junior Kasondra Walsh, who is a commuting assistant for Student Commuters at Cal, said in an email that special rates would go a long way to helping student commuters.

“I would love for them to create student rates, or use the money to be put toward creating programs with local schools (who) use the BART system,” she said in the e-mail.

Though some students agree with the proposed temporary fee reduction, senior Clayton Koo, who commuted from Daly City to campus for two years, said the surplus should be saved for future budget woes.

“BART should set aside their $4.5 million surplus to tackle future budget shortfalls,” he said. “I would like the money to go toward helping address the issue of constant fare increases than to enjoy a small and brief benefit that may ultimately cost me more in the long run.”

On the other hand, Samuel Vida, an agent at the Downtown Berkeley station, said the surplus money should be used to address current daily operational needs.

“A while back we had a situation where an escalator was out of service for two weeks because we were unable to get someone to fix it,” he said. “Money needs to go toward maximizing the use of the staff we have and getting the parts we need.”

The agency will meet with Berkeley community members June 22 at the South Berkeley Senior Center.

Contact Aaida Samad at asamad@dailycal.org.

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Sex on Monday

Thin Walls, Blind Foursomes

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migod! Omigod! YES! Oh, YES! Fuck me! Fuck me right there! Don’t stop! Don’t stop, you untalented wannabe! Fuck me harder, you undersized horndog!

Can’t you see that you’re fucking my brains out? OMIGOD! Listen to me imply that I am having many orgasms! Let everyone in earshot know that my vagina is the temple and your organ is my idol! OMIGOD! I am simply beside myself with ecstasy!”

Sometimes, when you’re sitting in your room minding your own business, your neighbor’s new lady-guest tries to tell you hers. She wails fabricated sounds reminiscent of the sensations she wishes she were really having, while your neighbor tries in vain to actually induce them.

Despite the obvious difficulty of finding great sexual chemistry with someone you met half an hour earlier at Raleigh’s, this all-too-ubiquitous listening experience involves at its core another staple of sexual existence: the obsession with noise.

Whatever her reason for fakin’ the O, whether it was to make him feel good, to trick herself into actually having fun or because he paid for a PSE (porn star experience) and was just getting his money’s worth, the real question regarding loud sex and thin walls is the effect it has on the listener in the next room. here is a cornucopia of possible responses to SNAFU (Sex Noises Audible, Fucking Unmistakable), ranging from the pleasurable to the downright terrorizing.

Anger is certainly one understandably common reaction to unabashed hormonal fireworks in an adjacent room or apartment. Sleeping, studying and other activities are nearly impossible when you’re an unwilling audience member to tumultuous tomfoolery. Do you have any idea how hard it is to complete a World of Warcraft quest while being reminded that there is actual human interaction occurring in the immediate vicinity? This is a very distracting situation! Some people are even liable to go Bruce Banner on the offending couple.

I live in a house with walls just as thin as the next college student’s abode, but this story is still remarkable. A few years ago, a man — nay, an ogre — resided in one of the basement rooms of my house. He was disturbed one night by SNAFU in the room he shared a wall with.

The popular telling of the story maintains that this was not the couple’s first infraction of the sort, but I have my doubts — how could anyone be so careless as to cross an ogre twice?

With a ferocious roar, the beast drove his fists, followed by his entire upper body, through the wall into the other room, demanding quiet in his own unique way. Since the incident, my house has been completely remodeled, so no physical trace of the

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dustin chase-woods attack remains: just the horrifying memories of the victims.

Another possible reaction to disruptive fornication is, perhaps surprisingly, denial. Not necessarily denial that sex is occurring next door, but the denial of one’s own culpability in disturbing others.

Most of us have been in the situation of hearing neighbors do their business, and in turn sharing our own business with the same neighbors. It’s a nearly inevitable consequence of not owning your own home. ne person with whom I have shared a thin wall, however, seems to be under the bizarre impression that sound only travels one way.

While we were adjacent, this neighbor complained to me about the sexual decibels coming from my room, while he himself had disruptive romps on the regular. When asked about the chance that his noises may be audible to me in the same way, he seemed puzzled at the very suggestion, and denied such a possibility.

Did he think that our crummy wall was somehow equipped with a special valve that only allowed sound to travel in one direction? He was hardly a church mouse. In fact, I was (un) fortunate enough to overhear his post-coital analysis on more than one occasion, as he explained to his lover in great detail how what they just did was fantastic. Indeed, a sound valve would be nice.

A more understandable reaction to SNAFU, and definitely the most positive, is to just enjoy it. If you are on summer vacay, and don’t have to get up for work the next morning, there’s no reason to make a fuss over the pleasure cave next door. Let your neighbors provide the backing track to your immediate life, and let go.

If you have a special friend in your room or apartment with you, listen together. You’ll soon find yourselves interested in what is known as a “blind foursome,” where you can just imagine what the other couple is doing as you yourself engage in the nasty.

Just be sure to make enough noise, so the other couple realizes it’s now part of the orgy. Otherwise it’s just rude.

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With the state likely facing further financial struggles in the future, the council recommended the university discontinue the recruitment of new faculty, new academic programs, as well as non-essential construction, unless funding sources are guaranteed.

“Has the university’s focus been too heavy on bricks and mortar and insufficient on the people who are going to work in those buildings?” he said.

“There are rising concerns about an aggressive building program that may be out of alignment with the people needs of the university.”

Powell said because the UC will ultimately need to grow to meet the needs of the state, the measures are intended as a short-term “tactical adjustment to

News in Brief 16,700 Customers Affected

By Friday Power Outage Thousands of early-rising soccer fans on Southside woke up to a surprise Friday morning.

At at approximately 6:25 a.m, with the opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup only 30 minutes away, 16,700 customers lost their power.

Luckily, the majority of soccer fans were still able to watch the Mexico and

a very problematic fiscal situation.”

The recommendations held over from the March meeting include facilitating the transfer system within the state’s three college systems, creating a three-year degree pathway within the university, renaming “fees” as tuition, adopting a multi-year fee increase plan for each entering class and continuing the expansion of online classes.

Though other controversial proposals from March — including doubling the number of nonresident students enrolled in the university — are not included in Monday’s slate, the inclusion of a recommendation encouraging the university to hasten its development of online education continues to garner opposition from faculty members.

The recommendation says, when

South Africa match in its entirety, as power was restored to 10,500 customers just 10 minutes later, according to PG&E spokesperson Joe Molica.

Soccer fans have a faulty switch gear at a PG&E sub-station on the 2500 block of Telegraph Avenue to blame, according to Molica. The cause of the failure was unknown as of Friday.

Molica said PG&E workers were able to switch the majority of users initially affected by the outage to one of the several other sub-stations in the city of Berkeley — home to slightly more than 66,300 customers.

Another 2,200 customers had their

tackling the issue of online education, the “UC should be first, as soon as possible, and our ambitions should err on the side of boldness.”

“None of us are opposed to the use of the internet in higher education,” said Wendy Brown, professor of political science in an e-mail, speaking on behalf of a group of UC Berkeley faculty. “All of us, however, see in these recommendations a set of moves that will turn the historic excellence of UC undergraduate education into a relic of the past and do so in a gamble for revenue likely to be a boondoggle.”

The commission will present a set of first recommendations to the UC Board of Regents in July, a second round of recommendations later in the summer and a final set in the fall.

Javier Panzar is the news editor.

Contact him at jpanzar@dailycal.org.

power restored at 7:30 a.m., in time to see South Africa and Mexico each score in the second half. The rest of the users had their power restored at 9:05 a.m.

Generators across the state run power into local sub-stations through transmission wires that then “step down” the power for neighborhood consumption.

An investigation is under way to determine what exactly broke in the gear, though Molica said it is not unusual for power to go out for tens of thousands of customers when a sub-station goes down.

—Javier Panzar

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Berkeley’s school board was right to approve a charter middle and high school, despite opposition from BAMN.

erkeley is well-known for its strong commitment to social justice — a reputation we believe is worth of defending. Sadly, sometimes that penchant for social justice reaches counterproductive extremes. The recent battle over the establishment of charter schools displayed that dark side. Fortunately, more reasonable minds prevailed.

Last Wednesday, the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) Board of Education approved a proposal to create the Revolutionary Education and Learning Movement (REALM) grade 6-12 public charter school. While an original proposal fell short because it was believed not to meet state requirements, we praise the proponents of the charter school for going back to the drawing board and fixing the proposal.

T his proposal was strongly opposed by the activist group BAMN. BAMN alleged that this school would resegregate Berkeley public education, creating an overwhelmingly minority-populated school.

BAMN’s speculative contention is based on the fact the school would be exempt from the district-wide deseg-

regation plan. In the case of demand for admission exceeding open spots at the school, REALM would admit by lottery, rather than under the direction of Berkeley’s race and socioeconomic status-based system.

BAMN’s claims of segregation ignore the true history of the practice — minority and white students were prohibited from attending the same schools. Charter schools are voluntary, and no child, minority or otherwise, will be forced to attend them as opposed to a regular BUSD school. Charter schools only give parents more choice, not less, about the kind of educational environment their children will learn in.

The gap in educational success between Berkeley’s white student and black and Hispanic students is an embarrassment to the city. Charter schools are an innovative way to give students access to educational approaches that are not possible in traditional public schools. We are uncertain that these approaches will always be successful, but considering the poor job Berkeley’s educational system has done for many minority youth, they ought to be explored.

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A plan to impose city taxes on marijuana goes too far in capitalizing on tantalizing potential streams of tax revenue.

his November, a ballot measure to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana will come before California’s voters. If passed, adults statewide will be able to legally roll up a joint and smoke it for recreational purposes. Berkeley’s reputation for being a haven for marijuana consumers could become one the rest of the state would share.

Politicians, eager to find the new revenue streams needed to maintain services in this economic climate, are quickly exploring ways to turn marijuana into easy tax money for their respective jurisdictions.

We certainly cannot fault them for this.

However, we are concerned about Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates’ plan to impose a 2.5 percent city tax on medicinal marijuana and a 10 percent city tax on recreational marijuana, if it is legalized in November.

Medicinal marijuana, legalized statewide by Proposition 215, is already subject to a state sales tax.

This is in contrast to conventional prescription drugs, an inconsistency which we find troubling. A

2.5 percent tax is higher than Oakland’s 1.8 percent tax level, a reduction to which would be a reasonable compromise.

Moreover, Mayor Bates’ proposal for a 10 percent recreational marijuana tax is excessive. Part of the rationale for legalizing marijuana is to reduce the violent drug cartel crime associated with the illegal trafficking of the product.

However, Bates’ proposed tax, when combined with state sales and excise taxes, threatens to make the cost of the legal product high enough to allow the drug cartels to maintain their stake in the trade. A lower tax, for the narrower purpose of funding the regulation of the legalized product, would be a much more reasonable idea. Of course, it would make sense for the recreational marijuana tax to exceed the medicinal cannabis tax.

While we have not yet decided whether to support legalizing marijuana, we recognize the tax revenue it would bring is one of the most attractive benefits of the idea.

However, we urge politicians to proceed here with caution and restraint.

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by Noah Stern As the ASUC president for the 2010-11 academic year, I am using this summer to plan for the upcoming school year. While I prepare for the year ahead, I can’t help but reflect on the enormous successes of our student government that we must celebrate.

After a decade of hard work and deliberation, we passed the B.E.A.R.S. initiative, which will revitalize Lower Sproul and revamp student life for generations of Cal students. The ASUC continues to be a credible voice for student interests on campus, holding the respect of campus administrators and making a concerted effort to lobby lawmakers in Sacramento to restore funding to public higher education. These dramatic improvements came in addition to our regular support for student initiatives, student

programming and an abundance of resources we provide to students every single year. Despite budget woes facing our university that mirror this country’s economic crisis, the ASUC will continue this pattern of growth and improvement to better serve our student body.

Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. I am proud of democracy as it’s practiced at Cal. Our student government is filled with enthusiastic, committed and passionate student activists. So it should come as no surprise that from time to time that commitment results in certain excesses.

Voter turnout this year was at an all time high, highlighting the civic interesting of our politically involved campus. As in years’ past, our Judicial Council responded quickly and objec-

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tively to an elections dispute that only came to light after the diligent work of a dedicated Attorney General. The socalled 4th pillar of government, the media, that is The Daily Cal on our campus, thoroughly covered all ASUC related news including the elections of the previous semester and the proceedings that followed. Our Judiciary carefully deliberated the issues and the appropriate response was made.

All in all, the democratic process in all of its glory and its occasional shortcomings prevailed. For these successes, our student body should be proud.

In a period of reflection, the need for reform also becomes abundantly clear. After several weeks of arbitration following the 2010 elections and a judicial hearing that dominated the headlines, the careful legal scrutiny of the Judicial Council demonstrated

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Brewer’s Moves Hearken Back to Worst of History

by Alvaro Huerta Not to be outdone by the late segregationist, Alabama Gov. George Wallace, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will go down in the history books as an ardent xenophobe and racist.

Brewer’s hatred of immigrants and disregard for the civil rights of Latinos (both legal residents and citizens) have come to fruition in Arizona’s recently passed laws aimed at criminalizing immigrants, racially profiling Latinos and denying racial minorities the right to learn about their history.

I’m speaking, of course, of Arizona SB 1070, the unconstitutional law that requires police officers to demand legal documentation of individuals suspected of being undocumented immigrants under the premise of “reasonable suspicion” and HB 2281, the racist law that bans ethnic studies (optional courses, as a matter of fact) in public schools.

Instead of chastising Brewer for her racist legislative actions, President Barack Obama recently invited her to the White House to discuss the controversial immigration law that the president referred to as “misguided.”

As any parent should know, this is no way of rewarding bad behavior!

Instead, Obama should chastise the rogue governor and take direct action against Arizona’s racist agenda. In 1963, for instance, then-President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard when Gov. Wallace attempted to prevent two African American students from attending the University of Alabama under a federal court order to desegregate public schools.

Wallace, who operated under the platform "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever," eventually caved under pressure when confronted by the might of the federal government. Taking this historical event as a “teachable moment,” Obama needs to use all of executive powers, including unmatchable oratory skills, to immediately stop these racist laws.

When she originally signed SB 1070 into law, Brewer assured the public that racial profiling would not be tolerated.

However, what does she — a white, privileged politician — know about racial profiling? I wonder if she has even been a victim of racial profiling?

Has she ever been denied a taxicab in a major city like New York because of the color of her skin? Has she ever been

pulled because she allegedly “matched the description” of someone suspected of committing a crime?

While Brewer and the supporters of this law have framed this policy measure as one of “crime” and “safety,” especially with the law’s official name, “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act,” they have yet to produce any data correlating immigration with crime in the state. There is a word in the dictionary for making false accusations: slander.

Although much of the attention in the media has been given to this cruel immigration law, Brewer wasted no time in attacking the Latino community, once again, with the elimination of ethnic studies programs in public schools.

In an Orwellian maneuver, Brewer, the architect of this ban, Arizona’s school chief Tom Horne and other supporters argue that ethnic studies programs allegedly promote ethnic chauvinism, reverse racism against whites and the overthrow of the U.S. government. It is amazing how educational programs aimed at providing a more ethnically diverse interpretation of American life and history have suddenly become eminent enemies of the state.

For instance, how is teaching a Latino high school student about the United Farm Workers (UFW) and the fact that Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona, suddenly un-American?

How is teaching a young Latina student about Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the UFW, now a criminal act? Does this mean that Latino and Asian students can’t learn about the unconscionable Japanese American interment camps, one of which was hosted by Arizona, during the mid-20th Century since this falls under the purview of “ethnic studies” programs?

The only logical conclusion here is an obvious attempt by those in power to erase the history of discrimination and social injustice committed against racial minorities in the state and beyond.

Finally, if we critically examine the motives behind these anti-Latino laws, it’s clear that many people in Arizona and beyond fear and loathe the longterm consequence of Mexican immigration in particular and the demographic boom of Latinos in general, resulting in the browning of America.

Alvaro Huerta is a UC Berkeley student. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

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UC Berkeley alumnus Omar Espinoza (left) and sophomore Mike Hervey are riding across the U.S. to raise money for people with disabilities.

Fraternity Brothers Embark on Cross-Country Bike Trek

by Emma Anderson Daily Cal Staff Writer

For two months, more than 4,000 miles and countless rotations of his bicycle wheels, UC Berkeley alumnus Omar Espinoza will get the chance to relive his fraternity days.

“I don’t want to live my life with regrets,” said Espinoza, who graduated in 2000. “I just want to be one of the guys and see how that goes.”

Espinoza was one of about 30 cyclists from different chapters of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity around the nation who gathered at the Golden Gate Bridge early Sunday morning to begin a crosscountry bike ride to Washington, D.C. The biking trek is one of the annual Journey of Hope expeditions hosted by Push America, a project launched by the fraternity in 1977 that raises money for and awareness about individuals

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the need for amendments to our by-laws if we are to fix an elections system that has become somewhat obsolete in our changing times and needs correcting.

As President, I recognize that I bear responsibility for the execution of the democratic process at Cal. I apologize that in my campaign’s enthusiastic pursuit of our goal some actions created distractions and generated headlines that shifted focus away from issues that matter most to students.

Though the burden of adjudicating this case fell on the shoulders of a small group, the findings from the case will generate reform that will safeguard our institution from future abuses. As President, I plan to work with our Attorney General to make recommendations that bring about long overdue changes, but ultimately the decision will fall upon our legislative branch, the 20 members of the ASUC Senate, to take up the charge of election reform and ensure the process is just and equitable for all future

elections.

As much as I wish election reform were the only hurdle facing our student government, the reality is we have a lot of work to do.

We must continue to find ways to make the ASUC even more accessible to students, improve our avenues of communication to achieve the highest levels of transparency, and work to bridge the political divides that often stifle progress within our organization.

In addition, during these times of economic belt tightening, the ASUC must continue to be a valuable student resource as a source of funds, community improvements and certainly as an advocate on campus and in Sacramento.

These goals, amongst others, require careful preparation and assistance from all stakeholders, and I hope we can use this summer as a time to reflect, regroup and come together as a united campus to create positive change for UC Berkeley.

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the way across the country, but those visits are what make the biggest impact for this group.”

Along the way, Roux said supporters of the cause will provide the cyclists with accommodations and food.

Some nights the group will stay in high school gyms and other nights in hotel rooms.

Both Espinoza and Hervey said they trained for the event mostly on their own for the past six months, though the fraternity sent them e-mails with training techniques. Hervey said riding his bike around Berkeley helped him prepare for the journey.

“I feel really prepared,” he said.

“There’s a lot of riding ahead of us and I’m ready to get on with it.”

Emma Anderson is an assistant news editor. Contact her at eanderson@dailycal.org.

Berkeley Charter School Proposals Approved

by Sara Johnson

Members of the activist group By Any Means Necessary have criticized the proposals, claiming the schools could potentially segregate students because they will not subscribe to the district’s percentage-based integration policy.

“This is a terrible mistake,” said Yvette Felarca, a national organizer for the activist group and a teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.

“A charter school is not the answer to the crisis to public education.”

Felarca said these proposals are “privatizing public education and putting public dollars in the hands of private (groups).” She added the activist group will attempt to get the district to reverse the approval but has no specific plans at this time.

District spokesperson Mark Coplan said the board can only evaluate charter school proposals based on the fulfillment of state requirements, not on the potential financial impact on the district. He added that those finances will be worked out in coming months.

“That can’t be part of the consideration when denying a proposal,” he said. “The financial implications of how it affects us are irrelevant to us.”

The charter schools will accept applications for the 2011-12 school year in January 2011, according to Diaz. For

the first year, the school will only be enrolling 100 students in each of the sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth grades.

Diaz said they are considering locations for the charter schools in the West Berkeley, but he did not yet know if both schools would be housed in the same building.

The board also approved a $210 million bond measure that would renew expired bonds.

The measure was created to fund improvements to district facilities — including constructing additional elementary and pre-kindergarten classrooms — upgrades to technology in classrooms and the installation of solar panels and other energy-saving improvements.

Coplan said the measure will also fund the $28 million construction of a new athletics facility to replace the old gym at Berkeley High School, and will include 15 classrooms, a soft gym and a larger fitness center.

In accordance with a district master plan, the tax rate imposed by the measure will not exceed $172.80 per $100,000 of assessed property value.

The measure is slated for the Nov. 2 ballot.

joe’s: Study Will Examine Effect of Restrictions

Norma Myers, a Trader Joe’s customer who rode her bike to the store, said she hoped the limited parking would encourage alternate means of transportation.

But others were less optimistic.

“People who drive, drive,” Thornton said. “I take public transportation everywhere, and sometimes I’ll suggest we take BART, and people will say, ‘No, we have to drive.’”

Still, others remained recalcitrant in their opposition to the opening.

Fifer Garbesi, a Berkeley High School student shopping during the opening, encapsulated her mixed feelings about the store in 17 syllables.

“Free samples galore/Bubbly water ice cream fun/But the parking sucks.”

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with disabilities.

In its first year 1987, the cross-country trek raised about $20,000 and has been able to raise more than $500,000 annually in recent years.

“It took me 10 years to realize this was something I should take advantage of,” Espinoza said. “I’m going to take it one day at a time.”

The group plans to travel about 75 miles each day and to arrive in the nation’s capital on Aug. 13, according to public relations coordinator Mike Roux.

A major emphasis of the trip will be the cyclists’ “friendship visits” where they will visit people with disabilities and go to local schools to raise awareness about their cause.

“It’s a lot more about what we do off the bike than it is what we do on the bike,” said Mike Hervey, a UC Berkeley sophomore. “You could ride a car all

Berkeley Unified School District will see the creation of the its first charter schools and took another step toward realizing $210 million in school renovations after the Board of Education approved two proposals Wednesday.

The board approved the controversial proposals for the Revolutionary Education and Learning Movement middle and high schools as well as a November bond measure to improve facilities and materials at district schools.

The schools aim to focus on projectbased learning with an emphasis on technology and community involvement.

The board had previously denied the proposals at a May 26 meeting because the proposal did not contain a “reasonably comprehensive description” of how the curriculum would be integrated with state standards, did not adequately describe programs for high-achieving students and set “unrealistic” targets for California Standards Tests. The board approved the proposals in a 4-1 vote Wednesday after they had been revised.

“I was relieved,” said Victor Diaz, the founder of the charter schools. “It has been a long, long road.”

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study analyzing the new zone restriction’s effects on the center’s parking.

“We’re doing a before and after study of what the parking occupancy is,” said Farid Javandel, transportation manager for the Public Works Department.

Faye Combs, senior services assistant at the center, said the center would have to wait to see how their parking would be affected, though she has not received any complaints since opening day.

“I went down (to Trader Joe’s) this morning,” she said. “It appeared that the store was crowded, so wherever they found a place to park, it seemed

to be alright.”

In order to maximize its 48 parking spaces, the store discourages employees from driving to work, according to store Captain Mary Ann Gallagher.

“There are no employee parking spots,” she said. “Employees are all taking BART or riding the bus.”

She added that it was too soon to tell whether customers will do the same to avoid dealing with limited parking. “(The store) is a couple blocks from a BART station, there are lots of bus lines going by, it’s close to bicycle boulevards,” Javandel said. “I hope this is going to be a much less (vehicular) traffic-oriented Trader Joe’s than we would typically see.”

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BEAUTY A Trip to Europe Brings Back Three Stories of Hopes And Dreams Saddled On a Game

by Katie Dowd Daily Cal Staff Writer

While on vacation in Europe this summer, a man in Venice tried to explain soccer to me. “We touch the ball with our feet only,� he said. “So why don’t you call it football? I do not understand you Americans.�

It’s a story we read every four years: Americans just don’t get the beautiful game. The World Cup, the undisputed Greatest Sporting Event on Earth, is the benchmark by which the rest of the world counts time.

In every shop and cafe in Italy, you’ll find a nowyellowing newspaper clipping of Fabio Cannavaro holding up the World Cup trophy. The image is ubiquitous.

It is Italy.

The Venetian was right, in a way. We don’t feel the same way about World Cup as much of the rest of the world does. We don’t stop our lives for it. It won’t heal us.

Since the collapse of the Greek economy, the rest

of Europe has been waiting for the proverbial axe to drop

again.

The uncertainty makes people tense; it wears on their faces when they read the paper in the morning.

Soccer, though, gives them hope. Tucked in between the headlines proclaiming bad news is a bright present: palettes of stickers, each a mugshot of every participant, from starter to scrub, in the World Cup. Every morning, children wake up all over the continent and rush to get their hands on the newest set. There’s something new to hope for in that paper even if its packaging bears bad news.

The rest of the world says that Americans can’t possibly feel the fervor of the World Cup. Maybe not. That feeling of hope, though?

That we understand.

The tiny island of Murano, a 10minute water bus ride from Venice, is like the inside of a kaleidoscope. The streets are lined with row upon row of glass shops, each straining under the weight of gaudy chandeliers. In the back rooms, the smell of sawdust and heat coat the air thick. You can pay a fee to watch molten sand molded into glass figurines.

Posted in the corner of one of these workrooms is an old newspaper clipping.

From it, a gang of young men look back with big, dewy Italian eyes. Some look solemn, others fresh off a hearty laugh.

They were the Murano club soccer team. “Just kids,� reflects the storeroom manager with a gesture toward their photo.

The kids are grown now, the picture 30 years old. Some may labor on Murano, others perhaps moved away.

In cubicles and suits or glass shops and aprons, they all sometimes close their eyes and remember. That moment when they tugged on their jerseys for the first time; the first goal they scored; the drinks on the house that flowed and flowed and flowed after that first victory.

They were 20. Life was more than a never-ending succession of bills.

Then, the world caught up with them. The owner disbanded the team shortly after he began funding it, choosing instead to start what would become a more successful Venetian team.

But, for just a moment, the town of Murano was united behind a group of boys who, like glassmakers, made something pure and beautiful out of nothing.

certain countries’ culture? Then watch Exactly.

2) The game is too slow: In the international soccer.

NBA, each team is entitled to six German soccer is much like a timeouts in regulation play, with three BMW: Perfectly engineered, structurmore in overtime. Add 10 TV timeouts ally sound and powerful. over the span of the game. SubstituBrazilian soccer is like their native tions are unlimited.

Samba music: Light-hearted and In soccer, the clock never stops aesthetically beautiful. after the first whistle, and the game Italian soccer is like, well, everyWITH Gabriel Baumgaertner only pauses for a foul or when the thing Italian: Very, very dramatic. ball is kicked out of bounds. Teams Author Grant Farred wrote that Soccer has not and will not ever are limited to three substitutions per “soccer is a game that makes political become a marquee sport in the United game with no re-entry for the substiconflicts accessible.�

States. tuted player.

The soccer pitch is an international But if you tell people that you A 90-minute soccer game usually medium. A country’s importance is “love� sports, then I suggest you start takes no more than 100 to complete. not determined by real GDP or militurning on some matches. After all, A 48-minute basketball game often tary firepower. There is merely a ball, it’s hard to be a “sports nut� if you takes more than three hours to finish. two goals and 90 minutes to properly claim to hate the world’s most popular I’m sorry. Did you say that soccer represent your nation. game. is slow?

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1) Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough scoring: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m about 10 kilometers per game if they I am saying that despite its lack of sorry, but grow up. This is an acceptplay all 90 minutes. Tell me the last American popularity, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not a true able argument from an elementary time you ever saw Vince Carter or sports fan unless you make some atschooler, not anybody that claims to Amarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;e Stoudemire dive on the floor tempt to embrace the World Cup. be sports-knowledgeable. for a loose ball or break into a sprint. I â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Jim Rome makes this argusure as hell canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember.

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The World Cup looks the same wherever you are in Europe. The headlines and photos change from country to country, but the full metros of people reading the sports page donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Street vendors hawk 10 euro knockoff jerseys in every language. If France wins the World Cup, French electronic stores will practically give away flat screen TVs. If Spain wins, a major bank is offering to slash mortgage rates by a full percent.

When I was in Rome, I saw a sixyear-old in a Spain jersey holding the hand of his father, also attired in the furious red of Espana. The boy looked up in wonder at the Colosseum and asked his father what this glorious human creation was. The father told him that long, long ago, Romans made castles and stadiums. Now, people from all over the world came to see the ruins. It was wonderful, yes, but not foreign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exactamente como Espana,â&#x20AC;? his father said. Exactly like Spain, another country of ruins.

The two blots of crimson, hand in hand, curved down an ancient aisle in the blinding white sunshine, marveling at how big the world can be, and how familiar.

On Wednesday, the boy and his father will watch Spain launch its World Cup campaign. As their team weaves its way across the pitch, closer to triumph or defeat, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll shout â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vamos,â&#x20AC;? urging their squad on.

Across the border, over the seas, in the far corners of the world, an echo resounds.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUDITH A RADOCHA CASE NO. RP10515723 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Judith A. Radocha.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Mechanics Bank in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Mechanics Bank be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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Attorney for Petitioner Lombardi, Loper & Conant, LLP 1999 Harrison Street Suite 2600 Oakland, CA 94612 Publish: 6/7, 6/10, 6/14/10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME No. RG10514849 In the Matter of the Application of Carol Lynn Schmedtje for Change of Name.

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Carol Lynn Schmedtje filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Carol Lynn Schmedtje to Carolyn Schmedtje Walters.

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING: 8/13/10, at 11:00 AM in Dept. #31, at 201 13th Street, 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA 94612.

A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed, in this county: The Daily Californian in Berkeley, California.

Dated: May 13, 2010 Carl W. Morris Judge of the Superior Court Publish: 5/24, 6/1, 6/7, 6/14/10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME No. RG10514936 In the Matter of the Application of Yas Raouf for Change of Name.

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Take A Step Onto the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Pitch In the Tournament

the premiere power by going 10-0 in its qualifying matches and defeating its opponents by a combined score of 28-5.

While not blessed with an easy group stage like Italy or England, Spain should finish first in and position itself for a run at the final, though it will not be an easy one.

If Italy and Germany win their respective groups, then Spain is set to play them in both the quarterfinal and semifinal matches. If Spain somehow finishes second in its group, then it will probably take on Brazil or Portugal in the round of 16.

Picked by most pundits to win the 2010 World Cup, Spain is a team with no apparent holes and some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest at every position.

Be it Fernando Torres and David Villa up front, Carlos Puyol and Sergio Ramos in the back or Iker Casillas in goal, Spain is tremendous in all facets of the game. Coach Vicente del Bosqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s squad definitely suffered its biggest embarrassment when it was blanked 2-0 last year by the U.S. in the Confederations Cup, but his squad dominated all of its tournament qualifiers.

Spain established itself as perhaps

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The U.S. is primed for a big run in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tournament (especially after a horrific 2006 showing), but dreams of a World Cup championship are still distant.

A stiff test against old international rival England â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and what was one of the tournamentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most anticipated games â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ended in a 1-1 draw after Clint Dempseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outside shot somehow bounced past English goalkeeper Robert Green to stun the world.

But despite possessing some legitimate firepower up front with Dempsey and a seemingly ever-improving Landon Donovan, the offenseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone goal came on Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gaffe.

The Americans were also too often on the defensive with England applying

near-constant pressure.

The good news is that that defense has become a far less grave source of concern.

Goalkeeper Tim Howard also provided a stellar performance in the goal, making numerous stops to earn his spot as Man of the Match Defender Oguchi Onyewu also appeared solid in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match as he helped contain star forward Wayne Rooney. The 6-foot-4 center back had torn a patellar tendon in an international friendly and not looked match fit before the game.

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Placed in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;group of deathâ&#x20AC;? with Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea, it will face two significant tests in group play. Los Auriverdes traditionally play one of the more beautiful brands of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, but lackluster defense has long been a criticism of Brazilian play.

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Like most of their national products, the German soccer team is very consistent and seems to make very few mistakes.

Placed in one of the toughest preliminary groups and playing without one of its top players, Die Mannschaft will need consistency if it hopes to make another deep run in the tournament.

Finalists in 2002 and semifinalists in 2006, Germany has long been a model of efficient soccer and tactical perfection.

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Once every four years, the World Cup seizes the entire world in a frenzy of national pride and a joyous celebration of “the beautiful game.” People of all ages and backgrounds are united under the flag This year, the tournament is being hosted in

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South Africa — the first time the games have been played on the African continent — and the surrounding hype has reached perhaps the greatest heights in the history of the event.

With soccer — or football, rather — still not having made its way to mainstream status in the States, The Daily Californian reached out to a few of Cal’s own international athletes for their recollections and thoughts on both the 2010 World Cup and the sport itself.

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How is it trying to keep up as a fan here?

I have to get up at like 5:30 a.m. to watch games live, and obviously that’s the time difference, but it’s more of a backseat sport, especially in terms of the broadcasting, but now it’s gotten much much better ... I think the experience just varies a little bit between number one, people going crazy in Europe — restaurants, everything shut down — to here, having soccer in the back page of the Contra Costa Times.

Where were you when Italy won in 2006?

I worked at this restaurant that was two doors down from the theater downtown — that restaurant owned the theater back then — and the owner was an old Roman guy — awesome guy, by the way.

He showed the semifinal and the final of the 2006 World Cup on the big screen in the theater.

I think all the Italians in the area gathered

there ... I remember leaving the theater after we won in just ecstasy. I was with my family, my Italian friends. It was pretty much a theater packed with Italians celebrating, so that was kind of a microcosm of how it is all over Europe.

What do you think of the American-born Giuseppe Rossi not playing for the U.S.?

If you had the chance to play for the U.S. national basketball team, or like the Mexican national basketball team, who would you pick? I think it was an easy decision for him. I think he was born in the United States, he grew up in New Jersey a little bit, but then he went back to Italy, so he got fully immersed in the Italian way of life.

Italy has a more historic soccer tradition, and they just won the World Cup, so in all that frenzy, it’s easy to be drawn to the Italian national team if you had a choice.

How are the fans in Germany?

Once the team plays in any big event, basically everybody will be following.

Its part of the national consciousness.

Some of the fans are just crazy.

Following the team around and everything. I would say the “normal” German fan will have a German flag on his or her car and be watching all the games.

What do you remember from the 2006 World Cup in Germany?

(It) was an absolutely amazing experience. So many people from all over the world were in Germany and everybody seemed to be having a good time.

In every big city, you could find huge TVs in public spaces where everybody came together to watch the games.

In Berlin, there were over half a million people on the street watching the games. It was just a huge hype and so much fun.

I went to one game. Unfortunately, I didn’t see Germany playing but still just being in the stadium was an unforgettable experience.

Everybody was proud to be from its home country.

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What has the atmosphere been like back home?

It’s absolutely crazy there. I get a chance to go back every year December time during Christmas. I go to my hometown and drive past streets, there’s a couple of streets that I can’t even recognize anymore. There’s infrastructure going up everywhere, fans going crazy, they’re all getting so pumped.

I think there’s been six or seven new stadiums. The largest one being where the final is going to be played. Every single one, if it wasn’t a brand new one, was renovated.

Our team, South Africa, which is known as “Bafana Bafana,” which means “boys boys” — (they had a) 12game unbeaten streak. You can go into anything, Facebook, and all South Africans are getting so absolutely pumped about the tournament.

Are you going home to watch?

It was pretty unfortunate. We’re going on a trip to Serbia with the team from June 16 to the Fourth of July ... Obviously, it’s right in the middle of the World

Cup. I’d love to go back for a week after, but it’s a little too late to book flights.

It’s the first time on the entire African continent. That’s the thing that probably hurts the most. Obviously, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it was a huge letdown not to be able to go to see that. To have people coming to my country and showing it off, it would’ve been something special.

What do you think of your chances?

I was told the other day that the host nation has never failed to make it past the group stages ... To get out of the group stage will obviously be huge for us. It’s going to be exciting. I’m going to give them one past quarterfinals. I’m going to give semifinals.

How could this help your country?

One of the main reasons why there’s crime is poverty. I’m sure all the infrastructure that’s gone on and the jobs that are created through that and the amount of money from people touring and buying, it’ll be huge for not only South Africa but Africa as a continent.