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UC Regents Decry Recent Budget Cuts at Meeting by Jordan Bach-Lombardo Daily Cal Staff Writer

In their first meeting since Gov. Jerry Brown proposed cutting $500 million from the UC budget, the UC Board of Regents decried on Wednesday ONLINE PODCAST the state’s treat- Listen to the regents ment of the university system debate the budget at and questioned the Wednesday meeting. whether the university could survive the cut and maintain its world-class quality. Brown, confronted with a $25.4 billion budget deficit, proposed on Jan. 10 a budget which slashes state spending by $12.5 billion, including a 16.4 percent decrease in state funding from last year to the UC — an amount equivalent to half of the UC’s financial aid program, according to UC Vice President for Budget Patrick Lenz’s presentation to the board at the meeting. Many regents at Wednesday’s meeting questioned the state’s regard for the UC in light of the severe budget cut proposal. “The budget is a financial articulation of values. It’s where you set your priorities and how you fund them and allocate resources,” said Regent Monica Lozano. “Over the course of the last few years this university has been abused quite significantly.” Regent Frederick Ruiz questioned the state’s treatment of the UC beyond the dollars. “I’m disappointed that the governor is positioning the UC as a pawn in his political process” by threatening voters with further cuts to the university if they do not pass his tax continuations, Ruiz said. But Elizabeth Ashford, spokesper-

son for Brown, denied that the UC was singled out in the budget process. “There are very, very painful cuts across all of state government, and these cuts have been proposed because we do not have a choice,” she said in an interview. “It is really incumbent on the UC to take a look at how (the cut) can be administered and where savings can be found ... The hope is that there will be a way to find these cuts without students having to accept the burden.” Lenz, the UC vice president for budget, has previously voiced concern over the governor making his budget contingent upon the success of the June special election, a sentiment echoed by Regent Rex Hime at the meeting. “Voters have consistently made choices, and UC is not at the top of their priorities,” Hime said. Because a significant portion of funding for the university depends on a vote, many regents identified the need for a public campaign to reinforce the importance of the UC to the state of California in the coming months. “Med centers, do you think (California) citizens are going to be happy about (losing) that?” said Regent Norman Pattiz, in reference to the five medical centers operated by the UC system that serve about four million Californians annually, according to the UC. “We’ve got to talk about the things we need to maintain (and) how catastrophic it would be not to have those things.” Chair of the board Russell Gould added that the UC needs “to lay out the implications of additional reductions to the UC and see if that whets the appetite of voters.” Even if the tax continuations are approved, the UC still faces the $500 million dollar cut under the governor’s

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An ice cream shop will be opening soon on Solano Avenue. The city approved several measures to help bring in more new businesses.

City Looks to Draw New Businesses by Karinina Cruz Daily Cal Staff Writer

Aiming to heighten its efforts to draw new businesses into the city, the Berkeley City Council approved several measures that officials hope will ease start-up processes and drastically change the city’s image to that of an ideal site for new commercial establishments. Last month, the council gave the green light to changes in current business ordinances, and the city is now on track to increase clarification of

permit requirements, suspend Solano Avenue’s food service quota, postpone zoning fees and standardize commercial signs in order to minimize or eliminate the problems which potential and current Berkeley business owners have historically faced. Business owners and city officials agree that new proprietors often encounter several problems that make opening a business in Berkeley challenging. Increased online shopping coupled with high rent, difficulties in obtaining business permits within the city and the continuous economic

downturn all contribute to entrepreneurs choosing to open in nearby cities instead, according to Councilmember Laurie Capitelli’s legislative assistant, Jill Martinucci. “We have heard from many different business people that the process to operate new businesses in Berkeley is draconian,” Councilmember Susan Wengraf said in an interview. During its Dec. 7 meeting, the council addressed confusion regarding requirements for business permits.

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Many Area Bookstores Forced to Move or Close Campus Child Care Struggles to by Karinina Cruz Daily Cal Staff Writer

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Black Oak Books was forced to move from its Shattuck Avenue location to a new site on San Pablo Avenue. Many bookstores have been struggling to pay for high rents around Berkeley.

The city of Berkeley is home to several small, independent bookstores, but in the past couple of years, business has not been immune to the nation’s downward economic trend and the expanding online market. Local bookstores have been forced to relocate — or close — due to a combination of factors such as high rent in the city and the increasing popularity of purchasing books online. Black Oak Books, formerly located at 1491 Shattuck Ave., moved to a new site on 2618 San Pablo Ave. in December 2009 after property owners Rue-Ell Enterprises declined requests to lower rent, according to bookstore owner Gary Cornell. “Rue-Ell properties wasn’t going to increase the rent, rather they weren’t willing to negotiate the rent to a lower amount to take into account the challenging economic environment,” Cornell said in an e-mail. “They obviously thought they could get more rent than we were willing to pay — we even offered to pay a (percentage) of our sales, but they weren’t interested.” Known for their stock of rare or unusual books, Black Oak Books opened in the late 1980s under the ownership of Don Pretari and his partners. The bookstore operated at the Shattuck

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Thrive With Less State Funding by Katie Nelson Daily Cal Staff Writer

Child care services at UC Berkeley will be facing major changes for the 2011-12 academic year as administrators in the Early Childhood Education ProONLINE PODCAST gram attempt Katie Nelson talks about to find ways to combat deficits how child care cuts will from reduced affect student parents. funding sources at both the university and state levels. In addition to a 6 percent increase in fee payments from parents for all levels of child care — infant to preschool-age — the program is also closing its doors for the summer in order to save more money, according to student parents and Alice Jordan, coordinator for student parent programs and services at the Transfer, Re-entry, and Student Parent Center. The program will also be stepping up its fundraising efforts to maintain the child care services it currently offers at the seven campus sites. According to program director Laura Keeley-Saldana, child care services, which offer care to roughly 250 to 300 children, are expected to generate $4.1 million in revenue — from both state funding and fee payments from parents — for the year, but the expenses

for the program will total $4.4 million, leading to a $300,000 deficit. “We were hoping to add after-care options to families, providing additional revenue for our program,” she said in an e-mail. “But after the parent forums we have realized that there may not be enough interest in after-care, which now puts us again in a deficit. We have cut back the number of students we serve due to lack of state funding (from) the University, which supports the operation of the (program).” Currently, the program must pay back 9 percent of its profits to the campus for utility payments and the use of campus facilities, adding to its deficit. According to Keeley-Saldana, the after-care program, which had been an option of interest for parents in the past, did not generate enough interest this year. As a result, after-care — which could have generated an additional $75,000 in revenue — will not be offered to parents. According to Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Welfare Angelica Stacy, cuts in funding for child care services were given on very short notice, and while the program is trying to maintain its commitments to parents, it must explore additional funding sources — such as fundraising

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Subway opened in the Bear’s Lair Food Court along with Saigon Eats on Tuesday after about eight months of vacancy in their locations. Many students were pleased with the convenience of the on-campus restaurants.

Subway, Saigon Eats Open in Lower Sproul by Jessica Gillotte Daily Cal Staff Writer

With the start of the spring semester, UC Berkeley students reorienting themselves to campus eateries will also find two new — both familiar and different — spots in the Bear’s Lair Food Court in Lower Sproul Plaza. On Jan. 18, new Subway and Saigon Eats outlets opened their doors for business following nearly eight months of vacancy for the two vendor locations. The new Subway in the food court is owned and operated by partners Paramjit Singh and David Sandy Boyd, who also manage the Subway on the corner of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way. Singh said that he has been coming to ASUC Store Operations Board meetings for almost a year and a half, “convincing them” and “telling them our concepts,” trying to correct the misconception that the store would be owned by Subway Corporate Office. “This is our money, and we are funding it. It’s our Subway,” he said. In every Subway location, any location lease is in the name of the Subway Corporate Office, but every lessee owns their store, according to Singh. He added that the lease is for six or seven years, with the option to move the store location to a new building. Some students at the new Subway said they are glad to have more choices for a quick meal between classes. “I think it’s really convenient,” said freshman

Andrew Miyasato. “It’s a great way to get lunch on campus without having to leave campus. When the GBC was full, we decided to come down here because it was close by.” Singh added, in response to student concerns that the two Subway stores are too close to each other, that they “need to realize that that store was unable to serve them the way that Subway Corporate wanted us to serve. With two stores, the rush will be divided, and we’ll be able to serve you better. We’re not competing with them.” While Subway’s opening was met with some concerns, Henry Pham, owner and manager of Saigon Eats, said many people “have been telling us they have been waiting for this.” An alumnus of UC Berkeley, Pham said he owns a couple Saigon Eats locations in Sacramento but that he enjoys being back on campus. Although Pham said the rent on campus is more expensive than outside, the location is ideal, and the large student population generates enough business for all the vendors. Pham signed the lease about six months ago, but because of the age of the building, he has had to upgrade many aspects of his store space to meet “very strict, but standard criteria” on safety, fire and health issues. Now that Saigon Eats is open, Pham said he is focused on getting food to students quickly. “It was really inexpensive,” said third year Ty Smith. “Which was kind of nice — like four bucks

“It’s a great way to get lunch on campus without having to leave campus.” -Andrew Miyasato

>> subway: Page 6

The next phase of the Lower Sproul renovation project was approved by a committee of the UC Board of Regents after several campus and student government officials presented the plan Tuesday at the regents’ meeting at UC San Diego. After approving the presentation made by a UC Berkeley delegation — which included Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and ASUC President Noah Stern — the Committee on Grounds and Buildings awaits final approval of its decision by the regents on Thursday. The project is expected to pass. It will then enter its schematic design phase, which will detail the exact makeup of the new buildings and construction that will occur. “The last phase was programming, so we figured maybe the multicultural center will be here, or there will be a dance space there,” said Waleed Abed, Lower Sproul communications coordinator for the Graduate Assembly. “But in this phase we’ll actually be figuring out how big those spaces are — it’s like actual schematic blueprints.” According to the proposal given at the meeting, the phase will require $7,098,000 from campus funds. Stern said payment for architects and other professionals involved with designing the buildings is included in the cost, which was one area of concern among members of the committee. “Going in, we were a little bit nervous because of the governor’s budget that was announced,” Stern said. “We actually got a couple of questions on how we justify spending such a large amount of money on a non-academic building.” But after explaining that “learning at a university extends beyond the classroom” and attesting to the active nature of the UC Berkeley campus, Stern said the committee gave the phase unanimous approval. The size of the current buildings, constructed to accommodate a significantly smaller campus community, was another point Stern said was made to secure the committee’s approval. Most of the spending for the project will take place over the next four to five years, according to Stern, who explained the debt will be paid off with the help of bonds over the next 40 years. Stern said the various committees involved in the project will meet regularly with the architects in charge of schematic design in an effort to include student input as often as possible. After the next phase is completed, the project will be one step closer to breaking ground on construction. Graduate Assembly President Miguel Daal said the timing of the construction may affect how soon new businesses come into the remaining unused spaces in the plaza, including the Naia Lounge and the Credit Union for Berkeley Students. According to Daal, contractual negotiations with businesses currently vying to fill those spaces may be influenced by concern over the future of the spaces when construction begins. “What needs to be flushed out ... is does it make sense to bring on new business right before we start construction for Lower Sproul,” Daal said. “Does it make financial sense, and does it make sense as a student service?” J.D. Morris is the lead ASUC reporter. Contact him at jmorris@dailycal.org.

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After four years of negotiating with the city’s health care insurers, the Berkeley City Council is set to develop a separate $20,000 annual fund for sexual reassignment surgery for city employees. Since 2007, the council has been in negotiations with the city’s two health care providers — Kaiser and Health Net — but Kaiser would not cover the cost of the surgery and Health Net’s coverage would require a beginning premium of $18,000 that would continue to rise each year. Consequently, an alternative resolution was put forward by city staff on Tuesday to provide a separate annual capped fund on a first come, first served basis, in which the money would be returned to the council if not claimed each year. “The most important thing (the council) does, by having a policy, is to communicate to the transgender community that we accept their medical need as a necessity,” said City Councilmember Kriss Worthington. “Just recognizing (the surgery) as a medical need is a giant step forward.” The council would not be the first municipality to adopt an SRS policy, as San Francisco pioneered a similar policy in 2001 and was the first city council in the nation to do so, according to Leslie Ewing, executive director of the Pacific Center, an LGBT community center. By adopting this surgery policy, the council would be joining the ranks of a number of other major employers — such as the Bank of America, AT&T, Ernst & Young and Microsoft — in making provisions for transgender surgery for its workers, according to Masen Davies, executive director of the Transgender Law Center. But before the policy is adopted, there are several issues in the wording of the policy still to address, according to Worthington. A subcommittee has been formed to re-draft the policy and voting was rescheduled to Feb. 15. The term used in the policy document, SRS, is controversial because it

implies that only funding for “bottom surgery” will be provided, according to Lynn Riordan, a city clerk who had transgender surgery prior to the council’s funding proposal. Riordan explained that bottom surgery refers to surgery involving the genitals, thus excluding a mastectomy, which is often the first step in surgery for women seeking to become men. The amount of funding provided would only cover a portion of the costs of the surgery for some patients because City Manager Phil Kamlarz estimated the surgery could cost between $10,000 and $50,000, according to Worthington. He said this increases the bias in the policy towards favoring men seeking to become women because the surgery would be considerably cheaper as they do not require a mastectomy. “Certainly, $20,000 isn’t very much,” Ewing said. “I think the city is looking at what they can afford — it’s good to get something started.” UC Berkeley has also introduced an SRS policy into the SHIP health insurance coverage, which provides $75,000 of lifetime coverage for any transgender surgery for students under Anthem Blue Cross, according to Billy Curtis, director of the campus’s Gender Equity Resource Center. The coverage available for transgender operations was first provided for students last year, according to Curtis, and three students have taken advantage of it so far. “I think it’s great that the city of Berkeley is doing this,” said Dean Khambatta, who graduated from UC Berkeley in 2010 after having surgery funded by SHIP last May. Khambatta, who had a double mastectomy, estimated the surgery would have cost him $8,000 without insurance, but with SHIP he only paid $400 in hospital fees. “It’s removing discriminatory restrictions that still remain (in the health care industry). We’re just catching up,” Riordan said. “It’s really about Contact Rachel Banning-Lover at rlover@dailycal.org.

Following a year filled with protests, marches and building occupations due to fee hikes and budget cuts in the 2009-10 academic year, an idea clicked for computer science professor Brian Barsky to introduce a freshman seminar that used a hands-on approach to learning about current events and renewed the activist spirit on campus. Barsky had previously been teaching “The Art and Science of Photography” for about seven years through the freshman seminar program, which allows professors to teach a specific topic to a class of around 15 to 20 students. The original class focused on technical aspects of photography and what goes into an effective photograph as well as the history and artistic movements which affected the art. However, his new class, “Photographing History in the Making” — which began last semester and starts up again this semester — included in its discussion the history of past protest movements on campus and current events, such as fee hikes and budget cuts on campus. Students in the seminar were given a subscription to The New York Times to stay on top of current events. “Some of the objectives of this course is to learn about photojournalism and documentary photography as well as the role of photography both to show what is happening in an unbiased and neutral way and as a vehicle for activism,” he said. Barsky said that in a course based on current events, he is often “at the mercy” of the news in order to decide what events will be a big focus — in the fall he focused on the 2010 midterm election and the Oct. 7 protest. Students in the seminar last semester took photographs of the campus every week that would be evaluated and discussed in class. On certain days, like the Oct. 7 protest, the class met beyond its regularly scheduled time to take photos. Barsky said one of the goals of the course was to understand current events through a more hands-on approach, rather than simply lecturing students about current events.

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Professor Brian Barsky takes a picture of a protest on October 7, 2010. He leads a seminar that introduces freshman students to both photography and current events. “This is a new kind of laboratory. Instead of the chemistry lab, our campus is our lab,” he said. The course was meant in part to educate and present multiple sides of discussions that dominated much of the new students’ first semester, according to Barsky. “I wouldn’t say it made me more liberal or more conservative,” said freshman Nicholas Chang, an electrical engineering and computer science major who took the seminar last semester. “It led me to want to think about things more, when I read the news, to actually ponder what it’s saying, how it affects me and how it affects other people.” Though Barsky is a computer science professor, he said that he has had a passion for photography for years. While he said this type of course is different from what he is used to teaching,

he considers it part of his responsibility as an educator to teach students to be engaged in the civic process. “As an international student, I enjoy this class especially because it offers me a chance to learn what ‘democracy’ means to America,” said freshman Tianyu Guan, who took the class last semester, in an e-mail. Alluding to the pictures from the Free Speech Movement in 1964 that his students studied in the course, Barsky speculated that photos taken in the class could one day serve other individuals as historical documents. “Perhaps after the next 46 years have passed, students will be interested in looking at photographs taken way back in 2010,” he said. Victoria Pardini covers Berkeley communities. Contact her at vpardini@dailycal.org.

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Businesses: City May Meet With Owners to Ease Process from front Downtown Berkeley Association Executive Director John Caner said informing applicants of the process — which has long been regarded as tedious — upfront will help make Downtown more business friendly. Martinucci added that the city is considering offering formal sit-downs with staff and business owners in order to cover all the requirements at one time but that if staffing is insufficient, an alternative comprehensive checklist will be provided to prospective businesses. Also, backed by the support of more than 1,300 Solano Avenue residents, the council members approved the proposed suspension of the current food service quota that allows for 12 food establishments in the Solano Avenue Commercial District. There are currently 28 food service establishments in the district, according to a city document. Though this number exceeds the quota, several business owners have gone through the process of obtaining special permits that prove their additional food establishments are variances, meaning they differ from those that make up the

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quota, according to Allen Cain, executive director and events manager of the Solano Avenue Association. These quotas prevent a number of businesses from opening, business owners and city officials have said. “We’ve had inquires from people who might want to own restaurants and due to the quotas, they open in Emeryville and Albany instead,” Martinucci said. The incentives approved by the council also include deferring zoning fees — which allow the proprietor to commence or continue construction in the area — for up to three years concurrently with the first, second or third anniversary payment of the business license fee, according to Martinucci. The council also approved standardizing the commercial sign ordinance. Instead of having the Design Review Committee approve the signs, businesses that do not exceed 2,000 square feet can now simply follow the basic design standards set by the city. “Right now any sign in the commercial district needs to be approved by the Design Review Committee and that process is not very objective,” Martinucci said. “People go back three or

four times to get their signs approved.” Though these changes to the business ordinance have been approved, it will take time to implement them, according to Dave Fogarty, the city’s economic development coordinator. “The staff has not had the time to write the actual text of the zoning language that will implement those changes,” he said. Business district directors such as Cain urge the city “to do everything they can to help new business owners in their town.” He added that the atmosphere for new businesses in the city is quite hostile. “There was a company called ‘Woohoo’ ... in Albany that decided it does not want to deal with Berkeley because of the not well-oiled process,” he said. While for many the proposed changes imply that the city faces considerable difficulty in attracting new proprietors, Fogarty said that the difficulty also depends on the nature of the business. “There are some businesses that do have trouble and sometimes the trouble leads to delay,” he said. “The city of Berkeley is not perverse and does not want to harm new businesses.” Contact Karinina Cruz at kcruz@dailycal.org.

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from front location until 2008, when the store went bankrupt, according to Cornell, who bought the store name and some of its assets with a group of locals. In early 2009, Cornell and his partners began the search for a new location. “We just kept on looking for a building we could afford in a neighborhood we thought was on the upswing,” he said. “There are two wonderful restaurants two blocks away and a wonderful tea shop is opening two doors down, so we think we made a good choice.” While Cornell attributes Black Oak’s relocation to the high rent — which has caused other independent bookstores in Berkeley, like The Other Change of Hobbit, to relocate —Dana Ellsworth, vice president and director of acquisitions of Rue-Ell Enterprises, said the trend toward online shopping was the major factor prompting Black Oak Books’s move. Eastwind Books of Berkeley, which opened in 1982, saw a 35 percent drop in sales since 2007 — which store manager Bea Dong also attributed to the online book market. Similarly, Andy Ross, owner of Cody’s Books formerly located on Telegraph Avenue, said in an e-mail that he closed his store in 2007 because of the shift to purchasing and downloading books online. “The growth of ebooks in the last year is putting new stresses on bricks and mortar stores,” he said in the email. Though difficulty paying rent plays a big role in hindering business development in Berkeley, Dave Fogarty, the city’s economic development project coordinator, also considers competition with online stores and corporate chain bookstores, such as Barnes and Noble a more serious issue for independent bookstores. With the power of the corporation behind them, chain bookstores make

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sales off best-sellers through advertising capabilities that independent bookstores do not have, Ross said in the e-mail. “Borders books is virtually insolvent,” he said in the e-mail. “This really wasn’t Cody’s long suit. We were much better at selling a broader range of books, literary, scholarly and scientific books. The audience for these kinds of books was drying up.” Regardless of the independent Berkeley bookstores’ steady clientele of students and professors, Owen Hill, buyer and event coordinator for Moe’s Books, said business could be better. “In a way, it’s a complicated question,” Hill said. “The short answer is we’re doing okay. It takes a lot more work to sell books. We’re surviving in paying the bill, but business is not up.” Councilmember Jesse Arreguin said at this time of economic downturn, increases in rent compounded by the surge of shopping online worsens the economic well-being of these bookstores. He added that he plans to introduce an ordinance to the council to address the city’s vacant store fronts by requiring property owners to pay vacancy fees. Steve Barton, housing director for the city and formerly a regular customer at Black Oak Books and The Other Change of Hobbit, said bookstore closures in recent years have disrupted his regular local outings. “I used to combine going to Black Oak Books and going to dinner at Saul’s,” he said, adding that he rarely visits the bookstore’s new location. “Now I go (to The Other Change of Hobbit) once in every two months instead of twice a week.” Karinina Cruz covers business. Contact her at kcruz@dailycal.org.

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plan, which many regents fear could degrade the enduring quality of the university. “We have to assume we’re going to survive this (budget crisis), but I don’t know what we’re going to look like after we survive it,” Ruiz said. “We’re going to end up with a weakened and wounded UC.” Frustration ran high during the meeting with the state of California, which has decreased funding for the UC by 11 percent since the 2007-08 fiscal year, according to a Jan. 19 Cali-

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fornia Legislative Analyst’s Office report on Gov. Brown’s budget. Over the past two decades, state funding has decreased by 57 percent, according to UC President Mark Yudof ’s Jan. 10 open letter to California. “The state is an unreliable partner, all you have to do is look at the (contribution) numbers for the last 20 years,” said Regent Richard Blum. “What we really have to do is find another way to fund this institution that substantially reduces our dependency on the state.” Contact Jordan Bach-Lombardo at jbachlombardo@dailycal.org.

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for about two-and-a-half years, and neighbors have noticed strange behavior within and around the parlor on and off for about two years. While some nearby businesses said their clientele has not been affected by the allegations, Hanna-Rhyne said neighbors have discussed the problem and are planning to hold community meetings to further address the alleged activities. “If it’s a massage and healing place, that’s one thing,” Deutsch said. “I’d really rather not have it.” Some residents and business owners have also noticed that the parlor attracts only male clients. Deutsch

and Hanna-Rhyne both said they have seen ads in the sex section of the East Bay Express for the parlor. Daniel said there is no timeline for the office to make a decision on whether the massage parlor has violated its license. If the office finds any permit violations, it will then have to determine the appropriate solution for the business and the residents. “It’s a neighborhood concern,” Deutsch said. “I do a lot of mom and pop things, and kids come here, and I’d rather not have it.” Victoria Pardini covers Berkeley communities. Contact her at vpardini@dailycal.org.

only to understand certain issues, but to listen to what the parents want.” Junior Jennifer Kim, a student parent who sits on the Parent Advisory Committee, said although the changes were not ideal, she would not be able to attend school if her son was not in the program. “There were mixed reactions from parents about the changes we are making,” said Bob Flaherty, chief financial officer of the campus Residential and Student Services programs. “Concerns seemed specific to the age of the child, what building their child may be in now, etc. We can only support as many children as we can afford.” Flaherty said the process of deciding how to best serve the needs of the families while attempting to remain financially sustainable was not easy. He added that it took four months of negotiations as well as numerous meetings with parents to figure out what would best suit the program now and in the future. Katie Nelson is the lead academics and administration reporter. Contact her at knelson@dailycal.org.

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Sunflower Wellness Center on Woolsey Street has been under attack by residents and businesses in the area. Locals allege that the massage parlor is a front for a prostitution ring.

— so child care services can stay afloat. Stacy said the program is trying to maximize efficiency by making sure every slot is filled and maintaining a balance between quality of care and cost of care. Such a balance, she added, will hopefully be continued by the reopening of Girton Hall, another child care site set to open in February. While Girton Hall will not generate income for the program, it will be a shift in location and possibly offer more spaces for child care, said Keeley-Saldana. However, even with the reopening, Stacy said that as state funding continues to drop, parents in low-income faculty and staff positions could face financial issues in keeping up with cost increases. “We’re in range in terms of having affordable child care, but that doesn’t mean it’s not expensive,” she said. “The program is a child education center, not just child care. We have to fight to maintain that. That is why we have been trying to go about changes systematically and do a deep analysis, not

Residents in a South Berkeley neighborhood are alleging that a local massage parlor is a front for a prostitution ring and are urging the city to shut it down, though city officials say a more thorough investigation is needed to make any decision about the business’s fate. The Sunflower Wellness Center, located at 2103 Woolsey St., was challenged in court by the city in 2009 after a prostitution sting by the Berkeley Police Department, which arrested one individual on suspicion of prostitution. The individual was let off with a charge of disrupting the peace, and although accusations and complaints surrounding the business quieted down, residents and neighboring business owners have recently voiced renewed suspicion that the parlor may be a front for illicit operations. Gregory Daniel, code enforcement supervisor for the city, said he has received around four complaints about the parlor from neighbors in the area. “At this point, we’re just looking at permit history to determine what the legal use of the property is, and is that consistent with what is going on,” Daniel said. Some residents are displeased by the failure of the initial operation by the police department and are hoping the city’s enforcement office will find a discrepancy in the parlor’s license and ultimately close the business. “The (district attorney) is essentially allowing them to operate,” said Sallie Hanna-Rhyne, who lives in the neighborhood. The wellness center could not be reached for comment. According to police Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, the department is typically limited to arresting people, while the enforcement office is capable of evicting businesses. “We make arrests, and we send them to the district attorney for review,” Kusmiss said. “We’re hoping the process of working with code enforcement will be the most effective tool to alleviate the issues the community and the neighborhood is feeling about them.” According to Steve Deutsch, who owns the music shop below the parlor, the business has been operating

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ike a John Cassavetes film, “Blue Valentine” features a mad blonde, a low budget and an ad-lib style of filmmaking. But writer-director Derek Cianfrance also invokes that indie auteur in setting what is essentially a mundane divorce drama in the working-class American milieu. Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling play Cindy and Dean. One has big dreams, the other has none, but they fall in love anyway and from their first encounter, they are already doomed. “Blue Valentine” feels familiar and lived-in: Small details and gestures give it believability and authenticity. As the marriage unpeels, the film starts to feel overwhelmingly sad yet Williams (especially Williams) and Gosling make us forget the intense pain we’re seeing and experiencing with their acute, nuanced performances. It’s hard to say who is right and who is wrong in this emotional, lifelike drama but it’s easy to say that these two aren’t really even soulmates. You want to root for everyone in this film and yet you want to shake them. Cindy and Dean already feel like icons among the great screen couples. “Blue Valentine” hits where it hurts — but it hurts so good. —Ryan Lattanzio

t’s not often that a movie makes you look at your reflection in a new way. “Black Swan” will leave you staring anxiously back at yourself. In “Requiem for a Dream” fashion, the story dances gracefully from one tense point to the next with no room to catch a breath. Although technically deemed a “thriller,” Darren Aronofsky’s film, which stars Natalie Portman as a ballerina obsessed with acquiring perfection, transcends the genre with its elaborately metaphorical yet boldly simple story line. Aronofsky manifests Portman’s schizophrenic Swan Lake crisis through a shockingly literal transformation and uncanny Portman-on-Portman action. Tasteful psycho-thrillers may be hard to come by, and human-to-animal metamorphoses even harder, but “Black Swan” is an expert combination of the two. Don’t worry about your Hollywood fix, though. If the moments of gore and gropage don’t fill it, there’s always Mila Kunis-lingus. —Sarah Burke

lthough much of the buzz generated behind “The Fighter” has focused on Christian Bale’s transformative performance, the film deserves recognition for breaking with cliche. Finally, here’s a movie that takes place in the slums of Lowell, Massachusetts where the actors don’t look like they got off the plane from Hollywood. More importantly, the film avoids treading over familiar territory of the great boxing films of the past (“Raging Bull,” “Rocky,” “Million Dollar Baby”) by illustrating the life of an athlete who relies heavily on his self-destructive family. Aided by strict adherence to original fight footage taken by HBO, the film also stays clear of hyper-stylized boxing routines. Director David O. Russell ensures that his cast members don’t hold anything back in this battle of incessant vulgarity, which makes for a surprisingly amusing two hours. Besides Bale’s effort, Melissa Leo deserves recognition in a memorable performance as the delusional matriarch of the family. —Jawad Qadir

espite Disney’s best efforts to appeal to both genders, “Tangled” is still your typical princess movie, with animal sidekicks and musical numbers galore. Yet it makes good use of its position as the second most expensive film in history, featuring stunning CGI animation that captures the characters’ charming personalities to create a unique interpretation of “Rapunzel.” Here, Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) is armed with hair that glows and heals as well as a severe case of Stockholm Syndrome. And her Prince Charming (Zachary Levi) is not so much a prince as an outlaw. The pair bicker their way through their quest to defeat the evil witch—Rapunzel’s so-called mother (Donna Murphy)—until they inevitably fall in love. But this fairy tale wouldn’t be complete without a memorable duet, and Alan Menken’s romantic “I See the Light,” will have even the most adamant of realists believing in happy endings. —Cynthia Kang

he 1982 Disney fantasy-adventure film “Tron” is either a mess or a masterpiece, depending on whom you ask, blending distinctive arcade game imagery with a classic if rather poorly paced hero’s-quest narrative. 18 years on, its sequel does justice to the original — “Tron: Legacy” is a bit clunky in parts, but, especially for fans of the original’s gaming-inspired hijinks, it’s hard to conceive of a more faithful, fun follow-up. Engaging action rendered in lush and subject-appropriate 3-D graphics provides a lighter counterpoint to the movie’s sometimes overwhelmingly obvious Christian symbolism. Jeff Bridges is a joy to watch in two contrasting roles, even if this is by far the lesser of his two holiday season offerings (see: “True Grit”). And keep alert for a couple of clever “Star Wars” gags! —Sam Stander

ll hail the Dude! Jeff Bridges is the king of the box office and America’s curmudgeonly soul in the Coen brothers’ latest genre twister “True Grit.” Given free reign, Bridges plays the fool as well as the hero in this update of the 1969 original, which starred one John Wayne. Critics have been praising him for playing Rooster Cogburn in a decidedly un-Waynelike fashion. Yet Bridges’ work deserves more credit than merely exposing the traps of conservative masculinity: he is brash and politically incorrect. But there is a patriarchal tenderness to the portrayal, one that transcends typical Coen-whipping-boy roles. The Coens, those reputed postmodern pranksters, are maturing, finally. No, there are still gags galore. And the dialogue is as slippery and bombastic as ever. But it seems that these two are finding humanity and intelligence in their characters; unfortunately for the squeamish, the Coens still haven’t eased up on the body count. —Derek Sagehorn

t 102, Portuguese auteur Manoel de Oliveira may be the oldest working filmmaker in the world, and his latest effort, “The Strange Case of Angelica,” is every bit as playfully mysterious as its title suggests. The premise is deceptively simple: Isaac (played by Ricardo Trepa, the director’s grandson), is requested by a wealthy local household to photograph the family’s recently deceased daughter, Angelica. Oliveira frames his protagonist as a pensive outcast, attached to his medium but also prone to eccentric choices. When his landlady chides his obsession with photographing laborers working in the fields, Isaac simply remarks: “Old-fashioned work interests me.” Beleaguered by hallucinations of his dead subject, Isaac grows increasingly insular, and so does the film itself. Accompanied by lovely strains of Chopin, “Angelica” quietly allegorizes the conflict between antiquity and modernity. Throughout the film’s sparse 94-minute running time, Oliveira evokes the ghosts of past masters: Each static frame not only recalls the stark beauty of a Rembrandt painting, but also the eternal wonderment of Georges Melies, cinema’s first magician. —David Liu

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evisiting the alienation exemplary of Sofia Coppola’s past work, “Somewh examines interiority — focusing on that of its title character, Johnny Mar and the fixes and fittings of the various hotel rooms in which he whiles a a role notable for its restraint, Stephen Dorff plays a disengaged actor and wear ty-and-excess scene, falling asleep while engaging in foreplay and watching twin by-side pole routines. The emptiness and indulgence of the Johnny Marco lifest tive upon the unannounced arrival of neglected daughter, Cleo (Elle Fanning), f assumes the position of role model resurrect. The slow-moving nature of the film, its title character and trajector effacing quality, its director content to employ static images that creat ingly realistic — albeit extraordinary — life, oddly poetic in its sedaten leaves its viewers to simply observe as its characters’ lives unfold, quie with little fanfare.

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peaking over the phone last weekend about his impending UC Berkeley appearance, renowned actor and playwright Wallace Shawn puzzled over Read the full interjust what role he’ll view online at blog. be playing when he gets up on stage this dailycal.org/arts. coming Sunday. “I will be reading words that supposedly represent me,” he says of the event at Zellerbach Hall, “but of course I’m dubious about the whole concept of the self anyway, and the idea that there is a unified self, and that each of us is one person remains to be proven. In my case, it seems disproven every day, but, you know, who am I to say?” “An Evening with Wallace Shawn,” hosted by Cal Performances, is subtitled “Real World, Fake World, Dream World,” a taxonomic organization that mirrors the two sections of “Essays,” his recent essay collection: “Reality,” which deals with politics and world events, and “Dream-World,” which treats theater and other aesthetic pursuits. As for the third facet: “The ‘fake world’ … would refer to what the people who control us would like us to think the world is,” explains Shawn. “So I suppose, both as a human being trying to figure out what’s actually going on and as a dreamer trying to ... imagine believable worlds, I’m sort of combating the fake world, really, to the best of my ability.” Regarding what exactly the evening will entail, Shawn confirms that “it’ll definitely be a reading” as opposed to a more theatrical staged performance. He indicates that he has not yet finalized the content of the show, though it will feature excerpts from his plays and essays. Other engagements this weekend in Seattle and Los Angeles may differ significantly from Berkeley’s. Shawn is undoubtedly best known

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t was “Titanic” that got me into movies. I’m talking Leonardo DiCaprio hoisting Kate Winslet up on the bow of an ocean liner. I don’t know what it is exactly about that movie that inspired me in 1997. I wasn’t even a fully formed person; my parents still had to drive me to the movies then. I guess I have to thank James Cameron but he’d probably eat me if I did that. After “Titanic” went down, my obsession became deviance. It’s hard being an eight-year-old trying to discuss the Oscars with kids at the lunch table. It’s even harder being a 13-year-old trying to explain to your friends what’s so good about “Lost in Translation,” which in 2003 convinced me of the cinema’s power in the way “Titanic” did six years earlier. I barely had friends as it was and writing about Sofia Coppola on my Xanga (the poor man’s LiveJournal) definitely killed them all off. When you grow up on movies like I did, they start to become your surro-

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Wallyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World. Known for his performances in films like â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Dinner with Andreâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Princess Bride,â&#x20AC;? Wallace Shawn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who appears at Zellerbach this coming Sunday â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is also an accomplished playwright and essayist.

REELING from PAGE 9 gate parents. I learned a lot of important lessons from them. You did too, if nowhere else but from â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Storyâ&#x20AC;?: Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lick a frozen flagpole (my three-year-old brother told me so on Skype the other day). Just the other day I learned you shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Valentineâ&#x20AC;? with your significant other. It could destroy the both of you. When you see as many movies as I did in middle school and high school, when I had more time for that, you start imitating them, too. I think I was 12-years-old when I started behaving like Woody Allen, wearing ugly dark glasses, running around really frazzled and talking with my hands. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably nothing as annoying as a boy with a lisp and a fro behaving like Woody Allen. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get you friends in the icky years of

junior high. See, I told you I learned lessons from the movies. Recently, I indulged in the ultimate exercise in vanity in the 21st century by Googling my name. I scanned through the articles Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve written for the Daily Californian thinking how satisfying it feels to have published film criticism. But then I stumbled across a little gem, a kernel in my brain I had forgotten about: My profile on Amazon.com (username: moviefan13). My bio says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a deep obsession with films! My favorite band, currently, is Coldplay.â&#x20AC;? I only needed to look at the titles of the reviews, written sometime in eighth grade, to make myself cringe: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ron Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Missingâ&#x20AC;? is missing somethingâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;De-Lovelyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; isâ&#x20AC;Śa bit di-sappointing.â&#x20AC;? I still stand by these comments, by the way, but not their embarrassing puns. Learn from my example: If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover your tracks, your Internet footprint is

ness are crucial to his particular ends. In the performance notes to â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fever,â&#x20AC;? Shawn points out, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re actually saying is something that 99% of your audience will not want to hear. You yourself probably donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really want to hear it.â&#x20AC;? This is of a piece with the candid, disarmingly introspective impulse that fuels Shawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best essays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel I do have a default mode of total self-indulgence, hedonism and complacency, which you could say is a complete acceptance of the bourgeois life,â&#x20AC;? reflects Shawn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And writing â&#x20AC;Ś is a way in which Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve tried to drive myself out of that default position, and to face certain realities of the world.â&#x20AC;? The oldest piece included in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essaysâ&#x20AC;? dates from 1985, with the newest dated July 2010, but there is a remarkable continuity that runs through the collection, whether he is talking about warmongering rhetoric in 2003 America or his personal understanding of aesthetic experience. Even when Shawn approaches the same idea differently from essay to essay, from year to year, one can almost hear his slow, thoughtful voice, weighing all sides of the issue, looking inward at all of his disparate selves. And whichever one(s) we get to see onstage at Zellerbach come Sunday, it will be necessary for us, too, to look inward at our many selves.

for his acting roles on the big and small screen. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen his classic turns in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Princess Brideâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Manhattan,â&#x20AC;? or his recurring parts on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Trek: Deep Space Nineâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gossip Girl,â&#x20AC;? heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a memorable presence. One of his finest films, 1981â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Dinner with Andre,â&#x20AC;? he also co-wrote with co-star and frequent collaborator Andre Gregory. But not all of his appreciators, even some who might consider themselves serious fans of his screen persona, know that he is a prolific playwright. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some ways, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a waste of time to be envious of yourself ... Nonetheless, I am sometimes bitter and resentful that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so much better known as an actor than as a writer,â&#x20AC;? admits Shawn. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the other hand, I understand the logic of it, because my writing is somewhat less conventional than a lot of the movies that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been in, so it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that surprising that fewer people respond to it.â&#x20AC;? Indeed, his plays mix frank sexuality, and confrontational political content. Works such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aunt Dan and Lemonâ&#x20AC;? and intense monologue â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Feverâ&#x20AC;? hack away at the rationalizations the American middle class has constructed to prop up its moral relationship with the world at large. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much humor at work, too, but harshness and direct-

FOREVER. Film, like the best crack, has turned me into something of a sociopath over the years. I would rather be watching a movie than do just about anything else, except maybe talk about them and write about them. And this has got me thinking about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Titanicâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lost in Translation.â&#x20AC;? Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both about two people who are somewhere they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong and yet they somehow manage to find each other. I guess I found the movies like that, stumbling upon them when I was in a place I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong. I know all of this sounds really confessional and narcissistic but this column will be less about defending my love for movies and more about simply loving the movies, and sharing that romance with you if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll let me. Moviefan13 out.

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W. HOOPS: UCLA’s Balance Should Challenge Cal from back

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Last Year’s Success Breeds Confidence by Connor Byrne Daily Cal Staff Writer

“I don’t think we’re going to leave the top four for a while.” Those words were uttered by thenfreshman Tom Shields at the conclusion of the 2010 season, one in which the Bears finished second at the NCAA Championships in March. “Or the top two.” That second part may sound a little overambitious, especially for a team that hasn’t won a national championship since 1980. However, with the Bears returning 15 swimmers from last year’s squad, including all three of their individual NCAA champions, it’s a prediction that may not be as lofty as it seems. Along with Shields, who won the 100 butterfly at last year’s NCAAs, Cal brings back two standout seniors in Olympic gold medalist Nathan Adrian and Damir Dugonjic, a two-time NCAA champion in the 100 breaststroke. The Bears finished 2010 by shocking the swimming world with an incredible run at the national championship,

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which had Cal sitting atop the leader boards at the end of the second day of competition. Still, the Bears feel like they’re just getting started. “We may have had one or two (swimmers) that just topped out at how they performed. But, I would say most have not,” coach David Durden said. “And that’s what’s exciting. We can get better.” The Bears have already gotten off to an impressive start to the 2010-11 season, highlighted by a third-place finish at the 2010 Short Course Nationals in December. However, regular season performance doesn’t necessarily indicate how Cal will swim when it counts the most. It certainly didn’t last season, when the Bears lost dual meets to conference rivals Arizona and Stanford. Headed into nationals, few considered Cal to be a legitimate contender. “(Durden) doesn’t want anyone to know what we can do until NCAAs,” Shields said. That won’t be the case this year, as the No. 4 Bears will likely be the ones with the target on their backs. “We consider that such a great compliment that different swimming pundits think that we’re the favorite to win

an NCAA title, but we do realize that it was last year’s team that earned that right,” Durden said. “We’re working to earn those compliments.” That isn’t to say that Cal won’t ever be an underdog. Though the Bears likely won’t reduce training in preparation for the meet, they will certainly be looking to dethrone the No. 2 Cardinal at the Pac-10 Championships, a meet that Stanford has won for the last 29 years in a row. Cal will also get a shot at redemption when they take on perennial swimming powerhouse Arizona, currently ranked one spot ahead of the Bears at third. And then there is always top-ranked Texas, who surpassed Cal on the last day of competition to win the school’s ninth national championship last season. The Longhorns look to be as strong as ever in 2011, led by four-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion Scott Jostes. Still, the stage is set for the Bears to have a breakthrough season. They know it just as well as every other team in the country does. Connor Byrne covers men’s swimming. Contact him at cbyrne@dailycal.org.

from their Washington trip with a perfect conference record — one that has since been broken only by a loss to UCLA. Corral managed 14 points in that game. Gilbreath fell short of double digits with nine points against the Bruins, but demonstrated her abilities on the glass barely topping her season average of 7.4 with eight rebounds. In that category, Gilbreath is second to Trojan forward Christina Marinacci who averages 7.6. Against ranked competition, USC has proved itself this season, losing only by three points to No. 7 Xavier and defeating No. 24 Georgia by eight. However, the Bears will return with much of the same scoring power they had last year against USC. Guard Layshia Clarendon and power forward DeNesha Stallworth, who average 13.4 and 14.6 points per game respectively, scored a combined 32 points against the Trojans last year. After Stanford attempts to snap No. 8 UCLA’s five-game winning streak Thursday, Cal will face the current conference co-leader on Saturday at 2 p.m. In contrast to the Bears’ last

two opponents, both with negative scoring margins, UCLA (15-1, 5-0 in the Pac-10) has the second highest one in the league. Fresh off a 30-point win over Oregon, the Bruins are the most likely contenders in the Pac-10 to defeat No. 4 Stanford, making them an even greater challenge for the Bears. Junior Jasmine Dixon and senior Darxia Morris exemplify the Bruins’ dynamic upperclassman scoring power, both leading their team with an average of 11.6 points per game each. That rate distinguishes them from UCLA’s other four top scorers by less than five points, suggesting the Bruins’ offensive success has been evenly spread among individual players. If the Bruins fall to Stanford on Thursday, it will be the second time they have lost this season; the first was to Louisiana State in their last nonconference match. If they win, Cal will be looking to break the longest winning streak in the league. Last year, the Bears fell twice to the Bruins, in both instances by doubledigit margins. Alex Matthews covers women’s basketball. Contact her at almatthews@dailycal.org.

W. TENNIS: Top-Ranked Juricova Among Returnees from back

strength of the Pac-10. A perennial tennis powerhouse, the Pac-10 boasts a total of six schools ranked in the top 25 of the ITA’s preseason poll. Cal is still slated to face Pac-10 rivals Arizona State, UCLA and Stanford, the defending national champion, twice each. When tasked with such a rigorous schedule, it certainly helps to field an experienced squad; the bulk of the team remains the same from last season. Cal returns seven out of nine players from their 2009-10 season, including junior Jana Juricova, who is ranked first among the nation’s singles players. A stellar sophomore campaign saw the Slovak native capture the singles crown in the ITA National Indoor Championship and advance to the NCAA singles quarterfinals, a distinction once held by former Bears’ player Susie Babos in 2006. Although the squad’s lineups are not yet finalized for the season, sophomores Tayler Davis and Annie Goransson have proven themselves ready to step up with strong performances in the fall.

Two members of the team who have the most familiarity with the rigors of the dual season are Mari Andersson and Marina Cossou. The two represent the most senior leadership Cal has had since its last NCAA Championship finals appearance in 2009. Another source of the squad’s strength lies in doubles play. The doubles point was a near guarantee for the Bears, who won 21 out of 25 last season. Juricova and Andersson’s prowess as Cal’s top duo was nearly unparalleled, as the two posted a 21-3 record from the No. 1 spot. The tandem dominated once again in the fall tournament season with a record of 13-2, leading to its No. 5 preseason doubles ranking. As a team, the Bears are no strangers to the difficulty of dual meet play in the Pac-10. Even with a daunting schedule, the history of success under Augustus’ guidance and the talent throughout the lineup bode well for Cal’s season. Catherine Nguyen covers women’s tennis. Contact her at cnguyen@dailycal.org.

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Cal track and field looks to pick up where it left off after finishing 17th last season. Ranked in the same spot in preseason polls, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team returns star seniors Mike Morrison and Michael Coe while the 29th place womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team returns standouts in sophomore Laurynne Chetelat and junior Deborah Maier. A great deal of Calâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other top performers are also back for more; in total, 11 of the 12 competitors who qualified for last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Outdoor Championships return. Mark Matusak, who set a school record in the 1500m, is the only athlete of the 12 who graduated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is a special guy,â&#x20AC;? coach Tony Sandoval said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is like the father of distance running at Cal. He is so strong physically, technically and mentally.â&#x20AC;? While Matusakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s days at Cal are over, the field has finally opened up for

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Morrison to take the title this season in his event, the decathlon. Threetime champion and heptathlon worldrecord holder Ashton Eaton finally graduated from Oregon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(This) yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my shot at it,â&#x20AC;? the AllAmerican said. He set a school record for the heptathlon last year and finished second at the Outdoor Championships behind only Eaton. Coe is in a similar striking position for the 3000m, ranked second in the nation with his mark of 7:52.14. He also broke the school record at the 2009 MPSF Championships with a time of 7:48.05. Coe is also a member of the No. 4 menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distance medley relay team, which will also return Tom Blocker and Sebastian Sam, but lost Matusak. Maier, like Coe, set a school record in the 3000m (9:20.05) and ranks No. 14 nationally. She placed fifth in the 5000m, but could not finish the race at the NCAAs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She demonstrated that she is one of the elite NCAA athletes,â&#x20AC;? Sandoval said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phenomenal.â&#x20AC;? Chetelat is another outstanding

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3000m runner, holding the fourth spot nationally with a 9:08.14 mark. Senior Steve Sodaro made his mark last year as the first Cal runner to ever win the Pac-10 steeplechase â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that he was a walk-on at one time is tremendous,â&#x20AC;? Sandoval said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has paid his dues to get where he is, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a shining star for us.â&#x20AC;? Sodaro also became one of only a handful of runners to break the magic four-minute mark on the mile. There are 37 freshman additions to the roster for the Bears who look to make a name for themselves among the stars and give Cal a boost in the rankings. Cal track and field opens the season this weekend with the indoor Cherry and Silver Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M. Events begin with the long jump on Friday at 5 p.m., and resume Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Edwards Stadium, home of the Bears, will host three meets this season: the Cal Outdoor Opener, the California Multi Meet and the Brutus Hamilton Invitational. Byron Atashian covers track and field. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.

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RUGBY: New Witter Turf

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Instead, the rugby faithful will trek to Treasure Island in San Francisco Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picture day for the Cal menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tento watch Cal, though Clark refuses to nis team. Athletes in bright yellow team deem them â&#x20AC;&#x153;homeâ&#x20AC;? games. To date, only shirts cluster in groups all around the two have been officially announced â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hellman Tennis this Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest against Chico courts, chatting State at the Gaelic Athletic Association and absentand a mid-February tilt against British mindedly slicing Mankl]Zr% FZr ,% +))0 Columbia at the San Francisco Golden DUMMY rackets through Ma^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg Gate RFC. the air. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a When the Bears are in Berkeley, day of relative relaxation and calm, but Witter is not at their disposal. With donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be fooled; even this early in the the football spring training and the season the Bears maintain a disciplined lacrosse practices and matches taking focus on the months ahead. place on the field, the rugby team must As far as rankings go, No. 19 Cal is share time allocated for practice. off to a promising start for the 2011 This results in an inconsistent team dual season. But coach Peter Wright training time, which oscillates from warned against placing too much emearly in the morning to late at night to phasis on ITA results this early. their regular mid-afternoon slot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These rankings are mainly based â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to let it affect us,â&#x20AC;? off of our performance last year, so Scully said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still have the same they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t as important right now,â&#x20AC;? he top-notch coaches, top-notch training said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They give us a starting point for â&#x20AC;Ś For us to make excuses would be the beginning of the year, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll wrong.â&#x20AC;? become more accurate and more valuNot all of the changes relate to the able as the season progresses.â&#x20AC;? state of Cal athletics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some pertain to The same can be said for Calâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pera rising prominence of the sport. formance thus far. After an overall Intercollegiate rugby has reshuffled strong fall season, the Bears (1-1) are its structure, creating a new division rapidly working on strategies, such as termed the College Premier League, playing closer to the baseline and crewhich is a rung above Division I. It is ating a more balanced attack across divided into regions, with the Bears singles and doubles matches, that they competing in the Pacific along with St. hope to hone come the NCAA ChampiMaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, San Diego State and UC Davis. onship in May. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That means weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have Perhaps the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; greatest strategy Allyse bacharach/file tougher matches,â&#x20AC;? co-captain Derek is one that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t confined to the court â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Christoffer Konigsfeldt went 11-5 in singles during the fall season. He and teammate Nick Andrews are currently ranked No. 13 in doubles. team chemistry. Asbun said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to test ourâ&#x20AC;&#x153;It creates a level of support and selves â&#x20AC;Ś We welcome the challenge.â&#x20AC;? Wright pushed that notion one step more than a few top-ranked competi- big matches because they give us a makes the boys that much more inThe Bears lose former co-captains tors this year. The Bears will square off challenge to rise to and take over.â&#x20AC;? further, saying that he wants the Bears and All-Americans Keegan Envested in the matches,â&#x20AC;? Wright said. As for the season outlook, the Bears to be one of the top teams in the nateams ACROSS Senior captain Pedro Zerbini echoed against no less than six ranked gelbrecht, Eric Fry and Colin Hawley, Parent!s the substitute in 2011. Standing out for coach and remain straightforward:9.reach tional postseason. the coach. but return the championship front row 1. 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time to shine The Cal men’s tennis team is gearing up for a successful dual season. See page 15

Big Test Awaits Bears At UCLA by Gabriel Baumgaertner Daily Cal Senior Staff Writer

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Lindsay Sherbert, the only freshman in Cal’s starting lineup, is averaging eight points and 5.8 rebounds per game. The guard leads the team in 3-point field goals made with 23.

Bears Look To Rebound Against Top Pac-10 Teams by Alex Matthews Daily Cal Staff Writer

The Cal women’s basketball team is probably relieved to return to Haas Pavilion. The squad is Cal 8-1 at home this season, but was Women’s swept on its road Hoops trip to Washington last weekend. TIPOFF: But the Bears’ Cal takes comfort on their on USC vs home court won’t tonight at alleviate the difficulties of tak- 7 p.m. at ing on two of the Haas Pavilion. Pac-10’s top three Radio: teams on Thurs- KKGN (960 AM) day and Saturday. If past seasons are any indication, USC will be one of the most even

competitions Cal will see this season, conference or non-conference. Last year, the Bears defeated the Trojans at Haas Pavilion but dropped the match at USC earlier that season. The squads tip-off at 7 p.m., at Haas Pavilion. Cal (10-6, 2-3 in the Pac-10) would be unwise to count on a home court advantage. The Bears haven’t seen a contest against USC (12-4, 4-1) decided by double digits since 2005. USC’s offense has been virtually defined by guards Ashley Corral and Stefanie Gilbreath, who have been the top scorers in all but four of the Trojans’ games this season. The pair was the top two scorers in Cal’s last meeting with USC. While the Bears suffered losses at Washington and Washington State last weekend, the Trojans came away

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Quickness isn’t the first trait that comes to mind when describing the 6-foot-7, 265-pound Markhuri Sanders-Frison. When asked about UCLA’s ONLINE PODCAST center Joshua Gabriel Baumgaertner Smith, the Cal examines Cal and the big man said rest of the Pac-10. that he would have to “use Cal his quickness” against the men’s Bruins’ 6-footHoops 10, 305-pound TIPOFF: giant. S a n d e r s - Cal takes Frison paused on UCLA vs and erupted tonight at with laughter. “I get to say 7:30 p.m. that! It’s been a at Pauley Pavilion. long time since Radio: KNEW I have said (910 AM) that,” the affable Online: Daily Cal Sanders-Frison Live Blog mused. For a team that has defended the post relatively well this season, the Cal men’s basketball team (9-8, 2-3 in the Pac-10) will receive one of its biggest challenges — literally — this season when it takes on UCLA (11-6, 3-2) tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles. Led by the monstrous Smith, the feisty Reeves Nelson and budding lottery pick Tyler Honeycutt, UCLA specializes in beating teams up on the boards. Nelson and Honeycutt are averaging just under eight rebounds per game while Smith averages a hair below seven. Cal coach Mike Montgomery identified that it’s not just the Bruins’ size that presents a significant challenge, but their ability to effectively score down low as well. Both averaging 56 percent from the field, Nelson and Smith are efficient scorers. “If they get the ball to (Smith) low than that’s a problem because he’s so big that you can’t do much,” Montgomery said. “Nelson has hurt us in the past. He’s very active, very aggressive and very strong.” A shadow of the UCLA squads that thrice appeared in the Final Four last decade, coach Ben Howland’s team does not have particularly reliable shooters, which makes its interior prowess even more important. The Bruins are not afraid to shoot it from the outside — Honeycutt, Mal-

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Harper Kamp leads Cal in scoring with 13.8 points per game and is second in rebounds with 5.6. He had 20 points and seven rebounds in the Bears’ loss to Washington on Sunday. colm Lee and Lazeric Jones have all attempted at least 56 3-pointers this season — but all of them are shooting under 40 percent from long range. With such strong offense inside and lukewarm shooting from the perimeter, the Bruins have faced a lot of zone defense this year, Cal will almost certainly adopt that tactic for some of the game. “(UCLA) is pretty patient against the zone,” Montgomery said. “We’d like to be able to play man for 40 minutes because that’s what we’re good at, but I’m sure we’ll have to look at anything we can do.” Montgomery downplayed defensive strategies and instead emphasized the importance of limiting foul trouble. Since the Bruins have a significant size advantage, quick fouls

on any of the Bears’ leading defenders could create a long night for them in the paint. “You can’t afford to get key people in foul trouble because it restricts what we’re able to do,” Montgomery said. “If Jorge (Gutierrez) or Markhuri or Harper (Kamp) get two fouls early then it really changes what we’re trying to do. We’ve got to protect them as best as we can.” Cal completes the second part of the Los Angeles swing with another big squad, USC, at 8 p.m., on Saturday night at the Galen Center. The Trojans beat UCLA, 63-52, earlier in the season. Gabriel Baumgaertner covers men’s basketball. Contact him at gbaumgaertner@dailycal.org.

Bears to Travel Rugged Road to National Championship Cal Aiming For

Return to Finals After Early Exit In 2010 Season

by Christina Jones Daily Cal Staff Writer

The Cal rugby team may not be losing its varsity status this season, but it faces many challenges in its quest to repeat as national champions. Asannounced at a September press conference, the Athletic Department will cut the rugby team from varsity sports after this season. Unlike the other slashed sports, rugby will remain on campus as a varsity club sport and continue to compete in the same league representing Cal. How the looming demotion will impact this season has yet to be seen. “I can’t imagine it will be helpful,” coach Jack Clark said. “I feel very sympathetic toward our players … You can be a victim of your situation, or put your shoulders back and get on with it.” Co-captain and standout wing Blaine Scully said news of the demotion has given the team “added incentive” to go out with another championship. As Clark and alumni rally to get rugby reinstated as a varsity sport, the Bears are focusing on what they can control — their performance on the pitch. But it won’t be the same pitch on which Cal has built its championship pedigree. For the next two seasons, the Bears will be without a home field since the newly installed turf at Witter Rugby Field has been deemed unsafe for competition.

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Sean Gallinger (center) and the rest of the Cal rugby team will be playing its last season as a varsity sport as it vies for another title.

season PREVIEW

by Catherine Nguyen Daily Cal Staff Writer

Head coach Amanda Augustus found her team in uncharted territory last May. After advancing to the NCAA Team Championship finals in the first two years under Augustus’ leadership, the Cal women’s tennis team ended its postseason run early after falling in the round of 16. For a coach and team so attuned to postseason success, the upcoming season represents the chance to find their way back to the familiarity of the finals and achieve the lofty goal of capturing a national title. Making a return trip to the NCAA Championship will hardly be a cakewalk though. After hosting the Cal Winter Invitational and the ITA Kickoff Weekend at the Hellman Tennis Complex in January, the No. 10 Bears open conference play against No. 5 UCLA — an opponent that is just one example of the

season PREVIEW

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