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Better Communication Resolves Eviction Issue by Katie Nelson Daily Cal Staff Writer

UC Berkeley student parents are no longer facing eviction notices due to delayed financial aid allocations thanks to improved communications between the Financial Aid Office and Cal Housing. Last semester, student parents who were in need of financial aid ­— which helps pay for things such as utility bills and rent — were being issued eviction notices by the campus despite the fact that the financial aid office was failing to allocate aid to them in a timely manner. Cheryl Resh, director of financial aid, said at the time that the record-number of aid applications and glitches in the newly implemented financial aid computer system were causing the delay. After The Daily Californian published an article on Nov. 12 about the eviction notices, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau met with Cal Housing officials and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry LeGrande to discuss why the notices were being unfairly issued and how to resolve the problem. Now, according to Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs for Residential and Student Service Programs LeNorman Strong, while eviction notices will be served to those students who are not awaiting aid to pay for rent, a plan has been put in place so that students with pending financial aid awards will not receive eviction notices. “Representatives of the Financial Aid Office, Student Parent Programs and Services, and Cal Housing met in November and developed a communication plan regarding this concern," he said in an e-mail. Strong said representatives of the Financial Aid Office and Cal Housing are working individually with students with financial aid issues and with delinquent rent. Currently, he has appointed two individuals from Residential and Student

Service Programs to be members of this group and who will facilitate getting the group together on an ongoing basis. For senior Gina Cariveau, the improvement in communication was key in helping her and her two children when they received an eviction notice in October 2010 while she was reliant on financial aid to help her pay her rent for her apartment in University Village in Albany. “I got a call the day after the (Nov. 12 Daily Cal article) came out from financial aid saying that they were going to take care of absolutely everything,” she said. “It’s not about blaming one person for this problem. It was a lack of communication between the departments.” Alice Jordan, coordinator of student parent programs and services at the Transfer, Re-entry, and Student Parent Center, said she was pleased to see the campus take proactive steps to help the students who she felt had been wrongly issued eviction notices. Jordan, who sits in on many of the meetings between the campus offices to provide input on how to best move forward with making sure student parents do not face the same issues in the future, said while it’s too early in the semester to tell what will happen as financial aid is being allocated and whether any communication issues are properly addressed, she said she felt there is already a greater effort between the Cal Housing and Financial Aid offices to try to resolve the problems students faced last semester. “I think we all want the same thing ... for students to receive their aid and pay their rent and not go through all the anxiety and stress,” she said. “This wasn’t about a student being negligent. This was an issue of communication between everyone.” Katie Nelson is the lead academics and administration reporter. Contact her at knelson@dailycal.org.

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Suzanne Husky’s art exhibit on display in San Francisco features structures called “sleeper cells” solely created from recycled materials.

Local Artists Find Inspiration in Trash by Soumya Karlamangla Daily Cal Staff Writer

Suzanne Husky spent the last four months rummaging through the trash. She wore steel-toed boots and pushed a shopping cart while scavenging for planks of wood at the Recology San Francisco Public Disposal Area, commonly known as “the dump.” A former Berkeley resident, Husky is part of the Recology Artist in Resi-

dence program, which invites artists from the Bay Area to create sculptures or paintings from materials that are on their way to the landfill. The program is meant to encourage people to take another look at what they are throwing out. Husky’s work — on display this past weekend at the Recology Solid Waste Transfer and Recycling Center — reminds viewers to be conscious of their waste; the sculptures are not only crafted from recycled materials,

but the pieces themselves illustrate a choice to reduce an environmental footprint. She created what she calls “sleeper cells,” small habitable wooden structures meant to function as homes, intended for people who make “an environmental choice to live off the grid.” “They have a space you can sleep in and a few spaces where you can have tchotchkes, but it’s super minimal,” she said. The structures, which appear to

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UC Reaches Record-High Numbers in Applicants

Bone Marrow Donor Drive Reaches Out On Campus by Victoria Pardini Daily Cal Staff Writer

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When Sonia Rai, 24, was diagnosed in early December with acute myelogenous leukemia, an aggressive cancer that would require her to have a bone marrow transplant as soon as she was in remission, her family knew that they had to act quickly to find a donor. Since her diagnosis, her family has been holding bone marrow and stem cell registration drives — around 100 total, including a four-day event at UC Berkeley last week — throughout the nation in order to try to find a match for Rai, a UC Irvine graduate, and encourage others to register as bone marrow donors. Pooja Bhatnagar, a recent UCLA graduate and Rai’s niece, said Rai’s brother, Sumit Rai, went to Bostonwhere Rai lives and immediately began contacting everyone he knew to start setting up

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Charles Cheung registers to become a bone marrow donor by sending in a swab from his cheeks as a part of the “Cure Sonia” campaign.

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Amid growing concern that the state’s declining funding for higher education and recently proposed cuts to the university will limit enrollment, ONLINE PODCAST the University of California Aaida Samad discusses received a re- the increased number cord number of UC applications. of applications for next fall, with multiple campuses achieving milestones in terms of out-of-state, transfer and international applicants. The university received a total of 142,235 applications for fall 2011 — a 6.1 percent increase from the previous fall — according to a report released by the UC Office of the President Jan. 14. The ap-

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Buying a cup of coffee at Caffe Mediterraneum on Telegraph Avenue means stepping into a piece of Berkeley’s cultural history, representing an exchange of ideas and experiences across age and socioeconomic barriers. However, the spirit of the coffeehouse — historically a meeting place for artists, intellectuals and activists — was nearly lost in 2006, with some saying its unique character is still at risk. More than four years ago, the business owner at the time, who went by Kwan, could not reckon with the Telegraph and People’s Park “scene� that area business owners find challenging to deal with even today, according to Craig Becker, the Med’s current owner, who customers said brought the cafe back from the brink. As Kwan, who spoke little English, struggled to resolve confrontations between unruly customers, the homeless began to dominate the cafe’s social scene, littering the floorspace with dirty laundry, Becker said. “It got grungier and grungier,� coffeehouse regular Christopher Kohler said. “It was becoming a homeless coffee center.� In 2006, the Med was nearly sold to entrepreneurs who wanted to transform the space into an Indian restaurant, but Becker and his brother — who owned the property but not the business itself — did not approve of the Med’s sale and decided instead to purchase it from Kwan themselves. “That was sort of problematic,� Becker said. “We wanted to preserve (the Med’s) historical significance.�

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t was somewhere between crossing the intersection outside of Clark Kerr and getting a broken collarbone X-rayed an hour later that I realized I had officially become “that guy.” You know, “that guy” who gets hit by a car on the last night of the semester. I’ve never exactly played by the rules. That’s always seemed so tame and boring — I strive to be as super-of-the-moment and unconventional as possible. To borrow from Robert Frost, it’s just so much more satisfying to take the road less traveled. More often than not, I’ve drawn my fair share of disapproving stares and found myself in some serious shit. But always, I revel in the glory of retelling a new, ridiculous (mis) adventure. I’m a journalist, after all: I’ll do anything as long as it makes a good story. So, from my standpoint, my first semester at Cal is legendary enough to fill an entire “Anna Karenina”-sized novel — only minus all the tragedy and Russian surnames. In high school, I was always “that guy” who slacked off and didn’t believe in higher education. I was “that guy” who was perfectly content with the romanticized plan of driving an 18-wheeler up and down the I-5 and chronicling all I saw, becoming the next Jack Kerouac in the process. Pretty ambitious and financially stable life goal, right? But then I was accepted to UC Berkeley. It was the only school that I had ever imagined myself attending, the only place that I had really envisioned building a life and a future. It wasn’t exactly a difficult choice. From the second I saw the congratulatory announcement on my application homepage I knew I was hopelessly hooked. So for the rest of my senior year I become “that guy” who shamelessly bragged about her future alma mater to just about anybody who would listen. e all know how it feels to finally leave home for the first time and venture forth into the great big Bay Area. How it feels to share a bathroom with thirty other people living on the same floor. How it feels to party all throughout Welcome Week before realizing that collegiate life is going to be a whole lot more challenging than simply deciding which frat party to attend each night. How it feels to know that we officially have a chance to start over on a brand new, clean slate and become whatever “guy” we want to be. As for me, I became many different “guys” in the course of a few whirlwind months. The first night in my dorm I become “that guy” who desperately missed the comfort of her family, only to become “that guy” who partied

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long into the night a day later. I became “that guy” who painted a gigantic letter “A” onto her chest and stood front row at a football game, deliriously screaming her lungs out with every play. “That guy” who may or may not have been drunk while slurring the words to the beloved Cal Drinking Song at Crossroads late one Saturday night. “That guy” who received a citation just for carting around a Natty Ice outside during the second weekend of the semester and then had to go and get her record officially cleared in court during dead week three months later. And, of course, I became that stone-cold sober “guy” who was dragged off to the emergency room after getting hit by a little old lady in an economy car right outside of her own dorm. here are little things that add up as well: Going on road trips to visit friends in SoCal. Playing “Super Smash Bros.” with floormates when we all ought to have been studying instead. Getting all hyped up on Berkeley spirit during Big Game Week and then subsequently drowning my sorrows in red cup concoctions after our beloved Bears valiantly lost. In fact, it’s almost as if every single day that I’m here, something remarkable and unforgettable happens to me. And I wouldn’t trade that for all the Jack Kerouac pipe dreams in the world. I’ve never been “that guy” who conceives and achieves concrete goals like items on a grocery list; I just don’t possess that kind of motivation and foresight. But I always make sure to set a few new year’s resolutions each January, to have something to strive for in the coming months. For instance, last year, one resolution in a list of eight was legitimately “go to college.” Check. But this year, there’s only one resolution I want to accomplish: Somehow find a way to top my first semester. Something tells me that it’s not going to be very hard. You know why? Because I’m “that guy.” I’m a California Golden Bear.

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plications included a 5.7 percent increase in freshman-level applications and a 7.3 percent increase in transfer applications. The report was released days before UC President Mark Yudof commented at a UC Board of Regents meeting that the university may have to turn away qualified students due to state funding cuts. But, UC spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez said that while the time is fast approaching when the university will not be able to enroll all eligible California students, for this year at least, the UC “intends to find a place for every UC-eligible California applicant.” The number of non-resident freshmen applications saw an upswing for fall 2011. While there was a 3.6 percent increase in California freshman applicants, both out-of-state and international applicants surged, increasing by 10.7 percent and 22.5 percent respectively. The increase in non-resident applications falls in line with a recommendation made by the UC Commission on the Future in December that encourages the UC to allow campuses to increase undergraduate, non-resident enrollment to enhance students’ educational experience, “broaden geographical diversity” and generate additional revenue. According to Susan Wilbur, UC director of undergraduate admissions, the commission’s recommendation stipulates that the UC total for non-resident enrollment can go up to 10 percent. She added that with the UC currently at 5.6

percent for non-resident undergraduate enrollment, it will take a number of years to reach 10 percent. “All campuses are proactively seeking to increase the enrollment of non-resident students,” Wilbur said in an e-mail. “However, UC’s priority remains the enrollment of CA resident students for whom the state has provided funding.” All 10 UC campuses had growth in freshman applications with UC San Diego, UC Merced and UC Riverside seeing the greatest increases — 11.2 percent, 8.9 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively. The increase in applications represents a landmark moment for UC Riverside, according to Kris Lovekin, spokesperson for the campus. For the first time in the campus’s history, there were enough direct applicants that they will not need to offer admission to referral applicants — those who did not receive admission to the campuses they applied to, but are still UC-eligible — Lovekin said. “It really is a milestone year for us,” she said. “This will lead to people who want to be here, people who directly applied to the campus, being offered admission, and as we go on here, the GPAs and the test scores will rise over time as a result.” Falling in line with a trend of steady growth over the last few years, the volume of transfer applications UC-wide continued to rise with a 26 percent increase in the number of transfer applications over the last two years, according Vazquez. “It has been a goal of the regents to increase transfer students at the uni-

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versity, and we are gratified that there have been these healthy increases in transfer applications over the past several years,” he said. The increase in transfer applications can in part be attributed to outreach efforts, guaranteed transfer agreements and a systemwide push to make the transfer path more efficient and clearer, Vazquez added. Several campuses also attributed the increase to campus-specific programs and recruitment efforts targeting community colleges and local students. “UC San Diego has had an impressive growth among transfer students, a reflection of the university’s diligent work to recruit students from California’s community colleges,” said Mae Brown, assistant vice chancellor for admissions and enrollment services at UC San Diego, in an e-mail. “UC San Diego is dedicated to recruiting transfer students as they bring a real-world perspective to the university’s diverse student body.” While campuses have seen increases in applications, there is concern that sharp reductions in state funding to the UC could limit enrollment levels despite the growing number of applications from qualified students, according to Brown. “It is a deep concern of the university that for some students who worked hard their entire school careers may not be able to attend because we may have to limit enrollment because of California’s severe budget cuts to higher education,” Brown said in an e-mail. Aaida Samad covers higher education. Contact her at asamad@dailycal.org.

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Berkeley Rep Production Of ‘The Last Cargo Cult’ Explores American Influence in South Pacific by Derek Sagehorn

Daily Cal Staff Writer veryone likes a good story; a well-told, funny tale can break the ice in the most frigid social situations. Fortunately for the East Bay, monologist Mike Daisey is a master storyteller, and if you enjoy/respect stories and their tellers then “The Last Cargo Cult” is well worth a trip to Berkeley Repertory Theater. “Cargo Cult” is part ethnographic travelogue, part Jeremiad. The former deals with Daisey’s trip to Tanna, a remote island in the South Pacific. Like most travel essayists, Daisey mines the difference of the natives for

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material. In this form, it means a lot of jokes about penis sheaths. But Tanna’s allure to Daisey isn’t limited to mere Orientalism. He is interested in two of Tanna’s particulars: a money-less society and a cargo cult that worships American G.I.s. One of the highlights of Daisey’s performance is a blow-by-blow account of John Frum Day, Tanna’s annual celebration of Americana. The story is full of impromptu American flags, blue-jean-clad natives and American history told through musical theater. The people of Tanna, as Daisey paints them, revere the country but cannot comprehend its addiction to commerce.

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f being serenaded by a soothing blend of virtuosic string work and dynamic rhythms sounds appealing, then seeing Ra Ra Riot live is your dream come true. The New York-bred sextet succeed in their incorporation of both rock and classical elements through their music and make for an awe-inspiring concert. Working their magic under the soft lights of the ornately decorated Great American Music Hall, Ra Ra Riot charmed the crowd with a frenzied yet graceful expression of their emotionally charged set list. Before Ra Ra Riot could flaunt their talent, Givers, the opening act, gave a brief preview of the lively night that was to come. A small act hailing from Louisiana, they proved that they were a name to watch out for with their impossibly high energy. As the majority of the audience had never heard of them before, it showed the extent of their charisma when they instantly set the crowd swaying and bobbing along to the country twangs and pounding beats. As the animated spirit of Givers faded away and Ra Ra Riot took the stage, I’ll admit that I was a bit disappointed when they opened with “Massachusetts.” Personally, it was my least favorite track from their new album since it didn’t appear to have any sort of direction and drags on for an eternity. But as I noticed the passionate delivery of each band member, from Alexandra Lawn’s sensual cello-playing to Milo Bonacci’s dynamic guitar solos, I began to appreciate the beauty in even the songs that I had no prior fondness for. In fact, the fiery intensity of their onstage persona is what made the performance exciting. With The Rhumb Line favorites such as “Each Year,” the band easily conveyed the tracks’ appeal through a frenzy of orchestral swells and pulsating beats. But The Orchard is another story. Though it was an album filled with lush,

This love/hate relationship with the United States echoes a lot of Daisey’s own sentiments. He intertwines his travelogue with a critical reading of American consumerism. “WE HAVE AWESOME SHIT!” Daisey admits, but it might be so awesome that we (Americans) have begun to worship it. To hammer the point home, a mountain of cardboard boxes lines the back of the stage. The stage is transformed into a cathedral of commerce, the buttresses adorned with brown cubes emblazoned with idols iMac, Zappos and Ikea. Daisey’s attempt to investigate human relationships mediated primarily by money is by far the most

sweeping arrangements, it doesn’t exactly translate to a spirited performance. So it was a pleasant surprise to see simmering, passively gorgeous tracks like “Foolish” and “You and I Know” aggravated to explosive renditions while the crowd pleasers “Boy” and “Too Dramatic” delivered everything listeners have ever hoped to hear. Ra Ra Riot has come a long way since their EP days and seeing them perform only confirmed their poise and maturity. After the sudden death of their original drummer back in 2007, there were doubts about whether the group would be able to recover from the incident. But talent often arises in the face of tragedy and Ra Ra Riot proved that with their stunning tribute to their friend, “Ghost Under Rocks.” Now, they have perfected their sound with grace and sincerity developed over the years, culminating in a sort of catharsis. Emotional attachment is almost guaranteed when listening to Ra Ra Riot and it’s hard not to be gripped by their expressiveness. The heavily featured The Orchard is not instantaneously likable and lacks the fun hooks that were present in The Rhumb Line. Instead, it is an album to be patiently explored. Through their inspiring performances of songs from the new album, Ra Ra Riot were able to engage the audience and show us the complex elegance of their music. At the same time, they wisely decided to evenly divide their repertoire between familiar hits and new material, giving fans what they know by heart as well as opening their eyes to fresh singles. Rocking out under the stage lights of the Great American, a venue so intimate that you could see the creases of Wes Miles’ eyes, Ra Ra Riot opened their hearts to concert-goers—and hey, any band that can get a crowd happily dancing around to songs about dying and ghosts has my nod of approval.

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ambitious part of the work. In these moments, Daisey loses his comic veneer and steers towards eschatology. His meditations on the financial meltdown of Aught Eight is spine-tingling. All the laughs during the island section of his monologue help ease the ensuing shock of financial damnation lauded on America and the audience. Humor helps Daisey avoid the landmine that is preachiness, and allows him to thrive in a work that is at once morally passionate and passionately moral. Levity helps ground “Cargo Cult” and it owes mostly to Daisey’s masterful delivery. He plays the audience like a fiddle, winding them up and down

Playing at the Great American Music Hall, Ra Ra Riot Display Graceful Poise

with manic screeds and soft-spoken dead-pan. Daisey pokes and curses the gods with a “Fuck!” so piercing that the crowd jumped the first few times. One critic from SFist harangued “Cargo Cult” for essentially preaching to the choir, claiming that the ideas aren’t new or challenging to patrons of Mission/Oakland/Berkeley coffee dens. Such a reading assumes Bay Area residents are as progressively minded as San Francisco happy meal killers. But even if you have heard the story before, go and see Daisey give new life to a familiar tune. Joke about penis sheaths with Derek at dsagehorn@dailycal.org.

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laywright Eugene Ionesco wrote that boredom is a “symptom of security.” For the characters of George Bernard Shaw’s 1919 play “Heartbreak House,” now opening the 2011 season of the Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, boredom is a symptom worth curing with war. Set on the eve of World War I, “Heartbreak House” deals with a collection of characters, and a whole society, to whom even bloodshed seems a welcome break from the tedium of everyday life. Unfortunately this compelling theme does not reveal itself until the end of three hours’ worth of old-fashioned navel-gazing. Director Robert Estes and the Actors Ensemble of Berkeley have, all in

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tanding before an intimate audience at UC Berkeley's Institute of East Asian Studies last Tuesday, Taiwanese playwright Stan Lai waxed metaphorical. “The deepest, most reverberating moment is that which combusts organically, bobbling in a natural wave to interact with all the components at inevitable points in time,” he explained, shifting his weight slightly onto the lectern. He paused for effect, a hint of genial mischief in his voice. “Often when the magic happens, you don’t see it. (But) it’s right in front of your eyes.” Though the words may sound like scientific jargon to the uninitiated, they resonate with an unmistakable sense of enlightened curiosity emblematic of Lai and his oeuvre. With over 30 original works to date, Lai is perhaps the foremost representative of modern Chinese-language theater, a renegade with a penchant for anticipating and reshaping contemporary trends. Working to blur the distinction between popular and avant-garde forms of expression, he has earned commercial and critical acclaim in both his native country and the worldwide theater community, writing and directing stage productions that combine Eastern cultural sensibilities with Western experimental approaches. Lai appeared on campus to discuss the creative process behind one of his most acclaimed recent works, the 2008 historical family epic “The

Village” (“Baodao Yicun”). Telling the story of three families over three generations of history beginning with the Taiwan diaspora in 1949, the play focuses on the shifting cultural contexts that helped shape the nature of contemporary Taiwanese society. Lai described one of his main inspirations as the rapidly changing face of East Asia. “It’s the same story in Taipei, in Hong Kong, in Shanghai, in Beijing. Buildings get torn down,” he explained. “As the memory of those buildings go away, the whole city suffers from amnesia.” Born on October 25, 1954 in Washington, D.C., Lai moved with his parents to Taiwan in 1966 but later returned to the United States, receiving his Ph.D. in Dramatic Art at UC Berkeley in 1983. He titled his dissertation “Oriental Crosscurrents in Modern Western Theater,” in a time when the term “oriental” still registered as acceptable academic terminology. Working beyond the school’s thenfledgling theater curriculum, Lai enthusiastically explored new techniques of staging and actor training, particularly focusing on the possibilities of fusing traditional forms of theater with improvisation. “Improvisation has the possibility to filter out the deeper concerns of the performer,” Lai reflected on the technique that has become the defining hallmark of his work. “It bypasses the question of form, while at the same time creating form.” Throughout his storied career, Lai has succeeded in breaking new ground in both Chinese and international the-

ater. With 1985’s “That Evening, We Performed Xiangsheng,” a two-hour play featuring a pair of individuals conversing with each other, he played an essential role in resurrecting the obsolete classical Chinese theatrical genre of crosstalk, or “xiangsheng.” In 1986’s “Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land,” he imbued a fantastical tragedy-comedy set during the 1949 Communist Revolution with acutely Western tropes (namely, the Brechtian unification of stage and life). “As we create new plays, we create new forms,” Lai said of his adherence to experimentation. “We invent the grammar because there wasn’t any grammar existing before.” Lai navigated the discourse beyond the art of theater and through a wealth of other subjects: East and West, past and present, shifting cultural contexts, urban modernity and its effect on the progression of contemporary life and art. But through it all, he emphasized the beauty of improvisation, invoking the spirit of jazz as an analogous medium for the perpetual vitality of similar creative endeavors. “A special moment is created through a chemical reaction that occurs when certain elements emerge at the correct place and time. Sort of like jazz, you know. When jazz is clicking … and the musicians are passionate and compassionate at the same time, then you have magic happening.” He paused and smiled, allowing his listeners to partake in the magic of a shared moment. David Liu is the arts & entertainment editor. Contact him at dliu@dailycal.org.

ometimes the least accessible albums are the best ones. In essence, that is what makes Cold War Kids so appealing. There is something inherently rewarding about patiently discovering their music’s hidden brilliance. You can’t help but be pulled in to the depiction of alcoholism in 2006’s “We Used to Vacation” or the vivid imagery of “Hang Me Up to Dry.” But their latest work is a disappointment. Mine Is Yours unveils a new CWK, one that has traded their gritty, quirky minimalism for a sound that brims with dazzling hooks yet feels uncomfortably vapid. Produced by Grammy winner Jacquire King, who has worked with Kings of Leon and Modest Mouse, the album makes it clear that the band wishes to take a new direction. It appears, however, that they’ve made a few sacrifices along the way. Gone is the lyrical intensity that endeared CWK to fans. Lamenting about the perils of love, you’d think that CWK would be able to work wonders with such a broad concept. Despite Nathan Willett’s rough and soaring vocals, “Mine Is Yours” is nothing more than looped chants of a cliche and likewise, the single “Louder Than Ever” is focused on simplistic rhymes and hackneyed phrases. In fact, the entire focus of CWK has shifted. The charm of CWK used to lie in their turbulent, attention-grabbing gems that begged you to bask in their aural beauty. But now, CWK’s pursuit of commercial success has resulted in an album where polished, pleasant tracks dominate. Granted, Mine Is Yours makes for a fun-filled listen, but after the second or third run-through, the tracks becomes indistinguishable and blend into a homogeneous daze. Underneath the layers of embellishments, there is really nothing there to create a lasting impression. —Cynthia Kang

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and self-indulgent dialogue—one can almost taste Shaw’s disillusionment, writing post-World War I. None of the characters is particularly likable, either too cruel or too sweet and stupid. Captain Shotover (Jeff Trescott) falls into the former category, with Ellie and Mazzinni Dunn (Taylor Diffenderfer and Matthew Surrence) leading the latter. Though the cast set off to a stilted start on opening night last Friday, the actors managed to sink into their roles within the first few scenes. It’s lucky that many of the play’s wittiest lines belong to Hesione Hushabye (Michele Delattre), the hostess and Ellie’s confidant. Delattre is the most effortless of the cast, just as her character is the most relaxed and carefree of the neurotic bunch. In loose and colorful

clothing, she is the perfect opposite of her straitlaced sister Lady Utterword (Amaka Izuchi), just returned from her life of privilege and title in some distant part of the British Empire. As the play continues, cruel characters reveal themselves to have some heart, and kind ones show their lack thereof—however everyone remains, on the whole, petty. It seems that two characters of opposite sexes cannot be left alone on stage without falling in love with each other, marriages and unsettling age differences be damned. Horny as they may be, the characters do offer moments of wisdom tucked into their speeches: lamenting the facade that each keeps up for the sake of properly fitting in to British society, their respective heartbreaks, their boredom with everything. “Noth-

ing happens” and “nothing will happen,” they complain. How “damnably dull” the world is. After three hours, the audience can empathize with this last point. To be fair—for the difficulty of the material, the Actors Ensemble has in fact done a remarkable job of keeping things moving. And boredom is, after all, the point of the play. As the characters childishly welcome the sound of bombs and a new war to break the tedium, it is difficult not to hope for a smattering of death and destruction onstage, if not to spice up an evening of theater, then at least to teach such a collection of selfish characters a lesson. Hannah Jewell is the lead theater critic. Contact her at hjewell@dailycal.org.

ace, class and education take center stage in Doug Merlino’s “The Hustle,” a true account chronicling the “social experiment” in 1980s Seattle that brought poor innercity blacks with upper-class whites into one basketball team. Pegged on the squad were the hopes that poorer players might gain entry into better schools, and that the sheltered, prep school kids might be exposed to the city’s other half. With the team winning the league championship, the experiment seemed to extol the virtuosity of integration. The book, alternately a memoir, historical account and social study on the influence of upbringing and opportunity on one’s success, takes a journalistic approach in the author’s search for answers: Whatever happened to the members of his childhood basketball team? One member became a hedge fund investor; another, a county prosecutor. Others now work in auditing, the ministry and the wine industry. Then there is the imprisoned drug dealer, and another member, Tyrell Johnson, dead at age 19, left in a ditch with his legs cut off. Johnson’s death motivated Merlino to analyze the conditions leading to it — a search that prompts an examination of the effect of religion, drugs, and money as influential factors in many of the players’ lives. From the start of the book, it’s already a given that the well-off, well-educated whites are destined for success; what creates the emotional thread of the story is the struggles — and sometimes, failures — of some of the team’s less wealthy. Promoting basketball as a sport that fosters discipline, cooperation and manhood, Merlino also uses it to establish life as a game itself, where the hustle isn’t relegated to winning, but getting past the first cut. —Liz Mak

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have been pulled from a story book, are intended to entertain as well as educate. At the Saturday exhibit, children explored the small houses, but also marveled at the simplicity with which Husky advocates live. “My work revolves around our intimate relations with plants, animals and the earth,” Husky said. “Through my art practice, I investigate the exploitation of natural resources, landscape use and globalization. Recently, I have focused on ... the idealism of historical and contemporary ‘back to the land’ movements and solitary acts of environmental consciousness.” Since the program began in 1990, almost ninety artists have passed through the dump for four-month periods. It is hosted by Recology, a privately-owned company that provides waste, recycling and composting services to more than 50 communities in California and Oregon, according to Deborah Munk, director of the Artist in Residence program. The growth of companies like Recology, which, with the city of San Francisco, began the first curbside food waste composting program in the nation in San Francisco, reflects a larger movement toward environmental awareness, with cities and counties looking to achieve goals of “zero waste” in the upcoming years. Berkeley, along with Alameda County, aims to eventually produce no waste and instead recycle or compost all refuse. Recology recently took over Berkeley’s composting facility. “The aim of the Artist in Residence program is to encourage people to look a little more closely at their own garbage and see that ... these are all resources,” said Robert Reed, spokesperson for the company. “That garbage isn’t garbage at all — it’s a mix of resources.”

Ferris Plock, another artist in the program with Husky, said he was inspired by his “overwhelming” experience digging through the waste with Husky at the transfer station. “The first two weeks were spent jawdropped,” Plock said. The two had to wear protective masks, helmets, vests and boots while inside the facility, sifting through old clothes, sheets of glass, unopened cans and bottles, among other things. “There’s a lot of fumes; it’s not a joke,” Husky said. “I started coughing.” Plock, who found several old paint tubes and brushes for his art, and Husky both expressed amazement at the number of items people throw away. “Unfortunately, the dump provides (us) with much more than it should,” Husky said. “Truckloads of hundreds of perfectly good chairs from a corporate business refurnishing offices, or a grocery store that goes out of business and tosses everything, an expiration date goes bad and crates and crates of organic juices, hundred of toys that are used once and broke go to the landfill daily. Every citizen should have to work at the dump for a month.” Although Husky’s term in the Artist in Residence program is over, she plans to continue with this project. The city of San Francisco recently awarded her a grant to create more sleeper cells, and a collection of them will be installed in the city’s downtown, she said. Husky added that the upcoming pieces will also be made with recycled materials. “Sculpting with discarded materials is a proactive environmental choice,” she said. “I never buy materials — that’s my policy.” Soumya Karlamangla is the lead environment reporter. Contact her at skarlamangla@dailycal.org.

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Foreign Affairs Reporter Dies at Age 88 Kurzman reported on topics such as a 1966 Guatemalan election dispute between the military government and opposition groups to a 1967 exchange of prisoners between Jordan and Israel. Born March 27, 1922 and raised in San Francisco, Kurzman attended UC Berkeley and wrote for the Daily Cal until he joined the army in 1943. After the war, he returned to UC Berkeley to graduate in 1946. According to Betsy Brown, who met Kurzman while working at The Daily Californian in the early 1940s and stayed in touch with him up through his last years, it was Kurzman’s experience at the Daily Cal that shaped his future path in journalism. “We all said to each other that The

Daily Californian meant more to us than any other class we took and set us on our careers,” Brown said of she, Kurzman and some of their classmates from the Daily Cal. At the Daily Cal, Kurzman reported and worked a shift once a week in night production, according to Brown. He served as a night editor at one point in 1943 and also wrote articles on topics from sorority girls “whose only goal in life is to enrapture some handsome fraternity man,” to UC Berkeley students involved in an intensive Japanese language program who hoped to work in government positions during World War II. After graduating, Kurzman began reporting for various news organizations in Europe and Israel before taking

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about five weeks, according to Cormier. Adam Luther, a UC Berkeley alumnus, was helping to register donors at Friday’s drive and said that the loss of his own brother, along with the bonds he had within the South Asian community and with Rai’s family inspired him to help with the cause. “If I can give a few hours of my time to help someone in a struggle for their life, I’d begin to feel as if I’d served humanity,” he said. Both Bhatnagar and Cormier said one of the challenging aspects of finding donors is educating individuals about bone marrow transplants beyond their preconceived notions about how invasive bone marrow transplants typically are. Cormier said though certain sacrifices have to be made in the short term in order to get the momentum to help maximize the drives and though the work can become tiring, the drives keep workers motivated. “As each person comes to the registration table, I think, ‘this could be somebody’s match,’” Cormier said. “That keeps you motivated to keep the energy going.”

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Former Washington Post foreign correspondent, author of 17 books and former writer for The Daily Californian, Dan Kurzman, died Dec. 12 at the age of 88 in Manhattan. According to The New York Times, he died of pneumonia following cancer treatments. In a journalism career that took Dan him to places like Kurzman Israel and Guatemala and led him to write books about military history,

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drives as part of the “Cure Sonia” campaign following his sister’s diagnosis. Since then, drives have been held in 10 states — from college campuses to temples to restaurants — and the campaign has even gotten the attention of Bollywood actors voicing their support in videos on a website dedicated to Rai. Rai is currently undergoing chemotherapy for her leukemia. According to Kamini Rai Cormier, Rai’s cousin and a UC Berkeley alumna, as soon as she goes into remission, she will need to have a bone marrow transplant. “We’re working against a ticking clock,” she said. “Every day counts. It’s very intense to be working against that deadline.” At UC Berkeley’s Upper Sproul Plaza, family members and friends of Rai, clad in bright orange shirts with “Cure Sonia” written across the front, were passing out fliers from Jan. 18 to Jan. 21, encouraging individuals to register. According to Mellissa Perez Bixler, outreach coordinator for AADP and a representative at Friday’s drive on campus, the campaign was able to register about 266 donors over four days.

Though the drive sought mostly South Asian donors because of an increased probability to find Rai a match, anyone interested was encouraged to register. However, according to Carol Gillespie, treasurer and executive director for the Asian American Donor Program, statistically it is much more difficult for ethnic minorities to find a donor than it is for Caucasians. “The goal is to recruit in all these communities to add more people to the registry so these people don’t have to go without finding a donor,” she said. UC Berkeley freshman Naveen Venkatesan was one of the individuals who said he registered as a bone marrow donor because of the drive. He said that his mother died of breast cancer a few years ago, and he did not want other individuals to deal with the same suffering. “I’ve never donated blood because it sounded pretty scary before,” he said. “But I’d be willing to do this.” Registrants must send in a swab from the inside of their cheeks, which will be evaluated for human leukocyte antigens — proteins that sit on top of white blood cells — that match up to Rai’s or other patients. The registration process takes

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Boom in Yoga Fusion Classes Attracts Attention by Sara Johnson Daily Cal Staff Writer

Reaching her hands above her head and lifting her left foot to her right knee, Christiane Crawford looked to an old pine as she coaxed her class into the tree pose. Her wobbling students cautiously lifted their feet off the damp grass Saturday in Codornices Park — one of four yoga “stations” in Crawford’s weekly class that integrates hiking in the Berkeley Hills with traditional yoga poses and relaxation. Yoga fusion classes like Crawford’s have been cropping up across the country as more Americans practice yoga for fitness and as a complement to other physical activity, reinventing a foreign tradition. After completing the poses in the park, Crawford led the class up the stairs — over one hundred, she counted. The class packs a caloric punch that would please any Weight Watchers devotee. According to Crawford, the 3.4 mile hike alone — excluding yoga — burns more than 700 calories. The class concludes with a final relaxation pose at the rock garden tucked behind UC Berkeley’s McLaughlin Hall. Crawford’s class is offered through San Francisco-based Hiking Yoga, a company founded by Eric Kipp in 2007. The company now offers classes throughout the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, San Diego and Arizona. Their newest location opens this Thursday in Austin, Texas. “I wanted to do something that I could do for the rest of my life,” Kipp said in an e-mail. “I like the fact that anyone can practice hiking yoga on their own pretty much anywhere, and it does not require

special equipment of any kind.” As the company’s success demonstrates, Americans are becoming increasingly interested in yoga practice, according to the 2008 Yoga in America market study. The study, sponsored by Yoga Journal, reported that 6.9 percent of American adults practice yoga and spend $5.7 billion per year on classes and related products. While the number of practitioners has decreased slightly since the last study in 2004, the annual spending increased by 87 percent and the amount of non-practitioners responding “very or extremely interested in yoga” tripled. This spike in interest and marketplace has created the perfect niche for these yoga fusion classes, which are not limited to yoga and hiking. “People are looking to find ways to integrate yoga with other physical activities that they enjoy,” said Jennifer Rodrigue, senior associate editor at Yoga Journal. In addition to classes combining yoga and hiking, Big Sky Yoga Retreats in Montana offers yoga fusion classes with horseback riding and skiing. Margaret Burns Vap founded the company in 2007 when she noticed the benefits of yoga on other physical activities. “I firmly believe that yoga helps you do anything better,” Vap said in an e-mail. “As a yogini who takes her outdoor pursuits seriously, I also noticed the benefits of regular practice had on my performance while skiing, horseback riding and hiking — lack of soreness, better balance and body awareness.” These new classes, however, have come under fire for changing the more inward, meditative state of traditional

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a job with The Washington Post and receiving the George K. Polk Memorial Award for foreign reporting in 1965. At one point, Brown said Kurzman had worked in Paris for the European Recovery administration and the two were able to reunite for Brown’s wedding in Paris. “He joked that he was the only living witness that I was married,” Brown said. Kurzman published his first book, “Kishi and Japan: The Search for the Sun” — a biography of former Japanese prime minister, Nobusuke Kishi — in

1960. He continued producing books until 2008, writing on topics ranging from David Ben-Gurion and Israel to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Adolf Hitler and Germany. “He was very intense, very intense. And when he talked to you, he absolutely glued you with his eyes,” Brown said. “He would want to know every detail, but I think that’s what made his books so successful, very detailed.” Brown said though she stayed in touch with him throughout their respective careers, which ultimately brought them both to New York, they would only occasionally see each other because he was

yoga. Jason Britton, a dance and fitness lecturer in UC Berkeley’s physical education department, said he was concerned about yoga fusion causing fatigue and thus less self-awareness, a “main aspect” of yoga practice. “(Hiking yoga) sounds like a lot of fun, but it doesn’t sound like yoga,” Britton said. “It’s definitely more of a western approach.” If there was a sense of less selfawareness, class participants on Saturday did not seem to notice. Tanya Grimes, the student services manager at UC Berkeley’s molecular and cell biology department, recently moved to Berkeley and was looking to explore the area, as well as to continue practicing yoga. Grimes said she felt “really grounded” after the class and described feeling “spiritual” from the yoga poses but even more so from being in nature, as the yoga sessions were not as long as a typical studio class. A New York Times article on Sunday reported that a Manhattan yoga studio has received criticism for failing to subscribe to the more spiritual aspect of yoga practice, choosing to instead focus on yoga as fitness. Despite such criticism, the studio’s business is booming — the studio offers 40 classes per week and the founder’s YouTube account has four million views. Crawford said the criticisms are valid, but American culture tends to separate spiritual and physical activities. “We are Americans,” she said. “Our perspective is going to be different.” Sara Johnson covers the environment. Contact her at sjohnson@dailycal.org.

always travelling. She added that he was very modest about his world-travelling. “He would say to me did I think he was right in going into journalism instead of working in his father’s shoe store?” Brown said. “I mean can you imagine? The man has traveled all over the world, thinking about his shoe store in San Francisco.” Kurzman’s wife, Florence Knopf, died in 2009, according to The New York Times. Brown said she believed Kurzman had been working on writing his life memoirs before his death. He is survived by his brother, Calvin. Emma Anderson is the university news editor. Contact her at eanderson@dailycal.org.

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Craig Becker, the owner of Cafe Mediterraneum, enjoys a cup of coffee at the cafe. Some say the historic coffee spot was saved by Becker, who made it appealing to more customers.

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During the year before he purchased the business, Becker — a former wholesale jewelry salesman — spent his weekends working as a barista at the original Peet’s Coffee & Tea on Walnut and Vine streets, learning about all aspects of the coffee business. However, he wanted to provide the Med’s customers with a distinct experience and drink. “(Peet’s) wouldn’t let me make latte art,” he said. “It couldn’t be replicated or standardized in the corporate brand.” Rather than pre-grinding beans far in advance — a common practice Becker said he observed at coffee shops, including the Med — the coffee beans served at the Med today are purchased from a local roaster in Santa Clara and freshly ground for taste. “As soon as you grind coffee, it starts losing its flavor,” Becker said. Some patrons said that, although Becker rescued the Med, he has diluted its Berkeley flavor. By focusing so explicitly on coffee, some say Becker is sacrificing the venue’s social purpose.

But while Becker, a self-proclaimed gourmet coffee aficianado, did simplify the cafe’s menu, reducing the number of edible items — the Med used to serve such fare as french fries and hamburgers — and shifting its focus to coffee, an expanded diversity of patrons was high on his list of priorities, he said. Becker nailed wood over the electrical sockets in the downstairs level to preserve the cafe’s historic image of conversation and intermingling while simultaneously installing electrical outlets in the upstairs portion of the cafe to attract student patrons — who had stopped frequenting the Med during its decline. Becker also hired a more diverse set of workers, including several students, he said. “The Med has a tradition of being a place where you meet up and socialize,” Becker said. “There’s a certain amount of cross-socialization between groups — more than a lot of places here (in Berkeley).” Noor Al-Samarrai covers Berkeley communities. Contact her at nsamarrai@dailycal.org.

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News in Brief Despite Neighbors’ Worries, Judge Allows Construction After a contentious Dec. 2 hearing, Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch has ruled in favor of Mitch Kapor and the city of Berkeley regarding the software mogul’s proposed 10,000 square-foot construction at 2707 Rose St. in North Berkeley. The decision filed on Dec. 30 denies Berkeley Hillside Preservation’s writ of mandate that would have Kapor submit his project to review under the California Environmental Quality Act. Some residents have discussed the possibility of appealing the verdict. “Even though he has decided against requiring a CEQA review of the project, he nonetheless notes ... that there are ‘fair arguments’ that the proposed structure is not consistent with Berkeley’s general plan and zoning policies,� Chuck Fadley, a resident of the Rose Street neighborhood, said in an e-mail. “It poses an en-

vironmental risk due to geotechnical factors related to the steeply sloping site.� The residents’ claims that the construction would block the street and constitute “unusual circumstances� were dismissed by the judge, who ruled “there is nothing so out of the ordinary� about a large home built on a steep slope. “I think there have been enormous engineering advances, and we have many homes not just in Berkeley but throughout California that follow very stringent guidelines,� said Councilmember Susan Wengraf, whose district includes the site. Roesch also denied the historical significance of the Dunham house, which the project would demolish, citing the expert opinion of historical architect Mark Hulbert in determining its “seriously dilapidated� condition. “I’m a little frustrated with frivolous lawsuits and appeals that try to prevent people from doing what they are already allowed to do,� Wengraf said. —True Shields

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Cal Completes Hat Trick During Busy Season Opening Weeknd by Samuel Farahmand Daily Cal Staff Writer

The Cal women’s water polo team opened its season with three games in two days, each of them more one-sided than the last. The No. 3 Bears w. polo came out in full 19 swim on Friday Cal in a 16-8 victory Sonoma State 2 over Cal Baptist at Spieker Aquatics Complex. Sophomore Remington Price led the team with four goals — a breakout performance after only scoring a goal in four matches last season as a freshman — while sophomore goalie Lindsay Dorst tallied three saves. Jumping to a 5-2 lead in the first quarter, the team maintained that margin in what was still the closest game of the weekend. There were a total of nine scorers for Cal (3-0), outscoring the Lancers in each quarter except for the game-ending 3-3 fourth period. “We were able to use everyone on our roster and I think that provided valuable experience for our team,” coach Richard Corso told Calbears. com. “I was pleased with our effort.” After their first win, the Bears hosted the California Invitational on Saturday. The tournament featured eight teams, four of which are ranked in the Collegiate Top-20 Preseason Poll. The only ranked opponent Cal faced in the competition was No. 20 Cal State Bakersfield. While the invitational did not determine a tournament champion — giving

it a certain exhibition feel — the Bears ended 2-0 on their day’s matches. The first victory came from a 20-3 rout of the Roadrunners, an inversion of team rankings. Price once again led Cal with a hat trick, tying with freshman Alexandra Hill, who also scored three for the team. The Bears went for 13 goals before Cal State Bakersfield recorded its first score at the end of the third quarter. Dorst had six saves in the first half and freshman Kristen Stern added four saves in the second half for Cal. The same ball movement that won Friday’s game was even clearer on Saturday, with 13 players scoring for the Bears. They continued that momentum into the final quarter, finishing with seven goals in the fourth. A second victory came from the aftermath of another one-sided show between Cal and unranked Sonoma State. The Bears closed their weekend with a 19-2 win with 10 different players scoring for the team, led by sophomore Dana Ochsner and freshmen Kelly Mendoza and Jennifer Talbott with three goals apiece. Goalies Dorst and Stern tallied five and four saves respectively. Along with Cal, Team Canada finished 2-0 in the tournament. They were the only two teams to go two for two. The team’s next event is the Spartan Invitational in San Jose, Calif., where it will play two matches this weekend. Samuel Farahmand covers women’s water polo. Contact him at sfarahmand@dailycal.org.

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sports in Brief Gymnastics Squads Drop Road Dual Meets Against Stanford, Washington A week after Glen Ishino led the Cal men’s gymnastics team to an upset of then-No. 1 Stanford, he tied sophomore teammate Dennis Mannhart as all-around champions in Saturday’s rematch at the Cardinal’s Burnham Pavilion. It wasn’t enough for the Bears. Stanford (1-1) jumped out ahead by taking the top four spots on the floor, its first event of the night. The Cardinal also landed the top three pommel horse leaders, along with a team victory in the rings. Cal (1-1) edged its cross-bay rival on the vault, 63.00062.900, and mustered a high bar win as well. Unfortunately for the Bears, Stanford eked out a 60.100-59.900 win on parallel bars, with two Cardinals tying Mannhart for first.

The Cal women’s team dropped a dual meet to Washington, 195.475-190.128 in Seattle. Madisyn O’Brien was the Bears’ top all-around scorer at 38.650, while the Huskies’ Aliza Vaccher took the victory with 38.925. —Jack Wang

Bears Sweep Pair of Meets in Arizona Caitlin Leverenz was likely happy to be visiting her home state. Arizona State and Arizona were probably a little less elated. The Tucson, Ariz., native captured three individual events against the unranked Sun Devils on Friday and four total events against the No. 7 Wildcats a day later. Cal (4-1, 2-0 in the Pac-10), ranked No. 4, defeated Arizona State and Arizona 182-117 and 165.5-134.5, respectively. —Jack Wang

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jump and I had all this energy built up from seeing them,” he said. “The atmosphere that my teammates created for me came through at the right time.” Arizona’s Nick Ross took the title by a mere 2.75 inches with a 50-5.25. Baker was sidelined most of last year because of ankle injuries. The redshirt freshman now tapes up both her ankles as a precaution. “You don’t lose the competitive spirit,” she said. “We’ve all been training a lot and we were ready to go.” She was followed by teammate Amanda Hunter in fourth place and beat by Deanna Young of host New Mexico by almost a foot. “What (Aziza) did is very impressive and we’re excited about what she can do down the road,” coach Tony Sandoval said. “Hammed’s been solid for us the last couple years, we’re really excited about him as well.” While the other Cal freshmen didn’t dominate their events, it would be unrealistic to expect too much out of them for the season’s first meet. A handful, however, had an impact, including Chioma Amaechi, Monte

Corley and Charnell Price. Amaechi was the runner-up in women’s shot put with a throw of 48-9.00, Corley finished fourth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.12 and Price placed fifth in the 60m final with a 7.57. “A lot of (the freshmen) had competed before, let alone on a banked track, so I thought they responded very well,” Sandoval said. “It’s still very early, but I saw some encouraging things.” He added that the Bears’ performance came against some quality teams, including Alabama, Arizona and Stanford. Alabama’s Kirani James posted a Convention Center record in the 200m dash with a time of 20.58, currently the nation’s fastest for the event this year. That time automatically qualifies him for the NCAAs. The decorated 18-year-old was the first youth athlete to earn two golds in both the 200m and 400m at the 2009 World Youth Championships. The Crimson Tide also claimed firstplace finishes by Kamal Fuller in the long jump with 24-9.0 and by Tyler Campbell in the high jump with 7-0.25. Byron Atashian covers track and field. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.

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on the national level. “We’ve still got to get a little more speed out of our guys,” Durden said. “And that will come. That’s not something you get worried about as a coach.” The Wildcats were widely considered to be the deeper team, boasting arguably the most talented freshman class in the country. However, Cal’s underclassmen showed that they are a force to be reckoned with as well. “Our sophomore guys stepped in to some new roles,” Durden said. “I’m fairly happy with the younger half of our lineup.” In addition to Shields, freshman Jeremy Bagshaw turned in some very fast swims this weekend, highlighted by first place finishes in the 1,000 freestyle and 200 backstroke against Arizona State (0-2). Performances in dual meets don’t necessarily translate to performances on the national level, but the Bears appear to be as strong of a team as they’ve been hyped to be. “In a dual meet, you’re looking for good performances, but sometimes you’re just looking to pick up a win,” Durden said. Connor Byrne covers men’s swimming. Contact him at cbyrne@dailycal.org.

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RUGBY: Treasure Island Provides Poorer Facility and flanker Jason Fry, the brother of last year’s captain and championship MVP “It got a little spotty where we’d have good moments and then bad moments,� Eric Fry. With 12 of the first 15 being regular Clark said. “It just kind of went back and forth without the consistency that starters, the veterans got the chance to impress early as well. Senior wing we want to have.� Despite the downgrade in play in Blaine Scully wasted no time, putting the second half, the Bears’ second side Cal on the board in the second minute. maintained the shutout through the His heads-up play to snag a Chico State 75th minute. The Wildcats’ Tony Joyce kick set up Neil Barrett’s try up the left scrapped for a tryMa^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg to the delight of the sideline in the 21st minute. DUMMY While the outcome may have indiChico State crowd that had been quiet cated that Cal felt at home on Treasure most of the match. Mike Keane was unable to convert, Island, the team could not help but conand missed two almost identical penalty trast it to the comforts of Witter Rugby Field. kicks wide left during the match. “(We) worked really hard for that try,� Whereas Witter is in pristine condiJagoe said. “Being down there, beating tion, Clark was upset that his team was on their try line for a good five, ten min- forced to host on what he called “an utes and finally able to push one in — open field with rickety old goalposts, no it meant a lot. It means that you don’t stands or fan amenities.� quit, good things happen.� He added: “We’ve worked extraordiThe Wildcats would not light up the narily hard over the last few decades to scoreboard again until the reserve match package our events in a first-class manthat followed, in which they managed ner — in fact, at a higher standard than one try and were outscored by 50. many of our fellow sports in IntercolleThe reserve match and the second giate Athletics ... half of the official game were not the “I can’t help but feel a bit disheartonly opportunities to see younger play- ened.� ers take the pitch. Clark started two freshmen to open the day — Jake An- Christina Jones covers rugby. Contact derson, who scored a 36th minute try, her at cjones@dailycal.org.

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Bears’ Bigs Outduel Trojans’ Post in Cal Win Cal Backups by Gabriel Baumgaertner Daily Cal Senior Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — David Bowie and Queen’s “Under Pressure” blared from the speakers and the USC student section chanted “Choke! Choke! Choke!” as Cal players stood m. hoops at the free throw line with three dif- Cal 68 ferent opportuni66 ties to put the game USC out of reach. Free throws clanked off the front rim, rattled in and out of the hoop and the Cal men’s basketball team looked destined to blow a game it had firmly in tow with just 30 seconds remaining. Instead, Cal utilized what it had so well the entire game — its defense — to ensure that it left Los Angeles with at least one win. Despite only making two of six free throws down the stretch, the Bears forced a long Jio Fontan miss with time expiring and escaped with a 6866 victory over USC on Saturday night at the Galen Center. Cal (10-9, 3-4 in the Pac-10) had a big game in the paint on both ends. Harper Kamp led the Bears with 19 points and seven rebounds and Markhuri SandersFrison scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Both also limited USC big men Nikola Vucevic and Alex Stephenson to below their season averages in points and rebounds. Cal also received surprising contributions from Brandon Smith and Bak Bak. Smith scored 12 points and dished out three assists and Bak Bak utilized his length to aid Cal’s pesky zone defense. The lanky sophomore also added seven points. Kamp was impressed with the allaround effort, but admitted that the Bears need to bring that same type of vigor when they’re at Haas Pavilion. “It’s better to get the win on the road but we need to bring that kind of intensity at home,” Kamp said. “Sometimes we’re too comfortable at home. On the

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road we feel our backs against the wall and we bring it a little more.” The Bears overcame a career night from Trojan reserve guard Donte Smith, who scored a career-high 24 points on an astounding eight 3-pointers. USC’s only consistent perimeter shooter, Smith caught fire in the beginning of the second half, scoring 12 points on four consecutive possessions and bringing USC (11-9, 3-4) back from an 11-point deficit. The Bears played one of their best defensive halves of the season in the opening 20 minutes, holding USC to 22 points on 8-for-28 shooting. Cal scored only nine points in the first 12:28 of the game and surrendered an early 14-0 run by the Trojans, but kept the game close with an airtight zone defense. The Bears took control of the half from there, giving up only six points over the final 9:09 and holding Vucevic, USC’s leading scorer, to only two points — both on free throws — for the entire half. The second half was a more back-andforth affair and was heavily influenced by an intentional foul call with 3:06 remaining. With Cal leading 58-57, Kamp drove to the bucket and was wrestled to the ground by Fontan, who was initially only whistled for a personal foul. Montgomery nagged official Tony Padilla to change the call to an intentional foul, and after a long delay and video review, the Bears were awarded two free throws and the ball. Kamp would hit both free throws and an ensuing Sanders-Frison hook shot gave the Bears a 62-57 lead with 2:48 remaining. “That was huge,” Montgomery said. “To give (the referees) credit, because they didn’t want to listen to me anymore, the other official came over and said ‘we need to check that,’ I don’t think they wanted to call it, but I think they had to.” Gabriel Baumgaertner covers men’s basketball. Contact him at gbaumgaertner@dailycal.org.

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Allen Crabbe was 3-for-5 from 3-point range and scored 12 points in the Bears’ victory over the Trojans. Cal split the two games in the freshman’s return home to Los Angeles.

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Eliza Pierre scored eight points on 4-for-4 shooting in Cal’s loss to UCLA on Saturday. The sophomore guard, who leads the Pac-10 in steals, had two thefts on the afternoon.

Going into Saturday’s tilt against defensive-minded UCLA, the Cal women’s basketball team probably figured turnovers would be key against the press. It turns out w. hoops free throws made the difference. Cal 65 Bruins’ sophoUCLA 56 more forward Atonye Nyingifa cooly made all ONLINE VIDEO four of her free throws to ice Check out Cal’s postNo. 8 UCLA’s game press conference 65-56 victory over the Bears at on dailycal.org. Haas Pavilion. Cal had just rallied to cut the deficit to four points, but five missed free throws by the Bears (11-7, 3-4 in the Pac-10) in the last 5:17 of the game crushed their hope of a comeback. “(I am) proud of my team for how they came out and fought and competed against a top-10 team,” Cal coach Joanne Boyle said. “I think they understand they can play in scenarios like that. When you play that hard and that competitive, you can beat a lot of teams. “When you get to a top-10 team, it comes down to details. I think down the stretch our details caused us some issues.” With six minutes to go, senior guard Rachelle Federico faked a 3-pointer and took a step in for an easy jumper that narrowed the score to 53-47. Back-to-back baskets by the Bruins — and four missed free throws by the Bears — pushed the lead back up to 10, and it looked like that might seal the victory for UCLA (16-2, 6-1). Yet Cal had one run left. Power forward DeNesha Stallworth, who paced the squad with an efficient 22 points (on 9-of-14 shooting) and eight boards, started off a 6-0 run with a basket. On the next possession, Federico made a lay-up when center Talia Caldwell found her cutting to the hoop. After the Bruins’ Darxia Morris

missed the front end of the one-andone, Pierre drove to the basket, made the shot and drew the foul. With 57 seconds remaining, Cal had UCLA on the ropes. But Pierre missed the free throw and the subsequent turnover and missed 3-pointers by the Bears did nothing to offset the brilliance of Nyingifa — who entered the game a 58.5 percent free throw shooter on the season —from the charity stripe. “In the second half, we realized we wanted it and that we could keep up with this team and possibly beat this team” Stallworth said. “So I think we woke up and started playing hard and good things happened, but it just didn’t fall in our hands.” The Richmond, Calif., native said she thought the team was nervous in the first half, not surprising considering Cal committed 10 turnovers before the break. The Bruins’ press bothered the Bears, but it was the unforced errors and miscues — particularly errant passes and an inability to stop UCLA in transition — that led to the Bruins’ 3223 halftime lead. UCLA’s 55.6 percent field goal shooting also contributed to the outcome after 20 minutes. “Wish we would have gotten off to a better start,” Boyle said. “In the first half we were so tentative. We were running some stuff and everybody was looking for more of the play ... You got to just move against a team like that because they change up their defense” Morris had 22 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Bruins, answering Cal runs with deadly accuracy from the 3-point line. Meanwhile, two days after shooting 50 percent (9-of-18) from 3-point range in their win over USC, the Bears were only 1-of-9. Boyle played freshman Lindsay Sherbert, the team’s 3-point leader, just three minutes in the second half, citing her lack of rebounding. Jonathan Kuperberg covers women’s basketball. Contact him at jkuperberg@dailycal.org.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Cal rugby team looked like a completely different squad in the second half of Saturday’s match. That’s because it was. After match-day Rugby captain Derek Asbun scored a 44th Cal 95 minute try to open 5 the second half and Chico State senior James Bailes converted to give the Bears a 60-0 advantage, coach Jack Clark pulled his starters. He trotted out a fresh fifteen to finish the game, a 95-5 victory over Chico State at the San Francisco Gaelic Athletic Association on Treasure Island. To make the move legal, Clark and Wildcat coach Mitch Jagoe previously agreed to the mass substitution. Second-half play was noticeably sloppier than the first, with multiple dropped passes. Luckily for the Bears (9-0), Chico State (1-1) could not capitalize on its opportunities, routinely turning the ball over to Cal. “(The second side) had a chance to come out full force, and they were a little hesitant,” said senior starter Sean Gallinger, who scored a try in the 23rd minute. “That comes with experience and playing the game and playing in our system.” Nevertheless, the Bears scored five tries following the departure of Asbun and the starters, including two by center Charles Smith. Junior flyhalf Alex Aronson, assigned conversion duties, went 4-for-5.

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Cal’s Juricova, Andersson Net Doubles Crown In Final Tune Up by Catherine Nguyen Daily Cal Staff Writer

The Cal Winter Invitational can be thought of as the Welcome Week for the Cal women’s tennis team — wedged in between the calm December offseason and the grind of the dual season in the spring, it is a time for practice without the pressure of record books or Pac-10 standings. However, the Bears’ No. 5 doubles team of Jana Juricova and Mari Andersson still played as if it were in a regular season match, taking home the doubles champion crown. Cal secured victories in at least two out of four doubles matches and four out of seven singles matches each day of the weekend tournament at Hellman Tennis Complex — a dominance that was highlighted by the performances of Juricova and Andersson. On Friday, the duo eked out a 9-7 victory over Catherine Isip and Alexandra Poorta from St. Mary’s after overcoming a 6-3 deficit. Juricova and Andersson’s win on Saturday against Cal Poly was much more emphatic. After the tandem racked up a 7-2

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