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Berkeley Joins Nationwide Protests for Public Education Campus Protests Start Small, End With 17 Detainments for Refusing to Leave Wheeler Hall by Jordan Bach-Lombardo and Katie Nelson While protest actions planned for March 2 at UC Berkeley were generally uneventful during the daytime as participation in the day’s events proved significantly lower than in previous protests, the day of action ended with a faction ONLINE VIDEOS of demonstrators refusing Watch footage of to leave Wheeler Hall and the subsequent detainment Wednesday’s protests for public education. of 17 people. Following a day filled with rallies, marches and ONLINE PODCAST snacking that began with Jordan Bach-Lombardo a noon demonstration in front of Sproul Hall — and Katie Nelson talk with numbers peaking at about the day’s events. less than 200 throughout the day — a small group of protesters reconvened on the steps of Wheeler Hall at about 5 p.m. and later moved inside. The building officially closes and must be cleared out by 10 p.m., according to campus officials. The 17 protesters who sat on the floor, linked arms and refused to leave were zip-tied and detained. UCPD Police Chief Mitch Celaya said that unless those detained have any other criminal actions pending, they will be cited for trespassing and released. Student

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Hundreds of College Students Protest Across Country, Rallying Against Funding Cuts to Public Education on Day of Protest by Damian Ortellado and True Shields While there was a relatively small turnout to UC Berkeley’s campus protest Wednesday in opposition to California’s cuts to public education, other campuses nationwide hosted like-minded events in a display of solidarity with varied levels of support. From coast to coast, students marched, rallied and even occupied buildings in order to show their disdain for public education budget cuts as part of the day of protest. In San Francisco, students and faculty from San Francisco State University marched for about two miles through gloom and rain to the City College of San Francisco’s Mission campus, where at 2 p.m. more than 200 gathered in a joint rally. Campuses like UCLA, UC Irvine and UC Davis organized rallies despite experiencing the same poor weather as Bay Area universities. A noon rally on Bruin Plaza at UCLA attracted between 200 and 300 people, according to Bob Samuels, president of the University Council —

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Marco Amaral, top left, is being detained by police Officers in Wheeler Hall Wednesday night after he and 16 others refused to leave. Demonstrators, bottom left and right, rallied for public education on Sproul Plaza earlier in the day. The campus protests were part of a nationwide day to defend public education, which was joined by local school children as well.

American Federation of Teachers — a union which represents lecturers, UC faculty and librarians. A few hundred students at UC Santa Cruz focused their efforts over two days, first enacting a “naked protest” Tuesday by spelling out the words “Free Education” with their bare bodies on the campus’s East Field. On Wednesday, about 300 rallied in Quarry Plaza at noon to protest the campus’s refusal to institute an ethnic studies program. After rallying, about 75 students began occupying the Ethnic Resource Center at around 2 p.m. and were expected to stay through the night as of press time. “We want to highlight the fact that this is a safe space for students of color when most people don’t know where it is,” said UC Santa Cruz student organizer Leo Ritz-Barr. “We’re here to help the conversation, not to steer it.” UC Santa Cruz students were not the only ones to occupy buildings to declare their beliefs — several hundred students joined public workers in the occupation of the Wisconsin state Capitol building in

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Local School Children and Community Members Rally To Support School District, Future of Public Education by Jeffrey Butterfield Staff Writer

Holding homemade picket signs and umbrellas, over 200 students, parents and members of the Berkeley Unified School District community rallied in support of public education Wednesday ONLINE VIDEO afternoon, while standing in the pouring rain in Watch footage of school front of the district’s ad- children and community ministration building. members protesting. The rally, which joined other demonstrations across California Wednesday in speaking out against recent statewide budget cuts to public education, featured a variety of speakers ranging from elementary school students to district board members. Speeches from the steps of the administration building

focused mainly on support for progressive taxes that would generate more revenue for public education as well as on how valuable children are to the Berkeley community. “We are here because we are tired of these cuts,” said Sam Frankel, a second-grade teacher at Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary School. “We were here last year, the year before that and the year before that, and we are tired of asking.” Frankel, who stood along Martin Luther King Jr. Way holding up a sign that said, “Close Tax Loops Not Schools,” said that cutting funds for education makes crucial tasks like closing the district and state achievement gap along race lines impossible. Dale Long, a teacher at King Child Development Center, said in his speech to the crowd that a reduction in educational funds and resources especially hurts younger children, noting that the years a child spends in kindergarten through fifth grade are key to his or her development. “If the tax extensions our governor has proposed do not make it to the ballot, or do not pass, these cuts are likely to grow exponentially,” Long said. The crowd remained large for the duration of the rally. Notable among the crowd were

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Naturalist Shares Passion for Environment at the Berkeley Marina by Noor Al-Samarrai Staff Writer

It is easy to imagine that Patricia Donald is an organic element of the Berkeley Marina. The salty air and the wide expanse of sea and sunlight seem to have worked their way far below her skin, burrowing themselves bone-deep and structuring the course of her life in a fundamental way. During Donald’s childhood, the marina was “halfway not there,” but, as she grew, it did too. As a young girl, she watched as it was transformed from landfill into land through her home’s big bay windows during coveted twominute telephone conversations with

friends — a time limit set by her father, a physician, in case of hospital emergencies. Poring over countless issues of National Geographic Magazine, Donald studied the impacts of water pollution and environmental degradation. “When I was 10 and 11, teachers didn’t talk about things like that,” she explained. Over time, Donald has honed a savage sense of stewardship over the environment, covertly collecting snails from her yard and hiding them to prevent her pest-conscious mother from crushing them. She discovered herself in the wild on family trips to the redwood forest in Santa Cruz and sculpt-

ed nature paths in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during high school. Until she entered college, toxic runoff from neighboring industries and urban centers constantly churned into the San Francisco Bay. Chemicals like DDT still linger in its sediments today. While pesticide pollution has decreased, Donald is quick to point out that vast volumes of plastic litter and oil waste now seep into the bay. As Coordinator of Berkeley’s Shorebird Park Nature Center at the marina, Donald organizes activities such as beach cleanups and collects data for proposals like that to establish a plastic bag ban in Berkeley, but her true role involves investing in future generations.

“I’m not really preserving (the marina habitat) per se,” she said. “I’m pointing it out, saying ... look at all these things.” Retired Tilden Regional Park naturalist Tim Gordon, who was a mentor to Donald, remembers her as a frequenter of the park. “You’d be talking to a group of kids and there she would be,” he said. Donald said she always knew she would become an interpretive naturalist and share the simultaneous sense of self-discovery and wonder about the world that she found in nature and that naturalists like Gordon shared with her. “I found a whole new world and that

personal discovery that I had was just like” — she paused to find the right word — “rockets. I had to try to figure out a way to make that contagious for other people. The trick is to find the magic words to entrance people and make them aware of nature and their place in it.” Donald began working for the city full-time in 1981, travelling to classrooms like a “kind of a bag lady” with a projector to teach students about wildlife and conservation and inviting them to learn hands-on at the marina. Although marina staff, accustomed to interacting with boaters, were initially resistant to the constant presence of

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from front organizer Marco Amaral was among those detained. Those who do have pending criminal actions will be booked and appear in Alameda Superior Court Thursday. “As far as I know, they will only be cited for trespassing,” Celaya said. “However, because I did not see every arrest, there could be an additional charge for those who resisted arrest.” Some 70 other demonstrators gathered around the building while detainment took place inside, some shouting at police who were lined up blocking the building’s main entrance, while others ran to the east side of the building chanting “let them go.” Earlier in the day, roughly 100 people gathered in front of Sproul Hall and then marched around campus, garnering no more than 200 people total as

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Online www.dailycal.org Ouch! A Berkeley police Officer was hit by a car after confronting a man at a gas station who allegedly used a stolen credit card.

Corrections The Feb. 22 editorial “Paying the Price” incorrectly stated that since 2010, the house of UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann has undergone three burglaries. In fact, the house has undergone three burglaries since 2000. Tuesday’s article “City’s Parking Citation Profits Decline as Businesses Struggle” incorrectly stated that the city increased parking citation fees by $5 in October 2010 to bring in $280,000 in additional revenue. In fact, the city increased the fee by $3, which did not result in any additional revenue for the city. Tuesday’s article “Specialty Wine Store Takes Root in Berkeley” misidentified Bauman College as the Baumont Culinary School. The article also incorrectly stated that Michael Glasby has worked at Premier Cru since 1980. In fact, he has worked there since 1996. The Daily Californian regrets the errors.

Clarification Tuesday’s article “Specialty Wine Store Takes Root in Berkeley” may have implied that the 2003 Ausone is a 750 milliliter bottle when it is actually a 6-liter jug.

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they entered Doe Library and continued to march through Wheeler Hall before returning to Eshleman Hall. “I think it is suicidal as a state to cut from higher education,” said UC Berkeley junior Grant Hutchins during the day’s demonstrations. “With the cuts that are happening now, I have to say that this is a horrific path the state could take.” Though protest organizers had initially planned for a picnic in the afternoon on Memorial Glade, protesters moved their picnic’s location to the seventh floor of Eshleman Hall for fear of rain after the noon rally. However, they were told by campus event staff that they could not stay past 3:30 p.m. because the protesters had not properly completed the reservation process. While the number of people protesting was much smaller than the hundreds and sometimes thousands who participated in previous protests such as on March 4, and Oct. 7 of last year, protesters said the showing was by no means a failure. “These things come in waves ... Students are by definition a transient population, the leaders graduate,” said UC Berkeley lecturer Michael Cohen, who spoke outside Wheeler Hall. “The task of an event like this is to remind (students) what is at stake. Nothing got changed overnight. Decision makers are so insulated from the democratic process.” But the lower number of protest participants troubled ASUC Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein, who said that the campus community was not adequately educated about the problems it will face if Brown’s proposal to cut $500 million in state funding to the UC is approved. “The crisis is not acute yet, but people need to wake up to the train that is barreling at them,” he said. Previous funding cuts from the state have already lead to cuts across all campus departments and has lead to increased tuition fees systemwide. Future reductions threaten to curtail enrollment — which could leave many instate students who are guaranteed admission to the university by the state’s 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education without access to a UC degree — as well as further cuts to departments. “The frustration is palpable on campus,” said UC Berkeley senior Alex Tan. “Faculty and staff are worried and students aren’t getting what they need.” Alisha Azevedo, J.D. Morris, Rachel Banning-Lover, Kate Randle and Jessica Rossoni contributed to this report. Contact Jordan Bach-Lombardo and Katie Nelson at newsdesk@dailycal.org.

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he ATM was not lying to me. This was obvious because it was a machine and so incapable of subterfuge, and in any case, it was unlikely to have any personal motivation to do so. As “CSI” and Sherlock Holmes have taught us, motive is everything. Still, I double-checked my balance: No such luck. I blinked, hoping a zero or two might appear. The digital readout, unimpressed with my efforts, remained unchanged. Two things then became apparent: One, I am probably a spendthrift, and two, I needed a job. The first revelation was not something I was prepared to tackle, especially so close to lunchtime or so close to Cheeseboard — so it was the second revelation to which I turned my attention. A job. In my life, I’ve held various positions. I was the editor and co-founder of a magazine devoted to pop culture entitled Empty Calories, which, due to creative differences between the founders concerning the artistic merit of VH1, never made it to a second issue. I was a camp councilor, marketing captain of a robotics team and president of my high school’s Young Democrats Club. I founded two t-shirt companies and a freelance graphic design practice. I was even the proprietress and sometimes patron of a small business. Admittedly, my business was a lemonade stand and my profit was around 25 cents, but as they tell us, small businesses are the backbone of America. With the exception of the lemonade stand, though, none of these were permanently paid positions. I put in my time and in return got back that ever so tenuous currency: “experience.” However, as I read the job descriptions on Callisto, it became clear that I had been shortchanged. I had managed to survive 19 years on Earth without being qualified for anything. Further analysis revealed several startling facts about the jobs available to students: 1. There are no jobs at coffee shops. This is contrary to every single post-collegiate movie or wistful guitar song you’ve ever heard. Possibly, this is because all of those jobs opened up in the mid-nineties and were promptly filled by Reed College graduates looking to “get reacquainted with themselves” — and so remain occupied 13 years later. Barista is for life. 2. It turns out you probably shouldn’t have dropped that statistics class. Who would have thought you would be deviating from the norm? 3. Nobody wants a liberal arts major, therefore, I would like to point out that I am not a liberal arts major. In fact, my major has the word “science” in it, as in cognitive science. This ought to separate me from the masses of English and media studies majors out there. Sure, political science also has “science” in it, but everyone knows that’s just for show. adly, companies are not fooled by this and prefer the suffix “engineering” over the more general “science” as in: bioengineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, etc. I would advocate the immediate creation of a major entitled “social engineering” to replace “political science” — but I suspect that would smack mildly of

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youngsters, they were eased into it, Donald said. She has been teaching programs there ever since, and now has a facility where kids come to her. “Patty really dug in down there at the marina and really made it hers,” Gordon said. Donald possesses an easy grace and power, quietly drawing an excitement about marine ecology that mimics her own from kids who may have arrived at the marina clinging to iPods. She teaches deftly, letting children and adults alike think critically about the natural world without realizing they are doing so, the way waders can be shifted down the shoreline by waves without exerting any effort. “(Teaching children) is important for the longevity of the marina, to show the people living nearby that it wasn’t just an area for rich folks,” she said. “It’s an environment, a habitat, a creature — a niche that’s right in front of you.”

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fter four years away from the international film scene, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with the highly anticipated “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.” Loosely based on a book by a Buddhist monk entitled “A Man Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” the story was referenced by Weerasethakul in his past works, namely in his 2004 Cannes entry, “Tropical Malady.” His latest film moves drastically away from its source material, culminating into a wholly personal and original film. As the title suggests, the film centers on Boonmee, a landowner in the Thai countryside bordering Laos. He has a certain way of attracting the paranormal side of life, as Weerasethakul purposely blurs the line between reality and fantasy. As Boonmee nears death, Boonmee welcomes a visit from his sister-in-law and nephew, while also receiving an unexpected appearance from the ghost of his dead wife, Huay. Her appearance also prompts the return of Boonmee’s lost son, Boon-

song, who has transformed into a red-eyed monkey-like creature after years of mating with apes. Weerasethakul frames the scene as a subtle family meal around a dinner table. The shock of seeing Boonsong and Huay balances itself out with the moderate pacing, slowly lulling the viewer into an acceptance of the film’s fantastic reality. As each of the titular character’s past lives are are explored, “Uncle Boonmee” can further be divided into four distinct plot lines. With such oddly imaginative sequences — an ox roaming the fields with red-eyed apes, a catfish having sex with a princess — the film can’t be blamed for lack of creativity. However, it may be argued that the abrupt jumps between sequences can feel jarring and leave much about the characters unexplained. But therein lies its appeal. By leaving the subject matter vague, Weerasethakul forces the audience to interact with the film on a personal level. It goes without saying that this isn’t the kind of movie that’s forgotten once the picture fades to black. It may not have grandiose costumes, special effects or large set

pieces that can typically found in epics, but “Uncle Boonmee” maintains a larger-than-life quality throughout its nearly two-hour running time. The surreal account of life and death does away with classic narrative structure, further illustrating the possibilities of cinema. About halfway through “Uncle Boonmee,” the intentional incomprehensibility of the film becomes a fact. At least this happens to be the case during one’s first viewing. But once this is accepted, the film becomes more of an interactive experience, allowing the viewer to be taken on an emotional and humorous journey with the characters. But the heart of “Uncle Boonmee” rests in Weerasethakul’s technical mastery of the filmmaking. Shot entirely using 16mm film, the grainy texture of the print adds to the movie’s other-worldly quality, while the pacing plays a key role here by mesmerizing the viewer well after the film is done. The film also marks a departure from the director’s previous works, largely stemming from the sheer immensity of the material at hand. Ambitious doesn’t begin to describe

the magnitude of the film. With each major sequence, the director employs a different production technique, ranging from a historical costume drama to a pared-down documentary style as Boonmee nears his death. Weerasethakul illustrates his ability to adapt to any genre, while still maintaining his own original vision in every scene. As with most personal filmmakers, the stylistic choices seen throughout “Uncle Boonmee” reflect the director’s own love for the films and television shows that inspired him. Weerasethakul has often been described as an auteur, but the term doesn’t do justice in relation to his latest release. The problem with the term auteur is that it can only describe a director that brings a single distinct and often technical quality to a film, whereas a personal filmmaker puts his soul into every single shot. With its intimate celebration of all that cinema has to offer, “Uncle Boonmee” proves that Weerasethakul belongs to the latter. Jawad Qadir is the lead film critic. Contact him at jqadir@dailycal.org.

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piritual profundity and political immediacy can make poor bedfellows, but Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men,” based on a tragic episode from Algeria’s 1990s civil war, manages to accomplish both without the pretension of unwieldy “message films.” Beauvois’ film is first and foremost a contemplative portrait of eight Trappist monks who make their home in the Algerian village of Tibhirine. As they coexist with the predominantly Muslim inhabitants, the specter of extremist violence looms, but Beauvois steers away from cliched characterizations. What he offers instead is a sensitive rendering of routine disrupted and resolve tested, as the day-to-day lives of the monks and townspeople are shaken by the encroaching threat of terrorism. The film takes pains to establish the monks’ role in their adoptive commu-

nity. Brother Christian (Lambert Wilson) is conversant in the Quran, which sits on his desk alongside Catholic texts. Brother Luc (Michael Lonsdale) runs a clinic for the people of Tibhirine, but he doesn’t just provide medicine — he also doles out new shoes and life advice. The brothers are intimately involved in the lives of their neighbors, who trust and value them in return. When the monks’ Christmas is interrupted by armed radicals in the wake of local violence, Christian persuades them to relent with his reverent quotation of the Quran. In the aftermath, the monastery is cast into upheaval. Some of the monks are ready to return to France, while others find fleeing unfathomable, a disagreement that drives the rest of the movie. The film is built around several scenes of the monks somberly praying together, with the soundtrack dominated by their spoken or sung prayer. A harrowing exception comes when their

worship is nearly drowned out by the sounds of a military helicopter — in one of the film’s most moving moments, they simply band together to pray louder. With these interludes for punctuation, the film is evenly paced, slow but not plodding. But occasional eruptions of brutality reshape the emotional landscape. The characters — from Lonsdale’s big-hearted Luc to Abdellah Chakiri’s uncompromising Algerian colonel — are sometimes mouthpieces for certain points of view, but never caricatures. Their faces register real terror and convincing passion, which shifts the conflict from the realm of theology to the more universal domain of human cruelty and understanding. The already oft-cited climax of the film is its emotional crux — the monks, joined by a visiting comrade, sit around a table and sip wine as they listen to a tape of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” The camera cuts or pans from face to face in ever-tightening close-ups, capturing

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’m a contrarian when it comes to movie talk, and often unfoundedly so. Now that “The King’s Speech” has picked up Best Picture, it will join the ranks of movies I love to hate. It was a fine movie — but now, thanks to Oscar’s blessing, it just turns me off. But fret not, my “King,” for you’re in good company because people (mostly old ones) love you. As for Tom Hooper, I’m sure he’ll crank out many an old-fashioned historically revisionist romp in his time. Who the hell is Tom Hooper, you ask? Yeah, I’m with you. Don’t really know this guy either. He’s a nobody in my book, but he was apparently enough of a somebody to be crowned Best Director on Sunday. And oh, what a waste of a Sunday, when I could’ve been hand-washing my socks or racing a turtle. When it comes to Best Director, I suspect the Academy was faced with too many great filmmakers so they picked the runt of the litter. “This film was made against all odds,” Hooper said of his Weinstein-produced, conspicuously Oscar-baiting feature. Do tell: What odds are those? So many bold visions went unrecognized on Sunday. While Mr. Hooper evidently sees the world through a rosy, English-royaltysmudged lens, David Fincher sees it through steely ultra-cool widescreen; Darren Aronofsky through gritty Steadicam. Fincher and Aronofsky films are all about direction, unlike “Speech,” whose strength is in the performances, not the director. Still fresh off their 2008 sweep for “No Country for Old Men,” the Coen brothers didn’t have a shot in Oscar hell — but even they would’ve been a better choice. And though David O. Russell is something of a sellout after a decade of indie quirk-fests like “Flirting with Disaster” and “I Heart Huckabees,” at least “The Fighter” is highly cinephilic, which is the mark of an auteur. Last month, Entertainment Weekly — a bastion of journalism, I know — published a list of the “25 Greatest Working Directors” that was as frustrating as the Academy’s taste. EW staffers ranked David Fincher as the best working director, obviously in the wake of “The Social Network.” My man Aronofsky — never a subtle filmmaker, but mmph! how I love his bravado — clocked in at number five. I love the guy, but c’mon: How is his work superior to the prodigious catalogue of Terrence Malick, maker of some of the all-time greats, who came in at eighth? And do these people honestly believe that Steven Spielberg is the third best director working today? He hasn’t made a good movie since “Minority Report,” and that was ten years ago. You should never put credence in EW but, like the Academy, they are arbiters of taste. I’m urging that we reject these tastes imposed upon us and give up the ghosts of Hollywood fogeys — Tom Hooper is a fogey-in-training, a total non-revolutionary — in favor of the hyper-modern maestros of the moment, like those other Best Directors. I will always gravitate toward auteurs who don’t just go against the grain, but define it. To follow an auteur’s career is to really know the man behind the curtain. As a kid I remade Hitchcock scenes using my mom’s camera (taping over milestone family moments to do it). Auteurs invite imitation, and imitation is the sincerest if most annoying form of flattery, which is how cinematic precedents are made. So there’s my nail in the Oscar coffin, where the fogeys belong. Next year, we’ll all collectively dig out that coffin again and prop up ol’ Oscar so he doesn’t look as dead as he actually is.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

NEWS The Daily Californian

City to Delay Spending on Public Works Projects by Yousur Alhlou Staff Writer

In a scramble to implement costsaving solutions, the Berkeley City Council will consider deferring capital improvement projects to offset a portion of the city’s $1.8 million deficit that extends through June 30. The city will save about $813,500 by delaying funding for three large projects maintained by the city’s Department of Public Works — which is responsible for upkeep of physical assets and infrastructure — until fiscal year 2012, as outlined in the city’s revised fiscal year 2011 budget. Postponed projects include bike and pedestrian programs, street rehabilitation and storm response and maintenance services. Funding for all three capital improvement projects will be delayed until the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. While street rehabilitation projects were already scheduled to occur after that date, implementation of the bike and pedestrian programs and

storm response projects will be pushed back, according to the city’s Budget Manager Teresa Berkeley-Simmons. “We just know that we’re not going to have to write checks until after July,” said city spokesperson Mary Kay Clunies-Ross. Clunies-Ross added that deferred spending will “solve the cash flow problem” for this budget cycle and help the city recover revenue losses stemming largely from decreased property and sales taxes, both of which are sensitive to the economic climate. Allocation of funds for the projects will be finalized when the city is expected to adopt its new biennial budget on June 28. “This happens in regular budget years, even when there is no big drop (in revenue),” Clunies-Ross said. To balance overall decreased revenue with total expenditure, the city has also implemented a range of shortterm cost saving measures. Freezing vacant positions throughout city departments, excluding fire and police, will save the city about $1 million while employee “give backs” —

SCOPE: Despite Turnout, Activists Remain Hopeful from front

opposition to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 9 percent cut to state education funding as well as his proposal to take away most collective bargaining powers from public state employee union members. Samuels said that efforts to plan protests at UCLA may have benefited from social media publicity. “We were going to do a much smaller thing, but because people wanted to rally in support of Wisconsin, we wanted to bring in other people,” he said.

Facebook events promoting the day of action mobilized protests at UCLA, UC Riverside, and CSU Northridge by providing times and locations for activists to congregate. On the East Coast, schools including the University of Central Florida and Stony Brook University in New York also held rallies, aided in part by representatives from the United States Student Association — a national student advocacy group. Jake Stillwell, the association’s communications director, said the organization’s involvement in student protests varies depending on

voluntary non-paid days off — have already accounted for about $1.7 million in savings. The department itself — which staffs 301 employees — has coped with difficult economic times by freezing 12 vacancies, accumulating to about $2.3 million in savings for fiscal year 2011. Reduced services and unfilled vacancies have proven favorable over increased layoffs while attempting to close the budget gap, City Manager Phil Kamlarz said at a press briefing in February. However, drastic measures, including city layoffs, seem inevitable. In the past two years, 130 city employee positions have been eliminated. Seven more are slated for termination and 14 employees face pay cuts or job transfers, according to Kamlarz. Until a final biennial budget is approved, the council will evaluate the impacts of both reduced services and staff layoffs as the city enters into a projected $11 million shortfall for all funds next year. Yousur Alhlou covers city government. Contact her at yalhlou@dailycal.org.

each campus’s individual needs. “We’re really trying to make this so its not an isolated day of action,” he said. “We’re trying to take this message to the (nation’s) capital and really hammer this home.” Despite relatively low turnout at student rallies across the nation, some activists said they are optimistic about the day’s results and future protests. “It’s just as perfect and whiny as a newborn baby can be,” Ritz-Barr said. Nina Brown of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. Contact Damian Ortellado and True Shields at newsdesk@dailycal.org.

RESEARCH & IDEAS

Study Learns to Manipulate E. Coli to Produce Biofuels by Sara Johnson Staff Writer

UC Berkeley researchers have successfully manipulated a bacteria that may shed new light on current biofuel production, according to a ONLINE PODCAST recently pub- Sara Johnson talks lished report. S c i e n t i s t s about the use of E. coli in the campus in biofuel production. chemistry department released results of SLIDESHOW their research Check out some photos involving the manipulation of of the lab and equipment Escherichia coli in the study on E. coli. for the production of butanol, published in a report online on Feb. 27. Michelle Chang, assistant chemistry professor and co-author of the report, said the research focuses on “genetically engineering microbes to do chemistry,” which in her research means placing new DNA sequences into E. coli to maximize butanol production. “We see this research as being very in line with our general principles,” said Martin Mulvihill, executive director for the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, of which Chang is a member. Chang said another organism — Clostridium acetobutylicum — already used to produce butanol commercially, can provide insight about manipulating other organisms. She said Clostridium naturally produces butanol, but is “more difficult to work with.” The report, published in Nature Chemical Biology, states that the group is “interested in using n-butanol pro-

duction as a system to explore the basic biochemical principles underlying the design of high-flux synthetic pathways inspired by ethanol fermentation.” Between ethanol and butanol, butanol is more ideal because a higher percentage can be mixed with gasoline and still run in normal vehicles, according to Chang. Brooks Bond-Watts, a graduate student in chemistry and co-author of the report, said the team decided to work with E. coli because of the wealth of information already known about the organism. “It’s not necessarily the best (organism),” Bond-Watts said. “There are a lot that people are trying.” Chang said the current manipulated E. coli produces three times less butanol than industrial Clostridium, but ten times more than previous engineered E. coli systems. “We still have, obviously, stuff to do,” Chang said. “This is the first generation.” She said she hopes to engineer E. coli to yield two to three times more butanol — a goal that may take another two to three years of research. “Everything that we are doing now is at the DNA level,” Bond-Watts said. “We’re trying to start to look at the rest of metabolism.” He added that the research could have applications in producing other fuels and pharmaceuticals. Chang’s lab is one of many on campus working to engineer organisms used in the production of biofuels. “Everyone is working towards using renewable resources to create these fuels and feedstocks, but everyone is taking a different approach,” Mulvihill said.

Sara Johnson covers the environment. Contact her at sjohnson@dailycal.org.

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Thu–Sat, March 3–5, 8 pm, Zellerbach Hall Pond Way · Antic Meet · Sounddance · Roaratorio The revolutionary American dance company makes its final visit to UC Berkeley with two U.S. premieres of historic remountings and one of Cunningham’s most ambitious and large-scale collaborations with John Cage. Program A (Thu & Fri): Cunningham: Pond Way, music by Brian Eno, décor by Roy Lichtenstein · Antic Meet, music by John Cage, design by Robert Rauschenberg · Sounddance, music by David Tudor, décor by Mark Lancaster Program B (Sat): Cunningham: Roaratorio, music by John Cage, design by Mark Lancaster

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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Fri, March 4, 8 pm, First Congregational Church Germany’s remarkable period-instrument ensemble, among the most virtuosic Baroque musicians in the world, performs a survey of German masterpieces—including an endearing favorite, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto. Program: Telemann: Overture in C Major · J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. · Violin Concerto in E Major · Handel: Concerto Grosso · Telemann: Concerto in E Minor

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin Sun, March 6, 3 pm, Hertz Hall Founded by members of the Berlin Philharmonic to explore the chamber music repertoire, the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin makes its Cal Performances debut with one of its signature pieces, Schubert’s magnificent Octet in F Major, as well as a world premiere by gifted young American composer Keeril Makan. Program: Schubert: Octet in F Major · Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major · Makan: Tender Illusions (world premiere)

Balé Folclórico da Bahia Sun, March 6, 7 pm, Zellerbach Hall This sizzling 32-member troupe of dancers, musicians, and singers— the most popular folk dance company in Brazil—performs a mix of choreography from African and South American traditions, including slave dances, capoeira, samba, and dances celebrating Carnival. The energy and spirit they bring to the stage leaves audiences celebrating in the aisles.

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OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST giving a notice of sale specified in YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A Civil Code Section 2923.52 subdiviLAWYER. On March 23, 2011 at sion (a) does not apply to this notice 12:00 PM, MORTGAGE LENDER of sale pursuant to Civil Code SERVICES, INC. as the duly Sections 2923.52. The undersigned appointed Trustee under and pursuTrustee disclaims any liability for any ant to Deed of Trust Recorded on incorrectness of the street address 09/01/06 as Document No. and other common designation, if 2006335956 of official records in any, shown herein. Said sale will be the Office of the Recorder of made, but without covenant or warALAMEDA County, California, exeranty, expressed or implied, regardcuted by: CHRISTOPHER B. ing title, possession, or encumSTERLING AND BRENNAN E. brances, to pay the remaining princiHEDGES, as Trustor, MORTGAGE pal sum of the note(s) secured by ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION said Deed of Trust, with interest SYSTEMS, INC., SOLELY AS thereon, as provided in said note(s), NOMINEE FOR LENDER, as advances, if any, under the terms of Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST charges and expenses of the Trustee BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at and of the trusts created by said time of sale in lawful money of the Deed of Trust, to-wit: $238,634.40 United States, by cash, a cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Estimated). Accrued interest and check drawn by a state or national additional advances, if any, will bank, a check drawn by a state or increase this figure prior to sale. The federal credit union, or a check Beneficiary may elect to bid less ACROSS drawn by a state or federal savings than the full credit bid. The benefiand loan association, savings associary under said Deed of Trust here1. Opening ciation, or savings bank specified in tofore executed and delivered to the 4. Interlock section 5102 of the Financial Code undersigned a written Declaration of and authorized to do business in 8. this Cause Default pain and Demand for Sale, and a state). At: THE FALLON STREET written Notice of Default and Election 13. Edson Arantes do caused EMERGENCY EXIT TO THE to Sell. The undersigned HARD ALAMEDA COUNTY COURT- Nascimento, said Notice of Default and Election familiarly HOUSE, 1225 FALLON ST., to Sell to be recorded in the county 14. Calif. school OAKLAND, CA, all right, title and where the real property is located interest conveyed to and now15. held Straining and more at thanthe threebit months have by it under said Deed of Trust 16. in the Before: elapsed pref. since such recordation. property situated in said County, Date: 02/24/11 MORTGAGE 17. Tortilla California describing the land thereLENDERpreparers, SERVICES, INC. 81 BLUE in: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED often: RAVINEabbr. ROAD, SUITE 100, IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The FOLSOM, CA 95630, (916) 962-3453 18. Actress Zellweger property heretofore described is Sale Information Line: (916) being sold "as is". The street 939-0772 Tara Campbell, Trustee 19. Fuel bucket address and other common desigSale Officer MORTGAGE LENDER 22. Literary work nation, if any, of the real property SERVICES, INC. MAY BE A DEBT 23. the ankle ATTEMPTING TO described above is purported to be: OfCOLLECTOR 1737 10TH STREET, BERKELEY, COLLECT A DEBT. ANY 24. Jerks CA 94710. Regarding the property INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL 26. Head of France that is the subject of this notice of BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. sale, the "mortgage loan servicer" NPP0177013 29.as Like a car in aPUB: 03/03/11, defined in Civil Code Â§ 2923.53(k) 03/10/11, # 5 03/17/11 junkyard (3), declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner a final 32.or Compose NOTICE OF PETITION TO temporary order of exemption pursuADMINISTER ESTATE OF: 36. Talk wildly ant to Civil Code section 2923.53 ICHIJI YANABA 38. German article and that the exemption is current CASE NO. RP11561855 and valid on the date this notice of Means of transportation 39. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, sale is recorded. The time frame for

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Sunny Margerum Carries on a ThreeGeneration Track and Field Legacy at Cal

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Grace is proof of that. Although she made it to the Pac10 Championships her three years at Cal, she didn't break records out of the gate like Monte. It wasn’t until after college that she began racking up the awards. Margerum is in the same boat as Grace as a “developing athlete.” As a result, she takes all the necessary steps to keep her edge. Determined to avoid injuries like the stress fracture her senior year, she pounds milk at the same rate other college students pound beers. “That was probably one of the hardest times of my life,” she recalls. “I was ready to dominate my senior year, it was devastating.” Luckily, her acceptance to Cal had already been secured by then. She was given a Stanford backpack for winning the Stanford invite earlier that year, but she got more satisfaction from putting a big X through the logo than she would have had from using it. lthough Margerum was never pressured by her family to be a Bear, a strong Cal tradition was instilled in her from a young age. While coaching hurdles for the Bears from 1997-2003, Joy sometimes brought Margerum and Windy to practices. Windy was confined to her stroller or baby backpack at the time, but young Sunny was hard at work making sure the team did its stretches correctly. She knew all the school cheers long before student orientation since she grew up often singing them in the car with her mom on the way to meets and practices. “Sometimes I get chills when I hear (the band) play,” Margerum says. “I’m actually here now, in college.” With her debut for the Bears set for this weekend’s Cal Outdoor Opener, Margerum will get her chance to make a splash of sand in the pit named after her grandfather. “It’s called the Upshaw Long Jump Pit,” she says. “I better jump far.”

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ong jumper Sunny Margerum has some big shoes to fill. Spikes, to be more accurate, and several pairs of them. Sunny is the newest member of the Margerum-Upshaw family to join the Cal track and field team, extending the streak to three generations. The man who started it all was Monte Upshaw, Margerum’s maternal grandfather. On May 29, 1954, he broke Jesse Owens’ national high school record by five inches with a distance of 25-4.25. From there he launched his career with the Bears, setting a then-world record in the sprint medley relay (3:18.8) with Jack Yerman, Willie White and Don Bowden, the first man to break the four-minute mile. Margerum’s aunt Grace Upshaw was next up in line. The newly retired two-time Olympic long jumper competed for Cal from 1995-1997, later claiming four national titles. “Of course there are really big shoes to fill, but that’s not really how I think about it,” Margerum says. “There’s this quote, ‘Pressure is nothing more than the shadow of great opportunity.’ That’s how I think about it.” Margerum is a freshman who redshirted this indoor season after recovering from a stress fracture she suffered during her senior year of high school. Getting back on track for the upcoming outdoor season should be easier with the kind of support she receives from her family. Her mom, Joy, and aunt coached her at Gunn High in Palo Alto, Calif., helping her refine her technique. In Margerum’s sophomore year, Grace helped her transform from a hang jumper style of long jumping to a hitch kicker, which looks like running in the air. Hitch kicking is generally more effective because it makes better use of the athlete’s hang-time. “She was teaching it to me through sounds — jump and go ‘Haiyaa! Knee, knee!’” Margerum says. “I’d be constantly thinking that in my head and that’s how I got it. It clicked.” Monte also chimed in with a piece of advice, though it was far less technical than Grace’s. In order to help with the landing, he suggested hanging from a pull-up bar and keeping her legs out, holding them for as long as possible. “That’s the one thing he really thinks helped him when he was younger,” Margerum recounts. “It’s kind of dorky, but that’s my family.” argerum isn’t the only one who’s gotten help. Joy helped convince Grace to start competing professionally two years after she graduated from Cal. “Joy always believed in me and was a huge reason why I got back into track after I finished my collegiate career,” Grace said in an interview with the Pacific Association of USA Track and Field. “She always thought I had more to offer and that I never reached my potential in college.” Her professional career included the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, which Monte, Joy, Sunny and her little sister Windy attended. In the enormous Bird’s Nest stadium, Monte managed to make his way all the way down in the stands right next to the long jump pit. He used a paper with Chinese written on it explaining that his daughter was competing in the long jump. The inter-generational parallels are uncanny; on that memorable day in 1954, Monte’s father allegedly held out a handkerchief from the stands to visually mark Jesse Owens’ record so Monte knew how far to jump. Grace’s return to long jumping had an even greater effect on Margerum, who was inspired by the Olympic experience. “The feeling of everybody cheering in the stadium made me really want to do that and drove me to be like her and make it there someday,” Margerum says. “I’m not a superstar right now or anything, my family is kind of known as developing athletes, so I know it takes time and I’m not worried.”

Byron Atashian covers track and field. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.

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