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By Katie Nelson | Staff knelson@dailycal.org In a letter sent to campus deans and department leaders under the direction of the office of Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer March 29, division heads have been instructed to make a total of $17 million in budget cuts to their departments as the campus attempts to tackle a potential $30 million deficit for the upcoming 2011-12 fiscal year.

In the letter, Breslauer said that because the state cut $500 million to the UC — with UC Berkeley being hit with $70 million to $80 million in budget cuts — the campus would potentially be looking to find between $102 million and $112 million in revenue to meet the campus’s needs.

Though Operational Excellence is meant to help combat the cuts, Breslauer said the campus would still have to self-fund approximately $32 million of needs, including faculty salaries, workers’ salary increases, utility payments, benefits and retirement contributions.

“In order to reduce the burden on unit budgets to the extent possible, the campus will use, on a one-time basis, $30 million (or 50 percent) of central reserves that are currently set aside for self-insurance purposes,” Breslauer said in the letter. “This leaves a balance of $30 million to be recovered from all of the campus control units ... with units reporting to the EVCP to contribute $19.5 million.”

The executive vice chancellor and provost’s immediate office would have to cut $2.5 million from its budget alone, with the remaining $17 million being distributed among the campus units that are under the office’s direction.

These departments include the College of Letters and Science, the campus division of the Academic Senate and the campus library system.

The departments have until April 22 to submit proposals on how they plan to cut from their budgets in order to accommodate for the requested reductions.

“No, I don’t think that it’s reasonable that the state of California, with its strong economy, doesn’t have the will to raise enough taxes to invest in high quality education for its young people, especially given all of the data that point to a significant return on such investments when those educated citizens enter the workforce,” Academic Senate Chair Fiona Doyle said in an email. “But I believe in fairness, and that includes taking one’s fair share of cuts. Like other units, the Senate has some carry-forward funds; this is standard, responsible practice, to provide a cushion for a ‘rainy day.’ Well, it’s now pouring, so we’ll have to use our rainy day funds.”

Katie Nelson is the lead academics and administration reporter.

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By Victoria Pardini| Staff vpardini@dailycal.org District 1 Berkeley City Councilmember Linda Maio recalls that when she campaigned during her first election in 1992, constituents in her West Berkeley district included a number of older black residents who warmly welcomed her into their homes.

But when remembering walking the district last fall during the 2010 election, Maio said that the large number those residents — who have instead been replaced with younger, white families — had disappeared.

According to 2010 Census data, the black population in Berkeley has decreased from 14,007 in 2000 to 11,241, a nearly 20 percent decline. In Alameda County, the population of blacks fell 12 percent since 2000.

City officials and residents have pointed to a combination of causes for the decrease, including financial issues, an aging population and an inhospitable environment leading to migration out of the area.

“A lot of it has to do with the housing situation,” said Morris White, co-founder of the mentoring program Brothers Supporting Brothas in Berkeley. “They’re pushed out of the community. Overall, very few people either rent to them or lease to them.”

Maio said that in her district, relatives of Berkeley residents who passed away in the last 10 years may have decided to sell their houses rather than keep them in the family, opting to purchase larger homes elsewhere in the East Bay at a lower cost. She said the practice is common not just for black residents but generally for many young families who inherit Berkeley homes.

Though the high cost of housing may have deterred blacks from living in Berkeley, Mayor Tom Bates said the city’s low-income housing programs have made affordable housing readily available at a higher level “than any other city our size,” with over 300 low-income housing units and about 500 workforce housing units.

“It’s a veritable drop in the bucket,” he said.

“We have 112,000 people (in Berkeley). It’s a small drop, but at least we’re trying, while a lot of the other communities haven’t been able to provide that affordable housing.”

Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, who grew up in Berkeley, said he has noticed the downward trend in the city’s black population, which he attributed to a different image of Berkeley from that of the 1950s and 1960s, adding that families have moved to

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Union unable to meet with campus over grievances

By Aaida Samad | Staff asamad@dailycal.org In response to a UC Berkeley policy implemented April 1 to decentralize campus employee benefits, concerned members of a union representing academic student employees have filed 63 grievances with the campus, but are struggling to arrange a time and neutral location for a meeting with campus officials almost six weeks after the first grievance was filed.

While a group of around 25 graduate student instructors gathered in Dwinelle Hall Tuesday to meet with a representative from the labor relations division of the campus Human Resources Office to address the grievances filed by a members of the United

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Auto Workers Local 2865, the UC representative failed to show up, according to Charlie Eaton, a campus graduate student and trustee for the union.

A meeting to address the grievances must be held “within fifteen calendar days of the date on which the ... grievance was filed,” according to a contract between the UC and the union — which represents nearly 12,000 campus graduate students instructors, readers and tutors throughout the system.

A statement from the campus labor relations division said that “the union had constraints regarding

scheduling that precluded them from meeting with the University at the scheduled time and location.”

“The University is reviewing schedules for alternative meeting times,” the statement reads.

Eaton said issues in scheduling the meeting stemmed in part from finding a neutral location to meet. He said that the campus labor relations division has “insisted on holding the meeting in their office,” while graduate students have asked that the meeting be held on campus to accommodate their work and class schedules.

“We want the to have the meeting at an accessible and neutral location, and we want to work with a mutually acceptable place to meet,” Eaton said. “The university has been dragging its feet for six weeks because they don’t want to own up to their elimination of funding

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Dailycal.org School district delays vote on measures to improve campus safety Though the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education postponed a vote on measures aimed at increasing safety on school campuses at its meeting last night, the district took steps toward implementing recommendations through the formation of a safety committee.

In response to a recent increase in fire arms on the Berkeley High School campus, the district released a status report April 5, outlining several ways in which the district could improve campus safety, including the creation of an Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Safety, which met for the first time Wednesday.

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Though it is very preliminary, the possibility of a city-wide sit-lie ordinance — making it illegal to sit and lay on sidewalks during business hours — is currently stirring up controversy within the city, with some business owners claiming the idea would encourage more customers to visit their locations while homeless advocates and some city officials fear such an ordinance would target Berkeley’s homeless population.

As businesses in Berkeley have seen a consistent drop in revenue over the past three years, according to Mark McLeod, chair of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs

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By Jessica Rossoni | Staff jrossoni@dailycal.org The California State Assembly Committee on Appropriations voted Wednesday on two bills that together comprise the California DREAM Act, resulting in the approval of AB 130 and the suspension of AB 131.

Following the vote, AB 130 — which would provide university-funded grants to undocumented students — will move to the assembly floor for a full vote, while AB 131 — which would provide state grants to undocumented students — was placed under suspension to be voted on again in late May, according to Chuck Nicol, principal consultant with the committee.

Though former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed versions of the act last year, Gov. Jerry Brown has said on several occasions that should the act come to his desk, he would choose to approve it.

“We are very pleased that the bill passed,” said Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, who authored

the bills. “Unfortunately, some of my colleagues are still unable to shed their partisanship, but we need to do what’s best for all the people of California.”

In a 12-3 vote, the committee approved AB 130, which would allow the UC, CSU and Community College systems to provide financial aid to undocumented students from their financial aid reserves and will have no direct fiscal impact on the state.

The suspended AB 131 would allow undocumented students to be eligible for state financial aid, including Cal Grants, which may explain its suspension, according to Karen Humphrey, executive director for the California Postsecondary Education Committee, who added she fully supports both bills.

“In the current budget environment, anything with a fiscal impact is going to be set aside,” Humphrey said.

“I don’t think anyone is surprised that 131 is in the suspense file.”

Although AB 130 did receive majority approval, Assemblymember Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, ex-

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Eating at Saturn Cafe is as otherworldly as its name and decor would suggest — a full menu of typical diner junk food made with absolutely no meat. For a staunch meat lover, the concept will seem a bit alien. And for a vegetarian or vegan, the concept is mind-boggling (“I can order anything on the menu?!”).

Onion rings, nachos, sliders, corn dogs, burgers and of course the FLT sandwich — fakin’ bacon, lettuce and tomato — all made sans furry friends. And the fare isn’t just for the animal-loving, tree-hugger types, as many a carnivore is known to swing by, with or without their meat-averse friends.

Alumni Association, Chevron to aid education The California Alumni Association announced a partnership with Chevron Saturday in which Chevron will be contributing $100,000 to the association’s Achievement Award Program to support undergraduate education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics — often referred to as STEM. Through the Chevron Achievement

Award — which will be implemented for the fall of 2011 — three incoming UC Berkeley freshmen and juniors in the areas of study who meet a minimum GPA requirement of 3.0 will receive a laptop and up to $6,500 per year for a maximum of four years to help pay for their academic expenses, according to Felix Flores, director of alumni scholarships for the association.

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John Muir Elementary was initially given a Letter 4 certification because seismic safety issues were suspected, but was later changed.

Seismic safety report questioned by locals

By Kate Randle | Staff krandle@dailycal.org Despite a recent report that revealed up to 10 schools in the Berkeley Unified School District may house structurally unsound buildings, district administrators and parents remain confident in the seismic safety of their school buildings.

The nearly two-year research conducted by watchdog reporting group California Watch looked into the Division of the State Architect — the office charged with regulating the construction of California’s K-12 schools and community colleges — and its ability to maintain structurally sound public schools. Due to the division’s sometimes overwhelming jurisdiction, some schools’ safety issues have been overlooked.

According to Lew Jones, the facilities director for the district, the DSA’s

lengthy turnaround time leads to neglecting the certification for buildings that are in line with the Field Act, California’s public school seismic safety law.

“Often times DSA will lose paperwork or need some relatively minor piece of paper that has not been submitted,” Jones said. “DSA’s closeout time is six months time. Every school district is frustrated with the pace of DSA, and honestly DSA is frustrated themselves.”

Two Berkeley schools — John Muir Elementary and Thousand Oaks Elementary — are listed as having buildings that were originally given Letter 4 certifications, meaning the DSA suspected safety issues when reviewing the plans. These classifications were changed March 2010 to Letter 3 because the division did not have the paperwork to prove seismic safety concerns.

The John Muir building in question is the auditorium, which has an acces-

sibility lift for handicapped use of the stage that Jones said may have a minor paperwork issue. He added that the Letter 3 building at Thousand Oaks was demolished in 1989 when the entire campus was rebuilt following the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Eight other schools had buildings suspected by the division to be potentially risky in the case of an earthquake.

These buildings were put on the AB 300 list to be gauged by the DSA for necessary repairs.

“The DSA knows they’re behind ...

I’ve been notified on a project 10 or 15 years later, and they’ll say what’s missing is the final affidavit of the inspector,” Jones said. “My problem with the AB 300 list is that there are projects on there that are seismically problematic when in fact the building has been retrofitted, and they haven’t looked at it.”

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Frozen treats

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Escaping the microwave Cal Dining adds frozen yogurt W machines to the Golden Bear Cafe

ater is fine,” I say. A chorus of nods. “Me too,” someone echoes. Menus close. The waitress taking our order looks scornful, but unsurprised. No drinks, no appetizers and the smallest tip decency allows. Students, she seems to say, are the last thing she needs.

As a student, my usual food joints are hardly the haunts of a gourmand.

I choose them because they are fast, cheap and easy — and if that sounds eerily like a Las Vegas hooker — well, I’m not looking for caviar and roses, I’m just looking for something to get me through the day.

It is very different than the way I was raised. Food is an event in my house. Our spice rack is enormous, filling three shelves in the cabinet.

Those jars fascinated me as a child.

They were filled with bright powders and aromatic leaves, mysterious as an alchemist’s apparatus. They sizzled and spat flames, as my father tossed them into the pot with an easy hand.

My father, the perfectionist. The man who, after standing for three hours in front of the stove, will continue to hover over his audience, ladle in hand. “A little more salt?” He’ll muse, no demand. “How does it taste? Describe the flavor! Maybe more pepper. Just a tad?”

When I was younger, this inquisition generally drove me to frustrated tears, sobbing and threatening him with my spoon, “It tastes like soup!

Okay? It just tastes like soup! It’s delicious! It’s spectacular! Will you go away now?” To this infantile outpouring, my father would simply shrug sadly, as if disappointed that the world did not share his exacting standards.

Unfortunately, I cannot escape my genetic destiny. My family remembers places by what we ate there. Vienna is the memory of the decadent Sachertorte, the rich bitterness of the chocolate lightened by a sunburst of apricot jam. Washington, D.C. is the taste of Persian rice pudding on a warm summer night laced with the cooling scent of orange blossom.

This has led to my best friend describing me as an “absolute fatty.

Not physically, mind. Psychologically.”

I claim the title with pride. I adore food. This makes eating at the dining commons a weary process.

Particularly as a vegetarian, I find myself consuming a consistent diet of breakfast salad, luncheon lettuce and dinner greens. At least you can’t overcook fresh vegetables. bout once every two months, my friends and I escape the confines of student life and go to a nice restaurant. The kind of place with cloth napkins and a dessert menu. Our traditional stop is Trattoria La Siciliana on College Avenue. Their dip has become something of a legend amongst my friends. We soak up bowlfuls of the spicy olive oil with crusty bread, our mouths smarting from the tang of garlic and onion. I still remember the first meal I had

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Meghna Dholakia mdholakia@dailycal.org there, after several months of failed cooking adventures and microwave meals. My friend and I were silent the entire meal and when my eyes fluttered opened after the final bite of airy tiramisu, I could see him watching me, amused understanding on his face. “I know,” he said in response. “I know,” I replied, and we both laughed, with the kind of dazed happiness only a great meal can create. spent a lot of last summer cooking, trying to recreate remembered flavors and resurrect old meals.

While I was cooking or baking, the kitchen was my personal domain. I would blast The Strokes, dim the lights and dance around barefoot with a ladle as my conducting stick.

Occasionally, someone would tentatively poke their head ’round the door, braving the lion’s den, to ask cautiously if I needed help. Intruders were shooed away with a wave of my baton and a “Go enjoy yourself, it’ll just be a moment.”

That was the summer we spent bicycling all over Berkeley in search of lemon trees, preferably on public property, not wanting to spend good money (50 cents!) on what could be easily found. We discovered a tree down College that was on the shaky legal ground between garden and pavement. My friend was halfway up the tree, sandals dangling in the air, when the owner came out. He laughed at the sight of us and gave us a handful of cherries from his garden, which we ate on the ride home, juice dribbling down our chins.

It was a summer of cutting swathes of lavender from the side of the road for shortbread cookies and snatching rosemary for roasting almonds. Suddenly, Berkeley had become an Eden-like jungle, with bounty hanging from every tree.

Occasionally, we need too look beyong our Cup Noodles and Easy Mac. Good food warms the stomach and good company soothes the heart.

When I said that I remember events by food, that wasn’t entirely true. The truth of the matter is that I recollect by what I ate and by the company I kept. Great meals to me are the dance of flavors on my tongue and the distant sounds of my friends’ laughter.

As Ruth Reichl, food critic extraordinaire puts it, “Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.”

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By Damian Ortellado | Staff dortellado@dailycal.org Following changes that have expanded Cal Dining’s product offerings, students craving frozen yogurt now have a meal point-friendly location on campus to indulge in the popular treat.

While frozen yogurt machines added to the Freshens section at the Golden Bear Cafe on April 4 have created a buzz among students, off-campus frozen yogurt businesses in the area will now have to compete with the convenient location and payment option the cafe provides.

“I think initially students will try it out,” said Huong Vu, general manager of Yogurtland on Bancroft Way. “So I’m sure at the beginning there will be some trials, and we’ll lose some traffic.”

According to Katie Solinger, assistant director of retail operations at Cal Dining, the decision to include frozen yogurt as part of the menu at the cafe was one part of the sweeping changes implemented by the Residential and Student Service Programs leadership to expand Freshens, the brand that for eight years has offered smoothies and juices at some Cal Dining locations.

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Frozen yogurt machines were recently added to the Freshens section of the Golden Bear Cafe. A sign advertises this yogurt outside the cafe.

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“As a student service Cal Dining always hopes that we meet students’ expectations,” Solinger said in an email.

“If a food trend is important to students then it is important to Cal Dining.”

Some students said being able to pay with meal points was the main reason they purchased frozen yogurt from Golden Bear Cafe instead of from an off-campus location. While shops like Yogurtland and Yogurt Park offer more variety in flavors and toppings, they do not accept meal points.

“It’s just a money issue ... (An offcampus shop) is better, I think,” UC Berkeley freshman Rachel Palmer said. “I would definitely go there if we could use meal points.”

Palmer, who has a meal plan and

regularly eats yogurt, said she likes the variety offered by off-campus stores like Yogurtland but prefers the convenience of meal points as well as the location of the cafe, especially in between classes. She also said students with meal plans often have many meal points left over at the end of the semester, giving students another incentive to buy treats like frozen yogurt.

Campus junior Chardee Galan, a former vegan of four years who only recently changed her diet, said she enjoys having the choice to purchase frozen yogurt at the cafe because she is “still trying to get a feel for it.”

Being able to use meal points made trying the frozen yogurt more convenient, she said.

“I sometimes pay full price to get into Crossroads just for the sorbet,” she said, adding that her friends often do

the same.

Vu said that despite students’ ability to use meal points at the cafe, she believes many customers will return to Yogurtland because of its variety of flavors and self-service business model.

At Yogurtland, customers pay 33 cents per ounce for yogurt and toppings.

The cafe charges $2.55 for a 9 oz. cup of frozen yogurt and a dollar more for up to three toppings.

Yogurt Park manager Ryan Piscovich said the emergence of another competitor will not strongly affect business as usual at the store, which charges $3.30 for a 12 oz. cup of frozen yogurt and an additional 80 cents for unlimited toppings.

“I can’t imagine it hurting us that much,” he said. “There’s so many yogurt places around here that it’s hard to believe a couple of machines will affect us that much.”

demographics: One district sees increase in black population From front the South to find a stronger “family infrastructure.”

“Berkeley does not hold the same perception, at least for African Americans, that it may have held in the day that Martin Luther King, Jr. was still alive,” Carson said.

Carson, a member of the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in South Berkeley, said that about once a month, his pastor mentions that a longtime member of the church is leaving the city and moving to the South.

Jon Stiles, executive director of the California Census Research Data Center, said in an email that it was “very possible” the city trend is aligned with a general black migration from California to southern states.

Some black Berkeley residents and employees speculate that the decline may be related to discrimination rather than financial motivations to

move.

Berkeley resident Irma Parker, who lives in Maio’s district, said that 10 years ago, she could count about eight or nine black households in her neighborhood. Now, the population has shrunk to her family and her neighbor across the street, Parker said.

“I’m not sure if it’s because of a job,” Parker said. “I think the black people that I know who lived in Berkeley enjoyed living in Berkeley, and they wanted to live in Berkeley.”

White, who lives in Newark, Calif., said the black population could drop to levels comparable to Piedmont, where black residents make up 1.3 percent of the city’s population, according to census data.

“The thing about Berkeley is it’s one of the most progressive cities, supposedly, and there’s been a lot of landmark decisions based on what people have done in Berkeley,” White

said. “But if you really look behind the scenes, it’s no longer the same place.”

Though most areas in the city have experienced a steady decline, a tract in Councilmember Jesse Arreguin’s district — bound by Dwight Way on the south, University Avenue on the north, Martin Luther King, Jr. Way on the west and Fulton Street on the east — experienced a 222 percent increase in the black population, while the tract as a whole experienced a 79.5 percent population increase.

Despite the tract’s increased black population, Arreguin said he is concerned about a decline in the city’s diversity.

“Berkeley’s becoming more gentrified,” Arreguin said. “That’s the sad reality, and I think the census figures show that, not only socioeconomically, but also racially.”

Victoria Pardini covers Berkeley communities.

Tabulations to determine the results of the 2011 ASUC General Election will be held Thursday in the space formerly occupied by the Naia Lounge in Lower Sproul Plaza.

Scheduled to begin at 7 p.m., the tabulations will tally all the votes cast in the election, eliminating candidates who do not meet the thresholds of the ranked-choice system and revealing the winners in real time.

According to Elections Council Chair Shivom Sinha, the council also had to input 163 paper ballots into the software. He said the paper ballots were used when online voting at some stations was taken down temporarily, specifically at Dwinelle Hall where use of power to run the polling station was disrupted briefly by the campus.

Though tabulations have been held closer to the end of the elections in the past, Sinha said Thursday was the best time the campus could provide that

was also at a reasonable hour to hold the event. He added that the extra time has allowed the council to be especially careful with its preparations.

“In my opinion, I don’t think it’s that much later,” Sinha said. “It’s better we take every single precaution possible before running the tabulations.”

Additionally, Attorney General Nathan Rahmanou said in an email that only one additional election bylaws violation — an allegation of campaigning within the residence halls — has prompted an investigation, though he said it does not appear to be significant.

He added that to his knowledge, the Student Action and CalSERVE parties did not hold a meeting — that has typically occurred in years passed — to discuss violations accumulated over the elections season and determine how many to pursue.

“The 2011 elections are looking remarkably clean — likely the cleanest they have been in recent history,” Rahmanou said in the email.

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Union: Teach-in addresses complaints From Front commitments for graduate student fee remissions and health benefits.”

At a teach-in held outside of Anthony Hall before the scheduled meeting, concerned graduate students gathered to discuss the policy.

Christopher Miller, a campus graduate student in the Department of English, said the policy will result in cuts to the number of teaching positions for graduate students and will put an increased burden on departments that are unable to adapt financially to the predicted increases in the cost of health care benefits and fee remissions.

In response to concern regarding increases in fee remission costs, a summary of campus input on the policy states, “the intention of the benefits decentralization plan is to contin-

ue to fully fund benefits for ... Graduate Student Instructors and to hold campus units harmless from the impact of student fee increases on Graduate Student Instructor fee remissions.”

However, some expressed concern that the campus allocation for fee remissions and benefits will be insufficient to cover health care and benefits increases, forcing departments to cut GSI, reader and tutor positions to cover costs.

According to Miller, the policy will have impacts on educational experiences that will be felt by both graduate and undergraduate students.

“This policy compromises the fundamental mission of the university and the quality of both the undergraduate and graduate experience on campus,” Miller said.

Aaida Samad covers higher education.

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DISHES Best Breakfast: Ann’s Kitchen Best Burger: Bongo Burger Best Burrito: Gordo Taqueria Best Coffee: Caffe Strada Best Late Night Food: Top Dog Best Meal Under $5: Cheese ‘n’ Stuff Best Pizza: The Cheese Board Collective Best Salad: Cafe Intermezzo Best Sandwich: Cafe Intermezzo

CAMPUS Best Class: Astronomy C10 and Political Economy 100 Best Professor: Alex Filippenko and Robert Reich Best Library: East Asian Library Best Performance Group: Theater Rice Best Campus Eccentric: Yoshua Best Kept Campus Secret: Student Learning Center Best Place to Have Sex: Top of the Campanile Best Place to Print: Moffitt Library Microcomputer Facility Best Place to Relieve Yourself: Doe Library, 3rd floor Men’s Best Place To Use Your Meal Points: GBC and Qualcomm Cafe Best Male Athlete at Cal: Nathan Adrian Best Female Athlete at Cal: Carli Lloyd

e’ve done our best this year to revamp Best of Berkeley, expanding its emphasis from the campus to the city at large. Based on your votes, our reporters went out to more than 40 Berkeley establishments in order to measure the pulse of a buoyant urban community. Hopefully, what we’ve collected here will encourage you to bridge the divide between the familiar and the unexplored. ­—David Liu & Liz Mak

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Up until quite recently, a visit to C.R.E.A.M. almost assured a ridiculously long line snaking up Channing Way. However, the price of the

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hough last year’s award belonged to Chez Panisse, the selection was ultimately misguided for a town of college students living on a shoestring budget. 2011 invites a more reasonable guest to the table: Gregoire, a cramped French bistro take-out situated within the Gourmet Ghetto.

The restaurant is named after its owner, a French native and former executive sous-chef.

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C.R.E.A.M. also offers several options for those with dietary restrictions, including vegan cookies and sandwiches (for $2.99) and special sandwiches for those with nut allergies. If you’re not much for the cookie sandwich concept, they also sell the cookies and ice cream separately and assorted other ice cream concoctions (think milkshakes, floats, malts).

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he Peking Duck is Great China’s claim to fame — and the praise is well-deserved.

Succulent duck meat and crispy browned skin is served on a platter alongside freshly sliced green onion, paper-thin rice wrappers and traditional plum sauce.

Half the fun of eating Peking Duck is to painstakingly assemble these ingredients together into a glorious roll that achieves the perfect balance of savory and sweet. Over the course of the meal, you will perfect your craft.

Each duck feeds three to four, but get ready to battle it out with your tablemates for the last pieces of crispy duck skin.

The West Lake Minced Beef Soup is a good appetizer while you’re waiting for the rest of your food to arrive. Order a few side dishes if you must — the mung bean noodle salad with seafood tossed in spicy mustard (“Double Skin”) and walnut prawns are popular — but remember that there’s also no shame in eating a meal that consists entirely of Peking Duck.

After tax and tip, Great China isn’t a steal, but it’s the perfect restaurant to bring your parents to when they’re visiting (if they’re picking up the tab).

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will get you a sauteed local rock cod and chorizo sandwich, with garlic aioli and fried capers on pantofolina bread. Meanwhile, Gypsy’s Trattoria Italiano offers a Shrimp Alla Primavera for $7.00. And it can’t boast of preparing pork belly or Willie Bird turkey, either.

But Gregoire’s crispy potato puffs are the bistro’s de facto money-maker: fluffy mashed potatoes clumps deep-fried until encased in a crispy, goldenbrown layer, accompanied by rotating home-made mayonnaises.

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Strada’s success may not seem surprising — after all, it’s close to campus and student housing. But Berkeley has many cafes that share these benefits without the same success. There are at least 10 places on campus to buy coffee, and Cafe Milano has prime real estate across from Sproul Plaza.

But the welcoming atmosphere of Strada places it above its competitors, believes owner Daryl Ross.

When Ross was a UC Berkeley student, he found some cafes intimidating.

“The scene was so intense, and it was like cliques had formed within the cafe,” he said. With its outdoor seating and European ambiance, Ross feels Strada provides a more casual culture.

Of course, the coffee is held to a high standard. According to Ross, employees can make coffee drinks only after six months of observation. This commitment to quality, combined with Strada’s setting, has earned it seemingly irrevocable rights to the throne.

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If you’re feeling adventurous on another trip, there’s also another menu option: all meat.

But let’s be honest here: You go with beef because carne asada is the meat truly meant to be wrapped inside tortillas (and because having all of the meats is a slight overkill). And while there’s nothing that really makes Gordo’s take on the

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college favorite stand out, it’s satisfying in a way you can’t quite place. The burrito — or super burrito, if you wisely decide to shell out a little extra for size — just gives you what you expect without any frills.

The tortilla itself is oddly smooth, but it works well enough in its role as an edible container. The pico de gallo is fresh, and the black beans supplement the meat well. Do spend the extra 65 cents on guacamole — it’s worth it.

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having won over six times in almost as many years. Not only is he great in the lecture hall, but also near a telescope — he’s won awards for his teaching, including the U.S. Professor of the Year award in 2006, and for his research, receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000. One wouldn’t expect anything less from a professor with around 1,500 “likes� on his Facebook page.

While Filippenko is noteworthy for many reasons, perhaps the best is that he embodies what this campus should be: a world leader in cutting-edge research, and a great resource for any Berkeley student regardless of his or her major. —Evante Garza-Licudine

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For the unenlightened: Temple stands with a small, smudgy blackboard that enumerates — in simple script — the days left (today, 37) until there

Robert Reich Best Professor

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t’s easy to see why Professor Reich, of the Goldman School of Public Policy, would scoop this distinction.

There are so many things to love about him. He’s an old-fashioned storyteller, and his lectures are always something of a performance. Often he will take on a devil’s advocate character and shout at an unsuspecting student, arms flailing, eyes wide. He can draw a laugh making fun of himself, his students and public figures.

His voice is that of an old-timey radio host. It’s comforting, which is a benefit when he’s teaching you about the myriad ways that the future of the American economy (our future) is doomed.

But maybe the best thing about Reich is that he’s totally freaking famous. He served on the administrations of Presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton, and was an economic transition advisor to Obama. (That’s still something to be impressed by, right?) Seeing him on campus or at a cafe is always an Event.

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Already a gold and silver Olympic medalist and double American record holder in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, Adrian spent the 2011 season bolstering his already sterling resume.

The senior won every single sprint freestyle event that he swam during the season, collecting two individual Pac-10 and NCAA titles along the way. Adrian was also instrumental in helping his team fend off Texas at the NCAA Championships, anchoring the winning 400 freestyle relay to clinch the title for the Bears — ­ their first since 1980.

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Adrian leaves Cal having collected 11 NCAA titles and eight school records. And the best part is that he’s just getting started.

Adrian will look to represent Team USA at the 2012 Olympics in London, where he’ll be considered a contender to medal, if not win, both the 50 and 100-meter freestyle, and cement his title as the next great American sprinter. —Connor Byrne

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arli Lloyd was not voted Pac-10 Player of the Year — apparently that award was too limiting.

Instead, Lloyd won AVCA Division I National Player of the Year, the first Cal player to do so.

The setter’s senior campaign was arguably the greatest individual season in Cal volleyball history.

The Bonsai, Calif., native logged 1,384 assists at a rate of 11.83 per set, eighth best in the country. Her deft passing quarterbacked Cal’s offense to the third best hitting percentage (.308) and the sixth most kills per set (14.63) in the nation.

It wasn’t just her pinpoint sets. At 5-foot-11, the All-American was ninth in the Pac-10 in blocks, with 1.08 per set.

Lloyd was a leader of the most successful Cal volleyball team in history.

The Bears swept their season series with Stanford for the first time in 31 years en route to their first-ever Pac-10 crown. They advanced to their firstever national championship match, not dropping a set until the title loss to Penn State. Even before NCAA tournament, Cal coach Rich Feller called her “the best that we’ve had.�

There’s no reason to argue with him. —Jonathan Kuperberg

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Whether you need to pick up a bag of chips or want to go all-out with a smoothie, burger, salad and soup, the cafe offers tons of options. Check out the grill, which provides fish tacos and samosas if you’re feeling fancy, or chicken strips (if you need some comfort food). The breakfast also merits praise.

You’ll definitely wait in line during lunchtime rush hour, but the lightning speed with which the cashiers ring up the food is nothing short of miraculous.

Though outdoor seating is limited, the tables offer a great people-watching spot to observe the eccentricities of Sproul.

When hunger strikes at 3 after class, the GBC stands as a reliable source of food when the dining halls are closed.

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But then you stand inside room 306 of Doe Library, unzip your fly and look to your left â&#x20AC;&#x201D; you see the American flag unfurling above California Hall, flapping in the wind as you gaze through large, schoolhouse-style windows.

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Sadly, I lack the skills to read any of those records. But a knowledge of East Asian languages isn’t necessary to appreciate the library. There’s sofas too, and a spotlight.

It’s the perfect place to nap or peruse a periodical, but why would you? The East Asian Library is perfectly equipped for the more studious person but the view of the study nook can only be so pleasing. Instead, the library’s sophisticated design and expansive contents are enough of an excuse to visit a building that manages to meld both intellect and beauty.

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had underestimated you, Best of Berkeley voters. Your usual taste in pizza, ice cream and Italian food made you seem like a bunch of, well, freshmen. But for deeming the top of the Campanile the best place to have sex in Berkeley, I applaud you (and your adventurous lovers.)

At first thought, the Campanile seems like an absurd setting for fornication. But I guess it’s the pride and glory (and phallus) of UC Berkeley. (You can see it from the Golden Gate Bridge!)

How many people even have access to it? Maybe this explains why anyone would want the elevator attendant.

Or maybe the Learn to Play the Sather Tower Carillon Decal is simply a front for the Sex With a View Society.

Bunch of musical nymphos.

But truly, sex atop the Campanile has to be more about the grandeur of the act. I like to imagine our suspects bent over with the whole world spread out before them. This is what it’s all about. Being young and naked and having sex at the top of a bell tower. Bravo, voters. I hope to meet one of you some day. You’ve reached the pinnacle of Berkeley romance.

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But there is another reason why the place is so well loved. It so happens that the computers down in the bowels of Moffitt come loaded with Microsoft Word, complete with spelling and grammar checkers in many different languages. A little rusty on your conjugations? What about your noun genders? Handled. Or at least rendered a little better. It’s not magic (ask any computational linguist why). Nonetheless, the Moffitt Microcomputer Facility is likely to serve your printing needs well. ­—Valerie Woolard FOOTE/STAFF KEVIN

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The core of the deal, though, is the fact that these scrumptious sandwiches are always around $4. If you need a break from spending meal points — or just plain don’t have any — then Cheese ‘n’ Stuff is the place to go for a quality meal that won’t deplete your wallet.

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he best way to describe UC Berkeley’s East Asian Library is hushed. Seemingly rough-hewn from stone and blushing wood, it’s all straight lines and windows and light, a little sanctuary from the gape-inducing stone and broad-shouldered banisters of other campus buildings.

One of the newer buildings on campus, the East Asian Library carves out a distinctive place for itself among the classical and beaux-art style buildings that speckle the campus and the more clinically modern structures like Soda, Sutardja Dai or even Stanley Hall.

Although most Berkeley buildings are distinctive in their style and feel, the East Asian Library creates a learning space for students like no other. Its face is studded with a stunning gold-colored metal screen that resembles cracked ice.

The study tables are of calming, rosy wood and white paper lanterns hang ghost-like from its ceilings. Big windows (with ledges students can lie on) flood its reading rooms and collections with natural light, providing a beautiful sanctuary to study in — and admire.

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Tilden Park in the Berkeley hills has even darker skies, especially on a moonless night. For big groups — such as when many of my Astronomy C10 students go watch a meteor shower — my favorite location there is Vollmer Peak, because of its large flat area with clear horizons and the absence of nearby bright lights. If you’re lucky, the city lights will be blocked by fog.

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Sit-Lie: Many claim ordinance unfairly targets homeless

Dream: Some support act despite fiscal effects

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Committee, some business owners on Telegraph Avenue and in Downtown Berkeley are becoming increasingly concerned that individuals sitting and laying on the streets could be contributing to their decline in business.

“There are concerns about a clean and welcoming Downtown that’s inviting for all Berkeleyans and visitors,” said John Caner, executive director of the Downtown Berkeley Association.

But according to Councilmember Kriss Worthington, Telegraph and the Downtown have experienced the smallest percentage drops in sales anywhere in the city. He added that Berkeley already has an ordinance disallowing anyone from lying on the sidewalk on Telegraph from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. but that there is no rule prohibiting sitting on the streets.

A sit-lie ordinance would prohibit both sitting and lying on public sidewalks. The cities of San Francisco and Santa Cruz both currently enforce similar — and equally controversial — ordinances. San Francisco’s was approved by a 53 percent majority of voters last November.

Worthington attributed the increased interest in a sit-lie ordinance for the city to the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce — which hosted a panel discussion on the issue April 4 — “trying to blame the recession on poor people and (the) homeless.”

The chamber has yet to declare its position on the idea of a sit-lie ordinance.

There is no official proposal for an ordinance before the Berkeley City Council, and McLeod said there is no draft of an ordinance currently in the

pressed several reasons for his opposition to the bill.

“We have limited resources; these measures would expand the pool of people competing for those resources and will essentially act as one more incentive for people to come here illegally,” Donnelly said in an email. “While, I was not at all surprised by the result of today’s proceedings, I am disturbed to see the agenda of some legislators is not to address the State’s most pressing problems, but instead to advocate policies that continue California’s slow

slouching toward Socialism.”

However, despite the immediate fiscal impact of the act, several assemblymembers, including Cedillo, cited economic reasons in their decision to support it.

“Every educator, business person and CEO talks about a great need by 2025 for new college graduates, for people who will be working in these industries as leaders,” Cedillo said. “In our workforce, the baby boomers are aging out. It is important to me, to California and to the future of this economy to have these students contribute to the work force and the global economy.”

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Locals sitting on Telegraph Avenue would be affected by a possible ordinance, which would make sitting or lying on sidewalks during business hours illegal. works.

“Berkeley is very likely to be as slow in unfolding as San Francisco’s been,” McLeod said.

Beverley Tornado, a member of Berkeley’s homeless community who often sits in the Telegraph area, said she thinks that an ordinance would cause street-sitters to act out and have a negative effect on business.

“When no one has anywhere to go, they’re going to go crazy and start doing bad things,” she said, adding that some of the people who sit on the streets contribute to the economy in those areas.

Worthington said the current law that prohibits laying on the street

is currently enforced only sporadically, and that the city should work to enforce the existing law, instead of creating a new ordinance. He suggested having a beat officer from the Berkeley Police Department walk down Telegraph, adding that an area that brings in close to $100 million in sales and has the highest crime rate should have its own officer.

According to Worthington, the Berkeley Police Department assigned an officer to the Telegraph area for six weeks last November and December as part of a pilot program in response to some business owners’ complaints.

Feedback for the program was positive, he said.

From Page 2 He added that all but two structures in the district have been properly retrofitted in coordination with a 1991 inspection done by a structural engineer.

The only remaining buildings are the Berkeley High School gymnasium and connecting bridge between buildings G and H — both of which are on track to be rebuilt in 2012.

This district-wide project aimed at ensuring structural soundness is funded by a combination of Measures A and AA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the state, Jones said.

Once these projects are completed, district spokesperson Mark Coplan said the district will begin retrofitting the administrative buildings that do not have classrooms. Jones said the money for these projects will come from Measure I — a $210 million bond

which passed last November.

“All the projects we’ve done meet the current seismic standards and have been inspected,” Superintendent Bill Huyett. “We can work with DSA to have the projects to complete in their mind. School districts are very contentious. The state has been unable to close those things out. That’s an issue they’re trying to catch up on.”

Some parents whose children attend BUSD schools are in agreement with district administrators, saying they trust the structural soundness of the schools, despite the DSA neglecting proper certification.

“One of my kids goes to Thousand Oaks,” said Julie Hayes, mother of two and former auditor of the Berkeley Parent Teacher Association. “I feel pretty confident that that was built to the appropriate standards.”

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From Page 15 Cal has had strong moments this season, but inconsistencies and injuries have contributed to the squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 5-7 overall record.

After starting the season with a solid win against then-No. 1 Stanford, the Bears could only muster one more win in the next five encounters with the Cardinal this season. Cal was throttled by its Bay Area rivals in its marquee home meet on March 25 on Senior Day. Even if Cal doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t achieve victory in the biggest competition of the season, the top 10 gymnasts in each event still have the opportunity to claim personal glory with individual NCAA titles on Saturday.

In the past two decades, the program has had two national championships, 10 top-five finishes and 14 NCAA individual championships.

This season hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lived up to their expectations, but the gymnasts still

hope to end their last year on a high note. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to transform our emotions into inspiration,â&#x20AC;? sophomore Dennis Mannhart said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done and what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep doing.â&#x20AC;?

The NCAA Championships mark the final time the Bears will walk out together as teammates. Some will be continuing their careers at different schools, while others will be saying goodbye to the sport.

But the gymnasts know that, for this weekend at least, each and every one of them will keep on jumping, flipping and dismounting until the judgesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; evaluations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voluntary insanity,â&#x20AC;? senior Eric Haeussler said of the sport. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all in it together and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we love it so much.â&#x20AC;?

Camellia Senemar covers menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastics.

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Taylor Vincent notched a hit in her only at-bat against St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Wednesday. She was one of 12 players to reach base for the Bears, who jumped out to a sizeable lead against the Gaels and never broke a sweat at Levine-Fricke Field.

By Connor Byrne | Staff cbyrne@dailycal.org When St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s catcher Megan Smith hit an RBI double in the fifth inning to cut the Cal softball teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead to seven runs, it looked like the game was going to drag on for a few more innings.

Luckily for the Bears, outfielder Alex Robben put the Gaels out of their misery in the bottom half of the inning with a walk-off single, pushing the lead back up to eight runs and ending the game due to the mercy rule.

Thanks to Robbenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late game heroics, No. 13 Cal defeated St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 9-1, on Wednesday in only the fourth game played at Levine-Fricke field this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to say if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a better home or away team,â&#x20AC;? catcher Lindsey Ziegenhirt said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely more fun to play at home.â&#x20AC;?

After struggling offensively in two losses to No. 8 Washington last weekend, the Bears (25-8, 2-4 in the Pac-10) got back on track against the

Gaels by scoring an efficient nine runs. The team tallied 12 hits, left only three runners on base and had seven different players record RBI. St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pitcher Jessica Lemmon retired the first batter she saw, but then walked the next three. Lemmon was immediately pulled from the game, and replaced by lefty Audrianna Solari.

Solari proved to be equally ineffective, as she allowed the next three batters to hit RBI singles. The Bears earned their first two runs when freshman Victoria Jones dropped a single into left field, bringing shortstop Britt Vonk and third baseman Jace Williams home. Cal would finish the first inning with five runs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really need to come out and explode, and jump on teams early in order to win games,â&#x20AC;? Ziegenhirt said.

It was all downhill from there for the Gaels (5-17, 2-4 in the PCSC).

The Bears continued to add to their advantage in the bottom of the second, when Williams knocked a double into right field, bringing Jamia Reid in to score. Frani Echavarria followed it up with a sacrifice fly, ex-

tending the lead to seven runs after two innings.

Cal also benefitted from a solid outing from pitcher Jolene Henderson, who found her grove after struggling with her control early on.

Following a walk to Christine Torrise to lead off the second inning, Henderson hit Mandy Camuso in the head with a pitch. The sophomore right-hander then settled down, striking out the next two batters to end the inning.

With the team leading, 8-0, going into the fifth inning, Henderson, who struck out seven batters, was pulled from the game along with the rest of the starters. Freshman Arianna Erceg relieved Henderson, allowing two doubles and a run in only one inning of work.

Cal clearly outclassed the Gaels, and dominated nearly every facet of the game en route to an easy win.

That wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the case this weekend, when the Bears play host for a three game series with No. 18 Oregon, who swept all three games with Cal in 2010.

Connor Byrne covers softball.

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should really take your chances when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there.â&#x20AC;?

He realized he still wanted to play college tennis, but finding his way back to that point wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to happen overnight. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I needed to whip myself into shape in order to be able to do that,â&#x20AC;? he says.

At that point, a less focused player might have lamented his wasted potential and watched a dream slip past.

But Gilbert followed his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advice. He picked up an opportunity, HARD enrolling for one year at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla., whose hallowed courts Maria Sharapova and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uncleâ&#x20AC;? Andre once graced in their earlier days.

It paid off. Surrounded on all sides by elite athletes training to be the next generation of pros, Gilbert saw the dedication and drive it took to get to where he hoped to be.

At the end of the year Gilbert realized how much he wanted to remain close to home, close to his dad and his family.

When Wright and the Cal team expressed early interest in him, Gilbert was quickly sold. By December of his senior year he already knew he

would trade in his quiet family home in San Rafael, Calif., for the city life in Berkeley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zach had an interesting history,â&#x20AC;?

Wright says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like a kid like that.

You could see that tennis was what he really wanted to do. You could see the determination.â&#x20AC;? ilbert isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a top player with the flawless set of skills. He has only played twice this season, both times during doubles tournaments that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t count toward rankings.

Untimely and unforseen circumstances â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a broken finger, a bout of mono â&#x20AC;&#x201D; over the past few seasons have set him on the shelf just as he was about to break into the regular lineup.

But Gilbert isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t embittered by the way his collegiate career has turned out. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just grateful to have had the chance to play for the Bears, to make lifelong friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sacrificed a lot for his teammates,â&#x20AC;? Wright says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the consummate team player. His skills are such that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not afraid to start at a lower level and work up.â&#x20AC;?

Since he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play on the court, Gilbert carved out a place right above it. Before most home matches he announces the names of his fellow

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teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach just asked me to do it one day,â&#x20AC;? Zach says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really afraid of public speaking, so I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why not? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll try it out.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

One canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but notice the similarity to his father, who is an ESPN analyst during the Grand Slam tournaments.

But Gilbert insists that it is purely a coincidence. Yes, his path may resemble his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making sure to pave it in himself. He may catch a lucky break here or there â&#x20AC;&#x201D; consider his recurring internship # 10 at ESPN, which brings him into personal contact with Chris Fowler at Wimbledon â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not making any apologies. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to take each opportunity and mold it into his own experience.

And as in every other aspect of Gilbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, his dad will be present on the sidelines cheering him on.

His father showed up to Senior Day at the Hellman Tennis Complex, even though his son didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play.

That day, he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Brad Gilbert, tennis star.

He was just Zachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad.

Annie Gerlach covers menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis.

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taken away from us,â&#x20AC;? sophomore Jeffrey Langenstein said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are playing for ourselves.â&#x20AC;?

The qualifying rounds consist of two sessions on Thursday; Cal will par The most dangerous team is often Mankl]Zr% FZr ,% +))0 the one that has nothing to lose. There take in the second session at St. John wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a next season for the No. 3 Cal Arena. No. 2 Stanford will be its main menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastics team unlike every competition â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the remaining squads other squad competing at this week- are No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, endâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA Championships in No. 10 Nebraska and No. 11 Iowa. Topranked Oklahoma is competing in the Columbus, Ohio. first session.

The Bears will be leaving it all on the If the Bears advance from the qualifloor. fying round to Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team champiAfter hearing of the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deci- onships final, they will almost certainly sion to reinstate the Cal baseball team, face the Sooners. The top three teams menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gymnastics is now the only ca- in each session will move forward. sualty remaining from the initial elimâ&#x20AC;&#x153;We are more than capable of proination back in September. And the ducing the displays to make it until the gymnasts arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t optimistic about the end,â&#x20AC;? senior Daniel Geri said. programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing more that can be m. gym: PAGE 14

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o the rest of the world, Brad Gilbert is the former pro tennis player who climbed to No. 4 in the world and mentored the likes of Andy Roddick and Andre Agassi.

But to Zach Gilbert, he’s just Dad — the early riser who never stops moving, the big personality who liberally embellishes stories, the parent who nicknamed him Buck at an early age because he watched Bambi every day for a year.

“People ask me if it’s weird whenever I hear my dad on TV,” says Gilbert, a senior on the Cal men’s tennis team.

“It doesn’t really feel weird for me. It’s pretty much always been normal. For me, it’s just how it is.”

Gilbert’s idea of “normal” certainly isn’t. Not when he regularly attended Wimbledon when most kids his age attended summer camp. Not when he decked himself out in Nike as a kid because the megabrand gave his dad free clothes. Not when former world No. 1 Agassi, whom Gilbert reveres as a mixture of idol and uncle, gave him a matching haircut when he was eight.

Nonetheless, Gilbert is down-toearth and genuine. He doesn’t once mention a ranking or statistic or award. He fleshes out his father’s character in a way only the son who’s spent his whole life admiring him can.

While Gilbert’s memories of his father’s career have long since faded,

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the example he set is still ingrained in the forefront of his mind.

“He was and still is this very driven person,” Gilbert says matter-of-factly, as if there’s no room for dissent. “I really admire how he was able to overcome the obstacles and will himself to become the great tennis player that he was. Still is.”

The biggest lesson his dad instilled in him wasn’t spoken aloud: it was simply the fact that he never gave up on his dream.

Gilbert has spent his whole life trying to emulate that. ith so much exposure to the world of tennis, Gilbert’s fate was all but predetermined. He’d spent his whole life on the courts, watching his dad coach, watching those clients win. When he turned seven he knew he wanted to play competitively.

His father never pushed him over the edge like a “crazy tennis parent,” even though he easily could have tried to relive his glory days through his son. He was encouraging but never overwhelming.

Gilbert competed all throughout his adolescence, but the junior tournament circuit is demanding and unrelenting. And by the time Gilbert reached high school, he had burned out.

“There were a couple of years where my focus got a little bit less …”

He stops to search for the right word.

“Intense.”

Just as in the junior years, Gilbert’s dad supported him in the break. But his dad was never his coach. The father-son duo wanted to preserve a professional boundary, a divide between tennis and family. So rather than straightforward coaching tips, fatherly advice poured in.

“I think that’s something he’s instilled in me,” he says. “You don’t get that many opportunities in life, so you

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