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Board approves 9.6 percent fee hike By Allie Bidwell and Aaida Samad newsdesk@dailycal.org SAN FRANCISCO — Expressing disgust and sadness at placing an additional burden on students and families, the UC Board of Regents voted to approve a 9.6 percent fee increase at its meeting Thursday while at the same time calling for increased efforts by the UC community to demand that the state reprioritize higher education to avoid future cuts. With only four opposing votes, the board voted to approve the increase in systemwide tuition and fees to be implemented for the coming fall semester as part of an effort to combat a $650 million reduction in state funding. The four regents who voted against the tuition increase were Eddie Island, Student Regent Alfredo Mireles Jr., George Marcus and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. The increase comes on top of an 8 percent hike approved last November, bringing annual tuition and fees for undergraduate California resident students to nearly $12,200. The increase was met with strong contention from students and workers from throughout the university. “This is a sad day for the University of California,” said UC Student Association President Claudia Magana in a statement. “Once again, the Regents have refused to consider alternative options, and chosen the easy route of placing the entire burden on students and their families.”

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Assembly. “We can’t expect students, especially grad students, to continually take out more and more loans.” However, not all students will be required to pay the fee increases. Under the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, students whose families have an income of under $80,000 have their tuition covered by grants

Some city programs may see several thousand dollars head their way after the Berkeley City Council considers the allocation of $36,000 in general funds at its meeting Tuesday. When the council adopted a biennial budget June 28, it also discussed the placement of $45,000 that was made available after it was declined by a city program. Of that amount, only $9,000 was allocated at that time in order to allow the council and city staff more time to review the proper direction for the money because the council was only made aware of that funding at the meeting. According to Jane Micallef, the city’s housing and community services director, the Youth Engagement, Advocacy and Housing program decided not to accept the money it would have received from the city, because it determined the amount was not sufficient. Through the Public Commons for Everyone Initiative, the foregone money would have funded a YEAH program providing case management to homeless youth, Micallef said. The initiative was passed by the council in 2007 and aims to improve the city’s common areas through a number of different policy measures, including expanded housing opportunities, a centralized homeless intake system and increased support for

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Protesters decried the 9.6 percent fee increase at the UC Board of Regents’ Thursday meeting in San Francisco.

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At the start of the meeting, student leaders from multiple UC campuses as well as concerned academic student employees gathered and implored the board to consider the welfare of the students in its consid-

eration of additional fee increases to combat repeated state cuts. “I definitely understand the difficult challenge (the board members) face and the financial seriousness of this financial crisis, but the solution can’t be to hoist the cost on the back of our students. It’s just not a sustainable model,” said Bahar Navab, president of UC Berkeley’s Graduate

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By Kelsey Clark | Staff kclark@dailycal.org The Berkeley City Council delayed voting on election reform amendments submitted by a commission at the council’s Tuesday meeting. Five amendments to the Berkeley Election Reform Act submitted by the Fair Campaign Practices Commission were delayed after Mayor Tom Bates said the reforms left him with questions and needed further examination. “There should be no hurry to adopt this because it won’t apply until June of 2012, so we have plenty of time to understand the details of the ordinance,” Bates said. “There is no real reason to rush to make a decision when in fact there were lots of unanswered questions.” According to Steve Wollmer, chair of the commission, the amendments serve to close gaps in the act — which was approved by Berkeley voters in 1974 — by providing more public disclosure about campaign practices and connecting campaign speech with those entities funding it. “We want a piece of communication or an advertisement used in a campaign to

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By Aaida Samad | Staff asamad@dailycal.org SAN FRANCISCO — With the recently approved fee increases covering only a little more than a quarter of the budget deficit for the University of California, talk at the Thursday meeting of the UC Board of Regents focused on a wide range of alternatives for dealing with the remaining budget shortfall as well as contingencies should an additional $100 million be cut from the UC midyear. Plans presented at the board meeting Thursday were widely varied, with some already in implementation and others being put forward for consideration. The board and UC officials emphasized the need to keep “all options on the table” in order to address the budget shortfall. “I asked to look at every single possible alternative,” said board chair Sherry Lansing in a press conference after the meeting. “That’s what today was all about.” Without the revenue generated from fee increases, the overall UC deficit sits at just over $1 billion — a $650 million reduction in state support as well as around $362.5 million in unfunded mandatory cost increases. The fee hikes — one approved in November and one approved on Thursday — cover a little more than 26 percent of the gap, leaving an overall deficit of around $747 million. At the meeting, options were presented that would be able to partially

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Chair Sherry Lansing and the UC Board of Regents considered plans to address the university’s deficit at Thursday’s meeting. reduce the impact of state cuts in the short-term as well as long-term alternatives that could generate cost savings and revenue enhancements. According to an action item for the meeting, as a result of budget cuts, actions that have already been taken by campuses include layoffs, consoli-

dation and elimination of programs, increased class sizes, delayed faculty hires, reduced levels and hours of service and delayed purchase of necessary equipment. Plans currently being implemented also include the Working Smarter Initiative, a systemwide administra-

tive efficiency initiative which aims to produce savings of $500 million over five years. The program has already generated $157 million in savings over the last year. Increasing nonresident enrollment was also presented as a means

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FEES: Increases will provide an additional $265 million in revenue From front and scholarships. Additionally, those students whose families make between $80,000 and $120,000 will not pay the increases for the first year they are effective. At the meeting, many board members — including those who had voted to approve the hike — reiterated a sense of sadness and regret at having to approve the cuts. In addition, board members emphasized the need to have UC officials, staff, workers and students unite to fight for an increased prioritization of education in the state. “Like most of my fellow regents, I am greatly concerned and deeply saddened that the governor of our great state as well as the legislative leaders have placed such a low priority on supporting California colleges and universities,� said Regent Bonnie Reiss at the meeting. When the UC received a $500 million cut from the state in late March, UC President Mark Yudof said the university could absorb the cut without raising student fees but that any additional cuts would mean fee hikes throughout the system.

The Daily Clog TABLING DEFINED: When the UC Regents approved the 9.6 percent fee hike last week, they tabled discussion on a 5.9 percent trigger increase — a move that student senators have since touted as an ASUC victory. The Daily Clog, however, disagrees.

going to do, and we’re going to do it again this year. We’re going to get them out of hot water,â€? he said. “We’ve become predictable, and one thing I know about predictability is continue to do what you’ve done and you get exactly what you’ve got.â€? Newsom added that rather than increase fees in response to yet another cut in state funding, the UC should address the issue of state funding for higher education “head-on in a different way than we’ve done in the past.â€? According to Sherry Lansing, chair of the board, despite setbacks, the battle for the UC and the state’s higher education institutions will continue. “It’s been a very difficult day today for all of us, and today we have to also move forward ‌ to address the Legislature and address them in a united way with Cal State... (with) the community colleges, the students — we need your help very, very much — the staff and chancellors and all of us, and we will continue this battle,â€? she said at the close of the meeting. Allie Bidwell and Aaida Samad are news editors.

Revenue: Plans to address possible future cuts also considered From Front for addressing the budget shortfall. According to UC officials, the university will likely increase nonresident undergraduate enrollment by about 2,000 students. However, at the meeting, UC officials emphasized that it was important to make clear that enrolling more nonresident students allows the university to serve more California resident students, not fewer. “By taking out-of-state students, we are actually able to sustain, and in some cases increase, the number of in-state students,� Lansing said at the meeting. “We’re actually able to use the extra funding to increase the quality of education as well as the diversity.

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But when the UC received an additional $150 million cut from the state when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the state budget into law at the end of June, all bets were off the table. That cut to the university is also compounded by $362 million in mandatory costs — such as the university’s retirement contributions, energy costs and health costs — which have resulted in an $862 million funding challenge for the university. The additional $150 million cut passed in the state budget brought the UC’s overall budget shortfall to just over $1 billion. The 9.6 percent fee increase together with the 8 percent fee increase passed in November will bring in an additional $265 million in revenue, bringing the current budget shortfall for the system to roughly $747 million. At the meeting, Newsom said that by raising fees yet again, the board would not be sending a message to the state Legislature regarding its “errant ways,� stating that the UC had “failed to do that for 20-plus years.� “Ten years in a row we did exactly what the Legislature thought we were

That’s really, I think, important for all of us to hear.� In addition to plans already being implemented, options for future consideration were presented at the meeting, including differential tuition by campus, differential tuition by discipline and campus specialization. According to the presentation by UC officials, options not under consideration at this time include income-based tuition and enrollment reductions. In addition to addressing this year’s shortfall, should the UC be cut up to an additional $100 million midyear, these alternatives would also be applied, according to an agenda item for

the meeting. If the entire $100 million reduction occurred, an additional 5.9 percent increase in fees would be required to cover the cut, according to the agenda item. Although talk of the increase was tabled at Thursday’s meeting, UC officials have stated that in the event of further cuts, all options are being considered. “We’re not going to take anything off the table, but we have been planning for a number of alternatives,� said Nathan Brostrom, UC executive vice president for business operations, in a press conference after the meeting. Aaida Samad is an assistant news editor.

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nline dating is hands down the easiest way to meet other people who are single and interested. It is also the way of meeting people you are most likely to want lie to your friends about. While online dating may be easier, it doesn’t lend the most romantic answer to “how did you meet?� After all, “We met on OkCupid!� isn’t nearly as romantic as “we met in a bar.� Oh wait, neither really involve champagne and roses. Still, it’s hard to deny that online dating has stigma attached. In some ways, it’s not that hard to see why. I’ve found that there is always a reason someone is on OkCupid (the only dating site I’ve used). Sometimes, the reason is a lack of taste for bars and the hookup culture that such settings provide. But just as often, the reason is complete lack of social skills. Luckily, that level of oddness is normally easy to spot even through the lens of digital communication. A few messages are enough to tell if the person you are interested in hooking up with has the ability to hold up their side of the conversation. One click over to their profile and you know if other assets make up for lack of conversational skills. I admit, I let myself be much more shallow online than I do in real life. After all, I am putting myself into a dedicated dating pool: I might as well utilize the arbitrary selection process to it’s fullest. When scarcity and “I need to get laid now, and I don’t care by who� are taken out of the equation, a little more opportunity for pickyness enters into things. My favorite part of online dating, however, is the fact that it is the closest I am ever going to get to being able to hand out sex surveys. OkCupid utilizes a matching algorithm using multiple choice questions submitted by the users. Given that OkCupid has the youngest demographic of the dating sites, it has the highest percentage of people just looking for a hookup. Really, it’s no surprise that a good chunk of their questions involve sex. Even better, the site compiles data for you on whether the person is more or less kinky than average, as well as reporting on other character traits. Overall, for someone who likes everything neat and statistical, online dating is a win. ut then, once you’ve picked someone who doesn’t seem like a complete weirdo and that you find attractive, it’s time to make that leap off the Internet and into real life. This perhaps is the scariest part of online dating for some people. One guy I was exchanging messages with mentioned that if he was a serial killer, using OkCupid to find victims would be a terrible idea because it creates a digital trail. While a good point in general, this comment did

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not give me the warm and fuzzies. Like I said, it’s not hard to spot the weirdos. till, even if smart serial killers don’t use the Internet to find victims, beware of the dumb ones: Meet in public, tell a friend where you are going and don’t go anywhere alone with the guy (or girl) if you have a bad feeling about it. But, after basic safety precautions and a little leg work, online dating opens up the buffet. Whether you are looking for something serious or just “friendly,� you’ll find someone else looking for the same thing. In fact, if you are just looking for something casual, online is perhaps the ideal place to find it. Traditional routes for meeting people include classes and mutual friends. Both are avenues toward potentially awkward situations. If you start sleeping with a friend of a friend, you either end up hiding the fact you are having sex or awkwardly explaining that you are having sex but not seriously. Better yet, you could put yourself in the position of having to figure out how to gently break up with someone you weren’t actually dating in the first place. Hooking up with a classmate means the potential of an entire semester interacting with someone you never want to see again. Online offers the opportunity to find someone to have sex with that is entirely disconnected from the rest of your life. This severely limits the opportunity for drama. A terrible first date with someone online means one message with a “thanks but no thanks� and you never have to communicate with them again. Message optional. Whether you are interested in casual sex, serious dating or anything in between, moving the search to the Internet offers a host of benefits. From a quick and easy way to check and check off criteria, to a hassle free way to ditch the duds, it’s easy to see the perks. So if the only major drawback is social stigma, no one but you needs to know how you really met.

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REFORM: Amendments could provide more public disclosure From FRONT list the people who contributed $2,500 or more listed on actual communication,� Wollmer said. Bates said the council needed more time to review details in the five amendments, such as the font and color of the list of campaign contributors on lawn signs. The commission has been working on these amendments since it held a public hearing in October 2009. Another amendment would enact a $10 per day penalty for candidates in an election who fail to file a report detailing campaign expenditures. While Bates said he feels this penalty is far too low, Councilmember Kriss Worthington was in agreement with the commission’s recommendation. “Right now, we have policies on the books that you’re supposed to turn in your report, but if you don’t turn in your report, the only thing that happens is you get a letter next month saying you didn’t turn in your report,� Worthington said. “There’s no incentive for if somebody misses filing to make them file it.� The commission also proposed that campaign committees report any independent expenditures — defined as an expenditure not coordinated with a candidate or a proponent of a measure — of $1,000 or more within 24 hours to the City Clerk’s office and all other campaign committees if received during the last 30 days of the election. Wollmer said these amendments would establish procedures to ensure a timely disclosure of campaign funds, as the 1974 ordinance was made in an era before email and the widespread use of absentee ballots. Councilmember Gordon Wozniak said he agrees with recording campaign expenditures with the City Clerk’s office but that it is unnecessary to notify other parties of campaign expenditures. Worthington, however, agreed with the commission’s proposed amendment that adds a time

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Councilmember Kriss Worthington, who represents District 7, agreed with the amendment that would impose a penalty on candidates who fail to file campaign expenditure reports. constraint on the disclosure of information. “I think the intention of the Berkeley Election Reform Act is to give the public more information, and big corporate interests have found a loophole,� Worthington said. “If they wait until right before the election, then the word doesn’t get out to the public about what they’re doing.� The commission was created by voters in a 1974 initiative in order to administer the ordinance. Commission members are appointed by the City Council, and in order to pass any election reform amendments, a twothirds approval is required from both

entities. “Rather than having the City Council set our policies and purposes, we respond and act on the purposes established under the initiative,� Wollmer said. “There’s an inherent conflict here — the citizens determined that it was necessary to determine political practices and finances, and the council is a feature of political practices.� Wollmer said at the council meeting the commission was not given adequate time to present its amendments. The commission plans to hold a workshop in September for council members and commission members to discuss the election reform amendments.

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UNIVERSITY ISSUES The ASUC must lead students in opposition to state leaders’ continual disinvestment in higher education.

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A call to action n Thursday, state disinvestment forced another fee increase for students of the University of California. Though discussion of further fee increases has been temporarily tabled, students are not in the clear. The regents’ decision to postpone consideration of the “trigger mechanism” that would enact additional fee increases is only a temporary respite — should the $4 billion of projected revenue in the state budget fail to materialize, such a mechanism will be reconsidered. But students cannot wait to find out whether the projected revenues will be realized; they need to mobilize, and they need to mobilize now. But they cannot do it by themselves. Elected ASUC officials must lead the effort against state disinvestment by realizing their influence and working now to prepare to organize and harness student energy in the fall. While they have been visible from afar — sending out campuswide emails and participating in media interviews — these acts alone do not comprise the duties of their roles. As students return to campus, ASUC officials must actively and personally engage the student body in such a way that provides an avenue to voice frustration toward state leaders for con-

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tinual disinvestment. Elected officials can look to the past for examples of effective ASUC-motivated demonstrations; the protest on Sept. 24, 2009, was a success because of its size and organization, and it resulted in thengovernor Arnold Schwarzenegger dismissing proposed cuts to the university. Mobilization can work when properly executed, but without guidance risks certain failure. Recently, however, protests have been largely reactionary. Students must be proactive in asserting opposition to state leaders’ efforts to solve California’s financial crisis by slashing education. In conjunction with what we hope will be a systemwide effort led by student leaders, we call on the university to exhaust all forms of alternative revenue to diminish the possibility of a midyear fee increase. A unified voice will always resonate more powerfully with state legislators and will advance both the students’ and the administrations’ efforts to pressure the state into reinvesting in California’s future. Though we face financial uncertainties going forward, our resolve must remain definite. We are past the stage of complaints — together, we must act.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig recently struck out, big time, by refusing to relocate the 82nd All-Star Game from Phoenix, Arizona, to another city due to the desert state’s immigration law, SB 1070. Although the core of this draconian law remains under a federal court injunction, if Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has her way, it can go all the way to the conservative-dominated Supreme Court and set a devastating legal precedent against 50 million Latinos in the U.S. Selig was petitioned by numerous civil rights and immigrant advocate groups to take a moral and financial position against a law that promotes racial profiling against all Latinos. SB 1070 allows for police officers and other government officials to demand legal documents against individuals under the guise of “reasonable suspicion.” The fundamental problem here

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is that those most likely to be targeted will be brownskinned individuals and those with Spanish surnames. Despite this fact, Selig and the owners of the Major League Baseball teams don’t seem to care that almost 30 percent of the MLB baseball players — those of Latin American decent with Spanish surnames like Gonzalez, Mariano and Rodriguez — will be directly impacted by this law that has spread like wildfire to other states such as Utah, Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Taking the so-called apolitical position that America’s greatest pastime will not get involved in a law that should be settled through the political process, Selig conveniently ignores the fact that locating the All-Star Game in Phoenix in the first place represents a political act. It’s no secret that major U.S. cities compete against each other to secure the next major sports event like the MLB World Series, NFL Super Bowl or NBA World Championship. Not only do governors and mayors get involved in this competitive process on behalf of their states and cities to capture the financial benefits and publicity of major professional games, but also key business interests that benefit directly from those individuals and families who buy tickets, consume food, drink alcohol, rent hotels, attend tourist attractions and buy memorabilia. This is not the first time that the Latino community has been taken for granted by Major League Baseball. In the mid-1900s, thenBrooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley and his friends had no problem in displacing an entire Latino community — Chavez Ravine — to make room for the new ten-

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STATE ISSUES Race and gender should not be considered during the admissions process for the University of California.

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he debate over campus diversity — particularly what qualifies as a diverse campus — is emotionally charged and difficult to navigate. At the same time, it is hard to deny that campus diversity, by any measure, enriches the college experience while providing education unattainable in the classroom. In the past — as we do now — we have supported the holistic review admissions process originally endorsed by the UC Board of Regents in January. Holistic review best judges an applicant’s qualifications by assessing his or her application as a whole, taking into account personal tragedies and socioeconomic hardships. Essentially, an applicant’s ability to perform well in the rigorous academic climate of the University of California should be the major determining factor in the admissions process. Senate Bill 185, authored by state Senator Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, would allow UC and CSU schools to consider factors such as gender, race and economic status in undergraduate and graduate admissions decisions. While there is no doubt the university’s aim should be to replicate the diverse demographics of California, considering gender and

race in admissions decisions is unnecessarily divisive. The two traits alone have very little to do with applicants’ strengths or weaknesses. Other qualities must be taken into account during the admissions process to ensure a well-rounded, well-prepared student body, such as academic and leadership skills. If gender or race have had a large impact on applicants, they can still portray that in their applications without being afforded preferential treatment. Such is the beauty of holistic review. By judging the application as a whole, a more accurate representation of the individual’s potential is revealed solely based on strength of application — not gender or race. Though inequality remains a constant presence, preferential admissions treatment based on gender and race is the wrong solution. Instead, the state can focus on addressing education gaps between gender and ethnic groups earlier in a person’s education, alleviating many of the problems that would necessitate preferential treatment at the university level. Reaching a proper level of diversity at the university to benefit all of California will take time, but it is well worth the wait.

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main provisions in place and will be valid for the next 15 months By Kelsey Clark | Staff kclark@dailycal.org The University of California announced Thursday that it had reached an agreement with the UC systemwide police officers’ union on a new contract that will be valid for 15 months. Ratified by the police union July 8, the contract retroactively began July 1 and will extend until Sept. 30, 2012. “It is a new agreement, but the main provisions haven’t changed,� said UC spokesperson Dianne Klein. “For example, it did not include any

salary increases.� According to the new contract, police officers who have been at the top tier of their pay scale for at least one year will receive a monthly payment of $100 for 15 months. Officers who are at a top step and move up a step in the pay scale due to longevity will stop receiving the monthly payment. Klein said the monthly payment can be viewed as a temporary bonus rather than a permanent pay increase. The 249 university police officers will continue to progress through the pay scale based on years of service and eligibility. The police union — the Federated University Police Officers Association — represents the systemwide bargaining unit for the university’s police officers. The association represented the Police Officers Unit during the previous contract agreement that ran from Oct. 10, 2008 through June 30, 2011. As per the union negotiations,

police officers will begin paying new 2012 premium rates for health insurance in January 2012, though Klein said she did not know the specific amount of the rates. As part of the new agreement, police officers will pay 1.5 percent of their salary base pay into the university systemwide retirement plan, according to Klein. She added that non-union university employees are paying 3.5 percent and that each union negotiates this rate with the university separately. The negotiated provisions in the new contract were agreed upon through collaborative effort by both the association and the university, Klein said. This new contract agreement will be continued on a year-to-year basis, unless the university or the association gives written notice 60 calendar days prior to Sept. 30, 2012 or the subsequent date of the

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Public Safety

City Council to pick network for police, fire agencies By Sarah Rosen | Staff srosen@dailycal.org On Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council will decide which communication network the city police and fire departments will join to synchronize communications throughout the Bay Area. Per mandate by the Federal Communications Commission, all non-federal public safety radio systems must migrate to narrowband channels — meaning the bandwidth of a radio message does not exceed 12.5 kilohertz — by Jan. 1, 2013. If an agency does not meet that deadline, it faces the loss of communication capabilities. Berkeley has two options — the East Bay Regional Communications System Authority or the communication system used by the city of Oakland. The

council’s decision may be influenced by the financial differences as well as purported benefits of each system. Though both networks meet the technical and operational needs for the city, extensive analysis and discussion determined that joining the East Bay system would be the most costeffective and financially manageable option for Berkeley, according to Acting Public Works Director Andrew Clough. Additionally, both the Berkeley Fire Department and the Berkeley Police Department are in favor of joining the East Bay system. Kathy Neal, a proponent of partnering with Oakland, encouraged the council not to rush into making a decision at its last meeting and advocated for the Oakland system on the grounds that it is “better, faster and cheaper.� Berkeley Fire Chief Debra Pryor said at the meeting that although either system would function and “do what we

need it to do,� the East Bay system provides the coverage the city needs today. “The Oakland system would be something that we would have to actually negotiate and establish with them in order to get the coverage that we needed from a fire aspect,� Pryor said at the meeting. “We feel pretty strongly that this is the right decision based on the information that we have and the research that we have done over a couple of years, and we’re confident with the recommendation coming forward from the fire perspective.� In further support for the East Bay system, BPD Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said an important aspect of that system is the 37 partners that are already on board and the support of public safety officials. “We feel that this regional system gives us a greater capacity during a fire, natural disaster and/or public

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youth ages 18 to 25 at risk of becoming chronically homeless. But the council was not prepared to allocate all of the money immediately. It instead opted to give the Stonewall and Cinco de Mayo festivals $5,000 and $4,000, respectively, and consider the remaining $36,000 July 19. Now, the council will consider a recommendation from City Manager Phil Kamlarz, who has proposed allocating $9,000 to homeless services and $27,000 to services in South Berkeley, including $14,000 for the Black Infant Health Program, which provides free counseling and referrals to health services, among other types of assistance, to pregnant and parenting African American women.

“I think South Berkeley is definitely underserved, so any more money we can put toward services in South Berkeley is a good thing,� said Councilmember Jesse Arreguin. The city manager’s recommendation incorporates part of the budgetary allocations proposed by Councilmember Max Anderson at the June 28 meeting. Under Anderson’s proposal, a total of $264,000 would have been allocated to 17 city programs, but the approved proposal from Mayor Tom Bates and Councilmember Linda Maio funded only some of those programs about $114,000. Though the city manager has proposed a mostly general recommendation for the allocation of the remain-

ing funds, it is up to the council’s discretion to determine the specifics of where the money should go. Arreguin said he planned to consult Anderson because the recommendation would place a large portion of the funds to services in his district, but that there are programs throughout the city that could benefit from additional funding. “We have so many additional agencies we can fund that were cut, and is it best to put that money toward services just in South Berkeley?� Arreguin said. “There are lots of different agencies we could fund ... that need the money.� J.D. Morris is an assistant news editor.

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According to Klein, negotiations for the annual contract renewal. Stolen car — Ward and Grant “As far as I know, I don’t see it having new agreement were not protracted, beStreets a great effect on any changes on the cam- cause both sides had a good attitude and A Berkeley man said he parked realized what was at stake with the univerpus,� said UCPD Lt. Marc DeCoulode. his car at the intersection of Ward On the UC Berkeley campus, UCPD sity’s current economic challenges. and Grant Streets on Sunday, July “We’re in the midst of a financial crihas 64 sworn officials, including officers, 10,4<08;) at about 9:00 p.m. ... ?7>=4) .*)&.-1&1,)) 50G) .*)&1-2&+1), e^`Zel9]Zber\Ze'hk` Ihlm rhnk :eZf^]Z <hngmr E^`Zel pbma nl' sergeants, lieutenants, captains and the sis — we’re in a billion dollar budget chief, according to DeCoulode. He added deficit,� Klein said. “The good news Armed pedestrian robbery — 2500 block of Stuart Street the new contract agreement only applies about these negotiations was they were cordial and everybody cooperated and A 24-year-old woman was walkto police officers. ing home on Tuesday, July 12, at 9:10 “It’s pretty apparent that the campus they came to an agreement and people p.m. She was in the 2500 block of is in financially challenging times so that moved on. I think both sides underStuart Street when two men walked stood the tough financial situation.� affects everyone,� he said.

up to her from behind. ... Strong-arm robbery of purse — 2000 block of Durant Avenue A 20-year-old woman was walking to a party in the 2000 block of Durant Avenue on Wednesday night, July 13. It was about 9:10 p.m. when she glanced behind her and saw a male suspect. He suddenly grabbed her purse, and she held on to it. ... Robbery of a bike via punches — Thousand Oaks School An 18-year-old Berkeley man was riding his bicycle on the Thousand Oaks School grounds. A male sus-

pect walked up to the cyclist and began punching him until he got off his bike. ... Burglary of home — 100 The Uplands A male community member left his home in the 100 block of The Uplands at about 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. He went to run a short errand. ... Check the News Blog on www. dailycal.org for weekly crime blotter posts. — Allie Bidwell & J.D. Morris

System: Police, fire personnel consider current needs and cost-effectiveness of proposed networks From Page 5 safety crisis that is regional to be able work well together and to develop a strategy to manage a large-scale situation,� she said at the meeting. Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan said at the meeting that either system will be an improvement on what

is in place now but that he has yet to have anybody recommend anything other than the East Bay system. The cost of joining the East Bay system and replacing all of the necessary radio equipment is about $2.5 million for the first year, with an estimated an-

nual cost of $280,000, according to the Office of the City Manager. But Councilmember Jesse Arreguin said that although city staff has proposed the annual cost, he still questions the security of the estimate. According to Arreguin, the Oak-

land system is already up and running, whereas the East Bay system is not and will not be until at least the summer of 2012. He added that by joining that East Bay system, Berkeley will be locked in and must pay all financial obligations associated with the system.

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“Can (the East Bay system) really project, at this time, the long-term projected costs and resulting financial obligation that Berkeley will be responsible to pay for as the project progresses, is designed, developed and operated over the longer term?� Arreguin said.

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saw four of his pitchers taken in the 2011 MLB Draft, including weekend starters Erik Johnson and Dixon Anderson. Tyson Ross, a 2008 secondMa^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg DUMMY round selection, and Brandon Morrow Looks like there’s no place like home — who went No. 5 overall in 2006 to — not even a miraculous season that become the school’s highest-ever ended in Omaha. draftee — currently pitch for the Less than a Oakland A’s and Toronto Blue Jays, month after the respectively. Cal baseball team Both Hubbs and Cal head coach exited the College David Esquer, whose own contract World Series, recently expired, arrived in Berkeley in pitching coach 1999 after serving as assistants at Dan Hubbs is Pepperdine. Esquer was named returning to USC, National Coach of the Year in June by where he took the the National College Baseball Writers mound from 1990 dan Association. to 1993. Hubbs hubbs As a Trojan nearly two decades ago, will serve as the Hubbs was used as both a starter and Trojans’ pitching coach and associate reliever, and set a then-school record head coach. with 18 saves during senior season. He The hiring, which was originally followed that with a seven-year career rumored in early July, was officially in the minors with the Los Angeles announced last Monday by USC head Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. coach Frank Cruz. By adding Hubbs, USC will hope “I am very excited about the oppor- to remedy what was one of the worst tunity to come back and coach where I pitching staffs in the conference. In played,� Hubbs said in a press release. 2011, the Trojans ranked eighth in “USC always has been a very special the Pac-10 in ERA, their mark of 4.83 place to me and my family. I’m looking lagging far behind seventh-best forward to helping get the program Arizona. Only Washington and back to where it has been and should Washington State were worse. be, at the top of the collegiate baseball “We feel very fortunate to be able landscape.� to add such an elite and highlyHis departure is a blow to the Bears, regarded coach to our staff as we who enjoyed steady performances on work to return USC baseball to its the mound during his 12-year tenure. tradition of excellence,� Cruz said in a Under Hubbs, Cal reset its own single- press release. “It is another sign of season strikeout record three times, the support we are receiving from including a new mark of 475 in 2011. athletic director Pat Haden and the This past spring, the pitching staff also USC athletic administration.� posted the second-best ERA in the Although USC has won 12 College Pac-10. World Series finals, at least double the His work has also helped make Cal total of any other school, it has not a Major League pipeline. The coach reached the postseason since 2005.

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was at the 1999 Women’s World Cup Final. In sweltering heat and sun, I watched 14 women fight through 120 minutes of soccer only to decide the game with penalty kicks. Though it featured no goals, the match was the single most inspiring and exciting sporting event I have ever attended. For most Americans, Brandi Chastain’s iconic celebration of the winning moment is the image that will forever commemorate that occasion. While I will never forget witnessing that instant, Chastain wasn’t the player who made that day so meaningful for me. The player who did wasn’t even on the field for the winning moment. Michelle Akers was in the locker

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room, after battling her chronic the team an unfaltering will to comfatigue syndrome through 90 min- pete against the odds, the women’s utes in 90-degree heat and even high- national team pressed forward. As the retirement of four of Akers’ er stakes. I didn’t even comprehend at the age of eight that she was being founding teammates approached taken off the field with a medical during the 2004 Olympics, Abby problem. For 90 whole minutes, I had Wambach scored in overtime against watched her play skillful, passionate, Brazil to send the players off with a and aggressive soccer, never faltering gold medal. The goal not only secured until the moment when medics had the title but served as a reminder of the hope for the team’s bright future. to help her off the field. As time dwindled away in overtime Though Akers retired early the Mankl]Zr% FZr ,% +))0 next year, her resilience never left. against Brazil last Sunday, announcer And in spite of yesterday’s loss in the Julie Foudy kept insisting the United States was still in it. Spectators were final, it never will. That determination and drive is probably rolling their eyes at her what has defined the U.S. women’s optimism, but Foudy, a former national soccer program and all its national team captain, knew the team players, from Akers’ generation to better than to assume defeat, even as Alex Morgan’s. The way the team overtime rolled into stoppage time. This team just thrives when the trudged through tough calls and tougher breaks in the quarterfinal odds are against it. Though the 1999 World Cup was, against Brazil reflected that undying for the women who played, an oppornational character. In the early ’90s, the team played tunity to prove to a point the country for practically no money or national and world, I watched with the same recognition. They won the first-ever blind faith Foudy had as she watched Women’s World Cup in 1991 and kept the team against Brazil last week. Perhaps it was eight-year-old playing, bouncing back after a loss in the ’95 cup to win an Olympic gold naïvetÊ, but I remember watching the game without a question of who one year later. Though that team was still playing would win. I had seen Akers playing, with little domestic support, they chan- and the team had nothing to prove to neled the disadvantages and frustra- me — I already believed. The team may have lost some tions into an even more impassioned game — the same way this year’s squad believers during the final. But those who have been watching them for the did a player down against Brazil. When the United States survived past 12 years (or more) know better. into overtime, that success was damp- The quarterfinal match was a sweet ened quickly by Marta’s goal. It was reminder of the awe-inspiring resilmuch like the incredibly short-lived ience that captivated me in 1999. momentum the program experienced That resilience endures whether or after the ’99 victory. Four years after not the team is the reigning champs. And if Alex Morgan and the rest of that win, the three-year-old WUSA folded and the U.S. didn’t even see the newest generation continue to play as they have, we won’t have to the World Cup final. But embodying the spirit of Akers wait another 12 years to witness it and her teammates who fostered in again.

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It’s like knowing when you’re going to die.” —Former Cal swimmer Nathan Adrian, on why he doesn’t set a personal time to beat in the pool

Monday, July 18, 2011 – Wednesday, July 20, 2011 • dailycal.org/sports

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With the London Olympics a year away, Nathan Adrian is on the edge of glory. And he’s the last to know it. By Katie Dowd | Senior Staff kdowd@dailycal.org

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Look for a video of Adrian’s 2010 upset win over Cesar Cielo in the 50-meter free.

Editor: Hey, we need to run a feature soon. Got any ideas? Katie: I just realized we’ve never written one on Nathan Adrian. How could that be? The guy’s one of the most decorated athletes in Cal history. I’m looking at his bio right now: 11 national championships, seven conference records, two American records, one world record and a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. He’s a swimming legend. There’s got to be a story somewhere in there.

Editor: All yours.

Editor: So how’d the interview with Adrian go? Katie: He’s a cool guy and very well-spoken. Definitely one of the nicest people I’ve ever interviewed. But I’m a little worried about my angle, though.

Editor: What do you mean? Katie: He’s too normal. If he has a personality quirk, it’s that he’s too nice. He asked me if it was OK that he wore sunglasses during the interview, for crying out loud. It’s funny. Your first thought when you meet him is: This guy is a stud. He looks manufactured, not born. Mile-long legs, big broad shoulders. He’s worried about getting endorsement deals, but he shouldn’t be. And then you notice Adrian’s smile. He has one of those whole-face-crinkles-up grins that makes everyone else happy, too. It makes you forget that you’re in the presence of the one of the preeminent sprinters in the world — a guy who won a gold medal at his first-ever Olympic games. Adrian’s this big, sleepy cougar. He looks relaxed sitting at the pool deck, but there’s coiled strength below the surface. Which is all well and good but the problem — story-wise — is that Adrian has no idea of how brilliant he is. He said none of his records mean anything because he’s “never set any substantial records long course, and long course is what the world cares about.” It’s impossible to get a self-congratulatory quote of out him. He hates talking about personal achievements. I asked him about 10 different ways how it feels to be one of the fastest swimmers in the world, and he gave answers to completely different questions. He told me he “took pride in being able to rise to the occasion” and talked about how much he loves the Cal swim team. You can’t attribute it to sudden success either. Adrian’s had a long time to settle into being a champion. He was one of the most highly recruited kids coming out of high school (but he says he was only the third- or fourth-best recruit in the nation that year out of a small pool … right). His sophomore year at Cal, he set two American records while winning the national championship in the 50 and the 100 free. The next year, he won the 100 free title again, but called it a “sloppy” year because he didn’t win the 50, too. Even the humble hero usually acknowledges some benchmark accomplishments. On a scale of one to Michael Phelps, Adrian is a seven or an eight with the potential for much more. And he has no clue.

Editor: What about his swimming style? Is there an angle there? Katie: I’m thinking about that. There’s this video we should link to on the website: the 2010 Pan

Editor: Now we’re onto something. Can you integrate that with his trip to the Beijing Olympics? Katie: I asked Adrian for his favorite memory from Beijing and his answer was: “Shoot, I should probably figure that stuff out.” The Olympics are the zenith of a swimmer’s career, and Nathan couldn’t come up with a single highlight. I could use that angle to reveal something about his personality, though. He has one quote: “Until you see it on TV, it’s just another meet. You go to the ready room, there’s a bunch of international guys, you walk out onto the pool. Every pool’s different, but it’s the same water.” That’s his outlook right there. Some people might think it’s sad that Nathan thought the Olympics were like any other meet. I love it. His life is one long, happy adventure. Nothing stands out, because everything is good. That’s what people love about him. He’s the most beloved man on the swim team. Every person who passed us during the interview stopped to chat with him, and his phone was dinging with texts constantly. I think in order to live with that determined, sustained joy, you have a keen sense of the temporality of life — that nothing lasts forever so you’ve got to enjoy every second. That’s why swimming is so powerful for Adrian. In his words, it’s “not necessarily like track where you’ve met where the epitome of human potential is. There’s just so, so much more left to give and left to take in swimming.” I asked him if he thinks he has a time in the pool he could reach someday. An end-all, be-all best time. “I’m sure there will be one and there is one, but I don’t want to know it,” he said. “If I fall short, then I haven’t reached my potential, and if I get it, there’s nowhere to go from there. “It’s like knowing when you’re going to die.”

Editor: Now that’s good stuff. You can work with that. Do you have an anecdote you can lead

with?

Pacific Championships in Irvine. The announcer talks the whole time about Cesar Cielo, the 50 free world record holder.

Katie: I’ve got a great one. We talked about Risk, the board game. It was his favorite growing up. His strategy was thus:

Before the race starts, he says, “If it was 60, 70 meters, I think that Adrian might have a chance, but this guy has so much speed, so much power.”

“You’ve got to start with the smaller boosters. Australia, South America. I’d usually move to Africa if I had South America because there was only four places you had to win, now that I’m thinking about it.”

The starting beep goes off a second later, and Adrian and Cielo hit the water at the same time. They cut the blue glass of the pool with big, smooth sweeps of their arms. It’s the 50, so there’s no time to think. Like Adrian says, “You can’t be looking at anyone else. You don’t have time to breathe.” It’s all over in seconds. The announcer shouts, “Cielo looks like he’s just ahead” as the swimmers’ hands hit the wall. Adrian comes up, and you see him look up and down the scoreboard as he learns what everyone else in the stands already knows. The announcer’s voice is ringing with shock as he says: “Nathan Adrian just beat the fastest swimmer in history!” Fantastic, right? I love that race, because it’s a perfect transition point in Nathan’s life. He is so close to being a household name (and I’m betting he will be after the 2012 Olympics). He’s right on the cusp on greatness but, at least for now, he’s still sneaking up on people.

And the funniest part of the story is that when Adrian was at the Olympic Village, everyone was playing Risk. Of all the games in the world, they were playing his childhood favorite. So what does he do? “I didn’t let myself start because I knew how I would get and I knew I’d probably have misplaced bad feelings towards certain people,” he says. “I didn’t want to start on the wrong foot in my first national team experience.” He’s the next big thing in American swimming, but still gets heated over board games. He tweets about missing his roommates and watching chick flicks. With Adrian, it’s all about the dichotomy between his competitive drive in the pool and his puppy dog likability out of it. Ultimately, that’s what his story boils down to.

Editor: That’s a good place to start.

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