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Subsidy cut causes worry over graduate student debt By Anjuli Sastry | Staff asastry@dailycal.org

tem on a per student basis is deeply flawed,” said UC spokesperson Dianne Klein in an email. “Campuses vary on many factors and there are good reasons why funding varies.” UC officials have also taken issue with a claim made in the report that suggests fund distribution may be linked to the racial or ethnic makeup of different student populations. The report found that the four campuses with an above average percentage of students from “underrepresented” groups — UC Merced, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz — received less funding than they would have if each campus received the same amount per student. “The BSA’s attempt to link the strategic decisions of past Presidents and Regents to the distribution of students by race/ethnicity across the system is inflammatory and headline-grabbing,” Klein said in

Graduate student Megan Wachspress will begin her first year at the UC Berkeley School of Law this fall with a load of textbooks, materials and the added burden of increased interest payments for the federal student loans she has taken out to pay for her education. With the interest subsidy for the federally subsidized Stafford graduate loan program cut as a part of the federal government’s recent decision to raise the national debt ceiling, Wachspress and some of her fellow graduate and professional students will face continued struggles to fund their education. “It’s the government saying ‘congratulations, you are going to be spending up to $10,000 to borrow money to complete an education,’” Wachspress, who also serves as a campus recording secretary of the United Auto Workers Local 2865 — a union which represents nearly 12,000 graduate student instructors, readers and tutors in the UC — said. “It is not just a cut in funding — it’s asking graduate students to pay more fees to the U.S. government by increasing interest payments.” In addition to the elimination of interest subsidies that will take effect in July 2012, the bill — the Budget Control Act of 2011 — also cuts a credit given to students who make loan payments on time. “One of the frustrating things for me was that this wasn’t done in consideration as to how we fund higher education for grad students,” said David Louk, a graduate student at UC Berkeley. “This was done as a last-minute negotiation to cut a deal in Washington.” At the cost of eliminating the interest subsidy for graduate students, an additional $17 billion was given to the Pell Grant program, which provides undergraduate students with federal financial aid, in order to maintain its maximum award amount of $5,550. Louk said the two do not have to be mutually exclusive. “The way it was framed by Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate ... was that they would cover the increasing burden of Pell Grants but eliminate payback that graduate students get if they repay loans for the first couple months,” he said. “They were primarily concerned about Pell Grants and did not push back against the cutting of subsidized interest for grad students at the risk of losing Pell Grants.” To make up for the fact that graduate students will have to choose between paying interest on their loans or letting it accumulate while they are still in school, the amount that students can borrow in federal Stafford loans per year will be raised, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. Charlie Eaton, a UC Berkeley graduate student and financial secretary for the union, said the cuts only make graduate students throughout the UC more financially insecure. He added that the union is speaking with members systemwide on how they will respond to this issue, although no plans have been finalized yet. “It makes me angry because we are seeing graduate students and working

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Council paid more than state suggests By Jonathan Tam | Staff jtam@dailycal.org While many city council members across the state of California are paid an annual salary within state guidelines, Berkeley City Council members are being paid higher than what is recommended, according to a recent analysis of data by the Los Angeles Times. Although the analysis — released Aug. 2 — found that City Council members are being overpaid, state guidelines do not directly control the salaries for council members, said David Abel, the city’s human resources manager. He added that these state guidelines only apply to general law cities, and because Berkeley is a charter city, the guidelines are only recommendations. A charter city does not have to follow the same guidelines as general law cities — which comprise about 75 percent of California cities — and has supreme authority over municipal affairs, including the right to establish its own council salary guidelines, according a California city resource file. According to Berkeley’s city charter, the salary guidelines were set in 1998, setting a coun-

cil member’s monthly salary at $1,800 and the mayor’s monthly salary at $2,850, both of which can be can be adjusted annually according to increases in the cost of living. The analysis is based on data from 2009 and places a Berkeley council member’s annual salary at around $24,382 under the state guidelines. In reality, Berkeley council members were paid around $37,018, according to the analysis. Abel said the current annual salary for a City Council member is $29,520, while the mayor’s salary is $46,764. Councilmember Jesse Arreguin said the $37,018 salary figure reported in the analysis does not appropriately account for the average council member’s salary but likely includes the mayor’s salary, which would increase the average. According to Arreguin, council members’ “take-home pay” after tax deductions and benefit contributions is $29,520, but this amount does not include work benefits such as health and retirement benefits, which can amount to $15,000 to $25,000, depending on how long the city official has been working. Although City Council members receive this added compensation, both Arreguin and Councilmember Kriss Worthington said they struggle to survive off the part-time salary, adding that the work often

requires the effort of a full-time job. Arreguin and Worthington both said that even though a council member position is considered a part-time job, they do not hold other jobs outside of their city positions in hopes of fully dedicating their time to the Berkeley community. “I am working more than 40 hours a week, and every day of the week, I am doing something related to my council position, whether it be talking to the city manager, going to community events, speaking with my constituents or working on legislation,” Arreguin said. With his current salary, Councilmember Gordon Wozniak said he imagines that many would be unable or unwilling to run for a council member position. “By paying low salaries, most citizens cannot contemplate running for office, since the council salary would not support them,” Wozniak said. The city’s dynamic nature is an additional reason some City Council members may not feel adequately paid for their typical amount of work, said Anthony Sanchez, Arreguin’s chief of staff. “Berkeley is known across the world to be crazy and frenetic — that is definitely the case,” Sanchez said. “Working in Berkeley is a fullcontact sport.”

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UC says state audit advice was already in the works By Allie Bidwell | Senior Staff abidwell@dailycal.org Though a group of student leaders from throughout the UC is calling for the implementation of several recommendations made by a recently released state audit, university officials maintain that such transformations were in the works prior to the audit and are already being implemented. The audit of the university, which was released July 28, began last year following a request from state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, who had alleged that the university was plagued with “waste, fraud and abuse.” Though the report did not find cases of wasteful spending, it did suggest that the university should increase the transparency of its financial information — a recommendation that the UC Students Association is urging the university to

more strongly consider. “Students have long called for greater transparency in UC budgeting policies,” said UCSA president Claudia Magana in a statement. “It has been incredibly difficult for students and their families to understand exactly where their money is going.” The recommendation to increase financial transparency stemmed in part from a key finding of the report that showed a discrepancy in the distribution of funds to each campus per student. But the university rebutted the claim, stating that the difference in funding comes from several factors, such as specific research and public service programs that are budgeted separately from instruction, the size of a campus’s health sciences program, historical variations in the amount of support provided for graduate students and historical variations in the level of state support. “The initial premise held by (the Bureau of State Audits) that funding should be equal across the sys-

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Online Exclusives Campus journalism school dean resigns Henry was chosen as dean of the Neil Henry has resigned as dean of UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of journalism school in 2009 after holdJournalism, the campus announced ing the position on a transitional basis since 2007. Friday. “Please join me in thanking In an email to faculty, Neil for his many years of serstaff, students and selected vice as dean,� Breslauer said in alumni of the journalism the email. “During these years, school, Executive Vice Neil has made important and Chancellor and Provost lasting contributions to the George Breslauer said school, the region and the proHenry will return to teachfession of journalism.� ing. According to the email, Included in Henry’s Neil former dean Tom Goldstein accomplishments enumeratwill serve as interim dean Henry ed by Breslauer is the implefor the upcoming academic year with the expectation of appoint- mentation of a major curriculum ing a full-term dean effective July 1, reorganization for multimedia and basic reporting instruction. ... 2012. Jeffrey Joh/Staff

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A public meeting was held to discuss the impact of Berkeley Aquatic Park West as a potential second Berkeley lab campus.

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Mike Neu named Bears’ pitching coach In the spring of 2012, the Cal baseball team will look to build on a magical College World Series run. Luckily, the newest addition to the Bears’ staff is no stranger to success in Omaha, Neb. Former University of Miami (Fla.) closer Mike Neu, who helped the Hurricanes to a CWS title in 1999,

has been selected as Cal’s new pitching coach by head coach David Esquer. He takes over for longtime pitching coach Dan Hubbs, who left for USC in July after 12 years in Berkeley. Neu joined the Hurricanes after starring at Sacramento City College, where he went 15-0 to earn junior college All-America honors in 1998. ...

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asual can be a tricky word to define in the context of relationships. It means not serious, that’s always clear, but what exactly “not serious� is less certain. Some people think of casual as “we are sleeping together and I can sleep with other people,� while others are more of the variety “if we want to sleep with other people, we split with no hard feelings.� Still, fewer think that casual means “I have a significant other, but we are in an open relationship, and we’re casual so you don’t really need to know about them.� It’s a sticky word for a sticky situation. If you want to enter into a casual relationship with a clear conscience, make sure you are up front with the other person if you are sleeping or intend to sleep with someone else. This allows the other person to give informed consent. A lot of people aim to stay casual — a friends with benefits arrangement — because they think that it is easier than a full-blown relationship. In some ways it is, but it doesn’t get you out of communicating. Jumping into bed with your friend may seem like a great idea when it’s late and you’re lonely, but taking a few minutes for conversation can save a lot of heart ache. While you may think that everything is casual, your friend may be looking for more. That’s a recipe for disaster. Being honest with yourself about what you are looking for from your friend is important as well. Lying to yourself about what you want, or sleeping with a friend in the hopes that sex will make them change their mind about you is both manipulative and likely ineffective. If both parties aren’t on the same page as to what sex means, just say no or risk ruining a friendship. nd just because you know someone, don’t be lured into a sense of sexual safety. According to the CDC, if you haven’t been exclusive with each other for a minimum of 3 weeks, even the most common STDs may not show up on tests. If you aren’t sexually exclusive, don’t let the friendship cloud your judgement when it comes to safety. A sense of comfort won’t protect you. Be safe and use a condom. Casual, though, doesn’t necessarily mean someone you are friends with. Maybe you just met and one of you says they want to keep things casual. Definitely find out what that means. If one person thinks of it as “casual for now while we see how much we like each other, but still exclusive� and the other person thinks that they made their stance of “not interested in a relationship� clear, trouble can ensue. With someone new, and someone you like, drilling down to find out

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Erica Chase sex@dailycal.org what exactly casual means may seem awkward and over the top. But making sure everyone is on the same page trades awkwardness now for a lot of potential heartbreak later. You don’t want to end up emotionally investing in someone who wasn’t interested in the first place. n fact, if you are someone to jump into things emotionally and see hearts, roses and future children on the first coffee date, take a second look at whether or not you can do casual at all. Saying no when someone says they want to keep things informal may feel like killing your little Sally and white picket fences, but really its just protecting yourself until you find someone who wants the same things you do. Even if you are someone who is fine with casual, whatever definition you choose, that doesn’t mean jealousy won’t intrude. Jealousy is an emotion that can rear its head in relationships whether they are casual or not. Even if you are the one that declared the relationship open in the first place, jealousy can show up when your friend with benefits finds someone else. According to Dossie Easton’s and Janet W. Hardy’s “The Ethical Slut,� a book on polyamory, jealousy is often an emotion that conceals other emotions. Thinking through your jealousy can lead to a better way of dealing with it. If the feeling is rooted in envy, coping strategies are different than if it is rooted in a sense of loss or insecurity. Knowing that envy is the root cause can tell you that the solution is simply to make a date to spend more time together. If the feeling has more to do with a sense of insecurity, making a date isn’t going to cut it. Remembering that experiences are often different rather than better or worse can help. Despite initially seeming more simple, casual relationships can bring just as much heartache as committed ones. Open communication with both the other person and yourself about how you are feeling and what you are looking for are the keys to making it work. Or if not work, then at least not fail spectacularly.

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A Hayward man was convicted of second-degree murder and assault on Wednesday for fatally shooting a former UC Berkeley senior and assaulting two other men outside an Oakland restaurant more than two years ago. Dwayne Robinson, now 22, will serve at least 40 Vincent years for fatally Choi shooting 22-yearold UC Berkeley senior Vincent Choi and assaulting Choi’s two friends Michael Voong and John Lu outside of a Korean restaurant on Telegraph Avenue on March 28, 2009. An Alameda County Superior Court jury found Robinson guilty on three counts of assault with a firearm and murder of the second degree on Aug. 3. Robinson was a 19-year-old student at Chabot College at the time of the shooting, said Alameda County deputy district attorney and prosecutor for the case Tim Wagstaffe. According to Wagstaffe, Choi’s sixperson group and the defendant’s 10-

person group began to verbally argue inside the restaurant — Dan Sung Sa — after one group questioned the manner in which the other group was looking at them. Wagstaffe said that the two groups then went outside with the thought of there being a fight. “It sounded like, I thought, kind of typical people with a couple drinks thinking there might be a fight,� Wagstaffe said. According to Robinson’s attorney David Kelvin, Voong and Lu said they did not do anything to provoke Robinson. Robinson told Choi and his friends to go back inside, Wagstaffe said, after which the group refused to comply. He proceeded to back away down the block and pull out a 9-millimeter handgun, telling the group to “go inside — last chance,� according to Wagstaffe. Wagstaffe added that Robinson loaded his gun and fired seven shots, hitting Choi with two shots to the abdomen and the chest, killing him immediately. He also hit Voong and Lu in the legs. Robinson shot at and missed another man, Quy Ngo, after which he got into a car with an unidentified friend who drove him back in front of the bar, where Robinson fired off five more shots, not hitting anyone, Wag-

staffe said. According to Kelvin, Robinson testified to having fired his gun in selfdefense after somebody in the other group pulled a gun on him. However, according to Wagstaffe, there was no evidence found that substantiated his story, and all of the victims were found to be unarmed. Kelvin explained that he was not pleased with the verdict, as he maintains that Robinson acted in self-defense. “(Robinson had) no criminal record,� Kelvin said. “I think he was protecting himself. I don’t know why he would have just shot those people. He’s never shot anybody before. It was selfdefense.� The Oakland Police Department interviewed witnesses and used Crime Stoppers — a program that allows people to provide anonymous information about criminal activity — to get anonymous tips, and the police department was able to get a cellphone picture of the defendant in the restaurant, Wagstaffe said. “The jury did the right thing,� Wagstaffe added. “I think that ... the appropriate verdict was reached.� Robinson is currently being held in the Santa Rita Jail and will be sentenced on Sept. 30, 2011, at the Rene C. Davidson Alameda County Courthouse.

Student Life

Campus receives high marks for inclusiveness By Amruta Trivedi | Staff atrivedi@dailycal.org For the second year in a row, UC Berkeley was awarded a five-star campus climate rating for providing a safe and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, faculty and staff. The Campus Climate Index, released August 3 by the nonprofit organization Campus Pride, placed the campus in the ninetieth percentile, giving it the highest possible rating of five stars in seven of the eight categories, including LGBT policy inclusion, academic life, student life, campus safety and counseling and health. “Colleges use the index as a way to become better,� said Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride. “We assess whether they did what they were asked to do on index to improve the school.�

The campus was one out of five University of California campuses to receive a five-star rating. The others are UCLA, UC Riverside, UC Santa Cruz and UC Santa Barbara. According to Jesse Bernal, UC systemwide university diversity coordinator, UC campuses tend to rate well in assessments like these because all campuses except UC Merced have LGBT resource centers. He added that the UC Office of the President will launch a campus climate survey to understand the experience of LGBT students, faculty and staff. “That index is really based on what exists on paper. Are there policies, resource centers, residential halls dedicated to LGBT students?� Bernal, who is a former UC student regent, said. “We want to find out how effective are those things and what gaps are there in the actual experiences of students?� According to Bernal, UCOP will form focus groups, led by a team of students, faculty and staff, at all 10 campuses that

will be used to create surveys administered to UC students in fall 2012. The office has already formed working groups to investigate how to bring policies from campuses with strong LGBT support to campuses with weaker programs, Bernal said. He added that a specific example of this would be to bring LGBT specific residential halls to campuses that do not have them. Bernal said that though the index shows potential students that the university is open to people of all backgrounds, a challenge that the university will face will be protecting the limited resources campuses already have, which may face cuts due to reductions in state funding. “Overwhelmingly, our campuses are positive and welcoming to students, but when it comes to LGBT resources, some campuses have more funding than others,� Bernal said. “I think because of limited resources and

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It makes me angry because we are seeing graduate students and working people pay for the budget crisis that banks and corporations caused.” — Charlie Eaton, United Auto Workers Local 2865 financial secretary

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Bitter compromise HIGHER EDUCATION The preservation of the federally funded Pell Grant is welcomed, but the cost was high for graduate students.

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here were no clear winners in the federal debt ceiling deal reached last Tuesday. Everything was on the table for cuts — including education. National legislators eliminated the interest subsidy for a governmentsubsidized loan program for graduate and professional students. But in a bittersweet compromise, the cut allowed the maximum award for the federally funded Pell Grant program to persist. The Pell Grant is important for a large number of students at the University of California, where approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students are eligible to receive the award. The preservation of the grant is crucial as an undergraduate degree is becoming less attainable due to financial restraints. Thus its survival is a victory, although a minor one, for students. However, it is difficult to feel relief because the grant was saved at the cost of eliminating the interest subsidy for the Stafford graduate loan program. Unfortunately, the political circumstances surrounding the debt deal — namely federal cuts without the option of increased revenue — made it clear that the tiers of higher education would have to be prioritized. In this case, the

priority was rightly given to undergraduate education, which is becoming necessary even for the lowest paying skilled jobs. Though an undergraduate education is necessary, it is becoming increasingly obvious that it alone cannot grow the American economy. In order to remain competitive in the future, graduate degrees are becoming more necessary. However, the national government has joined California’s legislature in disinvesting in that very future. As the prestige of an undergraduate degree wanes, students look to graduate degrees to remain competitive in the globalized marketplace. And since graduate and professional schools are generally more expensive than an undergraduate education, the elimination of the interest subsidy is undoubtedly a setback for the American economy and the country’s ability to remain competitive. For any level of government, education is a unique expenditure. It is difficult to imagine a time when cutting education amounts to a long-term, responsible decision. While it certainly saves money in the here and now, cutting education means dismantling the creative, productive and competitive potential of America.

than such a community of interest. As Paul Gackle said in the East Bay Express on July 20, “Getting around Berkeley without encountering signs of student life is nearly impossible. Students study around the clock in cafes like Au Coquelet and Strada, eat Cheese Board pizza on the Shattuck Avenue median and party into the wee hours of the night on college football game days. In many ways, student culture is deeply embedded within the city’s social fabric. Even Berkeley’s global reputation for being a beacon of liberal activism is rooted in the student protest movements of the Sixties. The truth is that, despite students’ contribution to our cultural and economic vitality, there has only ever been one student elected to City Council in all of Berkeley’s history. Since the districts were created in 1986, not a single student has been elected to the Council. That’s because the student community is split up — disenfranchised — over half of those districts: downtown housing is in District 4, north-side housing is in District 6, the Units and Co-ops are in District 7 and the fraternities, sororities and Foothill, Bowles and Stern are in District 8.

Kristin Hunziker Special to the Daily Cal opinion@dailycal.org Berkeley is one of the most distinguished, progressive and diverse communities in the world. This is a legacy of which we residents are very proud: Not only is our city home to what is arguably the best public university in the world, we have a defining history of diversity, activism and progressivism that you don’t find anywhere else. Not every town of 100,000 people shows up in the history books. But our work is never done. We Berkeleyans do a great job protecting the underrepresented in our society, but there is one community of interest within our city borders that remains underrepresented: students! Students Are a Community of Interest in Berkeley Students are a unique case because they have not traditionally been considered a “community of interest.” This isn’t surprising, though, considering that students comprise such a large fraction of the population in only a handful of towns throughout the country that are home to large universities. However, there’s no reason to think of students in Berkeley as anything other

We Can All Benefit from Including Students While the fact that this system is unfair is important, there is an even more relevant issue at stake: without a student perspective in local affairs, Berkeley is not the best community that we could be. UC Berkeley students are some of the best and brightest in the world. Likewise, we are home to Berkeley City College, one of the best community colleges in the state, which has a higher graduation and transfer rate than most other institutions. If we as a community harness the intellectual energy, power and optimism that our student community represents, we can reach our full potential as a model progressive city. Why waste the talent that we have right here, especially when the student community is asking for a seat at the table? Would we consider wasting environmental resources like solar power or tidal energy because it’s never been done before? Would we consider wasting our cultural resources by not protecting the diversity of our city because it’s difficult? In the same vein, why should we waste the human capital of some of the brightest minds in the world? We would all benefit if we took the same attitude toward our intellectual capital as we do toward our environmental

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he proposed expansion of the Safeway at the intersection of College and Claremont avenues has a passionate base of support and an equally passionate opposition. Though opponents raise valid concerns, the specific details of the expansion show that the benefits outweigh the costs to the neighborhood and city. One of the chief concerns is the increase in traffic at the already congested intersection where the Safeway is located. However, this alone is not a sufficient concern to prevent any development — much of Berkeley and Oakland is already congested, and thus such an argument could be used virtually anywhere in the city. The congestion concerns inadequately address the fact that the area is already served by the 51B bus line, providing an efficient and economic means of travel to and from the Safeway. By utilizing public transportation to a greater extent, students and residents can work to minimize congestion. Furthermore, the expansion will most likely act as an economic stimulant: According to an economic benefits document prepared by Safeway, the remodelled store is expected to bring in

$400,000 in annual revenue for the city of Oakland and the opening of 78 new positions. A larger store will inevitably bring more consumers to the area, not just to Safeway. Opponents argue that the larger grocery store will run surrounding stores out of business, but such a conclusion is not necessarily true. The expansion is not so large as to absorb the surrounding businesses, and this is not a plan to build a new grocery store. It is, however, a plan to improve on an existing one — as such, we doubt the expansion will cause much additional harm to local businesses. Aside from its economic benefits, the expansion of Safeway means more cheap groceries for cash-strapped students and city residents looking to save on necessary household items. A larger, more consumer-friendly grocery store will appeal to students, lead to more savings and make affordable groceries more accessible to the general public. The expansion will help students and residents alike. While the project ignited a healthy public debate, after both sides have made their case, we feel the project should go forward.

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Huy Vo Special to the Daily Cal opinion@dailycal.org You wake up from a long nap, feeling refreshed. “It’s time to get up” you think to yourself but then you quickly realize that you can’t — you’re completely paralyzed. Overcome with a sudden wave of fear, you try your best to wiggle your limbs and open your eyes. Then, as you begin to feel like you’re suffocating, when all hope seems lost, with one last burst, you triumphantly break free. You’ve just experienced an episode of sleep paralysis. For those who have never experienced it, sleep paralysis, according to the American Sleep Association (2007), is the “temporary inability to act upon waking up” and is usually accompanied by auditory and visual hallucinations. The paralysis and hallucinations experienced during an episode of sleep paralysis are actually not the result of some sleeping disorder that an individual might have, but rather aspects of REM sleep. During REM sleep, the body’s motor neurons are inhibited, making it impossible for an individual to move. The paralysis and dreams experienced during REM sleep, according to Julia Santomauro and Christopher C. French, bleed into wakefulness, triggering sleep paralysis. In other words, sleep paralysis is the result of an incomplete transition from REM sleep into wakefulness: You have a conscious brain trapped inside a body that is still asleep. As frightening as sleep paralysis is, it is preventable. According to Dr.

Al Cheyne, one of the main causes of sleep paralysis is stress. Cheyne goes on to say that one of the best ways of coping with stress-related sleep problems is to maintain a regular sleep schedule. This involves going to bed and rising at the same time every day. Cheyne also states that “eating late into the the evening, drinking beverages containing caffeine and alcohol, and excessive smoking” are all habits that can disrupt an individual’s sleep schedule. These habits should be avoided to reduce sleep loss and sleep paralysis. Even after following Cheyne’s guidelines, maintaining a regular sleep schedule could still prove difficult for those who frequently travel to different time zones or for shift-workers. For people that suffer from severe cases of sleep paralysis and are unable to maintain a regular sleep schedule, Santomauro and French recommend seeking psychotherapy. In addition to stress, sleeping position is also one of the major factors contributing to sleep paralysis. In his study, Cheyne discovered that sleep paralysis is five times more likey to occur in the supine (face up) sleeping position than in any other sleeping position. Cheyne strongly advises victims of sleep paralysis to change their sleeping position. Even if sufferers of sleep paralysis were to start sleeping in a different sleeping position, they could still unknowingly transition to the supine position in their sleep. In order to prevent a transition to the supine position, Cheyne encourages using the “tennis ball technique.” This involves attaching a tennis ball to one’s back, completely preventing one from sleeping in the supine position.

In the off chance that you wake up to an episode of sleep paralysis even after applying all of these sleep paralysis prevention methods, there are a couple of things you can do to break out of sleep paralysis. According to Cheyne, during sleep paralysis the major muscles of the body are indeed paralyzed, but the smaller muscles can still function. One traditional method of overcoming sleep paralysis involves attempting to move one’s fingers, toes and tongues. Some victims of sleep paralysis recommend moving your eyes back and forth. Cheyne goes on to mention that it is possible for an individual to experience multiple episodes of sleep paralysis in one night. In order to prevent this, Cheyne recommends avoiding sleep immediately after an episode of sleep paralysis. Instead, it is advised that, after breaking out an episode of sleep paralysis, one should get up and move around before going back to sleep. According to Santomauro and French, at least 50 percent of the population will experience sleep paralysis at least once in their lifetime. So if you are among the population of people who have suffered from sleep paralysis, please refer to the techniques described above to minimize your chances of experiencing another episode. Individuals that frequently suffer from sleep paralysis should seek psychotherapy. Everyone should know the techniques for breaking out of sleep paralysis in order to minimize the time spent paralyzed. Most importantly, tell all your friends and family about sleep paralysis to increase awareness. Huy Vo is a UC Berkeley undergraduate student.

Redistricting: Student super-majority district is needed From Page 4 and cultural capital. It is a matter of Berkeley pride that we give all communities a seat at the proverbial table, including the student community. One of the best ways to do that is through drawing City Council lines in a way that protects the student community of interest. We are fortunate enough to have that opportunity now: every 10 years, our legislative lines are redrawn to ensure fairness, equality and representation for all communities. Respecting Communities of Interest Is Democratic But this raises another question: Why are some students of this very university with such an inspiring history arguing for their own disenfranchisement? On July 25, an opinion piece appeared in the Daily Cal that argued that “creating a district for a specific political purpose does not broaden representation ... Gerrymandering a student supermajority with the aim of always having a student on the city council circumvents democracy.” Did they sleep through History 7B? Have they not been reading the news? I can’t think of any statement regarding redistricting that could be more wrong.

Historians have long recognized that the best way to ensure democracy and fair representation for a minority community is to group them together within political boundaries. It’s the reason why the Voting Rights Act was passed! The VRA states that communities of interest must have equal access to the political process and the “opportunity ... to elect representatives of their choice.” These words are the reason the Voting Rights Act has been interpreted as an imperative to draw boundaries that keep communities together. It’s why leaders are concerned about districts that split up the black community, and the reason why the Citizens’ Redistricting Commission purposely drew extra versions of their maps in order to maximize the number of “Latino districts” in the Los Angeles area. It’s also the reason why leaders of the gay community in San Francisco objected to the proposed Assembly districts that would split up gay-friendly neighborhoods. The idea that “drawing a student district is undemocratic” is completely and utterly wrong. In fact, drawing a student district is one of the smartest decisions we could make and will bebeneficial to everyone in Berkeley, student

and non-student alike. Creating a student district is a critical step for us — a matter of community pride — to continue our leadership along the historical arc toward equality. This piece was submitted on behalf of: Chris Alabastro, Class of 2012, Executive Vice President, ASUC Daniel Osborn, Class of 2011, former President, Cal Berkeley Democrats Ian Magruder, Class of 2012, former President, California College Democrats Jeremy Pilaar, Class of 2012, Legislative Liaison, ASUC Joey Freeman, Class of 2013, External Affairs Vice President, ASUC Julia Joung, Class of 2013, Academic Affairs Vice President, ASUC Keith Yetter, Class of 2009, former Political Director, Cal Berkeley Democrats Kristin Hunziker, Class of 2009, former Coordinator, Students for Barack Obama Nik Dixit, Class of 2011, former Political Director, California College Democrats Shahryar Abbasi, Class of 2013, Senator, ASUC Vishalli Loomba, Class of 2012, President, ASUC

A Berkeley woman who co-founded local medical cannabis collective Berkeley Patients Group is looking to set up shop in Albany with another collective, which would be the city’s first and only medical marijuana dispensary. The application, submitted by Debby Goldsberry at the beginning of the summer, is currently under review. Following the 2006 passage of a law to allow one medical dispensary in Albany, several applicants have tried to claim the space but failed because they did not fit the zoning laws and drew complaints from the community due to their proximity to neighborhoods and areas with youths. Despite previous rejections, Goldsberry, who is a co-founder and the executive director of the United Cannabis Collective, said she hopes the application will prove more promising due to its proposed location on 544 Cleveland Ave. — next to a freeway and away from homes and residential areas. “We’re hoping we’ve found our winning location so we can start serving patient members of Albany,” Goldsberry said. According to Jeff Bond, Albany’s planning and zoning manager, the city Planning & Zoning Commission is currently reviewing the application details, and the Albany Police Department is running a background check on the people who would run the dispensary. Once the processing is completed, the commission must vote on the proposal, which Bond said he expects to happen within the next month or two. Goldsberry said that during a public hearing for the dispensary — which has yet to be scheduled — she and other members of the UCC hope to introduce their company to Albany citizens and receive feedback from the commu-

nity, though she said reception to their project has been favorable so far. “We’ve been ... paying attention to what the community says,” Goldsberry said. “The people are really supportive of a dispensary in the location that we’ve chosen.” Should the proposal be approved, Goldsberry said she plans for the dispensary to share the values of the city — private and close-knit. “Albany is a very small city, a small town, and we really want to create a dispensary that will follow the model of the city,” Goldsberry said. Goldsberry said further work developing the Albany dispensary, including finding additional members to come onto the UCC advisory board, would need to be taken before thinking seriously about future expansion. “The UCC hopes to create dispensaries in other communities, but Albany is our first project, which we feel very strongly about,” Goldsberry said. “It’s a new chance to create a new kind of dispensary that focuses on the warmth and compassion that people need to feel better.” Nevertheless, she said, one possibility may lie in Berkeley, which is currently developing guidelines for licensing a fourth dispensary allowed for under a measure approved by voters last November. According to Berkeley Medical Cannabis Commission chair Dan Rush, who said the people of Albany “will be lucky to have UCC as their dispensary collective,” the Berkeley commission expects to come up with a draft of recommendations to present to the Berkeley City Council for a safe and effective regulatory process before the end of the year. “My goal is to develop a sensible recommendation for the City Council that will create safe patient access to safe and controlled medicine and to create an industry in Berkeley that is controlled and regulated,” Rush said.

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After over a year and a half of research and discussion, a federal commission on safe nuclear waste disposal — which includes a UC Berkeley nuclear engineering professor — has released comprehensive draft report recommendations. The draft report was released on July 29 and addresses issues ranging from de-prioritizing the nuclear waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada to establishing a congressionally chartered federal corporation to replace the role of the Department of Energy in nuclear waste disposal. As a member of the commission and co-chair of its subcommittee regarding reactor and fuel cycle technology, Per Peterson, campus professor of nuclear engineering and department chair, helped draw up some of the specific policy recommendations that appeared in the draft report. The listed recommendations include

Noah Kulwin explains the draft report’s contents and how they affect nuclear waste disposal.

rerouting the $25 billion in funds for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste repository project to the other 60 waste disposal sites around the country. The draft report also proposes transitioning oversight of nuclear waste disposal from the Department of Energy to a congressionally chartered federal corporation due to a loss of “public confidence” in the DOE. Sustained opposition from the state of Nevada regarding the Yucca Mountain project that was canceled in 2009 — among other reasons — was behind the proposal, Peterson said. “From the day that the down selection to a single state occurred, the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management never had a single director who lasted more than two years,” Peterson said. “They spent more than half of the last 30 years or so with an

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audit: Changes will also affect allocation of campus funds From Front the email. University officials have also said that a more transparent funding streams initiative had been developed prior to the audit and is now being implemented. “In order to simplify University financial activity, improve transparency, and incentivize campuses to maximize revenue, beginning in 2011-12, all campus-generated funds — tuition and fees, research indirect cost recovery, patent and investment income — will be retained by or returned to the source campus,” Klein said in an email. Historically, certain revenues have been collected centrally by the UC Office of the President and redis-

tributed across campuses to promote “systemwide priorities,” Klein said in the email. However, Klein added that the redistribution of some funds across campuses will continue as a means to support the systemwide goals of the Education Financing Model for undergraduate financial aid, a key goal of which is to use fee funds to equalize student contribution levels regardless of which campus the student attends. As an additional effort to increase transparency, the university launched a systemwide task force — which first met in April — to examine the relationships among campus instruction, research and public service programs, student populations, campus costs

and the distribution of funds to campuses. The task force will develop recommendations regarding the equity of the budget allocations to each campus by December, Klein said, though it will not attempt to “quantify” the existing variation, as the audit had recommended. “Such an effort would require a costly review of hundreds and hundreds of incremental allocation decisions made over decades,” Klein said in the email. If the recommendations are approved, they could be implemented for the 2012-13 or 2013-14 academic year. Allie Bidwell is the news editor.

debt: Stafford loans comprised $123.6 million in graduate student aid last year From Front

index: Committee co-chair calls policy a step toward equity From Page 3 stretched staff, some campuses continue to struggle — there continue to be gaps in services. But more still needs to be done. Campuses want to be as supportive as possible, so we are looking at innovative solutions.” At UC Berkeley, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the LGBT Community at Cal recently worked to bring

a new policy change that allows LGBT staff members to use sick leave time to spend time bonding with a child, said Sam Sheffield, co-chair of the committee. He added that while the assessment did not cover staff diversity and contributions to LGBT equity, this policy was a big a step toward equity. “The committee’s challenge is to

create a campus that is very welcoming for future faculty, staff graduate students, staff,” Sheffield said. “Part of the committee’s mission is to start a dialogue between all different sections of students, faculty, staff and administration, pick up on issues and concerns that other people have and bring that up to the chancellor.”

Nuclear: Advice includes granting municipalities veto power From Page 5 acting director ... there’s no continuity of leadership.” Regarding the commission’s findings, UC Berkeley physics professor Robert Jacobsen said they have thus far been great but that more activity in the future would be even better. “I think they have been thinking very hard about new approaches to a problem we have had, and I think that’s great,” Jacobsen said. “And I think their basic approach is good. I would just love to see them end up more proactive.” On the topic of a federally chartered organization to deal with nuclear waste disposal across the country

and how it pertains to administrative efficiency, Jacobsen also sees opportunity. “Having that organization is a good thing ... they just need to say ‘solve this problem — it’s your reason for existing,’” Jacobsen said. “They are going to have to find a very proactive strategy that finds places to put disposal facilities. They should have some sense of urgency on this.” Another proposal in the draft recommendation is to give the power of vetoing nuclear disposal facility locations to local municipalities, as opposed to counties and states.

The thought behind the proposal, Peterson said, is that the problems associated with a lack of public support for a disposal facility are eliminated if communities are given the power to veto. “What we found ... is that without local community support, it is impossible to move any project of this type forward,” Peterson said. “And in particular, having an informed local community ... is helpful. One needs to make sure that at the county and state levels, there are also appropriate types of oversight that provide confidence that the facilities will be operated safely.”

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Graduate student Charlie Eaton, financial secretary for UAW Local 2865, expressed displeasure at the imminent elimination of subsidies for Stafford loan interest. people pay for the budget crisis that banks and corporations caused,” Eaton said. “We should be making those folks pay to expand UC and provide equity to everybody.” According to Carolyn Henrich, legislative director for the UC’s Federal Government Relations office in Washington, D.C., preliminary data for the 2010-2011 school year so far show that 16,561 graduate students borrowed $123.6 million in subsidized Stafford loans. “The interest rate is going to go up on Stafford loans — it’s now 3.4 percent, but it will go up to 6.8 percent,” Henrich said. “So (graduate students) will be paying more for the cost of loans.” Daniel Simmons, chair of the UC systemwide Academic Senate, said the recent decision may have been facilitated by the federal government, but

some of the blame lies with the state as well. “The university tries to do its best in helping low-income students in making higher education available even though the state isn’t doing much to help us out,” Simmons said. “It’s an inevitability — a loss of any program that mitigates funding of education makes it harder and harder for students to pay.” Regardless of where the blame lies, Henrich said she is not optimistic for the future because she feels there will be more cuts to financial aid in the midst of competing political interests in Washington, D.C. “There will be more cuts to student aid,” she said. “The economic situation is pretty grim, but we are hopeful that the economy will turn around and the federal government will keep education and research going — one of UC’s overall priorities.”

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With a new season approaching, the Cal football team kicked off fall camp on Saturday at a brand-new location. Having traveled all around the Bay Area for spring practices, the Bears finally got to work at their practice facility at Witter Rugby Field. Though it’s hard to take away anything from the first two days of practice — the opening sessions were helmets-only — coach Jeff Tedford was very pleased with the team’s overall fitness heading into fall. “All the guys came to camp in really good shape,â€? Tedford said. “I thought they worked really well. A lot of them look great. They had a really good summer.â€? Tedford highlighted nose tackle Aaron Tipoti, offensive lineman Geoffrey Gibson and running back Covaughn DeBoskie-Johnson as players who have gotten into good shape during the offseason. He noted that DeBoskie-Johnson checked into camp at a trimmeddown 211 pounds after being overweight throughout the spring. “He should be able to perform better given that his weight’s down, Tedford said. “I think that put stress on his knee and ankles (during spring) ‌ He looks better now.â€?

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Bigelow Bouncing Back Freshman running back Brendan Bigelow had good reason to be excited on Saturday afternoon. Not only did the Fresno, Calif., native eagerly field questions from reporters at Witter, but — more importantly —

in Colorado, Eric Kiesau has returned for a second go-round as Cal’s wide receivers coach. “It feels like I never left,� he said. “I can step right in and get back to work.� It helps that he’ll be working with Tedford and offensive line coach/offensive coordinator Jim Michalczik, both of whom were around for his original stint. Kiesau now also serves as the passing game coordinator, but what that exactly means isn’t clearly defined. “Titles are always tricky,� he said. “We’ve got five guys on the offensive staff ... We all kind of intertwine and work together.�

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he was finally on a football field for the first time in a year and a half. A heralded four-star recruit, Bigelow underwent a pair of ACL surgeries in high school and had to miss his entire senior season. Sporting a right knee brace in practice, the 5-foot-10, 180-pound back said he now feels “completely healthy�. Bigelow, who looks to be in the mix at running back behind Isi Sofele, practiced “a lot of change of direction� during camp drills — adding that he actually “feels faster� now than he did pre-injury. The coaches noticed, too. “He looked good, looked really good,� Tedford said of Bigelow. “He didn’t do a lot of team stuff, but in drill work we’ve been watching him really close and he looked very smooth.�

Quick Hits —Left tackle Mitchell Schwartz dressed for camp, but took things lightly due to a nagging hamstring. Tyler Rigsbee took first-team snaps at left tackle in Schwartz’s place during drills on Saturday. “He’s a veteran,� Tedford said of Schwartz, who has started all 38 possible games during his career. “He kind of knows when he’s ready.� —Tight end Spencer Ladner was in street clothes as he recovers from a knee injury. The redshirt junior is expected back in about a week. Fellow tight end Jarrett Sparks was not present on Saturday; he is currently academically ineligible and not with the team. —Redshirt freshman receiver Kaelin Clay injured his knee during Saturday’s practice and spent Sunday on crutches. The extent of his injury is unknown; he is expected to get an MRI on Monday. —Sophomore linebacker Nick Forbes is recovering from summer ankle surgery.

First Impressions Saturday featured a first look at some other incoming freshman. Wideout Maurice Harris participated in drills and certainly looks the part of a big receiving target at 6-foot-3, 205 pounds. Nose tackle Viliami Moala is an absolutely imposing figure at about 6-foot-2, 350 pounds — and that’s after having dropped 20 pounds. Tedford’s early assessment was straightforward: “He’s a just a thick person.� Meanwhile, Tedford said that defensive lineman Brennan Scarlett “stood out as a guy who looks like he’s physically ready to play.� Kiesau Returns After spending the last five years

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In three years, Jana Juricova has become the most decorated player in Cal women’s tennis history. Despite the stardom, she has remained humble. By Seung Y. Lee | Staff sylee@dailycal.org

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ana Juricova had so much more to talk about. Just last month, Cal’s tennis star traveled to Rhode Island’s International Tennis Hall of Fame to receive her National College Player of the Year award. The first singles player in program history to receive the honor, Juricova stood shoulder-to-shoulder with 2011 Hall of Fame inductee Andre Agassi and her childhood idol, former world No. 1 Steffi Graf. Juricova still has one season remaining in a decorated collegiate career, yet her list of accomplishments is already striking. She could have discussed her freshman year, when she won the NCAA Doubles title and took collegiate tennis by storm. Or how about this past May, when Juricova — the nation’s top-ranked player — dropped just one set in the NCAA Singles tournament en route to winning the title and becoming the program’s first two-time NCAA champion? Instead, Juricova talked about her nonprofit work last summer at the Global Fund for Women — how she compiled reports about underprivileged women in Asia and how she has matured from that experience. Juricova is even considering a career in non-profits instead of playing professionally. “After just playing tennis, I got to do something so fun,” she says. “I realized then how little impact tennis has compared to something that help change someone’s life.” A tennis fixture since the age of six, Juricova has garnered honors and trophies across Europe and the United

States. But off the court, Juricova is not an attention-seeker: she’s a giver, an idealist who wants to help people and change lives. For people close to Juricova, she is selfless and humble almost to a fault. “I’m not surprised that she didn’t mention the award ceremony,” Bears coach Amanda Augustus says. “That’s who she is: she would rather talk about the internship, about helping others, than about herself. “But sometimes she forgets that by doing what she is doing on the court, she is inspiring young people — hopefully girls — to take up tennis and do well in school to be like her one day.” n the court, there is little trace of reserved Juricova. She almost morphs into another person once the ball is in play. Her shyness and modesty are overshadowed by powerful forehand strokes and an aggressive style reminiscent of Graf herself. Still, Juricova remains calm and collected — cold-blooded even — whether she is winning or losing her match. Seeing her play, it’s a wonder that she has not gone pro in a sport filled with teenage phenoms. Four summers ago, Juricova was selected to represent her native Slovakia in the 2007 Fed Cup, the women’s tennis version of the World Cup. Juricova competed alongside former top-10 player Daniela Hantuchova, who chose to defer her admission to a top Slovakian university in order to pursue a professional tennis career. Juricova could have followed the Hantuchova route. But the education she set aside throughout her teenage years due to tennis was too important to let go of. She finally decided to put her own education ahead and attend a university in

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America. Propelled by blind hope and assurance from a coach she hardly knew, Juricova decided to enroll at Cal — even when her playing eligibility was in limbo. Over the span of three frantic days in August of 2008, Juricova packed up her bags and flew alone to the United States for the first time. “Everything started to hit me when I landed in San Francisco because I was always rushed before and never thought things through,” Juricova says. Although she had experience living in different countries from her travels around Europe, nothing has prepared Juricova for the American lifestyle and the responsibilities of a student-athlete. Living by herself in a land far away from home, Juricova struggled over the first few months with homesickness and the language barrier. But those obstacles vanished within a couple of months. Looking back, she believes Berkeley has forced her to grow up quickly. Juricova enjoys the responsibility of being a student-athlete at Cal, learning to represent an entity larger than herself. As her senior season looms ever closer, Juricova is still hungry for more trophies — but she is continually thinking beyond individual success. “If I can choose any titles to win in my senior year, I would definitely choose the (NCAA) Team Championships,” Juricova says. “Every year, I set my mind on winning it. But every year, we have come short of the championships.” The coaches have already started talking about Juricova’s legacy — where does she rank amongst the great Cal tennis players? How many titles can she win this upcoming season? Despite her competiveness, Juricova does not obsess about her place in pro-

gram history — which should be at the very top by the time she finishes. Her personal philosophy, whether applied to life or to tennis, remains a humble one — take things day by day and keep things in check. “One of the key things I learned in Cal is just to enjoy the present moment and make the best of what you have,” Juricova said. “It comes back to tennis again: it doesn’t matter whether you have your best stuff that day because you can still win.” uring her last summer here in Berkeley, Juricova has been helping out at a team-hosted tennis camp for children. She has taught serves and strokes to young kids, some carrying rackets nearly as tall as themselves. The summer camp has provided Juricova the best of both worlds — helping people and hopefully changing young lives while staying close to home at the tennis courts. She understands that her playing days at Cal will be winding down, and that she will have to make her career decision soon. But she is not worried one bit. “I might participate in some tennis tournaments after graduation while looking for a job,” Juricova says. “After the amazing experience at the Global Fund for Women, non-profits are definitely what I want to do too. I just want to make sure that I am 100 percent confident before making my decision.” In the immediate future, Juricova is focused on bringing home Cal’s first-ever national title. Whether it be on the tennis courts in her last season with the Bears or in mapping out her future career path, Juricova will face her obstacles like she does any match: Take things day by day. Win them point by point.

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