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a presentation to the board in May regarding their proposal to operate the pub together.

However, once it became likely that construction in the plaza will be done in one phase instead of two — shortening the pub’s lease to about one year — those vendors backed out, according to Associate ASUC Auxiliary Director Tom Spivey.

Though it is not yet final

After more than two years of detention in an Iranian prison, two UC Berkeley alumni were sentenced to eight years in prison Saturday, though supporters from across the world have stepped forward to declare their innocence and remain hopeSHANE ful that they will be BAUER released.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were convicted Saturday of espionage and illegal entry into Iran after being seized in 2009 for crossing into the country while hiking along JOSH the Iran-Iraq borFATTAL der with Bauer’s fiancee, Sarah Shourd.

The two men each received five years imprisonment for espionage and three additional years for entering the country illegally. They have 20 days to file an appeal.

Throughout their detainment, supporters from around the world — including Noam Chomsky, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Secretary-General

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The Bear’s Lair Pub, located on Lower Sproul Plaza, will open for one year under new management — a partnership of Bay Area business owners — on Thursday.

Campus pub to open with new management

By J.D. Morris | Senior Staff jmorris@dailycal.org The Bear’s Lair Pub on campus will open under new management this week, about one year before the space will likely close as part of a broader renovation project for Lower Sproul Plaza.

At a meeting of the ASUC Store Operations Board last Thursday, board members said a partnership

of Bay Area business owners — Ali and Jim Erakat and Feng Wang — will open up the pub on Aug. 25, just in time for the start of the new school year.

Though it is not yet clear what exact changes students can expect to see at the campus pub, ASUC President Vishalli Loomba — a voting member of the board — said in an email that the weekly tradition and widely popular “Beat the Clock” event will continue.

“They have a lot of experience,

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and we are very excited for them to get started,” Loomba said in the email. “They ... are very open to working with us on more fun themed nights and events.”

The pub is placing a renewed emphasis on food offerings, most notably shown through the “Wing Fiesta” sign on display above the pub’s entrance.

Earlier this summer, the board decided to continue discussions with Cal Dining and local business owner Daryl Ross, who had made

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UC faculty, staff could Grand opening of Apple store attracts local fans be offered merit raises Check

By Noah Kulwin | Staff nkulwin@dailycal.org University faculty and nonrepresented staff earning less than $200,000 annually will be eligible for merit raises under a plan announced this past week by the UC Office of the President.

The pool of funds — included in the budget passed last fall by the UC Board of Regents — was set up to finance the university’s effort to recruit and retain high quality academic and nonacademic professionals — an effort that has been severely weakened by California’s budget crisis.

“Our non-represented staff members have not received a merit or cost-of-living increase for nearly four years and took pay cuts from the furlough program,” UC President Mark Yudof wrote in a letter to the 10 university chancellors. “Many are working longer hours as a result of budget-induced layoffs of

their coworkers.”

The raises would be set at 3 percent of overall base pay and would use the existing evaluation criteria for faculty and non-represented staff.

The funds for the merit increase come primarily from medical center revenues and grant funds, according to UC spokesperson Steve Montiel.

“About 18 percent of the money budgeted for all salary merit increases is coming from state general funds and slightly more than one-fifth is coming from other core funds,” Montiel said. “These include student fee revenue and UC general funds.”

The overall cost of the raises for non-academic staff is roughly $83 million, while faculty salary raises are expected to cost $57 million.

Academic Senate Vice Chair Robert Anderson contended that although this is a start, a longer term pay raise plan is necessary.

“In 2007, the Regents adopted a four-year plan to

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Watch footage from the grand opening of the Fourth Street Apple store, which brings new energy to the community.

By Adelyn Baxter | Staff abaxter@dailycal.org Apple Inc. fans and customers flocked to West Berkeley on Saturday to witness the unveiling of the company’s new store on Fourth Street.

Nearly 300 people waited throughout the morning to enter the East Bay’s fourth Apple store location at 1823 Fourth Street — some even arriving at midnight the night before — for the grand opening at 10 a.m.

Employees inside welcomed the wave of customers with cheers, high fives and free t-shirts for the first 1,000 customers.

Demauriae Burris, a recent Berkeley High School graduate, was first in line after camping out in front of the store with his mother and cousin the night before the opening.

“It’s good to have one so close now,” Burris said. “This store is a lot easier to get to than the ones in Emeryville and San Francisco where it’s so crowded.”

Passersby stopped outside to snap pictures of the brand new store, and the nearby Peet’s Coffee & Tea offered free beverages to those waiting in line.

The store presents a convenient customer

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Apple store employees welcome a tide of customers to the new Fourth Street location, which had its grand opening Saturday. Many fans waited throughout the morning to enter the store.

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City unemployment rate sees slight rise in July The city of Berkeley’s unemployment rate increased to 10.5 percent in July, a 0.2 increase from the June rate, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the California Employment Development Department.

Berkeley’s labor force in July was 58,000, of which 6,100 were unemployed, according to the department.

Unemployment in Berkeley most recently peaked at 11.1 percent in July 2010.

The finalized rate for June 2011 was 10.3 — 0.6 percent up from May, when unemployment was at its lowest this year. Preliminary rates are sometimes revised a month after

they are released.

Some nearby cities also saw slight increases in unemployment between June and July. Oakland’s unemployment rate increased from 16.3 percent to 16.5 percent, and Emeryville’s unemployment rate increased from 7.8 percent to 7.9 percent. Other cities like Albany and Richmond saw no change in unemployment, maintaining unemployment rates of 4.7 percent and 17.6 percent respectively.

The rate for Alameda County increased as well — from 10.9 percent in June to 11 percent in July, according to the department. California’s rate increased from 12.1 percent in June to 12.4 percent in July. ...

By Courtney Moulds | Staff cmoulds@dailycal.org

highest priority this year should be violence prevention.

“There has been quite a focus on noise,” Worthington said. “But the number of assaults that happen in the south campus area is the highest of any neighborhood in the city — we need to focus on educating people on how to prevent crime and having patrol to discourage violence.”

Roland Peterson, executive director of the Telegraph Business Improvement District, said shop owners and residents on Southside feel the patrol is foremost about student safety.

“A lot of the issues in the past pertained to parties that got out of hand and students who became vulnerable to late-night robberies or other crimes,” Peterson said. “As far as it impacts business, anything that improves the perception of safety is positive for business.”

Residents and city officials say that the successful collaboration is in part due to the two police forces’ recent changes in leadership — new chiefs were selected for both the UCPD and BPD last year.

“Any attempt at collaboration between two police forces is good for the community,” said George Beier,

A bill that aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in auxiliaries and foundations in California’s public higher education system was sent to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk for approval on Thursday.

Senate Bill 8 — authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco — will ensure that auxiliaries and foundations at the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges abide by the California Public Records Act. The bill was passed in a 36-1 bipartisan vote in the state Senate on Thursday. It would ensure anonymity to donors unless they are receiving something valued at $2,500 or more in exchange for their donation.

The UC had opposed previous versions of the bill, presented by Yee over the last two years, but switched to supporting this year’s iteration after certain revisions were made.

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill twice before, first because the bill did not guarantee donor anonymity at all and again because he felt that the anonymity aspect did not go far enough, as donors only would have received anonymity for quid pro quo situations of $500 or more.

Yee’s Chief of Staff Adam Keigwin said that it was this revision in the bill that changed the stance of public higher education administrations, which previously opposed the bill.

UC spokesperson Dianne Klein said in an email that earlier versions of SB 8 “would have compromised the foundations’ ability to raise funds from private sources — and at a time when our fundraising needs are greatest.”

If signed into law, the bill will have no impact on UC auxiliaries, which are already subject to the Public Records Act, unless there are third-party agreements that result in trade secrets, according to ASUC Auxiliary Director Nadesan Permaul. However, it would require UC

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Video: Caltopia IX, the two greatest days on Earth

The Joint Southside Safety Patrol began three years ago when UCPD and BPD officers shared squad cars to increase patrol presence on Thursday through Saturday nights.

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Sastry discusses the joint Check Anjuli BPD and UCPD Southside patrols Online to curtail violent crime in the area. www.dailycal.org

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Incoming freshmen, their families, returning students and Berkeley community members came together Sunday for food, games and free swag at Caltopia IX.

Researchers awarded for semiconductor work Two UC Berkeley researchers have created a novel way to test and validate semiconductor chips, an innovation that earned them the Technical Excellence Award from the Semiconductor Research Corporation.

Campus electrical engineers Alan Mishchenko and Robert Brayton combined two distinct fields of semiconductor study — synthesis and verification — that had previously been regarded as completely separate, which could allow researchers to push the boundaries of the semiconductor industry while working more efficiently.

“It used to be separated in the

past, (but) we have shown that it is better, for both human productivity and quality of results, to keep it together,” Mishchenko, an associate research engineer, said in an email.

According to Mishchenko, this “synergy of synthesis and verification” will allow scientists to use the progress made in one field to enhance research and facilitate work in the other. For example, he said, if strong verification solutions are available, engineers in the future will be willing to take more ambitious strides in synthesis, knowing that they can verify any questionable or surprising result. ...

With a new school year under way, UCPD and the Berkeley Police Department are teaming up to keep crime in check.

The Joint Southside Safety Patrol, which was launched last August as an effort to curtail violent crime and public nuisances, is a partnership between the two police agencies that patrol the streets together in neighborhoods directly south of campus. Police officers will be on the lookout in shared squad cars every Thursday through Saturday during the school year between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.

The program unofficially started three years ago when police officers patrolled the streets together following the receipt of complaints regarding gameday parties, according to UCPD spokesperson Lt. Marc DeCoulode.

“During football season, we got some joint patrols after games ... it was successful but stopped due to budget and staffing constraints,” he said. “This current patrol is not just about parties, but safety — we want officers to be looking for crime as well as neighborhood problems.”

Though in past years the patrol has targeted noise violations stemming from student parties, Councilmember Kriss Worthington said the patrol’s

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n some ways, I am completely unqualified to write about being a virgin in college. I lost my virginity the summer before college to a boy I ended up dating for the next four years.

I also love sex.

But if someone hasn’t had sex, I just think that he or she should make a thought-out, informed decision.

Other than that, I don’t really care, and I haven’t met anyone who does.

I do have opinions about virginity, though. Namely, the opinion that it isn’t that big of a deal — that people shouldn’t care whether they are, or aren’t, virgins.

And if they don’t care, no one else does either.

It’s not a mark of virtue, and it’s not a mark of shame to be drunkenly done away with at a frat party.

Being sex-positive doesn’t mean sex without thought, or just any sex for the sake of sex. Despite loving sex, I’m picky about my partners.

And I think everyone should be, especially virgins.

A lot of people get the impression of being left behind by their peers if they are still virgins. Considering that, according to data from The Journal of Sexual Medicine, about 30 percent of people lose their virginity in the years immediately following high school graduation, it’s an understandable reaction. But even with that 30 percent going out and having sex, it is still less than two-thirds of college freshmen who have done the dirty.

In other words, there is definitely a bandwagon, but it’s not nearly as big as people make it out to be.

But if you are hopping the trend, there are a few things to keep in mind. opefully, whomever you are planning to have sex with already knows you well enough that he or she knows you’re a virgin. If not, you need to tell your partner.

He or she will know either way, so you may as well be the one who tells.

Guys may think that this advice only applies to females, what with the whole breaking of the hymen.

Trust me, guys, your partner will know, too.

Or just assume that you’re terrible in bed.

Angles are weird, figuring out what to do, where things are and where to put things is a bit of a process. It only takes a few times to get everything down, but there is a learning curve.

It is better to have a partner who knows you don’t have a clue and is willing to help you along than one who expects you to know what you’re doing and gets annoyed when you don’t.

But even before mechanics come into play, there are condoms.

Getting one on is largely easy, but it

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Erica Chase sex@dailycal.org can take practice.

Trying in advance can give you the confidence to actually go through with using a condom. It can also bypass the rather wilting effect they often have on penises the first few uses.

Men pretty commonly lose their erections the first time they try to get a condom on. It’s not a difficult process once you get the hang of it, but it can take a little wrangling. omen, as mentioned, have a whole different set of problems going into their first experience with sex. Namely the fact that women have a hymen.

Unless they don’t.

Tampons, physical activity, bikes, horseback riding and a host of other things completely unrelated to sex can break a woman’s hymen long before a penis gets the chance. And there is no real way to tell outside of a gynecological exam, or just going for it.

As someone who did have a hymen, I can tell you it wasn’t that bad. But, as someone who repierced her own ears using a needle sterilized in alcohol, my pain threshold may not be the best measuring stick. One thing I do know from talking to several women is that if it hurts enough that you need to stop, you should see a doctor.

There are various conditions that make sex impossible — or at least very painful — without medical intervention, including an unusually thick hymen. It is better to just make an appointment to see what may be going on than dealing with the stress of trying, being in pain and learning to hate sex.

Sex should be fun, and that isn’t a hard goal to achieve.

Setting yourself up for success by having a partner whom you genuinely like, and who genuinely likes you, makes it easier. And, as always, communication is important.

Whether it’s your first time, or any time after that, openly talking with your partner makes everything go more smoothly.

Sex will not always be mindblowing. If you hit that on your first try, congratulations: you’re a sex god. But sex should always be fun.

Because if it isn’t going to be fun, what’s the point of doing it at all?

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From front whether the plaza renovations will actually be done in a single phase, outgoing Auxiliary director Nadesan Permaul said there is a “very good likelihood� that it will happen that way.

Additionally, the pub’s new operators will not be paying rent for the space, similar to the previous management, Jupiter Beverage LLC, which switched to a month-to-month lease until June 30 after providing documentation at the February board meeting indicating that the pub had lost a large amount of money over the previous year and a half since the economic downturn.

Rent for the space is priced at $4,637 per month.

According to Spivey, the rent has been forgone because the pub’s new management will be investing somewhere between $30,000 and $50,000 in funds it would otherwise use to pay

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board could have found a vendor willing to invest in capital improvements as well as monthly rent. She added that it is better to have the space occupied, providing a service to students, than to leave it empty.

When the pub does open its doors again on Thursday, it will be what Spivey referred to as a “soft opening.� “It’s going to be just to get open and pour beer and have food,� he said. “It’ll be a challenge for them, but I think they can do it by Thursday.�

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Hikers: Sentences further strain American-Iranian relationship From front of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon — have expressed their support for the hikers and have now also expressed strong disappointment in their sentencing.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement released Sunday that it is “time for them to be reunited with their families� and that the government will continue to work for their release. “I join President Obama and the people of the United States in expressing our unflagging support for Shane, Joshua, Sarah and their families during this difficult time,� she said in the statement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has also said he hopes the case will proceed in a manner that results in Bauer and Fattal’s release, according to a statement from the families of the two hikers. “We appeal to the authorities in Iran to show compassion and allow them to return home to our families without delay,� the statement reads.

The hikers’ sentencing puts more strain on the relationship between the United States and Iran, which over the years have been at odds over Iran’s alleged funding of terrorist groups and its pursuit of a nuclear program. The two countries do not maintain diplomatic relations.

Bauer, Fattal and Shourd were hiking in the Kurdistan province of Iraq — an area frequented by tourists — when an Iranian soldier saw them and gestured for them to step off of their hiking trail. He then pointed to the trail and said “Iraq� and pointed to the spot where they now stood and said “Iran,� indicating that they had unknowingly crossed the border. “Of the 751 days of Shane and Josh’s imprisonment, yesterday and today have been the most difficult for our families,� the families’ statement reads. “Shane and Josh are innocent and have never posed any threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran, its government or its

people.�

Bauer and Fattal were not formally charged until Shourd’s release in September 2010 and have appeared in court only one other time, on Feb. 6.

Their last contact with their families was on May 22 — one of three phone calls they have been allowed to make.

The two men stood trial in Iran’s Revolutionary Court July 31 after their hearing was delayed in May without explanation from Iranian authorities.

Family and friends of the two, as well as students and members of the Berkeley community, have continually advocated for their release and maintained that all three hikers are innocent. “Shane and Josh are part of the Cal family, and I strongly feel that it is my responsibility to urge students to let the powers that be know that Shane and Josh belong at home with their families,� said ASUC External Affairs Vice President Joey Freeman.

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Distributing the burden Education is not prioritzed in the U.S. STATE AFFAIRS Amazon should begin collecting sales tax at the time of purchase as a matter of fairness to the people of California.

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alifornia is known for its natural beauty, Hollywood culture and the counterculture movement of the 1960s, among other things. Unfortunately, it is also known for its dysfunctional politics. California is constantly facing budget cuts that impact social services, particularly higher education. Many complain that taxes are already too high, meaning that even extending previous tax increases is all but impossible. Revenue must be found but is hard to come by.

In recent years, online retail shopping has increased throughout the state and is only expected to continue its rise as the market becomes increasingly globalized.

Retailers, particularly Amazon, have long avoided collecting California’s sales tax, along with local taxes, by using a business model that has consumers pay those taxes while filing income taxes. As a result, the taxes have been inconsistently collected and unfairly distributed. Some citizens pay, some do not and some are penalized for their lack of payment. In the name of fairness, this practice must end. The importance of this is compounded by the dire state of California’s budget.

The underlying principle is that

everyone should be affected by sales tax equally. In June, Assembly Bill 28X was signed into law, calling for online retailers such as Amazon to collect taxes at the time of purchase.

Since then, Amazon has led the repeal effort — one that, if successful, will deny citizens services such as public higher education.

This bill does not create a new tax on consumers but mandates the collection of a tax that should have always been paid.

Amazon’s refusal to collect sales tax not only denies the state muchneeded revenue but also creates an artificial advantage for Amazon over its competitors (both online and in-person) who do collect sales tax. Such an advantage removes money from local economies and further stifles the slow recovery in California.

While low prices are convenient, dwindling state funds for major institutions like the University of California and the California State University mean that revenue is needed now more than ever. The state cannot afford for this law to be repealed.

Amazon should do the right thing and begin collecting taxes at the time of purchase, for the good of all of California.

for the folks who can afford it.

For less than half the money that I would have to pay for my son if he went to Cal for only one year, I earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Britain and a Ph.D. in the Netherlands, my country of origin.

And don’t call us potheads —

Inez Hollander Sepcial to the Daily Cal opinion@dailycal.org Who is giving back to the university?

Now that the economy seems headed toward a double dip, with future budgets for the UC system possibly headed toward a similar dip, we have to ask ourselves how we can create more quality for less money.

And while this has been the mantra for lecturers for years, I challenge my colleagues in the Academic Senate to come out of their ivory tower dungeons and give back.

How “public” is our university when middle class families have to take out big loans to send their kid to school?

Education in this country is no longer a civil right — it is a privilege

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call us citizens who have their priorities in the right place. We do not fear taxes if it means access to quality education for everyone.

By the way, unemployment in the Netherlands is one of the low-

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BAY AREA ISSUES Cutting cellphone service was an inappropriate and outrageous response by BART to ongoing protests.

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he so-called Arab spring brought images of protesters using social media and handheld electronic devices and clashing with totalitarian governments. News of curfews and Internet connection disruptions escaped the fray, and the world watched in disgust as governments interrupted citizens’ attempts at free speech.

Those stories were always foreign, and as Americans many of us could not imagine such an infringement on our basic right to free speech. But on Aug. 11, a protest organized by the group Anonymous brought similar though less severe feelings of infringement to the Bay Area. BART — the public Bay Area transit system — disabled underground cellphone service to prevent more protests. This is an affront to citizens’ rights protected by the First Amendment and is as outrageous as it is unfathomable.

Though the police and BART workers did this in order to try to maintain transportation service for average commuters, cutting basic lines of communication should never have been considered. Maintaining an expected level of service is an insufficient reason for abusing the trust of patrons and citizens. This is not

Iran, Egypt or Syria; this is the United States of America, and we cannot tolerate this violation of free speech.

BART has set a terrible precedent for its response to future protests, and at a volatile time in American history, an even more disconcerting precedent for government reactions to civil unrest.

The Bay Area community must unite in a message of disapproval over this action.

BART cannot make assault on freedom of speech standard policy.

A small protest might be a nuisance for average commuters, but cutting off basic lines of communication is hardly an appropriate response.

Since the 1960s, the Bay Area has hosted a number of demonstrations, making it a reasonable assumption that officials know how to properly react. Unfortunately, Aug. 11 proved that assumption wrong.

Freedom of speech is more than an ideal — it is a standard that generations before have fought to maintain, on campus and overseas. We cannot fail the legacy of Mario Savio but should draw inspiration from the movement he spearheaded. To limit expression is to limit freedom, and it is time once again to protect that most basic right.

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America should no longer be involved in costly wars overseas Economic decline. Mounting deficits. Political deadlock. Two wars. With all these problems and more (read: an upcoming presidential election), you would think Washington would allow our exhausted military to return home after nearly a decade of war and focus on fixing the economy. Instead, it seems that we have decided to extend our stay in Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to a Friday report in the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph, the United States and Afghanistan have tentatively agreed to a new Status of Forces Agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in the country until at least 2024. That very same day, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta also disclosed that the Iraqi government has acquiesced to negotiating an extension to the presence of U.S. forces in the country.

But this is a mistake. Oct. 7 will mark America’s 10th year at war. As we near this tragic milestone, we must re-evaluate our positions in Iraq and Afghanistan and ask ourselves why we are still there and how much — in both blood and treasure — we are willing to pay to retain a foothold in these countries.

In Iraq, security conditions, admittedly, have much improved since the bleak days of the Sunni Insurgency. This year American forces have suffered less than 50 deaths, compared to nearly 1,000 in 2007. Yet this past Monday, alQaeda in Mesopotamia announced the beginning of a 100-attack campaign to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden.

This announcement was accompanied by a series of 40 attacks in Baghdad that claimed the lives of more than 90 Iraqis.

If almost 200,000 Coalition forces actively engaged in counterterrorism duties could not suppress al-Qaeda and various insurgent militias, it is doubtful that 50,000 troops relegated to garrison duty can.

Politically, Iraq remains an unstable and undependable ally. The 2010 parliamentary elections confirmed the depth of divisions in Iraqi society, as political infighting and allegations of electoral fraud left the country without a government for nearly six months. And into the breach Iran has stepped. Despite the presence of U.S. troops in the country, our regional rival has managed to sink its roots into all levels of government, particularly with the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Iranian influence is so pervasive that al-Maliki recently backed Iranian ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown, even as the rest of the world condemned his crimes against humanity.

Conditions in Afghanistan are no better. Administration officials admit that President Hamid Karzai is a corrupt and incompetent ally whose inept leadership has reinforced a culture of skepticism and distrust towards the government. Scandals like the fraudulent 2009 presidential election and the pending insolvency of Kabul Bank are routine in the country. And unlike in Iraq,

Afghanistan’s economy is nonexistent.

According to the World Bank, 97 percent of Afghanistan’s GDP is dependent on foreign military spending and humanitarian aid. With chronic instability and violence, investors simply will not bankroll the country’s development.

And to be frank, I don’t blame them.

Despite a surge of troops to nearly 150,000 soldiers, the country remains a war zone. Earlier this month, 30 American soldiers were killed when their helicopter was shot down by the

community: Shared sacrifice should prevail throughout the university From Page 4 est in all of the Western World.

It must be because all that socialism that gives everyone a fair shot, a free education, free health care and six weeks of vacation to boot. We should call it the “European Dream” for a change, because it’s time to wake up from the American nightmare and smell the free speech coffee.

The shocking thing is that I have been asking my students in the past two semesters, “Are you getting your money’s worth?

Are we preparing you for the world out there?” The answer was mostly no, albeit followed by the comment that a Berkeley diploma accounts for something.

Really?

One of my former students who excelled on this campus is on food stamps, so really, what good is a Berkeley diploma?

All summer long I have been working for an Internet company in Silicon Valley, as my salary as a lecturer at Cal will not put any extra money in the bank for the two kids I will have to put through college three years from now.

I will not talk about the laptop I received on the first day of the job. I will not talk about the free meals, the great and fair management, the lack of salary disparity and the lack of retention of people who are thrown out if they don’t perform. I will not even talk about the great parties I have had there, the collegiality, the compassion and the fun.

But I will talk about the team spirit, which is promoted from the top — once a month this company encourages its employees to find a charity of their choice and give back.

Why is it that in the seven years that I have worked for the department of German we haven’t for one day, as fellow lecturers and professors,

worked at a soup kitchen in Berkeley to give our time and serve food to the les-privileged kids of our city who sleep in cardboard boxes up and down Telegraph?

We are not a “team” as colleagues and if we, as faculty, cannot be there for each other, how can we be there for our university and most of all our students and community, who deserve so much better?

You may ask me why I did not stay at that Internet company and why I am returning to Berkeley this fall. I am still there in Silicon Valley, yet will also return to my duties at Cal. I return neither for my fellow colleagues — most of whom care more for publications than people — nor for that once-great public institution that was once one of the most of affordable and quality schools in California and the country.

I return for the students and their future.

If we quit and stop trying to make this campus a better place, we might as well become Dutch citizens.

Be critical of the education you are paying for, and if you are not getting what you want then stand up and demand more. Demand better quality and for less money.

UC Berkeley is not bankrupt — it is the morale on this campus that is. We can do better.

So here’s my challenge: I will give back 10 percent of my paycheck to the university if all the regents and the top 10 percent of highest paid faculty match this challenge. Let’s see who the real heroes on this campus are.

And no, this is not a publicity stunt to fill my classes. But if you do need to know, Dutch 1 and Dutch 110 are still open for business.

Inez Hollander is a lecturer in the department of German.

Taliban, bringing our death count for 2011 to 299. This, combined with a major Taliban offensive in May and the assassinations of prominent leaders, such as Karzai’s half-brother and the governor of the Oruzgan Province, indicates that military success is unlikely.

With economic turmoil at home, and little hope of “victory” in Iraq and Afghanistan, why are we planning for long-term presences in these countries?

For strategic planners in the Pentagon and the White House, Iraq is the key to American influence in the Middle East.

However, despite our occupation, Iran has already become Iraq’s next best friend. Given our strong ties to Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain, forcibly maintaining our

for troops, money and prestige. Given the collapse of our relationship with Pakistan, we would be better served by strengthening our ties and focusing on cooperating with India, China and Russia — all major powers facing a common threat from Muslim extremists.

In the end, we must look at our legacy

in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Reeling from the events of 9/11, we launched the War on Terror, vowing to bring those responsible to justice. Nearly 10 years later, we are embroiled in two long wars, having spent as much as $3.7 trillion and sustained more than 47,000 casualties. As many as about 600,000 Afghans and Iraqis have suffered similar fates, with another 7.8 million displaced as a result of war. However, we have brought Osama bin Laden and thousands of terrorists to account for their crimes, and we have helped to establish two democracies, if still heavily flawed.

To me, it seems as if we have done what we can. Let’s end these wars and focus on our problems at home.

Hinh Tran is a UC Berkeley undergraduate student.

relationship with Iraq is a luxury we do not need and cannot afford.

Likewise, Afghanistan is seen as a strategic outpost bordering Pakistan, Iran and China. However, the cost of maintaining an army in Afghanistan is enormous. At best, it’s a $120 billion per year boondoggle and at worst it’s a major liability as a sinkhole

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Campus restaurant Saigon Eats, which is among the vendors in the Bear’s Lair Food Court, closed recently as a result of outstanding rent totaling $32,000.

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For the last week or so, one of the vendors in the Bear’s Lair Food Court has remained conspicuously closed, raising concern that the vendor may not be able to pay its rent.

More than one explanation could be behind the recent closure of Saigon Eats on campus. It could be that Henry Pham, the UC Berkeley alumnus who owns and manages the Vietnamese food outlet, is making use of summer’s end to take a vacation or, as was brought up in a meeting of the ASUC Store Operations Board last Thursday, financial issues may be compromising his ability to pay.

At the meeting, Associate ASUC Auxiliary Director Tom Spivey reported on revenue the board still has to collect and said Pham has yet to pay about $32,000 in rent. According to Spivey, the first rent payment was due for Saigon Eats on May 1, about four months after it opened.

Spivey also noted that three of Pham’s other businesses have filed for bankruptcy.

However, Spivey said Pham had been in contact about a week ago and had said he would pay the rent — though that has not yet happened.

“I am worried that he is financially not viable,” Spivey said at the meeting. “He promised to come in and pay his rent, and he has not to date.”

Pham could not be reached for comment as of press time.

Though Spivey said at the meeting that he is going to try to recover the money, he also conceded that “there is a risk we will not receive these funds.”

If Pham cannot pay, the Auxiliary may seek to terminate his lease. But that could also result in the storefront remaining empty until the ren-

ovations of Lower Sproul Plaza begin in about a year.

On Jan. 18 of this year, Saigon Eats opened up in the food court alongside a Subway outlet after nearly eight months of vacancy in both locations.

Both vendors had been expected to open on Sept. 1, but the opening was pushed back to the beginning of the next semester largely as a result of maintenance delays.

Because of this, the board saw a further projected revenue shortfall in a budget that had already been running a deficit.

ASUC President Vishalli Loomba said in an email that the board is “monitoring some of the concerns” discussed at its most recent meeting and is working with Pham “for the best possible solution.”

“Of course our number one priority is always providing a service for students while also keeping our fiduciary responsibility in mind,” she said in the email.

But despite concern over Pham’s ability to pay, Spivey said it may just be that he has taken leave prior to the start of the academic year.

“A lot of times before the first week of school or a week after school ends in May, a lot of the tenants tend to take a vacation,” Spivey said in an interview. “We just hadn’t heard of it, we didn’t know, so we’re trying to reach him and find out.”

Though Pham is currently late on his rent, Spivey said the vendor’s business on campus appeared to be doing well, attracting crowds of customers during the regular school year.

Graduate Assembly President Bahar Navab said she is hopeful that the money will be paid.

“Obviously, it’s definitely a concern, but I’m hoping he’ll come through as he said and it will get resolved,” Navab said.

J.D. Morris is an assistant news editor.

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Research & Ideas

News in Brief

New neutrino data may explain origins of matter

Campus signs letter of intent for new Pepsi beverage contract

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Recent advancement in an international physics experiment run by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory may provide evidence of how matter came to be in the universe.

Berkeley lab researchers, collaborating with 250 physicists and engineers worldwide to form the China-based Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, are working to decipher specific properties of neutrinos in order to answer questions about how they function through time and space.

The experiment is currently collecting data about the three “flavors” of neutrinos — electron, muon and tau — and how they morph and combine, which will explain how these particles came together when the universe was created, said William Edwards, a visiting scientist in the physics division at the Berkeley lab and project manager

Anjuli Sastry elaborates on neutrinos and why they matter in the context of the universe.

of the Daya Bay experiment.

James Siegrist, associate laboratory director for general sciences and director of the physics division at the Berkeley lab, said in an email that the experiment provides a foundation for humans to understand their place in the universe.

“The experiment will provide us with a high-precision measurement of one of the two unknown parameters in our model of neutrino physics,” Siegrist said. “Depending on the value of the parameter, it may or may not be the first such measurement — we’ll find out from results from competing experiments using different methods in the next year or two.”

“Mixing angles” — a mathematical method used to deduce neutrino oscillation — are helping researchers gather more data about the neutrino flavor mixing process, according to Edwards.

“What we are trying to do is fill in the last corner of the matrix of (mixing angles),” Edwards said. “We are looking to fill in theta one-three, the last mixing angle.”

He added that defining this final mixing angle is an ongoing phase of the project and could explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe.

“These parameters are critical elements in our understanding of how all the antimatter vanished as the universe evolved,” Siegrist said in the email. “The small excess of matter over antimatter in the early universe is what allows us to exist today.”

The experiment delves into the nature of neutrinos, which were theorized back in the 1930s and discovered in the 1950s after scientists noticed missing energies in reactions, according to Edwards.

Researchers discovered the flavors of neutrinos — which are sometimes unstable, radioactive particles, according to Herbert Steiner, an emeri-

tus professor in the UC Berkeley physics department and a member of the Daya Bay collaboration — in the following decades due to experimental evidence.

The Daya Bay experiment gathers data on the characteristic properties, such as the weight and height, of the neutrino flavors and their various interactions with each other.

“We know neutrinos have unique properties — they are very low mass, they are not charged due to being neutral ... they oscillate between the three flavors,” Edwards said. “As they travel through time, they can change from one flavor to another.”

Steiner said that most experiments like Daya Bay do not have specific practical applications, but that they simply explain how things are created.

“We are trying to understand the whole sect of neutral particles and what role they play in our lives,” Steiner said. “This is pure science — we are just trying to understand why and how things happen.”

MERIT: Salary raises part of effort to recruit and retain faculty members

Apple: New store expected to bring strong sense of community to area

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bring faculty salaries to competitive levels. Unfortunately, they abandoned the plan after one year, as the budget deteriorated,” said Anderson in an email. “The Academic Senate has strongly argued for the need for a multi-year plan to restore the faculty salary scales to competitive levels.”

The evaluation process for academic personnel will be the same as it was during the last merit pay raise process in 2007, Montiel said.

“For academic personnel, there are ongoing performance evaluations that happen roughly every three years,” said Montiel. “They have gotten merit raises in the past — under this program anyone whose most recent performance evaluation was positive will get a merit raise.”

The process for non-academic personnel — more than two-thirds of whom earn less than $80,000 a year — is somewhat different, according to Montiel.

“For non-academic staff, the performance evaluations happen in the fall, and any merit raises would be retroactive to July 1st of this year,” Montiel said. “Performance evaluations will happen for all nonacademic staff every year. For academic personnel, their reviews happen every three or four years.”

Four hundred members of senior management will be left out of the merit pay raise increases — even though “the vast majority of (UC) senior leaders are compensated below market-levels, as study after study has documented,” according to Yudof.

Montiel said that all these actions are related to Yudof ’s desire to strengthen UC chancellors’ recruiting tools.

“It’s also about excellence, academic excellence,” Montiel said.

“Yudof is aiming to ensure that chancellors have another tool for recruiting and retaining faculty members at all levels.”

bill: Some say SB8 will have a larger impact on CSU than on UC system From Page 2 foundations, which are not subject to the act because they are private entities, to disclose requested information and documents.

Keigwin also said that, if passed, the bill will have a greater impact on CSU than on UC because auxiliaries — in addition to foundations — at CSU were never subject to the Public Records Act before.

Klein said that earlier versions of the bill would have declared UC foundations public entities, which the UC opposed. The amended version of the bill removed that aspect and instead “establish(es) a reasonable process” for the public to request information under the California Education Code.

“Donors to a UC campus foundation shouldn’t lose this type of protection simply because they choose to donate to a public university,” Klein said. “If the foundation couldn’t guarantee donors that it could keep this type of personal in-

formation private, donors would be less likely to donate.”

Keigwin said that this has not been the case in other states because many donors want to know where their money is going and therefore choose not to remain anonymous.

He said the bill would create greater transparency in the public higher education system because people will be “doing the right thing because they know they’re being watched.”

If signed, the bill could prevent instances of money being used to boost executive salaries, pay for the renovation of a home or finance a low or nointerest loan, according to Keigwin.

However, Klein said there have never been any inappropriate or questionable activities at the UC foundations.

Still, if signed, the bill will assure more transparency within the system, according to Keigwin.

“It’s important because open government is important,” he said.

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Beier said that although students are frequently blamed for disturbances, the majority are caused by a few “outliers in the student community.”

“There is a misconception among neighbors that students are partiers, but by and large students are focused on academics and want a peaceful community,” Beier said.

“A couple of rowdy students give a bad rap that isn’t earned — most students and neighbors just want a quiet place to study or raise fami-

lies.”

DeCoulode said the program will not expand beyond Southside neighborhoods for the remainder of the school year since that is historically where most activity occurs.

“We will definitely heighten patrol and have as many officers as we can out during welcome week, since a lot of freshmen come in not knowing the area,” DeCoulode said. “If (students) are out there with a little too much to drink, they become crime or casualty victims.”

crime blotter The following is a sample of crime in the city of Berkeley this week, provided by the Berkeley Police Department.

Robbery via punch — Dwight Way and Piedmont Avenue A group of four young men, unknown if affiliated, were walking westbound on Dwight Way west of Piedmont Avenue on Aug. 14 at about 4:40 a.m. A group of four male suspects approached the young men. One of the victims was punched in the face and robbed of his wallet. Another victim was also punched in the face by one of the suspects who tried to take his cellphone. ...

Auto burglary via window smash — 2500 block of Dwight Way A woman and a male friend parked a 2006 Mini in the 2500 block of Dwight Way at about 1 p.m. on Aug. 16. When they returned at about 2 p.m., the woman immediately noticed that her right rear driver’s side window had been smashed and a laptop that belonged to her friend had been stolen. ...

Drunk in public arrest — 2200 block of Shattuck Avenue A community member called BPD on Aug. 17 at 11:10 p.m. to report that a man was lying down in the 2200 block of Shattuck Avenue. The BPD officer who responded found a 30-year-old Berkeley man lying on the ground in a puddle of urine. ...

Residential burglary via open/unlocked door — 3000 block of Wheeler Street A woman called BPD Aug. 17 at about 8 p.m. to report that her purse and its contents were stolen from her friend’s home in the 3000 block of Wheeler Street. ...

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He said the store will also host a number of community programs, including summer camps where younger children can learn multimedia skills and regular evening events for older children to come in and show off projects they create on Apple products to family and friends right in the store.

Thompson said Fourth Street is an ideal location for the East Bay’s newest Apple store, and the response from the surrounding neighborhood has been very positive.

“It’s really nice to have a store in a community that you can become a part of,” Thompson said. He added that not only do Apple stores bring a strong sense of community to the area, they also bring in plenty of foot traffic.

Berkeley City Councilmember Linda Maio, whose district includes the location, said she believes that the company chose Fourth Street because it is already a vibrant shopping area.

She added that the new store will add to the diversity in the area and likely bring in more customers.

“I do know people prefer walkable retail areas more than malls,” she said. “Berkeley has preserved its outdoor shopping areas, and I think that’s why Berkeley is faring relatively well in comparison to some other places.”

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service option for college students who use Apple products. UC Berkeley junior Amanda Lim arrived around 9 a.m. to wait in line after hearing about the opening through an email from the company. She owns several Apple products and brought her MacBook along just in case she had any questions.

Inside the store, several stations allowed customers to test out the entire range of Apple products — from MacBooks to iPods and iPads.

UC Berkeley engineering professor Bernt Wahl was on site Saturday taking pictures. According to Wahl, who is working on a book about Silicon Valley’s technological history, UC Berkeley played an important role in creating the computer technology Apple uses today.

“It’s something we should be really proud of here. A lot of technology came out of Berkeley,” Wahl said.

Leland Thompson, Apple market leader for the East Bay, spoke at length about the store’s various features and programs aimed at educating Apple users. Thompson also pointed out the store’s Genius Bars, where employees offer face-to-face advice for any questions or concerns customers may have. According to Thompson, Apple store Genius Bars receive about 50,000 customers daily worldwide.

Though negotiations have yet to be finalized for a 10-year beverage contract, UC Berkeley signed a letter of intent Friday with PepsiCo Inc., establishing a framework under which the two parties will operate until a final contract is signed.

The letter of intent states that major terms of the contract have been agreed upon but that more minor details are being worked out, according to Beverage Alliance Chair Kurt Libby.

The contract’s stakeholders are composed of representatives from the four-unit campus beverage contract consortium — the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, the ASUC Auxiliary, Residential and Student Service Programs and the Recreational Sports Facility.

The campus released a request for proposal in May, roughly three months before the expiration of its previous beverage contract, stating the minimum requirements necessary for beverage companies to bid for a contract. Pepsi was the only responder, and the campus’s previous 10year beverage contract with Coca-Cola Co. expired Aug. 3.

Among the requirements Pepsi agreed to are an annual $1.3 million sponsorship fee that will be paid to campus stakeholders, $40,000 in product donations, $15,000 for sustainability program support and $235,000 in marketing and promotion funds.

As a result of the agreement, Pepsi products will be located in over 200 on-campus vending machines and at all on-campus retail outlets and athletic venues. Additionally, the company will work with students on environmental sustainability projects and offer grants to support student-driven causes and campus events, according to representatives from Pepsi.

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Bears stun Aztecs in overtime thriller for first win

By Ricardo Barton | Staff rbarton@dailycal.org

Quick Look: Cal: San diego state: k. benz: goal l. battung: goal

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Sunday afternoon’s crowd at Edwards Stadium witnessed a thrilling, overtime match.

The Cal women’s soccer squad pulled off a stunning 2-1 victory in overtime against San Diego State in its second “LB is arguably one of the most skillful game of the season. players in America,” coach Neil McGuire A late second-half goal by the Az- said. “She has an innate ability to get on tecs’ Cat Walker forced the game the end of things and is a very smart and into OT, but Cal senior forward Katie composed finisher.”

Benz would became the hero with her After 85 minutes, the Bears appeared game winning, sudden death goal. In to be in control and headed for their a scrambled play inside the box, Benz first win of the season due in part to took the shot that might have saved the the efforts of defenders Brunache and Bears (1-1) from beginning Emi Lawson. They managed their season 0-2. to keep the Aztec’s best scorer, “I saw the ball coming in Walker, in check for most of I saw the and the defenders rushing the game. out and I just turned and ball coming “Both Emi and DB are took it because there was in and the strong central defenders and no one on me,” Benz said. “I they can generally handle defender took my chances.” most forwards,” McGuire Similar to Friday’s game said. against Pepperdine — in rushing out, With 4:31 left in regulation, which Cal lost 2-1 — the and I just Walker — the 2009 MWC OfBears managed to outshoot fensive Player of the Year — their opponent in the first- turned and would manage to escape her half (9-2) but were unable took it pesky defenders and tie the to complete their opporscore to send the game into tunities as the game re- because extra period. mained scoreless after 45 there was no McGuire acknowledged his minutes. defenders’ efforts as well as The offensive break one on me. the offense of San Diego State —Katie Benz, (1-1). needed would come soon senior forward after.

“I think for most of the After receiving a long game we were able to quell cross-field pass from senior their offense although the last defender Daniele Brunache, junior for- 10 minutes of the second half, they cerward Lauren Battung took advantage tainly got good opportunities and deof her one-on-one opportunity against served the goal they scored,” McGuire San Diego State goalkeeper Rachel said.

Boaz.

A frustrated Cal squad returned to Battung’s goal gave the Bears a 1-0 the field for overtime, but the team lead with 30:18 left in regulation. managed to quickly end it with Benz’s “DB (Brunache) is known to have a exciting game winner in the 95th minbig ball,” Battung said, “and there was ute. enough back space for me to run into “I was really angry after regulation and play a perfect ball right through the but I’m just really happy for this team, top and finish.” that we were able to pull it out,” Battung Battung has scored a goal in all three said. games played this season (including the Between the goal keepers, Cal’s Emily 4-1 exhibition win against Fresno State). Kruger post one save, compared to the She is quickly becoming the central fo- Aztecs’ Rachel Boaz, who saved six cus of Cal’s offense after losing superstar shots.

Alex Morgan, currently on the US naThe Bears now head to Hawaii to play tional team.

North Dakota State on Friday, Aug. 26.

Battung took six of Cal’s 16 shots in They face off against the University of the contest.

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Maynard’s accuracy, comfort level improving in camp

By Jack Wang | Senior Staff jwang@dailycal.org Remember football season? No one blames if you don’t; many fans likely aren’t eager to relive Cal’s first losing season under Jeff Tedford. But believe it or not, the Bears are two days away from wrapping up fall camp, ready and willing to rebound in their one season away from Memorial Stadium.

The coaching staff won’t start gameplanning and sorting out the official depth chart until Wednesday or so; here’s a run down of how the team will probably look, along with a few extra tidbits from fall camp.

Maynard Easing into QB1 Junior Zach Maynard locked down the starting quarterback spot after just 15 spring practice sessions, which may have as much do with his competition as his own abilities. Maynard, who transferred from Buffalo after coach Turner Gill left for Kansas, is arguably the most mobile player that Tedford has lined under center, but he also hasn’t played a football game in over a year. In addition, he’ll have to adjust to playing in the Pac-12 after spending a full season in the MAC. Tedford says that over the last two weeks, Maynard has appeared increasingly comfortable controlling the offense.

“He’s very accurate throwing the ball,” Tedford said. “He throws all the balls really well. He can throw the deep ball, he can throw the comebacks on a line, he’s got touch for the intermediate stuff, so he’s got all the balls.”

What could help him is the presence of half-brother Keenan Allen, who grew up with Maynard and played high school ball with him. Allen is a potential superstar at wideout, and could team with senior Marvin Jones to form one of the top receiving duos in the conference.

Senior Brock Mansion and junior Allan Bridgford backed up Maynard through camp. Tedford said he hasn’t decided who will take the No. 2 spot, but the latter is probably a smart bet.

Sofele Leading Tailbacks As expected, Isi Sofele will enter the season as Cal’s No. 1 running back after playing behind Shane Vereen a year ago.

Although he only racked up 338 yards on 69 carries, the 5-foot-8 junior returns as the Bears’ most experienced rusher.

“I feel pretty confident going in there,” Sofele said. “I feel like I’ve prepared

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Defensive linemen Gabe King (99), Viliami Moala (55) and Keni Kaufusi (56) participate in drills at Fall Camp. The season starts on Sept. 3 against Fresno State. myself my whole life for this moment ...

I feel like I have a lot to prove.”

Sofele isn’t at the same level as predecessors Shane Vereen and Jahvid Best, but position coach Ron Gould will likely find a way to utilize his talents well. Junior Covaughn DeBoskieJohnson appears to have the No. 2 spot locked down, which gives Cal a sturdy complement to its diminutive lead back.

Blasquez Reshapes Workouts There was a low-key change in the staff this past offseason: Mike Blasquez, who has worked as a Cal strength and conditioning coach for the past eight years, began working primarily with the football team.

Blasquez replaced John Krasinski, who spent nine seasons with the program, and has received rave reviews from nearly every player. Many praise his ability to promote a team environment — players have been sporting his “Team Matters” mantra on shirts — and improving the players’ mindsets during workouts. Even NFL draftees such as defensive end Cameron Jordan sang his praises when they worked with him last spring.

Before coming to Cal, Blasquez worked at prep football powerhouse De La Salle in Concord, Calif., where he helped them to 138 of their national-record 151 consecutive wins from 1992-2004.

“He really is a fantastic coach,” said

junior right tackle Matt SummersGavin, who attended St. Ignatius in San Francisco. “I’m not surprised they didn’t lose any games with him running them.”

Grudge Match Steve Williams didn’t have to think twice before naming his most anticipated matchup this season.

“Robert Woods. USC.” The sophomore cornerback’s pick isn’t all that surprising. A year ago, USC took a wrecking ball to the Bears with a 48-14 win in Los Angeles.

Robert Woods was a big reason why.

If you don’t remember, that was the game in which Trojan quarterback Matt Barkley tied his school’s single-game

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record with five touchdown passes — and he did it in the first half. Woods, then a true freshman, was on the receiving end of two of those scores, burning the Cal secondary for 116 yards.

Williams is a full-time starter this year after starting three games in 2010, and he’ll have his shot at redemption on Oct. 13 with the game broadcast on ESPN. Note: In the event that the San Francisco Giants make the NLCS without home field advantage, the Bears will have to move the USC game away from AT&T Park. Considering that the Giants barely scratched out one win against the Houston Astros this past weekend, Cal fans probably won’t have to change their travel plans.

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The Cal squad will have to replace a bevy of seniors besides Morrison. The departed group includes Tracey Stewart, a two-time Pac-10 runner-up in the triple jump, and Kristen Meister, an All-American who holds the Cal record Ihlm rhnk :eZf^]Z <hngmr E^`Zel pbma nl' ?7>=4) .*)&.-1&1,)) 50G) .*)&1-2&+1), 4<08;)e^`Zel9]Zber\Ze'hk` in the high jump. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jonathan Kuperberg

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team to face former coach in upcoming season Coming off a disappointing season, the Cal womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team will have a rigorous non-conference schedule when they kick off their 2011-12 campaign.

The teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s schedule was released, and the

Bears play the likes of Rutgers, Ohio State and Texas during their preseason. Their entire schedule includes 13 squads that made the postseason last year.

Also noteworthy is a Nov. 27 matchup with Virginia in the Waikiki Beach Marriott Rainbow Wahine Showdown in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Cavaliers are led by Joanne Boyle, who resigned from Cal right after this past season ended. The Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new head coach, Lindsay Gottlieb, will have an opportunity to beat her former boss; Gottlieb was Boyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant at Cal from 200508.

The Bears play Rutgers on Nov. 13 in New Brunswick, NJ, in a rematch of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s battle. Cal won that game, 66-57.

The conference season will open in Los Angeles against UCLA on Dec. 29.

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Tim McNeill not only had to coach his team last year; he had to make sure there would be a team this year. practically every part of his body fathomable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My body is not made for gymnastics, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very very fragile,â&#x20AC;? McNeill says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some people are real durable, but I break easy.â&#x20AC;?

If he had to choose between competing and coaching, it would be a no-brainer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I was fired from this job, I would be living in Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park,â&#x20AC;? McNeill says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what I would do.â&#x20AC;?

As of right now, McNeill is scheduled to compete at the US Championships in three weeks time. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a little too early to tell about his decision regarding the Olympics.

Nonetheless, he remains loyal to his Bears and is keen to maintain the future success of the

program. Getting that national championship is still the goal, but this year McNeillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s route to achieve that outcome has realigned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year we emphasized that national title every single day, and it was my fault because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t control,â&#x20AC;? McNeill says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the focus, it is just to do the best that they can, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my attack plan, the outcome will lead to the championship.â&#x20AC;?

After all that he has experienced with the team and the fundraising efforts, that philosophy is fitting. For now, McNeill will be in his own comfortable place, at his Cal gymnasium.

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EXECUTED BY: CARRIE PETERS AND MATTHEW C. WILLIAMS, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) DATE OF SALE: September 6, 2011 TIME OF SALE: 12:00 PM PLACE OF SALE: At the Fallon Street emergency exit to the Alameda County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, CA STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2881 SHASTA ROAD, BERKELEY, CA 94708. APN# 063 2984 028 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and

advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $535,812.19. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust hereto fore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located.

FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION, INC. 5005 WINDPLAY DRIVE, SUITE 1, EL DORADO HILLS, CA 95762-9334 916-939-0772, www.nationwideposting.com NDEx West L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLEC TOR ATTEMPTING TO COL LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee, BY: Ric Juarez Dated: 08/08/11 NPP0186857 08/15/11, 08/22/11, 08/29/11 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JANE H. HAWES, AKA JANE HAWES CASE NO. RP11589252 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Jane H. Hawes, aka Jane Hawes.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Amanda Hawes in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Amanda Hawes be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

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Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner Karen Johnson #55775 22836 Thomes Ave Gerber, CA 96035 408-483-9729 Publish: 8/15, 8/18, 8/22/11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TSG No.: 5193853 TS No.: CA1100225921 FHA/VA/PMI No.: APN:065 2661 013 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/13/06. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed

of Trust recorded 02/24/06, as Instrument No. 2006069023, in book , page , of Official Records in the Office of the County Recorder of ALAMEDA County, State of California. Executed by: RAUL A. CHINCHILLA, JR., AN UNMARRIED MAN AND EMILY ONDERDONK, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN,. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the Fallon Street emergency exit to the Alameda County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon St., Oakland, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 065 2661 013. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 946 KAINS AVENUE, ALBANY, CA 94706. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.

The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $482,026.12. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. If

the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's Trustee. The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporations a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or The timeframe for giving Notice of Sale specified in subdivision(s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. Date: 08/12/11, First American Title Insurance Company First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC 3 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707 Original document signed by Authorized Agent, Chet Sconyers -FOR TRUSTEE'S SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL (916) 939-0772. First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC May be Acting as a Debt Collector Attempting to Collect a Debt. Any Information obtained may be used for that purpose. NPP0187477 08/22/11, 08/29/11, 09/05/11 expenses and advances at the NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DIANA L. SCHWARTZ (AKA DIANA LEE HECKMAN, DIANA LEE SCHWARTZ, DIANA SCHWARTZ) CASE NO. RP11585236 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Diana L. Schwartz (aka: Diana Lee Heckman, Diana Lee Schwartz, Diana Schwartz.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Leslie M. Byrne in the Superior Court of California, County of ALAMEDA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Leslie M. Byrne be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will and codicils, if any, be

admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: September 6, 2011 at 9:30AM in Dept. 201 located at 2120 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley, CA 94704. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner Linda S. Durston Law Offices of Linda S. Durston 1604 Solano Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707 (510) 526-1376 Publish: 8/18, 8/22, 8/25/11

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Robert Thurman headlines Cal hoopsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; European Tour

including All-Pac-10 First-Teamer Jorge Gutierrez, returns.

Gutierrez, last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading scorer, played this past weekend for Robert Thurman tallied three the first time on the trip. The sepoints all of last season. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell Eu- nior guard had 13 and nine points, rope that. respectively, in the two contests.

The Cal menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball power Reigning Pac-10 Freshman of the forward poured in 38 points in the fi- Year Allen Crabbe added 13 on Sunnal two games of the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; European day.

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If the two big men can continue decathlete for another.

NCAA decathlon champion Mike their strong play during the regular season, it will help make up for Morrison graduated, but the Bears the loss of graduated starting cen- have added a new decorated decathter Markhuri Sanders-Frison, who lete to their squad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the coaching scored nearly 11 points a game and staff, to be precise.

Matt Chisam has been hired to led the team with 7.4 rebounds per be the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new assistant coach. A game last season.

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Chisam was also in charge of the Crimsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multi-event competitions and the timing systems for home meets.

A 2005 graduate of UC Davis, Chisam was the 2003 NCAA Division II runner-up in the decathlon. During his career with the Aggies, Chisam won conference titles in the 100m hurdles and the decathlon. His senior year, Chisam received the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outstanding Senior Award as team captain in 2005.

He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop competing after college, though.

Chisam placed ninth in the decathlon at the 2009 USA championships and fourth in the heptathlon at the indoor combined event championships. At the 2008 Olympic Trials, he finished 15th.

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Sports

It’s been real, Sports Desk. To everyone: Do work, and never, ever settle. If you will it dude, it is no dream.

Monday, August 22, 2011 – Wednesday, August 24, 2011 • dailycal.org/sports

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Men’s gymnastics was cut — and reinstated — in McNeill’s first year as coach.

Tim McNeill had to combat his inexperience and balance Olympic hopes in his first year as men’s gymnastics coach. Then the program was cut.

By Camellia Senemar | Staff csenemar@dailycal.org

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im McNeill spends the whole week calming them down. He’ll have them visualize their routines, being in the most comfortable place. He tells them not to look at any numbers or scores — no matter how big the meet is.

All you can do is focus on what you can control.

The Cal men’s gymnastics coach practices this mantra everyday with his team. In only his second year at the university he graduated from in 2008, he’s had to adopt that mentality beyond the beams, bars and vaults.

McNeill finished his collegiate career as the most decorated gymnast in Cal history.

He spent the 2009 season as a graduate intern with the Bears before moving to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado, where he devoted his life completely to training with the national team and making the Olympic roster. But only a year later, he was offered the head coaching role at Cal. So he took the opportunity with hopes that he would continue training back in California.

“It was a really big change for me, training was my one focus in life,” McNeill says. “I had always assumed that I would have started as an assistant coach at a lower tier team for a while and build my way up.”

It was McNeill’s sophomore year when he realized that he wanted to coach collegiatelevel gymnastics. He enjoyed watching his fellow gymnasts develop, while being a team captain for his junior and senior years further helped hone his techniques.

“It’s about the shock value that coaching gives,” McNeill says. “And I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it, even 40 years from now, I’ll still love that feeling, being able to teach new skills and just seeing the kids’ reactions.”

Although McNeill’s youth and inexperience poses some possible concerns, he uses it to his advantage. He doesn’t just tell his team how to do certain skills — he physically puts on his grips and does his own demonstrations.

“I can completely relate to the athletes that I coach,” McNeill says.“I know exactly what it feels like when you have an injury or are struggling with the skill ... it’s so fresh in my mind.”

His biggest worry was discipline — coming into a job where he’d be forced to regulate

people that he was friends with, lived with and hung out with. Yet the gymnasts responded well to the newly set boundaries, due in large part of McNeill’s approachability.

“He understands the sport and pushes me, I feel like we have a connection,” sophomore Donothan Bailey says. “He knew exactly what I needed to do to get me to this level and he won’t take the credit for it.” cNeill’s worries shifted when the the athletic department named men’s gymnastics as one of the five sports to be eliminated back in September 2010. The Falls Church, Va. native was thrust into what seemed to be a no-win situation.

“Even though I knew it was a possibility (of being dropped), it was still very hard to hear,” McNeill says. “That was heartbreaking.”

Despite the predicament, being able to come back to Cal and lead the program was an absolute dream come true for him. McNeill was determined not to let that upcoming season be the last season in men’s gymnastics history.

“The team really embraced that attitude,” McNeill says. “We never lost sight of our common goal.”

In his debut season, McNeill’s team was plagued with injuries, so many that it prevented the squad from having its strongest lineup, especially when it mattered at the NCAA Championships. The squad finished fourth in the nation. Its target was first.

Setback after setback after setback. Fluke accidents that really no one could control.

Gymnasts train and perform skills at such a high intensity that getting hurt is inevitable.

However, McNeill is not one to make excuses — he continued to remind his team to focus on its performance, block out distractions and stay in the moment.

On the students’ end, their responsibility was to train hard and try to have the most successful season they possibly could. From McNeill’s end, his main focus was on what he could control — fundraising to get the program back.

Cal Gymnastics Forever is comprised of about 20 people — current team parents, alumni and McNeill and assistant coach Colin Christ. The first phase of fundraising began before the elimination announcement, since gymnastics was a strong contender. In June 2010, they started a database of alumni contacts to raise money. Once the announcement was made, they were ready with a running website for pledges.

The campaign really kicked it up a notch

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in February, when three sports were brought back, but not men’s gymnastics or baseball.

“We broke down this list of about 1,000 people and literally made phone calls to every single person for donations and support,” McNeill says. “It took hours and hours.”

The main obstacle was that the university hadn’t given the squad any numbers; McNeill and company were just blind calling.

The figure was finally set by the Vice Chancellor — the program needed to raise $4 million, and the donations could be spread over five-year installments.

Like he teaches his team, McNeill maintained his composure and didn’t look at the number — no matter how crucial it was. He and his passionate group of members just went back and made all the calls again. And after much fight, they were able to extend the pledges to eight-year periods.

Once baseball was officially reinstated in April, it became the athletic department’s sole purpose to help bring men’s gymnastics back too. Cal Gymnastics Forever managed to reach between $2.5 and $2.6 million in May. In addition to the money, the group presented the athletics board with a business plan.

Since they didn’t reach the projected number, the only way the program could be reinstated was to get rid of scholarships.

“It was not ideal, but the most important thing was having the team,” McNeill says.

Now with the team’s future secured, every

dollar raised goes towards scholarships. cNeill’s sacrifices are clear and prevalent throughout his tenure. It’s his genuine and selfless nature that makes him such a beloved figure at Cal. Yet when asked about his individual gymnastics career, he struggles to reply.

“In a perfect ideal world, I would like to give it one last push for the Olympics (in 2012),” McNeill says.

His greatest challenge is time. He’s been trying to stay in shape, just to keep his options open. But he’s at a big disadvantage because all the other gymnasts are training for the Olympics six or seven hours a day. McNeill is training only when he can find a random time.

“It’s been tough for me, I didn’t realize the amount of administrative work that comes with this job,” McNeill says.

For McNeill’s personal goals, he’s pretty much done it all except for the Olympics.

He’s been to the World Championships. He’s won an international medal. He’s taken home five NCAA Championships. He also has a US Championship gold medal in his arsenal.

But with all those astonishing achievements at the age of 25 come their hindrances.

He’s undergone two unsuccessful shoulder surgeries and two unsuccessful knee surgeries. He has three back fractures that he’s been told will never heal. He’s starting to develop a bulging disc and has torn and fractured

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