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After an eight-month stint as CEO and president of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Mark Berson resigned from his post Wednesday, adding to more than a year of unsuccessful attempts at securing a long-term CEO for the chamber. Berson, who has been deemed by chamber officials as Mark not the “right fit,” Berson was selected by the chamber’s board of directors in December after former CEO Ted Garrett was dismissed and replacement CEO Gian Paulo Mammone resigned before taking office. After review and discussion, the chamber concluded that Berson was not a long-term fit, according to Jonathan DeYoe, its former chair. “Mark Berson and the chamber have parted ways effective immediately,” chamber Chairman Rod Howard said in a press release. “We wish Mark the best in his future endeavors.” DeYoe said Berson’s resignation is not a reflection of who he is, adding that Berson has had success elsewhere but was not right for the chamber. “The chamber is looking for a lot from a CEO,” said DeYoe, who was involved in Berson’s hiring process. “It’s a tough city, and it wasn’t a perfect fit for him. It wasn’t a perfect fit for us.” He added that although Berson’s reign did not harm the chamber, members are looking for a “strong leader” who can serve for a long period of time.

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UC Professor Involved in E-mail Dispute by Claire Perlman Contributing Writer

UC Berkeley integrative biology professor Tyrone Hayes — whose work includes research on the effects of the herbicide atrazine on amphibian life — has become the target of an ethics complaint from the principal producer of the chemical, Syngenta Corporation. The complaint, filed July 19, comes in response to a series of “aggressive, unprofessional and insulting, but also salacious and lewd” e-mails written by Hayes to the corporation, according to the complaint. “so go’head, bring “your boys” / cuz i’m bringing the noise / i told ya, you can’t stop the rage / you been braggin / but we’ll see who’s tea baggin / when TDawg hits the stage,” one e-mail dated March 17 reads. The e-mail communication had its origins in a scientific disagreement about the safety of the herbicide, which is used to treat crops but is banned in the European Union for the dangers it

may pose to human health. The e-mails, of which there are hundreds, date back to when Hayes “ya outa’ luck... published his bouta show first studies about you how it is atrazine in 2002. right now Hayes found that frogs exposed to see you’re the chemical dis****ed... play female characteristics. Simi(i didn’t pull lar experiments out) and ya on rats, which are genetically simifulla my j*z lar to humans, right now!” resulted in cases of prostate and Professor breast cancer. Syngenta claims Tyrone Hayes on its website, in a 2009 e-mail however, that none of these findings are true. The website states there are “numerous weaknesses in (Hayes’) methodology and misrepresentations in his citation of data from other studies.” According to Hayes, he was on a

Syngenta-sponsored panel of scientists investigating atrazine, but left in November 2000 because he “refused to manipulate data.” The e-mails reflect some of these scientific disagreements, although Paul Minehart, a Syngenta spokesperson, said they are unprofessional in their approach. “Our employees find these, at the least, offensive,” Minehart said in an email. “We felt this was contrary to the university’s ethics values and code of conduct, especially regarding ‘respect for others.’ We are hoping that (the complaint) will stop the e-mails.” Hayes’ e-mails to Syngenta are in rhyme form — a style that he feels is in line with his culture. “For anyone to tell me that, by virtue of expressing myself in a way that is consistent with my culture, I am unprofessional is offensive,” Hayes said in an e-mail. This letter of complaint is the second contact Syngenta has made with

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by Javier Panzar Daily Cal Staff Writer

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will have to determine whether to sign off on a bill this week that would bring UC and CSU foundations under the authority of public record requests, though UC officials say the bill could end up costing the cash-strapped university millions of dollars in anonymous donations. The bill, authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, was unanimously approved by the state Assembly last week and narrowly cleared the state Senate Thursday morning. If approved, the bill would expand the definition of a state agency to include state university auxiliaries, bringing them under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). UC officials are opposing the bill, saying expanded access to records could mean a loss of anonymous donors at a time when the university is growing more reliant on donor funds. University foundations provided over $500 million to the UC in the 2008-09 fiscal year, according to a UC officials. “The uncertainty makes it impossible for the UC to make qualified promises of anonymity,” said UC spokesperson Steve Montiel. “It puts us at a competitive disadvantage (compared to) other universities.” The bill comes in the wake of an incident at Cal State Stanislaus earlier this summer when a campus foundation gave former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin more than $70,000 to speak at a campus fundraising event. The university did not initially disclose the amount Palin would receive, saying the foundation paying Palin was an auxiliary and therefore exempt from a California Public Record’s request. Yee’s bill would bring such organizations’ records under the authority of a public record’s request, though it would not reveal an anonymous donor’s identity unless the donor received a good or service worth at least $500. “If somebody is getting something in return for their donation, then the

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City Receives Green Award for Efforts to Reduce Gas Emissions by Caroline Cook Contributing Writer

The city of Berkeley’s push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions received laudable recognition Tuesday when the California Chapter of the American Planning Association bestowed the city with the 2010 Innovation in Green Community Planning Award. The award — given annually by the association in an awards program that acknowledges “outstanding achievement in the planning field” — recognized the city’s Climate Action Plan. Previous recipients include San Mateo County’s Sustainable Green Streets and Parking Lots Design Guidebook and the city of West Hollywood’s Green Building Program. “The award recognizes the community’s role in developing the Climate Action Plan and the fact that we have a plan for what we want to do,” said City Councilmember

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Resignation of City’s Chamber Of Commerce CEO Announced

Hundreds of Bay Area residents swarmed downtown Oakland August 21 and 22 to participate in the city’s Art & Soul Festival, an annual gathering aimed at proONLINE VIDEO moting Oakland’s offerings in art, Watch sights from the food and music. weekend’s Art & Soul The festival cel- Festival in Oakland. ebrated its tenth anniversary this year with a line-up of Oakland-based or Oakland-bred artists, including MC Hammer (pictured left), En Vogue and Cake. More than 200 other local musicians, artists, performers and vendors — all with ties to the city — also filled the event’s three stages and the surrounding downtown area. According to the festival brochure, the festival is a “key economic development initiative” and part of an ongoing initiative to revitalize the area. “(Attendees) see the great buildings, the restaurants, the galleries that have opened up, the nightclubs,” Hamilton said. “Plus we’re educating people throughout all of Northern California about the amazing talent they can find here in Oakland — music talent, artistic talent, it’s all right here.” ­—Sarah Springfield

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Revolver Gallery presents the new exhibit by photographer Jesse Pollock, “Guys.� The opening reception will feature music by N amesak E and the reissuing of Pollock’s zine, “Girls.� WHEN 6 p.m. WHEre 136 Fillmore St. San Francisco. Cost Free. contact 415-871-0665

Wednesday, Aug. 25 WHAT Film The Pacific Film Archive

screens Akira Kurosawa’s “Rhapsody in August� (1991). WHEN 7 p.m. WHEre PFA, UC Berkeley. Cost $9.50 general. $5.50 for UC Berkeley students. contact 510-642-1412

Thursday, Aug. 26 WHAT Reading Pegasus Downtown bookstore presents readings from “Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry,� featuring editors Summi Kaipa, Pireeni Sundaralingam and Neelanjana Banerjee. WHEN 7:30 p.m. WHEre 2349 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley. Cost Free. contact 510-649-1320 WHAT Exhibit Opening The Berkeley Art Museum opens its new exhibit “Flowers of the Four Seasons: Ten Centuries of Art from the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture.� WHEN 7 p.m. (Aug. 26 to Dec. 12) WHEre Berkeley Art Museum, UC Berkeley. Cost $10 general, $5 after 5 p.m. Free for UCB students. contact 510-642-0808 Calendar listings may be submitted as follows: fax (510-849-2803), e-mail (calendar@dailycal.org) or in person (sixth floor Eshleman Hall, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Always include contact name and phone number along with date, day, time, location and price (if applicable) of event. Placement is not guaranteed. Events that do not directly relate to UC Berkeley students or Berkeley residents will not be listed.

by Nick Myers Contributing Writer

In an effort to close the racial achievement gap in local schools, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education created a new position Wednesday intended to respond to the diverse needs of the city’s students and families. Implemented as part of Berkeley’s 2020 Vision plan to create equity and opportunity in education for the city’s youth, the new Supervisor of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Systems will aim to better serve what officials called Berkeley’s diverse student and parent community. “We need to change the way that we

operate as a school district by making sure it’s accessible and sensitive to the fact we have a population that’s multicultural and multilinguistic,� said Christina Faulkner, director of curriculum and instruction for the district. According to the California Department of Education’s Assessment, Accountability & Awards Division, during the last school year, 44 percent of black 11th grade students and 32 percent of Hispanic 11th grade students in the district tested “far below average� in English on the California Standards Tests. Only 6 percent of white 11th graders tested “far below average.� In high school mathematics, 10 percent of white 11th graders in the district scored “far below average� while

News in Brief Campus Receives Perfect Score in Green ‘Honor Roll’ For the second year in a row, the Princeton Review has placed UC Berkeley on its “Green College Honor Roll� as one of the 18 schools to receive a perfect score this year. The company tallied the scores of 703 institutions on a scale of 60 to 99 based on survey results from the 200910 school year concerning the schools’ environmental policies, practices and academic offerings. Schools were assessed based on whether students’ campus lives are “both healthy and sustainable,� how well students are prepared for jobs in a clean energy economy and to deal with today’s environmental concerns as well as how environmentally responsible the institution is. The ranking accompanies each school’s profile on the Princeton Review website and will also be included in the 2011 editions of three of the

company’s guidebooks — “The Best 373 Colleges,� “Complete Book of Colleges� and “The Best Northeastern Colleges.� In its review of UC Berkeley, the company cites the campus’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2014 as well as the more than 200 campus energy efficiency projects. The review also acknowledges Cal Dining, stating “the university’s primary food operator was the first in the country to receive organic certification and organic salad bars are now a staple at campus dining facilities.� According to the review, UC Berkeley has more than 80 degrees, 90 research centers and 25 student-run organizations that focus on the environment. The review goes on to say that through student projects, the campus has been able to reduce energy consumption by more than 8.5 million kilowatt-hours and reduce water usage by 3 million gallons. —Emma Anderson

42 percent of black and 19 percent of to ensure that the district is using the Hispanic students scored in the same best training practices in the country. category. “One of the issues we really need to “Berkeley Unified has the largest address is making the schools more achievement gap along racial lines in welcoming and relevant to diverse stuthe state,� said school board President dent groups and their families,� HempKaren Hemphill. hill said. She added that although the disAccording to Faulkner, the positrict has made progress in closing the tion’s duties include encouraging the achievement gap with special pro- district’s classified staff — those emgrams and teacher training, coordina- ployees who do not teach — to earn a tion between schools in the district has teaching degree so the district can exbeen minimal. pand and diversify its pool of qualified “There have been sincere intentions instructors. and commitments, but there hasn’t “Our teaching population isn’t as been a staff person whose job it’s been to make sure we’re using our money diverse as our student population, but is much more Ma^ =Zber <Zeb_hkg ;460;B 2><82B ?DII;4B wisely and efficiently,� she said, add- our classified population ing that the new position was created >> Diversity: Page 6

Sierra Club Ranks Campus 32nd Among Green Schools UC Berkeley was ranked 32nd in the Sierra Club’s annual list of the top 100 most environmentally friendly campuses, falling from its number eight ranking last year. The list, which has been compiled through the Sierra Club’s “Coolest Schools� survey since 2007, ranks each university by evaluating their energy supply, efficiency, food, academics, purchasing, transportation, waste management, administration, financial investment and other initiatives as they pertain to sustainability. The survey also highlights the work of individual students and points out some “questionable colleges.� The club — which is the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the nation, according to its website — sent surveys to 900 colleges and universities across the country and received 162 responses. This year, the ranking system added more weight to an institution’s energy supply and “that adjustment caused a significant shuffle

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at the top of the list,� according to the club’s website. Last year, UC Berkeley received a score of 96 out of 100, but this year, the campus scored 76.3. No campus received a perfect score this year and the school with the highest score this year, Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt., scored 88.6. UC Berkeley scored high in the categories of waste management and other initiatives, receiving perfect scores in each, but fared poorly in the financial investments category with a score of three out of 10. Of the eight UC campuses that submitted responses to the Sierra Club — UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Merced and UC Santa Barbara — all were ranked in the top 50. UC Irvine made the list’s top 10, ranking number six. —Emma Anderson

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hen you’re a sex columnist, you get a lot of people — both friends and strangers — offering to help you out with “research.â€? But sometimes the best research is the hardest to seek out. After 67 minutes in rush hour traffic, a $6 bridge toll and three near-miss lane changes, I found myself in a posh neighborhood in San Francisco, parking outside of a two-story building and tentatively ringing the door bell. I was met not by a hunky “study buddy,â€? but by a woman with a clipboard full of paperwork I had to hastily fill out because I was 15 minutes late. Leaving my things outside in a cubby, I quietly entered a dark room glowing red from two small lamps. Once my eyes adjusted, I could observe a group of women on yoga mats, going around in a circle introducing themselves. Dotting the landscape of this darkened studio were two shiny vertical monolithic structures. Am I being vague? I’ll let you buy a vowel. O? That’s one of them! This was an introductory class to pole dancing, and when our sexy yogi learned I was in her midst she exclaimed, “Despite what you’ve been told, this is not group masturbation, sex columnist!â€? I was worried. While we did clasp our vaginal areas with our hands, it’s true that there wasn’t too much outright autoerotica going on. We engaged in meditative, mind-calming poses, though that calm was laced with some naughty. We were flirting with ourselves, caressing our thighs, playing footsie with our own feet, even picturing someone pulling our ponytails to get us into the correct postures. Functioning much like a phone sex operator, our instructor guided us along, telling us where to place our hands and how slow or fast to do so. I may or may not have slapped my own ass a handful of times. It was part of the ab workout. When we finally got to the titular event, we were all warmed up to slide up and down the metal rod. This was actually the part I felt the most conflicted about. I’m all for vertical monkey bars, and I even slid down a firehouse pole once on a field trip. I had thrown myself into the mat work in the first half of the class, even crawling like a cat and posing on my haunches without any crippling self-awareness. ire me a strapping plumber ­â€” I just have something of a blockage in my mental pipes when it comes to the performative posturing that was invoked in the studio. Is the act of pole dancing actually empowering for women, a reclamation of marginalizing structures? Or is this just one more expensive pastime for businesswomen, pretending to loftier visions of the sexually liberated woman while failing to truly undermine the penetrating male gaze? In Sarah Jessica Parker voiceover fashion: Are we marketing empowerment to women with a wolf in sheep’s stilettos? This was on my mind when I approached the pole. But I womaned up, learned the tricks, did a spin or two

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hayley Hosman and felt accomplished when I made some progress. We cheered on the girls around us who were naturals at this whole man-eater routine and encouraged the ones who were having a harder time mounting the beast. However, the whole thing felt a little precious. Especially when our instructor put on some hot shorts and gave us a demonstration to wrap up the session. We watched her perform her sexuality in stunning acrobatic fashion, but I found the context of the performance itself problematic. It was like an episode from some TV series involving “what girls do behind closed doors.� Functioning as an almost rudimentary lesson in female sexuality, tending toward reductive methods, the class itself could — and should, Rule 34! — be fetishized to within an inch of its life. A bunch of girls in a dark room doesn’t turn into a giant cunnilingus fest? Whaaaaa? aybe I’m missing the point of pole dancing class. While this San Francisco studio seems geared toward a decidedly female aesthetic, the tricks of the trade being shared with the class were originally fashioned with a male audience in mind. And the studio isn’t exactly trying to subvert this origin story. I mean, must we approach the pole as we would a penis? Do the acrobatic feats achievable by experienced pole dancers necessitate a sidling, sexed-up approach to their apparatus? Must pole dancing be preceded and followed by pon-da-floor displays of down-tofuck-ness? And what about the whole 30-minute warm-up sesh? All that erotic yoga felt fairly penis-anticipatory, if you ask me. Which is funny, seeing as we were surrounded by vibrant sexual beings who would have made for much more interesting partners than the “implied males� in the room. I’m all for confidence-building, sex-positive approaches to reclaiming the ways in which we express our own sexuality. But throwing our hair back in a cat pose and twirling around a stainless steel ode-to-the-phallus doesn’t seem like the most sure-footed step in the direction of the independent woman. In fact, it seems to ignore her complexity and the diversity of her experiences and selves. I am woman, hear me ... purr?

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UC Berkeley Alumnus Dies After Life of Musical Talent by Mihir Zaveri Daily Cal Staff Writer

UC Berkeley alumnus Ortiz Montaigne Walton, a music aficionado and “renaissance man� who struggled with progressive supernuclear palsy in the last few years of his life, died on July 29. He was 76. Walton’s life was characterized by his achievements in music and musicrelated scholarship, including a stint in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. However, those who knew him said his life involved much more, including a strong sense of race-consciousness. “Ortiz was a genius and a person who had different degrees of and a wide variety of interests and was both an accomplished musician and a scholar,� said Ishmael Reed, professor emeritus of English and friend of Walton. Reed described Walton as introspective and serious, somebody with a “terrific sense of humor� but little tolerance for foolishness. Reed said he had pawned his violin for $35 to help get Walton to Boston, where Walton would become the first black person in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. After participating in the Boston Symphony, Walton became a doctoral student of sociology in the 1970s at UC Berkeley, where Reed said Walton fought for the establishment of the ethnic studies department. According to Troy Duster, a chancellor’s professor of sociology and an informal adviser to Walton during his time on campus, Walton’s experience as one of the few, if not only, black people in groups such as the Boston Symphony helped shape his beliefs and actions at UC Berkeley. Duster said Walton came to campus at a time when the state of black-white race relations were in flux due to events such as the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. “At that point, the assumption was

something like this: all right so we’ve opened up the doors, we’ve let these students in, so what they should do is be grateful, that is come in, sit down, shut up and enjoy the show,� he said. But Duster said Walton, along with a group of seven or eight other black students, instead challenged the curriculum and focus of the sociology department. Duster described Walton’s activism as different from the flamboyant, inyour-face style of most other students. “You had a sense always with Ortiz that he had a passion for what he was doing, but it was a controlled passion,� he said. In the publication of his dissertation — a book entitled “Music: Black, white & blue: a sociological survey of the use and misuse of Afro-American music,� Walton was able to combine his activism and musical skills, examining black music and its effects on society. “Ortiz was quite impressive in his grasp of his issues about culture and society and the role of black music,� Duster said. Walton’s post-UC Berkeley life involved several bass performances around the world including Paris, London and Cairo. Reed said his social consciousness continued throughout his life. “He expanded a lot from the time I met him,� Reed said. “He really became a humanist, someone who was a universalist.� According to Carol Walton, Ortiz Walton’s wife, they first became aware of her husband’s progressive supernuclear palsy in 2006. She said his degenerative condition got progressively worse, preventing him from playing bass or writing. Walton is survived by his wife, Carol; his son, Omar; and three grandchildren, Harmony, Jahlil and Elon. Contact Mihir Zaveri at mzaveri@dailycal.org.

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public should know that,� said Yee’s chief of staff, Adam Keigwin. One program in which donors receive a good or service is UC Berkeley’s Endowment Seating Program, which sells seat licenses at Memorial Stadium to fund the stadium’s seismic retrofitting. The provision regarding donors’ receipt of goods and services was added after Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill introduced by Yee last year. “Subjecting the altruistic activities of private donors and volunteers to the CPRA will have a chilling effect

on their support and service, if they believe their personal privacy could be compromised,â€? reads a message attached to last year’s veto. “Hindering private giving of time and resources becomes a detriment to our higher education institutions ‌ at a time when (the UC, CSU and community college systems) are facing significant reductions in state funding during this difficult fiscal situation.â€? Even if the bill makes only some donors subject to search, Montiel said it could scare off close to $7.5 million in donations a year. He said an exact

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Gordon Wozniak. According to the plan’s coordinator Timothy Burroughs, the planning process was set in motion in November 2006 when Berkeley voters passed Measure G, establishing guidelines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Berkeley and directing the city to devise a plan to achieve the target. Adopted by the city council in June 2009, the plan identified the main sources of local greenhouse gas emissions and serves as a guide for achieving the target set by the measure. The main sources of local greenhouse gas emissions include energy use in buildings, where natural gas is a major component, as well as gasoline transportation and solid waste being put into landfills, said Neal DeSnoo, program coordinator for the Money for Energy Efficiency (ME2) program. The plan established a series of ways to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas

emissions by 33 percent from 2000 levels by 2020 and an 80 percent reduction by 2050. “First, it has been a good fundraising tool for the city so far. Second, the city has secured over $5 million in grants in support of implementation of the Climate Action Plan since 2009. Third, the city is working to publish metrics which work toward showing progress towards goals in the plan,� Burroughs said. He added that the Berkeley community played a big role in developing the plan by participating in workshops and submitting comments on a web portal based on plan drafts posted online. “It is unique to Berkeley that our greenhouse gas emissions target is a voter approved target,� Burroughs said. The plan has been the foundation for several new city programs, including the ME2 and Rainwater Harvesting Guidelines programs. The city received

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Berson, who agreed that he was not the “right fit� for the chamber, declined to comment further on his resignation but said he aims to find a position with a Bay Area nonprofit. DeYoe said Berson, who served as the president and CEO of the Alabama Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, has a “deep experience� in running chambers of commerce and political campaigns but lacked experience with Berkeley’s diverse culture. “It’s not an issue of weakness — it’s an

issue of not already there,� he said. While some members of the chamber said they had not heard of Berson’s resignation, Mansour Id-Deen, executive director for the Career Development Institute for Inter-City Services, said he had a good interaction with Berson. “I can’t say exactly ... if he was a (good) fit or not,� he said. “He was a personable person, and I felt like he was trying to improve the relationship of the chamber with the business communities.� Before serving as CEO and president for the Gulf Coast chamber, Berson was a tourism director for the state of Ala-

number is impossible to determine. David Blinder, UC Berkeley’s associate vice chancellor for university relations, said the campus could not give a rough estimate of potentially lost funds, though he did say some donors would “undoubtedly� be deterred. “UC Berkeley has had great success in fundraising in recent years following the model of our private peer institutions,� he said in an e-mail. “Senator Yee’s bill would significantly disadvantage public higher education in California in competing for private philanthropic support.� Javier Panzar is the news editor. Contact him at jpanzar@dailycal.org.

funding for these programs because of its plan to reduce emissions. The ME2 program provides cash incentives to make it easier to lower the costs of energy retrofits by using federal stimulus dollars awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The program provides single-family homes up to $5,000 and duplex units up to $8,500, including rebates from PG&E, to conduct energy audits and make energy efficient home improvements. Mini-grants of up to $30,000 for multi-family buildings and commercial properties can also be obtained. The city has also started a Rainwater Harvesting program in order to help people effectively and safely capture rainwater, Burroughs said. “Harvesting rainwater helps conserve water and lowers your water bill by reducing your need for potable water,� he said. “The more water being consumed, the more energy is consumed and the more greenhouse gases are being produced.� Contact Caroline Cook at ccook@dailycal.org.

bama, owned a small retail business and worked in advertising in New York City. Despite his “very attractive� resume, Berson is not the right person to tackle the “different animal� that is Berkeley, DeYoe said. The chamber is currently forming an executive search to fill the position, hoping to build itself a “solid leadership,� according to the press release. “There’s a lot of great candidates out there now, so I think they’ll be a lot of people with interest, and I’m hoping it (the search) doesn’t take too long,� DeYoe said. Stephanie Baer is an assistant news editor. Contact her at sbaer@dailycal.org.

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diverse,� she said. The new position will cost the district approximately $63,000 to $80,000 a year for salary and benefits, according to district officials. Hemphill said the position will not be paid for through the district’s general fund but will instead be completely funded by federal categorical grants, such as those the district gets for special education and low-income students. While Margot Reed, president of the Berkeley Parent-Teacher Association Council, said she is not familiar with the new position, she added that the council supports anything that will help eliminate the achievement gap. She was also interested in hearing how the position would fit into prospective school board candidates’ plans for this and upcoming academic years. “Kids today won’t get to go back to the sixth or seventh grades,� Reed said. “We need to know how not only this position but all positions will affect students during the current school year.� Tina Jung, spokesperson for the California Department of Education, said while the state does not exert control over local, district-level decisions, the department applauds efforts by local schools to close the achievement gap. “It’s not just a social and moral imperative, it’s also an economic imperative so all children have an equal chance not only in school but in life,� Jung said. Contact Nick Myers at nmyers@dailycal.org.

‘Arnieville’ Demonstrators Cited During Capital Protest Demonstrators Take to The Streets Around the Capitol to Protest Cuts Affecting the Disabled by Nick Myers Contributing Writer

Twenty-two demonstrators connected with a month-long Berkeley campout were detained in Sacramento Wednesday while protesting proposed cuts to state disabled services. The demonstration’s lead organizer, Jessica Rothhaar, was arrested for failure to leave an unlawful assembly after the group took to the streets north of the Capitol, according to Sacramento Police Department Sgt. Norm Leong. Speaking out against cuts to California’s In-Home Supportive Services and other state programs, about 100 demonstrators, many of whom were disabled, moved into the intersection of L and 11th streets at around 2 p.m. with a 7- to 8-foot-tall effigy of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Twenty-one of the protesters were detained at the scene and cited for failure to obey a lawful order from an officer during the enforcement of a traffic violation before being released. One was also cited for resisting or delaying a police officer. Rothhaar obtained a permit to protest on Capitol grounds but never

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UC Berkeley officials about the e-mails. The first was in March 2009 and resulted in a meeting between Hayes, former Assistant Vice Provost Nancy Chu and Dean of Biological Sciences Mark Schlissel to discuss the content of the e-mails. However, another series of e-mails in February provoked a formal letter of complaint — this time addressed

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to University of California officials. UC Berkeley officials met with Hayes again since the July letter, but decided not to investigate the case further. “Hayes did not violate any of the faculty code of conduct, so there’s no reason to investigate this,� said Bob Sanders, campus spokesperson. “He has the freedom of the law to say what he wishes.�

obtained a permit to protest on city streets, according to Leong. “We were a coalition of people protesting the cuts to the California budget, especially human services,� said Adrienne Lauby, Arnieville organizer and activist with Communities United In Defense of Olmstead, one of the organizations present at the demonstration. “Our concerns rose to this level because of the proposed cuts to the In-Home Supported Services program.� From June 22 to July 22, the protesters erected a tent city dubbed “Arnieville� located on the median of Adeline Street. Lauby said a “feeling of frustration� motivated the demonstrators to protest on the streets. “We weren’t getting the attention to the problem,� Lauby said. “The budget negotiations continue and hardly anyone is talking about the need for more taxes.� She added that if the cuts go through, many disabled people will be forced to live in nursing homes or on the street. Forty Sacramento police officers and California Highway Patrol officers were deployed to deal with the demonstration, according to Leong. “We understand how difficult these cuts are, but with a $19 billion deficit, there are no good options,� said Aaron McLear, Schwarzenegger’s press secretary. Neil Marcus/courtesy

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Sunaura Taylor was among the demonstrators in the streets of Sacramento. Taylor and others were cited while protesting budget cuts that lower funding for disabled persons.

Hayes said his e-mails to Syngenta are in response to threats made to him, his family and his graduate students by Syngenta employees. “(One scientist) has been very offensive and provocative and intimidating,� Hayes said. “He’s harassed me to the point that he’s actually threatened my life and my family blatantly. He and other allies of his have tried to intimidate me through a number of things, such as standing up and disrupting talks, handing out pamphlets at my talks and pulling fire alarms. So I re-

sponded.� Minehart said he could not verify that the interactions occurred. After a local newspaper, the Peoria Journal Star, published a preview of a talk in March at Illinois State University where Hayes presented his latest research on the “chemical castration� of frogs, three representatives from Syngenta requested a meeting with newspaper officials because they felt their side was not represented in the article. “Is it unusual for a writer, a scientist

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Study Links Pesticides to Attention Disorders by Emma Anderson Daily Cal Staff Writer

Pregnant women’s exposure to pesticides has been linked to the development of attention disorders in their children, according to a new study by UC Berkeley researchers. The study, conducted by Amy Marks, Kim Harley, Asa Bradman, Katherine Kogut, Dana Boyd Barr, Caroline Johnson, Norma Calderon and Brenda Eskenazi, found a relationship between prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OP) and attention problems by age five. The findings were published Thursday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Organophosphates are well-known neurotoxicants and have been associated with neurobehavioral deficits in children, according to the study. These chemicals are widely used in pesticides and have been linked to such things as impaired reflexes in newborns. Researchers began recruiting women in 1999 through the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) — a project under the UC Berkeleych[[hZk]']Zber\Ze'hk` Center for Children’s Environmental Health Research, which examines the impact of pesticides and other exposures on mothers and children — and sought to observe whether exposure to the pesticide before a child is born has an effect on the development of attention disorders such ADHD. “It was known that it could have a much greater effect on a developing fetus ... because they are developing critical brain functioning,” said Katherine Kogut, study coordinator

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for CHAMACOS. Researchers found that exposure and attention problems were not significantly related at age three and a half but were significantly related at age five. The connection between the two factors was found to be stronger among boys. Data from more than 300 children was used after following their mothers during pregnancy. The study’s population was made up of Mexican-Americans in the agricultural Salinas Valley because of their greater exposure to the pesticide. “We are specifically concerned for farm worker families because farm workers are the ones exposed to these chemicals,” Kogut said. “We also have reason to believe dietary exposure has an effect, which means all Americans are exposed to OP simply by eating.” Mothers’ urine was tested for the amount of the pesticide present. In addition, attention-related issues in children were assessed by the mothers, a psychometrician and researchers. Kogut said CHAMACOS will continue to watch the children used in the study and has funding to do so until the children are over 12. The center has been working with the families to reduce their exposure to the pesticide. “By studying them for so long and continually, we can answer questions about which chemicals seem to affect development — cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally, and their development in puberty,” she said. Emma Anderson is an assistant news editor. Contact her at eanderson@dailycal.org.

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Summer is drawing to a close. Perhaps you’ve been spending your time working, attending summer classes or, for the luckier among us, traveling. Even if you haven’t been so lucky, the Daily Cal Travel Blog provides a collection of travel accounts by Daily Cal staffers who happen to be visiting, working or studying abroad. Locations covered range from Spain to Syria and South Africa to Sweden. And so, as we prepare for classes to begin again, we decided to take a look back at some of the best posts on the travel blog this summer. To read these posts in full, along with many more, go to blog.dailycal.org/travel. —Valerie Woolard P.S. The travel blog will be continuing through the fall, just in case you ever need a distraction from studying for midterms.

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IBIZA, SPAIN AUGUST 17, 2010 As if Barcelona wasn’t crazy enough for us, for our next destination we decided to head to the partying mecca of Europe, Ibiza. Clubbing is to Ibiza what carbohydrates are to Italy: a lifestyle. Velvet rope and burly security guards line the entrances of the extravagant discotecas, with even more rope and muscle guarding the exclusive VIP rooms of celebrity DJs. We managed to sneak into Armin van Buuren’s VIP area at megaclub Amnesia because let’s be honest, life is much better at the top (quite literally, as we were granted access to a balcony overlooking the thousands of Armin fans dancing on the main floor). Even without VIP amenities, entrance fees to clubs in Ibiza are not cheap. Prices can skyrocket as high as 60-70 euros on sold-out nights with big name DJs such as Tiesto or Guetta. Our futile attempts at haggling at the door were of no use. We tried wooing security guards, claiming we were on nonexistent lists, and just plain old begging, all to no avail. But never fear, dear travel blog readers, because of course your frugal travel blogger and her equally cheap friends found a way out of the frustratingly high cover fees. The next day, while basking in the sun on the beautiful shores of Playa D’en Bossa, an unexpected miracle happened. Club promoters towered over our stretched across the sand bodies and offered us the best gift that could be given: neon green free club entrance wristbands. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the best way to get into a club for free is by looking as fabulous as possible — not in the club, nor at a bar, but on the beach. —Shirin Ghaffary

Hungary is one of those remarkable countries that manage to make you fall in love despite days of cold, shoe-destroying rain, a 222-1 conversion rate to mentally calculate, and a completely un-readable native tongue. In fact, Budapest is the top contender for my favorite city, ever. My whole visit felt charmed, a perfect journey from ancient to modern and back on the banks of the beautiful Danube. On my first day, my friend Qianlai proposed that we buy cheap seats at the Hungarian State Opera for that evening, but on the way to the opera house, we were distracted by an artisan market. We stopped to browse the stands of hand-made jewelry and crafts before settling on necklaces made from pieces of European porcelain. We made it to the opera house just in time to buy tickets to Handel’s “Xerxes.” For lunch, I introduced Qianlai to doner kebabs (a staple of the student-traveler diet) and then we fled back to the hostel to escape the pouring rain. When the rain eased, we crossed the river onto the Buda side of the city and made our way along the river, watching the light rain settle on the brilliant green trees and miles of gray stone buildings to Gellert Hill. Then we hiked up Castle Hill to the regal Buda Castle and showed ourselves around the quiet courtyards guarded by stately stone lions. We spent so much time there that we had to dash back across the river to make the opera. The inside of the opera house was as grandiose and ornate as you would expect in the capital of a former imperial power. The show itself was in the original Italian, but set in supposedly modern-day Iran, complete with break-dancing gangsters and a bomb-dropping Xerxes in a bi-plane suspended from the ceiling. When the show was over, we went out to dinner and walked along the Danube on the Pest side taking pictures of the bridges and Buda Castle brilliantly lit up across the river. —Heather Ross

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PARIS, FRANCE JULY 16, 2010 Wednesday was Bastille Day, often referred to in the States as “The French Fourth of July.” Even though in France, July 4 actually falls on the same day. Who knew?! Anyway, it commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which was a prison that once symbolized the tyranny of the monarchy and stuff. The holiday is celebrated with a military parade, fireworks and — so I thought — fun times all around. And then the clouds rolled in. While it didn’t quite literally rain on the parade, it came really freaking close. Not that we took advantage of the short-lived morning sunshine to be a part of the straight-faced fanfare making its way down the Champs-Elysees. As Patrick Henry once said, “Give me giant Snoopy floats or give me death!” Right, guys?! AMERICA YAY! The day itself was a whole different animal. Even when the sun finally came out again in the early evening, it wasn’t like everywhere you went, people were celebrating how stoked they were to be French, as I’d secretly kind of hoped. Where were the people barbequeing in the Tuileries gardens? Where were the dudes in cut-offs and tricolor bandanas yelling “Vive la France!” without provocation on the metro? As it turned out, they were all already at the Eiffel Tower waiting for the fireworks. Well, minus the cutoffs. If you’ve ever seen pictures of the Eiffel Tower, you’ve probably seen pictures of the Champ de Mars. It’s the huge lawn in front. When we got there, the grass was almost completely covered with people. We somehow managed to stake out a tiny plot of reasonably dry land and settled in for the wait. Finally, the clouds cleared and the Eiffel Tower went dark. The crowd cheered, and the sky lit up. Not to get all gushy on you, but when they played this song and pressed the sparkle button somewhere in the tower, while the fireworks framing the whole thing would’ve made Walt Disney’s cryogenically frozen head hang in shame, I honestly almost cried tears of awe. Awesome tears, if you will. That one, single moment made the hellish Dickensian mob scene that was public transportation afterwards all worth it. I realized that, maybe, like Jean Ferrat’s moustache said, it really is handsome, the life. —Jill Cowan

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If Oman had trains, they would run on time. And thanks to Google, I know that by 2017, Oman will have trains. And they will run on time. Because Oman is perfect. I took this photo shortly after crossing the border out of the United Arab Emirates in the little Honda Civic that “Team Oman” and I had rented in Dubai. We got bored of the straight, smooth, well-lit, perfectly maintained road to Muscat and decided to take a detour. Right around sunset we followed a little dirt road to a seaside village, where a few fishermen were the last still at work at the day’s end. Women sat around pots of tea in their doorways, and men in traditional Omani wear sat in circles on the beach in conversation. The children played soccer by the water. We took off our shoes and enjoyed the soft, dark sand and warm tides of the Gulf of Oman on our feet. It was a calm scene, stepping briefly in to an idyllic world by the sea. After arriving in Muscat, we booked a day tour through the concierge at the very luxurious Al Bustani Hotel, where we pretended to belong until they kindly showed us the door. We arranged to be picked up by our guides the next morning at our actual hotel in downtown Muscat, which turned out to be a brothel. Rookie mistake. I spent much of our trip inside my head, wondering about Oman, its people, its politics, its landscape, its unique religion, its music, its funny hats and its infinite superiority to Dubai. The best travel destination, I decided, is one whose mystery stimulates one’s mind as much as its beaches stimulate the melatonin output in one’s skin. Someday I hope to be graced with the opportunity to return to Oman, the time to see it more thoroughly and the money to stay somewhere other than a brothel. —Hannah Jewell

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The quality of UC Berkeley’s veterans programs is encouraging, even in a city known for anti-war sentiments.

any may have been surprised to learn that UC Berkeley, famous for its liberalism and anti-war sentiments, is actually one of California’s most “military friendly” campuses, according to a recent poll conducted by G.I. Jobs magazine. While the poll focused on financial support and services afforded to veterans on campus, rather than less tangible obstacles such as social stigma, it is encouraging that UC Berkeley is able to provide so many services to veterans. The news also comes at a good time, as the last combat troops departed from Iraq last week, and we hope that many of them are able to take advantage of UC Berkeley’s services and other similar programs to pursue higher education. In addition, we feel it is extremely important for money to go to these programs. Just as taxpayer money has been used to send them to war, so should it also be used to give them the educational and psychological support necessary to re-enter civilian life as easily as possible.

Even those who may not support war and military efforts can agree that they take huge tolls on individuals and that universities and other organizations would be irresponsible not to provide psychological help and counseling to returned veterans. Likewise, it is also in everyone’s interest, anti-war and otherwise, that returning veterans have access to and opportunities to succeed in educational endeavors. Programs for veterans provide a chance to people. many from underprivileged backgrounds, who might not have otherwise considered going to college. Hopefully, the results of this poll can also help people in the general public to develop a more nuanced and complete view of the UC Berkeley campus and the diverse opinions and populations that exist here. We also hope that UC Berkeley veterans, including the 285 expected to enroll in the upcoming school year, take advantage of the services available to them and that they and other non-traditional students continue to feel welcome on campus.

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Berkeley schools need to take drastic measures to close the achievement gap and should be prepared to adapt.

erkeley Unified School District recently created the position of manager of culture and linguistics to help close the startling achievement gaps that exist among races in the district. No one has yet been hired to the position, which would pay $63,000 to $80,000, but even in the current economic climate, if the supervisor were able to achieve the stated goals of the position, the money would be well spent. The goals of the position include managing outreach to parents and helping the largely white, middleclass faculty and staff of the schools in the district to better understand the linguistic and cultural barriers faced by their students, barriers which might thwart their success. Ideally, the person filling this position would reach out to parents to make them feel comfortable coming to the school with problems and concerns, hopefully pre-empting the large race-based achievement gaps currently plaguing the district. While 48 percent of 11th-grade white students in the district tested proficient in math, only 5 percent of black students and 11 percent of

Latino students tested proficient, according to state test results. Also, we feel it is critical that the school district not assume that the achievement gap in Berkeley schools is due entirely to cultural factors. Economic differences also play a large role, both in the environment in which students study and the attitudes that their parents adopt toward education, and the school district should be careful not to dismiss them in their efforts to close the gap. While the stated goals are admirable, it is of the utmost importance that the school board periodically re-evaluate this decision to make sure that progress is actually being made. Logistically, it makes sense that one person in the school district take on this issue full-time and try to implement similar strategies in all of the district’s schools. If this position does not create the desired results, perhaps the money being spent on the new supervisor’s salary would be put to better use funding additional programs to help underrepresented minorities.

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Expanding Campus Community Another Look at Public Service as an Alternate Aspect of Every UC Berkeley Education by Mike Bishop The Daily Californian’s editorial about the Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund (Aug. 2) has motivated me to provide a different opinion about public service at UC Berkeley, one which goes far beyond simple notions of volunteerism. It is important for students new to UC Berkeley to understand the cultures of service at the state’s flagship university, the number one ranked public institution in the United States and the top school nationally in serving the public good. This foundational understanding is especially important as we begin another academic year. Welcoming students back to campus unfortunately comes along with unnerving developments in distressed communities from Pakistan to New Orleans. Service shapes the UC Berkeley experience for many Daily Cal readers. As undergraduates, more than two-thirds of UC Berkeley students engage in at least one service opportunity. These range from community-based learning embedded in faculty-led courses — providing policy analysis for local government, research for nonprofit organizations, tutoring to young people — to income tax preparation assistance for the working poor, one-time service projects cleaning up creek beds or building houses…you get the idea. Campus-community partnerships can make teaching come to life, make possible the goal that research in fact meets

the needs as articulated by the community and even assist with student retention — UC Berkeley student retention. The service-learning pedagogy shows promise in engaging underrepresented and non-traditional students. The many issues confronted daily by public service projects led by UC Berkeley students makes service at this university a bona fide movement for social justice. Contributing to community welfare is an important civic skill that if not taught does not get learned, ultimately weakening our democracy. Most public service projects at UC Berkeley are fueled by student passion for social justice and in many instances goes far beyond simple “volunteerism” — which admittedly in and of itself can sometimes be useful in the creation of a healthy community. When 93 students from Magnolia Project in summer 2007 participated in a 3-week service trip to New Orleans — itself an outgrowth of a spring 2006 Alternative Breaks weeklong trip – they hoped to be useful in some way. Longtime New Orleans resident Raymond Rock, a Hurricane Katrina survivor displaced to the Bay Area told me, “What these students are doing is great. But it’s like tying a race car to a plow.” Based on community input Magnolia Project expanded its program to include a summer internship and semester exchange program, each with elements of community based research, highlighting the skill sets and accompanying ways UC Berkeley students can contribute to solutions to our world’s most pressing problems. The lived experiences of thousands of UC Berkeley students demonstrate that serving the public transforms the individual student while positively impacting both the wider community and campus culture through its many student organizations. Even taking an interro-

gating stance and engaging in respectful dialogue on what in fact constitutes “serving the public” is a skill best learned by doing, and prepares students to offer positive contributions to whichever community in which they find themselves. It often is difficult to achieve true reciprocity across the power divide that more than anything demarcates “oncampus” from “off-campus”. But we must together seek to move beyond the notion of charity, the simple notion of volunteerism that does nothing to challenge the root causes of the poverty that surrounds us in the East Bay and across the world. It is this process that allows us to also challenge the assumptions behind our oftentimes stereotypical, biased viewpoints. The university’s founding as a landgrant institution and its mandate to be useful to the people of California informs it to this day. While traditional views of a research university place service at the end of the “research-teachingservice” mantra, the 21st-century view in higher education challenges the university community to locate ourselves and our work at the intersections of service/ research and service/teaching. Service to the state of California is the university’s stated mission, and the more it is embedded (and done authentically) in all that the university does, the greater public support it will garner at the local and state level. There are many ways UC Berkeley students live the mission of the University of California. New or returning to campus, take time this year to challenge yourself to learn to serve the public good as a contributing member of a healthy campus community and vibrant democracy. Mike Bishop is assistant director of Cal Corps. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

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Supporting George Beier as ‘Community’s Candidate’ We — the students and neighbors in Berkeley — would like to set the record straight in response to Aug. 16 story, “District 7 Candidates Talk Campaign Funding.” There were a few inaccuracies that we’d like to address. 1. A closer look at the financial filings of the candidates would have revealed the following -Kriss received ONE donation of $66 and loaned himself $2,876. -Ces received 25 donations, but only 8 are Berkeley residents. -George received 39 donations, and

34 are Berkeley residents George Beier’s strong financial filing shows that he’s leading the race with the strongest community support. 2. The language in the story implied that George has hired six paid interns. In actuality, the campaign’s internship program is full of student volunteers, who are getting a valuable firsthand experience at running a real grassroots campaign. They’ve signed this letter, joining other students and neighbors in the community We strongly believe that George Beier is the community’s candidate. His broad coalition of support — paired with a strong financial filing —

shows that the community stands behind George. They know what we know — George is the best candidate to build a bridge between the neighborhood, the University and City Hall. I, representing the undersigned, submit this letter as a representative act—and pledge—to support a clean, solutions-focused race. We hope that the tone of this election stays positive, forward- thinking and focuses on really fixing the city’s greatest problems. We can only make things better by working together, by listening to each other’s ideas and by building a compassionate community. Tom Klatt Berkeley, Calif.

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Nightmarish Dreams for Arizona’s Future by Alvaro Huerta The year is 2030. Not being able to sleep, former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer finds herself alone in a strange, white room. “Where am I?” she asks herself, as she experiences a recurring nightmare about Mexicans, before going back to sleep. Always looking for a scapegoat for Arizona’s woes, even in her twilight years, Brewer dreams of placing the burden of the state’s economic woes on individuals of Mexican descent, instead of the credit crises, housing bubble, banking deregulation policies, Wall Street greed and recession. Here is a rough sketch of Brewer’s Mexican nightmare. It has been over 20 years since she led Arizona into financial bankruptcy, following a series of anti-immigration laws that devastated the desert state’s already fragile economy. It was not only undocumented immigrants who fled to other parts of the U.S. to avoid Arizona’s draconian laws but was also all people of Mexican decent, including citizens and permanent residents, who found the state too hostile. Thanks to Brewer, a new term has been added to the American lexicon: Latino flight. Gone are the four C’s that have sustained Arizona’s economy for decades: cotton, cattle, citrus and copper. Gone are the Latino workers who toiled in these sectors; no farm workers, miners, construction workers or small entrepreneurs; no service workers, nannies, house cleaners, paid gardeners, busboys, dishwashers, cooks, car wash workers or day laborers. Moreover, gone are the ethnic enterprises, which catered to Latinos and mainstream communities alike, such as restaurants, construction companies, bakeries, local markets and clothing stores. Apart from people fleeing this racist state in mass, the numerous lawsuits and national boycotts eventually took a toll on the state’s tourism sector, including retirement communities and long-term care facilities. This includes the loss of out-of-state business and trade with Mexico. Consequently, the state government filed for bankruptcy, finding itself at the mercy of the federal government and President Antonio Villaraigosa. The decline of Arizona, in Brewer’s delusional dream, started in 1942 when rural Mexicans successfully lobbied the U.S. and Mexican governments to create

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a guest worker program: the Bracero Program. As part of their master plan to enter the U.S. by the millions, guest workers used the Bracero Program as a Mexican Trojan Horse. Contrary to the official story, where Mexican immigrants labored in the U.S. agricultural industry following World War II to meet labor shortage demands, this program was conceived by rural Mexicans as part of their plan to abandon their families, material possessions and personal dreams for a bigger goal: the Latino-ization of American society. Instead of returning to Mexico after their contracts expired during this twodecade program, the Mexicans sought refuge in America’s barrios, especially in the Southwestern states, such as Gone are the California, Texas, four C’s that Nevada and Arizona. They even- have sustained tually made their Arizona’s way to the South, Midwest and other economy for new destinations. decades: cotOnce settled, the rural Mexicans— ton, cattle, most of whom lacked formal educitrus and cation—met and copper. organized at parks, Alvaro churches and baseball games for Huerta decades without being detected. They disguised their covert activities during their Quinceneras, weddings and funerals. The Mexicans’ master plan against the American way of life consisted of a threepronged attack: linguistic, demographic and vocational. First, learning from the French in Canada, the Mexicans decided to speak only Spanish in order to challenge the dominant language. By maintaining their native language, the Mexicans could easily conspire in public settings without the English-only Americans becoming aware of their activities. Also, the Mexican nannies (and house cleaners) all agreed to speak only in Spanish to the American children in their care. Refusing to be paid extra for Spanish lessons, the domestic workers created a linguistic wedge between the American children and their monolingual parents. Secondly, the Mexicans unanimously agreed to have a lot of babies. Over time, according to the Mexicans, the Mexican population growth rate in the U.S. would

eventually surpass the white-majority. While Mexicans agreed to have 8 babies on average, the Americans maintained their meager 1.5 babies on average. Also, the Mexicans, meeting in maternity wards, decided to select the same baby names, such as Jose and Maria, to confuse the Americans. This allowed the Mexicans to easily exchange birth certificates, driver licenses and jobs. “This is perfect,” one Mexican said at the original meeting. “Not only do we all look alike, we can exchange identities with each other.” Lastly, the Mexicans initiated a longterm campaign of stealing manual labor jobs from American workers. Not only did the Mexicans take away these deadend, low status jobs from American citizens, they also insisted on working for low wages without benefits. “No, Mr. Smith,” said Jose at one meeting, “I refuse to work at the federal minimum wage. Please pay me in cash and don’t worry about any of that overtime and health coverage stuff.” By doing so, the Mexicans created a lazy U.S. workforce and hampered America’s most prized virtue: the Protestant work ethic. Consequently, the Americans wasted no time in exporting all of the remaining manufacturing and factory jobs to foreign countries, crippling the American economy. Suddenly, Brewer awakes from her nightmare, finding herself in the same strange, white room. This time, however, she finds herself with company. “Who are you all and where am I?” asks Brewer. “I’m your doctor,” says the first person. “My name is Dr. Maria Gomez and you’re in a long-term care facility in Mexico.” “Hello,” says the second person. “My name is Jose Gonzalez and I’m your nurse.” “Good morning,” says the third person. “My name is Maria Cruz and I will care for all of your hygienic needs.” “I want to go home,” pleads Brewer. “This is your new home,” says Dr. Gomez. “Your family couldn’t care for you anymore and they brought you here since Arizona exported all of their hospitals and long term care facilities.” “Don’t worry,” Maria say, “In Mexico we have a saying, ‘Mi casa, es su casa.’ We’ll treat you like family.” Without uttering another word, Brewer begins to weep. Alvaro Huerta is a UC Berkeley student. Reply at opinion@dailycal.org.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA AUGUST 5, 2010 It seems that after young professionals reach a certain age in Shanghai there’s a mad panic to settle down with “the one.” Or at least “the one who’s good enough to meet your material needs.” Or outside of People’s Park Gate 5, probably “the one who’s good enough for your parents.” Arriving at this little stop at People’s Park on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon is a little like stumbling upon a campground for the elderly, or perhaps a refugee camp for old folk. These desperate parents are here on a mission. Under the blue tarp roofs, they mill, smoke, squat, clamor and, most significantly, wheel and deal to set up coffee dates or some other ideal condition for whirlwind romance for their uncoupled children (or, for the friskier ones in the bunch, themselves). The walls of these makeshift tents are lined with posts that seem to read as notices of missing persons, advertising physical descriptions or issuing a photograph. The actual function of these posts is that of an eHarmony or OkCupid profile that your parents fill out behind your back in the hope of securing for you, say, a bride who wears nude, ankle-high nylons or a man with a toupee. If the person’s looks are nothing to write home about, a divorcee’s precious tot’s photo might be posted instead. If there are no tiny tykes to be had, the notice will boast a particularly handsome income or career. They never fail to mention the possession of a house or a car or, ideally, both. If for some shameful reason these elements are absent, they’ll quickly rush in with something like, “Wealthy second generation ABC” or simply in bold, “MEIGUOREN” aka “AMERICAN.” —Sara Hayden

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BANTAYAN ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES JUNE 19, 2010 If you’re searching for a tropical island paradise in the Philippines that doesn’t reek of tourists and overpricing, check out Bantayan Island, located just a bit to the northwest of the island of Cebu. It’s about an hour’s ferry ride away from Cebu’s Port of Hagnaya in San Remigio. Even from Bantayan’s port, I wasn’t aware of the beach paradise that awaited. It was only when I arrived at our resort, the Santa Fe Beach Club that I was really impressed. The beach was perfect: white sand, clear blue water and little huts and lawn chairs. I was even more amazed when we went to the nearby Sugar Beach, which spanned a lot farther than our resort, but offered just as much lovely beachy-ness you could want. Even more dumbfounding was that the beach itself was not only better in this respect than that of the popularized Boracay Island (which I visited a week after my stay in Bantayan), but it was not crowded with vacationing foreigners or “bystanders” who attempt to sell you a scuba diving trip at more than double its actual cost. Sugar Beach — named for its sugar-fine sand — was peaceful as could be. Was I missing something? How could a beach this beautiful have escaped the commercialization of beaches that has characterized so many parts of the country? In this respect, Bantayan Island has my vote for being one of the best beaches I’ve ever visited. —Angelica Dongallo

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JULY 11, 2010 When it was announced in 2004 that South Africa would be hosting the World Cup, there was no debate in my mind whether I would go or not. I simply had to be there. And now I am here, eagerly anticipating the final and having enjoyed every moment of the games leading up to it. Going to a World Cup game really is an experience unlike any other. I’ve painted my chest at a Cal-USC game, watched my beloved Red Sox take on the Evil Empire, but just sitting among the crazies at a Cup match is an unparalleled experience. When I walked into the cavernous Soccer City calabash for Brazil vs. Cote d’Ivoire, I just couldn’t stop smiling as fans from both countries jumped and shouted around me. It was even better at the Germany vs. Spain semifinal. Draped in a massive Spanish flag (I still haven’t forgiven Germany for ‘02 so was quite happy to see them go down), I was instantly friends with half of the stadium and spent the game chanting with the three guys in sombreros who sat behind me. Now the problem for me is to figure out who to root for in the final. I have many Dutch friends and would love to cheer on their behalf, but I have been backing the Spanish through the whole tournament. Perhaps the solution is to put my Netherlands flag (I waved it at the round of 16 game against Slovakia.) in my left pocket and my Spanish flag in my right pocket and pull the victor’s out at the final whistle and pretend that I’ve been supporting them all along… —Jordan Bach-Lombardo

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Four Years and Four Letters sports in Brief When I submitted my farewell column I was originally told it wasn’t going to fly because I used the F-word too much. After replacing the F-word with “eff,� the powers that be came around to my point of view because of how ridiculous the repeated usage of “eff � looks. To me, that original decision really begs the question: how out of touch is the Daily Cal with the student body? I felt this way towards the Daily Cal for awhile now. Why does anyone want to read about how the Botanical Gardens discovered a new species of fern? We’re in the red for a reason. Given the state of media, everyone has to adapt, but adapting doesn’t mean having an online edition and throwing up a few podcasts. Adapting means innovation. The Daily Cal shouldn’t be a publication only read for sudoku, crosswords and the occasional page 3 column. At the end of the day this is a college newspaper that’s read by college students. Let’s not kid ourselves here. Let’s start writing for our audience. You know, the kinds of things we would want to read if we were college students between the ages of 18-22. With the rest of my words that Senor Wang has so kindly given to me, I give you my farewell “Fuck You Column.� Fuck Alysia Johnson. I was happy you didn’t make the Olympics because you blew me off for multiple interviews. (I’ve been wanting to get that off my chest for two years now.) Big ups though to all the athletes and coaches who were gracious enough to give me their time. Fuck the senior sports writers. Not one of you gave me a shoutout in your farewell columns. Even though our pay got completely cut, you guys — Matt, Jeff, Caroline, Joe and Jimmy — made it all worth the while. Fuck transcribing interviews. TheDaily Cal should hire Doby and friends to do the transcribing. Fuck the Daily Cal photographers. Because of your hard work you guys helped me set the record for the most columnist photos here. Fuck Cal football. Whenever we finally make that trip to Pasadena, I’ll be meeting you at the Rose Bowl. Fuck the people who use Eshleman’s

Adrian Wins Four Titles at Pan Pacific Championships

Bears Stay Perfect Before Regular Season Opener

Nathan Adrian just can’t stop collecting championships this summer. After winning both the 50- and 100meter freestyle events at the ConocoPhillips National Championshps earlier in August, the Cal’s star swimmer picked up wins on each of the first three days of the Pan Pacific Championships. The Olympic gold medalist started off the weekend by finishing in first place in the 100-meter freestyle on Thursday in Irvine, Calif., beating Canada’s Brent Hayden by 0.04 seconds. A day later, the senior was part of the first-place 400 free relay team, which also featured Olympian Michael Phelps. The Bremerton, Wa., native’s Saturday haul included a victory in the 50-meter free — in which he defeated world-record holder Cesar Cielo of Brazil — and a win in the 400 medley relay. “It’s just a great confidence booster,� Adrian told the Seattle Times. “There’s maybe a little bit of a target on my back and I’ll have to work that much harder.� Fellow Cal senior Graeme Moore earned fifth place in the 100-meter free, representing South Africa. The Cal women had similar success at the William Wollett, Jr. Aquatic Complex. Sophomore Caitlin Leverenz earned a bronze medal in the 400 medley relay, while senior Hannah Wilson swm to seventh for Hong Kong in the 100 free. In addition, Cal alum Natalie Coughlin earned Pan Pacific records in the 100 free, 400 free relay and 400 medley relay. The Cal men’s swimming team begins the fall portion of its season on Sept. 24 at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif. —Jack Wang

The Cal field hockey team is looking right at home thus far in its preseason preparation. The Bears, who nearly went without a road win last fall, defeated St. Joseph’s in an exhibition tuner at Maxwell Family Field on Saturday, blanking the Hawks, 3-0. Freshman Andrea Earle struck early for the home team, finding the net just five minutes into the game. She had three shots on goal during the game and assisted on another. Sophomores Laura Livingston and Kendra Bills tallied the other two scores for Cal as the Bears outshot St. Joseph’s 16-4. In continued offensive dominance, the team also earned 10 penalty corners while the visitors had just one. Goalkeeper Maddie Hand — who started 14 of 17 games for the team in 2009 and ranked third in the conference in goals-against average — needed to make just one save against the Hawks in the first half. After the intermission, she was spelled by freshman Courtney Hendrickson, an Escondido, Calif., native who added two blocks of her own. The Bears, who lost to Stanford in their 11th consecutive NorPac Tournament final, had beaten Pacific, 1-0, in another preseason game on Aug. 14. Cal also hired two Olympians, Carrie Lingo and Lauren Crandall, as assistant coaches this offseason, while head coach Shellie Onstead was named an assistant for the U.S. national team. The Bears will host Miami of Ohio this Friday in their final exhibition before the season opener on Sept. 3. —Jack Wang

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Oct. 16, at USC If Cal’s goal against Maryland was “redemption,� the Bears may need a whole new word to for this year’s tilt against USC. As Cal tries to win at the Coliseum for the first time since 2000, the Bears will be trying to avenge an embarassing 30-3 Homecoming loss. Expect the Trojans to come in with a chip on their shoulder after their disastrous offseason. Despite all that the NCAA took away, Lane Kiffin and company remain loaded. Matt Barkley returns, along with a deep backfield and plenty of athletes on defense. Whether or not the Bears can match USC’s signature athleticism is debatable. However, there’s no question that Cal comes in with the more seasoned quarterback and head coach. Will extra experience give Kevin Riley and Tedford the upper hand? The Bears’ conference hopes may depend on it. Prior to squaring off with USC, Cal opens conference play in Tuscon, Ariz. — where they have dropped two straight — and host UCLA. A loss in Troy could place the Bears below .500 in the Pac-10 and set them back early. —Ed Yevelev

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Blue and Gold Scrimmage Displays New Attack, Talent by Christina Jones Contributing Writer

The Cal women’s volleyball team does not open its season until Friday, but the team simulated game-like conditions on Saturday evening. Bright lights illuminated the main court inside Haas Pavilion, gold uniforms were donned, and fans were in the stands. The Bears were taking each other on, offering fans a first glimpse of their new-look team at the annual Blue and Gold Scrimmage. Though in past years they have simply split into two teams and played each other, this year’s Scrimmage gave the crowd a more in-depth look at how the team is run. “(Saturday) was basically a practice for our fans to come watch,” senior setter Carli Lloyd said. “This was like drills and getting through a couple things we need to work on still before we get to playing games.” With many of the athletes’ parents in attendance, the Blue and Gold Scrimmage let players grow accustomed to the pressure of playing in front of a crowd. “It was a good opportunity for us to play in front of fans,” senior defensive specialist Meagan Schmitt said, “especially for the freshmen to come and have the nerves of playing in front of people but still have the casual, fun atmosphere.” Cal began with warm-ups, hitting, and passing drills before getting to game-like action. The team ran a serve and pass drill, with players getting the chance to redo a play they missed.

During these drills, Feller helped guide the crowd’s eye — noting changes from last year’s playing style and introducing the freshmen. He called attention to the added role of back row players in setting balls when the setter has to make the first pass. According to Feller, the adjustment enables more opportunities for aggressive attacks. The team also introduced an occasional threeperson block, which appeared very effective. Saturday’s event marked Cal's public debut of its new offense. Coach Feller and his staff have converted their system to a faster-paced offense with quick, low sets that enable quicker attacks. Schmitt and Lloyd, the squad's lone seniors, took note of how the underclasssmen performanced ­— especially at the net. Sophomore middle/opposite side hitter Correy Johnson had a particularly strong hitting day, as did freshmen Lauren Loerch and Adrienne Gehan. Loerch also caught Lloyd’s eye with her solid defense, racking up some unassisted blocks. “I am really enjoying this freshman class,” Feller said. “The two DSs (defensive specialists Erin Freeman and Juliana Stivanicevic) are digging balls and making changes in habits. “They bring a lot of energy to the court. And (Gehan and Loerch) are big, high-flying, hard-hitting athletic kids that are both going to have a chance to contribute right away.” Contact Christina Jones at cjones@dailycal.org.

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The Cal women’s soccer team is 1-0-1 after their first weekend of regular season games. The Bears beat Loyola Marymount, 2-1, Friday afternoon and tied UC Irvine, 2-2, even after 20 minutes of overtime. Against the Lions, Cal was dominant possession-wise, pressuring their opponent’s defensive third for much of the game. “For a first game, we just came out as a spitfire,” co-captain Emily Shibata said. Yet the goal margin didn’t reflect the disproportionate amount of time the Bears spent on the offense. “It’s very natural this early in the season maybe not to be on frame as much as you would hope,” coach McGuire said. “But the players are doing a great job.” Cal’s defense was a highlight of Friday’s match. Freshman Emi Lawson was quick to shut down every advance the Lions made. The first 85 minutes of

the game were a shutout. McGuire attributed the Bears’ defensive strength to the dynamic teamwork between players such as Lawson and senior Danielle Brunache on the back line. “(Brunache has) been a lot of help in directing me and helping me know where to go,” Lawson said of her teammates’ support in the challenge of playing such a crucial position on the field her first season. Despite Cal’s success with possession and defense, Loyola Marymount managed to put the pressure on at some points during the game. Possession evened out slightly in the second half: Cal outshot the Lions 6-1 in the first half, only managing a 6-4 margin in the second. While the Bears came out with a win in that situation, handling their opponent’s pressure proved to be a pitfall for their chances at perfect record when they played UC Irvine. The Anteaters kept up goal for goal with the Cal, matching the second less than two minutes before the end of regulation play. Overtime remained

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One thing the Bears won’t see is former UC Davis quarterback Greg Denham. The would-be senior threw for 6,435 yards and 46 touchdowns, but decided not to return to the team because of a higher calling — the seminary. That should make things easier on the Cal defense. Neither of the Aggies’ two leading rushers last season broke 400 yards for the year. “I think it’s a different type of preseason to get us ready for Pac-10 play,” Vereen said. “I’m excited for it.” ‘Break Their Will’ In the parts of football practice open to the media, the sound of offensive line coach Steve Marshall’s boom-

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scoreless. Senior forward Alex Morgan scored her first two goals of the season, assisted by freshman Grace Leer and cocaptain Emily Shibata. While the Bears did not manage to start their regular season with the perfect record they had hoped for, the weekend will allow them to move forward with a direction to their improvements. McGuire seems focused on team development in both these games and last weekend’s exhibition match against Fresno State, in which he made sure every player saw about 30 minutes of playing time. The freshmen have figured prominently in the significant playing time they have been given, making plays on the offense and coordinating defensively. “Definitely we’ve got some things to figure out, but we possess well, and I was really happy with how we played,” Shibata said. “I’m one of those players who always believes there’s somewhere to improve.” Contact Alex Matthews at almatthews@dailycal.org.

to move around in space, big enough to hold up in the run or play over tight ends if he needs to.” —Tedford noted that before Matt Summers-Gavin returns, the offensive line positions will be competitive except for Mitchell Schwartz at left tackle and Chris Guarnero at center. —Sean Cattouse has been practicing after missing time with a hamstring injury. —As Vereen returned to camp and started absorbing more contact this weekend, Tedford was asked on Sunday whether or not he held his breath during every tackle on the running back. “He just had a hamstring pulled,” he responded. “It’s not like he broke a clavicle or anything. I mean, he can’t live in a bubble. He’s a tailback. He’s gotta be able to run.” Contact Katie Dowd and Ed Yevelev at sports@dailycal.org.

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pecially so for the Cal women’s volleyball team. The Cardinal have won the Pac-10 for four straight years, and are ranked No. 4 in the country. Stanford’s team remains largely in tact with senior outside hitter Alix Klineman leading the charge of Stanford’s three All-Americans and six returning starters. Cal counters with All-American senior setter Carli Lloyd and junior AllAmerican outside hitter Tarah Murrey, but lost Pac-10 Player of the Year Hana Cultura, as well as Mindy Wiley. Both teams have 10 underclassmen on their

rosters. Cultura led the Bears to victory over the Cardinal in the teams’ first matchup last season, but sophomore Correy Johnson had a huge match for Cal in the victory. The squads ended up splitting their season series; both matches were five-set battles. This year, the Bears’ new, faster offensive tempo will match Stanford’s, which promises to make the matches even more exciting. Cal first travels to Stanford on Oct. 22, and then hosts the Cardinal on Nov. 19. —Christina Jones

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For extra motivation, some of Cal’s starters may also remember the last time the Bruins came to Berkeley. Two years ago — in a game that included a missed penalty shot by the Bears — UCLA won, 11-10, on a last-second goal. Nov. 19, vs. Stanford The Cal water polo team has beaten Stanford before, winning their most recent match-up, 12-11, in an overtime conference playoff thriller. But the Bears haven’t won a Big Splash for five years running now — even falling short en route to their pair of NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007. The third-ranked Cardinal is also entering a down year — at least, the closest a 10-time champion can come to a down year. Stanford loses its twin scoring dynamo Drac and Janson Wigo, who together accounted for 104 goals last season. Gone too is All-

American goalkeeping stalwart Jimmie Sandman. The annual rivalry game won’t necessarily be a player’s career highlight — each one would trade it for a title ring in a heartbeat — but it is one that is guaranteed to have rowdy fans from both sides packing the bleachers. Waiting on the sidelines too is the gleaming Steve Heaston Trophy, named after the former Cal coach and granted to the victor. Ranked as the preseason No. 1, the Bears’ regular season finale could effectively clinch them a spot at Spieker Aquatics Complex two weeks later — in the NCAA Championship. —Jack Wang

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Oct. 22-24, at San Diego State and UCLA After the Cal football team’s 45-26 victory over UCLA last season, defensive tackle Derrick Hill doused coach Jeff Tedford in Gatorade to celebrate Tedford’s first road victory against the Bruins or USC as a head coach. Replace USC with San Diego State and Cal men’s soccer has been just as dreadful. With an 0-5-1 record down south since 2007, Cal men’s soccer coach Kevin Grimes may welcome the ice bath typically reserved for championship victories. The trip will start the second half of Pac-10 play, and another winless weekend would not bode well for the Bears’ conference title hopes. Entering the roadtrip last season, Cal was ranked 10th nationally. The two losses started an abysmal six-game winless streak that saw Cal sink from the top-10 to not even making the NCAAs. The No. 5 Bruins are picked by pundits to win the Pac-10 for the third consecutive year after a run to the quarterfinals in the 2009 College Cup. Sophomore forward Chandler Hoffman is the leading candidate to lead the offense this season after a surprising freshman campaign that saw the Birmingham, Ala., native score five goals and assist on two others.

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football Nov. 20, vs. Stanford Last November's unforgettable finish at Stanford Stadium gave the Big Game what it lacked for the better part of seven years: suspense and conference implications. In the most evenly matched contest in years, the Bears upset the red-hot Stanford team that had an outside shot at a Rose Bowl after drilling USC and Oregon. The 2010 installment should be no less competitive. Even after Toby Gerhart's departure to the NFL, the Cardinal enter as a dark-horse in the Pac-10 this fall. Led by a future NFL quarterback in Andrew Luck, Stanford could very well be in the hunt for Pasadena by the time it visits Memorial Stadium. To its credit, Cal has never relinquished the Axe at home under Jeff Tedford. And though the Bears have received less hype than their Bay Area rival, they return their two heroes from 2009’s contest: Shane Vereen and Mike Mohamed. Simply put, this year's rematch in Berkeley has all the makings of another instant classic.

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Oct. 16 and Nov. 12, Washington The Pac-10 is a stacked volleyball conference, with seven teams ranked in the AVCA’s preseason poll, three of which are in the top 10. So it comes as no surprise that the No. 11 Cal volleyball team, projected to finish fifth in the Pac-10, will face its stiffest competition within conference play. No. 8 Washington promises to present a challenge to the Bears. The Huskies are expected to repeat as runners-up in the Pac-10, and return ten members of last year’s team. The Huskies blanked Cal in their first meeting last season in Berkeley, as the Bears managed only one block on the night. At the end of the most difficult road trip of the year, Cal turned the tables on Washington. Despite pitiful play at the net a month prior, the Bears rebounded and racked up seventeen blocks on the Huskies’ home court in a five-set upset over the then-No. 4 Huskies. Washington is a perennial powerhouse with exceptional hitting, and Cal will need another defensive stand to overtake them again. The Huskies will come to Haas Pavilion on Oct. 16, and the team will meet in Seattle on Nov. 12.

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Oct. 10, at USC The Bears will obviously be looking to take No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 UCLA out of the running for the Pac-10 title., but a more realistic possibility, but would be a win over USC. The Trojans were predicted to finish third by the Pac-10 preseason coaches’ poll but Cal only trailed them by five points, and Oregon State only by eight points; the middle of the pack will likely be an area of close competition in the Pac-10 this year. USC is returning eight starters, while the Bears lost key players at every level of the field. Cal with its ten new players may struggle adjusting against a possibly more experienced team in their second conference match of the season, especially two days after they face the pow-

erhouse Bruins. But it’s possible the combination of fresh blood and experienced leaders like senior national team member Alex Morgan will give the Bears an edge on the Trojans. This match will be crucial in deciding whether or not Cal can break into the top three of the Pac-10, and it will probably be a close one as well. USC defeated the Bears, 3-2, in overtime last year. Oct. 30, vs. Stanford There’s no question that Stanford is the most important opponent of the season for any given Cal sports team. The intensity of the rivalry can turn even the most predictable contests into upsets. And if the Cal women’s soccer team were to defeat the No. 2 Cardinal this year, the victory would be just that.

Predicted to win the Pac-10 by a preseason coaches’ poll, Stanford was last year’s NCAA finalist. But while the feat may be improbable, it wouldn’t be impossible. Cal was ranked fourth by the same poll, with just a small margin of points separating them from No. 18 USC. With ten new freshmen who have already seen significant playing time and national team member Alex Morgan as co-captain along with senior Emily Shibata, Cal can at least put up a fight for the NCAA runner-ups. But the Bears still shouldn’t get their hopes up when they take on Stanford in late October. The Cardinal just had three players named to the preseason All-America team, and they went undefeated in the Pac-10 last year. Cal has their work cut out for them. —Alex Matthews

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