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ASUC Leaders to Begin After Summer of Prep by Allie Bidwell Contributing Writer

Throughout the summer, ASUC executives elected last April made preparations for the 2010-11 school year and continued working to address lingering issues facing UC Berkeley such as coping with budget cuts, renovating Lower Sproul Plaza and improving student relations between the administration and the community.

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Ricardo Gomez hopes to encourage social justice and unite students and workers during his time as ASUC External Affairs Vice President.

Outreach From Berkeley to Haiti ASUC President Noah Stern returned from Haiti Aug. 22, where he and 19 other students and faculty members from across the UC system spent about a week and a half assessing ways in which university faculty and students could help the nation recoup from the devastating earthquake which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives earlier this year. “Although the UCs don’t have a lot of money to send to Haiti, we do have a wealth of knowledge and expertise that could benefit the people of Haiti and help empower them to a stable recovery,” he said in an e-mail. Stern said the initiative will focus on six sectors: agriculture, arts and culture, economics and law, education,

engineering and health care. “It was clear to me after this trip we all have an obligation to support Haiti in any way we can,” he said in the e-mail. While in Berkeley earlier in the summer, Stern signed a second Memorandum of Understanding with campus administrators regarding renovations to Lower Sproul. The memorandum guaranteed that the campus will compensate the ASUC for revenues lost during the construction project, provide alternative rehearsal space in Hearst Gymnasium for displaced student groups and create a single office or position responsible for issuing event permits for the plaza. “It’s hard to navigate all of the bureaucracy,” he said. “Having a single point of contact will streamline the process and make sure students can do their work.” Training and Online Unification Responsible for chairing senate meetings, Executive Vice President Nanxi Liu trained incoming senators, worked with Stern to create the annual Advocacy Agenda and worked with the Cal Online Student Experience to launch a beta test site combining Tele-BEARS, BearFacts and other resources into one

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Impact of Endorsements On Council Race Uncertain by Stephanie Baer Contributing Writer

The race to fill Berkeley City Council seats is more unpredictable this year than in the past as the city’s new ranked-choice voting system may have changed the weight carried by endorsements from labor unions, political groups, individuals and other organizations. Fourteen candidates are running for seats in Districts 1, 4, 7 and 8, occupied by incumbents Linda Maio, Jesse Arreguin, Kriss Worthington and Gordon Wozniak, respectively. As the Nov. 2 elections approach — Berkeley’s first under the new voting system — endorsements may become increasingly important to building a strong coalition of support. Under the new system, voters rank up to three candidates, who must receive a majority of votes in order to win. Once the first-choice votes are tallied, if no winner emerges, the candidate with the lowest number of votes

is eliminated. The eliminated candidate’s first-ranked votes then go to the second-choice candidate. The process repeats if the condition to win is not yet met. Mayor Tom Bates said endorsements give voters a “frame of reference” for where a candidate lies on the political spectrum but added that no one endorsement defines a campaign. ‘A Fairly New Phenomenon’ The introduction of the rankedchoice voting system creates the “fairly new phenomenon” of dual endorsements, which were possible ­— but far less prevalent — before this election, according to Bates. Bates, who has co-endorsed District 4 candidates Jim Novosel and Eric Panzer and District 7 candidates George Beier and Cecilia Rosales, said dual endorsements increase the chances of unseating incumbents Arreguin and Worthington. Wozniak said the new system “levels

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Balloons floated atop Wheeler Auditorium on Thursday. Cards dangling from the ends of hovering strings were advertising a planned UC systemwide strike and rally Oct. 7 seeking to raise awareness about cuts to public education.

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Professor’s Critique of Public Education Generates Buzz for Berkeley Blog by Katie Nelson Contributing Writer

Public policy professor Michael O’Hare declared in a letter Monday that UC Berkeley students were being “swindled” out of a good education due to statewide inefficiencies. The next day, his letter had received more than 50,000 hits between two blog sites and more than 150 com-

ments from faculty and the UC Berkeley community on the online campus forum, The Berkeley Blog. The overwhelming ONLINE PODCAST response to Katie Nelson discusses O’Hare’s letter generated plen- O’Hare’s letter and The ty of buzz for Berkeley Blog. the blog, setting records for both the number of hits and the number of

comments, said Sara Leavitt, a member of the web team for the blog. She hopes the blog’s popularity will continue. “We want (the blog) to be provocative and controversial,” she said. “The letter really hit a nerve. But that is the point of the blog — to be a two-way conversation and share the faculty’s wealth of knowledge. The fact that we are getting a lot of comments is very gratifying.”

In his letter, O’Hare lamented the fate of public education, both primary and secondary, blaming the state’s bureaucratic institutions for denying appropriate funds to schools and universities. “Your education was trashed as California fell to the bottom of US states in school spending, and the art classes, AP courses, physical education, working toilets and teaching

generally went by the board,” O’Hare said in the letter. “You spent your school years with teachers paid less and less, trained worse and worse, loaded up with more and more mindless administrative duties, and given less and less real support from administrators and staff.” O’Hare said the letter, which he originally posted on the “The Reality-Based

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endorsements: Some Candidates May Be Unfamiliar from front the playing field” for challengers but that dual endorsements may allow them to “gang up on the incumbent.” However, Worthington, who has been solely endorsed by several liberal interest groups including the Sierra Club and the Black Women Organized for Political Action, said endorsing multiple candidates increases confusion and “dilutes the weight of an endorsement.” Newcomers at a Disadvantage Relationships between incumbents, community members, organizations and elected officials pose a challenge for some candidates who may lack a track record and have little face recognition in the public sphere. Maio said winning endorsements is more difficult for her three opponents — Jasper Kingeter, Merilee Mitchell and Anthony DiDonato — because the voters may be unaware of their accomplishments and capabilities. “You’re really running on your record,” Maio said. “The proof is in the pudding. People know if they support you or if they don’t support you based on what you’ve done.” Kingeter said it is “impossible” for District 1 challengers to get endorsed by some groups because Maio is “locked in” with several organizations and elected officials who have known her since she took office in 1992. “I’m not going to have the backing of some senator because .... I’m just entering this world,” he said. “It’s really hard being a newcomer because you have these people who have been there for way too long, and they’re just buddy-buddy.” Andy Katz, political chair for the Northern Alameda County Group at the Sierra Club, said the club’s guide-

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As part of a perpetual effort to coordinate efforts, UCPD and Berkeley Police Department officers are operating two squad cars jointly during peak policing hours this fall semester in a program announced Tuesday. Under the Joint Southside Safety Patrol, two squad cars containing one UCPD officer and one Berkeley police officer each will patrol communities around campus in order to streamline communication between the two departments. The idea was proposed in December and developed by the departments’ chiefs as well as the Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Student-Neighbor Relations, according to Associate Chancellor Linda Williams, the chair of the council. UCPD has jurisdiction over UC Berkeley property, which includes off-campus student housing facilities and People’s

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Invaluable Personal Contact While endorsements allow voters to catch a glimpse of candidates’ values and accomplishments, candidates agreed that the experience of meeting prospective officials in person is what decides votes. “In Berkeley, endorsements as a whole are less significant ... because Berkeley is such a small place that (voters) generally have a chance to meet the candidates and figure it out for themselves,” Worthington said. “Endorsements have less impact than personal knowledge that people gain.”

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lines encourage the group to endorse previously endorsed incumbents with commendable environmental records. He added the process is meant to reinforce “public officials who do the right thing.” “It would be difficult for a candidate running against a previously endorsed incumbent with a good environmental record unless they can show they’re viable,” he said, adding that the club rarely gives out dual endorsements. This year, the club has endorsed Maio for District 1 and Worthington for District 7 with pending endorsements for Districts 4 and 8. Beier, who is running for the District 7 seat for the third time, said his experience with city elections has made it easier for him to build a large list of endorsements this time around. “You have to prove viability and last time I ... proved that I was a really viable candidate,” Beier said. In 2006, he lost the election by a margin of about 200 votes. He added that more people have endorsed him in this election because people are ready for change.

UC Berkeley was ranked number two out of all universities in the world, according to this year’s Academic Ranking of World Universities released by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on Aug. 15. The campus fell behind Harvard University at number one and rose above Stanford University, which was ranked at number three, Massachusetts Institute of Technology at number four and the University of Cambridge at number five. This year marks the first time since the center began ranking top universities in 2003 that UC Berkeley has surpassed third or fourth place and was rated above Stanford. The rating system started as a way to gauge the standing of Chinese universities against others worldwide.

The center takes into account six factors when evaluating each university — the number of staff or alumni to receive Nobel Prizes or Fields Medals, the number of Highly Cited Researchers identified by Thomson Reuters, the number of articles published in the journals Nature and Science, the number of articles indexed by Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index as well as “per capita performance” in relation to the university’s size, according to the ranking’s website. At a Thursday press conference for the beginning of the semester, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said that had the evaluations placed more emphasis on humanities, the campus’s ranking may have been even higher. “Our view is — since we have really outstanding humanities here — that if there was a way of including humanities into the ranking, that our relative ranking might even have risen,” said Birgeneau the press conference. —Emma Anderson

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Park, while the Berkeley Police Department is responsible for the rest of the city. Because most students live off campus and some campus facilities are located off campus, the departments come into contact with one another frequently, and enhancing communication between the two has been an ongoing endeavor. “In recent years we have noticed at the Berkeley Police Department a stronger interest in the conduct of students at the university, (and) that the university is interested in knowing when there is a significant event (on Berkeley police jurisdiction),” said Berkeley police Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. The two squad cars patrol on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., with additional vehicles to be deployed before and after home football games. Police officials said this is intended to better

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like to remember insignificant moments ... which explains why I’m terrible at telling stories about my study abroad experience. I distinctly remember sitting on a hostel terrace in the Patagonian town of Bariloche, where my travel partnerin-crime Clare and I were spending the end of our first month in Argentina. Though we didn’t know it then, this would become our tradition: spending nights on rooftops and terraces all over Argentina and pondering insignificant things, always over a glass of Malbec wine. “Des, we’re going to make a pact,� she had said. When we returned to Buenos Aires, we were going to stop living in our extranjero (foreigner) bubble. We were going to immerse ourselves in Argentinean culture, speak more Spanish and make Argentinean friends. “Deal,� I said, our glasses clinking. And it really did feel like everything was going to be different. The week after my conversation with Clare in Bariloche, we were invited to a Berkeley acquaintance’s housewarming party, where we met Pablo, our first Argentinean friend. He was a peace-loving, philosophizing vegetarian studying Arabic; somehow, we’d chanced upon our Argentinean equivalent. Then we met his friends, and his friends’ friends and ... while celebrating Argentina’s first World Cup victory with them months later, I realized it. We weren’t extranjeros anymore. also clearly remember a Wednesday night in Buenos Aires, a few months later. It was just another “Intercambio Club� night, the two hours a week when a bizarre mix of Argentineans and expats came together to practice Spanish and English. Although there wasn’t anything particularly special about this Wednesday night, every Wednesday night kind of was. That night, I found myself sitting to the right of a Columbia University graduate doing fieldwork in Argentina, and to the left of a former sex-shop employee, an Argentinean who referred to himself as “Big D.� And here I was, somehow connected to the two, our conversations flowing as freely as the cheap wine the club solicited as entry fare, my Spanish skills improving exponentially with each glass. My mind drifted off and I thought about the perfection of the moment, an insignificant moment on an insignificant Wednesday night, and yet completely representative of my experience studying abroad. You find yourself sharing all these “insignificant� moments that somehow amount to an incredibly significant time abroad, with people you would never have otherwise talked to or even met. And yet, your experience would have been incomplete without them. I tuned back in, and the spotlight was on Big D, who was recounting his reasons for quitting the sex shop industry. “My new job at Google pays

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DESIREE MATLOOB better,� he said simply. Another blink and it was all over; somehow, I was on the car ride home from the airport in Los Angeles. I whipped out my camera and started flipping through photos, partly as supplements to the stories I was blurting and partly to confirm to myself that Argentina hadn’t just been a dream. Then I arrived at the last picture. It was of Martin, the Argentinean construction worker I had befriended, taken when he’d come to give me a goodbye letter before my flight. ur friendship had sprung from an insignificant moment. After waking up to construction noise outside my room one afternoon, I decided to talk to the scruffy middle-aged man who had just begun repairing the terrace. Three hours later, I was still standing there, immersed in conversation. I had a midterm to study for, but I was in Argentina. Minutes didn’t matter, and I had all the time in the world. As it turns out, life works in mysterious ways. That first conversation with Martin turned into many — about Argentinean history, culture and his childhood growing up homeless — and ended up becoming some of the most important I had while abroad. Just as surprisingly, his also turned out to be one of my hardest goodbyes. And the insignificant things ... well, they weren’t so insignificant after all. It’s my senior year, and I have so many critical things to think about, my future being one of them. But I don’t want to miss any of the insignificant moments tha, from my five months in Argentina to my four years at Berkeley, unexpectedly end up being the most perfect of them all. The insignificant moments and questions and people and chances and decisions that, in the end, turn out being the memories I come back to years from now, despite how unworthy or ridiculous they may seem at the time. Speaking of unworthy and ridiculous, I’m still wondering how one goes from working at a sex shop to being gainfully employed at Google ... But, I guess some things will always remain mysteries. I kind of like it that way.

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target violent crime and address noise complaints and alcohol abuse. UCPD and Berkeley police officers cross their jurisdictional boundaries on a daily basis to assist each other. But with officers from both departments sharing squad cars, police officials hope that UCPD officers more familiar with students and campus procedures will help Berkeley officers police areas with high student populations and that reports to UCPD regarding incidents in Berkeley’s jurisdiction will be quickly rerouted. The Berkeley Police Department and UCPD currently utilize two separate radio channels, and although the system allows UCPD to listen and transmit on Berkeley police radio, Berkeley police cannot do so on UCPD radio, according to Kusmiss, who also said the officers in joint squad cars are listening to both frequencies and help overcome this inability. Kusmiss added that scheduled improvements should allow all police departments in the Bay Area to communicate with each other by 2013. “What you’re going to see with (the joint patrols) is faster communication because the calls are going to come in to BPD and/or UCPD, and whoever dispatches it, that radio is going to be in the patrol car,� said UCPD Captain Margo Bennett. “We’re going to have the best of both worlds. Both radios will be in the same car. ... The caller doesn’t have to shop around for who they should call.� Previously, a call to one of the police departments regarding an incident out of its jurisdiction could take a variety of paths to reach the appropriate officers, depending on the severity of the incident and the dispatcher involved, Kusmiss said. Police hope the joint patrols will add a new means of sharing and routing this type of information. The joint patrols will also make the process for reporting conduct violations more efficient, according to police officials. UCPD has a more direct channel to the UC Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards, but violations often occur on Berkeley police jurisdiction. “Because (UCPD) is present there, we’re going to be able to facilitate a more rapid flow of information to the student conduct office,� Bennett said. “So you’re going to find that we will be very straightforwardly addressing irresponsible drinking and behavior associated with irresponsible drinking in the Southside.� Tomer Ovadia covers crime. Contact him at tovadia@dailycal.org.

Berkeley Police Awarded Grant To Fight Alcohol-Related Crime by Alisha Azevedo Contributing Writer

For the seventh year running, the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control awarded the Berkeley Police Department with a grant to combat alcohol-related crime throughout the city, beginning July 1. The department originally applied for $93,000 and received $78,000 ­â€” $3,000 more than it did last year. Over 200 law enforcement agencies statewide submitted grant proposals to the ABC in March and 32 were selected, including the San Francisco Police Department, Alameda County Sheriff ’s Office and Oakland Police Department. The ABC distributes $3 million in grants annually to law enforcement organizations statewide and assigns investigators to each participating department to provide training and collect data regarding alcohol-related crimes, according to Pat Deasy, grant program director at the ABC. The Berkeley Police Department received more funding this year because of an increased focus on weeding out non-compliant establishments and its continuation of last year’s programs, said Deasy, who added that the department writes an “outstandingâ€? grant re-

quest every year. “There’s a definite need in that community, and they’ve done a great job,� he said. “Each year they’ve added something new — a little twist on their grant that keeps them going.� Criteria to receive the grant include cities’ populations, geographic locations, previous success with grant funding and demonstrated need, according to Deasy. He added that the grant allows cities to conduct numerous alcohol-related prevention programs, including the use of minor decoys to indict underage alcohol purchasers and merchants. UCPD applied for the grant and did not receive it this year. However, a federally-funded college campus underage drinking enforcement program grant given to the ABC will be available to various campuses to target alcohol issues later this year, Deasy said. Though alcohol abuse, including that by minors, is not the largest crimerelated issue in Berkeley, it nevertheless requires attention, according to Berkeley police Officer Jamie Perkins. “The grant works to make sure businesses and individuals are compliant with the law, and we try to make sure that happens,� she said. Contact Alisha Azevedo at aazevedo@dailycal.org.

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A current bill meant to increase transparency in university donations would not be worth its potentially high costs.

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oney talks, but many prefer to keep quiet when donating funds — especially to California universities. A bill passed by the state senate last week aims to break the silence at a dangerous cost. SB 330, authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, would define UC and CSU systems as state agencies, making them subject to the California Public Records Act (CPRA). Essentially, donors who receive any gift or service of $500 or more value in return for their donation would no longer have the privilege to request anonymity. Proponents argue that this measure would increase access to university funding. Those against the bill claim that the regulations would discourage millions in donations. While there is a need for increased transparency within public universities, we are alarmed by the potential backlash of the bill and must regretfully oppose SB 330 becoming law. With the state budget still far from resolution, the bottom line is that

California’s public universities face a harsh fiscal reality: We need money, somehow, someway. Since there is no threat to anonymity for those who give to private schools, it would be hard for the CSU and UC systems to compete in an already-strapped donor pool should the bill pass. Furthermore, restricting a multimilliondollar-donor to less than a $500 gesture of thanks seems frankly insulting and would not be the best way to encourage another gift. Although we support the intent of this bill, in its current form SB 330 would do more harm than good. A veto from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would provide the needed chance to revisit the issue to ensure that a donor’s desire for anonymity is better respected. The $500 limit could be changed to a percentage of the donation with a threshold, say 5 percent, therefore providing more flexibility. There might not be a perfect balance of transparency without scaring off donors. Sadly, SB 330 is far from the fair compromise we seek.

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The tumult surrounding UC President Mark Yudof ’s rented estate comes at both high and unforeseen costs.

s students statewide began their various endeavors this summer, UC President Mark Yudof was also on the move, leaving the four-story property he called home the past two years. His change-of-residence did not initially appear contentious until details of expensive damage and upgrades emerged, all with the university picking up the tab. Yet this is much more than a money issue. The continuing conflict between Yudof and his former landlord can only spell trouble for an administration that has already been criticized for its inability to grasp the magnitude of the UC budget crisis. Despite the fact that in two years, more than $600,000 was spent at the university’s expense for Yudof ’s residence, the damage done to the UC’s image is immeasurable. In light of the multibillion-dollar budget that the university manages, the quantifiable cost is relatively miniscule. This is in no way legitimizing the reported damage to the house; $600,000 could have gone a long way for a lot

of underfunded UC programs. Nevertheless, the bigger emphasis should be on how detrimental this is to Yudof ’s public persona. We understand that the university requires talented (and therefore wellpaid) officials to remain a competitive and functioning system of public higher education. We know that it is easy to get caught up in numbers and that the thousands spent on Yudof ’s former residence in no way translate to funds that could compensate the state’s lack of fiscal support. Those realities aside, Yudof ’s disregard for his surroundings and reckless spending for his own personal gain call his priorities into question. Even worse, it makes those in the UC system lose faith in his dedication to keeping the university solvent when unnecessary expenditures arise in his own home. Perhaps Yudof would be better off in a house with fewer rooms and a rented banquet hall to host any needed events. A little bit goes a long way — it is time to buckle down and make some personal sacrifices.

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UC and City Police Team Up on Southside Safety by Mitch Celaya and Michael Meehan On behalf of the university and city police departments, we would like to welcome you back to UC Berkeley and to the City of Berkeley. Our two police departments are We ask that working closely to ensure your safety you take an on and off campus. active role Two new initiatives, a joint safety in ensuring patrol and your own increased football game day patrolpersonal ling, highlight our commitment to safety as well your safety both at night and after UC as the livability Berkeley’s home of your football games. community. Two teams of university and city police officers will work jointly to patrol near-campus neighborhoods Thursday through Saturday nights. Having these dedicated officers nearby will allow us to respond more quickly to calls for service. While our priority is protecting you from violent crime, our officers also focus on preserving the community’s overall quality of life. Please keep in mind that loud, unruly parties disturb the peace, making it hard for neighbors to sleep or study. Officers may issue citations for significant disturbances that carry fines ranging from $750 to $2500 for subsequent violations during a 120-day period. Please be a responsible host or guest,

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respect the neighborhood, keep the noise down and the party indoors. We are increasing the number of university and city officers patrolling before and after UC Berkeley's home football games. Our officers strictly enforce all laws relating to underage drinking, use of false identification, public possession of open containers of alcohol and public drunkenness. As with any celebration, please be considerate of your neighbors. Also be aware that if you are cited for a violation of city ordinances and state laws, the police will share that information with UC’s Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards. The UC Code of Student Conduct applies both on and off campus, and serious violations can jeopardize your status as a student. Ensuring the safety and enjoyment of our campus and near-campus neighborhoods is a community-wide effort, and we ask that you take an active role in ensuring your own personal safety as well as the livability of your community. We encourage students to “Be Aware, Be Safe and Be Respectful.” Be Aware: While Berkeley is generally a safe city, crime does occur in our neighborhoods and theft is a significant, ongoing issue affecting students. Be mindful of your belongings; do not leave them unattended in public areas like campus buildings and local coffee shops. When you are away from your residence, make sure you lock your doors and windows. And always be aware of your surroundings: Headphones and other gadgets act as distractions, causing you to pay less attention to risks to your safety. Be Safe: Avoid high-risk situations,

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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. call, organizing mass direct actions to by Ricardo Gomez defend public education, against insti- —Valerie Woolard P.S. The travel blog will be continuing through the fall, just case you ever need a distraction tutional racism andinagainst anti-immiChavez in the Plan of fromCesar studying forwrote midterms. grant and anti-union policies. These Delano, â€?We draw our strength from actions have already shown results— the very despair in which we have been like hundreds of millions of dollars in forced to live. We shall endure.â€? funding for higher education and an Let’s be honest. Today, there is much increased number of enrolled black to despair about. We are living through students at UCSD—but much is left to a Great Recession, our country is curbe done. The Office of External Affairs rently engaged in the longest war it’s will be there this year to aid in our colever seen, racism and xenophobia are lective struggle to imagine and create a on the rise, public services are under better campus and world. attack, our national infrastructure is In prior years, the Office of External decaying and global warming and enviAffairs has acted as a banal interest ronmental degragroup. This year, dation threaten it will be a labonot only our ratory for aiding social systems but and building labalso the future of movements for our species itself. social justice and bonnie kim/contributor Our predecessors solidarity. I will seem intent on be honest—we handing over to may stall and falus an unmanageter along the way able set of probwhile trying to lems. find the contours 740C74A A>BB 2>=CA81DC>A Until last year, Constant budget cuts have blurred isn’t enough money to go around. of our current by Noah Stern we as students When push comes to shove, our state our forward-minded thinking and terrain of strughave played along legislature has put public education on action. Investing in education will gle. with our predecessors’ games. Over the back burner. This is why your However, we have already made undeniably produce the resources for California is in a prodigious crisis, the years, our university has stopped tuition has gone up, your classes are headway and plans towards this vision. the next generation of leaders to develand, as the students of the No.1 public being a laboratory for what higher eduovercrowded and your faculty is being We have brought together students, op dynamic policies, combat global university in the world, it is our cation can be and has instead become workers, alumni and faculty to envision responsibility to takeJULY warming, establish more affordable the initiative, 9, 2010 furloughed. obsessed with chasing the image of and create the 2010 Cal Disorientation As the law stands today, the most generate fresh ideas and find effective health care and repair our economy. itself. Our university vies in an unendGuide. We will be registering students crucialremarkable budgetary countries decisions require a ways to return California to its former We cannot Hungary is one of those that manage to make youforget fall inthat education is ing competition to be “the large public to vote and protesting the Cyber two-thirds majority vote. Prop 25 conversion status of excellence. love despite days of cold, inherently tied to social change and we B78A8= 670550AH 2>=CA81DC>A shoe-destroying rain, a 222-1 rate to mentally research university,â€? instead of setting University along with workers and would finally end the horse-trading But have we become complacent need to be pioneers of that movement. calculate, and a completely un-readable native tongue. itself apart. Our student government grad students. We plan to provide that currently plagues our legislature with updating our Facebook statuses However, being In fact, Budapest is the top contender for my favorite city, ever. My whole visitaware felt is just the over the years has lost its way, modelresources for days of mobilization, like and ultimately empower our or posting tweets with complaints beginning. As students we must take charmed, a perfect journey from ancient to modern and back on the banks of the ing itself after the federal government the Oct. 7th Day of Action to Defend Democratic majority. Prop 25 would about budget cuts and assuming our action by registering to vote, generatbeautiful (and all its problems), instead of being Public Education, and spaces of direct substantially decrease the requirement social networking will lead to Danube. change? ing conversation with friends and famOn my ďŹ rst us day, my for friend Qianlai proposed that we buy cheap at thetoHunthe laboratory17, for social movements democracy, like the General Assembly. passing a budget in California from Just as every generation before AUGUST 2010 ily,seats donating campaigns and becomand solidarity it once was. garian State Opera for that evening, but on the way to the opera house, weproponents were dis- of the cause. We will produce media about our 66 percent to 50 percent of the legislahas faced monumental social, political ing active However, our position students as well counter-narratives tracted an artisan market. stopped browse the stands of Whether hand-made ture. InWe order to savetothe UC system, and economic webyhave it isjewelry world war or extreme As if Barcelona wasn’t as crazy enough forstruggle us, for our nextasdestination we decided to head to the challenges, gives us mecca the dutyoftoEurope, hope, imagine, thewhat imagination. We seekare to to Italy: we need to make sure that every andour crafts before settling on necklaces made from pieces of European come face-to-face with defining famine,porcelain. depression or landmark civil partying Ibiza. Clubbingto is spark to Ibiza carbohydrates a lifestyle. inspire and act. If there is much impart submerged and emerging Californian that passing moment. Though thereWe aremade multiple it to the opera houseunderstands just in time to buy tickets to Handel’s “Xerxes.â€?every era faces its rights legislation, Velvet rope and burly security guards line the entrances of the extravagant discotecas, with even despair, there is also much strength to knowledge about movements. this proposition could save (a public eduperspectives to effectively crelunch, I introduced Qianlai to doner kebabs staple of thedefining student-traveler moment.diet) It will be too easy to more rope and muscle guarding the exclusive VIP rooms ofsocial celebrity DJs. We managed to sneakon howFor be drawn. From sitting down at segreHowever, the Office of External our debilitated in our debt-stricken into Armin van Buuren’s VIP area at megaclub Amnesia because let’s be Affairs honest, lifeate is change much better and then westate, ed backcation to theinhostel to escapestate. the pouring rain.be remembered as the “Y2K/facegated lunch counters in the Deep willaccess not be to there to provide answers orthe thousands known historical, and the yet tragmany believe, book/Jersey generation, at the top (quite literally, as we were granted a balcony overlooking of and I strongly When agree, the rain eased, It’s we acrossed the river onto Buda side of the city Shore-crazedâ€? and South to fundamentally alter American the path to victory; we must come up ic, fact that higher education is the that passing Proposition 25 can be one Armin fans dancing on the main oor). so let’s take green charge and author a legamade our way along the river, watching the light rain settle on the brilliant race relations to shutting down ROTC with to themPrices of first institution to be cut when our theskyrocket pivotal actions to jumpstart Even in without VIPstop amenities, entrance tosolutions clubs in and Ibizathe arepaths not cheap. can cy of change, starting with Proposition trees and miles of gray stone buildings to Gellert Hill. offices order to imperialist wars fees together, collectively. representatives in Sacramento need to California on the path to recovery. as high as 60-70 euros on sold-out nights with big name DJs such as Tiesto or Guetta. Our futile 25. ourselves around Then we hiked up Castle Hill to the regal Buda Castle and showed of aggression, to waging war on univerIf you’re ready for the journey, go to pass a budget. Instead of funding a Instead the needs of attempts at hagglingtoatdivest the door use. We tried wooing security guards, claiming weof prioritizing Editor’s Note: Will Leivenberg, the quiet courtyards guarded by stately stone lions. We spent so much time there that sity administrators fromwere of no mobilizeberkeley.com for information flawed prison system and facilitating the majority of Californians, we have were onAfrican nonexistent lists,students and justhave plain old begging, all to no avail. associate marketing and South apartheid, we had to dash back across the river to make the opera. on the struggle and how to get tax cuts for big business, Proposition watched But never dearof travel readers, because of course your frugal travel blogger and an heroutdated legislative struccommunications director for the stood at the fear, forefront socialblog moveinvolved. I’ll see you in the streets. inside of the opera house wasthe as power grandiose and ornate as you would expect 25 will remove that the ture allow the minorityThe to set a nonequally cheap friends found a way out of the frustratingly high cover fees. The next day, while ASUC, contributed to this article. ments throughout history. The current in the capital of a former imperial power. The show itself was in the original Italian, Republican minority has abused and representative basking suncries on the of PlayaGomez D’en Bossa, anofunexpected happened.agenda. Our legislature state of in thethe world outbeautiful for us to shores act Ricardo is EAVP the ASUC. miracle but set in supposedly modern-day Iran, complete with break-dancing gangsters finally utilize education as an engine has been forced to make incredibly difNoah Stern is president of the ASUC. Club promoters stretched across the sand bodies and offered us the best gift and last year wetowered began toover take our up that Reply to opinion@dailycal.org. for socialingrowth. ficult choices because there simply to opinion@dailycal.org. and a bomb-dropping Xerxes a bi-plane suspended from theReply ceiling. that could be given: neon green free club entrance wristbands. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, When the show was over, we went out to dinner and walked along the Danube on the best way to get into a club for free is by looking as fabulous as possible — not in the club, nor the Pest side taking pictures of the bridges and Buda Castle brilliantly lit up across at a bar, but on the beach. —Shirin Ghaffary the river. —Heather Ross

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summer: Executives Focus on Justice, Community RESEARCH & IDEAS from front

online portal. Liu trained the senators at an annual retreat during which they practice senate meetings, use Robert’s Rules of Order dictating parliamentary procedure and learn the ASUC constitution and bylaws. Liu also brought in past senators and Berkeley City Council representatives to present and organize activities, such as the Student Leader Lunch, to help the senators build relationships with other organizations on campus. The Advocacy Agenda, posted each year on the ASUC website, “encourages students to send their input on what they want.� Senators will narrow down the issues to three or four agenda items at the beginning of the semester and work to achieve the goals throughout the year. The purpose of the beta test site, dubbed the myBerkeley project, is to reduce the number of websites students must navigate in order to pay bills, sign up for classes, view their grades and check school e-mails. The campus College of Environmental Design was selected as the pilot group for the test site, which was launched Aug. 23. A ‘Laboratory for Social Justice’ Instead of lobbying government officials, External Affairs Vice President Ricardo Gomez said he prioritizes lobbying students to “challenge and question authority.� Over the summer, Gomez helped organize the Cal Disorientation Guide and formed a student-worker action group, attempting to intertwine the struggles of students and workers. He plans to continue to use his office to act as a group promoting “social justice� by organizing and continuing to fight against systemwide reductions in state funding. Gomez, who has worked in the External Affairs Vice President’s office for the past three years, said he became more involved in organizing with Berkeley Students Against the Cuts this past year, which significantly influenced his philosophy on organizing. He said he wants to take a more direct action approach to what the office does by finding ways to engage students. “What I’m trying to do is make the office into a laboratory for social justice organizing as opposed to an interest group,� he said. “Unfortunately, three years of experience shows that lobby visits don’t work.� He said a more effective way of lobbying would be to engage the student population by informing incoming students of university concerns through efforts such as the Disorientation Guide, which provides a local radical

history of Berkeley and a description of ongoing struggles in the UC system. “(The ASUC is) now a wannabe federal government with all of its scandals and a wannabe interest group with all the failures of interest groups,� he said. “That whole image is what students see and it’s hard to say that it’s not true for the most part, but I think that there is hope and that we can change the ASUC and, at least in this office, make it something that embodies solidarity.� Student Support and Community Relations Student Advocate Kelly Fabian and her staff focused on informing students of the standards of academic dishonesty and expanding her office’s work to include policy issues such as getting rid of “arbitrary� deadlines such as the pass/no pass deadline for students’ courses. Throughout the summer, Fabian said in an e-mail that she and her chief of staff, Samar Shah, attended various CalSO and Caltopia events and distributed an academic dishonesty fact sheet, describing standards of academic dishonesty and consequences of failing to meet those standards, to freshmen through their dorm mailboxes. She said she would expand the reach of the office by tackling policy issues including bringing back non-reportable warnings for minor and first time offenses, such as citations issued for being drunk at football games so the offense would not be on a student’s conduct record, and researching the impact of conduct records on graduate school admissions. But because a large part of the student advocate’s position is handling casework, Fabian said in her e-mail that a focus of her work this semester will be hiring the best possible caseworkers “to ensure that our office can continue to provide excellent, free, and confidential advice for all students involved with university disputes.� Fabian also met with the UCPD Chief Mitch Celaya to discuss UCPD-student relations, including the review of the Nov. 20 occupation of Wheeler Hall. “(We want to) standardize the release of police reports to students and Office of Student Conduct to make sure both parties are working off of the same information,� she said in an e-mail. ASUC Academic Affairs Vice President Viola Tang did not respond to questions regarding her summer activities as of press time. Allie Bidwell covers student government. Contact her at abidwell@dailycal.org.

Study: Microbes Consuming Gulf Oil Plume Lawrence Berkeley Lab Researchers Find Bacteria Using Oil in Gulf of Mexico as an Energy Source by Cristian Macavei Contributing Writer

A newly discovered microbe is thought to be fueling cleanup of the oil plume created in the Gulf of Mexico by the explosion of the Beyond Petroleum-owned Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers. In a study published online Thursday in the journal Science, the researchers said they found that a bacteria related to the Oceanospirillales bacteria was consuming the oil and making the plume gradually undetectable without significantly depleting the oxygen in the water. “To determine the impact of the deep hydrocarbon plume on the marine microbes residing in the plume and the rates of hydrocarbon biodegradation, we collected deepwater samples from two ships between 25 May 2010 and 2 June 2010,� the study reads. “In total, we analyzed the physical, chemical and microbiological properties of 17 deepwater samples from across the Gulf of Mexico.� The research was conducted through a grant with the Energy Biosciences Institute — a collaboration of

UC Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and funded by BP — to study microbial enhanced hydrocarbon recovery. Terry Hazen, head of the ecology department at the Berkeley Lab and one of the authors of the paper, said the microbe uses the oil as a carbon and energy source and that the exact decomposed products are unknown. The microbes do degrade the oil, however, and they could potentially completely mineralize it. Some components in the oil degrade more slowly than others and could remain in the water longer, but about 80 percent of the oil is made of alkanes, which degrade fairly quickly, Hazen said. “On July 15 and since then, since the oil’s stopped, we’ve seen the plume gradually decline, and within two weeks or so it became very difficult to detect,� he said. “But we can still detect the bacteria, so we still detect this community structure, and there’s still an oxygen change occurring.� Hazen added that since the bacteria no longer have oil to consume, they have started degrading themselves. Researchers are continuing to study the bacteria, he said. In the future, it

blog: Site Caters to Over 150 Faculty, Staff Authors from front

Community� blog, was a “reflection of what the hell is going on in California.� The Berkeley Blog has become a hub of activity for staff and faculty — hailing from the music to agriculture and resource economics to marketing — to post and weigh in on ideas and opinions in a forum that draws feedback and commentary. Recent topics range from articles on the study of xenophobia to analyses of the Federal Trade Commission’s crackdown on false weight loss advertisements. While the university-wide blog “Remaking the University� allows any faculty member from any campus to publish posts on issues within the university, the Berkeley Blog is the only faculty-specific blog on a UC campus.

Only a year old, the blog is the brainchild of Jeff Kahn, director of UC Berkeley’s main, NewsCenter and Calendar Network websites. Since its inception, the blog has gone through multiple design changes to cater to the preferences of the 150-plus faculty and staff authors, Leavitt said. “It took time to get authors on board,� she said. “We started out asking a particular question and having faculty respond. Now, the faculty come up with their own topics. They are more engaged now.� O’Hare, who usually posts on “The Reality-Based Community,� is relatively new to the Berkeley Blog, having only a few of his items posted. In contrast, anthropology professor Rosemary Joyce has published more than 25 blog posts since October 2009. “I only had two or three posts there

could be used to indicate a recent oil contamination in particular areas even when oil cannot be detected. Hazen said the fact that these microbes exist in the Gulf region does not surprise him since oil seeping into the water has been a common occurrence for a long time. “The oil biodegradation rates reported here at 5°C are explained in part by the relatively light nature of this crude ‌ the dispersed nature of the deep plume ‌ the low overall concentrations of oil in the deep plume and the frequent episodic oil leaks from natural seeps in this area that the deep-sea microbial community may have adapted to over long periods of time,â€? the study said. Hazen added that he would not seek a patent for the discovery. “I don’t believe in bioaugmentation, so it’s nothing I would want to patent,â€? he said. “It just shows how there are bugs in the deep that are adaptive to these particular environments and can degrade oil ... All this stuff will be publicly available, and it should be used by everybody, and there’s no reason to believe this would be a magic bug, which, of course, some companies would like to say they have.â€? Cristian Macavei covers research and ideas. Contact him at cmacavei@dailycal.org.

before,� O’Hare said. “Now 30,000 hits (on “The Reality-Based Community�), and over 20,000 on (the Berkeley Blog) — I have never communicated with that many people in my life.� Public policy professor Robert Reich, a frequent author and commentator on the blog, said in an e-mail that he feels the blog is an opportunity to expand the way in which faculty and students discuss and debate a variety of issues and can be an important addition to campus. “Faculty have many policy ideas and opinions, but have lacked an easily-accessible place to post short summaries of them, or react to other’s ideas and opinions,� he said in an e-mail. “Ideally, the Berkeley Blog can serve this function. I hope it catches on.� Katie Nelson covers academics and administration. Contact her at knelson@dailycal.org.

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The Cal offensive line is one of the most uncertain units heading into the season opener. Coach Jeff Tedford announced several changes to try and fortify a relatively shaky line.

football notes: Isi Sofele Wins Backup Position being extremely fast to now. We’re experienced so everything is slowing down,� Cheadle said. Good Things in Small Packages At 5-foot-7, Isi Sofele is the shortest player on the Cal roster — shorter even than kicker Giorgio Tavecchio. That hasn’t stopped the tailback from wrapping up one starting and one backup spot on the opening day roster, though. Sofele will receive kickoffs and back up starter Shane Vereen, adding a spark of incredible speed to special teams and the offense. He’s also put on more muscle to increase his durability. Tedford said that the coaching staff has no plans of going easy on Sofele because of his slight stature; he’ll have the usual amount of carries for a backup. It’s already evident that he’s got all

the makings of a fan favorite, and the offensive linemen are already members of the Isi Sofele fan club. “It’s awesome for us,â€? Cheadle said. “He’s so fast so we don’t have to hold our blocks for so long. It’s ‘whoosh’ and he’s through.â€? Quick Hits —If the season started today, Tavecchio would handle both field goals and kickoffs. But Tedford did indicate that true freshman punter Jed Barnett has been showing promise in kickoffs. “Coming in, I definitely wanted to compete for both,â€? Barnett said. “Being under Bryan (Anger), I knew this year was going to be a learning situation ‌ I’m definitely working hard to be the best punter and kicker I can be.â€? Contact Katie Dowd at kdowd@dailycal.org.

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sets which allowed them to overpower opposing blockers. This team is now running an up-tempo offense with quick sets and faster attacks. The team thinks the faster game is more fitting for its current personnel. That takes pressure off the current and future Bears since they will not be expected to fill such huge shoes (and Hana’s shoes certainly were huge). It gives the players freedom to develop. Though the Bears you will see tonight look very different from last year’s team in composition and style, there will be several familiar faces. An important distinction between rebuilding and reconfiguring is what is done with those returning players. Senior setter Carli Lloyd isn’t being tossed aside in favor of developing another setter because Lloyd quarterbacked the slower offense. In fact, the All-American takes on a leadership position in the new system. For the past three summers, Lloyd has been a member of the USA A2 National Team, in which she had ten days not only to adjust to the new system, but employ it in matches. Junior Tarah Murrey has joined her for the last two summers, so she too has an advantage. As would be expected following the departure of three key players, this Cal team has a whole new look. In a roster of 13 players, 10 are underclassmen and the four freshmen are projected to see playing time right away. Because of its relative inexperience, expect the team to experiment with different lineups and rotations. With the departure of Kristen Kathan, the libero position opened up with four defensiveminded players ready to assume the role. Wiley’s departure left a hole at middle blocker, and Cutura left a vacancy at outside hitter. Like a team in a rebuilding year, the Bears will experience some growing pains. They may turn out to be more visible at first with clear miscommunications or off-timed hits. So while the team may look young, inexperienced, and occasionally out of sync, it should not be judged against last year’s team. And with the adjustments being made, the Bears should fair better over the course of the season. Besides, they’re not rebuilding. They’re reconfiguring. Pick up the tempo with Christina at sports@dailycal.org.

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You know what they always say: practice makes perfect. You play like you practice. With existence of programs like ESPN’s “College Football Live� and websites devoted solely to college football, most fans can figure out their favorite teams’ depth chart before the coach officially releases them. But for the average Cal fan, there always seems to be a surprise or two when the final chart is released. Head coach Jeff Tedford rarely drops any hints about future starters and always preaches about the importance of competition in practice. With the release of the 2010 depth chart, we again see the importance that Tedford places on practice, and that almost no spot is secure. But how does this affect the team at large? Does it create too much pressure on those brink players? Does it give unsung players a chance that they may not be offered at other programs? All we know is that Allen Iverson would not be a fan of Tedford’s approach. I mean, we talkin’ about practice. Even with fans’ incessant over-speculation about the “psychological effect� of such tactics, we spectators can never quite gauge how these players respond to Tedford’s open competition method. Now, several fans have probably already scrolled down to the comment box to remind me of the 2008 quarterback shuffle between Nate Longshore and Kevin Riley and how it negatively affected the team. Don’t worry, I

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remember. Frustrating as the QB schizophrenia may have been, Tedford’s competition standard certainly played its way into this depth chart, and it offers us a new look on the 2010 season. Let’s take the secondary as the focus for this article. This is a unit that finished 111th in pass defense last season and was more or less figured out by opposing offensive coordinators. The secondary’s struggles were probably no more evident than when Jeff Tuel, the quarterback of a Washington State team that would eventually finish 1-11, torched the Cal defensive backs for 354 yards. And now the one rock of that defense, cornerback Syd’Quan Thompson, is gone to the Denver Broncos. So how to fix what was an entirely broken product last year? Competition. Sean Cattouse and Chris Conte are the announced starters at the safety position, but how secure are their position after all? Tedford mentioned their names but quickly followed that D.J. Campbell and newly converted Josh Hill will see several snaps at free and strong safety respectively. Now, I realize that by championing “competition�, you may expect me to next promote Reaganomics and Palin 2012. Don’t worry, I’m not that crazy. But I’m with Tedford when it comes to this particular approach. Potential is only potential. Practice is the best litmus test of one’s ability to compete in a game situation. Marc Anthony was functionally lost in the rotation last year. Sure, he appeared in eight games, but he lost most of the backup snaps to Josh Hill and Bryant Nnabuife. Because of a great fall camp, Anthony surpassed the players he backed up last season, and is now slotted to start opposite Darian Hagan. Any Cal football fan knows that the Bears are innately mercurial. By ramping up competition within the weaker parts of the team, Tedford is trying to create a consistent unit. But come on, man. We talkin’ about practice. Talk about practice with Gabriel at sports@dailycal.org.

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cess for later in the season. Cal coach Neil McGuire said the game is important for gauging how his squad will do in the Pac-10 and NCAA tournament. The Bears have enjoyed relative success in their last few trips to the Big Dance, but a tilt with a title contender like the Broncos this early in the season puts an entirely new spin on this game. A chance to see how the two schools stack up so early in the year could be a crucial insight into the 2010 season because of how much their rosters have changed. The Bears lost nine total players from 2009, while the Broncos lost 12 — and both teams are replacing seven starters. The spotlight may fall on both teams’ respective freshmen, who have already played key roles this fall — but who McGuire said may be challenged by such an early high-profile game. “If we’re looking at any obstacle, it’s just how our young players deal with the perceived pressure of the match, dealing with a cross-town rival, a national perennial powerhouse,� he said. “But ultimately I’m very confident

in our younger players.� The perceived pressure won’t likely compare to the offensive pressure the Bears have been preparing to face against Santa Clara. “Their pace up top is definitely gonna be a challenge,� Shibata said. “I know they have a couple fast forwards, so we’re all just gonna have to be on the same page and cover one another.� Sophomore Betsy Hassett said the team needs to watch for the Broncos playing long direct balls into the offensive end. Santa Clara could continue its perfect record if the Bears are unable to counter their aggressive attempts on goal. But McGuire and the squad have confidence in their ability to take on such a highly competitive and challenging match-up. “We have a much stronger team this year, so it’ll be a lot better game (than last year),� Hassett said. “We’re really well prepared.�

field hockey: Redhawks Provide Growing Rivalry ning goal in last year’s match. Friday’s match commences a threegame Northern California roadtrip for the Redhawks; they will visit Pacific and UC Davis after their stop in Berkeley. In this roadtrip alone, Miami will face 75 percent of the West Coast collegiate field hockey programs over the course of three days. The Redhawks only avoid No. 20 Stanford, who enjoyed its best season in its program’s history last year. As for Cal, the team knows it will be a different feeling now that the games

are counting, and today will be step one in improving what was a pretty rough campaign last season. The extra year of experience for what was such a young squad is nice, but Onstead is only worried about getting started before looking too far in the future. “Your first match is obviously going to be different than your last match of the season, but you want to have your pillars in place,� Onstead said. “We’re really going to be working on some basic, structural things to start and then we will go for there.� Contact Gabriel Baumgaertner at gbaumgaertner@dailycal.org.

Both Homa and An advanced to the round of 16 after easily disposing of Carter Newman and Alex Shi Yup Kim. Neither Homa nor An ever trailed in their match play events and lost only two holes between the two of them. Homa turned in a dominating performance, taking only 12 holes to defeat Newman. The Valencia, Calif. native tallied an eagle and four birdies, including one on his final hole to ice the victory and send him into the next round.

An did not put up the stats that Homa did, but played a consistent round that never allowed Kim closer than two strokes after the ninth hole. An is looking to defend the 2009 amateur championship that he won at age 17, which made him the youngest golfer to ever win the coveted award. Homa will face Harris English in the round of 16, An will take on Scott Strohmeyer —Gabriel Baumgaertner

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The gloves come off for the Cal women’s soccer team this afternoon, as No. 8 Santa Clara visits Edwards Stadium for a much-anticipated 4 p.m. match-up. Though the Broncos are not part of the Pac-10, their rivalry with the Bears has all the intensity of Cal-Stanford. “Whenever we play (the Broncos), it’s always like a nail-scraping game,� captain Emily Shibata said. Last year was a perfect example — the teams fought through two overtime periods, only to emerge with a 1-1 tie. For the Bears, an opportunity to prove themselves against such a nationally prominent team raises the stakes of a game that has no bearing on conference standing. “(Santa Clara is) always a top-ranked team,� Shibata said. “It’s always one of those games where we want to know we’re the better team.� The fact the Broncos (2-0) are such a national powerhouse also makes the game an important step towards suc-

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coach Jill Reeve); we have very similar in our approach to the game,� Onstead said. “I think it’s going to become an every-other-year or every-three-year rivalry. We definitely will take some things from last year and we’re going to show a little different formation.� Picked to finish second in the MAC, Miami returns nine letterwinners from last year’s squad, one that finished 13-10. Among those returners is senior Mary Hull, who scored the game-win-

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Berkeley, California

Friday, August 27, 2010

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SPORTS

Gaucho Hunt Cal volleyball opens the season with UCSB at Haas Pavilion tonight. See Below

Tedford Seeks Stability With New Depth Chart Summers-

Gavin Shifts Right to Aid Line Depth

by Ed Yevelev Contributing Writer

Since the talented trio of Desean Jackson, Lavelle Hawkins and Robert Jordan left Berkeley, Cal’s gap at wide receiver has been just that: wide. Other than Verran Tucker and Marvin Jones two years ago, the Bears’ recruiting efforts have struggled to produce legitimate playmaking wideouts. ONLINE PODCAST Enter Keenan Allen. Beat writers Jack Wang Though best known as a safety — Allen recorded eight picks and 145 tackles his senior year in high and Ed Yevelev break school — the Greensboro, N.C., native was also an down the depth chart. impressive pass-catcher, recording 53 offensive touchdowns. After working strictly at receiver during camp, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound Allen cracked the team’s depth chart on Thursday as the opening day starter opposite Jones. Fellow newcomer Coleman Edmond, a JUCO transfer, and senior Jeremy Ross are the primary back-ups. According to Cal coach Jeff Tedford, the gem from the Bears’ 2010 class didn’t take long to impress the staff this fall. “It was evident right away,” Tedford said of Allen. “Big, strong, fast, good hands. Great body control ... It took maybe three days (to rise to the top of the depth chart).” While Allen established himself quickly, other major position battles have taken longer to settle — if they have been settled at all. The safeties and spots also have seen some particularly strong competition. Junior Sean Cattouse and senior Chris Conte began fall training camp atop the safety depth chart, but will now platoon in a four-man committee with D.J. Campbell and converted cornerback Josh Hill. “They’ll all rotate,” Tedford said. “It doesn’t matter who takes the first snap.” Whatever mixing and matching they go through in 2010, it may not match the amount of shifting undergone up front. Though junior Mitchell Schwartz locked up the left tackle spot, he is moving over from the right side, where he started in 2009. Along with senior Chris Guarnero at center, Schwartz was the only guaranteed starter on the line for much of training camp. Matt Summers-Gavin was a likely left guard candidate, but his bone bruise early in camp created even more shuffling. Now, either Dominic Galas or Brian Schwenke will step at guard in place of Summers-Gavin, who should replace the incumbent Donovan Edwards at right tackle upon return. Right guard, now occupied by Justin Cheadle, has been competitive throughout. On the other side of the ball, Tedford expects a consistent three-man rotation between Trevor Guyton, Ernest Owusu, and Deandre Coleman at defensive end opposite senior Cameron Jordan. In addition to leaving some questions unanswered, fall training camp has featured its share of surprises. One of the top stories has been 5-foot-7 Isi Sofele, who became the No. 2 running back behind Shane Vereen and emerged as the team’s top kick returner. In the backfield, the speedy sophomore beat out Dasarte Yarnway and Covaughn Deboskie-Johnson. At cornerback, sophomore Marc Anthony beat out Steve Williams after the redshirt freshman was widely considered a favorite for a spot atop the depth chart. Contact Ed Yevelev at eyevelev@dailycal.org.

by Katie Dowd Daily Cal Staff Writer

Lara Brucker/ File

Kevin Riley was named the starting quarterback for the third year in a row. Despite low interception totals, Riley is looking to improve upon a season mired in inconsistency and inaccuracy.

Bears Eagerly Anticipate New, Fast Approach

Contributing Writer

Christina Jones

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Cal Serves Up New Attack In Opener Against Gauchos by Jonathan Kuperberg

The Cal women’s volleyball team is not rebuilding. It’s reconfiguring. Don’t confuse the two terms. Rebuilding has a negative connotation, implying that a team will use the same blueprint to arrive at a finished product we’ve already seen. It’s as if you’re plugging in a new player and expecting her to turn out to be a carbon copy of whoever previously held the position. Rebuilding also denotes a certain decline in performance as a result of cultivating that young talent and getting the newer players experience. The Bears could have taken that approach. They have big, athletic girls that could learn to play the way their predecessors played. No one will replace last year’s Pac-10 Player of the Year and Cal’s all-time kill leader Hana Cutura, but Cal has some strong hitters in freshmen Adrienne Gehan and Lauren Loerch that could evolve into dominating presences on the outside. Coach Rich Feller opted for a different route. Instead of adapting them to Cal’s existing system, he found something to better suit their talents. Cutura, along with former middle hitter Mindi Wiley, liked the slowerpaced attack characterized by towering

Cal football coach Jeff Tedford has been pretty revealing about depth chart decisions throughout fall camp, which meant that yesterday’s official announcement was mostly confirmation of previous information. Maybe the only real bombshell, though, was that when Matt Summers-Gavin returns from his knee injury, he won’t be playing left guard. He’s moving to the right side. The pre-camp plans had SummersGavin on the left side with Mitchell Schwartz to create an experienced blind side for quarterback Kevin Riley. But when Summers-Gavin went down on day two of camp, the offensive line developed without him. Luckily for the Bears, that may turn out to be a positive sign. “We have more depth inside,” Tedford said to succinctly explain why SummersGavin will be moved. Summers-Gavin was supposed to practice this weekend, but now it seems as if he’ll be held out until early next week. If he doesn’t practice in the week leading up to the Sept. 4 game against UC Davis, he won’t play. “We’re just going to prepare without (Summers-Gavin). If he comes back, that’s great,” right guard Justin Cheadle said. “He’s a great player, but there’s a lot of competition and the offensive line will be just fine.” As of today, the offensive line — from left to right — is Schwartz, Brian Schwenke or Dominic Galas, center Chris Guarnero, Cheadle and Donovan Edwards. Between them, they have 112 games of experience. “It’s awesome. (The game) went from

Jeff Totten/ File

Carli Lloyd returns for her senior season, but without fellow All-American Hana Cutura. The two-time All-American was recently nominated for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.

When the No. 11 Cal volleyball team steps onto the court at Haas Pavilion tonight for its season opener, the Bears will have a completely different team than last year and an entirely new playing style. The 7 p.m. match against UC Santa Barbara will unveil Cal’s new fastpaced offense, but more importantly, it is a chance to get the season off to a good start. Luckily for the Bears, coach Rich Feller’s recipe is simple. “Basic fundamentals — serve and pass,” Feller said. “Serve to get teams out of their system and pass to keep ourselves in our system.” Though easy enough in theory, it will be compounded with a new system that the Bears have been working on since the spring. The quick, passbased scheme represents a drastic change from the old, standard one that usually ended in a slow, high lob to graduated senior and Pac-10 Player of the Year Hana Cutura. Even as the team tries to break in a brand new strategy while playing key seniors in Cutura and middle hitter Mindi Wiley, setter Carli Lloyd remains optimistic about this weekend’s Cal Molten Classic, which also includes a 7 p.m. match-up against Manhattan College on Saturday night. “We’ll look like a good team,” the senior said. “We won’t look like we’re still learning.” Junior outside hitter Tarah Murrey is thrilled with the new strategy and confident in its effectiveness.

“I love it,” Murrey said. “Faster is always better. (It will) catch teams off guard.” Along with the new system come some fresh faces. The Bears have four freshmen on the squad, so Feller anticipates occasional mistakes. Yet Lloyd hopes to calm some nerves with her pre-game talk. “It’s important to fall back on each other, to look to one another for help,” Lloyd said. “As long as we pass the majority of balls to get into the system.” Murrey believes nerves are a positive thing and that as long as Cal remains focused, the team should have success in its 2010 opener. Besides, she said, the Bears are finally playing an actual match after months of preparation and intrasquad scrimmages. “We’re all excited to play somebody different,” she said. Despite preparing to face less heralded opponent, Bears are certainly not taking the Gauchos lightly. After all, they upset a top-ten Cal squad six years ago. “UCSB has a great history,” Feller said. “They have a great setter and most (of their players) return.” But the opponent does not matter to Cal, nor do the high expectations that come with the team’s lofty preseason ranking. The Bears are concentrating on their first couple of matches to try to gain momentum for the season. “Our expectations this year are pretty high,” she said. “We definitely expect to win.” Contact Jonathan Kuperberg at jkuperberg@dailycal.org.

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