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New charter school opens in Berkeley By Weiru Fang | Staff wfang@dailycal.org After much anticipation, Berkeley Unified School District’s first and only charter school opened Tuesday, welcoming sixth and ninth grade students to its West Berkeley campus. Classes begin this week for the Revolutionary Education and Learning Movement middle and high schools, which focus on technology and hands-on learning and is the project of Victor Diaz, the former principal of the district’s continuation school. After years of working at Berkeley Technology Academy, as well as at schools in San Francisco and Oakland prior to that, Diaz said he felt like he was reaching kids too late. “I saw a lot of kids that weren’t being successful ... at 16, 17 years old, so there was motivation to start (teaching) at a younger age,” he said. About four years ago, Diaz, influenced by these experiences, got the idea to start his own charter school in the district. “There were more kids that were failing than succeeding (at continuation school),” he said. “That motivated me to take on more challenging responsibilities.” Diaz’s proposal, which was approved by the district’s board of education in June 2010, was the first to be passed by the district. By law, the district is required to approve a charter proposal if it meets the state guidelines. According to district spokesperson Mark Coplan, previous

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At Berkeley’s new charter school, empty classrooms await future students. The school opened its doors Tuesday. charter proposals failed because of reasons ranging from limited resources to insufficient staffing. He added that several earlier applications for charter schools were designed like corporations, looking to turn a profit from running schools. “(REALM is) very clearly a grassroots effort from Berkeley folks,” he said. The school’s curriculum emphasizes project-based learning, in which students are encouraged to answer questions through progressive methods like investigation and collaboration, according to Diaz. “(This method is) more enticing because more and more schools

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are driven by textbooks and test scores and scripted curriculums,” Diaz said. “That’s not meant to say that textbooks are bad ... it’s hard to adjust when kids have different needs.” Along with traditional subjects like math and science, the school will also offer extracurriculars like art and music, as well as a physical education class that includes pilates and yoga. The new charter school will have fewer students than Berkeley High School — home to 3,400 students last year, according to Coplan — and with a lower student-to-teacher ratio. Currently, there are over 200 students enrolled in the charter school for

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Exit exam results show drop in pass rate By Sarah Mohammed | Staff smohammed@dailycal.org

UC Berkeley has started fundraising for a scholarship pool earmarked for the campus’ undocumented students. The philanthropy campaign was started by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau shortly after Gov. Jerry Brown signed the first part of the California DREAM Act — AB 130 — in July, which allows undocumented students at California colleges and universities to receive non-state-funded scholarships. At a press conference on Aug. 24, Birgeneau said that he was optimistic about receiving support from national foundations for financial aid for undocumented

Despite steady statewide increases in the percentage of high school students passing the California High School Exit Exam over the past six years, the percentage of students in the Berkeley Unified School District who passed the exam in the 10th grade decreased this year. According to data released Wednesday by the California Department of Education, accompanying the decrease in the percentage of passing students in the district is a widening of the purported achievement gap — which the district has been working for years to combat — between minority and white students. Bill Huyett, the district’s superintendent since 2008, said a decrease in the percentage of students who pass in a given year could simply be attributed to the makeup of a given class. “You have to examine the class and ask what have they done in the past,” Huyett said. “When you’re comparing classes, it’s somewhat comparing apples and oranges without looking at the other factors.” Huyett added that the data do show, against the district’s hopes, that the achievement gap between black, Latino and white students in the district has grown. The Berkeley City Council and the district’s Board of Education adopted a plan in June 2008 for a program entitled the 2020 Vision for Berkeley’s Children and Youth. The program aims to close the achievement gap in Berkeley’s public schools by the

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this school year, with a student-toteacher ratio of 25-to-one. Though the school will only teach sixth and ninth graders in its first year, a new sixth and ninth class will be added each subsequent year as the current students advance. “Starting off slowly lets us build community and relationships,” Diaz said. “With 400, 500 kids, it’s hard to build a culture and value. This allows us to do it slowly over time.” Whereas neighboring Oakland Unified School District has more than 30 charter schools, Diaz’s school is Berkeley Unified School District’s first charter school and — besides the continuation school — the only

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CAHSEE in Berkeley and Statewide 1. The percentage of white students from the Berkeley Unified School District who passed the exit exam for math and English and language arts decreased from 99 percent in 2010 to 97 percent in 2011 in both categories, while the percentage of white students who passed the exam statewide has remained at 91 percent in both categories for both years. 2. The percentage of black students from BUSD who passed the exit exam for math decreased from 63 percent in 2010 to 57 percent in 2011 and from 68 to 57 percent in English and language arts, while the percentage of passing black students statewide has increased from 66 to 68 percent in math and from 71 to 72 percent in English. Numbers above are from the exit exam administered in the 10th grade, the first time the exam is administered. Students who do not pass have the opportunity to take the exam again during the 11th and 12th grades.

UC Berkeley admissions director Walter Robinson will depart from his position effective Sept. 5 for a new role in undergraduate admissions at UC Davis, the Berkeley campus announced Friday. Robinson — who serves as Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of Undergraduate Admissions — has worked Walter on the campus for Robinson six years and overseen significant admissions changes, such as the transition to an online application process and an increased volume of undergraduate applications. In addition to becoming the assistant vice chancellor for undergraduate admissions at UC Davis — the same title of his position at UC Berkeley — Robinson will oversee early academic outreach programs and visitor services for the campus. This expansion of responsibility will be a promotion with higher compensation, Robinson said. However, he said a large draw for him to take the position at UC Davis is the campus’s hope to expand its number of both resident and nonresident students — in contrast to UC Berkeley’s restrictions on growth in undergraduate student numbers over the last 10 years. “If Davis is successful in being allowed to increase, which is their desire, then that creates opportunities for every population and that, to me, is really super exciting,” he said. “It’s not a done deal yet, but that’s where Davis would like to go.” Robinson has already overseen a large expansion of the undergraduate applicant pool at UC Berkeley, managing a database of about 100,000 prospective students through the Picture Yourself at Berkeley admissions portal and streamlining the application process electronically two years ago. Each year, Robinson met the undergraduate admissions target within 1 percent of the campus’s expectations, something “remarkable among campuses as large as Cal’s,” according to Anne De Luca, acting associate vice chancellor of admissions and enrollment. De Luca — who will work in Robinson’s stead while the search for a new admissions director is conducted — said in an email that her prior experience as deputy director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has familiarized her with the position. In an announcement to the campus on Friday, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande called Robinson’s departure “a tremendous loss for Cal” and said the search for a new admissions director will begin immediately. Robinson’s first challenge at UC Davis will be helping transition to a holistic application review process, now required of all UC campuses by the UC Board of Regents. “The absolute most important thing is that I’ve been part of a process at one of the top universities in the world that has provided complete and fair reviews to thousands of undergraduate applicants,” Robinson said. Alisha Azevedo is the lead academics and administration reporter.

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High school janitor and family shot in their home A Berkeley High School custodian and his family were shot in an attempted robbery Friday morning, resulting in the death of the custodian’s mother, according to a Monday newsletter sent to the high school community. Dinesh Kumar, who was shot multiple times in his Richmond house as part of a home invasion, has stabilized and is expected to fully recover, according to the release. His mother was shot and killed. Although his children and wife were home, they were left unharmed. “This was an astonishingly brutal act committed against a nice, hardworking, and tightknit family,” said the high school’s Principal Pasquale Scuderi in the newsletter. “Our love, prayers, and positive energy should flow their way as they deal with the

shock, loss, pain and grief that have been imposed upon them.” The newsletter states that the Richmond Police Department has said that a suspect is in custody and that another person is being sought. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to the family of today’s homicide. Investigative leads on this case are pending, and there is one suspect in custody,” the police department said in a Facebook status Friday. The high school has started a fund for the family to help them cover their expenses. According to the high school’s Monday newsletter, Kumar’s mother had recently moved from Fiji, so the money will go toward “regular day to day costs as well as unexpected funeral expenses and travel needs from Fiji.” Donations will be collected until Friday, and checks should be written to Berkeley High School, indicating they are for the DK Fund. They are to be turned in to Bobbye Reed in the high school Registrar’s Office. — Soumya Karlamangla

Charter: New school’s budget not overseen by the school district From Front alternative to Berkeley High School. At Oakland’s Bay Area Technology charter school, a 15-to-one ratio of students has led to better test scores, compared to other public schools in the city, according to Daisy Valencia, the school’s office manager. The charter school has signed a 10-year lease for the old West Campus school property on Eighth and Addison Streets, which will be funded by its starting budget of $2.5 million, Diaz said. Though the charter school gets the same amount of funding per pupil from the state, its budget is not overseen by the school district, giving it more freedom in how it allocates funds. “There’s a lot of struggle for any new organization in their first year, and something like this — there’s a big undertaking,” Coplan said. “(REALM has) got some good resources and input to begin with. They’re on the right track.” Weiru Fang covers local schools.

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corrections The caption for the photograph accompanying Monday’s article “Cal heads home from the city with season-opening win” incorrectly identified the featured player as Tony Salciccia. In fact, it was Servando Carrasco. Monday’s article “County’s homeless single adult population rises” incorrectly stated that the census conducted is biannual when it is in fact biennial. The Daily Californian regrets the errors.

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any adults have said to me along the years that college is a place of adventure, excitement and growth. For me, college made me swallow one of the sourest tasting medicines ever — the cough syrup that made me realize I had to grow up. In my continued process of growing up, I still need to drop one of my most childish habits: my shyness. When I initially started working at The Daily Californian, I was a pretty closed-off person. I did not want to talk or interact with many people. Arguably, I still am shy, but I know I am slowly getting out of it, and working at the Daily Cal has been crucial in helping me do just that. Throughout this process of becoming more extroverted, I realized growing up goes hand-in-hand with becoming the man that I someday want to be. I can’t really say who or what that man will look like, but doing all the hard work and taking all the needed actions to shape him is what I believe is necessary to grow up. s I was walking back from class the other day, listening to music, the track “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire came blaring through my headphones. As I listened to the lyrics, I noticed the song connects growing up with the thought of waking up and getting out of bed. But who in their right mind wants to get up from a bed that is nice and cozy — my friends call my actual bed “the cloud” because it’s so comfortable — who wants to leave a fluffy and soft cloud that hugs you with feathers? Being a news reporter forced me out of my comfortable little bubble and got me to interact with the world around me. Even though it was painful and felt like stripping the covers from a sleeping child in the morning, it got me out of my cozy mindset and got me talk to the most interesting — and sometimes most peculiar — people. It gave me the opportunity to talk to random students and ask them what they think about dorm life, speak with an impassioned professor about the importance of

Jonathan Tam jtam@dailycal.org bees (who would have thought?) and even talk to a few Nobel Laureates. In the Arcade Fire song, when Win Butler sings, “Children wake up/Hold your mistake up/Before they turn the summer into dust,” his words hit me the hardest. It’s a charge to all children who want to stay asleep in bed instead of waking up to see the world outside. Those lyrics affect me the most because, too many times, I have not done the work needed to grow up by both literally and figuratively muting the alarm and staying in bed. I have been a child who wants to stay asleep but who needs to wake up. rowing up is when you’re tired as hell from a long day of classes and lab work, come home to a fraternity rush event and then reject your comfortable bed with its inviting pillow to pick up that textbook to study for tomorrow’s integrative biology class. So far at UC Berkeley, I’ve come to venture into the world through working at Daily Cal, my experience in a sleep research lab (pretty ironic right?) and trying to get a charter for my fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha. As I finish my remaining years on campus, I want to see, explore and discover more of this world around me, and I know that comes from ripping off my comforter and getting out of bed. I am awake to the actions I need to take and completing them ultimately comes down to discipline. So no more snoozing — it’s time to get out of bed.

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students. “I was in New York two weeks ago meeting with a foundation, talking to them about the opportunity AB 130 provides to make a political statement about support of undocumented students, and I’m optimistic about that,” he said. The fundraising program is still in a preliminary planning phase, so a specific scholarship fund for undocumented students has not yet been set up, said David Blinder, associate chancellor for university relations. According to Blinder, once created, the fund would be no different from any other scholarship fund within the financial aid office. Donors will be able to specify that their donation goes into the specific scholarship fund for undocumented students. Like the scholarships that UC Berkeley already administers, the AB 130-specific scholarship money would be endowment-funded once a minimum of $50,000 worth of donations have been made into the fund.

Every year, the UC Berkeley Foundation decides to award between 4 and 6 percent of the amount in the scholarship fund, setting a payout figure of endowments that may vary from year to year. Andy Lynch, program officer of the scholarship program at the Bernard Osher Foundation — a foundation that provides grants for higher education and the arts — said that while the foundation will continue to support UC Berkeley students through the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program and Incentive Awards Program, the foundation may not provide funds specifically for the campus’s undocumented students because it does not meet the criteria of programs the foundation wants to fund. “Right now, our board is looking to fund scholarships for nontraditional, reentry students and for highly promising high school students,” he said. “While our programs don’t fund undocumented students specifically, if

they qualify for one of the scholarships we are already funding, then we will support them.” Jessica Lopez, co-chair of Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education, a campus organization for undocumented students, said that AB 130 prevents students from dropping out due to a lack of financial support. “We cannot get financial aid, we cannot legally work, we have limited scholarship opportunities, cannot open loans,” said Ju Hong, an ASUC senator and an undocumented student. “AB 130 is a really great start for all of us to continue to have the same opportunities.” Yet Lopez said that while providing financial support to undocumented students will help ease the financial burden, she and other students still face the emotional burden and stigma attached to being an undocumented student that a law cannot change. Read an extended version of this article online at dailycal.org.

exam: Achievement gap still apparent and growing in results From Front year 2020. However, as evidenced in the data from the Department of Education, the achievement gap is still apparent and growing, according to the department’s Education Research and Evaluation Consultant Linda Hooper. Huyett said that although the district has been monitoring progress through the 2020 Vision plan, the plan’s effects have not quite reached the high school level. “The 2020 Vision at first focused a lot on elementary school and then on middle school,” he said. “In high school, we haven’t had that many reforms.” Hooper said that the district’s

decrease in passing students, when compared to the statewide increase, is “kind of strange.” She added that the state — in the process of combating budget cuts — has allowed for an increase in flexibility regarding the use of funding that was previously allocated for exit exam-specific preparation courses. According to Hooper, state schools receive a specific dollar amount allocation based on the number of 11th and 12th grade students who do not pass the high school exit exam each year — over $500 per 12th grade student and about $100 per 11th grade student — to put toward intensive tutorial classes, zero periods, after-school enrichment or in-school classes for exam

preparation. “Some districts are still spending that money for intensive instruction, in the way it was intended,” she said. “But because of the budgetary issue, they’ve been given flexibility in how they’re spending that money ... that might explain that drop.” Huyett said the district has only redirected a small part of its exit exam funding for other uses, while most is still put toward exam preparation. “The intervention is very strong after we find that they didn’t pass it,” he said. “We would like that they pass it on the first go-around.” Sarah Mohammed is the lead city government reporter.

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Taking safety seriously CAMPUS ISSUES The recent reports of sexual battery around UC Berkeley raise the question of how much students are aware of their safety.

by the collaboration and communication between the chiefs of the two police departments and the continued efforts of the Joint Southside Safety Patrol, in which some UCPD and Berkeley Police Department officers patrol Southside in the same patrol cars. However, we also feel that there is room for improvement. The emergency blue light telephone system needs to be more extensive throughout and around the campus because sometimes the phones cannot be seen, and they do not serve all places where students roam. The police departments can make more of an effort to increase awareness of campus crime. The reality is that many students are still going to walk at night alone, thinking they are safe. It is not that police should scare awareness into students, but the community does have the right to be informed as much as possible. News about crime is a far-off tale until it happens. And then it’s too late. The campus strives to keep us safe, but it is also the responsibility of students to care for their own well-being. It is impossible to prevent some crimes, but there are ways to be smarter about safety. Be aware of your surroundings. Take advantage of campus resources like BearWALK, which has an automated online and phone system, making it easier to use. And never take safety for granted.

We can’t stop and we won’t stop By Marco Amaral | Special to the Daily Cal opinion@dailycal.org Attention students, faculty, staff and workers! As you very well know, the state of our university system is undergoing unprecedented changes. With fee and tuition increases continuing and more to come, with diversity ever more rapidly being diminished and with low-income and middle class families suffering more because they can’t afford a public education, we as a concerned population must stand in solidarity and organize collectively for public education. This is a cry for your help against the austerity measures passed by the State of California. We are living in a time where simply calling your local elected official isn’t enough. We can no longer — if we ever could — trust our own UC regents and school officials to speak for us. We, as the people who make up the university, must start speaking for ourselves and acting for ourselves with all our might and with all our numbers. Many of you upperclassmen who are reading this remember past protests like those held on Sept. 24 and Nov. 20 of 2009. On Sept. 24, 2009, students from UCs, CSUs and community colleges across the state organized together using a diversity of tactics and approaches and were heard across the country. This was especially true for our campus, where we had a powerful walk-out of over 5,000 people. On Nov. 20, 2009, thousands of students — students just like you and me — showed up in support of those who took over Wheeler Hall, the iconic pillared building we’re so used to filing in and out of hundreds of days a year. We had the State of California’s ears. The politicians, the regents and other officials were listening to us not just as a group of students but as a mass of students, workers, faculty and community members organizing together through direct action. We have the potential to do this once again and so much more. Every single one of you that attends this university got here because you were exceptional, because you believed in yourself and because you knew that you could be of some importance to this institution and the

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world. We must once again believe in ourselves, believe in the power of community and believe in your fellow students and colleagues. We must remember the strongest voice that Berkeley had seen in years, that voice of 2009. Most importantly, we must believe that we cannot only replicate that voice but make it even bigger. I want to make this very clear: we cannot afford to be apathetic, and we cannot afford to give up — our losses far surmount our wins —but this is a struggle, and struggles are not won overnight. Mario Savio once stood on Sproul Plaza and said: “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious — makes you so sick at heart — that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part.” We are collectively going through a passive process right now, but we must, collectively, come out of this passive phase, because I and thousands more like me are truly sick at this point. I am sick of hearing sad statistics of kids who would’ve come to Cal for had it not been for the rise in tuition and fees. I am sick of seeing a less diverse university when our state has become more diverse. I am sick of the countless other negative statistics affecting the population of California. I am tired of “business as usual.” We can do better than this. You personally may have not been affected by the recent tuition increase, or maybe you have been — either way it doesn’t matter. What we do all have, though, is compassion and common sense. Let’s use it. I promise you that change is possible, but only when we come together. Please, I urge you to join me and hundreds of other students who are fed up with the way our institution is run, because EDUCATION IS NOT A PRIVILEGE — IT’S A RIGHT! A large group of undergraduate and graduate students, campus staff and faculty have already begun working together against campus and state austerity and budget cuts. If you are tired of business as usual, come to this week’s organizing meeting on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at 2070 Allston Way (UAW Local 2685 Office) where we will decide our organizing priorities and how we will accomplish our goals toward the near future. Marco Amaral is a student activist and junior at UC Berkeley.

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS A report shows unprecedented numbers of unemployed youth, revealing the broad spectrum of our age group’s challenges.

ur nation’s youth are without jobs and are giving up hope. That is what a federal report showed last Wednesday, and that is what we, as students, see around us and fear. We do not just see this report as another depressing statistic representative of the lagging job market. We see this as reflective of broader issues plaguing our age group, revealing that we face more than just rising tuition and cuts to higher education. This should be a signal to politicians of the damage done — not only to academia but to our future careers. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows a mere 59.5 percent of youth between 16 and 24 were working or actively looking for work in July, marking the lowest rate on record since 1948. And the youth employment rate in July was 48.5 percent, the lowest rate on record since 1948. On top of a wavering job market, we have seen more of our friends seeking refuge in graduate schools, either to secure more lucrative posi-

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tudents read about the mother who reported being sexually battered while moving her son into the dorms Aug. 21. Students also read about the woman who was allegedly grabbed inappropriately while walking through the Eucalyptus Grove on campus that same day and about how, on the following day, a UC Berkeley student was also allegedly grabbed inappropriately. But as students, our impression is that the likely reaction felt by many of our peers is: “That won’t happen to me.” With all the reports of crime around the UC Berkeley campus, we still see students walking home alone at night, strolling through desolate areas and paying more attention to their smartphones than to what’s around them. It is scary to think that students often take their safety for granted. The campus makes efforts to raise safety awareness, and yet it seems a lot of our peers don’t make safety a priority, as many still don’t take necessary precautions. UCPD officers speak at CalSO, dorms often post reports of crimes in their entrances and UCPD teams up with the ASUC to hold forums that facilitate discussion. We were impressed by the quick response of UCPD officers to the latest incidents of sexual battery — a suspect was identified by each victim and taken into custody soon after each report. We are also encouraged

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tions afterward or to escape from the “real world” for a few more years. The number of U.S. adults ages 25 to 64 with advanced degrees soared from 10 million in 1990 to 17 million in 2009. Another result of dwindling job opportunities is that college graduates are desperate for internships, many of which are unpaid. But these positions cater to a certain socioeconomic contingent: those who can afford to be without pay. So what can we do in these harsh economic times? The report should be a call to action for young people to be more proactive and to take their careers into their own hands. As the 2012 election approaches, it is time for students and others in our age group to inform themselves. Know the candidates and know their plans. Look for the presidential hopeful who truly seems to have a plan for creating jobs and enriching the market. And it is also time that legislators wake up to and take responsibility for how they have not only supported a disinvestment from our education but from our careers and our ability to strive for our dreams.

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With a fair share of underclassmen Bears on the roster, the Cal men’s soccer team will need its more experienced players to lead the way and hope it comes out of the prior tilt — against conference favorite UCLA — unscathed. The face-off with San Diego State always proves to be a tricky encounter for Cal as the pair seem to trade off winning the spoils or come to a draw in recent meetings. The Aztecs are a rejuvenated side after having a strong off-season in the spring and will be looking to settle the score. However, the Bears will once again be able to call the shots from Goldman Field. The tilt will be crucial in that mentally Cal will want to end that weekend well and take the win into the Cardinal battle. Coach Kevin Grimes will want to avoid battered bones and bruised egos at all costs. — Camellia Senemar

After Cal’s upset victories against No. 16 Louisville and No. 13 Michigan State, the Indiana Hoosiers look to be the toughest non-conference test remaining on the Bears’ home schedule. In recent history, Cal has struggled against this Indiana team, losing matchups in each of the last two seasons. Two years ago, coach Shellie Onstead’s squad dropped a 1-0 decision to the Hoosiers. Last year, the Bears fell, 4-2, in Bloomington, Ind., though Cal earned more corners and equaled the Hoosiers in shots. Over the past few years, the Bears have had success in their inter-conference play but have been subpar in their non-conference schedule. A victory in this match against a tough non-conference opponent in one the most competitive conferences in the country, the Big Ten, would prove that the Bears’ two upsets against nationally ranked teams was no fluke and that they would make a formidable opponent in the NCAA Championship. — Eric Lee

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Nov. 11 v. Stanford

In the final contest of last year’s season, the Cal men’s soccer team played rival Stanford. The Bears not only won the match in overtime but also claimed the Pac-10 Championship title, too. This year, fans can anticipate a similar level of hype and excitement as the Bears have the added benefit of being on their home field to close the season. The 2011 season has once again slated the two ancient foes up against each other on the final

day. The two Bay Area teams already possess enough tension between them; however, it is likely that this November matchup will be another D-day with the league’s first-place tag on the line. Cal had then freshman Alec Sundly to thank for a thrilling 3-2 overtime win, after the rookie scored two goals to send his squad to a prideful campaign finish. — Camellia Senemar

field hockey Yeah, this is always the obvious choice at this school, but let’s put aside the centuries-old rivalry for now. Over the past four seasons, the Bears have dispatched their earlyround opponents in the annual NorPac Tournament and advanced to the finals only to see the Cardinal waiting there each time. In those four final matches, the Bears are 0-4 and have been outscored 2-10, with the last two contests being shutouts. And it’s not like Stanford has been the obviously dominant team over this time period — the Bears are actually 5-3 versus Stanford over the regular season. Once again, the Cal and Stanford are early favorites to meet in the NorPac final. While all of their matches mean the same in the record books, this specific one — the second-to-last of the regular season — will definitely mean a little extra to the Bears. — Eric Lee

M. POLO As far as potential goes, Pacific has been the dark horse of the MPSF for the past few seasons. In 2009 the team finished off the season with a 13-8 record; the next year the club increased its record to 17-11. While the Bears topped the Tigers in both matchups last season, Pacific never handed Cal a breakaway win; in the second match of the season, the two teams sat at a 2-2 tie until Cal managed to outscore in the second quarter before winning, 11-8. Despite losing four senior athletes, the Tigers return experienced upperclassmen — many of them redshirts — this season. The Bears definitely have the upper hand in this Nov. 11 face off; after all, the team has climbed to No. 2 in preseason rankings and is looking to making that place one better by the end of the season. But it will certainly be interesting to watch the No. 5 Tigers try. — Annie Gerlach

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VOLLEYBALL

Last year, Cal had a golden chance to upset Pac-12 rival USC at its home ground. When Alex Morgan scored three goals in the last 15 minutes to put the Bears up 4-3, the match looked all but over. But the Trojans pulled off an 89th minute goal to tie the game, and a golden goal in the 94th minute to win the contest in one of the most exhilarating matches in collegiate soccer. This time, USC is marching into Edwards Stadium on Oct. 9, and Cal is looking for retribution. This season, both teams have taken a step backwards, falling out of the top 25. The Trojans, who won the 2007 National Championship, have lost their first match of the season to unranked Kansas. Cal also have yet to find a replacement for Morgan, who carried the team on her back last season. With the match around the season’s midpoint, both teams will likely be looking for a key win to build momentum for the second half. And if goals erupt like they did last year, this match could be another firecracker. — Seung Y. Lee

The Pac-12 coaches predicted USC to finish first in the conference, and the Trojans ranked second nationally in the AVCA preseason poll. The Cal volleyball team was picked right behind USC in both polls, despite embarrassing the Trojans in the Final Four. USC was projected to be a contender largely due to the fact the squad returned all of its starters from last year. Now, the Trojans are one piece short. Outside hitter Falyn Fonoimoana, last year’s Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, was declared academically ineligible for 2011. Fonoimoana and then-junior Alex Jupiter were considered the best outside hitter tandem in the country last year, and plagued the Bears in the regular season. Now, it appears Cal’s Tarah Murrey and Adrienne Gehan could compete for that distinction. It’s hard to imagine a more stacked Pac-12 matchup. The Bears lost twice to the Trojans before obliterating them in the postseason, so there will be some added fuel for both sides to best the other. — Christina Jones

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When the Cal volleyball team opens its conference season on Sept. 13 against Stanford, there will likely be more than just bragging rights on the line. As it stands right now, the Bears are boasting a No. 1 national ranking, and the Cardinal sit just off that mark at No. 6. Both teams were picked to finish in the upper-half of the Pac-12, as Cal was predicted to finish second and Stanford was picked to finish fourth. And with six teams in the conference currently sitting in the Top 25, including four in the Top 8, neither team will be able to afford a loss. In 2010, the Bears beat Stanford in both regular season matchups for the first time in 31 years, using the second matchup as a launching pad to grab first place in the conference. Winning the first game will be a strong step in that direction. — Connor Byrne

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After the Cal football team defeated No. 1 USC in 2003 and came nine yards away from upending the Trojans again in 2004, every subsequent year as seemingly been “the year” for the Bears. The exception may be last year — and this year. Cal hasn’t been within one touchdown since 2007, unless you count winning the second half in 2010 (after a 42-0 whipping in the first half ). Needless to say, this year probably isn’t the year for the Bears to finally beat

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USC again. Cal won’t be favored; in fact, another blowout is very likely. But the Bears have one thing going for them: revenge. Revenge for 2010. And 2009. And so on. As fierce as its rivalry is with Stanford, Cal’s rivalry with USC in football is not far behind. Defeating USC on national TV on a Thursday night could just restore the universe. — Jonathan Kuperberg

M. POLO When it comes to a USC rematch, the Cal men’s water polo team is looking for something along the lines of sweet vengeance this coming season. The Trojans — the reigning NCAA champions three years running — edged out the second-ranked Bears, 12-10, in an overtime bloodbath in the NCAA championship match last year. In fact, Cal and USC have a habit of meeting in the final round. That habit traces back to Cal’s consecutive NCAA crowns in 2006 and 2007. While Cal lost key talent, including graduating seniors Zach White and Brian Dudley, this past spring, the Trojans return all of their starters. That is bound to make the Oct. 15 home match more of a mirror dance to last year’s performances. As coach Kirk Everist said, it all starts and ends with USC. — Annie Gerlach

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For the last three years, the matches between Cal and Arizona State women’s soccer teams needed overtime to settle the scores. In their annual dogfight against the Sun Devils, the Bears won once in 2009, thanks to a golden goal from Lisa Kevorkian, and tied the other two. Despite the slight upper edge Cal has in the record books, the match on Sept. 23 between the two could go either way. A perennial mid-table team in the Pac-12, Arizona State pulled off upsets against top-25 teams Ohio State and USC last year. This season, the Sun Devils won their first two matches, including a victory against then-No. 21 South Carolina. With a dark horse coming to Berkeley, it won’t be surprising to see another dogfight that takes more than 90 minutes to end. — Seung Y. Lee

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