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Professor of law appointed to state Supreme Court By Theresa Adams | Staff tadams@dailycal.org

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Demonstrators protest during a march for immigrant rights down streets in the Berkeley area on May 1, 2009.

Second half of DREAM Act passes state Senate By Jordan Bach-Lombardo Senior Staff jbachlombardo@dailycal.org The second half of the California DREAM Act — which would allow undocumented students access to state financial aid — passed the state Senate Wednesday by a vote of 22 to 11. AB 131, authored by Assemblymember Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, will go back to the Assembly for a concurrence vote, the last hurdle before the bill lands on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk. It is expected that Brown would sign the bill if it reaches his desk.

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Jordan Bach-Lombardo describes the development of part two of the DREAM Act.

One of his campaign promises — iterated many times on his path to Sacramento — was to sign both parts of the DREAM Act should he have the opportunity. The passage of the bill — which would give undocumented students access to state financial aid programs such as Cal Grants — comes a little over a month after the first part of the state’s DREAM Act was signed into law by Brown. That bill authorized public higher education institutions to give financial aid to undocumented students from their own aid reserves.

“It’s great,” said Ju Hong, an ASUC senator and undocumented student, upon learning of the bill’s success in the state Senate. “I would have a more open door to go to grad school and law school, to continue on to a professional degree and contribute more tax revenue to our economy.” The vote went along party lines. Twenty-two Democrats voted for the bill, while 11 Republicans voted against. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, supported the bill on the Senate floor, saying that having more educated, tax-paying professionals would only help the state’s economy.

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The Commission on Judicial Appointments voted unanimously to confirm UC Berkeley professor of law Goodwin Liu’s appointment to the Supreme Court of California. Colleagues from the UC Berkeley School of Law, as well as members of goodwin the business and liu legal community, spoke about his dedication to the legal profession, his loyalty to his students, his attention to details and his belief in justice for everyone. “Public service is part of Goodwin’s DNA,” said Christopher Edley, dean of the UC Berkeley law school, as he talked about Liu’s partnership with the law school and the role he has played in students’ success. He told the commission that as a result of Liu’s outstanding work, he was promoted to the position of associate dean of the law school in 2008 after having been employed at the university for only five years. Benita Brahmbhatt, a student in Liu’s constitutional law class, said it was an honor and a privilege to speak on behalf of a professor who had such a profound impact on her as a student and as a lawyer. “He approached each class with an open mind,” she said. “He is deeply committed to the students.” No one at the hearing testified against the appointment, despite

controversy surrounding Liu’s earlier nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Barack Obama in February 2010. Republicans in Congress who objected to his liberal interpretation of the Constitution filibustered the appointment until Liu withdrew as a candidate. However, after Brown nominated him, he received letters of bipartisan support from more than 130 law professors, including John Yoo, the former deputy assistant attorney general under the Bush administration and a law professor at UC Berkeley. The California Supreme Court released the rating Liu received from the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation: “exceptionally well-qualified and possessed brilliant intellect” — the highest possible rating. Liu addressed the commission and expressed his gratitude for the endorsements he received from his colleagues. Even though his lack of experience as a trial attorney afforded him criticism from opponents during this and past nomination processes, he said he is prepared to handle the challenges of the appointment. “Law depends on stability, clarity and finality and should be differentiated by the task,” Liu said. “It has been a long journey that has ended with the most pleasant confirmation known to man.” Brown will swear Liu in to the California Supreme Court tomorrow in the State Capitol at 12 p.m. Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, as well as state leadership from the judicial, legislative and executive branches, will also attend the ceremony.

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Statistics show decrease in violent and property crimes By Sarah Burns | Staff sburns@dailycal.org

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Preliminary statistics indicate an overall decrease in violent and property crime in Berkeley during the first six months of 2011 compared to the same time period the previous year — a trend mirrored in surrounding cities. The Berkeley Police Department recorded 4 percent fewer Part One Violent Crimes — which include homicide, forcible rape, aggravated assault and robbery — between January and June 2011 than during the same period in 2010, according to statistics released Tuesday by the department. Part One Property Crime — including burglary, auto theft, theft and arson — decreased 16 percent during the same period. Among the eight types of Part One crimes, four have decreased since 2010 in Berkeley, with a 3 percent decrease

Sarah Burns analyzes the numbers behind the decrease in property crime in the first six months of 2011.

in robbery, a 12 percent decrease in aggravated assault, a 23 percent decrease in theft and a 50 percent drop in homicide, amounting to one fewer murder case. Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, spokesperson for the department, said that while it is impossible to connect crime rate changes to any one factor, police tactics may have had a part in the recent dramatic decrease in theft rates. “One theory is that we have been doing a lot more focused work and analyzing where theft is happening and when and doing a lot of special projects and arresting habitual offenders,” she said. The four other Part One crimes saw increases during the 2011 time period. Compared to 2010, statistics recorded between January and June

of 2011 show an 8 percent increase in auto theft, a 0.6 percent increase in burglary, a 36 percent increase in rapes and a 50 percent increase in the number of arson cases, meaning five additional instances. Kusmiss attributed the increase in rape cases over the 2011 time span in part to an increase in the likelihood a woman will report a rape rather than an increase in the occurrence of the crime, a trend she said has been persistent over the past 15 years as more women report acquaintance or date rape crimes. Kusmiss added that so far this year, none of the rapes reported to BPD were committed by strangers. Berkeley Safe Neighborhood Committee board member Laura Menard said she finds problems with the police department’s lack of a more sophisticated analysis of its crime statistics. “A rudimentary analysis that just has some numbers is not a good analysis,”

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UC medical centers show increase in revenue By Damian Ortellado | Staff dortellado@dailycal.org

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Financial schedules from the UC Office of the President show that annual revenues for the university’s medical centers grew to almost $6 billion in 2010, an increase of nearly $2 billion over the medical centers’ revenue only six years before. UC medical centers are planning to use the increasing revenue generated by the five teaching hospitals — the profits of which were over $850 million in 2010 — to fund $5 billion in capital needs over the next five years, as well as to support UC medical schools. “We’re trying to do the best we can to cover the future costs we won’t be

able to afford in the future,� said Santiago Munoz, UC Associate Vice President of Health Sciences and Services. “We have an accumulated debt that has to be paid.� The UC’s medical centers are located on the university’s Los Angeles, Irvine, Davis, San Francisco and San Diego campuses. A large part of the revenue will fund a variety of capital projects, including a $1.5 billion hospital complex at UCSF Mission Bay, which is scheduled to open in 2015, according to UC spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez. Munoz said the costs for the UCSF Mission Bay project will be spread out over several years. Other campuses have also pursued new building or reconstruction proj-

ects, according to Vazquez. UC Irvine opened a new hospital in 2009, and UC Davis opened a new surgery and emergency services pavilion in 2010 — the largest construction project in UC Davis’s history. Vazquez added that the medical centers need the funds for a variety of improvement projects, including electronic medical records and state-mandated seismic safety upgrades. The state’s seismic regulations are “unique and expensive,� according to UCSF’s website. “In the event of a seismic event, the state requires that our buildings not only remain standing but also remain operational,� Munoz said. “That becomes very expensive.� Between the 2004-05 and 2009-10

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property: Violent crime also lower in Richmond, Oakland From front

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she said. Statistics from the nearby Richmond Police Department indicate a more significant decrease in violent crime statistics — nearly 18 percent between the same months from 2010 to 2011 — but a less significant

decrease in property crimes, with roughly 1.5 percent fewer property crimes recorded between the same months from 2010 to 2011 for an overall total decrease of about 4 percent in all Part One crime during the six-month periods.

According to a June 27 crime report from the Oakland Police Department, the city saw about a 14 percent decrease in the total number of Part One crimes committed between Jan. 1 and July 3 in 2011 compared to that period in 2010.

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In the event of an earthquake, the best response for those stationed in Tolman Hall would be to “duck, cover and hold,� UC Berkeley officials urged Wednesday. Officials held a town hall meeting to discuss the building’s continued vulnerability to earthquakes, given that UC Berkeley was denied some $202 million to replace it. While they didn’t commit to any

specific action on Tolman, officials discussed cheaper reinforcements like those done to Eshleman Hall last summer when full funding was not available. In July, the campus moved all students and student activities out of the building because of earthquake danger identified by a 1997 report that gave Tolman a “poor� seismic rating. ...

Extra Points Friendly wagers: Fresno Mayor Nancy Swearengin has made two bets on the outcome of Saturday’s Cal-Fresno State football game at Candlestick Park, one with Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and one with San Francisco Mayor and Cal alum Ed Lee. The stakes are high: team jerseys, free food and, of course, bragging rights.

Correction In Tuesday’s article “Exit exam results show drop in pass rate,� the reporter’s name was incorrectly spelled as Sarah Mohammed. In fact, her name is Sarah Mohamed. The Daily Californian regrets the error.

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t’s 10 p.m., and I’m sitting at the table of my summer home in Portland, Ore. Three empty bottles of BridgePort Kingpin Double Red Ale are on the table next to my laptop screen. I want to write a column, I think. I want to write a column that will tell the truth about the Daily Cal, about newspapers and about journalism. I want to tell the truth that nobody wants to say. Now, a couple of months later I have done just that. Here is the truth: it’s not you, it’s me. It’s not Craigslist’s fault for taking classified advertisements away from the domain of print. It’s not the blogosphere’s fault for writing and spreading news for free. It’s not the market’s fault for turning journalism upside down, for cutting all of The Daily Californian’s reporters’ pay, for cutting our Wednesday publication and for making us indebted to the ASUC for forgiving a portion of our rent. All of that stuff is on us, the journalists. It’s our fault. Our job was to report the news, and we did that. But we got complacent, and we stopped evolving, and soon the concept of a news article became far removed from what you, as a person, valued. Now we find ourselves in an awkward position where an indispensable component of democracy is slipping away, and we’re scrambling. ere’s my background: I reported for a couple semesters at the Daily Cal, then I was an editor for a couple more. I drove down to Los Angeles for a weekend just to attend a workshop on watchdog journalism. I currently get a Monday through Friday print subscription to The New York Times. I taught (and still teach) a DeCal about in-depth reporting, featuring speakers who have written for The New York Times magazine, the Center for Investigative Reporting and others. Last semester I interned for the San Francisco Chronicle, and this summer I worked full time for one of the best papers in the country: The Oregonian. The summary? For the last three years, I’ve breathed journalism. But as my interest has grown, and I’ve seen more intricacies and nuances of the industry, so has my disillusionment. It’s clear to me that a number of people are out of touch with the core of journalism. Journalism isn’t a business, and a news article isn’t a product. Journalism also isn’t about putting out a newspaper every day or every week or every second, if that were possible. It’s just a means to an end. What is that end? Transparency and accountability: the free-flow of information required to keep democracy alive. Journalism is about informing people so individuals can make active, smart decisions

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Following several months of community meetings and board discussions, the Telegraph Business Improvement District submitted a letter Aug. 9 to UC Berkeley Facility Services outlining several recommendations focused on improving People’s Park. The park, which is under the jurisdiction of the UC, has been perceived by a number of community members — including merchants and property owners — as an ongoing concern due to the unapproved and sometimes illicit activities held there, according to the letter. “In a lot of cities, most of their downtown central economic center has a park of some sort that is a community asset, but in the Southside it is a community liability,” said Roland Peterson, the district’s executive direc-

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tor. “We would like to see it as an asset rather than a liability.” About four years ago, the UC consulted with MKThink, a San Francisco-based firm, to engineer a plan that would improve the park. Though MKThink gathered comprehensive community input, the result of the effort was a compilation of opinions about the park rather than a directional guidebook of where to go with it, Peterson added. The letter follows up on the district’s April meeting with campus Vice Chancellor of Facility Services Ed Denton, where district leaders raised a number of complaints about the park. Peterson added that the letter was written as a response to Denton’s request to come up with steps to improve the park. The district’s recommendations include changes to the current landscape, such as the leveling of uneven ground in order to increase visibility — thereby improving sight lines for UCPD pa-

trolling officers — in the park. Craig Becker, owner of Caffe Mediterraneum and co-author of the letter, said the four corners of the park, which serve as its entrances, should be developed in order to attract more members of the community to the park. “Whatever affects the neighborhood affects the businesses as well,” Becker said. “So if customers don’t feel comfortable and safe walking around the area, then that affects us.” According to Peterson, since Southside is largely populated by students, the park should be developed in order to make it more inviting for the student population. “Why isn’t it as popular as Memorial Glade?” Peterson said. “If this park was somehow magically transported to the center of the campus, you wouldn’t tolerate (its current condition).” While the district pushes for the

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Then writin’ in my book of rhymes,/ all the words pass the margin/ To hold the mic I’m throbbin’,/ mechanical movement/ Understandable smooth shit that murderers move wit.” — Nas, “The World Is Yours”

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Life Long Anthems

The eighth annual Rock the Bells Festival brings beloved classic hip-hop to the Shoreline.

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By Belinda Gu | Staff bgu@dailycal.org

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he eighth annual Rock the Bells Festival stopped in Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre last Saturday, boasting a star-studded lineup including the likes of Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas, Mobb Deep, Black Star (Talib Kweli and Mos Def ’s duo) and select members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Headliners Ms. Lauryn Hill and Nas closed the night’s agenda on the main stage with performances of their respective greatest hit albums, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and Illmatic. Nas exploded onstage at dusk,

spitting hard-hitting rhymes and dropping f-bombs like pocket change, conducting a rap-along from devoted fans of Illmatic, hit debut album and instant classic, still shone as Nas delivered familiar lyrics from 1994. Producer Pete Rock made a guest appearance and paid his dues with a mini beat battle with Nas. The two veterans delivered iconic hip-hop anthems and demonstrated the necessity of ego in the genre. The venue for the festival acomodated the volume of attendees, but its setup dispersed a lot of the energy of the crowd. The front-most section was only for VIPs, yuppies who preferred to sit and sip cocktails at a rap concert, while the middle section was for — nobody really. It was pretty empty. And general

admission-ers were left to push and shove for standing space, from where most of them could only see the screen. Although the setting didn’t provide the most fulfilling concert experience, there was an undeniable sense that we were in the presence of greatness. Ms. Lauryn Hill was a queen — nay, a goddess — her voice and body were both in magnificent form. Her set was thematically appropriate for her Grammy winning Miseducation: The backdrop displayed a sprawling case of multicolored books, her hair was plaited into pigtails spilling onto a white button-down shirt and high-waisted ’70s trousers. She segmented her iconic album with an almost gospel cover of Bob Marley’s reggae classic “Could You Be Loved.” Ms. Hill’s fiery energy and command-

ing pipes were met with an indifferent crowd, most of whom craved more rap and left to see Wu-Tang Clan after Nas’ set, and only a few diluted cheers and whistles coaxed her back for an encore. Nas accompanied her onstage for their duet “If I Ruled The World” during her encore, prompting lighters and cellphones to illuminate the audience. The night capped off with Ms. Hill humbly thanking attendees for loving her music through the years, and with a swirl of her schoolgirl pants, she flounced off stage. Rock the Bells is doubtlessly hiphop’s biggest tour, providing opportunities to see legendary acts perform their most coveted material. Its success ardently reaffirms, if it was ever in doubt, our love of hip-hop.

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SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY/COURTESY

Jean-Luc Godard’s latest concoction takes place on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, unfolding as a murky collage of conversations between passengers.

‘Socialisme’ unifies with collective disinterest By Ryan Lattanzio | Senior Staff rlattanzio@dailycal.org

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onsieur Godard, qu’est-ce que la big idea? Literally, what is “Film Socialisme” about? Is it an indictment of the blase bourgeois of the West? Sure. Is it an indictment of the frantic images of contemporary cinema? Yeah. But both of these prove tiresome terrain for Jean-Luc Godard, who has already (re-)visited that territory again and again throughout his career, from the New Wave sensation “Breathless” (1960) — which changed the heuristics of how we watch movies — to the listless inner lives of two libertines in “Pierrot le Fou” (1965) to the Dantean provocation “Notre Musique” (2004). And, of course, his myriad other films. It’s redundant to recite this guy’s CV. We get it, Godard. You hate things. The lack of narrative in “Film Socialisme” isn’t the problem. Godard geeks should expect that by now. Loosely, the film is a series of images, both moving and still, of people of disparate backgrounds on a cruise ship traveling the Mediterranean. Godard revisits some of the same characters, one of which is a llama at a gas station (one of the film’s only memorable scenes).

In its cryptic subtitles and garbled images, “Socialisme” manages to touch vaguely upon issues of globalization, race, Hollywood and a bunch of other stuff that gets gobbled up in Godard’s cinematic pidgin language of the unknowable, and the god-awful. Formally, the film is a mess. The digital video has a murky look, which certainly doesn’t complement the already cheerless content. Whatever meaning lies behind “Film Socialisme” remains to be seen. Rarely does Godard explicate his enigmatic, and aesthetically smudgy visuals with English subtitles (I fail to cobble together the narration or dialogue with what little French I know). A shot of a young woman supine on a bed meowing at a computer screen is accompanied by “Egyptian name cats.” The film features a number of women looking sad and pensive on beds, one who says something like “Spanish civilwar Komintern.” What the hell are these words? These people all look like the lost victims of Godard’s pseudo-intellectual and maddening master plot. The vague historicity running through Godard’s film, implicit in the title (I guess), suggests that he is content to sit atop his angry, smoke-filled ivory tower. He never addresses the “Socialisme” suggested in the title. And if he does,

it’s unclear where or when or how. Some stock footage illumining vague notions of cultural deterioration gets close, until Godard bows out with the words “NO COMMENT.” “Film Socialisme” is essentially a cluttered wonder cabinet — stripped of that intrepid “wonder” such a thing contains — that, when rattled, offers nothing but the clangor of empty signifiers that seem to say nothing at all. But as befits Godard, whom it behooves me to say has really lost touch with his audience, “Socialisme” prides itself on that nothingness. This isn’t pure cinema or even cinema verite: It’s cinema euthanasia. The one thing Godard ought to be credited for is imagining a kind of communal cinema, because the film is incomprehensible, and we can all share that inaccessibility together. Even to the Godard-savvy, “Socialisme” is nothing but an arbitrary succession of images subtitled with disjointed nouns. Yet as with any tyrant, there will always be a few Godard loyalists who will find this entry, among others, a worthy addition to a controversial, if uneven career. Sartre, another subversive French guy, said “Hell is other people,” but hell just might be “Film Socialisme” on a loop. Ryan Lattanzio is the lead film critic.

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‘The Debt’ reimagines Israeli espionage thriller By Ryan Lattanzio | Senior Staff rlattanzio@dailycal.org

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he saying goes that those who can’t do teach, and those who can’t teach make Holocaust movies. John Madden, director of such sappy, trophy-swiping schlock as “Shakespeare in Love” (1998) and “Proof ” (2005), competently elevates “The Debt” from the constraints of that genre and into another: a dark, rich espionage thriller. A remake of the 2007 Israeli film “Ha-Hov,” it is gritty and adult, with believable characters caught in unbelievable circumstances. The film is clever in the way it reveals information. One scene, a flashback in the film’s opening where a woman is attacked in the shadows for reasons unknown, is repeated later for dramatic effect. The last act boasts a barrage of sinuous plot twists, ending as drops of blood hit the floor like an ellipsis. Discomforting and disturbing, “The Debt” offers a welcome, overdue close to a summer of movies steeped in scatology and sensationalism, all catering to the lowest common denominator. “The Debt” might be too queasy for such previously placated audiences to stomach but man, does it have a force. Rachel (Jessica Chastain), Stephan (Marton Csokas) and David (Sam Worthington) are a trio of Mossad secret agents who, in 1966, undertake a delicate mission to kidnap Nazi war criminal Dr. Dieter Vogel (Jesper Christensen), now hiding in East Berlin as a gynecologist. Vogel is a Josef Mengele type, a doctor who performed grotesque experiments on Jews during the Holocaust. Jump to 1997, when Rachel — now older,

scarred (literally) and played by Helen Mirren — and Stephan (Tom Wilkinson) receive the news that David (now played Ciaran Hinds) has killed himself. This scene is the first of many shock moments: David willingly steps in front of a bus and is crushed. From here the film begins to reconstruct events and explain why these three characters find themselves at a morally muddied crossroads. For the sake of verisimilitude, all the actors acquire Israeli accents rather than the standard British accents given to characters to make them seem foreign. This choice is sometimes distracting, but the performances are solid and even exceptional in the case of Jessica Chastain, the dewy, rising star of 2011. We’ve seen Chastain display peerless range this year in “The Tree of Life” and “The Help,” but Rachel is her best role yet. Though she wields an impressive array of combat techniques and is able to handle herself, physically, amid the machismo of David and Stefan, Rachel is not fearless. She has doubts about the mission, perhaps because Israeli intelligence has no doubt exploited her gender to get to Vogel. Scenes with Rachel and Vogel (he readies the speculum as she tightens her grip on the examination table) are powerful in that the banter is always loaded as she struggles to shirk her emotions. Sudden bursts of violence and tightly wrought scenes of suspense afford “The Debt” both efficacy as a historical thriller (but never as historical commentary) and a drama about denial, about the lies we tell for the sake of self-preservation. The older actors — Mirren, Wilkinson, Hinds — revive these tired themes in their nuanced performances. No surprise, really, since these three are among the best in the biz. Mirren is as

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Veteran actress Helen Mirren plays Rachel Singer, a retired Israeli Mossad secret agent who assisted in tracking down a Nazi war criminal in 1966. we’ve never seen her, with a scar like a hook and enough emotional baggage to merit a movie on its own. She’s one tough, hard-ass cookie. Though “The Debt” is never as profound as it aspires to be, and a late August release doesn’t place it

among other movies vying for fall prizes, Madden’s film packs more thrills and smarts than the average escapist fare. It’s actually quite memorable, at least until the next Holocaust-inspired movie rolls in. Ryan Lattanzio is the lead film critic.

t’s all Clarissa Darling’s fault. Remember her? That svelte, sunny blonde with the leggings who was supposed to “explain it all” Saturday nights on Nick? Yeah, that one. That lying, deceitful wench. She explained nothing. Why was there a boy climbing into her window every day? Why was that theme song of hers so absurdly catchy? And, most importantly, why does any of this matter? It matters because “Clarissa Explains It All” was on TV. That’s all. Nothing more, nothing less. If pressed for any details regarding the show’s content, I couldn’t provide much. I don’t recall much about the Darling household besides the beige blanket that was their living room and Clarissa’s mysteriously ginger brother. Everything else seems a blur of babydoll dresses and neon scrunchies. And yet, somehow that show remains with me, invading my consciousness with that incessant chorus of “na na na na.” It’s quite possible I’m insane (Clarissa certainly was. She wore overalls.) but it’s more likely that I’m a TV viewer just like you. And this is what happens when you glue your eyes to that mythical, glowing rectangle called television — the shows become a part of you. And if you were like me, a kid growing up in the ’90s, those shows were on Nickelodeon. This was the golden age where dinosaurs could dance on ice and have their own cereal, where a melancholy schlub of a boy could charm a girl despite his rapid balding and where a football-head could be a hero. This was a place of magic, of strange green slime and eccentricity where young minds were molded into thinking it was perfectly normal for a wallaby to wear shoes and hawaiian shirts. ’90s Nick was unique. Unlike Disney, Nickelodeon didn’t peddle fresh-faced teens singing insipid songs or animated duck dictators (I’m talking to you, Scrooge McDuck!). No. Nickelodeon was better than that. They had not one animal, but two! A dog and a cat! Combined! And for an impressionable shut-in like me at age eight (the shut-in part hasn’t changed), this was a level of oddity and absurdity I couldn’t help but connect to. I was nebbish like Chuckie, I was a smart-ass like Helga (minus the caterpillar eyebrows), and though I hesitate to admit it, I was a rampant know-it-all like the egregiously irritating Eliza Thornberry. There seemed to be a character for each facet of my ever-evolving personality — from the meditative moods of Doug to the impulsive and adventurous Tommy Pickles. Nickelodeon was a channel that fostered individualism, where creativity and character were paramount. Sure, as with any children’s programming, there were lessons built in. “Hey Arnold!” taught me to be kind to others, “Rocket Power” taught me never to get involved in sports and “Rugrats” taught me that parents should pay more attention to their toddlers so their kids aren’t left abandoned in giant toy stores. But what made Nickelodeon novel were its characters’ flaws. I wasn’t a perfect kid. I was abrasive, short and at times, a loner. And yet, I was content. I had television, and more to the point, I had the comfort and company of the characters on Nickelodeon. Helga was loud and Arnold was short. They certainly weren’t perfect, despite Arnold’s infallible moral compass, and they were on TV. So, they must be special. And if they could be on television, with their chaotic mood swings and physical deformities, I’d be fine as a wise-ass with few friends. It’s 2011 now. Seven years have passed since “Hey Arnold” ended and 17 since Clarissa finished expounding her wisdom. I have more friends now. Don’t you worry about that. I’m a confident, young college student. But, those shows and those characters, with their idiosyncrasies and insecurities, have become integrated into my identity perhaps more than any of those friends. This summer, TeenNick started airing “Clarissa Explains it All,” along with other classics from the ’90s, and the Facebook statuses starting erupting with excitement. It became clear these characters were beloved by everyone, not just me. And with this column, I will attempt to explain, where Clarissa failed, why TV is essential.

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Panel series to promote discussion between campus, city munication.” The series will kick off Sept. 21 with a panel on redistricting — a prominent issue that garnered interest after the ASUC and students earlier this summer requested a postponement of the submission deadline for redistricting proposals. Bruce Cain, a campus professor of political science and public policy, said the city should find another way to get students involved in city government rather than redrawing districts. He will speak at the redistricting panel along with ASUC External Affairs Vice President Joey Freeman. “The city ought to take a more innovative approach about how they elect their City Council,” Cain said. “Students, racial minorities and homeowners should get representation on the City Council, and it shouldn’t be done via drawing city lines.” However, not all community members are happy with the organization of the panel series. Councilmember Kriss Worthington said the series should have been planned with more progressive community members in mind. “It’s such a biased combination —

By Anjuli Sastry | Staff asastry@dailycal.org Berkeley residents and students will get a chance to discuss important towngown issues such as redistricting and sustainability when a city panel series is launched later this month. The city’s Fall Panel Series is an effort to sustain a consistent partnership between the city and the UC Berkeley campus through talks led by representatives of both communities. The series — planned by Berkeley City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli and sponsored by several city and campus groups, including the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce — has three panels set for the next few months, which will be held on campus and at Berkeley City College. “The initial motivation was to find ways that the city, community and university could collaborate on various things,” Capitelli said. “The university is an enormous resource in terms of talent, and we wanted to open up lines of com-

there should be much more opinion and racial diversity,” Worthington said. “That’s the problem when you get business improvement districts, the Chamber of Commerce and nonprogressive groups organizing (the series) — I agreed to participate so there would be at least one token progressive speaker.” Though Worthington said he is upset with the political and ethnic makeup of the series, he will speak on the panel because he supports putting a charter amendment involving redistricting on the city’s November 2012 ballot that he believes would bring student groups together. The last two panel series events will deal with issues of citywide sustainability and energy conservation as well as the improvement of arts, food and entertainment areas. “We are not an island on the campus — we are in the larger community in the city of Berkeley,” said Lisa McNeilly, campus director of sustainability. “All of the various partnerships that we have ... are important in order for us to be good neighbors and citizens of the community.”

From front Chiu, an executive fellow in the governor’s press office, said in an email that it was the office’s policy to not comment on pending legislation. The bill — which would alter the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education, the framework upon which the state’s current public higher education system is built — would require the state’s Student Aid Commission, which provides California students financial aid for higher education, “to establish procedures and forms that enable students ... to apply for, and participate in, all student financial aid programs administered by the State of California to the full extent permitted by federal law,” according to the bill’s text. The bill also says that undocumented students would only be eligible for the competitive A and B type of Cal Grants if there are funds left over after all eligible California students have received their awards. Jordan Bach-Lombardo is the university news editor.

“(Undocumented students) should not have their future jeopardized by their illegal status,” he added. Doug LaMalfa, R-Butte, opposed the bill on the Senate floor, saying that the state should focus on taking care of its citizens during the current financial crisis instead of giving aid to undocumented students. Hong also said that ultimate passage of the bill — which, if it succeeds in the Assembly and is signed by Brown unamended, would take effect Jan. 1, 2013 — would not only help current college- and university-level undocumented students but also those still in high school. “(High school students) won’t give up, (and) it will reduce the high school dropout rate,” he said. “More students will get involved in academia and get a higher education degree.” Brown’s office declined to comment on whether he would sign the bill should it reach his desk. Samuel

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the 2010 fiscal year. However, the excess revenue generated by the medical centers remains within the clinical enterprise, Munoz said. Without retaining these funds, the medical centers would not be able to operate, he said. For example, under the systemwide merit-based pay program recently announced by the Office of the President, revenues from the medical centers will only be used to pay for pay raises for eligible hospital employees, he said. Vazquez added that the medical centers use part of their revenue to help UC medical schools, providing over $400 million in support last year alone. In August, campus officials identified nearly $2 million for UCSF medical students on financial aid to offset recent tuition hikes,

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mean.” Christine Shaff, communications director of the campus facilities services, said the UC has continued to pay attention to the park and that there are staff who continue to manage the park during the day. “We’re waiting for the university to respond to our letter and have further talks and conversations,” Becker said. “We mention a lot of negative perceptions about People’s Park, but this is a positive document. This is what we want to do to make it a better area and ask others for feedback too.”

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Four of the Beavers’ seven losses last season were to top-10 teams. The other three losses, well, those were another story. Oregon State’s 35-34 double overtime loss at Washington is nothing to be ashamed of. But a mid-season defeat at the hands of a mediocre UCLA squad, and a 17-point loss at home to Washington State, whose only other win that season was 23-22 squeaker over none other than Montana State? That’s embarrassing. The Beavers’ 2010 season was in stark contrast to their previous four campaigns, which all ended in postseason berths and eight-plus wins. There are high standards in Corvallis these days, making Oregon State’s task in 2011 even more challenging: the club has to replace all-everything running back, Jacquizz Rodgers. Rodgers, the 2008 Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year, ran for 1,258 yards and 14 touchdowns last year, following an even more impressive sophomore season in 2009, when he rushed for 1,502 yards and 21 touchdowns. But the speedy tailback left after his junior season for the NFL, where he was drafted by the Falcons in the fifth round. He leaves a gaping hole not only in the backfield but on the entire squad; he was the face of OSU for the last three years. Still, head coach Mike Riley has a proven track record and OSU should bounce back from a tough 2010 season. — Jonathan Kuperberg

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Who knows which Arizona squad will show up in 2011? It could be the team that started off last season winning seven of eight games and earning a No. 15 ranking. Or, perhaps, the club that lost its final five contests, including a 36-10 trouncing in the Alamo Bowl. The Wildcats will have to answer that question on Sept. 8, when they face No. 9 Oklahoma State. Nick Foles and Juron Criner make up perhaps the best quarterback-wide receiver combo in the conference. Eleven of Foles’ 20 touchdown passes were to Criner, who finished the season with 1,233 receiving yards. However, the squad’s defense will need to improve from last year, when it gave up over 307 yards a game, the most in the conference. — Jonathan Kuperberg

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Let’s start with the positives. The Bears’ punting game will be among the best in the country. Bryan Anger was selected first team All-Pac-10 the past two years and is a preseason All-American for his senior campaign. The defense, which held then-No.1 Oregon to just 15 points and only one offensive touchdown in the squad’s 2010 meeting, could be even better in 2011. Senior Mychal Kendricks returns to anchor one of the league’s top linebacking units, while a mixture of experience and young talent will compose the rest of the defense. Then there’s the offense. The Bears had trouble scoring in 2010 despite a veteran quarterback in Kevin Riley and a stalwart running back in Shane Vereen. Just think how the unit will fare this season without the two. Head coach Jeff Tedford named Zach Maynard the starting quarterback even before fall camp. Maynard will be perhaps the most mobile Cal quarterback in recent history, but he hasn’t played in a year and that season, in 2009 while with the University of Buffalo, he threw only three more touchdowns than his 15 interceptions. He’ll be handing the ball off to Isi Sofele, who had just 69 carries for 348 yards in 2010. Receivers Marvin Jones and Keenan Allen will be the primary playmakers for a Cal squad hungry for a return to the postseason after its first losing season in the Tedford era. — Jonathan Kuperberg

Arizona State’s defense will be scary good, which bodes well for coach Dennis Erickson in what could potentially be his last season in Tempe. After opening his stay with a 10-3 record, the 64-year-old has gone 15-21 per the past three years. Vontaze Burfict is arguably the top linebacker in the conference, and the development of new starting quarterback Brock Osweiler — he’s a whopping 6-foot-8! – has made the Sun Devils this season’s popular breakout pick. Consider, though, that the junior has completed only 44.2 percent of his 104 career passes. — Jack Wang

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fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2901 OTIS STREET, BERKELEY, CA, 94703. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $451,784.23. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest

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2985 College Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705-2215 Type of license(s) applied for: 41 – On-Sale Beer and Wine – Eating Place Date of Filing Application: August 25, 2011 Publish: 9/1/11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Trustee Sale No. FC26858 11 Loan No. 0218740 Title Order No. 4764030 APN 058 2127 019 TRA No.: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 08/25/06. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On September 8, 2011 at 12:00 PM, MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 09/01/06 as Document No. 2006335956 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of ALAMEDA County, California, executed by: CHRISTOPHER B. STERLING AND BRENNAN E. HEDGES, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States,

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advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $450,807.39 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The Beneficiary may elect to bid less than the full credit bid. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Date: 08/10/11 MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES, INC. 81 BLUE RAVINE ROAD, SUITE 100, FOLSOM, CA 95630, (916) 962-3453 Sale Information Line: (916) 939-0772 or www.nationwideposting.com Tara Campbell, Trustee Sale Officer MORTGAGE LENDER SERVICES,INC. MAY BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0187351 PUB: 08/18/11, 08/25/11, 09/01/11

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pac-12 preview From Page 7

Jake Locker finally left for the NFL Draft (I mean, his eligibility was up after all) but is now the time where coach Steve Sarkisian’s Dawgs return to the upper echelon of the Pac-12? A traditionally strong program that won back-to-back national championships in 1990 and 1991 and a Rose Bowl in 2001, the Huskies wilted under Tyrone Willingham and even endured a winless season in 2008. 3D<<H With the arrivalMa^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg of Sarkisian from USC in 2009, there has been an excitement abounding in Washington about a possible return to primacy. The Huskies will be breaking in sophomore quarterback Keith Price, but he should be at least decently protected by one of the conference’s finest running backs in Chris Polk. The junior back finished second in the conference with 103.17 rushing yards per game, and broke Cal fans’ hearts last year with the winning touchdown to end the Bears’ season and crush hopes of a bowl berth. The defense returns some of its top players in Cort Dennison, Desmond Trufant and Nathan Fellner. The Huskies have to travel to Nebraska, Utah, Stanford and USC, all games that will be difficult for a new quarterback. — Gabriel Baumgaertner

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Thursday, september 1, 2011 • dailycal.org/sports

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PAC-12 PREVIEW Daily Cal’s Predictions:

The Daily Cal sports desk gives its predictions for the 2011 Pac-12 conference season.

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Pac-12 Championship Game: Oregon over Utah Defensive Player of the Year: Mychal Kendricks, Cal Offensive Player of the Year: Andrew Luck, Stanford Coach of the Year: Kyle Whittingham, Utah

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No, the Trojans won’t be playing on December 2nd as the South’s representative in the inaugural Pac-12 Championship game on December 2nd. But in what appears to be the weaker of the two divisions, USC is the clear standout. Matt Barkley is one of the better quarterbacks in a conference filled with them — Cal fans will remember his five first-half touchdowns in 2009 — and the rest of the roster still has top-to-bottom talent even with scholarships reduced due to the Reggie Bush sanctions. The team opens the season ranked No. 25, but don’t be surprised if the Trojans shoot up over the course of the year. — Jack Wang

The Ducks, if you remember, left a scorched path on the way to the BCS title game before their offense screeched to a very abrupt halt. Good news for Chip Kelly and company is that no one in the Pac-12 can quite bring what Auburn had in Cam Newton and Nick Fairley. Its underrated defense from a year ago will need to keep pace after losing five starters from the front seven, but it has a solid secondary that includes John Boyett and Cliff Harris. The shining stars in Eugene, though, are found in what is likely the best backfield in the country. Quarterback Darron Thomas is a dynamic athlete who acquitted himself well in his first starting campaign, finishing second in the conference in passing touchdowns (30) and efficiency (150.7). Behind him is none other than LaMichael James, last year’s national rushing leader and a Heisman finalist. If James gets injured? There’s Kenjon Barner, who might be just as good. And De’Anthony Thomas, a true freshman some have compared to Reggie Bush. A bonus for college football fans is that Oregon will be playing the hottest non-conference ticket of the year this Saturday at Cowboys Stadium: a showdown with LSU, affectionately known as the Willie Lyles Bowl. ­­— Jack Wang

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You may think your blood oozes blue and gold (it doesn’t) and you may have that beer opener that plays “Big C” when a beer is opened. That’s great; but right now, Cal is a long way from its rival from the South Bay. Even without Jim Harbaugh, the architect of maybe the greatest program transformation in recent memory, Stanford is still among the nation’s best and most exciting teams. And don’t buy any of this “ho-hum, we’re just Stanford” attitude preached by the team’s star quarterback, Andrew Luck. Harbaugh, who left Farmville for the flailing San Francisco 49ers, instilled a fierce mentality in his players. The main attraction is obviously Luck, the junior quarterback who returned to school to complete his degree (not taking ballroom dancing classes like Matt Leinart did when he wanted to “have one more year of fun”) instead of being the first overall selection in April’s NFL Draft. Luck threw for 3,338 yards and 32 touchdowns at a Pac-10 record 70.7 percent completion rate — he was not merely the best college quarterback in 2010, but may very well be on his way to being the best college quarterback ever. Whether they can get past Oregon remains to be seen, but look for Stanford to hover around the top-10 all season. — Gabriel Baumgaertner

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The other not-so-Pacific addition to the newly formed Pac-12 should continue to play the consistent football that has defined Kyle Whittingham’s tenure in Salt Lake City. The Utes reached as high as No. 6 last season, but two uncharacteristically bad losses in backto-back weeks against TCU and Notre Dame overshadowed an otherwise successful season. Utah returns starting quarterback Jordan Wynn and his top downfield target, DeVonte Christopher, as well as its top two tacklers (Chaz Walker and Matt Martinez). The Utes are always solid and should provide challenges to most opponents, though they receive conference baptism by fire when they take on USC in Los Angeles on Sept. 10. — Gabriel Baumgaertner

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