Daily Cal-Thursday September 2, 2010

Page 1

ARTS

NEWS

SPORTS

SEE PAGE 5

SEE PAGE 4

SEE BACK

FRENCH CONNECTION: Two-part crime saga ‘Mesrine’ exudes flair.

number one: Veteran Bears enter 2010 as the top-ranked water polo team.

Mind on the Money: State Treasurer Bill Lockyer talks UC budget.

Established 1871. Independent Student Press Since 1971.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Berkeley, California

www.dailycal.org

Task Force Looks Into Athletics Spending by Katie Nelson Contributing Writer

The Academic Senate Task Force on Intercollegiate Athletics released its final report on the UC Berkeley Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’s “mounting financial deficits” Tuesday, pointedly advising the department to revamp its financial structure in order to achieve sustainability. The report states that while the department was able to maintain athletic and academic excellence and integrity, its long history of “an inability to match expenditures and resources, overrun budgets and lack of financial controls and accountability has led to a failure of financial integrity.” The final report presents a detailed list of 12 recommendations for the department to achieve financial independence from campus subsidies and overall stability in an effort to slash the deficits the department faces. Most of the recommendations focus on how the department can control and limit expenses. The task force encouraged setting strict budgets, making revenue and expense funds more transparent, creating a more sophisticated financial management structure within the department and maximizing fundraising efforts, among other things. When Chancellor Robert Birgeneau received a copy of the recommendations after the task force — comprised of eight faculty members — first presented them in an interim report in July, he asked the senate in an Aug. 26 letter for more time to consult with both Athletic Director

>> Athletics: Page 3

anna vignet/staff

Schoolchildren from the first and second grades at LeConte Elementary smile for the camera. The school has been forced to close some of its before- and after-school programs.

Five Child Care Programs Close as School Year Begins by Soumya Karlamangla Contributing Writer

The beginning of the school year in the Berkeley Unified School District Wednesday also marked the end of several before- and after-school programs serving low-income students and their families. Due to a 75 percent service reduction, supplementary programs at five elementary school sites in the district have been eliminated in response to proposed state budget revisions and the ongoing impasse preventing the budget’s approval. The reduction will cut the majority of local programs within the Berkeley’s

Excellent Academic Road to Success program, which provides need-based child care to many low-income families, in anticipation of the elimination of all state funding for child care programs. The plan was approved by the district’s board of education Aug. 18, and is effective only in September and October, leaving the future of child care in the district — as it is throughout the state — uncertain. “The hope and assumption is that by then, the state will have come up with a budget,” said district spokesperson Mark Coplan. For the upcoming two months, the BEARS program, along with the district’s preschool programs, will run

AC Transit, Community Members Address Deficit by Nick Myers Daily Cal Staff Writer

Chris mcdermut/contributor

AC Transit’s board of directors met on Wednesday to discuss its deficit. Employees and some residents claimed unfair blame was placed on the Amalgamated Transit Union.

A Wednesday meeting of AC Transit’s board of directors was dominated by public comment and presentations on proposed solutions to its $15.7 million deficit following an Aug. 2 court ruling. Transit riders, employees and other members of the public spoke out against proposed cuts to bus service and what they saw as excessive blame being placed on the Amalgamated Transit Union for financial strains. “I want to know where’s (the board’s) enthusiasm for going to (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) and trying to get funding, rather than jumping all over the union,” said Berkeley resident Chaka Khan Gordon at the meeting. Over the summer, AC Transit officials adopted a new contract concerning employees’ overtime, pensions and co-pays for health care that would have cost $300,000 per week less than the previous union contract that expired June 30, according to Chris Peeples, a member of the board of directors. But an Aug. 2 ruling issued by Superior Court Judge Judith Ford

>> transit: Page 2

only on its own cash reserves and a $38,000 contribution from the district. “(BEARS) went from serving 300 students to serving 70,” said Zachary Pless, program supervisor of Extended Learning for the district. “Hopefully we’re not leaving those families hanging.” Programs at Berkeley Arts Magnet, LeConte Elementary, Rosa Parks Elementary, Thousand Oaks Elementary and Washington Elementary schools — which provided child care at least one hour before school days begin and after school every day until 5:30 p.m. — have been eliminated. Three program sites remain. Starting today, many of the chil-

dren who attended the program at the closed sites will now join a similar after-school program — Berkeley Links Enrichment, Academics and Recreation to the Needs of Students. While the BEARS program, which emphasized services for low-income children, the Berkeley LEARNS program, which offers similar services, is not subsidized by the state. To absorb BEARS students at little to no cost to the families, leftover revenue from fees paid by the parents of children enrolled in LEARNS will be used to subsidize the program, according to Emily Nathan, program supervisor for Berkeley LEARNS.

>> childcare: Page 4

Police Aim to Counter Rise In People’s Park Violence by Sarah Springfield Daily Cal Staff Writer

A recent spike in violence in People’s Park in Berkeley, while alarming to residents, may be little more than another volley in the back-and-forth relationship that has defined police action in the park for years. At least two high-profile incidents of altercations in the park in the past week may be part of a larger trend as groups of individuals currently in the park may have brought with them a potential for violence as they pass through the city, according to UCPD officers Lt. Andrew Tucker and Captain Margo Bennett. Tucker, a patrol officer who also attends meetings of the Telegraph Business Improvement District, as well as Bennett, a department spokesperson, said that police in the area have been largely capable of recognizing times of “peaking” violence. Bennett also said that standing tactics of violence prevention in the area enable officers to address risks that may crop up as groups of people travel through Berkeley and the park. “Our response this time has been

the same as it was before,” she said. “We come up with a pattern of targeted directed control.” Tucker added that measures as simple as an increased police presence in the park, especially after hours, enable officers to quell incidents that may occur during times of “peaking” violence, which could be any time a large “influx of people has trouble getting along,” either with Berkeley’s more permanent population or with other travelers. Cooperation between UCPD and Berkeley Police Department officers is also important during these times, Tucker and Bennett said. “I think that we’ve actually had a pretty good system,” Tucker said. “There were a couple of high-profile incidents that occurred during August, but with the cooperation of city police department and our saturation patrols, we have a lot of officers in People’s Park for a long period of time. We make sure that we’re well seen.” Caleb Dardick, director of UC Berkeley’s Office of Local Government and

>> Park: Page 3

2

Thursday, September 2, 2010

On clog.dailycal.org the Clog transit: Board Proposed Less Weekend Service

Holy Cats (and Dogs)! Iran just issued a fatwa on pet dogs and pet advertisements, claiming that our fine furry friends are “unclean� animals. Check out the Clog for canine offenses, clandestine dogwalkers and Berkeley’s very own gourmand mountain lion.

Clog.dailycal.org

We Love the 00’s blog.dailycal.org/arts Looking to up your modern art cred? Head over to the arts blog to take a virtual tour of “The Decade with No Name,� a collection of contemporary art pieces for our troubled times. Post-its, murals and “worm-like beards� abound.

Prepping For the Game Blog.dailycal.org/football As

you ready your warpaint for the first football game of the season, take a moment to reflect with coach Jeff Tedford, quarterback Kevin Riley and linebacker Mike Mohamed. The football bloggers have their thoughts on the coming season’s offense and the new facilities. It’s gonna be a good year. You can send any comments, requests or illegal puppies to blog@dailycal.org.

You can earn money and do something you like doing. We'll help.

from front

invalidated the new contract, ruling that AC Transit must return to the now-expired union contract. Lewis Clinton, chief financial officer of AC Transit, said at the meeting that the approved June budget had been balanced and that staff have begun to move forward under its outlined constraints. He added that having to make changes in response to the court’s order was a setback. The board proposed that, as a shortterm fix, the reduction of service on more than half of its weekend lines — including the 1R, 7 and 52 which service parts of Berkeley — would save an estimated $10.8 million and impact 29,000 riders on Saturdays and 22,000 on Sundays. Cutting back “allnighter� lines to only the 800 and 801 would save an estimated $1 million. For the long-term, the board outlined 11 other solutions, including contracting out transbay and peak service lines to private companies, to save between $5 million and $15 million. Samantha Strimling of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. Nick Myers is the assistant city news editor. Contact him at nmyers@dailycal.org.

The Daily Californian NEWS & LEGALS

Unequal UC Tuitions Out, Out-of-State Students In by Jordan Bach-Lombardo Contributing Writer

The UC Commission on the Future shelved one of its original recommendations to impose different tuition levels at each campus and approved plans to sharply increase the number of nonresident students across the system at its meeting Tuesday. The differential tuition recommendation, one of the most radical financial changes proposed in the commission’s first round of recommendations, was voted down Tuesday, despite the estimated $382 million that it could have brought in to the university over the next five years. But the measure could come back onto the table after the commission’s final report is issued in November, should a financial situation arise necessitating even more drastic changes. Co-chair of the commission and Chair of the UC Board of Regents Russell Gould has stated that “in absence of public support, these are the kinds of actions we have to consider,� according to UC spokesperson Steve Montiel. Student Regent Jesse Cheng vehemently opposed the measure, saying that differential tuition could ruin the UC. “It absolutely destroys the sense of one university that UC is supposed

RESEARCH & IDEAS

to have,â€? he said. “How can that exist when it costs significantly different to go to Berkeley versus Irvine? It destroys the sense that we value one student as much as another.â€? The commission as a whole endorsed a recommendation to admit more outof-state students to the extent that they would not displace funded California students, although Cheng, former UC Student Regent Jesse Bernal and President of the Board of Directors of the UC Students’ Association Claudia Magana ­â€” the student representatives on the commission — all voted against it. There are currently 15,000 California residents enrolled in the UC system whose educational expenses are not subsidized by the state, according to the commission’s recommendations. The money to fund these students comes out of the university’s operating budget, according to Cheng. Each 10 percent increase in non-resident students, who pay about $12,900 more than California residents, would generate $9.8 million more for the university, according to Tuesday’s meeting materials. Opponents of the measure fear that an increase in non-resident students could displace state residents from spots at UC, pulling the university

away from its mission to provide education to the students of California as laid out in the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education. But Montiel highlighted the benefits of admitting more non-residents, saying that the additional revenue “helps support the educational enterprise all students benefit from.� He added that this extra income takes on greater significance when it is considered that the California students who would be displaced put more of a financial burden on the university. Akos Rona-Tas, a member of the commission’s Access and Affordability Working Group and associate professor of sociology at UC San Diego, said he supported increasing the number of nonresident students due to the university’s dire financial need, but he said that the additional money must be directed more effectively to benefit the university. “The out-of-state tuition should be subject to return to financial aid,� he said. “This doesn’t happen now.� The commission will meet again in October to work on the language of the final report, which it plans to issue to the regents in November. Jordan Bach-Lombardo covers higher education. Contact him at jbachlombardo@dailycal.org.

;460;B 2><82B ?DII;4B

UC Berkeley Researchers Launch New Trip-Planning Program Campus Project Hopes To Encourage Usage of Public Transportation With Its New Website by Claire Perlman Contributing Writer

A project launched Tuesday by UC Berkeley researchers may just save the next stranded individual from hitchhiking his or her way home. Researchers from the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies developed a pilot program called Networked Traveler that allows travelers to plan a trip based off of accurate real-time data, costs and carbon emissions in an effort to increase usage of public transportation.

The program will focus on transportation systems along the US-101 corridor between San Francisco and San Jose — including BART, Muni and Caltrain. Feedback from users will help researchers determine if more accurate information — and a more accessible way to obtain that information — will encourage commuters to take public transportation more frequently. “Our approach is to focus on the realtime information because from previous studies, we know that one important reason that people are not using transit is frequently a lack of real-time information, lack of accessibility and lack of reliability,� said Liping Zhang, lead developer of the project. Although the essential principle of Networked Traveler is similar to that of NextBus — a website that uses GPS and predictive software to give realtime bus arrivals — the UC Berkeley

“They want to learn whether in this project is more integrated in its approach, Zhang said. communication age, if we can adopt “For our project, we wanted to go a system that uses mobile phones to one step further,� he said. “We’re more promote the transportation system,� focused on integration of different Zhang said. sources. We tried to integrate the realZhang said the pilot version will time transit, the real-time driving time, continue for a few months, although it the traffic, even real-time parking data, is likely that Networked Traveler will and we compare them. This can hope- be available for much longer since the fully serve the purpose better.� California Department of TransportaHe added that the program has a tion, another funding source, has extrip planner capability so that Net- pressed interest in using the program worked Traveler can personalize the to further encourage the use of public bus or train schedule according to a transportation systems. particular traveler’s plan. Eventually, Zhang said the data will Ihlm rhnk :eZf^]Z <hngmr E^`Zel pbma nl' Networked Traveler is accessible on- improve the next generation of 511.org, a line at networkedtraveler.org, as well as trip-planning website for the Bay Area. through a free smartphone application. “We know that transit is under-utiThe availability of Networked Trav- lized, and we want to encourage people eler on mobile phones was of special to use transit more often,� he said. interest to one of the project’s funding sources, the U.S. Department of Trans- Claire Perlman covers research and ideas. portation, Zhang said. Contact her at cperlman@dailycal.org.

E>@:E GHMB<>L

Go online at dailycal.org

administration Diane Rames, General Manager Dante Galan, Advertising Manager John Zsenai, Finance Manager Brad Aldridge, Production Manager Tom Ott, Tech Manager Jill Cowan, Staff Representative Karoun Kasraie, Online Manager Davey Cetina, Distribution Manager corrections/clarifications: The Daily Californian strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or clarification may be made.

letters to the editor:

Letters may be sent via e-mail. Letters sent via U.S. mail should be typed and must include signature and daytime phone number. All letters are edited for space and clarity.

contacts: office: 600 Eshleman Hall mail: P.O. Box 1949 Berkeley, CA 94701-0949 phone: (510) 548-8300 fax: (510) 849-2803 e-mail: dailycal@dailycal.org online: http://www.dailycal.org This publication is not an official publication of the University of California, but is published by an independent corporation using the name The Daily Californian pursuant to a license granted by the Regents of the University of California. Advertisements appearing in The Daily Californian reflect the views of the advertisers only. They are not an expression of editorial opinion or of the views of the staff. Opinions expressed in The Daily Californian by editors or columnists regarding candidates for political office or legislation are those of the editors or columnists, and are not those of the Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. Unsigned editorials are the collective opinion of the Senior Editorial Board. Reproduction in any form, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the editor, is strictly prohibited. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. Published Monday through Friday by The Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Co., Inc. The nonprofit IBSPC serves to support an editorially independent newsroom run by UC Berkeley students.

?7>=4)

Gabriel Baumgaertner, Sports Editor Shweta Doshi, Design Editor Kelly Fitzpatrick, Development Editor Brian Liyanto, Night Editor Sarah Springfield, City News Editor Sam Stander, Arts & Entertainment Editor Leslie Toy, Opinion Page Editor Anna Vignet, Photo Editor Valerie Woolard, Blog Editor Mihir Zaveri, University News Editor

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 441505 The name of the business: Bangkok Noodles Two, Inc., street address 1958 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704, mailing address 1958 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 is hereby registered by the following owner(s): Bangkok Noodles Two, Inc., 1958 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda County on August 4, 2010. Bangkok Noodles Two, Inc. Publish: 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/2/10 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME No. RG10524826 In the Matter of the Application of Maura Rose McDermott for Change of Name. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Maura Rose McDermott filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Maura Rose McDermott to Alexander Morris McDermott. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: 10/15/10, at 11:00 AM in Dept. #31, at 201-13th Street, 2nd floor, Oakland, CA 94612. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed, in this county: The Daily Californian in Berkeley, California. Dated: July 12, 2010 Carl W. Morris Judge of the Superior Court Publish: 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/10

E>@:EL

senior editorial board

Rajesh Srinivasan, Editor in Chief and President Evante Garza-Licudine, Managing Editor

.*)&.-1&1,)) 50G) .*)&1-2&+1), 4<08;)e^`Zel9]Zber\Ze'hk`

jobboard.dailycal.org

Berkeley’s Independent Student Press Since 1971.

Ma^ =Zber <Zeb_hkg

Thursday, September 2, 2010

OPINION & NEWS The Daily Californian

Our Bodies, Ourselves

W

hen I was 12, I followed the script for a gender role as closely any other preteen. I wore baggy cargo shorts and skater shoes. I used excessive amounts of hair gel and wore so much spray-on Old Spice that my family refused to come to the floor where my room was. I exclusively referred to boys as “dudes” and girls as “chicks,” and I only used crass terms for hook-ups that embarrass me today. The catch — I was following a script that matched neither my biological gender nor the one I felt. I was not trying to prove my budding manhood, but rather, as a newly out lesbian, I was trying to conform to what I saw as the way I thought a good “butch” should act. With little exposure to flesh-andblood lesbians, “butch” was synonymous with masculine, and masculine was synonymous with preteen boy. Remember, I was 12, too. While it may not always be accompanied by so much angsty awkwardness, I have seen this obsession with gender play out many times in the gay community. What has been surprising is how willing people are to play by the rules that straight people set. Just as my 12-year-old self identified being lesbian with putting my hands on a girl’s waist in those awkward slow dances, the girls my 18-year-old self gets romantically involved with expect me to make the moves, to pick the location on a date, to text them first. And yeah, sometimes I love playing “the guy”. I love the feeling of a shaved head and being able to express my horniness. But there is also a part of me that loves how cute I look in a dress despite myself, a part of me which values talking about feelings above all other topics of conversation. I love that I can discuss sports without people noting my gender, but I would also rather spend a day baking some bread instead of playing football. Straight people obviously have this same struggle with gender roles, but their battles have been much discussed. We, as queers, have redefined for the public the terms of sexual attraction even within my parent’s lifetime. Having already taken that big step is why it is both understandable and tremendously disappointing that we have not used the opportunity to also redefine gender — instead falling back on the limits previously set. ender, as the term is commonly defined, is a binary system, meaning there are only two options: male and female. Merely choosing the

G

Samantha Strimling path least traveled by others of one’s biological sex does not break the system. Rather, it actually reinforces the binary by confirming that there are only two alternatives to choose from. I understand the human urge to categorize. If we reduce gender to a human construct, it is not a huge jump to do the same with race or age. And then what are we left to identify with? Performing the role of “male” or “female,” whether it corresponds to your biological sex or not, is safer than eradicating the entire concept of gender. am not suggesting that we abolish the terms male and female. If I reject that I am male or female, I am implicitly making assumptions about what it is to be male or female. I am instead suggesting we include in both of these descriptions of biological sex the whole spectrum of behavior. I am also not looking to blame individuals for their personal gender expression choices. I accept that often people choose to perform gender roles not to make a statement, but simply to ease day-to-day interactions. This may mean playing the role anticipated biologically in order to make others more comfortable, or it may mean playing the role of the opposite gender because one prefers the way society reacts to people of the other sex. It is admittedly unfair that straight people are not forced to “come out.” As a result of not having to confront their sexual orientation, they are also not required to put much thought into other aspects of their sexuality, such as gender roles. So yes, it is unfortunate that straight people continue to perpetuate gender stereotypes. However, I want to caution against complacency in a community as plagued by gender dynamics as any other, yet in denial of this because it has challenged the typical sexual attraction correlations.

I

Spray on some Old Spice with Samantha at sstrimling@dailycal.org.

The Daily Californian is certified Green! You can be green too! To find out more about the Green Business Programs, visit www.greenbiz.ca.gov

The Press Pass is Berkeley’s free discount card. Use your Press Pass at these locations and save money: ETHIOPIA RESTAURANT

10% OFF

one clothing item

15% OFF

any regular meal

10% OFF

2840 Bancroft Way

2955 Telegraph Ave @ Ashby 11:30am - 11:00pm

2700 Bancroft Way www.adagiarestaurant.com

510-204-0900

510-843-1992

dinner

510-647-2300

PRESSPASS.DAILYCAL.ORG

3

athletics: Report Sets Goals to Decrease Deficit park: University Staff, from front

Sandy Barbour and Vice Chancellor Frank Yeary before he implements any of the report’s recommendations. “It was my intention and desire to make public a detailed plan for IA’s (Intercollegiate Athletics’s) future by today,” he said in the Aug. 26 letter. “However the reports delivered by the Council and Task Force in late June presented an array of new opportunities and concerns deserving of careful consideration.” While the athletic department’s budget problems are nothing new, the report states that the economic recession in 2009 seriously reduced revenue for the department, and by the end of the fiscal year, it had overspent approximately $13 million. Fiona Doyle, chair of the campus division of the Academic Senate, said that the combining of the general economic downturn with extenuating circumstances, such as bad weather discouraging attendance at football games, was bound to create difficulties for the department. “There is a lot of volatility with intercollegiate athletics,” she said. “Fairly poor accounting standards led to a lack of recognition that there actually was all this overspending until it was too late, and it is my understanding that financial reports (for the department) have been generated less regularly than in most other organizations.” The report states that the cause of the department’s financial issues can be pinpointed to a task force created in 1991. That task force, headed by UC Berkeley professor of sociology Neil Smelser, authored a report that mapped out the future course of intercollegiate athletics, encouraging “across the board” top-level competition with both men’s and women’s sports. However, competing at top levels

increased the amount of spending needed to advertise and support the teams’ various media and athletic campaigns. As a result, expenditures began to greatly outweigh revenue, and according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof, this spending pattern made the department extremely vulnerable to something like a recession. “The department is uniquely dependent on external revenues, and even a game in the rain could cause a loss in attendance which down the line causes potentially millions of dollars in losses,” he said. “We now need to decide how to flatten out the bumps to make a financial model that is more able to withstand events like a recession.” The question remains, however, exactly how the department will be able to create something that could endure rocky economic circumstances while trying to reduce future deficits. According to the report, the task force recommends that by 2014, the department have a budget deficit of no more than $5 million, with an ultimate reduction to a deficit of zero, though the time frame was not determined. According to Mogulof, Barbour has already taken steps to jump-start the streamlining process. Within the last year, the department cut some $2.4 million from the budget by either removing positions entirely or leaving currently vacant spots unfilled. “(The department) is conducting something akin to what the campus did with Operational Excellence,” Mogulof said. “(The department) is trying to make sure that it will be able to run at maximum efficiency.” Katie Nelson is the lead academics and administration reporter. Contact her at knelson@dailycal.org.

Police Enforce Rules

from front

Community Relations, said university staff are also on-site seven days a week to clean and maintain the park and “enforce the rules,” whether or not the area is experiencing a time of peaking violence. Bennett said these university responsibilities give the space a “normal routine that makes a park inhabitable.” Still, limitations prevent police from stifling violence within the park’s community, as an altercation involving an alleged assault with a deadly weapon — a victim was allegedly hit on the head with a skateboard — and an alleged attack on a woman by a group as large as twenty people in the park last week has shown. Details of both remain largely unknown. “We find that it’s not uncommon for our homeless population to not want to talk to police,” Tucker said. “When they have crimes against one another it’s not uncommon to say that they’re not cooperative with police.” As neighbors and officials weather this time of “peaking” violence in the park, many community members have said that the root of the problem lies deeper than violence within Berkeley’s more transient community and that policy changes on a larger level are needed. “Students, neighbors and merchants on Telegraph are rightly appalled by any violence in the park as well as by behaviors that are perceived as threatening and unwelcoming,” Dardick said. “The violence and conflict that is occurring must stop. There is no reason that People’s Park can’t be a place that is safe and welcoming for everyone.” Sarah Springfield is the city news editor. Contact her at sspringfield@dailycal.org.

How can I make my Berkeley business more successful? We can help.

berkeleychamber.com

4

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Daily Californian NEWS

Childcare: Programs Provide Time to Play, Study from front

evan walbridge/staff

Bill Lockyer, the California State Treasurer and a 1965 UC Berkeley graduate, speaks to students on Wednesday night in 155 Dwinelle.

State Treasurer Speaks About Education, Budget by Katie Nelson Contributing Writer

California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer spoke to The Daily Californian Wednesday night about how the current economic status is impacting UC Berkeley and ways in which both the administration and students can work together to improve the campus’s financial situation. Lockyer, a 1965 Berkeley graduate, served as President pro tempore of the state senate as well as state attorney general prior to his current position. In the interview with The Daily Californian, Lockyer discussed how he began his more than 35-year career in politics and how he feels about his alma mater grappling with ways to fund students’ education. The Daily Californian: You graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in political science, and you were the founder of the Cal Berkeley Democrats. How did you become interested in politics? Bill Lockyer: I started out in politics when I was in 6th grade, helping a friend run for class president. I

went on to start my high school’s first Democratic Party club. When I came to Cal in the 1960s, I was a political activist. I was part of Sproul Hall sitins, and I would stay up late with my roommate at his office at U.S. Forestry so I could use their computer service for free to study campaign strategies. DC: What can you say to UC Berkeley students who are currently facing financial difficulties and may not be able to fund their education? BL: The budget cuts at the state level are burdensome to students and their parents. The way the regents have attempted to make up the budget cuts by increasing fees is a bad trend. Students should continue to take action both on campus and in Sacramento. The University of California needs to find a way to maximize aid to students, and the students need to keep lobbying. Proposition 25, which is on the November ballot, could also help students and parents, seeing as the budget could be determined by two-thirds of voters rather than the politicians. DC: How do you feel about the cam-

pus recruiting more international students to boost its revenue? BL: When you recruit students solely for potential revenue, you may deny a seat to a more qualified student, say from California. However, it is a good idea to bring a global culture to Cal, and I understand the need to stimulate campus funds. This is a time of difficult choices. DC: What are some of the tactics the campus can take to ensure some sort of financial stability during the economic recession? BL: The campus should focus on alumni response and scholarship need. Students should also become involved in making pitches to the administration to see how they can potentially increase revenue to campus. I am optimistic that in the long-run, the university can regain control of its budget and improve it. However, cutting higher education funds is not helpful. Education is too important. Katie Nelson is the lead academics and administration reporter. Contact her at knelson@dailycal.org.

?\ j^[h[ĂŠi Wd [c[h][dYo ed YWcfki" ^em m_bb oek adem5

She added that this system may not be sustainable. After dropping her son off on the first day of school, Berkeley resident Allegra Mills expressed how important the existence of after-school programs is for her family. Her 4-year-old son entered kindergarten yesterday at LeConte Elementary, and Mills said she will not only rely on the LEARNS program to take care of her son while she is at work, but she will also look forward to the academic support he will receive during that time. She said if the state budget — once approved — forces the district to cut all programs offering after-school care in the upcoming months, she will be forced to cut her hours at work to be able to pick up her son on time. “I would have to make other arrangements for my son, like day-care.� Mills said. “It would be an extra, added expense.� Berkeley resident and parent Basia Lubicz, whose 9-year-old son is enrolled in the LEARNS program at LeConte Elementary School, said the services provided by the district’s afterschool programs are invaluable. She said the programs not only provide time for students to play, but also offer help with homework to keep students’ minds active. She added that these services will be retained in the

LEARNS program. “The district has to weigh and balance what to do with dwindling funds,� Lubicz said. In effect, the remaining BEARS sites, along with those of the LEARNS program, will serve about the same number of students, but at reduced hours. “The families have been very gracious,� Pless said. “A lot of people understood that this was out of our control.� Despite these temporary fixes, the long-term future of the district’s child care programs will remain undecided until the state budget is approved. If the district still does not receive state funding after two months, costs to the district to keep these programs running will total $301,000 monthly, a sum it may not be able to afford, based on district estimates. Whether or not a budget is passed at the state level, a new proposal outlining the future of these programs will have to come before the district’s board before November. “We’ve been able to save this program that’s so critical to one of our most vulnerable populations in the community,� Coplan said. “It’s a real testament to the ability of our financial folks and commitment of the board to make sure we keep child care alive.� Soumya Karlamangla is the lead local schools reporter. Contact her at skarlamangla@dailycal.org.

Two Separate Robberies South Of Campus Under Investigation by Aaida Samad Contributing Writer

Following two separate robberies near UC Berkeley over the weekend, officers from the Berkeley Police Department arrested a man in connection with an armed robbery and are on the lookout for four strong arm robbery suspects. At around 10:00 p.m. Saturday, the first victim, a 26-year-old male, was approached while walking home alone near Fulton and Carleton streets by a man holding a revolver, according to Berkeley police Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. The suspect demanded the victim’s property and began grabbing at the victim’s pockets, she said. After the victim handed over his backpack, the suspect fled the scene on foot and then headed westbound on Blake Street, Kusmiss said. The victim ran back to his car, tried to locate the suspect and eventually flagged a Berkeley police officer near Blake and Milvia streets to report the crime. At approximately 12:51 a.m., officers detained Terry Johnson for being in Aquatic Park after hours and found a loaded revolver in his waistband. The officers then noticed that Johnson matched the victim’s description of his assailant, according to Kusmiss. The

victim was driven to the park and positively identified Johnson as the robber, she said. While police officers were able to recover the revolver from Johnson, the stolen backpack has not been found. In a separate, second incident on Sunday at around 3:44 a.m., Berkeley police received a report of a strong arm robbery on the 2700 block of Dwight Way near College Avenue, according to a UCPD crime alert. The 20-year-old male victim was walking alone in the area when he was approached by four suspects — three males and one female — who proceeded to knock him to the ground, kick him and steal his wallet and cell phone, according to Kusmiss. The victim refused medical attention at the scene and was returned to a friend’s house, she said. Responding officers were unable to find the suspects, and the victim, who was intoxicated, was not cooperative and had difficulty describing the suspects or remembering what had happened, Kusmiss said. Anyone with any additional information is encouraged to call the Berkeley Police Department Robbery Detail at (510) 981- 5742. Contact Aaida Samad at asamad@dailycal.org.

HA

I]ViÉh ZVhn# LVgcBZ l^aa iZaa ndj >[ i]ZgZÉh ZkZg V i]gZVi id ]ZVai] VcY hV[Zin dc XVbejh! LVgcBZÅ8VaÉh XVbejhl^YZ lVgc^c\ hnhiZbÅ l^aa VaZgi hijYZcih! [VXjain! VcY hiV[[ ^bbZY^ViZan# 6cY ^i l^aa `ZZe ndj ^c[dgbZY jci^a i]Z Xg^h^h ]Vh eVhhZY# 8kj _j edbo mehai _\ m[ adem ^em je h[WY^ oek Æ Xo f^ed[" j[nj" eh [#cW_b$ I_]d kf jeZWo

mWhdc[$X[ha[b[o$[Zk For a safer UC Berkeley

of Berkeley We have been serving the CAL Berkeley Community for 37 years. We are on campus daily offering FREE Pick-UP and Delivery. Call us for a Free Quote 510-540-7113 We offer award winning printing, full service graphic design and complete direct mail services.

GO BE

A

rred pri RS! of CAL nting vendor Athleti cs

A prefe

Visit our Website to request a quote or for easy file transfer. Or visit our beautiful One Stop Printing & Graphics Facility right here in Berkeley!

&IFTH 3TREET "ERKELEY s WWW E MINUTEMANPRESS COM

;^kd^e^rĂ?l ?k^^ =bl\hngm <Zk] ik^lliZll']Zber\Ze'hk` Ib\d hg^ ni Zm /)) >lae^fZg AZee

;^kd^e^rĂ?l G^pliZi^k

&Entertainment

Music Box Films/Courtesy

by Derek Sagehorn Contributing Writer

M

09.02.10

Arts

the daily Californian

esrine: Killer Instinct” begins at the end. Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) is brutally assassinated in the middle of a crowded street. A cop tries to explain this hail of bullets to reporters. But the rest of the film is a far better rationalization for this viciousness as director Jean-Francois Richet shifts audience appraisal of the fallen from martyr to sociopath. From there Richet details Mesrine’s formative years. However, the foundations of his ruthlessness begin in Algeria, not the schoolyard. While in the French army Mesrine gets his first lessons in violence, torturing “terrorists.” When the war ends, he returns to Paris and immediately finds a career that suits his skills. He progresses from breaking & entering to hired muscle to murderer, surprising even the saltiest Parisian gangsters. One of these, Guido, played by Gerard Depardieu, takes on the youngster as an apprentice of sorts. Depardieu, one of the stalwarts of late French cinema, does a rousing job playing the gruff, paunchy crime bigwig, a dead ringer for Brit Ray Winstone. When Mesrine isn’t holding up banks, he’s stealing hearts. The moustached lothario is seductive even in his many disguises (bald, fat, Canadian). But just as Mesrine’s charm makes you forget his past deeds, his violence comes back with full force into the picture. He kicks, punches and casts out girlfriends with little care. It’s all going peachy for Mesrine and Guido until they rip off the wrong people. Our hero skedaddles for Montreal along with one of his lovers.

>> Basquiat: Page 10

We do legals. Call our office: 510-548-9300

Stadium/Allston Place Apartments seeks professional, energetic and fun team-players for:

A Part-Time Leasing Agent & A Full-Time Leasing Manager

Apartment leasing and marketing experience, a high degree of proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint, excellent communication abilities and customer service skills. OneSite a plus! Please apply on-line at http://careers.placeproperties.com or fax your resume to 510-981-8303. Pre-employment background screening and drug test required. Competitive Compensation and Benefits offered.

$1.50

“

THE BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR!” -Liam Mayclem, CBS-TV

“FINALLY!

A FRESH ROMANTIC COMEDY. IRRESISTIBLE!” “HILARIOUS!” “A GREAT DATE MOVIE.” “HIGHLY ENTERTAINING AND EXTREMELY FUNNY.” “SEXY AND SERIOUSLY FUNNY.” -Caryn James, MARIE CLAIRE

-Joel Amos, SHEKNOWS.COM

-Kerry Maller, KCBS-TV

-Ben Lyons, E! ENTERTAINMENT

EOE. Great Pay!

DRAFT BEER

-Jeff Craig, SIXTY SECOND PREVIEW

Special for College Students

$1

with any college ID

.50 PINT PABST

$2.75 FREE POPCORN OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

PINT SIERRA NEVADA

12:30pm-2am every day

510.655.8847

6202 Claremont Ave @ College

Basement now open! Dance and Music Friday & Saturday 7pm-2am Student parties at student prices

Legal Services for Tenants and Landlords Landlord issues Tenant issues Roommate issues Complimentary 30-Minute Initial Consultation Oddie | Lynn | Grisanti P.C.

22 Battery Street, Suite 1000 San Francisco, CA 94111 Office: +1.415.296.9600 Fax: +1.415.296.9602

GOT GOOD GENES? Why Not Share?

You could earn up to $200/week to donate 1-2 times a week for 6-12 months. Apply online at www.thespermbankofca.org.

I am looking for a male attendant Saturday and Sundays from 7 to 9 am. 510-549-3263

$11.50 per hour.

Training Provided. References needed.

It’s Career Day, every day. jobboard.dailycal.org

STARTS TOMORROW - CHECK DIRECTORIES FOR LISTINGS Area Codes: (408), (415), (510), (650), (707), (888), (925)

SF UC Berkeley Dly Calif

6

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Daily Californian

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT SAN FRANCISCO FILM SOCIETY/COURTESY

‘Do

gto

oth

’ Exp

by Jennafer McCabe Contributing Writer

T

he Greek film “Dogtooth” takes the cliche expression, “It’s a dogeat-dog world out there” to task by allegorizing the domestic sphere as ripe breeding ground for unspeakable horrors. In a satire of the darkest humor, writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos combines the shocking sociopathy of Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games” and Lars von Trier’s socially critical cinema to create a striking and surprisingly sensitive commentary on family life. The wealthy parents of three unnamed college-aged children have been instilled with a fear of the world just beyond their property’s walls. In their miseducation, the offspring have learned a familial “newspeak” where

lores D

isastrous Chi

any referents to the outside (“sea” is a leather armchair, the “telephone” is a saltshaker) have been appropriated to keep their thoughts confined. Days are filled with bizarre games of endurance and physical conditioning exercises — “preparation” for the day they will be mature enough to leave the home. Glittery stickers are bestowed for a job well done or a competition won, and as the single form of positive reinforcement, the rewards only intensify the already extreme sibling rivalry. Airplanes are an element outside the parents’ control, therefore, toy airplanes are planted in the garden to create the illusion that the vessels frequently “fall.” Symbolically, the plastic trinkets are the most coveted possessions, leading the Eldest daughter to slice her brother’s arm with a large knife in order to

ld-Rearing Methods

regain her prized plane. This story of home schooling gone wrong is all the more disturbing for the ambiguity of intention behind the parents’ conspiracy. A desire to protect their kids from harm and keep them sheltered seems unlikely considering their methodical fear-mongering plots are concocted while they watch a secret video of hardcore pornography, entirely unaffected by the scene on the screen or their own cruel tactics. The film accosts the viewer’s sensibilities on multiple fronts, but Lanthimos’ narrative is presented with earnestness. Rather than overtly demonize the sociopathic parents, the piece focuses on the three children who are direct products of an alarming environment which has rendered them unfit for anything else. By the heartbreaking conclusion, the

viewer is both horrified and hopeful that these unnamed “zombies” never discover the truth. Of course that is impossible. Even if the parents have seemingly thought of everything that might disrupt their carefully orchestrated enclave, inevitably, the sole individual allowed into their safely removed world is the source of contaminating knowledge. The female “security guard,” appropriately named Christina, is offered as a physical “sacrifice” to their son’s sexual urges. The father carefully selects her to gratify his male progeny, and for all the precautionary measures taken, she brings the first item into the home that disrupts the siblings’ carefully monitored system of “exchange.” After Christina teaches the Eldest daughter about the “value” of favors, and that

licking another’s body parts is “worth” something, things go terribly awry. The patriarch assumes his fully godlike, dictatorial role by reassigning Christina’s “task” to the Eldest and furthering the notion that Eden itself was a dystopia. So when is a child ready to venture into the dangerous world? Only when the “dogtooth” falls out. How can they leave? Only in the safety of a vehicle. And when will they be mature enough to learn to drive? As soon as the dogtooth has regrown. By the end of this exquisite and tragic allegory, the Eldest desperately attempts to escape — a heroic gesture with an unresolved outcome — and demonstrates that by the time the canine resemblance is gone, so is any trace of humanity. Help Jennafer track down the ideal apartment at jmccabe@dailycal.org.

PAID ADVERTISEMENTS

The Daily Californian

Thursday, September 2, 2010Â

7

The Daily Californian is certified Green! You can be Green Too! To find out more about the Green Business Programs, visit www.greenbiz.ca.gov

:::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::

554_RATFBTS10

8

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Daily Californian

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

‘MilkMilkLemonade’ Tackles LGBT Problems With Levity by Nastia Voynovskaya Contributing Writer

A

s the barriers separating gay culture from mainstream society crumble, many LGBT youths come out of the closet at an increasingly younger age — though not always to welcoming circumstances, to say the least. While the coming-out experience differs from person to person, a struggle for self-acceptance usually makes up the underpinnings of adolescence regardless of an individual’s sexual orientation. Impact Theatre’s imaginative new play, “MilkMilkLemonade,” probes the emotional tunnels of one such personal turning point, captivating audiences with its campy charm before releasing them into sweet catharsis. Written by Brooklyn playwright Joshua Conkel and directed by Impact’s Desdemona Chiang, “MilkMilkLemonade” tells a nearly farcical story about Emory (Charlie Cromer), a fifth grade boy who comes to terms with his sexuality on an isolated chicken farm full of real-life terrors and imagined escapes into the glamorous world of stage performance. Situated in front of a barn painted with childlike streaks, the play opens with a prologue by the Lady in a Leotard (Cindy Im). As she zealously illuminates a sun-shaped lamp (one you would expect to find in a school play), Im primes the audience for plunging into the characters’ warped universe. Serving as an omnipresent narrator as well as a translator for several talking animals and one parasitic twin, she endearingly ushers the audience into the fictional world between her girlish

giggles and wide-eyed asides. “MilkMilkLemonade” gives a comically simplified take on life in Middle America, but its lack of cultural realism leaves room to unearth, by way of humor, the conflicts that plague queer youths in inhospitable family environments. As he grows up in the nation’s heartland, Emory amuses himself by fantasizing about Cinnabon from the nearby Mall Town and rehearsing dance routines in hopes of one day hitting the big time on “Reach for the Stars.” While he defends his pastimes to his Bible-thumping grandmother and sexually experiments with a closeted schoolyard bully, the dialogue courses through the ups and downs of emotional frustration and hope of escape felt by any individual in a state of alienation. Through glimpses into Emory’s imaginary world — including several flamboyant dance performances as well as a depressing, Jerry Springer-type game of house — the play reveals how its protagonist channels his internal tension into pretend games and aspirations of stardom. The boundaries between fantasy and reality become blurred as scenes flash between the chicken farm, a televised talent competition and a seedy nightclub stage. Though at first the protagonists seem like stock characters, their qualities provide a recognizable framework to ground the play’s offbeat, surreal elements. While Emory’s grandmother, Nanna (Cecele Levinson), clearly embodies anti-gay conservativism, she’s also an exemplary feminist. A selfsufficient chicken farmer, Nanna is a no-bullshit kind of woman. Meanwhile, Elliott, the aforementioned bully (Mi-

Cheshire Isaacs/courtesy

Bully pulpit. Emory (Charlie Cromer), Elliott (Michael Garrett McDonald) and the narrator (Cindy Im) in Impact Theatre’s new production. chael Garrett McDonald), while typical in his temper tantrums and bad boy flannel, gets his gay-bashing tendencies from a maniacally evil, parasitic twin that inhabits his inner thigh. While literally about childhood, “MilkMilkLemonade” treats decidedly adult subject matter under the safety

blanket of immaturity. A far cry from a nostalgic recollection of innocence, the blunt sexual discourse and fake nudity in the form of skin-tone leotards with attached penises left the audience gasping in astonished laughter. While insecurity and alienation can emerge like familiar foes to people of all

mesrine: Gangster Films Explore Myth-Making from Page 5

BENNO FRIEDMAN/CORBIS OUTLINE/COURTESY

Colors changing hue. Through a variety of techniques, Tamra Davis' latest documentary stiches together the life of renowned 20th century graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

‘Radiant Child’ Explores Rise And Fall of Street Art Prodigy by Cynthia Kang Contributing Writer

T

he rags-to-riches story, flitting across silver screens for decades, is one we are all too familiar with. But as with all cliches, it all depends on how it is presented. “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child,” despite its predictability, portrays the renowned Neo-expressionist artist in a detached yet personal way that evokes both sympathy and fascination. It is detached because director Tamra Davis struggles to remain neutral despite her close connection with Basquiat. As a behind-the-camera interviewer, she is evidently affected by his early death but does not let the sorrow seep through the film. In fact, for such a tragic tale, “The Radiant Child” is surprisingly light-hearted, composing a Romantic and fairy tale-esque depiction of his climb to fame. At the same time, it is personal because Basquiat’s life story is intermingled with interviews of his acquaintances, offering glances into the persona that is kept hidden from the public. They remember him with fond smiles and charming anecdotes, while displaying an emotional sincerity that is rare to come by. Only through these interviews are we able to see the wide spectrum of celebrities Basquiat has influenced, from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore to hip-hop’s Fab Five

In Quebec the two are reborn as the francophonic Bonnie and Clyde until landing themselves a pair of prison sentences. Mesrine stages a fantastic escape and returns to France. It’s here that “Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1” picks up and turns down a darker path. Arrested and put on trial, Mesrine turns the stand into his own pulpit, claiming to be Robin Hood and painting the French government as King John. After escaping yet another prison, he tells a reporter that he’s a revolutionary. But Mesrine’s cause is neither populist nor political. He’s simply using the press and publicity as myth-making tool. He wants to be an honorable, honest crook. When a writer says otherwise, Mesrine beats him senseless as a “message to others.” As the cops close in on Jacques he is but a shell of his former self. Overweight, delusional and paranoid, he seems at once pathetic and all the more dangerous, a wounded

animal. The innocent man seen at the beginning of the first film has been transformed completely. Vincent Cassel’s portrayal of Mesrine is nothing short of magnificent. Most gangster films try to make the grotesque appealing. Mesrine is sympathetic and gradually grows more disgusting. He’s a victim of the state. The war in Algeria created this trained killer, conditions in prison stoked his rage and the government ultimately killed him. But his violence towards women and pragmatic criminality (whichever rationale for stealing is fashionable works) dooms his narcissistic concern for history. Director Richet brings a bit of French flair to the gangster flick. While he has a history of action film (he directed the 2005 remake of John Carpenter’s “Assault on Precinct 13”), Richet orchestrates scene after scene of beautiful, taut suspense. There are more than a dozen breathless moments that threaten violence while leaving viewers on the edge of

backgrounds and orientations, “MilkMilkLemonade” fancifully reminds the viewer that an obstinate self-assurance can help anyone overcome the most adverse circumstances. Plan a road trip to a chicken farm with Nastia at avoynovskaya@dailycal.org.

their seats. These moments outstrip the actual gunplay by increasing the suspense, which isn’t to downplay the movie’s firepower (squeamish need not apply). The cinematography by Robert Gantz is spectacular. Each locale has its own distinct and beautiful pallette. Paris: Red; Quebec: Blue; each prison has dulling shades of gray and puke green. Gantz’s stylization never overtakes the movie’s rough action. Both films are wonderful marriages of beautiful French photography and the American gangster genre. “Killer Instinct” and “Public Enemy” benefit from a superb creative vision, one that seeks to add some arthouse to action. The aforementioned opening credits feature manifold images of Mesrine strolling Paris streets, each of them slightly different, emphasizing the many causes and myths the man had accumulated for himself. He’s a tough character to pin down and I doubt the filmmakers knows the real Mesrine either. Add some arthouse to action with Derek at dsagehorn@dailycal.org.

Freddy. Documentaries can easily succumb to the abyss of dullness. Therefore, Davis wisely chooses to compress Basquiat’s days of obscurity and focus more on his glimmering rise to fame. She uses a variety of mediums to tell Basquiat’s tale, interspersing interviews with photographs and live footage as well as close-ups of his most renowned paintings. Unfortunately, it is not a particularly unique story, but it’s an entertaining one nevertheless. Basquiat made his mark on the NYC art community through a series of graffiti that he contributed to called “SAMO.” The striking designs caught the eye of the Village Voice, and their article on it furthered the hype. After dropping out of high school, Basquiat began fashioning postcards and Tshirts. On the side, he performed with his band, Gray, and dabbled in acting, his most prominent appearance being a cameo in a Blondie music video. At the mere age of 20, Basquiat skyrocketed to fame after Rene Ricard wrote a review called “The Radiant Child,” which took a highly favorable angle on several of his paintings showcased at the Times Square Show. Over the course of just three years, the listing price for his paintings went from five thousand to 30 grand. He never opened a bank account, so there were just piles of cash laying around the house, stuck inside books and buried

Music Box Films/Courtesy

>> Basquiat: Page 10

Bullet ballet. Vincent Cassel and Gilles Lellouche wreak havoc in ‘Mesrine: Killer Instinct,’ the first part of Richet’s art-crime diptych.

PAID ADVERTISEMENT The Daily Californian

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Do you have an upcoming event you would like the ASUC to publicize? Fill out the form: http://tiny.cc/asuceventform and the ASUC Marketing & Communications Director will take care of the rest.

Add the official ASUC Facebook page for upcoming events sponsored by the ASUC: http://tiny.cc/facebookasuc. Come cheer on your golden bears in their first football game of the season this Saturday, September 4th at 1pm as they play against UC Davis. Apply to be an intern in UC Berkeley!s student government. Internships in the ASUC are open in the Office of the President, Executive VP, Academic Affairs VP, External VP, and Senate. Applications are due Friday, September 10th and can be found at www.asuc.org/newsite/getinvolved. Also, if interested you should apply for the open appointed positions in the ASUC, which include Finance Officer, Attorney General, and Solicitor General. Applications are also being accepted for Campus Administrative Committees, which work directly with the Chancellor in setting policy and managing projects. Information for all the positions on the ASUC website. The Cal Student Store is now offering a textbook rental option. Rent your books instead of buying to save 50% or more on eligible titles. Check out www.calstudentstore.com. When searching for classes don!t forget to use CourseRank (Berkeley.courserank.com) and MyEdu (MyEdu.com) to explore course evaluations and grade distributions. Both resources are free to all Berkeley students. Dance Marathon is currently accepting applications for the planning committee. Go to berkeleydm.org to find out more information about the 12 hour dance-a-thon and to apply. Campus MovieFest, The World!s Largest Student Film Festival, is back at UC Berkeley for its sixth year, giving every student on campus the chance to make a 5 minute short film in a week using provided Panasonic HD camera and an Apple laptop with editing software. It!s completely free and no experience is necessary. The ASUC is sponsoring a CAL SPIRIT category; all films relating to life at Cal will be eligible for special prizes provided by the ASUC. Register by September 7th at www.campusmoviefest.com. The 5th Annual Biology Majors Fair is Friday, September 10th from 11am-2pm in the Valley Life Sciences Building Courtyard. Come learn about the opportunities that await biorelated majors. Representatives will clarify program requirements and explain career and research opportunities. Also, attend an info session: 11am-12pm Labs & Research & 12pm-1pm Beyond the Bachelor!s (both in 2063 VLSB).

Name: Nanxi Liu ASUC position: Executive Vice President Major: Business & Nuclear Engineering Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Favorite book: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera Best class taken at Cal: Intro to Nuclear Engineering Favorite thing about Cal: The people! Every person at Cal is passionate and very knowledgeable about at least one thing.

Name: Michael Bloch ASUC position: Senator Major: Political Science Hometown: Palo Alto, CA Favorite book: Harry Potter Favorite place to eat in Berkeley: Blondies Favorite song: anything from Eminem What!s your favorite thing about Cal? The energy and passion every exhibits as Cal students.

Name: Waseem Salahi ASUC position: Senator Major: Rhetoric Hometown: Valencia, CA Favorite movie: The Departed Favorite book: Catcher in the Rye If you could have any superpower: Flight Favorite thing about Cal: I!m always glad there!s still enough room for subversion, though at times the prospect seems grim.

9

10

Thursday, September 2, 2010

album review

Sonny & the Sunsets Tomorrow is Alright [Fat Possum]

ONLINE PODCAST Liz Mak delves into San Francisco-based Sonny & the Sunsets’ latest LP.

D

o you remember being seventeen, and in love? While wearing a cotton dress and playing with dandelions in a field? You were twisting your limp blond curls, holding hands with your gender-ambiguous boyfriend who wore pointy shoes and shorts above his knees. You were starring in a Sofia Coppola film. Waxing wistful, Sonny & the Sunsets’ new release Tomorrow is Alright lightly eulogizes that fleeting springtime, when you still lived hours away from the city and were young

The Daily Californian

and beautiful and chaste and sheeeeit. It’s a fresh wave of nouveau-nostalgic innocence embodied in Tomorrow, a product of Sonny Smith and an evolving troupe of musicians. The San Francisco-based band’s new album is one of longing, unmarked by painful recollections of a simpler time, impressed instead with a wide-eyed yearning. Its sentimentality defies era-specificity, echoing music that crosses from ’50s rock and roll to garage blues to something reminiscent of the Beach Boys’ harmonious whine. The first and strongest track, “Too Young to Burn,” expresses an experience unmarred by jaded sobriety; instead, here, the band sings with a clarity that speaks to an understanding of the past. “I’m older now,” sings Sonny. “I say it's alright / every tear rolling down / is a lesson learned.” Looking back in Tomorrow isn’t a source of regret; instead, it’s soaked in sweet recollection. The simplicity of Tomorrow is in its still-youthful positivity, evoking a summer-dream montage. It’s whimsical, with lyrics that tell long delirious stories, though the text remains uncomplicated and direct. It's a coming-of-age album from those who are already of age, but still remember what it was like back then — with the same aching wonder. —Liz Mak

basquiat: Doc Celebrates NYC Graffiti Legend from page 8

under laundry. A major part of his fame can be attributed to his relationship with Andy Warhol. The two met during a random lunch encounter. Basquiat abruptly left for an hour only to return with an enormous recreation of a Polaroid of him and Warhol, taken at the restaurant. Warhol was so impressed with the speed and quality of Basquiat’s work that he immediately took him under his wing. Although Warhol sparked Basquiat’s success, he also catalyzed his downfall. Along with the wine-and-dine came a substance abuse problem that led to a neverending aura of paranoia and distrust. Basquiat’s frequent party-hopping and heroin

addiction simply made him more wary of the world. After Warhol’s death, he started to misread everything. To him, one negative review meant that the public has turned on him. Ironically, Basquiat commented that he identified with heroes who had tragic endings. “No one loves a genius child.” Langston Hughes’ haunting words both open and conclude the film. There is no doubt Basquiat produced remarkable artworks for one so young and inexperienced. But his startling downfall is difficult to forget and “The Radiant Child” constructs an equally memorable montage of the short-lived painter that was Jean-Michel Basquiat. Devise an homage to Neo-expressionism with Cynthia at ckang@dailycal.org.

Go online at kalx_recruitment_ad_2010.pdf 1 8/20/10 dailycal.org

10:38 AM

JOIN KALX FALL 2010 RECRUITMENT IS HERE

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

ANNA VIGNET/STAFF

Guide TO

$ELLING OUT WITH

This week, hannah considers the Dour urban outfitters model by Hannah Jewell Daily Cal Columnist

T

here has been much discussion among academics over the years, in such scholarly journals as Jezebel, as to the recurring phenomenon of the Miserable Urban Outfitters Model. One insightful article from the aforementioned online journal, entitled “The New Urban Outfitters: I Want To Sell You This Skirt But My Dog Just Died” (2007) first planted a worry in my mind for the emotional security of these chic yet despairing young ladies. Exploring the store on Bancroft the other day, I once again noticed the abject misery of the stores’ campaign models. The Early Fall ’10 catalogue

does include some curious scenes of friendship and smiling, however the prevailing theme appears to continue with loneliness and anxiety. Why are these girls so sad? American Apparel models were willing to smile for the recent online “Best Bottoms” amateur competition. (Congratulations, “Musclebutt” from Los Angeles!) Meanwhile, the company is losing money to the tune of $30 million per year, according to Amelia Hill of the Guardian. Surely these are the girls that should be scowling. But beyond twanging at my heartstrings, these frowny U.O. models confuse me. Having not lent too much thought to the subject of my column, I had assumed that the ideal ad would picture a happy person with an object that had delivered said happiness. But these girls go hard against the grain. They aren’t just sad, they’re downright insecure. In one photo from the Fall catalogue, a mousy model stands awkwardly in front of what might be an idyllic college campus in an outfit of preppy, pricey clothes. Duck-footed, with her hands behind her back, she seems to say: “I hate my life. Shop Urban Outfitters.” Now, it would be easy to magic away the company’s responsibility for injecting its models with such melancholy by deeming its fashion spreads “art.” Young ladies my age have been well-trained in spotting the fine line between commercial and editorial modeling. Every week on “America’s Next Top Model” we would hear the scorn in Tyra Banks’ voice as she would kick off an aspiring model for being, for instance, “Too pretty. Too commercial.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 7:30PM – 145 DWINELLE HALL

Come to our Informational Meeting and find out what it takes to: BE A DJ specializing in alternative music of every genre: rock, punk, electronica, jazz, funk, soul, blues, hip-hop, classical and more LEARN TO PRODUCE FOR RADIO with technical training as well as writing for and presenting informational programs: daily news, live Cal sports broadcasts, and a wide variety of Arts & Culture programming. THIS RECRUITMENT IS OPEN TO UC BERKELEY STUDENTS ONLY

90.7FM BERKELEY · KALX.BERKELEY.EDU

K_\ ;X`cp :Xc`]fie`Xe Gif[lZk`fe ;\gXikd\ek

J\\bj <og\i`\eZ\[ ;\j`^e\ij%

<dX`c Zfm\i c\kk\i# i\jld\ Zc`gj kf1 YXc[i`[^\7[X`cpZXc%fi^

At least she’ll make a lot of money.” Money. How plebeian. The line between the commercial and the artistic is an especially blurry one in the fashion world, and one that is often clearly demarcated by a smile or its absence. The moment a model doesn’t turn that frown upside down, the moment the price of what she’s wearing is likely to skyrocket. Why do we assign such a high value to the miserable? Perhaps by becoming miserable, and dressing as the miserable dress, we can become artsy ourselves. Some of the best art in history was fueled by its creators’ despair, be it the poetry of Emily Dickinson or the unhappily-married, closeted-homosexual, deeply-depressed beauty of Tchaikovsky’s 6th symphony, the “Pathétique,” first performed about a week before his probable suicide. In life, it seems, we must often choose between being great and being happy. Sorry to be such a bummer. On the bright side, now my column is totally artsy. It still doesn’t quite make sense why we are expected to be attracted to a miserable model. It’s not like anyone would want to hang out with Scowly Urban Girl, unless it was another Scowly Urban Girl who wanted someone to scowl at. Odd as it may seem, the company is limiting its brand’s image to an overly-specific target consumer: The impressionable young female outcast, self-conscious, angry at her parents, emotionally immature, exploring a newfound horniness for boys and overpriced cardigans. Like me. Indulge in Tchaikovsky's melancholy with Hannah at hjewell@dailycal.org.

9 3 5

3 5 4

1

1 4

7 Thursday, September 2, 2010 11 7 8 5 6 2 Bear Bites: Filling In Cal’s Defensive Voids 5 1 8 6 Gabriel Baumgaertner 1 9 2 3 7 9 6 8

SPORTS The Daily Californian

1

5

2

Safety Safety depth was a grave concern last season, and the graduations of both Ezeff and Johnson did not help matters. To fix the problem, the coaching staff opted to switch cornerbacks Josh Hill and Chris Conte to safety to spell the only experienced safeties on the roster, Sean Cattouse and D.J. Campbell. Head coach Jeff Tedford plans to rotate the four, noting that there are no

Anthony, a Chandler, Ariz. product “locks� for the starting safety spots. He assured that all four will see the field on and the cousin of starting defensive Saturday against UC Davis. lineman Cameron Jordan, saw limited With a recent injury to Cattouse, it action over eight games last season. looks as if the two former corners, Hill and Conte, will line up together as start- Defensive Line ing safeties when the Aggies take their When he was selected tenth overall in first snap on Saturday. Thus far, it looks the NFL Draft, the nation learned that as if Hill has learned the tricks of the Tyson Alualu was a great player. Now # 94 Mankl]Zr% FZr ,% +))0 trade quickly. imagine having to fill his starting spot. “Hill’s done a nice job. He’s kind of For now, the job belongs to junior dethe quarterback on defense back there,� fensive end Ernest Owusu, whoplayed in Tedford said. “He gets everyone aligned 12 games last seasn of the bench. Owusu properly, and Cattouse missed a couple joins Jordan and Kendrick Payne on of days with injury and Hill kind of took the defensive front. Payne, another new it over at that point.� starter, is slated ahead of nose guard Derrick Hill, who has battled numerous Cornerback injuries this summer. While most eyes will probably be on “We’ll see. We still have a couple of Darian Hagan to see if he can improve days of practice left. Right now, they’re his struggles in 2009, another fresh slated to be there. Like I said, anything face will line up opposite the senior for can happen. (Hill) is always kind of his first career collegiate start. fighting the injury bug, and so we have Sophomore Marc Anthony used an to see,� Tedford said. impressive fall camp to beat out some “On Thursday we kind of gear it back stiff competition and assume the cov- a little bit, but I’ll see how everyone eted role next to Hagan. Most thought came out of practice today.� that either senior Bryant Nnabuife or standout redshirt freshman Steve Wil- Gabriel Baumgaertner is the sports editor. liams would take the slot. Contact him at sports@dailycal.org.

matches last year, Dudley scored 18 goals, while also recording 40 steals, and 24 assists. Steffens scored 24 goals, had 28 steals, and had 44 assists to go with seven field blocks. The Bears also have some incoming young talent that could spell the team’s key veterans. As many as five freshmen could crack the rotation: Giacomo Cupido of Italy, Perry Short of Australia, and a trio of first-team high school All-Americans. “I think it’s a good mix of young and old,� Everist said. “The younger players are bringing a lot of energy and a sense of urgency to the group

and we’ve got good senior leadership with Brian Dudley and Charlie Steffens.� If Cal wants to stay on top in such a loaded MPSF conference, lead they must. USC has won the championship the last two years, while Stanford and UCLA are major competitors, as well. The Bruins and Cardinal trail the Bears with 10 and eight titles, respectively. With just four slots in the NCAA postseason bracket — half of them traditionally occupied by MPSF teams — performing at a high level in the powerhouse conference will be important for Cal.

by

7

Contributing Writer

When Cal’s defense took the field for the first time last season, it featured seniors such as Syd’Quan Thompson, Tyson Alualu, Marcus Ezeff and Brett Johnson to anchor a relatively young group of 11. With Thompson, Alualu and Johnson off to the NFL and Ezeff graduated, the Bears now look to a series of talented, but unproven new starters to fill the voids left by the aformention four.

# 93 Ma^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg V. EASY 3D<<H

5 8

4 6 2 9 3 2 6 4 6 7 7 3 5 5 1 3 5 1 2 2 1 34 5 9midweek 8 notebook: 8 Up7 3 4 6 4 A Healthy Calvin9Moves from Back water polo: Young Talent Compliments Strong Veteran Presence for Cal 4 7 6 82 1 3 from2 Back 7 8 5 6 1 9 4 6 8 4 5 1 6 8 6 2 9 7 1 2 8 #4608 CROSSWORD PUZZLE 10. Car style4 3 62 2 21Male 3 9 5 9 Answer to Previous Puzzle 81 9 5ACROSS 1. 2 animal 3 11. Fits to3 __ S O C K S S T E M C H A T 5. Elegance 12. Deceitful one 7 213. 8Kennedy 10.5 Knight and 35 6 6 UP PL 9SA EN TE KA EI NR OY ER SA TS AH 7 19 6 2 89Stop 14. City on the Bering Sea 21. Period of time French pension 23. Peruvian sight P I S T O N # 94 8 6V. EASY 7Rogers! 33horse8 R E 4H AD 9AS HI ES D 5 8 315. 16.1 End in __; have no 4 25. 2 Roy S I N C E R E game winner 26. Australian animal F O S S I L S T A G E Yemen seaport 27. Synthetic fabric 4 5 8 3 8 17. 7 7 6 6 O L E L L A M A E N T E R 18. Following 28. Capital of Morocco

3

Lara Brucker/ File

Mike Mohamed led the Cal football team with 112 tackles and three interceptions last season. The senior linebacker was named to Playboy's 2010 preseason All-America squad.

taking up the reins. When the muchanticipated, aggressive schemes finally make their debut against UC Davis at Memorial Stadium this weekend, the team should have most of the kinks sorted out. “During spring ball, it was tough to adjust to a new defense, but now, in the fall, I feel like we hit it running, just having that six months under our belt already,� Mohamed said. “I think camp’s gone pretty smoothly and we’re ready to showcase it on Saturday.�

4

7 1

One Last Go With a more experienced line protecting him and a bolstered receving corps to throw to, Kevin Riley is primed for his best season yet. The senior has repeatedly emphasized the # 95 fact, as well as saying that he’s more than ready to perhaps end his football career “with a bang.� “I love Kevin,� Tedford said. “Kevin really has done a nice job. His growth and development as a person, as a player, as a leader, is awesome ... He’s had the best camp I’ve ever seen him have here and I think he’s going into EASYvery confident. the season “He’s not going to be perfect. No quarterback is perfect, but he’s doing a great job and I have a lot of trust in him, a lot of confidence in him.� The Pac-10’s active leader in touch-

4 3

9

8 7

6

5 8 1 6 2 7 3 4 9

down passes and wins won’t silence any doubters this weekend, though. The Aggies won the Great West Conference a year ago, but they only moved into the FCS, formerly known as Division I-AA, in 2003.

Extra Hits — Sophomore Matt Summers-Gavin won’t start against UC Davis this Saturday, but took reps in practice and may be in the rotation. He is still projected to slide in at right tackle. Donovan Edwards is listed as the backup. — Michael Calvin has moved ahead of JUCO transfer Coleman Edmond for the backup X receiver spot. The athletic junior has been bogged down by injuries throughout his career, and had fallen down the depth chart dur19.out“__ my ing fall camp when he was with an lips!� injured groin. V. EASY 20. Omen — Freshman linebacker David Wilk22. Responsibility shirkers erson has been cleared by the NCAA to Prior to practice, but not yet for24. competition. 25. 1545 Church “We’re in a tough situation because if he doesn’t get cleared in time, how site Council many reps do you give him 26.through Souththe__ week?� Tedford said. “We’re acting like 29.so it’s Fem. title he is going to be cleared, some#cluttered 93 30. times, the clearinghouse is soAvoid and crowded, it could be day that 34.anyVoiced we hear what’s happening.� 35. Muumuu adornment

5

6 4 2 9 5

9

2 8 3 7

8

5 1

5 3 7 2 8

7 6 9 5 1

1 2 6 3 4

EASY

ACROSS 1. Male animal 5. Elegance 95 10. Stop 14. City on the Bering Sea 15. French pension 16. End in __; have no game winner 17. Yemen seaport 18. Following 19. “__ my lips!� 20. Omen 22. Responsibility shirkers 24. Prior to 25. 1545 Church Council site 26. South __ 1 title9 8 3 2 29. Fem. 30. Avoid 7 5 4 6 1 34. Voiced 35. Muumuu adornment 6 2 3 4 8 36. Lean 37. White 3 vestment 6 7 1 4 38. Annoys

9

of 25

9 3 1 5 6 7 8 2 4

2 6 4 9 1 8 3 5 7

5 8 7 2 3 4 6 1 9

8 9 6 3 2 1 7 4 5 5

10. 11. 12. 13. 21. 23. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 31. 32. 33. 35. 36.

1 4 5 6 7 9 2 3 7 38. 8 39.

8 9 33 5 6 4 3 3 2 72 95 58 191 4 887 42. 44. 46. 47. 49.

6

5 1 6 2 Keep Berkeley Unique: Shop Locally. 7 9 2 1

7

2 4 6 6 8 1 2A>BBF>A3 4

32 7 88 1 99 6 94 8 4 7 8 2 81 6 96 2 25

winner 20 17. Yemen seaport 18. Following 19. “__ my lips!� 24 20. Omen 22. Responsibility shirkers 24. Prior to 26 27 28 25. 1545 Church Council site 26. South __ 34 29. Fem. title 30. Avoid 34. Voiced 37 35. Muumuu adornment 36. Lean 41 42 37. White vestment 38. Annoys 40. Develop too slowly 45 41. Took it easy 43. Roadside sign 44. Diminutive ending 48 45. Puts in one’s chips 46. To be: Sp. 51 52 53 47. In poor taste 48. Cut 50. May honoree 58 51. Speak with difficulty 6. Took off 54. Jackson or Lincoln # 95 EASY62 58. Soggy ground # 93 7. Worker, male or EASY queen 59. Oxidizing agent Car style Answer to Previous8. Puzzle Takes the61. wheel Item on a driver’s license Fits to __ 65 S O C K S S T E M C H A T Deceitful one 62. Actor # 96 9. Cater to 7 3 6 4 6 4 1 2 5 8 3Eppes 9 7 P L A N E A I R Y R A S H Knight and Kennedy 63. Corrupt Period 2 5of time 1 7 U P S E T K E N O7 E3S T5 A 6 164. Literary 9 4 alias 2 8 Peruvian sight R E H A S H E D P I S T O N 65. Becomes firm Roy 3 Rogers! 2 9horse 8 9 8 2 3 7 4 5 6 1 D A I S S I N C E R E 66. Pieces of wood Australian animal 10. Car style 67. Winter toy F O S S I L S T A G E Synthetic fabric 4 8 7 1 O L E L L A M A 4E N7T E9 R 5 3=HPG 6 8 1 2 11. Fits to __ Capital of Morocco 12. Deceitful one I L E S Y I E L D5 T6Y K __8school 4 5 9 8 E 4 21. Fastener 1 9 7 3 13. Knight and Kennedy 2. Hullabaloo Greek letter L A P E L D A L E S P E N 21. Period of time 5 insects 6 3 2 7 of6U.S.A. 4 5 Small 3. Part R I S E R L 1A T2E S3 T 9 8 Margins 23. Peruvian sight 4. Refined 1 9one 4 5 A D H E R E D H E 3R E5 4 7 95. Wading 2 1bird8 6 Young 25. Roy Rogers’ horse C O I N E R M I S D E E D S “General Hospital� 26. Australian animal Took off 9 7 8abbr.6 U L N A M O O D 2I M1B U6 E 8 46. 5 7 3 9 characters: # 95or queen 4 6from all sides # 94 2 B 5O E3 7N E8 A 4R S9 6 7. Worker, male 2 9 4 27. 8 Synthetic 3 5 1fabric 6 7 Attack T O D D1 O 28. Capital of Morocco 6 for 1 a ring 2 3 E R S E N I T S 8E D9N A7 S 1 68. Takes 3 the 2 wheel 5 4 Place 2 8 embittered 7 6 9 5 4 1 2 3 8 9. Cater to 7 5 3 29. 2 __6school 1 4 9 8 Becomes

CROSSWORD PUZZLE H4BC4A30H½B B>;DC8>=B

Y

9 3

29. 31. 32. 33. 35. 36.

9 8 3 4526 6 2 76 2 3 923 9 1 4 8 4 57 54. Jackson 8or Lincoln 6 85Page 24 of725 5 1 2 58. 3 Soggy ground 59. Oxidizing agent 493 61. 76Item on3a driver!s license 91 1 12 62. Actor Eppes 63. Corrupt 8 42 6 33 6 64. Literary alias 65. Becomes firm 3V.8EASY 5 3 2 4Pieces of wood# 96 7 66. 67. Winter toy 5 6 2 DOWN 1. Fastener 4 9 6 87 2 9 2.3. 5Hullabaloo 5 Part of U.S.A. 3 5 8 94 3 7 4.5. Refined Wading bird 9 5 8 7 3

1

Byron Atashian covers water polo. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.

I L E S Y I E L D T Y K E __ school # 96 Greek letter L A P E L D A L E S P E N Small insects R I S E R L A T E S T Margins A D H E R E D H E R E Young one C O I N E R M I S D E E D S “General Hospital� Supporting locally-owned, independently operated U L N A M O O D I M B U E characters: abbr. 38. Attack from all sides creates businesses keeps our city unique, more jobs, T O D D O B O E N E A R S # 94 39.EASY Place for a ring R S for E this N icon I T S E D N A S and makes our economy stronger. ELook 42. Becomes embittered 53.special. __ Mountains the next time shopping 44.you’re Northern weasels for something 54. Item of little value 36. Lean 46. Continuous drama Jack Wang covers football. 55. Like most Contact him at jwang@dailycal.org. 37. White vestment 47. Law enforcer # 95 # 96 business basketball players 9 2 5 8 38. 1 Annoys 7 3 6 4 Find a local 4 near 1 2you 5 at 8 buylocalberkeley.com 3 9 7 49. 6Openings 56. Gigi!s confidante 50. 7Shopping 3 6 8 9 40. 4 Develop 2 5 1 too 7 slowly 3 5 6places 1 9 4 2 8 57. Be ahead of 51. 9City 1 4 7 6 41. 5 Took 3 2 it9easy 8 8 problem 2 3 7 4 5 6 1 60. Sister of madre or padre 43. Roadside sign 52. 11:00 a.m. or 3:45 p.m. 5 9 2 3 44. 6 Diminutive 4 8 7 1ending 4 7 9 5 3 6 8 1 2 6 1 3 2 45. 7 Puts 8 4 in5one!s 9 5 6 8 4 2 1 9 7 3 chips :<KHLL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. Male animal 7 8 4 1 46. 9 To 5 be: 6 3Sp.2 1 2 3 9 8 7 6 4 5 5. Elegance 16 8 3 6 7 47. 2 In 1 poor 9 4taste 5 3 14 5 4 7 9 2 1 8 156 10. Stop 14. City on the Bering Sea 48. Cut 2 5 1 4 3 9 7 8 6 2 1 6 8 4 5 7 3 9 15. French pension 17 18 19 50. May honoree 16. End in __; have no game 8 9 7 1 6 3 2 5 4 4 7 9 5 51. 8 6 1 2 3 Speak with difficulty

3 5 9 1 4 6 2 8 9 8 3 5 3 2 1 4 7 7 8 6 9 3 5 2 BD3>:D 7 1 448 97 3 8 4 1 6

6 2

“Our conference is pretty brutal,� Everist said. “Every team can beat you on a given day if you’re not prepared.� Everist, entering his ninth year coaching for the Bears, will be the one to keep the team focused. Having led Cal to four titles — two as coach and two as a player — his experience is crucial for success. “There’s a lot of work to be done in between (now and the NCAAs) but it’s a talented group and a team that’s worked really hard, so expectations are high,� he said.

Northern weasels Continuous drama Law enforcer Openings

#4608

53. __ Mountains 2 9value6 54. Item8of little 55. Like6most 1 5 9 basketball players

6 3

15 7

2 7 8

1 5 7 3 2 4

8 9 4 24 69Jul17 05 1 4

3

21

38

4 9 3 1 6 23 8 7 24 Jul 05 7 2 96 5 6 3 1 5 6 4 3 2 11 9 4 22

25

29

30

35

31

32

33

56

57

36

39

43

46

40 44

47

49

50

54

59

63

60

# 94

66

55 61

# 96 64 67

31. Greek letter 32. Small insects 33. Margins 35. Young one 36. “General Hospital� characters: abbr. 38. Attack from all sides 39. Place for a ring 42.# Becomes embittered 96 6 2 7 44. Northern weasels 46. Continuous4drama 1 5

9 3 1

4 7 5 2 3 2 8 3 5 6

23

8 7 8 9 3 6 1 5 6 4

6

47. Law enforcer 49. Openings 50. Shopping places 51. City problem 52. 11:00 a.m. or 3:45 p.m. 53. __ Mountains 54. Item of little value 55. Like most basketball players 56. 9 Gigi’s 3 1confidante 4 57. Be ahead of 60. or padre 2 Sister 8 9of madre 6

5 3 1 4 5 7 2 8 7 2 3 9

Berkeley, California

Thursday, September 2, 2010

SPORTS

www.dailycal.org

Fresh Faces

The football team will debut new starters for Saturday's home opener. See page 11

Midweek Notebook: Early To Bed, Early to Rise by Jack Wang

Daily Cal Staff Writer Perhaps one of the biggest changes to this year’s Cal football practices — from the players’ perspective, at least — has been the shift to early morning sessions. Rather than running onto the field in the afternoon or evening, the team has to wake up every day by 6 a.m., and stumble up to Strawberry Canyon at around 6:45 or 7 a.m. Having had early wake-up calls all through fall camp, the Bears haven’t had too hard of a time adjusting to hiking up the sunrise-backed hills. “I think for the most part we’re doing good,” linebacker Mike Mohamed said yesterday. “There’s definitely some sleepy eyes in some of the morning meetings. This morning, coach (Kenwick) Thompson, linebackers coach, he cranked up the music right before the meeting just to wake everybody up.” The senior standout admits that the team probably doesn’t go to sleep as early as they should. Instead of hitting the sack by the ideal 10 p.m., players will more likely stay up past midnight, as many college students would. Coach Jeff Tedford said the change was made in order to give the Bears more time during the day; when everything on the schedule is crammed into the night, the risk of burning out players rises. It’s not the only change he’s made. In addition to the new, less intense attitude Tedford has tried to adapt, the coach has made more of an effort to see all aspects of the team as he enters his ninth season. “He’s actually sat through a couple of defensive meetings this year, which is something new, something I haven’t seen in my four-plus years here,” Mohamed said. “Like I said, he’s just trying to be more of a head coach and be all around, not just the offensive-minded Jeff Tedford.” Those meetings have also undergone a major change, what with former NFL defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast

>> Midweek Notebook: Page 11

Victoria chow/file

Zach White leads a veteran Cal team into an expectations-packed season. The Bears won back to back championships in 2006 and 2007, but failed to make the tournament in 2009.

Championship Host Cal Starts 2010 at No. 1 by Byron Atashian Contributing Writer

The Cal men’s water polo team is the most decorated in the nation, with 13 titles under its belt. This season, the squad hosts the NCAA ONLINE PODCAST Championship at Byron Atashian analyzS p i e k e r es the top-ranked Bears A q u a t i c s and the season ahead. Complex for the first time

ever. “To have the tournament here (at Spieker) is kind of a natural considering the history and tradition of water polo at this school,” Bears head coach Kirk Everist said. “To have the opportunity with a team that has that kind of ability is an opportunity that we can hopefully take advantage of.” At the start of this year, Cal is the favorite to capture that title at home — having secured the top ranking in the Preseason Collegiate Top 20 Water Polo Poll. 2010 will be a chance

for the Bears to jump back into the postseason falling short last year. Cal advanced to the finals of the MPSF Tournament as the third seed before falling to No. 4 UCLA, 10-7. “The team got pretty close so that’s in their memory,“ Everist said. “We got a decent amount of experience from last year and I think we’re all optimistic that this team has a chance at playing for a national championship.” While Cal two lost key seniors to graduation last year — four time All-

American Spencer ex-team captain Mike Sample — the team has a lot of experience coming back. Key players returning from last year’s team include seniors Brian Dudley and Zach White, and juniors Ivan Rackov, and Cory Nasoff. All four are All-Americans. Also returning are junior attackers Charlie Steffens and Luka Saponjic, as well as junior goalie Wil Toppen. Dudley and Steffens share the responsibility of captain this year. In 23

>> Water Polo: Page 11

Veteran Squad Seeks to Bounce Back After Disappointing 2009 Campaign by Kelly Suckow Contributing Writer

Emma Lantos/ File

Davis Paul is one of seven seniors on this year's Cal men’s soccer team. Paul is slotted to start at forward and is expected to shoulder the goal void left by Andrew Wiedeman.

Before practice even begins for the Cal men’s soccer team, the players have a chance to jump-start their competitive side. Soccer tennis, a warm up coach Kevin Grimes started seven years ago, encourages touches on the ball and a chance to get their legs warmed up to quickly transition into the day’s training. Despite the early practice time and the long trek to the Golden Bear field by the Clark Kerr campus, the team is yelling and stoking its ambitious side by sticking with pairs that have brought the best success in the warmup. According to freshman Alec Sundly, the duo of seniors Servando Carrasco and Scot VanBuskirk is the one to beat. Carrasco, a co-captain along with seniors A.J. Soares and Hector Jimenez, heads into his last season with the Bears as one of the many veterans on the team. “He really knows our program inside and out,” Grimes said. “He can take that knowledge and really apply that, whether in how we warm up or how we conduct ourselves on an airplane and everything in between.” The midfielder will not be the only one providing a strong presentation of

returning talent. Returning eight of its starters, Cal begins its campaign as a strong and talented squad with a dedication to fierce competition. “This is the most talented team that has ever played at Cal, at least since I have been here,” Carrasco said. “Whether is be on the training field or in an official game, the mentality is the same—you need to outcompete and outwork your opponent.” The players’ key to tapping into the experience and depth that the team possesses this season is to not get too ahead of themselves, Carrasco said. “The emphasis is on preparation and improvement,” Grimes said. “Those are the two main things we look at in a season and on the long journey—that we are improving and preparing the best that we can.” Last year, the Bears (9-8-1, 3-6-1 in the Pac-10) faced a slew of injuries that set them back, closing their season at sixth in the Pac-10. Rebounding off of the disappointments from last year, the squad boasts a healthy front with high hopes for a better season. “We have to win more games,” Carrasco said. “We attack really well and we just need to play our game. We can’t wait for the game to come to us, we have to go at it.”

Both he and Jimenez, the 2009 Pac10 leader in assists, will anchor the midfield with their experience. Sophomore Chris Ortega and senior Davis Paul leave the flanks for the frontline this year. Sophomore Tony Salciccia is expected to see the field this year too. Paul, is expected to be a primary scoring threat after the departure of Andrew Wiedeman to the MLS. Soares will help lead the backfield at defender, accompanied by senior Demetrius Omphroy as well as standout sophomore Steve Birnbaum. All of them will play in front of junior goalkeeper David Bingham, who has established himself as one of the strongest keepers in the Pac-10, if not the nation. As prepared as it has ever been at the beginning of a season, Cal kicks off the year in Bloomington, Ind. to face the No. 20 Hoosiers and No. 18 Notre Dame in this weekend’s Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic before returning home next week. “Each year the team has the ability to create their own destiny or dreams,” Grimes said. “That’s in the hands of the coaches and players to manifest that for them. To me, that’s the real key to a season.” Kelly Suckow covers men’s soccer. Contact her at ksuckow@dailycal.org.

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.