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District 7 Candidates Aim To Improve People’s Park City Council Candidates Hope to Quell Violence, Turn Park Into a Safe Space for the Community

by Sarah Springfield Daily Cal Staff Writer

Multiple incidents of group violence in People’s Park combined with the area’s ongoing trend toward violence during certain parts ONLINE PODCAST of the year has Listen to Worthington some Berkeley City Coun- and Beier discuss cil candidates People’s Park violence. vying to turn the park into a more positive City Council — and safe — space.

While excluElections sively the responsibility of UC Berkeley, violence at the park has, especially in recent weeks, become a political issue that Cecilia Rosales, a candidate for the District 7 council seat in this year’s Nov. 2 election, said will require a “multi-agency work of cooperation” to improve.

District 7 is currently represented

by Councilmember Kriss Worthington and contains much of the campus area, including People’s Park.

According to George Beier, president of the Willard Neighborhood Association who is also running for the District 7 council seat, “the park is almost a public nuisance at this point,” and the past weeks’ multiple incidents of violence by individuals in large groups have done little more than confirm the urgent need to make

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has 20 percent of its facilities outside of Berkeley, including sites in Emeryville and Oakland.

New Facility May Be Ahead for Lab

by Cristian Macavei Contributing Writer

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which employs some 4,000 employees and conducts research on everything from DNA to climate change, may soon be looking for land to build a new facility.

The lab is in the early planning stages to consolidate its facilities — 20 percent of which are located outside the city of Berkeley, includ-

ing sites in Emeryville, Oakland and Walnut Creek — into a new “second campus” somewhere in the East Bay, according to Sam Chapman, manager of state and community relations for the lab.

“We are in an expansion mode with a number of new capital projects ... it’s timely to think about the future physical space for the lab,” Chapman said.

He said while the process has not yet been initiated, entities have come forward with propositions for the lab’s

location. The geographic range the lab is exploring extends from Richmond in the north to Oakland in the south.

According to Chapman, the lab is looking for land close to the Berkeley location so researchers who work at the new campus can collaborate with scientists at the Berkeley location.

“Scientists work better when they’re together rather than in separate locations,” he said. “One of the successes of Berkeley Lab is ‘team science,’ where

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changes in the park and the park community.

Though the property is solely owned by the university, city and university officials alike — as well as officers from both UCPD and the Berkeley Police Department — have an investment in maintaining the property and preventing violence in the area, officials from both agencies have said.

In an interview, Beier outlined a rough proposal of physical changes to the space, which included the addition of play areas and a possible cafe or museum as well as safety amenities such as video cameras, emergency phones and improved lighting.

Additionally, Worthington said improvements to the area would rely on a “stable amount of resources, not just for the park but for the vicinity.”

He said in the past, neither the university nor the city has adequately provided a “balance” to maintain the area year-round, instead only focusing on the park in times of what UCPD officers have called “peaking” violence, which may occur when groups of individuals travel through the city with the express purpose of visiting — and “not getting along” at — the park.

Resources allocated to improving the park must come from both the city and university, regardless of who technically owns the park, according to Worthington.

“We keep having these massive

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Odor Problem Still a Contentious Issue in Race for District 1 Seat

by Stephanie Baer Daily Cal Staff Writer

As Berkeley City Councilmember Linda Maio seeks re-election this year, three competitors say she has neglected to address odor emissions and City Council health concerns at a West Berkeley steel plant which Elections have plagued the community for years.

If elected this November, Anthony Di Donato, Jasper Kingeter and Merrilie Mitchell each hope to reduce odor complaints regarding the Pacific Steel Casting Company and better inform the community of the company’s air emissions. All three said Maio has been ineffective in eliminating the odors.

The number of odor complaints from community members has decreased in recent years, though odors still linger within the surrounding neighborhood.

The highest levels of complaints occurred between 1982 and 1984, 1989 and 1990 and 2005 and 2006, according to Lisa Fasano, spokesperson for the San Francisco-based Bay Area Air Quality Management District, which regulates the company’s air emissions.

Maio said she intends to meet with the company monthly to continue working toward reducing odor emissions. She most recently met with the company Thursday, though meetings in

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recent years have been less frequent.

“I’m just determined to follow this,” Maio said. “My main concern is that we investigate every complaint and find out what’s wrong and fix it.”

In February of 2008, the Berkeley City Council asked the district and company to create a plan to reduce odor emissions after Maio requested a use permit revocation process with the intent of drawing attention to the problem.

Elisabeth Jewel, spokesperson for the company, said Pacific Steel has spent millions of dollars over the last five years upgrading the plant and implementing the Odor Management Plan, which outlines steps the company has taken to reduce odor emission.

“Our goal is zero complaints and we’re working hard to get there,” she said.

She added that Maio and the company have been partners in reducing the odor complaints.

“She’s very attentive and fair ... and we really have appreciated having somebody in that position who sits down with us regularly, listens to us and sincerely wants to improve the situation,” Jewel said. “She wants to make sure that the company is always moving forward.”

Though Jewel said the company has had a “productive dialogue” with Maio, her competitors said discussions between the city, the company and the

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UC Berkeley’s child care centers, including the Haste Street Child Development Center, have been forced to ‘tighten their belts’ financially.

Campus Child Care Works to Maintain Services

by Katie Nelson Contributing Writer

As California legislators continue to delay passing the state budget, childcare centers at UC Berkeley are beginning to wonder how much longer they can withstand the impact of lagging funds and the anxiety caused by the economic recession.

Of the seven campus child care sites, most are still able to maintain a reasonable classroom size in terms of the number of children, teachers and

student aides, but cuts have forced the Early Childhood Education Program to “tighten (its) belt” in terms of how finances are being utilized, according to the program’s director Laura Keeley-Saldana, including issuing new requirements for teachers’ work hours, which has stirred up controversy.

UC Berkeley considers child care a profit-making enterprise and asks the program to return 9 percent of its profits to the campus, said program relations manager Randice Roberts. As a result, she said the program pays the

campus but is not generating much revenue for itself.

“A large part of our funding is through the state, but with no state budget we are relying mainly on campus registration fees to support us,” Keeley-Saldana said.

“We get a small portion from student enrollment to help cover costs of child care for low-income families, but our allocations from the campus have been drastically reduced the past few years.”

But Keeley-Saldana said the state

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lab: Alameda Could Be child care: Teachers Face New Hour Requirements

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scientists work as teams across disciplines, and that works better when they’re consolidated and are able to mingle with other scientists.”

The lab has not yet looked into how it will fund the project. Real estate activity of the lab is managed by the University of California, Chapman said.

“The lab wants to be a good neighbor where it goes, and the lab is an economic engine in the region,” he said. “We have a substantial impact on the local economy, so we see that as a positive (effect), particularly in a time when there’s so much focus on need for economic development. Obviously we’d like to locate in an area where that’s welcomed.”

The formal announcement of the expansion plan and the description of the process will possibly occur sometime in the next few months, he said.

Chapman added that the Berkeley site — which houses 80 percent of the lab — sits on about 200 acres near UC Berkeley and will continue to grow.

Marie Gilmore, an Alameda City Councilmember, said the lab would be a great partner at Alameda Point.

“I think (the area) would meet the lab’s needs, and I do know that they have been in touch with the city,” she said.

Gilmore said besides the land the city could offer, Alameda also has its own electric utility called Alameda Municipal Power, which is attractive for employers because many of the utility’s power sources, including wind, solar and geothermal, are renewable.

Lab staff members visited the city earlier this month to look at what Alameda has to offer, she said.

“It would be a huge plus, a huge benefit ... not only in the sense of jobs but also the economic spillover it would have for restaurants and services and other things that service a business,” Gilmore said.

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is continuing to send out renovation grants and quality dollars. These grants, along with funds from another relocation project, helped to pay for a new child care center at the Clark Kerr Campus, which opened Aug. 23.

With child care still in high demand and a projected upswing in faculty recruitment on campus starting next year, the program is looking to expand.

It is also looking to reopen Girton Hall, a center that was closed last year due to lack of funding.

“We are in a deficit, but the campus still expects us to pay them because we ‘generate’ revenue because we ask for enrollment fees,” Keeley-Saldana said.

“We need to adjust our budget. We are looking to possibly adjust the school year schedule for student families so that we can maximize space for children.”

As part of the program’s effort to reassess its finances, new time requirements have been implemented for teachers and staff.

In a Wednesday letter sent to the teaching staff, Keeley-Saldana announced that teachers and staff must now increase time spent with children from six hours a

day to six and a half hours a day. Teachers must also spend their preparation periods on-site rather than at home.

Previously, teachers were able to prepare for classes at home, though they were being paid for a full eighthour work day. Now, teachers will be held more accountable for their time by having to remain at the center for the entire eight hours.

“As a teacher for 30 years, I would always work my butt off, but there comes a time when you start looking for another job,” said a teacher at the Harold E. Jones Child Study Center who wished to remain anonymous because she feared retribution. “They say this change is because of the budget cuts, but they say that every day. They will lose the good teachers.”

Because teachers were technically working part-time by spending six hours at the centers, program officials felt that the hourly increase would justify the teachers’ wages during a time of economic strains.

Other UC campuses are not as lenient when it comes to where teachers spend their prep time. At UC Davis, Work Life program manager Barbara Ashby said though their child care cen-

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amounts of attention, where it seems like every officer in the city of Berkeley is in the area,” Worthington said. “I’m exaggerating, but it’s only for a few weeks. Then the big crisis is over and it goes back to not enough (officers), and I think the real argument is to have not massive amounts but to spread it out.”

While he acknowledged that in the past weeks the park has played host to particular scenes of violence and worrisome group altercations, Worthington also emphasized the opportunities available to the city and university to turn the park into a positive space, which he said has been previously accomplished when violence in the area is not “peaking.”

“In various years we have had groups, like the Residence Hall Assembly, that worked very strenuously to create a positive atmosphere in the area,” Worthington said. “We had a whole flowering of numerous events,

and during those periods the whole atmosphere was changed. The environment of people, the number of people and the variety of people using the park was greatly diverse.”

Worthington and Beier both said the space must be opened up to the greatest number of people possible to increase community members’ investment in the park and also limit the area’s potential for crime.

“I feel if we could change the mix of people that use the park, it would cease being a destination for people who go to the park who just cause trouble,” Beier said.

He emphasized, however, that the city and the university could “never say these people are acceptable in the park and these people aren’t; that doesn’t serve anybody. I would say ‘This would be a park for everyone,’ and shift the dynamic of the park over time.”

Sarah Springfield is the city news editor.

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ters are privatized, preparation time is built into the normal work day.

At UCLA’s Fernald Center, program director Genie Saffren said teachers are allowed to prepare at home but seven and a half hours of their eight-hour work days are spent on-site, and most teachers elect to stay rather than to go home.

“The (UC Berkeley) program is only requiring the teachers to spend a halfhour more with the children, and that is not too much to ask,” Roberts said. “It’s not like they are being furloughed. The director was able to exempt all teaching staff from that, and we are fortunate to have the amount of children that we do.”

Negotiations between program leaders and the teachers’ union, Coalition of University Employees Teamsters Local 2010, were finalized Tuesday with all hourly changes approved.

“I can understand that this is an emotionally charged topic for staff that had the luxury with working for six hours and were still paid for eight hours,” Keeley-Saldana said. “We are talking about realignment with the number of hours spent with children rather than doing paperwork.”

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AC Transit Union Members Participate in Oakland Rally About 30 people from social justice groups and members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 192 came together in Downtown Oakland Thursday to protest what they called a misdirection of federal transportation funds.

Rally participants were there to draw attention to the results of a recent Transportation for America study claiming that transit operations could sustain themselves financially and also create nearly 1.3 million jobs nationwide over a five-year period if given half of the funds normally allocated to highways under SAFETEA-LU, a bill determining the allocation of money to transportation agencies.

The bill is being reviewed for reauthorization, a process that occurs every six years. Those at the rally hoped to solicit additional funds for transit during this period in the face of massive cuts to AC Transit services, according to the union’s president, Claudia Hudson.

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went to the gym today. This really shouldn’t be the kind of thing that I consider to be an accomplishment worthy of stating in the first sentence of a column, but it is — jogging down College Avenue is my thing; ellipticals, not so much. And let me just begin by saying that gyms can be confusing places for those of us who don’t frequent these treadmill temples, these spin-class shrines.

Once you get through the doors, catch that first whiff of sweat and yoga mats and grab a fresh towel from the bin, it’s easy to spot the newbies. This is mainly because we lack that air of confidence that clearly says, “Of course I know how to get a killer ab workout using only a seriously oversized yellow bouncy ball.”

Instead, we’re the ones who press the resistance settings like a game of Whac-A-Mole, desperately trying to find a level that we can stick to for more than 30 seconds at a time.

I glance around to see if any of the other stationary bikers are busting out an air-drum solo on their handlebars and am sorely disappointed to find that they’re a bit more focused on their attempt at single-handedly solving the energy crisis with sheer manpower ... er, foot power ... than on whatever tunes happen to be bumping on their iPods.

The cardio area is all fun and games for a while, until I realize that I’ve been running for nearly two miles and haven’t moved an inch. That, and I’m getting kind of creeped out by the person on a neighboring treadmill who keeps peeking over to check out exactly how many calories I’ve managed to burn in 15 minutes and whether or not I’ve chosen to run on an incline. Seriously dude, it’s not like either of us are actually going anywhere.

Deciding to abandon the treadmill for safer ground, I make a beeline to the understated sanctuary that is the water fountain. The water fountain, I have found, is a respectable place to take a quick, though much-needed, break. Ah, hydration, how I love thee.

From the corner of my eye, I notice a swarm of bathroom divas — you know, the ones that casually throw on a final coat of mascara before heading out to the gym floor. Their ponytails are perfectly mussed, and I can’t help but to worry that my own is just plain messy. akeup-less, yet refreshed, I make my way toward the weight room — or weight rooms, I suppose — and quickly realize that the whole place is a man cave. Buff guys in tank tops comparing what they bench press and grunting their way through a few dozen bicep curls are everywhere.

The waves of testosterone push me to a side room filled with legging-clad girls and thigh masters (side note: those things are no joke, so don’t go around thinking that they’re designed for workout wimps like I did — a few

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Jillian wertheim reps on that machine have left me majorly sore). Then I spy the tower o’ free weights and figure I might as well give them a try. ow, the free weights can be tricky, because they — unlike most of the larger equipment — lack instructions. I know it sounds a little bit ridiculous to say that I felt mildly threatened by a 5-pound dumbbell, but honestly, what am I supposed to do with it? Is there a specific way to lift these suckers in order to get arms as perfectly toned as Michelle Obama’s? This was really something I should have Googled before I left the house.

Luckily for me, a wall-sized mirror makes it relatively easy to quietly observe what more experienced gym-goers are doing with their own weights. To my delight, I find that I am not the only person who used the huge-ass mirror to figure out what to do with myself and a pair of 8-pounders.

Contrary to popular belief, using real, live human beings as your personal instructional video is not an entirely uncommon practice in the weight room. It is, apparently, a relatively normal thing to do. So with the unwitting guidance of some lady diagonally in front of me who looked like she knew what she was doing, I lift, twist, balance and pulse. And then I do it again ... twice.

When my arms finally feel like they are about to detach from my body and run away screaming, I put down the weights and allow myself to do the one thing I had been avoiding since my arrival: check the clock.

It feels as if I had been at the gym for hours, but I know the reality is going to be that disappointingly little time has passed (gyms are kind of like casinos; the lack of windows and weird lighting make it impossible to keep track of time).

Like taking a deep breath before ripping off a Band-Aid, the buildup is infinitely more painful than the action itself. So I am a few minutes shy of making my hour-long workout goal; do I actually care that I had only been there for 54 minutes? Absolutely not. Besides, I have other things I have to go and do ... like look up 10 easy ways to use those oversized bouncy balls.

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Student Commissioners Help Shape City Policy

by Daniel Means Contributing Writer

UC Berkeley students are given a first-hand and active role in developing policy for the city of Berkeley in positions as city commissioners, who advise the Berkeley City Council during its decision-making processes.

Of the city’s 291 commissioners — a position that allows residents to make recommendations to the council on specific issues — 37 are students, according to Deputy City Clerk Mark Numainville.

“It is useful to have students on commissions because they contribute to the diversity of perspectives and represent a significant part of Berkeley’s population,” said Farid Javandel, secretary for the transportation commission.

Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, a UC Berkeley alumnus, was a student commissioner during his time as an urdergraduate. As a student, he was appointed to multiple commissions

by Councilmember Kriss Worthington, including the Rent Stabilization Board and the Zoning Adjustments Board.

“I got involved in politics by serving on a city commission,” Arreguin said.

“My experience serving in Berkeley city government helped me become a more effective advocate for the issues I care about.”

Igor Tregub, another campus graduate, was elected as the Commission on Labor’s chairman in 2007 after being appointed by former Councilmember Dona Spring in 2006. In addition to his work on the commission, he is now a member of the Rent Stabilization Board.

Worthington said serving on commissions is the “entry level” position for students to get involved in city government and become respected mem-

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ASUC Senator Farrah Moos served on the city of Berkeley’s Zero Waste Commission last semester, where she said she helped increase the number of recycling bins around Berkeley. bers of the community.

Underrepresented Students make up more than 20 percent of Berkeley’s population, yet barely make up 10 percent of city residents serving on local commissions, Tregub said.

According to Councilmember Gordon Wozniak, the sizeable student population has unique needs as a group that typically only lives in the city for a period of four to five years.

One third of students also move out of their residences each year.

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Contributing more to the university pension fund is the inevitable solution to an extremely shortsighted policy.

or nearly two decades, the fact that UC employees did not have to contribute to a retirement system was arguably the best part of the pension pot. Yet this unusual benefit ended in April, and a report released Friday indicates that the cost has finally caught up with the university.

In 1990 the fund was luxuriously overfunded and seemed set. Its strength held — even 11 years later the pension program was still overfunded by 50 percent. Yet the robust fund proved to be just as vulnerable to economic turmoil as any other, crashing the university back to a harsh reality and a potential $20 billion deficit in the program.

It is astonishing that the decision to stop payments was made in the first place, never mind the fact that the policy miraculously continued for so long. In 1990, the university was simply looking at the short-term facts instead of planning for the long term. Today, the university should remember its past mistake and plan to avoid future crises.

Although payments to the fund resumed in April, a report released

last Friday argues that contribution levels should be raised further to address the fund’s shortfall. Currently, employees are contributing 2 percent of their earnings on average while the university is paying 4 percent of each employee’s earnings.

The proposal is to increase these rates to 5 and 10 percent respectively.

This seems fair — data from 2008-09 indicates that 98 percent of California State University employees paid roughly the same into the CalPERS pension plan.

Critics of the report’s plans say that the higher contributions and adjusted benefits will cost the university a competitive edge in recruiting the best and the brightest. That may be true, especially for those who might begrudge the people who have been free of UC pension payments since 1990.

However, we cannot imagine an alternative solution — surely a decimated or nonexistent pension fund would be even less attractive to prospective employees.

The good times without pension contributions rolled. It is time to return to reality.

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Drastically cut weekend and night bus services might be necessary, but AC Transit should look into other options.

C Transit is currently debating a proposal that would result in longer weekend waits at the bus stop for both students and community members alike. Officials are considering cuts to more than half of the weekend bus lines and all late-night bus lines with the exception of two.

AC Transit faces a $56 million budget gap for a two-year period, a predicament made more dire by the fact that a judge last month ruled against the organization’s strategy to reduce labor costs in order to save $15.7 million.

It would appear that AC Transit has been severely mismanaged for such a deficit to accumulate in the first place. Yet even more worrisome is the fact that the board of directors seemed completely unprepared for the work rules to be struck down and are still scrambling from the verdict, leaving riders to bear the brunt of the consequences.

These proposed cuts to services would cause a huge problem in the community, typically affecting those with lower income who rely on buses for transportation. Many

work on weekends, but even those who do not still deserve greater access to the surrounding area at their leisure. In addition, students who continue to pay the same price for a bus pass will also be shortchanged with fewer opportunities to ride.

Nevertheless, if service cuts are an absolute necessity, weekends and late nights are the best possible solution.

However, AC Transit should additionally look into other ways to save money, even if it means considering unpopular options like salary cuts across the board.

While we realize one solution will not magically solve the deficit, AC Transit owes it to bus riders to manage necessary cuts as fairly as possible.

In all honesty, we do not know how much salaries are a part of the problem due to the convoluted AC Transit operations and the fact that we did not get the opportunity to question union employees. Still, those in charge need to look into other options.

Do not let everything rest on riders’ shoulders.

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by Marty Block Higher Education in California is indeed at a crossroads. The challenges of recession have had a profound effect on our state budget, forcing those of us in the legislature to choose from a menu of awful choices. As the Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee and as a retired California State University professor and dean, I am acutely aware the strain that has been put on our colleges and universities. In light of these difficult times, I believe that we as a state must focus on keeping California’s higher education system centered on the basic principles of access, articulation, affordability and quality Ensuring access to higher education has never been more important. The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a report last year detailing the need for California to produce one million more baccalaureate

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degrees by 2025 in order to stay economically competitive.

Organizationally, this means that our baccalaureate degree-granting systems, the University of California and the California State University, must do everything they can to ensure that the doors of higher education remain open to undergraduates.

One of the most significant pathways to keeping these doors open is through effective articulation. 73 percent of California’s college students attend one of California’s 112 community campuses, but those community college students that transfer to a 4-year university graduate with an average of 163 units – over 40 more than they need. The community colleges and universities must work to provide seamless transitions between schools and into the workplace. Strong articulation between systems, campuses, and the workplace will ensure that our students are graduating with the skills necessary to thrive in the workplace.

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Legislation like Senator Alex Padilla’s SB 1440, a bill that I proudly co-author, would streamline the transfer pathway between community college and CSU campuses. Another bill that I’m authoring, AB 2682, would establish a uniform assessment system for the community college system – a simple and cost effective idea that will help to ensure that one million more students are properly assessed and placed in courses they are prepared for while saving the community colleges five million dollars that can go back into the classroom.

The “affordability” component of higher education is fundamentally important to both “access” and “articulation.” Simply put, students need to be able to afford going to school. Students need access to financial aid, work-study opportunities and other important resources to help ease the burden of paying for an education that continues to increase in price. For us in the legislature, that means making sure that programs like Cal Grants are fully funded and available to as many students as possible. Expanding these

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Supporting Students to Strengthen Our Country College of Environmental Design Making College More Accessible and Applicable Is To Test ‘One-Stop’ Online Portal Pivotal for Continuing Our Tradition of Success

by Barack Obama At colleges and universities across America, students are heading into the classroom, many for the first time. You’re taking part in a journey that will not only determine your future, but the future of this country.

We know, for example, that nearly eight in ten new jobs will require workforce training or higher education by the end of this decade. And we know that in a global economy, the nation that out-educates us today will outcompete us tomorrow. In the 21st century, America’s success depends on the education our students receive.

That’s why, soon after I took office, I proposed an ambitious goal: by 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.

And over the past year and a half, we’ve been putting in place policies to help us meet this goal.

First, we are making college more affordable. As students, you know why this matters. Over the past ten years, college costs have shot up faster than housing, transportation and even health care costs. The amount student borrowers owe has risen almost 25 percent in just five years.

This isn’t some abstract issue to me.

Michelle and I had big loans to pay off when we graduated. I remember what that burden feels like. No one in America should be saddled with crushing debt simply because they sought an education. And no one should be denied a chance to make the most of their lives because they can’t afford it.

That’s why we fought so hard to

win a battle that has been raging in Washington for years over how to administer student loans. Under the old system, taxpayers paid banks and financial companies billions of dollars in subsidies to act as middlemen — a deal that was very lucrative for them, but unnecessary and wasteful.

And because these special interests were so powerful, this boondoggle survived for decades. But this year, we said enough is enough. As a result, instead of handing over $60 billion in unwarranted subsidies to big banks, we’re redirecting that money to upgrade America’s community colleges and make college more affordable for nearly 8 million students and families.

We’re tripling the investment in college tax credits for middle class families.

We’re raising the value of Pell Grants, and we’ll make sure they increase each year to better keep up with inflation. We’re making loan repayments more manageable for more than one million more students.

Future borrowers can even choose an income-based payment plan so that you don’t have to pay more than 10 percent of your salary each month.

And if you go into public service, and keep up with your payments, your leftover student debt will be forgiven after 10 years. As part of this effort, we’re simplifying financial aid forms, too, by eliminating dozens of unnecessary questions.

I’d also point out that one way we’re helping young people afford college is by helping them to afford health insurance. Because of the new health care law, young adults can stay

A college education needs to be more than affordable; it needs to prepare graduates for the jobs of the twentieth century.

Education: State Must Maintain Landmark Quality from page 4

opportunities not only make it easier for students to attend class, but also ensure they will be able to fully complete their degree program. And when higher education fees do increase, it is our duty to make them as predictable as possible and well known to the public in advance of any increase taking effect.

Of course, good access, articulation, and affordability mean nothing without quality. The rankings consistently tell us that California has the finest systems of public education in the world, and preserving and improving upon what makes our systems great is the thread

that ties everything else together.

Observers do not have to look far to see the quality of California’s public higher education: the University of California’s research has improved the lives of countless people around the world and produced some of the world’s finest scientists and scholars.

The California State University, the state’s greatest producer of bachelor’s degrees, drives California’s economy by preparing students for fast-paced careers in information technology, life sciences, agriculture, business, education, public administration, entertainment and multimedia industries. The 112 campuses of the California

letters to the editor Berkeley Voters Need to Make Their Own Decisions I read with interest the August 27th article, “Impact of Endorsements of Council Race Uncertain,” about Berkeley City Council elections.

District 1 Council member Linda Maio is quoted saying that incumbents are running on their records and that support for them is “based on what you’ve done.” I have heard from a District 1 candidate who is talking with residents that the vast majority don’t even know who their Council member is — much less what her record is.

It is unclear whether knowledge about Ms. Maio’s record would be helpful in her campaign. She consistently votes with Mayor Tom Bates on development issues, while many Berkeley residents are disgusted with Bates’ obsession for big buildings.

The major influence in Berkeley Council races is not information about the candidates. It is the slate card sent out by the local branch of the Sierra Club. During the 2008 election, one prominent member of this group proudly referred to the Club as a “charter member of the Bates Machine.”

Andy Katz, Chair of the Northern Alameda County group of the Sierra Club, states in the article that it would be difficult to run against an incumbent who was previously endorsed by the

Club. “Difficult” is an understatement.

In 2008, the Club refused even to interview candidates for some offices - other than the incumbents. How democratic is that?

Berkeley elections have become incrowd events run by and for the Bates Machine, with lavish financial assistance from the local Sierra Club. It’s time to stand up to the Machine, and vote for people who aren’t part of it.

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Proposition 25 Is Not the Panacea Our State Needs While I agree with President Stern about the need for greater investiment in higher education, he is mistaken in believing Prop 25 a solution to the problem. For starters, contrary to popular belief, both Democrats and Republicans believe in the need to invest more in education. Indeed, Meg Whitman’s plan for California includes a proposal to increase higher education spending by $1 billion — Jerry Brown makes no similar statement. Both parties want to protect education, but Republicans want to do it by streamlining state government and eliminating waste while Democrats would rather raise taxes to protect their public employee union donors. Furthermore,

on their parents’ health plans until they are 26 years old.

Second, a college education needs to be more than affordable; it needs to prepare graduates for the jobs of the 21st century. Community colleges — undervalued assets in this country — are well-positioned to lead this effort. That’s why we’re upgrading these institutions by tying the skills taught in classrooms to the needs of local businesses in growing sectors of the economy.

The third part of our higher education strategy is making sure more students complete college. Over a third of America’s college students, and over half our minority students, don’t earn a degree, even after six years.

That’s not just a waste of money; it’s an incredible waste of potential that holds our country back. We don’t just need to open the doors of college to more Americans; we need to ensure that students walk back out of those doors with a degree in their hands.

Of course, that depends on students. You are responsible for your own success. But there is more we can do to remove barriers to finishing college, especially for those earning a degree while working or raising a family. That’s why I’ve proposed a College Access and Completion Fund, to develop, implement and evaluate new approaches to improving college success and completion, particularly for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

So we are making college more affordable, gearing the education you receive to the demands of a global economy, and taking steps to lift graduation rates. Because this is how we’ll retake the lead in producing college graduates. This is how we’ll help students like you to fulfill your dreams. And this is how we’ll ensure that America prospers in this new century, and that we harness the greatest source of our strength: the talents of our people.

Barack Obama is the President of the United States of Amercia.

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Community Colleges educate 3 million students at a cost of only $26 dollars per unit, making it the largest and one of the most affordable systems of higher education in the country.

As California stands at a crossroads and our economy begins to improve, the basic tenants of access, articulation, affordability, and quality should be seen as the cornerstones of effective higher education. These basic tenants will ensure that the students who attend our universities are receiving an excellent and affordable education that prepares them to make a lasting impact on the future of our state.

Marty Block is chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee.

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the two-thirds vote requirement has not led to Republicans dominating the budget crisis. Both parties must work together and make sacrifices to pass a budget. It’s a check on the power of the majority, not minority rule. Eliminating this important part of our constitution would give the majority party - be it Democrat or Republican (the latter of which has happened as recently as 1996) — power to pass a budget without concern to the minority. At Berkeley, I think we understand why minority rights are important — let’s preserve them by voting down Proposition 25.

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The process of navigating through class schedules, financial aid, class reminders and messages on several different websites may soon be consolidated into a “one-stop shop” for all things UC Berkeley, as the Cal Online Student Experience task force launched a test site for a pilot group to evaluate the portal Aug. 23.

Over the past year, a partnership of ASUC members and other student leaders, staff from student affairs and staff from Educational Technology Services have worked to create the myBerkeley project, which seeks to create an online portal combining sections for reminders, links, messages, the career center and finances.

The campus College of Environmental Design was chosen as the first pilot group to test the portal because of its size and interest in the project, according to Matt Waid, dean of students liaison and chair of the task force. “(It) had the staff-to-student communication pieces we were looking for and were willing to do more work to communicate through the portal,” he said in an e-mail.

According to Michael Ellison, the student life portal director in the ASUC office of the executive vice president and a member of the task force, the project began after students and administrators expressed their frustration with the campus’s websites.

“Students were getting fed up with the way Berkeley’s websites functioned and started crying out for change, while simultaneously staff and administrators were beginning to realize that Berkeley’s websites just

weren’t adequate anymore,” he said.

Ellison said the long-term vision of the project is to have the portal incorporate Berkeley’s most important websites including Bear Facts and Tele-BEARS. He said there are no immediate plans to incorporate the websites because the task force focused on initial findings from student surveys that showed students were most concerned with managing and keeping track of reminders and messages from professors and administrators.

“We wanted to push something out relatively quickly so we could let users play around with it and tell us what they think,” Ellison said. “And thus have our development focus on real feedback and not just what we think users might want.”

Waid said after communicating with students, student representatives and administrators about ideas and interest, the proposal for funding was sent to the Campus Technology Council.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande and Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities Cathy Koshland sponsored the project.

ASUC Executive Vice President Nanxi Liu said the development of such a portal is long overdue.

“It’s shocking that we still have all these separate systems,” she said.

Waid said the earliest campuswide release of the portal would be fall of 2011, depending on development, staffing and funding.

“Our campus is the only top school and the only UC without a portal, and it is past due,” he said.

Allie Bidwell is the lead student government reporter. Contact her at abidwell@dailycal.org.

commissioners: Students Get Involved in City Affairs from page 3 Commissioner Jonathan Ortega — who was appointed to the Elmwood Advisory Board while a student at UC Berkeley — said increased communication between the city and campus is needed.

Arreguin said when issues like affordable housing and public safety matter to students, their perspectives are critical for better informing council members on issues that affect student life.

Not only do students have unique needs as temporary residents of Berkeley, at times there can be an experience gap between student commissioners and long-term residents on a board.

Wozniak said it can be a challenge to appoint students because they have a higher turnover rate than that of other residents.

Nabil Al-Hadithy, secretary for the Community Environmental Advisory Commission, said student contributions are limited by their experience.

But ASUC Senator Farrah Moos, who served on the Zero Waste Commission last semester, still said she felt she was able to take part in legislation that led to new, more efficient recycling bins around the city.

“When you’re around people who have decades of experience in a certain realm, you get the feeling of having a lot to learn,” she said. “(Serving as a commissioner) breaks your

university bubble — it’s valuable to learn about how a city works and all the different elements to consider in a decision.”

Getting Involved Tregrub began as a city intern through the Cal in Local Government program, a campus group that seeks to represent students in Berkeley and other East Bay governments. Students involved with the program have interned at Berkeley and Oakland’s mayoral offices, with the Port of Oakland and with Berkeley City Council members, among others.

According to Worthington, as a commissioner, Tregub was able to bring other students to meetings and help along a decision to allow Telegraph businesses to stay open longer.

“Students have organized and brought out other students to come out and vote,” Worthington said. “In those cases, its not just one person because they’ve encouraged others to stand out and speak up.”

Roya Bazaei, director of Cal in Local Government, said it is important for campus students to understand their identity as Alameda County residents, not just university students.

“We are a huge percentage of the population and our presence makes an impact,” he said.

Daniel Means covers city government.

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district have not been transparent.

“It’s a lot of behind the scenes,” Di Donato said. “If your family was in danger, wouldn’t you tell your family? ... Linda Maio doesn’t look at this community as a family ... she looks at it like the less people know, the better it is for her and everybody else on City Council.”

Kingeter said though he is unsure if the filters are working properly, odors emitted from the plants continue to linger in the neighborhood and that residents have lost faith in the complaint process.

“I know for a fact that the smell is still there,” Kingeter said. “This is something I personally deal with and something my neighbors deal with.”

While some say the odors will always exist, the implementation of carbon filters at the three plants has helped decrease the number of odor complaints over the last few years.

“Now that all three plants are controlled, we have had a downturn in complaints, but a lot of that is dependent on how much production they have,” said Wayne Kino, air quality program manager in the compliance and enforcement division for the district.

He added that the district’s complaint confirmation process is “very rigorous” and added that around 25 percent of the odor complaints are confirmed to the company. Other odors in the area have been traced to other facilities or homes, he said.

“Frankly, I don’t think that there is anyone who is better versed with what’s happening ... with Pacific Steel Casting than I am,” Maio said. “We’re not there yet ... hopefully at the end of this little rainbow there will be a winwin situation.”

Stephanie Baer is the lead city government reporter. Contact her at sbaer@dailycal.org.

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The only one that does exist is Stanford, which the Rainbow Wahine fell to, 6-2, last year. Such an abysmal loss to one of Cal’s conference opponents could give the Bears’ confidence had their 4-1 loss to Stanford last year not been such a similar margin.

Both Rice and Hawaii are unranked, a stark reversal from the No. 5 Broncos whom the Bears faced last weekend.

In spite of the difficulties of charting uncharted waters, the Bears have confidence in their ability to come away with their first win in three games this weekend. “Any game’s a challenge, but we should put them away really,� Walker said.

McGuire is looking for his team to exude that kind of confidence about their own performance and avoid focusing on the other team. Preventing complacency is key since both teams are fairly unknown in the sphere of elite college soccer. “We’re gonna focus on the ideas of what we think we can be successful at, so we’re trying to compete against ourselves in terms of our optimal performance,� he said. “Doing it that way means the players are evaluating what we’re doing based on us as opposed to worrying about other teams, and I think that can be helpful for any set of games on any weekend.�

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The Cal men’s water polo team opens the season against UC Davis tomorrow at Spieker Aquatics Complex at 10 a.m., a match that should be a sure win. “They’ve given us some good games,� the Bears’ head coach Kirk Everist said. No amount of humility, however, can mask that the last time Cal lost to the Aggies was in 2002.

No. 17-ranked UC Davis went 15-16 last season, including two crushing defeats of 12-4 and 11-4 served by the cold claw of the Bears.

Cal can’t afford to let their guard down based on the numbers, though.

It must stay alert if it seeks to live up to the expectations of its No. 1 preseason ranking. “We’re trying to get a good start for the season with Davis,� Everist said. “The defensive end is going to be really

important creating those turnovers and getting stops so that we can use our transition counter attack game which will allow us to create that tempo.�

The tempo that Everist is referencing amplifies the Bears’ natural advantage by keeping the game to their style. “We want to create a little more havoc out there, get the game moving quicker,� Everist said. “The quicker the game moves, the better it is for our team’s depth, speed and athleticism.�

If things go according to plan and Cal gets an early lead, some of the freshman can get their feet wet. “It’s important for some of the younger kids that are playing to get that first game under their belt,� Everist said. “This is potentially their first college game to give them that experience.�

There are five true freshmen on the roster this year in an attempt to compensate for the loss of Spencer Warden and Mike Sample to graduation last

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year. Everist will still rely primarily on the experience of his upperclassmen, opting to play it safe as he well should. “If we have a chance to play some of our younger players we will but the focus is getting ready for the conference season,� Everist said. “We need to get a rhythm together and figure out how to work together as a team and we’ll mix in some of the younger players when we can.�

While Cal won’t face much of a challenge until its first conference game against UCLA in more than a month, UC Davis is counting its blessings to have a season-opener in the first place.

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To gauge the team’s attitude towards the opener, let’s look back at the Spartans’ opening two games. The from page 6 Tuesday’s press conference. formidable Dutch front will provide a competition against Cal. Tedford: “They’re very competisignificant challenge for a Cal defense Senior co-captains Servando Cartive. They’re picked again to winEASY their that struggled in its opener against the # 94 rasco and Hector Jimenez, both strong conference. They have 14 starters back Redhawks. match is the second game of the Bears’ anchors in the Bears’ midfield, will by Gabriel Baumgaertner and they do a great job.�

After appearing sprawled out during three-game homestand to open up the meet their matches in seniors Andy Daily Cal Staff Writer Quarterback Kevin Riley: “They’re last week’s game, Onstead shifted her 2010 season.

Adlard and Rich Balchan for the Hooa good team predicted to win their focus to defense for this week’s game, The Spartans pose perhaps the most especially for a forceful front line like siers. conference this year. There is a difAfter suffering a heart-wrenching formidable threat that Onstead’s squad Adlard and Balchan have both gar- 4-3 loss last Friday to Miami of Ohio, ference (in athleticism), but they’re the Spartans possess. nered second-team All-Big 10 finishes. one would think that the Cal field will see all season. Aside from the ACC, scholarship players as well and they’re “We worked a lot on defensive orgathe Big Ten might be the pre-eminent nization,� Onstead said, “I think we got Junior forward Will Bruin for Indi- hockey team would a good team.�

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Cal Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State We had to prepare all week for not havthereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be some new faces fort in the frontline as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead- to lift its spirits. field and Iowa are all ranked in the top-20. out there on Saturday, but you know, ing scorer with first-team All-Big Ten Well, the team ing Lisa (Lohre), but sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be back so Under the influence of Dutch head that will be a nice little boost. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a good team.â&#x20AC;? honors. hockey might want the coach Rolfe van der Kerkhof, the SparWhen coaches and players start Both teams return strong talent and easy win, but coach organizer.â&#x20AC;? tans bring a notable international digging this deep into the bag of cliare scouted to bring a strong match.

Shellie Onstead WHAT: The senior Lohre should provide Cal plays presence to the field. Having brought stability for the back line. Conversely, a ched responses, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good sign theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re After battling Indiana, Cal heads to certainly doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. host to players to East Lansing, Mich., from really reaching for things to say.

Irish territory to play Notre Dame for vs â&#x20AC;&#x153;I looked at our newcomer has jolted the offense.

Belgium, British Columbia and his Randy Wright, a redshirt freshman, the Bearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second game in the tourna- schedule a year ago the No. 7British Columbia native Shannon native Holland, van der Kerkhof has Elmitt had a college debut that many is making his first career start under ment. Ranked at No. 18, Notre Dame and thought that ranked center. He wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any easy targets; effectively instituted his disciplined, dream about, tallying a goal and an closed last season at 11-8-4 with its loss this would be the Spartans both the Aggiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top receivers graduDutch style of play, according to On- assist in her first-ever game at the colto Northwestern. perfect match for today. ated. On the ground? UC Davisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; two stead.

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Onstead said. said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to play Family Field four goals in 2009. ductive performance from one of her champions, but can you name another â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have a pretty well-structured newest players?

Coming off a season where a num- the Big Ten right team in that conference? system. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be wellber of injuries forced some rearrang- now, I want to play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of performance I The Bears have an all-time 299-20 a top-10 team right now. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still coached and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll probably come out was hoping for, but you never know ing, Cal is ready for a new season. point advantage through eight games â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the response and ability to missing a couple of people, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here expecting a win. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping to until they get here,â&#x20AC;? Onstead said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all in the 1930s. The lead should overcome adversity last year,â&#x20AC;? coach better off than we were a week ago. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m surprise them.â&#x20AC;? guess she proved me right, which is grow, what with this probably being Sabine van den Assem and Joelle nice.â&#x20AC;?

Kevin Grimes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think what we just excited.â&#x20AC;?

Calâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only shot at laying down the type The Bears (0-1) return to Maxwell van Ierland, both products of the were able to do was take the silver linof blowout that it suffered against ing with injuries and see what good Family Field to take on No. 7 Michigan Netherlands, have recorded seven Gabriel Baumgaertner is the sports editor.

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by Ed Yevelev

No Miracle Can Save Aggies On Saturday

Contributing Writer

References to Boise State and Stanford were ubiquitous during Tuesday morning’s press conference.

When asked about UC Davis, the Bears’ foe in Saturday’s 1 p.m., season opener at Memorial Stadium, Cal coach Jeff Tedford, linebacker Mike Mohamed and quarterback Kevin Riley all took time to mention the Aggies’ recent gridiron recent achievements.

“You take a look at their victory over Stanford five years ago, you take a look at how they played Boise State last year,” Tedford said. “At Boise it was 27-16 with about a minute to play in the game.

And so they do a great job there.”

Riley took the topic one step further, referencing Appalachian State’s monumental upset victory over No. 5 Michigan in 2007.

“You’ve got ONLINE PODCAST to be ready,” Riley said. “If you The Daily Cal football come out there beat writers preview the just thinking Bears’ home opener. you’re going to win, not ready to play, it’s going to be a fight and you might get yourself into a bad situation.”

Cal is unlikely to find itself in a bind against such a heavy FCS underdog, especially one with key losses. Twotime All-Great West quarterback Greg Denham left for the seminary, while standout receiver Chris Carter has graduated.

Riley’s general emphasis on preparation and focus is apt, considering the season the Bears endured last fall.

After receiving considerable preseason hype and another lofty national ranking, Cal stumbled to an 8-5 record.

That inconsistency leaves the Bears starting unranked for only the second time in seven years, and the team’s offseason changes have reflected a desire to avoid 2009’s curious lapses.

On defense, Tedford brought in Clancy Pendergast from the NFL to create

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Junior Marvin Jones returns to helm the youthful Cal receiver corps. He averaged over 50 yards receiving per game last season. more play-making opportunities for an all-too-often passive Cal defense.

“We want to be more aggressive,” Mohamed said. “We want to get in the quarterback’s face, we want to cause turnovers and just get the ball back for our offense.”

Perhaps no one has been more eager to move past 2009 than the player commanding that offense.

Wildly inconsistent during his first full season under center, Riley has honed every element of his game in preparation for his senior year.

“I told him, I thought this is the hardest I’ve ever seen him work,” tailback Shane Vereen said in fall camp.

“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. His experience is really going to pay dividends for us.”

For the first time in his career, the Portland, Ore., native is working with a returning offensive coordinator — Andy Ludwig — and has a legitimate No. 1 wide receiver in junior Marvin Jones.

Ed Yevelev covers football.

Contact him at eyevelev@dailycal.org.

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Bears Weigh In Against Ranked Foe at USD Invite

Cal Hopes to Break Streak Of Ties With Home Invite

by Christina Jones Contributing Writer

by Alex Matthews Contributing Writer

While the Cal women’s soccer team wasn’t unhappy with their 0-0 overtime tie against Santa Clara last weekend, it’s a result they hope not to repeat.

“I’m sick of ties,” sophomore Samantha Walker said.

This weekend, the Bears will host the California Invitational, playing Rice on Friday and Hawaii on Sunday.

After out-shooting the Broncos, 18-5, only to emerge with a tie, the Bears are focusing on getting the ball to the back of the net.

“There’s no doubt that we want to try to create more offensive output and try and actually turn some of these shots and offensive dominance into goals,” coach Neil McGuire said.

As these games have little effect on the rest of the team’s season, McGuire said he sees the tournament as an opportunity for development.

The Bears will focus on accommodating their tactical approach to both Rice and Hawaii’s different styles. Cal will need to prepare for a spread-out offense and long passes on the Owls’ attacking front.

Meanwhile, they will need to contain the Rainbow Wahine’s speed by defending them in tight spaces.

Riley lines up behind a shuffled but experienced offensive line that lost just one significant starter from 2009.

He will also be handing off to the most reliable runners in the conference in Vereen. “(Vereen) does everything well — pass blocking, catching the ball out on routes,” Riley said. “I expect him to keep on doing what he did last year, but elevating his game.”

et’s get this out of the way first.

Cal is not going to lose to UC Davis.

I won’t even qualify that with “barring a miracle.” The Aggies need at least two to pull off the ‘W.’ I’ll lay down good money that some of you weren’t even aware that UC Davis had a football team. (No more than $5. I don’t get paid to work here.)

I will give the Aggies one thing: They’ll make one hell of a hangover cure. You know, the one still lingering from the season-ending beatdowns by Washington and Utah.

In a season with arguably the lowest expectations of coach Jeff Tedford’s tenure, I’ll take whatever adds to the win column.

You might hear a lot about how Davis upset Stanford in 2005 (a squad which, by the way, went sub-.500).

Or maybe you’ve heard more about how the team stayed within 10 points of Boise State until the game’s final minutes a year ago.

I couldn’t care less.

Does Cal’s triple-overtime upset of USC in 2003 mean it’s more likely to

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Junior defender Danielle Brunache played in all 21 games for the Bears last season.

She’ll be pivotal this weekend as Cal hosts the California Invitational at Edwards Stadium.

Yet, while the Bears have some understanding of how to approach these games, one of the biggest risks could be unfamiliarity.

Cal is 1-0 against both teams in the all-time record, a statistic that means little to the 2010 squad given that the

Bears last faced Rice in 2005 and Hawaii in 2001.

Because both teams are from regions in which Cal rarely plays, there aren’t many common opponents for the team to use as a point of reference.

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The No. 11 Cal volleyball team hopes to continue playing with a high level of energy that the team displayed in the final set of the Bears’ win over Manhattan Cal College on Saturday.

That may be a volleyball challenge when facing the error-prone G a r d n e r - W e b b TIPOFF: Runnin’ Bulldogs Cal faces tonight in the first Gardnervs match of the USD Webb Invitational, hosted tonight at by the University of 5 p.m. at Jenny Craig San Diego.

In two matches Pavilion in San Diego. last weekend, both LIVE STREAMING: against unranked usdtorreros.com teams, GardnerWebb (1-3) logged 44 attack errors and 19 receiving errors.

In one fewer set, Cal (2-0) had 25 attack errors and just three receiving errors.

The significant discrepancy in errors between the two teams seems to indicate two very different teams will take the court at 5 p.m., at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, Calif.

The rosters also give rise to such a conclusion. Gardner-Webb’s standout freshman Tyler Cockrell is the same height as Cal’s shortest player, defensive specialist Meagan Schmitt. The difference, however, is that Cockrell plays middle blocker. The Runnin’ Bulldogs tallest players stand at just six feet.

The Bears will tower over the Runnin’ Bulldogs at the net. Cal worked on blocking in practice this week, and will have to remain disciplined to continue

its progress on Friday.

“I think we’re focusing on playing our game,” sophomore opposite hitter Correy Johnson said, “and not playing down to other teams’ level, and keeping our tempo and urgency up.”

On their first road trip, the Bears will look to continue their streak of not dropping a set. Cal will face a much more potent threat to that streak when the team squares off against the No. 25 San Diego Toreros on Saturday night.

The match marks Cal’s first against a ranked opponent. San Diego, on the other hand, was tested in its opening weekend, traveling to Hawaii, to take on then No. 5 Hawaii, No. 16 UCLA and Kansas State.

Beating Hawaii on its home court is heralded as a nearly impossible endeavor. The Toreros pushed Hawaii to five sets before ultimately falling.

The next day, however, San Diego put up a much less of a fight against the Bruins, who swept the Toreros.

“They just came back from a tough tournament in Hawaii where they held their own,” coach Rich Feller said.

“They didn’t get the wins they wanted, but they definitely played well. So that’s going to be a big challenge for us.”

With the larger challenge looming tomorrow, Feller assures that the team will not overlook tonight’s less hyped draw against Gardner-Webb. “(My players) know that nothing is given in this world of college athletics,” Feller said. “And volleyball’s a crazy game and momentum can change at the drop of a hat. So they stay pretty well focused at one (game) at a time.”

Christina Jones covers volleyball.

Contact her at cjones@dailycal.org.