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UC Berkeley Campus Sophomore Profits Greatly in Business Professor to Take Job at World Bank by Samantha Strimling Contributing Writer

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UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group professor Daniel Kammen, who is internationally renowned for his work in the field of renewable energy, will be flying to Washington, D.C. next month, joining the ranks of the World Bank to oversee their portfolio of renewable energy projects. The World Bank announced Thursday that Kammen would fill the brand-new position of Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. Between teaching and running a campus laboratory, Kammen has advised U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on energy policy. Kammen said the responsibilities of his new position are still unclear. “Part of what I do (at the World Bank) is defining what (the position) does,” Kammen said. He said his first task for the World Bank — an international finance organization that provides development-oriented loans — is crafting a strategy paper on renewable energy, which will outline how the organization ought to think about and approach renewable energy projects for the next decade. “I think (Kammen) is going to be really perfect for a job in Washington, where there’s equal parts expertise and political ... savvy,” said Kevin Fingerman, graduate student instructor

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With ooShirts, an online startup that allows customers to design their own T-shirt prints cheaply, UC Berkeley sophomore Raymond Lei is trying, one shirt at a time, to debunk the myth that starting a business is difficult — a message other student entrepreneurs seem to be picking up on. Lei’s business focuses on keeping prices low without sacrificing quality by increasing efficiency, he said. The enterprise now collects $1.2 million per year in revenue and is expanding at a pace which, if adhered to, could result in his business dominating over half the market by the time he graduates, Lei added. Wanting to start a business that would make a “small amount of money” — which he defined as around $10,000 in annual revenue — Lei, then a high school sophomore, found his opportunity after seeing the prices on the website CustomInk, and his idea for ooShirts was born. He said his business achieves high efficiency by hiring only one employee other than himself — a friend from high school who handles dayto-day tasks like managing suppliers, talking to customers and helping out with web design. Lei also saves labor by using the Internet to transmit a customer’s design directly to the supplier and back to the customer, thus eliminating the cost of handling the shirts. “All businesses are trying to reduce overhead, but it sounds like he has reduced this to virtually a virtual business so that all he does is contract it out and work through the Internet,” said Dave Fogarty, the city of Berkeley’s economic development project coordinator. He added that most start-up businesses are efforts to market a new, high-tech product, rather than efforts like Lei’s to make a common product better. Lei said he bases his overall effi-

ciency model off Google when it first started, focusing on improving only the core product. Like Google, he believes he can expand by offering a superior product, he said. “CustomInk is definitely over $100 million in revenue,” Lei said. “But I know that many customers, if they knew our prices and quality of prints, would order from us instead.” He said expanding would require more employees, which is counter to his current efficiency model, but could actually increase productivity by allowing different employees to specialize in different aspects of the business. Lei wants to use either his own profits or money from venture capitalists to fund start-up efforts by other students — a service he said is provided at other schools like Stanford University. Another start-up created by UC Berkeley students, CampusCred, has differentiated itself not by being more efficient than its competitors, but by targeting a specific demographic — in this case UC Berkeley students and faculty. Using a model popularized by the website Groupon, students Sagar Shah, Brian Campbell, Louis Fu and Karen Wong created CampusCred to provide vouchers that give customers at least 50 percent off at certain stores. The website then takes a commission as per its contract with the other store, which benefits from the publicity, Campbell said. “(Groupon) targets major cities and their demographic is usually between 25 and 40 years old, female, with an average income of over $60,000,” Campbell said. “So the average price is between $25 and $40 and there’s a lot of salons, massages, cruises, getaways — big ticket items clearly targeted towards a different demographic versus college students.” CampusCred has spent over $5,000 on advertising and more on website management, and with all profit coming from commissions on

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Raymond Lei, a UC Berkeley sophomore, puts on a shirt from ooShirts, a successful virtual ordering business that Lei founded in high school which sells custom T-shirts. about 450 transactions, they have incurred “a considerable amount” of debt, Shah said. But Campbell added that by spreading the word and securing good deals, the team hopes to break even by the end of the semester.

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Solano Avenue Stroll, East Bay’s largest street festival, provided guests with a theme parade, performances, food, arts and crafts, entertainers, carnival games and local music on Sunday.

The abundance of non-edible corn parts in the U.S. could be put to good use in developing sustainable biofuels through the research of two UC Berkeley scientists — who will receive a three-year $793,413 federal grant to support their work, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Energy released Sept. 2. The energy department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Plant and Microbiology adjunct professor Sarah Hake and Plant and Microbial Biology associate professor Markus Pauly the funds to find the best way to use parts of corn, other than the kernel, for the production of biofuels. The grant is part of a program by the energy and agriculture departments aimed at improving the creation of plants suited for clean energy and ultimately decreasing de-

pendence on foreign oil. Pauly said corn is grown “quite substantially” in the U.S., mainly for cattle feed and ethanol biofuel production, but only the kernel of the plant is being used. He said the cell wall makes up about 80 percent of the crop and could be used as material for better forms of biofuels that would have less greenhouse gas emissions than ethanol fuels produced from kernel starch. “You have a direct competition between food and feed industry and the biofuel industry,” he said. “We want to say, ‘why don’t we use the rest of the plant but not the kernel?’ It’s basically left to rot in the field.” Pauly and Hake will hire two researchers to analyze the genetic diversity of maize to find which strains of the plant have the qualities — such as high sugar content, which is fermented to ethanol — to produce the

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UC Regents to Examine Debt And Renovate Pension Policy by Jordan Bach-Lombardo Contributing Writer

Faced with a pension system whose mounting debt could reach $40 billion in five years, the UC Board of Regents will meet this week to disONLINE PODCAST cuss possible changes to Jordan Bach-Lombardo the program, and Javier Panzar talk including in- about UC pensions. creased employer and employee contributions and the integration of Social Security payments into the total benefit package. The board will convene at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus beginning Tuesday for its three-day meeting, and on Thursday will consider increasing contribution rates for both employers and employees over the

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UC Board of Regents to Set Employer and Employee Contribution Rates Into Pension Fund On clog.dailycal.org the Clog pensions: from front School House Rock As it turns out, UC Berkeley is one of the best schools in terms of its musical alumni, according to Spinner. Jill Cowan discusses the bittersweetness of this esteemed designation.

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“The total pension income will be over 80 percent (of pre-retirement income) for all income groups and really closer to 85 percent across the band,� Pitts said. “We were eager to find the very best benefit plan for our employees, and I think we went a long way to do that.� Regents will also discuss the task force’s recommendation to integrate Social Security into pension benefits to reduce costs. Under the current system, employees receive social security payments in addition to their pension benefits, which can leave them earning more in retirement than while working. The task force also recommends eliminating the senior manager supplement currently in place, through which 5 percent of a senior manager’s salary is put into a deferred compensation fund. Although the recommendations argue for change to the pension program, they do not affect benefits already accrued through the program, according to Daniel Simmons, chair of the UC Academic Senate and a UC Davis professor of law. These benefits are protected by state law and cannot be diminished, he said. The regents will also discuss the

need for renewed state contributions into the fund. “It is so important for us to press on the state to recognize their obligation here,â€? said UC Executive Vice President Nathan Brostrom at the briefing. “When we ultimately get up to (paying) 20 percent of payroll ‌ one-third of that has to come from some general fund source, of which the major two are state money and tuition and fees.â€? Brostrom praised the task force for its work in tackling an issue that plagues the entire country. A Pew Center on the States study found the nationwide unfunded liability of state pension systems to be $1 trillion. “This is a widespread problem among municipal agencies,â€? Brostrom said. “We are seen as leaders in addressing the problem earlier rather than later in the process.â€?

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next two years — an effort which will ease pressure on the university pension fund as the board considers longer term changes to the program. In total, the task force recommendations could save the UC $13 billion to $20 billion between 2013 and 2038, while achieving a 100 percent funding level for the pension program over that same period, according to UC Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Peter Taylor. To bridge the pension funding gap — which now stands at about $14 billion — the board must decide the level to set employer and employee contribution rates into the fund, which had not received payments for 19 years until contributions resumed in April. Currently, the UC pays 4 percent of employee salaries into the fund and employees pay 2 percent. The task force proposes increasing contribution levels to 7 and 3.5 percent, respectively, beginning July 1, 2011 and continuing the increase to 10 and 7 percent the following year. Separate of that vote, the board will

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Nearly two months after a series of failed proposals to save Willard Pool came before the Berkeley City Council, a District 7 candidate revealed that two council members may have voted against incumbent Councilmember Kriss Worthington’s proposals to keep the pool open with the motive of damaging his chances at reelection. At the Cal Berkeley Democrats meeting Thursday night, George Beier — District 7 candidate and president of the Willard Neighborhood Association — said two unnamed council members

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debate two proposals to create a new benefit tier for future employees. This would require smaller contributions for the employee and employer but would reap fewer benefits after retirement. Current employees would be able to switch to this new plan. UC President Mark Yudof will decide between the two tier options and make his recommendation to the board in November, and it will convene for a single agenda meeting in December to decide. All task force faculty and staff members refused to endorse the recommendation for a new tier, saying the reduced total remuneration levels proposed jeopardize the continued excellence of the university by diminishing the pension plan’s competitiveness. But at a media briefing held Friday at the UC Office of the President, UC Provost and Chair of the Task Force Steering Committee Lawrence Pitts expressed the need to change the program structure — which, if left unmodified, would eat up 40 percent on top of the university payroll in five years — and said the recommendations maintain a fair benefit plan.

called him after a council meeting this summer and said they did not want Worthington to enter the election with a victory in regards to the pool issue. Over the summer, Worthington presented the council with two sets of options to fund the pool, both of which were voted down in a 5-4 vote. The pool closed July 1. Worthington, who said he was unsure of the truth in Beier’s claims, said he was shocked to hear that council members might have voted in consideration of the proposals’ sponsor rather than the proposals themselves. “Part of me was very depressed that they would be willing to hurt a

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bunch of people using ... their political points,� he said. “It’s sad and upsetting ... how could somebody play politics and try to affect somebody’s election and make people suffer because of an election thing?� In an interview, Beier confirmed that the phone calls had occurred but declined to reveal which council members called him, adding that he regrets sharing those private conversations. “Kriss had attacked me ... and I spoke in anger, and I was indiscreet,� Beier said. In other efforts to remove Worthington from the council, Mayor Tom Bates

Javier Panzar of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. Jordan Bach-Lombardo covers higher education. Contact him at jbachlombardo@dailycal.org.

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most efficient biofuels. Pauly said corn is a good crop to test for biofuel production because of its high genetic diversity with 25 parent lines. “It has a genetic diversity of 4 percent, which is more than what is between the human and the chimpanzee,� he said. Once the best strains are identified, they will be genetically crossed together to produce the best strain biofuels. The researchers will also be looking to discover the genetic basis for why certain strains have these qualities, which could in turn determine how to produce plants with the right characteris>> council Members: Page 3 other tics for making biofuels, Pauly said. Though the ultimate goal for discovering new biofuels is to replace fossil fuels, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel imports, Pauly said ethanol is not the ideal substitute. Go online at “Corn is not the most perfect plant, but it’s a good start,� he said. “We can dailycal.org Ma^ =Zber <Zeb_hkg ;460;B 2><82B ?DII;4B take these traits and put them into other plants. Corn is something we want to learn from to put these traits into other plants.� Once the best traits and strains are identified, Pauly and Hake will work with engineers to figure out how best to extract the sugars for ethanol production because cell walls are hard to “digest� or break down. The engineers’ work will not be funded by the grant. Jamie Cate, UC Berkeley associate professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology, is involved in the ongoing research which has found a way to break down cell walls for sugar extraction and ethanol production by using fungi, a technique which he said will benefit Hake and Pauly’s studies. “This whole question of plant biology is really fundamental to the problem, and we don’t know yet how to do Ihlm rhnk :eZf^]Z <hngmr E^`Zel pbma nl' Complimentary this,� Cate said. “This funded research 30-Minute that they’re doing is a way to take modInitial Consultation ern technology and approaches in really a brand-new field.�

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ASCIST (adj.) — of a radical, right-wing, authoritarian nationalist political ideology. What, this bitch is back for another semester? You’re kidding me. Look at her, over there, with her face, talking about something stupid, forcing me to listen and wasting my precious time. I have to say something. She’s wrong, and she has to know how wrong she is. Everyone has to know how wrong she is. Oh no, I don’t think I can keep it inside. I just have to, I have to — “FASCIST! You are the most offensive person I’ve ever met. You’re what’s wrong with America!� When I was new here, I thought I might enjoy the political sciences. So, I took a class, and I liked the material and found the work to be fair and manageable. I hardly remember what my essays were about, but I do, however, distinctly remember this one girl. She came into class and discussion always pumped up and ready to start a “debate.� She thought that many of us were political ignoramuses and needed to be taught how wrong, wrong, horribly wrong we were. And she took a lot of statements, which were about global issues, as personal attacks. Of course, she felt that she must defend herself. She interrupted my questions over four times to announce how fascist I was. Fascist! Looking back, I feel she fundamentally misinterpreted the definition. And I’ve met her again throughout the years. Sure, she had a different face and a different cause, but always the same aggressive attitude. Now, don’t get me wrong. I too know the thrills of judging strangers. You can’t go through the teenage years and not be a little smug at times. But it wasn’t until Berkeley that I learned that not only can I use my moral judgments and beliefs to be personally offended but that I can also be offended on behalf of the entire universe. I probably should get used to this kind of attitude. This is a part of normal life. Everyone should be allowed to speak their mind, right? Diversity of opinions! After all, that’s what the college brochures were all trying to sell me on. And while in college, you can also learn, if you’re into that type of thing, about how utterly messed up the world is. You are able to criticize the institutions and the people around you using informed, righteously angry opinions. Yes, knowledge is power. The more knowledge you have, the more power you have to pity and criticize strangers’ life decisions. et’s go to the basic of the basics. Forget belief systems, hegemony, politics, philosophy, music taste and refusal to use basic grammar. I’m talking about just the act of drinking water. For example, thanks to once being a bit of the environmentalist, I know just enough to tell you what a horrible person you are based on how you choose to hydrate yourself in class. Just imagine

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pauline horcher the charm of having someone come up to you with one of these ice-breakers: Imported water — Don’t you understand how much fuel it takes to get that shipped here? Think of the carbon emissions. How dare you be so selfish! Domestic water — That bottle is difficult to recycle and its plastics are also seeping into what you drink. Why are you supporting this corporation when it is essentially selling you tap water? What a sheep. Refillable bottles — You know that your allegedly “environmentally responsible� receptacle is likely made from virgin metals? How can you be so wasteful? Also, I’ve heard that this company uses child labor! Child exploiter! Ssssss! ell, there’s just no winning, is there? I mean, you could try drinking tap water out of an organic pasta sauce jar, but I’m sure someone will have a problem with that too. In short: Life is inherently offensive. And of course, I know how important it is to stand up for what you believe in. As we mature, it’s natural to pick some causes to champion ourselves to. It’s probably good, actually. Everyone ought to believe in something, right? That’s at least part of the reason why a lot of us are here — to find something that will help us find ourselves. All I’m saying is that maybe your efforts would be better spent protesting at the capitol than screaming at a bunch of freshmen in a lower division humanities class. Because, to be honest, I never really felt that guilty when someone stood up and went on an extremely tangential tirade about everything that’s wrong with the world, America and, by proxy, me. It’s just the typical over-sharing that happens in every class, only with a slightly more righteous angle. Nevertheless, the many spontaneous rousers did inspire me to feel offended as well. Offended over the fact that they think this is relevant to discussion. Offended that they think their worldview is some sort of objective, universal one to be imposed on me. But, most of all, offended that they seemed to believe that I should care that they are offended. Excuse me, but I find your offense offensive. And the cycle continues.

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for Kammen’s Energy and Society course. Fingerman said he and Kammen have worked on several projects together, including California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard mandate, which has since been replicated by the European Union and the United Kingdom. “He has the fairly uncanny ability of picking out what’s the next big thing of energy policy and energy development,� Fingerman said. Kammen’s early leave from UC Berkeley means he will be handing his Energy and Society class — which is evenly divided between graduate and undergraduate students and handles topics from energy-related gender

inequalities to thermodynamics and combustion — over to guest lecturers. Kammen said he would be nominally involved in some student-led projects back in his lab, the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory located in Sutardja Dai Hall, which he called “part development lab, part romper room�. “The students really run the projects ... they can manage lots of the things we do,� he said. “It wouldn’t be possible to make this work if the students weren’t so good.� In addition to flying from D.C. to California every week to see his family, Kammen said he expects his new position to require travelling across the globe to meet key players in the energy arena. Kammen said his field, sustainable

Council Members: Beier’s Pool Proposal Also Rejected from page 2 and several council members — Linda Maio, Darryl Moore, Laurie Capitelli, Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak — have endorsed the incumbent’s opponents, Beier and Cecilia Rosales, in the Nov. 2 elections. Councilmembers Max Anderson, Jesse Arreguin and Wozniak had supported Worthington’s pool proposals, which would have re-allocated street repair funds from Districts 7 and 8 to fund summer operational costs. Council members shared concerns that these proposals discriminated against other groups that would not benefit from special accommodations

and would also push back the paving of streets in the city. Similarly, Beier also presented a proposal, which the council rejected in a 8-1 vote at its June 29 meeting, that would have reduced a city subsidy given to city employees for YMCA memberships by 25 percent — enough money, he said, to keep the pool open through the summer. Council members called the proposal an illegal violation of numerous city contracts that were not open for negotiation, while Worthington called the plan a “slap in the face� to city employees who a week earlier, had voluntarily reduced their work hours and wages,

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energy, was actually something he considered a “hobby� until his postdoctoral years. Not only did he change his undergraduate major several times, but he re-examined his focus in graduate school as well. “I definitely can’t claim any logic or plan,� he said. “You can tell a story that makes sense after the fact, but I have no logic about how I got here. It’s been very interesting ... I changed a lot.� Kammen said he will miss the relative freedom that he has in a research institution like UC Berkeley. “Here, you don’t have to ask permission to do a project,� he said. “That kind of intellectual rogue characteristic you can’t preserve in an institution because you have lots and lots of obligations to others.� Contact Gianna Albaum at galbaum@dailycal.org.

saving the city nearly $2 million. Though Maio voted against all of the proposals — and also acknowledged that election campaigns are often “charged and emotional� — she said that candidates should maintain “maturity, reason and thoughtfulness� throughout their campaigns and that seated council members should vote according to their constituents’ concerns rather than council politics. “It is important to keep your eye on the ball and that is to give the voter, the resident, the constituent, the press your best thinking, conducting yourself as the leader you propose to be,� Maio said an e-mail. Stephanie Baer is the lead city government reporter. Contact her at sbaer@dailycal.org.

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raffiti Highway.” “Phone Whore.” “32,700 Instants of Horror.” These aren’t the plays you read in high school English class, to be certain. They seem dangerous, maybe a little bit edgy. They are. They are among the new, the daring, the many shows to be performed at the San Francisco Fringe Festival this year, which kicked off its 19th year last week in the city. “The fringe has always been a gathering of small theaters making something happen,” said Christina Augello, artistic director of the EXIT Theatre in San Francisco and longtime producer of the San Francisco Fringe Festival. “It happened organically.” Organic artistic expression seems to be the running theme of the Fringe Festival, which features 43 diverse productions — all under the umbrella of independent theater — over 12 days at the EXIT Theatre and its sister venues. The idea of a “fringe festival” originated in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1949 when alternative theater companies began to perform on the fringes of the Edinburgh International Festival. Each year the number of acts performing on the fringe grew, until it eventually became larger than the Edinburgh International Festival itself. Similar fringe festivals began to materialize in other parts of the globe. “Though the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is much more filled with a lot of producers, it was the impetus of the artist that in the beginning sowed the seeds of fringe festivals,” Augello said. The San Francisco Fringe Festival is more inspired by the spirit of the fringe festivals in Canada and the United States. The idea is to create an accessible theater experience, not only for audiences, but also for artists. All of the shows that play in the festival are chosen by lottery, and 100 percent of the returns from ticket sales go back to the artists. Of the 40 performance groups that the festival has space for, five of these spots are reserved for international performers, 15 for national performers and 20 for local performers. Keeping with the democratic mission statement, the operation of the festival relies on volunteer efforts, and audience members can submit reviews of the shows they attend to be published online. The general openness makes SF Fringe a fertile ground for new artists. “Fringe performers are about 50 percent in their twenties,” Augello said. In fact, Cutting Ball Theater, the current resident company of the EXIT Theatre, got its start at the SF Fringe Festival over ten years ago. “But it’s not just new and upstart companies that perform,” Augello assured. “The idea is to be very democratic, to really give everybody an opportunity to participate.” Until September 19th, SF Fringe will be playing at the EXIT venues, giving artists a chance to perform as well as giving audiences a chance to see work that they wouldn’t usually see. “The [SF] Fringe is daring because for ten bucks and 60 minutes you can really just take a shot at something,” said Augello, who attends all of the shows and has even performed herself. “The best thing to do is to just go through the program and find something that interests you.” Arielle Little is the lead theater critic. Contact her at alittle@dailycal.org.

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os Angeles-based sketch comedy troupe OPM continued the festival’s theme of political satire with their “Green Tea Party.” The show opens with a raucous protest by Asian Americans decrying high taxes, the President and, well, immigrants. The mostly-Asian OPM crew also flirts with racial stereotypes in a way that can sometimes leave the audience with that “should I be laughing at this?” discomfort. Overall, though, “OPM’s Green Tea Party” provided easy watching, hitting many of the usual subjects such as Obama, Steve Jobs and “Glee.”

One memorable sketch featured Ewan Chung as a nervous college student (in a Stanford sweatshirt) attempting to buy drugs in Golden Gate Park. In an experiment in race-bending, an Asian actor plays a Latino character who Stanford Boy mistakes for a drug dealer — in fact, he is a canvasser for Greenpeace. A World Wildlife Fund fan enters; cue a scuffle with eco-friendly shit-talking. One guy pulls a knife, declaring it “100 percent biodegradable, just like your ass!” Other skits fell a little flat, such as a "Jeopardy" parody featuring a randy Kim Jong-il, Sarah Palin and a good old-fashioned America-hating Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Fair game one and all, but it all felt a little 2008.

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nnie Paladino’s one-woman, episodic play “DREAMA” is the theatrical realization of songwriter Dion McGregor’s work — that is, the work he’s more famous for, the stuff he produced while sleeping. McGregor’s sleep-talk rants are the stuff of cult following, the material of three albums and a book illustrated by Edward Gorey. His albums include The Dream World of Dion McGregor (He Talks In His Sleep), which documents the real-life lyrical-raving-madness of a sleep-talker gone wild. But don’t hold him accountable for it. He didn’t know what he was doing. What’s notable about McGregor’s

OPM’s sketches were far outshone by three of the company’s short films projected throughout the show. These showed off the unique humor of the OPM crew, musing on such topics as “The Guy Who Cured Cancer.” These films drew even more raucous laughs from the audience than the live sketches could, and deserve far more than the few thousand hits they now boast on YouTube. Even if you skip the live show, there is no excuse not to watch OPM’s work online. —Hannah Jewell

“somniloquies” — recorded by his roommate — is that their absurdist narratives are rife with those jewels of dramatic structure, perfect for the theater. Fashioned with tension, rising climaxes and bizarre premises, the recordings provide fully-dimensional alternate worlds. These are worlds in which sex advice is solicited from carnival women named Vulvina, and in which food roulette involves a gamble with poisoned eclairs. Paladino’s retelling of these dreamtirades roots the ravings in a more visceral reality. “DREAMA” also showcases a painstaking effort: Paladino mirrors the vocal “score” of McGregor’s work, imitating the inflections, rhythm and timbre of his voice. The play constructs meaning by

toying with the theme of dream versus waking life. Each act is separated by a short interlude in which Paladino embodies a character no longer in the dream world. She uses this time to prepare for the next segment, while looking lost, confused. It stands in stark contrast to the dream sequences, when she takes on an animated if sometimes alarmingly lively persona, fearful and frightening in its intensity. Perhaps to be asleep is to be in a more thrilling world than when awake. While watching, you feel it too — this dream state is more gripping than anything you’ll experience while conscious. —Liz Mak

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Spector’s Haunting Ego in Doc by Jennafer McCabe Contributing Writer

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he documentary “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector” is simultaneously revelatory and offputting. The subject of the film — the now 70-year-old legendary producer — sports a Dutch-boy blond wig, trembles with palsy, and launches into wide-eyed ramblings that both captivate and disturb. As Phil Spector’s first murder trial in 2007 was approaching, director Vikram Jayanti was given unprecedented access to the infamously reclusive producer, conducting one of the only interviews with Spector ever captured on film. Layering Spector’s interview, clips from the two trials, and archival footage of the music he created with subtitled critical commentary, the documentary captures the producer at a crucial moment before the trial. Spector smugly asserts that he is an innocent target of persecution, launches into self-pitying soliloquies and emerges as the pained, self-appointed martyr of rock ’n’ roll. In an interview, Jayanti explains, “What’s amazing to me is his sense that he is a victim of everybody and of everything ... that sort of narcissism, pathological lying and self-pity ... are not attrac-

tive traits, but at the same time I wanted to humanize someone who is easily read as a monster.” Since the majority of the film focuses on the producer’s beliefs about himself, it would be easy to think that it's advocating Spector’s innocence. In response to this view, Jayanti states, “Some people say that the film lets him off too lightly. I think that it’s all there — I think the craziness is there, I think that the genius is there, I think the evil is there, and I think the hurt little boy is there. I was trying to do something a bit more complicated.” While juxtaposing archival footage with subtitled criticism can be confusing at times, it is crucial to Jayanti’s contextualization and reframing of Spector’s famous songs. Inserting iconic performances like the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby," Jayanti provides yet another interpretation of such melancholic harmonies. The elegiac “To Know Him is to Love Him” — always sung by a female vocalist — appears to be a man’s lament of unrequited love, but is in fact about the father who killed himself when Spector was four years old; the title is taken from the epitaph on the patriarchal gravestone. The film explores the source of “genius” that seems to stem directly from Spector’s oscillations between egotism

and insecurity. Jayanti says, “That’s what the film’s about: How do you separate art and artist? Can you separate them? You think, ‘This is some sublime teenage hoppy-boppy lovely shit,’ and then you think, ‘Here’s a whack-job who's obviously crazy as a loon,’ and in fact they’re deeply entangled with each other.” The film’s title originates from the 1965 Michelangelo biopic “The Agony and the Ecstasy” starring Anthony Quinn. Accordingly, Michelangelo, Galileo, Einstein and Bach are among the figures Spector compares himself to. Though his claims are difficult to digest, they also create empathy for a man who truly believes his own warped logic and has cast himself as the eternally misunderstood hero of his own internal drama. “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector” makes no attempt to explore the intricacies of the murder case, nor does it strive to exonerate or implicate its subject. It's a lot to take in: A wall of images comparable to the “Wall of Sound” Spector created. After watching the film, it is difficult to separate the songs from the genius whose legacy will forever be eclipsed by the infamy and insanity so evident in Jayanti’s cinematic portrait. Compare yourself to Galileo and Bach with Jennafer at jmccabe@dailycal.org.

The Clientele’s Cool is Obstacle to Live Passion by Catherine Kim Contributing Writer

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hough Thursday nights in downtown Oakland can hardly be described as exciting, they are by no means uninteresting. The emptiness of the streets gives the impression of a town asleep, and makes the few open establishments seem even more out-of-place. The site of the night’s Clientele show, the New Parish appears abruptly on 18th St., its entrance an inconspicuous door on a block that resembles a back alley more than a city street. Only a handful of people had arrived at the venue by the opening band’s start. The demographic of twenty-somethings talking casually by the bar or seated with cocktails on one of several white leather sofas made the New Parish seem like more of a singles club than a concert venue. The opening act, Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month, did little to captivate the audience, emotionlessly playing their country lullabies. Seemingly overcome by boredom or depression, Donovan Quinn merely strummed his acoustic guitar absently. The rest of the 13th Month struggled to keep up with one another: The drummer sped up frequently while the second guitarist slammed riffs over Quinn’s already inaudible voice. It was clear that the band was out-of-sync, with the half-hearted applause from the audience being its surest reflection. Fortunately, the act that followed improved the lackluster atmosphere considerably. Lay Low, an Icelandic female duo, charmed the crowd with their sultry sound, moving effortlessly from jazz to country, then back to jazz again. Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir’s voice

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The customer is always right. The Clientele played Oakland’s New Parish last Thursday, with support from SF-based Donovan Quinn & the 13th Month and Icelandic duo Lay Low. crooned sweetly over her acoustic guitar, accompanied by her companion on ukulele, xylophone and melodica. Their set was made all the more endearing by Sigrunardottir’s whispered anecdotes in accented English between songs. Though the place was still nowhere near crowded, a few more fans had trickled in, and anticipation was apparent in the escalated volume of conversation. The Clientele seem to walk a dangerous line between enviably cool and unbearably self-absorbed. Their look is classy yet perfectly unpretentious, which

may be cliche for a pop band these days. Imagine three partly-disheveled guys on guitar, bass and drums, complemented by an overly emotive but understatedly beautiful girl on the keyboard and violin. Completely at ease on stage, the band launched into several crowd-pleasing tracks off their popular 2005 album, Strange Geometry. Following this introduction, frontman Alasdair MacLean somewhat testily requested more vocals on his microphone, and upon learn-

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Gibson’s Latest Takes On Fashion and Tech by Zachary Ritter Contributing Writer

about the evils of (insert naughty word for homosexuals here) or as the “Menses Minstrels” singing about their lesbianism and, well, menstrual cycles. Moments of sketch genius included the “Titty Bear,” in which Kissam, in a teddy bear outfit, sits center stage and lauds the life of a teddy bear; specifically, the particular joys of being pressed up against women’s voluptuous breasts. “VITCH” has managed to bottle and share the kind of humor birthed of latenight high school girly sleepovers, when the collective estrogen has reached a boiling point of insanity. If you wouldn’t use the word “abrasive” to describe a fun night out at the theater, this might not be the show for you. But if getting VITCH slapped sounds charming, head down to the EXIT Theatre to — JUST KIDDING! By the time this is published, their five shows will be over. You snooze, you lose. —Hannah Jewell

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f, as some have said, the purpose of science fiction is to predict the future, then William Gibson might be the best sci-fi writer ever. It almost goes without saying that his 1984 masterpiece “Neuromancer,” which depicted a perennially plugged-in society dominated by multinational corporate hegemons, was scarily prescient. At the same time, there’s something missing from the whole “Gibson-asprophet” narrative. “Neuromancer” is a novel, not a pile of bull entrails to be picked over for omens. For all his predictive prowess, Gibson is a fundamentally literary writer whose principal genius is for prose. Anyone who’s forgotten this ought to read the just-published “Zero History,” a sequel to 2007’s “Spook Country.” It’s set in a purposely vague two-minutes-ahead future, neatly dodging the sci-fi tag. This is significant not because science fiction can’t be literature, but because the novel proves that Gibson’s themes transcend genre. In “Zero History,” the rudiments of plot and setting are significantly less gonzo than in his earlier works — no console cowboys or malevolent AIs here — but the concepts that he loves playing with

— secret knowledge, identity, powerlessness — are fully intact. Plotwise, “Zero History” relies on a certain formula, one that’s been tested and proved often throughout Gibson’s career. His roots are in Chandler / Hammett noir-pulp, which might explain his reliance on a particular type of story. In the classic Gibson plot, a group of esoterically-talented outcasts are recruited for a caper by a powerful and possibly malevolent employer, quickly finding themselves in over their heads. In “Zero History,” the outcasts in question are recovering druggie Milgrim and washed-up rock singer Hollis. The pair is tapped by advertising guru Hubertus Bigend to trace the origin of a mysterious clothing label — everyone wants it, nobody knows who makes it. Call it clothpunk — the protagonists maneuver through the shadowy world of cuttingedge fashion, negotiating an network of interlocking conspiracies. Ultimately, though, plot isn’t the main attraction here. Until the 200page mark or so, it’s all slow burn and steadily mounting tension. The upside of this is that it gives us time to savor Gibson’s characters and prose. Hubertus Bigend, the aforementioned sinister marketing mandarin, ends up being one of the book’s greatest pleasures. He’s a

philosopher-pirate, a zen sociopath with a predator’s awareness of how the world really works. Think Don Draper if he were actually a madman, rather than just a Mad Man. Furthermore, the centrality of underground fashion allows Gibson to indulge his obsession with material — we’re never introduced to an object without first hearing what it’s made of. This is bearable mainly because only Gibson is so great at extracting myth from the mundane — never before has an author made a pair of jeans or an iPhone glow with such symbolic incandescence. Reading “Zero History”, you get the sense that Gibson’s worldview has shifted significantly since “Neuromancer.” Like in his other novels, there’s a social critique underlying this text, but it’s delivered with a rueful wit that’s relatively new. “Zero History” is a joke about the 21st century, an extended leg-pull on our obsession with trends and technology. It’ll never be as culturally significant as “Neuromancer,” but in certain ways, it’s actually better. It’s funnier, wiser, and more attuned to the vagaries of human nature. Gibson-the-prophet may no longer exist, but we should welcome the emergence of Gibson-the-jester. Zachary Ritter is the lead literature critic. Contact him at zritter@dailycal.org.

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ing his volume was at its fullest, made several sarcastic comments about the sound — behavior which set the tone for the rest of the evening. Despite MacLean’s snarky demeanor, the Clientele are known for their dreamy lyricism and melodies. Their musics's soothing nature is perhaps inherent in the ’60s-inspired soft-pop they practice. Their new mini-album, Minotaur, is but another example of the band’s mastery of this genre. Tracks “Minotaur� and “Jerry� were performed with nostalgia that would make any Brit Invasion star proud. However, the Clientele’s level of cool

detachment makes for a somewhat boring live show, and despite the prickly commentary, they seem to lack any real sense of intrigue. The Clientele’s Thursday show was well-executed, but not inspirational; while there was nothing more to be desired (their live performance was as polished as their albums), there was little to be remembered. After 19 years and numerous releases, perhaps the Clientele are jaded. Regardless, a little more sincerity might save their audiences from lethargy. Dig Icelandic uke-jazz stylings with Catherine at ckim@dailycal.org.

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Telluride Invites Film Lovers Into the Fold by Max Siegel Contributing Writer

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ou enter the Telluride Film Festival knowing that you’re taking a leap of faith. The town is perched nearly two miles up in the mountains, in an isolated part of Colorado. The Festival lineup isn’t announced until the night before. Yet over the past 37 years, Telluride has matured into one of the world’s best film festivals. It owes much of this success to its contradictory qualities: Its lineup is consistently great, yet mysterious; it’s staged in a small town with makeshift theaters, yet many of the year’s best films premier there; it’s a large-scale event that’s also low-key. A number of the world’s best filmmakers visit Telluride, open up and talk to festival-goers. I ran into Werner Herzog, who told me that he hated 3-D, even though he was working on “Caves of Forgotten Dreams,� a 3-D film of his own, throughout the weekend. Moments like this make you feel like a member of the film-loving tribe. The Festival also provides an excellent preview of important films to come, which is especially heartening after what has so far been a lackluster year in cinema. If Telluride is any indication, many of the year’s upcoming films are linked by a common theme: A troubled person’s isolation. The premise of “The King’s Speech� may at first glance seem minor. Colin Firth plays King George VI, who, with the help of a speech therapist (Geoffrey Rush), gradually overcomes his stammer. And yet “The King’s Speech� is the best film that screened at Telluride. Director Tom Hooper stages awkward situations that are by turns hilarious and deeply moving. Firth and Rush play flawed, egotistical people, but the performances are so honest that you can’t help but see a bit of yourself in both the king and the plebe. Telluride moviegoers also had a chance to preview Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.� When Aronofsky introduced the film, he warned: “If you don’t want to have nightmares and get fucked up, leave now.� As both a horror film and a psychological drama, “Black Swan� provides an adrenaline rush — but it’s not particularly original. The classic 1948 ballet film “The Red Shoes,� which “Black Swan� borrows from, proved one thing: Art is ecstasy, but it’s also a living hell. Natalie Portman plays a ballerina who undergoes a terrifying transformation while prepar-

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The king and I. Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper presented ‘The King’s Speech’ at Telluride, which features Firth as King George VI and Geoffrey Rush as a speech therapist. ing for a show about an innocent White Swan that turns into a — guess what — Black Swan. It’s hardly subtle, but “Black Swan� is a thrilling experience that establishes Aronofsky as one of our most visually audacious filmmakers. Followers of Danny Boyle know that he doesn’t hold anything back. And so it is with “127 Hours,� his harrowing take on real-life adventurer Aron Ralston’s ordeal. While hiking in a desert, Ralston fell into a crevice and got his arm caught under a boulder. After several days, Ralston escaped by cutting off his arm at the elbow. A filmmaker could have approached the material sparingly, but Boyle has a flashier style that makes “127 Hours� surprisingly life-affirming. Using hallucinatory images and flashbacks, all products of a deteriorating mental state, Boyle and actor James Franco paint Ralston as both a fun guy and

a fool; after all, he didn’t tell anybody where he was going. A warning to the faint of heart: The amputation is shown in such gruesome detail that one person fainted during each screening. And finally, there’s Errol Morris’ “Tabloid,� which is one of the best documentaries to come out in the last decade. It follows the bizarre story of a former Miss Wyoming, Joyce McKinney, who kidnapped her Mormon fiancee of three days after he had departed on his mission. Morris doesn’t cheapen “Tabloid� by disrespecting his subject; he said that he ended up loving McKinney. And viewers inexplicably end up loving her too, for all her silly antics. An unexpected revelation, but then that’s what makes festivals like Telluride so exciting. Max Siegel is the lead film critic. Contact him at msiegel@dailycal.org.

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Bears Still Torrid After Thrashing Long Beach

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Mohamed snatched and returned 41 yards to give Cal a commanding 31-0 under siege all game long, sacking him halftime lead. six times and hounding him into three “We don’t want to be a defense that interceptions. The Murrieta, Calif. native finished just 18-of-34 for 166 yards stands around holding bags,� Bears defensive coordinator Clancy Penderand failed to throw for a touchdown. “(The Bears’) speed surprised us a gast said. “We want to be active and we little bit,� Hansen said. “We underesti- want to be destructive.� And when the Bears weren’t pushmated how fast they were. I think that ing Colorado backwards, their Big 12 was the biggest key.� Indeed, it didn’t take long for Cal to visitors were self-destructing on their Thursday, May 3, 2007 own. rattle Hansen. The Buffs started the contest comThe Bears were up by a touchdown in the opening quarter when Mychal pletely out of sync, racking up eight of Kendricks charged into the Buffs’ their nine penalties in the first 30 minbackfield for a nine-yard sack — one of utes alone. his 11 tackles on the day. Colorado threatened late in the On the very next snap, the junior second quarter, but their best scoring linebacker recovered a Hansen fum- chance of the half was derailed by selfble at the Colorado 31 yard line after inflicted wounds. After starting with speedy Jarred Price recorded one of his first-and-goal at the two yard line, a two quarterback take-downs. the Buffs committed two more penal“We’re falling to a ‘T’ and things are ties to get pushed out of the redzone. working out,� defensive end Cameron A once-promising possession ended Jordan said. “We almost dictate what in a missed 42-yard field goal by Aric the offensive line has to do to us, be- Goodman. cause we’re shifting more, we’re a little Colorado got its lone score — a four bit more aggressive. So it’s not so much yard scramble by Hansen — midthat we’re reacting, it’s almost like Alex Matthews covers women’s soccer. way through the third quarter using they’re reacting to us.� Contact her at almatthews@dailycal.org. a heavy dose of running back Rodney Cal found the endzone six plays later, as Kevin Riley rolled right and con- Stewart to tire Cal’s defenders. But even Stewart, who gained 83 Game play heated up in the eighth nected with Marvin Jones from four rushing yards on the day, needed 29 yards out to extent the Bears’ lead to minute of the second overtime, when carries to get them. 14-0. a foul on Cal set up a penalty kick for Fittingly, the Bears ended the aftermatch. Riley finished 15-of-24 for 197 yards Only four seconds remained in the Gaels. Bingham’s save deflected and four touchdowns, though he didn’t noon by turning another Buffs miscue regulation when Cal freshman Ryan off of the referee, sending the ball have to move the ball too far. A swarm- into points. Linebacker Robert MulNeil sent a back heel to Avalos, who out-of-bounds. St. Mary’s corner kick ing defense helped Cal start four first lins stripped the Buffs’ receiver Ryan Deehan, and senior cornerback Darian crossed to forward John Fitzpatrick. put the ball right on the head of soph- half drives in its opponent’s territory. Fitzpatrick put the initial header on omore Trevor Newquist, who sent it “They’re just exciting,� Jones said of Hagan returned the fumble 82 yards frame, with the ball grazing off of into net for the game-winning golden Pendergast’s unit for a touchdown. Gael goalkeeper Doug Herrick’s fin- goal victory. “They helped us with good field poThe play was extra special for gertips. This allowed Paul to finish The defeat, although disappointing sition the whole game. 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it’s pretty satisfying.� by Alex Matthews The coaches watched Long Beach Contributing Writer State’s 1-0 loss to St. Mary’s on Friday. When the Cal women’s soccer team From there, the Bears’ determined starts taking on tougher opponents ways in which they could exploit the soon, the experience might be a bit jar- 49ers’ weaknesses and break down their strengths, Jesolva said. ring. The Bears’ “Our fitness level was beyond theirs wins over the past W. soccer two weeks may Cal 6 and our ball control was beyond theirs,� added. make the team for- Long Beach 0 shePrior The Daily Californian DUMMY to the match, coach Neil get what competition feels like. McGuire said that Long Beach State was With Sunday’s 6-0 home rout of Long dangerous because they were capable of Beach State, Cal has now outscored its playing both a direct and a possessive oflast three opponents by a combined fense. Cal’s superior ball control pushed 18-2 margin. the 49ers into the former style, which If the Bears match that intensity and proved futile against the Bears’ defense. preparation in the coming games, they Cal seldom let a forward through on demay be capable of inflicting similarly fense and its two keepers were capable embarrassing scores on more challeng- of blocking long shots. ing opponents. Prior to the devastation In the end, ball possession lost the at Edwards Stadium on Sunday, the game for Long Beach State and won it visiting 49ers were 2-1 against ranked for the Bears. competition. Cal started with three forwards up “We knew what we had to do from top, utilizing the numbers up to move last week and we just prepared well,� se- the ball quickly through the Long Beach nior Megan Jesolva said. “To score that State defense. The 49ers struggled to many goals against a team that had such stay goalside of the forwards they were great success against ranked opponents, marking, creating easy shots for the

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Fear the birds Cal finishes its East Coast road trip with a 4-2 loss at Louisville. See Online

Bears Roam in Buffs’ Backfield, Cal Routs Colorado 52-7 Where’s the Meat? Buffs Aren’t Filling

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arry Scott made a pre-game appearance in the Memorial Stadium press box on Saturday, fielding questions as Eminem threatened to drown him out from the stadium speakers. The Pac-10 commissioner put the chances of Colorado joining the conference for in 2011, which Utah will do, at less than 50 percent. (If you were wondering, the Pac-10 will go the Big 10-like route of retaining a name incongruent with its number of members until the Buffs do join.) Scotty McKnight’s probably glad he won’t be here for it. “This is the most embarrassing game of my life,” the senior receiver said after the 52-7 beating Cal gave his team. “I don’t even know how to handle it right now.” Don’t blame yourself if it took you a second or two to recognize the name. Cal held Colorado’s career reception leader to just two receptions for a measly 14 yards; he didn’t even touch the ball until four plays into the second half, when the Bears already had the game wrapped up with a 31-0 lead. For months, the new defense has been described as “aggressive” and little else. While the coaching staff and players definitely aren’t getting points for their expansive vocabulary, they were pretty damn accurate. Just ask Buffs quarterback Tyler Hansen. Mychal Kendricks and Jarred Price took turns blindsiding him. Kendrick Payne took him for a merry-go-round spin. Mike Mohamed happily accepted a gift-wrapped pick six. You had to feel sorry for the kid, who was intercepted three times and sacked twice that. Some of it is a result of defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast’s arrival, whom the Oakland Raiders must especially still be pining for after the way Chris Johnson ripped through them yesterday. The Bears defense seldom resembled its frustrating incarnation from last season, and to say that they’ve bought into the new schemes discounts their enthusiasm. But you have to wonder just how much of was due to another meek opponent. Colorado more than doubled the three points UC Davis squeezed out a week prior, but for most of the game, the Buffaloes looked far worse. The Aggies didn’t have a chance in terms of size and athleticism, but Colorado simply could not execute. The Buffs racked up 68 yards worth of penalties in the first-half alone; Cal only had to cover 150 yards to produce four touchdowns and a field goal. Colorado’s passes often veered between overthrown and underthrown. Sometimes, the receivers simply couldn’t hold on. Absolutely nothing went right for the Buffaloes. They are, after all, a team that just lost its 13th consecutive road game. Colorado coach Dan Hawkins is likely writing his swan song after going .351 over three seasons. He had been hired after losing just 11 games in five seasons with Boise State. Impressive then, but I’m sure you’ve noticed how well the Broncos have done lately. After scampering four yards for his team’s lone score, Hansen stayed on the ground for a minute or two. Maybe he landed painfully after Kendricks clipped him near the goal-line. Maybe he just wasn’t looking forward to another snap. Share your expansive vocabulary with Jack at sports@dailycal.org.

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Shane Vereen was limited to just 59 yards rushing on 14 carries. The Bears’ junior running back did catch a 13-yard touchdown pass from Kevin Riley.

Cal’s Defense Capitalizes on Colorado’s Errors In 45-point Thrashing of Future Conference Foe by Ed Yevelev Contributing Writer

Midway through the second quarter on Saturday, Colorado’s offense was flagged for a substitution infraction. On their very next play, the Buffloes

were forced to call a time-out with the play clock running down. That play handily summarized Cal’s 52-7 home destruction of Colorado (1-1) at Memorial Stadium. On the way to a 13th straight road loss, the Bears’ opponent looked even more bewil-

dered and overmatched than their FCS opponent the previous weekend. “That is the most embarrassing game of my life,” said Buffs receiver Scotty ONLINE PODCAST McKnight, who Ed Yevelev, Katie Dowd was held to two and Jack Wang analyze catches for 14 Cal’s win over Colorado. yards. “We didn’t

show up to play. We have the talented guys, but we just executed terribly in all phases of the game.” With conference commissioner Larry Scott in attendance, Cal (2-0) gave its future Pac-12 partner a rude welcome, and Buffaloes’ quarterback Tyler Hansen got the harshest reception. A relentless pass rush kept Hansen

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Cal’s Play Sprinkled With Errors Despite Garden Inn Classic Title by Christina Jones Contributing Writer

Cal freshman outside hitter Lauren Loerch soared above opposing blockers as she went up for a kill. Yet her promising shot hit the antenna, and Volleyball visiting Seton Hall Cal 3 pushed its point Fresno State 0 streak to five. With the No. 10 Bears’ lead narrowed to 15-14, the Cal women’s volleyball team rallied behind big kills from Tarah Murrey to claim the second set 25-15. Loerch’s unforced was one of several stretches of sloppy play that plagued Rich Feller’s squad the Hilton Garden Inn Classic in Haas Pavilion. Though Cal (7-0) extended its set winning streak to 21 on Saturday by sweeping the Pirates (25-14, 25-15, 25-16) and Fresno State (25-12, 25-22, 25-18), the Bears’ play was less than spectacular. “We lost a little focus in different parts of the game – serve-receive broke down, hitting broke down a little bit,” Feller said. “(I’m) very happy we’ve got the record we’ve got, but we know we can go back to work and do some things better.” The team took hope from its ability overcome the error-ridden series. Loerch, who looked visibly frustrated at the net in the morning match, was much more comfortable against the Bulldogs, tacking on six kills. The Bears came out on fire in the first set against Fresno State, making crisp passes and strong, accurate attacks. But yet again, Cal waned in the second set.

Leading by as many as four points, the Bears found themselves stuck in a 14-14 tie. The set would continue to go back and forth, due in large part to Cal errors. While benefitting from Fresno State miscues, the home team pulled away and won, 25-22, with Murrey drilling the ball from the outside. “We weren’t worried about every play,” senior setter Carli Lloyd said. “We weren’t passing every ball, calling balls and being communicative all the time. It’s like we weren’t there mentally.” While Cal’s play was unsatisfactory to the team, two players flirted with statistical perfection. Against Seton Hall, freshman outside hitter Adrienne Gehan hit 6-for-6 through two sets. Redshirt sophomore middle hitter Shannon Hawari put up the same numbers in the first set against Fresno State. While both streaks would eventually be broken, Gehan and Hawari were forces to be reckoned with at the net throughout the weekend. In Saturday’s matches, the two all-tournament team selections racked up 15 kills each. Hawari also added five block assists to her line on the stats sheet. Hawari, who sat out last season with a knee injury, thrived in the up tempo offense that features quick, low sets to the middle and kill attempts from the right side. “When things are fast and you have good passes and you can run that fast offense, that opens up a lot for the middles,” Hawari said. “It’s almost easy up there with our passers doing a great job.” Christina Jones covers volleyball. Contact her at cjones@dailycal.org.

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Davis Paul leads Cal with four goals on the season. Two came in yesterday’s 3-0 win over UNLV, while one sent Friday’s game against St. Mary’s into overtime before a 2-1 loss.

Cal Rebounds From a Late Defeat to Shut Out Rebels by Kelly Suckow Contributing Writer

After a frustrating 2-1 loss in double overtime to St. Mary’s on Friday, the Cal men’s soccer team came back two days later with a sense of urgency and intensity. The No. 19 Bears responded with a 3-0 shutout against UNLV in the Cal Legacy Classic at Edwards Stadium. On Sunday, Cal (2-1-1) consistently dominated ball possession for both periods, with goalkeeper David Bingham racking up five saves.

In the eighth minute of play, senior Davis Paul knocked in his third goal of the season. Later on, co-captain A.J. Soares’ rebound off of a header from sophomore Steve Birnbaum put the score at 2-0 after the 33 minutes. In the second half, senior Anthony Avalos’ shot deflected off a Rebel defender, opening up the opportunity for Paul to follow up with the nightcap. “We really wanted to make a jump for this game,” Paul said. “I think we had a different outlook on going for-

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