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the ties that bind: Alumna Tiffany Shlain comments on her new documentary, ‘Connected.’ See P4

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Regents to consider annual fee hikes By Jordan Bach-Lombardo Senior Staff jbachlombardo@dailycal.org SAN FRANCISCO - Whether you consider tuition increases necessary in the face of declining state funding or view them as an undue burden on the backs of students, reality boils down to one thing: Student tuition is likely to continue to rise at least into the near future. A budget plan to be discussed by the UC Board of Regents Thursday includes annual tuition increases of at least 8 percent and as high as 16 percent for the next four years. The plan comes on the heels of a 10 percent tuition increase approved at the board’s July meeting — the third increase since November 2009. The purpose of the multi-year plan — which will only be discussed at Thursday’s meeting and will not be acted upon until the board’s November gathering — is to address the $2.5 billion funding gap the university says it will face over that time period. The model states that tuition would be increased by 8 percent annually to supplement corresponding 8 percent increases in funding the UC would also seek from the state. However, if the state fails to meet those budgetary requests — a distinct possibility, considering state funding for the UC has dropped by $900 million from its 2007-08 levels and could drop a further $100 million if trigger cuts are enacted in January — tuition could increase by as much as 16 percent annually to fill the resulting gap. In an interview Wednesday, Student Regent Alfredo Mireles Jr. said that he would vote against any fee increase but that the

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UC President Mark Yudof speaks at Wednesday’s meeting. The Board of Regents plans to discuss the possibility of annual fee increases on Thursday. state’s consistently reduced funding forces the board to consider them. “When the state continues to divest from us, it’s our duty to maintain quality,” Mireles said. “The goal (of the plan) is to shame Sacramento into funding (the UC).” But instead of shaming the state govern-

ment into funding the university, several speakers at Wednesday’s meeting raised the concern that planning student fee increases could pave Sacramento a path around increasing funding for the UC. If faced with the choice between funding the university, which has funds relatively available

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in the form of student fees, and another state service without such a liquid source of money — prisoners can’t be counted on to pay tuition, for example — some fear the state would allow students to pick up that slack. Jordan Bach-Lombardo is the university news editor.

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Berkeley Patients Group faces UC Berkeley dismisses countersuit by Maine group parts of formal grievance filed by graduate student By Sarah Mohamed and Oksana Yurovsky newsdesk@dailycal.org

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Sarah Mohamed and Oksana Yurovsky rehash the details of the impending litigation between a local dispensary and one based in Maine.

Berkeley Patients Group, one of the city’s oldest dispensaries, is being sued and stands to lose more than half a million dollars in loans it provided to a medical marijuana group it helped establish in Maine. Non-profit Northeast Patients Group, based in Maine, filed a countersuit Aug. 15 in response to a lawsuit the Berkeley group filed against it and its current executive director, Rebecca DeKeuster. DeKeuster, who had been with the Berkeley group since 2004, was sent in November 2009 to help establish the Northeast group and receive state approval for the creation of dispensaries. According to Charles Remmel of Kelly, Remmel and Zimmerman, the law firm representing the Berkeley group in the proceedings, the countersuit alleges the group did not provide Northeast with enough startup funds. DeKeuster assumed her position as Northeast’s executive director in June 2010. “(DeKeuster) was employed by BPG and was sent out to see if she could get this operation going because some of the BPG people are from Maine, and they wanted to see if this could work,” Remmel said. In its lawsuit, Berkeley Group alleges that DeKeuster “acted with the intent to prevent the execution of the contracts and loan documents and to mislead BPG” and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, which granted the company permission to dispense medical marijuana. The Berkeley group is suing DeKeuster for enter-

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Berkeley Patients Group, a local marijuana dispensary, now faces a countersuit from Northeast Patients Group. ing into a contract with a competing party. The Berkeley dispensary has accused DeKeuster and Northeast of non-repayment of debt, unjust enrichment and use of confidential information, while DeKeuster is also accused of breaching her employment agreement and fiduciary duty. The lawsuit states DeKeuster entered into a letter of intent with “the competing business group” — unnamed throughout the lawsuit — on or around

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Almost three months after a UC Berkeley graduate student filed a formal grievance over issues surrounding his campus student conduct proceedings, an initial response was issued this week, dismissing certain aspects of the grievance and calling for changes before further action can be taken. In June, graduate student Aakash Desai filed a grievance alleging discrimination on the basis of political belief and unfair applications of campus policies over the course of his student conduct proceedings, which stemmed from the November 2009 occupation of Wheeler Hall. In the grievance, Desai alleged that over the course of his conduct proceedings, the campus Code of Student Conduct was inappropriately applied. He also alleged that “fraudulent evidence” was presented at his hearing that adversely impacted his status as a student and that the “ordeal caused enormous stress for over a year.” In a letter responding to the grievance, Sheila O’Rourke, the appointed complaint resolution officer, found that the issue of discrimination on the basis of political beliefs falls outside the jurisdiction of the campus Student Grievance Procedure. She also determined that the grievance was incomplete, stating in the letter that specific policies that were alleged to have been unfairly applied were not specified.

“Political belief is not a protected category under the University’s non-discrimination policy or the Student Grievance Procedure,” the letter reads. “With regard to your allegation of ‘unfair’ application of University policies ... I find your grievance incomplete.” Desai has until Sept. 28 to complete the grievance, or it will be dismissed. According to Desai’s adviser, Thomas Frampton, a UC Berkeley School of Law student and member of the Campus Rights Project, the implications of the decision are “truly frightening for all students on this campus.” “If you’re a student who can prove you’ve been targeted because of your political beliefs, this decision means you have zero recourse to vindicate your rights,” he said. “This determination means the only remedy you have is a lawsuit against the university.” O’Rourke could not be reached for comment as of press time. According to Christopher Patti, chief campus counsel, he cannot comment on individual cases, but in general, in complaints alleging inappropriate applications of campus policies to students, students are required to set forth specific violated policies, if known. “It is correct that the non-discrimination policy does not prohibit discrimination based on political belief, so a grievance alleging such a violation might well be returned to a student during the 20-day initial review

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By Jasmine Mausner | Staff jmausner@dailycal.org Jim Ward looks forward to daily walks with Sparky, his fox terrierminiature pinscher mix, at Ohlone Park in Northwest Berkeley. But in the past year and a half since Ward has had Sparky, the two have been troubled by large and aggressive dogs who share the same play space at the park. In fact, Ward said he witnessed a puppy being attacked last week by a larger dog in the park. When a woman intervened and tried to protect the puppy, she was badly bitten and allegedly began to bleed, Ward said. He added that this is just one of many attacks he has seen. “My dad has had to flee a number of times because of large dogs coming after Sparky or homeless people not controlling their larger dogs,” said his son, Drew Ward. “Some large dogs approach smaller dogs as prey while others just do not know how to play with the smaller dogs appropri-

ately.” Consequently, Jim Ward has been forced to abandon his daily walks and opt for far fewer visits due to safety concerns. Drew Ward said he and his father recently addressed the city Parks and Recreation Commission with the solution of partitioning the dog area with a fence to separate small dogs from the larger dogs, but he said their concern went unnoticed. “Judging from the looks on their faces, they could not wait for us to be finished and move on,” Drew Ward said. “They wanted to dismiss it.” City spokesperson Mary Kay Clunies-Ross said she is aware that some residents and dog park users have discussed the idea of portioning the park but that there has been no official proposal presented and thus no action will ensue at this time. She added that the Parks and Recreation Commission has jurisdiction over the park and that when fights between dogs occur, dog owners can call Animal Care Services to take care of it.

Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, who said he spoke directly with Drew Ward, said while he thinks the proposal is definitely something the city should consider and look into, it is first and foremost the responsibility of individual dog owners to ensure that their animals are abiding by the rules of the park and not acting in an aggressive manner toward smaller dogs. “This could happen when you walk down the street with a small dog and approach a larger dog,” Arreguin said. “Fundamentally, it is the owner’s responsibility.” He added that he has addressed the issue with the city manager and park director to try to shed light on the proposal. The neighboring cities of Alameda and Vallejo already separate their dog parks by canine size. “One of the images of Berkeley has been of being human and progressive, and it is disappointing that Berkeley cannot do something as small as fixing this dog park issue,” Drew Ward said.

Five recent protests cost BART about $300,000

Marijuana: Northeast group’s financial agreement sparks debate From Front

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Police, BART employees, commuters and members of the media stand on a train platform at the Civic Center BART station during an Aug. 29 anti-BART protest.

Feb. 24. DeKeuster resigned from the Berkeley group the same day. “Things went along for a while, looking for investors, and I believe in February of 2011 BPG identified some people in Maine, and Becky found this other wellness group and basically said, ‘We’re not talking with you anymore, and we’re putting them in the place you were going to be in, and by the way, we’re not paying you the advance on the loans either,’” Remmel said. According to documents submitted Aug. 4 by Daniel Walker, attorney for Northeast Patients Group, to the

Maine Department of Health and Human Services regarding Northeast’s financial agreement with the Wellness and Pain Management Connection LLC — a group created in Delaware on Aug. 3 that includes retired NBA player Cuttino Mobley and the Los Angeles-based Farmacy Institute for Wellness — the agreement would provide $1.6 million in funding to the Northeast group over the next eight years, with an annual interest rate of 8.5 percent. Remmel said the Northeast group has not received funding from the LLC and has yet to open any dispensaries.

However, JoAnna LaForce, clinical director of the Farmacy Institute for Wellness, said her organization has not entered into any agreements with the group, Mobley or the LLC. “I know there was an article in the Portland paper ... saying that we were in a financing agreement with the Farmacy Institute and Cuttino Mobley,” LaForce said. “That’s not true at all.” LaForce said the only connection the institute may have with Northeast group is that the institute is likely to help LLC provide clinical and operational services to the group.

Recent protests against Bay Area Rapid Transit have not only been taxing on commuters but also on the transportation agency itself, which paid personnel about $300,000 for working overtime during five protests in July and August, according to Bob Franklin, president of BART’s Board of Directors. And when BART protests leaked into the streets of downtown San Francisco, the San Francisco Police Department usually arrived to make sure the protesters did not block traffic. The protests between July 11 and Aug. 29 cost the police department almost $100,000 in regular and overtime spending. ...

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omeone once remarked there is absolutely nothing that compares with the influence of a mother. For me, it is a testament to a fine truth, one whose foundations transcend simple love, kindness and understanding. It holds a greater truth in my heart than I would like to admit at times. On quiet nights when I’m in a particularly pensive mood, I like to recline in my chair and reflect on the people and places that made me who I am today, and that saying often hits me with greater force than it usually does. Such is the extent of this truth for me, nothing more and nothing less. A mother can influence her child in so many aspects that it is impossible to name them all. Off the top of my head, perhaps, I can list at least a few: courage, responsibility and sacrifice. On a mother’s part, all of these traits have the potential to affect her child in profound ways, creating a living, breathing human being under her care and guidance. In giving birth, a mother exemplifies the kind of courage to which all men can only hope to aspire; in giving up her own pursuits for the arduous process of child-rearing, she demonstrates tremendous responsibility and sacrifice. I speak, of course, from my own personal experience, and such are the ways in which my mother has created her everlasting effect on me. was very young when my mother began buying me books. In a nononsense attitude, she did what most responsible parents would have done and promptly got me started on reading them. They were books of literally all shapes and sizes: picture books and comic books, round books and square books, color books and storybooks, and everything else in between. We were a meager, unstable family back then, having just settled down as immigrants in this country, my father frequently spending months abroad on business, and yet the fact that we were not well-off surprisingly never seemed to stop my mother from constantly filling my bookshelf with new friends. On Christmas mornings, the gift-wrapped set of Legos that greeted my first waking breath would always be accompanied by a set of brand-new, unopened books. At first, probably unfamiliar with the idea of reading so much on such a frequent basis, I gradually developed the ability to read quicker and better and slowly gained a stronger grasp of it than others my age. Page by page, I opened my heart to the books that I acquainted myself with. For countless elementary school lunches and recesses, I found myself whisked away on frivolous adventures with Curious George and Dr. Seuss, mired in perilous

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David Liu dliu@dailycal.org scenarios with The Boxcar Children and the Hardy Boys, sharing in the accomplishments of great men and women through biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt. Books, new and used, glossy and tattered, filled my bookshelf like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, with the indisputable insignia of my mother’s love printed invisibly on each of them. Each piece held a part of my heart made only for its own mold, always compelling me to find more like it to fit the others — bigger, bolder, more intricate ones. y bookshelf changed itself as years did to me; by and by, it was filled with newcomers. They were Brian Jacques, Jack London, Jules Verne, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, their names engraved on glossy hardcover spines, their words indelibly etched into my heart. My mother’s initial worries that I would not be wellread gradually disappeared. I developed a love for reading that exceeded the greatest reaches of her imagination. I often now imagine that she often hid a smile whenever I finished a book in exuberant triumph and proudly accepted the fact that this love for books was a result of her immeasurable influence. I can say with confidence that the saying mentioned earlier holds a fine truth in itself. My mother’s influence on me has been enormous, solid and too great for words. The years passed, and I have grown in age and stature; the books I read have grown in sophistication and scope; and inevitably, my mother has grown older. There is a trace of a wrinkle forming at the corner of her eyes whenever she smiles at me now, perhaps just one more than the year before. Yet I feel more grateful than sad. I know now, as my mother must have known all along, that the puzzle contained deep within my heart will never see completion until I myself fill in the final pieces: courage, responsibility and sacrifice. The bookshelf still stands in my room back home. Forever it will grow.

Berkeley police arrested a suspect following a South Berkeley robbery at gunpoint Saturday night. At about 10:40 p.m., the victim, a 33-year-old Oakland woman, was walking home from the Ashby BART station on the 2000 block of Woolsey Street when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her by the neck, demanding her purse, according to Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, spokesperson for the Berkeley Police Department. The victim resisted the attack until the suspect allegedly pulled out a handgun, threatening to shoot her. The victim then complied and gave up her belongings. The department initially responded with seven officers. A patrolling officer spotted a suspect on Harmon Street and ordered him to the ground when he fled on foot. A chase ensued until the suspect temporarily escaped by jumping over a

fence into a backyard, Kusmiss said. Additional officers and a K-9 unit then responded and established a perimeter to contain the suspect. A search continued until police received a distress call from a home on the 700 block of 63rd Street that a suspect had broken into another home demanding “a place to hide,� according to Kusmiss. In response, police shifted to the new location, where they forced entry into the home, causing the suspect to flee into the backyard, where he was taken into custody. At approximately 2:11 a.m., the suspect, a 24-year-old Oakland man, was positively identified by both the victim and the original officer who gave chase. He was then booked at the Berkeley Police Department Jail on charges of robbery, residential robbery, felony probation violation, parole violation and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. The suspect is being held without bail, Kusmiss said. — Franklin Krbechek

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hen I entered the office space of Tiffany Shlain at Pier 38, which has the look of a pirate ship refurbished into a tech geek’s dreamland, she was on her iPhone, Bluetooth-inear. How apropos of her new documentary “Connected: An Autobiography About Love, Death & Technology,” a rumination on our attachment to 21st century tools of communication. Shlain opens the film with a confession: She is a die-hard technology junkie. We all have the itch to check our email, text messages, Twitter feed — even when we’re face-to-face with another human. It seems today that this nagging feeling is as natural as any basic need. And yes, the storyteller behind “Connected” is guilty of it, too. Shlain is a Bay Area native and 1992 Berkeley alumna who graduated with a degree in film theory and interdisciplinary studies. In 1996, a time when the burgeoning Internet was still in its zygote stage, she started the Webby Awards, which celebrate excellence in online content. Berkeley credentials aside, Shlain is a self-made film-

maker. In “Connected,” she cobbles together archival footage to create a jigsaw puzzle of human connectedness. During her undergraduate coursework, Shlain would re-cut found footage, often anthropology material, and she re-appropriates that technique here. “When people say that I have an unusual filmmaking style, it really comes from not having a production class at Cal,” she said, since those were not yet offered. Before “Connected,” Shlain directed five short films, but this is her passion project. The documentary traces the history of human interdependence, from the development of primitive Paleolithic implements to written language to industrialization. Call it a short history of nearly everything. With this origin story as background, Shlain earnestly puts her own life experiences at the fore. We see her growing up, graduating and later meeting her husband Ken Goldberg, professor of engineering and founder of the Robotics Department at UC Berkeley. We see Shlain having her first child and then enduring five miscarriages, all the while coping with the death of her father, Leonard Shlain, an eminent surgeon and writer who had radical ideas about the brain, physics,

art and gender. To wit, Shlain is emotionally naked — a gutsy move for a first feature. The thesis of “Connected” is simple, yet it exposes a truth easily overlooked in mass culture. “I wanted to look at the history of our desire to connect and all these tools we created to connect economically, globally, technologically, and what is already so inherently interdependent about our world,” Shlain explained. It’s also about “where we might be going and how we can harness the power of this for good.” Yet she has examples in her film where this kind of interdependence might not be such a good thing. While these pronouncements might seem glib and even vague, Shlain’s personal story of confronting tragedy head-on and harnessing it for an artistic project (the “greater good,” perhaps?) is what gives the film its specificity. She situates her own narrative of loss within some cosmic questions and, in turn, re-imagines the butterfly effect, stripping it of its cliches and grounding it in reality. The film took four years to make. “Two years in, I had a film that just explored the ideas of connectedness in history,” Shlain said. “I was watching it and my father, who

was a co-writer on the film and had just been diagnosed with brain cancer, and I thought, I’m making a film about connectedness and I’m not exploring emotional connection.” She struggled to weave her own story of such connection into the film’s broader, cerebral scope, but “Connected” deftly travels from heart to head and back again, preferring punchy truths to sentimentalism. Shlain claimed that the number of written memoirs outweighs the number of memoirs on film. “I could name them all on one hand,” she said. “Tarnation” (2003) and “51 Birch Street” (2005), which dwell in deeply personal crises while also using found footage to construct a narrative, come to mind. According to her, this vacuum of memoir films is “ironic since we’re living in such an autobiographical age where everyone is learning how to express who they are through all these different mediums.” Indeed, Shlain expresses herself in this way everyday: She has 5,000 followers on Twitter and 3,500 Facebook friends. But she makes time to unplug and reconnect with her family: Once a week, they do technology Shabbat. “Having that one day where my mind is not able to act on every

thought has been really great.” With all our disparate internetworks, Shlain believes we have lost the overview of it all, the big picture. The film is an invitation to a dialogue with aims to restore this fractured “big” picture. The big picture for Shlain is that we are all connected. “We are all children of parents. We all will (hopefully) be parents, and we all have the same environment,” she said. And while it could be argued that the Internet, no doubt a conduit for connectedness, works at the expense of genuine human interaction, she suggests that it actually offers new modes of empathy and understanding. “You only have to look at anti-slavery, women’s rights, civil rights, gay rights. We are moving the needle forward,” Shlain said with optimism. “The Internet will be this collaborative tool where we will come together and tackle the world’s problems. When you have truly different perspectives, that’s when innovation happens.” In a confused age of cynics and skepticism, Tiffany Shlain sees the glass half-full, and full of potential. “I ultimately believe that humans are curious, evolving, and we want to connect.” Ryan Lattanzio is the lead film critic.

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In her new exhibit, Michele Pred creates installations out of objects that were deemed dangerous by San Francisco International Airport security over the past decade in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

Berkeley artist reworks contraband artifacts of ‘fear culture’ By Sarah Burke | Staff sburke@dailycal.org

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barrage of shiny scissors hang from beneath a floating black umbrella, stabbing the space where one would hypothetically hide from the rain. This is the first thing that you see when you walk into Berkeley native Michele Pred’s art exhibit, “Confiscated.” The umbrella is

one of nine pieces assembled from objects that were confiscated at San Francisco International Airport. Pred has been collecting these objects over the span of almost 10 years, since only a few months after airport security was reformed in response to the 9/11 attack. The artwork, which is a collection of confiscated objects assembled into the forms of national symbols, manifests the effect that 9/11 has had on American society in terms of transforming our cultural understanding of

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he world of hip-hop is becoming more diverse each day. Rappers are exploring new styles and expanding their palette more so than ever before. From collaborations with artists of different genres, to mixing modern sounds with traditional methods, rappers and M.C.s are shattering the borders of rap stereotypes. Sure,

there are still some artists that live by the gangsta code of sex, money and drugs, but deep within the sticky haze are artists with ill beats and untouchable flow that are waiting to be discovered. This Friday, the Fillmore in San Francisco plays host to the Hella Fresh Fest, a hip-hop festival whose goal is to do just that: expose people to the diversity within the Bay Area’s hip-hop scene. Headlining the festival is the

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danger and security. The umbrella piece, titled “Travelers,” is a comment on the false security created by the confiscation process. To Pred, airport security reminds travellers of potential danger while simultaneously instilling a sense of protection against it — a process which leaves them with a fabricated affirmation that they are being taken care of. The most impressive aspect of the exhibit is the 234-piece grid of

confiscated objects cemented into red, white and blue petri dishes with clear plastic and arranged into an American flag. At first glance, the flag registers as a pleasant Pop Art take on patriotism. With a closer look, however, the objects within the petri dishes tell a more provocative narrative. Tiny scissors, antique pocket knives, novelty lighters, an eyeglass screw driver, nuts and bolts, a golf cue, a pocket wrench. The array of objects goes on and on. Pred calls it

“Fear Culture.” She is not only attempting to underline our culture’s basis on fear, but to illustrate how we have physically manifested that fear in manageable objects as an attempt to gain control of our anxieties. Pred also wants to highlight that each object possesses its own historical weight and can be viewed as a time capsule made up of the “cultural residue” resulting from 9/11. “The fine

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Andy Lau stars as Hou Jie in ‘Shaolin,’ a martial arts drama set in the turbulent warlord era of early Republican China. Chan’s film is an updated version of Jet Li’s iconic film debut, 1982’s ‘The Shaolin Temple.’

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child presents Hou with an original crayon creation. She lovingly draws a picture of Hou and innocently scrawls beside it, “Daddy likes to fight.� Indeed, even in his downtime, Hou embraces violent action. In one scene, he relaxes by sipping his tea in a courtyard that boasts the richness of a bygone era while Cao Man (Nicholas Tse) unwinds by maniacally blowing a concrete wall to bits in front of him with automatic weapons. The eye is drawn alternately to the delicateness of the teacup’s porcelain and the dust of the recently demolished ceramic blocks. The tension between the images makes it increasingly evident that calm can’t simultaneously exist with the urge for violence. When Hou brings his passion for cruelty from the battlegrounds into the family home and prepares to kill the man he regards as a brother for political gain, karmic retribution begins to kick in. His conscience follows when his actions lead to his beloved daughter’s death. Before this spiritual realization, Chan manages to sneak in a wagon

chase scene that gets more adrenaline pumping than any Hollywood car chase, as well as countless explosions of sacred temples and impossibly powerful kung fu demonstrations. These pyrotechnic-powered events provide pulpy entertainment, but the calculated, contemplative moments are when Chan shines most, and he invites the viewer to meditate on the struggle between opposing forces: military versus religion, innovation versus tradition, violence versus peace. Poignant sequences like this are all too frequently cut off. Stop-and-go pacing make the movie thrilling at times and unbearably drawn out at others. Gratuitous slow motion is more of an invitation to seasickness rather than thoughtfulness. Karl Robert Eislen, who plays the role of invasive foreigner as “Sir Peter,� also detracts with stilted laughs and a vocal quality that has as much resonance as cardboard. His ability to express emotion would leave Keanu Reeves with an Oscar if they were in competition.

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‘Shaolin’ combines martial arts tropes, explosive effects However, in the scheme of things, these transgressions are distracting but forgivable, leaving a mark of purposeful beauty. Carefully planned images reinforce symbols of enlightenment as Hou embarks on his quest to be spiritually sound. One of the opening shots shows a paperthin flower that rests in the furled, waxen hand of a dead child. The dull gray palette in which the pile-up of bodies becomes indistinguishable from the ashen earth heightens the tragedy of the boy’s fate, his end wrought by war. Hou’s death is not so senseless as the child’s. He once attempted to destroy the Shaolin temple in hate, but at the end he dies defending it out of love. A peaceful Hou lays in the hands of a Buddha statue, recalling the image of the flower in the child’s hand. This time around, however, the scene is saturated in rich gold and a blaze of orange — warm colors of power — as Hou balances on the precipice of rebirth. The overall effect makes “Shaolin� a painstakingly packaged moral tale.

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veteran duo of M.C. Zumbi and DJ AmpLive, better known together as Zion I. With their bombastic beats and slick rhymes, Zion I have been a powerful, prominent act in the Bay’s hip-hop scene for some time now. In a recent interview, Zumbi spoke about the Hella Fresh Fest, hip-hop trends and how the genre can create a connection that brings people together. Originally known as the Paid in Full Festival, the goal of the Hella Fresh Fest is to unify all styles of hip-hop. “We started the Hella Fresh Fest as a way to bridge the gap we thought existed between street-oriented and traditional hip-hop in the Bay Area,” said Zumbi. “Right now, that gap is much thinner. The game has changed dramatically from where it was five years ago, and lots of lines have been blurred between categories and styles. It’s not the mystique of being untouchable, you have to be more down-to-earth now.” The diversity of the festival is far from an understatement. While Zion I represents the more independent, uplifting aspect of hip-hop, the Jacka and Husalah will be there to show off the realm of gritty street rap. Los Rakas explore a hybrid of different genres, whereas The Honor Roll Crew will please both electro enthusiasts and rap fans alike. Rounding off with The Jealous Guys and DJ Amen, the festival appears to back Zumbi’s words, promoting a wide spectrum of hip-hop artists. While festivals such as Hella Fresh showcase the varied areas of hip-hop,

many artists are approaching a more D.I.Y. attitude towards marketing. With the Internet, it can be fairly easy to go from unknown rhyme-spitter to viral rap sensation, provided you have the balls to put yourself out there. Using multimedia properly can be an amazing marketing tool, one that Zumbi encourages all artists to take advantage of if they want to get their name out. At the same time, Zumbi expressed his distaste for artists who rely solely on the same tired mantras of sex, money and drugs that cause people to tune out hip-hop. “It’s too easy and cliche,” remarked the M.C. “Yeah, everybody wants to have a lot of money, good sex and weed. That’s cool for one song, but if your whole record is about how you’re gonna pull my girl, have sex with her after the show and then smoke her out and leave, there isn’t any depth there.” It can be hard to find rappers who don’t adopt this thug-life style. However, there are plenty of artists such as Atmosphere and Immortal Technique that still create deep verses and meaningful, provocative lines while staying within a particular area of hip-hop. Zumbi said that he tries to emulate a spiritually upbeat mentality throughout his songs. “A lot of my rhymes are things that really happened in my life, or little segments that I take and blow up to make a caricature,” Zumbi recalled. “Sometimes it’s exactly what happened though. From there it’s just a feeling that I have.” Zumbi also stated how having a

wide musical spectrum isn’t a bad thing either. He said that he listens to artists from The Black Keys to MF DOOM to become aware of different things that musicians are trying out, thereby broadening his own style. This belief that the greater the diversity of music you listen to leads to evolving as an artist is one that promotes alliances between artists of different genres, something Zumbi hopes more artists will undertake. A big part in gaining recognition is having a solid fanbase as well. Zumbi spoke about how the independent acts can have a more dedicated following than major label artists. “There’s guys like Rebelution who I feel are selling more tickets than some major label artists,” said Zumbi. “They aren’t on the radio, which tells me it’s more about a sincere connection with the fans and interacting with them.” The views and mindsets of Zumbi are ones that hip-hop as a whole is steadily progressing towards. While tomorrow’s Hella Fresh Fest will sure to bring down the house of the Fillmore with ultrasonic beats, the real message is clear: No matter their style, all artists are unified in some way through the universal energy created by music and art. “It’s about unity and working together, whether you’re preforming, in the crowd or not causing drama. We’re trying to inspire people to collectively work together and come together. We all do different stuff, but we’re really all the same.” Ian Birnam is the lead music critic.

CONFISCATED: Michele Pred fashions patriotic symbols out of materials associated with post-9/11 landscape of fear From Page 5 text on the matchboxes, corkscrews and other items is suggestive of the complex geography of that moment, of people and commodities coming into conjuncture with one another,” Pred describes in her artist’s statement. People from all over the world had possessions of varying degrees of sentimentality taken from them in response to this single event. Pred calls attention to the emotionally defeating process of having something confiscated through a collection of video interviews. Visitors can contribute their own narratives via an iPad at the exhibit. Although Pred has displayed works under the same theme before, she wanted to open up the exhibit once more for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. “I think the anniversary is a way to process and understand the experience, and in some ways to heal ... We are mourning over, in a sense, the death of safety in the United States,” she said in a phone interview. By ascribing the national grieving of 9/11 to the process of confiscation, and materializing that through commonplace objects, Pred poignantly urges viewers to reflect on how the

event has affected them personally, as well as society as a whole. Pred is also interested in the way that reactions to the exhibit have changed over time. While shortly after 9/11 the shocked public had no issues with the security, she has found that people have gradually become increasingly skeptical of its necessity and effectiveness. “Back then if I had been vocal on a larger scale, it would have been considered extremely unpatriotic,” she said. Now, people are more receptive to her message. “Confiscated” will be showing at The Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco until October 8th. In addition, Michele Pred will doing an artist talk this Saturday in the gallery at 4 p.m. When asked what she thinks the reaction would be if she were to show her work again in another decade, Pred answered that she believes in 10 years airports will no longer be confiscating items from passengers. Whether another 10 years time is enough to rebuild the foundation of fear slipped under American society remains to be seen.

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Only one of those shows mentioned will probably be successful and I’m guessing it’s not the one where a blue-eyed bombshell wears overalls to seem sexy. Of course, “Boardwalk Empire” already has its audience swinging — ­ live wires who enjoy watching Steve Buscemi verbally castrate physically fit men. But, what’s left for those new shows, those vulnerable shows who have yet to find a home in someone’s heart? I watched the pilot of “New Girl.” It was, well, charming. Perhaps it was charming in the way an elderly woman describes her asbestosridden abode (hardly charming, mostly uncomfortable), but it was nonetheless endearing. Deschanel plays Jess, a girl who sings her own theme songs, thinks it’s cute and continues to woo us (if it can be called “wooing”) with an off-beat, “I wear glasses!” allure that makes the dialogue of “Juno” seem understated. It’s desperate is what I’m trying to say. “New Girl,” like Deschanel’s Jess and like so many pilots during this season, is almost pathetic in its unabashed attempt to worm its way into our liking. And this is why it’ll probably fail. Who knows? If given the chance, maybe “New Girl” could develop into a half-hour sitcom that develops its characters instead of pigeonholing them. Maybe it’ll go the way of “Lost” and defy all expectations, dabble in time travel and transform Deschanel into a smoke monster. Sadly, for now, it is what it is ­— a show with a bit about jeggings. Ugh. But, such is television. Unlike books and films, TV shows are a medium almost entirely judged on first impressions, and if I don’t like the first taste, it’s very unlikely I’ll go back for seconds. Odds are, with the dozens of “fresh” (The CW really loves this word for some reason) series this fall, I’ll find maybe one I like. Odds are, that show will be AMC’s “Hell on Wheels” because, like everyone, I love the drama of the Transcontinental Railroad. Meanwhile, those dozens of other shows will cease to exist, floundering in some pilot purgatory filled with lost hopes, shelved dreams and Jerry Seinfeld. For such an ostensibly optimistic time, fall premieres are laced with the cynicism of an increasingly picky TV audience. I’m not saying everyone should watch “New Girl” or whatever laughtrack-laden snoozefest CBS has planned, but you should open your heart to the Television temptress. Be Richard Gere in “Pretty Woman.” Give the hooker a chance.

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Regents intend to study chancellor compensation

Researchers launch social networking website for cataloging reptile species

By Jessica Rossoni and Alex Sklueff newsdesk@dailycal.org As the university struggles with tough economic times, the UC Board of Regents met Wednesday to discuss studying recruitment of top administrators at the same time as lowerpaid workers asserted that their current wages put them in poverty. The board detailed its intention to pursue a systemwide study of chancellor compensation in comparison to potentially more lucrative offers from comparable institutions. But earlier in the meeting, UC employees voiced concerns over their own pay while the board considered the potential increases for chancellors in the future. “The University of California is one of the most prestigious institutions in the world, yet its employees rely on public funds to make ends meet,� said Senator Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, at the meeting, echoing the concerns of more than a dozen UC employees who spoke. After UC President Mark Yudof and board Chair Sherry Lansing acknowledged the employees’ concerns, discussion turned to achieving a better understanding of compensation

practices for campus chancellors relative to pay for similar positions at comparable institutions. “We are here to protect the people’s money, so we ought to take a look,� said Regent George Kieffer. “Let’s see what we have to do to compete (with other universities) but to also be frugal.� Though a similar study of executive salaries was conducted in 2008, Kieffer said that the board is “working with old information.� Several regents stated that the roles and responsibilities of chancellors have changed over time, which is not reflected in the most recent study. Although Kieffer and systemwide Academic Senate Chair Robert Anderson said that a salary increase was not necessary to retain current chancellors, both expressed concerns that current levels of executive compensation may hinder future recruitment efforts — a timely topic considering recent departures. UC San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox has announced her intention to step down at the close of the academic year, just months after UC Merced Chancellor Sung-Mo “Steve� Kang stepped down last June. According to the report’s timeline, it should be finalized in 2012 and discussed in an open session at a future UC Board of Regents meeting.

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With ease comparable to that of uploading a Facebook photo, social media users can now contribute to the conservation of endangered reptile and amphibian species worldwide. UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers last week helped launch the Global Reptile BioBlitz, a social networking site where anyone around the world can upload photos of reptiles for experts to identify and study. The reptile site rides the success of its sister project, Global Amphibian BioBlitz, which allows for amphibian tracking. Users have already uploaded photos of 361 reptile species to iNaturalist.org, the Bay Area social network for naturalists that hosts the BioBlitz projects. The amphibian version has catalogued 721 species since its May 25 launch. Of these, more than 150 species — found in 55 far-flung countries — are classified as threatened. The depth of the project came as a surprise for the coordinators, said Scott Loarie, co-director of iNaturalist.org and a researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science. At the start of the amphibian BioBlitz, Loarie had expected the submissions to be mostly common amphibians. Since then, however, users of the site have “checked in� many rare and threatened species, he said. Some amphibian enthusiasts have found species thought to be extinct, such as the Costa Rican golden toad, which had not been seen in more than 20 years.

Annie Sciacca discusses an opportunity to bridge the gap between citizens’ science and the professional scientific community.

“Many cases don’t even have museum records,� Loarie said. But with so many rare species being logged, project coordinators have had to balance the freedom of the Internet with the responsibility of handling discoveries of rare species in a proper scientific manner. One concern the researchers have for the reptile BioBlitz stems from what Loarie described as a “fine line between the conservation community and the dubious collector community.� This issue could be more important for the reptile project because of greater public interest in the world’s approximately 9,500 reptile species, he said. The project’s coordinators have tried to solve this problem by automatically obscuring the exact location of endangered amphibians and reptiles. With the exchange between the public and the scientific community, there is an amazing amount of potential for collaboration, according to Vance Vredenburg, assistant professor of biology at San Francisco State University and co-founder of AmphibiaWeb. “People are uncovering salamanders that haven’t been seen since 1960 in Mexico,� Vredenburg said. “There are so many more eyes on the ground than I could ever have time for. People are going to discover new things all over the world.�

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Court sides with UCSF in racial discrimination lawsuit By Jamie Applegate | Staff japplegate@dailycal.org San Francisco Superior Court sided Monday morning with UC San Francisco in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee. According to a statement released by UCSF, the jury voted 11-1 against Todd Senigar, a former employee of the

campus, and his complaint in which he alleged that he had not received a promotion due to his race. The jury found that the campus’s treatment of Senigar was in accordance with California law and university policy. “I think that it underscores what we believe our reputation is — that we are a fair and equitable employer and take our commitment to diversity seriously,� said UCSF spokes-

person Amy Pyle of the ruling. “He was afforded, along with other applicants, the correct opportunity to apply.� Senigar’s attorney, Pamela Price, said in an email that she was “devastated and disappointed and grieved by the injustice of it all.� Senigar, a black man, filed an amended complaint Aug. 16 — more than two years after he filed his ini-

tial complaint. Before the case went to trial, the complaint was amended because several charges Senigar had brought were dismissed by the court, according to the statement from UCSF. The claims thrown out — all relating to racial discrimination — included allegations of wage discrimination. Senigar had been employed in an information technology position

in the campus Network Operations Center during the period the lawsuit centers on, according to the UCSF statement. Pyle said that the position Senigar had applied for was ultimately eliminated for budgetary reasons and thus was never filled. Price said that it’s “too soon to tell� what Senigar will do regarding his grievances following this ruling.

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Mixed-use building to be erected Firearm incidents at in vacant lot on Telegraph Avenue Berkeley High spur new safety measure By Sybil Lewis and Anjui Sastry newsdesk@dailycal.org

A vacant lot on the corner of Telegraph and Ashby avenues that was formerly occupied by a gas station will become a five-story mixed-use building. The lot — which has been vacant since 2008, when the gas station was demolished — is located at 3001 Telegraph Ave., across from Whole Foods Market, and will hold approximately 4,000 square feet of retail space under 38 apartment units. The city of Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustment Board approved the plan in 2009 — after underground service tanks were removed from the lot — and production is scheduled to finish in approximately 14 months, according to Avi Nevo, the project developer and general contractor. Nevo, who bought the land about three years ago, said he envisions that this project will transform the corner. Nevo said he decided to buy the vacant lot because he feels that the “market is still very good for rental in Berkeley� and that the “demand (for housing in that area) is still there.� The project will provide 42 parking spaces, about 9 percent less than the 46 spots required by the city’s zoning ordinance. This issue has raised criticism from residents, according to planning documents from the board’s April 2009 meeting. In response to concern over the parking spaces, Nevo said “42 parking (spaces) are sufficient for the tenants of the building.�

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An artist’s representation depicts the mixed-use building that will be constructed on Telegraph Avenue. The building will include five stories and 38 apartment units. The city also requires that the building provide space for community members, a requirement that residents fear could be neglected in the plans. Nevo said community space will be provided on the rooftop, where he plans to include a garden. Steven Buckley, secretary for the zoning board, said reductions in parking are “typical� for mixed-use buildings because it is assumed that residents will use other means of transportation. “Avi has done a variety of other projects in Berkeley and has built several buildings Downtown,� said Councilmember Kriss Worthington, whose district includes the lot. “This particular intersection is a complicated intersection because the traffic on Ashby backs up all the way ... the street is a night-

mare, trafficwise.� Additionally, six of the 38 units would be affordable for low-income families, according to the project’s planning and development documents. This comes in light of the City Council’s decision over the summer to impose a yet-to-be-determined affordable housing mitigation fee on housing and retail developers of anywhere between $20,000 and $34,000 per unit if the developers choose not to build affordable housing units in their complexes. “We have already done a nexus study on the ordinance that allows us to have an affordable housing fee,� Worthington said. A workshop will be held on Oct. 11 to discuss the fee, Worthington said.

Following a school year marked by several firearm incidents, Berkeley High School has begun reporting all student crimes, regardless of severity, to the Berkeley Police Department. This measure comes in response to parents and community members who expressed concerns after there were five occurrences of students carrying a firearm in or around the high school in the early months of this year. Though the high school has always reported certain crimes to the police as required by law — such as sexual assault or drug possession — this new policy will encompass crimes such as theft or robbery, which may not fit the bylines necessitated by law. The police will handle each reported incident case by case depending on the severity of the crime. Susan Craig, director of student services for Berkeley Unified School District, said this measure is not meant to be punitive but should be seen as a support measure for the kids. “We’re not interested in being vigilantes or criminalizing students,� Craig said. “We’re hoping that by intervening at the level of, say, a robbery ... we can provide mentoring and some support to change behaviors.�

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Craig said a program called Lifelines to Healing — which is currently in the development stages — will be implemented in the upcoming months to advocate safety awareness and mentor atrisk youth in an effort to decrease violence. Last year, the high school saw seven student expulsions and 301 total suspensions — 197 of which were violence- or drug-related — according to data from the California Department of Education. By involving the police, the school hopes to emphasize that it takes robbery and other crimes seriously and that they will have will serious consequences, Craig said. “We’re willing to provide whatever support is needed — not just the school district but also the police and the community,� Craig said. “Just everything came together at the right time.� Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, spokesperson for the Berkeley Police Department, said the department has been meeting regularly with members of the district and the high school. “(We) have been very pleased with the dialogue and the developments,� Kusmiss said in an email. Weiru Fang covers local schools.

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Study finds hummingbirds’ tail feathers are essential to mating By Amy Wang | Staff awang@dailycal.org

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The key to silent stealth aircraft may lie in hummingbirds’ tails, which UC Berkeley and Yale University researchers have discovered are the source of the tiny creatures’ mating noises, according to a study published in the journal Science Sept. 9. The researchers observed that certain male hummingbirds make sounds with their tail feathers — rather than vocally, as originally believed — to attract females during mating rituals. The vibration of the feathers produces

Amy Wang discusses the study by UC researchers on the vibration of hummingbirds’ tail feathers.

a unique sound that can range from continuous buzzing to a series of short, high-pitched tones, depending on the shape and type of bird. UC Berkeley graduate Christopher Clark and Damian Elias, assistant professor of environmental science, policy and management at UC Berkeley, conducted the research by catching male Anna’s Hummingbirds and observing the sounds they made when responding to females. According to the study, roughly

97 percent of the birds made sounds. When their tail feathers were plucked, however, not a single bird could produce the sound, leading the researchers to conclude that the tails — and not the vocal organs — were the source of the mating calls. The birds’ sounds were measured by a scanning Doppler vibrometer, an instrument that measures the motion of a surface, in this case the hummingbirds’ feathers, with reflective laser beams to determine the surface’s velocity. Clark said the results of the study could prove useful to engineers for the design of surveillance aircraft. “Engineers are trying to make small robots the size of a humming-

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bird (that can) fly like a hummingbird for the purposes of stealth,� he said. “It could be that figuring out how hummingbirds make sounds during flight will help engineers in trying to fly silently.� Elias, co-author of the study and an expert in animal communication, said the results provided insight into possible technological uses of animal behavior. “A lot of people are trying to develop flying objects with light and bendable wings, and one of the things you have to take into account is how these things could potentially vibrate as they’re doing diving and air maneuvers,� he said. “We’re sort of looking at this in

a natural context to see how natural properties like a wing could affect performance.� However, stealth airplanes were not the original focus of the study. Clark said he first became interested in hummingbird communication as a graduate student of integrative biology at UC Berkeley while doing experiments in which he flew hummingbirds in a wind tunnel. “Science is the pursuit of knowledge (of ) the natural world around us,� he said. “It’s possible this will be a tool to better understand a bird species, and in a few specific cases, to get a better idea of what natural resources there are on the planet.�

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Maybe this is the first time that if coaches want to rank us number one, that we’re going to take that and be happy with it.” — Coach Rich Feller, after Cal defeated Stanford

Thursday, September 15, 2011 • dailycal.org/sports

Brothers in Arms Marshawn Lynch and Justin Forsett were as close as brothers during their time at Cal. Now, they have been reunited in the NFL.

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instant love for each other,” says Ron Gould, the Cal football team’s running backs coach. “Those guys were very supportive of each, like it was a family. They were brothers.” The bond between Lynch and Forsett was first kindled in 2004, when the two running backs came to Berkeley and discovered that they were freshman roommates. nat e ta By Connor Byrne| Staff Lynch had been a highly touted bak /fil e recruit, considered by most recruitcbyrne@dailycal.org ing services as the No. 2 running back in the nation. Boasting a lethal comn June 18, 2010, running back bination of speed and strength, Lynch Marshawn Lynch left early from earned himself the nickname of “He-Man.” Buffalo Bills Optional Team “He was one of the most naturally Activites, an action that raised more than strong guys I’ve ever been around,” Gould a couple eyebrows. says. “He is a such a pure force that when This coming about a year after the he runs with the ball, he will hurt you.” Oakland native received a misdemeanor For Forsett, it was a different story. weapons charge that resulted in a threeDespite a stellar career at Grace game suspension during the 2009 NFL Preparatory Academy in Arlington, Texas season, critics were quick to assume that — during which he amassed over 5,000 this was just another return to Lynch’s yards rushing and 63 touchdowns over apparent obstinate and selfish ways. his last two years — he was overlooked by For this reason, those same critics were most major programs, mostly due to his surprised to find that Lynch actually had diminutive 5-foot-8 frame. Notre Dame left to attend a wedding to be a groomspulled his scholarship offer at the last man for one of his closest friends — minute, explaining that it was looking for Seattle Seahawks running back Justin a taller back, as former running backs Forsett. coach Buzz Preston would later put it. “They had Both backs immediately found a home at Cal, and used the other’s running style as an example of how to improve upon their own weaknesses. “Because Justin was a smaller back, I would tell him to run like he’s 215 pounds,” Gould says. “But the bigger backs like Marshawn, you want them to be able to move and change directions like a little guy. They were both able to do that.” In addition to their contrasting running styles, the pair also sported two contrasting, if not complementing, personalities. “Marshawn is a little more shy and reserved, but you get to know Justin,”

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Lynch’s 17 career 100yard rushing games is a school record, and Forsett’s 15 ranks second. espite departing to play on opposite sides of the country, the two remained as close as two actual brothers would be. And by way of a trade in the middle of the 2010 NFL season, the brothers were reunited, but this time in Seattle. “We never even thought that we would have a chance to play together in the NFL,” Forsett says. “I knew the type of player he was and the asset that he could be to our team. I was excited to bring what we had at Cal here.” The trade came at a time when Forsett was just starting to come into his own as an NFL starter. And even though Lynch surpassed Forsett on the depth chart and halted his chance to cement himself as a legitimate starter, Forsett could not have been happier to be playing with his old roommate. “He was so excited to have Marshawn coming to Seattle,” Gould says. “Those guys don’t care about stats. All they care about is winning.” The 2011 season marks the first time since 2006 that the two backs will play together for a full season. And the pair will undoubtedly be looking to rekindle the same magic they shared back in Berkeley. “We set off each other in the backfield, and we want each other to succeed,” Forsett says. “We created a nice combo, both at Cal and here today.”

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