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Governor Schwarzenegger Decides on UC-Related Bills Governor Vetoes Bill Allowing Race, Gender to Influence UC and CSU Admissions; DREAM Act; And Opening Auxiliaries to Public Records Act
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Steve Greenberg, a Berkeley Lab engineer known for his green lifestyle, shows off part of the system he uses at home to save energy.
Engineer Greenberg Lives Up to His Name With Energy-Efficient Lifestyle by Claire Perlman Contributing Writer
About a month ago, an e-mail was sent out to the energy technology scientists of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory instigating a little competiAUDIO SLIDESHOW tion to see who See Greenberg’s could use the least amount of energetically optimized energy in their household online. homes. Steve Greenberg won the contest before it even started. Dressed in a yellow windbreaker and jeans, Greenberg, an engineer in the lab’s Environmental Energy Technologies Division, is prepared for the hilly descent to his North Berkeley home, which he makes on his bike every day
and has done every day since he was a graduate student studying energy and resources at UC Berkeley and working at the lab 28 years ago. “It takes me about 20 minutes to get to work, 10 minutes home — isn’t gravity amazing?” he said in an e-mail. “At about 700 feet of climbing, 250 trips a year and 28 years, that’s around four million feet of climbing or the vertical equivalent of over 100 trips up Mount Everest from sea level.” And that trip happens no matter what the sky is doing, whether it is spewing rain, hail or blistering sunlight. Greenberg is prepared for all the elements, with a rain suit, a change of clothes at work and lights for riding in the dark. Greenberg became the avid biker that he is today — and gained the fascination with energy efficiency and the
environment that defines his work at the labs — when he was in junior high during the energy crisis of the 1970s. It was a little more difficult to be energy efficient when common household appliances like refrigerators used several times more energy than they do today. But now, Greenberg and his wife, Liz Varnhagen, have made up for lost years by reducing their energy usage to 3,000 kilowatt-hours a year, while the average American family uses about 15,000. In fact, Greenberg’s house produces a surplus of 4,000 kilowatt-hours a year, which their electric company, PG&E, then transfers to other households. Greenberg’s house, fondly dubbed the Ordway Solar Power Plant for the two photovoltaic systems that cover the roof and use solar panels to harness the sun’s
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A bill amending the California state education code to allow the UC and CSU systems to consider gender, race and ethnicity in admissions was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday, maintaining the state constitutional ban on affirmative action. In the veto letter, Schwarzenegger wrote that while the bill’s goal — ad-
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Berkeley Bookstore Founder Dies at 87 by Karinina Cruz Contributing Writer
Prominent activist, writer and cofounder of Cody’s Books, Pat Cody died from heart failure on Sept. 30 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland. She was 87. Best known for her co-ownership of Cody’s Books with her husband Fred Cody, which was first located on Northside before expanding to location on Southside, Downtown and in San Francisco — all of which were closed by 2008 — Pat Cody was also well-regarded throughout the Bay Area for her political activism. Born in Connecticut in 1923, Pat Cody received her master’s degree in economics from Columbia University before moving to the Bay Area in 1956. That same year, Pat and Fred Cody founded the independent bookstore Cody’s Books, which went on to play a large role in the “paperback revolution,” according to Andy Ross, who bought the store from the Codys in 1977. He added the Berkeley store holds an “important
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Co-founder of Cody’s Books, Pat Cody, died Sept. 30. She is remembered by many for her political activism as well as for opening the bookstore with her husband in 1956.
not be practical to adopt a new policy that could limit the financial aid available to students that are in California legally, in order to provide that benefit to those students who are not.” Of the 1,900 undocumented students number the UC estimates that 650 students would receive aid from the state in the form of a Cal Grant. —Javier Panzar
Public Universities: Donor Transparency
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Thursday that would have placed public institutions’ auxiliaries — specifically UC auxiliaries and CSU foundations — under the authority of the California Public Records Act. UC officials criticized the bill, saying that it would scare off anonymous donors who are becom-
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vancing diversity in the UC and CSU student bodies — was “admirable,” the bill was in violation of Proposition 209, a 1996 amendment to the state constitution that prohibits state institutions from discriminating or giving preference based on factors such as race, ethnicity, gender and national origins. —Aaida Samad
Financial Aid for the Undocumented
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger also vetoed the state’s DREAM Act Thursday, a bill which would have extended state financial aid to college students who entered the United States illegally. AB 1460 would have allowed undocumented students who attended a California high school for at least three years and graduated to receive state financial aid. In his veto message Schwarzenegger said “it would
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ing an increasingly vital source of funding in times of decreasing state funding. Schwarzenegger concurred, writing in his veto message, “this bill would require disclosure of private donors, those generous alumni whose giving ... is helping keep our public universities the best in the world.” —Jordan Bach-Lombardo
Memorial Stadium Seismic Exemption
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law Sept. 24 that deletes previously established exemptions to current California state earthquake zoning law, while maintaining UC Berkeley’s renovation and retrofit of California Memorial Stadium as the sole exception. Authored by Assemblyman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, and sponsored
by the UC, AB 2133 eliminates exemptions to the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act, a state law preventing the construction of buildings for human occupancy on top of active faults. The bill maintains an exemption for the stadium construction, which is located atop the Hayward Fault. —Aaida Samad
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Northwestern University presents “‘I long for my home in Kentuck’: Christy’s Minstrels in Britain,” exploring the influence of the popular blackface minstrels in British culture. The lecture is hosted by the Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies. WHEN 5 p.m. WHEre 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley. Cost Free; seating is limited. contact 510-642-8827
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Study Links Color Preference to Experiences bedroom, they will feel more positively about the color pink. “As a lab we’re very interested in aesthetic response as a dimension of human experience,” Schloss said. “We started the study after looking at the colors that were rated. People liked dark greens over lighter shades of green and dark reds over lighter shades of red — why?” To conduct their studies, the researchers had four different groups perform four different tasks — rating their color preferences, recording the objects they associated with each color, rating how they felt about each object or matching an object to a color. “Why people should even have a favorite color is not obvious, and this new report goes a long way in shedding light on the issue,” said Nicholas Christenfeld, a UC San Diego psychology professor. The researchers used the Weighted Affective Valence Estimate to measure what degree color preference is shaped by experience. WAVE provides an estimate for how positive the feelings are that are associated with color experiences. “The findings fit in with other evi-
by Rachel Banning-Lover Contributing Writer
The more school spirit a UC Berkeley student has, the less they will favor the colors red and white — Stanford University’s colors — according to an ongoing study by UC Berkeley researchers, which found that people’s color preferences are linked to their experiences. As part of research investigating why people like the colors they do, UC Berkeley psychology professor Stephen Palmer and Karen Schloss, graduate student in psychology, found a connection between school spirit and school colors, findings that are currently under review by the campus department of psychology. In April, the researchers published a more general study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about how certain aspects of people’s lives impact their perception of different colors. Researchers are now focusing on more idiosyncratic experiences associated with colors. For example, if a person has fond memories of their sister and her pink
dence supporting the idea that preferences are shaped (and reshaped) by experience,” said Jay McClelland, a professor of psychology at Stanford, in an e-mail. “Cal fans’ preferences for blue and gold over red and white, for example, increase in intensity around the Big Game. So look out for Cal fans who are really ‘seeing red’ like crazy on Nov. 20 of this year.” Palmer and Schloss are currently working on extending the research to look at cross-cultural differences. “One big thing is looking at individual differences and trying to understand cultural differences,” Schloss said. “We are currently coordinating efforts with labs in Mexico, Japan, Serbia, India and Italy.” Cross-cultural differences can occur in two ways — different cultures may have different objects that influence individuals’ perceptions of certain colors, or two cultures may have the same object but may associate different feelings with that object. Contact Rachel Banning-Lover at rlover@dailycal.org.
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ex is like body odor. It starts somewhere deep inside us, and, despite our best etiquette and training to keep it to ourselves, sometimes seeps out into the world at large. There have been a few occasions when I have unknowingly stumbled right into the underground nerve centers of urges often left unspoken. Growing up, my extended family and I would spend the holidays at my aunt and uncle’s house, leaving a herd of seven little girls to run screaming through every room, closet and niche. Year after year our detective work led us to some noteworthy treasures. First, there was the collection of dirty magazines by the toilet, which my uncle defined as medical research. Only later did I learn that Playboy was not the leading source of scientific knowledge on the effects of eating your vegetables. The next year brought similar season’s greetings. My stocking was stuffed with nudie pics and naughty VHS tapes, but there was one finding which finally quenched my curiosity once and for all. Hiding in the closet, amongst ’80s cocktail dresses and family photo albums, was a doll. She was taller than I, with pretty blonde hair, the genetic makeup of a pool raft, no mouth, and no ... cue seven squeals of excitement and disgust. My cousins and I gathered around the doll and took turns sticking our hands and feet into our funny new toy until it was promptly removed and labeled as for adults only. If you saw my tame family members at dinner, I doubt you would expect what some of them would be doing for dessert. Yes, many of us don after-dark alter egos, and some lucky folks find whole spaces to openly air their desires. his summer, I went to a bar for a weekly poetry reading. Upon entrance, I was a little perplexed by the bowl of condoms that had been placed next to the door. Unbeknownst to me, this particular Wednesday was not a poetry reading but a Pleasure Salon, a place for local kinksters to let their sexual selves come out to play. The lights were dimmed red, making me feel like an odd mixture of vixen porn star and iguana. I was approached by a man named Perry, pushing 75, in an elegant sport coat and collared shirt. This man was so adorable the naughtiest act I could imagine performing on him was inquiring as to how much a pack of gum cost back in ’42. But I didn’t need to imagine anything at all, as Perry soon divulged that he was looking for a ladyfriend to take the stress off those long days working on Wall Street. “Ladyfriend, like a girlfriend?” “Not so much, just to fuck.” The “obviously, square,” was
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Research Team to Receive Funds for Energy Security researchers from UC Berkeley’s Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology Center — led by director Shankar Sastry, who is also the dean of the UC Berkeley College of Engineering — will use the campus’s yetundetermined portion of the funds to define and prepare for possible security threats facing energy suppliers, such as private power plants, or other government agencies. According to Larry Rohrbough, executive director of the TRUST center, members of the research team will develop, evaluate and test new security technologies in a lab setting. He added that the exact allocation
of the funds from the Department of Energy will be finalized later this week and that research should commence by the end of fall. Rohrbough said campus researchers could play a role in the development of a “smart grid” with the capability of supporting renewable sources of power like wind, thermal and solar energy as well as new technologies, such as smart-meters, which provide consumers and energy companies alike with a nearly instantaneous display of energy consumption. Research will also focus on the
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he is trying to spread the word about MyEdu through guerilla marketing strategies — including chalking on sidewalks, handing out flyers and making presentations to clubs — he said that transitioning UC Berkeley students to MyEdu will most likely be a gradual process because the degree planning feature is most helpful to future underclassmen who could plan their course loads for the next four years using the website. “Hopefully it will create added benefits and will allow students to come back whether they’re finishing up their senior year or starting up their freshman year,” Liu said.
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A research team at UC Berkeley will receive a small portion of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sept. 23 allocation of $30 million to different projects that aim to ensure the security of the nation’s emerging energy infrastructure. Teams from UCLA, the University of Minnesota, the University of Houston and Texas A&M will also receive portions of the grant under their collaboration with Electric Power Research Institute. A group including
from PAGE 2 on an initial “top 10” schools to form official service agreements with. However, neither the ASUC nor MyEdu will receive monetary gain from the partnership, and although the website is “recommended” on the ASUC’s own website, the partnership does not eliminate the ASUC’s support for CourseRank, another course planning service. A partnership contract between the ASUC and CourseRank expired about a month ago, Liu said. “We did put a recommendation because we think MyEdu has more benefits, but we don’t get a monetary gain
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out of either partnership,” she said. MyEdu is more comprehensive than similar websites, according to Cameron Tremblay-Adams, campus representative for the company, who said it offers features such as official grade distributions and a tool that allows students to plan the courses for each semester according to their major. Users can also connect to friends on Facebook to coordinate classes or discussion sections. “It’s basically just like CourseRank on steroids, so why wouldn’t you want to get the extra features and really round out your plan?” he said. Though Tremblay-Adams noted that
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Hearing the Delay CAMPUS ISSUES
The delayed hearings for students who took part in the protests indicate a lack of communication for all involved.
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in the code of conduct were not implemented or publicized until spring 2010, since the campus did not want to announce the revisions in the middle of the fall semester. Those who do not know the background and that the timeline was suspended months before protests assumed that the delays are a direct response to the November events. And, quite shortsightedly, the Office of Student Conduct seems to have done little to clarify the situation. We do not believe that the campus office has drawn out this process maliciously, but those in charge do not seem to have prioritized the issue. Now, there are serious ramifications because a situation that could have been settled expeditiously and with little controversy has now gotten out of control. Students facing hearings are critical of the process, and at least one has not been able to graduate since the conduct cases were still not resolved. Yes, these individuals are facing repercussions for their allegedly inappropriate behavior at protests. This does not mean that they do not deserve a speedy hearing. Indeed, there should be an additional set timeline in the code of conduct for such cases to be resolved. Communication is always key. We can only hope that the office is now paying full attention to the hearings and the proper procedure to resolve the cases as soon as possible. It just is a shame that this has not been done since day one.
Weeding Out Costs STATE ISSUES
By reducing the possession of marijuana to an infraction, the state makes a sensible step forward to save legal costs.
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inor laws broken qualify as infractions that are accompanied by a fine, but no trial, no risk of jail time and no mark on any criminal record. Infractions include littering, parking tickets and, now, possession of marijuana in the state of California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 1449 into law last week, reducing the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction. While the $100 fine for possession will remain the same, the governor said this change will significantly reduce court and law enforcement costs. Some may be surprised that the governor supported this measure since he opposes Proposition 19 on
November’s ballot, which would legalize marijuana possession for adults over 21. Regardless, we believe he made the right choice for SB 1449. It will reduce senseless expenses for our cash-strapped state that still has not officially passed a budget 95 days after the deadline. Opponents who claim that changing possession to an infraction will only increase public use forget that there will still be a consequence for those caught with pot. Those individuals simply will not clog up the legal system that should really be spending its time and resources on other cases. Finally, we have a state measure that serves as a simple adjustment for significant financial improvement.
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hen participants in last November’s protests were charged with conduct violations in January, few would have guessed that the proceedings would continue on into a new academic year. Yet the fact that the first hearing started less than two weeks ago indicates a troubling breakdown in communication between the Office of Student Conduct and students seeking resolution in their own cases. It is not entirely clear who is to blame for the months-long delay in this intricate situation. Campus officials, including Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, have said that students requested later hearings because they did not want to have to go back to the campus during the summer. However, critics of the campus reference the campus code of conduct, which indicates that students should be charged within 30 days of misconduct and tried 45 days after being charged. However, a provision in the code formerly allowed the dean of students to suspend this timeline, and by the summer of 2009 the code had been revised to allow both the dean or a dean’s designee to suspend 30 and 45 day requirements. Assistant Dean of Students Christina Gonzales did just that in August of 2009 in response to furloughs implemented across the campus. Yet a key factor encapsulates the entire miscommunication in these ongoing proceedings: The changes
Why I Choose to Participate on Oct. 7 by Jamie Anderson The numerous actions on campus last year stigmatized people around the various issues facing public education. Despite stratified ideas, values, group affiliations or biases, public education is a thread which strings together people of all ages, backgrounds and futures. From students to workers, to faculty, to the collective knowledge, economy and polity of humanity, we all depend on public education as the fabric of our society. This is why equal access to public education is essential for achieving the social equality and mobility promised by democracy. New admission policies proposed by the UC Regents favor out of state students (charging them double tuition) and change testing requirements in ways that have shown to negatively impact the diversity of students on our campus. Along with state-wide cuts at the K-12 education level, this pushes the public education system to benefit those who grew up with access to necessary resources (in or outside of California), instead of providing equal opportunity to all people despite economic, social or racial background. After massive lay-offs and departmental cuts last year, the Regents recently decided to cut the pensions of
the lowestpaid workers, while, at the same meeting, raising the highest paid workers’ pensions thousands of dollars. The shady UC investments in multibillion-dollar companies known to violate human and environmental rights with uncertain returns, constant construction projects on campus and astronomical top administrative salaries directly contradict the sorts of values and attitudes taught by professors at Cal, who provide methods to critically analyze our society and construct responsible solutions. Applying our socially responsible insights, it’s quite clear that the Regent system, the budget allocation process and new admissions policies are flawed and in need of critique and reform. On a personal level, our friends are forced to drop out because of fee increases, workers cannot support their families and future children of California are barred from entry into the University of California system.
As a student population, we are not fundamentally divided on these issues, but perhaps differentially informed or overwhelmed by the heaps of problems and obligations constantly thrown at us week by week, semester by semester. Rather than ignoring the livelihood of our Californian population, walking out of class and standing in solidarity with workers, GSIs, students, faculty and the greater community on Oct. 7 demonstrates our integrity, passion and rational commitment to create a just society. Many students may not know that the global student population, the national media, state and federal governments are watching our actions, and that the struggle to create a better future is attainable through unity. I encourage every student or affiliate of this campus to consider what they care or love about UC Berkeley, and to stand in solidarity on Oct. 7 to improve its faults and work towards a sustainable legacy of excellence. Jamie Anderson works in the ASUC Office of External Affairs. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.
Sandy Barbour Made the Right Choice by Nick Fradkin Nina Sasso’s well-written and researched appeal to Sandy Barbour’s decision makes great points about the lack of institutional transparency and the fact that Title IX ultimately led to Cal Rugby’s relegation to ‘varsity club’ status. However, because students and Daily Cal columnists alike seem to unanimously agree with her stance that Cal Rugby was wrongfully victimized, I feel that someone needs to publicly stand up for Sandy Barbour and Cal Athletics. Last Saturday, on the sidelines of Cal’s heartbreaking loss to Arizona, I briefly stood next to Sandy Barbour and reaffirmed my intuition that she is a woman who genuinely cares about Cal student-athletes and the University as a whole. However, I also sensed that she was in the middle of a very difficult and controversial decision that would be announced this past Tuesday. It is true that Cal Rugby was an “easy target” for Cal Athletics to comply with Title IX, especially with the concurrent decisions to cut Cal Women’s Gymnastics and Cal Lacrosse. With that said, most opponents of the decision seem to downplay the fact that Cal Rugby is the only university-funded rugby program in the nation, let alone, a program that puts all others to shame. Although I agree, to some extent, that this is something to be proud of as a Cal alumnus, I also firmly believe that the
priorities of intercollegiate athletics are secondary to those of the University’s academic programs, and, as we all know, our University is currently facing a budget crisis. When economic times are tough, sacrifices need to be made — and most Cal students don’t seem to internalize that concept. So, in this case athletic funding cuts, who better to take the hit—no pun intended—than one of the most advantaged athletic programs in the history of intercollegiate athletics, and one that is allegedly 100 percent self-sufficient — Cal Rugby? Let me cut to the chase: If Cal Athletics were to “distribute the cut and implement a department-wide squad size reduction across all men’s sports,” as Ms. Sasso suggested, we would find ourselves in a similar, but quite possibly worse, predicament. More teams would suffer losses and be in outrage over the cuts, and students would surely be protesting them. I would hope that most people agree with the theory that cutting one men’s varsity sport — not to mention, one that experienced phenomenal success as a club sport through the early 1990s, when they earned varsity status—is an objectively better decision than potentially jeopardizing the success of all men’s varsity sports. As a former student-athlete of a Sport Club, I represented Cal with pride and unprecedented accomplishment. With Cal Rugby relegated to ‘varsity club’ status, I do not understand
why the team cannot continue to experience their high levels of pride and accomplishment (after all, their national championship streak began long before they earned varsity status). Perhaps my misunderstanding is due to the fact that I was never recognized as a ‘Cal varsity athlete,’ and therefore didn’t receive the publicity and perks that accompany this status. With Cal Rugby claiming to be 100 percent self-sufficient, I can only conclude that these privileges are what the team is most upset about losing—and at a public university where students should take nothing for granted, this attitude simply does not belong. Either way, I am willing to bet that the way in which Cal Rugby and its supporters are handling this decision continues to insult a large portion of the approximately 1700 student-athletes playing for Sport Clubs, a number which far exceeds that of Cal varsity athletes. Thank you, Cal Ruggers, for all of the success, fanfare, and revenue you have provided to UC Berkeley over the past two decades as a varsity sport. Unfortunately, it is time for your team to take one for the whole team—the team that is Cal Athletics — and rediscover the virtues of playing as a club team. Go Bears! Nick Fradkin is a UC Berkeley and California Lightweight Crew alumnus. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.
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place in the history of the times and in the cultural life of the country.” In addition to founding one of Berkeley’s most well-known bookstores, Pat Cody played an active role in political affairs through her establishment of several advocacy groups. In 1971, she founded the advocacy group DES Action USA to raise awareness of the dangers of taking DES, a drug that was at the time commonly prescribed to women to prevent miscarriages. According to Fran Howell, current executive director of the organization, Pat Cody “led the charge” for congressional funding of research of the drug and the education of women who had taken it.
“I cannot imagine how different life would have been for all of us who were exposed to DES if Pat were not advocating for us,” Howell said in an e-mail. “Without Pat and DES Action USA the drug companies might have gotten away with causing this tragedy because it would have been swept under the carpet and forgotten.” Most recently, she helped found the group Grandmothers Against The War in opposition to the American military presence in Iraq. Following her husband’s death in 1983, Pat Cody also founded the Grief Support Project to support others who had lost close family members. According to a statement from her son, Anthony Cody, she and Fred Cody had also helped found
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the Berkeley Free Clinic in the 1960s. Fellow activists and family members alike recall her ability to work with others to fight against injustice in many forms. Her daughter, Nora Cody, said some of her fondest memories of her mother revolved around her message that it was “all about love.” “When you saw a problem you gathered people and tried to solve it,” Nora Cody said. “She lived by example, and you could not see injustice and not do anything about it.” Pat Cody is survived by four children, Martha, Anthony, Nora and Celia, six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
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energy, is not an anomaly in the neighborhood of 1930s-era homes. Greenberg has counted 37 households in the neighborhood with photovoltaic systems and 12 with solar water heating systems. “My wife and I live in a place that generates substantially more electricity than it uses,” he said. “We have an electric car, which we don’t drive that much because we bike most places. We both bike as part of our commute … We’re fairly meticulous about eliminating energy leakages.” Every Sunday, Greenberg travels from room to room in his house, clipboard in hand, to record the energy consumption from each of the 12 meters that are attached to various appliances, from the washing machine to his electric car charger to the toaster oven. Most of these appliances, even the most efficient, use at least one or two watts even when off, so Greenberg installed switches that stop electricity flow to the appliances. He also weighs the garbage and counts how many loads of dishes and laundry are done throughout the course of the week so as to have a better idea of the house’s carbon footprint. In the winter, when many families in the Bay Area use more electricity than usual to heat poorly-insulated homes, Greenberg and Varnhagen pile on more clothes, donning wool sweaters and down booties, heating only as much space as is necessary with a space heater. “He’s a little more extreme than me,” Varnhagen said of Greenberg. “If I’m going to be home on a cold day, I’ll go out to a coffee shop — a warm coffee shop.” Greenberg said his next project is an underground water cistern to collect rainwater to use in the house. “I think it’s important to pay attention to what the best you can do is,” said James McMahon, a colleague of Greenberg’s at the lab. “I think Steve provides a formidable example. He lives a very earth-friendly lifestyle. People can do some of the things he does, and not everyone will do everything, but it’s useful to have those examples.”
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Conference Questions Can No. 3 Oregon stay perfect through the regular season? For 30 whole minutes, Stanford looked like a dark horse national contender. Then LaMichael James remembered he was the best damn tailback in the entire country. No. 3 Oregon’s blur of a runner, who may as well have penned himself a verse in Kanye West’s “Monster,” doesn’t need anyone to start a Heisman campaign for him. He already spelled one out in Cardinal blood. James — all 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds of him — gashed the vaunted Stanford defense over and over and over again. He blew past linebacker/two-way beast Owen Marecic for a short touchdown. He shot up the middle for a 76-yard sprint into the end zone. It was like the football gods decided to unleash all hell on Jim Harbaugh — all hell being 257 yards and three scores. The Cardinal entered Autzen Stadium allowing an average of 112 rushing yards per game. The sophomore out of Texarkana, Texas, carved out 172 in the second half alone. No other Duck touched the ball on the team’s final two drives. Even more disheartening for the Pac-10: The lethal sophomore isn’t Oregon’s only weapon. Darron Thomas scored thrice through the air and once along the ground. Both back an experienced, beefy offensive line. We don’t even have space to talk about the defense. Only one team has looked better thus far: No. 1 Alabama. —Jack Wang
How much have the Trojans faded from their formerly glorious selves? Washington quarterback Jake Locker might still have a few what-ifs bouncing around inside his brain. What if I’d left for the NFL Draft this spring? What if I could lather my receivers’ hands with Stickum? What if I could play USC every week? That last question would have sounded ludicrous anytime in the past decade or so, but Pete Carroll is in Seattle, Norm Chow is wearing rival colors and Reggie Bush is mourning the empty space in his trophy case. The then-No. 17 Trojans were undefeated until the Huskies marched into the Coliseum, but their defense has been in shambles relative to years past. Although they’ve been capable against the run, even middling quarterbacks have shredded them. If not for one solid showing against an unimpressive Virginia squad, USC’s 116th-ranked defense would have dropped even lower. Then again, there are only 120 FBS teams. That Achilles’ heel finally tore when Locker threw for 310 yards, including a fourth-and-11 completion to set up Erik Folk’s game-winning field goal. The 32-31 win was Washington’s second straight, and first at USC since 1996. These are problems that can be overcome. The offense, ranked 13th nationally, can still be explosive. Still, a Pac-10 loaded with passers doesn’t bode well for the Trojans. They head north to Stanford this weekend with hopes of avenging another upset loss from last season. Don’t bet on it happening. —Jack Wang
After an impressive performance at the Rose Bowl, can Washington State finally win a conference game? Pop quiz: can you name the Pac-10’s leading receiver? You won’t find seasoned veterans like James Rodgers or Ronald Johnson atop the conference chart. Rather, it’s a freshman ... from Washington State. (No, that’s not a typo.) With 458 yards receiving this year, Marquess Wilson has emerged as quarterback Jeff Tuel’s top target, and this duo has sown small seeds of hope in Pullman. Despite a two-touchdown loss to UCLA, Wilson recorded his third 100-yard game of the season — two more than the Cougars recorded all of last year. Meanwhile, Tuel racked up 311 and two touchdowns against a Bruins’ defense that had recently shut down a highpowered air attack from Texas (no, not the Longhorns, but the Houston Cougars). Washington State’s offense looked as confident as it has all season in the third quarter, when Tuel commanded three straight touchdown drives to give the Cougars a 28-20 lead. Paul Wulff ’s squad nearly took a 35-28 advantage in the final period, but were stuffed on a 4th-and-goal. Given the squad’s defensive struggles, Tuel and Wilson must build on their early season success — and then some — if the Cougars’ 13-game FBS losing streak is to end. Fans in Pullman have grown accustomed to searching beyond the final score for positives. With Oregon, Stanford, and Arizona up next, they may have to look even harder. —Ed Yevelev
Rugger Rage The Cal rugby team launches a campaign to restore its varsity status. See page 7
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s a kid, I really loved listening to DMX. Sure, it was strange for an undersized Justin Bieber look-alike adorned in an oversized Darius Miles jersey to be barking like a dog and rattling off “Party Up” at Episcopalian School, but despite my bowl haircut and 80-pound frame, I really loved my boy Earl Simmons. I tried so many times to buy any of Earl’s albums (hell, he churned out eight of them) but that damned Parental Advisory label and my parents’ better judgment kept me away from my true calling at the time: joining the Ruff Ryders. Ok, so why the hell am I talking about DMX? I don’t really know what bumps through Cal players’ headphones when they enter the locker room, but I think the team might benefit from one or two rounds of “X Gonna Give It To Ya” before it plays UCLA on Saturday. Let’s turn back the rap clock before taking the field. Lay off Lil’ Wayne and turn off Trey Songz; DMX ignites your insides and boils your blood. He’s the most irreverent, irrational faux-gangsta ever, but damn he can lay down some forceful flows. He makes Rick Ross sound about as hard as Sufjan Stevens. If the Cal defense expects to contain the Bruins’ offensive renaissance, then it will need to hit hard and play mean. This is not to say that they have not done so this season. The defense’s display against Arizona was gritty, tough and effective, but UCLA brings back
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Juricova, Andersson Prep For Championship Matches
field hockey
Bears Nearly Withstand a Hurricane of Carolina Shots
by Connor Byrne Contributing Writer
by Catherine Nguyen Contributing Writer
Even in taking a loss, the Cal field hockey team executed a feat that only one other team can claim this season: holding defending champion North Carolina to just one goal. And it wasn’t due to a lack of effort on the part of No. 2 Tar Heels (11-0). Given the intensity of East Coast field hockey, it would have been easy for the Bears (5-6, 4-0 in Norpac) to falter on the road under their opponent’s 27-shot barrage while they managed just one attempt on goal. “I’m pretty sure (North Carolina) will be the No. 1 team in the country tomorrow when the poll comes out,” Cal head coach Shellie Onstead said. “We’re playing in their beautiful stadium just for field hockey. I mean, there’s actually a Jumbotron here that plays replays during the game. This is an environment that we don’t see much in field hockey. I think the team could have easily been intimidated.” Being in awe was not the strategy that helped Cal blank the Tar Heels until the 60th minute, when Kelsey Kolojejchick broke the deadlock with a shot from just inside the circle for her 12th goal of the season.
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Jana Juricova won the ITA National Singles Indoor Championship in 2009. She and Mari Andersson will play in this weekend’s ITA All-American Women’s Championships.
Less than a week after taking a break and playing in low intensity charity matches, Cal’s Jana Juricova will shift gears this week as she looks to become the first national champion of the 2010-11 season. Along with Juricova, the Bears will send senior Mari Andersson to the Riviera ITA All American Women’s Championships. Matches will be played at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, CA. Qualifying rounds will run Tuesday and Wednesday, with the Main Draw held from Thursday to Sunday. Juricova and Andersson are both automatic qualifiers for the event, and enter the tournament seeded third and 23rd, respectively. They will team up for the doubles competition, for which they are seeded fourth. Juricova is currently the No. 1 ranked women’s tennis player in the country, and will look to prove it as she faces some of the top players from around the country. Both she and Andersson appear to have the potential to make very deep runs into the tournament. “Every player in the tournament is one of the top players in the nation. The key for us is to be aggressive in every match,” said head coach Amanda Augustus. Cal will look to improve on an overall disappointing performance in 2009’s tournament. Andersson was defeated in the opening round, losing to Texas A&M’s Elze Potgeiter (6-2, 6-3). Juricova did manage to turn in a strong performance in last year’s
singles competition. After reaching the semifinals, she lost a hard fought match to Georgia’s Chelsey Gullickson (7-6, 7-5). However, the biggest let down for the Bears came in the doubles competition, as the heavily favored No. 1 doubles tandem of Andersson and Juricova were upset in the first round at the hands of the Bulldogs team of Irina Falconi and Amanda McDowell (8-6). “They (Juricova and Andersson) both have plenty of experience at the top National level, and are familiar with the tournament and the players. It’s just a matter of putting it all together,” said Augustus. Cal has played strong thus far, and will look to continue their strong play. This week should provide a solid indicator of where the Bears stand in preparation for the upcoming season. The first singles and doubles national titles for the 2010-11 season will be up for grabs, and Cal hopes to take home at least one of them, if not both. “They’ll definitely have to take it match by match, day by day. A major key for them will be to get through the first couple days without any overly long matches in order to have stamina by the end of the weekend,” said Augustus. The Bears also will need to play well this week for future purposes, as it will determine whether or not they get to participate in the ITA Indoor Championships in New Haven, CT. Automatic bids will be given to players reaching the quarterfinals. Connor Byrne covers women’s tennis. Contact him at cbyrne@dailycal.org.