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Faculty React Differently to Protests by Katie Nelson Contributing Writer

After considering the scope of the Oct. 7 protests, UC Berkeley faculty are taking very different approaches regarding the day of action, from cancelling classes to conducting them as “business as usual.” Faculty have taken various steps on how to approach the day’s events, ONLINE VIDEO including attending and speaking Watch the Wednesday out at a teach-in Wednesday night. night teach-in to get While only Professor of geography ready for the protests. Richard Walker addressed the crowd about how the state budget crisis has impacted the university, other professors stood in the crowd, looking on and nodding or snapping in agreement. “The state of California has lost its ability to serve the public interest. There has been no investment in the future for years,” Walker said at Wednesday’s teach-in. “We have gone from being neck-to-neck with New York in terms of good education to neck-and-neck with Arkansas. For education, the idea that you have to pay for it is extremely corrupt.” Oct. 7 is the second national day of protest this year in support of public education. Students, faculty and staff across the country will stage walkouts, teach-outs, sit-ins and teach-ins. For California, it is a continuation of protests last academic year that stemmed from state budget cuts, university fee increases and layoffs. In the days leading up to the protest, many campus faculty addressed their students on how to conduct class. While some professors and graduate student instructors have said

class will be cancelled or re-located off-campus, others said class will still be held on-campus at its scheduled time. Many professors have contacted students, acknowledging their rights to protest either by not setting penalties for missing class or by stating they will allow students to leave class early. Some professors still holding class will tailor their lectures to focus on protests and the university’s budget crisis. Fiona Doyle, chair of the campus division of the Academic Senate, said while faculty members may choose to cancel class, they are expected hold make-up sessions for all students. “Students are paying extremely hefty fees and certainly deserve every minute of the education for which they are paying,” she said. “There is a general consensus where one provides one’s students for the education for which they have paid.” Assistant Professor of English Emily Thornbury said in an e-mail that she addressed her upper-division seminar to see how to go about deciding what options her students felt were best in regards to handling the day of protest. In the end, she said, her students democratically voted to hold class. Other professors have gotten more creative for the day of protest. Students in Professor Brad Erickson’s anthropology class have been offered the opportunity to receive extra credit for participating in the day of protest. Though Erickson could not be reached for comment, sophomore Eboneigh Harris, who is enrolled in the class, said students would receive extra credit by either skipping class and writing a paper on the importance of the walkout or by attending class but writing about why they chose not to participate.

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Campus faculty and students attended a teach-in on Wednesday night at the Eshleman Library, where faculty spoke out about many of the issues surrounding the upcoming protests.

AC Transit Receives Federal Funding for Software Update by J.D. Morris Contributing Writer

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A Raza member, left, delivers his letter in front of California Hall Tuesday. The group called for increased Latino and Chicano admissions.

Raza Group Urges for Admissions Change by James Zhao Contributing Writer

Members of UC Berkeley’s Raza Recruitment and Retention Center delivered letters to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at noon Tuesday, urging him to make an ONLINE VIDEO effort to increase admissions and Watch members of the programs for La- Raza community deliver tino and Chicano letters to the chancellor. students. The peaceful protest, composed of about 40 students, was held in front of California Hall. After junior Joseph Rios read a letter of the Raza community’s purpose and concerns, protesters signed copies of the letter and delivered them to UCPD officers in the hall. Demands focused on things such as general cutbacks to public education and increasing admission of and financial support to Latino and Chicano students. For many participants, delivering the letter was a precursor to the Oct. 7 protest. “This is a moment to reassert our-

selves though we are a minority,” Rios said. “The demonstration today is a lead-in to the nationwide protests tomorrow.” At a press conference after the Sep. 15 UC Board of Regents meeting, Birgeneau said that while the number of Statements of Intent to Register for Latino freshmen declined this fall, there was an increase in Latino spring admits and transfers. In all, 576 Latino freshmen submitted SIRs for this academic year, an 8 percent drop from last year’s 628 SIRs. UC Director of Admissions Susan Wilbur said the campus saw a general decrease in SIRs this academic year, affecting all applicants. Asian-Americans, for example, had 2,138 SIRs this year, down from 2,345 last year. Another concern for protesters was adequate funding for Latino and Chicano students. Junior Isabelle Barrientos said she supported AB 540, a law that allows anyone who has attended for three years and graduated from a state high school to pay in-state tuition regardless of residency status.

“I was fortunate enough to get a scholarship and be a citizen, but I have a lot of friends that couldn’t come back because it was too expensive to pay those out-ofstate fees,” said junior Eddie Rivero. Rios said the Raza community wants Birgeneau to stop cuts to programs that enable the Raza community to reach out to students, such as cutting 200 staff positions as part of Operational Excellence — a campus initiative with consulting firm Bain & Company to streamline operations to save $75 million. Many protestors said they were disappointed the state and campus had made it difficult for members of their community to be represented on campus, and they hoped the peaceful protest would broadcast their frustration. “It’s ridiculous that someone who’s smarter than me, who works his ass off night and day, can’t come,” Rivero said. “It’s supposed to be public.” James Zhao covers academics and administration. Contact him at jzhao@dailycal.org.

The AC Transit District was recently awarded a federal grant earmarked specifically to upgrade old software, allowing the agency to increase efficiency in maintenance operations in the future. More than $5.4 million will be given to the district through a categorical grant — provided by the Federal Transit Administration’s State of Good Repair program — so the district can develop an asset management system. The grant will be used to upgrade the Mincom Ellipse asset management software used by the district, allowing it to monitor labor costs per bus and bus type, in addition to the current version’s capabilities to track work orders and parts — such as washers,

bolts and starter motors — according to AC Transit Director-at-Large Chris Peeples. But none of the allocated funds will be used to directly reverse any of the cuts the district made last month. Government restrictions require the money be used only for the purpose outlined in AC Transit’s grant proposal, which Peeples said is to gain efficiency by updating the Mincom software. Clarence Johnson, AC Transit Manager of Media Affairs, said even though the district is “desperate for funds ... on the operating side,” there is nothing they can do to use the new money to reverse cuts. Peeples said if the district’s operating side is to see any cuts reversed, a partial tax would likely be imposed,

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Negotiations for GSIs, Readers And Tutors’ Contracts Extended by Aaida Samad Contributing Writer

Stalled negotiations between UC officials and a union representing more than 12,000 academic student employees throughout the system are slated to resume Oct. 14, following a stalemate last Thursday amid the union’s allegations of unfair labor practices by the university and threats of a possible strike if such practices continue. After more than four months of negotiations, officials from the UC and United Auto Workers Local 2865 — a union representing graduate student instructors, readers and tutors throughout the UC system — hit a dead end last

week, with wage increases and childcare subsidies levels left unresolved. Because of the impasse, the union’s contract — which would have expired Thursday — was extended by two weeks in the hopes that an agreement could be reached. Union members allege the UC unilaterally walked away from the negotiations, according to Mandy Cohen, a UC Berkeley graduate student and head steward for the union on campus. Negotiations are set to resume Oct. 14 and will continue until Oct. 15 when the extended contract will expire, she added, giving both sides two days to finalize an already contentious

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by Victoria Pardini Contributing Writer

A study by UC Berkeley and Stanford University researchers found that air pollution modifies the gene structure of cells that fight asthma and increases the severity of the disease, revealing a more complex relationship between pollution and asthma than previously thought. The study, published Monday in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, is one of the first to find a link between exposure to pollutants, regulatory T cell impairment, genetic change and asthma symptoms, going beyond previous studies that investigated short-term causes for asthma. “I think that the study reveals very important findings about how there are differences in asthmatics that we can detect on a molecular level that we can help identify,” said Rachel Miller, associate professor of medicine and environmental health sciences at Columbia University.

The researchers used subjects from a study by Ira Tager, professor of epidemiology in UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and principal investigator on the study, which he began 10 years ago on exposure to pollution in children from Fresno, Calif. Kari Nadeau, lead author of the study and assistant professor in immunology and allergy at Stanford, drew blood from 71 of Tager’s subjects last year. Nadeau studied another 30 children from Fresno who did not have asthma and another 80 subjects from Palo Alto, Calif. — 40 with asthma and 40 without asthma. These cities were chosen because Fresno is the second most polluted city in the nation, while Palo Alto has very little air pollution. The results showed that exposure to pollution can cause a change in DNA that impairs regulatory T cells, which help fight off asthma. The suppression of the regulatory T cells in turn increases the severity of the asthma. The researchers now plan to expand

their sample of subjects for a new study to test the implications of the findings, such as, if other air pollutants that affect asthma exist, if the modification is reversible and if the gene is inherited. “The genetical background of the kids are important, but what’s even more important is the environmental pollutants,” said Shuk-mei Ho, chair of the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati. Nadeau and Tager agree that the most important development that can come from the study is not therapeutic rather preventative. “These children are born innocently in different areas,” Nadeau said. “They can’t help that they are born in a zip code that has bad pollution, so why not try to effect policy changes to try to affect standards of cars and prevent these exposures from happening in the first place?” Contact Victoria Pardini at vpardini@dailycal.org.

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Corrections Economics Professor Emeritus Dies at 92 by Sarah Mohamed

The Sept. 28 article “Ordinance Would Seek Upkeep for Vacant Lots” incorrectly stated that Doris Moskowitz’s father had plans to open a business on the vacant lot on the corner of Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue. In fact, he supported community plans to develop the lot. Tuesday’s op-ed, “Why I Choose to Participate on Oct. 7,” incorrectly spelled the name of author Jamie Andreson. The Daily Californian regrets the errors.

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UC Berkeley professor emeritus Sherman Maisel, who co-founded the campus’s Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics and served as governor of the Federal Reserve, died in San Francisco of respiratory failure Sept. 29. He was 92. Those who knew Sherman him well rememMaisel ber him as a family man, an inquisitive scholar and a passionate activist who also worked tirelessly to end segregation in the Berkeley Unified School District. “He cared so much about family and extended family,” his daughter Peggy Maisel said. “When a lot of us struggle with work-life balance, he was someone who was able to do both very well. I admired that a lot.” Sherman Maisel, who received four

degrees from Harvard University, was always pursuing knowledge and willing to teach, his son Lawrence Maisel said. When his father came to Berkeley to help start the center in 1948, he was one of the first people in the nation to bring real estate economics to the university level, he added. “It was very creative because at that point in the country, there wasn’t much research that had been done in that area,” Peggy Maisel said. It was for this ingenuity that President Lyndon Johnson appointed Maisel to the Federal Reserve Board in 1965. Maisel’s wife, Lucy Cowdin Maisel, called her husband’s move to the Board the “height of his career.” Prior to his appointment, Sherman Maisel served on the Berkeley school district’s Board of Education from 1962 to 1965, while the board worked to end de facto segregation in its middle schools, according to Peggy Maisel. In 1964, voters tried and failed to recall Maisel and a fellow board member for their support of desegregation.

“In that process, the city of Berkeley really changed politically,” she said. “Some voters ended up moving out of Berkeley at that time, Berkeley’s politics changed — it became a much more liberal place.” Lawrence Maisel added that his father remained connected to the Berkeley community as part of an informal group of UC Berkeley professors known as the “Little Thinkers,” who have met every Friday for lunch for the past 50 years. Sherman Maisel continued to attend the meetings until the week before he passed away. In addition to his academic pursuits, Peggy Maisel said her father was a man dedicated to his family, married happily for 68 years and a loving grandfather. In accordance with Sherman Maisel’s last wish to have a celebration instead of a memorial service, a family gathering will be held in New York City to commemorate his life.

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podcast his lecture for students. “So many of our colleagues on campus have lost their jobs. Faculty are being lured away to far better funded institutions. Programs are being cut. And fees continue to go up,” he said in the e-mail. “It is not my place to convince you that this Day of Action is or is not the means to protect and support the university.”

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see a potential impact in the long run, because the software will make mainadding that 38 percent of the agency’s tenance more efficient, according to funding comes from sales taxes. “We hope like hell the economy Peeples. Johnson said an increase in efficiency will allow AC Transit to take turns around,” he said. The new software will be able to better care of equipment on the buses. “It would be nice to have air condicompile extensive data on vehicle performance, fluid consumption, past tioning on every single (bus),” said Walrepairs and active warranties and has ter Edwards, an AC Transit bus driver. the ability to keep track of buses’ parts “Like this one here. This is a nice bus. and provide inventory suggestions for When I have a crowd of people, everything’s mellow ­— they got air, they’re replacement parts, Johnson said. He added that throughout the course comfortable.” of a standard work day, each bus will Since March, the district has made record its mileage and automatically cuts to its budget three times. The send data to the centrally located sys- grant is not directly affecting any of tem at the district’s headquarters in the recent cost-saving measures, acDowntown Oakland. cording to Johnson, who said the disJohnson said the federal grant — trict is far from reversing its budget ch[[hZk]']Zber\Ze'hk` which he expects to take effect during deficits. the next fiscal year ­— will save about $1 million to $3 million for AC Transit. Contact J.D. Morris at The district’s operating side could jdmorris@dailycal.org.

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contract. While negotiations are currently at a standstill, both sides had come close to an agreement on a variety of issues, according to Nick Kardahji, a UC Berkeley graduate student and the recording secretary of the union. “We’re actually relatively close to agreement on a lot of issues,” Kardahji said. “The main issues that remain to be negotiated are admittedly more prominent ones like the wage increases and childcare subsidies that our members are entitled to.” Throughout the negotiations, union members have said that the university is not bargaining in good faith. At the end of September, the union filed unfair labor practice charges accusing the UC of bad faith bargaining. UC officials maintain that this is not the case. “The university has been bargaining in good faith. We have met regularly since late June in an effort to reach a deal,” said Leslie Sepuka, UC spokesperson, in an e-mail. According to Cohen, if unfair labor practices and bad faith negotiations persist, the union may be forced into an unfair labor practices strike at the end of the semester. However, she added that a strike would be a last resort because union members want to avoid having to stop teaching their classes. “The university is well within its power to forestall or to avoid an unfair labor practice strike by negotiating with the union in good faith,” said Daraka Larimore-Hall, the union’s vice president and a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara. “In the past we have gone on strike when necessary, and if we’re forced, we’re prepared to do so to again.”

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o, today is the day. Today students stand up to the Man and demand what is rightfully ours. Today, we protest! Ok. Cool. I guess that means you won’t go to class, but you should. However, as you know, Berkeley has a storied tradition of civil disobedience. It’s the West Coast hub of the movement(s). Which movements? Pretty much all of them. And today we continue that tradition. We raise our voices to shout out against the forces of inequity in our university system, against unfair tuition increases and the program cuts that came along with them. We’ll show them we can’t be ignored! That’s great. But we need to ask ourselves if this is truly the means to the ends we seek. In order to do that, we need to fully consider the whole situation and render from that a better method of action. Reality is a bitch, but we must not forget that it exists or that there is a lesson to be learned from it. Just look at how much last year’s protests accomplished. Hundreds of students showed up at UCLA last November to protest the 32 percent fee hike the UC Board of Regents was considering. They camped out, picketed and some even stormed the building, barricading it with chains and bike locks. Despite all the hoopla, the board voted in favor of the increase. But, but, we locked ourselves in the building, and there were police in riot gear, and that should have told them that we’re seriously not happy with having to pay more for our education. True. Regardless, the fact remains that the University of California is a public institution that cannot rely on public funds. With the state hamstrung by partisan politics despite playing footsy with insolvency, there’s no wonder why. Maybe we should concentrate on our studies so we can prepare ourselves to take over this sinking ship in a few years and fix this madness. However, the UC system must find funding elsewhere for now, and the options aren’t pretty. For example, the news that UCLA’s Anderson School of Management wants to completely wean itself of state funds has many people in a tizzy wondering if programs at UC Berkeley may follow suit. While none of UC Berkeley’s programs rely solely on non-public contributions, today, the school does receive more of its funding percentage-wise from those sources than at any other time stretching back to at least 1991. uring the 2007-08 year, $283.5 million of the nearly $1.8 billion budget came from private gifts and grants, amounting to 15.9 percent, more than doubled from 1990-91’s 7.7 percent. But we all know privatization is evil, which leads us to the onerous student fee hikes, a symptom of the state’s inability to provide funding. California provided nearly half of Berkeley’s operating budget during

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ROBERT R. KING the 1990-91 academic year. In 2007-08, that number dropped to barely over a third, and with the more recent cutbacks by the state, that number is surely lower today. As a result, student fees increased from 9.4 percent of the budget in 1990-91 to 24.8 percent in 2007-08. Again, that number is most certainly larger today, with the danger of rising higher. But someone has to pay. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to see 200 hardworking people get laid off. I wish my GSIs had a contract — I want them to be happy they have to grade my papers. Most of all, I too dislike having to pay more for my education, I’d rather slow dance with a hedgehog, but that’s life in today’s world. It’s either pay more or not go to school, it’s your choice. Don’t forget to take into account that with the decrease in enrollment the last few years, there are thousands of potential students that would love to have the chance to pay the fees necessary to get a UC education. ll of this brings us back to Sproul Plaza and our planned mass action to voice our discontent with this jacked up system. Let’s do it. We protest fee hikes! We protest privatization! We protest lay-offs! We protest decreased enrollment! We protest protesting! Too bad the regents don’t have to listen. That should be apparent in the fact that they haven’t. Again, I agree that civil disobedience and demonstration do have a place in today’s student movement, but the bad thing about protesting is that we’re in a seller’s market. Sadly, the fact remains that Americans as a whole are totally disengaged from politics and are more interested in Lindsay Lohan than fixing our systemic shortfalls. This adds to the uphill battle we already face as the future leaders of this state and country. However, we have the means to do so. We all have the opportunity to learn from some of the best minds in our respective fields. We need to take advantage and use our knowledge to infiltrate the agencies that control the system we’re subjected to and change it from within. So, with apologies to Joss Whedon, where do we go from here? A good place to start would be class.

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t is with great trepidation that I will now declare my next three columns to be, erm, serious. Or if not entirely serious, then at least important. Well, not important in the sense that I am important, but in that they will be important. Actually, these columns won’t be important at all, but, as you will soon see, their subject matter is. Masculinity in (art and) advertising. Femininity in (art and) advertising. And finally, sexuality in advertising. And in art. And in advertising. I would do “Ladies First” but this isn’t the goddamn 1950s. OK, the serious column starts here. In searching for subject matter for this column, I will often step into elevators with intelligent-looking people, and once they are trapped, I will ask them, while breathing audibly and burrowing a finger knuckle-deep into my left nostril: “So, what’s your favorite ad these days?” The uncomfortable elevator passenger consensus is clear: Old Spice Guy. Now, you may be asking yourselves, “Just who is this Old Guy, and what gives him that certain special Spice?” To which I say, “You are worthless and ignorant. Or, just maybe, you are better than the rest of us.” To put it simply, Old Spice Guy is Isaiah Mustafa, who has a history in football or something, but who more importantly is impossibly handsome and speaks in mahogany-rich, panty-dropping tones. He stars as an emasculatingly perfect (and presumably great-smelling) man in Old Spice’s tremendously popular, spun-off and awarded series of commercials. And when I say awarded, I mean, like, Cannes Lions and Emmy-awarded. I mean, like, friggin’ a. And the campaign delivered: Sales of the Old Spice Body Wash range have risen “by 55% over the last three months, and by 107% in the last month alone,” according to warc.com. This may be a disreputable-sounding website, but in any case, advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy have struck gold. (Note to self: watching Old Spice

commercials in Cafe Milano will invite the condescending looks of your Foucault-reading neighbor. Hey asshole, you made it into the Daily Cal.) Now, certainly there exist Old-Spicecommercial kinds of guys in the world. The kinds of guys who rip off their shirts and dramatically put out fires in my co-op’s basement. Be still my heart. On one hand, Old Spice Guy is aware of his own ridiculousness. The humor of the commercials arises from the impossibility of its protagonist, riding a horse, being on a boat, etc. But even when controlling for this degree of humor, OSG sends another message: You are not, and cannot be, the best a man can be. You can only smell like him. I saw a guy on Sproul last week holding up a sign that read: “You are perfect.” Yeah, sure, Mom. Of course we all know that “nobody is perfect.” (See: Michael Phelps’ body vs. Michael Phelps’ face.) What is it to be perfect-looking? Artists like Michelangelo and Da Vinci attempted back in the proverbial day to create their own artistic and/or scientific representations of the perfect, ideal, babe-licious man — the former with his “David” sculpture, the latter with his Vitruvian Man. People easily recognize the Da Vinci sketch, as quickly as they realize, as with Old Spice Guy, that they could have their asses kicked by his perfectly proportional body. I am going to make a very serious, very important cultural statement here, and it’s not the neither-funny-norclever fart joke I originally wrote. No, seriously: I would like to postulate that Old Spice Guy is the Vitruvian Man of our day. He is our David. What does that say about us, other than that we totally suck? Obviously Da Vinci was operating at a different cultural level than Wieden+Kennedy. But perhaps in this theory we can find some forgiveness for our sins. It is nothing new for humans to try and define the perfect man, and in doing so, define the rest of men as imperfect. Discussions of gender in the media and in advertising usually focus on distorted perceptions of women (as I will do next week). But it is worth taking a moment to realize the similarly prevalent and similarly damaging images of men. I took such a moment just now to ask my study-neighbor, in all seriousness, if he had ever felt inferior due to depictions of men in advertising. No, he informed me, leaning in: “But I happen to have an enormous penis.” His veneer of hyper-confidence could hardly contain the flicker of insecurity that flashed across his eyes during this pathetic plea for help. The emotional havoc wrought by Old Spice Guy upon the young men of America cannot and should not be overlooked. Burrow your finger into Hannah's nostril at hjewell@dailycal.org.

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n this enlightened, secular world of ours, it seems almost improper to talk about spirituality. The kinds of people we see talking about God are those wingnuts waving gruesome images of bloody fetuses and screaming at pregnant teenagers outside Planned Parenthoods. Or worse, they’re those shifty-looking fellows trying to get through airport security with bombs hidden away in their shoes and skivvies. Or they might be those buzzkill atheists who torpedo every dinner party they attend by making sure every other guest wakes up to the incontrovertible fact that God is a lie. Polite people avoid discussing religion if they can help it. It’s a delicate subject best kept private. If you shy away from religious matters, Cormac McCarthy’s “The Sunset Limited,” currently making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse, is liable to make you squirm with discomfort. It unapologetically explores the question of God, a subject modern art tends to treat only obliquely when not avoiding it altogether. The entirety of the play depicts two men in a cramped Manhattan apartment debating God’s existence for 100 minutes. That’s it. McCarthy pits White against Black, literally. He names the otherwise nameless characters according to their respective races. The two engage in

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Let me start by saying that it’s an one national basketball title and it was honor to appear in The Daily Californian. won before my parents were born. Sure, The UCLA-Cal rivalry is one of my favor- Mike Montgomery has done a nice job of ites and always makes for an exciting reviving Cal’s program. But Ben ?7>=4) .*)&.-1&1,)) 50G) .*)&1-2&+1), 4<08;)e^`Zel9]Zber\Ze'hk` game. I have a lot of respect for UC Howland’s Bruins are in a whole differBerkeley and Berkeley has quickly ent league. With last season being an become one of my favorite places to anomaly for the Bruins, the recruits continue to roll in and Howland’s Bruins visit. Alright, now that that’s out of the way, will continue to dominate. But let’s get back to football because what was it that I was supposed to argue? That’s right, why UCLA has a bet- that’s what’s on the docket this weekend. ter athletics program. Are you serious? The two teams share similar records, but the Bruins have something that the This really shouldn’t even be a question. I’ll start with some sobering statistics. Bears don’t: a win over a quality oppoCal has 79 team national champion- nent on the road. Coach Rick Neuheisel’s ships, UCLA has 106. The all-time foot- Bruins have shown the ability to go into ball record between UCLA and Cal a hostile environment and take the stands at 49-30-1 in favor of the Bruins. crowd out of the game. The Bruins’ win Cal has had 27 consensus All-Americans over the Texas Longhorns on Sept. 25 in football, UCLA has had 39. One more was a program changer and gave this important stat. I’d be remiss to not men- team a passion-bucket full of confidence tion UCLA’s dominance in the mascot after a disastrous start to the year. category. Joe Bruin isn’t the most iconic UCLA’s should control the ground game of mascots but he beats the cardigan after rolling up 437 yards on the ground sweater off of a senior-citizen Oski. last week. Did I forget to mention the most When I look at Oski, I’m afraid he’s going to sit me down and lecture me important aspect of this game? The Bruins’ “thunder and lightning� duo of about the value of a dollar. And don’t even get me started on Derrick Coleman and Johnathan Basketball. 11 national titles, 18 final Franklin will be the difference in fours and three straight final fours from Saturday’s game. —Sam Strong 2006-2008, and a ridiculous number of Daily Bruin Sports Editor NBA standouts. Last I checked, Cal has

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When you think “chancellor,” don’t think “student protest” or “state budget cuts” — think Philosopher’s Stone, asteroids, and FBI blacklists. Though none of Berkeley’s 10 chancellors were born in California, they all called the state home long enough to make their mark on our campus. Clark Kerr, the first and most famous of Berkeley’s chancellors, took office in 1952. Though he signed the infamous anti-Communist loyalty oath of the 1950s, Kerr argued that those who did not should not be fired, drawing the ire of many anti-Communist politicos at the time. Kerr recounts in his memoir being “blacklisted” and described in an FBI report as a man who was “as much a danger as Hitler.” Often cited as the “father of modern higher education,” Kerr became

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Towering above. Then-President Robert Sproul admires the Campanile from his office in the newly constructed administration building. Photograph dated January 16, 1942.

“I want to go to grad school ... UCLA’s engineering department seemed more job oriented and it was too close to home. Cal is more career-oriented.”

Leaders. Newly appointed University President Robert Sproul (top left, also second from right) with other prominent educators in this 1930 collage.

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Open spaces. Steam shovel excavation work begins in Strawberry Canyon in anticipation of Memorial Stadium’s construction in this February 1923 archive photograph. by Connor Byrne Contributing Writer

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With the Cal football team set to host their 2011 home games at San Francisco’s AT&T Park, 2010 marks the last time the Bears will play in the original Memorial Stadium. Many characteristics of Memorial make it unique, whether it be Tightwad Hill, the Victory Cannon, card stunts or the Cal Band, most notably directed by Bob Briggs from 1973 to 1995. However, what really makes Memorial Stadium extraordinary are the awe-inspiring and monumental football games that have taken place here. One game that is permanently etched in the fabled lore of Memorial Stadium is 2003’s victory over eventual co-national champion USC. Entering the game, the No. 3-ranked Trojans, a team consisting of 51 future NFL players and two future Heisman Trophy winners, looked poised to demolish the unranked no-name Cal football team. However, the Bears had other plans. Four quarters and three overtimes later, Tyler Fredrickson’s game winning field goal sailed through the uprights of the south end zone, giving the Bears a 34-31 victory. This would

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Blueprint. Completed in April 1923, Memorial Stadium has seen indelible moments like 1982’s The Play, pictured in the top photo.

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Conquest. Oski gazes approvingly at Memorial Stadium in this 1926 Daily Cal editorial cartoon.

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A Time Distinguished by Tradition The Multiple Activities Of Homecoming Are The Result of Years of New and Old Traditions by Katie Nelson Contributing Writer DAILY CALIFORNIAN/FILE

UCLA and UC Berkeley are both pictured in this illustration from the AllCalifornian, a 1952 publication commemorating the UC system and its components.

Both Schools Share Spirit of Research by True Shields Contributing Writer

Just as UC Berkeley and UCLA stand proudly across from each other on the field arrayed in different shades of blue and gold, the two schools also have similarly rich academic traditions. The foundation of each school’s academic endeavors is its extensive library system. Berkeley students enjoy access to the country’s thirdlargest library system, which houses over 10,000,000 books spread across 32 constituent libraries. UCLA also boasts one of the top academic research library systems in the nation, carrying nearly 8,000,000 books distributed among 12 constituent libraries. But book smarts can only carry students so far. Each school also implements research programs designed to help students harness the power of their impressive library collections. UCLA’s Center for Primary Research and Training focuses on helping graduate students develop archival methods and access underdocumented collections, allowing them to investigate “hidden collections” and “fill gaps in expertise on the part of full-time staff,” according to the library’s website.

Traditions have come and gone at the UC Berkeley campus, but Homecoming is still a time when generations of Cal families and fans come together to celebrate over 130 years of blue and gold pride. Homecoming, which has been celebrated as far back as 1923, took a 39-year hiatus following the tumultuous atmosphere of the politically-charged campus in the 1960s. Brought back in 2003, the campus reinstated its Homecoming weekend,

including the big Homecoming rally on the Friday of the Homecoming football game — which this year is to be played against rival UCLA. The Friday night rally, which now includes a bonfire, is a relatively new tradition, having been added after the campus Homecoming was reinstated seven years ago. “I am looking forward to coming up to Berkeley from SoCal to see them kick ass on the gridiron,” said 2010 graduate Max Keller. “I may just do it every year from now on.” Football is by far one of the most deeply-rooted celebrations of the Homecoming weekend, drawing huge crowds who “bleed blue and gold” as they cheer for the California Bears and the beloved Oski the Bear, who debuted in 1941 at Cal’s football season-opener against St. Mary’s. For those who like to pre-game, another time-old tradition that stands firm with or without Homecoming is the

tailgate party. It is the weekend’s largest event next to the football game and, while payment is now required, fees do include second helpings. Among the more popular and older traditions, the ever-scrumptious Fenton’s will once again provide free ice cream scoops of its most popular flavors at the Cub’s Kidfest Carnival on Memorial Glade. A delicious treat for all ages, the tradition has been at staple at Cal for 115 years. The Cal Avenue is another homecoming tradition that has survived nearly a century and a half. Started in 1868, Cal Avenue — located on Upper Sproul and extending just past Sather Gate — is a place where a variety of student groups showcase the diversity of the Berkeley campus by providing guests with food, games and entertainment before the game. Both rooted in and rich with campus history, Cal Avenue continues to

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Similarly, Berkeley offers its Research Advisory Service — one-onone guidance from trained librarians for undergraduates writing research papers — to any interested humanities or social science students. With resources such as these, it is no surprise that both schools have recently been honored by the National Research Council for excellence in their graduate programs in a study that Andrew Szeri, Dean of the Graduate Division at UC Berkeley, says is important for continuing to attract the best and brightest students. “Other research shows that the most important characteristic that makes a student want to come here is the academic distinction,” said Szeri. “This is more evidence for that academic distinction.” The NRC’s analysis placed 48 of 52 Berkeley graduate programs chosen for the study within a range including the top 10 programs in their disciplines, and 40 of UCLA’s 59 selected programs were similarly ranked. Saturday’s game will bring to bear two forces matched not only physically, but also mentally — it is sure to be a battle of both brawn and brains. Contact True Shields at tshields@dailycal.org.

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s with no other sport, football represented my student life. I started my fall semester with all sorts of optimism towards success in my classes, just like I approach each football season with undeserved optimism. Around Homecoming time, realism would raise its ugly head as my first midterms revealed I was less than average — just like Cal’s 2010 football team. One similarity between 1952-55 and 2010 relates to Coach Tedford. I came to Cal when Coach Pappy Waldorf ’s career started going downhill — from nine wins in 1952 to three wins in 1955. Until 1955, Coach Pappy never had a losing season, nor lost a Big Game — but that year, we threw oranges at Governor Knight as he accepted the Axe for Stanford. Two more losing seasons and Pappy was replaced by Pete Elliott (who was Cal’s last Rose Bowl coach) and Marv Levy (who now holds Cal’s worst coaching record). The biggest change in Homecoming is that during 1952-55, when I was at Cal, our Homecoming game was the Big Game (both when it was a home game and when it was an away game). Even when we played at Stanford, there was a Big Game/Homecoming parade down Shattuck Avenue on Thursday evening and a rally bonfire at the Greek Theatre, as there was for every home game. When we played UCLA, there was an All-University Week celebration with programs involving the four campuses. The program ended for all students with a football game between Santa Barbara and Davis, followed by the Cal vs. UCLA game. The university president changed sides at the half, marched to the center of the field by UCLA officials and escorted to our side by Cal’s officials. In 1955, the university president was a Cal alumnus and his fraternity song was played on the Campanile on the Fridays when he was in town. Another change occurred within the football program. While I was there,

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there was a freshman team and a JV team. Thus, football die-hards had at least two games on Saturday and there was no competition from professional football. Five football traditions from my student days have disappeared into Cal’s seasons of apathy. First, the men’s rooting section, filling the stadium between both 40-yard lines, was a special experience, as you can imagine, with over 5,000 testosterone-charged men cheering for Cal. Women sat to the men’s left between the 40- and 30-yard lines and couples to the men’s right. White shirts, laundered only after a Cal win, and rooter’s hats (baseball-type blue and gold hats for everyone except freshmen, who wore beanies) were required. Red shirts and red sweaters trying to walk in front of the men brought out the men’s worst. Oranges, sometimes injected with vodka, were common artillery fodder to throw at the opposition. Also, there were no pom-pom girls, just male cheerleaders, as part of the spectacle — I presume it was too dangerous for pretty girls to be in front of hormonal super-charged men. Third quarter was a time to sing the Cal Drinking Song, which later was stolen and used as the basis for both the Ohio State and UCSB Drinking Song. Fourth quarter, winning or losing, was a time to give Coach Pappy a standing cheer of six rahs. This tradition was eliminated and forgotten when his successors did so poorly. Finally, the band closed the game by playing our alma mater before the student body, not the alumni. One misses the special experience of watching the band exit the north tunnel playing “One More River,� with the tubas leaving last. As I pondered and tried to remember events of over 50 years ago, I was reminded that football is the only sport that reunites a student body with its alumni. When one is in the workplace, few anxiously await Newsweek’s rating of their respective schools’ programs as they anticipate their football team’s weekly ranking instead. Come to Homecoming and the UCLA game. Enjoy the game, and remember these special moments when you and your fellow students coalesce into one great group of men and women rooting for your team. You and your associates will take many things away from Cal — particularly the episodes of your slightly odd friends and energetic associates. But you will probably most fondly remember those when you and your friends came together for Cal events. Jon Crawford graduated in 1956 with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering.

Uncertainty Lies Ahead for University and Its Community Amid Homecoming Festivities, State of Public Education Hangs in Balance by Jordan Bach-Lombardo Contributing Writer

The past decade was not kind to the University of California. Unprecedented cuts in state funding resulted in student fee increases, protests and arrests, searches for alternative sources of revenue and myriad other issues which have yet to be resolved. In light of the Nov. 20 arrests and related hearings, which began on Sept. 23, many in the Berkeley campus community have advocated for changes to the Student Code of Conduct. Criticism of the code has questioned both its implementation and its authority, leading to the formation of a task force — whose makeup and charge are not yet finalized — to make the code “fair and understandable� to the entire community, according to task force co-chair and UC Berkeley Professor of Physics Robert Jacobsen. As members of the campus community contest the code, the composition of the student body it governs has also come under debate. The Commission on the Future has recommended that out-of-state students, who pay about $12,900 more than California students annually, comprise an increasing percentage of the university population in coming years, a trend which began in fall 2010 when UC Berkeley admitted 13 percent more non-residents than the previous year. But many have opposed the potential influx of out-of-staters, saying that it would displace deserving Californians from their rightful place in a UC classroom and move the university away from its charge to provide

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celebrate all that makes up Cal today. Newer traditions have been gaining ground in recent years. Since its reinstatement in 2003, one of the most popular features of the weekend is a series of faculty seminars. This year, more than 30 of UC Berkeley’s most distinguished faculty will offer their views on issues such as foreign policy and the economy and present research in areas from the current changes in the athletics department to nuclear weapons and cyber security. Among the faculty members to speak at the seminars are city and regional planning professor Ananya Roy, linguistics professor George Lakoff and public policy professor Robert Reich. Adjunct professor and current chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission Dan Schnur, Athletic Director Sandy Barbour and rugby head coach Jack Clark are also scheduled to give presentations.

Another new aspect to the Homecoming weekend is the addition of “Parents Weekend.” Activities for parents and families of Cal students have been added to more fully include them in the homecoming festivities. Not only can parents and students attend events like the faculty lecture or the football game, they participate in special receptions where they are able to learn about the campus’s history and traditions (both with homecoming and with others) and are invited to go on a special tours that cover various areas of UC Berkeley. For students, parents, faculty and fans, Homecoming is about celebrating what UC Berkeley was, is and will be. Traditions that have survived and newer ones that have flourished are just some of the aspects that make the weekend a blue and gold mecca for people from all around the world. Contact Katie Nelson at knelson@dailycal.org.

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be the only blemish on USC’s season and would deny them the chance to compete for the outright national championship. Needless to say, whenever you take anything away from USC, it’s worth remembering. For that one game in 2003, Cal gave an inspiring effort and shattered everyone’s expectations. If there is one consistent theme with Cal football and Memorial Stadium, it’s that Cal doesn’t play the way you predict they will, for better or for worse. When the Bears play at Memorial they often exceed expectations, like in 1956 when they beat a heavily favored Stanford team 20-19 in what would be the final game of Pappy Waldorf ’s career (which included taking the Bears to three Rose Bowls). You could also turn to 1958’s demolishing of Utah at Memorial, a game in which Cal put up over 600 yards of total offense, which set an NCAA record. It’s safe to say that most people didn’t expect that one. Having said that, it should be remembered that Cal has often fielded some of the most prolific and consistent football teams in college football history. Under legendary head coach Andy Smith, the

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education for California students, as stipulated by the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education. Disagreement over potential streams of revenue — desperately needed by the university as state funds have dwindled to a trickle in recent years — does not stop here. Grave concerns have been voiced over the possible “privatization” of the university, epitomized by the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s September proposal to forgo state funding in favor of increasing tuition and private donations. While professional schools contemplate cutting ties with the state, fee increases — two words known to spark protests — continue to polarize the UC community. With no state budget as of Oct. 1, the university will be forced to look to increasing student fees — as it has previously, most notably the 32 percent hike in September 2009 — as the most readily-available

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Bears won 50 consecutive games from 1920-1925, epitomized by a 127-0 dismantling of St. Mary’s at Memorial. During this period of time, Cal was expected to do well. For the rest of its existence, Cal football has been much less predictable. Another game that sticks in my mind is 2007’s meeting with Oregon. This time, it was the crowd in attendance that exceeded expectations. It has been long thought that West Coast football fans are not as intense as those in the South and on the East Coast. However, on Oct. 7, 2007 Memorial Stadium was louder than it had ever been before. No. 11 Oregon looked flustered all game long, and the Bears went on to win 45-24, proving that Cal football fans can be just as crazy as their SEC counterparts. Finally, the most surprising, exciting and famous game in Memorial Stadium’s history has to be the Big Game of 1982, personified by announcer Joe Starkey desperately searching for superlatives to describe the sheer spectacle of what he had just witnessed. You could not script a better game. Cal used the same blitz scheme that the Baltimore Colts had used against head coach Joe Kapp when he played for the Minnesota Vikings

stream of no-strings-attached cash. But many members of the university community argue that this source of revenue does have one significant string attached: if fees rise too high, many bright students might be forced to seek their education at other, more affordable institutions. As the university faces a possible student brain-drain, many fear a similar loss on the other side of the classroom. The university pension program currently has an unfunded liability of $14 billion, a gap which could widen to catastrophic proportions if immediate action is not taken. To mitigate the funding deficit, plans are being drawn for a new, reduced-benefit pension system for future employees to take effect when recently increased payments into the pension fund expire in July 2013. Yet, while acknowledging the need for overhaul of the pension program, faculty members argue that decreased pension benefits, combined with sal-

(which he had thrown for an NFL record 7 touchdowns against, go figure) to shut down the high-powered Cardinal offense, directed by head coach Paul Wiggin (a former All-American defensive end for the Cardinal), all game long. However, it appeared to be a storybook ending for Stanford, as Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway orchestrated another of his patented late game drives, which included converting a 4th and 17 from his own 13-yard line, to put the Cardinal up 20-19 with only 4 seconds remaining in the game, seemingly securing the victory and a berth into the Peach Bowl. One squib kick, five laterals and a touchdown later, the Bears shocked the world, and came away with the victory. Oh, and Kevin Moen spiking the ball on the head of trombonist Gary Tyrell of the Stanford “band” — I guess that was pretty memorable too. I still get chills when I watch the Play. It was so inconceivable, so unexpected. That’s what makes Cal football and Memorial Stadium so unique: there is always something unexpected. Let’s hope that the new stadium will foster the same commitment to excellence and to the unexpected that the Bears and the original Memorial Stadium have always lived up to. Contact Connor Byrne at cbyrne@dailycal.org.

aries already significantly lower than market-value, could significantly hinder the UC’s ability to attract topnotch faculty, critical to sustaining the university’s quality. But despite these obstacles, the university has so far found a way to preserve its well-touted excellence. According to a National Research Council report released on Sept. 28, the UC maintains many of the best doctoral programs in the country, with 141 individual programs across the system ranking in the top ten of their respective fields. The most recent US News rankings of public undergraduate universities placed six UC campuses in the top twelve overall, with the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses coming in first and second, respectively. As our university marches into the new decade, we must find a way to continue this tradition. Jordan Bach-Lombardo covers higher education. Contact him at jbachlombardo@dailycal.org.

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As the Bruins and Golden Bears prepare to face off during Homecoming weekend, students in the stands may notice numerous similarities between the two campuses. From UCLA’s original founding as a branch campus of UC Berkeley to shared mascots and fight songs, the two schools have had intertwining histories and traditions. After eight years as the Southern Branch of the University of California, the UC Regents renamed the UCLA campus as a separate entity, and its mascot became the Cubs. The campus later realized “cubs are lame,” according to Paul Addleman, a UCLA campus tour guide and member of the marching band. In 1923, the mascot became the Grizzlies. However, when the campus joined the Pacific Coast Conference five years later, the mascot had to be changed once again because the Grizzlies name was already taken by the University of Montana. Cal’s student leaders voted to keep the Golden Bear as the sole campus mascot and grant the Bruin mascot to UCLA, according to Nancy Blattel, director of membership at the Cal Alumni Association. “We wanted to have (the mascot) similar to the golden bear, but not the same,” Addleman said. “A bruin is a smaller brown bear, but the way we look at it is that we’re a more athletic and hip version.” Oski’s counterparts are now Joe and Josephine Bruin, created in the 1960s as replacements for the live bears used by both campuses as mascots at football games. “The size of the animals and the difficulty of keeping them under control in a crowd made it clear that was not a good idea,” Blattel said in an e-mail. The two campuses also shared the same colors when founded, but UCLA changed its colors to light blue and gold in 1949 when the football coach wanted to make the team stand out on TV and differentiate itself from Cal, according to Addleman. The origins of UCLA’s fight song were “a big source of drama” between the two campus bands, according to Thomas Gartner, student director of the UCLA Marching Band. “Big C” was originally written for UC Berkeley in 1913, but UCLA added its own lyrics and dubbed it “Sons of Westwood” as a new fight song, leading to a battle between the two band directors over the perceived “violation of the sanctity of Cal Songs,” according to the Cal Band Alumni Association archives. In 1969, the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress ruled the “Big C” had never been copyrighted, and the songs remain the same. The schools both share “Fiat Lux” as a school motto, Latin for “Let there be light.” As Homecoming takes place this weekend, the original university and its younger counterpart will battle for the light of victory. Contact Alisha Azevedo at aazevedo@dailycal.org.

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President of the University of California in 1958 and was the principal architect of the modern — and much copied — “multiversity� system consisting of research universities, state colleges and junior colleges. Kerr’s tension with government operatives continued throughout his career with the University, leading to his dismissal by Ronald Reagan in 1967. Chemist Glenn Seaborg took over from Kerr in 1958, when Kerr became president of the UC system. Though Seaborg’s accomplishments as a chancellor were significant, his accomplishments outside his role on campus tend to take center stage — after all, the man used nuclear fission to turn lead into gold. Seaborg was also the principal or codiscoverer of 10 elements in total — including seaborgium, californium, berkelium and plutonium. Seaborg was succeeded by Edward Strong, who was chancellor from 1961 to 1964 — a tumultuous time. His failure to address or manage this agitation, mani-

fested at Berkeley in the Free Speech Movement, eventually culminated in Strong’s resignation. Iowan psychologist Roger Heyns became chancellor for the remainder of the 1960s. After years of unprecedented protests, many felt Heyns’ prevention of mass chaos in Berkeley was enough to deem his turn at the helm a success. Statistician Albert Bowker snubbed the City University of New York to preside over the campus during the 1970s. Bowker struggled with budget cuts — as did most chancellors — and established the Berkeley Foundation to raise the fundraising money needed to construct the Bechtel Engineering Center and the Minor Hall Addition for the School of Optometry. Lawyer Ira Heyman — who eventually became the first non-scientist to head the Smithsonian, rumoredly due to his fund-raising prowess — took over for the 1980s. When Heyman took office, it was already clear that Proposition 13’s property tax cut would create a budget gap for the state — and therefore for Berkeley.

But Heyman proved to be more than a match for such financial obstacles — private funding more than tripled under his term, allowing the campus to fund the construction of the Life Sciences Building Addition as well as the Foothill dormitory complex. Heyman passed the mantle to ChangLin Tien in 1990, who was both the first Asian-American to head a major university and Berkeley’s first foreign-born chancellor. In addition, Tien had both a Chevron oil tanker and an asteroid named after him. In a decade that saw much backlash against affirmative action, Tien was an outspoken advocate for diversity in universities. A graduate of the University of Louisville, he recalled riding a segregated bus in 1956 in an essay for the New York Times. “I didn’t know where I belonged,� he wrote, “so for a long time I stood near the driver. Finally, he told me to sit down in the front, and I did. I didn't take another bus ride for a whole year. I would walk an hour to avoid that.� Historian and South Dakota native Robert Berdahl — who served from 1997 to 2004 — presided over a rela-

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deviated from the upbeat and mildly, sexlessly funky. To use an analogy Johnson himself might employ, it was like riding one long, smooth, endless wave. Never mind that real waves, like great concerts, soar and then crash over you. As one fan admitted to me before Johnson came onstage, “All his songs sound kind of the same.” Perhaps that’s not such a bad thing; the girl who told me didn’t seem to think so, though she recognized that it’s supposed to be. No one at the Greek seemed to mind, especially not the many hetero couples locked in that familiar concert stance: The guy standing behind his girl, his arms wrapped around her waist in a death grip as they sway back and forth interminably. Even for a non-fan, there’s something very seductive about Jack Johnson and the ethos of chill he has come to represent. It certainly has a broad appeal. For a gig in what many might see as an epicenter of “elitism,” there was nothing remotely snobbish about this crowd, regardless of their day jobs. This was “real America” insofar as the

population of California is bigger than most of the red Plains states combined. The motto of this California, it seems, is have a good time — and Jack Johnson is singularly equipped to provide one. The show’s inclusive vibe was exemplified by Johnson’s practice of inviting his opening acts back to the stage for duets and little jam sessions (in this case G. Love, who, ironically, “discovered” J.J., and Zee Avi, a petite Malaysian chanteuse). His keyboard player, Zach Gill, appeared to loosen up Johnson as much he entertained the crowd — his moments of manic key mashing briefly took the attention off a frontman who still seems a little bit shy. Johnson dedicated multiple songs to the women in his life — his baby daughter, his niece, his wife — but did so with an endearing clumsiness. Genuine or not, being Joe Surfer has gotten him pretty far. The Greek, which operates under the anachronistic policy that fans can get as close to the stage as they want, provides an excellent venue for reading an artist’s face. A glimpse of Jack Johnson’s suggested he forgot anyone was looking. Ride the long, smooth, endless wave with Nick at nmoore@dailycal.org.

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in stories related by the characters — but McCarthy’s writing is so powerful that it strikes a deep nerve without any gruesome visual imagery on display. As with its insistent discussion of God, the play’s treatment of race will likely make many theatergoers squeamish. White is portrayed as highly educated and articulate. Black seems stuck in a servile position, busying himself throughout the play by preparing coffee and food for White. McCarthy employs the n-word freely. Black’s character-

ization flirts dangerously close to the Morgan Freeman-esque magical Negro. But these characters aren’t so much stereotypes as they are archetypes — they represent the ongoing battle between believer and non-believer. Intensity boils and seethes until each character becomes entirely divorced from their individual quirks, turning into competing psycho-spiritual states of mind. Doubt versus faith. Community versus isolation. Afterlife versus absolute death. Even if the actors or McCarthy or SF Playhouse offend our usual sense of propriety when it comes to discuss-

ing God, all should be commended for being bold enough to grapple so eloquently with these timeless problems. One of the play’s distinguishing features is how the two characters, at once so different and so similar, mimic each other. Whether they’re taking a sip of coffee simultaneously, pursing their lips tightly when the debate gets heated or rephrasing each others’ answers as questions, mimicry creates a thread between the two, reminding us that beliefs, race and social status aside, we all equally need to come to terms with the same unanswerable questions.

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Oregon Took Up Cal’s Focus During Weekend by Jonathan Kuperberg Contributing Writer

Last weekend, the No. 7 Cal volleyball team swept both then-No. 11 Oregon and Oregon State, but the matches featured two very different Bears THE teams. Against the previously undefeated Ducks on Friday, Cal (14-0, 4-0 in the Pac-10) played perhaps its best match of the season. The Bears were on fire with their kills and and fiery with their demeanor, playing with high energy and intensity the entire contest. The same Cal squad didn’t show up against the Beavers (8-10, 1-3) the following night. Both the coach and players pointed to their lack of focus as the reason for the Bears’ lackluster play. “(The Beavers) had a big blocker,” senior setter Carli Lloyd said. “They were moving the blocker around a lot. We weren’t recognizing that right away.” Unlike against highly ranked Oregon (14-2, 2-2), Cal did not come with as much energy against Oregon State. For instance, the Bears never trailed against the Ducks, but lost the first point to the Beavers. “We just didn’t play as hard as we played last night,” sophomore middle hitter Correy Johnson said after the match. “We weren’t going for every ball all out. And that was the difference, was our effort.” Then again, injuries and a lack of preparation also played a part. The Bears naturally concentrated more on the first match against a ranked team and it paid off, since Cal “knew what (the Ducks) were going to hit,” ac-

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cording to Johnson. Feller said that left really only one day to watch video and study the Beavers. It also hurt Cal to have its top scorer in and out of the lineup against Oregon State. Late in the third set of the Oregon match, junior Tarah Murrey collided with sophomore libero Robin Rostratter. Both were shaken up — they both briefly left the match shortly after — but they came back in and seemed fine. Murrey, the Pac-10 Player of the Week, even recorded a kill in her first play back. However, both players sported thigh bands to protect what Feller said were thigh bruises after they “leg whipped” each other. Murrey also injured her rib during a collision with freshman Adrienne Gehan against the Ducks. “Tarah was hurt and we didn’t wanna use her back row,” Feller said of the Oregon State match. “For Robin, she was a little slow reacting tonight. The balls she was getting last night she wasn’t getting tonight.” Rostratter said that she and Murrey are improving and will be 100-percent for this weekend’s matches. Murrey’s substitutions, however, were not the only lineup difference during the weekend. Little-used freshman defensive specialist Erin Freeman started both matches and played surprisingly well. She registered 16 digs in the two matches and a service ace. “Erin just really has earned herself the chance to play defense for us, and (against Oregon) she proved that that was a good choice,” Feller said. “She made one of the first digs … set the tone, that the rest of the team really just kicked it up from there.” Jonathan Kuperberg covers volleyball. Contact him at jkuperberg@dailycal.org.

Jesolva: Senior Fought Through Injuries in 2010 from Back

State and Pacific, Jesolva was taken out and sustained injuries that she said made walking difficult. But in both instances, she was back, ready to do it all over again in the next week’s game. “(Megan) is a very tough young lady, she is physically able to withstand a lot of pain,” says coach Neil McGuire. “As a result of that, she’s probably played a lot more minutes being injured than she has healthy.” Despite risking more injuries, soccer and Megan Jesolva have an almost dysfunctionally codependent relationship. The Cal women’s soccer team needs the La Mirada, Calif., native’s versatility and work ethic. “Megan’s definitely a vital part of our team, and her work rate on and off the field is exceptional, so not having her, you can tell that she’s not there,” says senior McKenna McKetty. But more than that, Jesolva needs her team and her game. “I just wanna continue playing soccer for as long as my body can hold up,” she says. And Jesolva has concrete plans to do so. While continuing to pursue experience with the national team, Jesolva will take next semester off to work on getting drafted to play in the Women’s

Professional Soccer (WPS) league. She will return in the fall to finish her degree in English and help the team as a student assistant coach. But if her tireless determination to make it back onto the field is any indication, Jesolva is more focused on making the most of her final season atCal — especially since her junior year was cut short. In addition to the lofty 2010 season goals that almost any elite soccer player will set for themselves, Jesolva has a slightly more personal one. “I really want to score a goal,” she said. “I haven’t scored a goal in season, all my years. I’ve had millions of assists, I’ve scored in spring, but never in season, so I’m really trying to score.” It’s a little surprising that in three years and 50 games, Jesolva hasn’t seen the back of the net. “Megan is probably going to go down as one of the all-time greats at Cal,” says McGuire. “Her statistics don’t show just how good a player she is.” Even more surprising is that after three months off and countless trips to the training room, Jesolva hasn’t seen the end of her career or lost her passion for the game. Alex Matthews covers women’s soccer Contact her at almatthews@dailycal.org.

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it’s currently riding a three-win streak highlighted by a certain upset in Austin — there’s on crucial difference between the Bruin and Wolf Pack offenses: Colin Kaepernick. UCLA’s Kevin Prince can’t even fill the Nevada quarterback’s flip flops. The Bruin sophomore is guiding the nation’s third-worst passing attack, while Kaepernick is averaging over 200 yards through the air and 100 yards on the turf. The same kind of divide can be found even just on the Westwood squad. Although it has racked up 107 points over its past three games, UCLA was also skunked by Stanford in an embarrassing 35-0 shutout. “A little Jekyll and Hyde,” Vereen said. “(We’re going to) prepare for their best. We saw what they did against Texas, how well that they played. They got a lot of turnovers. They played big on third downs. So we’re preparing to get their best, their very best.” Cal’s own offense has been lackluster of late after two early-season blowouts. Part of the reason may be freshman Keenan Allen’s ankle injury,

which has limited him to two catches since Sept. 11. He’s supposed to be healthy now. “It puts such another great weapon out there for our offense,” quarterback Kevin Riley said. “He’s been hampered with his ankle and now he’s full strength. Even in practice he looks so much better, kind of when he first got here.” Quick Hits — The last time Cal dropped below .500 was in 2006. It was blown out in its season opener, 35-18, by Tennessee, but that loss was followed by eight consecutive wins. You’ll have to go back to 2003 for a true dip in the Bears’ record: They started the season 1-3 with losses to Kansas State, Colorado State and Utah. — Cal hasn’t lost to UCLA at home since 1998 and are 5-3 under Jeff Tedford. The coach earned his first career win in Los Angeles in last season’s 45-26 beating of the Bruins at the Rose Bowl. Jack Wang covers football. Contact him at jwang@dailycal.org.

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pocket last season, many fans may have longed for a disruptive pass-rusher off the edge. Our featured Bear in the Pro was just that throughout his years in Berkeley. A Bay Area product from Sunnvyale’s Fremont High School, Banta-Cain went on to place third on Cal’s all-time sack list. His 26.5 quarterback take-downs rank him only behind Reagan Upshaw and Andre Carter. After finishing his Cal career with a 13-sack campaign in 2002 that earned him All Pac-10 First Team honors, Banta-Cain was taken in the seventh round by the New England Patriots. He has gone on to be a mainstay along New England’s defensive line, earning a pair back-to-back Super Bowl rings in 2004 and 2005. Banta-Cain returned briefly to the Bay Area for an unspectacular twoyear stint with San Francisco. Now in his second stint in the Northeast, he has made the 49ers think twice about

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Megan Jesolva has been one of the Cal women’s soccer team’s top players ever since she set foot on campus as a freshman. The La Mirada, Calif., native has started all four seasons in Berkeley and has overcome a series of injuries during her time with the Bears. by Alex Matthews Contributing Writer

Megan Jesolva grimaces a little bit. “It was so ugly and gross,” she says, miming an apple-sized bulge on her knee. The Cal women’s soccer team senior’s reaction to a torn MCL is a little understated. Sure, a large lump of scarred tissue on your knee is an eyesore, but the inability to perform basic movements is more disconcerting. “I couldn’t bend my knee past 90 degrees for like a month, which is really weird,” she says, describing her physical condition. Jesolva will casually mention details like this, but there was only one part of the ordeal she couldn’t stand, the one complaint she always returns to as she talks about the injury: she couldn’t play soccer. It was seven games into the 2009 season, and Jesolva's year was over. Traces of the impatience and irritation still linger in her voice when recalling her recovery. “Normally you’re supposed to be able to ride a bike after like the first month, and I wasn’t able to do that, so I was like, ‘Okay, why is this taking so long to heal?’” she says. In the grand scheme of things, three months

isn’t that much time. Jesolva says it seemed like a decade. The hyperbole might seem extreme, but few people can understand the emotional toll that being unable to play took on the U-23 national team member. In spite of the unusually long recovery period, Jesolva tried to play again with her team in the last four games of the fall season. She finally returned at full strength in January and was training with the national program by March. “That was my first time competing at a higher level, where I felt like 100-percent good to go. I was getting my lungs back, I was getting my legs back,” she says of playing at the U-23 camp. “Everything just felt right again.” For a player who’s comfortable at virtually every position on the field, it makes sense that the soccer pitch is the only place where she feels “right.” Being out for three months took every ounce of willpower that Jesolva could muster. Captain Emily Shibata said that, as a teammate, she felt the need to keep Jesolva motivated. “I just kept telling her, ‘Meg you’re gonna be out there sooner or later, take your rehab slowly, and get healthy cause you don’t want any other injuries to come about of this,’” Shibata said. “She struggled, but she’s come back even stronger.” But those words were extra inspiration on

top of the implicit obligation that Jesolva felt for her teammates. The mutual support that teammates should provide for each other was motivation to push through three months of pain, struggle, an eventually recovery. “I put myself on the line for them any day, any game, all practice,” Jesolva said. “I want to be there for them and win with them and be on the field fighting with them,” “Whether I was on the field or not, I was always trying to push them to be the best. Of course it’s easier to do on the field, you’re in the action, you can lead by example. But throughout my injury time I had to dig deep and try to motivate them while at the same time kind of listening to my own words and motivating myself.” Now that she’s back on the field, in spite of the adversity that soccer has presented her, Jesolva continues to put herself on the line in the name of the Bears. In games this season against Long Beach

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Critical Voids for NFL Teams

by Jack Wang

Daily Cal Staff Writer Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. game could be the Cal football team’s last annual date against UCLA. Colorado’s 2011 entrance into the Pac-10 recently became official. The imminent Pac-12 will be parted into two six-team divisions, but how that will be done has not yet been determined; the alignment may very well split apart the four California campuses. “Whenever we play an L.A. school, we try to turn it up a notch just because,” said Shane Vereen, a native of the Los Angeles suburb of Valencia. “A little bit more to prove, a little bit more on the table for us, personally. “And so if that is taken away, I hope that we can do our thing this year against the L.A. schools.” When the Bears take their turn with their sister school, they’ll be seeing the pistol offense for the second time this season.

by Gabriel Baumgaertner and Ed Yevelev “Defense, Bears, Defense” is a go-to chant for mic men (and women) regardless of the next play, the score, or whatever personnel are on the field. The only requirem e n t is that at that given moment, Cal is playing defense. This week, we look at three former Bears who took that chant to heart and represented whenever they set foot on the turf.

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Mychal Kendricks ranks fourth on the team with 10 tackles in 2010. He and the rest of Cal’s linebackers will have their hands full against UCLA’s talented running back tandem. That was the scheme Nevada used to shred the Cal defense three weeks ago to the tune of 497 yards and six touchdowns. “The defensive coaches have looked at it to where we could have improved,” Tedford said. “There’s probably certain

plays that we went over (as a team) during that week after we played Nevada, when we review the tape. But to watch the (entire) tape again, no.” For all of UCLA’s recent success —

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PROS

Thomas DeCoud A feared presence in his four years in Berkeley, Thomas DeCoud has made a seamless transition from college game to the professional gridiron. A thirdround pick by the Atlanta Falcons in

2008, DeCoud has quickly become a coveted defender in an improving Falcons’ defense. The Pinole, Calif. native has emerged as one of the top young prospects on a youthful defense that has enjoyed a successful start to the 2010 campaign. Despite appearing in limited action in his rookie season, DeCoud established himself as one of the best defensive backs on the team in 2009. All three of Decoud’s interceptions last season came in victories that would be decided by only one possession. DeCoud already has one interception to add to his career this season, a nifty grab from Super Bowl-winning quarterback Drew Brees, which allowed the Falcons to tie the game en route to a 27-24 upset of the New Orleans Saints. Tully Banta-Cain Watching opposing quarterbacks pick Cal apart from the comfort of the

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