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Downtown Plans Dominate District 4 Race “This election really is a referendum on whether we will have minority voices on the council … (which are) good for democracy.”

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Laura Zelko, below left, had a public conduct hearing on Wednesday for her involvement in November protests. The faculty, staff and student panel at the hearing talks above.

Controversial Conduct Hearing Goes Public

by Mary Susman Contributing Writer

The second conduct hearing this semester for a student involved in campus protests last November continued from afternoon into the evening ONLINE VIDEO Wednesday and Watch footage of the was surrounded by controversy student conduct hearing regarding the Wednesday evening. nature of UC Berkeley’s conduct procedures.

The public hearing was held for junior Laura Zelko, who faces five Code of Student Conduct violations for her involvement in a Nov. 18 demonstration and the Nov. 20 Wheeler Hall occupation, though at the hearing she claimed no responsibility for the charges.

Zelko had requested her hearing to be public so that the process would be more transparent, according to her advisor Carmen Comsti, a UC Berkeley School of Law student and a member of Campus Rights Project which has been advising those facing charges.

“The significance of the public hearing would be that it’s a way to bring to light all the procedural abuses and violations of students’ rights that students have experienced for almost an entire year now, and this is the first time that the public has been able to see it,” said Sean Graham, a law student and member of the Campus Rights Project.

Comsti said the first student to have a hearing in September requested an open hearing but was told his hearing would be consolidated with other students charged with misconduct last November if it were open, so he chose it to be private.

According to Christina Gonzales, associate dean of students, the panel

chair of each hearing has the right to decide whether to grant a student’s request to make the hearing open or to keep it private, which it is by default.

At the beginning of the hearing, Zelko asked the panel of five not to proceed, calling it “unfair” 11 months after the incident. Although the chair of the panel, math professor Paul Vojta, said “it sucks” that delays had pushed back the hearing date this far, the hearing proceeded.

Though the code states hearings are to be held 45 days after initial charges, this policy was suspended last year in response to campus-wide budget cuts and furloughs which reduced the office’s ability to process cases, according to campus officials. Gonzales said the 45-day timeline is back in place for new conduct violation cases this year.

Graham said the charges should be dropped because of the timeline’s suspension, adding that he thinks the Office of Student Conduct is “using the student disciplinary process as a means of repressing student activism.”

Vojta said Zelko could write her objection to the hearing in a letter to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande if she chooses to appeal later.

No detailed plans have been made for the future hearings of other students involved in the demonstrations last November, which Gonzales said is “hard to do” because of difficulties with scheduling members of the panel.

As of press time, the hearing had not ended and no conclusion had been reached on Zelko’s case.

Samantha Strimling of The Daily Californian contributed to this report.

Contact Mary Susman at msusman@dailycal.org.

With the Berkeley City Council elections only five days away, discussion on how to revitalize the Downtown area continues to dominate the District 4 race alongside a city ballot measure that would implement policies to address the future Elections of the area.

Two-year incumbent Jesse Arreguin faces Jim Novosel — an 2010 architect and planning commissioner who has been endorsed by dailycal.org/elections Mayor Tom Bates and several council members, including Linda Maio, Darryl Moore, Laurie Capitelli, Susan Wengraf and Gordon Wozniak — and Bernt Wahl, a UC Berkeley engineering professor and CEO of Factle, a Berkeley mapping company.

While Wahl said he will support the community’s decision on Measure R — which sets goals for the city’s Downtown as it goes to voters next week — Arreguin and Novosel have taken opposing sides on the measure, with the incumbent steering opposition to the proposal, heightening conversation on the direction of the Downtown.

Several drafts of a downtown area plan developed by the City Council, the Downtown Area Plan Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission have met opposition due to some contentious issues — some surrounding the height of buildings — preventing the city from adopting a plan.

“We have plans that we’ve developed throughout our fiveyear downtown planning process,” Arreguin said. “I don’t know why we’re not moving forward with just passing one of them and why the council needed to go to the voters to get direction on approving a plan.”

While Arreguin has consistently said the measure is “a plan to make a plan,” Novosel said its passage would not restart the process of developing a plan — rather, it merely deals with the contentious height issue.

The measure asks voters if the city should limit the number of new Downtown buildings to five — two of which would be residential buildings with commercial businesses on the ground floor and no taller than 180 feet, one hotel not to exceed 180 feet and two mixed-use or office buildings not to exceed 120 feet. These would be exceptions to the city’s maximum building height of 60 feet.

“Let’s get rid of the height issue as an issue,” Novosel said.

“That’s the one that every stumbles over ... once Measure R passes the plan is in place.”

In Novosel’s own plan to transform the Downtown into a pedestrian-friendly space, he outlined four points to revitalize the area. His plan aims to increase the number of residents and businesses, create safe pedestrian plazas — including one along Center Street — create a transit terminal at Berkeley Square and reroute traffic around the Downtown Berkeley BART station to allow for more parking.

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School Board Candidates Contend Over Budget

by Sarah Mohamed Contributing Writer

With school districts across California struggling to balance budgets, the six candidates running for the three seats currently up for election on the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education propose different solutions for how to allocate the district’s limited resources and keep state budget cuts from affecting students.

Candidates said they hope to address issues ranging from expanding district education programs to increasing budgetary foresight on the board and more efficiently managing available resources.

Challengers Julie Holcomb, Priscilla Myrick and Josh Daniels said the board needs oversight and long-term planning in terms of budgeting funds.

Although there are no prerequisites for being on the board, Holcomb and Myrick said their financial experience will allow them to better deal with future district budgets.

Holcomb said running a printing business for 28 years has given her a unique perspective on managing resources and people and that this experience will help her if elected.

With 20 years of financial management experience, Myrick said long-term

planning is integral to board operations.

“I want to bring oversight, accountability and transparency,” Myrick said.

“I’m not sure that the board knows what a model of transparency and accountability could look like.”

Daniels, a candidate and attorney who represents school districts in budgetary lawsuits against the state, said his legal expertise allows him a greater understanding than most candidates of the way in which the state system affects the school budget.

“The state controls over half of our budget, and if we don’t understand that, we are at a disadvantage,” he said.

But according to current board President Karen Hemphill — who is running for re-election — a diverse range of experiences will not help her opponents deal with the current budget situation.

“If I’m not re-elected, there will be one member with two years of experience and one with 10 — I think that would be a board that would spend a year just figuring it out,” she said.

Hemphill said if she is re-elected, one of her roles will be to help newly elected board members understand the complex workings of the district budget.

She added that she wants to con-

tinue cultivating relationships with community organizations to combine resources and benefit students and their families. Sharing facilities and information with nearby community colleges, volunteer organizations and after-school enrichment programs would be part of this effort, she said.

Holcomb said the expansion of technical career education is necessary for the improvement of the education system and will not waste additional money.

“Hands-on education is really important — not as an alternative but part of academic success,” she said.

According to Daniels, he will search for different sources of funding to expand district resources. He said he has helped other districts apply for and obtain state bonds and subsidies in the past.

Myrick said she wants effective resource allocation by stimulating revenue through increasing student attendance, using technology to increase efficiency and reduce administrative costs and managing personnel cuts through better financial planning and attrition.

Candidates Leah Wilson and Norma Harrison could not be reached for comment as of press time.

Contact Sarah Mohamed at smohamed@dailycal.org.

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Although the two measures affecting the Berkeley Unified School District on next Tuesday’s ballot both fund maintenance projects at local Elections schools, one of them, Measure I, is drawing more criticism because 2010 of its scope and projected cost to dailycal.org/elections city residents.

Measure I, which would give the district authorization to issue a $210 million bond to fund construction projects in the district, has drawn less support than Measure H, which imposes a parcel tax that would fund upkeep and maintenance of district buildings.

The bond measure, which requires a 55 percent approval rate to pass, would allow for the construction of a new gym at Berkeley High School, new classrooms and science labs at several school sites, seismic upgrades and the renovation of many facilities in the district.

In 1992 and 2000, Berkeley voters passed two similar bond measures — Measure A and Measure AA — both of which allowed the district to take out bonds of over $100 million each.

Several opponents of Measure I said some of the projects — like building a new gym for the high school — were also supposed to be funded by the older measures, so tax payers have already contributed enough.

“We paid for the (high school) classrooms to be rebuilt in Measure AA, and they did not build the classrooms,” said Berkeley resident Marie Bowman, who is also a member of the Berkeleyans Against Soaring Taxes campaign, in an e-mail. “Should we pay for them again?”

Eric Weaver, co-chair of the Yes on Measures H & I campaign, said because Measure AA did not require the district to allocate $19 million of the bond to a specific project — the gym — it became clear that it would be more financially sound to build a new gym

than to replace the old one.

Measure I, if approved by voters, would provide money specifically to build a new gym.

Berkeley High School Parent Liaison Irma Parker said much of the improvements she has seen in the schools over the past 20 years have been because of the financial support from both parcel taxes and bond measures.

“I remember when the rain would come — we would have to put a bucket on the floor in some of the elementary schools to catch the water from the roof,” she said. “It was cold in the classrooms, windows were broken ... kids cannot learn like that.”

If Measure I is passed, the district ensures each taxpayer’s annual contribution will not exceed $172.80 for every $100,000 of assessed property value — the highest level city residents have ever previously paid for bonds.

Residents now pay approximately $160 a year for bonds, according to Lew Jones, BUSD director of facilities.

District Board of Education President Karen Hemphill said she does expect taxpayers to reach the promised tax cap.

The other district measure on the ballot, the parcel tax outlined in Measure H, is also a continuation of an older measure, the Berkeley Schools Facilities Safety and Maintenance Act of 2000, called Measure BB, and would fund day-to-day maintenance of playgrounds, classrooms and other facilities.

Measure H, which requires a twothirds approval, would create a tax of 6.31 cents per square foot on residential buildings and 9.46 cents per square foot on commercial buildings that would go towards funding upkeep of buildings.

Hemphill said since school districts do not get money from the state to replace broken facilities, the district needs community support to keep equipment up to date and safe. Without this support, the district would have to use money from its general fund — like most other districts in the state — which provides money for the majority

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lright, here we go. In less than a week, the people of the United States get to make their voices heard loud and clear.

Finally, we can go to the polls on Tuesday to cast our ballots for the change this country/state/county/city needs. Supposedly.

It seems like we’ve been here before.

It seems so familiar. Ah ha! It is.

The country — and California — is wrought with debt. People are unable to find work, and the economy still seems precariously balanced at best. Oh, we’re also still bogged down in military action we can’t win.

After nearly a decade of staying the course and showing unwavering resolve in the face of evil, we were promised two years ago that, yes, we can have real change. Well, not really.

In California, we’ve been promised for years that Sacramento would no longer get away with business as usual, and policies of fiscal responsibility would be restored. Yeah, ok.

This year is the same old song and dance while a large group of people still wants to take their country back. Perhaps you’ve noticed a pattern here — one in which actual change remains conspicuously absent.

Unfortunately, even through months of boisterous blustering and brash rhetoric, I’ve yet to hear how anyone plans to realistically make these changes.

For example, California gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman promises to run Sacramento “like a business” and restore a balanced budget. The problem is that California is not a business, much less a high-tech one.

Her opponent, Jerry Brown, seems more interested in leaning on his time as governor 27-plus years ago than outlining a platform of governance for 2010 and beyond. He is also spending too much effort fending off Whitman’s negative campaign advertisements by launching his own ad hominem attacks.

Whitman must not realize that running a government, especially one as constrained as California’s, takes more than managerial techniques and business savvy. It’s not a job for beginners.

See also: Arnold.

As for Brown, well, let’s just say I’m sad Gavin Newsom is only running for Lieutenant Governor.

As Mayor of San Francisco, Newsom has implemented several very interesting and forward thinking policies such as the Healthy San Francisco healthcare plan. He has actually changed stuff, seemingly for the better. ut I digress, and we mustn’t forget about the national midterm election also looming on the horizon.

I know. It’s way too easy to start by picking on the Tea Party, but I like easy.

The popular-media-led TP candidates seem to do anything to play on and manipulate the emotions of a volatile mass of Americans that just want a fair shake in these hard times.

Meanwhile, the good ol’ boys of the GOP pretend to shy away from this “rogue” faction of dingbats and knuckleheads. Yet one must only look as far as Newt Gingrich, who constantly guzzles gallons of the Tea Party’s Kool-Aid, to

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The rancorous anecdotal rhetoric spewed by Nazi SS re-enactors and Sarah Palin-esque sorta-witch wannabes supersedes the fact that these hyper-partisan nutcases actually have a semblance of hope for victory next week.

In order to see why we must return to whence we came: “Change.”

The main message of the last two election cycles seems to infer an electme-and-things-will-automaticallychange-the-way-you-want-them-tobecause-I’m-not-the-last-guy air of optimism. Too bad optimism gets you as far as a joyful kick in the teeth. rom my point of view, nothing has really changed since the last election, and that’s not changing anytime soon.

Save for a highly compromised healthcare bill and a beginner’s version of a consumer “Bill of Rights,” the Democrat-controlled executive and legislative branches of our government haven’t made much, if any, progress from the previous regime.

Guantanamo Bay remains open.

We were promised a repeal of the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Only once an injunction halting the practice was made, and the Obama Administration’s Justice Department has intervened to have the policy continued.

Yeah, the “combat” mission in Iraq is “over.” Just ask the thousands of American troops still there, getting shot at every day.

Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Only now the chasm we occupy is crowded with thousands of more troops and an underlying regime that would just as soon see us leave.

Oh, and the economy remains in the crapper. Sure, the experts say that we’re out of the recession, but just because there have been some gains on the jobs front doesn’t mean we’re anywhere close to recovery.

The same crooked businesspeople remain in charge. They continue to leech billions of dollars from the hardworking people they screwed over in the first place.

In the meantime, the people will continue to vote for the other guy/gal’s promise of change, and we’ll keep manically switching out our leaders.

So the face behind the counter may change next week. But we’ll still leave the transaction shortchanged, looking for somewhere else to shop.

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GSIs ‘Grade-In’ to Protest Unresolved Contract

by Karinina Cruz Contributing Writer

With dozens of blue books and red pens in hand, about 30 GSIs sat down inside UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall to grade tests and papers Wednesday afternoon, calling attention to their union’s demands of the UC, while simultaneous negotiations in Los Angeles once again put off a conclusion to the terms of the union’s contract.

As UC officials and representatives from the United Auto Workers Local 2865 union ­— which represents 12,000 academic student employees in the UC system — met in Los Angeles to discuss the contract, members of the union at UC Berkeley participated in the “grade-in” with the support of other campus staff and students.

For more than four months, the union and the UC have tried to come to terms on the contract. During the discussions Wednesday, it was decided that bargaining will resume on Nov. 9, and though the contract was set to expire this Friday, it has now been extended for a third time to Nov. 15, according to the union’s Northern Vice President and UC Santa Barbara graduate student Daraka Larimore-Hall.

Larimore-Hall added that no progress was made during the negotiations and several outstanding issues remain, including wage increases, childcare subsidies and job security.

“We hope to discuss and resolve all issues, but the bargaining team will be deliberating whether the UC’s behavior justifies an unfair labor (practices) strike,” he said.

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Graduate students conduct a “grade-in” on Wednesday, which was used to protest the lack of a contract with the UC by sitting in and grading tests and papers in the Sproul Hall foyer. ficials were unable for comment as of press time.

Demonstrators at UC Berkeley gathered at Sather Gate at noon Wednesday and eventually marched to Sproul Hall, where GSIs sat down and graded papers.

“We want to call attention to the hours spent grading because this work is mostly invisible and taken for granted by the university, as evidenced by their (UC) contract offer,” said Megan Wachspress, spokesperson for the UC

Berkeley Graduate Student Organizing Committee.

GSIs at the demonstration said they are struggling financially and wanted more consideration from the university.

“We’re just overworked,” said UC Berkeley French graduate student Aubrey Gabel. “We’re the majority of the workplace in the campus. It’s about time we be made a priority.”

Contact Karinina Cruz at kcruz@dailycal.org.

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UC Pension Program Proposition Provokes Controversy From Union Members President Yudof ’s Plan To Differentiate Pension Contributions for Future And Current Faculty

by Jordan Bach-Lombardo Contributing Writer

UC President Mark Yudof ’s recommendation that the UC Board of Regents adopt changes to the university’s pension program has been met with approval from faculty leadership but vehement opposition from union members.

Yudof ’s model was originally proposed by faculty and staff members of a university task force on post-employment benefits and later modified by the president in his recommendation.

This model would establish employee and employer contribution rates to the

pension fund at 7 and 8.1 percent of the employee’s salary, respectively, and create a new tier of the pension system for workers hired after July 1, 2013.

The regents will discuss the recommendation at their November meeting.

At a town hall meeting at UC Berkeley’s International House Wednesday morning, UC Executive Vice President for Business Operations Nathan Brostrom said the proposal successfully balanced the concerns of the university’s employees and should return the pension program to fully-funded status.

“If we get back to 100 percent funding in 20 or 30 years, we will be fine,” he said, adding that other models were considered but ultimately rejected because they did “too much damage to the university.”

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 and of the University Professional and Techni-

cal Employees Local 1 criticized the recommendation, stating that the new tier would create inequality between employees.

“Offering new hires reduced benefits is not going to benefit the university and is certainly not going to benefit students,” said Tanya Smith, president of UPTE Local 1 chapter. “When you start to divide the community up ... the whole community suffers.”

Yudof ’s plan was first revealed on Monday in a letter to university faculty and staff from systemwide Academic Senate Chair Daniel Simmons.

Yudof ’s recommendations are supported by the leadership of the UC Academic Senate and Council of UC Staff Assemblies and the UC’s staff advisors to the Regents, according a letter by Yudof addressed to UC faculty and staff.

According to Simmons’ letter, several key regents, whom he later said chaired “a couple of important committees,” also support the recommendation.

same arrangement as people hired before them, it’s just not fair,” she said.

“There will be more overturn in staff because there is a diminished commitment to them.”

Yudof ’s recommendation abandons the integration of social security benefits into the calculation of a retiree’s total compensation package — a facet of the task force’s proposal that had generated controversy because it would result in a lower total remuneration for retirees.

Despite the relatively widespread support for the recommendation, significant obstacles to its implementation still exist. Any agreement involving union-represented employees is subject to a collective bargaining process before it can be instituted.

Although the systemwide Academic Senate as a whole did not formally endorse Yudof ’s proposal at its Wednesday meeting, Vice Chair Robert Anderson said he felt confident the senate would do so at its November meeting.

Shane White, chair of the UCLA Academic Senate Faculty Welfare Committee and professor of endodontics at the UCLA School of Dentistry, said the plan was the best option to come out of a bleak scenario, but a concurrent increase in employee salaries would be necessary to maintain the university’s competitiveness as a top-rate institution.

“An organization can thrive only if it is paying its employees the same as its competitors,” he said. “It is inevitable if the salaries aren’t competitive that we will lose the best that we’ve got, and we won’t get the best newcomers.”

Smith also cited the institution of the new tier as potentially reducing the university’s ability to retain top faculty.

“If (employees) are not getting the

Javier Panzar of The Daily Californian contributed to this report.

Jordan Bach-Lombardo covers higher education. Contact him at jbachlombardo@dailycal.org.

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of budgeted district expenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you go to Richmond, go to Oakland, go to Vallejo, the schools are in the shape they are because ... itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of visible when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have (the parcel taxes) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; schools do not look like places of learning,â&#x20AC;? Hemphill said.

Mark Van Kriekan, vice president of the high schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parent Teacher Student Association, called both measures a â&#x20AC;&#x153;necessary evil.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good cause even though people are often uncomfortable with increased taxes,â&#x20AC;? Van Kriekan said.

Parker said while a well-maintained school does not dictate the quality of the education, the school environment has a big impact on the students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have a kid that comes from a poor neighborhood, it lets them know that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something better in the world that they can strive for,â&#x20AC;? Parker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in an economic downturn, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to pay something one way or another â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I would rather pay taxes for something that helped children.â&#x20AC;?

Soumya Karlamangla is the lead local schools reporter. Contact her at skarlamangla@dailycal.org.

district 4: New Technology Could Help With Revitalization from front â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea is mainly to make the Downtown a social and service center for the neighborhood residents ... (and) have activities that would draw the people into the areas of the downtown,â&#x20AC;? Novosel said.

Wahl said the city could use his companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geographic information technology to mark potholes, assess crime and even determine which lots are the most appropriate for specific businesses in terms of location and size. Using this technology could increase the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efficiency on fronts other than the Downtown as well, he said.

Yet amid discussion on how to best approach the Downtown, Arreguin said the future of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy

of a progressive voice hangs in the balance. Given Novoselâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support from the majority of the council, Arreguin said he expects Novosel, if elected, will vote on a consistent basis with the group and will not have an independent voice on the council. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This election really is a referendum on whether we will have minority voices on the council, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a concerted effort in Districts 4 and 7 to try to get rid of people who do present a different perspective,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There should be people who are pushing the council in a more progressive direction, and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for democracy.â&#x20AC;?

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City Council Discusses Dwindling Retail Sector

by Yousur Alhlou Contributing Writer

In light of a new report outlining the city of Berkeleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declining taxable retail sales, the Berkeley City Council took a break from its routine agenda at its meeting Tuesday to discuss how to preserve the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dwindling retail sector.

A report by the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office of Economic Development revealed that although Berkeleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retail sector has experienced, on average, a slower decline in comparison to that of Alameda County and the state, the city is facing a $1.92 million loss in revenue and roughly $200 million in retail sales since March 2008 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a decrease that caught the councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest. According to the report, job losses and increased vacancy rates reflect the decline in sales. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to dramatically restructure the planning department and permit process,â&#x20AC;? Councilmember Kriss Worthington said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to adjust the rules to give the different shopping districts a very different flavor.â&#x20AC;?

The city ranks lower in â&#x20AC;&#x153;General Merchandise Salesâ&#x20AC;? at $531 per capita compared to $1,375 per capita in the county.

But the city ranks higher in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other Retail Storesâ&#x20AC;? category â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $2,520 per capita compared to $1,558 in the coun-

ty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; due to small, independent retailers across the business districts.

Dave Fogarty, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic development project coordinator, said a staff working group will meet within the next few days to begin outlining recommendations and specific proposals that will be presented to the council in December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sales tax decline, in combination with other revenue issues like budget cuts from the state, is the context by which the council has to consider the budget for the next year,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Fogarty added that the council will have to reconcile recommendations from the working group and possible objections from neighbors and students who might reject propositions including, among others, late-night business operations.

Councilmember Laurie Capitelli said he believes a major issue at stake is whether the council can create, in the short term, policies that allow for sustainable development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a variety of quota systems,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On a temporary basis, we should consider suspending those quotas.â&#x20AC;?

Some small business owners like Janet Winter, who owns Games of

Berkeley on Shattuck Avenue with her husband, understand they cannot compete with â&#x20AC;&#x153;big boxâ&#x20AC;? retailers like Target in El Cerrito.

Winter said competition has not driven down sales due to a group of regulars who value the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to local customers.

The report suggests that city staff analyze the long-term implications of the economic crisis on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retail sector and the changing policies in neighboring cities that are more lenient toward retail expansion. Emeryville, for example, has added 1.3 million square feet in four new shopping centers, all attributed to zoning permits that allow for larger establishments, according to Helen Bean, director of the Economic Development and Housing Department in Emeryville.

Berkeleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report calls on the council to promote local shopping initiatives and provide marketing assistance to open commercial space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There has been a decline across the country in terms of the retail environment and particularly for Berkeley, which doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rely on big box retailers to provide funds,â&#x20AC;? Capitelli said.

Contact Yousur Alhlou at yalhlou@dailycal.org.

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

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Downbeat Azure Ray Matched

By Refreshing Energy of Opener

by Charlene Petitjean Contributing Writer

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zure Ray have always been known for their bittersweet melancholia. Their Sunday performance at the Independent was no exception. Six years after their last album Hold on Love, the female duo have made a highly anticipated comeback. One would hope that six years had sufficed for the band to mature out of its sorrowful musicality. Yet, the bittersweet melancholia, along with the plaintive cello and the doleful melodies, have remained. The night was well on its way when Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink appeared on stage. The crowd had been waiting for a while and grew undisciplined and impatient. People had already had two or three beers and shouted drunken cheers that seemed inapposite to the atmosphere that Azure Ray was about to create.

The band’s unwavering vocal performance was of exceptional quality. Their immaculate harmonization testified not only to their artistry, but also to their professionalism. Their delicate voices murmured indistinguishable words with such radiance and silkiness that it was easy to forget about the despair that emanated from their lyrics. In spite of their sporadic monotony, the pair showed off their musical expertise through a clever mix, however too down tempo, of familiar and novel tunes.

Despite their flawless harmonies, the two artists disappointed. Timid and unsure, they seemed to be novices in the art of performance. And as they hastily hid themselves and their somewhat incongruous baby-doll outfits behind their oversized guitars, the duo surprisingly chose not to engage in heartfelt greetings, which were well-deserved after such a long absence. Sadly, they immediately dove into their musical set and seemed to disregard the fact that the audience was excited to finally cross paths again. While harmonious and

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Speak Now does offer ning pieces that are bound arts and fill the radio stas at her best with uplifting hat brim with euphoria. first single, “Mine,” paints iction of a relationship’s ns while maintaining the oks that Swift’s music is s for “Sparks Fly,” dielonger have to rely on the version from a 2008 Swift can now enjoy the song’s ment to first love in all lory. But these joyous musical fulfillment are he majority of the album luster. Swift speaks now lding her peace but her rdly memorable enough mpact.

—Cynthia Kang

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n honor of next Tuesday’s midterm elections, I will turn this week’s column to the debauchery of political advertising, arguably the least artful breed of ad in existence. And if you disagree with me, I’ll punch you in the jaw.

And I will hurt my hand and sue you.

And derail your campaign for governor.

To prepare for this column, I spent a lot of time watching political ads for the California senate and gubernatorial races, and then I spent a lot of time suffocating in a spiritual malaise.

The first California political ad to get much attention this season was Senate candidate Carly Fiorina’s “demon sheep” ad from the Republican primary, in which a man dressed as a sheep with glowing red eyes poses as her opponent and stalks some other, totally creepedout sheep. You can’t make this stuff up.

Fiorina’s ads seem to have taken the apocalyptic track, black-and-white closeups of street urchins with tears welling in their eyes because of the jobs, oh the jobs, the jobs that have gone to India!

Cut to an unflattering photo of Barbara Boxer (eyes closed, wrinkles wrinkling) and bingo, we have an ad. Like the world-ending hype that got asses to the theaters for “2012,” Fiorina’s hoping to induce the voters of California to crap themselves in the voting booth. And then vote for her.

Here, a word for Fiorina: Most of your ads fail the moment you start talking.

Don’t purse your lips. Speak from your stomach, not your nose. BREATHE, WOMAN! The show is a week away and you sound like you’re tripping over your lines! When you squeeze out the words “I’ll reach across the aisle” through gritted teeth like that I'm forced to worry just what you’ll do across the aisle once you’ve reached it.

As for Boxer’s ads (also heralding the

poetic throughout, the duo’s concert was filled with too much of the same autumnal sentimentality that tickled our deepest emotions a tad too much.

Their live performance was more upbeat than their albums. Yet, their lack of enthusiasm and of jollity sure didn’t cast away the gloom that reigned over the San Franciscan sky.

If Azure Ray failed to pierce Sunday’s cloudy horizons, they chose an opener that incontestably succeeded. Heavily contrasting with Azure Ray’s sluggish dream pop, Tim Fite arranged a carnivalesque potpourri of comedic sketches and musical genres, demonstrating a profound excitement to perform.

That night, he made people howl with laughter as he sang “Rambo Bad”; he made them squirm as he narrated the story of a little pink cockroach making its way into our bedrooms (and into our ears). While his talent is undeniable, Fite does not take himself seriously, which is a refreshing kind of modesty that has become scarce in the world of show business.

The crowd was especially impressed when Fite, goofy at first glance, engaged in persuasive hip-hop acts during which he made witty remarks about life’s innumerable contradictions and injustices. Others might have found his lyrics to be too simplistic or vulgar. But he got his message across; the audience scornfully agreed, “Consumerism is the shit.” Sketchy yet charming animated films collided with the music to transformed Fite’s show into a festival.

Through his flippant humor and his uncanny musical mishmash, Tim Fite emerged as an avant-garde artist. His performance might not have been as flawless as Azure Ray’s. But the female duo showed just more of the same sentimentality. And their vocal perfection wasn’t enough to shade their opener’s originality and onstage vivacity.

Raise your class to consumerism with Charlene at cpetitjean@dailycal.org.

end times) I feel I must say a word in defense of the piano as an instrument.

While that one guy with the menacing voice talks (who is that guy, and how is he allowed to work for both sides of every race?) he is backed by doomsday arpeggios on this most lovely of instruments. And what announces the arrival of Boxer the savior? Synthesized strings.

Synth strings! Come on, people. Everyone knows a fake violin says freak out and a warm, rich piano says relax, vote for me.

And who will fill the oversized shoes of Arnold Schwarzenegger? The gubernatorial ads are particularly disappointing, considering this has been the most expensive governor's race in history.

Jerry Brown’s ads are, well, boring.

They’re negative, but don’t have that special demon sheep zing of foreboding.

In his “History Repeating” ad, we see Meg Whitman getting off her campaign bus. Then Arnold getting off his campaign bus back in 2003. There is no dialogue. Only text flashes like a strobe light: “History Repeating.” Holy shit, you guys, Arnold and Meg both travel by bus.

Hide your kids; hide your wife.

This is one of his stupider ads, but the whole crop of Brown ads looks like they were thrown together by a half-hearted intern on Microsoft PowerPoint.

But the real money isn’t with Brown’s campaign, anyway; Meg Whitman has dropped $150 million in this race for governor. And as much as I hate to admit it, Whitman’s ads are better. Jesus, take the wheel.

They boast superior production value.

Smooth editing, well-incorporated graphics and creative shots of California landscapes take the edge off the general unpleasantness of, well, Meg Whitman.

In one, Whitman sits by a pleasant window with a pleasant tree swaying in a pleasant California breeze — a breeze no doubt blown by a $25 million wind machine.

So you can see that, yes, with the extra money, Whitman bought greater artistry in her ads.

Here’s the rub: The commercials may be better, but she’s trailing in the polls a full seven points according to a CNN poll released yesterday.

And regardless of which of these candidates has the better-looking ad, the content remains the same. Cliches abound, that one guy narrates, candidates smile, opponents frown, etc. There is no room for creativity here.

It’s hard to use art as a cover for sleaze in advertising; it’s harder to do so in political advertising. The intention behind the ad, the fact that it is merely a tool to achieve power, precludes this possibility.

Hide from the demon sheep with Hannah at hjewell@dailycal.org.

Downbeat Azure Ray Matched

By Refreshing Energy of Opener

by Charlene Petitjean Contributing Writer

A

zure Ray have always been known for their bittersweet melancholia. Their Sunday performance at the Independent was no exception. Six years after their last album Hold on Love, the female duo have made a highly anticipated comeback. One would hope that six years had sufficed for the band to mature out of its sorrowful musicality. Yet, the bittersweet melancholia, along with the plaintive cello and the doleful melodies, have remained. The night was well on its way when Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink appeared on stage. The crowd had been waiting for a while and grew undisciplined and impatient. People had already had two or three beers and shouted drunken cheers that seemed inapposite to the atmosphere that Azure Ray was about to create.

The band’s unwavering vocal performance was of exceptional quality. Their immaculate harmonization testified not only to their artistry, but also to their professionalism. Their delicate voices murmured indistinguishable words with such radiance and silkiness that it was easy to forget about the despair that emanated from their lyrics. In spite of their sporadic monotony, the pair showed off their musical expertise through a clever mix, however too down tempo, of familiar and novel tunes.

Despite their flawless harmonies, the two artists disappointed. Timid and unsure, they seemed to be novices in the art of performance. And as they hastily hid themselves and their somewhat incongruous baby-doll outfits behind their oversized guitars, the duo surprisingly chose not to engage in heartfelt greetings, which were well-deserved after such a long absence. Sadly, they immediately dove into their musical set and seemed to disregard the fact that the audience was excited to finally cross paths again. While harmonious and

Guide TO

$ELLING OUT WITH

MICHAEL RESTREPO/STAFF

nterruption at last year’s ift’s life so mundane that t find another topic to Not only does she bring that everyone has already hem, she also assumes the Trying to seem big-hearting, Swift condescendes Kanye: “It’s okay, life owd ... who you are is not ... today is never too late new.” She evidently has not ehavior if she devoted an o him, and a subpar one

THIS WEEK: POLITICAL ADS.

I

targeting a specific act ift take the general route peak Now is the first ich Swift wrote her own re is where her songwritme to light. “All you are is a liar / And pathetic / And — Taylor, just how old

ess of the content taints affecting even the titular rprisingly optimistic a wedding crasher, Swift bject in question, “Don’t away now / I’ll meet you out of the church at the ound familiar? The lines ent of her 2008 hit, “Love s desperation for fresh ears to have reached the she has to rip off her old

Speak Now does offer ning pieces that are bound arts and fill the radio stas at her best with uplifting hat brim with euphoria. first single, “Mine,” paints iction of a relationship’s ns while maintaining the oks that Swift’s music is s for “Sparks Fly,” dielonger have to rely on the version from a 2008 Swift can now enjoy the song’s ment to first love in all lory. But these joyous musical fulfillment are he majority of the album luster. Swift speaks now lding her peace but her rdly memorable enough mpact.

—Cynthia Kang

BIG MACHINE RECORDS/COURTESY

n honor of next Tuesday’s midterm elections, I will turn this week’s column to the debauchery of political advertising, arguably the least artful breed of ad in existence. And if you disagree with me, I’ll punch you in the jaw.

And I will hurt my hand and sue you.

And derail your campaign for governor.

To prepare for this column, I spent a lot of time watching political ads for the California senate and gubernatorial races, and then I spent a lot of time suffocating in a spiritual malaise.

The first California political ad to get much attention this season was Senate candidate Carly Fiorina’s “demon sheep” ad from the Republican primary, in which a man dressed as a sheep with glowing red eyes poses as her opponent and stalks some other, totally creepedout sheep. You can’t make this stuff up.

Fiorina’s ads seem to have taken the apocalyptic track, black-and-white closeups of street urchins with tears welling in their eyes because of the jobs, oh the jobs, the jobs that have gone to India!

Cut to an unflattering photo of Barbara Boxer (eyes closed, wrinkles wrinkling) and bingo, we have an ad. Like the world-ending hype that got asses to the theaters for “2012,” Fiorina’s hoping to induce the voters of California to crap themselves in the voting booth. And then vote for her.

Here, a word for Fiorina: Most of your ads fail the moment you start talking.

Don’t purse your lips. Speak from your stomach, not your nose. BREATHE, WOMAN! The show is a week away and you sound like you’re tripping over your lines! When you squeeze out the words “I’ll reach across the aisle” through gritted teeth like that I'm forced to worry just what you’ll do across the aisle once you’ve reached it.

As for Boxer’s ads (also heralding the

poetic throughout, the duo’s concert was filled with too much of the same autumnal sentimentality that tickled our deepest emotions a tad too much.

Their live performance was more upbeat than their albums. Yet, their lack of enthusiasm and of jollity sure didn’t cast away the gloom that reigned over the San Franciscan sky.

If Azure Ray failed to pierce Sunday’s cloudy horizons, they chose an opener that incontestably succeeded. Heavily contrasting with Azure Ray’s sluggish dream pop, Tim Fite arranged a carnivalesque potpourri of comedic sketches and musical genres, demonstrating a profound excitement to perform.

That night, he made people howl with laughter as he sang “Rambo Bad”; he made them squirm as he narrated the story of a little pink cockroach making its way into our bedrooms (and into our ears). While his talent is undeniable, Fite does not take himself seriously, which is a refreshing kind of modesty that has become scarce in the world of show business.

The crowd was especially impressed when Fite, goofy at first glance, engaged in persuasive hip-hop acts during which he made witty remarks about life’s innumerable contradictions and injustices. Others might have found his lyrics to be too simplistic or vulgar. But he got his message across; the audience scornfully agreed, “Consumerism is the shit.” Sketchy yet charming animated films collided with the music to transformed Fite’s show into a festival.

Through his flippant humor and his uncanny musical mishmash, Tim Fite emerged as an avant-garde artist. His performance might not have been as flawless as Azure Ray’s. But the female duo showed just more of the same sentimentality. And their vocal perfection wasn’t enough to shade their opener’s originality and onstage vivacity.

Raise your class to consumerism with Charlene at cpetitjean@dailycal.org.

end times) I feel I must say a word in defense of the piano as an instrument.

While that one guy with the menacing voice talks (who is that guy, and how is he allowed to work for both sides of every race?) he is backed by doomsday arpeggios on this most lovely of instruments. And what announces the arrival of Boxer the savior? Synthesized strings.

Synth strings! Come on, people. Everyone knows a fake violin says freak out and a warm, rich piano says relax, vote for me.

And who will fill the oversized shoes of Arnold Schwarzenegger? The gubernatorial ads are particularly disappointing, considering this has been the most expensive governor's race in history.

Jerry Brown’s ads are, well, boring.

They’re negative, but don’t have that special demon sheep zing of foreboding.

In his “History Repeating” ad, we see Meg Whitman getting off her campaign bus. Then Arnold getting off his campaign bus back in 2003. There is no dialogue. Only text flashes like a strobe light: “History Repeating.” Holy shit, you guys, Arnold and Meg both travel by bus.

Hide your kids; hide your wife.

This is one of his stupider ads, but the whole crop of Brown ads looks like they were thrown together by a half-hearted intern on Microsoft PowerPoint.

But the real money isn’t with Brown’s campaign, anyway; Meg Whitman has dropped $150 million in this race for governor. And as much as I hate to admit it, Whitman’s ads are better. Jesus, take the wheel.

They boast superior production value.

Smooth editing, well-incorporated graphics and creative shots of California landscapes take the edge off the general unpleasantness of, well, Meg Whitman.

In one, Whitman sits by a pleasant window with a pleasant tree swaying in a pleasant California breeze — a breeze no doubt blown by a $25 million wind machine.

So you can see that, yes, with the extra money, Whitman bought greater artistry in her ads.

Here’s the rub: The commercials may be better, but she’s trailing in the polls a full seven points according to a CNN poll released yesterday.

And regardless of which of these candidates has the better-looking ad, the content remains the same. Cliches abound, that one guy narrates, candidates smile, opponents frown, etc. There is no room for creativity here.

It’s hard to use art as a cover for sleaze in advertising; it’s harder to do so in political advertising. The intention behind the ad, the fact that it is merely a tool to achieve power, precludes this possibility.

Hide from the demon sheep with Hannah at hjewell@dailycal.org.

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That has since changed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year my dad told me he rooted for me because I was going to graduate before Griffin and Griffin would have two more years after me, so I saw that as fair,â&#x20AC;? Zach says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problematic for my mom.â&#x20AC;?

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sibling rivalry

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

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In high school, Zach White (above) and brother Griffin (below) played water polo together. Now they attend rival schools.

The daily bruin/courtesy

by Byron Atashian Contributing Writer

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6 year-old Zach White was doing homework when his younger brother Griffin started jumping on him and harassing him. Zach had enough, so he threw Griffin on the bed and popped him in the mouth, knocking one of his teeth loose.

“I didn’t mean to knock his tooth loose,” Zach says. “That was the last time we had a real fight because I think he got the message. That was probably the most physical we’ve ever gotten.”

Zach, a senior All-American center, plays for the Cal water polo squad; Griffin plays for UCLA. The brothers have long since stopped pummeling each other — outside of the pool, that is.

“If I can get a little jab on him in the game I’ll take it, and he’ll do the same for me,” Zach says.

They have now learned to be a little more civil with each other, though it can be rather difficult when one or both have on school apparel at home in Orange County, Calif. When eating a

meal you might hear something to the effect of “take that crap off!” or “get that out of my kitchen!”

As much as they rag on each other now, things were not always that way.

The dynamic duo of the White brothers lasted for two years at El Toro high school, ending with a CIF Division 1 championship in Zach’s senior year and Griffin’s sophomore year. Between the two of them, they notched five goals, two assists and four steals in an 11-8 win over Northwood High.

Their performance in the pool reflected their living together and being so close in ways that just weren’t possible with other teammates.

“I know what Griffin thought. If I saw Griffin had a look in his eyes and was going make a move I knew exactly where to put the ball and when he’d pop up and shoot,” Zach says. “It became that Kobe and Shaq relationship (where) I’ll make you better out there and you’ll make me better in here.”

They were able to roll over most anyone that got in their way. If an opponent got too physical and got away with hitting one of them, they’d hatch

up a plan after the game to punish the offender next time they got the chance. ach came to Cal to continue his career, but everything changed when Griffin chose UCLA. The White brothers had no choice but to turn their wraths on each other. “(I’m) always trying to get something on him, it’s always about who’s doing better, who’s doing worse,” Zach says, calling Griffin “a total stat freak.”

Rather than greeting each other enthusiastically and with a hug, they’ve taken an approach closer to a handshake paired with a stern look in the eye.

They can be likened to Dr. Frankenstein and his monster because Griffin’s water polo skills, now being used against Cal, are partly a product of Zach’s teaching. “(Zach) was probably the strongest kid in high school so it was beneficial to practice against him and then have to play against a weaker opponent in the games,” Griffin says.

Having been such close teammates in high school, Zach and Griffin also know each other’s games inside and out. “(Griffin) just knows my tendencies, when I’m tired, what I hate,” Zach says. “I

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Winning Trumps a Homecoming for Riley

by Jack Wang

Daily Cal Staff Writer Kevin Riley grew up in Beaverton, Ore., about 90 minutes north of the Oregon State campus. Even so, the Cal football team’s Saturday showdown against the Beavers won't hold much added significance for the quarterback.

“Early on in my career it felt great going back home and playing ... but now it's just another game and it's a game we need to win,” Riley said.

“It's nothing new, really. I had more family at our UW game last year and they traveled to almost every game so it's just another game.”

Maybe so, but the fifth-year senior acknowledged that it's been a while since Cal has notched a victory against the Beavers — four years, to be exact.

The last time was 2006, when Nate Longshore threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns in Corvallis, Ore., to key a 41-13 blowout.

Although Oregon State (3-3, 2-1 in the Pac-10) spent some time in the AP poll earlier this season, Riley will get to face a defense that is currently ranked, at 119th, second to last in the country.

“I'm not worried about the numbers,

really,” Beavers safety Lance Mitchell said in a team press conference. “I'm not worried about the numbers. The only statistic that counts is wins and losses.”

Helping alleviate any concerns is the presence of defensive tackle Stephen Paea. The 6-foot-1, 311-pound Tonga native was on several preseason AllAmerican lists and is a potential firstrounder in next spring's NFL Draft — an option he surprisingly passed up as a junior.

The Bears’ (4-3, 2-2) offensive line can't have a repeat of its last road performance if it hopes to steal one on the road.

“He gave us some fits last year. He beat us up good last year,” Riley said. “I know our guards are excited about a little redemption game for them against him.”

Odds and Ends — Oregon State tailback Jacquizz Rodgers isn't where he wants to be right now. His team is floating at .500, for one thing. He's also only on pace for 1,200 yards this season after totaling 1,440 a year ago.

“I got a lot left (in the tank),” he said.

“Me, I set a goal for 1,800 and I'm off pace right now, so I'm looking to get back on track.”

When asked by a reporter, the

5-foot-7, 191-pound back expressed his desire to be featured more in the passing game as well.

“Oh yeah, I think I'm great at that,” Rodgers said. “I can get a chance to get a linebacker one on one and take him deep. I feel like I can beat a linebacker every time.”

— Former Bears star Jahvid Best made a cameo at Memorial Stadium during Cal's game against Arizona State.

Taking the chance to fly back to the West Coast during the Detroit Lions' bye week, he also spoke with his former teammates before the contest.

“Friday night before the game, he came to the hotel, talked to the running back a little bit,” tailback Shane Vereen said. “Words of encouragement, words of things to come.”

— Keenan Allen tossed the ball into the air as he crossed the plane on Saturday, celebrating what was an apparent 97-yard kick return. His joy was shortlived, however, as a block in the back penalty shaved 36 yards off of the return.

Coupled with another 39-yard return, the performance was still enough to earn the true freshman honors as Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week.

Jack Wang covers football.

Contact him at jwang@dailycal.org.

know the things Griffin does likewise,” That information came in handy when the Bruins played the Bears.

“But not enough to where they were successful,” Zach says, alluding to Cal’s recent 11-8 win over UCLA on Oct. 9.

Generally, bragging rights stay with the brother who has the last win under his Speedo.

Zach cites the Bears’ loss last year to the Bruins in the MPSF Tournament finals which kept Cal from having a shot at the NCAA championship title. Upon his return home for winter break, Griffin greeted him grinning from ear to ear.

“We really hadn’t talked after (MPSFs) and I was giving him a lot of shit when we beat him earlier in the season,” Zach says. “So he was just like ‘I told you that shit would come back to bite you in the ass’.”

Zach claims Griffin still makes comments every now and then and he’s had to deal with it for almost the whole past year. Although Zach technically reclaimed bragging rights with the win a few weeks ago, a regular conference game doesn’t quite hold the same weight as the sting of

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m. golf

Bears’ Fall Season Ends in the Rough With Eighth-Place Finish

by Aaron Lee Contributing Writer

The No. 13 Cal men’s golf team finished the fall schedule of this season on a disappointing note, placing eighth at the U.S. Collegiate Championship in Alpharetta, Ga. The Bears faltered throughout all three days of the 54-hole tournament, and found themselves left in the middle of the pack as host No. 17 Georgia Tech swarmed the field with a three-day total of 28-under par to claim its first title of the season.

Despite the fact that the Yellow Jackets had all but wrapped up the title heading into the final round with a 17-stroke lead, Cal had a chance to climb up the leaderboard with a strong finish.

However, while Georgia Tech was putting on a clinic, the Bears struggled, shooting a 7-over par 295 to finish 12-over par for the tournament. Pac-10 rivals UCLA and USC finished second and fourth, respectively.

“We certainly didn't putt very well in

this tournament, and unlike during most of the fall where we had a couple of guys each tournament that really played great we just didn't have that this tournament,” coach Steve Desimone said.

“We didn't play poorly, we just didn't have the ‘A’ game we've had the last couple of months.”

Senior Stephen Hale led the Bears in scoring for the tournament, shooting rounds of 72-73-73 to finish with a share of 17th place in the individual standings at 2-over par.

Freshman Ben An, who started the final round tied at 11th, had difficulty finding his game on the course, stumbling with a 3-over par 75 to finish 3-over par and tied for 20th.

Senior Eric Mina also finished with a share of 20th place. Sophomore Max Homa has been one of the integral parts to Cal’s success during the fall stretch; however, Homa never got into rhythm in Alpharetta, finishing 7-over par for the tournament and tied for 33rd.

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