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Though a clear winner in the District 7 race has yet to emerge, all Berkeley City Council incumbents appear to have retained their seats, following a trend in Berkeley city politics to support incumbent candidates. Elections The city’s newly-implemented system of rankedchoice voting has delayed the conclusion of the District 2010 7 race between incumbent dailycal.org/elections Kriss Worthington and challenger George Beier, since 381 second-choice votes cast for Cecilia Rosales are being used to determine the winner. But with a margin of 371 votes separating the two, Worthington is expected to retain his seat. This would bring him in alignment with incumbents Linda Maio of District 1, Jesse Arreguin of District 4, and Gordon Wozniak of District 8, who said their respective re-elections show that constituents are happy with their work on the council. However, some council members said many factors — other than the contentment of voters — contribute to incumbent success during elections, even while the new ranked-choice voting system has been said to favor challengers. All four incumbents agreed that funding, endorsements and name recognition may have kept them in their seats for another term. In fact, according to Wozniak, a challenger has not beat an incumbent in a City Council race in at least the past eight years. According to Mayor Tom Bates, who beat incumbent former Mayor Shirley Dean in 2002 to win his position, unseating an incumbent is typically very difficult in any election. “People would rather keep the devil they know than elect the devil they don’t know,” Bates said. Though Wozniak said he thought the new voting system would favor challengers, he added his eight years of experience on council were the basis for much of his community support. He added that major endorsements and name recognition play significant roles in helping incumbents keep their seats, and Maio said that a candidate’s qualifications as presented in the voter handbook heavily influence voters. She added the title “incumbent” often influences a significant portion of voters on election day. One of Wozniak’s challengers for the District 8 seat, Stewart Jones, — who garnered 20 percent of the vote — said these factors, in addition to Wozniak’s funding, were a part of his “slick” campaign. According to Jones, Wozniak outspent Jones 30 to 1, and most incumbents in the race, with the exception of Worthington, outspent their challengers. Maio also said her high level of communication with constituents over the past 18 years increased her credibility with voters. “I don’t wait for campaigns to get in touch with my

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Jesse Arreguin was re-elected to the city council Tuesday. Incumbents such as Arreguin have been winning in recent years. constituents,” she said. Maio’s challengers in the race, much like Wozniak’s and Arreguin’s, were not high-profile political players in their communities prior to the election. Still, the close race between Worthington and Beier may show that when two candidates are both active community members, challengers may have the ability to beat out long-standing incumbents, or come close. “The salient difference (between the races for Districts 1 and 8 and District 7), is that George had been active in his district for a long time. People knew who he was, what he stood for,” she said. “I think opponents can win. There has to be a good reason to turn

someone out of office.” According to Bates, these elections’ results show that people respect the city government because it is well-run, at least in comparison to those of surrounding cities. But Arreguin said the maintenance of incumbents’ seats does not necessarily mean that there is a level of satisfaction with the council overall, but only that people are happy with their respective districts. “I’m not happy with the way the council is moving, personally,” he said. “I know that some of my constituents aren’t either, but they appreciate the work I’ve done.” Contact Sarah Mohamed at smohamed@dailycal.org.

Registration Confusion at Polls Disheartens Student Voters by Victoria Pardini Contributing Writer

When UC Berkeley sophomore Karl Soelter went to the polls Tuesday expecting to cast a ballot for the first time in his life, he was told that nobody Elections at his address was registered to vote. Soelter’spre2010 dicament was not unique, dailycal.org/elections as several students who registered to vote on campus reported that they either never received a vote-by-mail ballot or were not recorded as registered voters at their polling place. However, all students whose names were not found on the roster indexes were still able to submit provisional ballots, a move strongly encouraged by campus organizations that work to register students. Therefore, if his registration went through, Soelter’s provi-

sional ballot was most likely included in the statewide ballot count. “If I had know if it was a problem, I would have just registered online,” he said. “I still don’t even know if I’m registered.” ASUC Vote Coalition Director Jeremy Pilaar said he wasn’t certain how many of the 5,076 individuals who registered on campus were not listed on the roster indexes, but he mentioned that while tabling on Upper Sproul Plaza Tuesday, roughly two to three peers an hour approached him with complaints that they had not received their vote-by-mail ballots in time. The exact number of provisional ballots cast is not available yet, according to Dave Macdonald, registrar of voters for Alameda County, though he said Alameda County had a “heavier volume” of provisional and vote-bymail ballots in Tuesday’s election than in past years. Courtney McDonald, the co-coordinator of CalPIRG’s New Voters Project

and a CalSERVE ASUC senator, said she did not receive her vote-by-mail ballot in time for the election even though she had registered by Sept. 21, well before the Oct. 18 deadline. However, despite criticism, Macdonald defended the county registrar office and said that often in large registration drives, organizations do not turn forms in to the county right away. He added that the office must process “thousands upon thousands of registrations” to be included in roster indexes. District 7 Berkeley City Councilmember Kriss Worthington said he visited nine precincts in his district on election night and that he ran into three students who were not able to vote because their names did not appear on the roster indexes. He blamed the problem on the county, which he said has failed to input voter registration data accurately in the past, resulting in lawsuits. “We’ve got to demand that they fix this and end the confusion and unfair-

ness to new registered voters,” Worthington said. “Whether you registered on the last day or the last week, your vote is as important as someone who’s been registered for the last 60 years.” Pilaar said that budget cuts to the county registrar’s office may have slowed vote-by-mail ballots from getting sent out in time. However, he said that on campus, student groups did a “fantastic” job to make sure that every registration card was filled out accurately and submitted to the county by the deadline. Regardless of his assurance, the registration mix-up did damper the excitement of election day for some student voters, even if they were able to cast provisional ballots. “Since it was my first time voting, I was pretty excited about it,” Soelter said. “And then I wasn’t registered for it even though it was a supposedly well-run student organization that registered me.” Contact Victoria Pardini at vpardini@dailycal.org.

Frustration is growing among students charged with misconduct for their involvement in last November’s protests after one student received harsher sanctions Monday than those recommended at his hearing, increasing talk of a possible lawsuit against UC Berkeley. The student, who did not want to release his name for fear of retribution by the Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards, received a letter Monday morning from Dean of Students Jonathan Poullard’s designee Steven Sutton imposing two sanctions — disciplinary probation and a reflective writing assignment — according to Daniela Urban, a student at the UC Berkeley School of Law and member of the Campus Rights Project, which has been advising students. Urban said the sanctions are significantly harsher than what the student’s hearing panel recommended in midOctober, which was a reflective writing assignment and a warning letter. “I was shocked because on the one hand, I was expecting the sanctions that the hearing panel had recommended,” the student said. “It blows my mind. Why did we have a hearing if the dean, or in this case his designee, was going to arbitrarily impose whatever sanction he wanted anyway?” According to Christina Gonzales, associate dean of students, the sanctions initially proposed by the panel are only recommendations. Under the campus student code of conduct, the dean of students or his designee may impose different sanctions, taking into account factors including the alleged behavior the student was found responsible for and the impact to the campus community, she said in an e-mail. She added that instances of the dean or his designee changing sanctions recommended by the panel are uncommon, citing only three or four such changes in the last four years. While the decision on sanctions is final, concerns regarding the sanctioning process, alleged procedural violations and decisions made throughout the conduct proceedings can be appealed to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Harry Le Grande within 10 days of receiving sanctions, according to Gonzales. However, the student said he is “skeptical that (his concerns) are going to be heard.” “There is no recourse within this system,” said Neil Satterlund, a campus law student and member of the Campus Rights Project. “We are very close to believing that there is no longer any reason to participate in this process.” If the student’s appeal is rejected, as the student said he predicts it will be, taking the issue to court is an option. “We’ve talked about filing a lawsuit against the university,” the student said. “I hope that happens. The only possible way that anything good can come of this situation is by going outside and levering some sort of external pressure against the university. They won’t listen otherwise.”

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Sanction Time One of last November’s protesters just got handed sanctions — disciplinary probation and a reflective writing assignment. For the student’s reaction, along with details about the process, head over to the news blog.

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According to Gonzales, without a student actually having gone through the appeals process, it seems too “speculative” to state whether it would be rejected. She added that going outside of the campus should not be necessary because should an appeal be rejected, there are still officials — including Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer and Chancellor Rob-

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t’s Tuesday night. I’m sitting in front of my computer, trying to figure out what to write about this week. I hate slow news weeks. There should have been an election or something to fill the void. Oh, wait ... Well, in that case, I think I’ll write about how nothing will really change no matter who wins. Oh hell, I did that last week. Oh, I know. I’ll write about the news that everyone around campus can’t stop talking about — the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday that the UC Board of Regents is considering another fee increase for the 2011-12 school year. But I can’t do that because no one seems to have noticed. That’s right folks. I hate to break it to you. It’s time for more fee hikes! Maybe. In what can be described as impeccable timing, the news of the latest round of possible tuition increases by both the UC and CSU systems came out just as everyone focused in on this week’s election. That, or it’s the worst Halloween trick ever. Perhaps somebody gave the board a ton of dental floss in their candy buckets instead of copious amounts of mini Snickers. Whatever the case may be, I am deeply bothered by the fact that so few students read the news on the weekend. For a campus that considers itself so well-informed and in tune with the political process, it’s quite worrisome that this development has received so little attention. I’m thinking people were too busy researching the possible effects of Prop. 19, and I don’t mean by reading their voter guides. Well, you might say — serendipity has shown her beautiful face again — we’re already planning another protest. Protesting is pretty much a waste of time at this point. Not to repeat myself, but the regents don’t have to listen to protests. History shows they haven’t, and their mere consideration of additional fee increases shows that they won’t start any time soon. After all, they raised fees 32 percent last year as masses of students protested just outside the building where the vote took place. a, you say. The protests and walkouts and teach-ins are why the state restored $305 million to the UC budget in this year’s budget. As a result, the regents shouldn’t have to raise fees again. It would be irresponsible of me to pass judgment on whether the legislature did what they did because of the protests. It doesn’t matter anyway. Quite frankly, they’re blowing smoke where the sun doesn’t shine. The $305 million budget “augmentation” for the 2010-11 fiscal year is meant to be a one-time occurrence to pay back the university for money cut from previous budgets. Throughout the last several years, the legislature has been shifting funds around, enacting one-time cuts, deferring payments and creating all types of other tactics to make the budget look pretty. The bottom line — the state fund-

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ROBERT R. KING ing that public university systems in California rely upon is incredibly unstable. So, the regents must shift the burden of funding to more stable sources of income. With protesters also decrying the increase of private funds, the onus shifts to student fees. ook, don’t get me wrong. I really don’t like the idea of having to pay more for my education either. It sucks, and I am only on the hook for the resident fee rate. UC Berkeley is the only public university in the nation that costs over $50,000 per year, according to a recent NPR report. That figure is for out-of-state students and includes budgeted living expenses, but the number is sobering nonetheless. This undoubtedly brings up questions about the access part of “Access and Excellence.” Yes, the education we’re receiving is certainly second to few, if any. Sure, nearly two-thirds of UC students receive some form of financial aid. I’m in that two-thirds, but a lot of my aid is loans that I’m going to end up paying back, plus interest. To me, it’ll be worth every penny. In the meantime, there are those whose financial aid isn’t enough if they receive any at all. Add in the difficulties surrounding the Cal Grants program, and the quagmire deepens. Unfortunately for some, that means they must decide to go elsewhere, a choice they shouldn’t have to make. As a result, students are left to mull over where to draw the line when it comes to fees and similar issues. Many of you already have, as witnessed by the recurring protests. This makes me even more curious as to what happened this week. Why isn’t the general population on campus talking about this possible fee hike? Perhaps another explanation is necessary. The protest movement on this campus has been overused, at this point seems passe and, in a strange way, forced. However, if the current trend continues and more students lose access, the number of disenfranchised students will grow and protests may once again gain some clout. As for now though, this week’s nonreaction serves as a damning litmus test for the current state of students’ own awareness about the issues that directly affect them. The regents are winning.

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ou get it or you don’t” is a lazy, but sometimes unavoidable way for fans of any form of art or entertainment to try to explain their unexplainRead Bryan’s full able, intuitive appreciation. interview online at That being said, Culture Shot. you either get Tim and Eric or you don’t. If you’re familiar with the duo’s late-night, bizarro extravaganza “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” you already know which side of the fence you’re on. You see the humorists as brilliant, worshipable saviors of comedy, or hacks that only appeal to the most pot-addled of minds. Give it up; there’s nothing you or anyone in your camp can do to convince the other

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team that they’re delusional, and Tim and Eric know this better than anyone. “We’re not trying to please everybody,” said Tim Heidecker over the phone. “We make the show that we want to make. We make what makes us laugh and we’re grateful that there’s a number of people out there who respond to it. For some people, well, it’s not going to be for them.” Tim and Eric find humor everywhere they can and, by some accounts, probably shouldn’t. Awkward conversations devoid of punch lines, outdated technology, middle-aged men, bodily fluid of all types. And of course, their eccentric cast-mates, whose sanity audiences have often questioned. “We embrace them in a world where no one else does,” said Heidecker. Eric Wareheim suggested that I talk to a few aliens from Star Korendor (a favorite planet and song topic of “Awesome Show”’s creepy-puppet-wielding David Liebe Hart) before I make my own decision. Fair enough. As divisive as the pair may be, it hasn’t slowed them down. Since 2004, they’ve had three shows on Cartoon Network’s increasingly unorthodox

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Cal alum and a Bay Area stand-up comedian, Zahra Noorbakhsh is debuting her one-woman show “All Atheists are Muslim” at the Stage Werx Theatre in San Francisco this Read Arielle’s Sunday. The Daily complete interview Californian sat down at Culture Shot. with Zahra to talk about her new show, stand-up and Islam. Daily Californian: Your comedy career started when you where a student at UC Berkeley. How did you go from being a Cal student to a stand-up comic? Zahra Noorbakhsh: The first year that I was at Cal, I was a transfer student living at Clark Kerr. There was an open-mic night, and I had always wanted to do stand-up comedy ... and, well, William Hung was there, because he was in our same dorm. There was a ton of press for (him) ... And after he’s done ... I went up and I just told stories about my family, and that was my first ever stand-up comedy experience. DC: Your new show “All Atheists are Muslim” is about a young woman trying to convince her Islamic parents to allow her to move in with her white, atheist boyfriend. How much is fact? ZN: 99 percent. DC: How is a stand-up routine different from solo performance? ZN: It’s different in a lot of ways. One of the reasons I moved into solo is because it allows you to have a lot more room to say things that are meaningful, but that aren’t necessarily funny. One of the hardest things in stand-up was that it was really difficult for me to just let myself talk about things that I was pissed off about that I hadn’t found the humor in yet ... That’s where my director, W. Kamau Bell, was really fantastic. (His San Francisco Solo Performance Workshop) was about saying what you where afraid to say, and building from that something that was personal and meaningful. People are always harping on “why aren’t there more female comics?” There are plenty of phenomenal female comics, but we are just finding our way there also. It’s still very hard to say what we feel—and growing up Muslim, (speaking

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out) was not something that was popular. And it’s gotten so much worse now, surprisingly. DC: Obviously there is a political or social agenda behind your comedy. Do you believe that what you are doing can really change people’s minds? ZN: This is the hope...I want to give Islam a face that is not these psychotic Taliban sociopaths.... I didn’t choose that representation. And although they are not in any way the majority of the population— they become the majority. The majority is like me. And why aren’t we represented more? DC: Has anyone, any Muslim people, been offended by your comedy? ZN: Yes, actually. It’s tricky ... One thing that people don’t realize is how hard it is to practice your religion when you’re Muslim ... the whole fanfare of this country is around freedom of speech ... but it is just so difficult to practice (Islam) without it being scrutinized and political ... you don’t want to be called out (as a Muslim) any more than you are already, so why would you go to a show that could possibly make fun of you? It’s a delicate subject. I want them to come and celebrate in it with me ... It’s supposed to be Muslim-friendly. DC: What’s next for you? ZN: I would like to just keep performing. For long-term goals: I’d like to lift the embargo off Iran, get Fox News blown off the map (can I say that?) ... and just be another version of someone who is Muslim and who is Iranian and who feeds her cats and goes to the grocery store and has troubles with her boyfriend and argues with her parents, and is just trying to make it work. Arielle is the lead theater critic. Contact her at alittle @dailycal. org.

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SUPERB presents Farraby Lionheart for free on Friday, November 5th at 12pm on Lower Sproul. Watch Jericho!s Big Show: Love of the Game on Saturday, November 6th at 8pm AND on Sunday, November 7th at 5pm in 10 Evans. Check out Jericho!s first big show of the semester and enjoy great improv and sketch comedy. Have questions about budget cuts, Operation Excellence, classes on campus, or what an administrator does? Come get all your questions answered and get to know the leaders of our university. Meet with Dean of Students Jonathan Poullard on November 15th 1-2pm at FSM, November 29th 2:304:30pm at FSM, and December 15th 12-2pm at FSM.

Harvest Festival Can Food Drive will be taking place November 1st-24th. Donation bins will be located around campus including RSF lobby, 102 Sproul Hall, Eshleman Hall 1st floor, and more. Register your student group online at asuc.berkeley.edu. Every student group will win prizes; each can equals 1 ticket, so donate many cans to increase your chances!

Got Money? Learn about money management at a FREE financial education program offered by CUBS (Credit Union for Berkeley Students) and ASUC. The last session is November 6th from 9am-12pm. Space is limited, so RSVP to cubsonline@gmail.com. The weekly Senate Meetings begin each Wednesday at 7pm at Eshleman Hall, First Floor, Senate Chambers.

The Auxiliary is the business administration behind the student government and several hundred student groups on campus. Brooke Montgomery, the Marketing Director, plans events such as Caltopia, Play Green, Cal Day, and Calapalooza. She also facilitates the ASUC sponsorship program and does design work for upcoming events. Name: Brooke Montgomery Position: Auxiliary Senior Marketing Director Favorite thing about my job: I can!t rave about my job enough because of the large amount of independence and responsibility the Auxiliary has given me, which has allowed me to be very creative. Major: Business Hometown: Westlake Village, CA Favorite place to eat in Berkeley: SF Soup Co. when I want to be healthy, Thai Noodle when I don!t Favorite song: “Wildin� by Bone Thugs N Harmony Favorite movie: Fight Club & Moulin Rouge If I could have any superpower: The ability to control time so I could do more in one day.

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Cougar Central Our Extra Points football blog breaks downs and predicts Cal-Washington State. blog.dailycal.org/football

Bears Trek East for Tournament Konigsfeldt and Andrews Seek to Flush Away Foes

by Catherine Nguyen Contributing Writer

Single-elimination tournaments can be fickle. In 2008, Cal easily had the best team on paper, but fell to Stanford in the NorPac tournament championship match. In 2009, the Bears entered with a drastically different team, having graduated 10 seniors, but bowed out to the Cardinal once again. Both times for the Cal field hockey team, losses to Stanford goals meant no NorPac title and no NCAA play-in berth. However, that was 2009, when the Bears entered the tournament without the presence of a single senior. A lack of veteran presence won’t be the case this time as No. 2-seeded Cal (8-8, 5-1 in NorPac) kicks off its postseason campaign today at 3:30 p.m. against No. 3-seeded Radford. “I think we’re gonna go really far this season,” senior Megan Psyllos said. “We’re a great team, and one of the best teams I’ve ever played on talentwise and chemistry-wise.” It’s a team that has had a mixed bag of success in the regular season. In Cal’s second-to-last regular season game against Pacific, the Bears executed a season-long goal: playing an effective 70 minutes. Cal’s ball movement put three goals past the Tigers while keeper Maddie Hand turned away three shots to preserve the shutout. The Bears have the opportunity to duplicate that success in their quarterfinal match against the Highlanders, who, like Pacific, are a grass team. Like the Tigers, Radford (8-10, 2-4) has struggled, entering the tournament with a six-game losing streak. “It’s tough because we haven’t seen them,” Cal head coach Shellie Onstead said. “They’re dangerous, they’re always dangerous.” In last season’s semifinal match, Radford’s tenacity limited the Bears to just one first-half goal despite five corners, before Cal pulled away for a 3-0 victory. The danger doesn’t end with just the Highlanders, either. Should the Bears advance to semi-

Doubles Team Travels East to Square Off With Several of the Top Pairs In the College Tennis by Annie Gerlach Contributing Writer

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Erin Magill is currently tied for the third-most points on the Bears, with 12 (four goals and four assists). The junior has also fired off a team-high 34 shots this season. final play, they will likely face No. 1-seeded Davidson, which holds homefield advantage as its role as tournament host. Led by NorPac top scorer Finley Amato, the Wildcats (13-6, 5-1) have compiled a gaudy overall record in comparison to the rest of the East Division and are enjoying one of its best seasons in school history. And at the conclusion of the tournament, Cal has a chance for a re-match against the No. 1-seeded Cardinal.

Meeting any team, let alone Stanford (11-5, 5-1), for the third time in a season is never an easy task. “You try to prepare for it all year, because the trick is to perform under pressure,” Onstead said. “I think we’ve done a pretty good job of it. We’re in a good place, mentally, and now comes the fun part.” Catherine Nguyen covers field hockey. Contact her at cnguyen@dailycal.org.

The only fact the Cal men’s tennis team knows for certain about the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships is that it sure is unpredictable. Hosted by Columbia University from Nov. 4-7 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY, the tournament pits 32 singles and 16-team doubles elites against one another. “Every match is tough,” said sophomore Christoffer Konigsfeldt, who will be competing alongside junior Nick Andrews as the 29th-ranked doubles pair. "There’s no one team that’s our biggest competition. All are players we would lose to just as easily as defeat.” The event incorporates all levels of varsity tennis—from powerhouse Division I schools to smaller community colleges—and showcases champions from nearly every major tournament thus far, as well as a few at-large and wild card selections made by the ITA and the USTA. Last year’s NCAA doubles title winners, Virginia’s Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz, will also be present to raise the stakes. “This is one of the collegiate Grand Slams, and it’s probably the toughest of the three,” assistant coach Tyler Browne said. “There’s no easy route. The fact that Chris and Nick are competing says a lot about them and their abilities on the tennis court.” According to Andrews, this season

he and Koningsfeldt have played their best tennis and won every single one of their matches, including a pivotal upset against No. 2 Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher of Stanford at Regionals. “They have great team chemistry,” said Browne of Cal’s pair. “When one is off, the other brings him up. This is their second year playing doubles together, so they know each other’s tendencies and habits. They don’t do anything poorly.” Their hopes for the tournament are obviously high and not altogether unrealistic. “Our ultimate goal is to win,” said Konigsfeldt. “We did well so far to even qualify. We proved that we can beat the best teams in the country.” However, Andrews and Konigsfeldt are not the only Bears competing in a tournament this weekend. Senior Bozhidar Katsarov and freshman Ben McLachlan will head to Moraga, Calif., from Nov. 5-7 for the St. Mary’s Invitational, along with athletes from schools such as Stanford, Sacramento State and Fresno State. At last year’s tournament, Cal’s own Konigsfeldt seized the singles crown, a feat the Bears hope to repeat this year. “These two guys have the least competition time, and they need singles matches under their belt,” head coach Peter Wright said. “It will be a good tournament for both of them.” As for the rest of the season, Wright anticipates an agenda very similar to what Konigsfeldt and Andrews will face this weekend: “There are no predictions for the rest of the season. We have one of the tougher schedules in the United States, and we’re in a position to be very competitive. There are a lot of challenges ahead.” Annie Gerlach covers men’s tennis. Contact her at agerlach@dailycal.org.

men’s w. polo

Big Apple Will Lions and Bears, Oh My: Cal Feature Big Looks to Fend Off LMU at Home Tests for Cal’s Doubles Duo by Byron Atashian Contributing Writer

`The No. 1 Cal men's water polo team (15-2, 4-0 in the MPSF) has a rare Thursday game against No. 9 Loyola Marymount tonight at 7 p.m. at Spieker Aquatics Complex. “(Loyola Marymount) is similar to Irvine from a tactical standpoint,” Cal head coach Kirk Everist said. “We can use a lot of the things we focused on against Irvine (last weekend) and try to build on it.” The transition offense that gave Cal the 18-9 victory over the Anteaters will come in handy again tonight against the Lions (12-7, 10-1 in the WWPA), who almost charged to the NCAA finals last year and are still much the same team due to a core set of returners. “Traditionally, since they’re in a different conference, pretty much everything comes down to the end of the season,” Everist said. “They tend to really peak at the end of the year, I’m assuming they’re going to be tougher than they might have been earlier in the season.” Cal is hitting a high note as well, splashing its way to a still-floating seven game winning streak and getting major contributions from junior Ivan Rackov and senior Zach White. Rackov, who lays claim to two of the last three MPSF Player of the Week awards, had a career-high six goals against UCI last Saturday. He leads the MPSF in scoring with an average of over three goals a game. The same vision that makes Rackov a tremendous shooter helps him average three assists a game. White, the team leader with 27 drawn ejections on the season, catalyzes the offense with his presence inside.

The ejections occasionally result in five meter penalty shots for Cal, which Rackov usually converts. Additionally, juniors Corey Nasoff and goalie Wil Toppen returned to action recently. “It’s an emotional boost for us with Toppen being out for that long,” Everist said. “We’re excited to have him back, it helps to have that second goalie there.” Everist will give Nasoff rest when possible in preparation for the postseason when such luxuries can’t be had. The game against Loyola Marymount is only the start of a busy weekend that holds two more matches in store. Saturday and Sunday noon games at home against No. 6 UCSB (10-6, 1-2) and No. 8 Long Beach (7-10, 0-4), respectively, are both conference matches. The Gauchos are responsible for a 12-10 upset over Stanford in the SoCal Tournament earlier this season. UCSB’s Milos Golic earned the MPSF Player of the Week title two weeks ago, after notching a career-high tying seven goals in an 11-10 win over Long Beach. Golic follows close behind Rackov in scoring with 2.81 goals per game. Both Rackov and Bears senior Luka Saponjic played on the same club team with Golic overseas in Serbia. The Gauchos have several other important international players, as well. “We’re going to have to concentrate on them, but not to the point where we’re leaving other players,” Everist said. “Focus on them when it’s the right time and play good team defense, we know they like to run a lot through those players as we do through Ivan.”

Byron Atashian covers men’s water polo. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.

by Connor Byrne Contributing Writer

Two weeks after winning her second doubles title of the season, Cal’s Jana Juricova will look to capture her first singles championship of 2010. She and senior Mari Anderrson travel to Flushing, New York this weekend to compete in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The tournament features the NCAA's top 32 singles players and top 16 doubles teams. It also marks Cal’s last major competition before Pac-10 play in January. “This weekend is obviously important for us. Right now we’re looking at establishing our spring playing order, which we rely heavily on fall results to set up,” coach Amanda Augustus said. For the first time this season, Juricova will not be the tournament favorite. The Piestany, Slovakia native is seeded second behind Stanford’s Hilary Barte, who defeated Juricova earlier this season and owns a career record of 4-1 over Juricova. “They (Juricova and Andersson) walked away from the All-American Championships without all they wanted. They want a rematch, and they want to earn those spots back,” Augustus said. Juricova is ranked No. 1 in the nation for singles, and is the defending champion at this event. She defeated Georgia Tech’s Irina Falconi (6-4, 7-6(4)) in last year’s singles final, becoming the first ever Cal tennis player to do so. Juricova

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Jana Juricova has defeated the Cardinal’s Hilary Barte just once in five career match-ups. The junior standout may get another shot at Barte this weekend in New York. will need a strong showing this weekend to keep her ranking over No. 2 Barte. Andersson will also be competing in the singles, but is not a top eight seed. She and Juricova will team up for doubles, where they are also seeded second behind the Card's Barte and Mallory Burdette. This also marks the first time this year that Cal’s top doubles team will not be the favorite to win a tournament. The duo were defeated by Stanford (8-6) in the semifinals at the Riviera AllAmerican Championships. Barte and Burdette haven’t lost a match all season long, and are currently predicted to be

ranked No. 1 when the first midseason rankings come out on January 4. With four of the eight singles seeds and two of the four doubles seeds representing the Pac-10, this tournament could be yet another testament to the strength of the conference. “On a national level, the Pac-10 is a powerhouse. We see these girls a lot. I want to see all of them do well. We’re all great competitors, but we all have a lot of respect for each other,” Augustus said. Connor Byrne covers women’s tennis. Contact him at cbyrne@dailycal.org.

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