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UC May See Increase in Out-of-State Enrollment High Nonresident Fees, Less Aid May Not Deter Applications to the UC by Alisha Azevedo Contributing Writer

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UC Regents Bruce Varner, Eddie Island and Richard Blum (left to right) voted in favor of an 8 percent systemwide fee increase at Thursday’s meeting at UC San Francisco.

Regents Approve Systemwide Fee Increases by Javier Panzar Daily Cal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — For the fourth time in three years, the UC Board of Regents voted to increase systemwide fees, driving the cost to attend ONLINE VIDEO the university up to $11,124 — 224 Students address the percent higher UC Board of Regents than it was 10 at UC San Francisco. years ago. Meeting at UC San Francisco, some members of the board initially expressed reluctance about increasing systemwide fees again, but many reversed their position after officials from the UC Office of the President gave a presentation

detailing the UC’s $1 billion budget shortfall. UC President Mark Yudof also mentioned the likelihood of future cuts from the state, which faces its own $25 billion gap in the next two years. Still, five regents — Odessa Johnson, Charlene Zettel, Darek DeFreece, Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado and Student Regent Jesse Cheng — voted against the 8 percent increase and its accompanying expansion in financial aid. Last November, only one regent voted against the 32 percent fee hike. The board also approved a slew of professional degree fees at schools across the system, including a 9 percent and 12 percent increase at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and School of Law, respectively. UCSF School of Nursing

saw the highest increase at 31 percent. The board also voted to change the name of the educational fee to tuition. Despite students’ pleas and protests, Yudof said the increases — and the $116 million in net revenue it brings — are necessary to help cover the university’s increasing costs, which will total $365.9 million in the next fiscal year. Of that number, $182.3 million will go toward recently reinstated pension contributions for UC retirees. He also added that a simultaneous expansion of the UC’s financial aid would offset the effects of the fee increases, though many students said that would mean taking out more loans. During the meeting’s public comment period, students voiced passionate opposition to the increases. UC

Berkeley senior Ratha Lai excoriated the regents, calling the increase “another nail in the coffin of thousands of students being buried alive.” “It’s not going to be sustainable in the long term,” said Sonja Diaz, a student at the UC Berkeley School of Law, about the regents resorting to fee increases for funding. “Alternative solutions would be to obviously cut from the top — administration in the UC is bloated.” Other than those who spoke directly to the board, no other students came to the meeting, a stark contrast to Wednesday’s tumultuous demonstration, which drew 300 to UCSF and ended in 13 arrests — including one UC Merced student charged with

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RSF Debuts New Machine Designed for Disabled Students by Sarah Mohamed Contributing Writer

UC Berkeley senior Alex Ghenis is quadriplegic — he has limited use of his muscles and no finger function. But thanks to a newly installed piece of gym equipment, Ghenis can show off his bench press without assistance at the campus Recreational Sports Facility. The Uppertone system, introduced to the RSF Tuesday, is specifically designed for individuals in wheelchairs to use by themselves. Ghenis — who served as the president of the Disabled Students’ Union for three years — said before the system, he would have to call on volunteers for assistance to work out and coordinate a time to meet. Now, he said, he has the freedom to come as he pleases. “Yesterday, I had a half hour of free time and realized ‘I can go work out.’ If this equipment wasn’t there, I would not have had that option,” he said. “Having a disability is a balance between doing as much for yourself as possible and being comfortable with asking for help when you need it ... I can really use the machine on my own, and it feels like I’m less dependent on someone else — emotionally and psychologically, it feels so much better.” The Uppertone allows its users, both disabled and able-bodied, to

perform 16 different exercises. Ghenis said he has been pushing the RSF for the equipment since last year. However, because the machine is currently set in front of a wall, users cannot perform all 16 of the exercises. Alva Gardner, the current president of the Disabled Students’ Union, said she could hardly use the machine because of its position in the weight room. But RSF staff will be moving the machine to a more open area within the next week, according to Membership Services Supervisor and Cal STAR program supervisor Danyel Morales. Morales said she hopes more disabled students will begin working out at the RSF once they hear about the new equipment. Of about 70 members in the RSF’s Cal STAR program — a sports training and recreation program for people living with disabilities — only 10 are students, she added. Matt Grigorieff, a UC Berkeley senior who has spent years working to improve accessibility for disabled students, said he wants to see more than just new exercise equipment brought to campus. Change and opportunities, Grigorieff said, must come through the physical education department at UC Berkeley, not the RSF, which he said is “the reflection of the evolution of privatizing P.E.” because it operates like a “24-hour gym.” He said more funding should be put into the physical

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UC Berkeley senior Alex Ghenis works out on the RSF’s new Uppertone system, a machine that enables individuals in wheelchairs to perform 16 different exercises without assistance. education program to develop more options for disabled students. “It was like a miracle … that (Uppertone) happened at all,” he said. “Really, with the budget crunch, I was surprised.” Ghenis said he plans to work out three days a week, though he is already

sore from his Wednesday workout. “It’s funny, it’s not just some random gym equipment,” he said. “It actually makes a huge difference for a lot of people.” Contact Sarah Mohamed at smohamed@dailycal.org.

As the UC Board of Regents discussed raising the number of nonresident students to 10 percent of the university student population Wednesday, current out-of-state and international students are wondering whether the rising total cost of nonresident attendance — now above $50,000 per year — is warranted when compared with private universities who offer superior financial aid. At the meeting, UC Provost Lawrence Pitts discussed the UC Commission on the Future’s proposal to significantly increase nonresident student attendance, citing the extra $100 million in revenue they provide annually to support smaller class sizes and improved educational quality. But many, including Student Regent Jesse Cheng, expressed concern that increasing nonresident enrollment will shift the university’s priorities away from California residents, leading the commission to adopt a 10 percent nonresident cap as a compromise between the opposing views. Some regents and chancellors said even capping the increase is unreasonable considering the benefits nonresident students bring to UC campuses. “It’s a political consideration taken with how the state feels and what effect it might have on (them),” said Regent Norman Pattiz. “In a perfect world, I totally agree the need for a cap is counterproductive.” Nonresident students do not have access to financial aid available to California residents, but the 8 percent fee increase approved by the regents Thursday will not affect their tuition, according to UC spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez. But individual campuses have additional campus-based fees and costs of living that provide extra challenges for nonresidents. UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz exceed $53,000 in total expenses for nonresidents, though UC Berkeley tops the list at $53,924. High costs for nonresident students and a lack of financial aid place campuses at a disadvantage when it comes to recruitment compared with competing universities, according to Tom Lifka, associate vice chancellor for student academic services at UCLA. Stephanie Malyn, a Kansas native who attended Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif., before transferring to UC Berkeley, said her California residency application was denied. As a result, Malyn had to take out emergency loans to pay her fees on time. Malyn, who turned down a spot at Stanford University because she feared it would be too costly, said she recently discovered she could have attended Stanford at nearly the same cost she is currently paying at UC Berkeley. “Honestly, had UC informed me prior to enrollment that I would be charged

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Friday, Nov. 19 WHAT Party The Berkeley Art Museum hosts a Fall Affair in their garden, featuring refreshments from Cheeseboard and other local concerns, live music, crafts, a haiku open mic and more. WHEN 3-5 p.m. WHEre 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Cost Free. contact 510-642-0808 WHAT Reading/Discussion Greg Graffin, frontman of Bad Religion, UCLA professor and author of “Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God,� holds “Office Hours� at the Booksmith in San Francisco. WHEN 6 p.m. WHEre 1644 Haight St., San Francisco. Cost Free. contact 415-863-8688

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Following a divisive and tense debate, the ASUC Senate was able to compromise on a vote Wednesday night to pass a bill supporting the athletes of five intercollegiate teams cut by UC Berkeley in September. The bill will allocate $600 to print 12 banners displaying messages of support for the teams — Cal men’s rugby, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s baseball and women’s lacrosse — and are set to be hung down Fraternity Row and various prominent areas on campus this weekend in hopes of appealing to potential donors

to the area for Saturday’s football game against Stanford University. “I hope we will do anything in our power to support all our students,� said Student Action Senator Vishalli Loomba, who co-authored the bill, at the meeting. “Student athletes will always have a home here, and it is my goal to do everything we can to get these teams off the ground.� The bill was most openly contested when Brian Barsky, UC Berkeley professor of computer science, spoke out in opposition to the “athletic auxiliary.� “I am sympathetic to the student athletes who find their programs being

is this being treated as more tragic than the situation for regular students whose academic programs have been cut?� According to Barsky, students do not and cannot know how much of their fees are used for athletics because he claims to have three different numbers from athletic officials. Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein agreed that the department’s spending contributed to the loss of the teams. “The increasing expenditures of IA outpacing their revenues and the cost to campus being in the $7-13 million

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Monday, Nov. 22 WHAT Concert Booker T. Jones of soul legends Booker T. & the M.G.s plays two shows at Yoshi’s San Francisco. WHEN 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. WHEre 1330 Fillmore St., San Francisco. Cost $30 for 8 p.m.; $20 for 10 p.m. contact 415-655-5600

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WHAT Concert The Regency Ballroom hosts provocative metal oddballs GWAR, whose live show is notorious for its gory spectacle, supported by the Casualties, Infernaeon and Mobile Deathcamp. WHEN 7:30 p.m. WHEre 1290 Sutter St., San Francisco. Cost $22 advance; $25 at the door. contact 415-673-5716

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out-of-state tuition, I would not have registered,� she said. “It’s just unaffordable, and the budget cuts limiting classes and major selections are making it less and less worth the immense debt.� Still, nonresident recruitment has become a top priority for many UC campuses, and the rate of nonresident applications continues to increase despite the cost. Though no systemwide efforts have begun to recruit nonresident students, some campuses have collaborated to recruit students from the Pacific Rim — including China and South Korea — because those students have historically been academically prepared and willing to pay for a UC education, Lifka said. Over the past three years, UC Berkeley has seen a 150 percent growth in degree-seeking international students, Director of the Berkeley International Office Ivor Emmanuel said. The campus sent representatives to 10 out-of-state and international venues — including Hong Kong, London and Istanbul — this year and is working with the Summer Sessions program to distribute literature to more than 26 countries the program visits as part of a recruitment campaign launched in 2009. “We’ve seen nothing but increases,� said Walter Robinson, assistant vice chancellor and director of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley. “Nonresident applicants are usually not quite as socioeconomically diverse ... In California, we’ll see very low income to very wealthy and all points in between.� Currently, 11 percent of UC Berkeley undergraduates are nonresidents — a number targeted by campus administration to increase to 20 percent over the next five years. Pitts said campuses such as UCLA and UC San Diego have been accepting more nonresident students than in the past. “The reasons for this have to do in part with the financial crisis the university is seeing — there’s no end in sight,� said Bob Cox, manager of the UCLA Office of Analysis and Information Management. “It’s an opportunity for the university to broaden its outlook and in a sense expand its mission as a way of preserving its fundamentals, which are to preserve the quality of the university as a whole.� Alisha Azevedo covers academics and administration. Contact her at aazevedo@dailycal.org.

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onsidering going to the Big Game tomorrow? Tailgating beforehand? If so, try drinking from some Cal brand shot glasses. But if you have to give in to the demon drink, please ensure you’re fully hydrated beforehand. Perhaps you may wish to purchase some Cal brand water if you’re a little parched. Reading this at night or in a shaded area? Perhaps you should invest in a Cal nightlight. It’s exactly like a normal nightlight, except, in a move of startling originality, it says “Cal” on it (You would at least have expected them to use the Berkeley motto, “Let there be light”). Oh, what’s that? Your dog wants to read the article too? Make sure he’s sufficiently warm in the cool of the shade. Maybe you should consider wrapping him up in a Cal brand dog T-shirt and adding a dashing twist with a Cal pet bandana. You get the gist. The Cal brand is huge. You can dress your Cal-self, your Cal alumnus husband, your Cal alumni parents, your future-Cal children and entirely-unrelated-to-Cal pets from head to toe in Cal clothes and Cal jewelry. You can decorate your house with Cal paraphernalia, even eat your food using its Cal cutlery and Cal tissues as makeshift napkins. The situation at my home university (the University of Edinburgh, Scotland) is a little different. Their merchandise website looks like the aftermath of a minor disaster involving white paint, apathy and drizzle. What few products exist are simple in design and are modeled by pale people who look like they’re trying to pretend they haven’t been cold and wet for the majority of their lives. So, in stark contract to the sleek, professional Cal store, the UE equivalent looks like a very low-budget affair. What initially appear to be remotely interesting or unusual items turn out to be dull and dreary. “Leather Goods,” for example, despite potentially raunchy implications, are synonymous with three entirely plain varieties of wallet. Just as the Cal store thrives from high demand among its massive target audience of current students as well as proud parents and alumni, Edinburgh’s store shrivels under the nonchalant disregard of its existence by those associated with the university. No one in Edinburgh wears Edinburgh merchandise. In fact, anyone who does is pretty much automatically assumed to work or have worked for the university. The only exceptions are society hoodies or T-shirts that happen to mention in passing that they are affiliated with the uni. So why this drastic difference between two centers of student life? Why do UC Berkeley students love to flaunt their college affiliations while those in Edinburgh think they have better things to spend their money on? ll in all, there are three reasons I can think of, all of which, I would stress, are highly generalized and based on my fairly limited experiences at home and abroad. Firstly, there is the unifying influence of a central campus at UC Berkeley — the UE buildings are dispersed throughout the city, so unsurprisingly, the university does not have as strong

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of a cohesive community feel. Secondly, the role occupied by a university education in the minds of students differs between continents. Theoretically, the American Dream fuels a zealous pride of one’s work ethic and educational institution. In contrast, the British tend to see university more as a means to an end, albeit an enjoyable one while it lasts. Thus, less pride is taken in the brand name of one’s education — as long as you are aware of higher education’s value in the everlooming job market, you’re in good shape. astly, there are the contrasting feelings Brits and Americans have towards public displays of pride. Among the student population in Scotland, this is due in part to the lack of any real equivalent rallying point like regular football games. This results in there being few, if any, big opportunities to display pride of one’s university or a specific uni team. However, it is also down to a slight stigma associated with the exhibition of pride in the U.K. Perhaps there is a hangover from the high school perception of educational institutions as uncool, so pride in them is therefore geeky and lame. On the other hand, maybe it’s due to the implied statement of economic superiority expressed by the portrayal of oneself as a university attendee. Of course, all of the above musings on the motivational matrix behind exhibitions of pride are largely hypothetical. They are based substantially on generalizations. I would emphasize that, just as not every Cal student wears Cal-brand underwear or even necessarily likes their university’s culture, not every Edinburgher is apathetic towards displays of school spirit. The above justifications of the scarcity of publicized pride in my hometown are by no means exhaustive, exclusive or rigid. Similarly, some are very proud of their university, and some aren’t afraid to show it. But in my opinion the latter are a minority. The real reason, though, underpinning the lack of apparent pride for the University of Edinburgh among its students, all comes down to one thing. We don’t have a frickin’ awesome, historical sporting rivalry, and we’re not remotely capable of beating Stanford. Go Bears!

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Students Bemoan Inefficiency of Tele-BEARS by Yousur Alhlou Contributing Writer

Although Tele-BEARS has evolved since 1991, when telephones were the main medium for class scheduling at UC Berkeley, with Phase II just now beginning, there remains a consensus among students and staff that the application has room for improvement. Tele-BEARS began in the early 1990s, a few years after the campus began experimenting in interactive voice response systems, shifting the method of class enrollment from computer-facilitated operations to a telephone enrollment system, according to campus Associate Registrar Walter Wong. Although Tele-BEARS was made web-accessible in 1996, it was only in the early 21st century that the online method became more mainstream in response to large influxes of phone calls, Wong said. “We are always concerned with accessibility,” he said. “(Today), online, there are more choices available.”

Despite the evolution of the TeleBEARS process, many students remain disoriented as to how the appointment system actually operates. Wong said the Tele-BEARS appointment schedule is placed yearly between mid-semester and finals. On any given day, an equal portion of the campus’s approximately 35,000 students are assigned an appointment. Priority in each phase is granted to recruited intercollegiate athletes and students registered with the Disabled Students’ Program, then to seniors on the degree list and then in order of class level, not necessarily based on unit count, Wong said. Within each prioritized group, a computer generator randomly assigns each student an appointment so that a student’s position in both Phase I and Phase II are about aligned. Like most technological services, Tele-BEARS comes with its own set of glitches. While Wong attributes system malfunctions to “rare” disrup-

tions in system capacities, Rachel Hollowgrass, a user experience architect for the myBerkeley Portal Project — a long-term project seeking to combine all the campus online services — said online campus services require a more thorough long-term revamp. “I’ve worked with students to hear their concerns with online tools,” Hollowgrass said. “I hear they’re not integrated, they’re clunky.” Hollowgrass added that a more efficient system of online applications would require a collection of aggregate data — including student records, room availability and financial and academic timelines — to be combined. UC Berkeley senior E.J. Schloss, who said his appointment is always at the end of each phase, said he is disappointed that a university that prides itself on being at the forefront of technological innovation resorts to a “horrible” scheduling application. “It forces you to prioritize what

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November 17, 2010 Dear Members and Friends of the Berkeley and Stanford Communities: On November 20, 2010, Stanford and Cal will square off in the 113th annual Big Game at California Memorial Stadium, an event that has been a Bay Area tradition. Our two universities share a strong football and academic heritage, as well as a spirited and storied rivalry. It is important that the traditional goal of the Big Game be reinforced this year: a spirited competition on the field and an enjoyable experience for those in the stands. Unfortunately, in past years, the spirit of the Big Game has been dampened by the irresponsible behavior of some that resulted in fracas and property damage. We again ask this year that you refrain from engaging in “pranks” and other activities that may draw law enforcement and security personnel and resources away from responding to more pressing matters. We feel that those attending the Big Game should not have to fear for their safety; therefore, we must emphasize that fans who engage in incidents of field trespass, physical assault and/or property damage wifi be ejected from the stadium. Students found responsible for these types of activities will face disciplinary action at their respective institutions; such action may include suspension or dismissal. Please respect more than a century of Big Game tradition and celebrate your school spirit, pride and sportsmanship in a safe, positive and friendly manner. Enjoy the game! With warm regards.

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While the protests on Wednesday were problematic, the complete inaction on Thursday was even more troubling.

rong day, wrong strategy. Protests at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday resulted in 13 arrests, seven of which were UC Berkeley students. Protesters and law enforcement officers faced off throughout the day, with the police using pepper spray several times on the crowd. At one point, an officer pulled his gun on the surrounding crowd in what was arguably the most dramatic moment of the entire affair. Yesterday, when the 8 percent fee increase was on the agenda for a vote and was actually approved, nothing happened. No mass of students crowded into or outside of the meeting. No system wide protests were planned, let alone implemented. The stark contrast between the two days highlights the inconsistency of protest efforts. Furthermore, although the incident with the lone officer pulling his gun has been and will continue to be characterized as an extreme overreaction against unarmed students, we argue that this individual was justified in his action. From KTVU’s video footage of the incident, it is clear that protesters

were not peaceful. Demonstrators swarmed around the lone officer, some shouting that they should, “take his gun.” He was pushed against a wall before he broke free, turning his gun on the crowd soon after. It was a clear warning that effectively ended the escalation of aggressive and inappropriate protester action. However, the use of pepper spray is more problematic. The first time the police unleashed it on the crowd, people were not warned and we do not believe that officers were in the same position of personal risk. Even though UCSF’s police chief Pamela Roskowski said a verbal warning is not needed before officers use pepper spray, such communication would have been valuable in negotiating the high-tension situation. While the protesters did not project a particularly favorable image Wednesday, absence of any effort yesterday speaks volumes. Although more regents cast votes against the increase this time around, it still was not enough, a reality that echoed the demonstration as a whole — not enough planning, not enough cohesion and not enough people.

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The FDA should not ban alchoholic energy drinks, but companies should adjust how these products are marketed.

all us crazy, but we think the Food and Drug Administration would be overstepping its bounds if it banned alcoholic energy drinks like the extremely popular Four Loko. Not that this particular brand will pose much of a problem much longer — in response to recent governmental action the makers of Four Loko have already pledged to stop putting caffeine in their drinks. On Wednesday, the FDA notified such drink manufacturers adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages is an “unsafe food additive.” Companies have 15 days to either promise to pull their products from the market or to address expressed safety concerns. In future actions, the government could conceivably ban the drinks. Caffeine-alcohol drinks have drawn criticism for endangering consumers, especially after nine college students in Washington were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning linked to Four Loko ingestion. These beverages are designed to get people intoxicated faster — a single can has roughly the same alcohol content as four beers. Yet banning the drinks will not solve the sobering effects of underage and excessive drinking. In fact, it would

not even make mixing caffeine and alcohol illegal. All arguments and statistics examined, the fact remains that these drinks must be consumed responsibly. Other alcoholic beverages — and tobacco as well — are readily available on the market even though they too can have deadly consequences. While it is not the federal government’s responsibility to prohibit caffeine energy drinks, manufacturers have not been entirely responsible in marketing their products. Four Loko and Joose are packaged in bright and colorful cans that are pointedly aimed at underage drinkers. For those who do not do their research before drinking, which is most of the public, the drink’s exterior does not convey its highly potent contents. Companies should at the very least address the perception that their drinks, as they continue to be marketed, are a misleading temptation for an already immature portion of the population. The FDA should not overstep its bounds. Companies should heed the warning as an impetus for marketing adjustments. But, most importantly, consumers should realize the dangers of getting too uninhibited.

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Eat Right and Fight the Farm Bill by John Katsnelson We need to be picky about food. That doesn’t mean just eating leafy greens. As the farm bill renewal in 2012 comes closer, how food gets from the Central Valley to our mouths matters. Historically, the farm bill has served big agricultural interests. If you’ve ever rung up a pound of chicken for the same price as a pound of peaches, you can see how government subsidies are powerful enough to make you wonder if meat grows on trees. Since the last farm bill, 70 percent of subsidies go to the wealthiest 10 percent of producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and rice. The government calls these dietary staples, yet their overabundance fills our shelves with industrially processed pseudo-foods. The farm bill shapes farm economics. From the university’s budget deficit to unemployment, we’ve seen how the government has dealt with eco-

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nomic issues. The bailouts focused on big banks. Small-businesses have been the first to fall in the crunch, with workers suffering most of the consequences. How can we expect the farm bill to be any different? The many small farms that have sprung up in the last 10 years form a key part of a movement towards agro-ecological practices such as being more organic, labor-friendly and sustainable. Supporting small farms supports our local economies and brings our food security into our own hands. As long as small farms have to compete without subsidies against subsidized corporate agriculture, the food they grow will remain inaccessible to most Americans. Not only does the farm bill not support actual farmers, but also the current political and economic climate demonstrates either a lack of political will or such comprehensive corporate control that we need to take action ourselves. We can’t trust the fat cat corpora-

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tions or politicians who get fatter off our obesity and increasing health costs. Fortunately, we can choose to opt out of subsidized industrial agriculture by eating other things. A few years ago, few people were interested in the farm bill. Now, however, the writing is on the wall, and the farm bill is being exposed. More of us are waking up to the issue and transforming food systems to become local, sustainable and rooted in eating real food. When you eat real food, you change the world. Get great access to fruits, nuts and veggies at the local farmers’ market in front of Eshleman on Mondays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (avocados $1). Be picky and budget-conscious at the now-open Berkeley Student Food Collective on Bancroft. Join our small farmers in their struggle to provide us local and sustainable food at the Student Organic Garden. Eat more kale! John Katsnelson is a UC Berkeley student. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

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by Arezou Massoumi On July 31, 2009, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal had been enjoying a recreational hike in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan when Iranian forces captured them. After suffering 410 days in solitary confinement, Sarah Shourd was released. Grievously, her fiancée, Shane Bauer, and close friend, Josh Fattal, still remain detained. All three individuals are recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley. This detail, along with the enormously inhumane and arbitrary nature of their imprisonment, must propel us all into action. While the families of both men continue their pleas for help, we must all acknowledge the severity of these human rights violations and dissolve our complacency. As we all are students of the University of California, the pain endured by Sara, Shane and Josh

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War With Iran: New Excuse, Same Conclusion by Matthew Soldad The chorus of voices within this country calling for war with Iran are getting louder once again, this time baiting American leadership not with false evidence of nuclear weapons or fabricating ties to the terror attack in New York, which Americans are very wary of, but with promises of economic improvement. David Broder of the Washington Post recently proposed a solution to the economic crisis created by Wall Street banks, in a typical Neoconservative non-sequitur: war with Iran. “Look back at FDR and the Great Depression,” Broder wrote. “What finally resolved that economic crisis? World War II.” According to Broder, Republicans will rally to the side of the President if he spends “much of 2011 and 2012 orchestrating a showdown with the mullahs” which will improve the economy. And since “Iran is the greatest threat to the world in the young century,” the war is justified anyway, even aside from economics. Previously, the Neoconservatives had succeeded in the same slight of hand, seducing Bush and Cheney into invading Iraq using the Sept. 11 attacks as a pretext. Both Bush and

Cheney had in the past expressed categorical opposition to an invasion of Iraq — Bush from his father's experience and advice, and Cheney who, in one interview in 1994, dismissed the mere idea saying “It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq.” Who are the Neoconservatives? Despite the fog with which these figures disguise themselves, Neoconservatism consists of a group of largely Jewish members who follow the teachings of the Jewish academic and neo-Machiavellian Leo Strauss. They are called Neoconservatives because they are literally “new conservatives,” having converted, at least in name, from being old Socialists or Trotskyites. And it is a common fact, that these figures have a special concern for and are aligned with Israel, specifically, the Likud party in Israel. Joe Klein wrote with regard to them and their designs in 2008: “There were people out there in the Jewish community who saw [Iraq] as a way to create a benign domino theory and eliminate all of Israel's enemies .... I think it represents a really dangerous anachronistic neocolonial sensibility. And I think it is a very, very dangerous form of extremism. I

think it’s bad for Israel and it's bad for America. And these guys have been getting a free ride. And now these people are backing the notion of a war with Iran and not all of them, but some of them, are doing it because they believe that Iran is an existential threat to Israel.” Soon after the invasion of Iraq, the Israelis began aggressively lobbying for war in Iran. More recently, they began to threaten the U.S., arguing that if the U.S. does not willingly attack Iran, Israel itself would preemptively attack and then the U.S. would be dragged in against its will anyway, and should therefore attack on its own terms. This buffet of casus belli is reminiscent of Broder's article and is the hallmark of a charlatan selling a senseless war. It is hard to believe that the propaganda of Broder and those like him are not the product of what Netanyahu called for in 2007 in which Israel would “immediately launch an intense, international, public relations front first and foremost on the U.S.” to get America to attack Iran. If it looks like U.S. foreign policy is starting to resemble in earnest Soviet foreign policy, the resemblence is not a mirage induced by the deserts of

Arabia. Old Trotskyites are modern Neoconservatives, and todays Neoconservatives are old Trotskyites. The Marxist-Trotskyist “Perpetual Revolution” is now indistinguishable from the Neoconservative “Perpetual War.” America is today in Afghanistan, for reasons no one understands, just as was the Soviet Union, formerly. It must also be noted that the troubling “Tea Party” phenomenon is a result of the Neoconservative subversion of the Republican party and the perversion of the party's actual conservative ideology, which causes the alienation of these people and the fracturing of their party, which tends to be isolationist and shuns overspending. Instead, the conservative party in the U.S. has turned into an unrecognizable Wilsonian, if not Trotskyite party, overthrowing foreign governments and liquidating America's wealth in the name of “Making the World Safe for Democracy,” or liberating the proletariat, or giving Afghan women the vote or whatever transparent pretext they may currently give to disguise a lust for domination. Matthew Soldad is a UC Berkeley student. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

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Should Pledge Support impacts us on a sharply tender and personal level. We must unite as a community in order to solidly express our deep concerns for these three individuals and for similar inhumane acts that have happened before, are happening now and will happen in the future. Nov. 4 marked the 31st anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis. During this tragedy — which sparked tensions between the United States and Iran — 52 American citizens suffered imprisonment for 444 days. Unbelievably, the number of days Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal have spent detained exceeds 444. And yet, not enough people have acknowledged that this is a crisis just the same. These people have been unjustly detained by the Islamic Republic of Iran the past year and have had their rights denied to them Your university's participation in passing a resolution appealing for the release of Shane and Josh will represent a step away from the apathy that so often allows such actions to take place. Instead, it will illuminate the importance of not only feeling sympathy, but also transforming those feelings into action. Arezou Massoumi is a UC San Diego student. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

letter to the editor Recent Article Detailing Eviction Was Misleading The article “Facing Eviction Due to Financial Aid” in the Nov. 12, 2010 issue of the Daily Cal contained misleading information regarding the delays in financial aid and possible impacts on students’ housing contracts. In brief, no students have been or will be evicted from university housing this semester for failure to pay rent if they experience delays in financial aid packaging. The termination notice for the student quoted in the Nov. 12 article was rescinded following financial aid processing in late October. Cal Housing is working closely with Financial Aid and the Student Parent Project to improve coordination of financial aid and housing information. Through increased data sharing protocols established this week, it is our intent to ensure that students facing financial aid delays do not receive delinquency notices in the first place. Cal Housing encourages all students to contact its office if they face any challenges in paying their rent for university housing; in most cases we can make arrangements that will accommodate their situation. LeNorman Strong Associate Vice Chancellor Student Affairs, UC Berkeley

More than 115 years ago, just across the Bay in San Francisco, an influential conservationist by the name of John Muir founded what is now the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the United States. Since then, the Sierra Club has embodied Muir’s credo to “do something for wildness and make the mountains glad.” Its members, who now number over 1.3 million, work tirelessly to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. And what of the Sierra Club’s birthplace? The San Francisco Bay Chapter now represents more than 30,000 members in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Francisco Counties. The Northern Alameda County Group serves nearly 10,000 members within the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, Albany, Emeryville, Alameda, Piedmont and San Leandro. The Sierra Club’s meteoric national rise has been paralleled by prodigious local successes. In 1930, Sierra Club leaders realized the operation of Mt. Tamalpais, a popular destination for Bay Area residents, as a state park. In 1957, they successfully lobbied for the establishment of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, which ferries student commuters to and from campus. In 1991, the Sierra Club chapter persevered in the creation of the Eastshore State Park, which, on a clear day, offers an inimitable view on the Marina and the Golden Gate beyond. But these successes have not come without some significant growing pains. Many geographic areas represented by both the chapter and the group still suffer from record levels of

pollution leading to high risks of cancer, asthma and heart attacks among a disproportionately affected minority population. An unending barrage of state cuts to the Bay Area’s public transit systems have made the management of an increasingly dense local population more difficult while still meeting much-needed greenhouse gas reduction goals. And even within the organization itself, the Bay Chapter and County Group are contending with financial pressures after the national club board has drastically cut the funding allocation to both. This year’s Sierra Club elections offer a unique opportunity to bring in new blood, new energy and new diversity to the organization’s leadership. We are three candidates who, with your support, can steer this vital club in a direction that will tackle these challenges. Igor Tregub, a 2008 UC Berkeley alumnus and Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner, and Mario Juarez, a respected young Oakland Latino community leader, are running for the Executive Board of the Northern Alameda County Group. Kathy Neal, a renowned African-American small business owner, is a candidate for the Executive Board of the San Francisco Bay Chapter. We believe that concerted efforts are needed to broaden our base with new, more diverse and vibrant members. Our priorities also include retooling local and regional economies from the blue-collar jobs of the 20th century to green-collar opportunities of the 21st; enhanced mobilization and coalition-building around environmental justice and public transit accessibility issues and growing the club with new initiatives, events, and fundraisers that would appeal to a number of different Bay

Area denizens. There is no better example of such a demographic than the college student population. We are strongly committed to working with younger audiences, listening to their priorities and bringing them into the Sierra Club fold. All three of us are dynamic members of the Sierra Club Northern Alameda County Group. In addition, Igor is a Berkeley Rent Board and Labor Commissioner, board member of the East Bay Young Democrats and Regional Council member of the Progressive Jewish Alliance. Mario is a small business owner who is active in Oakland’s Fruitvale area community affairs, as well as a member of the Alameda County Central Democratic Committee and a former Oakland Parks Commissioner. Kathy, a public outreach and project management consultant and also a member of the Central Democratic Committee, formerly served on California’s Integrated Waste Management Board where she advocated a strong waste reduction agenda. The three of us are strongly committed to the Sierra Club’s mission “to explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth” and are ready to roll up our sleeves to constructively move the organization forward. But we cannot do it without your support and ideas. Please contact us at SierraClubSlate@gmail. com or check out the local Sierra Club website at http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org so we can start working together. Mario Juarez contributed to this article. Igor Tregub is a UC Berkeley alumnus. Kathy Neal is an Oakland resident. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org

The DREAM Act Must Remain a Priority by Ju Hong For undocumented students, the lame duck session is the last hope this year to push for the DREAM Act. The time is ticking and undocumented students cannot wait any longer to defer their dreams once more. During the midterm election season, Senator Harry Reid promised he would bring the DREAM Act up for a vote in the lame duck session regardless of whether he would win the election or not. Despite uncertain numbers at the polls before this election, Senator Reid was able to defeat his opponent Sharron Angle and retain the Senate seat in Nevada. Nevertheless, the midterm elections boded badly for the Democrats — the Republicans took over as the House majority and the Democrats lost six Senate seats, managing only barely to hold on to a majority. So before all the new members join the Congress, the Democrats are hoping

to bring up critical bills in the lame duck session. Recently, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also announced her plans to bring the DREAM Act up for a vote in the lame duck session. The DREAM Act legislation may pass in the House, but the Senate needs bipartisan will and work in order to pass the DREAM Act. In previous years, both sides of the political aisle have supported the DREAM Act, but it is not guaranteed whether those same members would vote for the DREAM Act this year or not. In addition to that task at hand, critical bills such as repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Pay Check Fairness Act, Bus Tax Cuts and Extend Unemployment Insurance policy are all viewed as urgent for the lame duck session. Meanwhile, thousands of undocumented immigrants are under threat of deportation as we speak. A

20-year-old San Francisco Community College student, Steve Li, was facing deportation until a public outcry and the work of a few public officials helped defer his deportation. This is wrong and we must fix our broken immigration system. With all urgency, we must pressure Senator Reid to bring up the DREAM Act in the Senate floor by calling his office, delivering letters and signing petitions. Once Senator Reid brings up the bill in the Senate floor, then we have to pressure targeted moderate Democrats as well as moderate Republicans to secure 60 votes to pass the DREAM Act. The time is now and we must act before we lose another undocumented student who is an asset of our community. This is our final push this year, and we shall not give up on the DREAM Act. Ju Hong is a UC Berkeley student. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

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classes you really want to take,” he said. “Let’s say you really want to take four classes; you are not afforded that opportunity ... you end up not getting into the other two you want to.” Mariela Uribe said that as a sophomore, she understands she will automatically receive the “short end of the stick,” but she does not necessarily blame the application for her class scheduling woes. Instead, she feels there should be a refinement of the appointment process so as to avoid long waitlists. “I think undergraduate prerequisites ... should open at a certain time, separately from upper division classes,” she said. “That way, everyone gets the opportunity to sign up ... and (it’s) not just the population of upperclassmen who can get the best classes or the classes that are needed.” Contact Yousur Alhlou at yalhlou@dailycal.org.

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range the last 10 years was clearly a mismanagement of priorities on the campus’ behalf especially during times of 20 percent cuts to academic departments and classes,” Goldstein said in an e-mail. Much of the debate during the senate meeting centered around the way the banners would be created, yet the bill’s creation of a senate-appointed Intercollegiate Athletics officer was never debated because, according to Student Action Senator Spencer McLeod, senators were in agreement that the position was necessary. Some senators said they were concerned about whether a direct action would be indicated on the banners — such as a link to an online petition — so that viewers would know how to support student athletes. Although several senators expressed interest in attending a meeting Thursday morning to determine the language of the banners, Loomba said she was the only senator in attendance. The banners will read “Support Cal Student-Athletes,” under which a link to view game schedules will be posted. Loomba said this was because the petition could not be posted in time for the weekend. Contact J.D. Morris at jmorris@dailycal.org.

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assault with a deadly weapon. UC officials allege that UC Merced student Peter Howell struck a UCPD officer during a melee with protesters. The officer then dropped his baton, unholstered his gun and pointed it at a crowd of protesters. As of Thursday, Howell was still in custody and had no court day set, police said. Regent George Marcus said he came to the meeting with the “full intention” of voting against the fee increase, but changed his mind after UC officials outlined the scope of the UC’s budget shortfall. Regent Eddie Island was also among those who initially questioned the increase but ultimately voted for it. Maldonado, who voted against the increase, said the university had not exhausted all avenues to bridge its gap before turning to fee increases. John Perez, speaker of the state Assembly and an exofficio regent, did not attend the meeting but sent Assemblymember Paul Fong, D-Cupertino, on his behalf to deliver the board a letter opposing the fee increase. UC officials said absent of state financial support for the university’s rising costs, fees could continue to rise. During the meeting, Regent Richard Blum, who previously served as chair of the board, said that the board should not be blamed for increasing fees. “I find it annoying that we see two letters from the state Assembly saying don’t increase fees ... when they are in fact where the rubber meets the road,” Blum said. Jessica Gillotte of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. Javier Panzar is the lead higher education reporter. Contact him at jpanzar@dailycal.org.

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UC Berkeley physicists announced they have succeeded in trapping antihydrogen atoms for the first time in a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. A group of UC Berkeley physicists have been collaborating with 14 other universities — including Auburn University, the University of Liverpool in the U.K. and the University of Tokyo in Japan — on the experiment, called ALPHA, since 2004 and have since managed to trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for more than one-tenth of a second each. While antihydrogen, the simplest form of antimatter, has been produced before, it has never been contained. The researchers’ findings mark a significant breakthrough for physicists, who can now study the trapped atoms in closer proximity, according to co-author Joel Fajans, a UC Berkeley professor of physics. Fajans said the trapping of antihydrogen could now lead to an answer for why there is less antimatter than matter in the world. Each particle of matter known to scientists is believed to have an antimatter twin for which all the original properties are inverted except for mass, according to Steven Chapman, a co-author of the study and a graduate student in the physics department. The Big Bang theory suggests there should be equal amounts of matter and antimatter in the universe, but until now scientists could not trap any antimatter particles to test their properties, Chapman said. “So far, we’ve barely managed to

trap a single antihydrogen atom at one time, but we will need to trap more of them and for a longer time,” Chapman said. “But this is a massive technical achievement — if you were to describe us as a gymnastics team, we’ve just started walking.” Fajans said they also want to measure what color antihydrogen glows in comparison to hydrogen, as different colors would mean physicists would have to rethink the symmetry theory behind matter and antimatter. While much of the work for this experiment has been carried out in university labs both at UC Berkeley and at other collaborators’ campuses, the antihydrogen was actually trapped at the European Center for Nuclear Research in Geneva, which has more advanced facilities. Fajans and his team first got involved with the ALPHA experiment because of their expertise in plasma physics, according to Fajans. UC Berkeley’s contribution to the international project has been to image particles, to work on the diagnostics of temperature and to put machines used to help conduct the experiment together. “We used to talk about efforts to make antihydrogen, but it seemed very distant future kind of stuff. So, this is a tremendous achievement,” said Maxwell Chertok, a professor of physics at UC Davis, who had worked at CERN in the 1990s when another team of scientists first produced antihydrogen, in an e-mail. “Antimatter is now available to us, on a microscopic scale, to help probe some very fundamental interactions of our universe.” Contact Rachel Banning-Lover at rlover@dailycal.org.

City Faces $15 Million Increase In Dues to Public Pension Plan Berkeley City Council to Renegotiate Contracts, Benefits for Employees After Investment Losses by Gianna Albaum Contributing Writer

The city is facing an increase of almost $15 million in dues to the state pension fund over the next six years after the fund’s investment portfolio was halved as a result of recession woes, prompting the Berkeley City Council to re-evaluate the city’s options going forward. In a Tuesday report to the council, City Auditor Ann Marie Hogan estimated the city’s dues to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System — a statewide agency that administers benefits for most California public employees — will jump from $25.8 million in 2010 to $40.9 million in 2016 to compensate for the substantial hit to the state’s pension investment portfolio in 2008. As a result of the projected increases, Hogan said the city will most likely have to renegotiate its city employee contracts, which will expire within the next two years. Councilmember Gordon Wozniak said he expects the next council work session on city employee benefits to be the first of a series, given the number and gravity of topics to be covered. Though the city has been aware of the impending rate increases for years, this is the first time the council has made a concerted effort to address the problem. CalPERS sets the rate each city pays — which varies depending on its investment portfolio’s performance — on behalf of its employees. Currently, the city is required to pay between 16 and 35.7 percent of salary for most city employees, but that range is expected to increase to between 25.8 and 50.8 percent by 2016, according to the report. Hogan said the city is in relatively good shape now, with 85 percent of the pension plan funded. “It’s like a mortgage on your house,” she said. “You don’t buy your house with cash.” However, the current funding percentage is likely to decline if the city neglects to revise city employee con-

tracts and benefits, she added. The city will face the brunt of the CalPERS rate increases starting in 2012. In the next two years, rates are only expected to increase by $2.9 million, while between 2012 and 2014 the report estimates there will be a $9.7 million increase. Berkeley is not paying those high rates now because CalPERS has implemented a “smoothing mechanism” to prevent sharp rate increases by gradually increasing rates after stock market losses and gradually decreasing rates after market gains. City spokesperson Mary Kay Clunies-Ross said the public sector pension plan system differs from private sector systems, where employers contribute a certain annual sum to a retirement fund rather than guaranteeing employees a defined percentage of their salary upon retirement. “In the private sector ... what you get when you retire depends on what the market does,” Clunies-Ross said. “If the market tanks, you get less.” The report recommends four methods to amend employee contracts to raise the money for the dues: reducing salaries, requiring employees to contribute a larger percentage of their salary to CalPERS, raising the retirement age and capping the amount of final salary used to calculate payments received after retirement. In order to offset the entirety of CalPERS rate increases, salary reductions would have to range from 7 to 11.6 percent, according to the report. The report also recommends reducing the number of city employees, but notes layoffs or vacancies could further increase employee contribution rates because fewer people would be contributing to CalPERS. Hogan said implementing all of the pension recommendations outlined in the report would require renegotiating employee contracts with each union. The city will start renegotiations with the Berkeley Police Department in January, and it is expected to start renegotiating with all other city departments in January 2012, Clunies-Ross said. According to the report, the city has nine benefit-related liabilities, of which the CalPERS pension plan is “by far” the most expensive. Gianna Albaum covers city government. Contact her at galbaum@dailycal.org.

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Protesters rallied against the cuts of nine jobs and the elimination of the “Morning Show” program outside the KPFA station Nov. 9.

Conflict Continues Following Recent KPFA Cuts by Victoria Pardini Contributing Writer

In the wake of layoff notifications at local radio station KPFA 11 days ago, union workers and station employees are hoping to reverse the company decision that eliminated nine jobs and a popular local program. The cuts were made by KPFA’s parent company, the Pacifica Foundation, in early November because of a deficit of about half a million dollars. Of the positions eliminated, two were “involuntary layoffs,” and the employees did not receive severance packages. The “Morning Show” program was completely eliminated, and a syndicated radio show now streams in its time slot. “Unfortunately, the station has spent $1.5 million more than what they’ve brought in the past few years and exhausted all of their reserves,” said Arlene Engelhardt, the foundation’s executive director. One of the co-hosts of the Morning Show, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, said the Morning Show usually raises about $600,000 for the station per year, more than any other KPFA program. He added that he and his co-host, Aimee Allison, are on the payroll until Dec. 8, though the

show’s cancellation was immediate. According to Christina Huggins, executive vice president of the Communications Workers of America Local 9415 — which represents the paid workers at KPFA — the union filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Nov. 9 to rescind the layoffs. The board has already begun conducting investigations and interviews regarding the layoffs, but Huggins said she is not sure what the timeline for a decision will be. Three main elements of the union’s charge are Pacifica’s refusal to honor an agreement regarding health care supplements for workers eligible for Medicare, refusal to seek alternative measures besides layoffs and the interference of Pacifica National Board in local labor-management issues. “The real element and the key issue is that they have laid off out of seniority,” Huggins said, adding that she believes certain individuals were targeted for the layoffs for political reasons. She also said the union suggested a sustainable budget plan to Pacifica but that the suggestions were not considered. Engelhardt said the alternative plan “would not have made up the difference.” According to Edwards-Tiekert, listeners have sent around 2,000 e-mails

and phone calls to Pacifica in protest since the cancellation of his show. “To get up in the morning and see the show I listen to more than anything else on KPFA gone ... I’m not even sure what I’m doing with myself in the morning,” said Pamela Drake, who sits on a board of KPFA listeners who give feedback to the station. KPFA employees and volunteers said they are concerned with the station’s future and further cuts, which Engelhardt said are a possibility. “Creating civil war inside KPFA and Pacifica is not exactly a good way to handle budget cuts,” said Richard Wolinsky, a volunteer and producer of the KPFA program Bookwaves. Esther Manilla, one of seven employees to take a voluntary layoff package offered by Pacifica, said she was disheartened by the tension developing within the company over the past few years. “Everybody here isn’t here for a paycheck, and the situation at hand isn’t about a few people’s jobs,” she said. “It’s about the future of the station and how the station is going to be sustained in the long run.” Contact Victoria Pardini at vpardini@dailycal.org.

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With seven seniors helping lead the Cal men’s soccer team into the postseason, something exciting is Cal Men’s bound to happen soccer at Edwards Stadium on Sunday. The No. 6 The sixthseed Bears seeded (12-2-3) take on vs UCSB for the Bears will second round of host the NCAA tournament at 1:30 UCSB. p.m. on their When: Sunday, 1:30 home turf. p.m. For the Where: Edwards seniors, it is their Stadium. third postseason year, the first chance since their sophomore seasons to see contests past conference play. It is also the highest seed they have earned in their collegiate tenure. Their first year at Cal, Anthony Avalos, Servando Carrasco, Hector Jimenez, Demitrius Omphroy, Davis Paul, A.J. Soares and Scot VanBuskirk helped the rest of the the No. 17 squad battle then-No. 25 UC Davis in the first round of the College Cup. Cal ended up winning, 2-1, in double overtime. A 3-2 loss to then-No. 11 Virginia Tech ended the Bears’ campaign for the College Cup in the second round. In 2008, No. 9 Cal blanked USF, 3-0, in the first round of the tournament. Rain couldn’t stop the Bears when they battled with No. 19 UCSB for the second round. Despite the

Gauchos having a first-round bye, Cal clinched the win in double overtime, 3-2. The match marked Santa Barbara’s first tournament loss on its home pitch. UCSB’s 24 shots kept goalkeeper Stefan Frei busy in the net. He tallied a season-best 11 saves, allowing only two balls past him. This year, the Gauchos battled it out with Denver for the first round of the tournament. UCSB’s victory over the Pioneers sealed the Bears’ fate for the second round and first contest for Cal in this year’s postseason. The Gauchos (14-4-3) dominated the Pioneers, outshooting them 8-1 with six corners in the first half of play. Gaucho midfielder Danny Barrera’s two shots on frame in the first half contributed to the offensive effort that put the pressure on Denver keeper John Willis. Willis tallied four saves total. After regulation time expired with the score knotted at 0-0, the two teams headed into the first 10 minutes of golden goal overtime. UCSB’s four shots in the extra period were unable to find the back of the net, keeping both teams scoreless at the end of the period. The teams continued into a second overtime period. Barrera’s short pass in the 104th minute of the match to Wade Ibrahim enabled the forward to knock in the only goal of the match and put an end to the contest. After two years since the two teams saw one another last another on the same field, Cal and UCSB will square off against one another in what is sure to be a fast-paced, physical game. For the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Kevin Grimes, and his senior-laden squad, this weekend could ignite the first postseason step in hopes of chasing down the College Cup. Kelly Suckow covers men’s soccer. Contact her at ksuckow@dailycal.org.

The initial shock is out of the way and now the Cal men’s basketball team can focus on the season ahead. The brand new bunch that used a big second half to beat Cal-State Northridge on Tuesday returns to face a young, but more disciplined New Mexico team at Haas Pavilion on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night’s performance by the three veteran presences on the team — Jorge Gutierrez, Markhuri SandersFrison and Harper Kamp — to provide a cushion for the four different players, Allen Crabbe, Gary Franklin, Emerson Murray and Richard Solomon, that played at least 14 minutes in their collegiate debuts. “We’ve got to allow these young kids to learn,” Montgomery said after Tuesday night’s win. “I’ve got to figure out some rotations where I have maybe two (of the veterans) on the floor at any given time … But at the same time we’re not going to get any better if we

can’t have these young guys learn what it’s like and what the difference is.” But unlike Tuesday, Cal (1-0) will face a team far more refined than the foul-happy, jump-shooting Matadors that they saw Tuesday. The Lobos (2-0) enter Haas Pavilion coming off of an impressive 76-62 victory over Arizona State in Albuquerque, NM on Tuesday night. Senior Dairese Gary and freshman Kendall Williams led New Mexico with 18 and 15 points, respectively. Both Cal and the back-to-back Mountain West conference champions are now very different squads. Gone are the players that combined for 120 of the game’s 164 points when the two faced off in 2009, but like Mike Montgomery, Alford reigned in a talented freshman class that is seeing the floor immediately. Williams, a first year out of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., not only showed off his perimeter prowess by drilling four three-pointers, but dished out four assists and stole the ball three times. The other New Mexico freshmen that should log notable minutes are Tony

Snell and Alex Kirk, who could present some matchup problems with their length. Snell, a product of basketball powerhouse King High School in Riverside, Calif., is a long six-foot-seven swingman that can grab rebounds and score if called upon. Kirk is a local product from nearby Los Alamos, NM that is on the slender side, but may present Cal with some issues in the post because of his size. Though Cal won by a comfortable 17point margin on Tuesday, Montgomery expressed considerable concern about the team’s free throw shooting. Montgomery’s teams are usually top-tier shooters from the charity stripe, but Cal made just 31 of 50 freebies on Tuesday. “That was disappointing. I scolded these guys a little bit,” Montgomery said. “They force you to drive and to put the ball on the floor and then you end up with an empty possession. We left 19 points out there today.” Gabriel Baumgaertner covers basketball. Contact him at gbaumgaertner@dailycal.org.

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if they hope to make even the most mediocre bowl game. In essence, it’s a must-win game for both teams. After all, pride is at stake. The Big Game is always a must-win. The Cal defense did a fine job bruising LaMichael James’ Heisman hopes last week, and they’ll need a similar performance if they hope to stop another Heisman hopeful, Stanford’s Andrew Luck. “We’ll drop our battle axe on Stanford’s head, CHOP!” Worrell Williams summarized it best after the 2008 Big Game: “We don’t belong on the same field as those guys. We have way more athletes than those guys and we’re way more fundamentally sound than those guys. We’re better than those guys.” With Stanford ranked sixth in the nation, this isn’t true like it was two years ago, but this is a time to exude some arrogance. This is our domicile. “Down on the Stanford Farm there’ll be no sound, SHHH!” Let’s silence that peninsula. Silence the talk of a BCS game. Silence the talk of a Heisman Trophy. Silence Jim Harbaugh (which is a really difficult task).

Let the gloriously deafening Stanford silence after Mike Mohamed’s interception last season be an uproarious response from our belligerent confines in Strawberry Canyon. Let’s play the part of the restless proletariat. Let’s be the underdogs. We’ll take that role and run with it. This has been Jeff Tedford’s worst year roaming the Cal sidelines, but he remains Stanford’s nightmare. We’re going to retain the Axe because it’s our house. That’s only if you as fans make it our house. “When our Oski rips through the air, like our friend Mr. Jonah, Stanford’s team will be found in the tummy of the Golden Bear.” It’s the Big Game. Even with my Stanford ties, I felt a hole in my stomach when a mediocre Cardinal squad claimed the Axe from Cal in 2007. Only your finest, loudest participation will prevent the Axe from crossing the bay. It’s time to give ‘em the Axe, the Axe, the Axe right in their BCS hopes. Go Bears. Give Gabriel the Axe, the Axe, the Axe at sports@dailycal.org

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Big Stage Set After Last Year’s Thriller on the Farm Stanford, Tell Me How Our Axe Tastes

by Ed Yevelev

Daily Cal Staff Writer Hearing Mike Mohamed speak about Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck last week was puzzling, to say the least. “I haven’t ONLINE PODCAST seen too much The Daily Cal’s football of him,” Cal’s senior inside beat writers preview linebacker Saturday’s Big Game. said. “From what I’ve heard he’s been having a great year.” You expected a “just kidding” or a smile to come afterwards, especially considering their most recent acquaintence. When the two players last took the field against one another last fall, they provided a thriling conclusion to the most dramatic Big Game in recent memory. It was Mohamed who snatched Luck’s potential gametying touchdown pass out near the goal line. That soon-to-be iconic play preserved the Bears’ 34-28 victory over the red-hot Cardinal, who came in having trounced USC and Oregon on back-to-back weekends. One season later, as both teams prepare for the Bay Area rivalry’s 113th installment, many of last year’s key actors will return for Saturday’s 12:30pm showdown at Memorial Stadium. Joining Luck and Mohamed will be junior running back Shane Vereen, whose remarkable 42-carry, 193-yard, three-touchdown performance propelled Cal to an upset win at Stanford Stadium last November. However, much has changed about both the Bears (5-5, 3-4 in the Pac-10) and No. 6 Stanford (9-1. 6-1)

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Mike Mohamed sealed last year’s Big Game victory by picking off Andrew Luck to thwart Stanford’s potential game-winning drive. since the two squads last squared off. Even with former Heisman runner-up Toby Gerhart playing on Sundays for the Minnesota Vikings, the Cardinal offense has continued its torrid pace and looks more lethal than ever. Stanford is rolling up 39.8 points and 467.1 yards per contest, keyed by a future NFL No. 1 pick in Luck and a physical, veteran-laden offensive line. “They’re so balanced. They run the

ball 213 yards a game, throw for 250something yards a game, so there’s a lot of balance on that offense,” Cal head coach Jeff Tedford said at Monday’s Big Game Media Luncheon. “They’re not one-dimensional. They’re very physical, they protect Luck very well ... They’re a very difficult offense to stop.” While Jim Harbaugh’s club has continued to blossom offensively behind Luck’s maturation, the Bears’

Bears Seek Season Sweep in Big Spike by Christina Jones Contributing Writer

The Cal volleyball team has been in this position before. Last month when the No. 4 Bears took on No. 2 Stanford, the two squads were tied for ONLINE PODCAST the conference lead and held Christina Jones and the same na- Jonathan Kuperberg tional rankings. analyze the Big Spike. By defeating the Cardinal (22-2, 13-2 in the Pac-10) in four sets at Maples Pavilion last month, Cal (23-2, 13-2) seized sole possession of first in the Pac-10. The Bears lost that stronghold by falling to No. 6 USC two weeks ago and are now tied with Stanford for tops in the conference. Tonight at Haas Pavilion at 7 p.m., coach Rich Feller’s squad has a chance to stand alone at the top with only two games left in conference play. “It’s harder to win the Pac-10 conference than it is to win a national championship,” coach Rich Feller said. “It’s very difficult to beat the teams in our conference often enough, two times in most cases, to win the title.” If Cal wins, the team will have swept the season series against the Cardinal for the first time in 31 years and posted the best record in program history. It also puts them in position to clinch the first Pac-10 title in school history. This is not the same Stanford squad that played Cal a month ago. The return of setter Karissa Cook allowed Stanford to move into its normal 6-2 offense, which it didn’t run in the Cardinal’s loss. The 6-2 features three hitters in the front row as opposed to two in some rotations. That means that senior setter/outside hitter Cassidy Lichtman is freed up to attack. Lichtman was restriced to setting when the teams first met, denying the Cardinal a primary offensive weapon. Feller points out that the additional attacker may mean fewer sets for Alix Klineman, the conference leader in kills. “It doesn’t affect us as much as other

own attack has sputtered mightily of late — having scored a meager 34 points over three games while relying overwhelmingly on Vereen’s hardnosed running. “We’re going to have to be able to be balanced on offense,” Tedford said. “You can’t be one-dimensional in any part of the game. That’s what we’ll work towards this week.” To get back on track offensively,

God, I love Big Game week. Blue and gold lights cover the trees on Upper Sproul and Sather Gate and the Cal logo shines brightly off of the Campanile every evening. Yeah, I know, you’re the type that pillories school spirit. You left all of your tribal impulses back in your high school basketball gym. Your dorm-mate girlfriend doesn’t like it when you wear a Cal shirt out to your weekly date at Café Med; she would prefer a V-neck sweater and some corduroys. She also insists you watch “Garden State” one more time to discover its true emotional depth. Why muster the energy to show enthusiasm for your school when you can channel that energy into discussing the redistribution of American labor? Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism, dude, but it’s an ethos. But for as long as we’re in Big Game week, pause your Elliot Smith album (I said pause, but I suggest “New Moon”)

Cal Aims to End Five-Year Big Splash Drought Against Card by Byron Atashian Contributing Writer

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Senior setter Carli Lloyd will play in the final Big Spike of her Cal career tonight. With 10 more digs, Lloyd will be the third setter and 12th player in Cal’s history to reach 1,000 digs. teams that may commit block more, but the way we bunch block and read, the 6-2 is not that much different for us,” Feller said. Stanford leads the Pac-10 in all offensive categories, but the Bears will counter with a defense that posts the most blocks in the Pac-10 and thirdmost in the nation. Stanford’s has hit .321 this season, while Cal holds opponents to .170 on average. Stanford may have a better hitting percentage, but Cal checks in at second in the conference in that same category. Lloyd has consistent hitters in the middle and outside positions, and junior Tarah Murrey is a threat regard-

less of where she stands on the court. The Bears are most confident in their speed and endurance, and hope to wear the Cardinal hitters down. “They’re used to being terminal, and we’re used to long rallies, grinding to get points,” Murrey said. Should Cal be able to dig balls from Stanford’s lethal front line, Feller likes his team’s chances. “It’s who wins the long rallies, but it’s also who stays in system most,” Feller said. “That will allow that team’s offense to dictate the tempo of the match.” Christina Jones covers volleyball. Contact her at cjones@dailycal.org.

The No. 1 Cal men’s water polo team (20-2, 7-0 MPSF) dives into its final match of the season, ONLINE PODCAST against Bay Area Water polo beat writer rival No. 5 Stanford (13-6, 5-2 Bryon Atashian breaks MPSF) tonight down the Big Splash. at Spieker Complex at 6 p.m. Cal Men’s The two teams have played Water Polo twice before this season, both times resulting No.1 Cal in a win for the will host Bears. vs The first time the No. 5 was an 11-8 vic- Stanford tory for the third Cardinal place title of the tonight. NorCal Tourna- When: 6:00 p.m. ment on Sept. 19 Where: Spieker and the second Aquatics Complex. time was a 13-9 win for the fifth place finish in the SoCal Tournament on Oct. 3. A lot can change in a month and a half, however. “I think we’re both different teams than we were the last time we played,” Cal head coach Kirk Everist said. The circumstances are also different since both encounters were the final games of a tournament while today’s game is the only one of the weekend. “Those (were) hard games, mentally, sometimes physically, don’t want to put too much stock in (it),” Everist said. “They’re going to be fresh and ready to go (today), they’re a really mobile, fast, athletic team.” The Cardinal generally relies on their quickness to get by opponents and mainly focuses on cutting with its drivers to throw off the defense.

Junior Jacob Smith is a big part of the Stanford offense as a driver averaging 2.42 goals per game, third in the MPSF. Sophomore Paul Rudolph, who scored four goals against Pacific last weekend, and Senior Sage Wright are two more influential drivers centered around big man Jeffrey Schwimer swimming in the middle. Cal’s veteran squad, although more experienced, is bigger and slower. As a result, the Bears may have to play some of their cubs. “Some of it depends on how the game is flowing, Matt Golden, Hunter Gettelfinger, and Collin Smith really address that (speed) issue,” Everist said. “(The younger guys) helped us out in a lot of games, it’s allowed us to have a different look.” The outcome of the game won’t shake Cal’s seeding at No. 1, but could affect the postseason in a certain situation. Only the winner of the conference tournament is guaranteed a spot in the NCAAs, while one other team gets an at-large bid. Because Cal and USC have comparable records, in the case where neither team wins the conference tournament, they would vie for the at-large bid. The Bears have to stay on top of their game so they don’t jeopardize a season’s worth of hard work. Even though the situation where Cal doesn’t move on to the NCAAs is unlikely, winning is more important in terms of keeping its performance tight, polished and ready to peak in the postseason. Both the Bears and the Cardinal faced a worthy adversary in No. 6 Pacific last weekend. While Cal won 10-8 and Stanford lost 10-9, both matches were extremely close with the Tigers coming down the final stretch. Byron Atashian covers water polo. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.

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