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by Yousur Alhlou Contributing Writer

Due to previous encounters with a Berkeley resident who regularly vocalizes his discontent with noisy — and at times illegal — activity at a city park, some neighborhood parents fear they will no longer be welcome in the park when a restraining order against the resident expires Dec. 19. Tension between neighborhood parents and Art Maxwell — whose house lies directly north of Becky Temko Tot Park on Roosevelt Avenue — began after Maxwell “threatened” to call the police on park users, some who were at the park after hours and others who he deemed disruptive, according to Cynthia Dillman, a neighborhood parent. Dillman said Maxwell scared neighborhood children by screaming across his fence and criticizing parents when they did not silence their children. “He’ll threaten the kids,” she said. “He won’t engage in mediation.” In response to Maxwell’s threatening behavior, a group of parents filed the restraining order, which was issued on Dec. 20, 2007, according to Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, whose district encompasses the park. “Mr. Maxwell is concerned about the noise, and neighbors need to be respectful,” Arreguin said. “At the same time, he needs to not create noise himself and yell at people ... he needs to be held accountable.” In recent years, Maxwell has filed multiple police reports against park users who visit the park after dark, some of whom the police found smoking pot or having sex. Maxwell’s wife Mimi Chin said neighbors are not sensitive to her family’s request for “residential peace” and added that the conflict is attributed to overlapping community needs for both recreational space and a quiet neighborhood environment. “Why is this park in the middle of four homes with no protection for us?” she said. “The issue is with the city’s parks and recreation department. They are pitting us against each other.” She added that she and her husband have been excluded from community dialogue despite their efforts to reach out to concerned parents. However, Dillman said Maxwell has “refused reconciliation,” and although parents prefer the restraining order be extended, any efforts to do so will be thwarted by the city and police en-

by Jessica Gillotte Contributing Writer

Officers from the UCSF Police Department and UCPD have attempted to contact several UC Berkeley students arrested at the protest of the UC Board of Regents meeting on Nov. 17 — by making unannounced visits to their homes — as part of an ongoing investigation into the day’s events. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office requested that the UCSF Police Department obtain additional information on individual cases of students arrested at the protest, which is necessary to proceed in a court of law, according to Erica Terry Derryck, a spokesperson at the district attorney’s office. Police officers carried out these requests by unexpectedly showing up at students’ homes instead of trying to contact them over the phone, a decision that some of the protesters interpreted as an “intimidating” form of “silencing people,” they said. ASUC External Affairs Vice President Ricardo Gomez was one of the students who UCPD officers attempted to contact at his home. Gomez said UCPD officers came to his apartment at about 12:40 p.m. on Nov. 22 and added he did not like the way police officers were “showing up at people’s residences unannounced, betting on people not knowing their rights and (feeling) obligated to talk.” “Being contacted where we live and at different organizing meetings also had a chilling effect on different people who are actively organizing on campus,” Gomez said. Erica Ashby, a UC Berkeley senior

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Roen Deleon, left, looks on as Orlando swings at the Becky Temko Tot Park on Roosevelt Avenue. The park has been a source of contention in the surrounding neighborhood recently.

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A Thanksgiving weekend phone call from Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, UC Berkeley graduates who have been detained in Iran since July 2009, gave their families reason to be grateful. Cindy Hickey received the five-minute phone call early on the morning of Nov. 27 from her son, Bauer. An hour later, Fattal spoke with his family. “His voice was very strong, but he was very confused as to why he was still there,” Hickey said. “I hear more frustration in his voice than I ever have before.” While hiking near the Iran-Iraq border over a year ago, Bauer, Fattal and Bauer’s fiance Sarah Shourd were detained by Iranian officials and accused of espionage and trespassing. Shourd was released in September after a lump was found in her left breast.

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forcement. “The only people that use that park are people who have children below the age of imagination,” she said. “He has successfully intimidated everyone.” Maxwell declined to comment. Arreguin, who said he has spoken to both parties, said the restraining order should be extended as a “legal recourse” for neighbors who want to use the park, but ultimately, the com-

munity needs to reconcile their own issues. “The park has been there for many years, and neighbors throughout the neighborhood have used the park,” he said. “The issue is making sure that people who use the park behave appropriately ... Everyone needs to be a good neighbor.”

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who had been arrested at the Nov. 17 protest, was another one of the students the UCSF Police Department detectives tried to contact at home. Ashby was not home on Nov. 23 when two UCSF Police Department detectives arrived around noon. She was informed of the visit by her building manager, who told her the detectives wanted to know if Ashby had “seen anything else” at the meeting. “I thought it was kind of strange that they never gave me a phone call to see if I would be there,” she said. “It seems as if they’re trying to intimidate by showing up unexpectedly.” According to Gomez, another student activist who was involved in the protest — who was not arrested but gave lengthy interviews to the press — was also visited by police officers. UCPD Capt. Margo Bennett said by e-mail that the UCSF department asked for assistance to “accompany their investigators on the follow ups as their ... resources were limited.” UCSF spokesperson Amy Pyle said police Officers are currently conducting a criminal investigation in order to take proposed criminal charges to the district attorney’s office and cannot disclose details about the investigation. Regarding visits to students who were not arrested, Pyle said the UCSF Police Department was interviewing many people at many campuses. Bennett added in the e-mail that not all police Officer contacts with students were related to the Regents’ meeting protest.

Shourd was able to speak with Fattal during his call home Nov. 27. This call is only the second in the 16 months that Bauer and Fattal have been in Iran, though Hickey, Shourd’s mother and Fattal’s mother were able to visit their children in May. Though media outlets have reported that the two have a court case set for Feb. 6, Hickey said they have not gotten the “official word” that the case will resume then after it was pushed back from its original date, Nov. 6. She added the amount of time the prisoners are allowed outside has decreased to 40 minutes per day since Shourd was released, and they have not been able to meet with their attorney since May. However, Hickey said the families have weekly conference calls with the attorney. She added that neither the family nor the lawyer know much about what is going on with the case.

Hickey said she was grateful to be able to speak to her son, but she said she wished the phone call was longer. “There’s a lot of questions I wished I would have asked and a lot of things I wished I would have said,” she said. The families hope to rally support to free the prisoners through demonstrations planned for this month. Shourd released a song Wednesday to increase support for their release. Hickey and Fattal’s older brother, Alex Fattal, said they hope the detainees will receive a humanitarian release soon and will not have to return for a court case. “Ultimately, we believe Iran will do the humane thing, the just thing and the compassionate thing, and they can come home already,” he said. “We think there’s no better time than the holiday season.” Contact Victoria Pardini at vpardini@dailycal.org.

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Students Hope to Play Larger Part in Coca-Cola Negotiations by Noor Al-Samarrai Contributing Writer

As campus officials continue to renegotiate the terms of UC Berkeley’s current beverage contract with CocaCola, students met Tuesday with a panel of ONLINE PODCAST contract negotiators, student Noor Al-Samarrai and g o v e r n m e n t Emma Anderson discuss leaders and Coke contract concerns.

representatives from the campus Coalition for a Better Beverage Contract to ask for greater transparency and student involvement in future contract negotiations. Students are concerned that their interests are not being represented in the campus beverage contract — through which Coca-Cola has attained a 98 percent virtual monopoly on campus — expiring in August. Contract negotiators

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On dailycal.org/blogs the Blogs Rich People Don’t Get It A new study says that wealthier people are bad at reading others’ emotions. Now we know why Mr. Burns was always so lonely. For this and information on a holiday event that has to do with both Christmas and nipples, see the Clog.

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2010 in Music It’s time again for the “best of the year” lists, and the arts blog is kicking it off in style. Their first pick for music: pop sensation Robyn.

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Operational Excellence? Members of the Operational Excellence program just presented their progress report to the Berkeley Staff Assembly, claiming that the initiative is still in the design phase. For faculty reactions to this, look no further than the news blog.

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Off-Campus Site Selected for Career Center in Tentative Plan by J.D. Morris Contributing Writer

A tentative compromise has been reached between UC Berkeley administrators and the student government, allowing the campus’s Career Center to relocate to its original off-campus site under the provision that Lower Sproul fee revenue will not be used to pay for its rent. An ASUC Senate bill passed Nov. 10 urged members of the Lower Sproul Program Committee to consider moving the center to the basement of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, but the proposed compromise states that if funds outside of the Lower Sproul Plaza renovation project are used to pay for the rent, the center should be moved to its intended location at 2440 Bancroft Way. Graduate Assembly President Miguel Daal said moving the career center to the basement received a negative reaction from administrators on the committee because they felt the location itself would deter companies from visiting the center. Waleed Abed, Lower Sproul communications coordinator for the Graduate Assembly, said another concern about changing the location was that moving could potentially be more expensive because the move would be off-schedule from the original plan to move to Bancroft. Daal said the compromise would require rent money to come from external sources, such as the recently approved increases in the student registration fee, which he said would be enough to cover the cost. He added that while the move itself will cost about $4.7 million over 17 years, the rent will cost about $7 million over 10 years, which will translate into large savings for the renovation project that can be diverted to realizing a vision of a 24-hour plaza. But rent for the center would be cheaper in the student union building than on Bancroft, according to Student Action Senator Jimmy Zhang, though he said he did not know by how much.

According to student government officials, before any definitive action can take place, the proposed compromise must be approved by several committees, including the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Student Service Fees. ASUC President Noah Stern said in an e-mail that while most of the relevant parties have agreed on the compromise, there has not yet been a meeting with the committee to gauge its level of support. CalSERVE Senator Stefan Montouth said he was in favor of relocating the center to Lower Sproul Plaza, but cited concerns that students were not being well enough informed about the process. “I think many of the students who voted for the BEARS Initiative voted for the Career Center to be moved and I want to make sure that we are catering to the students needs and wants as soon as possible and if there are other options, we should continue to seek student input,” Montouth said in an e-mail. Abed said discussion about an oncampus location for the center was brought up because student government officials felt money allocated for renovation of the plaza would be better spent on other projects than rent for the center. “We don’t even know if it was a good idea ourselves — we don’t even know basic things such as does the career center fit into (the student union),” Abed said. “The original bill that the ASUC passed was to look into that.” But Daal said the proposed location inside the student union building would provide about 14,500 square feet for the center and that the same amount is available at the Bancroft location. He said a timeline for both approving the compromise and installing the center in its new location could not be estimated because of the many steps still necessary for execution of the compromise. “Nothing is final,” he said. Contact J.D. Morris at jmorris@dailycal.org.

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News in Brief Man Robs Southside Cafe A man robbed Caffe Mediterraneum — a well-known cafe on Southside — Tuesday evening, stealing about $400 while also injuring an employee who attempted to stop the robbery. The robbery occurred between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The suspect, who appeared to be talking on the phone, entered the cafe, then loitered by the counter and asked for $3 worth of change in quarters from the cafe’s cashier, Char Barker, who was later injured by the suspect. While Barker was getting the change, the suspect quickly tried to take the money in the register, Barker said. “He reached for the money with his left hand, and I grabbed it,” Barker said. “Then he used his right hand. I held him by the collar, and he hit me in the face a couple of times. He knocked my glasses off.” Barker suffered injuries to his left eye and left ear. Officers from the Berkeley

Police Department offered medical assistance at the scene, but Barker declined because his injuries were “just bruises.” Barker added that the suspect waited until most of the customers left or were distracted before attempting to carry out the robbery. Only two employees were working that night, including Barker. The other employee was in the dish room and was unable to hear the commotion. The cafe’s owner, Craig Becker, was in his office on the second floor of the cafe during the incident. Becker said he immediately ran downstairswhen he heard yelling but the suspect had already fled. Becker immediately called the police. Berkeley police responded within minutes of the call and attempted to find the suspect. The first officer arrived on the scene about six to seven minutes after the call was made, according to Berkeley police Lt. Andrew Greenwood who added there are still no leads on the suspect. —Karinina Cruz

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include representatives from a fourunit campus consortium composed of the ASUC Auxiliary, Residential and Student Service Programs, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Recreational Sports Facility. Citing their stake in the contract, students at the meeting demanded greater input in issues ranging from campus sustainability efforts to the corporation’s use of the campus brand in marketing campaigns and expressed frustration with negotiators’ failure to address their concerns. While no plans have been solidified, the consortium is exploring the possibility of extending the current contract for a year, giving students the opportunity to forward a few key issues for negotiators to work into a request for a proposal that would ensure more transparency and student input. Rose Whitson, co-director of the ASUC sustainability team, stressed the importance of flexibility as negotiators craft the new contract to take evolving issues of public interest into account. Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein remarked that only after filing a California Public Records request did the ASUC’s Democratic Review ComDaily - BW charged with mittee — Cal a committee promoting transparency in the campus’s

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dealings — gain access to a non-redacted version of the beverage contract in October, which it has simplified for students. Kurt Libby, purchasing manager for campus Housing and Dining Services and a current negotiator, was involved in the negotiations that led to the current beverage contract a decade ago and emphasized that the contract should reflect student interests. However, he added that the campus is “not in as strong a bargaining position as we’d like to be,” and the consortium’s initial request for more financial incentives in return for extending the contract was rejected by Coca-Cola. While the possibility to open the contract to other companies by submitting a request for proposal is imminent, it would be “hard to play Pepsi and Coke” — the only major players in a bidding war — against each other because there is not one that is clearly superior to the other in the areas students are focusing on, Libby said. “When I look at these issues, it’s about transparency and engagement,” said Kevin Sweeney, a Haas School of Business professor who moderated the panel. “If you move on transparency with a company, you will be able to move forward with them.” Contact Noor Al-Samarrai at nsamarrai@dailycal.org.

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s a parent-to-be, I will need to ensure that my daughter has what she needs to grow strong and healthy, which includes a roof over her head and a warm place to sleep. I am afforded the opportunity to both attend this fine institution and fulfill my role as a parent due to the generous grant programs of California as well as federal student aid. I am ever-thankful for these programs — without them I would not be able to take from or add to the rich academic tradition of our shining school on the hill. Through these two programs and GI Bill benefits from my military service, I should be able to provide for my child, while still being able to focus my energy on being the best student I can be. Sadly, this has been difficult for some of my peers this fall due to the inefficiencies of the bureaucratic nightmare that lies at the heart of this institution. There have been numerous stories in the Daily Cal about the ineffectiveness of our school to foster meaningful interdepartmental cooperation, especially regarding financial aid and student family housing. With apologies to the Captain, what we have here is failure to communicate, a seemingly innocuous task. As a result of delayed financial aid distribution, many student-parents living in university housing received letters this semester stating, “This notice is to advise you that your rent is past due ... Failure to respond to this notice within 5 days may result in your account being referred to University Collections or issuance of a Three Day Notice To Pay Rent or Quit.” Through no fault of these students, they would either face the hassle of the collections process, or eviction within eight days. I do not live in student housing, and I’m glad. My financial aid was delayed slightly, and as a result, I too probably would have received a statement that read like an eviction notice. The recent series of stories reported that many of these non-payments stemmed from the inability of the financial aid office to process students’ files on time. This is due to a number of factors, including a new computer system with beaucoup bugs. The staff is also overwhelmed due to the number of claims and the inability of the administration to replace departed staff. As was stated in a Daily Cal editorial regarding this subject, I too understand that the financial aid allocation process is difficult to manage ordinarily, much less with a depleted staff. owever, while the staff and administrators of the school focused on trying to streamline the allocation process, nobody deemed it necessary to alert the student housing apparatus of the delays in the payout of student aid to these families. Nor does it seem that anyone in the housing sector of the administration deemed it prudent to investigate the reasons for a large number of delayed rent payments. Associate Vice Chancellor ç maintained in a Letter to the Editor that the school had no intention of evicting

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ROBERT R. KING any students. “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,” continued Mr. Strong. However, these letters alluding to possible eviction were still sent out. This should have never happened. Additionally, these “increased data sharing protocols” weren’t put into place until nearly three months into the semester. They should have been there all along. inger pointing, however, will only get us so far. Instead, the larger problem facing the university should be addressed. How can the administration avoid snafus like this in the future? I would like to say we should advocate for transparency in the system and for the university to continue to streamline bureaucratic procedures. But that’s wishful thinking that could take ages to implement. So, we’re left to look for more practical, case-based solutions. Unfortunately, it usually takes systemic meltdowns like this one for people to take notice. Nonetheless, it seems like the first step in this case would be to treat student family housing like regular, on-campus student housing when it comes to the financial aid allocation process. As the Daily Cal article on Nov. 12 stated, the rent for family housing is charged and paid through the student’s CARS account on a monthly basis, instead of up-front. It seems as if this process is a bit cumbersome and overly complicated and could potentially be changed to the up-front model. While this new model would soak up a majority of a student’s aid package at the beginning of the semester, there are already other programs that would help families with their non-rent expenses like groceries. The system should also automatically allot additional aid availability to student-parents with financial need. This would naturally come in the form of loans once properly allocated grants run out. Rent would be paid up front and sufficient aid would be available in the first place. Perhaps students could then focus their energy on their schoolwork instead of fighting against a poorly-planned system. What a novel concept.

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Roughly half of the students who used the Berkeley Unified School District’s state-subsidized child care programs prior to August’s budget cuts will return to some reopened classrooms later this month, staffed by five teachers who had previously been laid off. Five of the eight classrooms that were dissolved will reopen on Dec. 13 to serve about 100 students who, since the beginning of the school year on Sept. 1, have been forced to look for alternative means of child care. In August, the California state budget remained unpassed, leaving most child care programs in the state with an uncertain future, since all state-subsidized child care funding had been eliminated from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s May revision of the state budget. Without the promise of money for these programs, the district decided to close eight classrooms in its low-income afterschool child care program, Berkeley’s Excellent Academic Road to Success and also laid off 10 teachers and four instructional assistants. The BEARS

program continued at only three elementary school sites — Malcolm X, Jefferson and John Muir elementary schools. The final state budget, passed Oct. 8, funded the same child care programs the May revision had proposed to cut, allowing the district to reconstruct slashed programs with an unanticipated $145,000 in monthly funding from the state. In mid-December, BEARS classes will reopen at Rosa Parks, LeConte, Washington and Berkeley Arts Magnet elementary schools, all of which have lacked BEARS programs since August. Another classroom will open at Jefferson Elementary school as well. Because the state provides salaries for staff based on student enrollment, the district will be able to rehire about five teachers and four instructional assistants, who will begin work next week, according to Zachary Pless, district supervisor for extended learning programs. The drop in district classrooms from 12 last year to eight this year is, according to Pless, probably because many of the students whose classrooms were closed in August are already settled in new programs and unwilling to come back halfway

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through the school year. He hopes that they will return next year so that the programs can reach their previous levels of enrollment — 300 students. Charity DaMarto, after-school coordinator for LeConte Elementary school, said the families — 23 are returning from the original 56 — are “super excited.” “They really rely on (these programs) ... It’s too expensive for them to take their kids other places, especially how short notice it was,” DaMarto said. “It was tough for them — other programs are closed or were filled.” Although he was very disappointed that the program will not be able to support as many families as it has in past years and that a handful of teachers cannot be rehired yet, Pless remained quite optimistic that these new changes could still be “a new chance to build something new at sites.” “We’re bringing a lot of the classrooms back — mix things up and move people around,” Pless said. “And maybe that will be for the best.” Soumya Karlamangla is the lead local schools reporter. Contact her at skarlamangla@dailycal.org.

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ow do you make a film about a guy who was trapped beneath a boulder for five days? Those who are familiar with “Slumdog Millionaire” know that director Danny Boyle doesn’t hold anything back in his films. That same frenetic, impossibly energetic style takes hold in this telling of real-life adventurer Aron Ralston’s ordeal. “127 Hours” puts viewers right in the cave with Ralston, who eventually freed himself by cutting off his arm with a cheap Swiss Army knife. Boyle depicts that part in graphic detail, complete with the sound of cannon fire to correspond with the snapping of bones. While the film is sometimes tough to watch, and rightly critical of Ralston’s reckless behavior, it is ultimately a story of triumph. I had a chance to speak to Ralston after the “127 Hours” screening at the Telluride Film Festival in September. When I asked Ralston what adventure he was planning on taking next, he smiled and told me that he was going to climb one of the nearby 11,000-foot mountain peaks — this time, with a buddy. Like Danny Boyle’s direction, Ralston can’t help but keep sprinting forward. —Max Siegel

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Shakespearean family tragedy, a sumptuous visual feast and a whole lot of Tilda Swinton’s face — Luca Guadagnino’s “I Am Love” is many, many things. Like a Thanksgiving meal, the film’s offering of sensual and sensory overload — from the Baroque architecture of Milan to John Adams’ classical score that never stops swelling — will leave you overwhelmed and exhilarated. Tilda Swinton, also known as god, plays the lead (perhaps title) role of Emma Recchi, a Russian emigre and the matriarch of an Italian high society family. But Emma, swept off her feet by a really hot chef and his orgasmic prawns, deigns to leave her dynasty in exchange for a life of headboard-pounding-ly good sex — and love. Though Guadagnino’s film is often totally flamboyant and overthe-top, making the quiet moments quite savory, he never ceases to work at such a high level of craft. Swinton, who not only takes off her clothes but also speaks Russian, Italian and English, gives a hell of a performance. “I Am Love” is everything you could ask for in a film and it even manages to inaugurate a new cinematic genre: food pornography. —Ryan Lattanzio

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n extreme example of the power of maternal instinct, Bong Joon-ho’s thriller, “Mother,” chronicles one woman’s attempts to absolve her son of a murder she believes he could not possibly have committed. But rather than casting any one party in the wrong, Bong uses the plot’s ambiguous elements to explore the complexities of moral choices while regaling viewers with stunning displays of the South Korean countryside. Kim Hye-ja, the film’s leading lady, brilliantly commands the suspenseful plot. Though quaint and adorable at a first glance, her face seems able to silently convey every subtle nuance of her character’s emotions as her quest throttles her between moments of hope and savage desperation. Kim’s character — an herbalist and acupuncture practitioner inseparably attached to her mentally challenged adult son — demonstrates that dire circumstances (and sometimes mere chance) can tilt even the most basic moral standards off their axes. Bong and Park Eun-kyo’s meticulously crafted script and Kim’s adept acting make for an enthralling investigation of dubious personalities in dubious circumstances. —Nastia Voynovskaya

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n impressively constructed 148-minute fantasia on perception, creation, dreams and alternate realities, Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” unfolds as a love letter to cinema itself. The film marks a personal turning point for the director who, in the span of a decade, gave us the millennium’s inaugural mindfuck in “Memento” and has since carved a remarkable personal niche in studio filmmaking. Backed by a stellar supporting cast, Leonardo DiCaprio plays the protagonist Dom Cobb as a complex man, possibly an extension of Nolan himself: frenetic, intelligent, uncommonly driven. “What’s the most resilient parasite?” we hear him ask rhetorically. “An idea. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.” So convinced is Cobb of his ability to create and manipulate that he remains tragically unaware of his own vulnerability. In the end, it is the shared obsession between architect and creation in the film — as Nolan’s determination to realize his grandest undertaking merges with Cobb’s quest to simultaneously free himself of his past and cling to it in desperation — that elevates “Inception” above the sum of its parts. —David Liu

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y all accounts, Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” should be hackneyed and tired. In the vein of the great 1940s noir thrillers, the film digs into the disturbed recesses of a man’s psyche with all the requisite elements of the genre: the insane asylum, the political conspiracy and the omnipresent fog. However, as the film follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) through the convoluted cliffs and caves of the titular landscape, what becomes clear is that nothing is what it seems. Haunted by a foreboding soundtrack and jolting images of a pained past, the undertones of Nazi experiments, McCarthyism and familial tragedy subvert any assumptions one may have previously held about the plot. The audience is taken in and never released from this persistent tension until the final reveal. It’s a testament to bothy Scorsese’s direction and the skill of his actors, especially Michelle Williams, that the climax is not ruinous despite its potential predictability. Scorsese’s nuanced calculations of character and craft elevate the film above just adrenalinedriven amusement to a film that can stand amongst his finer achievements as a master of storytelling. —Jessica Pena

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD W hen you watch a fresh-faced young actor up on a screen punching a dude, and then that dude turns into a shower of gold coins, does it touch a special place in your heart? There’s a logic to it that appeals — and makes sense — to members of a certain generation who grew up with gaming as a major constellation in their cultural universe. Edgar Wright’s “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” adapted from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s six-volume modern comics masterpiece, renders a tale of romance in the language of video games, comics and indie rock. “Pilgrim” makes pitch-perfect use of these contemporary signifiers to the end of storytelling, painting the external world in the hues of internal fantasy. Wright and his excellent ensemble cast have realized everything from bass guitar battles to the pouty intensity of Kim Pine (Alison Pill), a sort of Glowering Cynic Dream Girl, with loving integrity to the source material and a zest for visual expressionism. Bonus: Michael Cera’s turn as the film’s bafflingly immature title character may be his best since “Arrested Development.” —Sam Stander

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inter’s Bone” isn’t what you would call an uplifting film. Ree, a teenage girl played by the fantastic Jennifer Lawrence, tries to find her father, a drug addict who has placed the family’s house for bail. It’s a simple story, but that central plot isn’t what’s really important; the film is really about how meth tears rural communities apart. “Winter’s Bone,” which was shot on location in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri, stands out because of its haunting atmosphere. You can almost smell the decay as Ree wanders among different, violent family clans, visiting decrepit houses in a futile search for help. Watching “Winter’s Bone” can be a painfully intense experience, but like the best neorealist films, it is anchored by the quiet strength of its hero. What Ree lacks in physical power she makes up for in perseverance and pragmatism. Audiences may squirm at the sight of Ree teaching her younger siblings how to skin a (real-life) squirrel, but there’s something touching about the gesture. It’s a passing of the torch in a land where family and neighborliness have faded into distant memory. —Max Siegel

THE SOCIAL NETWORK F ast, funny and exhilarating, “The Social Network” reaffirms David Fincher as the most subversive studio filmmaker working in Hollywood today. The “Zodiac” helmer further cements his status as an heir apparent to Billy Wilder and Howard Hawks with his blistering portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s youngest billionaire. Working from a 162-page screenplay by Aaron Sorkin, Fincher paces the film to the pulse of a psychological thriller. Along the way, he elicits remarkable performances from his ensemble cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer and Rooney Mara, radiant twenty-somethings whose collective distaste toward tradition and bureaucracy is beautifully expressed in Sorkin’s fiercely independent characterizations. As Fincher’s restless vision and Sorkin’s incisive dialogue merge, “The Social Network” blossoms into a masterclass in cinematic craft, so meticulously constructed and realized that each individual scene and line of dialogue cascades into a totalizing quest for progress and fulfillment. —David Liu

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faint hints of guitar. But the lyrics are another story. Brought to life by Berninger’s sorrowful baritone, they carry a high level of ingenuity. The raw honesty and pure emotion builds a steadfast connection between the National and the listener. Who else can pull off the vivid imagery of phrases such as, “I was afraid I’d eat your brains,” “We’ll play nuns versus priests until somebody cries,” and “Lay the young blue bodies, with the old red violets?” Like a broken man wearing his heart on his sleeve, High Violet is vulnerability perfected and lingers long after the music stops. —Cynthia Kang

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or Joanna Newsom, 2010 was a year of unfolding brilliance. Have One on Me is a masterpiece beyond any of her previous work, and despite its length, arguably her most accessible album as well. Before this album, Newsom had already been recognized as the talented and whimsical harp prodigy with a uniquely high-pitched voice and charmingly cryptic lyrics. With Have One on Me, however, Newsom emerges as a mature lyricist and master composer. The three-disc album’s 18 songs offer smoother, more graceful vocals as well as, at times, an orchestra of accompanying instruments. The combination

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Augmented by a cornucopia of producers, samples and guest artists, Dark Twisted Fantasy attains stunning heights. Take the terrific penultimate track “Lost in the World,” which begins with a lugubrious Bon Iver sample, swells to a rousing cry for vitality (“Lost in this plastic life / Let’s break out of this fake ass party / Turn this into a classic night”) and ends with an ode to escapism (“Run from the lights / Run from the night”). Like the other gems that highlight the album — “All of the Lights,” “Power,” “So Appalled,” “Runaway” and so on — its beauty lies in its human imperfection. —David Liu

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bruised, emotional side of his persona that he’s never revealed before. Lil Wayne, Drake’s benefactor, delivers some of his bizarro one-liners but fails to top Drizzy on “Miss Me.” Even Jay-Z sounds anxious — it’s no coincidence that he turns in one of his heaviest, most committed verses in years on “Light Up.” After Thank Me Later, Drake can no longer be brushed off as a one-hit emorap wonder. Now he has to be taken as a serious threat, an abandoned bastard son come down from the mountain, wielding a mic instead of a bloody knife. ­—David Wagner

what most artists spend entire careers hoping to accomplish; she made brilliance not only accessible, but fun. The ArchAndroid shatters the notion that high art can’t be popular entertainment. Song after song, she “tightropes” across the line that normally separates the two, effortlessly melding science fiction, socio-politics and just about any style of music she damn well pleases. Her subject matter may be fictitious, but it’s impossible to ignore the honesty and authenticity she exudes. She was born to do this. Consider yourself lucky you’re around to witness it. —Bryan Gerhart

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troduced himself to the world. He didn’t just step out from under Andre 3000’s shadow; he made you question whether there ever was a shadow. Throughout the album, Big Boi delivers some of the most tightly executed rap hip-hop has seen in years. His methodical stream-of-consciousness style comes naturally, but you know he’s busting his ass to give you the best he can. In 2000, Stankonia set such a high bar for rap that almost nothing from the decade touched it. Ten years later it looks like Big Boi’s going for a two-peat. —Bryan Gerhart

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tion ceremony. We’d be noticed just fine if we were alone, but we’re lost in a sea of others, hoping to get noticed. We probably won’t. But if we use art, we have a better shot. If those parents are blasting Radiohead from a boombox, or holding up a Van Gogh, they’re more likely to get some attention. Whether it would be positive is another matter. Businesses need to get their message out one way or another. By veiling it in art, it becomes less garish, more palatable and more effective. It’s an odd coupling, advertising and art. The one is desperate to catch eyes at any cost, the other is usually more concerned with nuance. For instance, if you took every 500th word of this (highly artistic) series of columns, it would read: “Hey Emily, here’s the secret message you wanted.” (Ah, my very last digression. For now.) Advertising makes the world reek of desperation and greed, sleaze and the smell of colognes printed in magazines. But my point is, good sirs, that it’s not the end of the world. I first came up with the theme of this column on a long drive down one of Lebanon’s ad-strewn roads, each billboard uglier than the last, as I dreaded that the road to the apocalypse, like the road to Syria, would be one lined in hair replacement advertisements. I wondered if the world could maintain its soul amidst so much blitz. And I continued to wonder, over these 15 weeks, whether there was still room for soul in a world with dickish Twix ads, a band devoted to a bogus financial website, miserable girls selling apparel with their scowls, and so on. The answer is yes. Many things might be on the way to destroying our souls, but advertising isn’t the first among them — and more to the point, it won’t be what puts a stop to the creation and enjoyment of art. Every year I see a more obnoxious ad, a more repugnant campaign, a brand that has sneaked its way further into a movie or a band or a show than ever before. But every year I also watch a better film, hear a better song and see a better work of art. Maybe it’s just because I’m getting older and seeing more of what the world has to offer. Maybe it’s globalization or something. Whatever it is, I’m not worried anymore. Thanks for reading this semester, and for the (mostly) nice comments and emails. It was all for you, my timid cucumbers. It was always for you. Nostalgic? Tell Hannah at hjewell@dailycal.org.

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arli Lloyd and Meagan Schmitt, the lone seniors on the Cal volleyball team, were taking a walk on Sunday night, only hours after the NCAA tournament bracket was released. The cool, crisp November air seemed to hint at the end of the season, the end of the year ... but also the beginning of a new one. Suddenly Schmitt stopped. She turned to her friend and roommate and asked her if she would be satisfied with getting to the final four, like they did as freshmen in 2007. “Would that be enough for you?� she inquired. Lloyd looked at her and answered with the intensity that has become her trademark quality in four years at Cal. “Absolutely not,� she said. “I can’t imagine anything other than winning.� As a freshman, Carli Lloyd was six assists shy of setting the Bears’ singleseason record. Now, as a senior and leader, Lloyd has Cal six wins shy of another achievement: a national championship. “I want to be able to leave here knowing that ... It’s not just, ‘Oh she did this’ and ‘She has this career whatever,’� says Lloyd, whose 5,473 assists rank second all-time at Cal and eighth all-time in the Pac-10. The program was still only on the rise when she chose it over powerhouses UCLA, Washington and Nebraska. She wanted to take the Bears to the promised land. In her first team meeting freshman year, the players set goals for the season. Coming off a surprising sweet 16 appearance the previous year, the team’s objective was to make it one step further: to the elite eight. “I was like, ‘set the goal higher,’� Lloyd says. She put up 1,550 assists that season,

none bigger than the one at match point in the elite eight against Nebraska. Lloyd’s perfectly placed set to outside hitter Angie Pressey for the matchclinching kill sent Cal to the final four. “That probably still goes back as one of the biggest memories,� coach Rich Feller says. Since then the Bonsall, Calif., native has been named All-Pac-10 first team twice, AVCA Second-Team All-American twice and Pac-10 Player of the Week three times. This season she has led the Bears to their first Pac-10 Championship in program history, not to mention Cal’s first season sweep of Stanford in 31 years. That’s nothing to what a national championship would mean to Lloyd. “How do you put words to that?� she asks with complete seriousness, even pausing for emphasis. “If we won a national championship, I feel like my life would be over. I would’ve gotten everything I wanted.� espite all her success, it hasn’t always been so easy for Lloyd. When she arrived at Cal in 2007, she struggled defensively. In fact, Lloyd says she didn’t even know how to play defense in high school. “When I came to college ... we had to work on that more because I wasn’t good enough,� she says. “I never used to think I’d be good at defense. I was just so bad in high school.� Opposing hitters would never believe that now. After all, in her four years as a starter, Lloyd has racked up 1,028 digs. At 5-foot-11, she ranks fifth all-time in career blocks at Cal and is the only setter in the top 10. “It makes you realize as an athlete that you can work for something and get there,� Lloyd says. “It’s definitely taken years to get here. It’s not easy.� Nor was it easy being isolated as a freshman. Lloyd felt excluded from her upperclassman teammates when she was a newcomer — something she

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and Schmitt have tried to remedy this year. Having Lloyd is like having another coach, Feller says, someone who knows what the team needs to do to win and makes sure her voice is heard. In her early years, the offense was run by a younger and much quieter Carli Lloyd. “As the older players graduated and as she became older, there was kind of a transference from the ‘I’m only going to be a physical leader’ to ‘I’m going to become a more vocal leader,’� Feller says. “And that’s progressed each year where now she’s the commander on the court.� After every point, Lloyd signals the next play, shielding her hand motions with her jersey. She talks to her teammates in the huddle, between points and during plays. She keeps her teammates’ spirits high even when their score might not be. “All the girls really look to her for guidance,� Schmitt says. loyd doesn’t just lead on the court, though. She has had a comforting influence on her teammates in the locker room, and exhibits a light-

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itself in a positive way for volleyball. She is always thinking about the sport. She watches extra video in her apartment before each match. Lloyd breathes volleyball; it’s her life. “Every decision she makes off the court depends on what is going on in volleyball,� Schmitt says. “She won’t make a decision without thinking, ‘How will this affect me in practice or matches?’� Lloyd hopes her emphasis on preparing for matches and prioritizing volleyball has rubbed off on her teammates. Her confident demeanor during matches has seemed to. After all, she says, “I don’t stress on the court.� loyd is not just an assist machine on the court; she hopes to one day help others on a day-to-day basis. The social welfare major is considering going into marriage counseling or family therapy once her volleyball career has ended. “I’ve been around some messed up families, but I was raised in a really good family and I know that the difference is really important,� Lloyd says. “For people to succeed, I think that you have to have a good stable home life.� “And I want to help kids.� With her success as a team leader, it’s no surprise that Lloyd envisions herself as a teacher — or maybe as a coach. She has coached teams before and says she loved it. Lloyd probably won’t settle into that career until her first one has ended. She dreams of setting for the USA Olympic volleyball team. She also dreams of traveling to Italy and playing there professionally. Lately, her dreams have centered around one theme: bringing Cal volleyball its first national championship. “This year is the year� may be a

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The first time Keenan Allen touched the ball as a collegiate athlete, he cut along the sideline for 17 yards and a first down. The second was a 19-yard catch — another first down. The fourth? Cal drew up a play for Allen to throw, but no one was open. The true freshman tucked the ball and reversed field for 18 yards. Touchdown. As the Bears’ first five-star recruit since DeSean Jackson, Allen came in bearing great expectations — he was, after all, originally defending champion Alabama’s top recruit. With 490 yards receiving and 406 on kick returns, he’s lived up to the billing. Jackson, as you likely know, is now one of the most devastating offensive weapons in the NFL. In January, he started in the Pro Bowl as both a wideout and a punt returner for the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s not far-fetched to suggest that Allen is on his way there. —Jack Wang

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Senior setter Carli Lloyd is the heart and soul of a team that runs as much on energy as on talent. The two-time All-American and All Pac-10 selection guided the new, fast offense to a .308 efficiency rate, good for second in the conference. Like the entirety of her game, Lloyd’s setting repertoire keeps opponents guessing. Whether it’s looks to the outside for Tarah Murrey, quick tee-ups to the middle hitters, or back sets for Correy Johnson’s signature slide play, Lloyd makes everyone around her shine. Lloyd’s own numbers are impressive, standing at second all-time at Cal in assists and eighth in the Pac-10. She has posted over 1,000 career digs and is the conference’s best blocking setter. But more importantly, she keeps a very young Cal squad together and confident, resulting in a routine dismantling of powerhouse programs. This historic run would not have been possible without the fiery and ultimate competitor. —Christina Jones

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Davis Paul’s 30 points garnered from assists and goals in his senior season on the Cal men’s soccer team are only a part of the accolades that earn him the distinction of male MVP this season. Paul also joined his teammates on All-Pac-10 first team at the end of the conference season. A player who will literally give everything until the last second of the game, the San Diego native has been able to clinch decisive goals in two contests this year. Against Saint Mary’s, Paul fired in a header in the last four seconds of the game to send the game into overtime. Again, versus UCSB in the second round of the NCAA tournament, Paul ended the match with a gamewinner in the last second of regulation to get Cal the win. The forward’s ability to leave everything on the field up until the last seconds reflect not only his dedication, but also his talent. —Kelly Suckow

Coach Rich Feller directed the Cal volleyball team to its first ever Pac-10 title, best record in school history and first set of consecutive wins over Stanford in 31 years. And he did it without last year’s Pac-10 Player of the Year, Hana Cutura, behind squad of only three upperclassmen that was projected to finish fifth in the conference. The twelve-year head coach brought in former St. Mary’s assistant coach Sam Crosson in the spring to revamp Cal’s brand of volleyball. With Crosson came a fast offense with quick sets and a middle-middle defense that helped the Bears lead the league in blocking. The Bears raced out to the second-best start in history and remained dominant throughout the season. Cal cracked the top five nationally in mid-October and reached as high as second in the nation. His aim now – finishing at number one with a national title. —Christina Jones

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