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Cost of security upgrades to chancellor birgeneau’s house: Daily Cal Staff Writer
Close to midnight on Dec. 11, 2009, several dozen masked demonstrators marched to UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s on-campus home, angered over the mass ONLINE PODCAST arrest of 66 protesters Javier Panzar discusses earlier that day. Some wielded torches; others the documents, which smashed the house’s are online at dailycal.org. lights and damaged its impact-resistant windows as Birgeneau and his wife called police from inside. Close to $14,000 in damages was done to the home, and eight protesters were arrested by campus police.
souped-up with $236,850 worth of security upgrades — more than any other UC campus had spent on security since the UC Board of Regents began keeping tabs on expenditures over $25,000. A review of UC documents by The Daily Californian has shown that the university has spent close to $600,000 since 2007 on security upgrades to the homes of three of its chancellors as well as to a home rented out to Yudof — with the $236,850 worth of security enhancements to Birgeneau’s house costing the most. The majority of upgrades are paid for by the Edward F. Searles Fund — an endowment established in 1919 and currently valued at
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About 9 million students nationwide and 70,000 students within the UC system could face cuts to their federal Pell Grant awards as the program faces a $5.7 billion funding shortfall. The program — which aids almost 40 percent of UC students systemwide— is confronted with this funding gap due to an increase in award requests that lawmakers failed to anticipate. Although the program is designed according to the federal entitlement model — a system through which all funds requested are paid out, such as Medicare — the fund operates on a fixed budget, according to Debbie Cochrane, program director for the Institute for College Access and Success. This has become an issue because lawmakers underestimated the number of students who would ask for money, leaving the program with its current funding shortfall. “The current pot of funds that is allocated for the federal Pell Grants is not big enough to cover the anticipated needs going forward,” Cochrane said. “Unless more money is appropriated for the program, the grants will have to be cut.” However, the UC administration is unconcerned about the funding gap, saying that Pell Grant funding shortfalls are actually frequent occurrences that have been resolved in the past. “We expect Congress to find a way to (fund the program) and are not anticipating any reductions in grants to students,” said Nancy Coolidge, UCOP coordinator for government relations. The Pell Grant program’s troubles come just eight months after the federal government expanded the program by passing the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which increased the maximum grant award to $5,550 for the 2010-11 academic year. But the increase in award levels exacerbated the shortfall because in addition to the increase in students applying for assistance, the awards they applied for were greater under the new legislation. The funding gap could result in a maximum award decrease of $845 — a cut of over 15 percent that could leave some scrambling to find money to pay their educational and living costs. “I wouldn’t really be able to afford food and clothing ... and I already owe a lot of people money,” said Jessica Martin, a junior transfer student in her first year at UC Berkeley and a Pell Grant recipient. “You shouldn’t come out (of college) with a B.A. and $40,000 in debt.” The Pell Grant program comprises a significant portion of UC financial aid awards. Of the almost $810 million given
Later that month, the campus was authorized to spend $151,050 on a brand new security system for the home consisting of several cameras and motion detectors, as well as paint and patch work to install the new system. By July, the campus had spent an additional $85,800 on further security upgrades to the house including 350 feet of new fencing, two gates and several “no trespassing” signs. In an e-mail from Birgeneau to UC President Mark Yudof requesting approval for the fencing, Birgeneau said “these measures may not completely prevent people from coming up to the house, but will make it easier to recognize that this is private property and that one can be charged for trespassing.” A year after the incident, students passing by the home will encounter a residence
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Campus Looks to Cut Excess Utilities Spending by Soumya Karlamangla Contributing Writer
For the past six years, UC Berkeley has spent at least $6 million more on utility bills per year than the state provides, leaving those extra expenses to be paid for through the campus’s own funds, according to campus officials. The campus receives roughly $20 ONLINE PODCAST million annually from the state to Soumya Karlamanga pay for natural gas, steam and elecdiscusses the campus tricity usage, but it has been paying between $26 million and $29 mil- energy expenditures. lion, said Lisa McNeilly, campus director of sustainability. Due to the high utility bills, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau allocated $6.4 million in the 2009-10 academic year, $9.9 million in 2008-09 and $7.9 million in 2007-08, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof. Mogulof said the campus anticipates this gap and plans for it each year. The bills are paid by funds — composed of endowment income, investment income and non-educational sales, with the total varying from year to year — that are at Birgeneau’s discretion, according to Mogulof. Most of the funds go toward underfunded programs such as teaching and research. The lack of funding may be explained by the state’s allocation process, according to Christine Shaff, communications director for facilities services. The state distributes money to each building for utilities and custodial costs when a building is built. Because the amount is adjusted slightly or not at all, inflation and increased prices force the campus to pay from its own funds.
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Richard Goldman, Global Philanthropist, Dies at 90 by Samantha Strimling Contributing Writer
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Graduate Assembly President Miguel Daal (left) and ASUC President Noah Stern (center) discuss the Operational Excellence initiative, which includes potential energy savings of over $3 million. Chris Cioni, associate director of utilities at UC Davis, said the campus experiences a similar situation where the utility bills exceed the state designation, and that only in the past few years new energy efficient programs and a recent decrease in utility costs have shrunk that gap slightly. “We’re starting to claw back some ground, but the basic
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Richard Goldman, a notable philanthropist, businessman and prominent 1941 UC Berkeley alumnus, died of natural causes Sunday at the age of 90. As chairman and founder of Goldman Insurance Services, a namesake of the campus Goldman RICHARD School of Public GOLDMAN Policy and husband of the late Rhoda Goldman — great-grandniece of Levi Strauss — Goldman was adamant about using his money to give back. Along with donating to his alma mater — funding numerous athletic facilities, a
larger building for the Goldman School of Public Policy, student scholarships and Graduate School of Journalism programs on foreign policy and truth in the media — he gave millions of dollars to environmental causes, the Jewish community at large and other charities of choice, such as the Stern Grove Festival Association in San Francisco. “There was a lunch where we talked about our life histories, and he talked about how lucky he had been,” said Henry Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy. “He and his wife talked a lot about what to do with money and decided to make the world a better place.” Though he did not study public policy while at UC Berkeley, Goldman’s passion for the field led him to serve on the founding board of advisors for the school of public policy and to donate
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funding formulas, to my knowledge, have not changed,� Cioni said. But at UC Berkeley, energy usage has generally been increasing by 2 percent every year, although Shaff said last year there was a 0.5 percent decrease. Lowering utility usage has been a priority for McNeilly, who is also the leader of the energy management initiative team, one of seven potential areas of cost reduction targeted by Operational Excellence, a campus collaboration with consulting firm Bain & Company aimed at saving the campus $75 million in costs. Energy cost reductions alone could save between $3 million to $4 million. McNeilly said she plans to curb electricity usage — the majority of campus utility usage — through incentivizing energy consumption reduction by allowing faculty to track their usage and rewarding them for cutting back. “The dean of Letters and Science doesn’t see a bill — all those expenses are paid centrally,� McNeilly said. This initiative would help the campus lower greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2014 — a target set by Birgeneau in 2007 — because 80 percent of campus greenhouse gas results from the energy usage of campus buildings, according to Kira Stoll, sustainability specialist for the Office of Sustainability. The team’s plan is to install meters in all campus buildings to track energy usage and provide data updated every 15 minutes that staff can view on a website or on screens in the building. McNeilly said the team will then set a desired level of usage, and if a department uses less than that base line, the money saved will be returned to the department. She said she hopes to encourage small changes like unplugging appliances and switching off lights. Because the campus’s annual electricity usage for state-funded buildings totals $17 million, if the meter system can reduce usage by 3 percent that would save half a million dollars, McNeilly said. The team is looking to finish the recommendations and analysis in January and get approval to implement the meter system in the spring. So far, about 20 of 50 meters have been installed — three new meters are installed per month, McNeilly said. “What we’re wanting to do is to, in general, provide the tools ... so that people on campus can make smarter decisions,� McNeilly said. Contact Soumya Karlamangla at skarlamangla@dailycal.org.
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The West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library was intended to be demolished but has been a point of contention in a recent lawsuit.
Berkeley Library Lawsuit Approaches Settlement 30, the association challenged the city in its adoption of a new law permitting the library to obtain a use permit, rather than a variance — which would require the Zoning Adjustments Board to complete an EIR for the renovations — in order to proceed with any future construction projects. The Berkeley City Council is scheduled to either confirm or deny the proposed settlement in a closed session on Dec. 13, according to city spokesperson Mary Kay Clunies-Ross, though the details of the settlement will remain confidential until after the meeting.
“I don’t see how you can anticipate what environmental effects there might be in the future and that’s why they needed an EIR,� said Judith Epstein, spokesperson for the Concerned Library Users. “One outcome we were hoping for (with the lawsuit) was an EIR.� The library has been working on renovation plans for the North, Claremont, South and West branches since voters passed Measure FF in 2008, giving the library $26 million in bonds to renovate its facilities. The measure’s
pell: Grants Provided $200 Million Systemwide
Education spokesperson Sara Gast. If the deadline is extended, current funding levels will be maintained until the new deadline. “In this tough economy, students need Pell Grants more than ever,� said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., in a statement. “Congress is working on a solution which will hopefully provide most students with the maximum award.�
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After three months of negotiations over the Berkeley Public Library’s contentious renovation plans — which do not currently require Environmental Impact Reports — the city of Berkeley and the Concerned Library Users are on the verge of a settlement, though its validity has yet to be determined. The settlement, which was announced Tuesday, would reconcile debate over the classification of the library’s zoning. In the lawsuit filed Aug.
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ic year, according to campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore. Congress was set to resolve the funding issue by Thursday, but lawmakers have already taken steps to extend the deadline to allow more debate. As of press time, the House of Representatives had approved an extension of the deadline to Dec. 18, while the Senate had not yet voted on the issue, according to U.S. Department of
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’m looking forward to winter break. Can you imagine the luxury of cozy nothingness on lazy afternoons; the warmth of the fire after a cold winter’s day; the happiness of reuniting with family and friends you haven’t seen in months; the obligation of feigning joy upon receiving vastly anticlimactic Christmas presents. I can. And, despite its looming flaws (Christmas’ commercial pressures can be symbolized by my cheap “Hohoho” boxer shorts: entirely synthetic), this winter break looks set to be a classic after what’s been a long and strenuous semester. Which is what makes these next two weeks of deadlines, revision and exams on campus look particularly unseasonal: like volleyball, or a turkey smothered in salsa with sunscreen as gravy. Although one could argue that the Christmas Spirit is all about giving, and that giving exams your best efforts is an extension of this, I don’t know anyone who actually follows this line of reasoning. Mary and Joseph had more than their fair share of stress in the build up to Jesus’ birth. It seems unfair for mankind to worry any further during the festive period. Besides, Jesus never had to put up with exams. So, how should we deal with these pre-Noel stress-bombs? To answer this question, I have concocted for you three exam tips complete with a foreword to restore the pre-winter break period to the haven of relaxation it should be. oreword: Needless to say, all revision and exams must be undertaken dressed as Santa Claus. This will not only give a festive edge to your studies, but will also make it extremely difficult for you to take them seriously in any way whatsoever. This is ideal for stress reduction. If, despite this measure, you should at any point begin to feel anxious, simply emit three loud Ho’s to release this negative energy. Tip 1. Now for the actual revision: Frantic cramming for an entire course into the night before an exam is madness. You should be more realistic about your capabilities. By simply choosing to review one or perhaps two key areas of that course one or perhaps two minutes before an exam, you can entirely eliminate any danger of stress the night before. Tip 2. Make sure you don’t sleep through your alarm on the morning of an exam. In fact, why risk over-sleeping by relying on your alarm: don’t go to sleep at all! By consuming large amounts of caffeine through such useful beverages as the lovable Four Loko, your nocturnal stamina can transcend the need for those unreliable alarms! Added bonus: the alcohol in this particular drink will give you extra confidence for your final. Tip 3. But what about once you get into your exam? Although it’s best to be well-prepared (lay out your Santa suit the night before), the key is not to panic if you don’t know or remember the answer to a question. I offer
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MAX JOHNSON three innovative options available to you if this situation arises: 1. Just invent a false answer. Not only is this creatively satisfying but, if you do it with enough conviction and panache, you could succeed in convincing your grader that he is wrong and you are correct. To substantiate your lies, try claiming to have had one-on-one conversations on the topic in question with important public figures such as eminent professors, Nelson Mandela or William Shakespeare. 2. Attempt to blackmail your grader by accusing him of committing a terrible wrongdoing of your own invention. My fake research has shown that there is an encouraging one in 10,000 chance of your invention actually being true, and a 100 percent chance of your being penalized or perhaps imprisoned if its falsity is realized — I’d take those odds any day! 3. If prudence is your thing, then try simply apologizing fervently for your ignorance. Grovelling and creating false personal dramas could either win your grader’s pity or (more likely) incite a deep disgust at the depths to which you have sunk. Either way, you’ve earned a result: not many people can say that they have evoked an emotional reaction in their professor or GSI through their words alone. So, there you have it, my three-step guide to passing your exams. Of course, presumably by reading this article itself you were procrastinating in some way. In so doing, you were practicing the bonus fourth step! Procrastination can significantly increase the breadth of your knowledge. Nothing concludes an A+ paper like a good YouTube anecdote or stating your highest score on “Bejeweled Blitz”! f course, as you may have noticed, although these methods may initially result in less stress, they don’t really provide much hope for good grades. This in turn might actually lead to stress when you receive news of your quite frankly dismal academic performance. An unhappy ending I know. But please, take refuge in the fact that I followed these tips, and my Bejeweled Blitz high score is a whopping 200,000 — if that doesn’t make it worthwhile, I don’t know what does.
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a bigger building, which was renamed in 1997 for him and his wife, making it the only public policy building named after a woman in the country. “He was a very impressive man,” Brady said. “He had piercing blue eyes and asked hard questions because he wanted to make sure money was used wisely.” Together, the couple founded the San Francisco-based Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund in 1951 to formalize their philanthropic endeavors. The fund — for which his three surviving children John Goldman, Douglas Goldman and Susan Gelman serve on the board of directors — has given $680 million to date. In 1989, the couple furthered their philanthropic efforts by founding the Goldman Environmental Prize, which annually grants awards of $150,000 to six grassroots environmental advocates, 2 columns across x many of whom put their lives in danger by spearheading projects opposed by those who could lose money if the environmental initiatives are implemented, Brady said. In addition to the prize,
which has given $13.2 million to 139 recipients from 79 countries, Goldman contributed to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for Lands End. “The causes were rooted in his love for nature and protection of the environment,” John Goldman said, adding that nature trips were very important to the family. “He took walks in Golden Gate Park with his dad and up into the mountains.” He also donated to Congregation Emanu-El, where he was a lifelong member, to the Jewish Community Federation and to other Jewish organizations, with his contributions totaling over $130 million. John Goldman said that though his father did not go to temple often, he was committed to Judaism and believed Jewish values were most important. “He was in many ways larger than life,” John Goldman said. “The way he with people, the friends that 6 interacted inches down he made, the associations he built — he was a good man with a great heart.”
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Get Back in the Game CAMPUS ISSUES
This disappointing season showed that Cal football coaching needs to thoroughly revitalize its program.
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his football season, it appeared that the state’s highest paid official could not motivate his team to play. In past years under coach Jeff Tedford, Cal football games showcased cutting edge offensive strategies. This year, under the same coach, games were agonizing to watch and players often seemed defeated soon after the first kick-off. With the exception of a narrow win over one of the worst teams in the country, once Cal football players were behind on the scoreboard, they never came back to claim victory. Some contend that this was a rebuilding year and that the loss of first-string quarterback Kevin Riley was particularly debilitating. Neither argument holds — such uncertainty is the nature of college football and cannot excuse the team’s apparent lack of cohesion and conviction that they could win. In light of this disappointing season and decidedly mediocre ones in the past few years, some frustrated fans want Tedford fired. We think this is the wrong move, largely because Tedford would have to be paid millions of dollars to terminate
his contract. It would be a fiscally irresponsible decision, especially since five varsity teams were just cut as a result of the insolubility of the athletic department. Still, the campus must know that the status quo has costly consequences of its own. Despite Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer’s assurance that affluent alumni remain content with 8-4 season in light of Cal’s terrible football programs of the past, more seasons like this one are sure to reduce donations to the athletic department and the campus. As an employee of the university, Tedford should be seriously evaluated by Athletic Director Sandy Barbour and pushed to revitalize his program, starting with an overhaul of his coaching staff. Although Tedford’s contract extends through the 2015 season, the team should not remain static. There must be accountability to continue improving the program. In his first few seasons at Cal, Tedford proved that he was innovative and had the ability to make a positive difference for this team and this campus. Bring that back.
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The Berkeley Police Department does good work but must be faulted for not communicating better with the public.
gnorance is not bliss, especially when key information is known but not shared. In the past, the Berkeley Police Department roughly complied with the city council’s request to submit quarterly crime reports. That communication not only broke down but was entirely absent for 17 months, only to resume three weeks ago. We understand that the department has been facing turbulent times, most notably as a result of the fact that since June 2009 there have been three different police chiefs. Additionally, we believe the department does a good job, as evidenced in the reduced property and violent crime rates from the most recent report although we do not know the trends for minor crimes. However, both of these realities cannot excuse why the department did not share information it already had internally or even why the city council did not request a report for almost a year and a half. While analysts appear to compile crime rate data for interdepartmental communication, the fact that data were not made public until
recently demonstrates that this transparency was not a high priority. The delayed release of the report might have made the department appear as if it were hiding something. Yet the lower crime levels that are now accessible show that, if anything, the department was just hurting its communication with the community in taking so long to share information. On the other side of Berkeley bureaucracy, we find the city council’s seeming inattentiveness to lack of crime data puzzling. Those 17 months without a report included the most recent election cycle, during which several candidates cited crime as a key platform and priority. In this case at least, the absence of accountability also does not speak well to city council communication. The police department appears to be doing a commendable job. But without telling the public, how are we supposed to know? We only hope that the department will improve the availability of crime statistics while it continues to stabilize itself with a permanent police chief and during its restructuring.
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Financial Plan Is on Shaky Ground by Brian Barsky On Sunday, the San Jose Mercury News reported on the final football game before the California Memorial Stadium (CMS) renovation begins in earnest, “Cal’s football program lost a game in the final seconds, saw its season end in a blink, closed down its stadium and punctuated the day's activity by conceding that it had resorted to trickery in a game it lost two weeks earlier.” The article could have extended the “trickery” to Cal’s “closing down its stadium” since Cal’s next play is to plunge into deep debt to renovate the stadium without a viable plan for repayment. Although Intercollegiate Athletics (IA) lacks a demonstrated means to repay, the UC Regents have approved a financial plan as shaky as the ground under the stadium. The construction cost of the stadium is enormous: approaching half a billion dollars, comprising $321M for CMS renovation per se, and $136-$153M for construction of the Student Athlete High Performance Center (SAHPC) which will osculate the western wall of the stadium and be off-limits to 99 percent of the students whose physical education budget was slashed in half. On Sept. 16, 2009, the regents approved deep debt for this project. According to Attachments 3 and 4 of Document GB2, IA will pay interest ($28M annually) for the first 20 years, then both interest and return of principal ($62.5M annually) for the following 10 years. This is a 30-year $1.185 billion commitment. The Regents stipulated that the debt must be repaid by “athletics program gross revenues” and “the general credit of the Regents will not be pledged.” Although those stipulations may sound reassuring, a critical fact has been overlooked: From IA’s reports to the NCAA as far back as for the 2003-04 fiscal year, IA has never generated sufficient revenue to cover its expenditures; rather, it has had an annual shortfall averaging $11M over the 2003-09 period. This situation has been allowed to continue unabated even though IA at Berkeley is classified as an auxiliary (UC Accounting Manual, Chapter A-783-1, Sections II.A, II.C.5, III.A, III.B), and as such should be self-supporting. Even after IA receives
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subsidies from the Chancellor's Discretionary funds and from Student Registration Fees (now called Student Service Fees), it continues spending beyond its subsidies with impunity, and has never repaid its debt to campus resulting from its annual deficit spending. At our sister campus, UCLA Athletics runs without a penny of deficit year after year. For the most recent year for which NCAA information is publicly available, 2008-09: The amount of direct institutional support, not including funds from student fees, was over 42 times higher at UC Berkeley ($8.89M) than at UCLA ($0.21M). Athletics cost Berkeley more than 5 times what it cost UCLA ($13.67M versus $2.71M) and it cost each Berkeley student about 30 percent more in student fees than at UCLA. Based on what Berkeley reported to the NCAA, the cumulative cost to campus, from subsidies and deficit spending that has never been repaid, is about $80M over the 2003-10 period. Combining this with earlier figures that the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate had, the cumulative cost to campus comes to $173M since 1991 when the Smelser report “Intercollegiate Athletics at Berkeley” ignited a heightened campus commitment to IA. According to Bob Meister, professor of political and social thought at UC Santa Cruz and president of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, the debt being undertaken for the Berkeley stadium comes in the form of General Revenue Bonds issued by the university. Consequently, notwithstanding the regents’ proclamations, the debt is the obligation of the university. Let’s examine the financial wizardry described in Document GB2: Beginning in 2014-15, the first 44 percent of IA’s estimated gross revenues will be dedicated to pay the annual interest on the debt. But this will leave only 56 percent of IA’s revenues available to pay its expenses, even though all of its generated revenues currently cover only about 80 percent of its total expenditures. This 44 percent figure provided in the document is the ratio of Debt Service Coverage of $28M to Estimated Athletics Gross Revenue of $64M. The difference between these two quantities, $36M, will be the amount of
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revenue available to pay expenses. But expenses are estimated to be $74M according to a Sept. 28, 2010 press release from the Berkeley Office of Public Affairs. Thus, the plan is for IA to spend more than double what it will generate, falling short of covering its expenses by $38M. From where will IA obtain the $38M for the remaining expenditures? Will we then see an annual cost to campus soar to $38M for what is supposed to be a self-supporting auxiliary? As disconcerting as this is, it pales in comparison to what awaits IA in the longer term. For ten years beginning in Fiscal Year 2032-33, annual repayment of principal will be added to annual interest. The document shows this Debt Service Coverage as $62.5M, consuming 79% of Estimated Athletics Gross Revenue of $79M. Incredibly, the Regents have approved a plan where IA will allocate the first 79 percent of its annual gross revenues to debt service, leaving only 21 percent of IA’s revenues ($19M) to pay its expenses. How can this be? Surely, the Regents cannot expect that IA will spend $19M and generate $79M. Again, the critical question is with so little money available from generated revenues, where will IA obtain the funds for all its expenditures? Lest one think that the answer lies in the Endowment Seating Program (ESP), there is a critical footnote (b) in Attachment 4 of the document GB2 stating that the revenues from the ESP have already been included in "Estimated Athletics Gross Revenue” line. Although the ESP is supposed to raise $400 million by 2014, my analysis, to be published in a companion op-ed in The Daily Californian in January, concludes that the ESP has raised only about $20 million, corresponding to a mere 5 percent of the goal amount. If indeed the actual amount is higher, then I would welcome hearing that from the campus. The financial plan described in the regents document would be considered precarious even in the best of times, but is nothing short of irresponsible to the mission of the university when undertaken at the threshold of a new era of lower sustained funding of the academic program. Brian Barsky is a UC Berkeley professor. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.
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The results of a civil hearing Thursday will determine whether the planned 10,000-square-foot North Berkeley residence of software mogul Mitch Kapor will be subjected to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act following neighbors’ complaints regarding the proposed size and function of the house. Under the banner of the recently formed Berkeley Hillside Preservation, a group of residents and neighbors of the proposed building site at 2707 Rose St. opposed the city Zoning Adjustments Board’s Jan. 28 decision to approve the project without review. The hearing is the culmination of a series of legal actions initiated by an appeal of the board’s decision on April 27 to the Berkeley City Council, wherein council members voted by a 6-2 margin to OK approval of the project despite opposition from the 34 signatories. “I was opposed to the project in its current configuration because I believe there were potential environmental impacts,” said Councilmember Jesse Arreguin, who voted against the board’s decision. Members of Berkeley Hillside Preservation then filed a petition with the
Alameda County Superior Court on May 27 against the city, with Kapor named as a third party. CEQA mandates that building projects be assessed to determine their level of environmental impact unless classified as a “single-family home” or “urban infill” — as the planned project is — among other categories. The residents, represented in court by Susan Brandt-Hawley, challenged the project’s categorical exemption, asserting it was unjustified as the project exemplifies the “unusual circumstances” usually warranting review. “Kapor is building (the residence) as an office building with employees,” said Chuck Fadley, resident and husband of Susan Fadley, the case’s primary plaintiff. “It assaults the neighborhood.” Fadley added that the project’s architecture does not match that of the surrounding area, opposing the state General Plan’s mandate. Residents also cited the presence of the historical Dunham House, a cottage dating back to 1917 and acknowledged by the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association as eligible for state registry, as a point of contention with the project. Kapor’s project would remove the house from the property. Another part of the residents’ petition proposed the size of the 10,000-square-
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$161,114,912 — which is meant to cover costs the state will not fund including maintenance of chancellor’s homes, travel costs and conferences. The UC Berkeley upgrade is an exception. According to a report to the regents, the $150,050 security system at UC Berkeley was covered by an insurance claim, while the campus paid for the $85,800 in new fencing out of campus funds. The campus is still waiting for another insurance claim to fund those upgrades, said Claire Holmes, UC Berkeley’s associate vice chancellor for public affairs and university communications. Because of the sudden nature of the assault and the possibility of another assault, Holmes said the campus administration wanted to install the upgrades as soon as possible. “If people hadn’t attacked the house, we wouldn’t have had to do this, but given that that happened, we just felt that it was very important to take im-
mediate action,” Holmes said of the upgrades. “If that is what it costs and it achieves its goal, then unfortunately that is the cost we have to bear.” Similar instances of vandalism have caused other campuses to turn to expensive new security measures. Letters between UC officials and reports to the regents state that UCLA spent $235,450 over two years on security enhancements to enclose its chancellor’s home with over 1,000 feet of wrought iron fencing, hardened window treatments to “prevent flying glass from projectiles and fired ammunition from small caliber firearms,” several cameras, as well as dedicated phone lines connecting to UCLA police. Letters from UCLA officials requesting approval for the upgrades cite numerous attacks on the homes of faculty members partaking in animal research, including one incident where an incendiary device was left underneath a professor’s car. One letter says the personal residence of UCLA’s
foot project — 3,500 feet of which are dedicated to a 10-car garage — seemed excessive for a single-family home, despite Kapor’s assertions that the house would serve no small function as a gathering place for fundraising events. “It’s all about context,” said BrandtHawley. “This house in this location at this size present a situation that is unusual.” Deputy City Attorney Laura McKinney declined to comment on the case. Amrit Kulkarni, who represents Kapor, could not be reached for comment as of press time. According to Chuck Fadley, residents in the neighborhood surrounding the project — noted for its scenic and historic significance — are divided between those who see the project as a potential traffic and aesthetic problem and those who support it. “Some people just felt it was rushed through and felt the same way regarding the City Council’s consideration of the project,” Arreguin said. Alameda Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch, who presided over the hearing, said a decision regarding the future of the project is forthcoming within the next few days.
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Acting Chancellor Norm Abrams was the target of three demonstrations by members of the Animal Liberation Front between October 2006 and March 2007. The last upgrades to UCLA’s house — eight new cameras, four upgraded ones and a larger digital video recording system — were completed in 2008 as “a direct response to the initiation of reconnaissance activities by animal extremist groups,” according to a letter sent to Yudof by a UCLA administrator. According to reports and letters, in December 2008, UC Santa Cruz spent $23,000 to add shatter-resistant protective film on windows at the University House, $3,300 to build a safe room for the building’s occupants and $10,500 on new lock sets and reinforced gates around the home. Those upgrades came after the house had several of its windows broken and a “spike strip” laid out on the road leading to Chancellor George Blumenthal’s home on Dec. 17, 2008. Javier Panzar is the lead higher education reporter. Contact him at jpanzar@dailycal.org.
by J.D. Morris Contributing Writer
The ASUC Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that aims to restructure an existing campus committee on student service fees into a new committee more representative of the student body that would make student service fee allocation recommendations to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau in order to comply with recently revised guidelines set forth in UC policy. The bill recommends that the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Student Services and Fees become a Student Fee Advisory Committee and suggests that there be nine voting student members as well as campus administrators who would serve as nonvoting ex-officio members. Currently, the advisory committee is composed of four members from the Committee on Student Fees and Budget Review — which was criticized for not following the nonbinding Guidelines for Implementing the UC Student Fee Policy, revised by the UC Board of Regents in May — and two members each from the ASUC and Graduate Assembly. The new bill — which reflects an agreement reached by students from all three parties — will adjust the ratio to three members from each. “It’s an important change that’s going
to give students more agency over our student registration fees, and I’m happy with how the GA, ASUC and CSF were able to come to an acceptable compromise where all parties are satisfied,” said Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein, a co-author of the bill. According to Goldstein, the advisory committee reports to Birgeneau and the student fees committee reports to George Breslauer, executive vice chancellor and provost. He said the bill will make each committee accountable only to students. Though the administrative arm of the current advisory committee will lose its voting power, Goldstein said he believes administrators are open to student recommendations and will honor the students’ agreement. Felicia Lee, chief of staff in the Division of Student Affairs, said in an e-mail that Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande — who co-chairs the advisory committee — will work to be in agreement with students and UC policy. “(He) remains committed to ensuring strong student involvement for student services funding and fee issues and is working closely with CACSSF to be in compliance with the new systemwide policy,” Lee said in the e-mail. Contact J.D. Morris at jmorris@dailycal.org.
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language has been questioned by several community members because demolition of branches was never clearly specified, only renovation and expansion, according to Peter Warfield, executive director of the Library Users Association. The unsettled part of the lawsuit objected to the use of the measure funds for the demolition of two existing library branches — the South and West branches — with significant impact on historical resources. “People may not have voted for Measure FF if it had said that two libraries would be destroyed and rebuilt,” Epstein said in an e-mail. “People care about things like that, and they should have had a choice, based on the facts.” However, Donna Corbeil, director
of library services, said the library has received “really positive feedback on the demolition” of the two branches and added that the lawsuit is a serious concern and poses a threat to the construction process. “‘Construction’ involves demolition, renovation, building,” she said. “It never felt ambiguous to me.” In addition to necessary seismic retrofits, the renovations would make both branches ADA accessible and implement the installation of fire sprinklers, according to Linda Schacht Gage, chair of the Neighborhood Library Campaign. “The outcome of the lawsuit could be that the South and West branches may never get done which is my mind is not acceptable,” Gage said. Contact Rachel Banning-Lover at rlover@dailycal.org.
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its court time, the Bears brought some added fire onto the court in Thursday’s NCAA-timed 90 minute practice. Despite extra excitement to play, Murrey said Cal maintained a very disciplined, professional mindset in practice and scouting this week. “(Senior setter Carli Lloyd) just had a little group meeting with us (after practice), and said, ‘We’ve been so focused and we haven’t taken the time to have fun on the court too because we’ve been so focused on the tactical things,’” Murrey said. Those technical aspects include
ery played nine men more extensively against the Aggies. The Bears racked up 27 bench points after totaling just 18 over three games in Florida. — Hoiberg’s position as head coach of Iowa State isn’t surprising, considering his celebrity in Ames. A former guard from 1991-95, he was the Cyclone’s third all-time leading scorer; Hoiberg even received write-in votes in his home town’s mayoral race.
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Bears Host NCAA Tournament for First Time in History by Byron Atashian Contributing Writer
The smallest details can add up to the big difference between a national champion and an also-ran. ONLINE PODCAST Luckily for the Cal men’s Byron Atashian gives a water polo team rundown of Cal’s shot at (23-3), that dis- an NCAA title. tinction will be made at its home pool in Spieker Aquatics Complex for the first time in NCAA history this weekend. “This venue has seen a lot of great water polo games collegiately over the years, so it’s a natural fit for this championship to be played here,” coach Kirk Everist said. “We’re all excited about being able to host a championship here and to be in it is even more special.” Cal already defeated No. 3 Loyola Marymount (19-8), Saturday’s 3 p.m. adversary, 11-2 on Nov. 4. While the Lions were missing one of their leading scorers in Tibor Forai, their star goalie Andy Stevens, the national team backup, helped keep them down just 3-2 at halftime. “They tend to defensively play to (Stevens), they’re going to force you to beat him from the outside because they feel like they have an advantage in the cage,” Everist said. “They trust that he can stop most shooters, we’re going to have to be real patient.” Additionally, the Lions used subs quite liberally then. It was a Thursday game and they rested starters for two
upcoming conference games. The outcome of the game against LMU determines whether the Bears will play at 3 p.m. the next day in the championship game or in the consolation match at 1 p.m. Their opponent on Sunday will be either No. 1 USC (26-2) or No. 4 St. Francis (24-3), who play Saturday at 1 p.m. No school outside of California has ever made it to the NCAA championship game. Cal traded matches with the Trojans, sinking at home 12-11 on Sept. 19 and avenging the loss 12-9 on Oct. 16. USC is the only team to beat the Bears in their lair this season. The Trojans laid claim to the last two titles while Cal went all the way the two seasons prior. “We’re always battling,” Everist said. “USC has done a great job this year replacing a team that lost a lot of great players. They’re right back in the championship.” USC’s goalie Joel Dennerley always makes the cage seem smaller for his opponents. The MPSF Player of the Year averages about seven and a half saves a game and is only the second goalie to ever earn the title. While Dennerley holds down the block on defense, it’s hard to credit the Trojans’ offense to one source. Their balanced offense is precisely what makes them so hard to defend; no one player averages even two goals per game, with leading scorer Nikola Vavic ranked 13th in the MPSF. Byron Atashian covers men’s water polo. Contact him at batashian@dailycal.org.
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Junior Ivan Rackov leads the Bears in goals scored, with 75, and has the highest average goals per game (3.00) in the conference.
Cal Opens NCAA Tourney Cal Travels to Undefeated Home of Zips With Surging Utah State by Kelly Suckow Contributing Writer
by Christina Jones Contributing Writer
The last time Utah State faced a top-five team, the Aggies swept their opponent. The next time they will take the court against a top-five team will be tonight at 7 p.m., at Haas Pavilion when they square off against the Cal volleyball team in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Utah State’s shocking win came over then-No. 3 Hawaii in the WAC Tournament title match. “Anytime you can get Hawaii, I think it’s kind of a nice one,” Utah State coach Grayson DuBose said. “We’ve kind of refocused. It was a nice weekend. “It’s fun to be able to go home over Thanksgiving and enjoy that for a little while.” Though the Aggies (24-8, 9-7 in the WAC) overwhelmed a team that only lost to No. 7 USC this year, junior outside hitter Tarah Murrey says it’s not a concern for Cal. emma lantos/file “It’s a cue, I guess, for us to step up and really Outside hitter Tarah Murrey (4) has been one of the play hard,” Murrey said. most prolific offensive threats in the Pac-10 this season. “And I think it’s very good for us going into Murrey leads the team and was second in the conference the tournament playing with 5.18 kills per set and recorded a .316 hitting percentage. a team that’s solid.” never lost a first round tilt. In winning the crown, Last week, the Bears were on the the Aggies snapped a number of Hawaii’s winning streaks — 23 straight wrong side of a big upset, falling to matches, 62 sets and 10 tournament Arizona State in five sets before beattitles. They have won nine of its last ing No. 20 Arizona to claim their first ten matches. conference crown. Cal (25-3, 15-3 in the Pac-10), which Aggies’ senior middle blocker Shanis ranked fourth in the coaches’ poll tell Durrant said that while the team but is the seventh overall seed in the is still riding some of the momentum NCAA tournament, has its own re- from its own big upset, it is focusing on cords to protect tonight. tonight’s match. During coach Rich Feller’s tenure, While Utah State did not use all of the Bears have made nine straight tournament appearances, and have >> volleyball: Page 7
There are only eight soccer teams still chasing the NCAA College Cup. The No. 6-seed Cal men’s soccer team squares off against No. ONLINE PODCAST 3-seed Akron, Cal soccer beat writers trading the mild temperature of preview the Bears’ trip Northern Cali- to Akron for NCAAs. fornia for the frigid, snowy conditions of Ohio. Should the Bears (14-2-3) claim a victory on Saturday and advance to the semifinals, it will be the furthest that any Cal team has gone in the tournament. “This team set goals in the beginning of the year,” senior forward Davis Paul said. “A national title is always something that, especially our senior class, is really pushing for ... But we try not to think of (the next game) as anything more than just another one on this road to the national title.” One of the most talented teams in the
country, the Zips have consistently been a top-10 finisher. Last year, Akron (201-1) fell to Virginia in the national championship in penalty kicks, 3-2. This year, the Zips boast a team led by nationally recognized players Darren Mattocks and David Meves. Boasting the third-leading scorer in the nation, Akron’s Mattocks will pose a threat to the Bears’ defense. The 6-foot freshman has collected 18 goals this year alone. He also sits at No. 4 in total points, tallying 40 throughout his season. On defense, sophomore David Meves has 10 shutouts this season. His stinginess in the net has ranked him fifth in goals against average at 0.56. The Zips’ only loss and tie thus far have been against teams from Ohio. Cleveland State handed Akron its only loss this year, 2-1, and Ohio State tied the team in a 2-2 double overtime match. “I know (the Zips) are a really good team; they don’t lose a lot,” senior cocaptain A.J. Soares said. “But I also know that we are an excellent team that doesn’t lose a lot either. It is going to be a good matchup.”
The Pac-10 champions are led by a lineup of seven seniors, four of them members of the 2010 All-Pac-10 first team. Soares earned Pac-10 Player of the Year for his play this season and is among the 15 semifinalists for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy. Junior David Bingham is a force to be reckoned with eight shutouts and is the second-ranked goalkeeper in the nation in save percentage, at 0.897. The talent each of the teams possesses will surely make an exciting contest for their first matchup in history. Akron has an untarnished home record this season and is currently riding a 38-game home unbeaten streak that dates back to 2007. Cal is undefeated in road games this year, with six wins and two ties away. What is going to give this weekend? “They might have the longer streak at home,” Paul said. “If anybody is the gambling type, I think that you have to bet on the fact that they are due for a loss.” Kelly Suckow covers men’s soccer. Contact her at ksuckow@dailycal.org.
Limiting Turnovers Emphasized in Trip to Iowa by Ed Yevelev
Daily Cal Staff Writer The Cal men’s basketball team put up some of its best offensive numbers of the young campaign against UC Davis, Cal setting seasonmen’s highs with 53.7percent shooting Hoops and 20 assists. In their first true TIPOFF: road game of the Cal faces season, Bears (4-2) Iowa St. on vs will face a team Saturday that’s been spread- at 11 a.m. ing the basketball in the Big around all year 12/Pac-10 Series . long. TV/RADIO: The Iowa State CSN Bay Area/ Cyclones (6-1), KNEW 910 AM who host Cal for Saturday’s 11 a.m. tilt at Hilton Coliseum, have opened 2010 with five different scorers averaging double figures. Led by senior guard Diante Garrett (17.4), they rank fourth
in the Big-12 with 80 points per contest, and have topped 90 three times under first-year head coach Fred Hoiberg. Much of that offensive firepower, however, has come against less-thanstellar competition. Cal, which flew out to Ames yesterday, has already logged its share of holiday mileage with a trip to Florida’s Old Spice Classic. That early season tournament has included games against two major conference opponents (Notre Dame and Boston College) and thenNo. 20 Temple. Meanwhile, the Cyclones have yet to leave their home state this season, or play a big-six conference foe. In the team’s last contest, against in-state rival — and 2010 NCAA Tournament darling — Northern Iowa, Hoiberg’s club was stymied for 54 points and recorded no fast break buckets. Saturday’s installment of the Big-12/ Pac-10 Hardwood Series will reveal whether or not Cal can put together a similar defense performance, after struggling at times to contain the Aggies
in transition. “They are running the floor and they hit some threes in transition that we were not back and we needed to do a better job of that,” Bears coach Mike Montgomery said after the UC Davis contest. “We let them get ahead of us a couple of times and they didn’t get much of the break, but in transition, they did because of us losing our men.” On the offensive end, Cal will need to take better care of the basketball, even though its 13 turnovers on Wednesday were a season-low. “We made some very poor decisions on some of our passes,” Montgomery said. “... Many of them were on forced trying to throw the ball to guys that just weren’t available. We have to learn to pick and choose when we try to hit some people and how we make those passes.” Quick Hits — After playing a shortened rotation at the Old Spice Classic, Montgom-
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