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Student Cooperative Helps Fix Bikes for Free Volunteer-Run Group Offers Free Resources, Education for Bicycle Repair on Sproul Plaza by Kelsey Clark and Mary Susman With two flat tires, UC Berkeley freshman Erick Mahood pulled up to the Berkeley Student Bicycle Cooperative, BicyCAL, last Friday and ONLINE VIDEO knew he would not only be See footage from a visit helped but also to the cooperative’s would not have workshop on campus. to pay a dime. As of about two weeks ago, the co-op — run by volunteer UC Berkeley students and recent graduates and located at a staircase connecting Lower and Upper Sproul Plaza — is open three days a week for bikers to receive free education and resources for repairs. “Instead of fixing their bike, we get the wrench in their hands,” said junior Timmy Bolton, BicyCAL’s head of outreach. “If people know how to work on their bikes, it makes it easier for them to fix them in the future.” About 15 students, faculty and staff receive help and use the co-op’s resources each day it is open. The group also sells $5 helmets for bikers “to get their craniums protected,” Bolton said. BicyCAL began three years ago as a bike share, which allowed students to rent bikes for $15 to $20 a semester, according to UC Berkeley alumnus Justin Wiley, who founded the co-op after winning $10,000 from UC Berke-

UC Online Program in Running for Gates Grant by Amruta Trivedi Staff Writer

because the space was unused, and because the co-op is a student group rather than a business, the auxiliary was able to recommend its use with the approval of the campus. “We took something that wasn’t being used and activated the space to affect the campus and community,” said UC Berkeley alumnus Taylor Ferry,

The University of California was named this week as a finalist for a Next Generation Learning Challenge grant, sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations, which would support the expansion of the controversial UC Online Instruction Pilot Program with a prize of at least $250,000. Spearheading the pilot program, which is directed through the UC Office of the President and may open for enrollment in the fall, is Dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law Christopher Edley. Though Edley maintained that the prize money, if received, would hardly sustain the program for the long-term, he stressed the importance of adopting online education as a means to expand the UC’s technological presence. “I believe a more promising diffusion strategy is for leading institutions known for excellence to demonstrate the value of new technologies,” Edley said in an e-mail. The pilot program — which has attracted criticism and raised concerns

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The Berkeley Student Bicycle Cooperative, open three days a week on Sproul, provides bicyclists with services free of charge. ley’s annual campuswide “Big Ideas” competition in 2008 for “improving student life.” Yet after running the bike share for two years, Wiley said the group realized there was a need for a bicycle maintenance program on campus, which resulted in a shift in the group’s focus. The co-op is currently able to provide free resources because of a $12,000 grant from The Green Initia-

tive Fund — a campus program supported by student fees that provides money for projects that make the campus more sustainable — which it received from the ASUC last spring. The group was allowed to move to its new location, owned by the ASUC Auxiliary, in November rent-free after members proposed using the space to the fund, according to Auxiliary Director Nadesan Permaul. He added that

UCSF Chancellor’s Residence Upgraded to Improve Security by Javier Panzar Senior Staff Writer

Faced with persistent crime at the home of its chancellor as well as with a deteriorating and outdated office, UC San Francisco spent $241,800 last year to upgrade security at Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann’s off-campus residence and refurbish her on-campus offices. UC records show that DesmondHellmann’s forested Mount Sutro home was upgraded with $85,800 worth of new surveillance cameras, fencing and new shatter-proof coating on its windows. Her offices, on the other hand, were stripped of their 20-year-old carpeting, cabinets, paint and wall coverings and replaced with new furnishings at a cost of $156,000. The office remodel was also necessary to reflect staff changes — eight out of the chancellor’s 14 office employees were laid off in the last few years. The security upgrades were paid for through the Edward F. Searles Fund, an endowment established in 1919 meant to cover costs the state will not fund, including maintenance of chancellors’ homes. Originally valued at around $1.3 million, the endowment has since grown to a value of $161 million. According to UCSF spokesperson Amy Pyle, the chancellor’s office remodeling was paid for through campus funds, specifically by the campus tapping into the UC’s short-term investment pool — a fund made up of the interest earned from investing the balance of the UC’s general funds in

short-term securities. The two upgrades represent the latest expenses on the homes and offices of the UC’s chancellors and president. In the four fiscal years since the UC Board of Regents began requiring that all housing upgrades over $25,000 be reported to the Committee on Grounds and Buildings, according to UC records, the university has spent $9.2 million upgrading or repairing the homes of its chancellors and its president, not including the two new projects at the UCSF campus. Of that figure, close to $600,000 was for security upgrades to the homes of chancellors at UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UC Berkeley as well as an Oakland Hills home leased to UC President Mark Yudof. The security upgrades to UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s home — totaling $236,850 — were the most expensive and included several surveillance cameras, motion detectors, 350 feet of new fencing, two gates, several “No Trespassing” signs, as well as paint and patchwork to install the new system. UC Berkeley made those upgrades in the wake of campus protests, including one incident where Birgeneau’s home was vandalized. Unlike the other campuses’ security upgrades, UCSF’s were not fueled by protests, but rather by a large volume of crime near the home. According to UCSF police, 14 different crimes — ranging from public intoxication to three separate burglaries — were reported at or near the secluded

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Chris Juricich, former manager of the now-closed Comic Relief bookstore in Downtown Berkeley, loads unsold comic books into a car.

Downtown Comic Store Closes Its Doors by Jessica Rossoni Staff Writer

After three months without offering new books and almost three years after the death of its original owner, ground-breaking comic store and local landmark Comic Relief closed its doors Feb. 14 in a move attributed by

some employees to mismanagement and insufficient funds. Though the Downtown Berkeley store’s closing leaves many loyal fans saddened, Jack Rems, owner of science fiction and fantasy bookstore Dark Carnival on Claremont Avenue, said he plans to open a new store in Comic Relief ’s place in partnership with former

Comic Relief employees, which he said he hopes will be “the best comic book store anyone has ever seen.” “People were lined up in front of the store in the rain crying with their arms around each other over the closing, and it doesn’t have to be that way,” said Jay Sheckley, Rems’ wife and Dark

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Diaspora shows “The Skin Quilt Project,” a documentary that explores colorism within the African-American community through the stories of African-American quilters. Director Lauren Cross will attend. WHEN 6 p.m. WHEre 685 Mission St., San Francisco. Cost Free. contact (415) 358-7252

Saturday, Feb. 19 WHAT concert Hilary Hahn, world-class violinist, and recently named Artist of the Year by Gramophone magazine, plays at Herbst Theatre with San Francisco Performances. The program includes a repertoire of concertos written especially for the musician by Edgar Meyer and Pulitizer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon. Hahn will be accompanied by Valentina Lisitsa on the piano. WHEN 8 p.m. WHEre 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. Cost $50 to $75. contact (415) 392-4400

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among UC faculty, staff and students regarding the quality of education such a program would provide — aims to recreate online the same level of interaction between students, professors, graduate student instructors and instruction materials present in the classroom. The goal of the grant program is to expand existing programs that have proven successful in the classroom, according to Marge Gammon, marketing director for Educause, the nonprofit hired by the Gates Foundation to manage the program. According to the grant program’s executive director at Educause, Ira Fuchs, there were a dozen online education proposals that were named as finalists. Of the more than 600 submissions, 50 were named finalists and 32 will receive grant money after the decision is announced March 31, Fuchs said. “The development of online courses is a reflection of today’s world and how students interact with each other and how they interact with the world,” he said. The university submitted a preliminary project proposal in October, outlining the pilot program’s plans for eventual large-scale implementation. The initial submissions were evaluated by a panel of volunteer reviewers who named the 50 finalists. According to Fuchs, these finalists are required to

submit a 20-page proposal by Feb. 21 that will be reviewed by a panel, composed of leaders in technological innovation, that will recommend 32 institutes that should be awarded grant money. After reviewing the recommendations, the executive committee of the grant program will announce its final decisions on which universities should be awarded the grant money March 31. According to pilot program manager DoQuyen Tran-Taylor, if the UC receives the minimum award of $250,000 in March, it would be used to develop online courses and support the educational technology staff for the pilot program. The pilot courses would initially be targeted toward current UC students, with aims of expanding to college-prep students. “We can see a use for UC’s online courses in community colleges, high schools and for transferable credit for non-UC students,” she said. In October, the pilot program also began soliciting online course proposals from faculty and recently released potential courses for further development, according to Tran-Taylor. The pilot program’s advisory committee — which will select the courses — is systemwide, with Edley, Tran-Taylor, and several other UC faculty members and administrators participating. Contact Amruta Trivedi at atrivedi@dailycal.org.

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Carnival’s longtime public relations coordinator. Opened in 1987 by the late Rory Root, Comic Relief was considered legendary in the field of graphic literature by both employees and writers. Jim Friel, longtime friend and employee at both Comic Relief and Dark Carnival, said Root was “an industry leader” for his idea of selling comics as books rather than the 32-page monthly periodicals, setting him ahead of the curve in comics retail. According to East Bay-based comic book writer Daniel Clowes, the store reached its peak in the early ’90s, when he said the passion, atmosphere and good taste of the employees “made you look forward to going in every week.” “Rory was like the benevolent leader of it all — the hippie dad who let his kids do what they wanted,” Clowes said in an e-mail. But after Root’s death in May 2008, ownership of the store was passed to his surviving siblings amid controversy, as multiple sources said Root had indicated before his passing that the store’s former manager Todd Martinez would inherit the location. “His family, I think they would agree, were not qualified to run it,” Friel said. “They were not interested in putting money in the store ... We weren’t usually able to immediately re-order things like ‘Watchmen’ — that

cost us a lot of business.” By November, Comic Relief was cut off from its distributor and stopped receiving new material due to increasing debt. New issues of periodical comics are generally released monthly, with shipments coming in every Wednesday. Before Comic Relief ’s closing, Rems and Friel began planning to open a new comics store with the remaining inventory and fixtures of Comic Relief to continue providing their service to the community, they said. If they are able to retain the location, Friel and Rems said the new store could open by the end of next week. Friel and Rems added that they intend to employ the same staff as Comic Relief, including the two popular store cats, Ash and Ember. Despite the rise in online book sales, e-books and skepticism concerning the plausibility of opening another book store in the Downtown area, Rems and Sheckley, said they are confident they can satisfy the loyal customers of Comic Relief with their new store. “I don’t need to be quoted as selfserving, so I’ll just ask people to wait and see,” he said. “I think they’ll be impressed.” Sam Stander of The Daily Californian contributed to this report. Contact Jessica Rossoni at jrossoni@dailycal.org.

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s I stepped off of the BART at 16th Street and observed the run-down streets around me, I became suspicious that my directions were incorrect. This seemed likely, since my sense of direction is unreliable to say the least. This fact has been painfully evident since my first day at Berkeley when I asked a kind pedestrian to direct me to campus from Unit 3. Anyway, after verifying with Google Maps, I continued on my journey. As I walked, I saw the taco trucks and hole-in-the-wall sandwich joints that I would expect, but there was no indication of the culinary mecca I was in search of. My destination? Mission Dolores, San Fran’s new must-eat area. Walking through Mission Dolores in San Francisco for the first time is like opening a gourmet treasure chest or finding J.K. Rowling’s secret manuscript for the eighth Harry Potter book (“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Scone”). Now, I know what you’re thinking — there’s no way I’m dragging my ass to Mission Dolores for a fucking croissant. And I get it, because in Berkeley, getting anywhere farther than Shattuck Avenue is kind of a bitch. Actually, even walking there is kind of a bitch. But as Berkeley’s resident food expert (kind of ), I assure you these little gems are worth the trouble. Just a short walk from the 16th Street BART station and a few blocks away from Dolores Park, at the cross-section of 18th and Guerrero streets, is a pocket of culinary excellence within a cool, up-and-coming area of San Francisco. For the most delicious pastries outside of Paris, the best sandwiches ... anywhere and a cappuccino that puts Peet’s to shame (if they had any dignity to begin with), Tartine Bakery is the place to go. This bakery is the happiest place on Earth for anyone old enough to recognize a perfect pain au chocolat. Tartine is a European-style bakery and cafe that is widely renowned for its food and pastries. They sell freshly baked bread loaves every Tuesday through Sunday starting at 5 p.m., and by 4:30 there is always a line of people halfway around the block just waiting for a taste of their freshly baked perfection. I would recommend pre-ordering, as Tartine takes bread orders three days in advance. For a satisfying and memorable lunch, try a hot pressed sandwich, full of gooey melted cheese and other fresh ingredients. Their unique, flavorful Pecorino and almond sandwich is filled with sheep’s milk cheese and almonds crushed with olive oil, lemon and sage. For something heartier, splurge for the Croque Monsieur, an open-faced sandwich with bechamel (a French cream sauce), gruyere, thyme and pepper topped with smoked ham or seasonal vegetables. For women (and real men), the quiche, a different flavor every day, is spectacular. The flaky pastry is the perfect compliment to the creamy, flavorful interior. lthough Tartine’s sandwiches are something special, dessert is where they really shine. They have, quite

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simply, the best desserts ever. From the decadent chocolate souffle cake, to the more exotic passion fruit-lime Bavarian rectangle, everything will blow your mind. The tres leches cake is a favorite, made of sweet coconut milk-moistened chiffon cake, layered with cajeta (a thick Mexican syrup made from sweetened condensed milk) and crema (a Mexican pastry cream). The breakfast pastries are perfection, as good as the best I ate in Paris. ext on the culinary tour, just a few doors down from Tartine, lies Pizzeria Delfina, an authentic Italianstyle pizzeria. Owner Craig Stoll (along with his wife Anne Stoll) was inspired by childhood memories of New York pizza as well as pies he ate in Naples. The result is a menu of six permanent thin-crust pizza options along with two pizza specials that change daily, taking advantage of the freshest local ingredients. A single bite of Delfina’s Panna pizza, with tomato sauce, cream, basil and shaved parmigiano is enough to send you to heaven. Delfina also boasts an impressive wine list. Word on the street is their beverages are as good as their food, but I can’t make any promises, because let’s be real — the only wine I have the authority to review is two-buck chuck. Now, take a breather, unbutton your jeans, and let us head to our final destination: Bi-Rite Creamery for the best ice cream in California (yes, much better than Ici). This creamery has another seasonally changing menu of delectable frozen treats. Ice cream flavors include salted caramel, honey lavender and ricanelas (cinnamon with snickerdoodles). Every day there are new flavors of sorbet and fruit popsicles including pineapple with mint, lime blackberry and blood orange. So what’s the best thing to get on Bi-Rite’s mouthwatering menu? The toffee sundae features homemade almond toffee, coffee toffee ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, and marcona almonds. Even their banana split is taken to a whole new level with caramelized bananas, vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream and toasted walnuts. Hopefully I have inspired you to take a trip into Mission Dolores to experience some exceptional edibles. Now, excuse me while I lie back with a souffle cake, a slice of pizza, an ice cream sundae and Harry Potter 8. Oh, the simple pleasures in life.

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who volunteers at BicyCAL. “It’s not necessarily that I’m a big biker or big mechanic — I believe in the idea that a space can change a place.” Mahood put air in his bike’s tires Friday and said that after spending nearly $60 at other bicycle shops last semester, he will continue coming to the co-op in the future. “If there’s a free resource, you’ve got to take them up on it,” Mahood said. “Other places take your money ... It’s very fulfilling to me that people just want to help and are willing to teach you.” Although the group was formed to make resources free and accessible on campus as an alternative to other shops in the area, Jon Suzuki, co-owner of the Missing Link Bicycle Cooperative on Shattuck Avenue, said he supports BicyCAL and does not think it will hurt his business. “Anything about bikes or a cooperative is a good thing — I would much rather see that than a big-box store,” he said. “We can have a reciprocal relationship with other bike shops.” Suzuki added that The Missing Link started in 1971 as a bicycle cooperative on the UC Berkeley campus before opening its Shattuck location in 1978. BicyCAL plans to pilot another bike share on campus within the next two years and will expand services by offering workshops, according to Wiley. “I just want other people to be stoked on bikes,” Bolton said. Contact Kelsey Clark and Mary Susman at newsdesk@dailycal.org.

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Site for Local Meal Suggestions And Food Deals Set to Launch by Karinina Cruz Staff Writer

In partnership with local Berkeley eateries, a group of alumni and student entrepreneurs are starting a business that aims to connect potential customers with meal suggestions, often accompanied by discount offers. Munch On Me, set to launch its website on Tuesday, links users to dishes and deals that can be redeemed at their respective establishments, according to CEO and co-founder Jason Wang, a UC Berkeley alumnus. The site’s purpose is to guide individuals through their dining experiences, Wang said. “I ate out for every single meal and asked myself everyday, what am I going to eat?” he said. “Munch On Me provides a web that ... will eliminate inefficiency for customers and cost less.” Wang and his co-founders began developing Munch On Me in December. The operation is self-funded, and marketing expenses make up the bulk of costs. The company’s expenditures include the production of brand name T-shirts, information cards, window stickers for partner establishments and legal fees that formalize agreements with local merchants, Wang said. Considering the high advertising expenses for small businesses, the site will serve as a commercial venue for local food establishments, with features such as the “Deal Feed,” where users receive notifications about new offers. “I don’t see a lot of advertising on

Berkeley business ... (it) doesn’t seem to be very widespread,” said Dave Fogarty, the city’s economic development coordinator. “It’s the chain businesses that would have budgets set aside for advertising.” The site will feature four kinds of food — ranging from appetizers to desserts — weekly, which will be offered to registered Munch On Me members. The deals claimed by users will be verified on iPads leased to the dining establishments by Munch on Me. According to Tony Li, co-founder of the site and a UC Berkeley senior economics major, the company will be selective in establishing business partnerships, with a preference for dishes from eateries that have at least four stars on Yelp. A number of businesses in Lower Sproul Plaza are also working with Munch On Me to increase consumer awareness of campus food establishments, according to ASUC Senator Jimmy Zhang, who is an intern for the company. Zhang said the partnership with Lower Sproul locations will hopefully generate more business for the eateries, which pay rent to the ASUC. Saigon Eats, a Vietnamese eatery in Lower Sproul, advertises very little, according to owner Henry Pham. However, he said he is currently working with student marketing groups in order to better understand the demands of the campus community. Karinina Cruz covers business. Contact her at kcruz@dailycal.org.

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uesday’s announcement that the campus will increase the budget of various foreign language programs by over $500,000 beginning in 2011-12 is good news in every language. With many of us knowing all too well how difficult it can be to get into foreign language classes, especially at lower levels, we are pleased the campus is increasing its commitment to the languages. This news is especially welcome considering the current state of foreign language instruction in colleges and universities across the nation. A report that came out Monday in The Chronicle of Higher Education states that the amount of American fouryear colleges offering Romancelanguage majors has declined from 76 percent in 1970-71 to 59 percent in 2005-06, with German suffering a similar fate. In choosing to go the opposite direction and ultimately fund 30 additional language classes, the campus is preserving vital opportunities for not only the students who choose foreign language majors but also those who want to develop an important skill along with their core curricula.

We are especially pleased that the campus is continuing to expand its offerings with new languages such as African languages, as there are few other opportunities to learn them . However, despite this allocation to the foreign language departments, we cannot forget the cuts that the departments have incurred in the past few years. The campus isn’t just expanding one of its popular departments — it is at least partially reclaiming ground that it sacrificed earlier. The campus should consider funding foreign languages a high priority and work to ensure that all languages attain base levels that can accommodate all interested students. While we disagree with the practice of raising revenue through fee hikes and non-resident tuition, we were pleased when the campus decided to over allocate $2 million of that revenue to the reading and composition requirement beginning last fall — and we are happy that the campus has made another wise investment.

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While imperfect, a recent audit of the UC system showed many problems with campus and university transparency.

hile we’re happy that UC Berkeley placed first out of 10 UC campuses in a recent transparency audit, we should not be content with a “C” — and the UC system as a whole should definitely not be satisfied with its average campus grade of “F.” The audit was performed by Californians Aware, a state government watchdog group that has previously audited the Berkeley Police Department. It measured each campus’s compliance with California Public Records Act requests by asking for publicly available documents such as each chancellor’s contract. Universities lost points for reasons such as not responding to the initial requests within 10 days, or charging more than $.10 per page to make copies of statements of economic interest — both figures set by state law. However, not every deduction was due to state law violations — Californians Aware also took away points when documents were not provided within 30 days, or when requests were referred to the UC Office of the President. The audit itself was not perfect — Californians Aware inherently

disadvantaged the university by including in the 30-day period, two weeks during which the university was closed for winter break. Also, UC Santa Barbara Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs Paul Desruisseaux said that individual campuses do not keep statements of economic interest as a matter of UC policy — and if so, Californians Aware should not have penalized the campuses for referring their requests. Despite its flaws, the audit shows significant problems with the campuses’ compliance with the law as a whole. In one instance, Californians Aware was told that it would take until April to provide the most recent 10 public records requests to UC Santa Cruz — hardly the “prompt” response that the law requires. It shouldn’t be a surprise that the university is not fully compliant with the law — obviously it has its hands full with budget cuts and other issues — but that doesn’t make noncompliance excusable. Californians Aware has identified the problem, and it is now up to the campuses to more promptly and efficiently work to comply with the law.

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America’s Budget Needs a Diet by Brit Moller Last Monday, Feb. 14, President Obama proposed a $3.73 trillion budget for the upcoming 2012 fiscal year. For those familiar with the way that politics work in Washington, D.C., it is likely the president is simply hedging his bet. He begins by offering a bloated budget, fully expecting calls for further cuts. After some healthy debate, the president then amiably concedes to some modest changes in a grand show of bipartisanship. Everybody wins, right? Not so fast. The grave budgetary dilemma that America faces today will not be solved by mere theatrics. Behind the political show, the central question is how to reconcile investment with the need to make sizable cuts in the deficit. These aims may appear contradictory but, in fact, both are necessary. Like any country, the US must actively prepare for the future and, at the same time, make up for the past — a period marked by profligacy. Without investing in important items like infrastructure and education, the country risks falling behind. And without getting its fiscal house in order, America faces risks that could be much worse. Thus, despite the charges by conservatives that we must “cut, cut, cut,” such moves alone would be foolish. There must be a balance. The more difficult question is how? In short, a credible budget must both tackle entitlements and curb defense spending. The one put forward earlier this week does neither. In his State of the Union Address, the president mentioned that annual domestic spending “represents a little more than 12 percent of our budget.” Given that this discretionary spending accounts for a comparatively small percentage of the federal budget, the current bickering about $20

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billion “here” and $10 billion “there” is simply a distraction. Such dispute represents a relatively small part of a much bigger picture. There is now a growing consensus that America must widen the debate to include worthy programs, such as

Social Security and Medicaid. Defense, too, must be scaled back. This inevitably requires some tough choices and a certain degree of pain. The primary challenge for policy makers is how to limit the hardship and maximize the benefit of enduring such reform. That won’t be easy. Simply put, America today seems addicted to sweets and unwilling to put entitlements on the treadmill to lose some weight. Whereas Britain’s budget was comprised of a roughly 3-1 ratio of future spending cuts to new tax increases, the ratio proposed by President Obama is nearly 1-to-1. This clear unwillingness to make deeper cutbacks has led The Wall Street Journal to comically dub it the “Cee Lo Green budget” — meaning, the budget says “Forget You” to those who want to control spending. Granted nobody wants to cut these programs, which serve the poor and the elderly; politicians are naturally afraid to admit the need to do so. The upshot is a vicious circle of inertia that is self-defeating. The problem is that these economic times demand bold leadership. No longer can politicians play cat-andmouse without the fear of major consequences. If America fails to take substantive steps towards resolving its finances, then creditors could lose confidence. The result would be catastrophic by almost every economic measure. For this reason, an honest budgetary debate must include both entitlements and defense, as, together, they form the largest piece of the pie. Just as a healthy diet leads to selfimprovement, a sensible budget leads to economic growth. America desperately needs to go on a diet. Then again, perhaps its predicament is not all that surprising. Brit Moller is a UC Berkeley alumnus. Reply to opinion@dailycal.org.

letter to the editor A Highly Discriminatory Tax I strongly disagree with The Daily Californian’s recent editorial, “High Taxes” (published on Feb. 11, 2011). The Berkeley Patients Group should not

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have to pay its back taxes. If sick citizens do not have to pay taxes on pharmaceutical drugs such as Vicodin or Percocet, then to force citizens and the Berkeley Patients Group to pay taxes on cannabis (marijuana) amounts to dis-

By Deanne Chen

crimination. And for the government to have the power to force them to pay back taxes does not make it right. Stan White Dillon, Colo.

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Green Student Strawberry Creek Restoration Organizations Project Fights for Native Plants Could Receive Extra Funding by Soumya Karlamangla Staff Writer

by J.D. Morris Staff Writer

Student groups who commit themselves to being green in their practices may soon see a little more green in their pockets if the efforts of one student government project prove successful. The ASUC Green Certification Program — a project spearheaded by Cooperative Movement Senator Elliot Goldstein — would allow student groups that meet certain requirements to receive additional funding and will be launching its pilot program Friday. Five groups will participate in the onesemester pilot. “Student groups are the bedrock of student life at Cal, so by targeting student groups, you can have such a great impact on increasing environmental awareness and reducing the campus’s environmental footprint,” Goldstein said. The program submitted an abstract Monday to receive a $78,000 grant from The Green Initiative Fund — a program that uses student fees to finance sustainable projects on campus — which would be the source of the extra money for student groups for five years, according to Goldstein. “Would I like to see it funded? Absolutely,” said Katherine Walsh, coordinator for the fund. “I think it could have an effect on a large number of students, and we’re trying to get as many students involved in TGIF as possible.” Though Walsh is not a voting member of the fund’s committee, she has been working with members of the project to assist them in their plans. If the program is funded, Goldstein said the ASUC Senate would have to amend its finance bylaws to outline the program and stipulate that certified groups would be eligible for supplemental funding. To assist participants in meeting the requirements, the pilot groups will be overseen by the Green Certification Auditing Team, which will help them find the best way to meet requirements for certification. Upon certification, Goldstein said the extra funding the groups would be eligible for would allow them to enlist sustainable practices they might not have otherwise been able to afford. ASUC Finance Officer Anuj Kamdar said he acknowledged this concern but said there are cost-efficient ways that groups can practice sustainability. “There’s definitely very cheap options that are also green friendly,” Kamdar said. “But having TGIF money available makes it a lot easier for groups to actually find these practices.” The certification program is not the only environmentally conscious project currently in the works for the student government. The senate passed a bill Wednesday night supporting the creation of an LED board — also aimed at promoting sustainability — to be installed on the southeast corner of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union. Goldstein, who authored the bill, said its goal is to help the campus meet its 2020 zero-waste goal by allowing student groups to advertise on the sign, free of charge, to cut down on paper waste from fliers. He said he hopes advertising revenue from campus-affiliated businesses will make back most of the cost of the construction of the sign — which he said is around $37,000 — though he added that he wanted to ensure the sign would not be “corporatized.” According to Kamdar, encouraging groups to use fewer fliers could create major cost savings for the ASUC, though he said the amount of savings is still undetermined. To partially cover the cost of the sign, the ASUC Auxiliary requested a $15,000 grant from the fund. The rest of the cost will likely be split among the ASUC, the Auxiliary and the Graduate Assembly, according to Goldstein. “The sustainability movement is the future of humanity’s comfortable living on planet Earth,” Goldstein said. “And at Berkeley, which has been on the top 10 lists of the greenest schools in the world, I think we’re just doing all we can to push the envelope on sustainable initiatives and changing practices.” J.D. Morris is the lead student government reporter. Contact him at jmorris@dailycal.org.

Flowing under bridges and through groves, Strawberry Creek might look like an untouched natural sanctuary hidden between large, man-made buildings. But the stream, running through the heart of UC Berkeley’s campus, has been damaged by the beds of ivy that seem to offer themselves up as picnic spots, according to the leaders of a project to restore the creek. Ivy plants, which carpet the banks of much of the creek, are not native to Berkeley, and their growth, along with that of many other foreign plants, is an “alarming” detriment to the ecosystem and disrupts natural processes, said David Pon, a UC Berkeley junior and a coordinator for the Strawberry Creek Restoration Project. Now, with almost $30,000 from The Green Initiative Fund, which provides money generated from student fees for projects that make the campus more sustainable, the Strawberry Creek Restoration Project is slowly beginning to blossom. The project aims to cultivate the creek’s natural biodiversity that has been threatened by a growing campus population and environmental footprint. “The interest on the part of the student body about preservation has never been stronger,” said Tim Pine, environmental protection specialist for the campus Office of Environment, Health and Safety. “It’s so wonderful to see the students take this and run with it.” The stream — which originates at Strawberry Canyon, flows through campus and ends in the San Francisco Bay — has faced more than a century of pollution and neglect, which has degraded its water quality and allowed non-native plants to flourish and thereby jeopardize the health of native plants and wildlife. “When invasive species come in and

take over an area, they kind of stamp out all competition,” Pon said. “They lack the co-evolutionary history and don’t have the natural predators and pests and diseases that native plants have to face. Invasive plants can multiply without check and use up all the resources.” During the past 40 years, a series of efforts have been made to restore the ecological balance of the creek, but many suffered from a lack of funding, according to Pine. “Waiting for nature to heal itself — it’s going to happen, but it takes decades, if not centuries,” Pine said. “We want to do it overnight, but that’s not the way it goes.” Unlike previous efforts, which focused on improving the water quality of the creek after decades of pollution — sometimes even resulting from sewage — this project centers around removing non-native plants and making the creek more accessible. And Tyler Grinberg, a UC Berkeley senior and the lead coordinator for the effort, hopes to remove all invasive plants within the next year and a half, with the help of volunteers from all over the city. More than 550 people, from kindergartners to the elderly, participated in weekly restoration events last semester, pulling out invasive plants. “All along, Strawberry Creek was used by campus but forgotten about as invasive plants came in,” Grinberg said. “By restoring these areas, we’re really allowing people to come back and enjoy the creek.” Grinberg also wants to repair the creek so it can function as an outdoor laboratory and research tool that can be integrated into curriculum across campus departments. “It doesn’t even have to be an environmental science class — basic ecology classes, biology classes — seeing firsthand that this is a natural living system,” said Pon, who runs the nurs-

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Tyler Grinberg removes invasive species from the banks of Strawberry Creek. The creek, which runs through the UC Berkeley campus, is in the midst of a major restoration project. ery where the native plants are grown. Only a small portion of the grant money has been spent, and Grinberg and his peers still have many ambitious goals to realize. “I want Strawberry Creek to be in those trail maps that you get of California: cool spots that you can go visit, hikes you can take,” Grinberg said.

“I want people to come up to go see a football game but also Strawberry Creek — have it be an attraction that you come to in the Bay Area … and as a kind of demonstration of what California should look like.” Soumya Karlamangla is the lead environment reporter. Contact her at skarlamangla@dailycal.org.

Chile’s First Female President to Teach Seminar at UC Berkeley by Alisha Azevedo Staff Writer

Beginning Friday, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet will teach a four-session seminar at UC Berkeley, drawing on her experiences as a leader and marking her third visit to the campus in the past four years. Bachelet — who is currently serving as the under-secretary-general and executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, established in July by the United Nations General Assembly — will address development issues, women’s rights and democratic governance in her month-long seminar, which will consist of 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various majors and some faculty members. Bachelet was elected the first female president of Chile in 2006 after serv-

ing as the country’s minister of health beginning in 2000 and minister of defense from 2002 to 2006. She left office in March 2010 with an approval rating of over 80 percent after serving as president during the country’s 2008 financial crisis. Emily Tsitrian, a senior economics major who was one of over 100 students who applied earlier this semester to take the seminar, said she looks forward to hearing Bachelet’s observations on Chile’s economic past, among other topics. “As a woman, I think the opportunity to interact with this incredible world leader is just something that will show me what my place is in this increasingly globalized world,” she said. “I’m also looking forward to the insights she’ll provide on women’s role in the tumult in the Middle East.” According to Mark Healey, assis-

tant history professor and chair of the Latin American Studies Group Major and Graduate Program, Bachelet’s visit to the campus is part of a tradition of “intellectual and academic exchange” between the University of California and Chile that has dated back to the Gold Rush. In 2008, Bachelet visited the campus to give a public address after signing an agreement with former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to promote collaboration in alternative energy, technology and higher education. “There’s a lot to learn from her about overcoming the challenges of the past, charting a path from the past and dealing with the difficulties and inequalities that come with globalization,” Healey said. “Her being here brings together this long-standing state and business connection with California, but also this other cultural and politi-

cal connection.” Healey added that Berkeley has been a center for the Chilean exile movement, with a number of Chilean exiles housed in the Bay Area and the opening of the La Peña Cultural Center in 1975 on Shattuck Avenue in response to the military coup that overthrew former president of Chile, Salvador Allende, in 1973. “We hope that this will be a longstanding relationship with her, and we’re just very, very honored to have her on the campus and have her come and share her experience with students and faculty,” said Dionicia Ramos, acting vice chair of the Center for Latin American Studies. “We’re really grateful that she’s taking the time out of her busy schedule to visit the campus.” Alisha Azevedo covers academics and administration. Contact her at aazevedo@dailycal.org.

SecuritY: Area Around

Citizens Sue Firms for Undisclosed Chemical Use

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by True Shields

UCSF Raises Concern home since 2000, when police began keeping automated records. UCSF police Capt. Jon Easterbrook said there are a number of popular trails — official and unofficial — that weave through the forest and near the home, offering a commanding view of the San Francisco Bay. Those views draw a number of picnickers and hikers to the area where the house is located, he said, as well as a population of homeless individuals who camp out in the surrounding forest. A September 2001 land management report prepared for UCSF by a landscaping firm states that in the area surrounding the chancellor’s residence, “conflict between public and private use, and security overall, is a concern to UCSF,” enough so that a popular trail to the southeast of the house would “be realigned with switchbacks in an area that better avoids the Chancellor’s residence.” The upgrades also included repair work on the home’s outside decks, including replacing deteriorating wood planks and structural joints to the home, as well as bringing the home’s handrail system up to code. Contact Javier Panzar at jpanzar@dailycal.org.

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In a state known for its government’s dedication to environmental policy, a group of equally dedicated citizens and private practices — dubbed “bounty hunters” by some — have taken it upon themselves to warn Californians about harmful chemicals. Recently, five companies, including Anchor Blue, Zappos.com and Smart & Final, have been sued in Alameda County Superior Court by such citizens, who claim the businesses violated California law by failing to warn consumers about carcinogenic or birth-complicating substances in their products. Anthony Held, a California citizen and engineer, filed a claim against Zappos on Feb. 8 because a pair of sandals the website sells allegedly contains dangerous levels of DEHP, determined by the state to be a carcinogen. Another figure acting on the public’s behalf, John Moore, filed suits on Feb. 15 alleging that four companies’ products contain DEHP or DBP, a chemical suspected to cause reproductive toxicity and endocrine disorders. Both men are represented by The Chanler Group, a law firm with offices in Berkeley that specializes in claims

regarding California’s Proposition 65. Under the proposition, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, anyone acting in the public interest can send letters announcing that he or she might sue businesses who do not provide “clear and reasonable warning” of their products’ toxicity in accordance with state health and safety code. All chemicals known to cause health problems are compiled in a list by the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. For some, the threat of about 800 different chemicals to California’s citizens is motivation enough to uphold Prop. 65. “Our motivation is public health,” said Charles Margulis, communications director for Oakland’s nonprofit Center for Environmental Health. “When the market changes in California, it changes everywhere, and when we have a Prop. 65 success story, we effect change for kids and families all around the world.” While 75 percent of each settlement’s civil penalties are awarded to the state, the other 25 percent is awarded to the plaintiff. A series of reviews and the extent of the process’s red tape keeps the system from being abused in most cases, according to Malcolm Weiss of Los Angeles firm Hunton & Williams.

For citizens such as Held, who negotiated 88 settlements totaling $2.7 million in 2009 alone, $477,700 of which were split between Held and the state, according to state documents, this represents a significant income. Both Held and Moore could not be reached for comment. As a result of all 2009 settlements in the state, law agencies representing 16 different clients charged $9 million in legal fees. “There are a lot of critics of Prop. 65 who say that it’s a way for lawyers to file spurious lawsuits to get money out of companies for issues that don’t exist,” Margulis said. By contrast, the state received 75 percent of $1.68 million — or about $1.26 million for all 321 cases. The relative ease of filing Prop. 65 suits and the prevalence of chemical compounds in everyday life have resulted in controversy surrounding the measure, said Weiss. “If you look at it from a high-level homogeneous vantage point, if there isn’t any harm being caused, just the extra cost of doing business is an attenuated harm,” he said. “But it’s a harm that gives California a bad name among business entities.” True Shields is the lead courts reporter. Contact him at tshields@dailycal.org.

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A little before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the sky darkened and the intermittent rain picked up after a few hours’ lull. But the No. 18 Cal men’s tennis team didn’t mind the drizzle; currently ranked No. 1 in the nation in the players had just wrapped up practice at Hellman Tennis by Connor Byrne both the 1650 and 1000 freestyle, and Complex. Staff Writer is considered to be one of the top dis“In this weather, it’s difficult to get practices in,� coach Peter Wright said. “The boys knew they wouldn’t be able to practice Though it will go down as just an- tance swimmers in the world. One event that could be crucial in on Monday, so they used their off-day on Sunday instead. And other dual meet in a season solely focused on success in March, the Cal determining the outcome on Saturday Tuesday we weren’t able to practice at our normal time.� Wednesday ushered in the first full-length practice of the men’s swimming team is treating its is the 100 butterfly, which will feature matchup with Stanford this weekend the past two national champions in the week for Cal (3-3), who will host UCSB (1-4) this Sunday event. Stanford’sMa^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg Austin Staab won the at 1 p.m. with a little more gravity. ;460;B 2><82B ?DII;4B The last time the two schools faced off was in 2009 down The No. 1 Bears (4-0) will host No. 2 title in 2009, but was dethroned by in Santa Barbara, Calif. In their last match of the season, Stanford (6-0) on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Shields in 2010. “We know we’ve got a huge chal- the Bears seized the doubles point and the first three singles Spieker Aquatics Complex for the anlenge on our hands,� Durden said. “Our matches to clinch the contest against the Gauchos, 5-2. nual Big Splash. But according to Wright, UCSB is a better team this time Cal is coming off an impressive set horses have to just get in there and step around. Only four of the players on the roster are newcomers; of performances in which the team up and win events.� Cal will spend its last home meet of the rest have valuable experience playing with the program. swept No. 7 USC and Cal State BakersThat, combined with the fact that head coach Marty Dafield in consecutive days. The Cardinal, the 2011 season looking to take down the however, did just the same, only with Cardinal for the first time since 2005. vis is a six-time Big West Coach of the Year, solidifies the Add the fact that it’s against rival Stan- Gauchos as one of the top programs in Southern California, more lopsided scores. behind USC and UCLA. “You just go up and down their (Stan- ford and that the Pac-10 championships However, there’s more sibling rivalry staked in this are less than half a month away means it ford’s) lineup, and they just have great matchup than simply the one that exists between the two athletes across the board,� coach David will be an intense environment. But the Bears plan on feeding off UCs; sophomore Christoffer Konigsfeldt’s older brother Durden said. “Pretty much every guy that emotion, and hope to use it to in- Alex plays for UCSB. Though Konigsfeldt doesn’t know for has huge accolades behind his name.� sure if he’ll play against his brother, he nonetheless thinks crease their focus on the task at hand. In 2010, the matchup between the “We’ve just been going through the the match will be special. two schools was decided by the last “We used to play against each other a lot when we were motions for so long,� Shields said. “It’s event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. time to get out the rally monkeys and younger,� he said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun just playing in Then No. 2 Stanford took the race, and the same match.� just go for it.� grinded out a 123.50-119.50 victory While Cal has yet to settle on a final lineup, Wright said that In a meet that will likely be decided by over the then No. 4 Bears. the outcome of a handful of events, Dur- Sunday's roster won’t look like any of the previous matches. “If we had just handled the day better, “We’re taking a better look at our four-five-six lineup in den said that he will be swimming his we would have won,� sophomore Tom strongest lineup, the same that he will singles,� he said. “We have to build a ‘never-lose’ mentality Shields said. “We know that now, and likely swim at the Pac-10s and NCAAs. into those courts. On the top three courts, it’s always a coin we’re just more mature as athletes.� “I think whoever wins this will have flip as to who’s going to play well. But the consistency of The Cardinal is arguably the stron- the swag going into Pac-10s,� Shields courts four through six is the key to success.� gest team in the nation in dual meets, said. “We want that momentum.� In addition, the team emphasized doubles through drills and boast a plethora of swimmers and point playing and worked on being more aggressive on ranked in the top 10 nationally in their Connor Byrne covers men’s swimming. the court — techniques which have kept the Bears at just events. Stanford’s Chad La Tourette is Contact him at cbyrne@dailycal.org. below average so far, Konigsfeldt said. Although Cal has racked up wins over Tulsa, No. 22 Auburn and Utah, the Bears have also dropped matches against No. 5 Texas, No. 14 Texas Tech and No. 7 Stanford. 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Senior captain Pedro Zerbini was one of the lone bright spots in the Bears’ 5-2 loss to Stanford last weekend. The Sao Paulo, Brazil native defeated then-No. 15 Bradley Klahn in straight sets. percent of our value,� Wright said. “We haven’t yet played a match where we’re really firing on all cylinders.� If all goes according to plan and the weather doesn’t trigger a cancelled match, then Cal will certainly get the opportunity to build this Sunday against the Gauchos. “UCSB is good, but we’re better,� Konigsfeldt said. “I want to win. I don’t want to lose to my brother’s school.� Annie Gerlach covers men’s tennis. Contact her at agerlach@dailycal.org.

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focused on splitting a different series. After dropping a 34-19 decision to St. Mary’s on Wednesday, the Thunderbirds look to go 1-1 on their trip In terms of runs, the senior sits at the to Northern California by taking one from the Bears. eighth all-time in the league with 182. “UBC is always a huge measuring In the circle, junior Kristin Nottelmann is expected to pose a challenge point for us,� Asbun said. “We know Mankl]Zr% FZr ,% +))0 DUMMY Ma^ =Zber <Zeb_hkgbZg to the Bears. After closing last season that this is the time to show up, and this with the third most wins in the Big is something that’s just as important as 12, at 24, she earned the 10th best in most other games in our competition, school history. She also struck out 165 in our league. We treat it as such.� The Thunderbirds will assuredly batters to make her the sixth-best last by Kelly Suckow provide Cal its stiffest competition yet, season and tallied eight shutouts. Staff Writer Recognizing the speed and talent which will change the amount of time that the Tigers have in players like Tay- starters play. The regular first 15 have After getting its feet wet last week- lor and Nottelmann, Ziegenhirt said yet to play a full 80 minutes. In past end with its season opener in Arizona, the Bears made sure to work on their matches, he negotiated liberal substithe No. 15 Cal softball team seems fielding this week. She added that ex- tution policies allowing a whole new ready to dive into the deep pool of tra work on bunting and slapping will side to come in for the second half. nathan yan/file preseason games. The next lap is this hopefully play to Cal’s advantage. On Saturday however, the starters Catcher Chadd Krist was second on the team in batting average last spring (.344) and weekend’s five-game slate at the San One advantage comes in the Bears’ should see more time, with the typitied for the team lead in home runs (10). He led the team with a .609 slugging percentage. Diego Classic I. fresh talent, namely Britt Vonk and cally allowed eight substitutions. AlWith the first test of team chemistry Arianna Erceg, who made their first col- though the starting lineups have not between both the new and seasoned legiate appearances last weekend. Vonk played extensively as a unit, the team talent, the Bears (3-1) prepare for their secured the starting shortstop position does not foresee a problem in working rainy five-game weekend in San Diego. for all four games. The former Dutch together, but perhaps in its stamina. from back The squad opens the weekend Olympic team member led the team in Anton today. All-Pac-10 first team se“We’re lucky to have that depth in our team where the first 15 go out and good and we’re playing for ourselves,� lection Justin Jones will follow, while against No. 8 Missouri after 10 years runs, hits, doubles and walks. Erceg relieved starting pitcher play the first 40 minutes of rugby, and sophomore second baseman Tony Dixon Anderson and his mid-90s fast- since their last face-off. “The have good pitching ... and a good Jolene Henderson in the circle against then we can bring out a whole new 15 ball reprise the Sunday spot. Renda said. The only departing starters are sec- lead-off batter (in Rhea Taylor),� catcher Bakersfield and Northridge. players,� senior Drew Hyjer said. “It’s If the Bears are as dangerous as Lindsey Ziegenhirt said. “We are pretty Following the joust with Missouri, a blessing and a curse in the way that their Freshman All-American believes, ond baseman Brian Guinn, an 11thround draft pick in last year’s MLB evenly matched player-for-player.� the Bears will face UC Davis (2-3) Fri- sometimes we don’t get as much fitness they’ll come out with a vengeance this Left fielder Jamia Reid could meet day evening. Draft, and first baseman Mark Canha, as we normally would, but this will be a weekend. who earned team MVP and was taken her match in baserunner Taylor. Last year, Cal shut out the Aggies, good test for us.� Utah is picked to finish sixth in the Cal’s junior inked the all-time re- 4-0, aided by Reid’s early triple and This exam will not take place within by the Florida Marlins in the seventh Mountain West. It has a single, shinround. The latter cracked a team- cord for stolen bases halfway through run scored off of a sacrifice fly that the comforts of Witter Rugby Field. ing light in first-team All-American leading five home runs in Pac-10 play, her sophomore season, pacing both her put the Bears up 1-0 in the first in- Nonetheless, the Bears are excited catcher C.J. Cron — the team’s lone along with 38 RBIs, but it wasn’t his team and the Pac-10 with 48 steals. By ning. 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Jones’ Dominance Dooms Sluggish Bears by Gabriel Baumgaertner Senior Staff Writer

After escaping USC with a narrow four-point victory in January, Cal coach Mike Montgomery mentioned the importance of closm. hoops ing out the perimeter after Trojan USC 78 reserve Donte Cal 75 Smith hit eight 3-pointers to almost singlehandedly will his team to victory. Last place in the conference at defending the three-ball, the Cal men’s basketball team struggled mightily on Thursday, only this time it was little Maurice Jones that did all of the damage in the Trojans’ 78-75 victory over the Bears (13-13, 6-8 in the Pac-10) on Thursday night at Haas Pavilion. A 5-foot-7 guard who hadn’t scored more than 14 points in a conference game this season exploded for 22 points — all in the second half — to anchor SC’s first road win since Jan. 27. “Jones got it going just like Smith did last time, only it was on the other side of the zone,” Montgomery said. “We didn’t get up to the shooter time and time again and he made them all.” Playing their second game without freshman Allen Crabbe, the Bears played one of their more listless home games of the season — particularly in the first half — and the loss pushed Cal’s season-high losing streak to four games. “We missed Al from every aspect of the game,” senior Markhuri SandersFrison said. “He’s a big key and a big part. You guys can see that he helps out a lot.” The top defending team in the conference, USC (14-12, 6-7) held Cal to a measly 24-percent shooting in the first half, which helped the Trojans sustain a hot start to the second frame. And of their paltry 22 first-half points, the Bears scored nine of those on free throws. “Truthfully, the first half was ridiculous,” Montgomery said. “We just

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didn’t come to play. Whatever the reason was, we didn’t come out ready to compete and USC did. They got physical with us, they fronted the post, and we got backed off.” Sanders-Frison led the Bears with 23 points and 11 rebounds and Harper Kamp pitched in 16 points and 10 rebounds. Sanders-Frison scored an astonishing 10 points in the final minute, including the first two 3-pointers of his collegiate career to give the Bears a semblance of hope in the waning seconds of the game. After the Bears trimmed the Trojan lead to 42-41 with 14:27 remaining in the game, Jones commanded an offensive surge for USC very similar to Smith’s perimeter barrage the last time these teams met. The Trojans scored on nine consecutive possessions, highlighted by Jones’ 15 straight points. First, the diminutive freshman drove straight at SandersFrison, who was playing with three fouls, for an acrobatic layup. Then, the guard would settle in nicely at the perimeter, knocking down three 3-pointers during that stretch and comfortably extending the Trojan’s previously fragile one-point lead to 12. The Saginaw, Mich., hit a career-best five threes on six attempts. Leading scorer and rebounder Nikola Vucevic also beat the Cal defense from both inside and out to finish with 21 points and 10 rebounds. The junior from Montenegro swished mid-range jumpers and even stepped out to the perimeter to hit both of his 3-point attempts. While his numbers were strong, Montgomery credited Vucevic’s presence as a primary reason Jones was able to open up for so many open shots. “It’s disappointing because (our defense) is a well-conceived plan,” Montgomery said. “The problem is Vucevic hurts you a lot at the high post ... Then Jones got it going.” Gabriel Baumgaertner covers men’s basketball. Contact him at gbaumgaertner@dailycal.org

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Center Markhuri Sanders-Frison scored a game-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting. He also scored the first 3-pointers of his career in Cal’s losing effort on Thursday night.

Last week, the Cal rugby team received word it would continue its tradition as a varsity sport in its 130th season next year. This weekend, the Bears will continue another tradition of competition, this one beginning in 1921. Cal (14-0) will host the first leg of the World Cup series against British Columbia tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Treasure Island’s San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club. The competition, whose name derives from the sponsorship of the now-defunct Vancouver World newspaper, has always been among the most anticipated of the year. “It’s a special week for all of us,” senior co-captain Derek Asbun said. “And I think everyone who’s a part of this team knows that this preparation is more intense than most weeks, and we’re really switched on for it.” Though the Bears have won 11 of the last 14 World Cups, the scores are often not as lopsided as the win-loss record. Last year, however, Cal handily defeated the Thunderbirds in both matches by 31 points each. It was the largest margin of victory since 2002, when coach Jack Clark’s team prevailed by 34. “The games are always pretty close,” Clark said. “It’s not uncommon to have in the two-game series a split in the outcomes.” The deciding match will take place in late March, but UBC is currently

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Wins Become Crucial as Cal Enters Home Stretch by Alex Matthews Staff Writer

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by Jack Wang Today could have been the beginning. It could have signaled the start of a fresh interstate rivalry, a peek at a new perennial matchup. But a week ago, the Cal Cal baseball team baseball found out it was not granted another season, and Utah’s impending move WHAT: into the future Pac- Cal opens 12 simply kept the its final vs conference squad season count at 10. with a The two teams three-game have played once series against Utah. before, with Cal the WHEN/WHERE: victor. The cuts to Evans Diamond at athletics now seemingly final, they’ll 1:30 p.m. today play three more times at Evans Diamond, starting when the first pitch flies out this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The Bears are perched at No. 17 in the country according Baseball America and at various points along the fringe of the top 25 according to nearly everyone else. The goal, of course, is the College World Series, which means Cal will need to more than halve that number by season’s end. The squad has a roster that returns nearly every significant piece, armed with a motivation unlike any other in the nation. “We’re a dangerous team, we’re very

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Senior center Rama N’diaye has appeared in 20 of the Bears’ contests this year, averaging 13.8 minutes per game. She has contributed 72 points off the bench for Cal.

After two somewhat unexpected losses to Washington and Washington State over the past weekend, the Cal women’s basketball Cal team is set to take on the L.A. teams Women’s this weekend in an Hoops attempt to turn its season around. TIPOFF: Sound familiar? The The Bears were Bears in virtually the same take on position just less the vs than a month ago, No. 9 when the first half saw them returning Bruins to play USC and No. tonight 9 UCLA in Berkeley at 7 p.m. at Pauley after an 0-2 road Pavilion. trip to Washington. Radio: KKGN Un f o r t u n a t e l y (960 AM) for Cal, this isn’t last month. With just five conference games remaining and a losing Pac-10 record, the stakes have been elevated. “These two games are really crucial for us because we blew it big when we played Washington,” sophomore forward DeNesha Stallworth said. The Bears will go up against the Bruins tonight at 7 p.m. at Pauley Pavilion before facing the Trojans on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Galen Center. Even though they split the two games in Berkeley, Cal is unlikely to have such an upbeat start this weekend. Other than against No. 3 Stanford, the Bruins (21-2, 11-1) have been unbeatable in conference play. Of the Pac-10 teams other than the Cardinal, the Bears have come the closest scorewise to defeating the Bruins — Cal's 65-56 loss on Jan. 22 made it the only team to come within single digits. Still, the nine-point loss is in no way evidence that the Bears can compete with a defense that averages 12.8 steals

per game. “They’re a really defensive team and look to pressure, and shoot to passing lanes and get turnovers,” Stallworth said. “We have to make sure we meet our passes and take good quality shots and just play team basketball.” Stallworth got 22 points past UCLA in the last matchup, but she was the only Bear to reach double digits. In Cal’s last win, a 73-63 victory over Arizona, four players reached double digits and the other two scorers had nine points each. “Communication I think is our key,” Stallworth said in terms of what the team needs to work on after its most recent losses. “If we come out with the same intensity that we had in the second half (last time against UCLA) and just fix our turnovers and talk on the court a bit, it’ll be a good game.” Stallworth, like most athletes do before a two-game series, emphasized that Cal isn’t looking to USC on Sunday until it has played the first game. That focus is expedient in the sense that if the Bears can compete with the Bruins, the Trojans pose a far less formidable threat. Still, past contests between Cal and USC have been heated. Going into their first game against the Trojans this season, it seemed the Bears were faced with their most evenly-matched league opponent, as the two hadn’t seen a matchup decided by double digits since the 2005-2006 season. Cal changed that with their 11-point victory. Yet in the games since Jan. 20, it is USC (15-8, 7-5) that appears a more consistent force in the Pac10. The only team besides UCLA and Stanford with a winning conference record, the Trojans are fresh off a road sweep of the Oregon teams. Alex Matthews covers women’s basketball. Contact her at almatthews@dailycal.org.

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