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“Avatar” may give some audiences shocks and thrills as 3-D characters and explosions spring out of the screen, but errors in the way 3-D images are presented and perceived by human eyes may also give viewers fatigue and headaches, problems that UC Berkeley researchers are trying to correct. At the campus Visual Space Perception laboratory, researchers are studying problems common to 3-D effects used in movies and televisions and are developing technologies to fix such issues on smaller scales. Problems with the delivery of 3-D imagery manipulate the way the eye perceives images and cause people to experience physical discomforts. According to Martin Banks, principal investigator for the lab and a campus professor of optometry, one of the biggest problems experienced by 3-D imagery is called the “vergenceaccommodation conflict,” which has been known to cause headaches, tired eyes, blurry vision and fatigue because viewers are forced to fight their “natural system.” When eyes look at an object, they must first focus together on that point — referred to as vergence — as well as “accommodate” the object, focusing in like a camera lens, Banks explained. “The brain kind of links them together so that if you affect one of them, it drives the other one,” he said. “That’s the way the real world works, and so it’s a good thing these things are coupled.” But 3-D images are different, Banks said. The light from the image comes from the same place — like a movie screen — but the images appear at the screen level, behind the screen level or appear to jump out of the screen. This creates a conflict because the point where the eyes accommodate the light is fixed at the screen level while the eyes converge to focus the image wherever the image appears to be. The lab developed a way to reconcile this conflict using two mirrors,
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Postdoctoral researcher Joohwan Kim is investigating how the eye perceives the 3-D effects increasingly used in movies and television. two lenses and two computers, but Banks said such technology could not be used on a large scale because it is too complex and expensive. “For some special applications, like a surgeon looking at a stereo microscope where it’s only one person you care about, then it’s reasonable,” he said. “I think it makes sense for single-user applications, maybe even for video games where there’s usually only one person playing.” Banks said 3-D television and movie producers could actually do a
service for people who are unaware that they do not have stereo vision — necessary to see 3-D effects — by running tests before programs. As 3-D technologies continue to develop and expand in their mainstream presence in movies, video games and now television, the longterm impacts of such visual effects remain uncertain, Banks said, especially if people begin spending multiple hours in front of a television screen compared with an hour or two at a movie.
“I don’t see a smoking gun, something where I’d go ‘Wow, we’ve got to really be worried about this,’” he said. “The only one I really wish we knew more about is kids because kids aren’t always monitored so well ... You can imagine a 6-year-old, a 7-year-old, a 9-year-old sitting around and doing this stuff for hours and not telling their parents.” Emma Anderson is the assistant university news editor. Contact her at eanderson@dailycal.org.
The ASUC Auxiliary and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions are in negotiations for a commercial sponsorship of the ASUC Lecture Notes Online according to a document given to The Daily Californian Sunday, pending an approval of the sponsorship by the ASUC Auxiliary Store Operations Board. According to the document, Kaplan would spend a total of $8,000 on sponsorship items, including 10,000 “green” blue books branded with Kaplan identity and sponsorship information, flyers and tabling events at the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union. The document also states, “UC Berkeley will work with Kaplan to strategically advance their brand and products to the customers of ASUC Lecture Notes Online.” In addition, Kaplan would rent a room in the union to hold classes for two years at $3,500 per month, totaling $42,000. An additional option in the proposal states that the ASUC “will be installing a large video sign on the East Face of Eshleman Hall, and installing a system of LED screens throughout (the) facilities and some on campus.” Kaplan would have the option to buy into the advertising on these displays. Representatives from Kaplan could not be reached as of press time. Nadesan Permaul, director of the ASUC Auxiliary, said he could not comment on the specifics of the possible sponsorship outlined in the document
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Student, 14, Begins First Full Year at UC Berkeley by James Zhao Contributing Writer
Victoria Campbell had dreamed of coming to UC Berkeley since she took a summer class on campus two years ago. Like many other students, she said she liked the atmosphere of the university and the rigorous curriculum. But unlike other students, Campbell will take her place among UC Berkeley’s freshman class this fall at the age of 14. After she completed homeschooling with her parents in 2008, Campbell attended a community college before coming to UC Berkeley for the 2009 summer session. She then continued her education at the University of Connecticut for a year before entering UC Berkeley again this fall. Campbell said she will major in integrative biology, with plans to become a missionary doctor in the future. Dale Campbell, Victoria Campbell’s father, said that she wanted to apply to the campus after quickly completing
courses at the high school level. “Victoria started learning calculus at age 10, and by age 11, she had completed all the courses required to graduate from high school,” he said. Between commuting to school, finding her way around campus and juggling a busy schedule, Victoria Campbell said she is adapting quickly to the college lifestyle, although the experience is markedly different from homeschooling. The area’s food offerings, her daily school work and the lively campus atmosphere have already helped her acclimate to the new environment, she said. “Before, classes used to just be me and my brother,” she said. “(In college,) I expected a large workload, which I got. But I also expected small classes. Going to a chemistry class with 600 other people was scary.” She added that interaction with different professors and with other students has been a new and exciting
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News in Brief BART Train Malfunction Causes Half-Hour Delay BART riders experienced an approximately 30-minute delay Monday morning as a train arriving at the Lake Merritt station in Oakland began to emit smoke from one of its cars and was taken out of service at around 11:45 a.m. The Oakland Fire Department completely evacuated the station after smoke from the train’s car spread throughout the station. All riders on the train had already exited the vehicle, and no injuries were reported. While the station was being evacuated, trains continued to run through without stopping, and riders both passing through and wishing to board or exit at the station were delayed. Riders at the station and on other trains were notified of the delay through an announcement over
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Researchers Create Robot That Can Pair, Fold Socks by Claire Perlman Contributing Writer
Corrections Monday’s infographic for the article “UC Struggles to Fill Multi-Billion Dollar Pension Deficit” incorrectly labeled the pension fund’s value of assets and accrued liability. They should have been switched. Monday’s photo credit for the article “Quick Attack Fills Experience Void” incorrectly identified the athlete pictured as Carli Lloyd. In fact, it is Tarah Murrey. Last Thursday’s article “Increased Funds Allow Campus To Expand HighDemand Classes” incorrectly stated that some departments will restrict the number of upper division students in lower division classes. In fact, there will be no restrictions, but the goal of the increased funding is to reduce the percentage of upper division students in lower division classes. The Daily Californian regrets the errors.
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When a lonely sock is missing its match, a robot can now take on the task of finding it. The same UC Berkeley researchers who developed software allowing robots to fold towels in April have returned to the robotic scene — this time giving robots the ability to pair socks. Pieter Abbeel, a UC Berkeley assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, co-developed the software with Trevor Darrell, an adjunct associate professor in the same department along with three undergraduate and graduate students. Although the research is not yet complete, the team did submit the robot to a contest held by Willow Garage — the company that builds the robotic platforms the researchers use — where it won first place, receiving a prize of $5,000. “Sockification,” as the project was called at the contest, beat submissions from other universities, including a robot from the University of Pennsylvania that could play songs by U2 and the Beatles on the keyboard and drums. The research to develop the sock-pairing technology, which began in July, was a continuation of research Abbeel presented in April, where he demonstrated that a robot could deal with nonrigid objects by programming it to fold towels. But in order to pair socks, the robot
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needs to not only be able to successfully handle a malleable object such as cloth, but also find and match a pair of socks from a pile. In addition, the robot must be capable of predicting whether a sock is inside out, choosing a point at which to pick up the sock at its opening, manipulating the sock to flip it inside out and pairing the socks up, Abbeel said. “Robots like to deal with things that are standard shapes,” said Steven Velinsky, a professor of mechanical engineering at UC Davis. “Robots are really good at picking up the same type of object over and over again. It is difficult to manipulate (a sock) — if you rotate the sock, it is going to fold — so there are certain aspects that are going to make it challenging.” Abbeel said currently the robot can determine whether a sock is inside out based on the texture, flipping it if necessary and bunching it with its match. He added that they are just beginning to look into the issue of matching similarly patterned socks from a pile. Of course, the ultimate goal, Abbeel said, is to make the robot be able to perform useful tasks. “One of the main challenges in bringing robots to our everyday environments is to enable them to deal with situations that are not identical each time the robot has to perform the task,” he said in the e-mail. Claire Perlman covers research and ideas. Contact her at cperlman@dailycal.org.
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Resolution Examining Higher Education Passes Legislature by Javier Panzar Daily Cal Staff Writer
Despite unanimous approval by both houses of the California Legislature, most of the recent findings of a state committee charged with examining the current state of California’s higher education system will likely not become law, in keeping with past examinations of the state’s policies. The findings were contained in a resolution and are therefore not binding, though several of the recommendations have influenced bills currently in the state Legislature and could set the tone for future legislation. The resolution says the fundamental principles at the heart of the original 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education — maintaining Californians’ access to an affordable and high-quality public education — have been undermined over time and must be altered in coming years “in order for California to compete in the global marketplace, replace the baby boomer generation and ensure a cohesive and democratic multicultural society.” This review by the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education marks the fifth time the plan has been reviewed since it was first formulated in 1960. The original plan was accompanied by legislation making its provisions law, but since then the majority of recommendations contained in the decennial reviews of the plan have lacked accompanying legislation. “Most of the Master Plan reviews end up making recommendations that don’t enact any change to the Master Plan,” said Steve Boilard, director of the Legislative Analyst’s Office’s higher education unit. “From the outset, the purpose of this (year’s review) was to reassess where higher education is in the state.” Still, some of the topics addressed by the committee during its review have found their way into legislation that is
either before Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger or awaiting a vote by the Senate or Assembly. The resolution recommends expanding the presence of career technical degree education at the state’s three higher education systems — the UC, CSU and community college system — as well as the state’s K-12 schools and increasing coordination between the three systems, among other proposals. The expansion of career technical education is the goal of AB 35, authored by committee member and Assemblymember Warren Furutani, D-Long Beach, which would allow career technical courses to substitute the visual-performing arts requirement for high school graduation. A pair of bills, AB 2302 and AB 1440, which have been presented to Schwarzenegger, seek to ease transition to the CSU and UC systems by creating associate transfer degrees at community colleges. With the current legislative session ending Wednesday night, most of the long-term effects of the committee’s findings will likely not be seen until after the November election, according to Boilard. “One of the most important things the next Legislature could do would be to articulate some specific goals for higher education,” he said. “What percentage should hold a degree, what share of the cost should students be expected to pay. These are things that need to be addressed,” The resolution recommends extending the committee into the 2011-12 legislative session so it can continue analyzing the state of higher education, according to Karen Zamel, spokersperson for Assemblymember Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City, who co-chaired the committee. Javier Panzar is the lead higher education reporter. Contact him at jpanzar@dailycal.org.
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due to ongoing negotiations regarding the sponsorship of the Lecture Notes Online program. According to the minutes from a June 15 meeting of the board, Permaul said he and Karyn Houston — former manager of communications and marketing for the Auxiliary — had been in negotiations with representatives from UCLA to discuss possibly expanding the campus’s online notes to UCLA. “We are not in a position to say anything because we are still in negotiations with UCLA,” Permaul said in an interview Monday. The minutes stated that Permaul believed Lecture Notes Online was losing approximately $31,000 at the time. Permaul said Monday that the sponsorship would be similar to other commercial sponsorships already in place.
Several off-campus organizations sponsor the ASUC and the Auxiliary, including AAA, Ashby Flowers and the moving and storage company Pack My Dorm. According to Permaul, in these commercial agreements the Auxiliary sets up terms for vendors to table around the union, puts their names on the Auxiliary website as official sponsors of the ASUC and puts their advertisements in the Auxiliary magazine, Student Center[ed]. “We also provide them with counseling and guidance on how to market to students so they can make sure their message is getting out,” he said. Permaul said he hopes the board will be looking at the lease agreement at its next meeting on Sept. 14. “As soon as the agreement is completed, we can release more information,” he said. Allie Bidwell is the lead ASUC reporter. Contact her at abidwell@dailycal.org.
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t’s either a great misconception that women don’t watch and enjoy porn or I just happen to know the only girls in existence who do. I’m not saying we watch it all the time to get off on our onesies, nor am I trying to imply that we are all that thrilled about the aesthetics of plastic pseudo-pubescents getting mindfucked by 40-year-olds with spray-on tans. But I think it’s safe to say that many female viewers have seen their fair share of skin flicks. I would posit, however, that there’s a reason women watching porn isn’t as prevalent or as publicized as men turning on the boob tube. For starters, for those of us that are into dudes, we’re in a bit of pinch when it comes to the easy, respectable channels of, say, mainstream movies to get our nudie fix. Save for a couple sneak peeks of Jason Segel’s downstairs region in the film “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,� much of the nudity lending American cinema its thrills has been more titillating than balls-out sexy. Call it latent homophobia or not-so-latent female objectification, but we illuminate breasts on screen and keep dicks in the dark behind zippers. Irony takes hold when you consider the fact that public nudity charges apply almost exclusively to the bare female chest, and not to some dude’s glistening pecs. Are you trying to tell me that moobs aren’t equally as sexual as boobs? Have you seen the men’s water polo team? I think I’m gonna need a beach towel to sit on. Our country continues a long tradition of the “appreciation� of the female form within patriarchal Western civilizations. Sure, Plato’s “Symposium� put in a good word for the aesthetic beauty of naked dudes, but in contemporary times, male nudity (be it butts or boners) seems reserved for comedic effect. Why don’t guys have the equivalent of sexy lacy getups to tease the viewer and enhance foreplay? I’m not talking about Tim Curry in “Rocky Horror Picture Show,� here — although that boy is fine in a pair of stilettos and fishnets. Just maybe a loin cloth and a whip harness. Victoria’s Secret can market it as “mangerie.� When the naked male body isn’t being paraded as God’s gift to comedians, it’s often portrayed as a subversive entity undermining heteronormative society. You have a guy and girl in bed doing certain things — you get an R rating. Same scene, two guys — you get an NC-17. Sure, we have the darkened grunts of Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger to help our imagination along in “Brokeback Mountain,� but, dammit, someone turn on the lights! s a woman looking for porn that “applies to her,� it can be difficult to find something that doesn’t just end up turning you off. The majority of the “sex� that pervades our popular culture comes prepackaged with a safe-formale-consumption seal, kept at a temperature well below “effectively steamy.� Take for instance the classic
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Hayley Hosman setup: Two buxom blond chicks — oh goodie — eating each other out and then being forced into submissive behavior as they perform blow jobs, or offer up their anuses to be pummeled. If you aren’t into “treat me like I’m your property� sex, then you might end up looking for erotic entertainment for women, by women. While femme porn can be a much more realistic portrayal of sex, it is often seriously lacking in penises, or at least those attached to males. hich sort of begs the question: Is there no porn out there for me because people like me don’t want it? Is supply and demand the acting force behind the myth? I mean sure, you have amateur porn and its awkward couples and grainy video quality. But I reserve the right to demand more than the lo-fi offerings currently on the table. I think the reason for this lack of demand is that many girls don’t explore porn and masturbation — or hide it if they do — due to fear of public shame. But I refuse to tie myself down to the social pressures of assumed modesty and submissive behavior. The complex quality that is femininity can be expressed in other channels. I think I should be able to admire naked male bodies other than just Michelangelo’s David. The sort of man-made brand of pornography currently available is insulting to both heterosexual and homosexual female viewers. It works in only the most base of fashions: Everyone’s private bits are well-lit. I don’t want to be portrayed as a schoolgirl, a helpless damsel with leaky pipes or a college girl going through a frivolous bi-curious phase any longer. And I’m sick of seeing hyper-alphamale men attached to all of these pounding johnsons. Speaking for all the females who aren’t crushed under the weight of public censure, I’d like to challenge adult filmmakers: Create erotic art that allows for the celebration of the naked male without marginalizing the female aiding in the event. You want our cooperation on this front to start diverting all of the money we currently spend on clothes — because, you know, we’re women — to DVD sales. Well that, and maybe some mangerie.
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campus’s director of undergraduate admissions, age has never been considered as a factor in admissions, and students of all ages are admitted each year. “Every year we have students in their teens ... We’ve had students as old as 75,� Robinson said. “There’s no age discrimination. Every year we look at the age range between the oldest and youngest student, and it always hovers between 14 and 70.� He added that many young students live off campus and commute to classes every day. “Whether it’s taking BART or hav-
experience. “No one really knows my age, so I can just start talking to the person next to me,� she said. Dale Campbell said he worries that his daughter may get “lost in the shuffle,� but that he values this opportunity for her to branch out. “Berkeley is a large school, and she’s taking classes where there are lots of people in the lectures,� Dale said. “(We hope) she establishes a relationship with her instructors and classmates.� According to Walter Robinson, the
ing their mom pick them up and drop them off, it takes a coordinated family effort to deal with these kind of issues,� Robinson said. Victoria Campbell, who commutes from Orinda, said she may move closer to campus during her last year but will continue to commute for the time being. Though she said she is somewhat worried about commuting affecting her college experience, her biggest concern is the same as many other freshmen — navigating the campus grounds. “I’ve gotten lost a lot of times already,� she said. James Zhao covers academics and administration. Contact him at jzhao@dailycal.org.
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The city’s new ranked-choice ballot will provide voters with more choice without weakening the endorsement.
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hose students who take time to fill out an ASUC ballot may be surprised to find that city of Berkeley has adopted the same system to determine City Council seats this fall. Voters will be able to select and rank up to three candidates on Election Day. Ultimately, ranked-choice voting will create more options for voters and is an improvement worth acknowledging. Under the newly adopted system, votes for top ranked candidates will be counted first. If nobody has a majority after all first-choice votes are counted, the candidate with the lowest number of votes will be disqualified and the second-rank votes from that individual’s ballots are then factored in for the remaining candidates. The process continues until someone receives a majority vote. The rank-choice ballot allows voters to have more freedom in supporting their favorite candidates instead of feeling pressured to vote for only one front runner. Additionally, we believe the process will not weaken endorsements
— as has been suggested — but might even strengthen them under certain circumstances. Organizations or individuals who endorse multiple candidates will be confident that their priorities would be kept in mind on City Council, should any of the candidates be elected. Furthermore, if an organization or individual supports only one candidate despite the fact that they could choose two, that endorsement will surely be more significant and might even give the candidate an extra boost. Some argue, as Mayor Tom Bates’ endorsements have proven, that the new system can be used to target incumbent city council members. While this may be true, rank-choice voting can also benefit those already in office if they utilize their established support base. It might take some adjustment, but we are glad the new ballot is here and hope it will continue to garner support — who in Berkeley, after all, really wants to oppose giving voters more choices?
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The most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings are much less significant than many continue to believe.
lthough the University of Southern California (USC) has been barred from bowl games for the next few years, the Trojans seem to still be making competitive strides forward. For the first time since the list was published in 1983, U.S. News & World Report has ranked USC (23rd) higher than UCLA (25th). The shift, while noteworthy, is not catastrophic and should in no way serve as a foreshadowing of doom for public universities in the state. Eager high school students look for an easy measure to differentiate thousands of colleges and often turn to U.S. News for a simple fix. Many do not realize that other lists exist and reveal the subjectivity of rankings. While U.S. News consistently devotes its top 20 slots to private universities, a combined 30 percent of its formula relies on faculty resources and financial resources. These two factors favor private universities with huge endowments and burden public universities that operate on state funding and lower tuition costs.
Other lists place public schools first after using another formula that emphasizes different factors. For example, the Washington Mo n t h l y c o m p i l e s a l i s t t h at focuses more on what students do after college, which includes how many receive Ph.D.s and how many enter the Peace Corps. Here, UCLA places third while USC is 39th. The Academic Ranking of World Universities, which examines how many alumni and faculty w i n No b e l Pr i z e s , h a s U C L A ranked 13 and USC ranked 46. The variability of these lists does not make one the ultimate authority on whether USC or UCLA is the better school. Each campus is different and cannot be encompassed by a few condensed features. Each university must evaluate itself apart from numbers assigned by an external judge. Nobody will deny that the budget cuts in the past months have had an adverse effect on the quality of a UC education. In the end, such ongoing issues need addressing, no matter how they change any “world ranking” scores.
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Shame on Berkeley Public Library Recent Proposals by the Library Risk Destroying Key Architectural and Cultural Civic History by Peter Warfield “Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream” —William S. Gilbert, from H.M.S. Pinafore As UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff, arrive to animate another academic semester, one of the draws is Berkeley itself, a city with tree-lined streets and much excellent architecture — but lurking below the surface is an ugly move by the public library to demolish two of four library branches, both of which have considerable architectural merit. Plans also include quietly and dramatically dumbing down one of the country’s most generously funded (on a percapita basis) public libraries. Corporatization, privatization and a lack of appreciation for local architectural history are all part of the mix. For journalism students, there’s bad (and absent) coverage of a story that will affect Berkeleyans for a generation or more. For architecture students, there’s excellent local architecture, unappreciated. For everyone, there’s betrayal of the voters and library patrons, as bond monies intended for renovations and expansions are used to install a variety of programmatic changes without any discussion with the public. Background: Voters approved Measure FF in November 2008, provid-
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ing up to $26 million “to renovate, expand, and make seismic and access improvements at four neighborhood branch libraries….” The library’s publicity boasted that West Branch had been designated by the city as a “structure of merit.” The library's own consultants, Noll and Tam, reported that South Branch library appears to be eligible for listing as a landmark "for its association with architect John Hans Ostwald and potentially for its design characteristics." However, after passage of Measure FF, the library administration changed its tune, and now intends to tear down both West Branch and South Branch and replace them with brand-new buildings. Additionally, there is a range of changes that the voters were not told about, and about which the library administration has said little or nothing to the public. Book Cuts and Book De-emphasis. Books and materials are to be severely cut at one branch, and proportionally de-emphasized at the three others. At Claremont Branch, the plans publicly presented in May called for a 22 percent cut in linear feet of shelving (lf); that is, 913 lf were to be cut from the current total of 4,027. At the same time, Claremont’s floor space is to increase slightly, by 342 square feet. Unannounced to the public: public
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space will actually decrease slightly, according to a Planning Department memo to the Zoning Adjustments Board July 22. Other branches are to get floor space increases of 50 to 77 percent but shelving is to increase by about one-tenth that amount. For example, South Branch is to get a 63 percent increase in floor space, but only 4 percent of that is for books. Believe it or not, the architect reported that the library’s program (plan given to the architect) provided for one — yes, a single — linear foot increase in shelving, or about the span of a large person’s hand. Elimination of Reference Desks. All reference desks at all branches are to be eliminated. The library’s building plans say that the reference librarians will be encouraged to roam around, but we heard similar promises when the library installed privacy-threatening RFID for book checkout several years ago. We haven’t seen it happen. Privatization. Privatization of a once-proudly public institution is occurring as plans to raise money for furniture and fixtures include placement of donor names on dozens of places and things in the branches, including rooms, book shelves, areas for Adults, Children and Teens, staff areas, etc. Get ready for the possibility of the BP chandelier, or the Enron business book case. Permanent zoning changes. The library recently got Berkeley’s zoning law changed so that it could not just carry out changes under Measure FF,
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letter to the editor Costs for UC President’s Housing Misrepresented The Daily Californian’s Aug. 27 editorial completely mischaracterizes both the cost and the context for President Yudof ’s recent move from his Oakland residence. Its description of two years’ worth of housing costs as “reckless spending” and the implication that careless damages are the cause are flatly wrong. In fact, the costs associated with the lease of the home included not only basic monthly rent and utilities — required at any home — but the cost of substantial security measures stemming from protests targeting President Yudof, and of needed maintenance that the university is seeking to recover from the landlord. The realities it dismissed so readily are in fact crucial to provide accurate context for this dispute: The money spent on the home’s lease and other costs were dedicated for this purpose — they were not state funds, and could not have been spent on any of the UC programs that have been hard hit by the significant loss of state funding the university has seen in recent years. Also, the Board of Regents’ decision to lease a home for President Yudof was
expressly made with prudent management of university funds in mind. The traditional residence of the UC president, Blake House, is in need of an estimated $10.6 million in repairs — costs that university leadership felt could not be justified. Yet a residence, by policy, needed to be provided that could act not only as a home for President Yudof and his wife but as a venue for numerous outreach and advocacy activities a president hosts each year. The fact that this initial lease has led to a classic landlord-tenant dispute over a cleaning deposit has no bearing whatsoever on the president’s ability or his commitment to managing the staggering budget crisis that he’s been handed by the state of California. In fact, his first two years here he has taken aggressive steps to strengthen and make transparent the fiscal management of the University, with strong support from Regents, donors, business leaders and others who want to see the University of California’s funding restored to a level that allows it to continue to thrive despite the current struggles of the state. Lynn Tierney Associate Vice President of Communications UC Office of the President
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Peter Warfield is executive director of the Library Users Association. Reply at opinion@dailycal.org.
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but make any changes to existing buildings, including the main (downtown) library, without ever having to get a Variance — including demolitions with replacement by a new building. That sets the planning bar much lower than before, and subjects the library to far less stringent standards than before. (A use permit would still be required.) John Hans Ostwald, South Branch’s architect, came to the Bay Area from Nazi-darkened Europe at the beginning of World War II, and designed hundreds of houses and renovations, many in Berkeley and in the East Bay. His designs “helped bring international recognition to the (newly developing) Bay Area style,” according to John Hans Ostwald, Architect, by Donald Reay and UC graduate Peter Paret. His South Branch library won awards, including the American Institute of Architects/ American Library Association Award of Merit in 1966. But Donna Corbeil, Berkeley’s library head, was quoted in a local blog about the same building as
follows: It’s a concrete block building,” she said. “It was a cute design for its time, but it was really built on the cheap.” There have been some successes for civic activists. The Berkeley Daily Planet has so far published four Library Users Association Commentaries, starting May 25, 2010, plus several supportive letters and a commentary. Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association has stated strong opposition to the demolitions. And the library director said, at the last meeting of the library’s governing body July 14,that the damage to Claremont’s book capacity would be reduced. The plans would now cut 574 lf of shelving instead of the original 913 — still a massive reduction. There is a great deal more in this story, and a great deal of useful work still to be done. For more information, contact us at libraryusers2004@yahoo. com.
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Fall Practice: Summers-Gavin Returns by Ed Yevelev Contributing Writer
Monday morning’s light session marked the Cal football team’s first week of practice in the lead up to Saturday’s season opener against UC Davis. “A lot of people are underestimating them, but we won’t,� senior defensive tackle Derrick Hill said. “We’ve been working hard, since the first game is where you make the most mistakes. We really have to focus on everything out there, from the small details to the big details.� One big detail on the field was the return of Matt Summers-Gavin. The sophomore offensive lineman sat out almost all of fall training camp after suffering a bone bruise on his knee on Aug. 8. “He looked fine, ran well. We’ll see what happens tomorrow, today we didn’t do a whole lot,� coach Jeff Tedford said. “I’ll tell ... on Thursday after he goes through a whole week.� With Summers-Gavin planning
to move over to right tackle, Tedford said that the starters at guard will be determined at the end of the week. On both the right and left side, the guard position has been one of the most competitive in fall camp. Brian Schwenke, Justin Cheadle, Dominic Galas, and Richard Fisher are the four main candidates for the two spots. Also competing for time is freshman linebacker David Wilkerson, who put on shoulder pads at Memorial Stadium after missing time last week. Wilkerson was unable to participate towards the end of training camp while waiting for the NCAA to approve his clearing papers. He is still expected to be in the outside linebacker rotation behind senior starter Keith Browner. “We’ll see how it goes when he gets back to real football tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday,� Tedford said. “(Wilkerson) missed a couple days of practice, of course, which for a freshman, that’s always not the best thing. But he stayed into it mentally. Hopefully, there’s not too much rust there.�
Tedford noted that the time off may have been a “blessing in disguiseâ€? for Wilkerson, who had been recovering from a recent hand injury. Extra Points — In last year’s season opener over Maryland, Ernest Owusu had himself an opener to remember. The junior defensive end from Nashville, Tenn. recorded three tackles for a loss, including two of Cal’s six sacks on Terrapins’ quarterback Chris Turner. Just as memorable, though perhaps for different reasons, was his reaction. After taking down Turner, Owusu — now better known by teammates as “The ‘Wuseâ€? — stood up on his toes with his arms spread wide. “We were all making fun of him,â€? defensive tackle Derrick Hill said. “We told him if you make a sack this year, don’t be doing those celebrations no more.â€? — The reigning Great West Conference champion Aggies will come into Berkeley after finishing 34th in the FCS preseason Coaches Poll. Contact Ed Yevelev at eyevelev@dailycal.org.
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season. See, after last season’s meltdowns against the Ducks and Trojans (let’s also toss in a 32-point loss to then 4-7 Washington), Cal lost its reputation as a contender. Ever since the magical 2004 season that should have put them in the Rose Bowl, critics pinned the Bears year after year as the team that would break up USC’s established dynasty. And while it almost happened in 2006, Calnever found a way to satisfy the lofty expectations. Now, it seems like the talking heads have had enough. The embarrassing defeats, coupled with the departure of two first-round picks (Tyson Alualu and Jahvid Best), have pundits slotting the Bears as the seventh-best team in the Pac-10. Ouch. That hurt, Charlie. That really hurt. Writers may be foreshadowing a gloomy season in Berkeley, but can Tedford find that landmark victory? Can Cal reassert themselves as a contender? Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. Question one: Can they stop any opposing quarterback? They certainly couldn't last season. But, wait! Last year’s conference champ, Oregon lost its starter, Jeremiah Masoli, to (an apparently erroneous) expulsion. Hope! But even without Masoli, the Pac10 still features perhaps three first-rate signal-callers in Washington’s Jake Locker, Stanford’s Andrew Luck and Arizona’s Nick Foles. Damn. And what about USC? The Trojans endured a catastrophic summer for a program so “rich� in tradition (Get it, “rich�? I try.) Let’s see if I can get all of these punishments out in one breath: According to the Los Angeles Times, USC received four years of probation, a twoyear postseason ban, and most importantly, a loss of 30 scholarships over a three-year period. Naughty, naughty. How will the punishment will affect the Trojans on the field? That's not important right now. What's important is that there is football! Football! I should stop. This person next to me is getting very annoyed with all the dancing. Dance, dance, dance with Gabriel at sports@dailycal.org.
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Bears Still Learning After Weekend Sweep Over the first two matches, Murrey chos’ side, the match seemed destined for a fourth set. But Cal’s veteran lead- overpowered defenses with 32 kills, and flashed her defensive skills with 17 ership had another finish in mind. “I didn’t have a doubt in my mind digs. When the Bears had to play out that we’d win that set,â€? Lloyd said, “but of system, Lloyd relied on Murrey even I was looking around thinking, ‘Some when the outside hitter was in the back of these girls ‌ are freshmen so how row, which saved many rallies for Cal. Her dominant performance warare they going to react?’â€? ranted selection as the Cal Molten The Bears narrowed the score to 21- Mankl]Zr% FZr ,% +))0 22 and from then on, it was back and Classic MVP, as well as the title of forth. Cal finally pulled through at 26- Muscle Milk California Student-Ath26 with the help of sophomore middle lete of the Week. Senior setter Carli Lloyd appreciated hitter Shannon Hawari. In her first match back after missing almost all of the strength of Murrey’s swings, while 2009 with a leg injury, Hawari decided coach Rich Feller took note of her accuracy. Murrey had only one hitting the match with two straight kills. error on Saturday against Manhattan College, a statistic Feller said was a key Murrey Has a Killer First Weekend Tarah Murrey was a respectable improvement from last season. Murrery has also stepped into a hitter last season, logging the second most kills and blocks, which earned leadership role this year, often infusher a spot on the Pac-10 all-conference ing her teaching moments with humor. which she finds effective. honorable mention team. In a match over the weekend, With the graduation of standout outside hitter Hana Cutura, Murrey sophomore Correy Johnson hit the steps into a much larger role on the ball quickly back over the net after a block. team this season. Though the Bears won the point, “I feel like I am going to step up to Murwent over to Johnson after the the challenge,â€? Murrey said. “I love play and said, “Correy, if that would’ve challenges and I’m going to play my happened in Pac-10, you would’ve gotbest and work hard.â€? ten domed." The El Cerrito, Calif., native stepped in nicely as the clear go-to hitter dur- Contact Christina Jones and Jonathan Kuperberg at sports@dailycal.org. ing the Bears’ first two matches.
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It’s Me, MSG The big lineman returns to practice as the team prepares for UC Davis. See page 6
The start of the school year means a new beginning for several Cal athletes. Here are nine athletes ready to contribute now. STEVE WILLIAMS
KEENAN ALLEN Keenan Allen wasn’t listed at all on Cal’s pre-camp two-deep. It took him about three days to earn a starting spot. The Bears’ first five-star recruit since DeSean Jackson will take the field opposite top receiver Marvin Jones. Originally the highlight of Alabama’s 2010 class — he was rated the country’s top safety out of high school and No. 5 overall — Allen likely would have also converted for the defending national champion. With long arms and quick legs, the 6-foot-3, 195-pound Greensboro, N.C., native looks like he was churned out of some far-off wideout factory. He scored an obscene 53 offensive touchdowns his senior season, more than half the schools in Guilford County. Consider that Cal has only had one player top 30 receptions over the past two years. Even if Allen has a few growing pains, he’ll certainly make a big impact. —Jack Wang
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Quarterbacks and running backs are the big-name players, but over the past several years, Cal has been quietly producing a lot of very good defensive backs. Former Bears Dante Hughes, Syd’Quan Thompson and Thomas DeCoud, among others, are currently on NFL squads. Now, many are betting that Steve Williams will someday add his name to that list. Williams, who barely missed a starting cornerback spot, will still see plenty of playing time. Coach Jeff Tedford praised Williams all fall camp and the Dallas, Texas product’s speed and sure hands make it clear why. At Skyline High, Williams had 53 tackles, two picks and 10 pass breakups as a junior. With big questions in the secondary for Cal this season, Williams could end up being a big name — in triumph or tribulations. —Katie Dowd
Lauren Loerch may only be a freshman, but she has already etched her name into the Cal volleyball record books. Loerch is the first player in Cal history to graduate from high school early in order to enroll at Berkeley in the spring. While she did not play in the Bears’ first match against UC Santa Barbara, Loerch saw action in all three sets in the team’s sweep of Manhattan College on Saturday, hitting .333 in her debut and logging three blocks. “That’s solid numbers for someone coming into her first college match,” coach Rich Feller said. Loerch looked comfortable on the court in her first match, displaying her powerful arm, her leaping ability and her maturity in the final set. Loerch promises to be a formidable force at the net, both offensively and defensively. —Christina Jones
Before the season even started, Cal women’s soccer coach Neil McGuire said that freshman defender Emi Lawson would make a quick impact because of her fitness, composure and leadership. Yet Lawson’s mere presence on the field already makes her one of the Bears’ most noticeable players. In the air, on the ground, or even from behind the keeper, Lawson manages to clear every ball. While her presence is largely a physical one — her clearances are rarely ever to feet and the balls she retrieves in the air almost never have direction — the 5-foot-8 Lawson is more than a body behind the ball. Her ability to monitor the opposition’s offense requires some impressive field vision. With Lawson working alongside junior Danielle Brunache, the Bears’ back line has a solid backbone. —Alex Matthews
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EMI LAWSON
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You may have never heard of Wagner College, so you’ll probably question why you should read about a junior college transfer whose only prep suitor was a school with just 2,400 students. Coleman Edmond had to work — really work — his way into the Cal receiver rotation. He left his native New York to try and latch on to a bigger program. He ran track at UCLA before the Bruins declined to offer him a football scholarship. He helped Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. to its first Pacific conference title. Edmond has measurables (6-feet, 200 pounds and a 4.5 40 time) and production (1,584 all-purpose yards and nine touchdown catches at Pierce), but it could be his work ethic that separates him. When someone piles up enough calls, letters and transcripts to fill multiple garbage bags just to get here, it’s hard to count him out. —Jack Wang
ADRIENNE GEHAN
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Adrienne Gehan’s hometown of Dallas, Texas, is a long way from Berkeley, but Cal’s freshman outside hitter looked at home on Haas Pavilion’s court this past weekend. She was the only freshman to start against both UC Santa Barbara and Manhattan. And with 12 kills in two games, she may be in the lineup to stay. Gehan’s strong play early on is not surprising. She was named a 2009 AVCA/Under Armour High School All-American and the 2009-10 Dallas Morning News Athlete of the Year. While Gehan had the secondmost kill attempts in each match, she also had seven errors. That just means there is more room for the 6-foot-3 athlete to grow. Gehan completed seven of 18 kills, along with five digs and two blocks in her first match as a Bear. If that’s just scratching the surface, then Gehan could eventually claw through the wall. —Jonathan Kuperberg
Emily Kruger
After the graduation of goalkeepers Gina Pelligrini and Rosie Aguilera last year, Cal women’s soccer coach Neil McGuire needed recruits to help defend the net. Emily Kruger is one of the two freshmen he has found to fill the void. The 5-foot-11 freshman from Woodside, Calif. has been splitting games with sophomore Lauren Hein. She played the full 110 minutes her team's scoreless draw against Santa Clara last week, recording three saves in her first ever shutout. Kruger has quickly proved competent in filling the gap between the posts. Despite letting a goal in against LMU and UC Irvine, she has been steadily dragging her Goals Against Average (currently 0.82) down. Kruger’s early success suggests that the Bears have a reliable goalkeeping foundation for the next several years. — Alex Matthews
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BEN AN
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A South Korean native who came to America five years ago, Cal's freshman golfer has wasted little time in creating a national reputation for himself. As a high school senior in 2009, An became the youngest ever U.S. Amateur Open champion — capturing the title at the age of 17. An nearly defended his title this past week, losing on the final semifinal hole by a single stroke to Stanford’s David Chung. Had he repeated, An would have become the first golfer since Tiger Woods in 1995 to take home back-to-back U.S. Amateur Opens. By virtue of his title last year, An got to play with the big boys — earning invitations to 2010 Masters, U.S. Open, and British Open. So don't expect him to be intimidated when facing collegiate competition this fall. —Ed Yevelev
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