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Berkeley, California
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
A request for a state audit of the
University of California will be led
Wednesday in response to alleged -
nancial mismanagement by the uni-
versity administration.
California Senator Leland Yee, D-
San Francisco/San Mateo, will le the
request with the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee, which will hear and vote
on the request Wednesday, according
Zach E.J. Williams
to Adam Keigwin, chief of staff for Yee.
UC ofcials have denied that funds have
been mismanaged, adding that a nan-
cial audit of the 10-campus university’s
approximately $20 billion operating
budget would not be plausible.
Among the issues cited by Yee as
reason for his request is an alleged
conict of interest surrounding UC
Regent Paul Wachter’s stock invest-
ment in a mutual fund management
company in which the university has a
substantial nancial interest.
According to a March 2009 State-
ment of Economic Interests, Wa-
chter—who is the chair of the Regents’
Committee on Investments—owns
more than $1 million in stocks in Di-
mensional Fund Advisors Inc.
Wachter did not respond to a re-
quest for comment left at his Santa
Monica ofce Friday.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger—who
appointed Wachter, a longtime friend,
to the board in 2004—also has invested
more than $1 million in the company,
according to a March 2009 Statement
of Economic Interests.
The university’s retirement fund had
$151,611,750 invested in the company,
according to a Dec. 31, 2008 nancial
statement from the UC Ofce of the
President.
According to UC spokesperson Steve
Montiel, safeguards are in place to pre-
clude potential conicts of interest.
“The Regents’ role is oversight,” he said
in an e-mail. “It’s up to the Treasurer’s
Ofce to make decisions about specic
investments, investment managers or
investment management rms.”
According to board policy, alleged con-
icts of interest are referred to the Ofce
of the President’s General Counsel, who
“shall immediately bring the matter to
the attention of the Chair of the Regents’
Committee on Investments.”
Montiel added that given both the
size of the company and the extent of the
university’s retirement fund investments,
>>
A suspected gang member allegedly
stabbed a man in the chest Thursday
evening in West Berkeley, marking the
city’s rst homicide of the year.
Berkeley Police
Department of-
cers responded to
the scene on the
2100 block of Cur-
tis Street at about
7:40 p.m. Berkeley
Fire Department
paramedics trans-
ported the victim
to the Highland
General Hospital
in Oakland, where
he was pronounced dead a few hours
later, according to Berkeley police Of-
cer Andrew Frankel.
The suspect, 22-year-old Berkeley
resident Kevin Aaron Alvarado, ed
the scene in a vehicle, Frankel said.
Police said Alvarado is a member
of the West Side Berkeley gang, and it
is believed he will attempt to ee the
country.
The gang was founded in the late
1970s and is the oldest existing gang in
the city, Frankel said.
Frankel added that police do not
believe the stabbing was random or
gang-motivated.
“We’re in the process of dening the
motive in this case,” he said.
Tomer Ovadia
Alvarado is described as male, 5 feet
7 inches and weighing 205 pounds.
The homicide is the rst in Berkeley
this year. There were six homicides in
2009 and eight in 2008, according to
Frankel.
Berkeley Safe Neighborhoods As-
sociation President Jim Smith, who
has lived in Berkeley for 40 years, said
more attention needs to be given to the
culture of Berkeley youth.
“The overall solution really is to stop
the potential of youngsters heading in
that direction and really put them into
some kind of meaningful productive
activity that keeps them out of harm’s
way in the rst place,” he said.
Smith added that violent crimes were
more prevalent before he joined other
community members in bringing trou-
bled households to small claims court and
knocking on doors to raise awareness.
“Starting about 1998, we started re-
ally seeing a big, big change,” he said.
“But prior to, let’s say, 10 years ago, we
were experiencing drive-by shootings in
the neighborhood all the time.”
The Berkeley Police Department is
urging anyone who may have informa-
tion regarding the stabbing to call BPD
Homicide Detail at (510) 981-5741 or
(510) 981-5900. If callers wish to re-
main anonymous, they are asked to call
the Bay Area Crime Stoppers Tip Line
(BACS) at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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Nanofibers Turn Movement into Electricity
Walking to class may not be such an
energy drain in the near future, accord-
ing to UC Berkeley researchers who are
developing “nanogenerators” that may
eventually power small electronic de-
vices by utilizing body movements.
In a study published Feb. 10 in the
journal Nano Letters, an international
Gabby Fastiggi
team led by Liwei Lin, a campus profes-
sor of mechanical engineering, outlines
specic properties of the nanobers that
can convert human energy into electric-
ity. Though the concept of piezoelectrics
has been researched for years, the newest
study describes how it could eventually
be implemented in daily life, Lin said.
“These nanobers can create a
current when put under mechanical
strain,” he said. “Human movements
can create this strain on clothes to gen-
erate electricity.”
According to the study, the produc-
tion of nanobers is similar to process-
es used in existing industries.
“The fabrication process is simple and
scalable, similar to those widely used for
dyeing bers and fabrics in the textile
industry,” according to the study.
But researchers developed the new
Students from across Northern California
will file suit against the University of California
Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that seeks to
overturn Proposition 209 and re-establish
affirmative action
programs at the
university.
In a press con-
ference held
Monday on the
UC Berkeley campus, the plaintiffs said that
the 1996 ballot initiative unfairly discrimi-
nates against ethnic minority students and
should be declared unconstitutional.
The suit, filed on behalf of 55 university,
high school and middle school students from
Northern California, names the UC Board of
Regents, UC President Mark Yudof and Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger as defendants in the
suit. A court date has yet to be set.
“California stands as a backwater keeping
out minority students,” said Tania Kappner, a
UC Berkeley graduate and founding member
of By Any Means Necessary (BAMN).
According to UC spokesperson Steve
Montiel, the university is attempting to
increase access to all populations while still
abiding by Prop. 209.
“We’re doing everything possible to ensure
the widest possible access to UC—through
the Blue and Gold program and other student
aid initiatives,” he said in an e-mail.
Prop. 209, which was passed by California
voters after the UC Board of Regents voted to
ban affirmative action in 1996, prohibits prefer-
ential treatment based on race, gender, color,
ethnicity or national origin. A federal appeals
court upheld the proposition the following year.
Though the board reversed its ban on the
policy in 2001, only underrepresented groups
such as rural or disabled students can petition
the university for preferential admissions cri-
teria, said George B. Washington, lead legal
counsel for the plaintiffs.
“Minorities are the only group who are
legally barred from requesting a special
admissions policy,” he said.
—Jordan Bach-Lombardo
allyse bacharach/contributor
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Contact him at
>>
A controversial UC Berkeley admin-
istration effort to identify structural in-
efciencies and implement cost-saving
measures released an interim report
Friday.
Launched by
campus ofcials
last October,
“Operational
Excellence” is
currently in the
diagnostic stage, in which data on cam-
pus processes is being gathered. Accord-
ing to the report released by the Opera-
tional Excellence Steering Committee,
Zach E.J. Williams
>>
Listen to plaintiffs and
supporters speaking at
the press conference.
Zach E.J. Williams talks
about the interim report
released on Friday.
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there was no reason to suspect undue
nancial practices on the board.
“It’s worth noting that DFA has rough-
ly $160 billion under management,” he
said in the e-mail. “It’s not surprising to
see the fund represented in part in any
endowment or pension fund.”
But Yee said the issue of Wachter’s
investments in the company was only
part of an alleged long-term trend.
“Unfortunately, not even one month
can pass without another scandal
plaguing our university,” Yee said in a
statement Friday. “A comprehensive
state audit will help further uncover
the extent of the waste, fraud and
abuse within the UC and nally hold
university executives accountable.”
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nanogenerators using different tech-
niques than previous research, Lin said.
He said in previous studies, re-
searchers used “inorganic” materials
that were limited by the material com-
position of the bers.
The new nanobers are made from
organic materials that are not only more
comfortable for those wearing the de-
vices but can also “be deposited orderly
with unlimited length with good place-
ment precision,” Lin said in an e-mail.
“The key advance made in our work
is the enhancement of energy conver-
sion efciency to 20 percent,” he said.
But Lin said further research is
needed in order to determine how to
manufacture clothing that could pow-
er small handheld electronics, such as
a cell phone or an iPod.
“The power from the prototype -
ber nanogenerator is too low to power
electrical devices,” Lin said. “One can
assemble many nanobers together to
power electrical devices in the future,
such as an electrical watch.”
Chieh Chang, a UC Berkeley gradu-
ate in mechanical engineering and lead
author of the study, said in an e-mail
that researchers are looking into ways to
improve the nanogenerators, such as ad-
justing the composition of the material.
“There are a lot of aspects we are
looking into to enhance the efciency
even more,” Chang said in an e-mail.
In addition to developing more ef-
cient materials, Chang said researchers
are in the process of making the con-
cept of electric clothing more feasible.
“Although it’s not clear at this stage
what kind of movement could generate
the power needed for real applications
in clothing, we expect a material to be
produced within three years that is
fully functional, exible and wearable,”
he said in the e-mail.
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While an ofcial U.S. Department of
Justice investigation may clear Boalt
Hall School of Law professor John Yoo
of professional misconduct, a group of
legal experts insists that an ongoing
civil suit against him proceed to trial.
In amicus briengs led before the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit, university law professors and
prominent attorneys have expressed
support for the suit brought by convict-
ed terrorism conspirator Jose Padilla, a
U.S. citizen. Yoo is currently appealing
an earlier decision that upheld the suit
that seeks $1 in damages and a judg-
ment that Yoo was responsible for au-
thorizing the alleged torture of Padilla.
The suit centers around Yoo’s actions
as a deputy attorney general during the
Bush administration, as he authored
several legal memos stating the legality
of interrogation methods such as water-
boarding, exposure to non-lethal insects
and the use of stress positions.
Yoo has defended his actions during
the administration, saying that he only
provided legal advice that was within
the connes of federal law.
He did not respond to a request for
comment.
But according to a Jan. 23 amicus
brief led by some of the experts in
support of Padilla, Yoo took a more ac-
tive role in formulating policy.
Michael Pearlman
“Defendant Yoo did not merely give
wrong advice in performing customary
legal duties,” the brief stated. “(He) act-
ed outside of his legal role altogether by
participating directly in the formulation
of policy that gave rise to the deprivation
of (Padilla’s) constitutional rights.”
UC Davis law professor Cruz Rey-
noso—who led the Jan. 23 brief along
with six other legal experts—said that
Yoo offered legal advice that justied
illegal policies.
“It’s like a lawyer saying he is using
his best judgment that the administra-
tion can go out and murder someone,”
Reynoso said.
Padilla was arrested eight years ago in
Chicago for allegedly plotting to detonate
a radioactive “dirty” bomb. He was ulti-
mately convicted on an unrelated charge
of conspiracy to commit terrorism abroad
and sentenced to 17 years in prison.
During his connement in a naval
brig in North Carolina, Padilla alleged
that he was tortured due to the legal ad-
vice that Yoo provided for the Bush ad-
ministration, which authorized the in-
terrogation techniques used on Padilla.
According to the Washington Post
and Newsweek, a Justice Department
investigation will nd that Yoo and Jay
Bybee, another former Justice Depart-
ment ofcial, exercised “poor judge-
ment” but did not violate professional
conduct standards.
>>
Representatives from the University
of California, the city of Berkeley and
the U.S. Census Bureau commenced a
three-month publicity campaign in an
effort to increase student awareness of
the U.S. Census.
In the beginning of February, the three
bodies began a marketing campaign un-
der the UC Berkeley Complete Count
Committee to promote an accurate and
complete counting of the student popu-
lation for the 2010 Census in order to x
problems stemming from erroneous re-
sults during the 2000 Census.
Under the campaign, the committee
has created a Web site, started tabling
on Upper Sproul Plaza and provided
information to housing representatives,
said Christina Markle, intern for the
Ofce of Government and Community
Relations in the Ofce of the Chancellor.
Committee members will also display
posters and distribute yers provided by
the Alameda County government.
The committee will educate stu-
dents to clarify misconceptions, mainly
the “myth” that students are counted in
their hometown, said Joe Lee, census
coordinator for the city of Berkeley.
“A lot of students have the miscon-
ception that their parents will take care
of it,” he said. “You are counted where
you currently reside, but many students
think it is your permanent residence.”
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OPINION & NEWS
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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I
n light of the Sex Issue’s expose on
“cougars,” I thought it was time I
shared an encounter I had with a
certain feline. (Mom, that’s your cue to
close the browser.)
Big Game 2009—for whatever
reason by the third quarter, I had been
thrown out of the stadium twice.
(Ofcer: “OK so we’re going to
breathalyze you.” Me: “Ofcer, in all
due respect, this is completely
unnecessary—I’m going to blow way
over the limit.”)
Sad that I was missing out on my
nal Big Game as a student, I slowly
worked my way toward a tailgate some
of my friends were crashing.
After joining them, I worked my way
to a picnic table that had remnants of a
solid spread. Before I knew it, I was
making friends and trying to gure out
if there were any lawyers present who
could help me nagle my way out of my
citations.
Well, there weren’t any lawyers, but
there was someone else who was
willing to cheer me up.
I’m not really sure how it started, but
either way I was joined at the table by a
40-something-year-old woman. (I
should note that her age is up for
debate. I’m going to say that I think she
was 46, but one friend in attendance
thinks she had an AARP card.)
We were making what I thought was
casual conversation. Note to the
adventurous type: casual conversation
for a cougar means the green light to
have her hand slide onto your jeans.
From there she jumped right into
kissing me on the cheek and telling me
that I was cute. Not in the “Oh, your
photo in the yearbook is cute” way.
Nope, she meant you’re cute in the “I
want to do naughty things to you” way.
She then got up and walked behind
the table. With my body trembling, I
swiveled my head around to see what
she was up to. After making eye
contact, the cougar immediately made
this head bob motion, which translated
to “meet me out back.” (I’m having
trouble aptly describing the actual
motion of the absurd head bob; if you
see me strolling on campus, I give you
full license to stop me and ask me
exactly what it looked like.)
In true form, I went ahead and met
her out back.
Our lips locked pretty fast upon my
arrival, while a gropefest ensued in the
background. In a matter of a couple of
minutes, we decided to drive back to
her place so we could get our freak on.
So we started moving toward the
parking lot hand-in-hand—I’m not
going to lie, I felt really weird when
people walked by and gawked at the
sight of us together.
Then my trip to hall-of-fame status
hit a wall or, in this case, a sidewalk.
Somehow she managed to get tripped
up on an imaginary hurdle and rather
uidly proceeded to fall into a
face-plant.
The cougar rolled onto her back and
tried to get up. Epic fail. I had to
eventually pull her up myself.
A
s we continued to walk to her car I
came upon three disappointing
realizations.
1. There is no way I’m in any shape
to drive.
2. She might actually be blacked
out—that’s not chill, bro.
3. She’s giving off this really funky
odor.
(Anyone see the irony here? I had
the wherewithal to make those
judgments, but apparently didn’t have
the wits about me to watch a football
game.)
When we nally made it to the
parking lot, I stopped her, pointed in
the opposite direction and said, “I
actually saw your car over there.” She
had never actually described her car to
me.
Her: “No, it’s right over here.”
Too late. I was already in a full-out
dash trying to distance myself from
making a regrettable decision. After I
made it across the street, I quickly
glanced over my shoulder to see her
standing there agape and utterly
bewildered.
When I nally got out of sight I
looked down at my hands and realized
that I had run away with her designer
shades. I have since given them to my
sister—don’t tell her, though.
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sually at this point in the column
I have to take a certain stance on
whatever story I just related and
connect it to some larger point.
I think I’m going to settle on encour-
aging you all to hook up with someone
much older than you. I don’t know if it
will make you a better lover or
whatever, but it will denitely make
you the most popular kid in your circle
of friends for a good week.
OK, I guess we can also throw in
how you should feel free to party hard,
but also pause at times to make the
responsible choice. Well, at least the
semi-responsible one.
Who am I kidding? Let’s just classify
this one under pure entertainment that
made your day a little bit brighter as
your chem lecture glazes over you since
you once again failed to do the reading.
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CENSUS:
The committee has planned two
waves of census gathering, according
to Markle. Students living in apart-
ments will turn in their forms by April
1 on National Census Day, while uni-
versity housing will host a three-day
collection drive starting April 19.
Each resident in a university housing
unit will be sent a seven-question census
form, Markle she said. Instead of mail-
ing it in, residents will be directed to turn
the form in a depository on location.
Many university-affiliated hous-
ing drop-off locations will offer gift
incentives and rafes to encourage
maximum participation, she added.
“The (committee) was created be-
cause in 2000, Berkeley lost thou-
sands of counts, which amounted to
hundreds of thousands of dollars lost
to the city of Berkeley,” Markle said.
According to Lee, each missed count
costs the city about $1,000 in state
funding. He said in 2000, only one
resident was counted for Unit 2.
Lee said a complete census count
will ensure that Berkeley receives full
funding for public programs, including
Cal Grants, public safety and transpor-
tation and public health resources.
Members of the city, the university
and the bureau formed the committee
last summer. The committee collabo-
rated with the ASUC groups, univer-
sity-afliated housing and the campus
division of the Graduate Assembly to
implement the campaign and target
on-campus residents.
Martin Takimoto, committee chair
and director of communication and
marketing for residential and student
service programs at UC Berkeley, said
he hopes to see high student turnout.
“This committee was made to in-
crease the number of students who
complete their census forms,” he said.
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REPORT:
several potential areas have been iden-
tied for cutting costs, such as stream-
lining campus procurement processes,
slimming down the administrative hi-
erarchy as well as consolidating campus
infrastructure and resources.
The effort is being conducting with
the advice of consulting rm Bain &
Company—which has directed similar
efforts at other universities such as the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill—and will cost the campus ap-
proximately $3 million, half of which
will be paid this scal year, with the
other half expected by campus ofcials
to be paid through savings generated
through the steering committee’s rec-
ommendations.
A nal report is expected later this
spring.
According to Vice Chancellor Frank
Yeary, a member of the committee over-
seeing the effort, reforming the campus
procurement process may eventually
save the campus millions of dollars.
“We need to manage and put tools
and practices in place that allow it
to be easy for vendors to make and
consolidate purchases to get bigger
discounts,” he said. “This is a clear op-
portunity that a lot of the campus com-
munity can appreciate.”
He added that new technologies
may play an important role in shaving
costs and creating greater efciency in
the procurement process.
“A cross-campus team has been in-
vestigating and implementing ‘E-Pro-
curement’ technology and functional-
ity that will let people make purchases
directly. Our team has already invested
a lot of time and energy to encourage
and enable that.”
Uneven distribution of administra-
tive staff may also be responsible for
inefciencies, Yeary said.
According to the interim report,
471 campus supervisors have one di-
rect reporting employee and 307 have
only two direct reports, while the two
categories cumulatively account for 43
percent of campus supervisors.
Such an organization implies “slower
decision making,” which may lead su-
pervisors to “not be challenged to fully
utilize managerial skills,” according to
the interim report.
“(Administrative structure) is an area
(in which) we can achieve much im-
provement,” said Miguel Daal, graduate
assembly president and a member of the
committee. “It’s difcult to make those
changes, difcult as in slow, because
that’s reorganizing things, you want to
do that as properly as possible.”
Ryan Means, campus interim chief
privacy and security ofcer, said many
staff and faculty are paying attention
to the progress of Operational Excel-
lence and its eventual implications for
the campus’s future structure.
“It’s certainly what’s affecting us the
most right now: the idea of what are
the ndings going to be (and) what are
we going to be doing as an organiza-
tion,” Means said.
Leah Moskovich and Mihir Zaveri
of The Daily Californian contributed
to this report.
Zach E.J. Williams is the university
news editor. Contact him at
YOO:
The report was softened from its
original version, which said Yoo and
Bybee had violated their professional
obligations, a conclusion that could
have meant a referral to state bar as-
sociations for potential disciplinary ac-
tion, Newsweek reported.
According to Jesse Choper, a Boalt
Hall law professor, there is legal prec-
edent that may exonerate Yoo.
He said a similar case brought
against then-Attorney General John
Ashcroft found that since he was not
personally involved in the alleged tor-
ture of terrorism suspect Abdullah
Al-Kidd, Ashcroft could not be held
legally liable.
Padilla faces an “uphill” battle,
Choper said.
“It is not to say it can’t be done, but I
would say the decision (in favor of Ash-
croft) is quite favorable to the govern-
ment’s position,” Choper said. “Unless
(Yoo) specically engaged in the wa-
terboarding you can’t get damages.”
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n recent years, Berkeley resi-
dents have relied primarily on
two newspapers for coverage of
local happenings: The Daily Cali-
fornian and The Berkeley Daily
Planet. That was until last week,
when our competitor announced
that it will cease print production
by the month’s end.
It’s true that the version of the
Planet that will remain—online
and composed largely of reader-
generated content—is not much
different from what it’s been for
nearly the last two years, with the
exception of the once-weekly print
edition.
And it would be disingenuous to
assert that the Planet was univer-
sally recognized for its journalistic
value. But to many in this commu-
nity, it was a valuable forum, pro-
viding ample opportunity for dis-
cussion and engagement. In this
capacity, its print demise is cer-
tainly a loss for the city of Berkeley.
In the Bay Area at large, print
journalism is already rapidly declin-
ing, with even The San Francisco
Chronicle facing major financial
hurdles. Independent papers have
become even rarer, since the Bay
Area News Group absorbed many
local outlets.
With the end of the Daily Planet
as a newspaper, there is one fewer
voice for readers to turn to—that’s
bad for Berkeley and the tradition
of local newspapers in general.
On the other hand, the potential
bright side of this story is the
opportunity for innovation and
change that it could bring for local
journalists, professional and other-
wise. Like the print journalism
market in general, the possibilities
are really wide open for new outlets
and new voices.
Though these up-and-comers
may not be newspapers, we hope
that they emerge in a form that’s
accessible to residents and that
serves the needs of the community
in the way the Daily Planet did.
In this way, we’re saddened by
the loss of another local newspaper
and hopeful that something new
can take the Planet’s place for its
loyal readership.
Another Planet Eclipsed
editorials
W
ithout even leaving a name,
anonymous Web site com-
menters have sparked a
head-on conflict between The Colle-
giate Times (Virginia Tech’s student
newspaper) and an influential advi-
sory committee on its campus. To
make matters worse, the commis-
sion’s unreasonable crusade has put
thousands of dollars meant for cam-
pus media on the line.
The Times has a Web site filter
that weeds out spam and pornogra-
phy, but its allowance of anonymous
commenting has provoked the anger
of the University Commission on
Student Affairs.
Some offensive comments have led
commission members to character-
ize the newspaper’s monitoring of
the system as irresponsible and the
comments themselves as a misrepre-
sentation of the university. And now
the commission is asking university
administrators to withhold an annual
$70,000 contribution to the news-
paper’s parent company, which over-
sees all campus media.
Such a monetary threat, especially
in such a dire financial time, is a gross
overreaction.
Anonymous comments can cer-
tainly be obnoxious, offensive or off-
topic. But that doesn’t justify disal-
lowing them altogether; we believe
The Collegiate Times ought to con-
tinue allowing anonymous com-
menting, if that’s the policy preferred
by the editors.
The newspaper itself doesn’t even
receive any direct money from the
threatened contribution, although
losing the money would presumably
affect its free office space in the Stu-
dent Union. So other outlets over-
seen by the company, like the year-
book and radio station, could lose
funding for an issue they had noth-
ing to do with.
Also unlikely is the Commission’s
belief that people simply assume that
the commenters are Virginia Tech
students or faculty, given that offen-
sive comments can be found just
about anywhere on the internet.
And regardless, the university does
not get to dictate what the comment-
ing policy should be—that’s up to
The Collegiate Times to decide.
Withholding needed funds to unin-
volved campus media outlets or ban-
ning student groups from advertising
in the paper are unfair solutions—
plain and simple.
Though anonymous comments
may be offensive, that’s not reason
enough to circumvent the indepen-
dent editorial judgment of the cam-
pus paper while harming the larger
campus community in the process.
Fair Comment
CitY
aFFairs
The community will suffer from the loss of The Berkeley
Daily Planet as a valuable forum for residents’ perspectives.
NatioNal
aFFairs
Offensive anonymous comments on campus newspaper’s
Web site do not justify withholding funds for other outlets.
Awareness and Power in ‘Monologues’
Opinion
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Daily Californian
Drop in state and
federal funding for higher
education in 2008-09
58,027
More California students
are enrolled in public
institutions than last year
1.2
percent
Decrease in revenue per
student last year for
California public institutions
numbers
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billion
It’s that time of year. Images and
ideals of relationships are abounding.
“Love is in the air.” While many of us
are under the spell of our sweet-
hearts, in the haze of gifts and
romance others suffer from anxiety
and walk in fear for their safety.
February is Teen Dating Violence
Awareness and Prevention Month.
With rape and domestic violence
occurring at alarming rates on this
campus and colleges across the coun-
try, women have more to fear than
Cupid’s attack. “The Vagina
Monologues” brings UC Berkeley
by Kolieka Seigle
back into focus.
Written by award-winning author
Eve Ensler, “The Vagina Monologues”
is an episodic celebration of women.
Seeking to raise consciousness, the
monologues explore and embrace sex-
uality and promote female empower-
ment.
This is not your standard run of
the mill static presentation. It is a
dynamic one. Insightful, thought-pro-
voking, and taboo, each monologue
will touch a different part of your
soul. With topics ranging from rape
and genital mutilation to shaving and
tampons, some will make you laugh
out loud, others will bring you to
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think.
“The Vagina Monologues” has been
performed on college campuses
around the world. It has inspired
V-Day, a global movement to bring an
end to violence against women.
Violence transcends race, wealth and
culture. In the public sphere and in
their homes, in times of war and in
times of peace, women are brutally
attacked, raped and killed.
Spotlighting the atrocities women
have faced all over the world, V-Day
inspires communities to raise aware-
ness and envisions change in our con-
sciousness.
The impact of V-Day at UC
Berkeley goes beyond the stage. We
have established a community, work-
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Daily Californian
letter to the editor
Employee Disappointed in
Daily Californian Coverage
I am writing in response to “Strange
Neighbors.” I am one of the employees of
the Graduate Theological Union (GTU)
interviewed for the story. It is clear that
it was shaped before the journalist
entered the library. Is this objective,
research-oriented work? I think not.
I sought Religious Studies as an aca-
demic discipline two years ago. I checked
out UC Berkeley, to my surprise, there
was no “real” Religious Studies depart-
ment, for it had been dissolved into an
IDS program. An academic faculty
member at my undergraduate university
suggested I try the GTU for my aca-
demic, religion-as-a-social-science inter-
ests.
How dare you judge our institution?
As far as the goals of the library, what we
seek is to serve our patrons. Everyone has
their own beliefs, theological, atheologi-
cal—as if it matters, I am a non-theist
and I check books out to Jews, Muslims,
Christians, Buddhists, the list continues.
Historical conflicts are irrelevant.
As a matter of fact, your photographer
asked that I pose in front of some “reli-
gious art.” I told her “No,” and then led
her downstairs to a piece of brilliant cal-
ligraphy created by Ronald Nakasone, of
one of the GTU’s affiliates. I’d want to be
photographed in front of his work
regardless of his faith.
UC Berkeley and the GTU have a
relationship—there are library privileg-
es, cross-registration privileges galore.
Even one of Cal’s distinguished faculty
members is seated on my Thesis
Committee.
I am disappointed in the subjective
assumptions of the Daily Cal. Stepping
into the library and taking a gander will
not yield knowledge about the GTU. I
thought a Cal student might know that.
Lauren Byrne
GTU employee
I missed an opportunity to talk to
Chancellor Birgeneau the other after-
noon. The lady two places ahead of me
at the CVS Pharmacy had just bought
a few small potted flowers and some
other things and was paying for them
when he came in to help her carry
them to the car.
I quickly recognized the chancellor
but did not want to interrupt his free-
dom in anonymity to be himself. But I
realize I should have in order to press
my point of view. So, here it is, belat-
edly, now.
I retired from working as a comput-
er programmer at UC Berkeley almost
four years ago, and still feel very good
about having worked there and still
think very highly of the university. I
know the chancellor also loves the uni-
versity and wants the best for it.
Now, because of the California state
budget crisis, Chancellor Birgeneau is
forced into this untenable position
between forced state cuts and the fac-
ulty, staff and students who desire to
maintain the university as one of the
greatest experiments in free higher
education in the world.
We need the chancellor in
Sacramento as our advocate. We need
him on our side.
We need Chancellor Birgeneau ask-
ing everyone in not just UC Berkeley
but UC systemwide to sign petitions,
collect petitions, contribute money for
and spread the word about the
California Democracy Act.
The entire proposition we are
Richard Tamm
attempting to get on the November
ballot is just 14 words: “All legislative
actions on revenue and budget must
be determined by a majority vote.” It
was written by our own university’s
George Lakoff. And time is precious
and urgent: we need a minimum of
700,000 signatures (we are aiming for
1,300,000 because a fairly large per-
centage may get rejected) by early
April to qualify for the ballot.
We need Chancellor Birgeneau on
our side, speaking at the March 4 stu-
dent demonstrations, urging all to help
with this petition because this petition
is one of the best hopes we have of sav-
ing our state.
This proposition reverses part of a
law passed in 1933 changing the bud-
get passage requirement from a major-
ity to two-thirds, and also reverses part
of Proposition 13 passed in 1978
changing the raising of revenues
requirement from a majority to two-
thirds.
The passage of this proposition
would restore democracy to our state,
where a majority of us voters elect a
majority of the legislators who are
then responsible for voting on revenue
and budget. A quick math explanation
(Excuse me, I was a math major.): the
current two-thirds vote requirement
means that one-third plus 1 legislator
in either the state Senate or the state
Assembly stops all forward progress
on budget and revenue dead until this
minority is satisfied. In other words,
it’s minority rule.
So, the current two-thirds require-
ment is much less democratic than a
simple majority. And this minority has
become one that believes in “starving
the beast” (reducing government, how-
ever painfully), reducing or eliminat-
ing social welfare supports, public
education, etc. and not allowing fair
and sensible taxation, especially of cor-
porations and the wealthy.
For example, because of the two-
thirds vote requirement, we cannot get
an extraction tax passed in California.
California gives away the oil and gas
that comes out of the ground. Even
states like Alaska and Texas have fairly
robust extraction taxes on oil and gas,
and they use this money to help sup-
port their schools, social welfare sys-
tems, etc.
Because of the current two-thirds
vote requirements, we have seen a
steady shift of taxation from corpora-
tions and the wealthy onto the middle
and lower classes in our annual
attempts to satisfy the controlling par-
tisan and ideological minority.
Chancellor Birgeneau, please con-
sider my request and come to the aid
of our great state university system
about which I know you also care
deeply, as well as to the aid of our once
great state. Help us remove the yoke of
minority rule by working with us to
pass the California Democracy Act.
Thank you. I hope to hear you
speaking on March 4 and working
with us to get this much-needed initia-
tive onto the ballot.
See www.ca4democracy.com for
more information.
Richard Tamm is a Berkeley resident.
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To Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, UC
President Mark Yudof, California
Legislators and UC Board of Regents:
This is a call to regulate closed ses-
sions by legislative bodies of the
Associated Students of the University of
California.
Various California laws express the
clear opinion that open meetings are a
vital part of democratic government.
The Brown Act ensures local govern-
ments conduct their business publicly
and has included community colleges
by an Attorney General opinion in 1992.
The Bagley-Keene Act lays out proce-
dures all state agencies—including the
UC Regents—must follow in closing a
meeting. The Gloria Romero Open
Meetings Act applies to the governing
councils of all Cal State schools.
The only public higher education leg-
islative council in this state unregulated
by an open meeting act is ASUC. While
existing laws could have been applicable
to ASUC, a 1983 Attorney General opin-
ion exempted bodies with powers dele-
gated by the regents. As a result of this
decision, the letter of the law permits
our student representatives to conduct
business as secretly as they like.
With representatives elected by the
The Daily Nexus editorial staff
students and multi-million dollar bud-
gets of student fees to spend at their
discretion, ASUC cannot be described
as anything less than a legitimate gov-
ernment. This alone necessitates trans-
parency, but the need for oversight has
been compounded by recent incidents.
ASUC at UC Santa Barbara’s Legislative
Council has abused the power to eject
the public, holding closed meetings for
the second consecutive week without
offering sufficient rationale for their clo-
sure. Regardless of the subject matter of
these closed sessions, it is disturbing
that the group entrusted with student
money and governance has no legal
obligation to conduct business openly.
Further allegations have plagued
ASUC at UCSB (ASUCSB), including
the alleged trashing of a rented villa
while on a student fee-funded retreat.
Where the transparency promised on
the campaign trail should compel the
responsible individuals to admit their
mistakes, the public has instead been
kept entirely in the dark as ASUCSB
members close ranks in an attempt to
protect them behind legal procedure
and stonewalling.
Student demands for accountability
can be heard loud and clear—a
Facebook group titled “Hold Associated
Students accountable for their actions”
garnered almost 1,400 members a day
after its creation. In this current budget
crisis, students bristle at the idea of
ASUC spending their fees without any
form of public oversight. An open meet-
ing act geared toward UC student gov-
ernment would regulate when and how
ASUC can hold a closed session, rather
than allow them to do so whenever they
would prefer to legislate unsupervised.
As guardians of the integrity and rep-
utation of the University of California,
we urge you to join with us in support-
ing legislation to hold UC student gov-
ernment to the same accountability
standards to which other California
public higher education student govern-
ments must adhere. Transparency in the
legislative, fiscal and ethical arenas is
vital to the quality and credibility of this
university, and it is appalling that these
abuses by student government have
gone unchecked until now. By propos-
ing an amendment to an existing open
meeting act or drafting a new act specif-
ically designed to keep ASUC publicly
accountable, we can ensure that our
student governments answer to the
people they claim to represent.
The Daily Nexus is the student
newspaper of UC Santa Barbara.
Reply to
vagina:
community, that has brought together
women from all walks of life. We have
developed lasting friendships and cre-
ated a brave space of unrelenting sup-
port. Self proclaimed “Vagina war-
riors,” take the message of V-Day
throughout the campus and into the
greater community. We strive to turn
personal pain into power.
“The Vagina Monologues” has
inspired me to tap into my vagina
power, taught me to challenge the
status quo and to believe in what
seems impossible. I have vowed to
continue my work as a sexual and
domestic violence peer educator with
renewed fervor. Each of us can do our
part in this movement. Each of us can
help destroy the myths around sexual
violence, change the social climate
and end the silence. Everyone must
take part in the solution.
UC Berkeley’s production has made
record-breaking strides. “The Vagina
Monologues” at UC Berkeley raised
over $24,000 for local beneficiaries
last year alone. The proceeds of this
weekend’s performance will benefit A
Safe Place women’s center in
Oakland, the Pacific Center and the
Gender Equity Resource Center on
campus. The magnitude of this pro-
duction is felt intensely and locally.
The centers depend on this contribu-
tion. They depend on this movement.
After the curtains have closed and
we have given our final bows, V-Day
is a call to action. “The Monologues”
are a catalyst for change. With
domestic violence and rape seen in
record numbers on college campuses,
the struggle for justice must go on,
“Until the violence stops.”
Kolieka Seigle is a UC Berkeley student.
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SPORTS
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Daily Californian
looking as mortal as Bruce Wayne.
But as in the comic books, sidekicks
are allowed vulnerability—the Dark
Knight is not.
“The one thing I learned from my
teammates is if it were them, they
would come back on the oor, so I
tried to do the same things for them,”
Gray-Lawson said.
With Cal’s timeout and a quick
media timeout, the senior had enough
time to get re-taped and back into the
game. The Huskies only managed one
point before Gray-Lawson was back
on the court.
Even though she favored her right
ankle for the rest of the contest, Gray-
Lawson nished the game—overtime
period, included.
And she continued to be effective.
After her injury, Gray-Lawson
gingerly knocked down one of her ve
three-pointers and contributed eight
more points to hold off the Huskies.
But what happens when Batman
doesn’t make his triumphant return?
When Alexis Gray-Lawson isn’t able
to dig deep and take the court?
Earlier in the contest, the Bears got
a taste of a world without their crime-
ghting superhero.
Gray-Lawson, who accounted for
14 of Cal’s rst 16 points, picked up
three early fouls and left the Bears un-
protected for the nal nine minutes of
the rst half. In that time, Washington
tallied eight unanswered points, took
the lead and nished the half up ve.
But as is customary in Gotham,
the superhero swooped in at the last
minute to save the day. Gray-Lawson
returned in the second half and added
another 20 points—ve of which came
in extra minutes—en route to her 35-
point effort.
Batman vanquished the villain, Cal
improved to 8-5 in the conference and
all was right in Gotham.
But Batman didn’t escape unscathed.
“I am in pain,” Gray-Lawson said.
“We have a day off and some time
before the next game so we’ll just x it
and get back to work.”
Batman was condent in her
recovery, but Sunday’s overtime effort
proved that Gotham won’t survive the
perils of the postseason without the
Caped Crusader.
Stanford is, after all, much more
daunting than even the most villain-
ous adversaries.
Be whatever Gotham needs you to be
with Caroline at
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His activity seemed contagious. Cal
hounded Washington State (15-10,
5-8) on defense after break, forcing
its opponent into 37-percent shooting
from the eld after the Cougars made
65.4 percent of their attempts in the
rst half.
Sophomore guard Klay Thompson
poured in 23 points in the rst half but
scored ve after halftime, missing all
three of his shots from beyond the arc
after going 5-of-5 before the break.
“He made his rst shot, but it was al-
most as if nobody was guarding him,”
Christopher said. “With a shooter like
that, you have to contest all of his shots.
Once we were able to key in on him, lo-
cate him and chase him off screens
we did a better job of containing him.”
The Bears, who took their rst lead
of the second half on Jerome Randle’s
three-pointer with 10:35 remaining,
closed the game on a 15-0 run. Wash-
ington State didn’t score after Nikola
Koprivica’s offensive rebound and put-
back with 4:03 left in the game.
The Bears trailed at halftime, 45-34,
unable to avenge an early 12-2 run by
Washington State, but they outscored
Ken Bone’s squad by 27 points in the
second half. They shot 22 of their 24
free throws after the break, one of sev-
eral signs that they responded well to
Randle’s mid-game ultimatum.
“I just wanted everyone to know if
we came out the same as the rst half,
we would lose,” Randle said.
Thanks to Gutierrez, they didn’t do
either.
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1. Chocolate substitute
6. Help in crime
10. Strike
14. Game site
15. Fly high
16. Part of a horse!s collar
17. Ore sources
18. Custodian
20. Terrorist org.
21. __ machine
23. Auguries
24. Root vegetable
25. “Merry Old Soul”
of nursery rhyme
27. Bawl out
30. Whittle
31. ENE plus 90°
34. Spanish passion
35. Ventilated
36. Parents! org.
37. Recorded one!s intake
41. Giant Mel
42. Distribute in shares
43. Magazine title
44. Michelle Obama __
Robinson
45. __ Cong
46. Tried
48. Change direction
49. Thick beverage
50. Fencing weapon
53. Othello!s downfall
54. “Phooey!”
57. Decoration
60. Come in second
62. Fiancee!s item
63. Before: pref.
64. Down producer
65. To __; precisely
66. Smell
67. Thatcher!s grasses
DOWN
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12. Word of affirmation
13. Confidential: abbr.
19. City in Ohio
22. Majors, e.g.
24. Rural building
25. 200 milligrams
26. Russian city
27. Breakfast request
28. Ham it up
29. Regular course
30. Ornamental edging
31. Knocked over a drink
32. Engraved pillar
33. Slackened
35. Psychologist Alfred
38. Social spot
39. Activist Wiesel
40. Remainder
46. Game for “It”
47. Impulsive lover
48. Brink
49. Alma __
50. Gilbert of “Roseanne”
51. Mine passage
52. Femur or radius
53.
Divider!s word
2. Seed covering
3. Nevada city
4. Small bill
5. Droopy-eared animal
6. Neckwear
7. Harbor sight
8. Corn holder
9. Italian number
10. “__ on you!”
11.
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54. Commanded
55. __ out; defeated
overwhelmingly
56. Towel word
58. Chinese leader Zedong
59. Put a stop to
61.
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6. Help in crime
10. Strike
14. Game site
15. Fly high
16. Part of a horse!s collar
17. Ore sources
18. Custodian
20. Terrorist org.
21. __ machine
23. Auguries
24. Root vegetable
25. “Merry Old Soul”
of nursery rhyme
27. Bawl out
30. Whittle
31. ENE plus 90°
34. Spanish passion
35. Ventilated
36. Parents! org.
37. Recorded one!s intake
41. Giant Mel
42. Distribute in shares
43. Magazine title
44. Michelle Obama __
Robinson
45. __ Cong
46. Tried
48. Change direction
49. Thick beverage
50. Fencing weapon
53. Othello!s downfall
54. “Phooey!”
57. Decoration
60. Come in second
62. Fiancee!s item
63. Before: pref.
64. Down producer
65. To __; precisely
66. Smell
67. Thatcher!s grasses
DOWN
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12. Word of affirmation
13. Confidential: abbr.
19. City in Ohio
22. Majors, e.g.
24. Rural building
25. 200 milligrams
26. Russian city
27. Breakfast request
28. Ham it up
29. Regular course
30. Ornamental edging
31. Knocked over a drink
32. Engraved pillar
33. Slackened
35. Psychologist Alfred
38. Social spot
39. Activist Wiesel
40. Remainder
46. Game for “It”
47. Impulsive lover
48. Brink
49. Alma __
50. Gilbert of “Roseanne”
51. Mine passage
52. Femur or radius
53.
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2. Seed covering
3. Nevada city
4. Small bill
5. Droopy-eared animal
6. Neckwear
7. Harbor sight
8. Corn holder
9. Italian number
10. “__ on you!”
11.
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54. Commanded
55. __ out; defeated
overwhelmingly
56. Towel word
58. Chinese leader Zedong
59. Put a stop to
61.
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54. “Phooey!”
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22. Majors, e.g.
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28. Ham it up
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32. Engraved pillar
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City of Berkeley
HOUSING ADVISORY
COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Thursday, March 4, 2010
7:30PM
SOUTH BERKELEY SENIOR
CENTER
2939 ELLIS STREET (CORNER
OF ASHBY AVENUE)
Installation of automatic
gas shut-off valves
The Housing Advisory Commission
(HAC) is holding a public hearing on
the City of Berkeley’s recommenda-
tion to make findings of necessity
and adopt an Ordinance to add BMC
Sections 19.36.040 to the Berkeley
Municipal Code amending the
California Plumbing Code. The ordi-
nance requires gas shut-off devices
to be installed for newly constructed
residential buildings, at point of sale,
and when remodeling exceeds
$50,000 in valuation. The ordinance
provides for two classes of auto-
matic earthquake shut-off valves: 1)
Motion activated valves, and 2)
Excess flow valves. The public can
submit comments on the Draft until
Monday, February 22, 2010, or
request additional information by
contacting Danita Hardaway,
Associate Management Analyst,
Planning and Development
Department at 981-7407 or via email
at
Publish: 2/16/10
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
No. RG09482969
In the Matter of the Application of
Karen Kho and Wernher Rober
Schorlemmer for Change of Name.
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioners Karen Kho and Wernher
Rober Schorlemmer filed a petition
with this court for a decree changing
names as follows: Karen Kho to
Karen Castellvi and Wernher Rober
Schorlemmer to Robert Castellvi.
THE COURT ORDERS that all per-
sons interested in this matter shall
appear before this court at the hear-
ing indicated below to show cause, if
any, why the petition for change of
name should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING: 3/12/10, at
11:00 AM in Dept. #31, at 201 13th
Street, Oakland, CA.
A copy of this Order to Show Cause
shall be published at least once a
week for four successive weeks
prior to the date set for hearing on
the petition in the following newspa-
per of general circulation, printed, in
this county: The Daily Californian in
Berkeley, California.
Dated: Novemeber 4, 2009
Yolanda N. Northridge
Judge of the Superior Court
Publish: 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16/10
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS
No. 09-0108695 Title Order No.
09-8-311605 APN No.
065-2625-015-02 YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST, DATED 12/06/2006.
UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT
MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.
IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given
that RECONTRUST COMPANY,
N.A., as duly appointed trustee pur-
suant to the Deed of Trust executed
by VIKRAM AGGARWAL, AN
UNMARRIED MAN, dated
12/06/2006 and recorded 12/13/06,
as Instrument No. 2006454922, in
Book , Page ), of Official Records in
the office of the County Recorder of
Alameda County, State of California,
will sell on 03/02/2010 at 12:00PM,
At the Fallon Street entrance to the
County Courthouse, 1225 Fallon
Street, Oakland at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash or check
as described below, payable in full at
time of sale, all right, title, and inter-
est conveyed to and now held by it
under said Deed of Trust, in the
property situated in said County and
State and as more fully described in
the above referenced Deed of Trust.
The street address and other com-
mon designation, if any of the real
property described above is pur-
ported to be: 1605 MARIN AVENUE,
ALBANY, CA, 94707. The under-
signed Trustee disclaims any liability
for any incorrectness of the street
address and other common desig-
nation, if any, shown herein. The
total amount of the unpaid balance
with interest thereon of the obliga-
tion secured by the property to be
sold plus reasonable estimated
costs, expenses and advances at
the time of the initial publication of
the Notice of Sale is $877,097.77. It
is possible that at the time of sale
the opening bid may be less than the
total indebtedness due. In addition
to cash, the Trustee will accept
cashier’s checks drawn on a state or
national bank, a check drawn by a
state or federal credit union, or a
check drawn by a state or federal
savings and loan association, sav-
ings association, or savings bank
specified in Section 5102 of the
Financial Code and authorized to do
business in this state. Said sale will
be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but
without covenant or warranty,
express or implied, regarding title,
possession or encumbrances, to
satisfy the indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust, advances there-
under, with interest as provided, and
the unpaid principal of the Note
secured by said Deed of Trust with
interest thereon as provided in said
Note, plus fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said Deed of Trust.
If required by the provisions of sec-
tion 2923.5 of the California Civil
Code, the declaration from the mort-
gagee, beneficiary or authorized
agent is attached to the Notice of
Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with
the appropriate County Recorder’s
Office. DATED: 10/28/2009
RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.
1800 Tapo Canyon Rd.,
CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA
93063 Phone/Sale Information:
(800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale
Officer RECONTRUST
COMPANY,N.A. is a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt. Any
information obtained will be used for
that purpose. FEI # 1006.83288
Publish: 2/2, 2/9, 2/16/10
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 433565
The name of the business: VRS
Metal Fabrication, street address
2177 American Avenue, Hayward,
CA 94545, mailing address 25125
Santa Clara Street #211, Hayward,
CA 94545 is hereby registered by
the following owner(s): Victor
Sickenger, 25125 Santa Clara Street
#211, Hayward, CA 94545.
This business is conducted by an
Individual.
The registrant began to transact
business under the fictitious busi-
ness name(s) listed above on
1/2/10.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Alameda County on
January 14, 2010.
VRS Metal Fabrication
Publish: 2/8, 2/16, 2/22, 3/1/10
Notice is hereby given that sealed
competitive bids will be accepted in
the office of the GSA-Purchasing
Department, County of Alameda,
1401 Lakeside Drive, 8th Floor,
Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612
MANDATORY NETWORKING/
PROPOSERS CONFERENCE- N.
COUNTY RFP/SOQ - Highland
Hospital ATR Project Inspector of
Record Services (REBID), Tuesday,
February 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. –
General Services Agency, 1401
Lakeside Drive, Room 1107, 11th
Floor, Oakland, CA OPTIONAL SITE
TOUR – N. COUNTY RFP/SOQ -
Highland Hospital ATR Project
Inspector of Record Services
(REBID), Tuesday, February 23,
2010, at 4:30 p.m. - Highland
Hospital Cafeteria, 1411 East 31st
Street , Oakland, CA Attendance at
the Mandatory Networking/
Proposers Conference is required
Responses Due by 2:00 pm on
March 30, 2010 County Contact :
Fawaz Khanachet at (510) 208-9824
or via email: fawaz.khanachet@
acgov.org Information regarding the
above may be obtained at the
Current Contracting Opportunities
Internet website at www.acgov.org.
CNS-1794970#
Publish: 2/16/10
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be accepted in the office of
the Alameda County Redevelopment
Agency, 224 W. Winton Avenue,
Room 110, Hayward, CA
NETWORKING/BIDDERS
CONFERENCE – S. COUNTY RFP
CDA RDA 2010/01,
ARCHITECTURAL/LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES,
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at
10:00 a.m., Alameda County
Redevelopment Agency, 224 W.
Winton Avenue, Room 109,
Hayward, CA NETWORKING/
BIDDERS CONFERENCE – S.
COUNTY RFP CDA RDA 2010/01,
ARCHITECTURAL/LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES,
Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 3:00
p.m., Alameda County
Redevelopment Agency, 224 W.
Winton Avenue, Room 109,
Hayward, CA Responses Due by
4:00 pm on March 26, 2010 County
Contact: Matt Weber (510) 670-6164
or via email:
Information regarding the above
may be obtained at the Alameda
County Current Contracting
Opportunities Internet website at
www.acgov.org.
CNS-1794988#
Publish: 2/16/10
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SPORTS & LEGALS
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The Daily Californian
The feeling of dissatisfaction, fol-
lowed by an overall sense of optimism,
surrounded the Cal women’s tennis
team after its performance in the ITA
National Team Indoor
Championships.
Coach Amanda
Augustus and her
team had hoped for
a nals appearance
and a possible tournament victory, but
the Bears were defeated 4-3 by third-
ranked Northwestern in the seminal
on Sunday in Madison, Wisc.
“We were denitely disappointed
after losing in the seminal, especially
when it was so close,” junior Mari An-
dersson said. “At the same time though,
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Contributing Writer
we feel that we weren’t as condent in
ourselves heading into the tournament.
Now, we believe in our potential and
we feel that we’re a stronger team.”
The Bears will return home to re-
sume conference play on Monday,
against Arizona State at 1:30 p.m.
Augustus was particularly pleased
with her team’s doubles play, especially
from her top team of Andersson and
sophomore Jana Juricova.
The defending NCAA doubles cham-
pions, who have struggled to recapture
their title form thus far, went 3-0 over
the weekend against the No. 1 doubles
teams from Georgia Tech, UCLA and
Northwestern.
Andersson and Juricova were most
impressive against the No. 10 ranked
team of Andrea Remynse and Yasmin
Schnack, as they earned a dominating
8-1 victory over a team that defeated
the pair earlier this season.
“I was denitely happy with our
doubles play,” Augustus said. “(Ander-
sson and Juricova) looked like they
were back in their top form from last
year, which bodes well for us going into
the remainder of the season.”
The third-year coach was also
pleased with the performance from
her No. 2 team of junior Marina Cos-
sou and senior Kasia Siwosz.
Cossou and Siwosz went undefeated
over the weekend, winning all three of
their matches, while freshmen Annie
Goransson and Tayler Davis went 1-2
in their matches.
In singles play, Augustus felt her
team had a good start during the semi-
nal match. She said the team needs
to improve its aggressiveness when
nishing off points, as well as serve
more effectively during matches.
“There’s plenty of stuff that we need
to work on in order to get better,” she
said, “but at the same time, we’re not
looking to peak right now and have
everything be perfect. We still accom-
plished a lot and we sent a strong mes-
sage to the other teams that we will be
a tough team to deal with come time
for the NCAA championships.”
Juricova said that this weekend’s
performance was the best of the dual
season considering the strength of the
competition. With more work, she
said, the team can take the extra step
and advance to the nals during na-
tional championships in May.
Contact Jeff Carillo at
Tennis
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Northwestern 4
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is a fully adjudicated
paper in Alameda
County. Call our legals
department today:
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Overtime Win
Shows Need for
Bears’ Batman
On Sunday in Seattle—a place fa-
mous for its rain—Alexis Gray-Lawson
made it pour. The Cal women’s basket-
ball team’s star splashed 35 points on
Washington in a
75-68 overtime
victory at Bank
of America Are-
na. And she did
it on one leg.
“Alexis is a big-time player,” coach
Joanne Boyle said. “She shows up when
we need her in big games. (It) was one
of those nights when we weren’t get-
ting points in other ways, and she re-
ally reads that and just sort of takes
over games.”
With the Bears down, 56-53, Gray-
Lawson drove toward the free throw
line with a Washington defender in
tow and one oncoming. The senior
jump-stopped at the line, sending the
rst defender whizzing by her and go-
ing up and under the other.
On the plant, Gray-Lawson tweaked
her right ankle but still managed to
rise up off one foot to bring her team
within a point with 4:41 to play.
Unable to put pressure on the foot,
Gray-Lawson was helped off the oor.
After a quick evaluation, Gray-Law-
son’s ankle was taped then suited with
a lace-up brace. At 2:55 Gray-Lawson
checked herself back in, limping, gri-
macing and looking as if she were hold-
ing back tears with every step.
“The one thing I learned from my
teammates is if it were them, they
by Joseph Cannon
Contributing Writer
would come back on the oor, so I
tried to do the same things for them,”
Gray-Lawson said.
The senior put Cal up by three with
time winding down, but the Huskies’
Sami Whitcomb tied the game as time
expired with a long three in the corner.
In overtime, though, Gray-Lawson
hit a fadeaway three of NBA length,
followed by two free throws to put the
game out of Washington’s reach.
“I have had some games where I
have been slipping up a little bit, and
my teammates told me to get back into
it,” Gray-Lawson said.
The senior picked it up from the
get-go, scoring 14 of the Bears’ rst 16
points before picking up her third foul
with 8:41 left in the rst.
Until Rachelle Federico came in
for the last few minutes of the half, it
seemed that Cal wasn’t interested in
shooting. Washington closed out the
half on a 10-3 run.
The Bears (14-10, 8-5 in the Pac-
10) did better in the second with their
leader back on the oor, but Cal did
not have a defensive answer on the
block. Boyle said Cal pressed for most
of the game to try to keep the ball out
of the paint. The press eventually paid
dividends, as Washington (9-14, 4-9)
committed two costly shot-clock viola-
tions in overtime.
“I thought the kids did a good job
having to press the entire games,” Boyle
said. “Their three at the end could have
been a momentum changer, but we
withstood that in overtime.”
Freshman guard Layshia Clarendon had 14 points on 2-of-3 shooting from beyond
the arc in the Bears’ overtime victory against Washington on Sunday afternoon in Seattle.
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Cal 75
Washington 68
I
n a world without Batman, the
villain wins.
When there’s no cloaked super-
hero to protect Gotham from the ne’er-
do-wellers of the world, chaos ensues.
And with ve minutes left in Sun-
day’s game against Washington, the
Huskies held a one-point lead, the Bat
Signal was in the sky, and yet the Caped
Crusader was absent from the court.
Alexis Gray-Lawson, whom Cal
women’s basketball coach Joanne
Boyle dubbed the Batman of the
season, was sitting in the Batcave with
an ankle injury.
With ve minutes left in the game,
Gray-Lawson tweaked her right ankle
on a jump shot. (Note: Playing like a
composed veteran, Gray-Lawson still
netted the shot and cut the lead to just
one point before falling to the oor,
clutching her right ankle.)
The sight of Gray-Lawson falling
brought back memories of her season-
ending ACL injury at the start of what
would have been her sophomore year.
Back then, as Boyle put it, Gray-
Lawson played the Robin to Ashley
Walker and Devanei Hampton.
The newly-named Batman was
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Point guard Jerome Randle drives the lane against Cougars guard Xavier Thames in the Bears’ victory on Saturday at Haas Pavilion.
anna vignet/contributor
Patrick Christopher entered Satur-
day’s post-game press conference, sat
down and immediately put his arm
around Jorge Gutierrez.
Gutierrez had catapulted the Cal
men’s basketball team to a come-from-
behind 86-70 victory over Washington
State at Haas Pavilion, complement-
ing his usual defensive intensity with a
career-high scoring effort.
by Jeff Goodman
Daily Cal Staff Writer
His energy was a catalyst in a win
that gave the Bears (17-8, 9-4 in the
Pac-10) a season sweep of the Cou-
gars and, perhaps more importantly,
kept them in
rst place in
the conference
standings.
“He changed
the game,” Je-
rome Randle
said.
Randle had
24 points on
6-of-9 three-point shooting, Chris-
topher scored 19 and forward Jamal
Boykin added 18 points and 11 re-
bounds for the Bears, but their second-
half comeback seemed largely due to
the efforts of Gutierrez. The sophomore
guard had a personal-best 15 points to
go along with six assists, four rebounds
and four steals in 34 minutes.
“I just enjoy being on the court with
my teammates, playing hard,” he said.
You Thought
Cal Couldn’t
Be Aggressive?
Jimmy
tran
W
hen the halftime buzzer
sounded, thousands of fans
rained a chorus of boos onto
the court.
They were directed at the refs, not
at Cal.
The Bears were in striking distance
and no one in Haas Pavilion was vis-
ibly worried.
Even if coach Mike Montgomery’s
squad had played 20 minutes of bas-
ketball that seemed to cement many
of the issues critics had pointed out
about the team.
Cal just isn’t mentally tough, they
said.
The Bears are all about nesse and
can’t play physically.
Given an option, the players would
rather settle for a jump shot than take
it to the rim.
They can’t win coming from
behind.
Cal knows how to shoot the ball
and not much else.
If all these criticisms rang true,
how could the Bears possibly mount a
comeback?
Something happened though, on
the very rst play of the second half.
Patrick Christopher turned down a
shot, and instead, drove the ball to the
hoop and drew a foul.
The fans acknowledged it right
away and started getting loud.
In a single play, Cal sent a message
to the Cougars.
This was going to be their half, and
there was nothing Washington State
could do about it.
No strategy change was necessary.
What did change then?
Montgomery said it. Jerome Randle
said it. Cougars coach Ken Bone said
it.
The Bears became the aggressors.
And like that, each and every mis-
conception broke down.
Teams that aren’t mentally tough
let the referees get into their heads.
Cal never complained about a
whistle.
Finesse teams try to win on skill
alone and refuse to do the dirty
work. Yet there was Jorge Gutier-
rez making hustle plays. There was
Christopher ghting through screens
and making life difcult for Klay
Thompson after the Washington
State sophomore torched him in the
rst half.
There were the Bears jumping the
passing lane, contesting shots and
forcing the issue around the rim.
Randle had been blocked literally
more than a handful of times but
continued to attack the paint.
All season long, Cal hadn’t won
a game after trailing at the midway
mark.
Not on Saturday.
The Bears outscored Washington
State by 27 points in the second half
and took another big step in its jour-
ney to becoming the rst Cal squad to
win the conference in 50 years.
No, this game didn’t change much,
but it did show that the Bears aren’t
the team the doubters pinned them
to be.
All they had to do was talk to one of
the many fans in attendance Saturday
afternoon. For them, the outcome,
and this team’s true character, was
never in doubt.
Washington State 70
Cal 86
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