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www.dailycal.org Established 1871. Independent Student Press Since 1971. Berkeley, California Monday, March 14, 2011 ARTS SECRETS & LIES: Cary Fukunaga helms a dazzling new adaptation of ‘Jane Eyre.’ SEE PAGE 4 Independent and Third- Party Candidates Emerge The CalSERVE party’s decision not to run an executive slate for this year’s ASUC elections has opened the field to several third-party and independent candidates seeking to make their mark as viable alternatives to students. Traditionally, CalSERVE is the pri- mary rival of the Student Action party — which announced its slate March 7 — but officials said the initial decision not to run executives was made in or- der to allow the party to more actively engage in issues such as the campus cost-cutting Operational Excellence initiative and student protests outside the immediate scope of the ASUC. by J.D. Morris Staff Writer Viola Tang, academic affairs vice president and one of two CalSERVE executives currently in office, said the party will be able to take a step back next year without being tied down by the duties of an executive position. “It’s very easy to be bogged down by all the requirements and institutional framework when you’re in office,” Tang said. “We’ve done this before, and it hasn’t set us back.” But current CalSERVE Senator Ste- fan Montouth is running for president independent of his party’s support. “I completely agree with the idea that CalSERVE isn’t just a political party,” Montouth said. “I just think it’s impor- tant to have leaders ... who are working PG&E Works on SmartMeter Opt-Out Plan Although the California Public Util- ities Commission announced its deci- sion to direct PG&E to create an opt- out option for SmartMeter installation Thursday, some Berkeley residents and other PG&E customers — who have been pushing for a moratorium on meter installation — are apprehensive about the details of the proposal. The new wireless technology has raised numerous complaints about inaccurate fee increases, an invasion of privacy and negative health effects since PG&E began installing the me- ters last year. Following the lead of other Bay Area cities, the city of Berke- ley wrote a letter to Michael Peevey, president of the commission, in June requesting an opt-out option and fur- ther investigation of the device. by Kelsey Clark Staff Writer “The SmartMeter technology does have some potential uses for saving en- ergy and saving money, but I think there is going to be some improvements to the technology,” said Berkeley City Coun- cilmember Kriss Worthington, who sponsored the resolution urging the city to write the letter to the commission. In a March 10 statement, Peevey said PG&E is being directed to prepare a proposal within two weeks outlining an opt-out process for customers “who object to these devices at reasonable cost, to be paid by the customers who choose to opt-out.” According to PG&E spokesperson Paul Moreno, the com- pany has been examining the possibili- ty of an opt-out option and is prepared to file a proposal by March 24. SmartMeters transmit wireless ra- dio frequency with information about a unit’s energy use, which can be tracked by the customer online. Moreno said the meters are operating within the standards for radio frequencies at one- seventieth of the limit set by the Fed- eral Communications Commission. “Meters are safe, they’re accurate, but nonetheless we’ve been directed to come up with a proposal for an opt-out provision,” he said. “Although the great weight of scientific evidence has shown that SmartMeters are safe, we take our customer concerns seriously.” However, many Bay Area groups and residents say PG&E has offered no proof that the meters are safe and accurate. Sandi Maurer, founder of EMF Safety Network — a group that raises aware- ness about radiation — said the constant exposure to radio frequency pulses from the meters resulted in physical ailments, including headaches, heart palpitations, ringing in the ears and lack of sleep. “We’re asking for a moratorium Assistant Director for Campus Conduct Center to Leave Post Laura Bennett of UC Berkeley’s Cen- ter for Student Conduct and Community Standards — who has been involved in the campus’s con- troversial handling of student conduct cases — is leaving campus this week and will enter a po- sition administering the student conduct process at another school. After working almost a year and a half, Bennett — who has served since August 2009 as the as- by Adelyn Baxter Staff Writer sistant director for the Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards and as a student life and development special- ist — said in an e-mail that she would be leaving for a position at Harper College, a community college outside of Chicago. According to Bennett, her last day work- ing on campus will be Tuesday. Bennett said in the e-mail that she has been involved in approximately 500 to 550 cases involving various forms of student conduct violations during her time with the center. Though Bennett’s e-mail did not speci- fy when she first announced the decision, she stated that after giving appropriate notice to her supervisor, she began telling other parties of her impending departure >> SMArTMETEr: PAGE 5 >> BEnnETT: PAGE 3 LAuRA bEnnETT Amber Nelson, the fiancee of the late Adolfo Ignacio Celedon, commemorates his life at the site of his murder in South Berkeley on Saturday. At the event, community members called for continued investigation into the unsolved case. See page 5 for the full story. A Celebration of Life kevin foote/staff SmartMeters installed by PG&E have been the source of much debate recently. PG&E is working to create a new SmartMeter opt-out policy. Randy adam RomeRo/staff UC Irvine Office Finds Student regent Guilty of Sexual Batte ry UC Student Regent Jesse Cheng was found guilty last Thursday of a student conduct violation for sexual battery by UC Irvine’s Student Conduct Office. The UC Irvine Student Conduct Policy defines sexual battery as “unwanted touch- ing” of a sexual or physical nature and the sanction for the ruling is probation until the end of the quar- ter, according to Cheng. Other pos- sible consequences for such a charge of sexual battery under the policy include suspension or dismissal from the uni- versity. He has seven days to appeal the ruling and said he is undecided about whether he will appeal. The woman who brought the case to the student conduct office — who said she wished to be identified only as “Laya” in order to protect her identity by Jordan Bach-Lombardo Staff Writer JESSE ChEnG >> ChEnG: PAGE 5 as a victim of an alleged sex crime — said she was relieved that at least part of the process has come to a close. The campus’s conduct office con- ducted an investigation into the matter and interviewed both Cheng and Laya before coming to their decision. “It’s been a very long time coming,” she said. “I haven’t gotten any justice until now. UC Irvine’s decision has made me feel liberated.” Despite the ruling, Cheng said he “still maintains (his) innocence as a whole,” saying that the student con- duct process requires a significantly lower threshold of evidence to find a defendant guilty than criminal pro- ceedings — which he has not faced as a result of the sexual battery allegation brought against him. “In a criminal proceeding you need to prove beyond reasonable doubt,” he said. “Student conduct just needs evidence that this likely could have happened. It’s a much lower standard of innocence than the (District Attor- ney).” The Orange County District Attorney >> ELECTIOnS: PAGE 2 Have a happy Pi Day! 3/14 3.14159265358979323 846264338327950288 419716939937510582 097494459230781640 62862089986280348 253421170679821480 865132823066470938 446095505822317253 5940812848111745028 SPORTS WE Run L.A.: bruins trounce Cal in the Pac-10 semi-finals at Staples Center. SEE bACK

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Page 1: Daily Cal - Monday, March 14, 2011

www.dailycal.org

Established 1871. Independent Student Press Since 1971.

Berkeley, California Monday, March 14, 2011

ARTS

SECRETS & LIES: Cary Fukunaga helms a dazzling new adaptation of ‘Jane Eyre.’SEE PAGE 4

Independent and Third- Party Candidates Emerge

The CalSERVE party’s decision not to run an executive slate for this year’s ASUC elections has opened the field to several third-party and independent candidates seeking to make their mark as viable alternatives to students.

Traditionally, CalSERVE is the pri-mary rival of the Student Action party — which announced its slate March 7 — but officials said the initial decision not to run executives was made in or-der to allow the party to more actively engage in issues such as the campus cost-cutting Operational Excellence initiative and student protests outside the immediate scope of the ASUC.

by J.D. MorrisStaff Writer

Viola Tang, academic affairs vice president and one of two CalSERVE executives currently in office, said the party will be able to take a step back next year without being tied down by the duties of an executive position.

“It’s very easy to be bogged down by all the requirements and institutional framework when you’re in office,” Tang said. “We’ve done this before, and it hasn’t set us back.”

But current CalSERVE Senator Ste-fan Montouth is running for president independent of his party’s support.

“I completely agree with the idea that CalSERVE isn’t just a political party,” Montouth said. “I just think it’s impor-tant to have leaders ... who are working

PG&E Works on SmartMeter Opt-Out Plan

Although the California Public Util-ities Commission announced its deci-sion to direct PG&E to create an opt-out option for SmartMeter installation Thursday, some Berkeley residents and other PG&E customers — who have been pushing for a moratorium on meter installation — are apprehensive about the details of the proposal.

The new wireless technology has raised numerous complaints about inaccurate fee increases, an invasion of privacy and negative health effects since PG&E began installing the me-ters last year. Following the lead of other Bay Area cities, the city of Berke-ley wrote a letter to Michael Peevey, president of the commission, in June requesting an opt-out option and fur-ther investigation of the device.

by Kelsey ClarkStaff Writer

“The SmartMeter technology does have some potential uses for saving en-ergy and saving money, but I think there is going to be some improvements to the technology,” said Berkeley City Coun-cilmember Kriss Worthington, who sponsored the resolution urging the city to write the letter to the commission.

In a March 10 statement, Peevey said PG&E is being directed to prepare a proposal within two weeks outlining an opt-out process for customers “who object to these devices at reasonable cost, to be paid by the customers who choose to opt-out.” According to PG&E spokesperson Paul Moreno, the com-pany has been examining the possibili-ty of an opt-out option and is prepared to file a proposal by March 24.

SmartMeters transmit wireless ra-dio frequency with information about a unit’s energy use, which can be tracked by the customer online. Moreno said

the meters are operating within the standards for radio frequencies at one-seventieth of the limit set by the Fed-eral Communications Commission.

“Meters are safe, they’re accurate, but nonetheless we’ve been directed to come up with a proposal for an opt-out provision,” he said. “Although the great weight of scientific evidence has shown that SmartMeters are safe, we take our customer concerns seriously.”

However, many Bay Area groups and residents say PG&E has offered no proof that the meters are safe and accurate.

Sandi Maurer, founder of EMF Safety Network — a group that raises aware-ness about radiation — said the constant exposure to radio frequency pulses from the meters resulted in physical ailments, including headaches, heart palpitations, ringing in the ears and lack of sleep.

“We’re asking for a moratorium

Assistant Director for Campus Conduct Center to Leave Post

Laura Bennett of UC Berkeley’s Cen-ter for Student Conduct and Community Standards — who has been involved in the campus’s con-troversial handling of student conduct cases — is leaving campus this week and will enter a po-sition administering the student conduct process at another school.

After working almost a year and a half, Bennett — who has served since August 2009 as the as-

by Adelyn BaxterStaff Writer

sistant director for the Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards and as a student life and development special-ist — said in an e-mail that she would be leaving for a position at Harper College, a community college outside of Chicago. According to Bennett, her last day work-ing on campus will be Tuesday.

Bennett said in the e-mail that she has been involved in approximately 500 to 550 cases involving various forms of student conduct violations during her time with the center.

Though Bennett’s e-mail did not speci-fy when she first announced the decision, she stated that after giving appropriate notice to her supervisor, she began telling other parties of her impending departure

>> SMArTMETEr: PAGE 5 >> BEnnETT: PAGE 3

LAuRAbEnnETT

Amber Nelson, the fiancee of the late Adolfo Ignacio Celedon, commemorates his life at the site of his murder in South Berkeley on Saturday. At the event, community members called for continued investigation into the unsolved case. See page 5 for the full story.

A Celebration of Lifekevin foote/staff

SmartMeters installed by PG&E have been the source of much debate recently. PG&E is working to create a new SmartMeter opt-out policy.

Randy adam RomeRo/staff

UC Irvine Office Finds Student regent Guilty of Sexual Battery

UC Student Regent Jesse Cheng was found guilty last Thursday of a student conduct violation for sexual battery by UC Irvine’s Student Conduct Office.

The UC Irvine Student Conduct Policy defines sexual battery as “unwanted touch-ing” of a sexual or physical nature and the sanction for the ruling is probation until the end of the quar-ter, according to Cheng. Other pos-sible consequences for such a charge of sexual battery under the policy include suspension or dismissal from the uni-versity. He has seven days to appeal the ruling and said he is undecided about whether he will appeal.

The woman who brought the case to the student conduct office — who said she wished to be identified only as “Laya” in order to protect her identity

by Jordan Bach-LombardoStaff Writer

JESSEChEnG

>> ChEnG: PAGE 5

as a victim of an alleged sex crime — said she was relieved that at least part of the process has come to a close.

The campus’s conduct office con-ducted an investigation into the matter and interviewed both Cheng and Laya before coming to their decision.

“It’s been a very long time coming,” she said. “I haven’t gotten any justice until now. UC Irvine’s decision has made me feel liberated.”

Despite the ruling, Cheng said he “still maintains (his) innocence as a whole,” saying that the student con-duct process requires a significantly lower threshold of evidence to find a defendant guilty than criminal pro-ceedings — which he has not faced as a result of the sexual battery allegation brought against him.

“In a criminal proceeding you need to prove beyond reasonable doubt,” he said. “Student conduct just needs evidence that this likely could have happened. It’s a much lower standard of innocence than the (District Attor-ney).”

The Orange County District Attorney

>> ELECTIOnS: PAGE 2

Have a happy

Pi Day!

3/14

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172535940812848111745028

SPORTS

WE Run L.A.: bruins trounce Cal in the Pac-10 semi-finals at Staples Center. SEE bACK

Page 2: Daily Cal - Monday, March 14, 2011

2 NEWS & MARKETPLACE Monday, March 14, 2011 The Daily Californian

The March 4 article, “Co-Op Board Set to Vote on Drug Policy Changes” incorrectly stated that the projected meeting agenda for the Berkeley Stu-dent Cooperative’s Board of Directors’ March 3 agenda included the following: a discussion of the creation of a new student liaison to the Tang Center, a suggestion to distribute the overdose antidote naloxone at co-ops and a sug-gested revision of the “good Samaritan” policy. It also incorrectly attributed this information to BSC President and for-mer employee of The Daily Californian Daniel Kronovet.

In fact, the agenda did not include these items.

The Daily Californian regrets the errors.

Correction

Onlinewww.dailycal.org

fresh choice: An ASUC Store Operations Board member objects to negotiations for a shortened lease agreement with Fresh Choice.

Position AccePted: The Chair of the Bioengineering Department accepts a position at the University of Chicago.

Phone books: The city partners with an online service to reduce unsolicited mail and unused phone books.

roll n’ shoot: This wheelchair bas-ketball event to raise awareness for the disabled took place at the RSF.

meteorite: A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite was studied by campus researchers.

tsunami?clog.dAilycAl.org The remains of the tsunami that hit Japan last week also hit Berkeley sometime thereafter. As is the tendency for any sort of unusual weather phenomena expected around these parts (snow, anybody?), a few folks got way too excited about it. Read about it and more on the Clog.

A long home stretchblog.dAilycAl.org/sPorts This is the Cal baseball team’s last season, but they’re not going down without a fight. Saturday night’s match against Rice stretched out an interminable fifteen innings and nearly five hours. See the sports blog for details.

basketball and busesblog.dAilycAl.org/Photo The Daily Cal photographers have been busy this week, posting pictures of buses, basketball games and Egypt vigils. Check it out on the photo blog.

You can send any comments, requests or long baseball games to [email protected].

On the Clogclog.dailycal.org

corrections/clarifications:The Daily Californian strives for accuracy and fairness in the reporting of news. If a report is wrong or misleading, a request for a correction or clarification may be made.

letters to the editor: Letters may be sent via e-mail. Letters sent via U.S. mail should be typed and must include signature and daytime phone number. All letters are edited for space and clarity.

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on these things and keeping the adminis-tration and ourselves accountable.”

Additionally, for the first time since its creation in 2008, the Cooperative Movement party has slated an execu-tive candidate in nominating its cur-rent senator, Elliot Goldstein, for the office of executive vice president.

Goldstein, who is also running for senate again, said he would not be run-ning for an executive office were it not for CalSERVE’s decision.

“I was originally planning on run-ning for senate again, but it’s been a real game changer, and it prompted me to view this as an opportunity to give people, voters, a real serious choice where they can vote for someone with experience and vision and not have a choice between voting for a Student Action candidate and a less serious candidate,” Goldstein said.

He also said he hopes to see some of the other candidates come together as a “diverse coalition of independent and third party candidates” to be a serious alternative to the Student Action slate.

The lack of CalSERVE candidates has also affected SQUELCH! Senator Rachel Horning’s campaign for aca-demic affairs vice president.

“I know that it’s not necessarily in the SQUELCH! nature to run a legiti-mate executive member, but I’m going to go ahead and at least provide a sec-ond option for the students that might not necessarily align with Student Ac-tion,” Horning said.

Five of the third party or independent executive candidates also filed to run for senate, which Attorney General Nathan Rahmanou said has not been done on this scale for at least the past two years.

He said the fact that some candidates are running in both categories presents a problem with campaign finance. Accord-ing to the ASUC Constitution and By-laws, candidates for executive positions are allowed to spend $1,000, while can-didates for senate are allowed to spend $200 on their ASUC campaigns.

Though no candidate is allowed to hold both positions, Rahmanou said this puts the five candidates running for two seats at a campaigning advan-tage and that a bylaws amendment may be necessary to determine how much money they will receive.

“All that money can make a pretty big difference,” Rahmanou said. “It’s a pretty big chunk to have to figure out.”

elections: Decision Had Effects on Others’ Plans frOm frOnt

J.D. Morris covers student government. Contact him at [email protected].

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3OPINION & NEWS Monday, March 14, 2011The Daily Californian

Six metal pelicans, spinning in air. Shadowed by venetian blinds, they whirl away in a poorly-de-

signed mobile, next to a plastic plant, to a soundtrack of smooth jazz. Music designed, I imagine, to be relaxing. One keeps hitting its beak on the others’ strings.

The hygienist scrapes away at the dark innards of my mouth.

Watching the pelicans’ awkward flight, I realize, in a definitive sort of way, that the world is a ridiculous place.

The feeling is not one specific to dentistry, although dentistry, I must say, is an absurdity unto itself. Such a big office, so much time and care, so many trained professionals, all there for the care of such a small part of my body. When my British parents moved to this country, they adopted a few American ideals with great enthusiasm. One was hot tubbing. Another was the doctrine of semiannual dental visits.

My pocket depth, the hygienist assures me, plunging some pointed instrument into my gums, is excellent. I have clearly been flossing. (I haven’t.)

That crooked bottom tooth of mine — I could go back to the orthodontist, she says and see about straightening it up by some way of metal or plastic. And the gap between my two front teeth — it would only take a few weeks of Invisalign to close it up. I should do it while I’m still young, before it becomes a bigger problem.

A bigger problem.Maybe the biggest health benefit of

regular dental check-ups is the time it gives you to think, rendered speechless and immobile beneath the swirling metal pelicans.

On the drive to my appointment (well before my realization that dentistry symbolizes the spiritual and material disconnect between our society and the rest of the world), a tsunami warning flashed on a sign above the highway.

I watched the video of it when I got home. Our own little tsunami, inches high, rolling into the harbor in Emeryville, affecting nothing.

The metaphor draws itself. A massive wave that sweeps away cars like toothpicks in Japan, destroying farms and roads and buildings and lives — once it reaches us, is a tiny ripple. No more than an echo of its former, terrifying self as it breaks against the rocks. Completely forgettable.

The footage of our end of the tsunami deserves a few seconds of viewing, a few more seconds to ponder the smallness of the earth, then many more seconds of not thinking about it anymore.

For a few more days, the headlines will demand large banners at the tops of news websites. Then they will go away. The media tsunami will weaken to a tiny push of water.

And so we live in a world of dentists and disasters.

How is this world, packed with wires and satellites and media to connect us across hemispheres, so easy to ignore?

On the other side of the Pacific, an entire coastline is swept away. As a tiny wave laps at our shore, I hear the word “Japan” mentioned briefly in the dentist’s office, before the conversation turns back to who-married-whom.

There is no moral judgement to be

made here. We see, we remark, we forget. Every few months we hear about such a tragedy. New Zealand, Chile, Haiti, China, Pakistan, the list goes on. These are natural disasters. We can’t do much to stop them, except maybe to build stronger houses and donate to the relief. And the recovery will be huge this time — Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said that this is Japan’s greatest disaster since World War II.

In a system of mass media where news must sell, the headlines are necessar-

ily suited to what the consumer wants to see, even if it’s something awful. A tsunami looks good on the news — for all its horror, it’s also an incredible spectacle.

It’s hard to take your eyes off images of hundreds of cars, once neatly lined up and ready for export, swept away and piled up like plastic toys. Forces of nature snatching control of the earth back from man’s grasp.

But when the suffering is man-made and when it occurs without a great spectacle, we forget even faster. These human tragedies, it seems, are more like the tides. They come and go. We learn about them, but they don’t affect us, so we do nothing to stop them.

Poverty and starvation do not make for exciting media — these are not even “events,” so they do not make news. It’s the way our system of spreading information works. Without an element of Hollywood apocalypse, mass suffering is just that — suffering. Something we do not want to see, and we don’t have to.

So we focus on other things.My gums, the hygienist tells me,

after working away at them with a length of floss, are perfectly healthy. “Here’s a human being who is paid to floss,” I think to myself.

Maybe the most comfortable society is one that can spend its money worrying about a tiny gap between the front teeth of its young women.

The pinnacle of complacency is the point where we can afford not to look outside ourselves. We do not worry about the world because we do not have to worry, until the tsunami hits here as a monster and fades to a gentle lapping of water against another society’s shore across the earth.

There are no fingers to point here. It’s just the way it is.

Something to think about in the dentist’s chair.

Tell Hannah what you think about at the dentist’s at [email protected].

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“as it seemed suitable based on my re-sponsibilities and our interactions.”

“I am leaving Cal for a position that provides me with the opportunity to oversee a student conduct program as well as to support other areas of Student Affairs,” Bennett said in the e-mail. “It is also located closer to my family in the Midwest.”

According to Associate Dean of Stu-dents Christina Gonzales, the center will begin the process of finding a re-placement for Bennett soon. She add-ed that the center hired two new staff members in December to help with the

center’s work load — in a move unre-lated to Bennett’s decision to leave.

Director of the Center for Student Conduct and Community Standards Susan Trageser did not respond to re-quests for comment.

According to Callie Maidhof, a cam-pus graduate student who has resolved her conduct case for her involvement in protests in November 2009, Bennett’s role as the representative of the campus in conduct hearings for student protest-ers has led to criticism in the past.

The center has been the subject of controversy as a result of delays as well as alleged procedural violations in stu-dent protesters’ conduct proceedings.

On Thursday, the blogs Reclaim UC and Those Who Use It celebrated Ben-nett’s departure through blog posts and Twitter.

Maidhof said she heard about Ben-nett’s resignation through Twitter and blog posts. According to Maidhof, her in-teractions with Bennett took place when she was facing student conduct charges.

“This doesn’t solve anything, but it’s a welcome departure,” Maidhof said. “It was welcome news, but at the same time, there are major structural prob-lems remaining.”

Aaida Samad of The Daily Califor-nian contributed to this article.

Contact Adelyn Baxter at [email protected].

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‘Win’ Wrestles With Conventional Morality

Role model. Paul Giamatti as Mike mentors Kyle, the grandson of one of his clients. In Thomas McCarthy’s ‘Win Win,’ they cement their bond over a common interest in wrestling.

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The promotional poster for “Win Win” — Thomas McCarthy’s 2011 Sundance submission —

suggests a very predictable film. From the image of Paul Giamatti and a tow-headed teenager sitting on gym bleach-ers, dressed respectively as coach and wrestler, you could conclude that this is an offbeat wrestling movie. But this judgment is insufficient: “Win Win” is not a quirky underdog sports flick but a traditional fable wrapped in indie cloth-ing. The film is effectively a moral para-ble of reconciliation: Normally decent people make bad decisions with the best intentions, and then must shoulder the weight of their poor choices until they make amends.

“Win Win” follows Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), a struggling elder-care lawyer and father in suburban New Jersey, who part-times as a high school wrestling coach. In a moment of desperation disguised as professional compassion, Mike poses as the caregiver of one of his clients for the extra money. This initial act tips Mike into a mire of family conflicts, to the point where he even houses his client’s runaway

by Amelia Taylor-HochbergStaff Writer

grandson, Kyle.What follows is the inevitable anxious

percolation, where everyone seems to be getting along fine while the lie holds its breath, waiting to emerge. When that lie surfaces, Mike is forced to patch the professional and familial fractures he has caused in both his own and Kyle’s family, with an almost ludicrous level of selflessness. But despite his great personal sacrifice, Mike appears happy with the way his problems have been resolved. The moral here says starkly: Do the right thing, no matter how much self-sacrifice you have to endure, and you will be happy.

The plot as a whole delivers its take on ethics in a way that never breaches the conventional structure of modest storytelling. Nor are its characters particularly impassioned or remarkable: In the opening sequence of the film, we witness Mike suffering through a domino effect of inconveniences, to which he can only force out an “oh shit,” never mustering the moxie to go past “frickin’ sucks.” He is in no way criminal: His only vice seems to be cigarettes, smoking just one behind a convenience store dumpster after throwing the rest of the pack away. We see him driving his Subaru to church and plunging his office

toilet, an average man spread thin over a variety of domestic and professional duties.

Judging by his performances in films like “American Splendor” and “Side-ways,” Giamatti is an actor capable of neuroses and sourness never utilized in “Win Win.” Mike’s general blandness shows the film’s economization: Characters are mainly stand-ins to act out the plot, and the plot is essentially allegorical to the moral, which is given the highest priority.

While the plot devices are in part derived from high school wrestling, “Win Win” never becomes a hackneyed sports movie. Really, most virtues of McCarthy’s “Win Win” lie in its moderation and resistance: It approach-es the cliche and calmly steers away from it, although never into new territory. The audience is spared a triumphant sports montage, and there is no adorable indie score to accompany witty dialogue (although Jon Bon Jovi is credited in the soundtrack). But tactfully avoiding the predictable isn’t enough to tell an original story, and ultimately, the film seems as if it were made with only mild didacticism in mind.

The plot elements are almost entirely homegrown: McCarthy grew up

wrestling in suburban New Jersey with his friend Joe Tiboni (who developed the story with McCarthy), now an elder-care lawyer still living in his home-town. But rather than trying to profit from the untapped “indie high school wrestling movie” market, “Win Win” reconfigures these personal elements into lite ethical education. There’s nothing remarkable about the film’s

style or story, but this only serves to frame the parable in a subtle way. At best, “Win Win” is the film that your parents would read to you before you went to bed: an easy-to-swallow moral lesson that is familiar enough to be nonthreatening.

Send Amelia your favorite sports montage at [email protected].

Directed by Cary Fukunaga — one of the most exciting filmmak-

ers to appear on the American scene in recent years — “Jane Eyre”

reveals the workings of a master-in-the-making. With its bleak expedition

through the lonely rural area of Victorian-era England, the film moves

away from the drab fare that has become synonymous with the costume drama

piece. Instead, Fukunaga relies on traditional elements of character develop-

ment and narrative structure to develop an original take on a story that hasn’t had

much success in its past film incarnations.An adaptation of the novel by Charlotte

Bronte, the film’s story may already be familiar to audiences. As always, the length of

the book presents difficulty in creating a film. However, these filmmakers attempted

something as yet unseen in past versions of “Jane Eyre.”

Instead of beginning with her childhood, the film starts with Jane (Mia Wasikowska) as an

adult traveling through the tumultuous weather of the English countryside for reasons unknown. In seven continuous minutes, not a single word is uttered. By eliminating much of the dialogue

heard in the novel, Fukunaga establishes the film as an essentially visual piece. As she arrives at the doorstep of St. John Rivers (Jamie Bell), the film

abruptly cuts back to Jane’s younger years as an

by Jawad QadirStaff Writer

orphan under the care of her malevo-lent aunt, Mrs. Reed (Sally Hawkins).

The movie continues to move back and forth between Jane’s time with St. John, her governess work at Thornfield Hall and various parts of her child-hood. The jumping narrative style may come as a bit of a surprise for some fans of the book, but the practicality of the decision ultimately outweighs anything lost in adaptation. Flashbacks between different periods in the character’s life bring out thematic elements that enhance character development. Jane’s character still feels whole without requiring a three-hour running time, eliminating the need for the first-per-son narration of the novel.

Much of the credit for creating a truly multi-faceted “Jane Eyre” belongs to the performances of Mia Wasikows-ka and a cast of up-and-comers. With only a look into the camera, the expression on the young actress’ face reveals the nature of every conversation and incident without a word being said. The performances of Michael Fassbender and Jamie Bell bring out the diametric views of marriage, love and masculinity as they vie for Jane’s affection.

Fukunaga’s ability to balance the sequence of events helps shift the tone of “Jane Eyre.” Unlike the more traditional novels that came out of 19th century England, Bronte’s story mixes genres. “I knew I was taking on a story that is a period film and a romance

with elements of horror,” said the director. “Walking the line among these tones would be difficult, because it’s easier to default to one or the other. I wanted to maintain consistency in the style of telling the story.”

Fortunately, Fukunaga ensures that the darker aspects of the story don’t take a backseat. Instead, they function as a welcome departure from the cumbersome Victorian language and talking heads that dominate whole scenes. “The original novel featured many spooky elements, from early Victorian gothic atmospheres to outright spiritual presences,” he said. “I liked the imagery and was excited by the idea of pushing that side of the story further than in previous adaptations — not full-blown horror, but a definite vibe.”

Although the presence of such ingredients is sparse, the use of silence and gothic settings creates an unnerving tension throughout the film. Whereas Terrence Malick’s “Days of Heaven” served as the base for Fukunaga’s first film “Sin Nombre,” the filmmaker and his cinematographer turned to Stanley Kubrick for their work on “Jane Eyre:” “Thornfield put us in (the) mind of the Overlook Hotel in ‘The Shining’.”

The grandeur of “Jane Eyre” recalls the director’s past work with his cinematographer, Adriano Goldman. With its heavy contrast between scenes of darkness and light, the portrayal of

the natural world reflects the emotions of its characters in every frame. The harsh weather enhances the feeling of leading a solitary life, while jagged cliffs are as effective as eerie architecture in providing gothic undertones.

However, the director makes a departure from his past work in a significant manner, namely in his role as a writer. “You always write, even if you don’t get screenwriting credit,” said Fukunaga. “But I’m not that interested in being an auteur. If there are great stories out there, I want the chance to tell them, not just because it came from me.” Although that may be the case, an unmistakable thread weaves through both of the director’s theatrical releases, uncovering the makings of a new major voice in modern American cinema.

After watching his breakthrough film about illegal immigration and Mexican gangs, some may find it odd to see the young filmmaker turn to the heavily ornamented costume drama of “Jane Eyre.” “I think they’re actually kind of similar, minus the trains and gangs,” said the filmmaker. “You have a young woman in search of love and companionship and a home, a place that she fits into society. She has thoughts about the kind of life she wants to lead. And I think I’m just interested in these kinds of stories that search for home.”

Jawad Qadir is the lead film critic. Contact him at [email protected].

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because they have never done a study to show that the meters were safe,” she said.

Mindy Spatt, communications di-rector for the Utility Reform Network, said PG&E rushed into using the tech-nology before addressing customer concerns about the affordability of in-stallation and customer security.

“This puts an enormous amount of personal data online, and in this day in age, that makes it vulnerable,” Spatt said, adding that hackers in the sys-tem can find out whether somebody is home by looking at their energy use.

She added that she is concerned about the price of the opt-out privilege, as well as the discrepancy between the bills based on analog readings and those from SmartMeter readings.

Berkeley resident Phoebe Sorgen, who placed “Do Not Install” signs around her house to prevent PG&E from installing the new meters, said the opt-out proposal is a surprise and would be a “good sign for democracy.”

“Wireless stupid meters are another example of ‘corporatocracy’ going against the will of the people,” she said.

Contact Kelsey Clark at [email protected].

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did not press charges against Cheng after the case was forwarded to the office by the Irvine Police Depart-ment, citing a lack of corroborating evidence and the long history be-tween Cheng and Laya. Both Cheng and Laya have acknowledged that they were in a long-term relation-ship prior to the event that led to the sexual battery allegation.

The UC Irvine Student Conduct Policy states that “even if the criminal justice system chooses not to pros-ecute, the University can discipline a student if there is a preponderance of the evidence that the student has com-mitted a violation.”

Officials in the UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct declined to com-ment, citing student privacy.

But Jollene Levid, national chair-person of AF3IRM — a feminist wom-en’s group that is organizing rallies on Laya’s behalf — said the fact that the campus found Cheng responsible for sexual battery is “doubly impacting.”

“I think that’s almost contradictory that he’s writing off the UC system de-cision, that’s the system he’s operating within,” she said. “He’s basically an of-ficer of that system, I don’t know what that says.”

Cheng declined to comment on how the decision impacted his status as stu-dent regent and whether he would at-

tend the UC Board of Regents meeting this week at UC San Francisco’s Mis-sion Bay campus.

Protests against his continued ser-vice are planned for the meeting on Wednesday by AF3IRM and other women’s rights coalitions.

UC spokesperson Steve Montiel said in an e-mail that Russell Gould, the chairman of the Board of Regents, has requested that the UC’s Chief Compliance and Audit Officer Sheryl Vacca review Irvine’s student conduct process to “assure its adequacy for the Regents’ purposes.”

“The Chairman has also asked the Committee on Governance to con-vene expeditiously upon completion of this review to determine what action, if any, is warranted,” he said in the e-mail. “During this time, students will continue to have representation by Student Regent-designate (Alfredo) Mireles.”

Both Laya and Levid said the con-duct decision represented a first step in the process to eventual justice.

“We see the latest decision by the student conduct office as a positive step in getting (Laya) legal justice,” Levid said. “Not everyone finds justice right away, that’s why we’re continuing to fight.”

Jordan Bach-Lombardo is the lead higher education reporter. Contact him at [email protected].

Community Members Gather to Honor Murdered Man

To raise awareness of the unsolved murder of Adolfo Ignacio Celedon Bravo and commemorate his life, his fiancee and friends gathered with oth-er community members Saturday at the South Berkeley site where he was shot and killed six months ago.

Celedon was shot several times in the course of an attempted robbery as he was walking home from a party with his fiancee Amber Nelson, a UC Berkeley graduate student, at 3:41 a.m. on Sept. 12 at the intersection of Adeline and Emerson streets and was pronounced dead after being taken to a local trauma center. It was his 35th birthday.

There have been no arrests in con-nection with the incident, and the Berkeley Police Department has not identified any suspects.

Nelson, who organized the event Saturday, hung a timeline of Celedon’s life on the wall of a neighboring build-ing, and she and others drew pictures

by Courtney MouldsStaff Writer

and wrote messages on the ground in chalk. A friend of the couple, Shaleece Haas, said it was a “day to tend the garden” that has been planted along the sidewalk in memory of Celedon, known to friends and family as “Fito.”

Celedon moved to Berkeley from Chile in February 2010 to be with Nel-son while she finished her graduate work on campus. The two met when Nelson was travelling in South Amer-ica.

According to his sister, who trav-elled to Berkeley from Chile for the event, Celedon had wanted to “change the world” through theater. She said he had given up his job as a commercial engineer in Chile to become an actor and wanted to promote social justice. At the time of his death, he was work-ing full-time, building boats at the Berkeley Marina, Nelson said.

“He was a dreamer, absolutely a dreamer,” his sister, Alejandra Cele-don, said.

Nelson said the couple had planned to move down to Brazil following her planned graduation in December, as

Adolfo Celedon was an avid soccer fan and wanted to find a job there that would involve him in World Cup. Nel-son said she intends to carry on with this plan, even after his death.

“I’ll know he’ll be there for the World Cup,” she said. “That’s why I know I’m going to be there too.”

Rolando Ortega, consul general at the Chilean Consulate in San Fran-cisco, spoke at the event and requested “the most expeditious investigation and prompt solution to this case ... so that the family of Adolfo can achieve the peace they deserve.”

Berkeley police Sgt. Mary Kusmiss also spoke, urging the community to share any information that could aid in the investigation. The city of Berkeley is offering a $15,000 reward for informa-tion leading to an arrest and conviction, in addition to a $2,000 reward offered by the Bay Area Crime Stoppers.

“The most insignificant detail some-times can be what solves this crime,” she said at the event.

Contact Courtney Moulds at [email protected].

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Cal Wins Most Wanted Doubles Points in Malibu

At the onset of the spring season, the No. 14 Cal men’s tennis team suffered through four away matches without ever capturing the doubles point.

Compared with that rocky start, a look at the Bears’ last four away match-es is almost a study in opposites.

In February, the team’s lineup fluctu-ated with each match and the players were more comfortable in the familiar routine at Hellman Tennis Complex.

But these days, Cal’s lineup is more set, and its ability to outplay oppo-nents on the road more than makes up for the lost home court advantage.

At the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, Calif., the Bears (8-3) defeated No. 4 Duke (9-6) on Saturday and No. 13 Pepperdine (11-3) on Sunday, both in 4-3 decisions, both with a clinched dou-

by Annie Gerlach Staff Writer

bles point. Yet this weekend’s results are not a one-time deal; the team has won its last four consecutive away matches, as well as its last four doubles points.

Cal began Saturday’s match against the Blue Devils on a low point, as se-nior captain Pedro Zerbini and junior Tommie Murphy fell, 8-3, to the No. 9 ranked duo of Henrique Cunha and Reid Carleton on the top court.

Sophomore Riki McLachlan and his freshman brother Ben kept the Bears in the match by trumping Jared Pinsky and Torsten Wietoska, 8-4, on court No. 3. The tandem of junior Nick Andrews and sophomore Christoffer Konigsfeldt gave Cal the first point of the day after a 9-8(7) battle on court No. 2.

Duke quickly took the lead in the singles round as Mengel and Cunha bested Konigsfeldt and Zerbini, respec-tively. But as Bears coach Peter Wright reiterated numerous times throughout the past few weeks, Cal hadn’t been focusing on courts four, five and six for naught.

Ben McLachlan trounced Fred Saba, 6-3, 6-2, on the fifth court, while senior Bozhidar Katsarov defeated Wietoska, 6-4, 6-4, on court No. 6. When Andrews defeated Pinsky, 7-6(2), 6-4 on court No. 4, he clinched the day’s victory for Cal.

Bears Post Impressive Weekend Victories Over Duke and Pepperdine In Southern California

The match against the Waves the next day looked strikingly similar. When Zer-bini and Murphy fell 8-1 to Alex Llom-part and Alfredo Moreno, this time on court No. 2, the combined triumphs of the other two duos ensured yet another doubles point for the Bears.

Instead of repeating the previous day’s mistakes and letting a doubles advantage devolve into a singles defi-cit, the Bears kept the lead throughout the remainder of the match.

The two teams traded wins as Llompart took a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Andrews on court No. 3 and Ben McLachlan overpowered Mousheg Hovhannisyan, 6-2, 6-4, on court No. 5. Katsarov’s 6-4, 6-2 win over David So-faer put the Bears ahead, 3-1.

Even though sophomore Carlos Cue-to fell, 7-6, 7-3(3), to Finn Tearney, Zer-bini crushed any of Pepperdine’s hopes for a comeback when he narrowly de-feated Sebastian Fanselow with a three-set win.

As Wright prophesied earlier in the week, “I just really want to see us play two good matches from start to finish.”

Mission accomplished.

Annie Gerlach covers men’s tennis. Contact her at [email protected].

W. HOOPS: Cal Sloppy Against Bruins’ Pressure from BACk

Los Angeles.“We were not poised, and we hid be-

hind UCLA players,” freshman guard Afure Jemerigbe said. “We forced Lay-shia to handle the ball the whole time. It’s tough.”

Though Clarendon was particularly affected, the Bears struggled to handle UCLA’s high pressure defense on all ends. The Bruins forced 19 turnovers and made 14 steals. Cal looked frenzied trying to move the ball around UCLA’s zone defense and into the key. Mean-while the Bruins seemed calm and collected on offense, passing around the Bears and maintaining possession easily.

“We talked about the press break and breaking it with confidence,” Cal coach Joanne Boyle said. “I think we struggled there. We struggled on the boards. We struggled to make layups. Our confidence was shaken.”

It wasn’t just Cal’s inability to break past UCLA’s top-ranked defense that broke its game, however. The Bruins hit the ground running offensively with an 11-1 run to start — and effec-tively end — the game.

The Bears didn’t see a field goal un-til Jemerigbe hit a layup more than five

minutes after tipoff. She had a season-high 17 points.

It didn’t help the Bears that UCLA sophomore Atonye Nyingifa reached her season high with 17 points, on top of her nine rebounds.

The Bruins’ well-rounded offense managed to pick up the slack in spite of Dixon’s scoring drought. In addition to Nyingifa, Darxia Morris and Doreena Campbell also scored in double-digits with 14 and 12 points, respectively.

With wins over third seed Arizona State and seventh seed Washington in the past two days, Cal had made a comeback from the abysmal 2-7 run that was the second half of its confer-ence campaign.

Yet the Bears’ chances against a UCLA that was well-rested from its two byes in the tournament were still slim. Boyle said fatigue was not a fac-tor for Cal, though.

“I didn’t see my team tire,” she said. “I can tell when my team’s tired. It was how we started the game. We got punched in the head a little bit and we just deflated. We didn’t respond to it.”

Alex Matthews covers women’s basketball. Contact her at [email protected].

BASEBALL: Anderson Weathers rain in Solid Startfrom BACk

Anderson held tough on the mound in spite of the sometimes driving rain, scattering six hits over 5 2/3 innings. The big right hander was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the sixth round of the MLB Draft last year but opted to return to Cal for one last sea-son.

Weekends like this one certainly go far to redeem Anderson’s decision to return for one last go-round with the Bears.

“The teams that we’ve lost to, we can beat them if we play our game,” Bruno said. “I feel like nationally, anything is

possible for us.”Even after a long weekend of base-

ball at AT&T Park, Bruno and his team won’t have much time to relax. Starting Wednesday, Cal must play five games in six days at Evans Dia-mond.

The Bears will host the University of San Francisco for an afternoon tilt on March 16 before opening up a three-game weekend series with Ohio State. They will conclude the grueling stretch next Monday against Nevada.

Katie Dowd covers baseball. Contact her at [email protected].

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cal sent Packing in Pac-10 semis

Layshia Clarendon had a frustrating outing against UCLA, going 0-for-6 from the field and missing four 3-pointers. Her only scoring came on two free throws in the second half.

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Throughout the No. 7 UCLA wom-en’s basketball team’s nearly perfect campaign this season, junior forward Jasmine Dixon has been key. The All-Pac-10 selec-tion averages 11.8 points and 7.2 re-bounds per game and shoots 52.9 percent from the field.

Dixon’s track record might lead one to assume that without her, the Bruins (17-4, 16-2 in the Pac-10) are not capable of the dominance they’ve displayed all year. Yet when Cal’s de-fense held Dixon to just four points on Friday during the Pac-10 tournament semifinal, UCLA was still able to beat the Bears handily, 63-50.

“When you’re playing teams twice, three times now, you have to know that they’re coming with double-teams,” Bruins coach Nikki Caldwell said of Dixon’s game.

While Cal (17-15, 7-11) focused on keeping Dixon away from the net, UCLA utilized that same strategy against the Bears’ point guard Layshia Clarendon, who averages 12.8 points per game but totaled 38 in the tourna-ment’s first two rounds.

Cal’s success in cutting out a huge piece of the Bruins’ offense was negated by UCLA’s defense. Clarendon scored just two points, a pair of free throws in the second half, at the Staples Center in

by Alex Matthews Staff Writer

Pair of Hat Tricks sparks cal in Thrashing of aggies

Blaine Scully considers the captain of the Cal rugby team to be “the first among equals.”

On Saturday afternoon, there was only one other player to equal the senior captain’s stat line. Along with se-nior flanker Tom Rooke, Scully notched a hat trick in the Bears’ 106-0 blanking of UC Davis. Cal has yet to give up a point in league play; the Bears have 201 points on 31 tries.

Not only was it Scully’s first 80-min-ute game of the season, but it was also his return to coach Jack Clark’s lineup after suffering a concussion against British Columbia on Feb. 19. The Sac-ramento, Calif., native was cleared last Saturday prior to Cal’s match against San Diego State, but he did not play.

Scully’s three-try performance came on the field of his alma mater, Jesuit High School in Carmichael, Calif. With the Bears (17-0, 2-0 in the CPD) forced to relocate matches from Witter Rugby Field this season and next, Clark opted to play at Jesuit, the high school home of 10 of his players. The match functioned as a fundraiser for high school rugby.

“I think it was special for a lot of us, having the opportunity to play (at Jesuit),” Scully said. “There were quite a few people there, a lot of as-piring young rugby players that came

by Christina JonesSenior Staff Writer

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Rain Only Delays win Over Dirtbags

At 8:15 p.m., the lights at AT&T Park finally began flicking off. It was a long time coming.

On Saturday, it took the Bears over four hours and 15 innings to defeat No. 18 Rice.

On Sunday, nature slowed things up. Play was paused for over an hour after Cal starter Dixon Ander-son accidentally nailed third baseman Mike Marjama when the slippery ball got away from him, rain pouring down onto the field.

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But it was as a team that the Bears pulled a tarp over the field during the rain delay. And as a team, the No. 20 Bears small-balled their way to a 6-1 win over Long Beach State, complet-ing an undefeated weekend at the Cal Baseball Classic in San Francisco.

“Oh, this is great,” sophomore left fielder Vince Bruno said. “After a 15-inning game, we lost an hour of sleep, got back up and played another game and won, 6-1. It’s a good thing for us.”

Dirtbag starter Shawn Stuart came into the contest with a record of 2-0 and an ERA of 1.35, but it didn’t take long for Cal (10-4) to get to him. In the bottom of the third, designated hitter Austin Booker chipped a single off the end of his bat, stole second and scored on a double by Bruno. Singles by sec-ond baseman Tony Renda and catcher Chadd Krist drove him in.

Bruno, a junior college transfer from Los Medanos College, went 2-for-3 with two runs on the after-noon.

“Everyone is trying to work harder than the next guy,” Bruno said. “That’s something that we carry on ourselves and take pride in. One through nine, they’re all hard workers.”

The Bears scored three more in the fifth and another in the sixth, all made possible by stringing together singles, doubles and sacrifices. They also got production from where they needed it; Renda and Krist, Cal’s three-four hitters, went a combined 5-for-8 with four RBI.

“We consider all these teams region-al teams. It’s pretty much practice for the postseason,” said Krist, who caught 23 innings in two days. “We can come out and defeat these teams.”

Morrison sets cal Heptathlon Record at ncaa indoor Meet

Mike Morrison’s fifth-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Track and Field Indoor Championships this weekend doesn’t quite tell the whole story.

Not only did he come through in the clutch in the pole vault to help break the Cal heptathlon record that he set, but also the neck-and-neck competition was so close that clear-ing another bar height in the vault or high jump would have put him in second.

“It always feels good breaking a re-cord but I kind of hoped for more, it was a heck of a field,” Morrison said. “The field was deep and almost ev-erybody was in the running to win it if they could step up and put up big marks.”

According to Cal coach Tony San-doval, the field at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas, was the strongest in NCAA his-tory. The point totals for the fourth through eighth spots were the highest ever and Morrison finished in a lower rank than last year despite having a higher score.

The senior cleared an impressive 16-8.75 in the pole vault. Although he was a pole vaulter by trade out of high school, the event has given him the most trouble this season. After hurting his elbow in last year’s NCAA Outdoors and missing a large por-

by Byron AtashianStaff Writer

tion of training in the fall, Morrison struggled to get back up to speed in the pole vault.

He turned the liability into an asset, however, coming in second place in the event and reopening possibilities of breaking his personal collegiate record of 17-0.75.

“You put him in a corner and he performs, he does a great job of that,” Sandoval said. “He put it together and he really needed a good pole vault for his score.”

His solid performance can only mean good things looking ahead to the newly begun outdoor season, as he continues to find his rhythm from the time lost to recovery.

“To know that I’m back and I’ve got my groove again was the highlight of the meet for me,” Morrison said. “I feel like I have a lot more left in it and I came away knowing I’m go-ing to go even higher in the outdoor season.”

In the transition to the outdoor season, the heptathlon picks up three more events — the javelin, the discus and the 400m — to become the de-cathlon. The new events are stronger points for Morrison.

“He will be better outdoors than he will indoors, he showed that last year as well” Sandoval said. “He has great poise and competitiveness.”

Morrison’s teammates, Allison Stokke and Hammed Suleman, also competed at the NCAA Indoors in the pole vault and triple jump, respec-tively.

Stokke, a senior, took eighth in the pole vault with a height of 13-9.50. Suleman, a sophomore, finished 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 50-11.50.

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Morrison’s 5,872 Points Break His Own School Mark, Earn Him a Fifth Place Finish Overall

Byron Atashian covers track and field. Contact him at [email protected].

to watch us play, watch what a rugby team can do.

“I was happy to play my role.”Any fellow Jesuit alumni in the

crowd had no memory of Scully on the pitch in high school. The All-American did not play rugby for the Marauders, opting for the pool instead. He picked up rugby as an 18-year-old, and played for UCLA prior to transferring to Cal.

Scully bookended Saturday’s smack-down of the winless Aggies with scores, while the second of his three came in the 56th minute. Rooke, on the other hand, made all three of his trips across the goal line in the first half. His final try of the day came in the 21st minute, which put the Bears up 33-0 following senior James Bailes’ conversion.

Just as Scully deflected attention from himself in his triumphant return to his alma mater, Rooke did not take credit for his success, either.

“I was just finishing the hard work of my teammates,” Rooke said.

Rooke has been doing quite a bit of “finishing” of late — he scored the Bears’ try in the second half against UBC to bring Cal within one point, set-ting up Bailes’ winning conversion.

Bailes went 8-of-10 on conversions on Saturday and dazzled the crowd with a blocked kick that he returned for a try in the 29th minute. He came off the field after the half, but production did not drop off; his replacement, junior flyhalf Alex Aronson, went 5-of-6.

Aronson wasn’t the only reserve to see action against a hapless Davis team. Freshman Paul Bosco started in place of Connor Ring, in what Scully called “his first real test as a scrumhalf.” Despite Bosco’s inexperience with the systems, Scully was impressed by his ability to organize the team.

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Clarendon’s Struggles And a Sluggish Team Start Doom Cal Against UCLA at Staples Center

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