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BY NICK GREITZERBruin [email protected]
Today, as the UCLA community rallies at Bruin Plaza, hundreds of public universities, community colleges and K-12 schools nation-wide are par t icipating in the National Day of Action to Defend Education.
“We are beginning something many of us have never seen and are proud to be part of,” said Julia Wallace, a UCLA alumna who will be marching with high school students from the south side to Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. “It is a movement to
defend education and social ser-vices as well as jobs.”
The day stems from the Mobi-lizing Conference to Save Public Education that took place at UC Berkeley on Oct. 24, in which more than 800 representatives from more than 100 California schools, unions and organizations across all sectors of public education came together and voted upon a Strike and Day of Action on March 4.
California soon emerged as the center of today’s national move-ment. On Dec. 14, the California Coordinating Committee cited massive layoffs, fee hikes, cuts and the re-segregation of public
education as “attacks” against students, workers, teachers and parents. Two days later, an ad hoc group of students and activ-ists across multiple states noted that privatization, tuition and fee hikes, among other things, were further threatening a population already struggling under a diffi-cult economy.
Separately, the two groups called for nationwide action on March 4 to defend public educa-tion.
Today, the strike spans 30 states and Washington, D.C., and even schools in Portugal are protesting in solidarity with the cause.
“I think the importance of this
(day) is to promote unity and rec-ognition on a campus-wide level, illustrating that there are issues that require collective student attention,” said first-year unde-clared humanities student Spen-cer Pratt. “Students need to know what their money is paying for, and they rightly deserve an edu-cation that justifies their out-of-pocket contributions.”
While UCLA students plan to participate in picketing, rallies and a walkout, another 38 Cali-fornia schools will also take part in the action. Regional rallies are
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BY CHRISTOPHER ROBINSONA&E [email protected]
I f you walk anywhere near Fowler Museum tonight, you might think you’re hearing the rumbling destruction of a small earthquake coming from inside.
If you walk inside, you’ll prob-ably feel like you’re in the middle of a thunderstorm as UCLA’s two Taiko drum performance ensem-bles, Yukai Daiko and Kyodo Taiko, show off their group’s skills in what is sure to be one of the most ener-getic and explosive perfor-mances to occur on campus. The
concert will bring winter quarter’s Fowler Out Loud series to a close with a bang – or several.
“Our drums are pretty big and pretty loud,” said Jessica Yun, a fourth-year Design | Media Arts student and one of two directors of Yukai Daiko. “Playing Taiko is a complete adrenaline rush.”
Taiko, the Japanese word for “drum,” is often used to refer to the various art forms of Japanese drumming, especially to the recent art form of ensemble drumming that evolved in the 20th century. Yukai Daiko and Kyodo Taiko are
both examples of performance groups that have adopted
t h i s l a r g e e n s e m b l e approach to Taiko drum-
ming.“Taiko drumming
originated in Japan as a part of festival
music and was traditionally a
much smaller th ing,” sa id t h i r d - y e a r s o c io log y s t u d e n t
Eryn Tokuhara, one of the directors of UCLA’s Taiko ensemble Kyodo Taiko. “Usually there was only one drummer providing a backbeat, but it turned into a group perfor-mance when it was brought over to America.”
This change has made modern Taiko a performance ensemble tradition, and large groups create complex polyrhythmic per-cussion that fosters an intense energy and bond between members.
“W h at we t r y and do is high-l ight the ver-satility of the e n s e m ble a s an art form and how far it has come in the Ameri-cas,” Tokuhara said. “Since this is the year of our group’s 20th anni-versary, this concert is going to be a showcase for just how far we’ve come and how much fun
DRUMMINGto a different beat
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MAYA SUGARMAN/DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF
A&E: MUSIC
Protests to defend education Police plan to keep the peace
Video streaming back for spring
BY PARISA MAHDADBruin [email protected]
The university will allow profes-sors to resume streaming instruc-tional media on their course Web sites beginning spring quarter.
The Association for Informa-tion Media and Equipment, a trade organization, believed UCLA vio-lated Section 101 of the Copyright Act, said Amy Blum, the senior campus counsel.
After the association threat-
ened to pursue legal action unless the university desisted, UCLA tem-porarily prohibited instructional media on course Web sites during winter quarter.
UCLA is permitting the stream-ing of media without the consent of the association, Blum said.
On Tuesday night, the univer-sity sent the organization a notice informing its representatives that the university will restore the ser-vice in hopes that both parties will be satisfied.
UCLA’s position stands that
online streaming of media content is within the exemptions of the fair use and classroom use provi-sions of the Copyright Act.
“The safe harbor of the TEACH Act, which permits transmissions of content for educational purpos-es, and the face-to-face exemption of the Copyright Act also support UCLA’s uses,” according to a press release from Phil Hampton, the assistant director of university media relations.
Students will be able to access instructional media on their pass-word-protected course Web sites
Online hoax claims Yudof’s resignation
BY SHOSHEE JAUBruin [email protected]
A hoax Web site, feigning own-ership by University of Califor-nia President Mark Yudof, falsely announced Yudof’s decision to resign from his position in the UC system.
The site, created March 2, includes a letter allegedly written by Yudof, dated March 4, detail-ing his reasons to resign. The let-ter states that recent changes to public education have caused the
president to reevaluate his under-standing of social movements, and that he intends to return to school to better understand the issue.
Yudof responded to the site through a Twitter post stating, “Imposter website claims I have resigned. Complete nonsense. Reports of my resignation have been greatly exaggerated,” allud-ing to a quote by writer Mark Twain after his obituary was mistakenly published in the New York Journal.
Online directories indicate
that the site, markyudof.com, is not registered under a student’s name. Regardless of the site’s ori-gin, the president’s office remains unconcerned, said UC spokesman Peter King.
“It’s not even April Fool’s Day, so we’re at a loss,” he said. “But it’s no big deal, and we’ve got more important things on our agenda.”
S i m i l a r i n c i d e n t s h a v e occurred in the past, but none have been seriously addressed, according to UC spokesman Steve Montiel.
“We’ll take appropriate steps to protect (Yudof’s) name on the Web,” Montiel said. “This seems to be the act of a knucklehead.”
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Greece is now on the brink of bank-ruptcy. Prime Minister Papandreou’s government has implemented aus-terity measures in an attempt to grapple with this budgetary catas-trophe. How is the financial crisis in Greece affecting students at UCLA? Find out at dailybruin.com/radio.
Compiled by Jillian Keper and Armen Madikians.Sources: reuters.com, news.bbc.co.uk
GREEK MONEY DECLINE SINCE 1981
January 1 – Greece joins the European Union.
JANUARY 1981
January 1 – Greece replaces the standard Greek currency (drachma) with the euro.
JANUARY 2002
European Commission, Eurostat, finds Greece at fault for falsifying budget deficit information before joining the eurozone.
DECEMBER 2004
Greek government’s final budget draft shows public debt rising to 121 percent of the gross domestic product in 2010, from 113.4 percent in 2009.
NOVEMBER 2009
Rating agencies downgrade Greece’s credit rating.
DECEMBER 2009
Prime Minister Papandreou declares his intent to win back Greece’s economic integrity.
February 24 – A one-day general strike against the austerity measures severely hinders Greece’s transport and public services.
FEBRUARY 2010
EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn urges Greek government on March 1 to announce further measures to ameliorate its budget crisis.
MARCH 2010
August 13-29 – Greece hosts the XXVIII Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.Estimated total cost: 7.202 billion euros
AUGUST 2004
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Imposter Web site posts fake letter announcing UC president’s decision to leave the systemUCLA asserts that online instructional media is
protected by Copyright Act, will resume services
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BY KYLIE REYNOLDSBruin [email protected]
While police expect today’s demonstrations at UCLA on pub-lic education to be peaceful, they are still preparing for the protests by bringing in additional officers to ensure the safety and security of all those involved, according to university police.
The anticipated civil protests will not require much security intervention, said UCPD spokes-woman Nancy Greenstein.
“As police, we are prepared for all types of contingencies, but we are expecting this to be peaceful,” Greenstein said. “Our job is to support student activi-ties, including the right to protest peacefully.”
In order to guarantee peace-ful protests, police are planning to bring in additional officers and coordinate with other law enforcement agencies, said UCPD Capt. John Adams.
The additional officers will
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CRIMEWATCHCampus
On March 1, a person tried to burglarize Murphy Hall by prying
open the side door.
On March 1, a man was yelling at students and stating that he
wanted to kill Jewish people at Young Research Library.
On March 1, a wallet, whose contents were valued at $250, was
stolen from Morton Medical Building.
On March 1, police were called about a woman who was
threatening to kill her doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
On March 2, a man was harassing female students as they passed by
Pauley Pavilion.
On March 3, police were called about a woman who refused to
leave the lobby of the UCLA Medical Center.
The Hill
On March 1, a man was arrested for possession of a knife at Saxon
Suites and is being held on $25,000 bail.
On March 1, police were called after people were seen throwing
oranges at a vehicle at Hedrick Hall.
On March 1, a man was taken into custody at a room in Hitch Suites
for possession of marijuana, but was later released.
The North Village
On March 1, a man was taken into custody for driving with a
suspended driver's license and for possession of cocaine at 720 Gayley Ave. He is being held on $65,000 bail.
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Westwood Village
On March 1, police were called about people who were forging
personal checks, to the amount of $3,430, at 10920 Wilshire Ave.
On March 2, a man was taken into
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A week of Greek fun and games
BY SONALI KOHLIBruin [email protected]
The competitors strategized on either side of the rope, encircled by cheering onlookers and team-mates waiting anxiously for the battle to begin.
The Blue and Green teams faced off in the center of Drake Stadium, and the tug-of-war commenced.
So continued day two of Greek Week, an annual four-day series of events aimed at bringing the Greek community together.
The tug-of-war was part of the Greek Games on Tuesday, during which students gathered to par-ticipate in standard games like flag football and more unconventional ones including a whipped-cream-gummy-worm-pie-eating competi-tion and a human pyramid con-test, said Greek advisor Carissa Requejo.
The awards gala in Ackerman Grand Ballroom tonight wraps up the March Madness-themed week, which also boasted a kick-off on Monday in Bruin Plaza and a Family Feud-styled academic competition in Ackerman Grand Ballroom.
The week was financed by spon-sorships, $3,500 from T-shirt sales and $2,500 in Undergraduate Stu-dents Association Council fund-ing, Requejo said.
Every organization from each of the five Greek councils was placed into one of eight color teams with six to eight chapters to compete for the Greek Week trophy and brag-ging rights for a year, Requejo said.
“We try to have at least one chapter from each council on each team,” she said. “It’s a way for organizations that don’t usually work together to start working together and interacting through fun activities.”
The teams compete for points from the time they are announced
unt i l the end of Greek Week, Requejo said. They gain points for buying T-shirts, attending meet-ings throughout the year and par-ticipating in events throughout Greek Week.
In addition to attendance, an important aspect of every Greek Week is community service, which this year involves donating sports equipment to the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Monica and holding
a raffle with donated prizes to raise money for effor ts in Haiti, Requejo said
T he eig ht tea m s collected about 300 to 400 items for the Boys and Girls Club, said Alex Paul, Greek Week co-director, and the raffle has yet to be completed.
For Jessica Daly, who was selling raffle tickets, her first Greek
Week is proving to be a successful one.
“It’s pretty cool,” the first-year biology student said at Tuesday’s event. “I’m excited for the rest of the week.”
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Students take part in a tug-of-war during the UCLA Greek Week event on Tuesday at Drake Stadium. Other games that took place during the Greek Games included flag football and a human pyramid contest.
Students unite during weeklong event of friendly competition and community service
in the same manner they did prior to the ban on streaming came into effect in January 2010.
However, the university has added a new protocol in the pro-cess of permitting media stream-ing.
Faculty must now request the university to add instructional media on their course Web sites. Within these requests, faculty must also describe the pedagog-ical reason for their choice of instructional media, Blum said.
To more easily facilitate the transit ion, the Instruct ional Media Lab’s extended hours at Powell Library will also continue through spring quarter, the press release stated.
“We are primarily interested in enhancing education,” said Jim Davis, the vice provost for infor-mation technology.
“We are trying to do this by blending the physical classroom and the virtual classroom togeth-er.”
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NEWSDAILY BRUIN THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 20104
BY NEIL PAIKBruin [email protected]
California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced he will be a can-didate for governor in this year’s state election.
The 71-year-old Brown, who previously served as governor for two terms between 1975 and 1983, declared his candidacy by posting a video on his campaign Web site Tuesday morning.
Brown has raised the most money of any Democratic candidate. After the primary election in June, he will likely face either former eBay CEO Meg Whitman or state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner.
“What we need is not a scripted plan cooked up by consultants or mere ambition to be governor,” Brown said in reference to his Republican opponents on the offi-cial announcement video. “We need
someone with insider’s knowledge but an outsider’s mind. ... We need to work together as Californians first.”
Although Brown promotes his experience as a factor that adds to his credibility, some critics see his extensive involvement in govern-ment as a drawback.
“If you don’t like the state the way it is today, it’s people like Jer-ry Brown who made it this way – people who are part of the political machine,” said Andrew Kreitz, for-mer chairman of Bruin Republicans.
Kreitz, a fourth-year business economics student, said he thinks Republican Meg Whitman is a much better candidate for the position with her business background.
“She’s an outsider, she’s a busi-nesswoman, she’s a leader,” he said. “Ultimately, she’s an executive, and what we need is a chief executive.”
Supporters of Brown, such as Bruin Democrats President Carrie
Former California governor to run again
planned for Los Angeles, Sacra-mento, the East Bay, San Diego, San Francisco and the San Fer-nando Valley.
Outside of California, similar rallies and protests are taking place from Maine to Washington.
In North Carolina, the f ight extends beyond the fee increases and massive teacher layoffs, as its focus lies in stopping the re-segregation of public schools in Wake, Wayne and Wilmington, according to the Fight Imperial-ism Stand Together Raleigh Web site. The claims of re-segregation emerged after the North Caroli-na school board’s vote to revoke the 2000 policy that used income information to promote economic diversity.
In Massachusetts, the Massa-chusetts Student Action Coalition argues that the state is treating students like “customers,” rath-er than “economic investments,” according to the United for Justice with Peace Web site. The coalition hopes to see at least 50 percent of all funding for public educa-tion come from the state, which currently ranks 46 in the nation in terms of funding public higher education.
“The higher the fees, the more education skews towards produc-ing useful rather than educated students,” said Christian Haese-meyer, UCLA associate professor of math. “Are we just a factory that produces people to produce profit later, or is it about educating people? The more that education becomes a market place, the more it skews in the direction of produc-ing cogs in the machine.”
Haesemeyer represents one of a growing number of UC faculty that have responded to what they call the “measures that undermine the core teaching, research and service mission of the university,” according to a letter written by UC senate faculty. Many faculty began March 1 by lobbying legislators and the governor in Sacramento.
“I think the eventual goal should be to reverse cuts. We are obvious-ly in an economic crisis because of the failings of financial capital-ism,” Haesemeyer said. “Now, it is not the people who failed or the institution that failed, yet they are being made to pay for the crisis. It is families, immigrants and others who cannot afford to pay for the burden.”
Having participated in protests against the introduction of tuition at Germany’s University of Bonn, Haesemeyer also noted that such a day should allow different sectors of society to build up trust among each other and stand in solidarity.
“Organizing is so widespread, that is what makes it so power-ful,” said UC Student Association President Victor Sanchez. “This kind of action is exactly what is needed. Folks are really angry, and they will do their best to make it known.”
I n m a k i ng c i t i zen s’ a nger known, the committee and the ad hoc group have gained hundreds of state and national endorse-ments since their December calls for action, including the Califor-nia State University Employees Union, National Movimiento Estu-diantil Chicano de Aztlan, Frantz Mendes, President of the United Steelworkers Union, and the Inter-national Socialist Organization.
“Ultimately, it is another chap-ter in what has been an historic year to reclaim a public good that has been lost to privatization,” Sanchez said.
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be on and off campus to help de-escalate any situations that could arise and to take action against any people who may violate the law.
“If the indiv iduals that are involved in any kind of demon-stration happen to endanger oth-er individuals or do things that would endanger the public, then of course we would have to act accordingly,” Adams said.
UCPD also hopes to form open dialogue between protesters and police, including urging people to give them a call if they see anything disruptive going on dur-ing the protests, which will help police to maintain the peace.
“We understand that there are many different people that are passionate about the issues that are out there, and not everybody is going to see eye-to-eye within their own demonstration groups,” Adams said.
The Center for Student Pro-gramming, a department of stu-dent affairs at UCLA, is also work-ing with police to provide security at the marches. As at the UC Board of Regents meetings, the center
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ENFORCEMENTMcFadden, believe his experience can speed up necessary reforms.
“I know that Jerry Brown has the qualifications to hold this office,” McFadden said. “He is a champion of the Democratic party and Demo-cratic values.”
Brown was first elected gover-nor in 1974 and then was re-elected by a landslide vote in 1978. Current California law limits governors to a maximum of two terms in office, but Brown is an exception because he served his first two terms before the law was passed in 1990.
While serving his first two terms as governor, Brown increased the math and science requirements for California State University and Uni-versity of California schools. If elect-ed again, he will face the challenge of maintaining such standards while managing the cost of education at these public universities.
“The UC system has been one of the most valued education systems
in the country, and I’d hate to see that destroyed because of the bud-get,” McFadden said. “I’d like to see Cal Grants become a permanent part of the budget rather than some-thing that needs to be renegotiated every year and more money from the general fund earmarked for edu-cation.”
In 1980, Brown unsuccessfully challenged Jimmy Carter’s re-nom-ination for president of the United States. After suffering losses at the New Hampshire and Wisconsin pri-maries, he withdrew from the race.
In 1992, Brown chose to run for president once again, this time lead-ing a more successful campaign. He garnered more votes from Demo-cratic delegates than any candidate other than Bill Clinton, who went on to win the party’s nomination.From 1999 to 2007, Brown served as mayor of Oakland before becoming Califor-nia attorney general three years ago.
In his announcement, Brown said California’s credit rating was the worst in the country and that the focus of his candidacy would be to fix the state’s budget crisis.
The Democratic primary election will be held June 8, with the general election following in November.
will work to protect students and prevent the marches from getting out of hand by informing those who are involved of UCLA’s poli-cies, including noise complaints and respecting counter-protests, said Berky Nelson, director of the center.
“We want to make sure that the protesters are aware of the rules and regulations and do not tip the balance between free speech ver-sus violence,” Nelson said. “Every-one who participates in the dem-onstration doesn’t know university rules, and that’s what we are here to provide.”
After the controversy that arose with police enforcement at the regents meetings in November, including the use of Tasers and Mace on students, concerns have developed regarding the security measures that will be taken at the marches.
However, as the marches and the regents meetings are two dis-similar situations, different mea-sures will be taken today, accord-ing to Greenstein.
“We had a mission to not only protect the ability to have the meeting continue, but also we had to protect the individuals in the meeting, which is different from having spontaneous events on campus,” Adams said.
For the protests today, police will focus on ensuring the safety of those involved and keeping the peace on campus.
“Our mission is to protect life and property, in that order, and to make sure that not only the univer-sity but also the students, staff and faculty members are kept safe,” Adams said.
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Today, students, faculty and advo-cates for public education across
the state and the nation will call for an increased commitment to education from legislators.
This editorial board stands in solidarity with those who demand support for the University of California, as well as additional funding for California State Universities, community colleges and K-12 – the stepping-stone to higher education.
The editorial board encour-ages students to get involved by writing to our state leaders. The following letter to our district’s state representatives can also be accessed and printed from dailybruin.com.
Dear Assembly Member Karen Bass or Sen. Fran Pavley (pick one):
I write to you as a student and as an advocate for public educa-tion. For the past six months, students at the University of California have been protesting a vastly shrunken budget and the subsequent cuts to academic programs and rapidly diminishing educational opportunities.
In November, the UC Board of Regents passed a 32 percent student fee increase, yet even with this hike, the university is still facing an insurmountable budget shortfall.
As we watch our class sizes increase, our lecturers and teach-ing assistants lose their jobs, our peers drop out and our options for elective courses disappear, we implore you to prioritize funding not only for the UC in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, but also for all levels of public education.
We attend one of the most prestigious university systems in the nation, yet in the face of this budget shortfall, we find ourselves questioning the value of our education.
More and more programs face the chopping block each day, and the detriment to our education cannot be underestimated.
The university can only rely on temporary funding for so long; it is time to permanently support the schools our state has prided itself on in the past.
While we recognize the fiscal crisis of the state as a whole, investment in education is imper-ative for the future of our state.
The UC is not only a storied educational institution but also a primary supplier of the state’s skilled workforce and an essential engine of economic growth.
The governor’s proposed budget represents a vital commit-ment to education that will provide the stability students need. Help us return our focus to learning, rather than on our finances.
Thank you for your time, and I appreciate the dialogue that has already started in an effort to remedy these problems.
Sincerely,(Your name here)(Your address here)
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State, US have same problems ALEX PHERSON
Barack Obama may be the best president
of the United States that California could have ever asked for.
Here is why: As he pursues liberal policies that raise our debt, entrench unemployment and take bigger and bigger chunks out of people’s earnings, the citizens of California may come to realize that what’s not working for the country will not work for their state either.
At the same time, Californians will begin to feel the heat when the other seven-eighths of the nation’s population begins to complain that the Golden State is prolonging the country’s recessionary woes by kowtowing to unions and the legislators who serve them.
Perhaps because people recog-nize the implications for the rest of the country, California’s problems have been a source of national alarm for many years. News of our $42 billion budget shortfall reached the other end of the country as soon as it hit here.
Reasonable people know that something is awry. They hear the talk about bankruptcy, see our taxes reaching epic proportions, and watch students from UCLA and UC Berkeley march in quads brandishing signs demanding
“budget transparency.”Poke any area of California,
and you will find it hurting. In education, the fiscal crisis forced dramatic cuts to state schools’ budgets, which angered the unions, and increased student fees, which angered the students. These sad but necessary policies have led to another consequence: greater cooperation between the two dissatisfied groups (unions and students).
Their demands for more services and more pay show little respect for the concept of a “budget crisis” and only make it harder for universities to run themselves. These demands are even harder to square with considering that our student fees still pale in compari-son with that of our competitors, such as Stanford, which pays upward of 70 percent what we pay.
On immigration, California has been whipsawed by an influx of poverty from our southern border and the departure of labor and businesses to other states (more fodder for the welfare state). This vicious cycle is driven by the state’s antediluvian tax code, which soaks the wealthy to fund the entitlement benefits it bestows on the remain-der of the population.
In 2006, the top 1 percent of wage earners in California paid more than 40 percent of the tax burden, while the bottom 50 percent paid less than 3 percent,
according to the Tax Foundation’s Web site. The only comparable distribution is in New York, the other entitlement-addicted state.
Tragically, California’s peren-nially Democratic Legislature is angling at raising taxes even higher to fill our sinkhole – a sink-hole it created by 20 years’ worth of budgeting spending increases far out of line with inflation and population. (Never mind that our personal income tax, sales tax and corporate tax would already make most other states blush.)
If the Legislature does raise taxes, our suffering economy will suffer more. Discovering the more propitious tax policies in other states, businesses and individuals will relocate, depriving the state of revenue. Those who do not flee will begin working in ways that prevent them from being poleaxed by the tax regime (e.g., working more at home). Either way, they supply the impetus for legislators to find more creative ways to dig for money.
The same thing is happening on the national level. Despite ballooning budget deficits (which will only get bigger if a health bill passes), Congress continues to spend its heart out, including extending unemployment benefits and converting once “discretion-ary” programs, like Pell Grant, into permanent monuments of the welfare state. To cover these outlays, it intends to raise taxes on
the top bracket of earners.Besides their methods of
problem-solving, California and Washington, D.C., also have similar styles of leadership. Both have legislative bodies that are controlled by Democratic majori-ties, and both are very unpopular. The approval rating of California’s Legislature is at 16 percent, accord-ing to The New York Times, while the approval rating of Congress is at 18 percent, according to a Febru-ary Gallup poll.
The executives of these regions have even more in common. The platform Obama ran on – summa-rized by the politics of “hope” and “change” – was presaged by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger when he ran for his first term in 2003.
Schwarzenegger back then used many of the same slogans that people found so novel in 2008, such as transparency, cutting government spending, standing up to “special interests” and restoring faith in politics. As it turned out, neither one kept his promises, and both now have approval ratings hovering around dangerous lows.
Finding such similar circum-stances in Sacramento and Wash-ington, one wonders if voters will respond in similar ways when the time comes to render a decision on who stays and who goes. While Schwarzenegger is shielded from electoral retribution by California’s term limits, this still leaves open
the question of who will take over when he leaves.
If the Obama-Schwarzenegger connection is valid, it’s likely that voters will make California’s gubernatorial election a referen-dum on Obama’s agenda.
If the public’s current displea-sure with that agenda holds, we could be in for a cultural shift in this state, which would serve as an ill omen for Democrats entering the 2012 presidential election. That is, unless Obama decides to pre-empt such an outcome by bailing us out – or, bailing out the unions and demanding tribute in the form of pro-Democratic election results.
Even then, it’s only a matter of time before people realize that what’s sinking the country is also sinking California. When that happens, it could trigger a back-lash strong enough to break the network of politicians who have held us at the mercy of unions and impeded progress for so long.
Who would have thought in this environment that Obama and the Legislature would be California’s best hope of overturning the entitlement culture and fixing the grave fiscal, education and immi-gration problems that are such a bane to our existence?
E-mail Pherson at [email protected]. Send general comments to [email protected].
Unoriginal thought an unavoidable problemBY ROMY OLTUSKITufts Daily
Not a dedicated “South Park” fan, I often find myself standing idly by as my friends engage in the classic American pastime of quoting lines and jokes from the Comedy Central series, most of which I do not understand and, frankly, do not find funny. However, one friend recently mentioned an episode that hit close to home.
In the episode, fourth-grader Butters – or rather his villainous alter ego, Professor Chaos – is looking to stir up unrest in the town of South Park, Colo. He
commits a series of unusual practi-cal jokes and acts of vandalism, only to find each time that similar events had appeared in earlier episodes of “The Simpsons.”
In a sense, Butters is made to grapple with an inescapable dilemma of the postmodern world. Where he thought he would find a boundless potential for originality, he instead finds finiteness and constriction.
How many times in our lives have we been proud of an essay, only to find that someone else has presented the same ideas, only better? How often have we composed a song that contains our heart’s deepest emotion and then
turned on the radio to hear Pachel-bel, U2, Vitamin C and Aerosmith playing back our very chords?
No one can escape it.Recently, a topic of consider-
able media coverage, the New Oxford American Dictionary voted “unfriend” the word of the year for 2009, generally a title given to “new” words. In reality, it seems more appropriately the word of 1659.
The New Oxford American Dictionary 2009 word of the year, defined as “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook,” dates back to 2007 in dictionary history. But as Oxford University Press Senior
Lexicographer Christine Lind-berg pointed out, the dictionary definition of “unfriend” as a noun, meaning something like “enemy,” dates back to the late 17th century edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Or, in other words, “The Simpsons” did it already.
But even the Simpsons are not impervious to the difficulty of innovation. Homer Simpson’s “D’oh,” for one, dates back to a 1945 radio script of the BBC comedy “It’s That Man Again” (1939-1949).
Clearly a recurring phenom-enon, the human tendency to turn certain old words into new ones has been explained in several different terms. Linguist Arnold
Zwicky dubbed it the “recency illusion,” while Lindberg thinks of this year’s word specifically as the “sleeping beauty of 2009.”
It is worth noting, however, that each seems to stress a spirit of revival, not of creative damnation. Just as certain generations, far apart in time, share qualities that their children and parents do not, certain eras have a common need for a word that might fall out of vogue for several decades and later on have a way of rising from the dead – a topic, incidentally, that “The Simpsons” has already done.
Oltuski is a columnist for Tufts Daily at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.
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President Barack Obama (left) speaks to members of the National Governors Association on Feb. 22 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Listening, from second from left, are Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Spirit Awards give indie films the spotlightBY ANNA MUSKY-GOLDWYN A&E [email protected]
In addition to the Oscars, there is anoth-er award show that continues to change the face of the movie industry, the Spirit Awards.
Highlighting independent f ilms for years, the show, celebrating its 25th anni-versary, exhibits an array of genres and celebrates the collaborative artistic visions of various filmmakers.
Seen as more of a low-key event than some of the larger award shows, the Spirit Awards will take place Friday at 8 p.m. in downtown Los Angeles and will be broadcast on the Independent Film Chan-nel.
“This season should inspire a commu-
nity of artists,” said Barbara Boyle, chair of the UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media and former president of Film Independent, the organization that created the Spirit Awards.
Boyle stressed the awards as a way to create a larger audience for independent film. Recently almost all of the independent branches of studios have closed down for economic reasons. This has put a huge dent in the advancement of indie movies.
However, with many of the Spirit Award nominees also appearing on the Oscar ballots, it is difficult to argue that these
films and their filmmakers are not getting as much attention as their mainstream counterparts.
One such person is Italian-born Ales-sandro Camon, a UCLA alumnus who is nominated for both a Spirit Award and an Oscar for his screenplay for the movie “The Messenger.”
“(The Spirit Award nomination) drags attention to the movie, which is the ulti-mate goal,” Camon said.
Independent films have been garnering more and more of this desired attention over the past couple of decades.
“Everybody knows now that filmmakers can come out of nowhere,” he said.
Another filmmaker whose career has blossomed is cinematographer Adriano Goldman.
Nominated for a Spirit Award for his
work on “Sin Nombre,” Goldman said that for him, awards act as a celebration of good movies, not a competition.
“I’m really proud because I think that ‘Sin Nombre’ is a good movie,” Goldman said.
Camon agreed that the Spirit Awards stand out in their recognition of extraor-dinary movies driven by a different frame of mind than the big-budget blockbusters.
“They give the ability to pursue an unadulterated vision,” Camon said.
Independent films such as “The Messen-ger” and “Sin Nombre” have contributed to the changes in the face of the movie industry. They show that films do not need a large budget to be a creative and critical success.
“Sundance and the Spirit Awards are the two most important ceremonies for the
independent side of the industry,” Goldman said.
He also noted the growing chances of up-and-coming filmmakers to get discovered by producers who specialize in independent projects.
The Spirit Awards continue to act as a symbol for the significance of independent film in the artistic community.
“These movies are made with a more singular, filmmaking-driven vision. They take bigger risks,” Camon said. “The Spirit Awards celebrate these kinds of films.”
Film students who are interested in a more individual vision and have prospects of independent filmmaking are finding a growing niche for their interests because of events like the Spirit Awards.
“I want the awards to act as an inspira-tion for our students,” Boyle said.
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A night of DJs, dancing and dinosaursBY TERESA JUEA&E [email protected]
The combination of strobe lights, DJs and indie bands sounds like a typical night at the clubs. Add science discus-sions and a Tyrannosaurus fossil to the mix, and you have a Friday night at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
The Natural History Museum’s First Fridays features science discussions, museum tours and live music from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on the first Friday of every month from January to June. First Fridays cre-ates a fresh new way to link the worlds of music and science.
Launched six years ago, First Fridays is a program devoted to changing muse-um viewing through the union of signifi-cant scientific discussion and the latest in popular music. The event caters to the crowds of youths and adults in Los Angeles.
Since its inception, First Fridays has become an epicenter of Los Angeles nightlife, and throngs of people pack the museum at each of its events.
Past First Fridays discussions have ventured into the examination of fossils, evolution, the latest in renewable energy and even the study of spiders, accompa-nied with performances by indie bands such as Warpaint, Yeasayer, Tune-Yards and Wolfmother.
Su Oh, director of programs at the Nat-ural History Museum, produces the event and credits its attraction to the innovative mixture of the latest in scientific research and indie music.
“What is different about the Natural History Museum is the way science and music are blended together. And we tend to pick music that is more indie, which is also what makes First Fridays differ-ent from other museums, and since we have the museum opened till late at night, people can really just enjoy the music and learn about new things in science,” Oh said.
For this Friday, the Natural History
Museum will feature a discussion led by Caltech biology Professor David Ander-son and a tour with the curator of etymol-ogy, Brian Brown. The discussion will focus on the neurology and behaviors of fruit flies and mice. Afterward, there will be performances from the bands Deer Tick and Everest.
“There’s a floor dedicated to the lec-ture and then another floor for music, and people are really fascinated by the lecture part of First Fridays. When the discussion is over, people don’t have to leave. They can just go to another floor and enjoy the music and really just let loose,” Oh said.
Accompanying the live acts will be
DJing by resident DJ Them Jeans and headlining performer DJ Shortee. Never having performed in a museum venue, DJ Shortee said she was surprised by the music choices she was asked to play.
“I’m going to be playing bass and drum and spinning electro music and some hip-hop. I didn’t expect the museum to ask me to play this type of music, so it’s going to be interesting to see how this plays in a museum,” Shortee said.
Not only will the intellectual and audi-al senses be aroused, the visual senses will be stimulated by the lighting cast on the dinosaur and animal displays at the Natural History Museum. It will serve as a vivid backdrop to the throngs of people cavorting through the halls of the museum.
“You might find yourself dancing, like in front of a monkey display or elephants or a pack of moose, and that is also a fun part of partying in the museum,” Oh said.
Heather Delleney, a second-year com-
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Crowds gather at the Natural History Museum in downtown Los Angeles for performances from live DJs and bands on the first Friday of each month.
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Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster star in “The Messenger,” written by alumnus Alessandro Camon and nominated for both a Spirit Award and an Oscar. The Spirit Awards will air Friday at 8 p.m.
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and passion we put into playing.”Both teams will perform a handful of songs
from their respective repertoires, which most-ly consist of songs composed by past and pres-ent members, as well as traditional songs that have been tweaked to fit each group’s indi-vidual style.
“Each year, we have a pretty big turnover where all of the senior members leave and we acquire a bunch of new members with varying degrees of knowledge,” Tokuhara said. “We just keep trying to foster that sense of creativity after the seniors leave, and each year we come up with completely different things.”
This creativity leads to a lot of questions of identity for each group, and both ensembles have come to include different styles distin-guished by the ways that the drums are posi-tioned during performance, the ways in which they are played and the types of compositions that are created.
“Because the idea of the Taiko ensemble is relatively new in the history of the drumming, we are constantly trying to figure out how much tradition we are supposed to keep, and what sort of new stuff can we add while still retaining the identity of Taiko,” said fourth-year physiological science student Isabella Niu, the other co-director of Yukai Daiko.
This tension has forced the instruments to be used in new ways, adapting to changing artistic demands and desires by players over the years.
Luckily, the instruments have been well-suit-ed to the demand for versatility and change.
“The drums fit so many different settings and atmospheres,” Niu said. “One minute you can be playing something soft and delicate, and the next moment it transforms into some-thing incredibly intense.”
Paralleling the introduction of the instru-ment and musical style from Japan to America, Niu notes that the ensemble style of Taiko has come to represent a sort of Japanese-American identity, a fusion of Western orchestral styles with this traditional Japanese instrument.
“The Taiko ensemble now represents a meshing of past and present, tradition and modernity, and it speaks across these cross-cultural boundaries,” Niu said. “I think both groups performing are powerful not only as musical groups but social ones as well.”
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Take note, Academy, here are your picks for this year’s Oscars
EDWARD TRUONG
The 82nd Annual Acad-emy Awards
will take place on Sunday, and for some reason, both my ballot and my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail.
I’m a little confused, because I’m pretty sure the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences basically relies on the expertise of college newspaper arts and entertainment editors when deciding who to hand the Oscar to. But it’s been a pretty busy year, with 10 Best Picture nominees and two hosts.
I understand that some things are going to get lost in the shuffle, so I’ll just publish my picks here and the Academy can go ahead and factor those in when placing all those trophy-engraving orders. You’re welcome, Academy.
Sound Mixing: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
I actually had better things to do this summer than pay to see Michael Bay blow up more stuff and make Megan Fox pretend to be scared of CGI robots, but I did see the trailer to this film. Based on those three minutes, I would say that sound mixing was unparal-leled. Kudos, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson, start writing your acceptance speeches.Animated Feature: “Up”
While Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” was a delightful and quirky adventure in stop-motion animation, Pixar’s “Up” was a reminder of both the storytelling and technological prowess of the Disney subsidiary. It was a touch-ing, funny story that was charming, sad at moments, full of memorable characters and visually stunning. Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique (“Precious: Based on the Novel
‘Push’ by Sapphire”)Though I’ve always thought
Mo’Nique’s most defining role was her groundbreaking performance as Countess Vaughn’s mother in the UPN masterpiece, “The Park-ers,” I’m glad the rest of the United States was exposed to her talents in “Precious,” where she played a villain so despicable that even Cruella de Vil would feel a little queasy.Actress: Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”)
Everyone must feel bad for Amy Adams, who had to play the modern-day counterpart to Streep’s role as Julia Child. While Adams was stuck with a pretty limited role as Julie Powell, a whiny blogger tackling Child’s recipes in New York, Streep had the opportunity to shine as she embodied the bold personality of America’s first female television chef.
You couldn’t help but count down the minutes until Adams’ dreary story line ended and you returned to Streep in postwar Paris as she discovered her passion.
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)
Stanley Tucci deserves credit for his transformations. While he played a loving and supportive husband to Streep in “Julie & Julia,” he was terrifying in the ultimately underwhelming Peter Jackson adaptation of “The Lovely Bones.”
While his versatility is impres-sive, he is doomed to pretend to smile as Christoph Waltz’s name is called as the winner of this category for his part in Quentin Tarantino’s revisionist tribute to World War II movies, “Inglourious Basterds.” Waltz cheerfully sprints with his role as Hans Landa, the sneaky and evil Nazi who is flat-tered by his designation as the “Jew Hunter.”Actor: George Clooney (“Up in the Air”)
As soon as the movie “Crazy Heart” was released, buzz for Best Actor immediately began building up for Jeff Bridges for his role as a self-destructive country music singer. Bridges is practically guaranteed the award, given his newfound reputation as an under-
rated actor whose time to shine has been long overdue.
However, Clooney did a pretty bang-up job as Ryan Bingham, corporate executioner in “Up in the Air.” As usual, Clooney was likable and charming in his role in a particularly relevant film for this day and age.Director: Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”)
Call it affirmative action if you must, but I would like to see a female director win the honor, a rare opportunity. It’s not simply because she’s a woman: Bigelow deserves kudos for fearless film-making and creating a suspenseful and engaging drama set in Iraq.
Her work, unlike the work of her ex-husband James Cameron, focuses equally on the visuals and the story line. Bigelow makes her characters appear three-dimen-sional, and you don’t even need to put on those stupid glasses. Cameron had his chance to be “king of the world,” as he put it, so it’s time for us to crown a queen of the world.Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
I’ll be honest, I liked “The Hurt Locker,” but I wasn’t blown away (pun intended) by the film as much as some critics seemed to be.
A lot of the other films were excellent works, too. “District 9” was an impressive debut from filmmaker Neill Blomkamp, “Up in the Air” is Jason Reitman’s best work as a director so far, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” was a stun-ningly emotional punch to the gut, and “The Blind Side” re-imagined Sandra Bullock as a sassy blonde Southern woman.
But only one film can be the winner, and I really don’t want it to be “Avatar.” I’m sorry, it was cool, and I felt like I was really in Pandora, where apparently Papy-rus is the font of choice. But the story line seemed unoriginal, and the movie felt really long. At least in “The Hurt Locker,” I was looking at the screen more than I was look-ing at my watch.
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I had a best friend in first grade. She was tall and had blonde hair. Back then, I thought we were going to stay friends forever. She moved away when I was 8, and I never saw her again.
This is “The Story of My Life.” Except it’s not about my life story, this one is about two men and how their lifelong friendship affects both of their lives. “The Story of My Life” is a chamber musical, with music by Neil Bartram and book by Brian Hill.
Thomas Weaver (Robert J. Townsend) is a best-selling short story author who is writing a eulogy for his one-time best friend from childhood, Alvin Kelby (Chad Borden), who has recently died.
The two actors carry the entire musical, and through them, the characters age from children to adults, all in the span of 90 minutes. The younger interpreta-tions require a bit of suspension of disbelief, and the actors falter during that part of the play. But considering that there are no costume changes, it is under-standable.
But when the characters grow into young men, the most power-ful performances of the play come in.
Townsend plays Thomas with vigor; you believe and sympathize with his frustration and writer’s block. This writer surely did. His singing is strong and clear, paralleling Thomas’ role as the straight man in the friendship.
Borden complements him well as the gentler, more soft-spoken Alvin. His singing voice is weaker, yet he performs with such vulnerability that this imperfection suits the character.
The songs are sometimes dissonant, with the main tune of “Write What You Know” sound-ing quite similar to the songs in Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George,” which is also a story about a struggling artist. As such, the melodies are not easy to sing, and it is a testa-ment to the skill of the two actors that they can so effortlessly navigate through it.
Take “The Butterfly,” a particularly memorable song not because of its melody, but because of the story it tells, elevated by the music. The songs serve not as showstoppers, but to move the story along.
The stage setting is simple, merely two bookshelves and a balcony. But both actors occupy the stage so well, using every inch to convey different points and locations in their small town. After a while, you stop noticing the simplicity, and you are drawn into the story that is being told.
Yet the biggest flaw in the musical is that the friendship never seems authentic. These two people are so different – what brought them together, and what drove them to remain friends?
Toward the end, Thomas
becomes so selfish and closed-minded that the audience is wondering why Alvin is holding on so tightly to him.
I had a hard time believing and investing in the friendship, which is detrimental when the play so strongly circles on these two men.
The saddest part about the musical is how unequal it is. The focus is so much on Thomas that the audience never knows about the real Alvin. All they see is a figment of Thomas’ memories, which any literature student will tell you is an inherently unreli-able source of information. So who is the real Alvin? We never truly know, and as such, the musical feels unsatisfying.
Despite the imperfections, the ending is strangely peaceful. Some might find it too uplift-ing and unresolved. Yet that is the point. The audience is left with questions that are never answered because Thomas himself never knows the answers.
After all, there are certain parts of your life that you will never understand. The only thing you can do is concentrate on what you do know and to move on. That’s not a bad message to send.
It is a bit slow-moving at parts and is definitely not a musical for everyone. Yet for those with last-ing memories of a childhood best friend, parts of “The Story of My Life” will resonate.
– Diep Tran
E-mail Tran at [email protected].
THEATER REVIEW
“The Story of My Life”Havok Theatre CompanyDIRECTED BY NICK DEGRUCCIO
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RATINGS1 – Waste of time2 – Eh... could be better
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In choosing the winners of Sunday’s Academy Awards, one thing is certain: ‘Avatar’ must not win
munication studies student, plans to attend March’s First Fridays event, noting not only the fun-filled aspect of the night, but also the economical relief on a college stu-dent’s budget. Tickets run as low as $15.
“It’s really just a great place to learn about really cool science and dance and listen to really great music. They had Yeasayer there last month, and tickets are so cheap so there’s no reason not to go. And there’s no other place you can dance in front of dinosaur fos-sils,” Delleney said.
Andrea Thomer, an alumna and senior excavator at the Page Muse-um in Los Angeles who will attend the upcoming First Fridays, said she expects to see the museum packed with people.
“It’s not just the concert hall that’s packed. It’s really great to see the lectures packed with people learning about really cool things, and that’s the great part about it, seeing people really engaged in science and just listening to these experts in their field,” Thomer said.
The close proximity of the Natural History Museum to USC also presents an opportunity for students to venture outside of the UCLA campus and into Trojan ter-ritory.
“It’s not that far, and the USC kids don’t bite,” Thomer said. “It’s nice to see USC students and UCLA students and just people in general enjoying the museum and having a good time.”
Delleney also sees First Fridays as a way to seek fun outside of the usual Westwood scene.
“If you can get a ride, First Fri-days are a great way to get out of Westwood,” Delleney said. “Instead of the usual frat parties, you can really enjoy the rest of Los Ange-les.”
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said. “You can’t give in now. They haven’t had anyone on the roster that has experienced postseason play. We’re trying to show them as a staff that when you’re preparing for the postseason, you have to prepare by finishing off the regular season.”
But the team is not counting their chickens before they hatch. The focus for this week remained on notching up two victories against a pair of improving teams: Arizona and Arizona State. The Bruins swept the Arizona road trip to open conference play, but that was back in January. Caldwell knows that they aren’t going to be seeing quite the same teams as the ones they overcame with relative ease before.
“We have to finish out strong in these next two home games,” Caldwell said. “Arizona State has gotten better. That game was so long ago, you have different teams coming in here.”
The Sun Devils are led by senior guard Danielle Orsillo, who leads the team in scoring, averaging over 14.6 points per game.
The Arizona Wildcats are led by junior forward Ify Ibekwe, sister of former UCLA player Chinyere Ibe-kwe. But Caldwell has her eyes on freshman Davellyn Whyte, whose play has improved over the course of the season.
“(Whyte) has gotten so much better because of all of the min-
utes she’s played,” Caldwell said. “They’re hungry for wins, just like we are, so we cannot take anybody lightly.”
Whyte has started every game for the Wildcats and is second on the team in minutes played.
For the trio of seniors, the final two games will be a bittersweet moment. Tukiainen spoke on what she will miss most about Pauley Pavilion.
“The tradition is so special, with John Wooden and all the old bas-ketball teams,” Tukiainen said. “I love seeing how much we’ve built this program. (The seniors) have talked about this for so long: about raising this program to another level.”
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spot, a spot he played in high school and said he is more comfortable with it because it takes pressure off his sprained left ankle.
“Last game, just because of my ankle, it was a lot easier to play inside than going out in the wing and coming back down,” Lane said. “It took a lot more stress off it.”
On the final play of practice last Tuesday, Lane sprained his left ankle, forcing him to miss last Thursday’s game against Oregon State. Lane returned two days later against Oregon, scoring eight points on a perfect four-of-four shooting from the field while earning the respect of his teammates.
“He’s out there with a sprained ankle,” freshman forward Tyler Hon-eycutt said. “That says a lot about his character.”
H o w l a n d w a s s i m i l a r l y impressed, noting the energy and effort that Lane brings to the floor.
“(He) always tries hard and plays hard, he’s doing his best,” Howland said. “Of course he makes mistakes, but when you make mistakes out of trying as hard as you can, then it’s hard to fault the kids for that. I think he’s going to help us in the future.”
Lane, who was wearing a pro-tective brace around his ankle on Tuesday, said his ankle feels better since injuring it a week ago. That’s good news for a UCLA team looking for revenge against Arizona to begin the final weekend of Pac-10 play.
In the second game of the con-ference season, Arizona soundly defeated UCLA 77-63. In that game, Arizona guard Kyle Fogg scored a career-high 25 points on nine-of-12 shooting from the field, something which UCLA sophomore guard Mal-colm Lee said can’t happen again.
“We just got to play good defense,” Lee said. “We know that he’s going to want to score. Last time, we wasn’t really paying attention to him.”
Fogg was not the lone reason the Bruins struggled; as has been the case throughout the season, UCLA was victimized by its own poor shot selection. In the first game against Arizona, UCLA shot just 5-of-24 from the field in the first half.
Honeycutt said there is no pres-sure on the team to end the regular season with a pair of wins. Rather, it is just the Pac-10 Tournament that matters.
“We’re not going to win the Pac-10 conference. The games in the tour-nament are what’s going to count,” Honeycutt said.
With reports from Farzad Mashhood, Bruin Sports senior staff.
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Erica Tukiainen and the Bruins will play Arizona State in Pauley Pavilion.
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and Russell Westbrook, when this season came around, it was clear that coach Ben Howland would need to call Abdul-Hamid’s number because of the lack of depth at the point guard position for the Bruins.
So on Jan. 21, in the Bruins’ sixth Pac-10 contest, Abdul-Hamid’s number was called ... and boy did he deliver. After the Huskies took a one-point lead with three seconds to go, ‘Staf pushed the ball up court and hit a contested jumpshot from the top of the key to send the Huskies on their merry way with an upset loss.
Not only was it a huge shot, no one deserved to hit it more than he.
Sept. 4, 2009 – Brian Perk saves career-high 10 shots against No. 1 Maryland
Period, point blank, UCLA was not supposed to win.
Not even close.It was their season-opener, and
the Bruins hadn’t won a season-opener in five years. To make matters worse, UCLA was taking on the defending national champi-ons and No. 1 Maryland Terrapins in College Park, Md., in front of a record crowd of nearly 7,000 fans.
The odds were certainly stacked against UCLA, but thanks to a career-defining performance from senior goalkeeper Brian Perk, the Bruins upset the Terrapins on their home field, winning 2-0 and ending a 16-match win streak for the defending champions. Perk had a career-high 10 saves in a game in which the Bruins were outshot 19-8, 14-3 in the first half alone.
Perk, who is also the start-ing goalie for the U.S. Under-20 National Team, leaves UCLA as one of the greatest goalies to ever play for the Bruins soccer program, men’s or women’s, and is one of the most accomplished senior athletes leaving UCLA.
Sept. 12, 2009 – Forbath and Carter pace Bruins’ win over Tennessee
Possibly two of the most over-looked positions in college football are kicker and linebacker. It’s all about the Tebows, Bradfords and Ingrams, but seldom about that under-the-radar playmaker.
On Sept. 12, Kai Forbath and Reggie Carter were those playmak-ers.
In an upset road victory over the Tennessee Volunteers, under newly-appointed and highly-touted coach Lane Kiffin, Forbath scored 12 of the Bruins’ 19 points in the game, and Carter led the UCLA defense with 14 tackles, including one tackle for a loss. In addition, Carter had seven of those 14 tackles in the fourth quarter alone, including assisted tackles on third and fourth down of a fourth quarter goal line stand for UCLA, who led 19-13 at the time.
Forbath and Carter were soon named Co-Pac-10 Players of the Week.
Impressive.
Nov. 21, 2009 – Alterraun Vern-er’s record-setting pick-six
On UCLA football’s Senior Day, Verner, one of the most decorated and nationally recognized seniors on the Bruins squad, intercepted a pass by Arizona State quarterback Samson Szakacsy and returned it 68 yards for the game’s first score. Not only did Verner set the pace for a 23-13 Bruin victory, with the interception, he tossed his name in the UCLA record books for most interceptions returned for touch-downs with four in his four-year career.
Way to go out, AV.
Dec. 4, 2009 – The culmination of Lauren Cheney’s career
Cheney is the most accom-plished athlete in the past four years. Period.
And although the UCLA women’s soccer team lost on Dec. 4 to Stan-ford in the NCAA semifinals, and regardless of the fact that Cheney never won a national champion-ship, until she graduates, she’s top dog on campus.
Cheney is the first player in UCLA soccer history to be named an NSCAA/adidas First-Team All-American each year of her college career. She holds the school record for points and game-winning goals, with 173 and 28, respectively. She also finishes her career with 31 assists, which puts her second all-time.
Other accolades include Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2006, four-time First-Team All-Pac-10 selection, three-time NCAA All-Tournament Team selection from 2007-2009, National Player of the Year and Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2007, and a host of other awards and records.
You will be missed, LC.
If you have any senior moments you want to see in the Daily Bruin, e-mail Watson at [email protected]
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WATSON | Seniors leave their marks
Unranked Highlanders upset BruinsBY MIN KANGBruin Sports [email protected]
All of a sudden, the gears have come to a standstill. The same UCLA softball team that started the season blowing teams out in landslide fashion has struggled to score runs lately, and Wednesday was no different.
After jumping out to a promis-ing 2-0 lead to start the game, the Bruin offense sputtered to a com-plete halt, allowing UC Riverside to come away with a 3-2 upset in front of its home crowd.
If anything, Wednesday’s game against the unranked Highlanders (5-9) was supposed to be the Bru-ins’ tuneup for the upcoming week-end. Instead, No. 5 UCLA dropped to 14-4 on the season and lost its second game in a row.
“We just did not get the job done,” coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said. “We had some opportunities (to score) and did not collect, and pitching-wise, we have to sharpen
up. The bottom line is that we did not execute.”
The Bruins struck first in the top half of the opening frame on senior Megan Langenfeld’s two-run home run for the early cushion.
But the Highlanders countered in the third inning with three runs of their own, though not without some help from the Bruins. With one out and runners on the corners, freshman pitcher Destiny Rodino threw a wild pitch, allowing one run to score. On the ensuing pitch, Riverside’s Taylor Thomas doubled to left-center to drive in the tying run. That spelled the end of Rodi-no’s day, but not so for the High-landers. Sophomore Aleah Macon replaced her freshman teammate and promptly gave up a triple on her first pitch, allowing the third Riverside run of the inning to reach home. In the end, Macon lasted only an inning after Langenfeld
took over to finish the game.“When I give somebody the ball,
I expect her to get the job done,” Inouye-Perez said. “(Destiny) didn’t get it done. She gave up two runs, and Aleah gave up one and couldn’t stop the bleeding. As a result, it ended up being costly for us. It was three (runs) too many.”
For the Bruins, it certainly was not for a lack of opportunities. With one out and a runner on second in the fourth, sophomore Samantha Camuso grounded into a double play to end the threat. And again, in each of the fifth and sixth innings, UCLA had a runner in scoring posi-tion with just one out, only to come up empty-handed.
Junior shortstop Monica Har-rison was the only Bruin to tally more than one hit at the end of the game, going three-for-three at the plate with one run scored.
“We definitely put ourselves in a position to take the game,” Harri-son said. “But we just fell short and didn’t come up with the timely hits to get the RBI.”
Men’s volleyball recovers with win over LewisBY VIDUR MALIKBruin Sports [email protected]
For the men’s volleyball team, a step backward in practice result-ed in several steps forward come match time.
Coming off of two straight three-set losses, the Bruins deliv-ered a sweep of their own against Lewis Wednesday, winning 30-22, 30-27, 30-25 at Pauley Pavilion. After spending this week’s prac-tice focusing on the fundamentals, the No. 5 Bruins (10-8) took down the No. 15 Flyers (10-4).
“We just overall played very well,” redshirt sophomore Jack Polales said. “Every aspect of our game was solid, and when we
put all of those together, we got a quick win in three.”
The Bruins convincingly won the first set, hitting .405 and post-ing 5.5 blocks. After being down 23-19 in the second, Polales hit one of his team-leading 18 kills, and helped the team come back from the deficit with his serving. Behind his serving, the Bruins took a 25-23 lead and stayed on top for the rest of the set while forcing the Flyers to use their timeouts.
“That was crucial, the way (Polales) kept serving. They called a timeout and he came back and served tough after being frozen for a couple minutes,” coach Al
Scates said. UCLA dominated both sides
of the net, hitting .400, and out-blocked Lewis 14.5 to 4. The improved blocking Wednesday showed the team’s shift in practice paid off. At practice this week, Scates and his assistant coach Brian Rofer let the team hear it when they were playing slow.
“I was standing there, Brian was hitting balls at them, I was yelling at them, ‘they’re late, they’re late,’” Scates said. “I just wanted to give them immediate feedback after every rep without slowing down the practice. That’s why my voice is shot, but it was effective.”
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BY KENDALL SALTERBruin Sports senior [email protected]
The Bruins had a pleasant sur-prise on their way to Tuesday’s practice in Pauley Pavilion. For the first time in nearly four years, the Bruins, in the midst of a six-game winning streak, earned their way into the national poll, coming in at No. 25 on the Coaches Poll.
The newly-ranked Bruins (20-7, 13-3 Pac-10) will get their final test of the regular season as they host the Arizona schools, with Arizona State (17-10, 9-7) coming to Pau-
ley Pavilion tonight and Arizona (13-14, 6-10) visiting Saturday for UCLA’s Senior Day.
With the Bruins entering their season-ending home stand on a hot streak, there is a palpable sense of optimism about a program that is
looking for their first taste of post-season play since 2006. For the three Bruin seniors, center Moniquee Alexander and guards Erica Tuki-ainen and Allison Taka, the final two games will be an opportunity to leave Nell and John Wooden Court on a high note.
“We definitely deserve a place in the tournament,” Tukiainen said. “We started off not being able to fin-ish big games, but now we’ve proven that we’ve come around, finishing teams and getting the job done.”
Coach Nikki Caldwell knows that her team is in a good place in terms of tournament eligibility – the Bru-
ins have won 20 games, and are 13-3 in the Pac-10 – but she understands that nothing is ever certain.
“I think there’s always work to be done,” Caldwell said. “Just getting to 20 wins doesn’t always solidify your spot in the round of 64. But we’ve shown our ability to win.”
One of the major issues for UCLA is their lack of postseason experi-ence. No player on the roster has played after a conference tourna-ment.
“You’re down the stretch, and it’s been a long season,” Caldwell
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Sports SOFTBALLUCLA continues its preseason slate with a trip to the San Diego Classic.
MEN’S VOLLEYBALLThe Bruins host conference rival
UC Irvine at Pauley Pavilion Friday.
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UCLA to up Lane’s timeBY ANDREW HOWARDBruin Sports senior [email protected]
During his weekly press confer-ence Tuesday, UCLA men’s basket-ball coach Ben Howland had a con-fession to make: He should have played freshman forward Brendan Lane more minutes in Pac-10 play.
Of the Bruins’ 16 conference games, Lane has appeared in 12, but for miniscule minutes early in the season.
However, Lane’s playing time has been on a sharp rise since he started in place of the injured James Keefe against USC on Feb. 14, culmi-
nating in a career-high 23 minutes last Saturday against Oregon. With Keefe out for the season, freshman forward Reeves Nelson having just been medically cleared for tonight’s game and the possibility that senior Nikola Dragovic could miss time with a sprained ankle and injured
shoulder, Lane could see his role grow when UCLA (13-15, 8-8 Pac-10) faces Arizona (14-14, 8-8) tonight.
Dragovic, normally a forward, moved to the five-spot last weekend in place of Nelson, who is recov-ering from laser retinopexy on his left eye. Dragovic participated in a full contact practice Wednesday but Howland did not comment on his availability for tonight. In addition, sophomore center J’Mison Morgan is suspended for tonight’s contest for an unspecified violation of team rules. Lane could start at the five-
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Brendan Lane may see more minutes tonight against Arizona with James Keefe and Reeves Nelson both injured.
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ARIZONAToday, 7:30 p.m.Tucson, Ariz.FSNIt’s the beginning of the end for the Bruins as they play their second-to-last game of the season before the Pac-10 Tournament.
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USC match a repeat of win against Cal
BY JASON WANGBruins Sports [email protected]
No, this is not a rehash of last Sunday’s results against Cal.
For the second match in a row, the UCLA women’s tennis team played a marathon-length match that came down to UCLA junior Andrea Remynse, as the No. 4 Bruins defeated rival No. 12 USC 4-3 at Marks Tennis Stadium on Wednesday.
Remynse, the No. 34 singles player in the country, faced USC’s Danielle Lao in the decid-ing battle of Wednesday’s rival match, and coach Stella Sampras Webster has noticed the strong confidence of Remynse, which has grown over the season and was brightly evident in her game-winning match against then-No. 3 Cal.
“The Cal win was huge for Andrea ... that definitely helped her against ’SC,” Sampras Web-ster said. “Just knowing that she’s been there, she’s done it and that she believes she can win the match. She just maintained great composure under great pres-sure.”
Remynse’s win helped l i f t the Bruins (12-1) to their tenth win in Los Angeles this season, with nine wins coming at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and this one at Marks Stadium.
“This is definitely a huge win. It’s tough to play against USC,” Sampras Webster said. “Every time we play ’SC, we can take the rankings and past results out. Neither team wants to lose and everybody is just fighting for the
win. We came out on top today, but ’SC definitely made us work.”
The Bruins had to work hard after giving up an early lead to the Women of Troy. UCLA started strong by securing the doubles point with wins from the tan-dems of Remynse and senior Yas-min Schnack, the No. 4 doubles pair in the country, and junior Noelle Hickey with sophomore Nina Pantic.
From the bottom half of the lineup, freshman Pamela Mon-tez and junior Maya Johansson won their respective matches in straight sets while freshman Stephanie Hoffpauir lost a close one, g iv ing the Bruins a 3 -1 advantage. But then a pair of rare losses from Schnack and Hickey evened the score.
“Anything can happen when you play USC,” Remynse said. “We won the doubles pretty hand-ily and five of the six first singles sets. But they fought really hard, came back and had us on the ropes.”
Remynse was there to bail out the Bruins with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win, a match that ended long after the others. Though Remynse was the hero once again, she said hav-ing confidence in the entire team helped everyone.
“It’s great knowing when you’re on the court that your teammates will perform well. You know that, even though you’re focusing on your court only, you’re going to do well, too.”
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Seniors to end careers against Arizona schoolsWOMEN’S BASKETBALLARIZONA STATEToday, 7 p.m.Pauley Pavilionuclabruins.comHoping to extend their six-game winning streak, the newly-ranked Bruins will host Arizona State at home today.
Stellar athletes shine as seniors
BRANTLEY WATSON
In light of the Senior Days taking place at universi-ties around the country,
I think it’s time we pay tribute to those who have represented the Bruins for four years.
With the way underclassmen leave college prematurely to pursue profes-sional careers in this day and age, I think it’s important to acknowledge the athletes who do stick around for the long haul.
Now, of course I can’t acknowledge every senior on campus that dons a UCLA jersey, but there are a few seniors who have already provided Bruin sports fans with some special memories this school year.
Here are a few performances that stick out in my mind, in no particular order:
Jan. 21, 2010 – Mustafa Abdul-Hamid hits the game-winner against Washing-ton
Abdul-Hamid, who was also accepted to Harvard but instead decided to come play basketball at UCLA, serves as the rock of this year’s men’s basketball team. Although Abdul-Hamid has not been on the floor much during his tenure at UCLA, playing behind the likes of Darren Collison
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Redshirt junior Mustafa Abdul-Hamid and his teammates, J’Mison Morgan (left) and Nikola Dragovic (right) watch the replay of Abdul-Hamid’s buzzer-beater against Washington at Pauley Pavilion Jan. 21.
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Four years of competitive sports culminate in collegiate records and memories
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BY BRANTLEY WATSONBruin Sports senior [email protected]
Wednesday’s tennis match between the UCLA men’s tennis team and the crosstown rival Tro-jans, a rematch of an early sea-son contest between the two Los Angeles tennis juggernauts, turned into a case of same teams, same results.
On Feb. 14, USC, ranked No. 1 in the country at the time, hand-ily defeated the Bruins 4-0 in the National Team Indoor Champion-ships in Charlottesville, Va.
And on Wednesday, on UCLA’s home courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center, a place that the now No. 5 Trojans (12-1) hadn’t won in over a decade, USC conjured up another dazzling and dominat-ing performance, defeating No. 6 UCLA, 6-1.
Although Wednesday’s match was certainly more competitive than the two teams’ first meet-ing, the Bruins (6-3) were unable to pull out any close matches in doubles or singles, namely due to a large amount of unforced errors.
“We fought a lot harder ... but we just had way too many unforced errors,” UCLA coach Billy Martin said after Wednesday’s loss. “In doubles and singles, we were just shooting ourselves in the foot.”
A crucial point coming into Wednesday’s match, and every college tennis match, was which team would be able to capture the doubles point. But for the second time this year, the Trojans were able to squeak out the doubles point, giving them the early 1-0 lead heading into singles, which is
USC’s strong suit.“I think we’re experienced
enough to know that it doesn’t make it easy, but you can still come back,” Martin said about losing the doubles point.
And singles did not prove to be much better for UCLA, with the Bruins losing five of six singles matches, including four three-setters.
“We lost all the three-setters which is disappointing,” Martin said. “We still have some work to do and I think we’ll still get bet-ter and we got one more chance against them. But definitely today, they were the better team.”
Martin’s players also realized how important it was to nab the doubles point from ’SC, which has one of the deepest singles lineups in the nation.
“Every time we’ve beaten ’SC, we’ve won the doubles point,” said UCLA junior Nick Meister, who tallied the Bruins’ lone point with a 6-3, 6-3 singles win on court No. 5. “I just didn’t think we came out firing enough. I thought if we got the doubles point, the momentum would go through to singles.”
“But they’re stacked from one to six, so four singles wins is a lot to ask,” Meister added. “There was a stage at the end of the doubles point where I felt like we had the momentum and it was about to open up for us, but things didn’t go our way. When it’s a roller-coast-er ride, then it becomes who has more guts.”
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