DBD 6.1.09 Really, Japanese Schoolgirl Street Fashion?  Really?

Cal track senior wins second straight discus regional title:

Senior Martin Maric successfully defended his NCAA West Regional championship from 2008 when he took top honors in the discus in the 2009 competition Saturday at Hayward Field on the Oregon campus. Maric captured California’s lone regional title, as recorded a season-best throw of 200-11 (61.24m). The Cal men took eighth overall with 31 points and the Cal women finished in seventh with 42 points.

“We had some people really step up, and we also had some people who didn’t do as well as we had hoped,” said director of track and field Tony Sandoval. “Tracey Stewart had the jump of her life today and Martin’s regional title is something that was very special. Brook Turner and Kandi Bonty both did a great job this weekend, individually qualifying for NCAAs. Overall, I think we will have eight women, six men and the women’s 4×100 relay at NCAAs.”

Sophomore Cherrelle Garrett notched a pair of second-place finishes. In the final of 100-meter dash, Garrett crossed the finish line with a time of 11.39. She also ran the final leg of Cal’s second-place 4×100-meter relay that clocked a season-best time of 44.67. The men’s 4×100 also tallied a season-best time of 40.43 and finished in sixth overall.

Junior Tracey Stewart turned in a personal-best performance in the triple jump, recording a mark of 42-3.50 (12.89m) to place fifth overall.

Womens tennis players named All-Americans:

BERKELEY – California women’s tennis freshman Jana Juricova and sophomore Mari Andersson each received selections to the 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Division I Women’s All-America Team today (May 29). Juricova became the 14th Golden Bear to earn both singles and doubles honors in the same year; with Andersson’s doubles selection pushing Cal’s total All-America selections to 79.

Andersson and Juricova received the No. 3-ranking as a doubles team in the final ITA poll, released May 29. Earlier in the week, the tandem claimed Cal’s fifth NCAA doubles championship title as they defeated the No. 4-ranked Stanford team of Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette. Andersson and Juricova were named to the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship all-tournament team and helped the Bears win the doubles point in dual matches 17 times as they finished with a 25-3 record when teamed up. Andersson’s doubles record stood at 25-5 at season’s end with Juricova leading the team with an impressive 36-8 mark.

As a singles player, Juricova led the team with a 39-7 record as she posted a 17-4 mark in dual play with 15 wins at the top court. Juricova also took home two individual tournament crowns last fall as the 2008 Saint Mary’s Invitational singles champion and the 2008 Arizona State Thunderbird Invitational singles champion.

2009 Cal Hall Of Fame announced:

A pair of Olympians, a Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year and a National League Most Valuable Player are among the former student-athletes and coaches who have been selected as the Class of 2009 for induction into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame.

Formal induction ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6, at the annual Hall of Fame banquet at the Greek Orthodox Church conference center in Oakland. The new inductees will also be honored at halftime of Cal’s Nov. 7 football game vs. Oregon State at Memorial Stadium.

The Class of 2009 consists of swimmer Marylyn Chiang, the 1999 Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year; gymnast George Greenfield and tennis player Jim McManus, who both represented the United States in the Olympic Games; Jeff Kent, who developed into one Major League Baseball’s greatest second baseman and was named the National League’s MVP in 2000; the late Steve Heaston, who guided the Cal men’s water polo team to three NCAA championships; and the 1960-61 men’s varsity 8s that claimed back-to-back national rowing titles.

In addition, the first Hall of Fame Service Award will be presented to Frank Brunk, a former football player who has been a long-time advocate for the Golden Bear golf programs.

With the addition of the six members, the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame now features 234 individuals and six rowing teams. The school’s Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 1986, with this year’s group representing the 24th class of inductees.

Cal now 5th in the Directors Cup:

BERKELEY – On the strength of a runner-up finish in women’s tennis, California has moved up to fifth place in the latest Directors’ Cup standings. The Golden Bears currently have 849 points with several sports still competing. The final results will be announced June 26.

Last year, Cal tied for its highest finish ever, coming in seventh place, and the Bears have been in the Top 10 five of the last six years.

In addition to the 90 points Cal picked up for women’s tennis, the Bears have also scored in women’s golf (25 points) and men’s tennis (25) so far this spring. Points from men’s golf, women’s rowing, softball, and men’s and women’s track & field have yet to be tabulated. Rugby and men’s rowing are not NCAA-sponsored sports and do not figure into the standings.

The Directors’ Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 20 sports — 10 women’s and 10 men’s.

Some pole vaulters you may have heard of are doing well:

Senior Katie Morgan and sophomore Allison Stokke both scored for California in the first day of the NCAA West Regional Friday at Hayward Field on the Oregon campus. The two pole vaulters earned a combined seven points for the Golden Bears. In addition, a number of Cal runners advanced to tomorrow’s finals in their respective events.

Morgan took fifth with her mark of 13-9.75 (4.21m), while Stokke came in right behind her teammate in sixth (13-1.75, 4.01m).

“Katie and Allison both did well today,” said director of track and field Tony Sandoval. “They had some tough competition. I think Allison will get an at-large bid to the national championships based on her regular-season best mark.”

A couple of Bears recorded personal bests on Friday. Freshman Sebastian Sam claimed seventh in the prelims of the 800 with a personal-best time of 1:48.82. Senior Francis Gadayan finished in third at 1:50.04. Both runners qualified for tomorrow’s final. In the women’s 400, senior Kandi Bonty clocked a PR of 53.92, earning a sixth-place finish. Fellow senior Brook Turner tallied the best preliminary time at 53.34, which was also a season best, just shy of her personal-best time of 53.31. Both Turner and Bonty will compete in tomorrow’s final.

Womens Water Polo is full of smart, smart people:

BERKELEY – Twelve California women’s water polo student-athletes earned recognition for their academic performances as members of the 2009 All-MPSF Academic team, as announced Friday by conference executive director Al Beaird. Cal’s 12 selections on the academic recognition squad were the most by any MPSF member.

Seniors Lauren Burke (art) and Paige Lorenz (American studies); juniors Remy Champion (political economy of industrialized societies), Erika Hanson (political science), Julie Oreglia (political science), Stephanie Schnugg (art), Camille Hewko (history of art) and Erin Scully (mass communications); sophomore Coral Kemp (undeclared); as well as redshirt freshmen Stephanie Peckham (undeclared) and Georgi Cappelletti (undeclared) were all honored by the MPSF. To be eligible for MPSF All-Academic accolades, an athlete must have a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA, must be at least a sophomore academically, and must have competed in 50 percent or more of a team’s matches.

A recounting of the Cal women soccer team in Italy:

VATICAN CITY – Day two started what seemed to be 10 minutes after our heads hit the pillow. But again, the student-athletes were ready to hit the city. Our tour started at 9 a.m. at the Vatican. While waiting patiently outside the city walls, we were struck with another pleasant surprise – Tony Parker and Eva Longoria! Nice to know we have some future paparazzis on our team.

The Vatican was amazing, with the grand finale being the absolutely beautiful Sistine Chapel. After our tour completed, we had a quick lunch and were told to head back through the Sistine Chapel to enter into the Basilica, also known as St. Peter’s church, which is the largest Catholic church in the world. The Basilica was definitely a treat. There are no words to describe the size of this church, nor the beauty and detail that went into making it! The players and I were in awe.

After spending time inside the Basilica, everyone was on their own to discover the city. We had about five hours of free time before we were to meet again for dinner and to watch the Champions League Final game. For the most part everyone shopped and walked around the Champions League Fan Festival.

Please rename this DBD: 6.1.09 You Will Never Unsee This.

Like 10 years ago – you couldn’t go to Shinjuku without tripping over scores of them. I do have to clarify though – its not really blackface . . . its just super super orange tan (either fake or tanning lotion).

Last time I was in Tokyo (around November) I barely saw any – its all Loli-goth nowadays.

Seriously, fuck the Dutch. What have they done for the world since the 1600s?

They’re a buncha Gouda nothings. And Rik Smits doesn’t ount. Franiso Elson doesn’t either. (Weird, I have no “sees”)

For those who think legalese is hot, click here. Here’s a sample before my eyes glazed over.

Clarett argues that the NFL clubs are horizontal competitors for the labor of professional football players and thus may not agree that a player will be hired only after three full football seasons have elapsed following that player’s high school graduation. That characterization, however, neglects that the labor market for NFL players is organized around a collective bargaining relationship that is provided for and promoted by federal labor law, and that the NFL clubs, as a multi-employer bargaining unit, can act jointly in setting the terms and conditions of players’ employment and the rules of the sport without risking antitrust liability. For those reasons, the NFL argues that federal labor law favoring and governing the collective bargaining process precludes the application of the antitrust laws to its eligibility rules. We agree.

Robots you want to take out to dinner.

UCLA vacates win, title for men’s tennis

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The Pac-10 has penalized UCLA’s men’s tennis program for allowing a player to compete while ineligible during the 2008 season, which resulted in Southern California being declared the conference champion.

The Pac-10 said Friday that the Bruins must forfeit all singles and doubles matches in which the player participated last season.As a result, team results of UCLA’s matches against USC and Arizona State were reversed and the final team standings adjusted.

USC wound up with a 7-0 record, while the Bruins dropped into a second-place tie with Stanford at 5-2.

The violation was self-reported by UCLA and the ineligible player wasn’t identified.

I’ve read lots of articles regarding New Media and the Demise of Newspapers and such, many wondering aloud what’s to become of journalism, but this essay in particular blew me away by framing the question in a very bold yet simple way, particularly this sentence:

It makes increasingly less sense even to talk about a publishing industry, because the core problem publishing solves — the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public — has stopped being a problem.

And then this:

Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism. For a century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable. That’s been a fine accident to have, but when that accident stops, as it is stopping before our eyes, we’re going to need lots of other ways to strengthen journalism instead.

When we shift our attention from ’save newspapers’ to ’save society’, the imperative changes from ‘preserve the current institutions’ to ‘do whatever works.’ And what works today isn’t the same as what used to work.

I think this may win the CBKWit memorial “Worst DBD Evair!” Award. Not only does it have a ridiculously small number of comments, it also has a disturbing actual topic of the DBD. Truly an impressive feat, Mr. Hook.

Vol fans make it look like booing Longshore was tantamount to bedecking him with flowers

Yes, I make $828,000 but I’m about to furlough my All-Stars. No, I do not have a prior history.

In an e-mail to me and others:

This communication is sent from the University of California Office of the President.
The reply email address is communications@ucop.edu

June 1, 2009

Colleagues:

President Yudof will testify at a budget committee hearing at 2:45 p.m. today, along with the leaders of the CSU and Community colleges systems, regarding the affect of proposed budget cuts on public higher education. Interested employees may watch the testimony live via the California Channel website listed below.

UCOP Communications
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ADVISORY: Leaders of three California public higher education systems to testify about drastic budget cuts at conference committee hearing

Proposed budget reductions will have lasting consequences to future generations of students

As California’s fiscal situation continues to deteriorate, the leaders of the state’s three systems of public higher education – who represent 3.5 million students – will testify before the state Conference Committee on the Budget on Monday, June 1, beginning at 2:45 p.m.

California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott, California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed and University of California President Mark G. Yudof will detail the immediate and long-term consequences of the drastic cuts outlined in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest budget proposal on enrollments, student fee levels, academic programs, student services and on affordability if the proposal to phase out the Cal Grant program is implemented.

Both CSU and UC have already announced enrollment cuts for fall 2009, and the California Community Colleges anticipate access to more than 250,000 students will be denied as a result of the proposed $825 million budget reductions that are coupled with an additional $115 million in deferrals. Under the most recent budget proposal by the governor, in 2009-10, CSU and UC face reductions in state support between 16 percent and 20 percent.

WHAT: Hearing of the Conference Committee on the Budget
WHERE: Sacramento State Capitol
                       Room 4203
                        Live Webcast available at: www.calchannel.com <http://www.calchannel.com/>
WHO: California Community College Chancellor Jack Scott
                       California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed
                       University of California President Mark G. Yudof
WHEN: Monday, June 1, 2009, beginning at 2:45 p.m.

Win Cheat Forever

A must read LA Times Article on USC keeping things oh-so-quiet.

I think most of us would bet that these guys get hit with something, but nothing major. No scholarships or titles will be stripped. There is a chance though…

SBN updates.

I have a new nephew and get to contribute my two cents about his name. I submitted Ishaan (Shiva), Mehul (Rain), and Avinash (Indestructible). These seemed cool, with cool meanings and cool relatively easy pronunciations for the dyslexic and the moronic. Hope I win, and if I do, that the kid won’t resent the name. I can’t think of any obvious hilarity from these names … right?

I think you need to pick names that are insanely long but easily convertable to an easy nickname. eg “Hi my name is Vikwamnashansrivaanarduthuswamat but you can call me Vik”

On Sunday I went to Golden Gate Fields (Dollar Day)

Good Fun!

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Now it’s time for the NBA Finals and I wonder what craziness awaits? Maybe Jordan Farmar(notes) slaps Rafer Alston(notes) just because. Maybe Dwight Howard hits his first legendary game winner. Maybe it’s a three.
Maybe Kobe misses Game 1 due to the shower he needs to take after LeBron’s talcum powdered their whole house.
Maybe LeBron moves out of Kobe’s house altogether and rents a copy of “Return of the King.” He’ll be back.
Maybe Spike Lee drops “J.J. Redick: Shootin’ Treys.” It follows him as he shoots treys in practice. It’d probably be as interesting as “Doin’ Work” was.
Maybe a “Reggie’s Mailbag” spot will be witty and funny.
Maybe Orlando wins it all, putting Howard in a new class of NBA big men.
Maybe the Lakers win it all and VitaminWater crowns Kobe as the best.

When schoolgirls looked like schoolgirls and not like bronze-played androids.

Anyway, has anybody been up-to-date on E3? Microsoft launched an amazing opening presser today.

“Project NATAL”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTtlM0v7iLs

“Metal Gear Solid: Rising” announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OspnckhH3g