"Women matter, but we have totake it a step further and say,'women rule!'" said DoloresHuerta, farm workers’ leader andhuman rights activist to a crowdgathered in Littlefield ConcertHall. The auditorium was so full,overflow had to be directed toLisser Hall.

Huerta spoke at this year'sConvocation on October 1 aboutthe importance of women leader-ship in today's society. She wasjoined in this message by MillsCollege President Janet Holmgrenand lifetime Trustee Evelyn"Muffy" McKinstry Thorne.

This year also markedHolmgren's 20th and finalConvocation as President of MillsCollege. She met the crowd of stu-dents with enthusiasm, calling toeach class to shout out their

class colors."This was an inspiring and

authentically Mills event," she saidin an interview after Convocation."It showed our commitment to higher standards of celebrating women."

Convocation is an annual MillsCollege event bringing togetherstudents, faculty, alumni and othermembers of the Mills communityin celebration of the new academicyear. It is also a time for honoringhigh-achieving students, facultyand members of the 2011 graduat-ing class. During this year's cele-bration, Huerta and Thorne wereeach given honorary degrees fromthe College.

Huerta's speech focused on howwomen are an important part ofsolving equality issues in societytoday. Specifically, Huerta usedracism and workers' rights asexamples of areas that need improvement.

"Unless you're a NativeAmerican, your people came fromsomewhere," she said. "We need toeliminate racism altogether. We areone human race."

Education was also a key pointin Huerta's speech. She stressed theimportance of educating women tobe powerful leaders at all levels of society.

"If we do not have women inthose decision making positions,they will make the wrong deci-sions," she said, emphasizing suchissues as reproductive rights,equality of marriage and womenand immigrant rights.

"We need women in leadership,she said in an interview after theevent. "We need to take the nextstep - running for office. When itcomes to public campaign reform,that's a major issue for us all."

Huerta's message of communi-ty action drove the crowd to cheer,clap and stomp. She led the audi-

ence in a chant of "Si, se puede!",or "Yes, we can!", her slogan dur-ing the fight for immigrant workers' rights.

"Dolores Huerta was amazing,"said Audree Scheffer DeAngeles,an alumna of the College and a cur-rent parent of a Mills senior. "Thereis something about her energy thatmakes you want to do whatever she says."

The other honorary degreerecipient, Evelyn "Muffy"McKinstry Thorne, class of 1948,spoke about how the College haschanged since she attended it.

"The College has made greatstrides," she said, acknowledgingthe achievements in diversity on campus.

She , however, recognized ele-ments of college life when she wasan undergraduate that she felt theschool could use today, including aregulation basketball court and apublic speaking requirement.

"After all, you never knowwhen you might get an honorarydegree," she said, laughing.

One of her biggest concernswas the lack of a drama departmentat Mills.

"It's time to restore that pro-gram," she said. "You can't have aliberal arts education without thedramatic arts."

She also noted the quicklyfleeting greenery on campus.

"No more buildings - we missthe green space and I fear we'rerunning out of it."

Her final words were to the students.

"With your minds and heartsunfurled, you can change the world."

Heather McDaniel, Nicole Vermeerand Ellen Newton contributed tothis report.

See page 12 for more pictures.

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The city of Oakland receivedover $3 million from the federalgovernment this September in anattempt to continue and improveMeasure Y, a violence preventionact started in 2004.

In November, Measure BB willbe on the ballot. If passed by vot-ers, this controversial measure willamend certain aspects of the olderviolence prevention measure.

Measure Y (2004)

Measure Y provides the city ofOakland with close to $20 millionannually for the next 10 years. Themeasure's funds are collectedthrough a parcel tax and parking fees.

Measure Y’s programs includeyouth comprehensive services,family and domestic violence pre-vention, youth and adult reentryprograms and crisis and incidentresponse efforts. The measure'sfunds are also used to hire specialpolice officers called ProblemSolving Officers (PSOs), accordingto a mid-year report dated 13 May,2010 and released by the cityadministrator’s office. PSOs offercommunity outreach in particularlycrime-heavy areas in Oakland.

$4 million of Measure Y’sfunds go to keeping all fire stationsopen 24 hours a day, seven days aweek. Of the funds remaining,approximately 40% go to violenceprevention programs and 60% goto hiring additional police officersin charge of problem solving, tru-ancy, domestic violence and spe-cial victims units, according to theMeasure Y website.

After Measure Y’s implementa-tion in 2005, total crimes reportedcontinued to increase through May2008, according to the 2008-09Crime Trends report, released byGibson and Associates and theResource Development Associates.

It is important to note the differ-ence between actual crime ratesand reported crimes rates, said the report.

“For example, an increase inreported crime between 2006 -2008may be explained by the fact thatMeasure Y efforts succeeded inbuilding trust-relationships withcommunity members, so that anincreased proportion of previouslyunreported crime was then beingreported. Or, more crime mighthave occurred during this period,

leading to higher levels of reportedcrime,” the report concluded.

During this time period, proper-ty crimes were reported most fre-quently, says the report, and sexualcrimes least frequently.

Reported crime rates decreasedin each month following June2008, the report continues. It highlighted declines in propertyand violent crimes.

In the first years of Measure Y’simplementation, it was supposed toincrease the police force by 63 officers. This goal, however,was not met.

“The problem was, the size ofthe police force went down insteadof up,” said Marleen Sacks, anOakland resident and attorney whosued the city of Oakland in 2008for misusing Measure Y funding.

The mayor of Oakland, RonDellums, used an estimated $15

million of Measure Y funding tostaff regular police officers, asopposed to special PSOs promisedin the text of Measure Y, betweenthe time the measure was enactedthrough 2008, according to Sacks's litigation.

“I wrote the city and told them'you're not allowed to do this,’ butthey did it anyway,” Sacks said.And so she sued the city.

Sacks’ suit rested on moregrounds than the misused fundsalone. She also alleged that theCity had not filed the annual auditsrequired by Measure Y, nor had itdiscontinued collecting theMeasure Y tax even though thepolice staff was below the requirednumber of officers.

Sacks won her lawsuit againstthe city based on her two conclu-sions about the misused funds andthe lack of annual audits. Currently,the case has been appealed by the

city and is still in review.Since the 2008 lawsuit, Sacks

has sued Oakland for additionalviolations to Measure Y, such as itsfailure to hold police academies.

“They have to have regularacademies to keep the staff even,”Sacks said. The city has not held anacademy since the fall of 2008.

Without police academies, thecity has allowed the police force todecline, Sacks said, using retire-ment rates to save money. Oaklanddid not discontinue collection of the Measure Y parcel tax until itlaid off 80 police officers this year.

The offices of the city auditor,Courtney Ruby, and the city attorney’s legal communicationsdirector, Alex Katz, said neitherwere at liberty to discuss the pending litigation between the city and Sacks.

Measure BB (2010)

Measure Y’s effectiveness isnow dependent on whether or notthe city of Oakland can continue tofund its programs.

“Crime prevention cannot workwithout the officers on the streetsto back up the programs,” saidMills College director of PublicSafety, Michael Lopez, in an email.“With the recent layoffs of policeofficers, the city crime rate in cer-tain areas jumped dramatically. Weneed our neighborhood police offi-cers back on the job.”

On this year's ballot, MeasureBB, formerly titled the Amend theViolence Prevention and PublicSafety Act of 2004, has been pro-posed in order to allow the city tocontinue collecting the Measure Yparcel tax despite having fewerpolice officers on staff.

Though the measure reads, “To

restore community police officerpositions...” it is not clear if the citywill be required to rehire the offi-cers laid off earlier this year.

“I do not think Measure BBalone lets us restore the police offi-cers (laid off), but it prevents fur-ther layoffs,” said Sara Bedford,the policy and planning managerfor Measure Y. According toBedford, the City would need addi-tional measures on this year’s bal-lot to pass, such as Measure Xwhich would levy an additionalparcel tax in order to fund publicsafety programs, in order to rehirethose laid off earlier this year.

Sacks said Measure BB doesnot guarantee an increase in public safety.

“I am vehemently opposed toMeasure BB,” Sacks said.

Sacks said that Measure BBwill not only allow the city to tax

its citizens “no matter how smallthe police force is,” but it will alsodecrease the effectiveness of publicsafety programs. Without a legalobligation to staff the police forceto a certain number, the city willlose all incentive to do so, she said.

“The minimum staffing lan-guage is in there for a reason,” shesaid of the police staff minimum of739 officers. “If Measure BB pass-es, the police force will drop even further.”

The Grants

Measure Y has brought in over$3 million worth of grants for thecity of Oakland.

Though Measure Y encompass-es many different programs, thecity has received grants mainlyfocused on the measure’s crimeprevention and youth and adultreentry programs.

According to Bedford, thegrants include a $2.2 million dollarCommunity-Based ViolencePrevention Demonstration Grantfrom the Department of Justice,Office of Juvenile Justice andDelinquency Prevention, aimed atreplicating the nationally recog-nized ceasefire model of violenceprevention. The grant money willbe spread over three years.

Though the ceasefire modelwas created for use in Chicago,Bedford said that the modelMeasure Y uses was adaptedspecifically for Oakland.

The purposes of the ceasefiremodel are to provide youth withalternatives to gang related behav-ior, educate violent-prone commu-nities and increase awareness aboutthe dangers of youth violence,according to a press release sent bythe Department of Human Servicesin Oakland on Sept. 23.

The two smaller grants, bothworth $750,000 for one year, areaimed at successfully returningjuvenile and adult offenders toschool and work immediately aftertheir release.

Besides funding Measure Yprograms already in place, thegrants will also allow the city touse social marketing to reduce crime.

"It will allow us to create acommunity message of anti-vio-lence," Bedford said.

Sacks, however, has her doubts."I am not convinced that these

violence prevention programs arethat effective," she said. Her mainconcern is that the evaluations pub-lished on Measure Y programs are bias.

"The companies that do theseevaluations get paid a lot of moneyand want to get hired again," shesaid. Sacks also said she hadreceived tips from the communitythat any problems or ineffective-ness with Measure Y tends to get"swept under the carpet."

Both the Oakland Mayor’soffice and the city administrator’sofficer could not be reached forcomment.

Though she is not convincedthat Measure Y deserves thenational recognition it hasreceived, she also sees the grants asproof that violence prevention pro-grams in Oakland will survivewithout Measure Y funding.

"Most programs that getMeasure Y funding were in exis-tence long before Measure Y," shesaid. "They will be O.K."

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Controversial violence prevention measure inOakland gains national recognition

When Oakland CityCouncilwomen, Jean Quan,attempted to pay her husband’sway through medical school in theearly 1970’s, credit card companiestold her she would need her hus-band’s permission to qualify forcredit. Today, Quan, along withcouncilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, isvying to become Oakland’s firstfemale mayor.

Voters will decide between ninemayoral candidates, including topcontenders Quan, Kaplan, and DonPerata.

According to a poll commis-sioned last month by an OaklandMetropolitan Chamber ofCommerce, Perata currently leadswith 26%, followed closely by

Quan with 22%, and Kaplan with 12%.

While this could be a woman’sfirst time as mayor of the city, theOakland City Council first had afemale member in the 1920’s,according to Sue Piper, communityliaison for Jean Quan.

The council currently has afemale majority with six CityCouncilwomen out of eight totalseats. Nancy Nadel is the onlyother woman to have run forOakland mayor in 10 years. Sheand Ignacio De La Fuente lost toRon Dellums in 2006.

“Women have a different politi-cal style. We tend to be a bit morecooperative, even in politics,”Piper said.

For some, this perceived differ-ence translates to weakness.People often ask Quan if she is“tough enough” as a woman to bemayor of Oakland.

“Yes!” said Quan, who addedthat her dedication to her mayoralcampaign was important enough to

give up her council seat.According to Kaplan’s cam-

paign website, at age 38 she waselected as the youngest and firstopenly lesbian council member inOakland history in 2008. Efforts toreach Kaplan were unsuccessful.

The possibility of a femalemayor could set more youngwomen on a path in politics.

“Women are so under-repre-sented in American politics. Wehaven’t seen vast numbers ofwomen going into politics,” saidCarol Chetkovich, professor anddirector of the public policy pro-gram at Mills. “Seeing otherwomen run makes other womenwant to run – role modeling,women supporting women.”

Mills students agree that seeingwomen running for public officebreeds political involvement and interest.

Isabel Cortes, president of theMills College Fem Dems, believesthat more students will participatein this election due to the strongfemale presence on the ballot.

In her first year of leading theFem Dems, Cortes hopes to bringmore political awareness to

the campus.“We’re really excited. We hope

women become more aware ofwhat’s going on,” Cortes said.

The Quan campaign hopes thather potential win will encourageboth young women and immigrant families.

As the first-ever Asian-American woman mayor of a majorcity, Quan’s win would showyoung women, immigrants, and thechildren of immigrants “that we’vebroken through the glass ceiling inOakland,” Piper said.

This lack of women in power,however, does not mean thatwomen are elected less often thanmen. It is a symptom of fewwomen running at all.

“Today, research suggestswomen win as often as men whenthey run – women not winning ismore of women not running,”Chetkovich said.

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Women assaulted in popular Lake Merritt area

Two women were robbed andsexually assaulted Sept. 19th nearLake Merritt. While the incidentsoccurred separately, police suspectthe same perpetrator committedboth crimes.

According to Oakland PoliceDepartment's Public InformationOfficer Holly Joshi, the crimesoccurred in the late evening abouttwo hours and two blocks apart –on the 1400 block of 3rd Ave., andE. 18th St and Lakeshore. Joshistated that both victims were youngadults – one in her twenties andanother in her early thirties – androbbed and assaulted in a similarmanner. Police describe the suspectas a 6-foot African American malein his twenties who was carrying a weapon.

Many Mills College studentswho spend time around LakeMerritt expressed concern.

Business MBA student JulieMcDonald, who frequently walksaround the lake with her twelve-year-old daughter, finds LakeMerritt more dangerous in the evening.

“The whole personality of thelake really changes at nightfall,”McDonald said. “There are justfewer people around, so if therewere to be a problem, you couldn’tcall for help. Normally the lake is areally busy place and it feels safe,even if you have questionable,shady characters.”

While the suspect has yet to beapprehended, Joshi said the

Oakland Police Department hasreceived numerous tips since acommunity alert was sent out via e-mail on Sept. 21.

“The public has been veryforthcoming,” Joshi said, unable toprovide concrete details on the case.

Despite the recent crimes,many students intend to return tothe lake.

“I’ll still go to Lake Merrittt.I’ll just be more careful,” Mills stu-dent, Lutita Molina said.

McDonald, too, plans to takeextra precautions.

“I think Lake Merrittt is a greatand beautiful place, and I hate thefact that there is any kind of crimedown there,” McDonald said.“Frankly, I think the main thing isto go during the light and go ingroups of two or more. I would notgo around the lake at dusk at this point.”

Mills College Public Safety hadsimilar advice.

“Try to travel with a friend,”Officer Dennis Bernardo said.“And if you are unfortunateenough to be a victim, be the bestwitness you can be. Report every-thing you see.”

Officers of both the OaklandPolice Department and PublicSafety encourage students to neverunderestimate the chance of acrime to occur.

They stressed, however, that“in that particular area, there aren’thuge crimes,” Joshi said.

Contact the Oakland Policewith information on the suspect ofthe Lake Merrittt robberies andassaults or any other crimes at510.238.3641.

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8Fr iday

9Saturday

7Thursday

6Wednesday

10Sunday

Garden GatheringWhen: 10 a.m. - 1p.m.Where: Community GardenContact: ChristinaMcWhorter (510)430-2230

Demystifying theLSAT:Study SessionWhen: noon - 1:30 p.m.Where: Cowell Room 113Contact: Neepa Parikh(510) 430-3138

Oakland Museum of CAFree DayWhat:See the museum’s Pixarexhibition!When: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.Where: 1000 Oak St. OaklandContact: (510) 328-2200

12TuesdayWorks In ProgressReadingWhen: 5:30p.m. - 7p. m.Where:Bender RoomContact:kmiltenberger@mills.edu

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F3 At The Cotton MillWhat: Art exhibitions fromCotton Mill StudiosWhen: 6 p.m.Where: 1091 Calcot Place,OaklandCost:Free

15Fr iday

16Saturday

Lore of Moments ConcertWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Littlefield ConcertHallCost:Free for Mills students,faculty, and staff. $15 generaladmission

13Wednesday

POWPOWPOW ActionArt FestivalWhen: 8 p.m.Cost: $12 advance, $15 atthe doorWhere: 998 Valencia St. SF Contact:(510) 643-2755

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PostSecret Live What:Presentation by FrankWarren of PostSecret.comCost: $10When: 7 p.m. - 11 p.m.Where: University of thePacific, Stockton

Treasure Island MusicFestivalCost: $67.50When: noon - 10:30 p.m.Where: Treasure Island, SanFrancisco

Interpol Cost: $35When: 8 p.m.Where: The Fox Theater,1807 Telegraph Ave, Oakland

Contemporary WritersSeriesWho:Shahrnush ParsipurWhen: 5:30-7pmWhere:Mills HallContact:kmiltenberger@mills.edu

Exploratorium Free DayWhat: Enjoy free admis-sion to the museum!When: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.Where: 3601 Lyon St. SanFrancisco

Lecture By KathrynSpence ‘93When: 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.Where: Danforth LectureHallContact: (510) 430-2164

11MondayJohn Leidecker ConcertCost: FreeWhen: 7:30 p.m.Where:Music Building,Ensemble Room

When thinking of Millswomen, many people think ofactivism. Convocation keynotespeaker Dolores Huerta fits theprofile with her nationally-recog-nized involvement in human rights.

“I think it really ties in withwhat we’re doing,” said LindaNorthcott, director of Collegeevents. “With her background, sheseems like a strong individual,overcome with so many odds toprotect the rights of workers andunions. If you look at Mills, pro-tecting to be a women’s undergrad-uate school, they are similar.”

As co-founder of the UnitedFarm Workers Union, Huertahelped farm workers gain betterwages. She supported the farmworkers by leading the nationaltable grape boycott strike that led tothe California AgriculturalRelations Act, which allowed farmworkers to organize for betterwages and working conditions.

Students and staff expressedexcitement over Huerta’s visit.

“She’s...out there in the world,”said Cindy Beitmen, the earlymusic professor. “I think it is fabu-lous because she looks out for thelittle guy or little woman.”

At convocation, Huertas’daughter Camila Chavez, whograduated from Mills College in1998, introduced her with storiesthat presented Huerta, not in a dif-ferent light, but as the same strongwomen and organizer people knowher as.

“I liked all her stories and thejokes. She made it entertaining,especially the introduction herdaughter Camila Chavez made

about her sisters picketing againsttheir mom,” said freshwomanKelly Wong.

Another freshwoman, AshleyDiaz, was impressed with thewords of Huerta herself.

“I didn’t know what to expect,but it inspired me to be more dili-gent with my studies and taking ...opportunity,” Diaz said.

After her convocation speech,Dolores Huerta had a lunch meet-ing in the Solidarity Lounge withthe Mujeres Unidas club, whosemission is to serve the needs of theChicana-Latina population atMills. Deborah Berman Santana,professor in ethnic studies, men-tioned what a pleasure it was tohave Huerta with them at an infor-mal time.

In the intimate setting, Huertaspoke in Spanish and began by ask-ing everyone how one felt abouthaving their citizenship takenaway. She mentioned issues con-cerning immigration, like the lawin Arizona and how scary it is. Anexample she gave was about Wal-mart being built in other countriesand how it replaces the small storeowners already in that country, andasked a rhetorical question, why isit that people leave their country?

“It was really inspiring intellec-tually. She brought up a lot ofthings I never thought of before,like the causes of immigration,”said Berkeley graduate Juan Lara.

She brought up many topicsabout the people, la gente, andabout how the politics of todaygreatly involve immigration issues.Her topics not only pertained toMills students, but also to visitingfamily members.

“It was a great opportunity andthe greatest event in my life espe-

cially for being Chicano. She is onthe same level as Martin LutherKing, and Rosa Parks. And beinghere with Mills women, it’s unfor-gettable,” said Ricardo Castillo,father of student Gabriela Castillo.

Huerta emphasized the need toeducate “our people” and the needto get them involved in voting,especially in this upcomingNovember election, for the issuesthat affect their community, such asimmigration reformation. The peo-ple that attended seemed to respondwhen she mentioned that in theLatino community, 20 million havethe right to vote, but only 10 mil-

lion actually vote.“It was very moving because

my parents are immigrants. It isnice to teach younger generationsto continue what was started notthat long ago,” said Iyari Ortiz, sen-ior Mills student.

Huerta also spoke about howmuch immigration discourse isfounded on racism. She pointed outthat attacks on feminists and thenthe LGBT community, were paral-lel to attacks on immigrants.

Her time at the lunch withMujeres Unidas was not as long asexpected, but she had a seriousimpact on the group, many of

whom have parents who are immi-grants to the U.S.

“I liked this event. I think that ifwe could get a little more time itwould be great. What she said wasgood because I come from animmigrant family. It is an issue thatis close to me. I love having herhere,” said Maria Mejia, sopho-more Mills student and co-presi-dent of Mujeres Unidas.

“It was amazing,” said GinaRosabl, director of student diversi-ty programs. “She’s such a power-ful and inspiring activist, the wayshe really looks and lives the inter-connection of struggle.”

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Top: King speaks to a captivated audience. Bottom left to right: Tour guide Jane King; an Art Building arch; King gives historical background; Post Road once Bula.

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With her silvery-white hair, grandmother-ly sweater and playful grin, Jane King is notthe typical Mills College tour guide. Yet forwell over 30 years, King has attracted a cap-tive audience of prospective students, parentsand fellow alumnae to her campus tour dur-ing convocation, and her tour this year onOct. 1 was no different.

Her tour, nicknamed Jane’s Stroll, takesspectators on a historical walk through theCollege campus. As a Mills alumna of 1942,King provides a jaunty combination of his-

torical commentary and personal anecdotesabout various Mills landmarks as she puttsaround in her golf cart.

“I think that, for a person who has beenhere for so long, she has a remarkable senseof knowledge about how it used to be,” saidJoan Rice Holmes, class of 1960.

King showed off her knowledge withunique facts about some of the Mills build-ings, like the Reinhardt Alumnae House,which was built and dedicated in ‘49.

“[The architect] Bill Brown literallydesigned it on the back of an envelope,” Kingsaid and continued to devulge other little-known details of Reinhardt’s construction,like the plan to build an apartment behind it.

However, King does not have a sentimen-tal story for all of the campus’ construction.

“There's absolutely no point or purpose toit,” King said of an archway near the AronArt Center.

Many tourists enjoyed King’s compar-isons of how Mills was at one time and howMills is now. From simple changes, like PostRoad once being called Bula and the StudentUnion, to large changes, like the additions ofbuildings, King had something to say.

“It was called The Pot Shop,” King saidof the Ceramics Studio. King attributes thename change to the fact that “it didn't seemappropriate to have a pot shop on campus,” aremark that elicited a few laughs.

According to King, the Vera M. LongBuilding has gone through many changes,including years as a children’s school, thePublic Policy building and, now, the SocialSciences building. When King was a student,the building was a health center.

“I remember my freshman year, having aterrible case of the measles,” King said, whohad one of 4 cases that year. The cases wereso serious that each student had to have herown private nurse.

King did not fail to point out all of thethings Mills used to have but now does not.According to King, the original plans forCalifornia Highway 580 went through theCollege. Although the freeway stayed off-campus, the old horse stables were removed.

“The horse stables had to go anyway,because students stopped brining their horseswith them to school,” King said.

A small thing Mills now lacks consistent-ly across the board: a support of alcohol.According to King, the Commuter Lounge inRothwell Center used to house a resturantcalled Mills Grill, the first place on campusto serve alcohol. The Faculty Lounge, too,supported Mills women and their alcohol.

“At one time the Faculty Lounge hadlockers so they could lock up their liquor,”King said.

But most suprising to fellow alumna wereall of the new buildings.

“It used to be wilder, rougher, less build-ings. It still has the same kind of flavorthough,” said Nancy Marwick DeMuth, classof 1970.

Holmes agreed.“A lot of this wasn't here in the class of

‘60,” Holmes said. “By being here, you canask questions and see what life's like on thecampus.”

The new Moore Natural Science Buildingsparked particular interest.

“I'm going to be quite honest with you. Ithink it looks like a Footlocker. But it wasn'tmuch to look at before,” King said.

Ultimately, many participants enjoyedthe tour, for both its historical content andKing’s wit.

“It's charming,” Demuth said of King’shistorical tour.

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In 1998, X Japan’s farewell concert, The Last Live, opened with a voice-over:“Welcome...We have been looking forward to this moment...Thank you for

being here. We’ll show you the place where dreams and life become one. Memorizethis night we will spend together, and keep us in your hearts.”

Seven years later, On Sept. 28, 2010, the same words echoed in the same serenefemale voice within Oakland’s Fox Theatre, beginning the second show of XJapan’s First World Tour.

In the tradition of X Japan’s old reputation for perennial tardiness, the doors tothe venue opened nearly half an hour late to admit the line of devoted fans thatwrapped around the building. Fans came decked out in their rock concert best:sporting everything from tour t-shirts to band member cosplays, and carrying plushdolls of hide and “Yoshikitty” (the product of collaboration between Yoshiki andHello Kitty).

Once inside, the fans filtered toward the stage to the sounds of orchestral rendi-tions of X Japan’s ballads “Forever Love” and “Say Anything” playing over thevenue's speakers.

Loud cheers greeted Yoshiki’s iconic crystal piano and drum set when the tarpswere removed from each. As 9:00 showtime drew near, the crowd grew louder, andbegan calling out members’ names: “Yoshiki!” and “hide!” At intervals, the audi-ence would chant “X! X! X!” while they pressed anxiously against the barricade infront of the stage.

About 15 minutes after X’s scheduled onstage time, the house lights darkened,and the crowd went crazy.

The band’s scarlet “X” icon flashed on the giant screen behind the drum plat-form. Slowly, triumphantly, the silhouette of Yoshiki emerged. He only had to standat his drums, surveying the crowd in the darkness, and one would believe God him-self was on that stage the way the audience roared.

As the stage lights began to illuminate, the shapes of Heath, Pata, Sugizo andToshi emerged and took their places. The audience grew louder with each bandmember. Once everyone was present, Toshi opened the set with a shout of his own,and the band launched into “Jade”--a song released shortly after the band’s 2007reunion.

After “Jade” came “Rusty Nail,” a crowd favorite from the band’s heyday. Therest of the set list included both old standards such as “Silent Jealousy” and“Kurenai,” as well as some of the newer releases, such as “I.V.”

During the band’s anthem, “X,” Toshi led the room in the iconic “X Jump,”where one jumps while crossing their arms in an “X” at certain intervals in the song.The other members onstage also jumped at the appropriate cues, with Yoshiki cross-ing his drumsticks overhead. At the end of the song, the band led their classic, pas-sionate call and response: “We are--” to which the crowd replied “X!”

The show also included piano and drum solos for Yoshiki, as well as an electricviolin solo for Sugizo.

Toshi and Yoshiki addressed the audience in English whenever they spoke. Theband was very active, with the guitars and bass constantly running around to playnext to one another. Toshi himself often moved around the stage to stand next to theother band members, even venturing up behind the drums to sing with Yoshiki.Anyone could see from their interaction how much these men loved being onstagetogether.

The set ended with “Tears,” and the band left the darkened stage as fansscreamed for an encore. True to form, the band was a bit late, leaving the fans to callfor them in the dark somewhat longer than most other shows.

Once Toshi and Yoshiki returned to the stage, they opened with a brief speech.Yoshiki mentioned that the band was just as excited to be here as the fans were tohave them.

“I can’t believe we’re actually doing it!” he laughed, referring to the US Tour.He also credited the late hide, who passed away in 1998, with bringing them

back together, adding, “He loves you, too.”At the end of the show, the members gathered at the front of the stage to have

their photo taken with the audience. Then, as per tradition, they joined hands to bowseveral times before jumping in the air together.

Several fans milled around for awhile, reluctant to leave. For those who hadcome from as far away as Los Angeles, Illinois, Taiwan and Japan, this was a pil-grimage. For everyone present, though, this night proved to be, as the openingvoice-over called it, “the place where dreams and life become one.”

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Japanese band rockswith American fans

Most peo-ple have heardit before —your friend,after too manycups of coffee,starts talking amile a minute and decides tochange the subject from school towork to Lady Gaga. “Oh, ha ha,sorry guys, I’m so ADD.”However, ADD isn’t really a laugh-ing matter.

According to the Center forDisease Control and Prevention,Attention Deficit Disorder is aneuro-biologically-based develop-mental disability that affects 4.5million people in the United States.Some research indicates the disor-der may be genetically transmitted.The cause is believed to stem froma chemical imbalance or chemicaldeficiencies in the brain responsi-ble for regulation of behavior. Putsimply, people with ADD strugglewith inattention and impulsivity.

Common symptoms include:being forgetful in daily

activities, not seeming to listenwhen spoken to directly, propensity to not follow through oninstructions and being easily dis-tracted by “extraneous stimuli”(i.e., Facebook).

“. . . making jokes whichbelittle and trivialize a

serious problem is ableist.Cracking such insensitive

jokes show a lack ofknowledge and under-

standing of able-bodied —or perhaps “able-brained”

— privilege.”

For many people who aren’taffected by ADD, the condition canbe considered either an amusingjoke or an irritating personalityflaw. Unlike the example above,ADD is not something that happens

once or twice in a personal conver-sation. People with a history ofADD are almost 10 times as likelyto have difficulties that interferewith friendships and professionalrelationships. Imagine a life timeof losing friends because you for-got their birthday, of bosses sayingyou have a lot of enthusiasm butyou’re fired, and professors andteachers saying that you have somuch potential, so why don’t youget your work in? People begin toavoid you because they think youare flighty, ignorant, lazy and a liar.

So why is ADD so funny?Perhaps making a joke of it is acoping strategy that makes it morepalatable for those affected by it.But I argue that making jokeswhich belittle and trivialize a seri-ous problem is ableist. Crackingsuch insensitive jokes show a lackof knowledge and understanding ofable-bodied — or perhaps “able-brained” — privilege.

So next time you are feeling“ADD,” think twice before pro-claiming a diagnosis — maybe youare just momentarily distracted!

A Tale of Two Initiatives: Oakland’s Measure BB and California’s Prop 19

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Maggie Jo BankenCONTRIBUTING WRITER

ADD: The “Funny” Disability?Convocation is an academic

tradition in colleges and universi-ties world wide, which has beenobserved for centuries. It is theceremony at the beginning of theacademic year where all membersof the academic community cometogether to officially mark thebeginning of the academic year. Itis also an opportunity to welcomethe new students to the campus andis a time to celebrate and honor theacademic achievements of students and faculty and to awardan honorary doctorate to a distin-guished guest.

At Mills, each class wears theirclass colors. The Class of 2011 isblue, the Class of 2012 is purple,the Class of 2013 is red and theClass of 2014 is green. The outgo-ing class shares their color with theincoming class, so the traditioncontinues every year.

This year, Mills is observing the20th anniversary of the College'srecommitment to women's educa-tion and is recognizing the Strike of1990, where Mills students over-turned the Board decision to con-

sider co-education at the under-graduate level.

Dolores Huerta is a ground-breaking national leader who co-founded the United Farm Workersand has worked tirelessly in theongoing fight for social justice,human rights and women's rights.We could think of no better personto address our campus community in this 20th anniversaryyear of our recommitment towomen's education.

Camila Chavez, the daughter ofDolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez,is a Mills alumna, having graduat-ed in 1998. She will be introducing her mother during theconvocation ceremonies.

With the ringing in of the aca-demic year, the serious tone of aca-demic inquiry is set, and the excite-ment of convocation sets the tonefor a sense of community amongthe Mills campus and begins thestudents' connectedness to Millstradition and the various con-stituencies of our community.

This year’s convocationalso celebrates Mills

strike anniversary

As ballot-casting time drawsnear, it becomes increasinglyimportant to gain a clearer, morecomplex understanding of theissues at stake this election. TheCampanil staff have chosen twoissues to explore and explain inhopes of helping to inform yourimportant decision — Measure BBand Proposition 19. Here for yourparticipatory democracy viewingpleasure is our understanding ofthese initiatives and some ques-tions to raise before marking those boxes this November.

Measure BB is a revision ofthe 2004 election’s Measure Y.Under Measure Y, citizens ofOakland were taxed to fund thestaffing of at least 739 police offi-cers in the Oakland PD at all times.The measure also provided that ifthis number was not maintained,taxes would no longer be collected.

In July of 2010, the city laid off80 police officers— bringing thenumber employed to below thequota and preventing the city fromcollecting the taxes. This is where

Measure BB comes in: it willremove the requirement of keeping739 officers employed in order tocollect taxes, postponing the dead-line for meeting the employmentquota until 2015. Other changesthe measure will make includeloosening restrictions on whattypes of violence prevention pro-grams may receive funding fromthe city, allowing the city to accruedebt and also allowing that debt tobe paid by taxes collected from themeasure, removing the existingrequirements to keep at least 25 fireengines companies and offer men-torship programs at firehouses.The amount taxable will be able toreach the full annual tax limit –$90.00 per year.

The full text of this initiative isnot available for public viewing—this is one of many questionableaspects of Measure BB. If the 739officer employment requirement ispostponed, it will excuse the cityfrom re-hiring the 80 police offi-cers laid off in July. The measurewill also protect the city from fur-

ther litigation surrounding itsinability to meet the Measure Yrequirements — the city is alreadyinvolved in an ongoing court caseas a result of this inability.

Proponents of the measureargue that the funds raised will helpto re-employ these officers and hireeven more, but the fact remains thatthis is not written in the bill.

Increased coverage of vio-lence prevention and youth andadult reentry programs seems to bea definite upside of the measure. Ifthis was made into a separate meas-ure or was the only provision ofMeasure BB, there would be littlecontention within the staff to its merit.

Probably slightly more famil-iar as it has been more publicized— making its way onto T-shirts andbillboards across California — isstatewide Proposition 19. Yes, youcan already legally use marijuana ifyou have a “weed card,” but Prop.19 would legalize a wider scope of“personal marijuana activities.” Ifyou’re 21 or over, you will be able

to possess up to 1 ounce of mari-juana for personal consumption,grow marijuana at a private resi-dence (as long as your weed gardenremains confined to 25 squarefeet), and use marijuana in non-public places — i.e., residences,cannabis clubs and dispensaries.

The initiative will allow localgovernments to regulate the com-mercial production and sale of mar-ijuana and allow the local govern-ments to collect taxes and fees toraise income or to make up for anycosts arising from marijuana’s reg-ulation. Also, Prop. 19 will author-ize criminalizing certain marijua-na-related activities, mostly similarto the way certain alcohol-relatedactivities are criminalized: i.e.,selling marijuana to a minor anddriving under the influence of mar-ijuana will remain illegal.

Most of our staff are propo-nents of Prop. 19. All drugs aredangerous when abused — includ-ing legal vices such as alcohol andcigarettes. Except for those withmedical cards, the only relationship

condoned by current state lawbetween marijuana and citizens iszero contact. This is not the realityof California. Legalization wouldpromote and help to de-stigmatizethe drug and develop a healthierrelationship between cannabis and its many users. Although Prop.19’s allowance for local govern-ment regulation will make the statemore involved in the distribution of marijuana, illegalityis the harshest regulation a govern-ment can impose on a substance.Most members of our staff agreethat it is not the government’s jobto regulate what citizens ingest, nor is the government qualified to make moral decision forits citizens.

However, some staff membersare skeptical of Prop 19. Marijuanawill still be sold illegally by indi-viduals outside of local govern-ments. It is not certain that the rev-enue generated from taxes will besubstantial or worth what could beinterpreted as a state endorsementof recreational marijuana use.

—Renee Jadushlever, Vice President for Operations

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“Bring up Buffy theVampire Slayer.Mention that it is afeminist master-piece.”

— Amber Hopkins, junior

"Break into song and dance, startingwith making a pre-arranged commentabout the reading. It would be highlychoreographed and involve thetables.”

— April Angeles and Ariel Heyman,first year graduate students

"Seal the windows and doors and then fillthe room with helium so everyone wouldspeak in high pitched voices. Then I’d getpeople to come in dressed in early 20thcentury garb and stare everyone down ina haunting, ghostly manner."

— Jenny Irizary, senior

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If you were planning to sabotage class tomorrow, how would you do it?

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Week

Students reflect on time at Mills so farMy first

weeks at Millsback in the fallof 2009 werefilled with emo-tion. I left acareer as a seniortechnical writerbecause my workplace had begun tounravel – jobs were being eliminated orsent abroad. I no longer felt that I wantedto be a part of what was happening. Aco-worker suggested I look at Mills tocomplete my bachelor's degree. Afterreading the words, "Remember who youare and what you represent," on the Millswebsite, I was transformed. Severalweeks later I was accepted by Mills as ajunior and I began my preparations toleave the working world.

I live off campus and commute 25miles one way. One of the toughestthings for me as a resumer student ismaking time for those at home and man-aging all the other tasks it takes to keep ahome running. I've made friends with ahandful of students who are alsoresumers and many of them have voicedconcern about this. Sharing study strategies with them has been tremen-dously helpful.

I have really enjoyed learning fromprofessors and my classmates, includingthose who know me and those who donot. For me, Mills classes are refreshingas they challenge me to think and grow.At Mills, I feel so fortunate to have pro-fessors who know me by first name andare available almost always. I've recent-ly been meeting with Professor Cady

who has been helping me shape my sen-ior thesis idea for next semester.

Like others, I had no clue what socialjustice meant when I entered Mills. Thefirst time I encountered the phrase, Iwent to librarian Michael Beller andasked him to explain it. He said, "It's lev-eling the playing field." He said it so sim-ply and so well. Recently I went to anOakland middle school for research on aproject for my Intro to Public RadioReporting class, taught by Holly Kernan.There, the staff and principal explainedhow they have implemented gender-based math and science classes. I wasparticularly interested in this topic andwholeheartedly support its concept.

I've called the San Francisco BayArea "home" all my life. I am used to themarine west coast climate and where Ilive there's a constant breeze in the after-noon. I call it "natural air conditioning."It happens whenever California's centralvalley heats up. That heat pulls in thecool air from the ocean through the natu-ral opening of the bay. I always miss thebay breezes when I am away.

I am loving my Mills experience andas a senior am realizing my time at Millsis getting shorter. It has truly been anextraordinary experience and the bestdecision of my life. I look forward to anew career and never forgetting thewords that brought me here, "Rememberwho you are and what you represent." Iam confident my classes at Mills willinform my future.

—Louise Leck, senior

Original ly,this article wasgoing to be asatire on how“great” Ithought Millswas —essential-ly a bitchfest ofcomplaints, digressions, and an underly-ing plot of my desperate need to transfer.After reading it to some of my floormates, they all stared at the carpet andmuttered in unison, “That is so sad.”

At that point, I realized I was doingsomething wrong – and it was sad.Before I came here I pumped myself upwith the idea that Mills would be what Imade of it, and in my first month here Iessentially failed to make my experiencewhat I wanted. I retreated to my roominstead of socializing, didn’t addressissues amongst my teammates, and clungtoo tightly to my life back home.

Since that sad reading, I have taken aproactive steps to make my life at Mills

into what I want. By reaching out to peo-ple, I learned that I’m not the onlywoman who is homesick and lonely — Iwas able to join together with people andfinally make some friends. I joined thevolleyball team, I stopped pouting andkeeping to myself and am trying veryhard to win the respect of the women onmy team. Instead of counting down toNovember, I am trying to make the bestout of every game, practice, and team-bonding outing.

I forgot that college was about learn-ing to live and function with dynamic,new groups of people — classes aren’tjust composed of random strangers.When I reached out to my fellow class-mates I received more help and positiveresponses than I could have ever imag-ined alone in my room. Remember, youare never alone and the people aroundyou are an asset, so use them – in a mutu-ally beneficial way, of course!

—Shelby Duncan, first-year

“We’d releasesome vermin, thenwatch themayhem ensue.”

— Lindsea Wilburand Mari Hill,

sophomores

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"There’s a big sign in WarrenOlney saying ‘NO SEX IN THEBATHROOMS.’ That wasn’there when we were undergrads.And Strawberry Festival isgone.”

"The feel of the campus.More buildings, fewer trees.We have mixed feelingsabout the new building–itdoesn’t match.”

— Jennifer Sedna, ‘00,Heather Hamrick Matthews,

‘00

“There used to be apool in Adams Plaza.And they turned ourbedrooms into class-rooms.”

— Anissa PrimusAiston ‘90, Nicole

Baird Bates, ‘90

Alumnas VAlumnas Voicoices...es... How has Mills changed since you were a student?

— Simone St. Laurent, ‘91, Teri Mon,‘90, Karen Holly ‘91

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Goalie Chloe Faircloth hangs from the goal post as she watches the ball fly over. The junior was later pulled from the game when she was kicked in the face.

The afternoon heat of 100degrees quickly turned bloodywhen goalie Chloe Faircloth waskicked in the face.

The junior stood in the goal onTuesday, Sept. 21 with minutes leftin the game, Mills losing 6-0 toMenlo at the time.

The ball came rushing towardsFaircloth. She reached out for theball, her grasp coinciding with aforward's kick to her face. Fairclothcollapsed to the ground, grabbingher head.

Faircloth's resulting injurieswere a mild concussion, a chippedtooth and a cut on her bottom lip.

"I remember going to get theball, and then I don't rememberwhat happened," the 20-year-oldsaid. "I remember being in the goal,and then I remember the trainerNatalie Spangler was there."

Faircloth sat on the ground forabout one minute before Spanglerran onto the field along with headcoach Colette Bowler and assistant

coach Dario Arredondo. The threestaff members of Mills Athletics,Physical Education and Recreationattended to Faircloth for aboutthree minutes before they helpedher walk off the field.

"The coach came up to me afterthe game and said, 'Sorry, my play-er should have known to jump,’"Bowler said. "As a forward, youshould jump. The foul could havebeen avoided."

But the player didn't jump, andFaircloth sat on the ground some-what disoriented.

"When it comes to any sort ofhead-related injuries, we tend to bepretty conservative and pull themfrom the game," Bowler said.

Spangler ran a variety of testson the scene to see if Faircloth wasactually concussed.

"I basically am there for on-sight injuries and care," Spanglersaid. "Usually on the field I wouldcheck for memory loss. I would askthe player if they remember beforethe event, the actual incident andafter the event."

After evaluating injured ath-letes, Spangler has to decide if the

players should stay in or sit on thesideline benches.

"I normally take them out imme-diately," Spangler said. "It's hardbecause injury is so subjective, so Ihave to go off of what the athletesays."

With Faircloth, though, the ulti-mate decision was for her to sit outfor the remaining few minutes ofthe game.

Injuries aside, the match hadbeen an afternoon of misfortunes.The players toiled in the recordafternoon. Menlo scored fourpoints in the first 15 minutes ongoalie Rene’e Gallison beforeFaircloth stepped in.

Faircloth missed two shots,increasing the score to 6-0 beforeGallsion stepped in ane the finalgoal was scored on her.

Regardless of Faircloth's injury,she said she was still pleased withher performance.

"The game was going reallywell," Faircloth said. "I had a lot ofsaves and two almost impossiblegoals that slipped past me, but Istayed focused and committed tomy role as a goalie."

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Mills soccer game gets bloody against Menlo KURT LOEFFLER

Faircloth icing her lip after the game. The 20-year-old wasadvised not to play soccer for three days after the game.

KURT LOEFFLER

APER selected Angie Sandovalas the Cyclone of the week forSept. 20 and Maia Caballero-Silverman as Cyclone of the weekfor Sept. 27.

With nearly 200 runners from14 schools, the Mills CrossCountry Invitational on Sept. 18was a signature event on theCyclones’ home course, PinetopTrail. Sandoval, co-captain of thecross country team, led the Millscontingent both on and off the course.

“Angie is very talented, but her

success is due to her consistenthard work,” said head cross coun-try coach Lache’ Bailey. “She hasrun first for the Mills team all year,but what has impressed me mostabout Angie is her leadership anddevotion to her teammates.”

Sandoval came in first for theMills team at 21:07, placing 17thout of 116 runners. She also madesure the team was warmed-up, reg-istered and ready to go before therace as the coaches were administering the race and out onthe course.

Playing soccer in the sun hasbeen a new challenge for the Millssoccer team in the blistering heat of

the last couple weeks. Caballero-Silverman, senior ethnic studiesmajor, brought determination to thefield against Marymount Collegeon Sept. 24, Bethany University onSept. 25 and Menlo College onSept. 28.

As a defense stopper, Caballero-Silverman plays a critical role inprotecting the goal.

According to soccer coachColette Bowler, Caballero-Silverman is intelligent andimpressive to watch on the field.In addition to her strength, “Maiarocks,” Bowler said. “She has agreat attitude and makes coachingMills so much fun.”

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Just as the Mills badminton clubbegan their first practice on Sept.22 in Haas Pavilion gym, five bas-ketball players strolled in, ready tostart their own separate match.

"They want to play basketball,so we have only one net set up,"said badminton club founderLauren Kong, pointing out the bad-minton match's crammed gym half."Normally it isn't so crowded."

Badminton, which originated inmid-18th century British India, hashad intermittent popularity atMills. With clubs and classesthroughout the past 10 years, bad-minton players have come and go.

The current club revived by stu-dents has dusted off the rackets,aiming for a weekly club.

But first the club had to find apractice space.

Basketball hoops automaticallydescended from the ceiling, thesound of bouncing balls echoingthrough the Cyclone home base.

Three people stood on eitherside of the five-foot net, a rareoccurrence in the racket sport thathas up to two players on each side.

Regardless, the athletes held

their rackets, ready to hit their ver-sion of a ball, a birdie, as a basket-ball game ensued next to them.

If anyone can deal with lessthan a little elbow room, though,it's a badminton player.

"Anyone can play this sport,"Kong, a 20-year-old sophomore,said. "There's no strenuous runningor anything like that; it's in a con-fined space. It's easy unless you'replaying someone really good."

But Mills badminton hasn't beenconsistent; this isn't the first timestudents have bat the birdie.

Themy Adachi, director ofPhysical Education and Recreation,taught a badminton class over 10years ago. Adachi said the classended around the time she becamedirector in 2000.

"Basically I became a directorand I didn't have time to teach itanymore," Adachi said. "Right nowthere's no one on our staff whowould be able to teach it."

Not that Mills students need aclass to initiate a game or two.

Students organized a badmintonclub around five years ago, aninformal weekly get-togetherwhere students played the nearly300-year-old sport. Due to lack ofinterest, the club petered outaround three years ago.

Not that badminton has left theminds of Mills students, though.

"When I first came here, I real-ly liked badminton and I knew a lotof people who liked to play it,"Kong said. "There was equipmentalready here from the old club.That was really helpful. I didn'thave to go online to find good-quality rackets or birdies; it was allalready here."

Badminton goes beyond offer-ing athletic variety, however. ForMaria Epstein, 21, joining the clubis a way of returning to the junior'srallying roots.

"I've played badminton since Iwas little," the Berkeley nativesaid. "It's been five years since I'veplayed. All of my friends are reallygood, so it's embarrassing to playwith them."

Regardless of rustiness, Epsteinsaid it was refreshing to standbeside the net once more.

"I like how it's not a contactsport," Epstein said. "I couldn'tplay soccer or basketball becauseI'd be afraid to hurt someone."

And although the chances ofbadminton becoming a contactsport were increased with a concur-rent basketball game, the bad-minton club isn't ready to be the underdog just yet.

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Badminton club founder Lauren Kong practices with a racketand birdie, badminton’s version of a ball, provided by APER.

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MMiillllss’’ vviieewwss oonn CCaall’’ss ccuuttss ooff bbaasseebbaallll,, ggyymmaassttiiccss,, llaaccrroossssee && ddeerraannkkiinngg rruuggbbyyUC Berkeley announced on Tuesday, Sept. 28 that the university planned to eliminate men’s baseball, men’s and women’s gymnastics and women’s lacrosse, and to demote the rugbyteam to a club due to budget cuts. The Campanil caught up with staff members of the Mills department of Athletics, Physical and Education Recreation to see what they had to say.

Themy Adachi, APER director

What’s your reaction to UCBerkeley’s athletic cuts?“Obviously I don’t know all thesides of the story; I do know thatthe UC system has had to makecuts stay with the budget. It doesseem like it was a thoroughlythought-out decision, not a knee-jerk decision. It’s unfortunate,and I think the main issue is statefunding of education. Hopefullypeople keep that in mind whenthey vote in November.”

What do you think the chancesare that Mills would have tomake similar decisions?We’re a little bit different in thatwe’re a private school, so ourfunding isn’t coming from thestate. I feel like the college willsupport athletics as best and asfairly as it can.”

How important do you thinksports are for students?“Based on evaluations, studentathletes have said after theirexperience it transforms lives. Istay in this business because itchanges people’s lives andmakes them more confident.”

Of the cut Berkeley sports,which is your favorite?“I was a softball player at Cal forfour years. Softball’s thewomen’s parallel to baseball, soI’d have to say baseball.”

Colette Bowler, soccer coach

What’s your reaction to UCBerkeley’s athletic cuts?“I was shocked for one thing. Myneighbor was UC Berkeley’s assis-tant baseball coach, so I feel badfor him.”

What do you think the chancesare that Mills would have to makesimilar decisions?“I have no idea; it really justdepends. I feel like this campus isvery supportive of athletics andI’ve never had that feeling wherewe’re going to cut athletics.President Janet Holmgren valuesour athletics and would never cutthem. I hope our new presidentwill do that as well.”

How important do you thinksports are for students?“Mills values the athletics depart-ment. We have a really high reten-tion rate with our athletes comingback to Mills.”

Of the cut Berkeley sports, whichis your favorite?“I played hard-core rugby formany years. Rugby is such a greatsport for new-comers. Also, Ialways hate to see women’s pro-grams cut.”

Natalie Spangler, athletic trainer

What’s your reaction to UCBerkeley’s athletic cuts?“I’m shocked just because of thecaliber of their athletic program andthey come across as being so finan-cially stable. For them to have tocut so much is really shocking. It’sreally sad for the athletes that havebeen recruited and the coaches whoare losing their jobs. It’s a sad timefor Cal athletics.”

What do you think the chances arethat Mills would have to make sim-ilar decisions?“It just depends on the College. Ithink as far as athletics go, I thinkwe’ve done a good job at keepingour financial stability. Whetherwe’d have to cut sports or not real-ly depends on our support fromMills. Hopefully that doesn’t hap-pen; we’re all crossing our fingers.”

How important do you think sportsare for students?“Sports are important, even thoughwe’re not on television and don’thave to keep a certain level ofappearance.”

Of the cut Berkeley sports, whichis your favorite?“Baseball. I grew up playing soft-ball and it’s my favorite sport. But Iknow that gymnastics there is huge.They have Olympic athletes therewho have to find a different place.”

Elese Lebsack, compliance officer

What’s your reaction to UCBerkeley’s athletic cuts?“I have mixed feelings about it. Iobviously feel bad abour the stu-dent athletes. I can totally haveempathy for them. I know thatinstitutions’ funding often dictatesdecisions, specifically with athleticdepartments. I’m just going to trustthat they’re going to make the best decision.

What do you think the chancesare that Mills would have to makesimilar decisions?“I feel solid about the support thatwe have from Mills as a depart-ment. I feel very strong supportfrom the institution that they knowthe value that we bring.”

How important do you thinksports are for students?“I think for the student athleteswho participate, the sports areimportant. It offers an experienceto challenge and support; the indi-vidul challenge of just pushingyour body to new limits and time management.”

Of the cut Berkeley sports, whichis your favorite?“I really love baseball but just atthe non-collegiate level. I just liketo watch it.”

Nicci Van Dyke, coordinator

What’s your reaction to UCBerkeley’s athletic cuts?“I would say it’s unfortunate thatthe athletic cuts have happened,but I’m aware of their overallbudget problems just from hear-ing about them.”

What do you think the chancesare that Mills would have tomake similar decisions?“To our sports programs?Hopefully not. I think thatbecause we are a small college,there’s probably a higher per-centage of our students who are athletes.”

How important do you thinksports are for students?“When students are athletes,there’s a sense of belonging andthe positive experience that stu-dent athletes have. I think get-ting people to learn how to workas members of a team is impor-tant. There’s individual perform-ance, but also working as a team.That’s a life skill; sacrifice, dis-cipline and working hard toaccomplish something. Learningthat it does take commitment tosee things through.”

Of the cut Berkeley sports,which is your favorite?“I’ll say as a spectator, probablygymnastics. I think it’s amazingwhat people can do.”

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Convocation at a glance

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ALL PHOTOS BY MELODIE MUI

Left: After a full day’s worth of Family Weekend activities,guests gathered at the President’s House for a garden receptionon Friday, Oct. 1. A large white tent was set up in the grassybackyard; formally dressed alumnae, faculty and parents of cur-rent students drank bubbling champagne and ate hors d'oeu-vres.

Bottom left: Towards the end of the reception, retiring PresidentJanet Holmgren stepped out onto the garden terrace with amicrophone. The whole backyard grew silent listening to theretiring president discuss a brief history of the President’sHouse.

Bottom right: Reception attendees flow into the President’syard, on their way to the garden reception.

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Garden reception atthe President’s home

Left: An overflowing crowd gathered in Littlefield Concert Hall for Convocation. Top right: Mills faculty members participate in convocation from the stage. Bottomright: Children from the Children’s School wait outside of Littlefield Hall, chanting “Si, se puede!”, the slogan coined by labor movement leader Dolores Huerta.

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