alumni published semi-annually for our alumni community association Spring 2013 Cooperatively Yours BSC Alumni Association named New Executive Outstanding Chapter of the Year Director Jim Gray Eats at Lothlorien, Discusses Meaning of Intentional Community New Executive Director Jim Gray got a taste of BSC culture by having dinner at Lothlorien, our vegetarian- themed house, two days after starting work on February 4. “It was delicious and my vegetarian kids would have en- joyed it too,” remarked Jim, who had driven to Berkeley from his previous home in Cincinnati the week before. Jim was the special guest at the monthly meeting of the BSC Alumni Association, which rotates among the 20 houses of the BSC. The alumni photo courtesy of Peg Skorpinski had been instructed on the Lothlorien no-meat rule and assembled with Steve Greenberg, Cami (Nilmeyer) Erickson, Jim Gray (Executive Director), Edward their potluck items in North House, Thelen, Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, Charter Gala Honorary Committee member where the “elves” served dinner. Jim John Gage, Justin Erickson (BSCAA President); (middle row, from left) Madeleine Loh (Development Director), Nancy Blattel, Brenna Fallon (BSC President), Scott Hayes, Jenny Robles, Will Rohrer; (front row, from left) Richard Lira, Analise Smith-Hinkley

social and networking opportunities to co-op alumni across the country, build alumni relationships with the BSC, work closely with co-op staff and stu- dent leaders, support BSC relations with the City of Berkeley, and direct fund- raising efforts. Alumni Association members have The Cal Alumni Association has donated more than $2 million to the named the BSC Alumni Association BSC, which have been used for seismic the winner of the 2013 Outstanding safety and disabled access renovations, commented on his lifelong love of Alumni Chapter of the Year Award. IT upgrades, scholarships, and other the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and made The last time we won this prestigious programs. a request for “honorary elf” status, award was in 1999. The BSC Alumni As the Berkeley Student Cooperative which has yet to be acted upon by the Association was honored at the CAA celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2013, Loth House Council. Charter Gala on March 16, 2013. we are grateful that our alumni are re- After socializing and proudly Our winning nomination was pre- ceiving recognition for volunteering, guided tours of Lothlorien grounds pared by Scott Hayes, Nancy Blattel, fundraising, and sharing their institu- (which include a tree house), the stu- Steve Greenberg, Li Chu, Art Walenta, tional knowledge and professional ex- dents were invited to ask questions. Madeleine Loh and BSC Alumni pertise with an important segment of They were surprisingly gentle with Jim, Association President Justin Erickson. the UC Berkeley community. Thank the toughest question coming from With 750 active members, the BSC you to the many alumni who give their Elliot Goldstein: “What does inten- Alumni Association is the largest dues- time and resources back to the BSC! paying Cal alumni group. We provide Please see Jim Gray on page 6 1 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Sankofa in the Berkeley Student Cooperative: A Report from African American Theme House In 1997, the Berkeley Student of the house was Donald Foster who which helped establish the Multi- Cooperative purchased the Slavic has been a teacher, a journalist in Cuba, Cultural Center on campus. House, a wood shingle house on and a diversity coordinator for a private Over time however, both the house’s Prospect Street, from UC Berkeley. school in . Well versed original mission and physical condition The BSC reopened the house as the in issues of race as it relates to institu- were neglected. For years, the house only African American Theme House (Afro tions of higher learning and a returning had one to two Black members at a time. House), where 21 students live. The student from the 1960s, Foster com- Some house members even discussed creation of this theme house was a re- bined his leadership within the Berkeley the possibility of dropping the house’s sponse to Proposition 209, a bill that theme. cut the Black student population to half “The purpose of Afro House Understanding the importance of its former size at 3%. Ever since, many Black spaces and aware of the House’s coopers have questioned what the pur- is to provide an environment condition, two Black leaders, Naomi pose of Afro House is and how it can fit in which Black students feel Wilson and Salih Muhammad, initiated within the cooperative system. a push to reclaim Afro House. Wilson The University of California comfortable to express and explained, “We’re on a campus where Undergraduate Experience Survey Black people feel like they don’t belong. shows that from 2008-2012 almost explore their identity; an It’s imperative that we have our own 50% of Black students did not feel that environment in which they space.” Naomi continued, “Cooperative their identity was respected on campus, living is in our culture; it’s a culture that the highest of any other group by 23%. feel their culture, history, we’re lacking as Black students at Cal.” The purpose of Afro House is to pro- Thanks to the efforts of Wilson and vide an environment in which Black and presence is respected.” Muhammad, six Black students moved students feel comfortable to express and into the house in Fall 2012, including explore their identity— an environment Student Cooperative with his under- myself. We have faced the challenge of in which they feel their culture, history, standing of the Black condition to help reshaping the house’s culture and im- and presence is respected. The idea of create Afro House. Foster envisioned proving its physical condition. Devonte cooperative living is one that has always the house to be Afro-centric in nature Jackson, a Campus Mobilizer for Cal existed within the African Diaspora, and a center for activism with an atmo- Students for Equal Rights and a Valid which makes the idea of an African sphere in which Black students felt safe Education (CalSERVE) and my house- American Theme House a beautiful ad- to just be. mate, explained, “My move to Afro dition to the BSC. At first the house served its mission House was political. I wanted to take The history of Afro House has been well. Afro House held many cultural part in a movement to reclaim our space a very interesting one that has seen events, fostered critical dialogues, and at Cal.” drastic changes in the treatment of the was a space that supported movements To bring the house back to its origi- space. A major advocate and founder like the Third World Liberation Front, nal mission we (the “Afro Six”) decided to follow the West African prin- ciple of Sankofa – taking from the past to move forward. After meeting with Donald Foster, we decided to hold Afro-centric events including an alumni tailgate and power and privilege workshops. We are also reaching out to the larger Black community at Cal. Campus groups like the Black Student Union and Nigerian Student Association use Afro House to hold meet- ings, potlucks and socials. Afro House recently cre- ated the Don Foster Boarder Scholarship that will fund seven freshmen from the UC Berkeley African American A look inside Afro house: residents Destiny Iwuoma and Marcel Jones work in the living room Housing Program to board 2 continued on the next page Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Giving Testimony: Alumni Support at Berkeley City Council Meeting At the October 16, 2012 Berkeley City Council meeting, the Berkeley Student Cooperative successfully con- vinced the City to exempt the BSC from developer fees, a stance that was contrary to City Attorney recommen- dations. Mayor Tom Bates and other affordable housing activists praised our organization and diligence in pursuing this issue. City council members Laurie Capitelli, Gordon Wozniak, and Kriss Worthington proudly proclaimed their co-op ties as alumni. Dozens of BSC members lined up at the podium to share their experiences House Manager Spencer Pritcherd (third from right) with fellow in the BSC and explain how an exemp- housemates and guests at Afro House Music and Story Night tion from developer fees would enable us to embark on future expansion (such “My move to Afro House was political. I wanted to take as reopening Barrington) without oner- part in a movement to reclaim our space at Cal.” ous costs. We are very grateful to alumni Pati Yolanda Navarro (Rochdale) and at the house. cultural background, gender, sexual ori- Vic Garlin (Oxford) for their testimony While making efforts towards mak- entation, or class feel comfortable and and support at the meeting. Here are ing Afro House a safe Black space, we are respected. some notable statements: also improving the house’s physical con- Marcel Jones is a sophomore studying Brenna Fallon: Good evening dition so people can feel more comfort- African American Studies and Political council members, my name is Brenna able. Economy. He is a resident of Afro House Fallon and I am the president of the We are shaping Afro House into an and works with Development Director Berkeley Student Cooperative, a 79 Afro-centric oppression fighting house Madeleine Loh as the Alumni Coordinator. year old organization with a rich heri- in which all people regardless of race, According to the BSC Census taken tage in Berkeley. We are a democratic in 2012 and discussions with and student-run housing non-profit, the UC Berkeley Office of with the mission of providing quality, Planning and Analysis, the low cost housing to students who would Black population in the BSC otherwise not be able to afford a univer- overall is proportionate to UC sity education. As an affordable housing Berkeley Campus. The 2012 provider we are strong proponents of Census also tells us that most the affordable housing mitigation fee, of the BSC’s Black members and we hope that it has a wide impact tend to live in our apartments sustaining low cost housing options in rather than our room and Berkeley for the long term. However, as board houses. The BSC is not this is written the BSC would be subject complacent – we are constantly to the fee despite being the largest af- seeking ways to make our mis- fordable housing provider for students sion accessible to all students in Berkeley. During the May 1st meet- and especially those for whom ing of this year city council unanimously quality, low-cost housing could passed a motion to “direct staff to return make a critical difference. with an item to exempt students from Thanks to the work of the Afro the new housing impact fee.” Tonight Six and the BSC Staff, we ex- we’re asking you to recognize the low pect a great increase in Black rent housing that BSC provides to low student members in Fall 2013. Housemate jam session: Devonte Jackson, (left) and Please see Council on page 4 Marcel Jones 3 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 continued from page 3 BSC Member: I came from Los tem. I have the student co-op to thank income tenants and grant that excep- Angeles where I was a junior college for that. So I would like to ask you to tion. I ask those who came in favor of student. I worked three jobs and saved give favorable consideration to the pro- this to stand up [at this point, over 40 enough money to pay for UC Berkeley posals that the students have brought BSC members and friends stood]. dorms with help from pretty much to you tonight, not for my sake but for Jorge Pacheco: Good evening, I’m my whole family. My mother suffered theirs. here to represent the Associated Students a stroke so she couldn’t work anymore Ian Davis: I am a member of the of UC Berkeley and I am also the repre- while I was living in the dorms. I was board of directors for the BSC. If we sentative of the cooperative community able to get a scholarship from the uni- are not exempt from this, we would be as ASUC senator. Last week the ASUC versity for tuition, but affordable hous- forced to raise member rates. My dad Senate supported and co-sponsored an ing was still a concern. The best deal helped save up for college and then the exemption for the BSC from the af- all around was the Berkeley Student 2008 financial crisis hit right before “I want to tell you more about fordable housing mitigation fee. I am Cooperative. They gave me an afford- home. I was on a Pell Grant my first a first generation student that would able place to stay, they have a culture two years at Berkeley. My junior year, the culture of the co-ops and why not be able to afford higher education that is very welcoming and warm, they my dad was forced to sell his house and without the BSC. My family income is provide student services and workshops leave California because he just couldn’t it’s not just another developer.” $23,000 per year. You can imagine that on everything from personal safety to afford living here anymore. As a result the market rate is not feasible for me. healthy food choices to sustainability. I he had more assets to contribute to my So that’s why I urge the council mem- love living with other students; we talk education and then I was no longer eli- bers to please stand in unison with the about quantum physics or whatever we gible for Pell Grants. I started this year ASUC to support this exemption and learned in class. with less than $100 in my bank account. the needs of the EOP community and I’ve been working two low income community. days a week to make Patricia Navarro: I lived at up the difference. The Rochdale with Madeleine Loh ten years co-ops let me defer my ago when she was studying law and I’m payments. The first so glad she joined this organization. payment this month I I wanted to speak about the circum- didn’t have enough in stances of these “low income students.” my account but they and how grateful I am. Like my other let me defer it a couple friends who were first generation stu- of weeks until my pay- dents, we couldn’t qualify for apart- checks came in, until ments. We couldn’t pay the first and last I had enough in my month rent or the security deposit that account to make that most private landlords ask for. They (the payment. Those are BSC) would allows to promise payment things that speak to our based on financial aid. Ten years ago -fi affordability and our mission in a way that nancial aid wouldn’t kick in until three Patricia Navarro (2002) weeks to a month after school started a lot of other housing [ed: this is still true]. Had it not been for providers can’t. this organization I probably would have Victor Garlin: I’m a 60 year resi- Jenny Tang: Good evening, I am been homeless. By the time I received dent of the city of Berkeley. I came to a fourth year environmental science my financial aid money there wouldn’t Berkeley in 1952 and the first five years major at UC Berkeley. Having been have been apartments available for me of my residency in Berkeley were at here for four years, I can say that the and my friends. Oxford Hall, one of the student co-ops Berkeley Student Cooperative is the Spencer Pritchard: I am the presi- at the time. I have been for several years place that you can find the most diver- dent of Afro House, which is one of a member of the board of directors of sity in regards to class, race, or socio- the few themed co-ops, another one is the alumni association of the student economic background. The turning Oscar Wilde House, which is an LGBT cooperative. I don’t think of the 120 point of my university life has been to themed co-op. I want to tell you more men that lived at Oxford Hall when I enter the Berkeley Student Cooperative about the culture of the co-ops and lived there, that any of us could have because of the different types of people why it’s not just another developer. It afforded to live anywhere else but the I met who have other priorities in life is a student-run organization. You’ve student co-op. And it provided an op- and are more grounded. I would be met the president and vice presidents; portunity for me and for others to get very sad if Berkeley housing costs made there is a board of directors that runs a university education, something that our university inaccessible, creating an and manages the whole co-op. It is a I would not have been able to do with- exclusive environment with limited student empowerment organization. out the student co-ops. I eventually discourse. For the sake of not only af- There’s also house level management, got four degrees from the University of fordability but for the sake of the edu- like house managers and kitchen man- California and spent 50 years in front of cational experience I request that we try agers. Treating the co-op as just another college classrooms at UC Berkeley and our best to keep the Berkeley Student in the California State University sys- Cooperative as accessible as possible. 4 developer with a landlord is a mistake. Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Undocumented BSC Member Receives Green Card and Master’s in Public Health My mother moved my five sib- viewed. Because of my activism in the Brunetta Reid Wolfman Scholarship lings and me from Mexico to the immigrant movement between 2006 through the BSC Alumni Association, United States in 1995, when I was to the present I was knowledgeable which helped me continue supporting eight years old, to reunite with my fa- of the immigration process and kept myself in the spring semester of 2011. ther. My father had moved due to the careful track of my case. This is how I also boarded at Euclid and made unstable economy in Mexico, which I knew that my case was ready to be great friends there, and I currently live was no longer providing him with a reviewed in 2010. in Northside apartment with a fel- high enough income to support our An immigration attorney who low co-oper during my final months family of eight. My parents and older mentored me advised me that I could of the “grace” semester. I have gotten siblings did what they needed to do to use the Child Protection Act to ex- involved in central level functions as find better opportunities an Administrative Committee for us, and because of this member where we heard cases I feel very strongly that I involving workshift fines and should appreciate all the nonpayment of room and opportunities I have re- board fees. Currently, I serve ceived and strive for excel- on the Conduct Committee lence in every aspect of my deciding conduct issues such life. I graduated from UC as harassment, and party Berkeley in 2009 and just policy. In addition, I am received a Master of Public now the Health Education Health degree from San Coordinator and Member Francisco State University Events Coordinator. By serv- in December 2012. ing on these committees and The Berkeley Student jobs, I have been able to give Cooperative (BSC) helped back to the BSC while learn- me stay true to my values ing more about how this orga- by providing affordable nization works. housing, a warm commu- I am extremely grateful to nity, and leadership devel- the BSC and the BSC Alumni opment opportunities. Association! Thank you! I did not move into the BSC until I started graduate pedite my immigration process. I Perla is working part-time as school. My first house was Hoyt Hall, had to raise about $3,000 to pay the Director of the Women’s Center at S.F. an all women’s house where I lived for Department of Homeland Security State. She is looking for a permanent a year and a summer. In the summer I fees to have my case reviewed, sched- position in health education, women’s brought my mother’s recipes into the ule physical exams and tests, and trav- rights, or immigration issues. kitchen and every Thursday at Hoyt el to DHS interviews in Los Angeles. became Mexican Food Night when I The critical point was when DHS had would share my Mexican heritage with to search for supporting documents the Hoyt community. that my family had submitted with BSC Numbers While at Hoyt in 2010, I encoun- our original application because DHS tered the most difficult months of my has misplaced them. If the DHS did 1,260 academic career. As an undocumented not find the documents, I would have members student, it was already incredibly dif- been at risk of deportation, and once ficult to make ends meet. I had the ad- deported, the US would bar me from ditional stress of negotiating the final returning to the US for ten years. 20 stages of my immigration process. It Meanwhile I was working part- was time for me to face the Department time, commuting three hours a day houses of Homeland Security (DHS) review to SF State, and lacking financial sup- process. If the DHS denied my appli- port from my family. But I had help 42% cation I could be deported in a matter from mentors, including an immi- of days. gration attorney who advised me pro of our undergraduate My family applied for residency a bono, some scholarships and the BSC. members are few years after immigrating in 1995, Things did fall into place, the forms but because of our Mexican national- were found and I was granted perma- first-generation ity, the waiting period was up to 15 to nent residency in the United States in college students 20 years in order to have our cases re- December 2010. I also received the 5 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Jim Gray, continued from page1 as the Associate Vice President of Real and the consequences of pursuing profit tional community mean to you?” Jim’s Estate Services for Harvard, serving as without conscience. “The mission of answer: “It is different with different Harvard’s senior real estate officer and the BSC – to make a university educa- groups, but basically an intentional managing a $160 million operating tion affordable – strongly resonates with community happens when people budget. “We think that Jim’s back- me, especially now, and especially in consciously agree on certain terms of ground in property management, leas- California where higher education bud- living together.” ing, construction, and development will gets have been so deeply cut. Also, I am Meanwhile, Jim has also been bring a deep, nuanced understanding to very happy to relocate to the Bay Area!” delving into the inner workings at the BSC,” says Brenna. What about, well, getting things Central Office. “We didn’t want to Jim, who also worked for fourteen done? “In private businesses with hierar- overwhelm,” says Operations Manager years at Duke Realty earlier in his career chical structures, decisions are made in Kim Benson, who has relinquished first as an attorney and then as Senior a top-down fashion. But at nonprofits her title as Interim Executive Director. Vice President and General Manager in and student organizations like the BSC, “We thought we should ease him in two different cities, recognizes that his maximizing profit is not the only con- with introductions to our organiza- corporate background may seem incon- cern, and things move at a slower pace tional structure.” Kim and Brenna gruous at a cooperative, student-run or- as democratic principles are employed Fallon, the BSC President, have been ganization like the BSC. “My transition and many voices are heard. Different steadily giving Jim responsibility for from the business world occurred many decision making processes are appropri- major financial, legal, and insurance years ago with my move to Harvard. It ate for different organizations. The BSC matters. The staff at 2424 Ridge joke is important to me that my work is con- has thrived for 80 years, so it is obviously that the final transformation will occur sistent with my values,” he commented. doing something right. I am looking for- when Jim assumes emergency phone It is worth noting that Jim told staff his ward to exploring the keys to the success duties. favorite book is Catch-22. Recalling the of the Berkeley Student Cooperative and The BSC executive search team was character Milo Minderbinder, the book helping members make it an even more most impressed with Jim’s eight years satirizes the American capitalistic dream successful organization.” Volunteer! A Report from the BSC Scholarship Committee Exhibit at the Generous Alumni Association do- sults from the individual review sheets, nations fund important scholarship which were critical in facilitating the Fall 2013 awards that are given to deserving BSC committee’s deliberations. students every Fall semester. This year, This year we gave out over $45,000 we received 155 applications, which in scholarships. Each scholarship is The Bancroft Library is having were reviewed by seven alumni: Cami worth 1/3 of a semester’s room and an exhibit on the history of the Erickson, Ran Klarin, Sara Bagwell, board. Of the 37 awarded scholarships BSC in their lobby display cases. Melanie Colburn, Maha Haji, Maria given out, four were doubled because of The exhibit will open in August, Ryan, Development Director Madeleine the applicant’s significant need. 2013 and run until the end of Loh and Jon Lampman. The scholarship committee hosted the year. Madeleine Loh and Annie Moore, a reception for scholarship awardees at the former Alumni Coordinator who the Central Office on December 17, Please donate your original memorabilia, documents, and recently graduated, set up an online 2013. This reception gave the scholar- photos so that they can be application program, with valuable in- ship committee members an opportuni- professionally preserved and put from the UC Berkeley Office of ty to discuss academics and other issues archived for other alumni and Financial Aid, who also verified the with student awardees. One student researchers. application submissions. This collabo- talked about how her parents’ differing ration with the UC Berkeley Office of ethnic backgrounds will be the theme We appreciate digitized copies Financial Aid greatly streamlined the for a paper about World War II. (600+ ppi) as well. Please include review process. It was a great experience for me information about your donated Then each application got three to be able to give back to the Berkeley document or photo, including reviews and three scores. The review- Student Cooperative. names, dates, locations, and ers convened to make final decisions description of the recorded based on financial need and contextual Jon Lampman (Cloyne 1968-69) is event. information about the applicant’s fam- the Chair of the Scholarship Committee. ily, work opportunities, volunteer ac- He is also working on the annual BSC tivities and academic workload. Many Graduation. Interested in volunteering? thanks to Cami Erickson who used her Contact him at [email protected]. sophisticated Excel skills to compile re- 6 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 BSC History Exhibit: Alumna Claire Bancroft Library Celebrates our Doran Receives 80th Anniversary Rotary Peace

Since September 2012, Berkeley fellow members Tiffany Xu (Kingman) Fellowship Student Cooperative’s Project and Andrew Godar (Wilde House), Management Intern and Kingman has digitized board packets up to Hall member Alex Sizemore-Smale has Spring 1983. been working on a major project to Our work will culminate in an transfer historic co-op photos and doc- exhibit in the display cases in the Doe uments to the Bancroft Library. We are corridor abutting the Bancroft Library. thrilled that our history will be acces- The exhibit will celebrate the BSC’s sible to the public and preserved using great achievements and social impact the highest archival standards. in our 80-year history. It will open Part of the project includes digi- in late August 2013 and run at least tizing the most important documents through the end of 2013. and photos before the physical items are transferred. Alex, with the help of

Claire Doran, who lived at Casa Zimbabwe and Kingman from 2005 to 2009 presently works as the Program Director of the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center in Downtown Los Angeles. She has just re- ceived a fellowship from the prestigious Rotary International Peace Fellows pro- gram, which awards 50 fellowships each year to individuals from around the globe to study peace at one of several Rotary International Peace Centers on univer- sity campuses. Claire will be studying at the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. Claire’s background as a mixed race, first-generation American sparked her interest in intercultural conflict and transformative communication process- es. Her experiences at UC Berkeley and in the co-ops shaped her dedication to working in conflict resolution and par- ticularly multicultural mediation at the community level. Claire was the BSC Coordinator on Outreach, Diversity, and Anti-discrimination, and also facilitated the Female Sexuality DeCal student-led course. A community mediator and facilita- tor, she believes that community media- tion and restorative justice programs are Minutes from a 1942 meeting chaired by Bruce Black, in which a Defense essential for advancing justice and foster- Committee was proposed to support the war effort. We shared this excerpt with ing understanding. Her specific interests Bruce Black’s surviving wife, Helen Black, the first House Manager at Sherman lie in exploring the ethical implications Hall. of power dynamics in mediation, par- ticularly as they relate to gender, culture and class. 7 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Oxford Hall Reunion Over 100 alumni came to the Oxford Hall Reunion on October 7, 2012. It would not have been as fun as it was without the planning efforts of alumni Joe Mixer, Allen Davenport, Rus Button, Vic Garlin, Marla Koss, Fred Lavine, Mike Tripp, and Doug Finley. Thank you!

Alumni brought Oxford memorabilia to showcase. We had a near-complete set of Oxford Accents, the original 1938 lease for Oxford Hall. Jeff Koon’s manager notes, Hans Newman’s vintage 1970s t-shirts, Mark Sarconi’s original architectural survey demonstrating that we never should have sold Oxford Hall, and an original poster for Oxford Hall’s Last Dance from Douglas Roberts.

Original lease of Oxford Hall building, for years 1938-1943. The USCA purchased the building in 1963.

Recollecting stories: From the WWII draft to the

Northside Kidd b. 1924 & 1925 b. 1924 Hayward Fault Euclid b. 1924 Kingman b. 1914 Is your Hoyt Stebbins b. 1912 b. 1927 house safe?

Ridge CZ not retrofitted Cloyne b. 1907 b. 1966 b. 1904 retrofitted Marla Koss presented a fairytale about Oxford Hall and its magical transformation to co-ed housing Convent b. 1960s UC Berkeley n w e s Sherman Why did we sell Oxford Hall? b. 1925 Davis Wolf b. 1913 Afro Oxford Hall was sold in 1977 because b. 1920s b. 1912 Fenwick Rochdale HiP Castro the USCA determined that the b. 1979 b. 1970 b. 1900, 1904, & 1920 b. 1911 building was seismically unsafe and Lothlorien too expensive to retrofit. With the Wilde b. 1885 & 1909 help of alumni donations, we won’t b. 1982 have to make that mistake again! 20 Properties Built Before Modern Seismic Safety Standards Within 1 Mile of the Hayward Fault Lothlorien South House is will be retrofitted this summer! See our events page for how to help out!

8 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Oxford Hall Reunion Continued

Alumni mug on the steps of Hillsgass and Parker House the house purchase with proceeds from the sale of Oxford Hall.

We enjoyed a surprise performance by the Cal Straw Hat Band. They worked for leftover food, seven bottles of beer, and a dozen cans of soda.

Immediately after the reunion, alumni visited the original Oxford Hall. The manager, Unes Gollestani, was wonderfully kind and hospitable, and some of the current residents even welcomed alumni into their old rooms.

9 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Oxford Hall Reunion Continued

Pictured here are Vic Garlin (current member of the BSC Alumni Association board of directors), Rudy Dyck (former Workshift Manager at Oxford Hall), Joe Mixer (former House President at Oxford Hall), Darwin Marable (reservist and activist with the Tibetan Brigade), Ted Klaseen, and Joanna Pace (Ted's daughter).

Marc Sarconi and Gordon Herscher enjoy some beers on the roof of Hillgasse and Parker House. We encouraged 1940-50s alumni to gather inside the house, 1960s alumni in the backyard, and 1970s on the roof.

(back, left to right) Marla Koss and Mark Sarconi, (front) Claire Johnson, Leslie Golden Wagstaff, Cynthia Olson Remig

(left to right) Jeff Koon, Carol Schamp, Roger Schamp, Anne Ekes, Bill Ekes. Thank you Jeff for your meticulous House Manager manual and extensive collection of Oxford Accents!

10 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Inspection Standards: Keeping the Co-ops Clean Operations Assistant Michelle no faucets leak, bathroom vents the grout, showers and dirt built up Pesce conducts three rounds of are clear, all caulk is continuous, in the corners. Cloyne was charged habitability inspections per semester and that fire doors self-close. $300 for the crew work and supplies. for each of our houses. Inspections “The purpose of these inspections The system is working well, but begin within one week after classes is to help our house-level managers the Operations Assistant can think start. “We check the physical maintain habitability and cleanliness of ways to keep improving. “I want structure, electricity, water, fire levels. We also want to stay one to clarify cleanliness standards to escape, and the kitchen for safety and step ahead of the Berkeley Health make sure that managers know how

health concerns. We also check for Department.” general cleanliness in the common If the house areas and around the grounds. The does not meet main violations we look for are inspection levels, the report reflects a to prepare for inspections and if obstructions, dirt build up, and “FAIL” rating. The report is provided necessary, engage the membership areas overlooked by workshifters. to the house managers and the house to respond to a failed inspection.” The laundry room should not have has one week to address the problems Operations Assistant Michelle Pesce mountains of lint waiting to catch identified in the report. Michelle (Casa Zimbabwe 2009-12) served as fire, and mattresses shouldn’t be left then returns to the house to conduct CZ Workshift Manager for two years out on the roof in the rain. We open a re-inspection. If a house still has before graduating in 2012 with a degree closets, check in the basements, and not fixed habitability problems, in Political Science and Geography. In make sure the ‘free pile’ is organized.” Central Office assembles a crew addition to habitability inspections, The second inspection also of on-call BSC members to do the her 20-hour-per-week job provides includes the participation of a clean up and the house gets billed for support to the BSC workshift managers. Central Maintenance crew member the work. For instance, after Cloyne She is studying for the GRE and and the house’s Maintenance recently failed to clean a bathroom plans on applying to graduate school. Manager. The team focuses on safety that had flunked the habitability and preventative maintenance issues. inspection, a crew of four members Among other things, they make sure worked for a day and a half to clean 11 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 THANK YOU The Berkeley Student Cooperative and the BSC Alumni Association thank the following donors for their financial support in 2012. The BSC uses donations and membership dues for seismic renovations, IT upgrades, scholarships, and programs that engage our alumni in strengthening and supporting the BSC. We also extend a special thank you to the lifetime members of the BSC Alumni Association.

Chathura Abeyrathna Alexandra Lia Christensen Alexis Giroulet J. Richard Johnston Kenny Abiko T. Z. Chu Elan Glasser Kenneth E. Jorgensen Adelaine Abrams Li-Chiang Chu Pamela Antoinette Glazier Warren Jue Alexandra Aedrete Thomas Joseph Clark Sharlya Gold Kathy Sue Bissell Justus Ted Akulian Ladd Coates Joel Goldberg Joe Kamiya John Alcorn Barbara Jones Coates Doris Frampton Golden Bruce Kane Timothy K. Allen Alvin P. Cohen George Gorbatenko Melvin Kaplan Beverly Allphin Katherine Collins Dylan Crary Gray Dodie Katague Stephanie Altamirano Christopher Colvin Steve Greenberg Eileen M. Keller Victor Alterescu Richard Cook George Gregg Weston B. Kendall Bernie Altman Bernard Cooper Brenda Grell Katherine Kennard Gideon Anders Mildred Cunha Ruth Gross Frances Kimball Bradley Andrews Susan Currie David Grossberg Paul Kinney Anonymous Koushik Datta Elmer R. Grossman Clara Ontell Kisch Lindsay Apperson Allen Davenport Margie (Greene) Guillory Fred Klaessig Jane Partridge Ardley Harry Delmer Maha Haji Ted Klaseen William Keith Arthur Klara Detrano Randolph W. Hall Maximilian Klein D. Richard Artis Jay L. Devore Bruce P. Hall Robert Kleinberg Ketti Augusztiny Matthew Dickey Tim Hallahan Barbara Hennings Klotz Jason Auriemma Edward Dodge Nick Hamilton John Knapp Robert D. Barry Elisabeth Dubin Lois Hansen Emma Rose Kohlsmith Richard Bartke Diane C. DuBois Owen Hatcher Jeffrey W. Koon Mark Beaufait Andrew DuBois Lorraine Fradkin Hauser Marla Koss Leonard Benson Karen Durkovich Mary Haven Thompson Kevin Koster Carol A. Bequette Rudolph H. Dyck Edie Harris Hedgecock Daniel Kronovet Michael C. Berch John Ehrlich Mary Heeney Louis Kurkjian Joanne Berkowitz Dana Angluin Eisenstat John Heins Tom Kuykendall Vivian Fox Berliner Herbert A. Elefant Carrie (Carolyn) Cynthia La Croix Evelyn Bharucha Herbert L. Engstrom Carlton Helser Jonathan Lampman Eva Wong Bien Erick K. Erickson Rona Smyth Henry Barry Landson Richard Bierce Isaac L. Eskenasy Gloria H. Heppner Wilfried F.A. Langer Alan Bierce Justin and Cameryn Eugene Herman Maureen Larrowe Jordan Thomas Biglione (Nilmeyer) Erickson Gordon Herscher Frederic Lavine Laurie Bonilla Robert D. Evans Robert Wallis Hill Afsheen Lebastchi Mitchell I. Bonner Courtney Evans Oliver B. Hill Ingeborg Leonardos Norman Bookstein Francis L. Falgiano III Beth Hoenninger Lloyd Lettis Jorgia Siegel Bordofsky Nancy Lulu Falls Jonathan M. Hoff Terry Leuin Colleen Elizabeth Bray Robert Feinerman Clarke B. Holland Dorothy Lindheim Zelda Bronstein Margaret Hannah Fiske Ivan J. Houston Richard Lira and Martin Brown Luis Flores Alex Hsiao Gretchen Taylor David A. Bultena Benjamin Fong Wade Hudson Corliss Livingston Michael Burke Patrick Ford William Hull Alan Lloyd Charles Anthony Camacho Bruce M. Foreman Diane Huntsinger Diana Lobush Laurie Capitelli Richard Foster Sidney Inglis Jody S. London Charles Carlson Cary Fox Sharon S. Inouye Kathleen J. Loretz Laura Cattani David M. Fradkin Sara Ishikawa Sandra Low Don Chakerian Victor Garlin John Jacobs Wayne Luney Leo K. Chan Theodore H. Geballe Arvind Jain Kate Harris MacArthur Chester Chan Laurent Gharda Edward H. Jeffery Michael W. Mace Stewart E. Chang Helen Emery Giambruni Jerald R. Jimenez Linda Macioci Dave Cheit Sidney Gilbert Carl S. Johnson Matthew Madison Jackie A. Chirico Avery Nelson Gilbert Russell D. Johnson, Jr. Robert K. Mah 12 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Dennis Mar Don Randall Nicholas James Van Brunt Joy Lee Martens Meryl Rappaport Mitch Vanbourg Timothy Martin Dewey S. Ravenscroft Richard Venti Edward Martins Palmina Rende Gwendolyn von Klan Patricia Mathewson Bob Reyes Steven Wagner Diane Mathios Bonnie Ricca Leslie Wagstaff Susan Moss McCall David Richardson Benjamin Wald Douglas M. McFarland Nancy Riddle Arthur and Sue Walenta Michael McGinley Eileen Robb Dorothy Walker Richard P. McGinnis David Robbins Jon Wallace Stuart Meisner Justine Turner Roberts Nancy Walls and Gary D. Melnick James C. Rosa Randy Schekman Dr. Robert A. Mendle Kerry Rose Shirlee Wasson Jessica Merrill Stephen Ross Alice Webber Richard Merriman Gail I. Rubman Katherine Westphal Reed E. Miller Zoe Rudow Anthony Wexler Walter Miller, Jr. Maria Ryan Bruce Whipperman Florrie Martin Milligan Esther Sabin Wendy Heintz Whitney Joseph R. and Stephen Sadowsky Mary Catherine Madeline Mixer Mark G. Sarconi Wiederhold Wilhelmina Monson Jerry Scribner Richard J. Wilcox Kathleen Moody Omar Shakill Scott P. Wilson Chinsook Kim Moore Mark H. Shapiro Brunetta Reid Wolfman Anna (Annie) Moore Yael Sherer Stephen R. Wood Wendy Morgan Irving Sherman Philip Woods Jerry Morrell Robert M. Shireman Chloe Wurr Janet Michelle Elizabeth M. Shook Victor Wyman Willner Myers Jacob Siegel Chauncey Yano Alice Nakahata Christopher P. Silva Thomas Riley York Gene Neri Tedi Siminowsky Alice Young Horton E. Newsom Peter Simmons Pasteur Yuen Cecily Maria Ng Stanley R. Smith Kelly Yun Carol Davis Norberg Katherine M. Stauffer Milton Zaitlin Margaret Odriscoll Evan Steele Ping Zhang May Morioka Okamoto Bret Strogen Martin Zonligt Vicki S. Oppenheim Lee Thomas Surh Scott David Oppenheim Tom Sutak John Oswalt Marilyn Noda Swartz Robert Owen Richard K. Takahashi Daniel Owens Allen Brian Takahashi Dorothy Partridge Yoshio Takakuwa Bertha Tjensvold Peters Ming Tam Alexis Petru Daniel Tamsky Sean Phillips Irving Tang Ralph Phillips Paul M. Templin Michael Phillips Edward Thelen Genelia Phillips Michael E. Tigar Jan Polissar Murray Tobak David Richard Pon Alannah J. Tomich Andrew David Postal Tiffany Torlakson-Margulici Dolores Warren Powell Michael Tripp Steve Prescop Wallace Trujillo Cooperatively Yours: Bonnie Gayle Prestridge Franklin Tseng Edited by Madeleine Loh, BSC Kurt Pyle Howard G. Tucker Development Director Lee Quintana Deniz Tuncer Norbert Ralph Arthur J. Ungar Layout and design by Tiffany Xu Richard L. Ramont William Usim ‘13, Publications Coordinator and member of Kingman Hall 13 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 From the Archives If you can identify any of the people, places, or things in the photos, please email Madeleine Loh at [email protected]

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14 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 From the Archives Responses from Fall 2012 Issue. Thanks to everyone who contributed to identifying co-opers in our photos!

Thank you Tia Shields Clark (Stebbins, Rochdale 1969-72), who helped us identify the dancers in this photo. Here we see a bumping party at Cloyne Court Hotel, in the fall of 1970 when Cloyne was still an all- male house. (Though the photo indi- cates that their parties were not). The tall man dancing in the center is Jeff Hambelton, wearing a “peasant shirt that I sewed him,” offers Tia. Tia her- self is featured to the left, in front of the white wall. The bearded fellow in the center is Terry Tarantino, who married Patti Shields, Tia’s sister, now divorced. Jay Goldsmith is dancing on the far left, in front of the wall. He cur- rently resides on the other side of the pp.8 Bay Ridge in Walnut Creek. Tia now lives in Laramie, Wyoming with her husband of thirty-six years, Roy Clark. Cloyne Court, 1970 Shout-out to all the dancers and many thanks to Tia for volunteering some insight on what looks like a groovin’ party! Holy Moly, we received a lot of Ned Moore of either Atascadero or Paso degree in law at Georgetown. Lastly, help identifying the coop alumni in this Robles, CA (the identifier can’t remem- on the far right is Maya Low D’Anjou photo #23. Thanks to Maya D’Anjou, ber). Everyone agrees that the man in the (Sherman 1969-1971), who married Jim Margie Greene, Eric Leong, Sharon Oda, long sleeved shirt is Tariq Kadri (Cloyne D’Anjou (Cloyne). Whew! Ted Pack, and Susan Schaefer for their 1967-1972?) who later became Cloyne help in identifying! The photo was taken house manager and eventually got a at a coop board meeting at Cloyne Court during the 1969-1970 academic year. Ted Pack (third from the left wearing a conductor’s hat and goatee, Cloyne 1966-1970) claims that they were wearing railroad engineering caps because, “There were rumblings about the co-op being ‘railroaded.’” Ted believes the girl on the far left is Sally Peterson (Hoyt and Sherman) but another identifier claims she is Chris Pattillo (Sherman 1969-1971?). On the far left, we have Bud Rice (Cloyne 1969-1973). John Mausser is the clean- 23 shaven fellow in the cen- ter, also wearing a hat. On the right, the man in the checkered shirt is Board Meeting at Cloyne Court, 1969 15 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Alumni Notes

Bernie Altman (Cloyne 1965-67, change, and Thursday night haircut Roxy Glick (Wolf 2011-12, Northside 1967-70) fondly remem- times with Joe “the barber” St. Clair, Castro 2012) writes: I must have been bers senior banquet at Cloyne Court in who charged 25cents or a can of beer. glowing when I dashed into the Wolf Spring 1966. The seniors arrived in the In 1962 the Alameda County sher- House dining room after graduation dining room on motorcycles—which iffs conducted a “poker raid” to res- last May, because the gaggle of house- they had driven along the main hall cue some “tuition starved” residents mates who were amid a Saturday night from the basement “cocktail lounge” from card-sharp ringers. Richard, as pre-party seemed to shout my name in at the other end of the building. The presiding President, house manager unison, and variously congratulated banquet quickly and predictably Jeff Koon and Bob ? convened an me as I appeared. One of my friends turned into a food fight, with the floor emergency house meeting to outlaw poured me a shot that burned my covered several inches deep with beer, the game. For Richard it was “a great throat as I hurried to rejoin my fam- salad dressing, and sour cream (baked time with some great people at a great ily waiting outside. That joyous hub- potatoes were served only at special place” where he learned a lesson in the bub is how I will always remember the dinners). The Cloyne kitchen supervi- Oxford spirit: “some see the world as it Wolves, a community that respected sor had been previously reprimanded is, and ask ‘why?’. . . others see visions and supported all aspects of my life by the house council for not doing his of things that have never been, and ask while keeping things on the wild side. job adequately. His punishment was to ‘why not?’” This anecdote is also a microcosm of clean up after the banquet by himself. Debbie Bopp (Barrington, my post-grad life, since I have left my He worked all night, and by breakfast Rochdale, Northside, USCA President dear Berkeley friends to live with my the room was habitable again. Bernie 1978 with Bennett Freeman as Vice family in Seattle. After part-time gigs had to leave the banquet early to do President). Debbie studied three years in website design and tour guiding work at Wurster Hall. The music at the at Cal, then continued living in the this fall, I’m now looking for full-time banquet was so loud he could still hear Co-op while attending nursing school work in an entry level position that it as he passed . Bernie at UCSF. In 1980, a nefarious band of can point me toward urban design. now lives in Los Angeles at the historic ex-Barringtonians – Nancy (Brigham) John Dolan (Oxford 1959-61) Baldwin Hills (now Village Green) and Blattel, Ed Weil, Steve Ross, and her was roommates with the barber Joe St. works as an architect. later-ex-husband Bob Lucke – migrat- Clair, who ended up in medical school Richard Arthur (Oxford 1960- ed to the Washington DC area, where at the Sorbonne because he didn’t get 62) spent a into a US school. week in Cloyne Former co-oper Roxy Glick, far right, John was an activ- before he was an experienced tour guide with Seattle ist with Berkeley able to move Free Walking Tours, organized a walk- CORE (Congress into Oxford ing tour of Pike Place Market and for Racial hall. His first Pioneer Square in February 2013. She Equality) and workshift was was joined by Alan Kahn (Lothlorien spent the sum- to polish the 1988), Alan Lloyd (Barrington 1970s), mer of 1961 in brass “Cloyne Ellen Judson (Barrington 1973-74), and jail down South. sign above the Ken Halliburton (Ridge 1964). Thank When he returned entryway (no you, Roxy, for helping alumni connect he could not get safety belt above with each other and with the BSC! If you back into Oxford a 20-foot drop). want to organize an event in your area, Hall. He wasn’t When he moved contact Madeleine Loh, Development sure how long he into Oxford, he Director, at [email protected]. would be in jail, found that the so he did not sign WCs located up for the Fall on his third floor living area were po- Debbie attended the nurse-midwifery semester. John rented an apartment sitioned on the back laundry porch, program at Georgetown. Debbie has with fellow ex-Oxfordites Norman along sloped wooden trussed floor been a midwife for 29 years and has Prince and Larry Akey. Norman was boards that you could see through to delivered about 1,400 babies. Her really bright and the last I heard he ground level. Oxford was a polyglot of husband Greg is a Park Ranger and was in graduate school in Edinburgh, old-young students, including “pro- they have a 15-year-old daughter, Scotland, studying philosophy. Larry fessional men” like Darwin M., who Leah. They now live in Port Angeles, was more prosaic, though his under- was fully employed as a probation of- WA. Debbie considers her Co-op time graduate degree was in philosophy. He ficer for Alameda County. Co-op life as good years. “They are years I have became a banker, married a nice girl, was laissez-faire except for the daily to edit heavily when answering my and had several kids. John met Willie meal hours, Tuesday night linen ex- daughter’s questions.” Kelly, the only black student at Oxford 16 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Alumni Notes

Hall during John’s time, several years the local Parks & Rec department, and great-grandchildren. Leon now lives later when Willie came into the ER in has a very short commute of just over close to family in Denver, CO. Kaiser Vallejo for treatment. Willie was a mile. She’s enjoying getting to know Thomas Clark and Lois Olney an optometrist. Tragically, Willie died the area, and is counting the days until met at a local community fundraiser, of an acute asthma attack when he was the clouds part, and sun will be a daily where they were representing Cloyne still in his forties. occurrence. She plans to schedule co- Court and Stebbins Hall as respec- Carleton MacDonald (Ridge op alumni gatherings in Portland and tive house presidents. Their courtship House 1967-70, Davis House 1970-73, Seattle. was fairly convenient. They married USCA President July-December 1970). Jim Slama lived in Oxford Hall in 1952, after Lois graduated. Thomas My room at Davis House was the single 1953-55. At that time, Oxford Hall was later served mayor of Long Beach. Lois on the top floor on the east side (just to known to have the highest academic passed away in 2006. They have three the right of the exit door) with the sin- standards of all the co-op houses. Upon children, including two who graduated gle window. It faced the courtyard just graduation, he moved to Portland to the in UC Berkeley but did not live in the south of California Memorial Stadium. Univeristy of Oregon for his internship co-op. Thomas, who visited Cloyne in One Friday night we had a HUGE and four years of surgical residency. He 2005, observes that “it seemed like they party with all variety of sophisticated moved to Salem and practiced General used quite a creative variety of paint; we adult refreshment, and all got to bed Surgery for thirty years. Now in retire- used to be more consistent in our color late. At 7:00 am the following morn- ment, he and his wife remain in Salem, choice.” ing we were blown out of sleep by an in an active adult living community, en- Ruth (Tanfield) and Peter unbelievably loud blast of out-of-tune joying playing bridge and golf. Simmons were high school sweet- trumpets, trombones and tubas. Home hearts. When Peter started at Cal in football game, California against some- LOVE CONNECTIONS 1949, Ruth spent her freshman year at body, High School Band Day, and all Leon Bennett’s (Ridge House LA State College and would visit Peter the bands were right outside my win- 1946-47) first exposure to the Co-op at Oxford Hall. Ruth started at Cal dow practicing. We had a tradition of was when he traveled from Escondido her sophomore year and moved into Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners in to Berkeley with his high school buddy Sherman Annex, which was a big old the wood-paneled dining room. The Oscar Madsen, who lived in Oxford house on what is now the parking lot cooks would come up with something Hall. V-J Day occurred during Leon’s on the south side of Memorial Stadium. really fantastic and we all dressed up visit, and the men at Oxford water- The UCSCA rented it from a lady who (such as we had dress-up clothes). I was bombed passing cars from the roof. turned out to be a student’s ideal “house the maintenance manager for awhile Leon also accompanied Oscar to a mother” – ie, not particularly interested and was scared to death when people dance at Lexington Hall, where he in her supervisory role. Nonetheless played games that involved throwing met Lucille Jane Morse. When Leon the 14 girls for Sherman Annex were things in the entry hall because the glass started a Cal the next year, he moved subject to Sherman Hall Judiciary globes on the lights dated to 1915. I into Ridge House. Ridge did not have a Committee, which oversaw discipline loved Davis House. When a university kitchen, so Leon boarded at Lexington, and curfews in compliance with univer- has 27,500 undergraduates, you find where he took a dishwashing work- sity rules. At that time, co-op members your friends not in class, but in your shift alongside Lucille. “We met over could eat their meals at any of the co- activities and where you live. And to a bunch of dirty dishes.” Leon spent ops, so they generally went where it was think we bought it for $75,000 in 1969, so much time at Lexington Hall that convenient to classes. Ruth took most with $40,000 spent to fix it up. I lived one night as he was sitting with Lucille, of her meals at Barrington, where Peter in Berkeley for two more years then “my bed walked into Lexington, carried lived during their sophomore year and moved back to San Francisco, sang in by my two roommates from Ridge.” served as Workshift Manager. Peter be- and managed a chorus over there, and One night after a Co-op party, as they came dean of the Rutgers Law School went to work for Amtrak. I still work were relaxing in front of the Lexington (1975-1993) and continues to teach for Amtrak in Washington, DC tak- fireplace with Lucille on Leon’s lap, there. Ruth began her career as an ar- ing advantage of the writing skills that Leon proposed. After Cal, both had chivist and manuscript curator organiz- a sociology major develops to create careers teaching in various schools in ing the papers of Alexander Meiklejohn, timetable text, develop employee policy California, although Lucille was forced one of the founders of the ACLU. She bulletins, and develop reservation and to “retire” when a principal in Hilmar, ended up at Rutgers, first as University ticketing procedures. CA decided she was too pregnant. The Archivist, then as Director of Special In August, Maria Ryan (Euclid, two eventually retired in Paradise, CA. Collections and Archives, then focusing Kidd, and Northside ‘91-’95) relo- Lucille passed after a long illness on on the Rutgers Meiji Era collections. cated to Vancouver (WA), just across January 27, 2013. They had five chil- She retired in 2002. In January 2013, the Columbia River from Portland. dren, eight grandchildren, and three Ruth and Peter celebrated their 62nd She now works as a budget analysts for wedding anniversary. 17 Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 Upcoming Events • Updated information For detailed event www.bscaa.org/events • Accommodations information, visit: You may also contact Madeleine Loh • Tickets at [email protected] or (510) 649-8984. • Parking Alumni President’s Lothlorien Retrofit Co-op Graduation Barbeque Work Party Sunday, April 28, 2013 Saturday, June 15, 2013 Dear Old Elves, 5:00 PM 12:00 - 4:00 PM Alumni House 128 Pepper Ave. South House will finally be retrofitted this Burlingame, CA 94010 summer! However, before we can make the house The BSC Graduation is a blast for earthquake friendly, the basement needs to be students and alumni volunteers! $10/BSCAA members cleared out. Help move stuff to the garage! Get We need volunteers to bring children under 12 free a last look at those *special* basement spaces! desserts (especially vegan), set up, Tickets at bscaa.org/events Want the heater and pump from the legendary old and clean up. If you are interested concrete hot tub? First come first serve and it’s in being part of our graduation The President of the BSC Alumni yours! party, please contact Analise Association, Justin Erickson (Cloyne Smith-Hinkley at 1980-85) and Cami (Nilmeyer) The Berkeley Student Cooperative Alumni [email protected] Erickson invite Association will be providing pizza and keg of beer you to a family- after That’s right, a whole keg - in other words, friendly co-op unlimited beer, because the last time Loth ever alumni BBQ! finished a keg was 199never. Come mingle and swap co- Saturday April 27, 2013, 4-6pm op stories. Lothlorien 2415 Prospect Street, Berkeley

This year is the BSC’s 80th Anniversary! Come join us the weekend of October 19-20, 2013 to celebrate! Berkeley Student Cooperative Stebbins Reunion Sunday October 20, 2013 11:00 am - 2:00 PM $5 BSCAA Members $10 non-members $15 at the door Tickets at bscaa.org/events If you would like to help with planning or finding Stebbins alumni, please contact Stebbins alumnus David Pon at [email protected] Anniversary Gala Saturday, October 19, 2013 Family Picnic and BSC Alumni Association Annual 6:00 - 9:30 PM Hs Lordships Restaurant Membership Meeting Berkeley Marina Sunday October 20, 2013 Join us for dinner and a night of 2:00 -5:00 PM entertainment. at Codornices Park 1201 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, CA $100 BSCAA Members $150 Non-Members Bring your family and a picnic lunch! $80 Sponsor a Student Tickets at bscaa.org/events

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My check, payable to the BSC, is enclosed Please charge my Visa/Mastercard in the amount of $ Card # Exp. Date Signature The BSC and the Alumni Association are 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organizations. All contributions, including membership dues, are tax-deductible. Cooperatively Yours, Spring 2013 current president of the Golden Gate vived by her husband, friend, lover and Angling and Casting Club headquar- soul mate of over 34 years, Reg Hahne. In Memorium tered in Golden Gate Park. He earned Patricia Matthewson many medals for his prowess with the (Sherman Hall 1945-47) died at the Dan Eisenstein, Cloyne Court fly rod, and was a past national record age of 90 on October 2012. Pat was an alumnus from 1950-1954, reported that holder. Tom also loved Dodge Brothers independent career girl even before she two former BSC members have passed automobiles. His collection spanned arrived at Sherman Hall, having worked away. Frank J. Wong passed away on models from 1915 to 1935, and he and at an FBI steno pool straight out of April 20, 2012 at the age of 86. He was his wife Elaine enjoyed participating in high school. After receiving a degree in a UC Berkeley graduate in architecture many parades and Gatsby festivals with International Relations at UC Berkeley, and former Cloyne Court resident in the appropriate 1930’s attire. she worked all around the world for the 1955. Martin Bragen passed away on Mary Ann Cecile Levant State Department. BSC Development May 26, 2012 and was a former Cloyne (Ridge Project 1967-70) graduated from Director Madeleine Loh enjoyed a lively Court resident in 1954. UC Berkeley with a Masters in Library visit with her the year before she passed Tom Gong (Barrington 1958- Science and a minor in psychology. She at her home in Huntington Beach, 60), a former member of the BSC married her first husband, Hugo Blasdel, where Pat showed off her many pho- Alumni Association Board of Directors, while at Berkeley. Mary Ann started her tographs from her travels around the passed away December 15, 2012 from 36-year teaching career in Montgomery world. Pat was spunky, compassionate, renal failure due to ANCA vasculitis County, MD in 1972. She met her sec- and keenly interested in supporting the which attacked his kidneys. Tom earned ond husband, Reg Hahne, in the late mission of the BSC. his BA and PhD at UC Berkeley with 70s and married in the early 90s. A seri- Dave Ruby (Oxford 1965-66, an MA at San Francisco State University ous car accident in February 2012 left Ridge House 1966-69) reported the in between. Following many years of re- Mary Ann a paraplegic with other seri- sad news that his older brother, Dr. search and college-level teaching in the ous internal injuries. Although she was Leonard Ruby, (1969-62) passed away cell biology field, he entered the bio- a fighter, she succumbed to an infection in October 2012. Dave, Leonard, and technology industry and became a well in early June and never recovered. Mary Leonard’s roommate Ted Akulian hiked known and respected expert in insect Ann had a brilliant intellect, was an avid in Yosemite together once. Dr. Ruby was cell culture and growth. Tom was pas- reader, outstanding problem solver, and a renowned surgeon who established the sionate about fishing and tournament a friend to many. Music, theater, read- orthopedic hand surgery division at the fly casting. He was past president of ing, learning, crafts, travel and family Tufts-New England Medical Center. 19 the American Casting Association and all became part of her being. She is sur- Berkeley Student Cooperative 2424 Ridge Rd. Berkeley, CA 94709

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CAA Award 1 Make a donation to the BSC: bsc.coop/donate Welcoming New ED Jim Gray 1 Pay Alumni Association dues: Afro House 2 bscaa.org/membership Berkeley City Council 3 Find out more about events: Undocumented Member 5 bscaa.org/events BSC Scholarship Awards 6 View our online photos: bscaa.org/photos Exhibition at Bancroft 7 Read the newsletter online: Rotary Peace Fellowship 7 bscaa.org/newsletters Oxford Hall Reunion 8 Join the BSCAA on Facebook: Clean Co-ops? 11 www.facebook.com/BSCAA Thank Yous 12 Join the BSC on Facebook: www.facebook.com/BerkeleyStudentCooperative From the Archives 14 Alumni Notes 16 Upcoming Events 18

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