University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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AN ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE SEASON 1 Bears enter rival game with Stanford winless The team lines up for the pre-game ritual of stretching to prepare for the game. Streaking past the opponent, junior safety Nnamdl Asomugha capitalizes on his interception b gaining yardage for the Bears.

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A Sigma Pi member displays his fraternity ' s edition of tfie ever popular Rush Tee. Zeta Beta Tau expresses its patriotism, using colorful banners to attract and recruit new members. RUSH !. ' . ' fl...i, .IW ' .Uk; liUlitisi history is uncovered to the prospective. Concluding the Panhellenic process is bid day. On this day, all 12 houses come will extend bids to prospectives with whom they have decided best fit the ideals and values of their house. The Panhellenic recruitment structure is extended to this process as well by capping the total number of bids through a quota system. The maximum quota for the year is 30 new freshmen or sophomore women; third and fourth year women are allowed to join but do not contribute to the quota count. At registration time, nearly 500 interested women signed-up for recruitment; after the bidding process is completed by houses extending offers and new members accepting, nearly 300 women will embark to becoming sisters within the Cal Greek community. Alpha Omicron Pi ' s recruitment effort this fall went exceedingly well, according to member Amanda Garbutt. Its planning process began nearly a year in advance. The key to a successful recruitment is planning. Planning begins as soon as recruitment ends, Garbutt said. For many sororities, the belief is that recruitment is the lifeblood of their culture and is an integral part of why they are there — to enrich the lives of generations to come. An IFC success story is Alpha Sigma Pi ' s fall rush. Led by Matthew Kaplan as Rush Chair, Alpha Sigma Pi garnered its highest bids accepted in recent memory at 16 bids. Kaplan accounts his group ' s success to working well as a group and motivating brotherhood within the group. During rush, the goal is to put each house ' s best foot forward and this can only be accomplished by ha ' ing a united house with the desire to do so. Some of Alpha Sigma Pi ' s other tactics were to formulate a game plan early on as to when events would go on and how they would be executed. Among the smaller houses on campus is Delta Tau Delta. However, what they lack in membership numbers they compensate in qualitv. They also led a successful rush with six pledges in a house of 20 total men. President Alan Mar attributes their success in planning well and offering great programs. Before the semester began, the house pulled together a planning retreat; among their largest accomplishments was a calendar of events for the entire semester. The calendar allows for prospectives to know when things are going on and proactively join in and learn about the fraternity as they wish. The process provides for a relaxed attitude for recruitment. For rush and throughout the year, the programs offered included football at Underbill, day trips to San Francisco, and paintballing. Thus, the strength of any fraternity or sorority may not lie in its size, but in its ability to maintain and foster its ideals and values for future generations. iAXM IFC fraternities, including Delta Tau Delta, gathered on Lower Sproul Plaza to educate Cal men on the benefits of Greel life. Greek houses had a variety of social events to encourage mingling among current and prospective members. 23

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story by Megan Kinninger Photos by Jerry Tsai Most people considered the Golden Bear (iiotlwll scoson of 20(11 ;i ilisasrer. The team played 1 1 games only to win one. Ilie lone win was the last game of the season against Rutgers on No etnher 23, 200 1 with a score of 20- 1 0. As a result of ha ing the third most challenging schedule in the nation, the team ' s average point deficit in the final statistics was 22.7 points. V irhout that sole ictory, the Bears would have joined ranks with three C;al football teams from the lS ' Os who had winless .seasons, (-al fans deserted the stands, which often looked bleak as the season continued. 1 lead coach Tom 1 lolmoe lost most respect from the lans anil ended up resigning hv the end of the sea.son, ending his fifth season with the program. Was there a .saving grace for this disastrous .season beyond the one win against a less-than-respectable team. ' A look at the l()4th Big Ciame, which took place November 1 7, gives a taste of the true Golden Bear spirit, a spirit that can oh iouslv shine through a lackluster season. Most predicted that Cal was going into this game without a hope of even coming close to the Stanford C:ardinal, ranked I ,kh in the nation at the time. Would the ri alrv li e on. ' ( ould Oal step above its losing season to play well against the (Cardinal, its all-tin)e ri al. ' The answer came with three minutes and one second left in the first ([uarter when Calilornia ' s junior safety Nnamdi .Asomugha intercepted a pass from Stanford ' s (;hris Lewis and ran for a 16-yard touchdown. This score iraxe ( al the lead 10-7 over Cal ' s offensive line sets to face its rival — the Stanford defensive line. To celebrate a touchdown, junior tight end Tom Swoboda lifts a teammate In the air.