Although the nutrition informa-tion for dining facilities at Mills isavailable online, few students knowabout it.

The data, which provides dataabout the food served at FoundersCommons, the Tea Shop and CafeSuzie, is available www.cafebonap-

petit.com/mills/index.html.“Nope, I had no idea (the infor-

mation was available),” juniorJillian Harris said. “I mean, it’sobvious that they post signagedenoting vegan, vegetarian, etc, butI didn’t know about calorie counts.”

Students can access informationonline for fat, saturated fat, carbohy-drates, protein and sodium content.The Palo Alto-based Bon Appetit,

which Mills has used since July2007, serves food in 400 facilitycafes in 28 states. According to TerriBrownlee, Bon Appetit’s RegionalDirector of Nutrition, the nutritionguide, originally compiled and pub-lished in 2003. It was last updated in2008. Brownlee calculated theinformation based on data providedby the United States Department of Agriculture.

Mills will increase tuition forall students this fall and decreasefinancial aid for new students.

Tuition will rise by 4.5 percentand the incoming students will begranted 2-3 percent less financialaid than last year’s incoming stu-dents.

This year the college gainedhalf of its total tuition revenuebecause its “discount rate” is 49.4percent, said Jamie Nickel, InterimVice President for Finance andTreasurer.

The discount rate is the averageamount of tuition the college paysper student in financial aid awards,meaning students, on average,received a financial aid packagecovering almost half of their tuitionbefore additional fees and roomand board are added in.

“Our discount rate is close to 50percent, which is way above a lotof our peer groups,” Nickel said.Though the tuition rate is $36,428,the college only gets about half ofthat in revenue.

This high student financial aiddiscount rate makes it harder for

Mills to provide a quality educationon less money, said Nickel.

“We’re netting about $6,000less per student than our privateliberal arts peers,” Nickel said. “So$6,000 times the amount of [stu-dents enrolled full time] we have--that’s about $5 million a year thatyou could say we don’t have as aresource but our peers do. Andthese peers have the same faculty-to-student ratio that we do, so weall kind of have the same baseoperating costs. We’re just gettingless money.”

So now students’ financial aiddiscount rate will decrease by 2-3percent for next year’s incomingstudents, leaving them with anaverage financial aid package cov-ering around 48.5 percent oftuition, said David Gin, AssociateVice President of Student FinancialServices.

The projections for financialaid next year are only approxima-tions, Gin said, because the finan-cial aid office is still awardingincoming students for this fall.

Kirie Lange, Class of 2012Historian, was concerned that

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some students would not be able toremain at Mills because their finan-cial aid packages would notincrease enough to make up for thetuition increase. She voiced thisconcern at the March 28 AssociatedStudents of Mills College (ASMC)meeting, saying that by the timeshe graduates tuition will havegone up a total of 12 percent duringher four years at Mills.

“The interesting thing is thatthe financial aid that you've award-ed hasn't increased to match that,”Lange said to Nickel and other stu-dents at the ASMC meeting. “So isthere something that Mills is look-ing to do for students who arefalling in between the tuitionincrease, to sort of help them stay?”

Though incoming studentswill face a decrease in financial aidfrom the college, financial aid forcontinuing students will actuallyincrease slightly, but not enough toentirely off set the tuition increase,according to Nickel.

“That would defeat the pur-pose of increasing the tuition rateto try to cover our increasing costs.But retention is a priority forMills,” Nickel said.

For Gin, the more financial aidavailable to students the better.

“Everyone in the financial aidoffice wants to give more money tostudents,” he said.

Mills does not have a sustain-able business model at this point,according to Nickel, as it has con-sistently cut into its savings to fundcollege operations and has not hada balanced budget since 2009.

The budget was last balancedin 2009 because the collegereceived about $8 million in unre-stricted bequests, which are fundsdonors give Mills after their death.Because of the unpredictablenature of bequest gifts, the collegecannot accurately predict howmuch it will get from deceased donors.

The decrease in the averagefinancial aid package and school-wide budget cuts will only partiallyhelp with the college's deficitspending, however. In order to bal-ance the budget entirely, the col-lege decided to raise undergraduatetuition by 4.5 percent. Nickelexplained the tuition increase tostudents at the March 28Associated Students of MillsCollege (ASMC) meeting.

“I want to assure you that thecollege does what we can to keepthe percentage increase as low aspossible, knowing that a lot of ourstudents are on financial aid,” shesaid. “We’re not trying to gouge oranything. We’re just trying to keepa balanced budget.”

The tuition increase is also rel-atively normal compared to thoseat other local private institutions.

According to a report given to theFinance and Audit Committee ofthe Board of Trustees at theirFebruary 18 meeting to approvetuition fees for next year, the aver-age tuition increase for small pri-vate schools in California between2009 and 2010 was 4 percent,while the tuition increase for Millsduring that same time was 3 percent.

The tuition increases for Millsover the years have been substan-tially less compared to that ofCalifornia public schools as well.The University of California sys-tem raised its tuition by 32 percentfor the 2009-2010 school year andjust approved an additional 8 per-cent increase for next year, Nickelsaid. And the California StateUniversity trustees just approved a10 percent increase for its ownschools next year.

Mills’ 4.5 percent tuition increaseis also relatively low compared toincreases in the past. Mills faced itshighest tuition increase in the2003-2004 fiscal year with a 12.1percent increase. This sharp jumpin tuition was because the collegerealized its prices were well belowits main competitors in the area,Nickel said.

In order to make itself look morecompetitive, Mills increased bothits tuition and financial aid pack-ages during the 2003-2004 fiscalyear. Students did not bear much, if

any, of the increase because of thesimultaneous increase in financialaid, Gin said.

Though the increase is relative-ly normal for Mills and its competi-tors, it is slightly above the nation-al average. According to theConsumer Price Index released inFebruary of 2011 by the Bureau ofLabor Statistics, the averagenational tuition increase was 4.1percent, 0.4 percent less than Mills’tuition increase.

The college has tried to keepcosts down and balance the budgetwithout raising tuition more than ithas to, Nickel said. In the last twoyears, for example, faculty andstaff salaries have remained thesame, not accounting for increasesin living costs.

The college has also kept utilitycosts around the same for the lastthree years, and contracts are beingrenegotiated to decrease operatingcosts when possible, Nickel toldstudents at the March 28 ASMCmeeting.

Nickel invited students to givefeedback: “Any questions? Barbs? Arrows?”

ASMC Vice President TSendeniaGage asked how the Mills commu-nity would see the tuition increaseimplemented on campus.

“What do you get out of it?”Nickel said, “A college that’s ableto sustain itself long into the futureif we figure out how to possibly

balance the budget.”ASMC Advisor Courtney

Young-Law asked, “Would you saythat there are actually tangiblethings that students would see dif-ferent next year because of theincreases? Or is it mostly to coverincreased costs that the college isincurring from third-party vendorsand staff.”

“We’re kind of at the point nowwhere we're treading water” Nickelsaid. “So instead of increasingtuition and being able to add some-thing new, we're increasing tuitionand just being able to maintain.”

Examples of maintenanceinclude paying off the GraduateSchool of Business building andmaking improvements to the musicbuilding, according to Nickel.ASMC President Amelia Lopezasked if any of the revenue generat-ed by the tuition increase will beapplied toward taking care of otherfacilities students feel arefalling apart.

“If you guys have things thatas a group you think really needattention,” Nickel said, “bring thatforward to (Vice President forOperations Renée Jadushlever). Ifthey know what the students want,they can make some of these thingsmore of a priority.”

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Golden State SlamWhat: If you missed the showfrom two weeks ago featuringHadeel Ramadan, here’sanother chance to experienceslam poetry, this time with JoshHaleyWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Grand Lake Coffee,440 Grand Ave, OaklandCost: $5 for students

8 Days of Anarchy What: SF’s week long festivalof film, study groups, and vari-ous events. More info. at8daysofanarachy.orgWhen: April 5-12Where: Various locations in SFevery nightCost: Free

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The Travel Back to the 80’sdance is this week’s editorpick. Not only is this an oncampus event that should beundoubtedly fun because of thetheme, but it will be a greatopportunity to have a goodtime while you do somethingpositive.Japan is in need of alot of help, so what’s a betterway to have some fun, dresswacky and support a timelycause?

Stop being so hard on your-self WorkshopWhat: Christine Arylo will teachyou how to beat out your innermean girlWhen: 6-8 p.m.Where: Cowell Conference 113

Graduate School ofPsychology: General Info.What: Informational sessionwith Professor Dean Morier. When: 4-5 p.m.Where: NSB 217Cost: Free

Travel Back to the 80’sWhat: Come dressed in your80’s attire and dance the nightaway. Proceeds will go toJapanWhen: 9 p.m.-12 a.m.Where: Student UnionCost: $5 for studentsSan Francisco Spring GreenFestivalWhat: Celebrate the 10thannual Green FestivalWhere: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.Where: SF ConcourseMuseumCost: $10-$15

ASMC board meetingWhat: Informational meetingfor those interested in runningfor ASMCWhen: 6:30 p.m.Where: GSB 118Cost: Free

Charles BaxterWhat: Baxter shares his newbook titled GryphnWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Books Inc.1760 Fourth St., BerkeleyCost: Free

Faculty SeminarWhat: Professor of History,Bert Gordon will have host aseminar during lunch.When: 12-1 p.m.Where: Faculty LoungeCost: Free

Bay Area Wine TastingWhat: Enjoy some fine winewhile supporting educationWhen: 6:30-9 p.m.Where: Dell’Uva Wine Bar andCafe, 565 Green Street, SFCost: $25

7th annual SF InternationalWomen’s film festivalWhat: Watch various filmsdirected by a wide array offemale directors. When: 8 p.m.Where: Roxie Theatre, SFCost: Check out wom-ensfilminstitute.com for ticketprices

Intermedia Arts FestivalWhat: Come witness the end ofthe year senior show and sup-port Intermedia Art seniorsWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Concert HallCost: Free

Giants vs. St. LouisWhat: It’s Game day and timeto watch some baseballWhen: 1 p.m.Where: The Caviar Docks, SFCost: Free

Glide Wellness FairWhat: Workshops for well-being; free diabetes, HIV,blood pressure and other testsWhen: 10 a.m.Where: Glide MemorialMethodist ChurchCost: Free

Restaurant for ReliefWhat: Restaurants, wineriesand mixologists join to raisemoney for JapanWhen: 5-9 p.m.Where: E&O Trading Company314 Sutter St, SFCost: $75

Poetry Screening What: A screening of the filmthat won this year’s Bestscreenplay at the CannesFestivalWhen: 7 p.m.Where: San Rafael Film CenterCost: $10.25

Free Admission at SF MOMAWhat: First Tuesdays is freeadmissions day. Normally $18,go visit SF’s comprehensivecollection of contemporary art.Cost: Free

SF Zoo Free Admission DayWhat: Visit the Bay’s largestzoological park and conserva-tion center for free.Cost: Free offer only valid toSF residents with valid ID

SF National Cemetery WalkWhat: A one-mile walking tourof the SF National Cemeteryled by a National Park ServiceDocent.When: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.Cost: Free, but reservationsare required; phone (415) 561-4323

Friday Nights at the DeYoungWhat: In celebrating their newOLMEC exhibition, the Museumis hosting a Mexican dance,music, and film night.When: 6-8:45 p.m.Where: DeYoung Museum SFCost: Free

Free Funeral Party show atAmoebaWhat: The indie-electro bandwill play a live set and also doa signing.When: 6 p.m.Where: Amoeba Music Haight, 1855 Haight St, SFCost:Free

Rap trio gets noticed forquirky lyrics and dance

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The streets weren’t crowded on a nightlast February in downtown San Francisconear the Montgomery BART station. Thenearby alley street Maiden Lane hid thequaint Otis Lounge, dimly lit and full ofindustry insiders whispering over drinks.The insiders were BayMous (Bay AreaFamous) a-listers, including local bloggers,photographers and radio personalities. Allwere gathered to “meet and greet” the mem-bers of a rap-trio called the Rej3ctz.

The Rej3ctz, from Los Angeles, madetheir debut in 2008 with their song "Rej3ctStomp" and have since created the latestdance craze "Cat Daddy," a dance thatinvolves crossing your arms, pulling themby your sides and then circling your arms -as if you're spinning the wheels of a wheel-

chair - as you squat to the ground. JustinBieber and Ellen Degeneres danced the "CatDaddy" on Ellen's show, and Chris Browndanced in the Rej3ctz official music videofor the song, which has over 10 millionviews on YouTube.

Brown, a huge supporter of the "CatDaddy" dance, brought the Rej3ctz to BlackEntertainment Television's (B.E.T.) show106 & Park last year to demonstrate the cor-rect way to "Cat Daddy." P33 W33 - pro-nounced Pee-Wee - the smallest rapper in thetrio, jokingly described meeting Brown forthe first time.

“I was getting some Cookies 'n Creamice cream at Baskin-Robbins and I droppedit on the ground. Chris Brown walked in andhe slipped on it. He said he hurt his back, andthen he said he hurt his neck and his back,"P33 W33 said, laughing hysterically withBoun3e - pronounced Bounce - and Mowi3 -pronounced Mow-wee.

"Naw, we just playing," said Mowi3,decked out in tattoos, a tongue piercing andmultiple colors in his hair. "We been know-ing Chris Brown since he had a four-x, royalblue T-shirt and shooka shooka sweats, andhe walked into fly style's house before he

was Chris Brown. That's our brother."Just as their “first encounter” with

Brown, the Rej3ctz song "Cat Daddy" islight-hearted, with references to children'scartoons like SpongeBob.

“(SpongeBob Squarepants) loves his joblike we love our job," Boun3e said, explain-ing the reference.

Despite their historical, gangsta-rapbeginnings in LA, which is known as thebirthplace of such rap because of the groupNWA and their members — hip-hop heavy-weights like Arabian Prince, DJ Yella, Dr.Dre and Ice Cube — the Rej3ctz don't feel pressured to make violent music.

“You think about the West Coast gangstarap. You look at us, and it’s the total oppo-site,” Mowi3 said with intensity, arguing thatthe Rej3ctz make music that isn't about theusual rap topics of violence and hedonism.

P33 W33 believes it's not important totell everyone what they already know.

“We don’t have to portray being gangsteror live the hood life because we really be onVermont and 88th,” P33 W33 said, referringto a dangerous part of LA.

Nevertheless, Mowi3 and the other mem-bers do their best to let their music reflectreal life.

“Hip-hop reflects the culture, and itreflects the youth. And I think, nowadays,most of the stuff is phony; it’s fake," Mowi3said. "It’s something that isn’t tailored....They’re not born with it, and what gravitatesthe kids towards us and the youth towards usis that this shit is real."

And as the Rej3ctz continue to do clubevents in Los Angeles with their friends,including Chris Brown, nothing is more realthan being true to yourself.

“For all the kids out there, listen: Beingweird is another way of saying special.Being special is another name for being dif-ferent. What I wanna say is that it is okay tobe different cause I am very different,"Mowi3 said. "Be an individual. Stand out. Aman with no imagination has no wings to fly.Fly as high as you can."

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Last summer, Amelia Lopez, PublicPolicy major and A.S.M.C. President, spenther weeks planning events in assemblywoman Fiona Ma's District 12. Lopez didall of these tasks in a cramped office spacethat, at times surrounded by up to 75 peo-ple – 30 of whom were interns. Accordingto Lopez, internships make or break stu-dents' resumes.

As summer approaches, many Mills stu-dents are planning to hold internships inhopes of making their resumes more com-petitive. According to the New York Timesarticle “ The Unpaid Intern, Legal or Not,”a survey carried out by the NationalAssociation of Colleges and Employers(NACE) revealed that 50 percent of gradu-ating students participate in internships

But, what exactly is an internship, andwhy should students get one?

“An internship is a one-time or serviceexperience related to a career goal or majorin a professional setting where you aresupervised by people within an organiza-tion,” said Pooja Sharma, Mills' InternshipCoordinator. “It can be paid or unpaid. Youmay or may not receive academic credit.”

Dean of Economics NancyThornborrow believes experience can beespecially beneficial for those who haven'tworked professionally in the field before.

“Internships are good for all students,particularly those who don’t have job expe-rience,” Thornborrow said. “Get yourself inposition or you’ll just be another worker.”

Sharma said the reasoning behind hiringinterns is that interns already trained and,therefore, cost effective. In addition,Sharma said an employer already knows anintern's abilities in a professional setting.

According to NACE’s 2010 student sur-vey, 42.3 percent of seniors who had internexperience had received at least one joboffer after graduation. Only 30.7 percent ofseniors without internship experiencereceived a job offer. That’s almost a 12 per-cent difference.

People Magazine West Coast OnlineEditor Michael Fleeman stated at theAssociate Collegiate Press Conference lastmonth that internships are the only way aperson can become a "known commodity."Through internships, he explained, studentscan build relationships within the industry,gain connections and earn trust. Fleemanadmitted that he prefers to hire studentswho've been interns.

Nevertheless, Thornborrow and othershave concerns about companies that useinterns as "free labor." According to TheNew York Times article mentioned earlier,the government is looking out for compa-nies who do not reward their interns.

“The Labor Department says it is crack-ing down on firms that fail to pay internsproperly and expanding efforts to educatecompanies, colleges and students on thelaw regarding internships,” the article said.

There are many ways to watch out forillegitimate internships, the first and mostobvious of which is getting a paid one.

Rachel Gregg, Mills senior majoring inInternational Relations, said her paidinternship with Alternative Newsweekly, anorganization that seeks to cover newsignored by mainstream media, was like agift that kept on giving.

“I have called many for professionaladvice, letters of recommendations andfriendships," Gregg said.

But if an unpaid internship is your bestoption, there are warning signs you cankeep an eye out for to ensure that theinternship is legal. According to Sharma,the best way to tell if a company is tryingto use you is if the company is having youdo administrative work, like typing, copy-ing and running errands.

Last of all, the Career Center offers stu-dents with internships that have alreadyundergone a background check. One suchinternship is the Investing in Oakland:Mills College Summer Internship, whichallows students to work for the city ofOakland as they work on projects to betterthe community. For more information oninternships, visit the Career Center. Cowell

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Above: Career Counseling Intern Tina Jung meets with student Hazel Wheeler todiscuss internships. Below: Information on internships in the Career Center.

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Think the shelves of the YoungAdult fiction section are limited tobooks about sexy vampires? Thinkagain. Mills has been home toProfessor Kathryn Reiss, who haspublished seventeen books underthe category of “Young AdultFiction” and middle grade readers,for the past twenty years. As onefan wrote on her website, “Twilightwould have been better if it hadbeen written by Kathryn Reiss!”

On March 1, books sixteen andseventeen were released — twonovels entitled The Silver Guitar: AJulie Mystery and A Bundle ofTrouble: A Rebecca Mystery. Bothwere written for the American GirlHistory Mysteries series, historicalfiction novels for readers age 9-12and “about brave young peoplewho find themselves faced with amysterious set of circumstances,”according to the website descrip-tion. The Silver Guitar and ABundle of Trouble are Reiss’ thirdand fourth contributions to HistoryMysteries, which she has beenwriting for since 2009.

When American Girl agentscalled Reiss back in 2008 and toldher they were hiring mystery writ-ers, she accepted and began writingabout Julie, a character that lives inthe 1970s.

“My first thought was, ‘The1970s? That’s not historical!’”Reiss exclaimed laughing.“American Girl has a good mis-sion: to teach history and to havegirls be the ones that solves themysteries. They really kicked offYA historical fiction.”

Reiss grew up during the ‘70snear Cleveland Heights, Ohio.Typically, she does not write novelsin a “series” format, a format usu-ally associated with YA writing, butfor American Girl, she followstheir guidelines. When Reiss writesfor American Girl, the companyassigns her the character and thetime period, but Reiss creates themystery herself.

“It’s a very different kind ofwriting because the charactersaren’t mine,” she said.

Reiss didn’t always know shewanted to write YA fiction. Shewrote her first novel Time Windowswhile on a Fulbright scholarship in Germany.

“I wanted something to read. Iwas studying Goethe, and I wastired of only reading German. Ilonged to read English — and thiswas in the days beforeAmazon.com,” Reiss said. “Iwrote it really to entertain myself.I didn’t intend that it was some-thing for children at the time.Originally, the story was about anadult woman who was concernedabout her young daughter seeingghosts and a haunted dollhouse.Eventually I changed the point ofview from the older woman to thedaughter, and my agent decided tomarket it as YA, a teen novel.”

Now between teaching half-time, being a parent and constantlyworking on a new novel, Reiss is avery busy lady.

“My sense of her is just as anunbelievably organized and pro-ductive individual. She can’t wastea moment of her day,” said Cynthia

Scheinberg, the Chair of theEnglish Department. “In my mindshe’s the queen of the way thatwomen in the 21st century can jug-gle everything — and she makes itlook easy.”

Reiss, who is often asked howshe does it all, has an answeralready prepared: “I compartmen-talize,” she said.

Indeed, her schedule is com-partmentalized: She teachesMondays and Wednesdays, andalways takes 5 afternoon hours onTuesdays, Thursdays and Fridaysto write.

That writing Reiss does everyweek is somewhat marginalized inthe literary world. Historically,Masters-level writing programshave frowned upon writing forYoung Adults and middle gradereaders. While receiving her ownMasters from the University ofMichigan (her BA was from Duke),Reiss was discouraged from usingwhat would later become TheGlass House People for her thesis.At Mills, Reiss has helped manystudents embrace YA literature andwriting, as she teaches a class onthe topic. This semester she alsoteaches a graduate level fictionworkshop and a thesis class forMFA students.

Former graduate student CarlyAnne West will now have what wasonce her thesis published in 2013thanks, in part, to Reiss’ guidance.

“The Young Adult and middlegrade reader is such a specialgroup,” West said. “Too oftenoverlooked in their everyday lives,adolescents have extraordinaryinsights to offer, and they desper-ately need to be heard. It’s incred-ible when a work of literatureoffers them the sort of peer under-standing they need at that age. Ireally admire teens and am con-stantly learning from them, as Ibelieve Kathryn encouraged us todo,” she said.

Reiss’ talent has not gone unno-ticed by the literary world. Herwork has been praised as “shiveryentertainment” by the KirkusReviews, “entertaining and inven-tive” by Publisher’s Weekly and a“wonderful addition to anyone’slibrary” by teenreads.com. In addi-tion, Reiss has received manyawards over the years, includingthe prestigious “Best Book forYoung Adults” by the AmericanLibrary Association.

“For many years, MFA pro-grams seemed to make huge dis-tinctions between writing fictionfor adults and writing fiction foryoung adults — a bit similar to thefalse distinction between teachersof literature and teachers of compo-sition, as if one must, for somestrange reason, be inferior to theother,” said Professor Ruth Saxton,who has been Reiss’ colleague inthe English department for over 20years. “I am proud to celebrate thegrowing YA program underKathryn’s able leadership. She is a gifted teacher and a super colleague.”

Saxton isn’t Reiss’ only admir-er in the English department. Justacross the hall from her office isher husband of twenty-eight yearsProfessor Tom Strychacz.Strychacz and Reiss live with theirtwo teenage daughters Isabel andAlexandra in a large historical

home in Benecia. What was anofficer’s quarters from the middleof the nineteenth century to the1960’s is now decorated withStrychacz’s paintings and papercut-out artwork by Reiss. The cou-ple has parented five childrentogether and are now thinking ofadopting a sixth.

“I think the way Kathryn puts itis that she still has parenting energyright now. I think she feels she’snot finished,” Stryzchacz said.“She feels she’s got more to offer ayounger child, although it won’t bea toddler anymore. It’ll be someonemore like nine or ten years old.”

In her office, Reiss’ family isfeatured alongside her bookposters. A large quilt sewn withpictures of each family membercovers a chair in one corner. Herfive children made it for her.

Eighteen-year-old daughterAlexandra Strychacz — whoquickly affirmed that she has readeach of Reiss’ books — enjoyshaving a writer for a mother, eventhough she describes herself as more of a “science andmath person.”

“My friends never knew mymom was Kathryn Reiss because Ihave a different last name,”Alexandra Strychacz explained.Once, when a classmate didn’tbelieve her, she flipped the book tothe dedication page to show thatthe book was, in fact, dedicated to her.

Reading Reiss’ writing helpedAlexandra Strychacz overcome alearning disability. One of the cou-ple’s adopted children, she strug-gled with reading when she first

arrived to the family around age eight.

“My favorite book — MissHoneywell’s Revenge — she read itto me out loud,” AlexandraStrychacz said. “It was the firstbook she ever read to me; we readout loud a lot. It helped me becomea better reader.”

Reiss’ children and family lifeoften inspire her writing, althoughshe does not feel her characters arebased on her children.

“I know that she likes to writeabout things that are close to herheart,” Stryzchacz said.

As she has published seventeenbooks over the last twenty years,Reiss is definitely doing a lot ofwriting—she is in a constant stateof creating new worlds for her readers.

“She’s probably the most gen-erally creative person I’ve ever met— in all areas of her life,”

Stryzchacz said. “Creative in termsof storytelling, but also in terms ofbeing a mother. For instance, aswell, she’s revered by her children— and for good reason. Shealways has new plans afoot for the future, which I think is remarkable.”

Right now, Reiss is working ona new YA suspense novel.

“That’s all I can say about it. Inever talk about something until I have a full draft,” shedeclared superstitiously.

Over the summer, Reiss will beholding a two-week seminar inpublishing children’s and youngadult fiction. The intensive semi-nar will feature guest speakers andwill be open to the public. Theseminar will be a valuable resourcefor those interested in writing forYA or middle grade readers andthose eager to learn from theaward-winning Kathryn Reiss.

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Recently, Mills administrationannounced that next year’s tuitionwould be increased by 4.5 per-cent—a lesser increase than thecollege’s average in the past tenyears, but still a significantamount: 4.5 percent will mean anincrease of about $1,700 per year.

The price tag on our presti-gious women’s college private lib-eral arts education certainly wasn’tcheap in the first place. However,

what many members of theCampanil staff find most troublingis the tuition increase coupled withthe decrease in aid being offered toincoming students.

Although the view from theMills ivory tower looks pricey onpaper, a majority of students whomight otherwise settle for cheaperor public education attend as aresult of receiving substantialfinancial aid.

Will the tuition increase com-bined with less financial aid turnaway students from underrepre-sented cultural and economicbackgrounds? This seems like a very present and ominous possibility.

Compared to many other col-leges—like the outrageous hikes atBerkeley and Berkeley CityCollege—4.5% may seem measly.However puny it may seem in con-

text, our staff still finds it impor-tant to question why exactly thismoney is being charged and aredetermined to know if it will trulybe used to improve the educationalexperience here at Mills.

The reason usually given is thatthese increases happen as a resultof attempting to balance the budg-et annually. Reasons for thisyear’s increase—as in, examplesof tangible changes that will hap-

pen from the increased revenue—have yet to be given by administra-tive officials.

Despite acknowledging tuitionincreases are the status quo here atMills, the Campanil staff remainswary of this new 4.5% and urgesthe college to ensure that theincrease won’t make the collegeless accessible or affordable to stu-dents who may not have that extra $1,700.

Opinions & Editorial66STAFFSTAFF EDITORIALEDITORIAL

Time magazinestated in a 2006 arti-cle that anywherefrom 70 to 85 per-cent of women arewearing the wrongsized bra." Like themajority of the women who readthis statistic, I didn’t think I waspart of that 70 to 85 percent.

Yes, with statistics like that,odds are that you yourself (of allpeople!) are wearing the wrongsize bra. How wrong you could beI will now tell you through my per-sonal experience.

I was recently in a Frederick’sof Hollywood with one of my

friends (there were incredibly validreasons for this, I assure you).While my friend was in the dress-ing room, I was playing with meas-uring tape—attempting to measuremyself. Upon seeing the ordeal Iwas going through, one helpfulemployee offered to measure me properly.

I cannot convey the full extentof my shock and surprise at thatsize that she told me. Never wouldI have imagined it. It was a size thatin my mind had always beenreserved for those in the adult filmindustry. It appears I had beenwearing the wrong bra size mywhole life.

I visited the mall the next day,intent on buying an accuratelysized bra for myself. I gathered acluster of brassieres in the size Ihad been recommended yesterdayand, aided by a salesperson, gath-ered them all into the fitting room.I assumed everything was going perfectly.

However, when I let the sales-person in she immediatelyinformed me I was still wearing thewrong bra size and would probablyneed to go a size up. Incredulous asI was at this further increase, itturns out she was entirely right.Aided by the savior of my bosom,the prodigious saleslady, I pur-

chased some properly sized bras. Not only was my bra size

wrong, my conception of what aproperly fitted bra looks and feelslike was wrong as well. For years Ihad assumed that a good bra is onewhich makes me look as large aspossible in the chest region. This isnot the case. A properly fitted brasupports instead of squishes, and isfairly tight around the waistband.

The difference, my friends, isincredible. Upon wearing the rightsize bra I felt so much better in somany inconceivable ways. Insteadof assaulting me, the wire now sup-ported me. What was once myundergarment enemy had indeed

become my ally. I felt so muchmore at ease and comfortable withmyself. I felt free to savor life. Itwas and is incredible and empow-ering emotion. All awkward feel-ings I had concerning my bust dissipated.

Also, my case is not a singularone. After my experience I encour-aged my friend to get herself for-mally measured as well. She wentup an entire cup! She and I wereboth a part of the majority ofwomen wearing the wrong bra size.

No longer, friends! No longerare our busts subjugated by ourignorance of their true size.Liberate and support yourself!

The extraordinary effects of wearing a properly sized bra

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Increased tuition may be business as usual, but we still have doubts

“I think Mills is a goodschool, and they knowwhat they need better

than I do.”

— Anya Furst,junior

“I would have pounded myfists on the table, stood up and

shouted ‘Hell no’ and walkedout.”

— Christine Kwak, first-year

“I’m a millionaire so it’s okay.”

— Latasha Monique Warmsley, 1st year grad student

If you had been in the room when the decision was made to raise tuition, whatwould you have said or done?

“I can understand why becauseall schools raise their tuition reg-ularly. I expect it to increase just

like at any other school.”

— Janice Ma,junior

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Student headed to study abroad is notdeterred by earthquake in Sendai, Japan

I rememberbeing onT w i t t e r .Around 10:20p.m. on March10, I saw apost by theAssociated Press, and read it aloudto my mother, who was nearby:“Magnitude 7.9 #earthquakestrikes northern #Japan, swayingTokyo buildings; #tsunami warningin effect.”

My mother said, “Oh, that’s ter-rible! 7.9? Loma Prieta was only 6.9.”

My grandmother called aftershe saw the story on the 11:00 newsto ask whether I’d heard.

My sister called from upstairsto ask whether I’d heard.

From that point, I began mind-lessly scanning social media sitesfor information, posting any links Icould find onto Facebook. Theearthquake steadily grew from 7.9to 8.9. Then there was the tsunami.There were photos of people beingevacuated, sitting in TokyoDisneyland to wait and see whatwould happen next, trying to con-tact their families.

Tokyo Tower was bent andwarped by the disaster. Then therewas talk of nuclear plants beingdamaged. There were estimates ofthe death tolls. Around midnightPacific Time, a tsunami warningwas in effect for the American West Coast.

I went upstairs to wake and tellmy mother.

“Mom? I don’t want to scareyou, but there’s a tsunami warningin effect for San Francisco.”

“Seriously?”“Yeah. It’s supposed to hit

around 8:30.”Once I was back downstairs, I

sent out a few Facebook messagesto friends in Japan.

At that point I was gettingdesensitized. I stared emptily at mylaptop screen with a morbid curios-ity as to what 8:30 a.m. would looklike. The news and photos keptcoming, but I could no longer bearthe effort of reposting their links. Iremember stuffing a few valuablesinto my purse — including a redenvelope from Chinese New Yearand a stuffed toy someone gave mefor Valentine’s Day — just in case.

I sent myself to bed around 2:30 a.m.

The next morning, there wereemails. My friends had all respond-ed: They were all fine, and theythanked me for my concern. Millshad emailed me, too. It was some-thing along the lines of “Are youokay? Are you safe? Do you need

anything? We’re contacting your program!”

It was then that I realized thatsome believed I was already in Tokyo.

There was a similar email frommy study abroad advisor, but shesoon realized that I hadn’t left yet,and sent a second email to say so.

The study abroad program hadalso emailed its participants. Theysaid that Sophia University inTokyo itself was safe. None of thestudents or faculty were harmed.

“(The) trip will go ahead as planned.”

I responded to the emails asappropriate, and since then I’vebeen responding to the same ques-tion almost daily: “Do you stillwant to go to Japan?”

The short answer is “Yes.”While I’m truly touched by the

concern expressed by those whoknow of my plans, for both person-al and practical reasons, I can’tgive this up.

Before the earthquake hit,whenever I told someone that I wasgoing to Tokyo, they would say,“Oh! You’re so lucky!” Theywould picture the glittering TokyoMetropolis. They would see thebright lights of Shibuya and its hec-tic scramble crossing. They wouldthink of the vibrant pop culturescene and rich history.

Now, when I say “Tokyo,” theglitter is gone. They picture a disas-ter zone. They see people hurtingand hungry. They see debris andfloods. There are still aftershocksand planned rolling blackoutsalong the Japanese coast. TheShibuya lights and the scramblecrossing have been turned off toconserve energy. Families havebeen lost and separated, and allmethods of communication arestrained and disrupted. I’ve evenheard a story in my Japanese classabout a woman in Chiba who tooktwo days to find and purchase a flashlight.

However, there hasn’t beenmajor structural damage to Tokyoitself. The epicenter of the quakewas approximately 230 miles northof Tokyo, and most of the damagewas really in Sendai. That isn’t tosay that Tokyo is unaffected, but asa point of comparison: the epicen-ter Loma Prieta Earthquake in 1989was actually in Santa Cruz, butmore people still panicked over itseffect on San Francisco. Likewise,the areas around Sendai are themost affected and are probably thesources of the more apocalypticphotos, but everyone is focused on Tokyo.

Despite everything, I’m confi-

dent that Japan can and will pullthrough. Japan has a history of dev-astation and survival and a national“never say die” attitude. For per-spective: The Great KantoEarthquake in 1923 was a 7.9. Itsepicenter was about 62 miles southof Tokyo, and it completely devas-tated Tokyo and the cities sur-rounding it. Since then, the area hasbeen rebuilt with earthquake safetyin mind, the people have been pre-pared for any disaster that mightstrike, and the nation of Japan hasrisen to flourish in the modern era.Yes, the most recent earthquakewas bigger. Yes, the Japan is hurt.Yes, they need help and support,but they will recover.

There has been such a range ofresponses: from extremely inappro-priate comments by a few ignorantpeople linking the earthquake asrevenge for Pearl Harbor to heart-felt relief efforts by variousYouTube celebrities, musicians andlocals. A friend of mine organized amusical street performance in SanFrancisco’s Japantown and had ajam session with his friends forfour hours in the rain. They man-aged to collect just over $900 indonations for the Japanese Red Cross.

Yoshiki of X Japan — the mostprominent Japanese rock band inhistory — flew from Los Angelesto Tokyo after hearing of the disas-ter to check on those close to him.He is currently planning to auctionhis famous, custom-made “crystal”piano, and will donate the proceedsto the relief effort.

Most recently, the US has beenevacuating its citizens from Japandue to the increased nuclear activi-ty. There’s particular focus on the50 mile radius surrounding theFukushima nuclear power plant(about 150 miles north of Tokyo).My mother is worried that I’ll beexposed to nuclear fallout, and weneeded to look at a map together toreassure ourselves how far awaythe nearest nuclear plant is fromwhere I’ll be studying.

The truth is that I’m gettingnervous. The closer it gets to mydeparture date, the worse thingsseem to get. I don’t want to cancelthis. I don’t want to give up justbecause I’m nervous. Wheneversomeone asks “Do you still want togo to Japan?” a part of me hearsthem say “Please change yourmind.” Whenever I hear that, Ismile and say, “Yes, I’m still going.”

This is an important time, andI’m kind of honored for the chanceto be a part of it. It’s not going to beeasy, but I’m not there for vacation.

GeGe t int in vv olol vv eded

I should preface by saying that I’ve been working toward studying abroad in Tokyo since I entered MillsCollege. At the moment, I’m listed by Mills as “abroad.” However, since the Japanese semester doesn’t beginuntil April, I’ve been in my hometown of San Jose since Winter Break. My flight leaves on April 7. The fol-lowing is an account of my experience following the recent earthquake/tsunami in Japan.

Christina Macias is a junior and the former Assistant Design Editor for The Campanil. She is a double majorin English with an emphasis on Creative Writing and Business Economics and plans to write for the Campanilthroughout the duration of her study abroad experience.

This is a list of just a few places you can make donations to aiddisaster relief effort in Japan:

Doctors Without Borders:an international medical humanitarian organization working inmore than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threat-ened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. donate athttp://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

American Red Cross:specifically the Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami ReliefFund. Red Cross is the nation’s premier emergency responseorganization. donate at http://www.redcross.org/

International Medical Corps:a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to sav-ing lives and relieving suffering through health care training andrelief and development programs. IMC is a private, voluntary,nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. donate atihttp://www.internationalmedicalcorps.org/

Japan Society of Northern California:a nonprofit dedicated to fostering ties between the US andJapan. After the disastrous Hanshin earthquake in Japanin1995, JSNC joined with other Bay Area Japan-communityorganizations to raise over $1 million in support for the devastat-ed city of Kobe. donate at http://give2asia.org/japansociety

Humane Society International:one of the only international animal protection organizations inthe world working to protect all animals. HSI is committed tosupporting Japanese citizens and organizations working to helpanimals affected by the disaster. donate at http://www.hsi.org

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Participate in research on memories of JapanIn response to the recent disas-

ter in Japan, Psychology professorChristie Chung is conducting astudy about memories of the event.Psychology students Ziyong Lin,Laura Samuelsson, and AmeliaTrue assisted Chung of

This study reflects other stud-ies that Chung has done, for exam-ple she studied the effects of theSan Bruno fire on people's memo-ries. The San Bruno study is still inprogress, and so far has had no con-clusive results.

The study concerns itself withthe idea of the "flashbulb memory",which is when someone remembersthe exact moment when they firstfound out about an event. This issomething that usually occurs with

major disasters, but Chung is alsoseeing if there is a difference in thememories between man-made dis-asters, such as the San Bruno fire,and natural disasters such as therecent disaster in Japan.

Chung says that the study can"benefit science" because "thereare a lot of things we don't knowabout memory. We have to capturethe moment and do this now."

The study is currently acceptingsurvey responses, and all Mills stu-dents are encouraged to take thesurvey. Chinese and Japanese-lan-guage surveys are also available.

Take the survey at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/jet

talk about her relationship withtalk about her relationship withher grandmother, a survivor ofher grandmother, a survivor of

the recent earthquakethe recent earthquake

Even though Cherise Bentosinowas born and raised in Hawaii, shewouldn't put her face in the waterwhile swimming for her lifeguardtraining class five years ago atMills College. Now she's the head lifeguard.

“I didn't really go to the poolgrowing up,” Bentosino said. “Ithought it was weird.”

Bentosino has now been a life-guard for nearly five years and ahead lifeguard for one of thoseyears. The 23-year-old graduatedfrom Mills 2009, but she's not plan-ning on going back to her home-town of Honolulu anytime soon.

Bentosino works about 40hours per week at Mills’ TrefethenAquatic Center, supervising the 20other lifeguards and watching thepool herself when she can. In addi-tion, she teaches lifeguard trainingclasses and swim lessons.

And yes, she can swim proper-ly now.

“I never thought lifeguardingwould progress to becoming mybread and butter after college,”Bentosino said.

And Bentosino is one tough,Honda Rebel motorcycle-ridinghead lifeguard.

Bentosino sits atop her three-foot guard chair, short dark hair,chestnut skin, 5’3” and no morethan 115 pounds in a soaking wet-

suit. Although some swimmersmay be twice Bentosino's size, herrescuing skills are never ques-tioned; she regularly scoops a 150pound mannequin named Clarenceoff the bottom of the pool just tomake sure no one drowns on her watch.

Bentosino can likely attributesome skills to her upbringing.

Bentosino grew up on EwaBeach in Honolulu, jumping intothe warm ocean at a young age.She would casually play in the surf,occasionally taking swim lessonsat her local YMCA. Still, her strokewasn't the most refined.

“I don't really recall ever learn-ing to swim,” Bentosino said. “Itwas just something you grew uplearning to do.”

Bentosino had visited the main-land before but had never been toOakland when Mills offered her ahefty scholarship.

“I came up here because I hadisland fever,” Bentosino said. “Thefirst time I'd ever seen the campuswas when I moved into my dorm.”

Bentosino adjusted to the cam-pus relatively quickly except forone issue: the weather.

“(My first semester) was proba-bly the coldest, rainiest winter thatCalifornia had in a long time,”Bentosino said. “It didn’t stop rain-ing for two months.”

Once spring came around,though, Bentosino enrolled in thelifeguard training class on campustaught by Carol Berendsen.

Although Bentosino felt com-

fortable near a body of water, shewasn’t exactly the chatty type.

“The first time I met her, shewas sitting in the chair and she wasjust really quiet,” said KurtLoeffler, former head lifeguard ofthe Mills pool.

Loeffler said his secondimpression of Bentosino was whenhe saw her labeling her ice creamcontainer she planned to store inthe pool's freezer.

What did Bentosino write?“Do not steal, do not touch,

karma is a wench,” Bentosino said.But when Bentosino wasn't

writing about karma or eating icecream, she was slowly learningabout how to guard the pool.

“From the day she walked inher first lifeguarding class, she did-n't just jump in but made decisionsbased on information,” Berendsensaid. “She was so intent on gettingit right.”

Bentosino continued guarding,taking a water safety instructorclass spring of her sophomore yearso she could teach swimming les-sons. It was baptism by fire, exceptin a pool. Although already astrong swimmer, she strengthenedher swimming technique by learn-ing how to teach various strokes.

Loeffler said he began to seeBentosino evolve as she took onmore responsibilities at the pool.

“When I was still the headguard I remember the second yearwatching her teaching and sayingto Carol how much she had blos-somed,” Loeffler said.

So when Loeffler was ready tostep down from his lifeguard chairand chose and successor, he hadBentosino in mind.

“It was easy; I had worked withCherise since I came in (to work atMills),” Loeffler said. “She was agood lifeguard, expressed herselfwell and had a good sense of humor.”

Bentosino doesn't plan to stickaround the Mills poolside

forever, though.Next on her list? Applying to be

a United State Coast Guard, a sixyear commitment that may involverescue swimming out in the open water.

“With the coastguard I couldcombine my experience withswimming, aquatics and myknowledge of health,” Bentosinosaid. “I would be serving not justMills or Oakland, but the nation.”

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Bon Appetit has been selectedmultiple times by the PrincetonReview as “No. 1 College FoodService in the Country.”

Brownlee said that the foodslisted on the website may varyfrom what's actually being served.

“We do cook from scratch in allof our kitchen, and our focus onfresh, seasonal foods also meansthat our menu items vary per loca-tion and availability of specificingredients,” Brownlee said.

Since March 2010 restaurantswith 20 or more locations in thecountry have been required to postcaloric information for consumers.

Despite this federal law, JuniorJillian Harris was unaware that BonAppetit provides the data for stu-dents.

“I haven't seen it advertisedanywhere at Founders, and I actu-ally read the little tri-fold(brochures) on the tables, so Iknow it's not there,” Harris said.

Even though the data was newsto Harris, the international relations

major said she thought it was valu-able for students.

“It's a good idea, however, Ionly know a few people who actu-ally go online to check out theweekly menu,” Harris said. “I'vechecked online a few times, whenmy sister comes up to visit… butotherwise, not many people go tothe Mills website to check out thefounders menu for the week.”

First year Kelly Dingman wasalso unaware of the nutrition infor-mation posted online.

“It would be helpful to knowthat they did that, (especially) ifsomeone is heath conscious forwhatever reason, ” Dingman said.“It’s also just helpful to know whatI’m eating.”

The anthropology major saidshe felt the information was impor-tant for students who live on cam-pus and eat the majority of theirmeals at one of the on-campus din-ing options.

“If students are going to be eat-ing Bon Appetit food for most oftheir meals, then they have a rightknow how much they are consum-ing,” Dingman said.

Students unaware of campus nutrition data

Head lifeguard Cherise Bentosino scans the pool at TrefethenAquatic Center. The Mills graduate has worked there five years.

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