Tuesday, June 29, 2010 World Cup Q&A with Cal's head soccer coach  The Netherlands is still Kevin Grimes' pick to win the World Cup, come finals day on July 11. The Golden Bears' head soccer coach also has things to say about: whether replay technology should be used in World Cup games, the U.S.-Ghana game and how the U.S. team did overall, alternatives to penalty kicks, and superstar-turned-head-coach Maradona. Read the full article... Report from the field: Violence against women in the name of 'culture' is pandemic In April 2007, Du'a Khalil Aswad, a 17-year-old Yezidi girl, was stoned to death by members of her community in Iraqi Kurdistan, who believed she had run off to marry a Sunni Muslim man. It wasn't an isolated incident, reports Human Rights Fellow Rochelle Terman, in her third post in the "Student Journal" series, dispatches from the field on her summer research. Women and girls around the world (including those living in "the West") are subject to appalling violence justified in the name of religion, culture and tradition, she reports. Read the full article... Tick tock: Countdown is on for corpse flower's full bloom - and alluring stench Berkeley is holding its breath - and quite possibly its nose - as the Botanical Garden's sixth Titan Arum flower unfurls its stinky self and opens up. Full bloom is expected Wednesday or Thursday, along with the full expression of the stench that gives the rare plant its common name: corpse flower. This year's version has been dubbed Maladora. What's become an annual event in the Bot Garden's Tropical House draws a crowd, and the garden plans to stay open past its 5 p.m. closing to accommodate Maladora's fans and olfactory thrill seekers. Read the full article... Track Maladora's progress here... UC Berkeley News will return July 27. BREAKING NEWS CAMPUS CALENDAR HEADLINES Architect picked for BAM/PFA redesign DS+R did N.Y.'s Alice Tully Hall and High Line. Operational Excellence ramps up UC moves ahead with online-course expansion Commission on Future also backs transfer-process improvements. Dissertation-writer's room opens at Doe LAURELS Borenstein named to U.S. aviation panel Haas prof to help shape airlines' future. Berkeley scientists to help write 5th IPCC climate report WORKING AT BERKELEY New link for ordering business cards, stationery Campus tightens Social Security number use New policy aims to reduce security risk. Grad student's transit app goes live Berkeley opens online materials exchange Get free office items, or recycle your own. OBITUARIES Philip Selznick Sociology, law scholar. Jill Costello Women's crew coxswain. Wolf Homburger Traffic expert at ITS. News tips or feedback? Please contact us at e-news@berkeley.edu Managers & supervisors: Please print and post a copy of this newsletter for any staff who don't have access to email.