Freshman Admissions Rate Hits Decade Low Middle Eastern UCSD Admits 38 Percent and UC Irvine Received the Third Most at 40,733

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www.ucsdguardian.org Thursday, April 9, 2009 The Student Voice Since 1967 Freshman Admissions Rate Hits Decade Low Middle Eastern UCSD admits 38 percent and UC Irvine received the third most at 40,733. Students Seek of applicants, down from Although a record 80,820 students UC FRESHMAN ADMISSIONS applied to at least one of the nine 41.7 percent in 2008. 50,000 100,000 undergraduate UC campuses, the per- Applicants Admits Applicants Admits OwnAdmits Category By Kimberly Cheng centage of in-state admits dropped Associate News Editor from 75.4 percent to 72.5 percent. 40,000 80,000 Applicants Admissions increased at three on UC Apps The lowest percentage of fresh- UC campuses, with Berkeley admit- men in nearly decade received accep- ting 526 more students than last year, 30,000 60,000 Existing application tance letters from the University of Riverside adding 2,558 and Merced California this year. UCSD admission rising by 193. groups Middle Easterners rates fell almost 4 percent from last Nearly all racial groups — includ- 20,000 40,000 with whites, alongside 23 fall. ing blacks, Latinos, Asians and whites According to data released by the — saw a decline in UCSD admis- Asian subcategories. university on Tuesday, of the 41,411 sions, with the exception of American 10,000 20,000 UCSD applicants, only 15,718 were Indians, whose numbers rose from 63 By Heather Houry offered admission — 2,000 fewer than students last year to 65 this year. The Staff Writer were accepted last year. Systemwide, number of white admits took the big- 0 0 UCSD received the second most gest dive, down by 777 students. Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Recent concern over the absence freshmen applications this year. UCSD UC SYSTEMWIDE of a “Middle Eastern” option on the UCLA received the most at 46,104, See ADMISSIONS, page 3 Source: UC Office of the President UC application has led university officials to consider expanding the range of racial categories, an attempt to recognize ethnicities presently grouped as “white.” A.S. Programming Drops $32K on Sun God Security According to UC spokesman Ricardo Vazquez, the university cur- Noticably lighter police rently includes Middle Eastern students in the “white” category to keep presence to characterize classifications as simple as possible. daytime portion of On the front lines of the campaign to add a “Middle Eastern” option to festival. Security will the UC application are UCLA stu- incresae after nightfall. dent organizations the United Arab Society, the Iranian Student Group, By Reza Farazmand the Armenian Student Association, News Editor the Afghan Student Association and the Syrian Club. “Discretion” will be the word of Yasi Chehroudi, president of ISG the day at next month’s Sun God at UCLA, said admissions statistics Festival, when 45 police officers are not useful when they combine descend upon RIMAC Field armed racial groups. with zip ties, Breathalyzers and “When the university clumps peo- enough probable cause to round up ple, it’s hard to see trends,” Chehroudi the majority of an expected 20,000 said. “It’s detrimental when the attendees. demographics don’t match.” Despite attempts by A.S. The current U.S. Census Bureau Programming to reduce security similarly categorizes people of costs for this year’s festival, a police Middle Eastern descent as white. force as beefed up as last year will Middle Eastern interest groups lob- again patrol campus come May 15, bied for this change in the late 1970s though fewer officers will be present Erik Jepsen/Guardian in order to achieve greater immigra- during the festival’s daytime hours. The Sun God Festival drew a crowd of approximately 18,000 in 2008. This year, 45 police officers from UCSD, San Diego State University, UC Irivne and UC tion rights. Security alone will cost students Riverside will patrol RIMAC Field and the surrounding area. Additional security will be provided by Staff Pro guards hired for the event. However, Faisal Attrache, a hefty $32,223.87, approximately 17 President of UCLA’s UAS, said this percent of the festival’s total oper- The presence of Staff Pro guards deejay acts, including top-billed head- performance. categorization is no longer an advan- ating budget. This sum will pri- — those yellow-jacketed rent-a-cops liner Girl Talk. According to Associate Berg, who said he would like to tage. marily pay the overtime salaries of seen patrolling at many campus events Vice President of Programming Garret see a smaller police presence at this “As Arab, we don’t feel that ‘white’ campus police officers from UCSD, — will increase due in part to the Berg, the extra guards were necessi- year’s festival at a public Sun God is representative of us,” Attrache said. San Diego State, UC Irvine and UC addition of the dance tent, a massive tated by a decision to allow attendees Riverside. enclosure that will host a number of to dance on stage during the Girl Talk See SUN GOD, page 2 See RACE, page 2 COUNCIL GRANTS STUDENT ORGS INCREASED START-UP FUNDS By Connie Shieh funds for travel individuals appointed specifically to organization funding process at other A.S. Finance Office and the organiza- Senior Staff Writer expenses. The oversee these funding requests. UC campuses to improve the pro- tions seeking funds, in that neither change also The proposed advisory commit- cedure currently used by ASUCSD, party will have to worry about spe- With only a few weeks left in eliminates quar- tee would meet once a week during which requires organizations to sub- cific quarterly deadlines. office, Vice President of Finance and terly program- the academic year to consider each mit funding requests for the follow- “Right now, 90 percent of requests Resources Naasir Lakhani submitted ming reqests funding request, and would then rec- ing quarter by week five of the previ- are done by my position and the AVP legislation to the A.S. Council last and implements ommend an allocation to the A.S. ous quarter. Student Orgs position,” Lakhani said. night that changed the process by a rolling request Council. “The system is clearly broken,” “The finance committee only looks which student organizations receive process with This has been a yearlong proj- Lakhani said. “Although our system is at the most miniscule things, which funding. no limits on ect for Lakhani, a graduating senior. supposedly objective, it is still biased I think is wrong. The bigger requests Naasir Lakhani Approved unanimously by the the ammount A.S. VP of Finance Peter Benesch, current associate vice toward orgs that understand the sys- need to have more eyes on them. This council, the plan will increase basic of funding that and Resources president of athletic relations and tem. The orgs that know [the process] model allows student orgs to show operational funding for student orga- may be granted. candidate for Lakhani’s position in know which boxes to fill out and get the merits of their event.” nizations from a maximum of $20 to The council will discuss the sec- 2009-10, worked alongside Lakhani the most funding.” a maximum of $400 while eliminat- ond half of the legislation, which in making the revisions. Both Lakhani and Benesch agree Readers can contact Connie Shieh at ing the option to request separate seeks to establish a committee of Lakhani observed the student- that the changes will benefit both the [email protected].

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Matthew McArdle Editor in Chief Hadley Mendoza Managing Editors Nicole Teixeira Simone Wilson

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Reza Farazmand News Editor Jesse Alm Associate News Editors Yelena Akopian Kimberly Cheng

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Sonia Minden Hiatus Editor Daytime Sun God Activities New Racial Categories in 2007 Allie Cuerdo Associate Hiatus Editors Edwin Gonzalez ▶ SUN GOD, from page 1 for a reduction in the total cost of ▶ RACE, from page 1 “It is disappointing that the UC Erik Jepsen Photo Editor planning forum during Fall Quarter, security, though these savings were “No one really thinks of us as white.” system, especially considering its Emily Ku Design Editor was partially able to achieve this offset by a lack of grant funding for The UC application currently prestige, does not have a ‘Middle Christina Aushana Art Editor goal by ensuring that fewer officers the police department. While last includes 28 ethnicity options, 23 of Eastern’ option,” said Hameen Oriqat, Patrick Stammerjohn Web Designer would be present on and around year UCSD police were able to cover which were added in 2007 as part of member of the UCSD Muslim Page Layout festival grounds during the earlier approximately $40,000 of this total the Asian Pacific Coalition’s “Count Student Association and Students for Regina Ip, Emily Ku, Monique Lam, Sonia Minden, hours of the festival. cost with the use of such grants, this Me In” campaign. The campaign, Justice in Palestine. “Other state and Jonathan Shan, Naomi Shiffman, Kathleen Yip In contrast, the police force will year the programming department much like the one now being orga- private schools have the category, so I Copy Readers grow at nightfall. was forced to compensate for much nized by Middle don’t know why we Amy Guzdar, Jonathan Kim, Kelsey Marrujo, Naomi Sweo, Anita Vergis, Danielle Warren “Last year, a very large percent- of this cost. Eastern students don’t.” age of the officers were there for the “Unfortunately the cost wasn’t at UCLA, lobbied According to As Arab, we don’t Monica Bachmeier General Manager full festival,” Berg said. “The major- able to go down because the money for the inclusion Vazquez, the addi- Mike Martinez Advertising Manager ity of those officers that we would of more ethnic cat- feel that ‘white’ is tion of the “Middle Alfredo H Vilano Jr Advertising Art Director coming this year have saved was egories on the UC Eastern” option Dara Bu Student Advertising/ Julia Peterson Promotion Managers are coming later in pretty much offset application. representative of us.” would involve mod- Michael Neill Network Administrator the day — once the I was seeing pictures by [the UC Police Chehroudi said ifications to the uni- Shawn Xu Advertising Sales Rep sun sets, after our D e p a r t m e n t ’s ] she would like to — Faisal Attrache, President, versity’s computer Business Assistants UCLA United Arab Society Salvador Gallegos, Charissa Ginn, more mellow acts of people getting lack of grant sup- see several dif- systems as well as Tiffany Han, Maggie Leung, Frank Pak are off, kind of at port,” Berg said. ferent subcatego- to computers at the Advertising Design and Layout more appropriate arrested with four “Our costs would ries included on individual cam- George Chen, Brandon Chu, Kim Cooper, Jenny Ting Wang Distributors times and for fewer have gone down, the application, including“ Iranian, puses. Alaric Bermudez, Charissa Ginn, Scott Havrisik, Josh Ottoson hours.” cops standing but without grant Arab, Armenian, Syrian and He said in an e-mail Wednesday Marketing and Promotion Reps Berg said the support, our costs Turkish. that adding racial categories could Dara Bu, Tracy Hua, Maggie Leung, Kathleen Ngo, Lisa Tat around them. That’s The UCSD Guardian is published Mondays and excessive num- went down a lot The UCLA campaign has not improve the quality and usefulness Thursdays during the academic year by UCSD students ber of police offi- and then went back spread to the other UC campuses, of student data, but they are still and for the UCSD community. Reproduction of this “kind of what we newspaper in any form, whether in whole or in part, cers at last year’s up a lot.” though it has received student sup- considering the logistical and mon- without permission is strictly prohibited. © 2008, all rights reserved. The UCSD Guardian is not responsible event helped him wanted to prevent.” According to port from other universities — due etary implications of such a change. for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent decide to redistrib- UCSD police Lt. in part to a March 31 article in the the opinions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of — Garrett Berg, Associate Vice California or Associated Students. The UCSD Guardian ute police activ- Dave Rose, the true Los Angeles Times about the present Readers can contact Heather Houry at is funded solely by advertising. I’ve had more black in ity throughout the President of Programming cost of security for UC policy. [email protected]. me than Asian. day. the festival will be General Editorial: 858-534-6580 [email protected] “There are defi- unavailable until News: 858-534-5226, [email protected] nitely times during the festival when after the event. 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CALL 858.534.3467 TO ADVERTISE THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 3 Fox Stops in to Chat at Sparsely 10,000 Will Be Attended Council Meeting Offered Spots at hancellor Marye Anne Fox Vice President of Finance and gave a most inspirational little Resources Naasir Lakhani then Merced, Riverside speech at last night’s council approached the microphone stand Cmeeting, which was somewhat poorly and belted out the first line of the ▶ ADMISSIONS, from page 1 attended. She commended an absent DuckTales theme song as an admi- The medium weighted high- President Donna Bean for “her great rable segue into a presentation on school GPA for UCSD admits was leadership” in bringing many student the proposed changes in the funding 4.09, up from 4.06 last year, and the @ La Jolla Marriott issues to the Chancellor’s Office and process for student organizations. average SAT score increased from expressed her wish that the next A.S. Lakhani quickly sobered up as 1,931 to 1,955. president continue the trend. he explained the problems with the About 10,000 UC-eligible students Salsa lessons During Fox’s short presenta- quarterly and weekly funding pro- rejected by all campuses to which from 8:30 - 9:30pm tion she mentioned the need for cess as it now exists. His proposal they applied will be offered admission California to pass Proposition 1A includes an increase in the operating to UC Merced or UC Riverside this Dancing to Salsa, Merengue, Bachata & Cha cha - live DJs so that the university would have budget cap from $20 to $400. He month, UC director of undergradu- Occasional dance shows! a feasible operat- also took the time ate admissions Susan Wilbur said in ing budget for the to address all the a statement. $7 cover • Free B/4 8:30 pm • 21 & over next year. She also New possible critiques Wilbur said the economic reces- joked about the of the funding sion this year could result in more We promote Salsa Admit Day e-mail Business system. students attending the University of 6 nights a week at debacle. Connie Shieh “Just do it,” California instead of a higher-cost “I know you Hall said dur- private school. However, it could also San Diego's hottest [email protected] heard about our ing discussion in result in more students opting for the clubs. little problem,” Fox said. “It’s gener- hopes of speeding up the dialogue California State University or com- ated a little bit of interest in the mail and voting process. munity colleges — rather than attend- Also Salsa Fri & Sat coming in, but I say that you can’t buy The issue was split into two and ing an out-of-town UC campus. @ La Jolla Marriott advertisement like that.” the changes to the standing rules The biggest plunges in acceptance Student Foundation President passed 20-0-0. Voting on the doc- rates occurred at UC Santa Cruz, Sarah Chang and trustee and Revelle ument concerning the Student where admission fell from 74.3 percent Full details at: College Senator Katie Hall gave the Organization Funding Advisory to 63.7 percent; UC Davis, where it latest update on UCSD’s inaugural Board was postponed for a week so decreased from 52.4 percent to 46.2 www.RumbaEntertainment.com Dance Marathon, which is set to take that Lakhani could rework and clarify percent; and UC Irvine, which dropped place on May 8 and 9 in the Price the language defining the composi- to 42.8 percent from 49 percent. Center East Ballroom. Details will tion and role of the committee. UCLA showed the lowest overall be available on ucsddancemarathon. Marshall College Senator Monica admission rate at 21.4 percent, fol- ucsd.edu after Friday. Figueroa opened up an old can of lowed by UC Berkeley at 29.5 percent Last week’s open roll-call vote — worms when she motioned to recon- and UCSD at 38 percent. in which coucilmembers call in a vote sider the open roll-call vote on last In January, the UC Board of at will over an extended period of week’s hotly debated issue of whether Regents announced its intention to time — was unfortunately marred by the executive members could vote, cut to freshmen enrollment by 2,300 the behavior of various councilmem- which Associate Vice President of students for fall 2009 due to insuf- bers whom Associate Vice President Student Advocacy Frank Carroll ficient state funding and previous of Academic Affairs Lana Blank supported due to the apparently overenrollment. University officials called out in a letter to the council. inappropriate lobbying that occurred are hoping to enroll about 33,000 Speaker Jordan Taylor clarified to during the open roll-call period. The California freshmen this year and the council that lobbying an issue motion passed 10-4-4, and was then boost community college transfer during open roll call is not allowed. mercifully postponed indefinitely. admits by 500. The council passed an amend- Friday’s Bear Garden may be can- ment that eliminates changing votes celled due to rain. Stay tuned for Readers can contact Kimberly Cheng during open-call voting. weather reports. at [email protected]. Business

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www.rady.ucsd.edu/bootcamp Props to Vermont for being the first state to legalize gay marriage via legislative 4 action rather than through the courts on Tuesday. CONTACT THE EDITOR Alyssa Bereznak Flops to UC Santa Cruz for attempting to [email protected] quell 4/20 festivities by banning overnight guests and reaching out to freshmen OPINION parents with a cautionary e-mail. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 EDITORIALS A Local Apple With Org Funds Up and Access Easier, Money Ain’t a Thang a Day Keeps tudent organizations are far and away one of the most important facets of campus life. These the Pesticides Sgroups provide outlets for student expression and routes by which to engage with and serve the campus Away community. They allow us to grow as individuals and develop our personal efore organic food began lining interests. They encourage us to inter- supermarket shelves, I bought act with our peers on a level beyond oranges without question- Bing their origins. But as the green that achieved in dorms or at parties, creating relationships based around fever became too prevalent to ignore, shared interests and promoting the I began to question the innocence of kind of informed discourse that our my produce: Who grew it? How was it years in college are meant to facilitate. grown? How was it supposed to taste? Naturally, then, one of the pri- mary objectives of our student gov- ernment should be to provide these Down to organizations with all the resources necessary for them to thrive suc- Earth cessfully within our campus com- Albert Luong munity. Last night, the A.S. Council BEN HOLM/GUARDIAN [email protected] did just this, approving a revision to its standing rules that dramatically trouble getting off the ground. In the ner with the resources they need remain aware. Apparently, the average apple is increases the funds available to these past it was often necessary for those to thrive, the council also ensures Until then, however, more power grown with pesticides and monocul- organizations while streamlining the involved in these organizations to dig that our campus remains alive with to the orgs. tures, and has most likely been geneti- process through which these funds into their own pockets in an effort activity as these groups stage their cally modified. Your organic apple usu- are granted. to fund their activities, so slow and various events, participate in campus ally skips the chemical bath, but isn’t Penned by Vice President of inefficient was the council’s process politics and provide students with an guaranteed to come from a tree near Finance and Resources Naasir for granting funding to these groups. outlet for pursuing a diverse range of EDITORIAL BOARD you — which is why students should Lakhani, the new legislation allows Under the new process, however, interests. Matthew McArdle also make sure to buy local. If students registered student organizations to organizations will be able to request Of course, this new legislation EDITOR IN CHIEF want to make sure they’re buying local request up to $400 in initial operat- and receive all necessary funds in is not without its downsides. For all Hadley Mendoza they should purchase food from no ing funds, a dramatic improvement a timely manner, thus guaranteeing the good that comes with increased Simone Wilson further than 100 miles away. The aver- over the previous $20 limit. At the that these groups are able to succeed funding for student organizations, MANAGING EDITORS age fresh food item travels 1,500 miles same time, the changes allow for while encouraging the emergence of there also comes the inherent pos- Reza Farazmand to get to your dinner table, accord- uncapped programming funding new organizations. sibility of the council stretching its NEWS EDITOR ing to Rich Pirog, associate director requests which can be pursued at any On a more tangible level, greater funds too thin. Though this out- Alyssa Bereznak of the Leopold Center for Sustainable point throughout the year with no support for our student organiza- come is unlikely to appear anytime OPINION EDITOR Agriculture. worry of impending deadlines. tions translates directly into a more soon given the now inflated status The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at Despite the time and fuel involved the University of California at San Diego. Contents © This improvement will be par- improved campus atmosphere. By of the council’s bank account (aren’t 2007. Views expressed herein represent the majority in long-distance transport, we keep vote of the editorial board and are not necessarily ticularly beneficial to new organiza- ensuring that these organizations referenda great?), it is still a possibil- those of the UC Board of Regents, the ASUCSD or buying food from all over the world tions that may previously have had are attended to in an efficient man- ity of which councilmembers should the members of the Guardian staff. because industrial agriculture has made it so cheap. Eating local allows us to re-engage with the natural systems of food and enrich the environment, rather than A Little Application Tweak Will Make for Better University Data harm it. Many local farmers take into pplying to the University of under which they have been grouped retention efforts across the 10-campus costs. Middle Eastern students are no account the seasons for growing cer- California, you’re faced with by the U.S. Census Bureau since 1970 system. more culturally white than Chinese tain crops and enrich biodiversity by a daunting application filled — “Asian” or “African,” depending on Using momentum from the uni- are Korean, and leaving them exclud- growing a variety of produce. While Awith pages upon pages of forms ask- their family’s origins. Some students versity’s 2007 decision to include 23 ed skews valuable statistical data. the fruits and vegetables (even the ing for everything from high-school mark “other” or decline to state their more racial options — led by the Asian Especially considering the new admis- organic ones) sold at supermarkets are grades and standardized test scores to racial identity because they feel none Pacific Coalition’s “Count Me In” sion policy — which de-emphasizes picked weeks or months in advance your parents’ income and family size. of the official groups apply to them. campaign, which added groups such test scores and gives more consider- and are chosen for how well they’ll But for some students, the por- A coalition of student groups from as Pakistani, Hmong and Samoan — ation to personal circumstance and ship, local produce is usually picked tion of the university application con- UCLA is lobbying the university to Middle Eastern students now want under which white students have been right after it’s ripened. But the number cerning racial identity poses a serious modify the application to provide an their concerns addressed, but have projected to make significant admis- one reason you should eat local is personal challenge — specifically, for additional category for Middle Eastern faced hurdles as UC administrators sions gains — altering the application because it’s easy. students of Middle Eastern heritage. students. These students feel that consider the costs of adjusting univer- data to allow a Middle Eastern cat- If you want to buy locally grown Of the application’s 28 officially recog- they are not ethnically “white” and sity computer systems to accommo- egory could provide a more accurate groceries, the Food Co-op in the nized racial categories, none apply to being grouped as such is detrimen- date the request. picture of just exactly who is admitted, Student Center has provided fresh pro- Middle Eastern students, forcing them tal to the university’s racial statistical Ultimately, however, the benefits offering a greater insight into the uni- duce from local sources since it was to check either “white” — the category data, which is used for outreach and of such a change far outweigh the versity’s true diversity. established in 1978. About 90 percent of their produce is from Ocean Beach People’s Co-op and UCSD’s Farmers Market. There are also many local food INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENDORSING PROPOSITION 1A vendors at UCSD’s Farmers Market, CUTTING held near the Student Services Complex recently authorized cost-saving proposal stands to esperate times call for desperate measures, like every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. UNIVERSITY save the UC millions — without cutting services Proposition 1A — and in light of the University You can eliminate the middleman orA enrollment. Rather, the program will provide savings ofD California’s $450 million budgetary deficit, it’s safe to by joining Community Supported TAKES COSTS through increased energy efficiency, aiding both the uni- say that we’re presently in a state of grave desperation. Agriculture, a group that connects versity’s thinning wallet and the environment. Fact is, no one really likes paying higher taxes, but when farmers with buyers. The inconve- The UC system has Increasing energy efficiency will result in an estimated it can help prevent future budgetary crises like the one nience excuse doesn’t cut it anymore taken a massive $36 million in annual operational savings for the uni- we currently face, we’ve got to suck it up for a while — they deliver a box of produce to you. versity and would untie funds for other necessities, such (Proposition 1A calls for the extension of current tax At UCSD, the Garden of Eden

QUICK budgetary blow this Organic Farm delivers to the Great Hall year and efforts to as building maintenance, that take a backseat to keeping increases for up to two years) and fork over the cash in the lights on. Because this program decreases university the interest of preserving higher education. every Thursday. The A.S. Local Affairs make ends meet dependence on outside electricity sources by 11 percent, If it passes, following the statewide special election office is working to put out a directory have ranged from an we’ll be writing energy companies smaller checks at the on May 19, Proposition 1A would more than double the that lists local food vendors ranging executive pay freeze to end of the month, allowing us to use our savings elsewhere. size of the state’s rainy-day reserve fund and restrict state from farmers markets to restaurants. shrinking on-campus Though $178 million of the total projected cost of spending — resulting in a more stable state economy And if you’re really gung-ho about the local growing movement, you can programs. Still, the $247.4 million will have to be financed through 15-year (i.e. a state economy that won’t be forced to cut fund- revenue bonds, the program’s $36 million annual savings ing to the UC system to alleviate its own debt). Some join the on-campus efforts for an urban regents will consider a will be used to pay for the debt itself. opponents of the measure say it cuts too much spending, farm. The Sustainable Food Project, a 9.3 percent increase The renovations at UCSD may include solar panel and some say it cuts too little. But in reality, the proposi- student organization created last year, in systemwide student installations, a shift to L.E.D. lighting and improving air tion, fittingly dubbed the Budget Stabilization Act, will recently earned approval to start an fees next month. Here’s conditioning systems, providing students with cleaner and do just what California higher education needs: Restore urban farm in Pepper Canyon, which will underscore the need to eat locally a look at the pros and more efficient air flow in facilities. Although costly, by university access to sufficient state funding, so that UC committing to these improvements the university will gain campuses aren’t forced to rush into destabilizing our and organically and provide practical cons of other recently financial security while moving toward its sustainability university with drastic cost-saving measures like those knowledge on how to grow food in proposed long-term goals to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions back to 2000 we are currently enforcing. urban and suburban environments. plans that might help levels by 2014 and 1990 levels by 2020. — Trevor Cox Food is such an essential part of our lighten the fiscal load. — Albert Luong A O E everyday lives that taking a moment to S W taste something locally grown should CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 be a priority for everyone.

The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of California or Associated Students. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 THE UCSD GUARDIAN OPINION 5

A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Priscilla Lázaro LETTERS TO THE EDITOR of cases. The article does not accurately Election Plagiarism Should describe the process that I came to Be Addressed in the Future know. In these inquiries, the panel — consisting of faculty, undergraduates Dear Editor, and graduate students, in meetings Based upon our review of the Web that were chaired by deans from the sites created by A.S. presidential can- colleges — deliberated long and hard didate Utsav Gupta and the Student about every case. Accused students, Voice! slate, we argue that the SV! usually accompanied by student advo- slate has committed an act of plagia- cates, were given every opportunity to rism outside of the classroom setting present their sides of the issue. Those that negatively impacts Gupta’s cam- bringing the charges were always made paign as well as the election’s fairness. to prove their case, usually with con- In addition to the use of the siderable printed material, and often “image slideshow and the pop-up with witnesses. And although, accord- text” feature on the main page and ing to the rules, only a majority of the the use of the term “uncage Sun God,” panel is needed to decide a case, in my SV! also used the same two images experience the verdicts, guilty or not, Gupta used in his Web site to address were almost always unanimous. the following issues: 1) to stop tuition Cheating is not a “victimless increases and 2) to enhance our free- crime.” Those who are hurt are the speech right on campus with the honest majority of students whose image of the red arrow and the image standing will always be penalized in of the United States, respectively. a grade-conscious society. As is true We have the opportunity in this on all college campuses, cheating does case to address the issue of plagia- occur at UCSD. Finding fair and hon- rism beyond the classroom setting est ways to deal with it has been a and display the intolerance for such chronic problem since the campus’s an activity on behalf of the student founding. The current approach has CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 body. We ask the appropriate A.S. been a distinct improvement over the officials to support the need for such situation of just a few years ago. In ENFORCING POSSIBLE PAY REDUCTIONS changes in the A.S. election code in my judgment, the present academic order to better address this issue in integrity coordinator, Tricia Bertram alifornia’s budget crisis has reached full force, and this point, but vital considering the Legislature has future elections. Gallant, is doing an outstanding job every sector is facing serious crunch time. From indicated it will not be able to honor, to the tune of — Mona Vakilifathi and Brian Ng and deserves the praise of the student Cinfrastructure management to public education — several million dollars, the university’s full 2009-10 Sixth College juniors body, not scurrilous comments from including here at the University of California — we’re funding request. the A.S. Office of Student Advocacy. all feeling the burn of the state’s multibillion-dollar Yudof’s plan has created uneasiness within many Academic Dishonesty — Russell F. Doolittle cash shortage, forcing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to departments as staff members begin designing fur- Professor Emeritus implement mandatory leaves of absence for many state lough protocols. Should they become unavoidable, Board Advocates Fairness workers in an effort to cut down on spending. students must be ready to brace for a potentially large ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers. While unpopular (Department of Motor Vehicles impact on services as the university temporarily ceases Dear Editor, All letters must be no longer than 500 words, closures, for example, have increased waiting periods certain operations, because work becomes backlogged The Guardian has done a great typed, double-spaced and signed with a name and applicable title. Letters must also contain a phone in an already hellish establishment) and oftentimes when offices close their doors. If required leaves do disservice to the UCSD academic com- number. We reserve the right to edit for length and annoying, such measures must be enacted to prevent become a reality, however inconvenient, they might just munity with Michelle Chin’s March 9 clarity. Letters may be dropped off at the Guardian the deficit from ballooning any further. 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COurTesy OF BiTTers end COMEDIANS BREAK ny local will tell you that a postcard A or flashy tourist NECKS (AND THE tchotchke doesn’t embody a 3-headed city’s real heart and soul. Still, its reputation can’t escape an outsider’s bias, and it’s all too BOX OFFICE) WITH monstrosity easy to notice that “Tokyo!” — a triptych of shorts filmed in Japan’s neon-drenched SOCIAL WHIPLASH “TOKYO!” SHORTS capital — was written and directed by three non-natives. hether getting slapped with SHOCK AND TERRIFY However disjointed the fan- an NC-17 rating is snaps for an tastical set of films, it’s got W envelope-torching maverick or just a WITH TALES FROM THE nothing on its marginalized publicity ploy to promote his cutting-edge protagonists: It’s them versus comedy, it certainly has turned us into a EASTSIDE GUTTER BY ALYSSA BEREZNAK the city, and the rules of reality bunch of rubberneckers. SENIOR STAFF WRITER don’t apply. Panoramic “INTERIOR DESIGN” “MERDE” “SHAKING TOKYO” n eccentric tale spun by “Eternal p next is Leos Carax’s “Merde,” which ollowing part two’s energetic romp, “Shaking Sleights Sunshine” mastermind Michel Gondry, translates to “shit” in French. Playing Tokyo” — directed by Bong Joon-ho — sinks EDWIN GONZALEZ “Design” trails a young couple facing the off the old-school “Godzilla” ram- the series with a lethargic and predictable big-cityA obstacles of their new hometown: no park- Upages of which Tokyo is so fond (and with a commentaryF on technology in contemporary society. [email protected] ing, an endless apartment hunt and dwindling cash. soundtrack to match), the film focuses on sewer- A Japanese hermit (or hikikomori) who’s been The boyfriend (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is an aspir- dwelling Merde (Dennis Lavant), who surfaces burrowed in his apartment for a decade makes sudden ing director, but his experimental sci-fi film-with- to torment the city — stealing cigarettes, eating eye contact with a pizza girl and — in a moment of In case you haven’t yet caught eye of the in-a-film — which nearly suffocates its audience flowers and licking women. true magic — the Earth begins quaking. After she red-band trailer in vogue, “Brüno” makes with a supplemental fog machine — doesn’t make Finally, after discovering some grenades in faints, the hermit presses a tattooed power button “Zoolander” look safer than seat belts. it past a modest opening at a local seedy porno the sewers and throwing them into a busy inter- on her leg to revive her. After a contemplative inner Sacha Baron Cohen’s definitely theater. As their pockets continue to empty, the section, he’s arrested and put on trial. struggle, he decides to pursue her, soon realizing mastered puckish orchestrations of girlfriend (Ayako Fujitani, Steven Seagal’s daugh- “Merde” is the both strangest and the stron- Tokyo’s streets have been abandoned so that only culturally insensitive pranks in heavily ter) feels alienated by her own lack of ambition. gest of the bunch, thanks to Carax’s attention pizza-delivery robots remain. When he finally arrives accented improv — and curved through Kafka would be proud of the metamorphosis to bizarre aesthetic detail and character quirks: at her front door, the hermit pushes her ‘love’ button, a European lithp, his two-and-a-half that ensues: Fujitani awakens one morning to find We savor the sensory costumes (Merde’s green and once again Tokyo begins to tremble. Joon-ho’s minute trailer pedals “Chappelle’s Show” her rib cage mutating into a chair’s wooden pillars. corduroy suit and swirly red hair) and strange neatly packaged romance and his obvious critique of on rainbow steroids. After a dramatic dash through Tokyo’s isolating body language. A shaky camera captures Merde’s our generation’s widening isolation is too transparent Aside from fashion-forward cut-offs backdrop, she completes her transformation into chaotic rampage, while extended close-ups of his — and weird — to embrace. and Milanese logos, it’s the same old chair, soon snatched up by a passing musician. disfigured face force us to confront the outcast’s shtick: Foreign reporter comes stateside, Fujitani ultimately finds solace in her simple raw and unforgiving prank-terrorism. seeking acceptance, but mostly just turns utility. Though we’re wooed by her new wood- Carax goes overboard with an exhausting Tokyo! a candid camera on our less than attractive en occupation and artsy attitude, her welcoming 10 minute conversation in Merde’s imaginary American culture. But after a two year embrace of chair-dom is almost too sudden to language, but by the time the death sentence interim, Cohen’s learned to pilot his make sense; in the end, even the biggest/most rolls around, we know the pariah so well that Starring Yu Aoi, Akayo Fujitani and Denis Lavant tomfoolery to transgressive heights — or intense identity crisis doesn’t seem to justify choos- we’re all rooting for his survival. He may be the Directed by Leos Carax, Michael Gondry and Bong Joon-ho amoral lows, depending on how much ing a painstakingly simple existence just to avoid a shit of society, but he’s our shit and we want to couple of rent bills. keep him. See SLEIGHTS, page 8 CONCERT PREVIEW

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Slapstick Satires Keep It CONCERT PREVIEW Clean on a Blockbuster Budget ▶ SLEIGHTS, from page 6 comedic leg room you give the guy. At least, that was the consensus when it screened at SXWS and ruffled enough feathers to make some critics say it made “Borat”’s nude scenes look like “child’s play.” Now that we’re all good and familiar with his asinine aesthetic and soft-core sensibilities, it’s not surprising that “Brüno” is already being hell-hounded. But what might be, is the fact that it’s being stood behind confidently by the cash-money millionaires at Universal. While Paramount may have been the first to take a limp lance at the oft-ostentatious world of diet pills and textile — “Zoolander” matched kid-gloved satire with twice as much slapstick — it opted to spare our Op feelings and stick within PC perforations. I flip past it every time it’s p uB looped on TBS, rather than soap box anything remotely easy to critque. Accordinigly, Kubrick might have been able to ride Columbia with “Dr. Strangelove,” but it’s only because half the humor was armor-plated in phallic symbols and Peter Sellers. Most satires have to learn to stay afloat without a studio and material likely to offend someone. NO Waiving studio funds in order to protect their right to effectively COurTesy OF s piss off who ever they wanted, satirists like Robert Downey Sr. and AGE Ralph Bakshi fastened their lampoons to irreverent plots in the ’60s and L.A.’S LOUDEST NOISE-POPPERS GIFT SOME STINK TO OUR STERILE ’70s. As one of my favorite films from a decade alchemizing economic crisis into cinema’s golden age, “Putney Swope” imagined what would By Simone Wilson Yeah, right. happen if black militants rubbed shoulders with Madison Avenue in Senior Staff Writer One thing’s for sure: The phenomenon wouldn’t be half as an advertising agency takeover — then slammed it with jive, jazz and happening without No Age. The multitasking duo was origi- product placement. he Loft is to the Smell (the downtown Los Angeles nally two-thirds of fellow Smell staple Wives, which is prob- “Fritz the Cat” did much of the same. Animating a tabby arguably venue where No Age like to nest) as Whole Foods ably how they scored a house key by the second date, and in hornier than comic-book creator R. Crumb, Bakshi told the X-rated saga is to your lopsided vegetable garden out back. The return — as word has it — guitar-half Randy Randall helped of a “sophisticated, up-to-the-minute feline college student.” Watching T Loft looks like Espresso Roma after an Ikea shopping shovel a second sewage trench under the club to accommodate Fritz relish in the frisky free-love movement while experimenting with spree on St. Patrick’s Day; the Smell looks like your hip little the basic needs of an exploding punk family. Even New Yorker drugs, riots and group sex, it isn’t difficult to understand why post- sister’s first art show. The Loft smells like Burger King and granny Sasha Frere-Jones stopped by to take notes — and menopausal audiences were swift to cry bestiality, though younger ones Pinesol; the Smell is the fucking smell. The Loft sounds like a post pics on her blog (almost as weird as my mom joining generally perceived the political subtext. After all, it was an idealized era live, tinkling stream of indie-pusses pissing — but not for long. Facebook). in which everyone liked to think of themselves as an artists who hated For old-fashioned scenesters — the type that would cut off Weirdo Rippers, No Age’s 2007 debut LP, was a half-hour, Jesus;. the more low-budget and self-made the project, the more edgy, an arm to have gotten trashed to Patti Smith at CBGB — the 11-track “greatest hits” of all the EPs they had distributed contemporary and poisonously caustic. new wave of ruckusy, fun-loving Los Angeles punk emanat- on the come-up — more just a gathering of anything with a What people seem to forget is that Cohen’s inherited comedy — ing from the Smell is a modern-day miracle, its smalltime semi-recognizable tune sticking out from under their signa- for all its misappropriated attention and exaggerated color — holds a shoulder-to-shoulder standing space just what the digital age ture cloud of barbed-wire fuzzballs. (Plastered on the cover mirror to petrified ideologies anchored in America’s blind spots. And was mostly missing. was a snapshot of the backdoor entrance to the Smell, album while I’m sure it won’t stick to a stringent skeleton of social satire, Indeed, the ex-supermercado lean-to is breeding the most information painted straight onto the building’s white stuc- “Brüno” looks to glean most of its commentary from our obsession with inspired bunch of musical lifestylers on the Left Coast, and — co.) Last year’s Nouns is fuller figured, with noise-pop melo- the tabloids, Bible-belt homophobia and suburban S&M. all bias aside — pretty much puts L.A. one big cool-point above dies that lob past chicken scratch into the realm of laptop- The most unfortunate turn of news though isn’t that “Brüno” still has San Francisco. speaker tolerable, meanwhile kicking up more cutting-room to wait three months until opening, but that most of the time, satire can But these punks are a cleaner mess than the spikey devil- sawdust with which to clog the speakers than ever before — if still be so misunderstood — either by those finding it overtly offensive or worshippers of yore; they like white space, and poems, and the only for some distant pleasure moan of their vegan-or-die by viewers who merely reaffirm their prejudices with every joke. sun. When they say things, they’re not mean, and even semi- tagalong mob. 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Resumes-> [email protected] 8855 Villa La Jolla Dr. Suite 402 ucsdguardian.campusave.com La Jolla, CA 92037 www.macgallery.com thursday, april 9, 2009 The UCSD Guardian Sports 11 We Don’t Need a Football Team to Have Pride in UCSD ▶ JOE, from page 12 UCSD needs a football team, and nice, but reasonable people under- or when they take you away from then they’d go to all the games. Here’s stand that it is not feasible right now. something you can no longer deal the thing: even without Team USA, One day UCSD might get a football with. Sports have power, sports have an amazing game was played and team, one day they might move up to impact, and with all of those fans who those who watched as the Koreans Division I. In the mean time, rather were so jacked up with love of a sport battled to tie the game in the ninth than waiting, bitching and envision- and pride for their team at the WBC, only for Japan to defend its WBC ing a competitive Triton World of the feeling was revitalizing and conta- crown in extra innings got far more Warcraft or late-night study team, gious — like body wash that gives you than their money’s worth. In the same there are games going on and teams pink-eye, but in a good way. way, UCSD might not have a football to support and take pride in. The pride shown by the fans in team, but we have a women’s basket- I’m not sure I’ll get to see or feel attendance, and disdain shown for ball team that returned to the NCAA the same sense of pride I witnessed at the WBC by many Americans who Tournament, a men’s basketball team the WBC, but I guess that’s the reason think only USA-dominated sports or that deserved an NCAA spot, a base- I watch a lot of sports, spend far too tournaments matter, reminded me ball team that swept the top-ranked much money going to games and of UCSD. A lot of people said they squad in the country and a crap-load have this intense connection to some- would have watched the WBC finals of other teams that are often battling, thing that might be pretty trivial: the had Team USA been in contention. and beating, Division-I opponents. off-chance that I might again get to Similarly, a lot of people say that Sure, one day a football team will be see something that is truly classic. Tritons Take on Rival Lions Tonight at Home ▶ WATER POLO, from page 12 conference tournament and it has an defense could not contain the Spartans goals, but sophomore utility Nadine impact on who we play in the future,” attack force at any point in the game Shnayderman scored her second goal Heinrich said. — giving up a six-goal third quarter of the game to give the Tritons the In their first game of the tourna- — while the Triton offense could only lead for good. In the fourth quarter, ment, the Tritons were not ready for score twice, as San Jose State took senior captain Sydney Gstettenbauer what San Jose State was bringing, and a demanding 16-9 lead into the last and freshman hole set Kirsten Bates fell behind 5-1 in the first quarter. period, swimming away with a final sealed the 8-7 Triton victory. “We just didn’t expect what hap- 17-11 victory. “It felt good to get some division pened,” Heinrich said. “They came out “We still need to fix some things wins,” Sanders said. “We know where fast and we just tried to catch up.” and improve for the future,” junior we stand in our division and it felt The game could have easily turned goalkeeper Markayla Quane said. “We good to see how our competition will into disaster after the appalling first have more conference games coming play out.” quarter, but UCSD came out more up so we need to get better for those.” In Saturday’s action, Gstettenbauer prepared in the second quarter after The Tritons face off against con- carried the Tritons in their victory seeing the Spartans’ potential. The ference rival Loyola Marymount over Sonoma State in a tight game. Tritons scored six times in the sec- University tonight at Canyonview Pool The Tritons held a slight advantage in ond quarter and drew the game into at 6 p.m. With a victory, the Tritons the high-scoring first half, but couldn’t manageable terrain, trailing 10-7 at could shake up the conference stand- pull away for a substantial advantage, halftime. ings and build up heavy steam heading ending the half with a 5-4 lead. “We mixed up our defense and into the playoffs on April 25. In the third, Gstettenbauer scored were prepared for what they were “We’re ranked fourth in our con- to give the Tritons a two-goal lead, but doing in the second quarter,” Heinrich ference and they’re ranked second, so the Seawolves returned the favor to cut said. we’ll have to play hard to beat them,” their deficit back to one. Gstettenbauer Heinrich went on a scoring frenzy Sanders said. “It all comes down to once again had an answer, scoring in the game, scoring two of the Tritons who wants it more.” what proved to be the game winner goals in the second and taking four early in the fourth quarter. goals overall in the game. Despite her Readers can contact Tyler Nelson at “This will affect our seeding in the impressive performance, the Triton [email protected]. HOT CORNER 12 Camille Gaito Softball Contact the Editor The freshman allowed just two runs Janani Sridharan against University of Hawaii-Hilo in the [email protected] SPORTS Tournament of Champions Bronze Bracket title game, earning her fifth victory. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009 CLASSIC, IN TRITONS TAKE THIRD STRAIGHT SERIES WIN By Janani Sridharan EVERY SENSE Sports Editor

BASEBALL — The No. 6 Tritons near- OF THE WORD ly came back from a six-run deficit to sweep the Wildcats last weekend, but he second-ever World had to settle for one loss in the four- Baseball Classic came to a game set, ending their winning streak conclusion on March 23, and at 12 games but successfully taking Tfor most Americans, the event elic- their third straight series. UCSD will ited as much excitement as an Utsav stay on the road against Grand Canyon Gupta campaign speech (more excit- University this weekend, attempting to ing than paint drying, less exciting take another four-game set. than “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” After winning all eight games at marathon). The finals of the event, home, the first-place Tritons traveled taking place at Dodger Stadium in to Chico State April 3 to April 5. The Los Angeles, featured the defend- first two games were all offense — ing champion Team Japan facing the UCSD won by scores of 19-8 and 10-8 Korean squad. For many living in the — before the Tritons took the back end nation where the finals were taking of Saturday’s doubleheader 5-3. place, the WBC had come to an end “You can’t take anything away from right after Team USA’s elimination in Chico’s pitchers — their pitching really the semifinals. Others probably gave wasn’t bad,” junior catcher Kellen Lee up on the event in 2006, when Team said. “We just had an offensive explo- USA was eliminated even earlier and will Parson/Guardian File sion and took advantage of any bad After blowing out Chico State 19-8 in the first of four contests, the Tritons and Wildcats played three tight ballgames, with UCSD posting a 3-1 series win. thus leading some to say the entire pitches they made.” thing didn’t matter. Sunday’s series finale saw the on third after a Triton throwing error. back and never stop competing.” “Obviously it was too little too late,” Tritons in a large hole early on. Holding A wild pitch by MacFadyen added an UCSD fought back in the top of the Lee said of the attempted comeback on to a 2-1 lead, the Wildcats broke the unearned run for the Wildcats, giving seventh, taking advantage of two Chico in the final game. “But we fought and Cup O’ game open in the bottom of the fifth them a 5-1 lead entering the sixth. State errors to load the bases with one scratched back to make it 8-6. If we with two outs. Against junior starting Junior outfielder Robert Sedin out. A single from senior first baseman came out strong like we did in the other Joe pitcher Kirby St. John, the Wildcats drove in a run for the Tritons in the top Matt Cantele and a sac fly from red- games, I think we would have won.” Joe Tevelowitz put runners on first and third with one of the sixth, but the Wildcats scored shirt junior Brandon Gregorich scored With a 22-8 record (19-5 California [email protected] out in the inning. Senior rightie Ryland three more runs off two UCSD reliev- two runs for UCSD before senior out- Collegiate Athletic Association), the MacFadyen came in as relief for St. ers in the bottom half of the inning to fielder Nick Burke’s two-run double Tritons are in first place, three games Sitting at the WBC finals, sur- John and promptly struck out the first extend their lead to 8-2. Even when capped the four-run inning. ahead of Sonoma State University. rounded by true fans of the Japanese Chico State batter he faced for the sec- they were down by six runs, the Tritons UCSD was unable to make up the UCSD continues its road trip against and Korean teams, it become crystal ond out. Almost out of the inning, the never felt like they were out of the two-run deficit, however, succumbing regional opponent Grand Canyon, clear that even without Team USA, the Triton reliever walked the next batter, game. to Chico State 8-6. Still, the Tritons with the first pitch tonight at 7 p.m. classic did matter. It mattered to every loading the bases. “Our offense has been doing a came out of Chico State retaining their single player on that field and to the Chico State then singled in two great job and they never give up,” No. 6 ranking and pulling off another Readers can contact Janani Sridharan fans that put all their faith and hope in runs and the Wildcats put a runner MacFadyen said. “They always punch series win. at [email protected]. to a team representing their heritage. I’ve been to a lot of baseball games in my life. I spent two weeks after my freshman year driving through 11 different states and seeing games at seven UCSD Breaks Even at Santa Clara Tourney different stadiums. I love baseball, Unusual ‘Kick and in that sense, I’m partially biased toward the WBC. Many who are able Assist’ Lands to tolerate a basketball or football game look at the intricacies of baseball Tritons a Spot and would prefer to watch the Hayden Christiansen film “Jumper” (warning: do not attempt to watch “Jumper”). on SportsCenter Nonetheless, the atmosphere of the WBC rivaled any sporting atmosphere By Janani Sridharan I have ever been a part of. The game Sports Editor itself was played so well that you got to see exactly why these two teams, MEN’S VOLLEYBALL — The and not the disjointed USA squad, No. 10 Tritons were victim to a made the finals. You could under- bizarre play in their four-game stand why they deserved a chance to loss to No. 5 Stanford University be deemed the real World Champion. last weekend, but at least they got Seeing baseball played the way it really some airtime out of it. should be played, it was blatantly obvi- During the match, the ous that either of these teams, com- Cardinal dug out what looked to prised mostly of non-MLB players, be a Triton kill before Stanford would be at the very least a playoff defensive specialist Erik Shoji set contender in the Major Leagues. up a Cardinal score with what The palpable difference between ESPN’s SportsCenter called a the finals of this year’s WBC and “kick assist.” other events I’ve attended — includ- Just like it sounds, Shoji kicked ing the 2006 WBC semifinals and Erik Jepsen/Guardian File the ball up right before it hit the finals — was the intense and unshak- Over the last 10 games, the No. 20 Tritons were unable to put together a string wins, going 5-5 against a medley of ranked and unranked squads. ground, allowing his teammate able pride on each side of the aisle. to send down a kill, causing the Fans cared about their teams to the By Tyler Nelson contest; neither team was capable of dle presence when our two defenders Stanford faithful in attendance at same degree that parents say they Staff Writer breaking free. The Tritons were down were kicked out.” RIMAC Arena into a frenzy. care about their children; specifi- 2-1 after the first quarter and 5-4 at the The Tritons did experience some Sophomore middle blocker cally the child they actually like and WATER POLO — It was another tough half, but after a quick halftime pep talk success on Sunday in their encounter Calvin Ross, who was on the bench not just the one they tolerate, lie weekend, featuring fierce competi- the Tritons stormed back. The teams with the Colorado State Rams. In the at the time of the play, wasn’t even to and then show their disdain for tion and arduous feats for the UCSD continued to battle vigorously for posi- matchup with their out-of-state con- sure what had occured. through crappy gift-giving (thanks women’s water polo team. The Tritons tion through the third quarter, relying ference opponent, the Tritons were tied “All I knew was something for the birthday socks, mom and played in the Santa Clara Invitational on outside shooting. 2-2 with the Rams at halftime, and the really crazy happened because of dad). Seeing people care so much and Tournament, where they faced off After scoring to take the lead at scoring was just getting started. the way the other team reacted, align themselves so completely with a against the likes of No. 6 San Jose State the end of the third, the Broncos con- The Tritons allowed the first goal but I couldn’t really see it,” he said. team is the greatest reminder of the and conference opponents Sonoma verted two unanswered goals to break and fell behind 3-2, but were wary of The play took the No. 2 spot power and impact of sports. State, Colorado State and Santa Clara out of the fourth and the Tritons were their second-half falters in past per- on SportsCenter’s April 7 top 10 Why are there 24-hour channels University during a two-day event. The unable to recover from the brief lapse formances and sought to curb those plays of the day, garnering atten- dedicated only to sports? Why do Tritons experienced varied levels of in judgment to make up the deficit. tendencies. Junior utility Stephanie tion from ESPN for an NCAA people propose marriage inside a sta- success and defeat in the tournament The Tritons’ top two hole set defenders Heinrich scored two unanswered sport that generally goes unno- dium? Why are there so many chil- and emerged with a 2-2 record, bring- received majors nearing the end of the goals to give the Tritons a 4-3 lead ticed. More impressively, it beat dren and pets named after athletes? ing their season record to 9-16. The game, forcing them to be kicked out halfway through the third quarter, out all but one play from Major Why are people able to connect so Tritons dropped an early match to San of the game. The Broncos won 10-7 to and freshman attacker Jessica Tran League Baseball’s opening day. quickly over a team or a game? Jose State 11-17, but defeated Sonoma close the tournament for the Tritons in scored less than one minute later to UCSD goes up against No. 3 Sports matter, in times of excite- State later that day 7-6. On Sunday, the a tight game in which the Tritons yet give UCSD the largest lead of the Cal State Northridge on April 10 ment and exhilaration, in times Tritons defeated Colorado State 8-7, again faltered. game in this highly contested match. at 7 p.m. in RIMAC Arena. of loss and defeat, when they give but fell prey to the host Santa Clara “We lost our two main two-meter Colorado State fought back to tie the you something to look forward to, Broncos, 10-7. defenders and we had to make due game with two immediate unanswered Readers can contact Janani In their most recent match, the from there,” head coach Larry Sanders Sridharan at [email protected]. See JOE, page 11 Tritons dueled the Broncos in a tight said. “We really didn’t have great mid- See WATER POLO, page 11