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www.ucsdguardian.org Thursday, April 24, 2008 The Student Voice Since 1967 Effects of College Students Protest Education Cuts Loan Crisis Uncertain panies and the U.S. Department of Despite nationwide Education, and those within privately panic over the health of funded programs. The economic crisis is most damaging to the latter of the student loans, university two, according to Executive Director officials say UC students of America’s Student Loan Providers Kevin Bruns. shouldn’t worry. Student loan companies receive By Candice Wu their finances for loans from an invest- Senior Staff Writer ment source and in turn are able to lend out these loans at a higher cost, Sallie Mae, the nation’s largest stu- and the difference between the two is dent loan company, announced last where lenders like Sallie Mae generate week that its government-funded stu- their profit. However, the recent credit dent loan program will soon suffer a crisis that has proliferated through the financial shortage as a consequence of U.S. economy has jeopardized the vari- increased borrowing costs and a new ous funds that lenders need in order to law that reduces the amount of govern- provide student loans. Sallie Mae and ment subsidies for guaranteed student other companies were able to absorb COURTESY OF STEPHANIE CHAN loans. the fees charged by their sources and Over 1,000 California college students marched in Sacramento this week in opposition to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts to higher education. Currently, student loan interest rates issue loans at discount rates, but now are capped at 6.8 percent, creating a loss affordability is in remission and the dif- By Justin Gutierrez march’s primary focus, Los Angeles, Senate for California Community in profit for each federal loan Sallie Mae ference in the loans shows up in tuition Staff Writer San Diego, Riverside and Santa Colleges with the purpose of bring- issues. Formally known as SLM Corp., as a statutory fee. Barbara also saw rumblings of stu- ing a voice to students who are con- Sallie Mae reported a loss of $103.8 “The amount of money it costs to In response to Gov. Arnold dent dissatisfaction, organized by the cerned about how the governor’s million in the first quarter of 2008, in make the loans will be higher because Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget Students for California’s Future, a budget proposal this year could affect comparison with a profit of $116.2 mil- the lenders aren’t making the same cuts to state public education system, three-tier coalition. their futures. lion last year. level of profit [compared to] past years,” thousands of students led marches The coalition was formed by the “The governor has proposed a There are two types of student Coordinator of Student Financial across the state in protest on April University of California Student $1.1-billion cut to higher education,” loans: those secured by the federal 21. Association, the California State government through lending com- See LOANS, page 3 Though Sacramento was the Students Association and the Student See PROTESTS, page 7 S.D. Landmark Under Fire Again Bill Places New Regulations LOCAL NEWS Opponents say the Mount on Future UC Contracts term to make sure that taxpayers and Soledad cross contradicts Legislation would students are getting the best value for separation of church and survey companies before the price, to introduce a questionnaire so that the UC knows the business state, favors Christianity entering contractual histories of the companies with whom over other religions. agreements to increase they contract, and to increase the transparency of the business contracts By Deepak Seeni transparency. into which the university is entering,” Staff Writer By Sarah de Crescenzo Keigwin said. Senior Staff Writer In a statement concerning the leg- Last week marked the beginning islation, Yee referred to a number of of a new legal battle over the Mount The Senate Government examples of contractual discrepancies Soledad Cross, which has once again Organization Committee approved a that spurred him to take action. A fallen under criticism from oppo- bill last week concerning the regulation contract that was awarded to a paint- nents who claim its presence to be and level of public access to University ing company at UCSB, for instance, a gross violation of the principle of of California contracts. ended when the company declared separation of church and state. The ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN The bill, authored by Sen. Leland bankruptcy, leaving employees with The Mount Soledad cross has come under fire several times over the last two decades from opponents cross, which has been the subject who claim that its placement on federal land violates separation of church and state. Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), rep- no compensation for the work that of numerous legal battles since the resents a reaction to past and present they had already completed for the 1980s, is located on federal govern- and state. maintain that the cross is merely one business issues with companies con- university. ment property. “The ACLU and the Jewish War aspect of a memorial paying honor tracted by UC Santa Barbara and UC Yee also decried a situation at UC The American Civil Liberties Veterans Association both believe to those that died during the Korean Davis, and would require all companies Davis, where the company Sodexho Union of San Diego and the Jewish that the display of religious symbols War. seeking to enter into contracts with has held the contract for food services War Veterans Association have come in the private sphere is an important Controversy over the cross first the UC system to answer a question- for over a decade. With the bill, the together to challenge the presence of the and constitutionally protected right,” arose following a lawsuit filed in 1989 naire designed to identify irresponsible university will be required to open the cross on government land, stating their he said. “However, there is a differ- by Philip Kevin Paulson, a local San firms and to ensure that no business contract to bidding every three years. case in U.S. District Court last week. ence between families and religious Diego resident and Vietnam War vet- relationships are developed with such “Sodexho has given millions to UC Both groups argue that the cross communities expressing what they eran. City officials have made numer- companies. The survey would include Davis, and in return appears to have shows religious favoritism, claiming believe in and the U.S. government, ous attempts to display the cross as a questions about companies’ past busi- been granted a ‘no-bid’ contract, as no that if the government is to maintain who is responsible for equal repre- war memorial with an overall secular ness practices, such as their history of other entity has been allowed to bid for the memorial atop Mount Soledad sentation among all its citizens, pro- purpose. However, following its pres- tax payment as well as their adherence the contract for over a decade,” Keigwin — which commemorates soldiers lost moting the beliefs of one faith over ence being challenged by Paulson in to fair labor practices. said. “While companies with long-term in the Korean War — it must do so in all others.” 1989, the Mount Soledad cross has Adam Keigwin, Yee’s communica- contracts like Sodexho could be possi- a secular, religiously neutral fashion. Cross supporters, in line with U.S. witnessed some significant changes, tions director, said the legislation aims bly providing the best value, we do not David Blair-Loy, legal director for Supreme Court decisions made in including the placement of a plaque to accomplish three objectives related know if this is true since other entities the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial 2005 which allow for the presence at the base of the cross denoting it as a to the contracts the UC system enters. have not been allowed to bid for that Counties, said the cross’ presence vio- of certain religious symbols if they “[The bill] is designed to require lates the separation between church are part of a larger secular purpose, See SOLEDAD, page 7 contracts to be limited to a three-year See CONTRACTS, page 3

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Student Advertising Manager OPINION Julia Peterson fit with the philanthropic mis- Nokia is honoring the aquar- Advertising/Marketing Reps sion of our foundation. We are ium for its ongoing efforts to Web Poll: Which element Podcast: Episode III Maggie Leung pleased to provide the funding for educate the public about glob- Business Assistants of the Price Center Guest join Hiatus crew Charissa Ginn, Maggie Leung this groundbreaking, innovative al climate change, and specifi- Advertising Design and Layout research which has the poten- cally for its new award-winning expansion or Student Chris Kokiousis and Philip Nick Alesi, Jennifer Chan, George Chen Distributors tial to positively affect individuals exhibit, “Feeling the Heat: The Center renovation are you Rhie to talk up Kanye Charissa Ginn, Jason Gubatayao, Scott Havrisik, Danai Leininger nationally and globally.” Climate Challenge,” an attraction most excexcitedited about? 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We are Scripps Ranch. UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 3 Council Receives Election Suggestions, Bill Requires ����� New Leather-Bound Notebooks Disclosure of ����������� ig-picture issues took center of Price Center Ballroom when they stage at last night’s A.S. Council change their meeting location to the Contract Records meeting. The council listened to fourth floor of the recently completed ▶ CONTRACTS, from page 1 Bsuggestions about revitalizing its elec- Price Center East next week. specific contract.” tions and improving campus traditions The meeting was not without some The bill would also force the uni- ������ and received a pat on the back from a regularity, however, as Vice Chancellor versity to make public all records of its PRICE CENTER BLOCK former member. of Student Affairs Penny Rue made her contractual proceedings with individual There Will BUSTERS Earl Warren College senior Mike third quarterly visit to the council to businesses. Each contract that the UC Hirshman spoke during public input outline her efforts to expand UCSD’s system enters into would be recorded Be Blood about the need to remove what he breadth of traditions. into a public database available for pub- described as a roadblock to student Rue walked the council through a lic review at every UC campus. Thu 4/24 & Sat 4/26 participation in elections. presentation titled “Beyond Sun God… In addition to this required dis- “People take this council as seri- Creating Possibilities” in an attempt to closure, the UC system would also Price Center Theatre ously as they take elections,” he said. distill the characteristics of successful be required to solicit bids through a Hirshman targeted a rule that prohibits traditions at UCSD and other schools. competitive bidding process at the end 6pm & 9pm • $3 A.S. council candidates from campaign- She identified an event’s fun factor, of every three-year contract term and ing more than two weeks out from memorableness, element of reverence record the results of this process in the NOT YOUR AVERAGE Friday, 4/25 the conclusion of voting. At a campus and ability to reach across and beyond public database. HAPPy HOUR! with 21,000 under- UCSD’s six col- “At the end of the three years, the Round Table graduates, he leges as essential request for proposal would have to THE OFF Price Center West LIVE DJ FOOD & DRINK said, two weeks of to adding to the be put out, and there may or may SPECIALS! 1pm-4pm • FREE campaigning sim- New current repertoire not be multiple bids for the contract,” JUMP ply isn’t enough Business of Unolympics, Keigwin said. “But, if there is more universitycenters.ucsd.edu • 858.822.2068 to convey a mes- Sun God, Pancake than one bid, the administration can sage to the student Michael Bowlus Breakfasts and then make the decision that is in the body. [email protected] Chancellor’s 5K best interest of students and taxpayers. Hirshman con- Run-Walk. In this way, the public can hold the trasted the rule with efforts that the Rue also related a few suggestions administration of the UC accountable council has made this year to lobby that she had encountered, including a for making sure they make the right administrators against regulating free camp-out on Library Walk, a freshman decisions.” speech in public areas like Price Center march to the beach and a campuswide UC Office of the President spokes- and Library Walk. effort to break a world record. woman Nicole Savickas said that the Former Vice President of Finance During the ensuing question- university is working on improving and Resources and UCSD alum and-answer session with Rue, Warren the quality and competitiveness of its Conrad Ohashi then took the podium Senator Peter Benesch asked her to contract process. to recognize councilmembers who comment on the recent controversy “The University of California has were graduating or had served at least surrounding the RIMAC Annex. After and will continue to work diligently two years on the council. delivering a fairly diplomatic response to improve its contracting process and “I strongly believe credit should be of her own, Rue yielded to Athletic, ensure the highest degree of competi- given to anyone who does this for Recreation and Sports Facility Board tion and best value for the UC system,” more than one year,” Ohashi said as co-Chair Daniel Palay. Savickas said. he prepared to pass out congratulatory Palay, who confronted council The bill will go before the Senate’s Moleskine notebooks to councilmem- opposition to the project at a heat- fiscal committee next week. If approved bers and praise their dedication. ed meeting two weeks ago, sought to by both the Assembly and the Senate, (858) 740-4675 The moment of retrospection came smooth over some of their objections the bill will then go before Gov. Arnold as A.S. councilmembers prepared to by announcing a plan to form two new Schwarzenegger for approval. leave their posts to make way for next standing committees with student rep- year’s council. They’ll also be leav- resentatives who will oversee the athlet- Readers can contact Sarah de ing the familiar wood-floored realm ics and sports facilities departments. Crescenzo at [email protected]. Lenders Withdraw From Federal Program ▶ LOANS, from page 1 students should not struggle to find student loans.” Support for the UC Office of the government-subsidized loans, since Potential solutions circling Capitol President Nancy Coolidge said. “Since Sallie Mae and other lending com- Hill include allowing lenders to bor- the government has reduced — not panies will continue to offer federal row multiple federal loan banks in eliminated — the amount of subsidies loans. The Financial Aid Office also exchange for a highly rated student provided, the students will pick up features a Preferred Lenders List to loan as collateral, or increasing the some of the difference.” assist families in choosing loans. federal loan limits so that students Despite this turn of events — which Of the $85 billion educational who have been denied a private loan is making college students across the finance market, 61 lending companies will have the opportunity to borrow country anxious about financing their are no longer participating in fed- from federal lenders. education — university officials say eral loans for the 2008-2009 academic The College Reduction and Access UCSD students’ primary source of year, and 21 lenders will withdraw Act of 2007 cut the amount of govern- aid, federal loans, will remain rela- from the private student loans sector. ment subsidies issued to lenders as tively untouched. Coolidge said the “There need to be proactive solu- incentive to provide federal student effects of the increase in private loans tions rather than the current reac- loans, and these finances were reallo- will most likely surface as a 1-percent tive solutions that wait until there is cated into various financial aids such origination fee for UC students. a potentially destructive crisis upon as the increase in the maximum Pell “The lenders are passing along the us,” publisher of financial aid Web Grant — which will reach $5,400 by change, so that’s what UCSD students site FinAid.org Mark Kantrowitz said. 2012 — but their redistribution has will notice — the fact that their loans “Congress and the administration are negatively affected the loan market. will cost more since they’ll get fewer dis- looking into solutions to prevent this counts from less competition,” she said. crisis from occurring, which would Readers can contact Candice Wu at However, Coolidge said UCSD ensure no disruption from obtaining [email protected]. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 7 Opponents Claim Cross UCOP: Higher Education Is Investment, Not Expenditure ▶ PROTESTS, from page 1 system are drastic, their repercus- “Before the Legislature takes a Violates First Amendment UCSA president Louise Hendrickson sions lie in the next academic year. vote, they should realize that higher said. “Monday’s march is only the Within the K-12 system, teachers education is not an expenditure, ▶ SOLEDAD, from page 1 veterans are part of our freedom of beginning; the state needs to make are already receiving layoff notices, but an investment,” Vazquez said. war memorial. expression, and that should be shown higher education a number-one pri- and the 2008-09 school year expects “Not only does the state’s educa- In addition, annual publications of some tolerance,” he said. “We are not ority.” a $4.3-billion budget cut. In total, tion system currently create over Thomas Brothers Maps following 1989 upholding one religion over another; Schwarzenegger’s proposed cuts cuts across the education systems three million jobs, but also provides have designated the cross as “Mount rather, we’re simply honoring our vet- to public education stem from the of California will amount to about the intellectual force for California’s Soledad Memorial” as opposed to erans with religious symbols we are state’s looming debt, which the $5.4 billion. future.” “Mount Soledad Easter Cross” as the familiar with.” Office of the Governor estimates at “In the past, if a budget cut was Laura Page, a press representa- company had Blair-Loy said around $16 billion. made to the UC, CSU or commu- tive for the Office of the Governor, done since the that despite claims In addition to the journey from nity colleges, the other two were said that Schwarzenegger under- cross’ inception that the cross is Raley Field to the steps of the state able to absorb some of the impact,” stands that education is a top prior- in 1954. The cross on top of a memorial to all capitol, the event included speeches Chan said. “But now with budget ity in the state, and is looking into Bill Kellogg, veterans, it still from UC, CSU and CCC repre- cuts across the entire spectrum of what can be done to provide more President of the Mount Soledad is more remains a predom- sentatives, as well as state poli- California’s education system, there stable funding for California’s edu- Mount Soledad inantly religious ticians. Lt. Gov. John Garamendi is no cushion for any part of it.” cation system. M e m o r i a l than a religious symbol. symbol. marched and spoke at the rally, and Along with general cuts being Schwarzenegger’s 2008-09 budget Association, has “Not only is it was joined by Assembly Speaker applied across the board, it is like- proposal requests that 56 percent of advocated the It is a memorial to the unconstitutional Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles), and ly that the UC system’s internal all general fund expenditures go to preservation of veterans.” for the federal gov- Assembly members Julia Brownley administration will also have to education, the highest percentage of the cross for sev- ernment to display (D-Woodland Hills) and Anthony make some sacrifices. The Office of state general fund dollars devoted to eral years, claim-“ — Bill Kellogg, president, religious symbols Portantino (D-Pasadena). the President, the UC system’s gov- education in 40 years. ing that the cross Mount Soledad Memorial Association on federal prop- “Over the last few years, UC erning body, has already proposed “Schwarzenegger is pushing is only one aspect erty, but so is it’s and CSU student fees have near- massive cuts to its administrative for a reform of the state budget- of the memorial. obligation to main- ly doubled,” Garamendi said in a structure, which would eliminate 20 ary process so that the education “The cross on top of Mount tain such sites using taxpayer dollars,” speech Monday. Our students can’t percent of its budget and 23 percent in California does not have to go Soledad is more than a religious sym- he said. afford it, and our state can’t afford of its workforce. on the financial roller coaster ride bol,” Kellogg said. “It is a memorial to The federal government obtained to leave future generations out of “We realize that tough budget every year,” Page said. “This could the veterans who served and died dur- the cross in 2006 from the City of San California’s prosperity.” times for the state call for our office be done by establishing a financial ing the Korean War, Christian or not.” Diego through statutes of eminent According to Stephanie Chan, to make some sacrifices,” UCOP reserve for educational purposes, Kellogg said it is important to domain, with official ownership of the an organizer for Students for spokesman Ricardo Vazquez said. where extra money can be saved in include recognized religious symbols property given to the U.S. Department California’s Future, there were “However, change was already it during a good year, in preparation in monuments, and that the place- of Defense. between 1,500 and 3,000 marchers needed.” for a bad one.” ment of the cross is protected by the present at the state capitol. Vazquez also spoke in favor of U.S. Constitution. Readers can contact Deepak Seeni at Though the proposed cuts for the the student coalition’s effort on Readers can contact Justin Gutierrez “The symbols chosen to honor our [email protected]. state’s three-tier higher education Monday. at [email protected]. You scored. Now what?

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Tuesday, April 29, 4:00 - 5:30pm Weaver Center, Institute of the Americas (Near RIMAC) FREE PIZZA! Organic To Go is a UCSD preferred vendor. sponsored by: OrganicToGo.com • 619.977.0699/800.304.4550 The UCSD Pre-Law Society Props to the voters turning out in record numbers for this election’s state primaries, 4 which included the Democratic Primary in Pennsylvania this past week. CONTACT THE EDITOR Flops to through-the-roof gas prices, which [email protected] passed $4-a-gallon at La Jolla Village Drive’s Mobil last week, and are continuing to climb OPINION across the state due to rising costs of crude oil. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 EDITORIALS All Roads Doctors Frankenstein, Moreau Not Employed Here Lead Away he mad scientist archetype specter of animal-rights hecklers seemed to die off with Dr. hangs so heavy that a December Moreau. But the image is bomb threat at UCSD was ini- Tstill very much alive and well in tially pegged as the work of ALF from the minds of animal-rights pro- or similar groups — it was later ponents, the most extreme of found to be a hoax. whom have subverted it to make Research suffers if researchers Pre-Med a Dr. Frankenstein of university and administrators are anxious- researchers. As such, the activists ly waiting for the other shoe to started out like many a Triton have dangerously taken research- drop. The basic building blocks freshman: an eager biochemistry ers to task in a movement that of the University of California major who studied hard in his sounds like an absurd cross are researchers themselves; they ICHEM 6A class, flirted with the idea between slapstick comedy and bring in grants, publish work and of medical school and worked as an action thriller. The problems have ultimately brand the UC name animal caretaker in a lab. bubbled enough to attract legisla- across the academic world. But But CHEM 6A became CHEM tive action, which last week took if a researcher fears the prospect 6B, and my plans took a hit when I a wise step in a long road to curb of going home to a faceoff with got the first C of my life after studying violence against the university’s a violent zookeeper, the univer- researching workforce. sity suffers as a whole. As such, The aggressive flurry against the state Legislature has moved courtroom wrangling. researchers began in October for a wise consolidation with its But perhaps the most logical Word 2007, when the Animal Liberation Animal Enterprise Protection Act: and impacting solution brought Up Front flooded a UCLA research- The university, as “the employer by the bill is its coverage of priva- Matthew McArdle Charles Nguyen er’s home, only to return again in of an alleged victim,” would pos- cy rights. The bill allows the uni- [email protected] February 2008 with an incendi- sess the power to sue as a whole versity to withhold public infor- EDITOR IN CHIEF ary device. No one was injured even if the victim chooses to drop mation it considers to be possible Matthew McArdle for almost 11 straight hours the night by the incidents. But in Santa the charges. This portion disables tools for harassment. Blatant plas- Hadley Mendoza before the final, sans Adderall. Even Cruz, the action turned vio- activists’ bottom-up method, as tering of home addresses, phone MANAGING EDITORS though I didn’t really find the subject lent when masked perpetrators they try to weaken animal-related numbers and the like on Web of chemistry particularly exhilarating tried to break into a researcher’s research by picking off the uni- sites allowed activists the chance The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at and delta-H problems haunted my home, confronting and attacking versity’s researchers one by one. to bring the fight to researchers’ the University of California at San Diego. Contents © 2007. Views expressed herein represent the dreams (seriously), I begrudgingly her husband before finally flee- Now, similar action will bring the doorstep. The state and univer- majority vote of the editorial board and are not pressed on because I knew that all bio ing. A month later, UC Berkeley entirety of the university to the sity has rightly planted its “Keep necessarily those of the UC Board of Regents, the majors have to complete a very spe- researchers saw their lawns occu- forefront, a strong deterrent for Off” and animal-rights extrem- ASUCSD or the members of the Guardian staff. cific list of major requirements with pied weekly by protesters. The anyone trying to avoid years of ists would do right to take heed. the obvious inclusion of, you guessed it, chemistry. Next up came more pre-med class- es: physics and organic chemistry. To Price, Student Centers Making Long-Awaited Debuts say the least, I hated both of them — a lot. Organic chemistry mecha- f you build it, they will come.” It’s previously jammed up by A.S. Soft nisms look like Satanic symbols and, more than a quotable from “Field Reserves is wide open and occupied honestly, who the hell gives a rat’s of Dreams,” it’s a lifelong adage, by the occasional sunbather. Studying ass about how fast a stupid toy car Iproved true by our own school’s stir- abounds in the student lounge, where rolls down a ramp? Not me, that’s for ring progress of construction at its the attraction could be the plush sure. In fact, I hated physics so much two main hubs: Student Center and cushion armchairs, warm fireplace or that I decided not to take PHYS 1C Price Center. There’s nothing quite occasional waft of Asiatic herbs and — waves, optics and modern physics as satisfying as seeing students finally spices from Hi Thai. Even Porter’s — during Spring Quarter of sopho- occupying what used to be dirt patch- Pub is a beneficiary; the normally more year, instead saving it for, as you es and parking spaces for cranes and roughshod eatery now boasts may have guessed again, now. bulldozers. the cosmetic amenity of graveled By some fluke, I enrolled in and Nearly all the walkways are now pathways and a few greening trees. successfully completed physics lab paved and accessible in Student On May 12, Price Center will two years ago without enrolling in Center. The area’s parking lot, celebrate the official opening of the lecture, so don’t believe it when they previously a cramped clutter of building’s east atrium, a collection of tell you on TritonLink that they fenced-off construction supplies and retail restaurants and eateries. Within automatically drop you if you’re not materials, has doubled in size. The six months, the area will see the simultaneously enrolled in both the General Store Co-op, Food Co-op, opening of ____ businesses, including ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADAM PELTIER/GUARDIAN lecture and lab classes. Suck on that, Bike Shop and new Treehouse Lounge Burger King, Tapioca Express and physics department. now see more foot traffic, perhaps the ____ Grill. The Sunshine Market is bind you to Rubio’s or when deciding more student life, is the gratifying I’ll get back to physics later, but healthiest sign of an active campus. currently the area’s only attraction, on Asian cuisine doesn’t pigeonhole culmination of waiting unknowingly it was also at this time that I started “The hump” is adorned on its edges but the lounge and sitting areas you to Panda Express’ three-item for years, frustratingly maneuvering to become disillusioned with my lab with concrete landscaping, where outside the grocery store’s entrance combo. around blocked walkways and job. The research going on inside was students now sit between classes to are already filling up modestly with To see Student Center and Price cursing the phrase “weather delays” extremely interesting and involved absorb a few pages of reading. Others students. Imagine the hustle-and- Center as lively and vibrant as they that seemed so ubiquitous to salamanders whose entire limbs grow catch some sun in Student Center’s bustle of future lunch hours, when are now, and to foresee the two administrators. It’s all finally built, central courtyard, where the space the choice of Mexican food doesn’t areas soon pulsating with even and we’re coming. See WORD, page 5 Nightmare at the Registrar: Broken Links, Long Waits By Matthew L’Heureux Of course, what would otherwise be a creates. While three-hour classes on one day said, specified that departmental approval Senior Staff Writer simple process when performed by humans of the week are convenient for some profes- was necessary in all cases. tends to become complicated when handled sors with other jobs or busy schedules, they After a grudging second trip around cam- ON CAMPUS — With a bureaucracy as large by computers — especially when the small certainly make it challenging to locate them pus, I was then redirected back to the Student and multifaceted as UCSD’s, it’s often hard amount of human participation integral to on short notice — and that is only the begin- Services Complex to pay the bogus $100 late to single out the individual elements that are the procedure is frustratingly bungled. ning of this ordeal. fee — $50 of which is for late enrollment in the most need of fixing. That is different, To get reinstated, the form required signa- Assistant Vice Chancellor of Admissions and $50 is for late registration, according to of course, for the 300 students who were tures from all of the students’ professors “and/ and Enrollment Mae W. Brown said stu- Brown. abruptly dropped from classes for nonpay- or” the stamp of each department. At the bot- dents need to add themselves back into their “Registration in a quarter is a two-step ment of fees on April 15, who can easily cite tom, it instructed undergraduates to obtain classes prior to paying fees because third- process; students enroll in classes, but they the overly mechanical, error-ridden Office of departmental approval if filing after fourth week enrollment is considered late and thus are not officially registered until they pay the Registrar as the squeaky arm that should week. Only after the form was fully signed requires department approval. While that fees,” she said. have been greased a long time ago. would the student be allowed to pay his or her makes sense on its own, it contradicts the So, by that logic, students pay a fee in At around 2 a.m. last Tuesday, students bill and officially re-enroll in classes. “and/or” on the form e-mailed out to the order to pay a fee. Apparently, they also pay a who had not yet paid their Spring Quarter Now, it’s unclear whether the registrar’s desperately scrambling students taking laps fee for forgetting to pay a fee on the original e-bills in full received a thoughtful, 100-word office has any idea how difficult some pro- around campus from office hour to office fee. Somewhere in northern California, the e-mail beginning with “Dear Student.” It pro- fessors can be to track down, but based on hour. UC Board of Regents is laughing manically ceeded to inform them that they had already its bizarrely stringent policies, that does not Many, including this reporter, did not find while its bank account becomes engorged been dropped from their classes, would need appear to be the case. Seeing as the office out about this discrepancy until arriving at with unnecessary taxes and students’ tears. to pay a $100 late fee to re-enroll, and linked oversees when courses are offered, and there- the registrar’s office with four hard-earned While it is not clear what the fee is actu- them to a PDF file with the reinstatement fore plays a key role in professors’ general signatures and a checkbook, only to be told ally for, any attempt to label it “processing” form that would allegedly help them solve availability, it would seem like those in charge by a cashier that the form online was incor- their problems without issue. should understand a bit better the hurdle this rect and “too vague.” The real form, she See REGISTRAR, page 5

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A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Priscilla Lazaro Biology and Pre-Med? Accept My Condolences ▶ WORD, from page 4 nature ever again. This just proves you back after being amputated (shout people are money-grubbing machines out to Dr. Gardiner, who was actu- who care more about status than actu- ally one of the coolest guys I could ally about helping people. Plus, I know have ever wanted to work for), but that you guys all cheat on the physics working with boring-ass, cookie-cut- labs, too. ter undergraduate student assistants These super-competitive classes who were only doing time in the lab were starting to make me to forget why to get into medical school started tak- I liked to study biology. But then came ing its toll. So I resigned my position, classes that I liked: animal behavior, never to see a dimwitted axolotl grin ecology, genetics — classes that made again. (Look it up.) me sigh with relief when I sat down I started thinking about why I in lecture because I no longer had to was still a bio major. After briefly worry about vicious pre-meds rip- considering medical school freshman ping my throat out if I asked them year I realized I to help me with a had no desire (at homework ques- all, actually) to tion. After chok- be around blood, So I say to all you ing down chem- needles, bones, istry and physics, open wounds, people who made me my major actually diseases, confused became enjoyable old people and agonize over my lower- again. that distinct medi- division bio classes But all that cal establishment has returned chemical smell. here because a lot of this quarter with But as a bio waves, optics and major, being in you aren’t actually modern physics. classes filled to“ Like a stubborn Automated System Fouls Up, Students Suffer capacity with all human: chill out.” itch, it’s re-expos- these pre-people ing me to the hor- ▶ REGISTRAR, from page 4 dents’ arms to pay their fees, includ- done correctly. While the re-enroll- (pre-med, pre- rors of the pre- would certainly be a gross exaggera- ing withholding degrees and putting ment form has been updated online vet, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, pre- med world, not to mention that I find tion: Re-enrollment in classes took a freeze on their campus spending. since the original e-mail, no apol- optometry, pre-my asshole, blah blah) sound waves the opposite of interest- approximately five minutes, while It’s clear that the one automated ogy or even notice was sent to those was definitely discouraging. To be ing. The professor, like me, realized the amount of time it took to ready warning sent on April 7 — which still trying to locate their elusive sure, I can’t hate on all pre-meds, as the med-student farce on the first the correct form bordered on hours. can very easily be buried under all professors. some of my good friends here will be day when he jokingly acknowledged I sincerely hope at least some of the of the university’s spam — didn’t Technological streamlining of in medical school one day (maybe), that many students in the lecture hall $10/minute fee made it back to the alert enough students to the prob- menial work has its benefits, espe- but a lot of you people really need to “think they’re entering medicine.” friendly gentleman who did the actu- lem in time, since Brown admitted cially for such a large university lighten up. So I say to all you people who al work of typing my course codes the number of auto-dropped stu- — but it’s something that needs to Seriously, stop looking shocked that made me agonize over my lower-divi- back into the computer system. dents rose 15 percent from Spring be done carefully and thoughtfully, I’m speaking to you in lecture and get sion bio classes here because a lot of The problem appears to lie less Quarter 2007. without policies that gouge students some goddamn people skills, because you aren’t actually human: chill out. in the details and more in the auto- If UCSD entrusts the power- unnecessarily and kick them while one day you robots might need to tell Honestly, you’re annoying to those of mated system as a whole. Why is the ful responsibility of coordinating they’re down. someone that a beloved family mem- us in biology who are actually doing automatic drop even necessary in enrollment to a computer, admin- ber is dying. Also, I never want to hear it because we find the study of life the first place? The university has istrators must ensure that the tasks Readers can contact Matthew “If I don’t get into med school, I’ll try interesting. Oh yeah, good luck on any number of ways to twist stu- delegated to humans are actually L’Heureux at [email protected]. dental school” or anything of similar your MCATs. 6 OPINION THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR treated.” I don’t fear individuals who Animal-Rights Issue Needs demand a more ethical society in the Wider Ethical Perspective name of those who cannot demand it themselves. Rather, I much more Dear Editor, greatly fear a society where such The article “Bill Aims to Protect demands cease to be made. Researchers” reported a new law is being sought to allow UC officials — Serena Moseman to mandate stronger protection for UCSD 2002 Alumna researchers against the “threats” of Ph.D. Candidate, animal activists (making nonviolent Scripps Institution of Oceanography harassment a misdemeanor) and to withhold information about animal researchers from the public. In the Government Fails to article, the UC Vice President for Enforce Animal Rights Research and Graduate Studies Steven Beckwith equated animal- Dear Editor, rights activists with terrorists. Yet, Thank you for your article on the strikingly little information was controversy over animal experimen- given on the “very important medical tation (“Of Mice and Men,” April research” that was being protested or 21). It’s a tragic day for California the types of animal experimentation taxpayers when the UC system involved. The Guardian’s subsequent responds to public outcry over the article, “Of Mice and Men,” suffering of animals by proposing to suggested they were conducting curtail free speech and to limit access “painful addition experiments” and to records on animal use. It would attaching “steel coils onto the eyes be more useful for the UC to deal of primates.” Last week, the directors with the problems within its labo- of the Animal Welfare Program, ratories. Numerous federal reports the Animal Care Program and the indicate that facilities routinely flout UCSD Police Department sent an even the minimal protections of the e-mail to warn UCSD researchers Animal Welfare Act, the only fed- against “animal rights extremists.” In eral law that provides protection for this research-driven university, such animals in laboratories. According a polarized view point of animal to multiple federal audits, even this experimentation vs. animal rights law, which deals mainly with caging might be expected. I suggest wider and husbandry issues, is not being perspectives are warranted within adequately enforced, and it entirely an academic institution seeking to excludes rats, mice and birds. develop future leaders of a wiser A scathing 2005 audit report society. published by the U.S. Department of It is Animal Cruelty and Human Agriculture Office of the Inspector Violence Awareness Week, an General shows that Institutional appropriate time to present a broader Animal Care and Use Committees view of this issue. Animal-rights — oversight committees that are activists are diverse and numerous, charged with approving proposed many of whom are highly educated, experiments and ensuring that laws professional citizens, seeing common and regulations are followed — are links between animal welfare and utterly failing to carry out their human welfare. Their organizations responsibilities. As a result, sick ani- include the Humane Society, mals go without veterinary care, the Physicians Committee for animals used in invasive surger- Responsible Medicine, the American ies do not receive sufficient pain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty relief and extremely sick animals to Animals, the American Anti- are denied humane euthanasia. An Vivisection Society, the Alternatives astounding 29 percent, nearly a Research and Development third, of oversight committees are Foundation and People for the failing to ensure that experiment- Ethical Treatment of Animals. These ers look for alternatives to painful organizations share the common procedures on animals, as they’re assertion that animals are intelligent, required to do. sentient beings, worthy of humane The failure of IACUCs to ensure treatment and they communicate that the AWA is enforced results in their messages peacefully. immense suffering for animals used A primary argument against in sometimes painful, often stressful experimentation on animals is that and ultimately lethal experiments. it’s unethical. Other less obvious UC officials need to stop pushing but notable faults are that it is for legislation that curtails freedom inefficient, unnecessary and in of speech and information and focus some cases ineffective. Every minute instead on fixing the mess created 219 animals are killed in U.S. labs, by the arrogance and carelessness of according to www.peta.org. As an its animal experimenters. undergraduate at UCSD, I worked in a cancer research lab in Urey Hall — Alka Chandna, Ph.D. where mice were killed by the dozens Laboratory Oversight Specialist, every day. Tumors were induced and People for the Ethical Treatment collected from some of these animals of Animals that suffocated in dry ice, but not all were useful for experiments. A graduate student complained that the professor required him to kill ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from mice, not for experiments, but its readers. All letters must be no longer than 500 words, typed, double-spaced because he did not want to pay the and signed with a name and applicable $0.05 per day it cost to keep each one title. Letters must also contain a phone alive. Yes, there are regulations on number. We reserve the right to edit animal research, but there are also for length and clarity. Letters may be violations and irreverent decisions dropped off at the Guardian office on made based on unregulated personal the second floor of the Student Center ethics. In the ethics training offered or e-mailed. Send all letters to: to researchers, referenced in your The UCSD Guardian article, animal welfare seems to be Opinion Editor little more than an afterthought. 9500 Gilman Dr. 0316 Gandhi said, “The greatness of La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 a nation and its moral progress can e-mail: be judged by the way its animals are [email protected] www.ucsdguardian.org Visit our Web site to read stories, apply for a job, vote on this week’s Web poll or leave story comments for our writers. THE BEST SONGS IN HIATUS 8 boss THIS WEEK CONTACT THE EDITOR ditties Chris Kokiousis, Chris Mertan and Sonia Minden Tokyo Police Club The Presets • “In A Cave” • “Kicking and Screaming” [email protected] hiatus ������������������ • “Graves” • “Talk Like That” THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008

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SENIOR STAFF WRITER Critical Hit! PHILIP RHIE by CHARLES NGUYEN [email protected]

EAR MICROSOFT, D Congratulations! You’ve once again beat Sony, your biggest competi- tor, to crown the Xbox 360 as the sec- wong won’t put out ond best-selling console for the month of March. The decision to drop the 360’s too much foreplay frays stilted romance yarn, “my blueberry nights” European entry price was nothing short of brilliant, garnering you a whole 2.8-percent sales increase. In fact, where you’ve sold more, Sony actually lost units, 23,800 specifically. enowned Chinese director Wong she journeys, dangling a fat piece of hopeful spitfire beauty. Clearly, your marketing and financial Kar Wai makes his first foray into bait that Wong will consummate the pair’s Wong trashes up Portman for the poker- strategy is paying off. American cinema with “My Blueberry eye-fucking at the beginning of the film. In playing Leslie, butchering and bleaching her While I’m sure you would’ve liked RNights,” a sweet but unnoticeable blip fact, most of “Blueberry Nights” is a tease, hair before slapping on hoop earrings for an to be the number one platform holder, on the radar of Wong’s resume, which usually stringing Lizzie job to job, throwing hapless all-out, hoed-up look. Portman plays the part the Nintendo Wii is an unstoppable produces heated, sultry operatic cinema that characters in her way as she flaps about try- admirably, throwing around sizeable hand- powerhouse, selling a good 459,000 sweat the palms and pump the heart. ing to find some modicum of emotion. It’s fuls of sass that liven an otherwise fizz-less units more than you. You’ve success- But “My Blueberry Nights,” Wong’s first twice the foreplay, half the sex. film. fully maintained your position as the American full-length feature, fails at achiev- With “2046” Wong mastered his lush style dominant high-definition console. ing either, slamming together a motley act- with a sweeping look and arresting score. Well done! Amid your success, I just ing crew that limply wades through scenes. My Blueberry Nights “Blueberry Nights” succeeds with the first have one question to ask: Veterans Jude Law, Rachel Weisz and Natalie but falters with the latter. The film proudly Microsoft, why do you hate me? Portman make memorable showings as wears Wong’s visual style of blurred lights Actually, let me rephrase that. Why worldly, engaging characters, but Wong fails Starring Norah Jones, Jude Law & Rachel Weisz and smeared neons. But the soundtrack do you hate your customers? Your to apply to them the milky, breathless buzz Directed by Wong Kar Wai proves too sparse, employing Cat Power for marketing ploys are working, and he haloed his other films’ characters with 90 min. an underwhelming match with an already many a night I dream of having one — “Blueberry Nights” is a mashup that was subdued set of characters (the musician of your darlings in my bedroom and never meant to be. also makes a modest performance as Katya, fiddling its sticks with my thumbs. But Maybe it’s the leading lady that sinks Thirty minutes into the film, Wong adds Jeremy’s old flame). I’m not stupid. You may have fooled the the entire ship. Pop/jazz singer Norah Jones some much-needed spice with Sue Lynne The intense, fever-filled pitch of Wong’s plays Lizzie, a wide-eyed wanderer that semi- (Weisz), a hot-blooded Southern belle that previous films is neutered in “Blueberry See CRITICAL, page 13 woos Jeremy (Law) in New York before going wrings her ex-husband (a gracefully sullen Nights,” where everyone is sweet but nobody on the U.S. waitressing circuit, serving joints David Strathairn) around her finger before is sweet together. But it’s no fault to Wong; as far as Memphis and Las Vegas in an effort he drunk-drives into a tree. Jones falls terribly flat as an actress, whereas to fully shed the heartbreaking memories she Sue Lynne proceeds to hide in the bottle Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung steamed up left in the Big Apple. and confide in waitress Lizzie, whom she the screen in “In the Mood for Love.” Jones wears the cutesy role as lightly as spouts pearls and nuggets to about love’s As a romantic drama, “Blueberry Nights” cashmere, smoothed to the point that it’s dark recesses. Weisz handles the twangy commands a snug, cozy look at broken love what’swhat’s meant to go unnoticed. Her muted aura slips accent with a beautiful twitter, even as she and melted hearts. And although Wong sus- even further under, as Wong’s glossy direc- lays face down on the bar counter in drunken tains the somber, despondent alienation that tion and imagery massages the screen with stupors. Lizzie leaves tending bar to Sue he skillfully pours over all his films, this one neon lights and glimmering colors. Lynne for casino waitressing in Las Vegas, lacks the sexual bite that makes his works so new?new? Lizzie and Jeremy postcard each other as where she meets Leslie (Portman), another engaging.

Madonna The Presets ■ Hard Candy ■ Apocalypso WEA/REPRISE MODULAR INTERSCOPE

ard Candy is an apt title for the latest evolution So why not Britney, or Nelly, or Gwen-ny? Well, t’s been almost four years since psyche- slashes the relentless synth verses of the of everyone’s favorite yoga-bending, Kabbalah- as Her Madgesty informs us on “She’s Not Me,” delic Australian electro duo the Presets almost desperately built-up intro with a H praying, sex-oozing, controversy-kindling while other wannabes might “steal [her] looks and I began serving up hard, pulse-pounding, piercing bark of “When I was young, I col- queen of pop: Madonna. But maybe she confused lingerie,” none can replicate the true divinity of dance-all-night beatlines, and their newest lected my heroes,” it will be impossible to meditation with mindlessness because the empty- Madonna. Unfortunately, the song itself (complete release, Apocalypso, soldiers on right where not drop everything you’re doing and dance headed lyrics and buzzing synthpop of Hard Candy with whisper-breathing and electro-pinging) owes 2005’s Beams left off: in your face. like you know how. is a lot like buying one of those generic bags of more to Pharrell’s styling than personal talent, prov- The Presets had a lot to live up to with As the jarring rollercoaster ride of gummy bears: good for a little sugar, but nothin’ ing that even repulsive amounts of money can’t their sophomore attempt after racking up a “Kicking and Screaming” ends, you’ll be special. Where the famously shameless superstar has make the songstress special. On another Pharrell- huge clubgoer fan base with sweaty mind- dazed, grinning and gasping, but instead self-accredited production rights to her hits since produced track, “Candy Store,” Madonna invites fucks like “I Go Hard, I Go Home” and a of letting you rest, the duo immediately 1986, we find ol’ Madge stepping down from her us to “come into [her] store,” because her “sugar is remixed Beams re-release featuring head- blankets the dance floor with the industrial, high horse and handing over the reigns to big-name sweet.” You gotta give the hardbody credit; she’s a pounding collaborations from fellow thump- almost ragged, rhythm of head-thumper producers in a desperate attempt to salvage what midlife sex symbol and still pretty sweet — just not ing electro acts like Simian Mobile Disco, “My People.” And it just keeps going right 2006’s Confessions on a Dance Floor destroyed. any sweeter than every other crooner on the current Digitalism and Midnight Juggernauts. But on down to the last song, the soft but And it shows. Madonna’s deity status gives her MTV circuit. judging from Apocalypso’s No. 1 debut on dynamic “Anywhere,” which features filthy the freedom to pluck the most highly craved treats Clubs around the world will undoubtedly the Australian charts, coupled with a sold- lyrics (“Deeper, I know you want it deeper”) of the industry at whim, and for her first single embrace Hard Candy, but as far as “transformation” out concert tour, the boys are back with a plastered over a steady barrage of puls- she chose two of its most nutritionally devoid stars goes, Madonna might be getting too old to confront snarling, infectiously danceable vengeance, ing beatlines. Add to the mix songs like — Timbaland and Mouseketeer JT — to lend her another identity crisis. Relying on the ’80s synth and it’s easy to see why. “Aeons,” which ditches the vocals and relies newfound pop relevance. Alas, “4 Minutes” is a little that made her a lipstick idol and on the guys who Dirty bass lines and gritty beats ignite on a series of euphoric sounds to lull listen- too relevant; the rehashed beats from Timbaland’s are paid to manufacture pop princesses, our favorite opener “Kicking and Screaming,” an elec- ers into deep relaxation, and the Presets Shock Value and marching band din drown out her diva fails to achieve little more than mediocrity. tronic storm that sets the pace for the prove why they are electro masters. characteristic sass, and any anonymous face could —Sonia Minden album’s remaining 10 songs. To put it sim- —Matthew McArdle be auto-tuned to fill its tired margins. Associate Hiatus Editor ply, when Julian Hamilton’s baritone finally Senior Staff Writer THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN HIATUS 9 10 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008

THIS WEEK DISHES BEFORE PREMIERE OFTHE DEBUT, CAB exit ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWED BY JULIE OH WHISPER WAR strategy

THE CAB wants you to THE GUARDIAN: Where are you “KIDS” IVAN CHOE know they aren’t your typical now? indie band. As their Myspace hit, Price Center Gallery A Espresso Roma April 24, 5:30 p.m. April 28, 8 p.m. “I’ll Run,” says, you should “have ALEX DELEON: I’m in Northern FREE FREE a little faith.” That’s exactly what California, getting ready for a long Pete Wentz did. He chose to sign drive out to Colorado during our the relatively unknown band one day off [of tour]. “THERE WILL BE from Las Vegas to his impressive BLOOD” “OVER HER DEAD Decaydance label when the Cab G: So how did you start out Price Center Theater BODY” had only one demo up on their singing? Did you put the band April 24, 6 & 9 p.m. Price Center Theater Myspace page. With Wentz’s together? [Colligan — the Cab’s bass player] $3 April 29, 6 & 9 p.m. backing, the band has been able supposedly would hear me singing $3 to bypass the typical blockages AD: No – I didn’t know in the car when we would blast ETHEL facing most start-up bands and I could sing. I never music and was like, “You’re good! Porter’s Pub “MADE IN L.A.” have been on tour extensively had training or Why aren’t you singing for our April 24, 8 p.m. Center Hall 105 before the release of their debut anything, but my band?” FREE April 29, 7 p.m. album, Whisper War — which dad and gramdma features Fall Out Boy’s Patrick were professional G: Tell me a little bit about how FREE Stump and Panic at the Disco’s singers. I was Brendon Urie. too shy, but Cash See CAB, page 12 SILENT COMEDY & CRASH ENCORE ULTIMA VEZ Che Cafe Mandeville Auditorium April 25, 8 p.m. April 30, 8 p.m. ALEX DELEON LIKES LINDSAY LOHAN, SINGING IN CARS $5 $18

druthers M.I.A. 4TH AND B / APRIL 28 / 9 P.M. / $26 “Strange Culture” MCASD / APRIL 24 / 7 P.M. / $5 What can you get for 26 dolla? Bollywood in one conveniently sexy Lynn Hershman-Leeson offers What follows is a seamless hybrid of Anything you want, if it includes package. “Bird Flu” even brought an off-the-cuff stab at experimental actor reenactments and interviews, seeing world-beat Londoner Maya pop poultry into fashion. And who documentary “Strange Culture,” chronicling Kurtz’s tragic tale Arulpragasam on Monday night. can forget the sound-effect chorus detailing the shocking and tragic — which included the government Coming off the agit-glitch heels of of “Paper Planes” that killed us arrest of artist Steve Kurtz. The impounding of his work, house, Arular, Maya finally gets a proper with gunshots, a cash register night of his wife’s death (portrayed even his wife’s body — and the visa and heads to the West Coast and snappy fingers. You can see in flashback by Oscar-winner subsequent trial alongside friend to school us in her brand of dance- her Saturday in the baking-hot Tilda Swinton), Kurtz finds himself and collaborator Robert Ferrell. mash globalization. Her sophomore desert with 50,000 other people at accused of bioterrorism by the “Strange Culture” makes its San banger Kala visits every continent Coachella, or you can chill with her FBI on account of his offbeat and Diego debut tonight at the Museum in a quest to blend Aborigine at 4th and B and give her all the somewhat controversial artwork. of Contemporary Art. (CM) Australian kid-rap, urban grime and attention she deserves. (CK) BELIEVE.

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THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS recordings Tokyo Police Club ■ Elephant Shell SADDLE CREEK

hree surefire rules for an instant hit inflections this time around, and they fur- band, brought to you by Tokyo Police ther tarnish tween-girl friendly tracks “Juno” T Club: first, handclaps; second, gang back- and “Tessellate.” In case anyone didn’t know ground vocals; third, nonsensical (but cool- already, the word tessellate roughly means sounding) band name. These four Canadian “to form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic youngsters carry those aesthetics to the LP pattern”; when you add the phrase “broken arena with a caffeinated emo-Strokes burst on hearts” to that, you’ve got yourself a heart-on- debut Elephant Shell, a more subdued singles sleeve nerdgasm worth a wince or two. collection than their previous work (all six- Besides the aforementioned tracks’ ques- teen minutes of it). tionable lyrics and irritating delivery, the rest It all starts with perfect opener “Centennial,” of the record sparkles with its huge percus- a taut reminder that singer Dave Monks takes sion, Monks’ everything-is-a-chorus approach effective song arcs and rides them for every to songwriting and goofy keymaster Graham drop of indie chic they contain. Wright’s tasteful choice of synth tones. Then we get “In A Cave,” an image-heavy None of the cuts reach the frantic bliss tune about sci-fi time travel and Romance of “Be Good” or the pop-shock newness that best encompasses the band’s maturation that “Nature of the Experiment” represented, into a restrained pop beast. These three-for- but “Your English Is Good” and “Graves” three ends with “Graves,” a punchy assault come close. Still, I say bring back the Albert that blasts you with bite-sized hooks sheathed Hammond Jr. riffs, dry your eyes and speed in synthetic oohs and insistent guitar. up your shit for the next one; we don’t want And from then on the Club starts to another Voxtrot on our hands. lose its footing. Monks decided to adopt an — Chris Kokiousis even more nasally geek-tinge to his vocal Associate Hiatus Editor

Robyn ■ Robyn KONICHIWA

ringing at her incomprehensibly disas- culture’s latest stereotypical dumb blonde. trous fashion faux pas — a bulky baby- Fortunately, Robyn’s cover of the C blue windbreaker with spurts of hideous Teddybears’ dancehall jam “Cobrastyle” is red synthetic fur — you can only hope that considerably tolerable enough to redeem the Robyn’s plea for ridicule ends on the cover Stockholm pop singer from her humiliatingly of her self-titled album. Regrettably, five distasteful tracks. Like most of the album’s minutes into the album leaves you wondering songs, its beat is the love child of Norwegian how this Europop singer was ever marketed pop singer Annie’s “Heartbeat” melodic con- as the world’s next high-“E”-albeit-equally- fections and Swedish siblings the Knife’s badly-dressed Christina Aguilera. warped-space/time-continuum trance. You Merely judging from the track’s title, can also applaud Robyn’s offhand charm in “Konichiwa Bitches” is a ridiculously unin- “Bum Like You,” a contradictory retake of telligible and downright embarrassing appro- TLC’s “No Scrubs”’ she-woman mentality priation of Gza’s catchphrase on a played-out (“Your car’s a dump and you’re broke / but “Chappelle’s Show” skit. Although the jerky that’s all right … / I would knit you mittens synthesized beats might sway some analog- and make you pie”). hungry electronic fans, Robyn’s alleged lyri- If you’re just looking to hit up a sweaty cal aptitude is nowhere to be found in “You dance club, you’ll appreciate Robyn’s sugary- wanna rumble in space / I put my laser on sweet sound; otherwise, you’ll find that her stun / And on tha north pole I’ll ice you son less-than-impressive lyrical material has not … / You wanna thrilla in Manilla / You’ll quite reached maturation and is as tacky as be killer bee stung.” You don’t have to be a her revolting fashion-disaster ensemble. feminine activist to pout your lips with the — Nicole Aquino thought of Robyn’s tragic rendition of pop Staff Writer

The Dodos ■ Visiter FRENCH KISS

hile Meric Long and Logan Kroeber ent electronics, tambourines, steel-stringed of the Dodos will certainly reel you in acoustic guitars and thematically rudimen- W with rhythmic drumming, vocal chants tary vocal chants, but the Dodos only get so and atmospheric psych-folk-pop reminiscent far with their setup. of Animal Collective, the duo’s second album The album reveals an emptiness beneath Visiter won’t make a lasting impression on what seems at first a lush and promising ride. voracious aficionados of the genre. Visiter may keep you listening through its It may be too harsh to judge the San first run, but it won’t prompt your finger to Francisco-based duo’s second work as a hit repeat. “paper-mache Mephistopheles,” but there is Kroeber’s drumming can oftentimes be an undeniable hollowness that encompasses too domineering, noisily conflicting with the the collective songs. One would think the intricate complexities permeating through screeching bellows and soft whispers of Long Long’s fingerpicking. The inevitable result and his bluesy guitar, dynamically entangled of trying to do too many things at once, cre- with Kroeber’s relentless drumming, would ates a clash between Kroeber and Long that create a psych-folk masterpiece. Instead, we Visiter seems to suffer from. have an album that falls short of making an Perhaps this band must closely re-exam- impact. ine the symbiotic relationship between the Songs like “Ashley” and “God?” are pris- drums and guitar, so central in its musical tine moments where the dusty Visiter is strengths and weaknesses, or meet the same allowed to take off its drab coat and shine. evolutionary fate as its ill-chosen moniker. Long invites you to take a closer look at — Deepak Seeni the dynamic relationship built among ambi- Staff Writer Hiatus Podcast Listen to the Hiatus staff geek out about the lastest movies, music and games every Wednesday. www.ucsdguardian.org 12 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 recordings Elbow ‘Cab’ Pranksters Spill ■ The Seldom Seen Kid GEFFEN Streaking Secrets ▶ CAB, from page 10 and I didn’t know until I took a you were discovered by Panic at the sip on stage. It was disgusting. Oh, ome people find it unfortunate for a band to name cuts itself up into an electronic beat. But don’t fret, the Disco and signed to Decaydance. and I also got oatmeal thrown in themselves after a joint covered with darkened skin album only gets better and better. “Mirrorball” is a trip- my face. S in need of exfoliation, but doesn’t the name at least hopped dam that when eventually breached, releases a AD: We gave [Panic at the intrigue you? Don’t you wonder what a band with a name flood of lush strings to accompany singer Guy Garvey’s Disco] a demo at a show — G: There’s a lot like Elbow sounds like? Elbow conjures up thoughts of mature vocals. “Grounds for Divorce” contains the line a Cobra Starship, Cartel, of mystery “elbow grease” or “elbow room,” but what would spacious that the album’s title is taken from; the Real seldom seen Boys Like Girls show s u r ro u n d - workroom sound like? One word: divine. kid was an old friend of the band who died suddenly a — and they listened to ing your However, upon first listen to The Seldom Seen Kid, the couple of years back. it and got back to me. It debut album Manchesterian boys’ fourth effort, one can’t help but ask, “Divorce” is the album’s gem, stomping through the all happened over about b e c a u s e “The hell is this crap?” Yes, Elbow usually sucks the first track’s entirety, sounding Beck-like with filtered vocals a month, but it took a you’ve only time through but the band slowly reveals itself and rewards accented by banjo twangs and a scraping washboard. “The few months to get all the released one those who visit often. It will accidentally play while your Fix” draws from the soundtracks of campy Halloween paperwork signed. demo. What iPod is set to random and you’ll say, “Oh, what do we have and Tim Burton flicks with all the sliding guitars lost in a can listeners here?” Once you’ve sloughed off a couple of layers of dead, vibrating haze, featuring Richard Hawley of Pulp fame on G: And then you found yourselves expect Whisper War fast-to-judge epidermis, you can’t help but keep going back guest vocals. The Seldom Seen Kid reveals its majesty and on tour with bands like We the to sound like? to that smooth, polished joint of yours. soft skin in a way that will leave you glowing both inside Kings and Cobra Starship. What is The Seldom Seen Kid opens with a track that’s hard to and out once you give it the attention it deserves. your favorite tour memory? AD: I think our album has all love, the one that signals the initial turnoff. “Starlings” — Josephine Nguyen kinds of different songs — songs starts off in “A Day in the Life” chaotic disarray and then Staff Writer AD: The last show of the tour for everyone. But they ... aren’t is always great. On the last show of just a random mix. They’re not the Cobra all super happy poppy, but still Fleet Foxes have that pop/soul influence. Sun Giant The album doesn’t exactly ■ tell one story, but can be SUB POP seen as chapters in a larger story.

G: During truth or recently broken five-piece out of the Pacific Northwest, in favor of showcasing the amplified and likely synthesized dare, would you Fleet Foxes certainly pushes the envelope when it comes lyrical intonations. Even when the pace picks up — a rare occur- rather go streaking A to being classified as indie rock after their second EP, Sun rence — it rarely ventures beyond a trot, preferring to stay within or reveal an inti- Giant. The term is unabashedly broad, but Fleet Foxes barely the confines of its laid-back rhythm and tone. mate secret? qualify as rock with their soft and slow blend of meandering Despite its tendency to lazily weave toward being soporific guitar chords and sentimental lyrics, with a generous helping of instead of relaxing, Sun Giant is cleverly constructed to flaunt AD: Definitely go old-fashioned folk melodies and dreamy harmonies that sound Fleet Foxes’ broad audience appeal. While college-age stu- streaking! vaguely like church organs. Fleet Foxes call their own music dents and especially the younger generation may be less than “baroque harmonic pop jams,” a phrase that likely means noth- impressed at their comparatively lethargic sound — perhaps G: Lindsay Lohan or ing to the average listener unschooled in technical music terms making mainstream success in the near future elusive — those Hilary Duff? and even less concerned with the dilemma of accurately labeling who embrace a diversity of musical tastes will enjoy Fleet Foxes’ their addition to the genre. refreshingly low-key style. The band’s execution and integration AD: Lindsay Lohan. The song titles (like “Drops in the River” and “Innocent of elements from soft rock, pop, bluegrass, gospel and even New S t a r s h i p Son”), along with the folksy lyrics, underwhelming tone and Age has the potential to gather listeners from across the tonal tour, everyone did a prank day G: Love at first sight: reality or even the band’s MySpace page all mesh to form a highly rural spectrum. like sending hundreds of raw hot myth? and agrarian musical landscape. The instrumentation frequently — Imran Manji dogs to people. We the Kings put retreats far into the background, occasionally vanishing entirely Staff Writer gin and vinegar in my water bottle, AD: I think it’s a reality. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN HIATUS 13

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advantage.com/college THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN SPORTS 15 Allard Leaves as Leader in Points, Rebounds, Assists, Steals UCSD Can’t ▶ ALLARD, from page 16 under Carr, calling the first condition- against UC Riverside was the culmina- him to settle the team down and direct Athletic Union basketball. The AAU ing period his “most physically excru- tion of a long-term goal and, as the first everybody on the court.” Take First program, both prevalent and competi- ciating” moment, but also necessary to game of the 2007-08 season, a strong While hoping to continue to work in tive in Northern California, served as a prepare the team for the battles ahead. predictor of the successful season to basketball and pass on some of his own From SSU precursor for Allard’s decision to attend As a starter for all but 10 games in his follow. knowledge, Allard’s reflections on his and play basketball at Archbishop Mitty Triton career, it has been Allard who has “Our game at UC Riverside was very own career and time at UCSD are more ▶ BASEBALL, from page 16 High School, as opposed to a public often led the Tritons into those battles. telling for me, because he made a couple attuned to people rather than games. combining to issue 11 walks to the school where he might have been able Despite being incredibly effective and of big shots that game, played with great While obviously thankful for his time surging Seawolves. Sonoma State took to post better on-court stats against consistent during all four of his seasons, heart and desire,” Carlson said. “Talking in RIMAC Arena and on the various a 4-2 lead after both offenses got on the lesser opponents. including a career-best 11.7 points per to him prior to that game, I know other courts he has played, Allard is board in the first inning and added nine “Playing against better competition game average last year, it would not be how much it meant to him to beat a more grateful for the people who have more runs in the fourth through eighth is only going to make you better, espe- until his final season that Allard received Division-I team. To do that in our first surrounded him throughout his career, innings to cruise to the 13-2 win. cially when you’re fighting for a spot All-CCAA recognition, finishing the game this year, I think was kind of big.” including his mother, Dawn, who has In the nightcap of the doubleheader, everyday,” Allard said. year averaging 9.8 points, a career-best As an all-around player who has had traveled to watch him play everywhere UCSD jumped out to an early 4-0 lead As one of Carr’s few returning play- 3.9 rebounds, and a team- and career- many incredible games and moments, from Bakersfield to Alaska, his brother after a four-run second inning, but saw ers, Allard would join his teammates best 4.6 assists per it is his leadership Clark, who has often traveled from Cal it vanish as the Seawolves came back in a “sink-or-swim” situation that year, game that also skills for which Poly and was present during the Senior with five runs in the top of the third. in which the new coach was able to ranks third in the Allard hopes to best Night ceremony, and Olen, the only The Tritons added a run in the bottom mold the players and all of those get- CCAA. On the court he be remembered coach to actually see each of Clint’s col- half to even the score at five each, but ting playing time were, for the most “It was nice for, and it is that legiate games. Sonoma State had another big inning part, inexperienced at the collegiate that the other understands his role, guidance that both “I’ll miss the players and their fami- in the fourth, scoring four more runs to level. Senior guard Andrew Hatch, coaches in the coaches and team- lies and all the people I’ve met,” Allard take a 9-5 lead. UCSD would add one the California Collegiate Athletic league felt I was he knows that he is the mates are quick to said. “I’ll miss the people I won’t see more run in the fifth inning but would Association Freshman of the Year in deserving of All- leader and ultimately it point out. every day anymore. As far as athletics, be unable to muster anything more, 2004-05, remembers Allard during a CCAA recogni- “Clint has basi- I’ll just miss just knowing that there’s six falling by a final of 9-6. practice in their first season together. tion,” Allard said. is up to him to settle the cally been a mentor months of the year where you’re going “I just think overall we were incon- “My freshmen year was tough on “Especially as a for me throughout to spend a couple hours pretty much sistent throughout the weekend,” both of us, but one day in practice senior, it meant a team down and direct my UCSD basket- everyday with these guys, and you look O’Brien said. “We showed signs of coach Carr was directing us in a series “ greatness but if we expect to go deep in lot. This league is ball career, encour- forward to it. We never had the most of passing and shooting drills. In this full of absolutely everybody on the court.” aging me and talent or the most athletic guys or the the playoffs, we’re going to need to be drill there were two cutters and two great players and — Andrew Hatch, making me a bet- tallest guys, but just knowing that hard much more consistent.” passers, so it is up to the passers [Allard every year people senior guard ter player,” junior work, camaraderie, and playing together With the win in the finale, however, and former Triton Mike Bakal] to pass get left off meant guard Alan Husted — all that stuff matters. Teamwork is UCSD improves to 36-11 overall and to the correct person. I believe Mike that the other said. “Playing the very underrated, but it brought us a long 20-8 in conference play. And although passed the ball to the wrong person coaches in this same position as way. We were overmatched some nights, the Tritons have only eight games to — so two balls headed full steam at [for- league felt like I brought something him, I learned and improved a lot just but we always played hard and we always make up the difference in the standings mer Triton] Parker Berling. After being to this team, and that’s what I wanted by going at each other every day in gave ourselves a chance to win.” with the Seawolves, the two four-game hit with both balls Parker preceded to to do.” practice. Personally, I tried to soak up as In his five years at UCSD, Allard has series are against Cal State Monterey kick the ball as hard as he could out of Also an All-CCAA Tournament many of his idiosyncrasies on the court been the soul of the program, finishing Bay and San Francisco State University, anger — the ball looped off his foot and selection following UCSD’s stirring that I could, as they were obviously his career as the school’s Divison-II the bottom two teams in the CCAA clocked Clint’s head, lifting him off his CCAA Championship run, Allard has effective throughout his career.” leader in points, rebounds, assists, steals, standings. The Gators are currently feet and onto the ground,” Hatch said. been a part of, and catalyst for, many Whether he knows it or not, Allard starts, free throws made and attempted last, having won only one conference “After a moment of silence [assistant] of UCSD’s biggest moments during his is known among his teammates as a and games and minutes played. Along game, while the Otters sit in ninth with coach [Eric] Olen began to laugh and career. Included in the list of firsts is leader and a teacher. with fellow departing seniors Hatch and a CCAA record of 7-25. everyone else followed. Clint jumped not only memorable victories against “Clint is a great leader and an outgo- three-time All-CCAA honoree Henry [First place] is our focus,” O’Brien up and laughed it off, a little upset, Cal State Bakersfield and Sonoma State, ing guy who knows when to be light- Patterson, Allard has laid an incredible said. “We want to finish at the top and but that is the type of guy Clint is: he but also the Tritons’ first-ever Division- hearted, but also has the ability to be foundation that future Triton teams will I think our guys are hungry and I think knows when to joke around and knows II postseason victory, first-ever CCAA very serious at the times that he needs now look to build upon. they’re starting to taste it.” when to be serious and I respect him title, first-ever NCAA Division-II to be,” Hatch said. “On the court he for that.” Tournament berth, and first-ever win understands his role, he knows that he Readers can contact Joe Tevelowitz at Readers can contact Rael Enteen at Allard also remembers that first year over a Division-I program. The victory is the leader and ultimately it is up to [email protected]. [email protected]. HOT CORNER 16 Kimmi Dao Women’s Tennis CONTACT THE EDITOR The freshman earned CCAA Player of the Rael Enteen Week for April 14-20 after winning two singles [email protected] SPORTS and two doubles matches, helping UCSD push its conference unbeaten streak to 48 games. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 TRITON LEADER LEAVES ON TOP Fifth-year senior Clint Allard has been a part of the UCSD men’s basketball team through three different coaches and plenty of program firsts and records. By Joe Tevelowitz You’re not going to win unless you play Senior Staff Writer defense, and he believed we could play defense. He preached defense and he or five years as a Triton, senior preached toughness. That mindset got guard Clint Allard has truly us to where we could compete with the defined everything that the up- top teams in the league and every night Fand-coming UCSD men’s basketball we had a shot to win. coach Carlson program is about. After redshirting his came in and with the experience we first year on campus, Allard would have had with hard-nosed defense, he came the opportunity to improve himself in and gave the players an edge, gave both physically, as he conditioned and us confidence. He still taught us some learned to eat right, as well as mentally things, but he opened it up and let the while watching from then-head coach players play, and I think that was a big Greg Lanthier’s bench. reason for our success this year.” “Sitting back and watching the Carlson felt that Clint’s decision to other teams, I got to see without being return for one final season, despite hav- in there what the competition was like,” ing walked last June and being eligible said Allard of his first year at UCSD. to graduate, was emblematic of the The only Triton to have witnessed player and person Allard has proved to the transition from former coach be in his time to San Diego. Lanthier to Bill Carr in 2004 to the “It meant a lot to me, personally, current coach Chris Carlson follow- that he would want to come back this ing last season, Allard has not only year,” Carlson said. “I was the third endured, but thrived, with the changes. head coach he’s played for in his time For Allard, each coach was able to teach here, which I don’t think is easy to do. him something different and help him It showed me a lot about his character improve his game. and what he meant to his teammates.” “Coach Lanthier had a really offen- A Bay Area native who went to sive-oriented game style. The good part as many Golden State Warriors and for me was I got to put up a lot of shots Stanford Cardinal games as possible everyday [in practice]. I became a much while growing up in San Jose, Allard better shooter than I was the first year I was an active participant in Amateur got here. When coach Carr came in, he ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN brought a seriousness to this program. See ALLARD, page 15 After walking at graduation last June, senior guard Clint Allard came back to play for a fifth year to help UCSD advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time. No. 8 UCSD Splits With Sonoma State Golf Team Finishes Sixth at By Rael Enteen Conference Championships Sports Editor By Neil Joshi all score of 218 was two shots better BASEBALL — A bottom of the ninth, Staff Writer than junior Ryan Bailey, who finished bases-loaded walk to junior All- in 14th place. Phan’s first round of 70 American first-baseman Matt Cantele GOLF — The Tritons put togeth- put him in good shape to contend for gave the No. 8 Tritons a 5-4 walk-off er a sixth-place finish at the two- the title, but a second round of 74 ended win in the series finale against No. 2 day California Collegiate Athletic those dreams as he entered the final Sonoma State on April 20 that salvaged Association championships in Paso round nine shots behind the lead. A a series split and move UCSD to within Robles on April 21 and 22 with their final round of 74 ended Phan’s tourna- two games of the Seawolves for first three-round score of 891, 33 shots ment with a cumulative two over par. place in California Collegiate Athletic behind the champions, Sonoma State “Anytime you don’t win, it’s disap- Association standings. University. UCSD couldn’t recover after pointing, and that‘s the way I look at Cantele was already 2-for-4 with a a first-round 300 landed the team in these tournaments,” Phan said. “My homerun in the first inning to open the sixth place, but improved scores of 293 goal is to be the best golfer at the end of scoring and stake the Tritons to a 1-0 and 298 in the latter rounds helped the day, and I showed I could contend lead, so it was fitting that he end the end the season on a high note. With after my first round. I just wish I could game with an RBI walk. no seniors on the roster, UCSD has have been more consistent and put my “That was a good at-bat for had plenty of time to grow as a team, a team in a better position in rounds two him,” head coach Dan O’Brien said. trait that makes it dangerous going into and three. I hope that I can put a bet- “Obviously the pitcher was struggling next season. ter performance together in the Super and Matt recognized that and did a “Our team definitely experienced Regional, where our season is really on real good job of laying off some tough some growing pains this season,” 29th- the line.” pitches.” year coach Mike Wydra said. “But in Freshman Keith Okasaki finished UCSD needed walk-off heroics the long run it will only make our his first year as a Triton by finishing to salvage the split, after winning the team better. I’ve seen how hard this in 15th place, just behind Bailey with opener 7-4 on April 18 but dropping team has worked, and it will pay off. a score of 221. A great second round both games of a doubleheader the next This program hasn’t been to the NCAA of 70 was sandwiched between rounds day by a combined score of 22-8. Championships since 2004, but I know of 76 and 75 to put him at five over par. The win was just what the Tritons this team is getting closer and closer to Sophomore Austin Alfonso and junior wanted to open the series, as the bats making a return trip there real soon.” Billy Olsen finished near the bottom of came alive in the seventh inning to Wydra has become a legend during the individual leaderboard after strug- score three runs and break a 4-4 tie. his tenure with the Tritons. He’s still gling early. Alfonso shot a first round The Seawolves scored a run in both searching for that elusive champion- 84, which put him in a tie for last, but the first and second innings to take ship after finishing runner-up in the he recovered slightly and finished in a a 2-0 lead, but the Tritons came back national championship five times dur- tie for 30th out of 35 golfers. Olsen shot with three runs in the bottom of the ing his career. a first round 82, then followed up with second to take their first lead. The 3-2 Individually, the tournament rounds of 76 and 77 to finish in 34th advantage would last until the sixth was won by Eric Justesen of Cal State place with a cumulative score of 235. inning, when Sonoma State scored two ANDREW RICCI/GUARDIAN Stanislaus, who ran away from the com- The Tritons’ season will be on the runs, one on catcher Konrad Thieme’s With eight games left against two of the CCAA’s worst teams, the Tritons have their sights on first place. petition with a 14-under par 202 to line in the Division-II Super Regional second solo shot of the game. earn individual medalist honors. A first Championship, which starts on May UCSD responded in the bottom runs in the bottom of the seventh and were just one game back of the round score of 70 put Justesen in a three- 5. The three-day tournament’s location of the frame with a run after a leadoff cruised to the victory. Shibuya also Seawolves heading into the double- way tie for first, but after that, he left no is yet to be announced. Last year, the triple by junior rightfielder Tim Mort. worked a scoreless eighth with another header. Unfortunately, after losing both doubt, notching rounds of 65 and 67 to Tritons finished in sixth place at the After a pitching change, junior cen- two strikeouts and then gave way to games on April 19, UCSD dropped distance himself from the second-place eight-team event in Colorado. In order terfielder Nick Burke’s groundout to senior closer Keith Noe, who picked up back two games in the standings with finisher, the Seawolves’ Jarin Todd, who to make the NCAA Championships, shortstop was enough for Mort to come his school-record 12th save. only two more series remaining before was eight shots behind. Sonoma State UCSD will need to do better than that in and tie the game at four. “We were outstanding as a ballclub the start of the CCAA Tournament. was the only school to have three golf- this year. Phan narrowly missed out on Freshman Tim Shibuya entered on Friday,” O’Brien said. “I thought In the noon game, the Triton pitch- ers finish in the top 10, with Todd, Kyle qualifying for the championships as an to relieve sophomore starting pitcher that if we maintained that kind of focus ing was disastrous, as all five arms Hopkins in seventh and Chris Galvin, individual last year, and could contend Kirby St. John and promptly retired and played with that kind of consistent that trotted out to the mound could tied at ninth, leading the way. for a spot this year. the Seawolves 1-2-3, two on strikeouts. baseball all weekend that we could not escape without allowing a run, UCSD’s top finisher was junior Shibuya picked up the win to improve make it a very special weekend.” Nathan Phan, who finished a solid sea- Readers can contact Neil Joshi at to 7-0 when the Tritons scored three After the crucial win, the Tritons See BASEBALL, page 15 son with a tie for ninth place. 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