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The percentage of first-generation freshman and transfer students accepted was also higher than usual.
BY Madeline Leon Staff Writer
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This is where the UC system requires increase in applications was about 6 Accountability Sub-Report on Diversity. more focus, if it is to achieve further progress in percent over Fall 2017.” “We know that students’ academic performance the hiring and retention of a group of faculty more Out of over 116,000 applicants, and career aspirations are enhanced when faculty comprehensive of gender and ethnicity. the second-highest number of of similar backgrounds serve as role models,” According to information disclosed in the Annual MONDAYMONDAY TUESDAYTUESDAY applicants for a university in 2018, Napolitano said at the meeting. “Moreover, teaching, Accountability Sub-Report pertaining to new hires HH 6996 L 7261 H H71 86 L L 62 68 there was a 7-percent increase in research, innovation, and service thrive when all among varying disciplines, “With the exception the number of first-generation members of our community are welcomed and of Life Sciences, all disciplines are surpassing freshmen admitted. supported. 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WOW X power through on- and off-site The EPA lists the UC system See EPA, page 3 See ADMISSIONS, page 3 self-generation and physical power fourth among its top 30 green power 2 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG NEWS
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Adriana Barrios Opinion Editor Rivka Gershovich Associate Opinion Editor Richard Lu Sports Editor UC SYSTEM Susanti Sarkar Features Editor Daisy Scott A&E Editor Marshall Sophomore Arrested for Stealing Women’s Underwear from On-Campus Laundry Chloe Esser Associate A&E Editor Annika Olives Lifestyle Editor The student has since been relocated on campus, but some students are worried that this won’t stop future incidents from happening. Francesca Hummler Photo Editor Tina Chen Design Editor As found in the UCSD Police sophomore, and expressed their comment. BY stephanie Begle Hojune Kwak Multimedia Editor contributing writer Department Crime and Fire Log/ feelings toward the incident. UCSD Watch Command Kritin Karkare Data Visualization Editor Media Bulletin, he was arrested “I’m more frustrated than Sergeant John Smart, said that this is Anthony Tran Art Editor A UC San Diego student has been last Monday at about 10 p.m. for anything,” the student said. “Tis still an “ongoing investigation ... and Lisa Chik Copy Editor arrested for stealing an estimated burglary upon confessing to stealing isn’t the frst time something like further information is unavailable to $223 of women’s underwear from the women’s underwear. this has happened to our university, the public.” the Turgood Marshall College According to an anonymous and the solution to such misconduct Some students have expressed Page Layout Tina Chen, Z.Y. Lin, Christine Fan apartments’ laundry room. Tis is student, Liu has since been relocated was to relocate the culprit. In a feeling of fear from the perceived the second time a crime like this Copy Readers from the Marshall apartments to other words, the solution was to lax consequences on this matter. If Alex Rickard, Asiyah Syed, has been committed, the frst having another location on campus. Tis compromise the safety of other students have reason to believe their Darren Lam, Rani Snankar happened last May in Sixth College. anonymous student had been students to appease another’s. It’s clothing items are being stolen, they Business Manager Jennifer Mancano Tose familiar with the previous cautioned by another student who irritating that it took so long for should contact the UCSD Police crime might have presumed that this Advertising Director noticed the alleged panty thief there to be a legitimate course of Department at 858-534-4359. Heijin Shin was carried out by the same person; lingering around the laundry room, action. I really do value UCSD. I’m Marketing Directors however, the incidence is a mere presumably waiting to strike. extremely grateful to be here, but it Carmella Villejas copycat. It was two weeks ago that a report makes me question how much of a Advertising Design Te student has been identifed was fled with Campus Police about priority our safety really is.” Alfredo H. Vilano, Jr. A.S. Graphic Studio as sophomore David Liu from the stolen underwear. Te student Turgood Marshall College Turgood Marshall College. who fled the report is a Marshall Student Afairs declined to Stephanie Begle [email protected] The UCSD Guardian is published Mondays during the academic year by UCSD students and for the UCSD community. Reproduction of this newspaper in any form, whether in whole or in part, without permission is strictly prohibited. © 2017, all rights reserved. The UCSD Guardian is not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of California or Associated Students. The UCSD Guardian is funded by advertising. I don’t trust zippers and neither should you. General Editorial: [email protected] News: [email protected] follow us Opinion: [email protected] Sports: [email protected] Features: [email protected] Lifestyle: [email protected] A&E: [email protected] Photo: [email protected] Design: [email protected] Art: [email protected] Marketing: [email protected] on twitter Advertising: 858-534-3467 [email protected] Fax: 858-534-7035 @UCSDGuardian 1 PROPPhone Bank + Food Party0 Raza Resource Centro Food provided by: UCSD Food Co-op
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Several Programs Help First Generation Students Adjust to University UCSD Already Uses a Number of Green Initiatives
▶ ADMISSIONS, from page 1 ▶ EPA, from page 1
“Washington Monthly,” and No. 2 students and added two high schools designed to capture best practices gas from its campus buildings fleet with over 60 percent alternative in the nation for superior education to its roster. The Student Success for navigating UC San Diego and and vehicle fleet in the future. fuel vehicles and increasing bicycle at an affordable price by “Money Coaching Program also increased its inspire the campus community During the 2018 award ceremony, access through the campus bikeshare Magazine.” number of first-generation students to learn about the students’ Napolitano re-emphasized the goal program, Spin. On the other hand, “U.S. News by 500 members and is now serving experiences when they are the first of the initiative. Notably, the “solar chill,” and World Report” ranked UCSD 1,300 undergraduates. in their immediate family to attend “We need to be bold and a charging station powered No. 12 among top national public A recently launched program a four-year university,” Costa said. ambitious with our solutions to completely by solar energy located universities in its 2018 report. This coordinated by all six colleges “UC San Diego is proud to climate change,” Napolitano said in near The Village at Torrey Pines marks a decreasing trend from known as the Triton Research and welcome this new class of scholars as a videotaped speech. “For its part, and across from the Rady School UCSD’s No. 9 ranking in 2017 and Experiential Learning Scholars, they embark on a bold new chapter the University of California has set of Management, was built by No. 4 ranking in 2016. supports research opportunities for in their life as Tritons,” Chancellor a goal of becoming carbon neutral undergraduate students from the However, Costa noted that first-generation and low-income Pradeep Khosla said in a recent by 2025. Together, we can multiply Jacobs School of Engineering. UCSD has multiple ongoing and students. newsletter. “Our student experience the impact of our individual efforts.” The award also comes one nuanced initiative programs Also newly launched is the is designed to cultivate a passion At UC San Diego, a series of month after the UC Office of the designed to encourage minority Tritons First website, which aims for knowledge and offer a wealth of sustainable practices has been President announced a commitment students to apply to the university, to connect first-generation students campus resources that ensures their made throughout the years. The to use 100-percent renewable energy as well as programs that support through an online portal. The success as future alumni, who will university aims to decrease the across all 10 UC campuses before current students. The Chancellor’s portal includes a mobile listening undoubtedly use their education to release of carbon dioxide in the 2025. Associates Scholar Program, which station, to which first-generation benefit the world.” areas of transportation, energy provides scholarship and financial faculty and staff can submit voice production, and waste reduction. aid support through mentorship, recordings of their stories. Examples include, but are not madeline leon Zhuoying Lin increased its freshman class by 39 “The listening station is [email protected] limited to, replacing the campus [email protected]
remember to get your flu shots! 4 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG OPINION
CONTACT THE EDITOR Adriana Barrios OPINION [email protected] Resource Centers Should Address Hiring Inequalities Through Clothing Loans
BY GEENA ROBERTS // CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With interview season afoot UC San Diego students are scrambling to paying positions, an interviewee’s lack of business wear negatively impacts apply, secure, and successfully slay interviews in hopes of bigger and better their chances of being selected. Workman’s study found that a lack of job or graduate opportunities. Many students only have to consider which appropriate business wear signaled to hiring managers that those candidates outfit to wear, how to answer the questions, and how to get there, but that’s were not serious about the position. This study also suggests that similar not true for everyone. Unfortunately, some UCSD students also worry about patterns may affect graduate and professional school admission interviews securing business-appropriate attire in the first place. as well. So, allowing students to check out proper business attire would As of today, none of UCSD’s resource centers provide business wear minimize distractions unrelated to their character, skill, or ability. and accessories for student checkout. Yet, resource centers exist to support Furthermore, wearing business-appropriate clothes also shapes underserved populations on campus who face traditional barriers to higher candidates’ views of themselves and their aptitude. One study shows education and higher-paying careers. Having interview accessories and that for many people, proper business dress boosts confidence levels and attire available for check-out in UCSD’s Resource Centers would increase performance. Extrapolating this study to interviews specifically, these upward mobility for UCSD’s underserved students, especially those trying findings imply that interviewees without conventional attire face even to enter into competitive fields and industries like medicine or finance. further disadvantages compared to other candidates; not having the right Therefore, UCSD resource centers should consider incorporating this professional attire and accessories also psychologically disadvantage these resource to better fulfill their duty to students. candidates’ ability to portray themselves. Overall, the psychological impact Offering professional attire and accessories available for check-out in of using a fancy $30 UCSD portfolio, wearing a nice belt, or donning a the resource centers will increase financially struggling students’ chances clean suit jacket may increase a candidate’s ability to have their talents of upward mobility due to the attire’s importance in the hiring and selection recognized due to its effect on the perceptions of others and candidates’ own process. For most interviews, business-casual or business-professional wear estimations of themselves. is a must; the more competitive the position and higher-paying the field, the There are financial drawbacks to offering this resource to students, but more society relies on attire to signal professional competency. In fact, the the benefits to students outweigh the cost. For example, some may argue clothes one wears affect obtaining these positions more than one may think. that offering business attire and accesses for student checkout would detract Research studies evaluating the impact of clothing, like one study by Dr. Jane E. Workman, “Effects of Appropriate and Inappropriate Attire on Attributions of Personal Dispositions,” demonstrate that for many higher- See BUSINESS, page 5 ▶ Grindr’s New Kindr Initiative: A Step Forward on the Road to Tolerance BY JACOB SUTHERLAND // SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Grindr recently created their “Kindr” initiative with the interests based on their shared sexuality. Hypersexuality, on status, and other marginalizations. This resulted in an app like goal of eliminating toxic masculinity and racism on their the other hand, is casual hookup culture taken to an extreme. Grindr being built upon overt “preferences;” the platform platform. Grindr is the infamous gay dating app, where users Because gay people have traditionally been repressed, both allows users to dabble in problematic sexual activities such are given unlimited access to an endless sea of smiling faces, hookup culture and queer relationship building were forced as race play and trans fetishization because it is built on these bare torsos, and blank avatars. Unlike Tinder or Bumble, to take place in the same contexts, usually in gay bars, historical grounds of socially overt hypersexuality. which require users to match before either can approach one clubs, and community parks. These two competing types of However, that does not mean Grindr should not be another, Grindr eliminates the waiting game by allowing interactions having to share the same setting led to the idea proactive in their attempt to stop these negative dating users to be proactive in messaging those they are attracted to. that casual sex is something to be expected when meeting occurrences. Kindr is a step in the right direction, but the The downside of this is that this open approach to with another gay person. new initiative fails to educate removed users about why dating has allowed for toxic masculinity and racism to run racism and toxic masculinity are wrong in the frst place. rampant. On Grindr, this comes in the form of racial slurs Unlike Tinder, which has a limited number of ways to create being thrown around with queer people of color, profles “...the platform allows an account, Grindr has no safeguards in place, so even if a having phrases like “no fats, no femmes, no HIV+,” or user is banned, they can simply create a new account without users beginning conversations with a slew of lewd pictures. users to dabble in facing any repercussions. Thus enters Kindr, the latest initiative by the app to provide If Grindr wants to truly make an impact in the discussion an educational approach to ending these issues. This new problematic sexual activities of gay racism and toxic masculinity, then the app must fnd a approach includes several targeted in-app ads, a new set of way to ensure that banned users either remain removed from user policies that attempt to restrict offensive language, and such as race play and trans the app or successfully receive education on these issues a YouTube series that touches on various stigmas in the gay before reentering the platform. This can include accounts dating community. fetishization because it is only being able to be created with either a phone number or Kindr is a step in the right direction, albeit a small one. Facebook account (reducing the number of times a user can What the initiative succeeds in is creating a more positive built on these historical rejoin), creating a more comprehensive educational platform in-app experience for users from marginalized backgrounds. that allows for users to fully learn why racism and toxic The updated guidelines bar users from posting hateful content grounds of socially overt masculinity are wrong, and most importantly, providing in either their bios or in the messages they send to other information on how to get in touch with counselors and users, as well as allowing recipients of any hateful dialogue hypersexuality.” therapists to work through any internal issues that may still to report the sender, leading to their eventual removal from remain. the app. These two concepts evolved together as societal views on Combating these negative issues in the gay community However, this approach only serves to put a bandage homosexuality became increasingly more tolerant, albeit at will set a precedent for fghting racism and toxic masculinity on the larger issue of the racism and toxic masculinity that a cost: Where gay people from all backgrounds used to fnd on a broader, societal level. Where one social community became more prominent in the gay dating scene after the common ground and mutual understanding for one another, fnds success, others are likely to take those actions as combination of hypersexuality and homosocialization began the new societal acceptance of the label “gay” allowed examples and follow suit. If Grindr takes the necessary steps decades ago. for those without other marginalizations to feed their own to address the root of racism and toxic masculinity rather than Homosocialization is the process of gay people building exclusionary sexual desires. Unfortunate divides became to put a bandage over it, then, with time, the gay dating scene, nonsexual relationships with one another, fnding mutual commonplace in gay dating on the basis of race, gender, HIV as well as society at large, will become all the more Kindr. OPINION THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 5
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▶ BUSINESS, from page 4 families have more money for other things funds from other programs due to the cost like fulfilling basic needs and purchasing of dry cleaning and purchasing the items. academic necessities. However, there are several financially Additionally, without such a program, sustainable ways to implement this program. students may have little choice but to A few options include soliciting donations purchase and don less professional attire for the clothing and items, buying quality than a given employer or recruiter expects clothes second-hand, charging a small fee to from a serious candidate. For example, offset the cost of dry-cleaning services, and due to cost, a student may forgo buying fundraising to support the program. a suit and face the aforementioned social . . . Another argument opponents may pose penalty in the eyes of the interviewer for is that few students would benefit from the doing so. Students may also be forced to program and therefore it is not worthwhile. avoid opportunities that require business- In actuality, recent statistics about UCSD’s professional attire altogether. students suggest differently. For example, UCSD’s resource centers have enormous Got letters? this year 40 percent of the incoming class potential to continue improving students’ come from low-income households. This socioeconomic status while they attend we publish them. resource would benefit low-income students college and even after graduation. Offering and their families by alleviating some of UCSD students low-cost or free business the financial burden of business wear. attire and accessories to check out has email us at By not having to purchase every piece of clear benefits and will become increasingly business attire, and pay to maintain these relevant as the campus welcomes more opinion@ucsdguardian items with dry cleaning, students and their underserved students. 6 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG FEATURES
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Coming Up Roses: All About UCSD's Community Gardens PHOTO VIA STOCKTON
ucked next to Muir Woods Coffee Shop, a sea of planter boxes and old academia, and students to create a small-scale food waste repurposing and carbon trash barrels brimming with greenery, is John Muir College’s Community neutral system.” Garden, one of UC San Diego’s several community gardens. There are a Roger’s Community Garden spans a sprawling clearing, an area surrounded fewT inviting tables and benches in the middle of a border of planter boxes, which by eucalyptus trees and behind the C.H.E. Cafe. There are many cacti, succulents, bear the chalkboard labels “White Onions,” “Rosemary Thyme Chives,” “Peppers sheds, hoses, compost systems, and countless pots of greenery. Planter boxes & Tomatoes,” and “Spookie Pumpkins.”. Despite the fact that the space is essentially are filled with vegetables, a wooden sign labelled “blackberry patch” stands in a large square of concrete, there are potatoes, peppers, and onions, happily growing front of vines which run up lattice and down into a chipped bathtub. Tables and in their places. umbrellas are gathered in the quarter, and there’s an orchard of fruit trees — Gold Muir College senior Bethany Shimasaki, co-chair of the Muir Community Kist Apricot, Frederick Passion Fruit, Santa Rosa Asian Plum, and more. Roger’s Garden Club, wishes more students felt inclined to come spend their time smorgasbord of plants is more tropically-based, but they also have traditional studying, relaxing, or just hanging out in the garden. It’s clear that the garden produce, which is more beginner-friendly for amateur student gardeners. space isn’t being utilized to its full potential. With midterms coming up, the shady, “We have a variety of tropical plants, such as dragon fruit, pineapple guava, quiet, area surrounded by plants would make an ideal change of scenery to break strawberry guava, and loquats, as well as herbs like oregano, rosemary, mint, up study sessions in the library. To make that happen, Shimasaki is on a mission to thyme, and basil,” Partika said. “We also have general crops that are easier to grow, find more tables for the space. Along with three other fellow leaders, Shimasaki, a that volunteers and students plant: tomatoes, arugula, peppers, beans, onions, and Tree of UCSD’s marine biology major, has managed to revive a garden that had nearly wilted away squash.” due to lack of care. A few years before she came to UCSD, a subcommittee in the A third community garden on campus, Ellie’s Garden at Eleanor Roosevelt community garden Environmental Club started the garden and acquired all the planter boxes, but it College, began about nine years ago when groundskeeper Chris Johnson noticed clubs share the died off after most of the members graduated. As a member of the Environmental that the bare but weed-free and well-irrigated plots of land between residence halls Club herself, Shimasaki realized that no one was taking care of the plants in what could use some brightening up. He and a student began the garden project the backstory behind was left of the garden, so she decided to take over. The four core members now following summer. The garden’s main goal is to promote sustainability and combat have other volunteer gardeners joining them in meetings. food insecurity on campus, and the variety of plants varies from season to season. their gardens, Shimasaki and her fellow leaders plant a So what do these thriving their goals for the variety of fruits and vegetables — based on “For me, the greatest benefit is gardens do with all the fruits of what their members want to grow, what plants the students’ labor? After harvesting organization, and are in season, and how much space they have. envisioning a sustainable future and their vegetables, fruits, and herbs, the reason why Since their space is made up of concrete, they seeing my ideas and the ideas of my the produce goes primarily to the have to find plants that will thrive in boxes or, student volunteers who helped they garden (and creatively, trash cans filled with soil. colleagues come to life and truly help the grow it. Sometimes, they grow more “We just got a kumquat tree, and we want than they can eat. Roger’s donates why should, too!) to do more citrus trees,” Shimaski said. “We’re environment and individuals.” their excess food to the Triton Food trying to figure out where to put them. I really Pantry, which could provide an love blueberries, and I know that they grow projects. For me, the greatest benefit even more impactful resource for pretty well in bushes. We take a vote based is envisioning a sustainable future and students on campus than it already on what plants are in season. We obviously does, should more know about it. wouldn’t plant peppers and tomatoes and seeing my ideas and the ideas of my Muir has a few other outlets for their By Charlotte eggplants during the wintertime. Our goal is harvests. getting more containers and utilizing the space colleagues come to life and truly help the “This past quarter, we grew Armstrong // that we have.” environment and individuals.” carrots and peas, and we had The club plants a variety of sprouts and roughly two pounds of carrots,” Senior Staf seedlings, which are new plants that haven’t yet begun to grow. Muir Community Shimasaki said ruefully. “If we have too much, usually we offer it to the Cooking Writer Garden’s tomatoes and potatoes come from seedlings. According to Shimasaki, Club in Muir. I don’t think we’ve ever had so much that we needed to give it to the they get their plants from a variety of sources: nurseries or gardening stores like food pantry, but that’s our goal for the future. We also use the food for events. We Armstrong Garden Centers, The Home Depot, or even Trader Joe’s for herbs. had a salad-in-a-jar party where we took lettuce, carrots, and tomatoes from our Other community gardens on campus help as well. garden and made salads for people to come eat.” “We also share a lot with other gardens; we get some of our seeds from Roger’s ERC junior Alex Bogisich, a olitical science - international relations major, is garden and some from Ellie’s garden,” Shimasaki said. “There’s a groundskeeper particularly proud of Ellie’s Garden’s Harvest Day. Once a quarter, the organization that has been very helpful for us. His name is Chris [Johnson]; he’s the advisor for cooks a free three-course meal featuring the produce they have grown. The event Ellie’s garden, but he also helps us out a lot.” will be held on Sunday, Nov. 18. One of those helpful partner gardens, Roger’s Community Garden, serves as “This quarter, Harvest Day is, for the first time, collaborating and combining a creative hub for many student organizations on campus to conduct outdoor with Sunday Supper, a tradition carried out by International Houses around the experiments and test designs. It began as part of the C.H.E. Cafe to provide food world, including ERC’s own I-House,” Bogisich said. “The sweet potatoes that are for their kitchens. It was then later revived in order to grow produce for the Triton currently growing in the garden will be the star of the dinner. Produce that is not Food Pantry and collect food waste for composting. Now, it’s a constant source of used in Harvest Day is for the students of ERC to use, and we encourage them to collaboration for student orgs. Muir College senior Enid Partika, a environmental stop by and add some local fresh greenery to their meals. Our remaining food is chemistry major and researcher at Roger’s Community Garden, is one of the donated to the Triton Food Pantry.” students involved with the preservation and maintenance and she conducts her For Shimasaki, Partika, and Bogisich, being part of community gardens have own project in the garden. given them a chance to bond with their fellow gardeners, as well asto do something “The garden provides students with opportunities to engage in student- they love and feel fulfilled. It’s clear Shimasaki is passionate about the garden and centered research and hands-on experiential learning through access to grant the environment it offers for students to relax and feels proud of the work they’ve funding, networking, and volunteering opportunities,” Partika said. “It educates done. students, faculty, and community members about sustainable agriculture, “Me and the three other girls I work with have all said at some point that we renewable energy, composting, and hydroponic systems. Student orgs collaborate keep coming to meetings because it’s an hour out of our week of not having to with the community garden volunteers and alumni to apply and receive grant worry about school or stress about homework,” Shimasaki said. “It’s an hour that’s funding to run their projects. My project, the anaerobic digestion system, was started this way and has given me the opportunity to work with private industry, See GARDEN, page 7 FEATURES THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 7
▶ GARDEN, from page 6 dedicated to doing stuff with our hands. We always say it’s very the garden thriving. She rediscovered its potential a few years ago, Garden, expanded to three, and now they hope to create a fourth therapeutic when we’re digging in the dirt. It de-stresses us. I’m a and doesn’t want to see it abandoned again. Shimasaki encourages plot between the North America and Latin America Residence senior now, so I have a lot of stuff going on, but it’s always this time students interested in joining to email muirshalfmoonmeadow@ Halls. They also would like to expand the garden’s impact to other where I’m like ‘Oh yes, I get to hang out with plants!’ And do stuff gmail.com. parts of campus. with my hands and get to see the fruits of our labor.” “There are only four of us taking care of the garden,” Shimasaki “We do not have much interaction with the campus’ central Bogisich agreed. The garden, he said, provides an opportunity said. “Because it’s a pretty small garden, we can manage it pretty administration,” Bogisich said. “I can say that Ellie’s Garden for students of a large variety of majors, and with a large variety of well, but now that I’m a senior, I’d like to see more people interested feels wholeheartedly supported by the ERC Student Activities gardening skills, to interact with one another. and willing to step into leadership roles. We don’t want what administration. [Housing Dining Hospitality] has increased “The garden injects an opportunity to connect with nature ... happened last time to happen again. It’s been really fun, and I just support recently, using celery from Ellie’s Garden in its gyudon Whether you’re walking through it on the way to your building or hope we can find other people who want to do it. I’d hate to leave bowls last spring quarter, marking the first time that our produce spending two hours helping us weed and prune on a Saturday, it my baby after all this hard work and come back later and find it has been used in Cafe Ventanas. We look forward to working with is always great for our mental health to see some green,” Bogisich abandoned.” them in the coming year as we try to acquire the fourth garden said. “So much of our lives as students consists of reading, sitting Bogisich also encourages any interested students to come to a plot.” through lecture, or working on a computer, so our gardening meeting or gardening session at Ellie’s. Ellie’s Garden’s meetings for Although Shimusaki has always loved gardening, but she sessions are a great way to be outside in the fresh air, get your hands the fall quarter are Fridays at 6 p.m. in Europe Hall, first floor, while emphasized that the community garden is open to students of all a little dirty, and connect with nature.” gardening sessions are Saturdays at noon and Mondays at 2 p.m. gardening levels. Partika echoed their sentiments. Partika has big plans for the Roger’s Community Garden in “We have a wide range of gardening experience,” Shimasaki “I’ve met great and inspiring individuals at the garden, and the future. said. “Some people are like ‘I grew up on a farm,’ and some are I get to work alongside some of my best friends! It’s a relaxing “We hope to incorporate a food forest into the garden, which like ‘I’ve never touched a plant in my life. I killed my succulent. I and exciting setting to be in,” Partika said. “The garden provides will have a large variety of fruit trees fed using the fertilizer created gardened a little when I was a kid, but I rediscovered it when I got many benefits to all majors, such as research experience, hands- from food waste inserted into the anaerobic digestion system at the to college. It’s really fun and rewarding. You plant this tiny seed or on learning and building, leadership and project management garden,” Partika said. “I would love to see the garden collecting and put a seedling in the ground, and in two weeks, it’s way bigger, and experience, volunteer hours, and engagement with sustainable harnessing the energy from all of the food waste on campus from you’re harvesting a vegetable from it. It’s cool.” projects. For me, the greatest benefit is envisioning a sustainable HDH and Price Center, and using the biogas and organic fertilizer future and seeing my ideas and the ideas of my colleagues come to produced to help power and enrich the university landscape. I also life and truly help the environment and individuals.” see the garden expanding this food waste to food and fuel model to Since Shimasaki will graduate soon, her ultimate goal for Muir’s other gardens and restaurants in the San Diego community.” Community Garden is simply to see it continue. She earnestly Meanwhile, the students want to expand the amount of ERC encourages students to join the Community Garden Club to keep ground they cover in Ellie’s Garden. Their original plot, the Victory Charlotte armstrong [email protected]
Cognitive Science at UCSD: An enviable choice or just a backup? By Susanti Sarkar // Features Editor
C San Diego has always been well known for its science, the hard biology part of it, like the actual neuron connections, and computer science, technology, engineering, and math majors; the biological combine it with psychology and stuff and try to make a bigger you’re going to learn sciences and engineering majors, in particular, have picture: how are these connections working together to make a lot of technical alwaysU had high enrollment. In the last few years, increasing certain kinds of behaviors.” things, and some numbers of students are opting to pursue degrees in cognitive Schoeneweis believes the interdisciplinary nature of the major applications, but its science. Cognitive science is the study of cognition from many is its biggest asset, and therefore opens up multiple pathways for very broad.” different angles. It involves some neuroscience, biology, computer students after graduation. Although the department doesn’t keep Schoeneweis believes students science and even some linguistics, anthropology and sociology. data on employment rates, the opportunities are endless. can take the knowledge learned from multiple fields to apply Cognitive science essentially tries to answer what cognition is, what “It’s so open-ended. That’s what’s so cool about Cog Sci is it’s toward their careers. “In Cog Sci it’s very specific and applied; the subconsciousness is and what context it can be used in. However, very broad. You can really apply it to any industry that u want to,” classes are very studio-based, hands-on, project-based classes. And many students and even some professors often downgrade the said Schoeneweis. “A lot of our students are really interested in also there’s a lot of ways to learn CS outside the classroom at this subject to be a second-choice for students who couldn’t get into grad school, we have students interested in speech and language, specific point of time: a lot of students are picking up programming impacted majors, or just found courses like organic chemistry too things like that. Our most popular major right now is design and languages and skills for coding online, and then applying them in difficult. interaction, and we incorporate that with the data science institute.” projects and internships and things like that.” Either way, if students want to study cognitive science at any Many students are interested in industry as well and are going Although both fields have their benefits, as Sharma explains, university, UCSD is the right place. In fact, it is the birthplace into user interface design, user testing or even video game design. there are pros and cons to both, which exemplifies the worth that of cognitive science. “[UCSD’s is] the first Cognitive Science “It’s the whole scope of things that relate to cognition,” Schoeneweis cognitive science has on its own. department in the world,” Katy Schoeneweis, an undergraduate said. “I think most of the people who take cognitive science because advisor for the major, told the UCSD Guardian. “The Cognitive Regardless of these prospects, it’s undeniable that majors such computer science is impacted would generally drop out, because Science faculty held the first conference in 1979 and it eventually we don’t have that many CS classes. If that’s what their purpose is. became a department.” UCSD also ranks among the top three “I think most of the people who It’s a very different major from CS. People think its an alternative to universities and boasts a variety of accomplished professors. CS, but it really isn’t,” said Sharma. “Don Norman started — he’s a very, very famous professor — take cognitive science because “What I learned that I wouldn’t have — I learned about how the the CogSci department here. He was a vice president at Apple, and computer science is impacted brain works. What my major offers is a background. With just CS, he founded the design lab at UCSD,” said John Muir College senior you know the mathematics of it. But you never really know like ... Dev Sharma, a cognitive science major specializing in machine would generally drop out, because like when you’re trying to emulate a neuron. What Cog Sci does is learning and neural networks. “Scott Klemmer [teaches] design. it actually gives you a context of a biological perspective, so you’ll One of his graduate students [at Stanford] made Instagram! We we don’t have that many CS create a better one.” have very competent professors.” A high point of the major right now is its availability — for now A lot of research in the field also stems from UCSD, and classes. If that’s what their purpose at least, the department has no plans to make cognitive science prestigious conferences are held with many professors coming to is. It’s a very different major from impacted. share their findings. The Cognitive Science Student Association “We’re going do everything we can to keep it from being is especially crucial in connecting students with useful resources. CS. People think its an alternative capped, and the faculty and staff definitely want to include as many Sharma, who is the Logistics Chair of CSSA at UCSD, is mainly in students as we can,” said Schoeneweis. “It’s complicated — there are charge of planning events, inviting people, securing funding and to CS, but it really isn’t,” said a lot of things to consider: interests of faculty, interests of students. working with the organization’s president to get everything done. Sharma. It would be great if we could offer more classes, fit more students, “We have some multiple yearly events which are pretty get more students off the waitlist. We do try to get more professors, successful. The biggest event we have is the conference — the as computer science or biology seem to be harder and are many [but] the process is so much longer than many people realize. I National Cognitive Science conference — which invites speakers students’ initial choices during their freshman or sophomore years. think we’re doing the best we can; it’s a rapidly growing field, so I from different parts of America to speak on a theme which we “Definitely some people are concerned about time until think we’re taking the steps we want to take.” decide,” said Sharma. “Last year was Cognitive Revolution 2.0, graduation, and Cog Sci has fewer classes compared to some STEM However, Sharma thinks that UCSD could make more of an which focused on neuroscience and machine learning. We invited majors that have a lot of engineering or bio classes. We don’t have effort to really show new students what the major is about so that speakers from IBM and other universities, and around 320 students too many classes as we are like other social science majors in that their decision to pursue it is more informed and with the right showed up. The Cog sci department is pretty involved in it.” regard,” said Schoeneweis. intentions. During the conference, there are workshops for particular Often, other students find that switching to cognitive science is “I don’t think [it should get impacted]. Until the department has specializations and a dedicated lab open house, where all the either an indication of failure or another way to pursue something enough seats, has enough funding. We like to see our community cognitive science labs in the UCSD system present their work to the their GPA didn’t allow. Even some professors see a clear difference grow, we don’t really have a problem like that, but like obviously at students. “The CSSA also hosts GBMs at which we try to inform in students who take computer science classes as an engineering some point if the major gets oversaturated there will have to be a people about the job opportunities and make connections with the major versus as a cognitive science major. cut off,” he said. “During the orientation they don’t really tell you faculty here,” Sharma said. “Yeah, and I hear that all the time,” said Schoeneweis. “There are about what the departments you’re interested in do. So when I Artificial intelligence, which is a big part of the machine learning students who are trying to get into computer science who declare came in as a freshman, I didn’t really have an idea of what cognitive specialization, is clearly a rapidly growing field. For students who our major. I think that’s totally fine, we’re happy to take the students science was. Advisors help, but taking a Cog Sci class or seminar opt for other specializations, the benefits may not be as obvious. who, you know, are interested in CS and looking for a different helps the best. [You’ll] have more options, more of an idea of what “Each specialization has a different purpose. Like as a Machine way to apply it. I think most of our students who do design and you’re going to step into. That solves the problem of over-filling, Learning major, I still have to do neuroscience, I still have to do interaction or machine learning get a minor in CS so you can still [rather than] if they’re taking something because they’re just forced psychology, I still have to do perception, vision, things like that,” get the technical skills. But a huge benefit of studying CS through into it.” Sharma said. “So they make us learn how the brain works, and the legs of cog sci is that it’s very applied to the way people think in this specialization, we have to try to emulate that in machine and the way that technology is going to work in reality, and the Susanti sarkar [email protected] learning. A different specialization like neuroscience would take way humans are going to interact with it. Whereas if you just study 8 T H E U C S D G U A R D I A N | M O N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 8 | W W W. U C S D G U A R D I A N . O R G A&E
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n Wednesday, Oct. 18, AMC Mission outside sources. The group includes Stevie into PHOTO COURTESY OF IMDB Valley 20 hosted a prescreening their skater culture, showing him how everyone FILM REVIEW of Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, is able to connect through a love of skating. O“Mid90s,” starring Sunny Suljic, Olan Prenatt, Together, they learn about themselves and how Ryder McLaughlin, Na-Kel Smith, and Gio to navigate life’s obstacles. They discover that in Galicia. The movie follows the life of 13-year-old the end, there is always something good to focus Stevie (Suljic), who escapes his troubles at home on, even when life seems hopeless, and for them, through skateboarding. Lonely and lacking a that’s skating. healthy relationship with his older brother, he “Mid90s” explores how troubled youth find finds a group of older kids at a skate shop. The support in each other. The film shines a light group takes him under its wing, and Stevie quickly on how adolescence is a time of self-discovery, becomes eager to prove himself. Like Stevie, each and how truly important friendships are during of his new friends has troubles waiting for them this time. It’s not the adults that the kids feel at home, but skating provides an outlet for them they can talk to, but rather others their own to process and express their emotions. age experiencing similar troubles. These boys Stevie, being the youngest of the group and forgo any lovey-dovey communal bonding in easily influenced by the people he admires, only favor of skating, which seems to be the teenage wants to fit in. Without strong family ties that boys’ version of group therapy. Though their might work to ground him, Stevie sets off on pursuit of adventures often lands them into any attempt to integrate himself into the group. tough situations, their surprising openness and Ray (Na-kel Smith), the leader of the group, support provides a collective outlet to parse their is the most level-headed one, as well as the individual challenges. most motivated to better himself. Contrastingly, The emotional and personal developments Ray’s best friend, F---s--- (Olan Prenatt), just of each character are effectively illustrated by wants to skate and party forever, wasting his the groups’ social dynamics. Each scene defines potential despite having the most opportunities new dimensions for the characters. The film does out of the group. The third member of the group, not shy away from showing some of the more Fourth Grade (Ryder McLaughlin), is particularly realistic, or even mundane, conflicts between underprivileged but continues to pursue his film- friends. Furthermore, it doesn’t overdramatize making dreams with or without the support of any one conflict, but rather establishes empathy others. The “outsider” in the group, Ruben (Gio with the viewers through these smaller, more Galicia), is good-hearted but deals with feelings relatable moments. Each scene brings the actors of resentment because he is the least integrated closer to breaking the fourth wall, making the despite his many efforts to prove himself. audience feel like they were part of their group. Stevie’s friends show him a new world The film was brought to an end rather of teenage debauchery, through partying, abruptly, but not incompletely. Any loose ends drinking, smoking, and indulging in other illicit were resolved thoroughly, but there was definite Directed by Jonah Hill activities. His friends show him that despite potential left over for a sequel. After the well- Starring Sunny Suljic, Gio Galicia, Na-kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Ryder McLaughlin, Lucas Hedges their circumstances, they can still find ways crafted cinematic experience that “Mid90s” October 19, 2018 to be happy and have fun, even if they make delivered, Jonah Hill can most likely look forward Release Date C misguided decisions in the process. Stevie lacks to a successful directorial career. Rated R A- a relationship with Ian (Lucas Hedges), his older brother who beats him up, and this emotional — Lorena Espinoza Jonah Hill’s directorial debut catapults the audience back to the ‘90s neglect causes him to seek acceptance from Staff Writer through the eyes of a troubled teenage boy.
representation. “If you had to, what K-Pop group would you PHOTO COURTESY OF NATALIE TRAN At the same time, however, Lim saw that join?” Lim’s answers were 6 feet and “Big Bang,” EVENT REVIEW there was a rising popularity of Asian-Americans respectively. However, the most thoughtful in media, namely on YouTube. He wanted to questions returned to Lim’s main focus of the be a part of this, and while he graduated with night. When someone asked whether he thought a chemical engineering degree, making videos Asian representation would ever become a norm, quickly became his passion. He left his job at Lim said, “I think it’ll take a while, maybe Tide (even though he’s proud of his involvement another cycle, which could be a decade or more.” in creating Tide Pods) and started his own By then he hoped Asians would be cast because YouTube channel. After dozens of failed videos, they were cool and not just because they were he succeeded with his 2014 video “Asian Parents Asian. React To I Love You,” which Lim played for In the meantime, Lim remains part of a small the audience. It was a video of young Asian- but growing group of famous Asian-American Americans telling their parents “I love you,” — YouTubers. When asked about how he’s become some for the first time. The video immediately accustomed to his newfound prominence, Lim resonated with viewers across the internet and revealed that, as amazed and thankful as he shortly after Lim received and later accepted an feels, he still doesn’t know how to properly offer to work with BuzzFeed. react to his fame and fans. For example, Lim Lim eventually approached BuzzFeed with repeatedly expressed disbelief and awe at his his idea of a show centered around food. The event on campus selling out in three minutes. A Conversation with Steven Lim company liked it but wanted to cast two white He was surprised and happy that three audience men to star in it, which Lim denied. “The members wore headbands with differing price Location Price Center Ballroom West CB+ world doesn’t need more food shows with white tags, mimicking his show’s concept. Whenever Event Date October 14, 2018 guys,” Lim said, and the UCSD audience cheered someone voiced their admiration for him, he and clapped in agreement. “We need more sheepishly tried to shrug off the compliment, ethnicities, more genders, more representation.” saying, “I’m just a guy who eats food.” Steven Lim from BuzzFeed’s “Worth It” YouTube series talks with As a compromise, BuzzFeed still cast Andrew In response to this, one female audience UCSD students about his show, his life, and Asian-American Ilnyckyj, a white man, for the show, but allowed member stood up and told Lim that he was representation in media. Lim to run and star in it. While this may seem more than his self-proclaimed image. Instead, he like a small step toward greater representation, represents many of his Asian-American viewers, t’s a simple concept that has been proven to Armed with just a PowerPoint and a the creation of BuzzFeed’s “Worth It” has gone who share his identity and relate to his story and work: Take two guys and their cameraman microphone, Lim told everyone a personal and on to become part of a global internet culture upbringing. It is his heritage that influences his around the world to try similar foods what he referred to as an “embarrassing” story and with it Steven Lim, a Chinese-Malaysian distinct tastes and brings his unique perspectives Iat three drastically different price points (for about his life. Growing up, he was one of only American. “People finally knew my name,” Lim onto the show. By ultimately pursuing his example, $1 coffee versus $914 coffee) to find out two Asian students in his middle school. This said. passions, he not only changed his own life but which food is most “worth it” at its given price. anecdote was shared with irony, as, much to Following his presentation was a Q&A that also impacted others. So while Lim may worry With five seasons and millions of views, it is a Lim’s amazement, and majority of the crowd of prompted dozens of raised hands and even more about how he behaves around fans, his presence dream job: getting paid to travel, and eating good students before him was Asian. In school, peers questions. For half an hour, Lim answered each in the room that night made it clear that he food. Steven Lim, creator and half of the “Worth always called him “that Asian kid” or confused question patiently and with good humor. Some doesn’t need to change his ways. He was funny, It” duo, knows that. However, as he explained him with his other Asian classmate. While he questions related to the show and included“What relatable and down-to-earth. Just like his videos, to a room full of UC San Diego students, this initially didn’t think it was wrong, he grew crazy, bizarre foods have you always wanted to he left everyone smiling. show is part of a much bigger dream of his. He concerned about Asian-American representation try?” and“Will ‘Worth It’ ever leave Buzzfeed?” described this dream in ’ “A Conversation with in the media during his high school and college Lim responded, “Brain and balut,” and “No, — Natalie Tran Steven Lim,” hosted by A.S. Concert & Events on years. Non-Asians’ perspectives of him and other hopefully,” respectively. . Other questions were Oct. 14 in Price Center Ballroom West. Asians were likely influenced by this lack of unrelated, such as — “How tall are you?” and Senior Staff Writer 10 T H E U C S D G U A R D I A N | M O N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 8 | W W W. U C S D G U A R D I A N . O R G A&E A sit-down with the
PHOTO COURTESY OF IMDB mid90s cast After the film, the UCSD Guardian met with were a lot older than me... photos or even like doing signatures is cool. I my mind, like jogging on a treadmill, hiking, but some of the stars of “Mid90s.” Upon meeting Olan Prenatt: I feel like that was one of mean, so there’s more to come. People tell me I’m skateboarding is the ultimate “everything” for me. the cast, it was evident that the actors aren’t very the challenges of me acting and portraying my gonna love it at first and then it’s gonna get a bit SS: That’s a fire question though. I feel like I different from their characters off the screen. character. Trying really hard because that’s my tiring, but I think this is cool and I definitely want don’t even have the best response because I just Though Ne-Kal Smith couldn’t be there, the only approach at acting since it’s my first acting to keep acting. feel like we always get the most generic questions, four other members of the group were present. experience — trying really hard to be somebody RM: Nothing has changed for me, at least. but that’s a good question. I got caught off guard, The first, Sunny Suljic, was accurately named, as who is supposed to come off as somebody who Prenatt: I definitely want to continue acting so props. he was absolutely a ray of sunshine, possessing doesn’t try hard at anything, and doesn’t have any after learning this new art and falling in love RM: I don’t do anything. I sit in my room and a youthful charm and genuine enthusiasm for drive or passion or anything about moving toward with it. I watch YouTube videos. everything happening around him. Even off- their goals. Yeah, so it’s like a contradiction. GG: It’s cool, I mean like, (laughs) this SS: Ryder draws! screen, he was able to seamlessly mesh with the Gio Galicia: Not with my character at least; happened to me a couple times, where I was just GG: Yeah, Ryder can make music and draw! older cast members. Gio Galicia had a naturally I don’t relate to him. He’s like a little a------, but with some friends at a movie theatre and like SS: Ryder makes music! Literally every single flirty personality; he seemed authentically I feel like Sunny’s character, trying to find my three people noticed me. It was just, I dont know, second I’m in Ryder’s room, he’s making music. friendly and happy with where he is in life. Olan friend group, and trying to, not ‘fit in,’ but see it’s so cool cause like I never thought that would GG: He doesn’t like talking about it, but he’s Prenatt was considerably more motivated than who I relate to the most ... and it happened with happen and then it just happened. It was just a really good artist; he makes really good music. his character, but he carried himself with the skating. I don’t know; it’s good. crazy to know people like, know who I am. SS: He’s too humble. same swagger and joviality. The fourth member, G: In what ways do you feel you are different SS: I love that man [Jonah Hill] — it’s fantastic, After the interview, I got to walk alongside the Ryder McLaughlin, mostly kept to himself, from your character? thank you. Oh, I just went over about how cool it cast on our way out of the theater and talk to them coming off as a little timid, and was genuinely GG: Every way really. Like I said, he’s rude is, but yeah. off-the-record like normal people. It was such humble about his talents. After the screening, the and he’s an a------. G: Your characters find relief from their a cool opportunity to meet and interview these Guardian asked the cast a few questions about OP: I think I kind of answered that question teenage troubles through skating. How do you young actors with incredibly bright futures ahead their experience working on “Mid90s.” in the first answer. I’m sorry. I say that I’m a very find relief in your own lives? of them. They were all amazing in “Mid90s.” I was Guardian: The journey of self-discovery is motivated and passionate person. SS: My dog. Everytime I see my dog or my left so impressed with their effortless portrayals a pretty universal experience. Were you able to (RM to SS: Which way do you dot connect?) cat — I have a Sphynx cat and a French bulldog. of their characters despite their not completely relate to your character’s experiences or specific SS: In a lot of ways. Starting off, I’m kinda shy. When I was on tour for like two weeks, I was just relating to them. Though they all seem to lead traits? I’m also supposed to be a good listener — that’s a little bit tired, and then I see my dog and my relatively normal lives, they were similar to their Sunny Suljic: I didn’t really relate to my not true... and drinking and all that. So, I don’t cat and — I don’t know [smiles to himself]. Yeah, characters in the way they talked and interacted character except that he was motivated and had really relate to my character at all, really, except probably my dog and my cat and then my sister, with one another. It’s clear to me that being a part the drive to just keep skating, and get back up the skating part. I guess. But yeah, skating is a therapy almost, you of this film brought these up-and-coming actors when he falls. G: Working with someone as influential as literally forget about everything. I didn’t have together and gave them a friendship that will last Ryder McLaughlin: I related to every Jonah Hill has certainly put you in the spotlight. such a great birthday one time and I just went for a long time. character; I feel like at every point in my life I’ve How do you think being in the public eye at such skating and I completely forgot about everything. been in one of their shoes. a young age is affecting your self-image? GG: Recently, I just started seeing my sister G: Is there a specific experience or trait? SS: It’s so cool. It’s so rewarding: you make again and she just had a baby ... Whenever I’m RM: Probably just trying to get in, like a film, and I don’t speak for everybody, but I down, I hang out with my sister and we go eat, — Lorena Espinoza hanging out with older people, even though they haven’t experienced any interactions with people and it’s nice to see her baby too. weren’t drinking and all that other stuff, but they screaming when I’m on the street. I mean, taking OP: Jogging, that’s fun. That helps. It centers Staff Writer
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LAST SHIFT The Babadook Spooky rating: 7.5 / 10 Spooky rating: 8 / 10 What starts as a tedious position for rookie ill prisoner urinating in the halls and some frantic “The Babadook” is a slow-burn type of audience pondering: Was the Babadook actually cop, Jessica Loren (Juliana Harkavy), devolves into phone calls set the film on edge early on, unnerving horror, focusing its narrative on a worn-down real or was he a hallucinatory symbol of Amelia’s a debilitating night of psychological trauma and and promising, but nothing traumatizing. When single mother, Amelia Valek (Essie Davis), who psychological plight? bloodshed in the 2014 horror flick, “Last Shift.” chairs arrange themselves and apparitions of dead attempts to raise her temperamental child while On a surface level, this movie depicts a battle Charged with covering the graveyard shift at a prisoners taunt the officer, the movie starts to leave still gripped with the trauma of her husband’s with a supernatural force, but on a deeper level, soon-to-be-closed police precinct, Jessica awaits its mark. death seven years prior. She gradually devolves it is really a battle within one’s psyche in order to the chronically late HAZMAT team to dispose of This whole movie is a gradual accumulation into hysteria, unable to move past her troubles overcome life’s overwhelming sadness. Stalking some biohazard evidence samples. As her thoughts of horror, a slight deviation from the growingly- and misfortunes of desolation and sorrow. Yet Amelia to the brink of mental deterioration, bob between the terrible ennui of her job and popular slow burn of recent flicks. Rather than circumstances only turn darker when her son the Babadook manifests and mimics how memories of her deceased father, she finds that her maintaining a constant level of tension, “Last finds a mysterious children’s book and asks her depression can consume a person’s well-being. mind might not be the only thing wandering in Shift” stacks on layers of fear as the layers of to read it one night. Titled “Mister Babadook,” The film carries frightening implications on how this desolate station. Visions of bloody-faced ghosts the plot unfurl. The special effects become more the storybook features a shadowy, pale-faced misunderstood resentment and lingering grief and stories of strange occult activities convince the grotesque, the score becomes more frantic, and figure with spiky fingers, a gaped mouth, and can lead to unhealthy cognitive decay. Though young police officer that her shift will not go as the direction becomes more erratic. Each of these a top hat. Now if this creature’s appearance this topic is heavy in comparison to other horror smoothly as she had hoped. subtle components culminate in a psychologically isn’t disturbing enough, its actions definitely films’, “The Babadook” is worth a watch this The transition from depictions of a mundane staggering movie that promises to shift the way are. Known as the Babadook, it physically and Halloween season, as it showcases genuinely routine to supernatural frenzy is happens slowly. slow burn movies realize their horrific aims. psychologically torments its victims into madness potent emotions of vulnerability and fear. The police station is plenty spooky; the halls are after they become aware of his existence. The isolated except for few prerequisite flickering light film not only depends on a titular monster Chris robertson ashley chen bulbs but nothing suggests that this late-night shift — for terrifying aspects, but also uses a theme — would derail into such a twisted ending. A mentally Staff Writer of ambiguity to unnerve viewers. It leaves the Senior Staff Writer LIFESTYLE THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 11
My Life Playlist
by Samirah Martinez // Staff Writer
This year, Stanford Law School’s school is ancient history, I am still thankful really captures strong feelings of nostalgia as difficult for someone who loves following application has an optional question that for the valuable memories I would not have Sheeran describes going back to his hometown the rules like me. I’m not a rebellious person allows applicants to pick which songs been able to have had I lived anywhere else. as an adult. There’s this line where he says that as is described in the song, so I think of this admissions officers should play as they look 2. “My Love, My Life” from the “Mamma he’s driving 90 mph to get home, which I as being the most rebellious thing I’ve done. over their application. Mia” Soundtrack relate to, because as soon as I hit the freeway Despite it being so, I will never regret it. Although I am not applying to law school, I am a big fan of movie musicals, and headed home, I instantly feel a sense of relief 5. “Tropics” by Mantaraybryn picking a song to represent me and my this includes both “Mamma Mia” movies. I and automatically drive faster. Sheeran really Although this song could probably be personality seemed both fun and daunting, watched the second one over the summer nails the feelings of missing the old times, but categorized as pop music (which is a genre I so I challenged myself to sort through my with my mom and this song made us both cry. still acknowledges that he and his childhood am not normally into), I like this song because favorite songs and see which ones represent Growing up with a single mother and having friends are older and wiser now. of the line “I was made for tropics.” I always me the best. I decided to pick a few of my such a close bond, it’s sometimes difficult 4. “Audition” by Emma Stone feel happiest when I am standing at the beach favorite memories and choose one song to go to see how quickly life passes and how our Another song from another musical. or near water. Although San Diego is not my with each. relationship has changed throughout the Although I love all the songs of “La La Land,” favorite city in the world, I listen to this song 1. “Idle Town” by Conan Gray years. However, she is still one of my favorite this is the one song that stuck with me. and remember why I chose this school and my Conan Gray, an artsy YouTuber and people in my life, and I think this song really As someone who grew up creating art and strong love for the ocean. up-and-coming musician, has a few songs captures my feelings toward her. Even though writing stories, I think I will always consider Creating this short playlist of my life released on Spotify. In his song “Idle Town,” the mother and daughter of the movie are myself an artist. As an artist, it can be difficult challenged me to channel my feelings about he describes his memories with friends and physically separated, they will always love to be accepted for our different points of view, music into words. By doing so, I was able to the town he grew up in. Since I grew up in each other in a way only fellow single mother- especially in a world dominated by science, really nail down why I liked these songs in a small town where nothing ever happens, daughter duos can truly understand. technology, engineering, and math. I think the first place. I challenge people to try this, I relate to Gray’s words and strong imagery 3. “Castle on the Hill” by Ed Sheeran this song really captures the importance of including asking their friends and seeing of roaming around a quiet and sleepy town First of all, I’ve loved Ed Sheeran since artists and when I listen to it, I automatically what monumental moments they feel deserve with best friends. The lyrics really captured I was in middle school, so he would have think of my choice to switch out of a STEM their own song. After all, music is a great way what my life was like in high school and the made this list one way or another. Although major. I remember family and friends to express yourself, and what better way to innocence that came with it. Although high this song is one of his most overplayed, it questioning my decision, which was really express yourself than to do it through music? Cook with a Commuter Volume 2: Cheesy Kimchi Fried Rice by Hakyung Yun // Contributing Writer
As Fall Quarter progresses, I increasingly warm and spicy goodness, fills you with love. enjoy testing out this spicy, mouth-watering few minutes. It is important to cook the find myself missing home-cooked meals. I have countless memories of sharing a cozy dish. kimchi longer than the other vegetables However, as a commuter who relies on meal with my family, either at a classic Korean Cheesy Kimchi Fried Rice to fully bring out its flavor. free bus transportation, I am reluctant to diner or at home, inhaling an overflowing INGREDIENTS: 3. Add the meat and cook thoroughly. If frequently splurge on an Uber or Lyft ride platter of steaming kimchi fried rice topped • kimchi, which you can buy at the Zion you are using canned tuna, this should to the so-called “Convoy.” Located in Kearny with the customary sunny-side up egg. The Market near Convoy. only take a couple minutes. Mesa, Convoy is an eclectic hub of Asian versatility of this dish ensures that each meal • Korean red chili paste or “gochujang,” 4. Add and saute the vegetables. cuisine restaurants popular among UC San offers a new experience. Kimchi fried rice can which can also be purchased at Zion 5. Once the ingredients have cooked, stir Diego students. I sometimes split an Uber be prepared in a hot stone pot, barbecued Market. Use ½ to 1 teaspoon per serving the rice in. ride with a friend if I’m in the mood for on a grill with bits of juicy pork belly and depending on your spice tolerance. 6. Add the Korean red chili paste, sugar home fare. Now, I’m attempting to recreate marinated beef still clinging onto it, or simply • Rice that is slightly dry. Fried rice is and dried seaweed if you are using it. that delectable nostalgia in my own kitchen. served in a bowl. It can be made Chinese-style generally made with refrigerated leftover Mix again. By actually trying to cook more Korean food by adding soy sauce, sesame oil, and peas, or rice. Use 1 bowl per serving. 7. Lower the heat of the frying pan and — a novel step for me — I realize that whatever else your imagination can cook up. • tuna, Spam, ham, bacon or beef spread out the rice mixture into a thin, I am embracing my heritage even more. I It pairs marvelously with crispy pork cutlets, • dried seaweed flakes (to pair with tuna) even layer. also happen to be taking an intermediate Korean spicy rice cakes, piping hot miso soup, • onion 8. Sprinkle in as much mozzarella as you Korean class this quarter to fulfill my general coleslaw or even “danmuji,” which is Korean • carrot would like before folding your rice in half language requirement, and its recent chapter pickled daikon radish. Most of all, kimchi • green onion to create an omelet shape. on cooking certainly inspired me — hence the fried rice is an absolutely satiating meal that is • 1 egg 9. Let sit for a few minutes. This allows kimchi fried rice. I somewhat abashedly admit easy and quick to prepare. • mozzarella cheese both the cheese to melt and the rice to that, for the first time ever, I want to stock I will be sharing with you my mother’s • 1 to 2 teaspoons of sugar slightly scorch at the bottom, creating up on soy sauce, sesame oil, Korean red chili recipe, which incorporates a slight twist with INSTRUCTIONS: a deliciously smoky and crunchy flavor. paste, and other key Asian ingredients. its addition of melted mozzarella. Whether 1. Wash and finely dice the vegetables and 10. On a separate pan, fry an egg to your Kimchi fried rice is a staple Korean street you are a fellow Korean also craving the taste meat of choice. liking. food, or “bunsik.” It is one of my favorite of home or a fellow commuter student open 2. Heat up a frying pan to medium heat and 11. Transfer the egg onto your fried rice. comfort foods. Kimchi fried rice, with all its to trying other cuisines, I hope that you will drizzle olive oil. Saute the kimchi for a 12. Enjoy! 12 T H E U C S D G U A R D I A N | M O N D AY, O C T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 8 | W W W. U C S D G U A R D I A N . O R G WEEKEND
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The Ephemeral Joy of a Concert Experience by Jade Hookham // Staff Writer
How many people have ever heard of a somehow both our moms ended up tagging along Though the traffic to Anaheim seemed like cheesy as it sounds, the ambience of the concert post-concert comedown? A phenomenon often as well. Since I was only a freshly licensed driver otherworldly torture, I made it to the venue with made all of us feel effortlessly connected. (Oh, and categorized by a sudden inability to think about who was yet to be scarred by the freeways of Los over half an hour to spare. However, the long the music itself was great too.) anything but those two hours of euphoria, post- Angeles, maybe that decision was for the best. lines took their toll, and I rushed to my seat five The most recent show I attended was an concert comedowns can get to even the best of Our seats were atop the steepest tier of the measly minutes before the show began. Plopping orchestral concert of musical soundtracks from us. After experiencing an unwavering flurry of stadium, so high up that each step seemed to be unceremoniously into the chair, I only had a hot the Studio Ghibli movies, conducted by Joe excitement, it’s no wonder that we feel so devoid of a foot tall. We had the glorious side view, which second to take a breather before the person next Hisaishi himself. Although my brother and I purpose at the end of it all. Concerts are a uniquely made Swift look like a shiny speck of an amoeba. to me tapped on my shoulder. arrived 20 minutes late to the show after the GPS human invention, one which can be the source of Much to my chagrin, my phone died during As it turned out, she was the girl with whom took us on an extreme detour, we still had an a joy unlike any other. The voices of thousands the opening act, so I have basically no videos of the I had made the ticket trade in order to attend amazing time there. becoming one and uniting toward a common goal experience. Some of my main memories involve Saturday’s show instead of Sunday’s. I suppose she The best moment was easily when “One can be invigorating. Swift bringing Ellen DeGeneres on stage, as well felt grateful that she could see both days thanks to Summer’s Day,” the opening song to “Spirited People spend good chunks of their lives just as my mom’s lack of enthusiasm in response to me me, because she brought an extra BTS light stick Away,” was played on piano. Because I have an hearing voices and instruments in isolation. So singing every song. But let me just say: The rock for me to use during the show! Not only that, but extreme weak spot for both the song and piano when we have the chance to hear that music version of “I Knew You Were Trouble” goes hard, she also gave me an opportunity to be a part of arrangements in general, I was, simply put, dying. from the source, it’s an opportunity to have the and watching Swift play “Fifteen” on piano was the “rainbow ocean” project, which was organized The “Howl’s Moving Castle” medley also hit me in emotions we associate with certain songs manifest the highlight of my life at that point. Though I by fans. my feelings, and I felt myself sitting up pin-straight before our eyes. As peculiar and human as the wasn’t 15 anymore, I knew I was making the little Long story short, the idea of the project is as so as to not miss a single thing. My brother impulse may be, it’s also pretty beautiful, too. girl inside of me happier than I could probably follows: Fans in different sections of the stadium and I commemorated that trip with a midnight I’ve been to a handful of concerts in my own comprehend. put differently colored plastic bags over their Denny’s visit, which is really how any night should life, all of which have left positive impressions on I didn’t attend another concert until spring light sticks, with the end goal being a rainbow of conclude. me. Yet, every event was different; the standout break of the following year, which ended up being lights throughout the venue. My section was blue, In the end, a concert can mean a variety ones gave me experiences that I’ll probably the Anaheim stop of BTS’s “Wings” tour. It was another one was purple, and so on. of things to any number of people, but one remember for years on end. my first time going to a K-Pop concert; despite the Since I had arrived so close to the show’s thing is always true: Songs are humanity’s way My first concert didn’t happen until senior fact that I was going alone, every nerve in my body start time, I was unable to receive the plastic bag of decorating the limited time we have, so a year of high school, when I saw Taylor Swift at was dancing to the beat of “Blood, Sweat & Tears.” necessary to participate. But that friendly girl gathering in the name of music is always worth the Staples Center during her “1989” tour. A I felt excited, especially since I managed to work nearby gave hers up for me, and I’ve kept both the the effort. friend and I wanted to see the show together, but out a trade to get a ticket on the date I wanted. bag and the memory to this day. 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UCSD Soccer Regains No.1 Rank ▶ W. SOCCER, from page 16 inside of the lef post, just outside the last season (her frst full season as a goalkeeper’s outstretched arms. As the starter), Ramos has been a reliable last ball few into the back of the net, Reilly line of defense for the Tritons, posting ran back to celebrate with her team. 12 shutouts and a 83.3 save percentage Less than 10 minutes later, she in 2017. Ramos’s consistency and lit up the scoreboard again: With an experience is something Wilkes has assist by senior midfelder Summer yet to develop (the backup has only Bales, Reilly nailed the ball into the lef has three career starts). Tis game, corner of the goal from 25 yards out. UCSD was able to keep the ball on Te third and fnal point of the game the other half of the feld most of was scored by senior forward Megumi the game. Wilkes was never under Barber. Assisted by Reilly and Bales, constant pressure. If Ramos remains Barber’s lef-footed chip shot bounced sidelined, goalkeeper will be a position over the goalie across the goal line. of concern as UCSD for the rest of Early in the game, redshirt junior the 2018 season, especially as the goalkeeper Angelica Ramos took a games become more challenging and PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSE MORALES cleat to the face and was forced to exit competitive. the game. Diving low to cover up a ball, Te women’s soccer team closes Ramos caught the boot of a CSULA out homecoming weekend on Sunday. forward as she attempted a shot. In their last home game of the season, Opening Pitch: World Series Sophomore goalkeeper Katie Wilkes the Tritons look to continue their four- was substituted in and fnished the game win streak against California game for the Tritons. Te exact nature State University, Dominguez Hills. Breakdown of Ramos’s injury is unclear (she was UCSD will fnish the remainder of its seen icing her eye on the sideline afer season on the road, squaring of against Two titans of baseball face-off in the World Series: the LA Dodgers and Boston Red Sox she lef the game) and no timeline has California State University, Stanislaus BY LUCAS ARMSTRONG Series against Houston. Tat honor belongs to MVP favorite been issued regarding her return to and California State University, Chico. staff Writer However, this year is diferent. Tis Mookie Betts, who led the American action. Losing their most experienced year, the Dodgers have hit breaking League in runs, batting average, and and capable goalkeeper is a huge issue All the pageantry is over and balls exceptionally well. Tey recently slugging percentage. Te Red Sox have for the Tritons, especially as UCSD the stage is fnally set for the 2018 dismantled an elite Brewers bullpen been fring on all cylinders all season looks forward to the postseason. Since wesley xiao [email protected] World Series. Afer 2,457 games since that relied on breaking balls to keep long and have gotten career years out Opening Day on March 29, the race batters of balance all season, a bullpen of many of their players. Tat train has for the championship has fnally been that had the third-most strikeouts of kept on rolling into the postseason as whittled down to two teams: the Los any bullpen in baseball. Bellinger led the Sox dusted the 100-win New York Angeles Dodgers and the Boston the charge against Milwaukee and was Yankees and the 103-win defending Red Sox. Te perennial juggernaut named most valuable player of the World Champion Houston Astros, from the West versus the seemingly National League Championship Series going a combined 7–1 in the two series. overpowering force in the East, these for his walk-of single in Game Four Tey became the only team to ever beat two franchises have existed for a and go-ahead homer in Game Seven. two 100-win teams in the postseason combined 252 years, and this is the frst Tis year the Dodgers have been on a before getting to the Series, and they year that both are in the Series. mission to get back to the Series to gain did it with ease. Last year, the Astros Te Dodgers are back in the Series what was lost last year, but the Boston ran away with the championship, and PHOTO COURTESY OF UC SAN DIEGO ATHLETICS for the second straight season. Afer Red Sox and the Big Green Monster this year, they were even better — yet their crushing defeat last year at the stand frmly in their way. the high-powered Red Sox ofense still hands of the Houston Astros, the Te Boston Red Sox have laid waste proved to be too much for even the Women’s Volleyball Dodgers are back in the Fall Classic to every team they have matched up league’s best pitching staf in Houston for another chance at winning it all. against this season and are playing to handle. Boston has forced its way Last year’s matchup against Houston their best baseball of the season right into the World Series and seems to be Wins Back-To-Back was a World Series for the ages, as not now. During the season, the Red Sox unstoppable. UCSD takes six-of-seven sets against CCAA opponents. only did it run to seven games, but won 108 games — the most any team Te stage is fnally set for Tuesday Game Five is widely considered to be has won since 2001 and the most the and there could not be a more exciting the visiting Seawolves. Both teams BY jack DORFMAN one of the greatest baseball games ever Red Sox have won in any year of their main event for the baseball season. CONTRIBUTING Writer came into the game with 4–9 records played. Even though the Dodgers came storied 117 years as a franchise. Last In one corner stand the Los Angeles in California Collegiate Athletic within one game of winning it all last year the Red Sox were bounced out Dodgers, who have stormed back into Te UC San Diego women’s Association play, but the Tritons year, many Dodgers fans and players of the frst round of the playofs, and the Series afer losing last year and look volleyball team is beginning to fnd its proved to be the better team. Afer felt that their team could have done when the New York Yankees acquired to have fxed all problems that held groove. For the frst time this season, Sonoma State took the frst set 25–23, better. Last year, the Astros’ dominant 2017 NL MVP Giancarlo Stanton, them back. In the other corner stand the team has won back-to-back games. UCSD came back stronger in the pitching staf took advantage of holes many questioned whether or not the Boston Red Sox, whose MLB- Both wins came at home, and both second set. Te home team went out in the Dodgers’ bats. Te Dodgers’ the Red Sox would even be a playof leading ofense has catapulted them were impressive. to an early 5–3 lead and followed it up batters struggled against curveballs team this year. However, the Red Sox past two 100-win teams and into the Afer coming out of its last week with 8 straight points, 4 of which came and the Astros exploited that weakness, had other plans, as they acquired a Series. Two historic cities, two storied of games 1–1 on the road, the team from Rieble. Sonoma State would later stealing the Series from right out under slugger themselves in the form of J.D. franchises, two equally matched took down the visiting Humboldt State bring the score back to 17–13 with 2 the Dodgers, who had been the favorite Martinez. Martinez turned out to be squads both vying for championship University Jacks 3–0 (25–21, 25–19, kills from junior outside hitter Tate all year long. In 2017, the Dodgers had a fantastic signing for Boston, as he gold: It’s Boston versus Los Angeles. and 25–15) on Friday, Oct. 19 and the Battistini, but the Tritons closed out been fueled to the Series by rookie led the American League in RBIs and Who will reign supreme and become Sonoma State University Seawolves the set on an 8–4 run, winning 25–17. phenom Cody Bellinger, but Bellinger fnished second in both batting average the 2018 World Series champion? 3–1 (23–25, 25–17, 27–25, and 25–21) Te third set was much like the was terrible in the Series. Te 2017 and home runs — outshining Stanton on Saturday, Oct. 20 to move to 9–11 frst, as both teams battled throughout National League Rookie of the Year in all three categories. Despite all the on the season. and tied the score fve times over the went 4-for-28 with an abysmal 0.143 great numbers, Martinez was not even Te Tritons began their victories course of the set. UCSD came out batting average and 17 strikeouts in the the Red Sox’s best weapon this year. lucas armstrong [email protected] on Friday in their sweep of Humboldt fring to start the set, taking a 9–4 State. In the frst set, UCSD led 8–4 with 4 kills from sophomore outside early on before letting the Jacks back hitter Gina Cortesi, who transferred into the game. With both teams from Louisiana Tech University afer No. 10 Tritons Roll Over keeping it close for the majority of the last season. Sonoma State would pick set, the Tritons fnally took control, it up from this point on, though. It going on a 5–1 run from 20–20 to win took the lead for much of the later part Concordia Irvine in WWPA 25–21. Te second set went diferently of the set, going up 23–19 and then though, as Humboldt State took an 24–21. Te Tritons pushed back with UCSD improves to 4–1 in the WWPA conference standings. early 5–3 lead before ceding a 4–0 run kills from junior transfer outside hitter Redshirt freshman Konstantin which came in a row in the second half. to UCSD, which brought the score Sydney Tekstra and tied the score at BY Madeline Lewis to 11–7. From then on the Tritons 24–24 and 25–25 before taking the set, Senior Staff writer Karlov racked up a team-high of 3 Sophomore Connor Turnbow- dominated, taking the set 25–19. Te 27–25. Te fourth set played out much goals on the night. Contributing to his Lindenstadt and senior Carson Jacks continued to fght in the third set like the frst and third, with the largest LA JOLLA, Calif.—On Friday stellar hat trick, Karlov spread the love, Ivancovich were perfect from the feld, but were quickly overwhelmed. Afer lead for either side being 2 points until evening in front of a Homecoming collecting 3 assists on top of 2 steals. recording 2 goals in 2 attempts. the visitors took the frst point, UCSD UCSD went ahead 24–21 and 25–21,, crowd, the UC San Diego men’s A low-scoring second period Redshirt junior goalies, Jack took the next 6 points, 4 of which with 2 kills and a block from Tekstra water polo team defeated conference allowed the Tritons to shine on defense. Turner and Sam Tompson, made came from Humboldt State errors. and a kill by Rieble. opponent, Concordia University Irvine, In addition to Milton and Karlov, fve appearances combining for 12 saves, 7 Te rout continued from there. Te Te team will look to continue its 15–4. With the win, UCSD moves to an others tallied at least 1 steal to hold on and 5, respectively. Tompson shut out Tritons went out in front from there on success at home next week on Saturday, overall 13–5 and 4–1 in the Western to a 6–3 lead going into the break. the Eagles in the last period to secure out, going up by as much as 11 points Oct. 27 against the 7–7 California State Water Polo Association. Te Tritons outscored Concordia the Triton win. before fnally winning 25–15. UCSD University, San Marcos Cougars. A Te Eagles scored right out the gates every period, except the second (1–1). UCSD will host Princeton next junior middle blocker Jessica Rieble led win would mean the start of a three- in the frst 30 seconds of the game but Leading in shot attempts (30–25), Saturday, Oct. 27 at 12 p.m. to celebrate the team with 12 kills, freshman libero game win streak, a feat which UCSD the Tritons were quick to answer back. powerplay opportunities (16–6), as Senior Day and recognize the careers Susanna Limb led the team with 16 accomplished three separate times last Junior Cooper Milton executed on a well as a limited number of exclusions of fve outstanding Triton student- digs, and freshman setter Brie Severino season. UCSD power play from senior Cole (6–18), UCSD had everything working athletes. led the team with 30 assists. Martinez. Milton then went on to score for it. Te next day the Tritons carried again in the third period in addition to Senior Alessandro Valania supplied this momentum into a match against jack dorfman [email protected] his 3 steals on the defensive end. the helping hand with 4 assists, 3 of madeline lewis [email protected] 16 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG UPCOMING M Tennis 10/24 All Day at USC CONTACT THE EDITOR M Soccer 10/25 4:30PM at Stanislaus State RICHARD LU UCSD W Soccer 10/25 7PM at Stanislaus State SPORTS [email protected] follow us @UCSD_sports W Soccer 10/27 11:30AM at Chico State GAMES M Water Polo 10/27 12PM vs Princeton
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Tritons Regain No.1 Rank After Dominating Eagles Despite injury to goalkeeper Angelica Ramos, UCSD rallies to defeat CSULA in homecoming game.
BY Wesley xiao home. Superb goalkeeping by the Golden Eagles STAFF WRiter kept the Tritons scoreless. While the Tritons were unable to score in LA JOLLA - Te UC San Diego women’s the frst period, it seemed like the Tritons could soccer team faced of against the California State not stop scoring in the second period. Senior University, Los Angeles Eagles in a California forward Mary Reilly started of UCSD’s ofensive Collegiate Athletic Association conference match. spree with a goal early in the half. Redshirt junior In a dominant 3–0 win, the women’s soccer team midfelder Natalie Saddic connected with Reilly rises to a 13–1–1 overall record (8–1 record on a line drive along the sideline. Catching the in CCAA play) and retake the No. 1 rank in its ball in stride, Reilly lef her defender in the dust conference. and raced to the goal. At the upper right corner Despite the 0–0 score going into halfime, of the box, only the goalkeeper stood between UCSD dominated the frst half. Te Tritons her and the net. From the right corner of the box, had multiple missed opportunities to score, Reilly launched the ball across the goal to the attempting 10 shots compared to CSULA’s 2. However, none of those shots were able to hit See W. SOCCER, page 15
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