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VOLUME 52, ISSUE 4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG CAMPUS PHOTONOT JUST TEASE A !"#$%&'(")"*+'$, ' SECONDGOES HERECHOICE ($-./0#$1"'234&"03+' 5&1633"&'3$'7829 The percentage of first-generation freshman and transfer students accepted was also higher than usual. *+&,%-"./0"&1")0 ./%00!1"2/-" The class admitted for Fall 2018 contains a higher percentage of first-generation and low-income students, compared to recent CognitiveCAPTION PREVIEWING Science previous years. Thirty-seven percent A lifeguard tower presiding over the shores of San Diego. Hope Hofman-Larson // UCSD Guardian THEis ARTICLEa multi-faceted PAIRED WITH of the freshmen and transfer students THE PHOTO TEASE. FOR are first-generation students, and 40 EXAMPLEapproach IF THE PHOTO to percent of the freshmen and transfer WEREunderstanding OF A BABY YOU UC SYSTEM students come from low-income WOULD SAY “BABIES SUCK! backgrounds. humanTHEY ARE WEAKbehavior. AND 78'2=+3"1'500$40#"+'/0636;36)"+'3$'96)"%+6,=':;#4*3= Besides the increase in percentage, the overall number of 6=4<:8;H&&97K=&&J>"%CB!"DH&&&97K=&&U *2&3"#"$%&4%'%$()&&&.-324"!./%00!1"2/-" first-generation and low-income student applicants and admitted 418<L=6&&1=;?:;K his past month, the University of California faculty. students was marked by a major 565711+&&89:;:8;&&<=76= announced its increased efforts to commit “We project accelerated growth in the number 9!)N"!&&&7CC/!"&&O)!&&:0C"!P/"AD increase from previous years. *=*76&&;==?6&&<@8&&6974=6 over $7 million per year toward the creation of ladder-rank faculty who will join UC in the next 8N/0/)0H&&9%I"&&&Q According to UC San Diego 6=4<:8;H&&9%I"&&&J Tand expansion of new and current programs decade, in large part to educate our growing student Marketing and Media Coordinator alongside the devotion of more attention to hiring enrollment,” UC Provost Brown said. “We need Florencia Costa, “The campus M8;7L&&L:11 more diverse faculty members across all 10 UC to seize this opportunity to make progress on the received nearly 9,600 more freshmen 7&6/C&&?)A0&&@/C(&&C("&&4%DC&&8><=;&&7&&6983<6&&<=76= campuses. The announcement followed the meeting efforts to increase faculty diversity.” [first-generation] applicants this ABC&&/D&&%&&#%DE"CF#%..G that UC President Janet Napolitano held with the The distribution of faculty by gender and race 7R=H&9%I"&ST year (about 98,000 applicants for D"$C/)0H&&9%I"&&J UC Board of Regents at UCLA late September. or ethnicity is still substantially disproportionate Fall 2018 versus roughly 88,400 Napolitano, Provost Michael Brown, and when it comes to academic discipline, however. The applicants for Fall 2017), which is other UC representatives convened in a meeting employment of women, as well as others from racial an increase of approximately 11 of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee minorities, is more prevalent in the non-STEM FOREFORECAST- percent. At the transfer level, the that explored data contained in UC’s Annual disciplines. 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. That’s what we want at [the University the national availabilities of underrepresented While the number of admitted of California].” candidates when it comes to the hiring of new WEDNESDAY THURSDAY low-income students declined by WEDNESDAY THURSDAY In a press release posted after the meeting, the UC assistant professors.” The report declares that much H 79 L 67 H 79 L 66 446 freshmen and transfer students, H 70 L 63 H 74 L 63 reported that in the past year, 44.1 percent of new of the difficulty encountered in procuring new hires there was an increase in those who “ladder-rank hires” were women, and 17.1 percent is relative to the availability pools within fields. accepted the offer of admission. came from a demographic of underrepresented More comprehensive disclosure of information is VERBATIM For freshmen, the class admitted communities. The rise in the percentage of women available on campus diversity websites. VERBATIM for Fall 2018 marked a 31-percent !"###$%&!'()$*+,-!)((+./! faculty provided cause for continuous optimistic rate of low-income acceptances 0/&,/!$+!1)22(&!34! projections among those who attended the meeting. PULL A QUOTE FROM !"#"$%&$%'%$()!"#$%&%$'()$*+,-+) compared to last year’s 27 percent. Women now account for one in three ladder-rank A COLUMN',+2(&-)$35!/&60)(! HERE! FOR For transfers, 34 percent of admits EXAMPLE,)5$373$3&/!/05%!)/! ‘I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY ALLIE accepted the offer, compared to 32 CAN’T,)5&!'()8!)41!$,)4/! ASCRIBE WORDS TO ENVIRONMENT percent for Fall 2017. THEIR*&$3/%39)$3+4!2&5)0/&! PROPER USAGES.’ According to the Office of -KELVIN3$!3/!203($!+4!$%&/&! NORONHA” :"&"%;*'5<"0#='!"#$<06>"+'78'2=+3"1';+'(";&"%'60'?%""0'@0"%<= Admissions, the increase in first- - Columnist name here generation and low-income students %3/$+,35)(!:,+041/! Te University of California was listed as number four among the top thirty campuses in higher education. +*!/+53)((8!+7&,$!COLUMN TITLE HERE for Fall 2018 can be attributed to SECTION, PAGE _ purchase projects. partners in higher education. This factors including an overall increase %8'&,/&60)(3$8#;” *+&V(B)2/0I&1/0 The EPA defines green power marks the second year in a row in applicants and improvement JACOB SUTHERLAND 56789:;<8:7=!19:8>9 as electricity that is generated from that the UC system has won the in marketing and outreach to GRINDR The U.S. Environmental environmentally friendly sources nationwide Green Power Leadership prospective students and their PAGE 4 Protection Agency bestowed such as wind, solar, and biogas. Award. parents through school visitations. on Oct. 10 a 2018 Green Power According to the EPA, the UC UC President Janet Napolitano Costa noted that UCSD’s INSIDEINSIDE Leadership Award on the University system’s current green power use of was also named the 2018 Green reputation for being a top public of California. The UC system was almost 183 million kilowatt-hours Power Leader of the Year for her university was also a factor in TEXTGRINDR....................... ...................................X..4 one of the five organizations that is enough to power almost 17,000 leading support in renewable energy. the increase in percentages of OPINIONGARDENS.....................9 SOMETHING .X won the award in the category of average American homes annually. Back in Nov 2013, Napolitano low-income and first-generation direct project engagement. The students for Fall 2018. UCSD was HALLOWEEN...............10 In addition, there is an increase in announced the Carbon Neutrality WEEKEND/FEATURE .....X category recognizes organizations’ the amount compared to the use of Initiative, committing the UC system named the No. 1 public university CROSSWORD/SUDOKUMY LIFE PLAYLIST......12 X long-term commitment to green 128 million kilowatt-hours in 2017. to generating net-zero greenhouse in the nation for social mobility by AW. SOCCER VOLLEYBALL.........15 BALL! 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 W THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG ;=@6 !"#$$%&'(")$*%By Michi Sora Christopher Robertson Editor in Chief Lauren Holt Managing Editor Tyler Faurot News Editor Adriana Barrios Opinion Editor Rivka Gershovich Associate Opinion Editor Richard Lu Sports Editor UC SYSTEM Susanti Sarkar Features Editor Daisy Scott A&E Editor A;%+B;**'2$CB$1$%"'5%%"+3"&',$%'23";*60<'D$1"0E+'70&"%-";%',%$1'F0.8;1C4+'(;40&%= 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. *+&DC"N(%0/"&*"I." Hojune Kwak Multimedia Editor $43/"2?)/23@!A"2/-" 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.