UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org Monday, March 2, 2009 The Student Voice Since 1967 Campus Speech Rights Still Under Review THROUGH THE BAY’S HEAVY HAZE January 2008 after students and com- reviewing the policy since then. Admin, student reps munity members protested policy revi- Associate Vice President of Local continue to deliberate sions proposed by the administration Affairs Erin Brodwin and Sixth College in spring 2007. senior James Baldwin, the committee’s “amplified sound zones,” After the San Diego chapter of current undergraduate student repre- camp-out rules. the American Civil Liberties Union sentatives, gave a presentation before asserted in an eight-page letter that 10 the A.S. Council to explain the items By Kelsey Wong sections of the proposed policy were still under debate in revising the pol- Contributing Writer unconstitutional, administrators opted icy. to scratch the contended policy and Brodwin said one of the primary Student representatives on a com- urged the creation of a committee to student concerns is the further limita- mittee to revise UCSD’s speech policy update the year-old policy instead. tion of “amplified sound zones,” specif- expressed concern at last week’s A.S. Originally composed of 16 mem- ic areas in which students are allowed Council meeting that potential revi- bers, including administrators, faculty, to speak out using amplification devic- sions could limit student voice on cam- two A.S. councilmembers and one rep- es during specific time frames. Current pus. resentative from the Graduate Student The committee was formed in Association, the committee has been See SPEECH, page 3 In Final Stage, Wedge Project Hits Pavement RICHARD CHOI/GUARDIAN Post-hardcore group Scary Kids Scaring Kids followed up Bay Area rapper San Quinn at the annual Rock ’n’ Roosevelt concert last Friday, sending the audience from a hot-boxed orgy into a crowd-surfing mosh pit. ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN Budget constraints stall green New Grove Event Designed to landscaping plans in North Campus; A.S. Council pushes Attract Business to Student Center administration to move forward. By Reza Farazmand Bounce. News Editor Grove managers, in conjunction By Jesse Alm with A.S. Council representatives, Associate News Editor The Grove Caffe dropped a decided to abandon their original request for $13,750 in events fund- request after receiving vocal pro- he four-acre parcel of land north of ing from the Associated Students test from councilmembers hesitant Eleanor Roosevelt College may not be at last week’s council meeting. to provide any further funding to anyone’s paradise, but the “nation’s green- Members of the cafe’s advisory com- the enterprise, especially without a Test university” can’t expect to pave it and put up mittee instead submitted a unani- coherent long-term plan for its pro- a parking lot without a little opposition. mously approved request for $300 to gramming ventures. More than 1,000 transfer students will settle fund Deejay Thursdays. The Grove is now an estimated into the new North Campus Housing complex The indebted cafe hopes to build $109,214 in debt and has failed to this fall, but the future of their backyard — the its customer base and avoid fur- report any significant profit over remaining strip of land in a four-part landscap- ther financial setback with the new the last several months, a situation EPARTMENT ing project known as the Wedge — remains D event, hosted by the Deejay and that Grove managers are seeking to uncertain. Vinylphiles Club. The event also amend by increasing visibility. In 1994, the UCSD Physical Planning features a $2 hot dog and beverage According to Vice President Department proposed that the Wedge become LANNING deal. of Finance and Resources Naasir a “rustic” open space linking three upcoming P The request was sponsored by Lakhani, who serves on the coun- construction projects: ERC, the Rady School of Associate Vice President of Student cil’s Grove Advisory Board, coun- Management and the North Campus Housing HYSICAL Enterprises Chelsea Maxwell, who cilmembers will vote on whether to Project. The original report mapped out pedes- said that funding Deejay Thursdays provide an additional $1,000 to the trian trails and planned for natural storm-water for the remaining weeks of Winter Grove in order to sustain Deejay drainage from adjacent lots. UCSD P Quarter would amount to a cost of Thursdays for the rest of the aca- OF In October 2006, after three years of land- $600, half of which will be provided demic year during tenth week of scaping, the department projected a completion by University Centers. this quarter. date of June 2009. The funds will go to DVC, “We were looking at options for Three of the four segments of the Wedge OURTESY money which the organization will what would be a cheaper way to get are complete, but due to budget constraints, the C put toward the purchase of new attention over to the old Student The proposed site for Wedge Phase Four, just north of Eleanor Roosevelt College, has served equipment and the funding of annu- See WEDGE, page 7 as a construction laydown area for the North Campus Housing Project since October 2007. al events such as popular rave Let’s See GROVE, page 7 OPINION Save It, SPORTS Let the INSIDE ONLINE WEATHER Comics ............................2 Poll: What are your plans for Don’t Repave It Madness Begin Currents ...........................2 spring break? March 2 March 3 A long-planned green space Women’s baskbetball: The top- Lights and Sirens ............3 H 71 L 53 H 66 L 51 located in North Campus seeded Tritons kick off the Stealing the Shoes ..........4 Classifieds .....................14 shouldn’t be sacrificed for a postseason against CSUSB at March 4 March 5 Crossword .....................14 Tell us at www.ucsdguardian.org. parking lot. PAGE 4 home on Tuesday night. PAGE 16 H 63 L 47 H 64 L 48 2 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009 ANIMAL STYLE BY CHRISTINA AUSHANA Matthew McArdle Editor in Chief Hadley Mendoza Managing Editors Nicole Teixeira Simone Wilson Smruti Aravind Copy Editors Allie Cuerdo Reza Farazmand News Editor Jesse Alm Associate News Editors Yelena Akopian Kimberly Cheng Alyssa Bereznak Opinion Editor Trevor Cox Associate Opinion Editor Janani Sridharan Sports Editor SUNNY-SIDE UP BY PHILIP RHIE Neil Joshi Associate Sports Editor David Harvey Focus Editor Joanna Cardenas Associate Focus Editors Stephanie Tsank Sonia Minden Hiatus Editor Allie Cuerdo Associate Hiatus Editors Edwin Gonzalez Erik Jepsen Photo Editor Emily Ku Design Editor Christina Aushana Art Editor Patrick Stammerjohn Web Designer Page Layout William Chuong, Regina Ip, Emily Ku, Monique Lam, Sonia Minden, Kent Ngo, Jonathan Shan, Naomi Shiffman Copy Readers Amy Guzdar, Kelsey Marrujo, Naomi Sweo, Anita Vergis, Danielle Warren Monica Bachmeier General Manager CURRENTS Mike Martinez Advertising Manager Alfredo H Vilano Jr Advertising Art Director time. can benefit academically from However, this luminescence is D a r a B u Student Advertising/ Recess Vital to “Sometimes you need data physical activity during gym class achieved by including toxic organ- Julia Peterson Promotion Managers Michael Neill Network Administrator Education, Study Says published for people at the edu- and recess. ic chemicals or tiny structures Shawn Xu Advertising Sales Rep cational level to start believing According to Andrea Faber called quantum dots, which leave Business Assistants The journal Pediatrics pub- it has an impact,” Barros said. Taylor, a child environment behind potentially harmful heavy Salvador Gallegos, Charissa Ginn, Tiffany Han, Maggie Leung, Frank Pak lished a study this month inves- “We should understand that kids and behavior researcher at the metals. Advertising Design and Layout tigating the connection between need that break because the brain University of Illinois, research sug- UCSD chemistry professor George Chen, Brandon Chu, Kim Cooper, Jenny Ting Wang Distributors elementary-school recess and needs that break.” gests that all children, especially Michael Sailor led a research team Alaric Bermudez, Charissa Ginn, Scott Havrisik, Josh Ottoson children’s academic performance, Barros also disagreed with the those with attention deficit hyper- in an effort to create miniscule Marketing and Promotion Reps concluding that recess is a crucial practice of withholding recess activity disorder, can benefit from flakes of silicon that can glow Dara Bu, Tracy Hua, Maggie Leung, Kathleen Ngo, Lisa Tat The UCSD Guardian is published Mondays and part of the educational process. time from children who demon- spending time in nature during the brightly, slowly release cancer Thursdays during the academic year by UCSD students The study followed 11,000 chil- strate behavioral problems. school day. Taylor recommended drugs and break down into harm- and for the UCSD community. Reproduction of this newspaper in any form, whether in whole or in part, dren between the ages of eight “Recess should be part of the children take walks or have access less byproducts. without permission is strictly prohibited. © 2008, all rights reserved. The UCSD Guardian is not responsible and nine, and determined that curriculum,” she said. “You don’t to green courtyards. “It is the first luminescent for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opin- children who were let out for more punish a kid by having them miss nanoparticle that was purposely ions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of California than 15 minutes of recess a day math class, so kids shouldn’t be designed to minimize toxic side or Associated Students. The UCSD Guardian is funded Researchers Design solely by advertising. Medium pulp orange juice. demonstrated better behavior in punished by not getting recess.” effects,” Sailor said. “This new General Editorial: 858-534-6580 class than those who were not.