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www.ucsdguardian.org THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 The Student Voice Since 1967 Undergrad Life, Culture Pub Lease Uncertain as Year Ends Focus of Group Suggestions Lack of on -campus housing, central IMPROVING STUDENT UFE facilities main causes lhe COINIIItIee recommendid:
of student complaints, • The UIe of the virtual Underpaduate Research committee finds. Center to Involve students In research By Charles Nguyen NEWS EDITOR • The revival of A.S.-spon A ca mpus committee - charged sored T.G. ewents to create regular student-orlented by Chancellor Marye Anne Fox with programs evaluating the shortfalls of under graduate life - released its first com • The development of a prehensive report, which included Campus V111a8e ma ny fa r-reaching goals that admin istrators hope will improve the stu • bents and ceremonies at dent experience. the beginninB and end of Members of the Undergraduate coIlese careers Student Experience and Satisfaction Subcommittee, including adminis trators, students and faculty, cat sive projects that Vice Chancellor egorized their recommendations of Student Affairs loseph w. Watson ARASH into nine "principles," and dis said symbolize the university's dif Employee Beau Cornell may lose his job if the university decides to lease the Porter's Pub space to a different business next year. cussed possible improvements to ficult mission of shaping campus campus life. The group began its culture. Advisory Board, which controls the basis for students," he stated. work earlier this year, based on "It is certainly the most impor Porter's Pub plans leases of central university spaces, Porter's Manager Tim Mills said a report released last year by a tant and complex task because it to submit proposal will request an inquiry into other that the univer ity is aiming to trans larger U.S.E.S. committee. Group most actively engages all campus options whenever a University form the pub's environment. members stated that many students constituencies - faculty, students, to keep its space as Centers lease expires, UCAB "I think they want to turn [the found campus life and culture drab staff, alumni and retirees - in ways the university courts Director Gary R. Ratcliff stated in Student Center] into Price Center and "legalistic." that promote both the feeling and an e-mail. Although Porter's Pub junior; make it more corporate:' "UCSD is lackluster," the U.S.E.S. reality of being fully appreciated other businesses. itself could be gone after next year, Mills said. report stated. "The sense of com and contributing members of the By Woodrow C. Covington Ratcliff said that UCAB wants to Ratcliff, 'however, was adamant munity is weak; the campus . lacks UCSD community," said Watson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER preserve the pub's "funky noninsti that the ambience of the pub - spirit, the campus climate is cold who is charged with carrying out tutional atmosphere." and the sale of alcohol - would be and nonwelcoming; and the campus many of the committee's recom University Centers will accept The space, which includes a included in the new lease. does not have a commonly shared mendations. proposals from local pubs and stage, will still be rented to a bu si Rob Porter, a UCSD graduate set of traditions and rituals." A glaring problem with under nightclubs to lease the space ness that will book shows with and owner of the pub that bears In its proposals, the subcommit graduate life, the committee found, currently occupied by Porter's bands and DIs, Ratcliff stated. his name, said that Ratcliff had tee focused on defining a culture for was the lack of student housing. Pub when its lease expires this Researching other poss ibilities given him the impression that the UCSD. Some suggestions involved Finding avenues for students to November. for the space is a "common" prac lease would be made exclusively short -term goals such as decoration live oncampus would be the "most Though the pub will submit a tice for the board, according to available to Porter's Pub. Porter contests during Triton Spirit week. effective action UCSD can take to proposal to renew its lease, the uni Ratcliff. added that he has not had contact However, the bulk of the recom versity is exploring other options. "Their goal is to have more mendations involved comprehen- [REPORT, page 7] The University Centers activities on campus on a regular ( PUB, page 7 I UCSD Minority Faculty Lags Behind Systemwide Figures STUDENT AID
BREAKDOWN OF FULL·TlME UC FACULTY HEADS TO CHOPPING i ~~------BLOCK i ~~------ State phases out bill provisions that would have I ~~------increased award amounts. By jadyn Snow STAFF WRITER
A bill that would have provided more than By Charles Nguyen tions from a task force commissioned by UC $122 million in aid to California undergradu NEWS EDITOR President Robert C. Dynes last fall to investigate ates was stripped in the state Assembly, and ways to improve diversity in faculty ranks. The now offers less than $2 million to students. While the ethnic diversity of faculty has been group - composed of professors and adminis In its original form, the legislation, spon limited systemwide. the makeup of professors at trators from all UC campuses - described its sored by Assemblyman Hector De la Torre UCSD is even less varied, according to numbers goal as vital to improving campus life. (D- outh Gate), would have altered the cur released by the University of California Office of At UCSD, full-time faculty have been mostly ARASH KE SHMIRIANIGU~RD/~N rent Cal Grant program by widening the scope the President. Anthropology profrsgz DavKI Jordan is one of many faculty members The figures were coupled with recommenda- [ FACULTY, page 3] that are white, the domillllllt ethnicity of prr!P.ssors in the UC system. [ AID, page 7 I
HIATUS INSIDE WEATHER New Business ...... 3 More Than Cheap Booze Edilorials ...... 5 Junt I June 2 A new dual-museum, mixed-media exhibit WarneRS Column ...... 6 Hn L60 H79L64 explores modern Tjjuana art. battle at the Album Reviews ...... 13 page 8 page 16 Classifieds ...... 14 Jund June 4 Crossword ...... 14 H78 L65 H76L45 2 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 3 SUNGOD & TRITON Loose Ends Tied Up In Prof. Makeup _.QIoI Lengthy Budget Meeting Mostly White VIodimi' iCop1 ...... lin!. fIbrI Iter several hours of intense Marshall event but not a UCSO event discussion, the A.S. Council is bullhockey; Commissioner of Systemwide A finally passed the much Student Advocacy Tnvia Silva said. Charles=='- NI..,.. __.... • FACULTY, from page 1 debated 2006-07 executive budget, Ultimately, some senators ques ."...McArdIe -..._... which will decide the amount of _tioned whether or not it was fair to white for the past decade. In 2005 • funding for all A.s. -related programs take money away from certain events almost 80 percent of full -time profes MIdden 0pI0I000 ... next year. to give it to others. sors were white. While the levels of ~c.mp ...... o,woo fAr The budget approval. which lived "Please don't cut one tradition ethnic-minority professors have con I!..t ...... _ up to its reputation as the longest event for another tradition event just sistently jumped each year for those Dono/toIIIIntJer -....,.... fAr meeting of the year, reinforced vis because one thinks they're better than years. the task force still described the CIIIIIIIt/'le __ ible splits among councilmembers the other; Marshall Junior Senator situation as critical. who favored fol Kyle Samia The figures are not much better ~.,... , lowing precedent said . systemwide, where almost 79 percent ...HIboun ...---...... Many of full-time faculty is white. CURRENTS ------and those who sena Chil'-CIId< -...... -. sought to set their New tors questioned Task force members are also pre &8Ie .... own standards. the necessity of paring to overhaul faculty hiring Billy""'"s ..... _ Ten Ceremonies on June 2 for excellence in teach Among the most Business the A.S. pan practices, because "the next decade of in g. AleundorVorond -...... _ contested items on Matt L'Heureux cake breakfast increased faculty retirements presents Will Honor Grads Honored fa c ulty members Andrew N...,.. 000Ip_ the budget was the [email protected] pioneered by a one-time opportunity of higher fac in clude psyc hology professor ulty turnover:' Riley 501.>'''-I'o>rc< AII_ UCSO Cultural President Harry Speakers rangi ng from an ABC james Kulik, vi sua l arts professor Celebration, formerly the Thurgood Khanna, and attempted to move Minority faculty were hired at a news national security correspon Grant Kester, structura l engineer Marshall College Cultural funding elsewhere. rate of almost 10 percent of applicants dent to a fo rmer state senato r to a ing professor Joe l P. Conte, math - ~- Celebration. "I think we should look at our during the 1990s, the task force found , director of the Nati ona l In stitutes emati cs professor John Eggers, -- Supporters argued that the $4,000 selves and scrutinize how much we but the level dropped significantly with of H.ealth will be present a t 10 linguistics professor Eri c Bakovic, proposed allocation would be insuf are spending before we scrutinize how the passage of Proposition 209, which graduation ceremo nies at UCSD urban studies professor Keith ficient to run the event as planned. much our student orgs are spend barred the use of race as a factor in between June 3 a nd Jun e 19, Pezzol i and literature professor Beginning with a plea from event ing," Commissioner of Athletics Karl hiring practices. Since 2000, however. wh ich are expected to attract as John Granger. Graduate students coordinators during public input, Gobdsaid the university has returned to previous ma ny as 48,000 guests for the to be honored are structural e ngi KoIh.".... foIcCIII _GoMnI-" and lasting through two additional As expected, the hot-button issues levels of minority faculty employment. 5,431 graduates. neer Ba rt Raeymaekers, sociolo 1IMdl.. 1 _ ...... hours of discussion, the amount of of Student-Run Television and the though officials did not offer reasons The universi ty is graduating gist Mi chael Evans and anthro Mi
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EDITORIALS A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Riley Salant-Pearce Don't Celebrate SRTV's Return to Air Just Yet pon first glance. the return of Student Run Television's signal seems to be a U triumph. After all, it has brought .an end to months of politicking and is half-hearted. Programming is bitter relations between A.S. stiffly regulated during the day, councilmembers, administrators then is shut off to ensure no and station officials ... right? indecent material airs. SRTV co-Manager Andrew Until he can barter with Tess and A.S. President Harry administrators for more lenient Kha1lna know better, and so content regulations, Khanna does this board. might be better off shutting Both Tess and Khanna have down the station and diverting expressed limited satisfaction SRTV's $8,000 budget to other over the station's restricted areas. Vice Chancellor of Student return between Affairs Joseph w. 6 a.m. and 10 Watson is ready p.m., and retain . BRACE FOR IMPACT to choke the thei r criticisms station's content made earlier this ~ The return of SRTV for good, as the year about the means Uttle, as the AUP University of administrators' is tUn up In the air. California Office "acceptable use of the President is policy" for Triton Cable. Both close to approving the AUP. Show Us the Money: Students May FASTER o MORI have described the document - If it does so, Watson and which barsvariousformsofsexual acting Assistant Vice Chancellor and indecent programming - as of Student Life Gary R. Ratcliff Want to Pass On Unpaid Internships "overreaching" and "draconi an:' will have a heavy bargaining chip By Marianne Madden bloated, and students have every my work." Kamenetz also theorizes, While this is a start, Tess and in talks where administrators OPINION EDITOR reason to be overly optimistic about "Perhaps this emotion helps explain Khanna should take even have already been inflexible. the inlernships' value. why educated workers in this coun tronger action in their fight Because of this, student leaders h, the humble intern. When students earn college cred try are less and less likely to orga agai nst censorship, even if that must act quickly to accomplish Monica Lewinsky got plen it by performing internships, such nize' even as full-time jobs with means losi ng the signal now. the ultimate goal: freedom of A ty out of her internship at as those through UCSD's Academic benefits go the way of the Pinto." It's Currently, the station's return speech for students. the White House; Chandra Levy, Internship Program, employers don't a simple formula: Interns are con an intern at the Federal Bureau of feel any guilt about using interns as ditioned to be grateful for whatever Prisons who disappeared in 2001 unpaid temp workers. It's easy for real or imagined opportunities the and was later found murdered in employers to reason that they "don't internship provides for them, at zero Rock Creek Park, perhaps got less have the resources" to pay interns cost to the employer. Far Too Much Is Still out of hers. or hire them even if they've proven Kamenetz likens interns to illegal Interns are the memo-takers, their worth. • immigrants: "an oversupply of peo coffee-makers and file-organizers Still, students jump at internship pLe willing to work for low wages or, Swept Under the Rug of the world, and their volunteer opportunities. hoping they will pre in the case of interns. literally noth labor totals a 5124 million hand pare them for real jobs. Kamenetz ing." Meanwhile, college students CSD students are facing a potentia1ly grave out to corporate America each year finds this view problematic: "Unpaid - who, despite being students, are health risk, and the university is doing - at least according to a quick internships are not jobs, only simu worth something as workers - are calculation done by New York Times lations. And fake jobs are not the selling themselves short. U little to stop it. As this week's Guardian opled contributor Anya Kamenetz. best preparation for real jobs." Even In Britain, at least, this is having investigation showed,the campus' EHS has tried too hard to play Kamenetz has a simple message: waiting tables is a more valuable and tangible, negative effects. Komenetz Department of Environment, the role of a "friend;' neglecting "Take This Internship and Shove It." reaListic job experience, she implies. cites a recent survey done by Britain's Health and Safety has been its' duty as a regulator and Or, if you value the work experience Indeed, the pull of the intern- National Union of Journalists that selectively administering health endangering students in the that an internship provides, at least found "that an influx of unpaid grad codes, granting "variances" and process. salvage your dignity and take a paid uates kept wages down and patched exceptions to eating facilities in If the state constitution's position. up the gaps left by job cuts." violation ofstate law and allowing guaranteed autonomy for the Her May 30 opled is one of the s not the best For the one-third of college repeat offenders to stay open UC system allows the university few pieces of journalism to take a students who are students who don't need loans to for business despite not having to selectively interpret and critical look at the phenomenon of finance their education, unpaid any reasonable expectation for administer state law when students jumping at the chance to internships are a win-win situa work for free - or taking intern taken on as interns, positive change. These policies it comes to health and safety, tion. But, as Kamenetz points out, ships because their universities this isn't meritocratic. It's not the are clearly not in the best interest something is wrong. but the ones who can require them to do so. Kamenetz best students who are taken on as of students, A I tho ugh writes of her own college-era intern afford to work for free interns. but the ones who can afford staff, faculty or cam pus ship: "I took it for granted. as most to work for free - getting one's foot patients. BON APPHIT. reg u I at ion s students do, that working without - getting one's foot in the door becomes a question of C urre ntly, require EHS to pay was the best possible prepa fmancial means, not of talent or the university's ~ There Is reason to worry comply with state ration for success; parents usually in the door becomes a skill. Business Aff 5x5 $22 per month 5x6 $25 per month 5x7 $29 per month 5x8 $32 per month With student ill. 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CAll TODAY FOR AFREE OM 011 one 1n1"1", session Ito the Velvet Underground. Well, if not the world, then our {American} I IIIdFIEEgnMlpdlss I www.rhtboxlngclub.ntt "9P, =~ culture - at least the part of it that involves too many people listening ~861~~~e~ S,!n Ei~c:.C~ ~172 !o.!-!.0XI!GS~!. i __'l:""'_ "''i,-~~ -- . to terrible music. Haven't heard of the Velvet Underground? (Slash does r------I, not play guitar in the band; you're BY , probably thinking of Velvet Revolver, BEAUX GENS ANTONELLA , a bad but Similarly named band). If Now MOVED INSIDE Beauty Kliniek I the name is well-known to you, good I - you have already taken the first step STUDENT SPECIALS U'tC' toward a more enlightened apprecia COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL Nobel Dr. AND INTO e tion of music. If you found the Slash COL 0 R TO U C H U P ...... _._ ...... freIII $45 BreaJd'ut and Bed: Vince Vaughn plays a city tour guide who quarrels with his girlfriend (Jennifer Aniston) in comment informative as well as (mild the romantic comedy "The BreaIc-Up.· The film wall shot on location in Vaughn 's hometown oj Chicago. ly) humorous, then it's about time you FOIL PARTIAL ...... freIII $IS were saved. To explain, I shall begin By Christine Clark again flexes his comedic prowess with plenty of HAIRCUT+ BLOW DRY (wOMEN) ...$5 off Reg. $35 with an anecdote. ASSOCIATE HIATUS EDITOR quick-witted banter. Aniston and Vaughn bicker ., HAIRCUT(MEN) ...... $5 off Reg.$25 > Once, not too long ago, , listened throughout and no one spews insults better < almost exclusively to ;rap music. I'm veryone knows the story behind "The than Vaughn - like in the scene when Brooke Not valid with any other offer. talking Three Doors Down crap music. Break-Up· - the film began generating exclaims that her sister has been through a lot, Governor* Dr. ., The most impressive CDs in my col Ebuzz last summer when the two leads, Gary quips, "... of dick." www.salonbeauxgens.com .,IJ) Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, started c: lection included the entire Queen Although Vaughn steals about every scene 3268 GOVERNOR DR. (UNIVERSITY CITY) 8118-4113-45212 ., discography, Tool's Lateralus, Blink a highly publicized affair. The hyped-up !lick he's in (even from Aniston), the film also fea music video, which included together and live a glamorous life in their pol together in the cult classic "Swingers,· and their • Cost Is Much Less than Regular Extensions! All PHOTOS COURTESY OF MCASO rarely seen {for me, at least} moments ished abode until their relationship fizzles. Both witty repartee in this movie makes for some of Father figure: Alvaro Blancarte, one of Tijuana's first important artists, whose • Complete set of dip-on Extensions! one museum. refuse to give up their precious piece of real the most entertaining dialogue. studio served as a classroom Jar younger generations, painted himself as part pig estate and as a result, the estranged couple con ·Indudes Custom Fit & Styling! ~ BY GAELLE FAURE (above). Much of the exhibit is devoted to architectural and design pUtts, such as "The Break-Up' was helmed by a master of tinues to live under one roof. Comedy ensues ASSOCIATE HIATUS EDITOR Hugo Crosthwaite's work (below). the breezy romp, Peyton Reed ("Bring it On," Don't Forget when.she starts going out with other guys and "Down With Love"), but Vaughn (who served as ,12'-14" S8'" 'Ha!J 'Unlimited peculiar blown-up map of the world covers an entire wall of and nearly out the window to the ocean, the butterflies morph into fighter he throws all-night poker parties. co-writer and producer) spearheaded the proj what serves as both the lobby and first display room of the planes - according to artists Einar and Jamex de la Torre, this symbolizes a the Joker It's a sitcom-worthy premise that is a little ect. The film is a disappointment in comparison • 1'" - 18" $99'5 Mission Volley Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla. The dangerous export. The piece, richly layering sharp critique and outrageous CODY B. NABOURS fun in the beginning. but the film loses steam to ·Wedding Crashers" - a sex comedy that toward the end when it focuses on Brooke and .22" $109'5 1400 (amino de Ia Reina, Sle. 110 San Diego, CA 92108 United States literally stands out from the map, built of galva humor, is a proper introduction to "Strange New World: Art and Design t:[email protected] relished in its own irreverant, bawdy humor. Moo-Sat 1oam-6pm 619.299.6060 nized steel, plastered with pink glitter and covered in a huge blown from Tijuana" Gary's romantic woes. The conflict between the However, "The Break-Up· poses to be a mature JIlglass web of pinto beans and snakes filled with gold coins. In the center, With ISO pieces from 41 artists, it's the largest show the museum has ever ofbadassery including. but not limited feuding lovers is as unrealistic as it is childish: comedy about the travails of an unraveling rela what looks like a cross between a vulva and a holy altar gives birth to a flying hosted - and the first to spread from La JoUa to the museum's downtown to: drinking beer during a guitar solo. The couple essentially breaks up because one tionship. Where's the fun in that? brigade of plastic butterflies, which closer inspection reveals to be carrying running into fellow band members night, Gary didn't pick up enough lemons at miniature Christs on crosses. As they float over the room, through a hallway, [ TIJUANA, page 11] mid-song aud ~ying "shit" when it the store and he doesn't like to help out with wasn't even included in the original dishes. Even though Vaughn and Aniston are The Break-Up song. Yes. I was once this innocent. two charismatic actors, their characters are too Though it sounded completely dif immature to elicit any real sympathy. **~ ferent than anything in my collection,l The film does manage a few scenes of pure 1IaiitiVince Vaughn and Jemilet' Alliston 3151 HoIIdIy CL ft04 dug it just fine. Reading over reviews of comic gold and. not surprisingly, Vaughn is Directed by Peyton Reed 151-455-0909 the album, I noticed many critics com responSible for every one. Fresh from the suc Rated PG·13 Above Cal COPY. across Irom EI Torito and Rock Bottom pared it to a band as yet unknown to cess of "Wedding Crashers," Vaughn once .:-..~ -::i;'-.;jS-TAis- me, the Velvet Underground. This was . lor..... II GET 5 FREE my gateway moment into the world of NLESS I BUY 5 II Including Mystic what is known as "good music:' Soon. I for only .,'5.. II and Ultra I picked up their first album, the one Last Lecture Series: Your Friendly, Neighborhood Critic I F'teo .. pmenI ucso 10 II s.e wIon for d$ils. with Andy Warhol's banana on the TAN I E>cp.7nl06 • . 11 E>cp. 711 106 cover and a small message: "Peel slowly • NABOURS, from page 6 Fiery Furnaces and Broken Social Scene. Why~ Flashy Charm Almost Cuts It for Song 'N' Dance 'Zhivago' and see." I did, and was welcomed one of them went on to form a band of their own. Is it because I'm a pretentious, hipster-idolizing ora) :~:$18U-::="'h~ to New York City in the final days of At the least, the band sparks a passion for new indie twat~ Perhaps - but I'd prefer to think that 1= II 1uy1Gct1 By Nhu Nguyrn a vocally talented ensemble, whose hippiedom, where heroin was the new and interesting music. The Beatles may leave me it's because I care about anyone who has ever hit E, I ~ II FREE Quynh I~II STAFF WRITER marijuana and the odor of stale ciga contented, but the Velvet Undergound make me the play button on their CD player. There's noth impassioned voices sell every note s.e salon for details II Am time custamm only. without making things cheesy. rettes outstank the smell of patchouli. want more and more music. and to find and lis ing worse to me than wasting your time listening ElcI> 711106 II E>cp.711106 hivago" is an ambitious play: Not Apart from the singing, the per The first few listens were a bit more ten to any and every excellent album ever creat to music that I'IIDISS from passable to absolutely only does it attempt to adapt formance hits a couple of sour notes. difficult than I was used to, but soon ed. They, not the Seatles (because let's be serious, boring shit, but sadie people do this all the time, ZBoris Pasternak's classic novel Hernandez's good looks and I finally understood what music was everybody likes the Beatles), are the first step into and don't even realize that they have a problem. "Doctor Zhivago" to the stage, but it strong vocals make him the dreami capable of, and began to drift away the magical world of musical enlightenment. In the spirit of this, I propose the foUowing: I also tries to reinvent the story with est Zhivago yet. But when he's not from myoid collection, picking up We are all members of an institution of learn will make it easy for you. Give me your terrible strategic ballads and choreographed singing, Hernandez tends to string albums by the Clash, Elvis Costello ing' but there is more to learn in coUege than music, and I will give you the best that I can mus dallce numbers - all in a neat two his sentences together, as if he has and the Smiths. I still remember when formulas, histories and literature. lust as one ter. Like Coldplay's X60Y? Rob Thomas~ O.A.R.? hours and 4S minutes. forgotten he's supposed to be speak I told a longtime punker acquaintance should leave college knowing more about their Black Eyed Peas? Jack Johnson? John Mayer? My In the mid st of the Russian ing (occupational hazard of perform of mine, "Hey, this Costello guy is own academic slice of the world than when they Chemical Romance? Matisyahu? Bubba Sparxxx? Revolution, doctor and poet Yurii ing in a musical, I guess). pretty darned good; and he threw me came in, one should leave UCSD as a cu1tura1Iy The Killers ~ Don't waste your time with this Zhivago {Ivan Hernandez} becomes Burrows - all willowy figure and a look that said he had understood enlightened aduh, not an average small-minded trash. Come to the GII4rdi4n office {second floor, attracted to Lara Antipova (Jessica wavy blond hair - appears as if she this since eighth grade. The Velvet teenager that picks up their tastes from MTV and Student Center, above the General Store}, throw Burrows), the wife of a student revo had just stepped out of a romance Underground saved me from the dark Blazin' 98.9. If I can accomplish one thing in at out your trash {or don't}, and pick up something lutionary leader. The musical tries novel. Unfortunately, her character side, and it can do the same for you. UCSD, it is to get people hooked on good music better. On my dollar. Seriously. to bottle the enchantment of their Lara is demoted to a mere symbol The Velvet Undergound's first instead of the record companies' flavor of the Soon, you can be listening to some undeni forbidden love affair, and at least of Russia's lost innocence, a passive album, The Velvet Underground and month. Just as eating at tasty restaurants makes ably amazing albums: the Stooges' Raw Power, succeeds visually. beauty who captures the hearts of Nico, was released in January 1967, a McDonald's quarter-pounder seem less entic A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory, Elvis The set design is tru Iy arresting, three different men. nearly six months before the much ing, or drinking Arrogant Bastard makes a case Costello's This Year's Model, the Clash's London from a resplendent chandelier and Although the musical's leads more popular Beatles masterpiece of Natty Ice seem pedestrian, a little bit of good Calling, Nick Drake's Pink Moon, the Pixies' candlelit ballroom to the literal fiery make the most attractive couple since Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hums Club Band. music makes the terrible kind almost unbearable. Doolittle, the Smiths' Hatful of Hollow, Lee pits of the Bolshevik front. The mov Brangelina, they don't generate strong Unlike the impeccable orchestration of And unlike the two previous examples. a good Perry and the Upsetters' Super Ape, Wu-Tang able sceneries, with shifting steel col enough romantic chemistry for the Sgt. Pepper's, the Velvet Underground's album costs just as much as a terrible one. So Clan's Enter the 36 Chambers, Funkadelic's umns and trap doors, maximize the audience to root for them, despite first album is undeniably real - no why the fuck should anyone waste their time and Maggot Brain, Max Romeo's War Ina Babylon, stage's limited space. The costumes ardent effort. matter how well I've memorized it, money on something infaior~ Neil Young's Tonight's the Night, Black Star, are authentic, ranging from the deca The true passion in the play is it still surprises me. There's a rock Throughoufmy yar as Hiatus editor, I ~ Portishead's Dummy, Eric B. and Rakim's dent gowns of the bourgeois to the transferred to the antagonist, Lara's critic cliche that explains that only on occasion. insu1ted Yellowcud. My Chemk:al Follow the LeaJUr, Pulp's Dlffnmt Class, the utilitarian outfits of the poor. husband Pasha (Matt Bogart). a few people listened to the Velvet Romance, SO Cent (implldtly) and the cancer IOUDdtradt to -The Harder They Come,~ Van The musical also benefits from Tormented by Lara's confession of COURTESY OF THE LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE Underground's four albums, but every surviving singer o(,ack's Mannequin. Meanwh1le, Morrison's Astral Wetks and, of course, Tlte its unflinchingly realistic portrayals Dr. Strm.,-,.,.: Lara (JessiaJ Bumows) enters a BCtJ1ICIoIous alJair wi'" married I have endlessly paraded the musical prowess of Velvet Untkrrround and Nico. I've done the of the brutality of warfare, as well as [ ZHIVAGO, page II J doctor funi (loon Hernanda) in "ZIIioogo.· The productian ruI\I through June :15- - [NAIOURS, pase 9 J groups IIJtt Belle and Sebutian. the Unicorns, the work for you. All you need to do now Is listen. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 THE UCSD GUARDIAN HIATUS 11 10 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 Musical a Nearly Worthy Homage to Russian Classic Contemporary Tijuana Artists Bring Museum Its Largest Show Ever COURTESY Ot MCASD Face Off: Alida Ceroalltes painted a portrait series o/her /amily's housekeepers ouer the years. • TIJUANA, from page 6 in their time, among them proud branch. For this relatively new scene, shopkeepers and nightclub patrons. which sprouted in the 1970s and Changing culture is likewise on dis flourished in the '90s in a city with no play in "The Altar of Live News" by art school, far from the artistic magnet Felipe Almada, with Bart Si mpson a of Mexico City, such recognition this the centerpiece surrounded by tradi side of the border is also a first. Not tional cheap trinkets, new clipping surprisingly, the border is a recurring and a super-sized hamburger. demon in Tijuana artists' work - in And nowhere is this strange new one piece, it's mixed-media collages world more vividly personified than in of pulp-comic frontier cowboys; in painter Benjamin Serrano, who raises COURTESY OF LA JOllA PLAYHOU SE a series of 3-D photo collages, walls, the nation's past in his giant, two-panel 1ASHB()AIlIJ Rebel Yell: Matt Bogart (center) plays Pasha, a Bolshevik who disrupts a bourgeouis engagmrenJ party in LI1 Jolla Playhouse's "Zhivago: fences, various barriers and police are work "La Malinche; where he portrays enclosed in broken picture frames. • ZHIVAGO, from page 8 Amy Powers have composed some to his secret love, is truly touching. himself as a transgender version of Yet a sign warns guests that not all her dark past on their wedding memorable pieces, such as "Watch The song soon becomes a symbol of the translator who helped Cortes con Tijuana art is about the border. This night, Pasha leaves his new bride the Moon" and "It's a Godsend," Lara and Zhivago's hidden feelings quer Mexico. Historically, the actual is a valid disclaimer; the border is far CONffSSIIJNAL in a naive attempt to rid himself of for one another. La Malinche has been interpreted in from fencing these artists in. The rap the bourgeois corruption that has "Zhivago· may need a few minor turn as martyr and traitor, and this idly changing city itself claims much tainted her. adjustments before it becomes a ambivalence is exacerbated by a char of the artists' interest, with a marked Bogart infuses his character mandez's good worthy complement to Pasternak's acter painted naked on a toilet throne, emphasis on architecture, design and with remarkable energy in "It's a timeless novel, but with strong sup facing a skeleton in a handheld mirror I ks and strong urban planning (or lack thereof). But Godsend" (no easy task when you're porting characters, a vocally impres while Pepsi logo-sporting Aztec war there's innovation aplenty: Oficinia pe.rforming a Russian dance with sive cast and dazzling set, this musi riors and Western knights ride into vocals make him the 3, a pair of architects, display pho vodka in hand), and bleak bitterness cal adaptation definitely deserves battle on either side, mounted on toy in "No Mercy at All." Pasha's plunge a look. tos of a house l'ley designed with horses and wielding brooms. Today, dreamiest Zhivago yet." 40 percent recycled materials, using from idealistic rebel to the ruthless "Zhivago" is cu"ently playing at brutality lives on in border life, but the the backbone of a conveyor belt as Bolshevik leader Strelnikov in the the La Jolla Playhouse through Jun e multiplicity of Tijuana's brave new art a staircase, while Teddy Cruz, who suggests a frontier city just waking up name of love provides a moment of the only songs with an authen 25. Tickets range from $48 to $85 also teaches in the UCSD visual arts rare emotional depth. tic taste of Russia. "in the Perfect and can be purchased by calling (858) to the innovative potential of sitting at department, offers model low-cost Though most of the ballads are World" is a cleverly ironic satire of 550-1010, online at www.lajolJaplay a crossroads world. homes. 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'.. ..~CIo_1 --__ "'_ 12 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006 THE UCSD GUARDIAN HIATUS 13 'Peaceful Warrior' Stretches Limbs and Mind recordingsv------By Jessie Godfrey CONTRIBUTING WRITER Gnarls Barkley ear a title like "Peaceful Warrior" • Sl Elsewhere and, usually, a whiff of new J)()IM(TOWII Hagey bullshit isn't far behind. Sit through an hour and a half of Ihis recently released film and you'd ****lthough Cee-Lo is a rapper and OJ Danger Mouse absorbed in a flood of inferior "mash-ups;' and Cee-Lo 'I tiave you ever used stimulants like expect the bromidic perfumes to a hip-hop beatsmith, their St. Elsewhere isn't a rap was dumped from his record label after his two solo overwhelm. Strangely, they don'l, album. And although "Crazy" is currently in top-20 albums tanked. It cocaine, meth, speed, or Ritalin Yes, there was a wise old sage A rotation on alternative radio, it certainly isn't a rock album Cee-Lo fmds his niche here; his voice (the type usually named Socrates with supernatural e.ither. In fact, since the stated purpose of Gnarls Barldey is reserved for rap hooks) fits creepily well with the album's powers who spoke in proverbs. And \without a pr~sc~ij2tion-? If so, you may to defy characterization, there isn't much point in trying to skittery hip-hop beats. The result is soul for the A.D.D. yes, the story is about a miraculous slap their music with a genre. generation, a fusion of styles that has perhaps been suc physical recovery through a triumph be eligible to participate in a Easier to say is that this is a heU of a weird album, exist cessfullyemployed by Out1cast, but few others. ./ of mental and spiritual strength - a ing in a world where an overlooked Southern rapper and Yes, ·Crazy" is a good song, but even before its inevi college gymnast's shattered ankle a geeky New York OJ can team up to make a soul record, table crossover from alternative to mainstream U.S. radio rebuilds and is ready again for com including a Violent Femmes cover and a No. 1 UK single. success, the song's coolness has already been undermined: U(S~ Brain Imaging · Study ~ 1 petition in just a few months' time. Ten of the record's 14 tracks are less than three minutes Paris Hilton delayed her debut album just so she could And yes, the author of the book on long, and there's never enough time for them to settle into cover it (shudder). which the film is based does have a a signature sound, but the album's schizophrenic pace is Luckily, there's even better stuff here; forthcoming and reeelye $130 and a picture of sort of informal cult following. half the fun. single "Smiley Faces" one-ups "Crazy" with an even But the sage, played by Nick COURTESY OF LlONSCATE The album's undeniable catchiness shouldn't be a more addictive bassline, and album closer "The Last your'bfain' ~r comptete Nolte ("Hotel Rwanda," "Affliction"), Waz On, Wax Off: Scott MechJowicz plays an i,yured gymnast who is nunied back to spiritual surprise; Cee-Lo is responsible for the Pussycat DoUs' Time" settles into a neo-soul groove that will make you isn't too outrageously. Zen - he and physical health by a sage (Nick Nolte), who shows him the ways of the "Pooreful Warrior.' "Don't Chao and Danger Mouse produced the new thankful St. Elsewhere was made, whatever the fuck you partici~tion. pumps gas for a living, for example, Scott Mechlowicz ("Mean Street," after, what just happened in the Gorillaz album. Still, St. Elsewhere will catch the aver want to call it. and his proverbial syntax is stan "Eurotrip") who plays Socrates' stu grocery store right before you got age listener off-guard; after all, The Grey Album, Danger - Riley Sa/ani-Pearce dard enough; he's more of a Mr. dent in the film . woman last night "A there, but you're not thinking about Mouse's phenomenal Jay-Z/Beatles remix, was quickly SENIOR ST.... FF WRITER Miyagi than a Yoda or a Splinter. [at the screening] was saying how she this moment - all that there is - He also enjoys a shot of whiskey hurt her leg as a dancer, and went to a the happiness that you should have ·...... once in a while - a petsonal touch really dark place. Then, as she was at underneath everything because you from Nolte? And the plot, however her darkest, someone gave her Dan's are where you are," he said. fantastical it may seem , is based on book and it completely changed her With a title like "Peaceful true events. life around:' Warrior," everyone involved in this The Streets Though the novelist who inspired What message could have such production took a risk in 'making • The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living the film, Dan Millman, is not com a personal impact? It's "about keep it. Now I take a risk in return, and VICE pletely there in my book, he does have ing clarity of the mind - like they say it's not as bad as it sounds - it a message that moves people. The say in the film, just 'taking out the definitely exceeds expectations at original title of the book, "Way of the trash: you know, everything yo u're the least. *** Peaceful Warrior," has even acquired constantly thinking about during appers tend to take themse.lves too seriously, but but this time he hilariously takes a jab at his own burgeon the tag-on, "A Book That Changes the day that's keeping you from sTUDENt thankfuUy Mike Skinner (better known as the Streets) ing celebrity status. He unselfconsciously raps about tnash Lives" in response to the thousands Peaceful Warrior thinking about the moment that Risn't afraid to represent his lack of street cred by ing hotel rooms, banging groupies and the woes of doing Plan ahead for summer. of letters Millman has received since you're in: said Mechlowicz, echo spawning self-deprecating lyrics. The Birmingham-based a line in public. its first publication in 1980. ing the film's catch phrase, "There Store your things with us. Starring Scott Mechlowicz and*** Nick Nolte MC cheekily rhymes about the monotony of his daily life There are a few snazzy tracks on Hardest Way, such "You have to handle it carefully are no ordinary moments. You're 21" Wheeled Batk Patk Directed by Victor Salva (he has dedicated entire songs to describing text messag as "Can't Con an Honest John ," but it's not as consistently by Hlp Siena because it's such a precious story constantly thinking about what you Rated PG·13 ing and returning DVDs) and his frivolous lyrical style is catchy as Skinner's previous albums. Plus, corny slow Student Discounts 1 Ba8J In OM - Carry-OIl Size to so many people," said actor have to do tomorrow or the day fully intact on the Streets' latest album, The Hardest Way songs like "Never Went to Church" sound just like Boyz Hidden back pack straps are stored to Make an Easy Living. II Men rip-offs. behind a padded back pane. 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After the rough beginning, the Tritons refocused their efforts fo r <;aturday's Repechage races. in which they had another shot at making it to the Grand Finals. "We realized it was a do or die C OURTES Y OF M EGHAN KElLY The women's crew team sent its entire squad 10 nationals, including rowers Megan Hagq uisl, Kali Webb, Katie Morris, Kelsey Thomas and coxswain Phoebe Lee (not pictured). moment;' senior varsity-four rower Katie Morris said. "We regrouped fo rtunate, but many seniors said it within milliseconds of each other at placed third, behind the rowing pow Western Washington to four seconds afte r Barry and changed the race wa the best race of their college the seven-minute mark. UCSD feU ers of Western Washington and Barry this season . plan a bit. We are usually more con careers. next in li ne at 7:01, finishing one sec in the Grand FinaIs. "We aren't the biggest girls, but servative in sprints, but this time Senior coxswain Arianna Pilram ond behind Florida State, right ahead Though the team didn't come we are technicaI ly sound:' Pilram we attacked the race with poise and detailed the disappointi ng loss. of Dowling University at 7:02. away as the national winner, the said. "We have proven we can make strength, started sooner and bumped "It was a dogfight,» she said. "All The varsity-eight-rowers went on UCSD program has grown leaps and it to nationals, and now we can really up the ratings. The rowers responded fou r boats were neck-and -neck, aU to defeat Dowling again on May 28 bounds, according to team members. focus on placing there." beautifully.» aligned fo r the most part until the in the Petite Final race, and followed The tightly knit varsity team has Kuebert also added that the The varsity-fo ur boat pulled out last 15 strokes, when out of nowhere, their win by cheering on senior cox 14 girls, as compared to 35 to 50 women's crew program is constantly for the wi n over Nova Southeastern Florida State, who was in last place, swain Phoebe Lee, sophomore stroke in the past. Senior varsity captain improving. University with a time of 7 minutes, did an amazing sprint and [took sec Kelsey Thomas and rowers senior Cara Kuebert and junior rower Leah "We had a really strong season 51 seconds, and advanced to com ond ] at the very end.» Katie Morris, sophomore Kali Webb L1ach received All-American honors, and set the bar high," she said. "All pete in the finals on May 28. Nova Southeastern took first and junior Megan Hagquist in the and were impressive in closing the of the teams are getting a lot faster; The va rsity-eight girls weren't as while Florida State hit second, both varsity-four boat. The UCSD team team's IS-second gap against rival there is no stopping us now.» Trito.n Baseball More Wholesome Steroids. Threaten Athletes Than Silly Major League Spectacle Beyond Professional Level masked man in a skimpy hough baseball's homer-hitting followed his career. spandex suit and off-white icon Barry Bonds' steroid bust The bigger issue, however. is ath A briefs should never set foot T was a heartbreaker for many letes' desire to bulk up for a com on a profeSSional baseball field. staunch Giants fans, it was a much petitive edge is gradually spinning out Nonetheless, this was the scene needed eye-opener for the athletic of control. Bonds only served as a during a recent afternoon outing world, where performance-enhanc harsh reminder of a reality that many to Petco Park fo r a Padres game, in ing drugs are becoming unsettlingly are hush-hush about. It is expanding whi ch NickeIodeon - a network prevalent. The 42-year-old Bonds outside the more common areas of that has seen better days - forked has denied the alleged claims, tes bodybuilding and wrestling to all lev tifying that he was els of athleticism, given the undetecl ~------from club leagues able steroids by his Straight from to high-school- and Un Danaiable trainer in the form college-affiliated of a clear substance Sidelines sports, and even to that he believed the "average Joe" Danai Leinin to be a nutritionaI Buchanan pumping iron at [email protected] supplement made of -nbUCii~@uCSci:ed~ the gym. flaxseed oil, and a This sets a bad over enough money to promote cream he thought was a pain-relieving standard for the youth of today, tell Jack Black's latest fli ck, "Nacho balm for his arthritis. ing them to do whatever it takes Libre,» to the paying Padres patrons. While many naive people choose to reach the top. A report by the Apparently Nickelodeon's check was to buy into this act, the majority lean Department of Health and Human substantiaI enough to allow the net toward tile overwhelming evidence Services stated that 12 percent of work to send one of the silly looki ng that suggests Bonds was fully aware of teenage boys and 2.5 percent of teen characters to the pitcher's mound the true nature of these drugs and their age girls use steroids. to throw out the ceremonial first purposes. His trainer, Greg Anderson, The pressures to maintain a posi pi tch. While this despicable act may has been accused of to selling ste tive body image and keep top rank have been forgivable, it was the fi rst roids to numerous athletes, including ings push too many people to resort of the day's many transgressions Bonds, with whom he worked very to unhealthy measures. The leniency that soured my taste for the circus closely. of drug testing in the sports world fo rmerly known as Major League Bonds also endorsed the perfor only makes matters worse. It's a Baseball. mance-enhancing drug company vicious cycle that is turning too many I can'not recall experiencing BALCO, run by scientist and supple kids' idols into cheaters and drug ometh ing as outlandish as the ment provider Victor Conte, who was abusers. masked Nacho creature in my child busted for selling illegal steroids to While watching ESPN or Fox hood excursions to the ballpark, BillY WONG/GUARDIAN many famous athletes, including some Sports, it's difficult to see the 6 foot The desire exhibited by the UCSD baseball team i! becoming less.frequenton the professional or anything that even came close. in the NFL and the Olympic Games. plus guys with veiny muscles bulging leuel, as Major League games resort to gimmicks and promotions to attract fans. Perhaps the transformation is a result Back in September of 2005. the FBI from their jerseys and not wonder of the impoveri shed Padres' attempt and constant visual stimuli at the ticket sales. discovered records and calendars of how many of them are shooting or to cater to a wider demographic, threat of a merciless temper tan In addition to the "Nacho" first Bonds' long-time steroid cycles. popping. The media tries to push but baseball has always been a fam trum, which is the impetus for the pitch, the Padres handed out Nacho There were also rumors circulated it aside and desensitize the issue ily affair. Management is trying to transition from the laid-back feel styled Padres wrestling masks to the by Bonds' eX-girlfriend, who claimed while those directly involved with appeal to the generation of children of a ballgame to the in-your-face, first 10,000 kids under 14 years old. that he became aggressive and carried the athletes. such as coaches or team born in the '90s, but in doing so, something's-always-gotta-be -hap While it is already an unfortunately around what she ca\led his "man bag." mat.:s. hold back their suspicions and they're tarnishing the quality of the pening extravaganza that a trip to far cry from the free batting helmet from which he popped as many as 20 don't ask questions. People need to professional basebalI experience. the ballpark has become. While I giveaways of yesteryear, this ridicu pills at a time. Not to mention the fact speak out, not only for the health of Th is current generation of understand the need to appease the lous promotion has nothing to do that his drastic physical transforma the users but for the protection and 8-year-olds to pubescent teens crowd, the Padres have gone too tion and increase in personal achieve demands immediate gratification far in their latest ploys to increase [ NACHO, page 15] ments were obvious to anyone w~o [ JUICE, p.~ t 5 ]