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www.ucsdguardian.org Thursday, May 22, 2008 The Student Voice Since 1967 REGENTS Beach Town Murder Case Hits S.D. Court OK EXEC LOCAL NEWS Five La Jolla surfers are embroiled in a legal SALARY battle, accused of murdering another INCREASES surfer last year. By Yelena Akopian By Deepak Seeni Staff Writer Staff Writer

Facing state budget cuts, the UC Initial court hearings began this Board of Regents Committee on month on the murder of 24-year- Compensation voted on May 15 to old Emery Kauanui, a local surfer approve a series of compensation who was beaten to death just under packages for over a dozen individ- a year ago in front of his mother’s ual staff members throughout the home near Windansea beach by a university system, including several group of five surfers who call them- UCSD employees. selves the “Bird Rock Bandits.” Among the items approved were La Jolla High School graduates requests for stipend extensions, new Seth Cravens, 22; Eric House, 20; hires, promotions and appointments Orlando Osuna, 22; Matthew Yanke, as well as several salary increases. 21; and Henri Quinn-William ANDREW RUIZ/GUARDIAN Items approved for UCSD fac- Hendricks, 22 have been charged A popular surf and skim location, La Jolla’s Windansea beach is packed with students and local residents most weekends. The beach gained national attention ulty included a stipend extension with first-degree murder, assault last year when five surfers who frequented the spot were accused of beating a professional surfer to death outside of a nearby bar. The five now face trial. for Dean of Graduate School of and gang allegations and face 15- International Relations and Pacific year to life-time jail sentences. fights that the defendants had alleg- Prosecutors said the Kauanui was Kauanui, throwing a “sucker punch” Studies Peter F. Cowhey for his In a series of hearings beginning edly been involved in between 2004 beaten to death by a group of indi- that knocked the surfer to the curb, additional duties as acting associ- May 7, Judge Frederic Link heard and 2007, including incidences at viduals who punched and kicked cracking his skull. Kauanui died ate vice chancellor of international testimonies from various San Diego parties, on the beach and at bars in him repeatedly. They added that affairs and appointment salaries for police detectives regarding past and around the La Jolla area. Cravens delivered the fatal blow to See BANDITS, page 9 Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities Seth Lerer and Vice Chancellor of External Relations Debra G. Neuman. Supporters of the decision Fiery Sermon: Mideast Discord Students Study in Quiet stressed the importance of provid- ing salaries that are competitive with those of comparable universi- Brings Activist to Campus Protest at State Capitol ties in order to preserve staff quality and attract top talent. Regents night, but we didn’t really want to sleep favoring of the increases pointed Demonstrators from on the cement all night,” Snow said. out that compensation levels at the colleges across the “So instead, we showed up as early as UC system are currently far from we could to make it seem as if we had competitive with comparable public state visit Sacramento been there all night.” or private universities. to make another stand Protesters included representa- However, university officials tives from each of the college sys- acknowledged the challenge of sup- against budget cuts. tems, including students from most plementing staff compensation in By Sarah de Crescenzo UC campuses, with the exception of light of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Senior Staff Writer UCSD and UCSF, Snow said. budget proposal for the 2008-09 “The overall goal of the study- school year, which includes a 10-per- Though Monday meant the begin- in was to protest Gov. Arnold cent cut to higher education. ning of finals week for some University Schwarzenegger’s cuts to the UC sys- UC Office of the President of California, California State University tem, the CSU system and the com- spokesman Paul Schwartz said the and California community colleges, it munity college system,” UCSA regents maintain the continued also saw many of those same college Executive Committee President Louise hope that the final state budget will students protesting budget cuts, fee Hendrickson said. be more accommodating to salary increases and a “decline in the quality” Hendrickson, along with Lt. Gov. increases and other UC needs. of higher education at a “study-in” — a John Garamendi, California State “We hope the final state budget sit-in, combined with studying for rap- Student Association President Dina recognizes the importance of main- idly approaching final exams. Cervantes and others, spoke at a rally taining competitive compensation The event, hosted by Students and press conference at noon. for all employees,” he said. for California’s Future — a coalition Protesters received unexpected Also at its Wednesday meeting, the of members from the University of support at the midday rally when K-12 regents’ subcommittee that manages California Student Association, students touring the Capitol for the day financial issues named the maintenance California State Student Association joined the event. of competitive salaries as a key justifica- and Student Senate for the California Modeled after the idea of a sit-in tion for increased student fees. Community Colleges — took place protest, the study-in method aimed “We are supportive of keeping at the Capitol building in Sacramento to remind those witnessing the event staff salaries at market value, but from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. that the protesters were being severely we’re hoping that this doesn’t have Over 100 students arrived between impacted by the budget cuts and fee to be on the backs of students and 6 and 7 a.m. with blankets and books increases, Snow said. that they can get this money from the to begin the study-in before state legis- “We wore college gear and protested state or somewhere else,” University lators arrived at the Capitol for the day, outside, instead of dressing in suits and Affairs Director of the UC Students according to Vice President of External going before the Legislature, to remind Association Raymond Austin said. Affairs for UC Santa Cruz and UCSA everyone that these are real people that “Graduate [teaching assistants] undergraduate committee chair Hailey are being affected — students with should be supported proportionately WILL PARSON/GUARDIAN Snow. finals to study for and tuition bills to Political activist Amir Abdel Malik speaks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Price Center Plaza May 14 “The protest was originally sup- See COMPENSATION, page 9 as part of Justice in Palestine Week, an event hosted by the Muslim Student Association. posed to begin as a sleepover Sunday See UCSA, page 3

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Chris Mertan Sonia Minden Disease, Study Says GUARDIAN ONLINE Will Parson Photo Editor Med Center Performs New Erik Jepsen A recent study conducted by Associate Photo Editor UCSD researchers concluded that Weight Loss Procedure Richard Choi Design Editor modest wine consumption on a www.ucsdguardian.org Wendy Shieu Associate Design Editor daily basis may not only be safe, Researchers at the UCSD Medical Christina Aushana Art Editor but could potentially decrease the Center’s division for the treatment Patrick Stammerjohn Web Designer prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver of obesity have developed a new FOCUS HIATUS disease. incision-free procedure designed to Page Layout Audio Slideshow: Blog: Emily Ku, Sonia Minden, Kathleen Yip Appearing in the June 2008 issue prevent post-gastric bypass weight Copy Readers An Inside Look The Mixtape Allie Cuerdo, Rochelle Emert, Matthew L’Heureux, of the journal Hepatology, the study, gain. Christine Ma, Elizabeth Reynders, Anita Vergis which was conducted at the UCSD Every year more than 100,000 Photo Editor Will Parson Hot tracks reviewed weekly. School of Medicine showed that people undergo gastric bypass sur- documents the Earth Day Trash This week: indie hip-hop cuts Monica Bachmeier General Manager those who reported consuming as gery to treat obesity. Doctors have Sort Extravaganza. from Bilal, Jay Electronica and Mike Martinez Advertising Manager much as one glass of wine per noted that nearly 20 percent of those James Durbin Advertising Art Director day, in comparison to consuming who undergo the procedure experi- Quelle. Michael Neill Network Administrator Student Advertising Manager no alcohol, had a decreased risk ence a regaining of weight within OPINION Julia Peterson of liver disease due to NAFLD by a few years of the surgery due to Advertising/Marketing Reps Web Poll: The Hiatus Podcast: Maggie Leung as much as 50 percent. Those who excessive stretching of the stomach. Business Assistants reported beer consumption of an The medical center’s new proce- Do you support a fee Episode VIII Charissa Ginn, Maggie Leung Advertising Design and Layout equal amount were reportedly at dure, first performed in California on referendum for the Sun This week’s talk includes Nick Alesi, Jennifer Chan, George Chen four times the normal risk of devel- May 14, seeks to prevent this weight Distributors God Festival? editors’ reactions to this Sun Charissa Ginn, Jason Gubatayao, oping liver disease due to NAFLD. gain, which can lead to renewed risk Scott Havrisik, Danai Leininger “The results of this study present within patients for such diseases as God Festival and the final Marketing and Promotion Dara Bu, Priya Kanayson, Kathleen Ngo, a paradigm shift, suggesting that hypertension, diabetes and cardio- verdict on Indiana Jones. Jennifer Snow, Lisa Tat, Jennifer Wu The UCSD Guardian is published Mondays and Thursdays during modest wine consumption may not vascular disease. the academic year by UCSD students and for the UCSD community. Reproduction of this newspaper in any form, whether in only be safe for the liver but may The procedure, called “ROSE” whole or in part, without permission is strictly prohibited. © 2008, all rights reserved. The UCSD Guardian is not responsible for the actually decrease the prevalence (Restorative Obesity Surgery, return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. The views expressed WEATHER herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the UCSD of NAFLD,” associate professor of Endolumenal), involves inserting Guardian, the University of California or Associated Students. The UCSD Guardian is funded solely by advertising. Wait, we do gastroenterology, hepatology and surgical tools and a small, flexible May 22 this every issue? nutrition at the School of Medicine endoscope into the patient’s mouth. Partly Cloudy General Editorial: 858-534-6580 Jeffrey Schwimmer said. These instruments are used to fold High: 66 [email protected] Low: 55 The study involved a cross-sec- and stitch tissue to reduce the diam- News: 858-534-5226, [email protected] May 23 Focus: 858-534-5226, [email protected] tional, population-based survey of eter of the stomach opening and the Hiatus: 858-534-6583, [email protected] nearly 12,000 participants. Among volume of the stomach pouch. 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Horgan said in a statement. “Now, Partly Cloudy 9500 Gilman Drive, 0316 Researchers will continue to with this procedure, we have a dra- High: 63  Archives La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 investigate the findings of the study matically less invasive way to correct Low: 55 in order to understand exactly what a key cause of weight regain.” UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 3 Heated, Sluggish Debate Powers Council Protestors Through Marathon Budget Meeting Give Gov. ouncilmembers settled into Donna Bean repeatedly stressed the Poor Grade their seats in the Price Center financial constraints under which the Forum early yesterday eve- budget was devised, foreshadowing ▶ UCSA, from page 1 Cning to embark on an eight-hour mara- early on that it would be very difficult worry about,” Snow said. thon meeting that tip-toed through to get councilmembers to agree on As finals approach, Hendrickson every line of the proposed executive cutting funds from one event or orga- said the idea of a study-in was the most budget for next year. nization to fund another. effective way to allow students to focus Not long before midnight, the John Muir College Senator Mabel on their studies while also focusing on council was forced to change venues Tsang was first to dust off a skeleton the protest. so that the forum could be cleaned from the proverbial A.S. closet when “We decided to use a ‘study-in’ up. The project of moving dozens of she suggested using $10,500 from the so that students could continue to be leery-eyed attendees from one room to budget meant for next year’s Sun God students and to study, and to not fall another (a surprisingly perilous task at Festival to fund college festivals, which behind in their schoolwork,” she said. 11:40 p.m.) was symbolic of the meet- did not receive any funding in the pro- Throughout the day, students ing itself: The council labored through posed budget. moved in groups of eight to 12 to dif- debate after debate during the meeting The council has wrestled with ferent locations around the Capitol, while making very the issue of using sitting and studying in front of key few substantial all-campus activ- legislators’ offices and making lobby changes. ity fees to fund visits, Snow said. Despite the New college-specific “We sat and studied with signs looming need to Business events for years, explaining what we were doing, and address the budget, and last night was everyone who saw us stopped to speak last night’s meet- Michael Bowlus no exception. with us about the protest,” she added. ing began as many [email protected] “College coun- In a timely role reversal, another others have with a cils [can] get important part of the protest included special presentation from university money … by running referenda,” said the students grading legislators based representatives. The topic du jour was Sixth College Senator John Cressey, on their voting records for higher edu- the impact of next month’s U.S. Open, representing last night’s prevailing cation funding. which will take place in UCSD’s back- council opinion in the ongoing debate. Protesters held up a large report yard just in time for finals. “The mixing of funds is not what we card during the rally showing the gov- Special Events and Protocol rep- want to be a part of. It looks like A.S. is ernor’s grade: a D minus. resentative Judy Lane was on hand to controlling part of college councils.” Demonstrators also displayed assuage student fears. Tsang’s motion was defeated, descriptions of each legislator’s voting “We will be impacted, but will as was almost every other motion. record in the “blue books” that many things just be disastrous and over- Although the council had an oppor- students are required to use for exams. whelming and uncontrollable? No,” tunity to explore the nuances of “We told the legislators that we were she said. defining a “tradition event” and put- putting them to the test,” Hendrickson Lane also sought to dispel rumors ting a price on council retreats and said. that UCSD was paid off to allow the “meet and greets,” the only substan- UCSD was unable to send rep- event to take place near campus, say- tive action involving activity-fee dol- resentatives to the study-in because ing that the university was given a lars was to reallocate $1,000 from there was a limited budget at the end “hospitality tent” at the event to host A.S. Safe Ride in order to support the of the year that could not accommo- guests of its choosing but nothing holiday airport shuttle at the end of date sending students to Sacramento, more. Fall Quarter. according to A.S. Vice President of The main attraction, however, was With that change, and a few oth- External Affairs and UCSA Board of undoubtedly the proposed executive ers, the council approved the budget Directors member Lisa Chen. budget, which contained $1.7 million in the time that it would take to walk in student activity fee appropriations to San Diego International Airport Readers can contact Sarah de Crescenzo in seven grueling pages. President and back. at [email protected]. �� SNAG SOME CREDITS �� and still have time to CATCH SOME WAVES �� Friday, 55/23/23

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▶ BANDITS, from page 1 Still, Yanke’s attorney Kerry four days later at Scripps Memorial Steigarwalt said that the incident was Hospital. an accident. Defense lawyers, however, main- “These five men were all friends tain that Kauanui squared-off first with Mr. Kauanui,” Steigerwalt said. with House and then with Cravens, “There is no evidence of gang-related but was not touched after he was structure or rituals. Plus, the weapons knocked to the ground. found in these men’s homes, which Prosecutors are hoping to charge include a few pocket knives, a BB gun Kauanui’s alleged murderers as gang and a potato launcher, are basically members, thereby allowing them harmless.” to prosecute the defendants under Levikow still insists that the group’s stricter state laws that define a gang collective actions constitute gang- as a group of three or more people related activity. with a common name, identifying “They may not be on the street cor- symbol and engage in crime activi- ner, selling drugs or pimping, but they ties. are group of indi- “These men viduals that seek to are as much a commit crime and gang as any frater- terrorize the com- nity,” said Craven’s These men are as munity,” Levikow lawyer, Mary Ellen much a gang as any said. Attridge. “This K a u a n u i ’ s isn’t the Bloods fraternity. This isn’t death marked the and the Crips.” first murder in La Paul Levikow, the Bloods and the Jolla in five years. a spokesman for San Diego the San Diego Crips.” Police Department district attorney’s officer John office disagrees. “— Mary Ellen Attridge, defense attorney Johnso said that “The law fights such as this, doesn’t take into as well as gang- account socioeco- related activity, are nomic background,” Levikow said. “It virtually non-existent in La Jolla. looks at actions.” “I personally don’t have any Prosecutors are asking Link to knowledge of any other surfer gang consider multiple gang-related factors activity in La Jolla,” Johnson said. involved in the incident, including the “There has been no history of a prob- use of hand signs by members form- lem such as this in the past. Apart ing the letter “B,” the spray-painting from the occasional brawl that can of the letters “BRB” on walls and side- result from such a high gathering of walks around the town and, shortly people on the beach, the area is rela- before Kauanui’s death, entries on tively peaceful.” MySpace by a user under the alias Local surfers paddled out at “Bird Rock Bandits” that said that Windansea Beach last June in this is going to be one “blood bath of Kauanui’s memory. The ritual, which a summer.” was one of the biggest that La Jolla has Acquaintances of the suspects ever seen, is used by surfers to honor told the police that Kauanui’s death their dead. was premeditated and that “they were going to jump him” because “they Readers can contact Deepak Seeni at were trying to be a gang.” [email protected]. Worker’s Union: Compensation Should Be Distributed Equally

▶ COMPENSATION, from page 1 in poverty and are forced to work to other faculty. We want to make two jobs, taking time away from their sure that students are prioritized.” families and communities.” Meanwhile, the university has Last week, the administration’s come under fire from the American decision to increase executive salaries Federation of State, County and coincided with a deadlock in nego- Municipal Employees for raising tiations with AFSCME, and Director executive salaries of California while patient- Public Employee care technical and Relations Board service employ- Carol Vendrillo ees are consider- [UC] has demonstrated encouraged the ing striking due the ability to increase university to com- to low wages. pensate health A c c o r d i n g compensation when care and service to an AFSCME workers in line statement last it fits with certain with the competi- week, California tive market rate. community col- priorities.” “ [ T h e leges and other“ — Carol Vendrillo, director, Calif. University of hospitals in the Public Employee Relations Board California] has state pay similar demonstrated the workers an aver- ability to increase age of 25 percent compensation more for the same work. Health care when it fits with certain priorities with- workers are concerned that lack of out any demonstrable link to a state competitive pay produces serious and funding source,” she said. life-threatening problems, including The results of a systemwide vote high turnover and staffing shortages, by 20,000 UC patient-care and ser- over-reliance on temps and compro- vice workers determining wheth- mised patient safety. er to strike will be announced by “For service staff at the campuses AFSCME on May 23. and hospitals, wages are low enough for workers to qualify for public assis- Readers can contact Yelena Akopian at tance,” the statement said. “Many live [email protected]. www.ucsdguardian.org Visit our Web site to read stories, apply for a job or leave story comments for our writers. Props to the approaching end of the dogfight for the Democratic Party’s 4 presidential nomination and inspiring win for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

CONTACT THE EDITOR Flops to A.S. councilmembers for [email protected] threatening to swipe funding from the Koala on the basis that the newspaper OPINION publishes offensively radical material. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 EDITORIALS LETTER TO Council Should Not Feed Funds to Overstuffed Festival THE EDITOR his year’s revamped Sun God members, headed by Vice President of Festival brought program- Finance and Resources Sarah Chang, In Tight Budget Times, Trade ming expenditure to new have said that the council, along with Theights. It offers the perfect time the rest of the state, is financially Fest Funds for Sun God, Orgs for evaluation as the A.S. Council scraping at the bone. Seeking support Dear Editor, reviews its 2008-09 budget. for the festival from the council would Councilmembers will have to inevitably mean less funding for other I just finished reading the article consider the implications of fund- student coffers. about the A.S Council’s debate on ing this increasingly costly opera- The next logical step would be an whether there should be a fee refer- tion. The new format of the festival, A.S. fee referendum. For one, coun- endum for student orgs and the Sun with pricier security and operations, cilmembers have mentioned time God Festival. cost the council upwards of $30,000 and time again their troubles with Personally, having voted for in mid-season funds. Programmers funding restraints. Secondly, the 2008 the fee increase for the athletics will undoubtedly and understand- A.S. Council election ballot surveyed department and seeing how little of ably push for as much as pos- students to indicate their preferences the increased fee has been used to sible; Assistant Vice President of for such a referendum — lo and attract students to sporting events, Programming Kevin Highland court- behold, students tapped the Sun God I cannot see how an activity fee ed the A.S. Council several times Festival as their major interest. The increase would be to the benefit of throughout the year for continually two situations could be combined for the students here. College costs are larger amounts of festival funds. a prime chance for students to claim ditional raucous festival ambiance, already going up with the gover- Spoon-feeding Highland and greater control over the festival. parading a weak lineup as first-rate, nor’s budget cuts. his staff the exorbitant amount of A fee referendum would be employing overzealous security and Increasing activity fees would money needed to fully support the the perfect solution for Sun God flubbing admissions procedures. be like adding salt to an open festival would damage a diverse funding, not because the festi- The recent premiere of the new EDITORIAL BOARD wound. If the council wishes to selection of programming. Consider val deserves more funding — or Sun God Festival has rallied the Charles Nguyen truly benefit the students then they healthy programming events such as because students are the place to critics. If their protest rings loud- EDITOR IN CHIEF should discontinue the FallFest and bear gardens and college concerts, turn — but because a referendum ly enough, programmers should Matthew McArdle WinterFest concerts. both of which draw sizable crowds, would allow students to put their consider their complaints. A ref- Hadley Mendoza Hardly anybody goes to them create community and deserve more money where their mouths are, erendum would offer students at- MANAGING EDITORS anyway and for the past few years financial attention. indicating exactly what they are large the juicy opportunity to rain they have failed to put on a concert The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at the But is more council funding really willing to support. readjustments on their most loved University of California at San Diego. Contents © 2007. that has truly stirred excitement the best option for the festival? Is it Complaints about this year’s fes- event. It could be the most stu- Views expressed herein represent the majority vote of the and pride in the students. By cut- editorial board and are not necessarily those of the UC even a reasonable solution, given all of tival are spouting from the wood- dent-involved process since droves Board of Regents, the ASUCSD or the members of the ting those out of the budget, the the council’s other financial responsi- work. Students have accused pro- turned out last year to voice their Guardian staff. money that is wasted on them can bilities? Fiscally responsible council- grammers of dismantling the tra- input about athletics. be spread to the Sun God Festival, student orgs and smaller student events that happen across campus nearly every day that tend to attract far more attention than FallFest Through UC Committee, Students Get Bargaining Chip and WinterFest. t is remarkably unbelievable to academic environment. Meanwhile, Fee increases are not the answer; think that the UC Board of politics are driving up tuition and drastic budget cuts, a better funded Regents has lacked a student- fees, igniting a furious torrent from Sun God Festival and responsible Iconcentrated board for so long — students. Also, budding UC cam- fiscal spending on smaller student until now. Months ago, UC student puses like UCSD are grappling with events are. Regent Benjamin Allen proposed a how to connect to and grow from special committee to specialize in their evolving alumni bases. Allen’s — Christopher Moffatt issues of student life. The advisory committee needs to quickly address Revelle College junior body will be the primary bridge these issues, and at the very least between the elevated regents and bring them to regents’ attention the masses of students they govern. to push for faster, more concrete ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from Allen’s idea drew praise to the action. its readers. All letters must be no longer tune of unanimous regental approv- Unfortunately, improvements than 500 words, typed, double-spaced al, an uplifting indication that to student life will have to trickle UC executives possess at least a down from the committee. Tackling and signed with a name and applicable semblance of a vital understand- such weighty problems requires title. Letters must also contain a phone ing: Students need to be heard. The extensive deliberation, but the rec- number. We reserve the right to edit committee would field issues of stu- ognition of those problems and ILLUSTRATIONS BY BENJAMIN HOLM/GUARDIAN for length and clarity. Letters may be dent mental health, campus climate, establishment of a communication dropped off at the Guardian office on initiatives funded by student fees, line between students and admin- were members of the UC Student mittees; they can both put issues on the second floor of the Student Center legislation that impacts student life istrators are the much-needed first Association) filled the regents’ the table and make sure they are or e-mailed. Send all letters to: and alumni engagement. steps. Without this committee, stu- meeting room. The effort proved attended to. The timing could not be more dents will be forced into less orga- fruitless, as the regents approved At long last, students have a UC- impeccable. UC mental health nized efforts that will inevitably be the hikes unanimously. The crowd sanctioned launchpad from which The UCSD Guardian departments are decrying the less efficient. then disintegrated into a loud they can voice concerns and express Opinion Editor amount of university support they An example occurred just a short in-room rally that, again, accom- protest. The university needs to use 9500 Gilman Dr. 0316 receive. Campuses need better men- time ago. Hoping to stave off anoth- plished nothing. Student advocacy this committee as quickly as pos- La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 tal health services that help students er disabling round of fee hikes, groups like UCSA can’t match the sible to pose the hardest questions e-mail: cope with the university’s top-flight crowds of students (many of whom authority wielded by regental com- possible — student life mandates it. [email protected] Beware: Court Opens Pandora’s Box by Approving Gay Marriage n a broadly worded decision that against ethnicity or gender, putting a man and a woman is valid and rec- Massachusetts allows same-sex mar- nullifies any law that discrimi- California at the forefront of the gay- ognized in California.” riage. nates on the basis of sexual orien- rights movement nationwide. The decision came after the high Since the ruling, which takes Word Itation, the California Supreme Court “Our state now recognizes that effect in about 30 days, hundreds of Up struck down the state’s ban on same- an individual’s capacity to establish gay couples statewide have declared Matthew McArdle sex marriage last week, prompting a loving and long-term committed plans to marry, including America’s [email protected] extremely polarized reactions across relationship with another person and California has most famous lesbian couple: come- the state: immediate cheering from responsibly to care for and raise chil- dian Ellen DeGeneres and actress supporters and a promise from oppo- dren does not depend upon the indi- embarrassed itself by Portia de Rossi. Both Gov. Arnold Not only are same-sex couples bad nents to fight the decision via a con- vidual’s sexual orientation,” George Schwarzenegger and Los Angeles influences on children, they encour- stitutional amendment. wrote. “An individual’s sexual orien- brutally annihilating Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along age and promote gay lifestyles that The 4-3 ruling declared that the tation — like a person’s race or gen- with several other high-profile politi- spit in the face of the religious tenets state constitution guarantees a funda- der — does not constitute a legitimate the traditional concept cians, have expressed approval over upon which this country was found- mental “right to marry” that applies basis upon which to deny or withhold of family as society the ruling, hailing it as a great victory ed. By equating homosexual unions equally to both straight and gay cou- legal rights.” for civil rights in California. with straight unions, we are essen- ples. Writing for the majority opin- Citing a 60-year-old precedent “ knows it.” But not so fast. By relying on a tially telling children that it’s perfectly ion, Chief Justice Ronald M. George that struck down a ban on inter- screwball group of activist judges to acceptable to be gay, not to mention said any law that discriminates on racial marriage, the ruling voided push through a radical liberal agenda, destroying the entire institution of grounds of sexual orientation be Proposition 22, which was passed courts of New York, Washington California has embarrassed itself by committed marriages and families. constitutionally suspect in the same by 61 percent of voters in 2000 and state and New Jersey refused to grant brutally annihilating the traditional manner as laws that discriminate declared that “only marriage between gay couples the right to marry; only concept of family as society knows it. See WORD, page 5

The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of California or Associated Students. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN OPINION 5

A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Priscilla Lazaro

Bestiality Next Step in ‘Homosexual Agenda’ ▶ WORD, from page 4 In short, now that homosexu- right choice and vote to uphold fam- Besides, how are children at school als are able to wed, what’s to stop ily values by overturning the Supreme supposed to explain to their class- California from legalizing sex with Court’s decision. mates why they have “two daddies”? chimpanzees or approving polyga- Psych! If these arguments sound Moreover, by approving gay mar- mous unions a la the Fundamentalist beyond ludicrous, that’s because they riage, the court has paved the way for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day are. I just wanted to enlighten all of a whole new meaning for the term Saints, which has a history of placing you with the bullshit that people are “doggy style.” This logic has perhaps multiple underage girls into forced actually spewing to attack gay mar- been best expressed by U.S. Supreme marriages with much older men? riage (bestiality, really?). We should be Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who To stop these radicals, voters should proud to live in a state where sexual wrote in his dissent after fellow jus- stand behind Advocates for Faith and orientation is no longer grounds for tices struck down Texas’ antisodomy Freedom, the Family Council and discrimination (27 other states have laws in 2003 that signing on to the other religious organizations that are already amended their constitutions to “homosexual agenda” would leave the fighting to amend California’s consti- ban gay marriage) and stand together door open for bigamy, adult incest, tution to define marriage as it should to fight any attempts to repeal the prostitution, masturbation, adultery, be: between one man and one woman. court’s historic decision. Either that, or fornication, bestiality and obscenity. Please, come November, make the go fuck a duck.

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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN HIATUS 7 grumblings of a sentimental gamer ▶ CRITICAL, from page 6 animal) as perfect arguments for why vid- cenary Cloud — who I probably renamed eogames shouldn’t be taken seriously. Gay at the time, which made for some To top it off, every few seconds the hilarious in-game conversations — and screen would flash and you’d be forced into his band of revolutionaries (who I most a random battle against some fire-breath- likely named Caca, Peepee, Doodoo and ing salamander knight when all you wanted Dogman) against the totalitarian Shinra to do was get on with the damn storyline. I Corporation. FFVII’s graphics don’t hold had enough of a life to leave the three-disc, up at all today; the characters have balls 40-plus hour behemoth unfinished, but at for hands, clown feet and faces as detailed least I played until Aeris died. I vowed to as me drawing three lines, but the story is avenge her death by not playing anymore. what people remember so fondly. It seems that masochism and videogame Sadly, that’s aged too, with Barret (a Mr. adventures go hand in hand like hot curry T racist stereotype with a gun-arm) and and my mouth, and gamer nostalgia is best Cait Sith (a cat riding an animated stuffed left in memory form. Moralistic Hero Struggles to Meet Modern Expectations

▶ JONES, from page 6 brought to wars. All he can do is make sure Soviets to alien invaders with, of course, a the atomic age has not made him obsolete. twist. But once on screen, the whole look Much of the goofy story can be blamed feels a little dry. on Lucas, who has admitted he had a nuttier After all, it is strange seeing Indy in the script for “Crystal Skull” and even nuttier 1950s; even he admits it. ones in the pipeline. But Spielberg — whose The same dynamism is there, but now finely honed camera keeps the story mov- he’s a little older, a little heavier and a lot ing — and Ford, who’s a little stiff with his grayer. There’s a beautiful episode where he words but still quick with a punch, do their wanders into a dummy home in Nevada fea- damnedest to right a capsized vessel. turing those now-tacky 1950s colors, where A big help is the solid but still clunky Howdy Doody sings on the brand new tele- script by David Koepp, who keeps the film vision and our hero realizes it is about to be from turning into a self-referential love the site of an A-bomb test. fest, finds every opportunity to pit Indy His quick thinking makes for a cunning, against various baddies and maintains the albeit brief interlude, and when he finally franchise’s staples from snakes to the travel- emerges unscathed from the wreckage (it ing map montages. does hold together logically, don’t worry), Yet it still can’t escape the dogged confu- Spielberg reveals a masterful shot of the sion surrounding Indiana Jones, the fam- adventurer dwarfed by the great mushroom ily man. It shows in the quests: instead of cloud. fame, fortune and glory, the new piece de Indiana Jones has entered a time period resistance is knowledge and education. So he’s not used to, where swords are brought the moral of today’s story is: Stay in school, to gun fights and push-button bombs are kids! 8 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 recordings We Are Scientists Flying Lotus ■ Brain Thrust Mastery ■ Los Angeles VIRGIN WARP

e Are Scientists exude irreverence and an exploration of common relationship woes n the last year or so, Flying Lotus has been electronica, trance, house and other abstract silly fun, traits instantly discernible and culminating with a proclamation that praised as the second coming of Jesus in elite genres in his music, but it is not just that. Lotus W from their whimsical band name and perfectly sums up the band’s blend of serious I music circles. His abstract rhythms and deep, has managed to marry the low-end focus of endearing brand of alternative rock that com- lyrics and kinetic rhythms: “Oh, let’s not argue booming bass lines made him the poster child instrumental hip-hop with abstraction and bines the sweetness of Hello Goodbye with about what’s right/ let’s just agree that it was for the new generation of beat makers that has experimentation that allows him to create great the energetic, faintly danceable rhythms of the fun, fun.” developed in FlyLo’s hometown of Los Angeles music. The best part is that the record is only Killers. Hailing from the fairly local enclave The album refrains from both the overt and across the pond in places like Scotland a sign of things to come, just like Lotus is just of Claremont, Calif. — strange, considering fluffiness of bubblegum pop and the shod- and Amsterdam. Lotus builds on his current one individual out of an entire like-minded most of their success has come from the U.K. dily executed productions of many dance-rock momentum with Los Angeles, his full-length community, so keep your ears open. — We Are Scientists muses on fairly substan- anthems in favor of reconciling both extremes Warp Records debut. — Andres Reyes tive material that belies their goofy image. with breezy tracks that are weightier than they If his Reset EP was progressive, this album Staff Writer Brain Thrust Mastery is a worthy sequel to initially seem. The guitar, lyrics, drums and expands that innovation over the 45-minute their critically acclaimed debut, boasting easily synthesizer are synced perfectly, a sublime LP to create a world of stuttered drums and digestible melodies backed by lyrics that cohe- balance with no aspect of the music over- surreal samples. The only other musicians on sively form an extended musical conversation whelming the rest. The slower tracks aren’t the album are vocalists who appear sparsely exit strategy about managing relationship problems and mellow enough to induce drowsiness, and the — tracks the Gonjasufi-assisted “Testament” disagreements. The lyrics capture just the right dance beats aren’t likely to inspire you to bust and “Roberta Flack” (featuring Dolly) stand THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS essence and combination of heartache, hope, a move in Price Center Plaza when rocking to out. Still, the most endearing aspect of the fury and adoration that inevitably leads to your iPod. Rather, the softer songs will foment album is how far Lotus strays from having a DAVE YADEN “THE OTHER conflict, resolution and love, all placed against relaxation and reflection, the faster tracks will consistent style. 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CHARGE BY PHONE: 619.220.TIXS All dates, acts and ticket prices subject to change without prior notice. Subject to applicable service charges. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 THE UCSD GUARDIAN SPORTS 11 Wildcats Chase Tritons From West Regional ▶ BASEBALL, from page 12 ways to step up in big situations and defensively and our guys made plays sophomore starter Matt Ross0man that’s what Matt did on Saturday.” in the clutch throughout the year. But cruised through the middle innings, With their second win in the West the bottom line is if you want to be a holding the Lopers scoreless from the Regional, the Tritons advanced to the championship club, you have to pitch second through the eighth innings semifinal round to play Chico State and you have to play defense. And we before giving up three runs in the bot- once again and the Wildcats increased got some great outings on the mound, tom of the ninth. At that point, UCSD their win streak against UCSD to three we just didn’t make plays behind the was ahead 12-2, so O’Brien allowed games with a 3-2 victory that ended guys, and that ended up costing us a Rossman to complete his start and he UCSD’s record-setting season. trip to the College World Series.” finished with a line of nine innings Junior starter Trevor Decker did Despite the frustration with their pitched, five runs allowed on eight hits an amazing job on the mound against elimination from a possible first-ever and a walk, and nine strikeouts. a tough Chico State offense, going 5.2 berth to the Division II College World “I was going into that start knowing scoreless innings and leaving the game Series, the Tritons can still be proud of that I needed to keep my pitch count with a slim lead after UCSD put up two a record-breaking season. down and get deep into that ballgame runs in the top of the fifth to go up 2-0. “Our annual goal as a program is to and hopefully finish it in order to give Shibuya relieved Decker and did not continue to improve every single year in our team any chance to be competitive fare as well, allowing three runs in 1.1 every aspect of the program and I feel in that second game,” Rossman said. innings, only one of which was earned. like we did that yet again,” O’Brien said. O’Brien praised his starter for help- Again, shoddy defense cost the Tritons “I’m very proud of this team and where ing the team in a crucial game. a crucial win, as five errors in the game they took this program. It’s a little bit of “That was his ballgame and he was led to two unearned runs. a bittersweet feeling but that bitterness going to finish it,” O’Brien said. “He For one of the best defensive teams is going to make us hungry to get to the knew what his job was that day; it wasn’t in the nation, ending the season on that College World Series next year.” just to give us a quality start, it was to get note frustrated O’Brien and his players. us to that night game with a fresh bull- “[The errors] are still tough to get Readers can contact Rael Enteen at pen and he did exactly that. Players find over,” O’Brien said. “We work so hard [email protected]. Gold Medal Within Sights at National Regatta ▶ CREW, from page 12 ing that we only had three seconds and confidence. finish line in a time of 8:04.2, just three — because the next time we meet, we “We’ve done the work now and it’s seconds shy of the Vikings’ 8:01.1. are going to take them down.” just a matter of focusing and coming Urbanczyk was another Triton According to Pinkerton, the success together,” Myers said. “It was our goal honored during the PCRC, collect- as head coach in leading the Tritons to this year to win the national champion- ing two silver medals of her own for the NCAA Rowing Championships is ship and we’re going to go after that.” her stellar performances, first with the something she finds unique to UCSD. Hayashi echoed her teammate and varsity four crew and then with her “It is a reflection of the athletic com- knows that the Tritons have the poten- second place finish in the single event. munity here at UCSD,” she said. “We tial to win it all. Two additional boats, the novice four recruit college students that have never “Our goal is to take the gold, and and the lightweight four, also came in rowed before, but the girls on this team I really believe our crew team this with elite finishes as they took first and were attracted to the fact they could join year can do that,” Hayashi said. “We’re second place, respectively. and contribute to the dream of winning so close it’s unbelievable. It’s such an The Tritons are scheduled to leave on a national title. That says a lot about the honor to be with these girls who are May 30 for the Rowing Championships type of student that goes here.” amazingly talented and powerful ath- and are eager for their next chance to Pinkerton also said that rowing is letes. We are really excited and deter- face Western Washington. the type of sport that rewards hard mined to give everything we have into “It was amazing how our boat really work and determination, and the this next race.” pulled together for that race,” Hayashi team hopes to add another banner. said regarding Saturday’s regatta. “It’s Resonating Pinkerton’s ambitions, Readers can contact Brianna Lee at even more exciting next week — know- Myers expressed the team’s optimism [email protected].

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June 30-July 11 July 14-July 25 July 28-August 8 June 30-July 11 HOT CORNER 12 Vance Albitz Baseball CONTACT THE EDITOR The sophomore shortstop was named to the Rael Enteen Rawlings D-II All-West Regional team and earned [email protected] his second career gold-glove for turning 42 double SPORTS plays and tallying a .977 fielding percentage. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 Regionals End Record Season AT-LARGE By Rael Enteen perfect ninth, including two strikeouts, Sports Editor to tack on another save, his 14th, to his single-season school record. BID EARNS BASEBALL — After losing to confer- “I can’t say enough about [Shibuya ence rival Chico State in their first- and Noe],” O’Brien said. “They are the round game of the California Collegiate reason why we’re a regional team.” Athletic Association tournament, the The opening-round win sent UCSD TRIP TO No. 11 Tritons faced the Wildcats on to face Chico State on May 16, twice more in the NCAA Division II the second of three games the Tritons Championship West Regional and lost played against the Wildcats in just over both games, which ended their season a week. The tournament hosts got on NATIONALS with a school-record 43 wins after win- the board first with a run in the open- ning two games in the tournament. ing inning, but UCSD took the lead By Brianna Lee The Tritons earned a bid to with two runs in the bottom of the Staff Writer Regionals despite dropping their first third. The lead did not last, however, two games of the conference tourna- as the Wildcats exploded for six runs WOMEN’S CREW — The Tritons’ var- ment, eliminating them from a chance in the fifth, thanks in large part to two sity eight and four boats both took sec- at the CCAA crown. UCSD’s impressive Triton errors, and never looked back. ond place at the Pacific Coast Rowing regular season earned a No. 2 seed from UCSD scored twice in the bottom Championships in Rancho Cordova, the selection comittee and placed the of the sixth to cut the Wildcat lead to Calif. on May 17. UCSD’s results were team in a first-round matchup against 7-4, but Chico responded with another earned the team a returning trip to the No. 25 Western Oregon on May 15. three runs in the top of the seventh after Division-II National Championships Down 3-2 to the Wolves, UCSD ral- an error. Chico State put up another from May 30 to June 1. lied to take a lead off of junior second three runs in the eighth to put the game For the Tritons, this year marks their baseman Garrett Imeson’s three-run out of reach, making UCSD’s three-run fourth consecutive NCAA postseason homer in the seventh inning. Imeson’s rally in the bottom of the ninth useless. appearance and the third-straight team blast came on an 0-2 pitch and hit the The Tritons made a total of four errors bid for the women’s crew. The commit- top of the leftfield wall before bouncing in the game, leading to five unearned tee’s decision reached the Tritons May over to give the Tritons the lead. runs that could have been the differ- 20 as the team huddled around head “Garrett’s been clutch for us all year ence between a win and a loss. coach Pattie Pinkerton’s office in antici- and for him to come through in our With their first loss of the West pation. After learning of the celebratory first Regional game this year was fit- Regional, the Tritons were forced to news, Pinkerton credited her rowers’ ting,” head coach Dan O’Brien said. play in an elimination game against dedication for their level of success. Imeson’s blast kept sophomore the University of Nebraska-Kearney on “In some ways it was a relief because starter Kirby St. John from picking up May 17. UCSD opened up the scoring you never know what’s going to happen the loss after he allowed all three of the with four runs in the top of the first and in a committee,” she said. “But it really Wolves’ runs in 6.1 innings. Freshman the Lopers came right back with two was a vindication of all the hard work Tim Shibuya relieved St. John and runs of their own in the bottom half. the girls have done because they made ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN FILE threw 1.2 scoreless innings to pick up After struggling in the first inning, a commitment in the beginning of the Although the No. 11 Tritons lost two games to the host Chico State Wildcats, who eliminated them from contention for the the win and improve to 8-1 on the year year. And they’re pretty excited their D-II title, head coach Dan O’Brien said his team should be proud they were a part of the program’s best season ever. and senior closer Keith Noe worked a See BASEBALL, page 11 hard work has paid off.” The greatest manifestation of that hard work came during Saturday’s regatta when both the varsity eight and four boats surged into second place Recruits Bolster UCSD’s Title Hopes directly behind Western Washington University, the country’s top ranked By Janani Sridharan match up to her when it comes to team. Spurting to the finish line with Associate Sports Editor strength.” a time of 7:04.1, the varsity eight crew Among the new additions, entered 11 seconds behind Western WOMEN’S BASKETBALL — In Platten and Martin bring the most Washington but topped Seattle Pacific’s her first full off-season with the versatility as each can play mul- finish by a sturdy five seconds (7:09.3). Tritons, head coach Charity Elliott tiple positions on the court. Platten The Triton lineup included junior cox- has been busy adding new players comes to UCSD after playing in swain Stephanie Chang, senior Kelsey and getting ready for the 2008-09 Sweden and Martin is a transfer Thomas (stroke), senior cocaptain season. After recruiting three new from Foothill College. Both players Jen Myers (seven-seat), senior cocap- freshmen to the team in the early can be placed in the lineup at either tain Kali Webb (six), junior Alissa signing period, Elliott signed five guard or forward. Kispersky (five), freshman Denise more players to UCSD’s team and “Anna is a tall combo guard, 6 Kleckner (four), junior Jill Peacock adds that she may not be done yet. foot 2 inches, who can play the one, (three), senior Maureen Kantner (two) “We have the eight new players two, three or four positions,” Elliott and senior Kim Shaffer (bow). coming in and there is a potential said. “She brings a European style According to Myers, her squad’s for us to get one more,” she said. of play — a finesse style with a great solid performance was a reflection of “But, it’s too early to say yet.” offensive mentality. Leilani can play their ongoing and diligent training. For now, Elliott is excited about the one or two or three position and “It was a matter of the team com- the five new players that she did brings experience to the backcourt. ing together and putting to work what sign. Lauren Freidenberg, Anna She is a bigger point guard who we had been working on all week,” she Corinne Platten, Jenelle Conklin, can also play the shooting guard or said. “We had been doing a lot of speed Kristen Cabral and Leilani Martin small forward.” work in preparation for this event and will be joining UCSD women’s bas- The Tritons lost six seniors at the it was truly a great feeling to see your ketball when the season starts this end of the 2008-09 season including work come to fruition.” fall. The Tritons have already had a top scorer senior forward Meaghan Myers, a senior from Mammoth first look at the new players and are Noud. The addition of Conklin, Lakes, Calif. who was recently named excited about their potential. a pure shooter, should help the to the Western Intercollegiate Rowing “We had a weekend with the new Tritons offensively. Conklin also Association’s All-WIRA First Team, is girls and saw a few of them play,” shoots the three-ball pretty well, no stranger to outstanding athleticism junior forward Michelle Osier said. shooting around 42 percent from as she took home three medals on “I’m excited because the returning behind the arc during her seasons at Saturday — gold, silver and bronze girls and the new girls look solid.” Ventura Community College. — when the Tritons took first in the With Freidenberg, UCSD obtains “Jenelle is a shooting guard and open eight event and also when she an inside threat as the 6-foot-tall small forward that brings a scoring placed third in the collegiate single power forward who averaged 15.4 mentality for the backcourt,” Elliott competition. Myers credits the team’s rebounds per game and 4.5 blocks said. unity and ability to work cohesively per game in her senior year of high The addition of Cabral to the as it battles against rivals like Seattle school. team gives strength to both sides Pacific University and Humboldt State. “Lauren brings great athleticism, of the court. A solid offensive and “This is such a team sport,” Myers tremendous rebounding ability and defensive player, Cabral comes said. “Any accomplishments that I’ve she’s left handed,” Elliott said. from Fullerton Community College had are a result of our team’s work and With senior center Alexis Gaskin where she averaged 11.1 points and their support.” returning for her final year of eligi- 6.5 rebounds per game last season. ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN FILE The varsity four unit of freshman bility, the Tritons already have a “Kristen is a power forward that Head coach Charity Elliott put together a strong recruiting sclass during the offseason to help replace her team’s six coxswain Leslie Nanninga, junior graduating seniors, including forward Alexis Mezzetta, as the Tritons look to return to the NCAA D-II Final Four. strong force in the post for the brings experience to the team,” Caryn Urbanczyk (stroke), freshman upcoming season. Elliott said. “She is a solid post Noud and senior point guard Alexis tem. But, certainly with Michelle Kristen Hayashi (three-seat), junior “Gaskin returning for another defender and scorer and will fit in Mezzetta, UCSD has some holes Osier returning and Alexis Gaskin Lauren Menzies (two-seat) and junior year is huge for our team,” Osier well with our transition game.” to fill. deciding to stay for her last year Kelly Hansen (bow) engaged in a fierce said. “She had a successful season Because it is still early in the “It’s hard to determine from our of eligibility, next year should be pursuit of first place against power- last year but that doesn’t even begin offseason, some of these new play- incoming group who is going to be pretty exciting.” house Western Washington. Their val- to describe her potential … She is ers may have a chance to impact the ready right away,” Elliott said. “So iant effort brought them across the by far the strongest player on the team as soon as next season begins. much depends on their ability to Readers can contact Janani Sridharan team and in the league. No one can With the Tritons losing starters understand and buy into the sys- at [email protected]. See CREW, page 11 10 CLASSIFIEDS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008

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