YOU CAN’T GO WRONG WITH GAY RIGHTS ▶ OPINION, PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 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 qual- ity 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 INSIDE WEB EXCLUSIVES FULL DETAILS PAGE 2 HIATUS Jonesing SPORTS Ending Currents ...........................2 The Hiatus Podcast: This week, editors make for Action? 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PAGE 12 Sudoku ..........................10 slideshow to the Earth Day Trash Sort Extravaganza. 2 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008 POORLY DRAWN LINES BY REZA FARAZMAND Charles Nguyen Editor in Chief Matthew L’Heureux Managing Editors Matthew McArdle Hadley Mendoza Nicole Teixeira Copy Editors Teresa Wu Jesse Alm Associate News Editors Kimberly Cheng Reza Farazmand Charles Nguyen Opinion Editor Hadley Mendoza Associate Opinion Editor Rael Enteen Sports Editor Jake Blanc Associate Sports Editors Danai Leininger Janani Sridharan CURRENTS Alyssa Bereznak Focus Editor Katie Corotto Associate Focus Editors Serena Renner components of the wine help to Chris Kokiousis Associate Hiatus Editors Wine May Prevent Liver decrease the risk of liver disease. 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.