FLYING TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN GOD ▶ OPINION, PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org Thursday, October 18, 2007 The Student Voice Since 1967 DATE FOR GROVE’S A New Face REOPENING UNCERTAIN New management, facelift mark transition for SUN GOD period for the troubled Newly released report? delves into the inherent A.S. enterprise. By Matthew L’Heureux • News Editor problems with putting on UCSD’s premier festival. By Hadley Mendoza Senior Staff Writer This year’s Sun God festival could be subject to a we have a document about that debrief.’ We want to, as significant logistical overhaul — including potential a campus, think globally and widely about this event.” Online: Full Sun God Planning Report With additional indoor seating and changes to the event’s date, location, concert access Wollesen and A.S. Associate Vice President of a fresh coat of paint, the Grove Caffe and alcohol sales policy — if recommendations made Programming Kevin Highland organized seven meet- may change over time.” is nearly ready to reopen its doors, in a recent planning report are approved by the A.S. ings with the heads of numerous campus departments, Many of the issues addressed in the report per- though an exact date is still uncertain. Programming and University Events offices. including the UCSD Police Department, the Office tain directly to student safety, which Wollesen said is Former RIMAC 101 Cafe Concessions The Oct. 16 report analyzed health, safety and mis- of Student Policies and Judicial Affairs, the Office of always a primary concern of Sun God programmers. Manager Cleveland Thomas will now cellaneous complaints made by faculty and vendors Safety, Health and Security, Parking and Transportation Last year, 355 people — 197 students and 158 nonaf- manage the A.S. enterprise, which was after last year’s festival, and provided recommenda- Services and the council of college deans. UEO and filiates — were arrested at Sun God. Approximately 97 under threat of closure last year due to tions for how Sun God 2008 should be changed to A.S. Programming then either endorsed, chose not to percent of the arrests were alcohol related, the report a longstanding $17,000 debt. alleviate the issues. endorse or abstained from endorsing the recommen- said. Grove Student Manager Randell UEO Director Martin Wollesen said that the dations listed in the 22-page report. In response to those statistics, the report offered Baltazar said there are plans to open event’s programmers are constantly looking for ways An endorsement does not guarantee that the four recommendations: decreasing the number of the cafe as early as Oct. 22. However, to improve the festival’s execution, but that last year’s recommendation will ultimately be implemented, nonaffiliate tickets sold, discontinuing them entirely, Thomas and A.S. Associate Vice 25th anniversary of Sun God spurred them to charter Wollesen said, as many circumstances that make linking them to student IDs for easier tracking and President of Enterprise Operations a comprehensive report for future planning. certain options seem prudent are in a constant state of stopping the sale of tickets on the day of the event. Chelsea Maxwell have said there is no “We always go through a debrief process,” Wollesen flux. Similarly, decisions not endorsed by the council Both UEO and A.S. Programming abstained on the said. “This year we sort of said, ‘Let’s use this year, since or UEO are also not considered final. See GROVE, page 7 it’s been 25 years, to make sure that when we debrief, “We’re not predetermining anything,” he said. “It See SUN GOD, page 14 Police Call ‘Shooter Drill’ a Success New Bill Puts Executive Salaries Out in the Open Gov. Schwarzenegger IN PLAIN SIGHT mandates that executive SB 190 QUICK POINTS compensation decisions be made public at UC, • Will require open-session CSU board meetings. voting on executive compensation packages By Reza Farazmand Senior Staff Writer • Full disclosure and ratio- nale needed for compensation In an effort to increase financial transparency within California’s public university administrations, • To be instituted in CSU and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed UC systems a bill last week that will require any university decisions on executive • Becomes law in January 2008 pay to be made at public meetings. WILL PARSON/GUARDIAN Senate Bill 190, the Higher A mock victim nurses his “moulage” wound after a “shooter drill” that took place at the School of Medicine. The drill was modeled after the Virginia Tech shootings. Education Governance SOURCE: CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE Accountability Act, will affect both Inter-department University in April. UCSD secu- Emergency Response Team mem- the UC and CSU systems. Authored and public comment on the item at rity officials are calling the campus’ bers wearing yellow vests could be by state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San hand. SB 190 also closes a loophole communication issues response a success, with the excep- seen in the area. Francisco), the bill’s primary pur- that allowed the UC regents and the identified as only tion of some inter-department com- The purpose of the drill was to pose is to shed light on proceedings trustees to sidestep state-mandated setback in emergency munication problems that may have test how the campus would be able pertaining to executive compensa- open meetings law. delayed emergency response time. to handle a situation similar to the tion when they occur within meet- The UC Office of the President response time. San Diego police and fire depart- Virginia Tech shootings that killed ings of the UC Board of Regents responded to the passage of SB ments joined campus officers to 33 students and staff members. and the CSU Board of Trustees. 190 by citing the implementation By Gina McGalliard assist in the activity, as well as vol- “Basically, we do it to expose According to the bill, univer- of similar university policy regula- Contributing Writer unteers playing the roles of the our weaknesses,” said Paul Mueller, sity officials are now required to tions last year. victims. a public information officer with vote on all executive compensa- “This legislation aligns with and On Oct. 16, UCSD underwent An area of UCSD School of UCSD communications. “We’re try- tion packages in an open session of supports the practice we put in an “active shooter drill” in which Medicine between the Leichtag ing to improve our program all the a subcommittee and a full board. place over a year ago that requires campus emergency personnel role- building and the Biomedical time.” Additionally, the bill requires full all compensation for UC senior played a scenario similar to the Library was cordoned off to foot The S.W.A.T. officer who play- disclosure of any compensation managers to be approved in public,” shootings that occurred at Virginia traffic as the drill was being con- package, along with an accompa- Polytechnic Institute and State ducted. A great number of Campus See DRILL, page 3 nying reasoning for the package See TRANSPARENCY, page 13 HIATUS SPORTS INSIDE WEATHER Double Shutout Currents ................................2 The Next Radio Wave New Business .......................3 Oct. 18 Oct. 19 Radiohead drops an excellent new album while Men’s club soccer wins back-to-back games Column .................................4 H 73 L 55 H 78 L 58 gaining a dangerous new successor. after losing its season opener. Druthers ................................9 page 8 page 16 Classifieds ..........................12 Oct. 20 Oct. 21 Sudoku ...............................12 H 70 L 57 H 76 L 58 2 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 POORLY DRAWN LINES BY REZA FARAZMAND Charles Nguyen Editor in Chief Matthew McArdle Managing Editors Hadley Mendoza Serena Renner Eric Kim Copy Editors Nathan Miklos Matthew L’Heureux News Editor Kimberly Cheng Associate News Editors Sonia Minden Natasha Naraghi Opinion Editor Marissa Blunschi Associate Opinion Editor Rael Enteen Sports Editor Danai Leininger Associate Sports Editor Alyssa Bereznak Focus Editor CURRENTS Simone Wilson Hiatus Editor Jia Gu Associate Hiatus Editors Christopher Mertan of tuition and fees at a four-year pub- Will Parson Photo Editor College Textbook lic institution, according to a report UARDIAN NLINE Erik Jepsen Associate Photo Editor Affordability Act Vetoed from the state PIRGs. G O Richard Choi Design Editors Wendy Shieu Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Christina Aushana vetoed Senate Bill 832, which would Students Take Top Rank in Art Editor have attempted to lower the costs www.ucsdguardian.org Innovation Contest Page Layout of textbooks by requiring that pub- Emily Ku, Michelle Lee, Natasha Naraghi, Kent Ngo, lishers disclose price information to A team of UCSD students won first EWS Simone Wilson, Michael Wu, Kathleen Yip professors at the time of sale. prize and $5,000 in last weekend’s N Copy Readers Ashley Erickson, Nicole Teixeira, Anita Vergis, “This bill focuses strictly on text- Qualcomm Innovator Challenge, Read the full version of the Sun Teresa Wu book publisher policies and fails envisioning a portable device that God 2008 Planning Report. to recognize that the affordability allows an individual to watch televi- Anna Gandolfi General Manager of textbooks is a shared responsi- sion while doing homework. Michael Foulks Advertising Manager bility among publishers, college BookPal, designed by David Mike Martinez Advertising Art Director bookstores and faculty members,” Wong, David Swartz, Andrew Smith OPINION HIATUS Jimmy Kan Network Administrator Schwarzenegger said in his veto and Aaron Swartz, also enables an Web poll: Will you attend Boss ditties: Hear Student Advertising Manager message. individual to take digital notes, read public Sun God planning samples of your Tiffany Nguyen However, when prices are not through several textbooks simulta- Advertising Representative revealed during sale transactions, neously and access the Internet. meetings? favorite tunes.