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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

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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. 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�� THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 3 Council Gets ‘Shocking’ Ending to Hospital Practices Visit from New Vice Chancellor Treatment of ew Vice Chancellor of Student College Council Chair Dave Payne and Affairs Penny Rue delivered All-Campus Senator Meghan Clair. Mass Casualties some grandmotherly advice to But after Thurgood Marshall College ▶ DRILL, from page 1 A.S.N councilmembers yesterday evening Senator Kyle Samia pressed for more acted the shooter role began his mock before their meeting transitioned into a concrete details about how Triton Tide rampage near the student services contentious debate about the purchase planned to use the funding, Associate area, and left two individuals as mock of objectionable foam fingers by “elite Vice President of Academic Affairs victims there. Then, at about 10 a.m., spirit crew” Triton Tide. Long Pham led the charge against the he made his way down to the medi- After extolling the virtues of request. cal school and entered the Leitchtag informed advocacy, coalition building “Let’s have a real discussion about building, which the medical school and learning from mistakes, Rue field- why they’re asking,” Pham said. “Money had agreed to provide for the drill. ed questions from was spent to buy According to UCSD Police Lt. councilmembers. unacceptable sexu- David Rose, the drill’s purpose was In response to ally offensive foam to evaluate how responders would a question from New fingers.” react to a real crisis. Police then had A.S. President Business At the begin- to figure out where the shooter had Marco Murillo, ning of the quarter, gone after the initial shooting. Rue explained her Michael Bowlus Triton Tide worked After they received reports that he philosophy about [email protected] with the council was around the medical complex and campuswide com- to use $2,000 of had entered Leitchtag, police guarded munity building. last year’s unspent the exits to the building as volunteers Her vision of community consisted of money to buy foam fingers. came out with their hands up. They three levels — individual friendship, The foam fingers, meant to repre- were then frisked by police, just as participation in student organizations sent tridents, also resembled a sexu- they would be in a real event. Some and all-campus identity. ally suggestive hand gesture commonly of the people exiting the building Rue challenged the council to con- referred to as the “shocker.” pretended to be wounded. tinue supporting student organizations According to Vice President of There were nine mock victims in that serve her second level of com- Finance and Resources Sarah Chang, total: two on Library Walk and seven munity, while at the same time making a miscommunication between A.S. offi- in the Leitchtag building. The mock their members feel that they’re a part of cers and Payne prevented anyone from victims had fake wounds known as a larger UCSD community. proofing one of the foam fingers before “moulage” wounds, with the excep- “Most of our sense of membership they were manufactured. tions of the two Library Walk victims and belonging comes from that mediat- The $4,000 request was meant to so people on campus would not be ing group,” Rue said of student organi- cover Triton Tide’s loss as well as pro- alarmed. zations. “I think if we’re doing it well … vide an additional $2,000 for more mer- The victims were then put on membership in those groups also feels chandise. stretchers and taken to Thornton like membership at UCSD.” “I think the council lost a lot of Hospital by the San Diego Fire Rue also discussed long-term plans accountability,” Pham said of the inci- Department, enabling the hospital to to bolster campuswide community dent. “We’re willing to overlook that practice receiving mass casualties. by building more on-campus hous- even though they wasted $2,000 of stu- In order to role-play having to ing, including special-interest housing dent fees?” take down a potential shooter, sev- (potentially for the Greek community). Luke Pulaski, representing the eral armed police officers entered the After an amicable conversation with Interfraternity Council, brought the building with their guns drawn. At Rue, the council addressed a controver- meeting full circle when he revisted approximately 10:08 a.m., two blanks sial funding request during committee Rue’s teaching of forgiving mistakes in were fired as a way for the person role reports. defense of Triton Tide’s foam finger playing the shooter to signal to police A $4,000 funding request for Triton fiasco. Minutes later the request passed that he was inside the building. At Tide initially received support from with a 13-9-3 vote, ending the night’s Triton Tide President and John Muir heated discussion. See SAFETY, page 6 END OF THE WEEK EVENTS

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Apply online @ www.ucsdguardian.org THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 7 Council to Form Grove Advisory Committee Professional Skills ▶ GROVE, from page 1 At its last meeting of the 2006-07 academ- estimated date for reopening the eatery, mainly ic year, councilmembers passed legislation to because of the ongoing Student Center construc- approve the creation of a Grove manager posi- for Researchers tion that negatively affects much of the area’s traffic tion. The A.S. Council formed a hiring commit- flow, though they hope to open the Grove later tee to give input into the selection process. The Friday, November 2, 2007 (8:30 am - 7:30 pm) this quarter. five-person team included Baltazar, Maxwell and Saturday, November 3, 2007 (8:30 am - 1:00 pm) “Last time I spoke with [Thomas], he men- A.S. President Marco Murillo, but the final deci- San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina tioned that he would like to open the Grove sion was made by Student Life Business Office next Monday,” Baltazar said in an e-mail. “If he’s Manager John Hughes. changed his mind then he has yet to inform me … “The hiring of a new manager was the path we A workshop with sessions for undergraduates, graduate students, it’s definitely doable seeing as I just finished writing decided upon because we realize the Grove needs postdocs, faculty, and staff. the schedule for next week.” stable management,” Maxwell said in an e-mail. The council’s decision at the end of last Spring “Through the talks we had with the Rady School Supported by the National Institutes of Health Quarter to hire a nonstudent manager was conten- it became evident that they could not provide the tious as Grove employees want to emphasize the full-time management the Grove needed if it were Keynote: , former Ed.-in-Chief Science importance of keeping the cafe student-run. to survive as an enterprise.” Floyd Bloom, MD “I am unsure as to wheth- To integrate the new er [Thomas] will uproot the manager into the cafe’s struc- Management Skills Lecture: Peter Norvig, PhD, Google Grove from its financial defi- ture, employees will report cits without meddling with its This potential [Rady] to Thomas, who will then Design your own workshop! Choose from sessions on culture and heritage,” Baltazar report to the student servic- said. “I hope for the best but I partnership was only es business director — the feel the worst to come.” position to which managers _ Job hunting skills _ Grant writing Debate broke out regard- considered during the of the other A.S. enterprises _ Career options _ Discussion w/ funders ing the enterprise’s future report — and meet with _ Negotiating _ Management skills when Crafts Center Director school year to appease Maxwell each week. _ Interview skills & _ Applying to grad. school and former partial Grove the students.” The council is also form- networking _ Ethics in science owner Ron Carlson liquidated ing an advisory committee _ Finding a postdoc position his share of the struggling eat-“— Randell Baltazar, Student composed of employees and ery. A.S. councilmembers and councilmembers that will Manager, Grove Caffe Info & registration: www.survival.pitt.edu or call 412-578-3716. Cost: Fri- Grove employees discussed meet weekly to review prof- a number of options, includ- its, losses and major issues day fee is $35 (in advance), includes handouts, lunch, breaks, & networking a potential transition from its status as an facing the Grove. ing reception. Saturday workshop is free and lunch is available for $20 A.S. enterprise to a co-op or the possibility of a Both Maxwell and Baltazar emphasized a lack (advance). managing partnership with the Rady School of of communication between the council and its Management. enterprise last year, and these changes are efforts Contact: 412-578-3716; [email protected] Though Grove employees met with Food Co- to prevent such a breakdown in the future. op members in the spring, the cafe’s standing In addition to boosting publicity, Thomas said Organizers: Beth Fischer & Michael Zigmond, University of Pittsburgh as an A.S. enterprise impedes it from any such he hopes to pull the Grove out of debt by introduc- transition. ing new food options, reorganizing procedures to Survival Skills & Ethics Program According to Baltazar, Grove employees cor- make them more cost-effective, helping to train responded with the Rady School for months, but and guide students and focusing on solid day-to- it was the A.S. Council that pulled the plug on the day business practices. He is currently looking to What past participants have said about the workshop: proposed partnership in favor of hiring an outside hire between 15 and 20 new workers, in addition manager. to the nine returning employees. “It supplemented the scientiﬁc skills acquired during grad school with practi- “In my opinion, this potential partnership was “[We want] to give the student employees cal, professional tips that no one explained before....” only considered during the school year to appease and customers a unique, hipster vibe and serene atmosphere where they can learn about business,” the students,” Baltazar said. “Once the staff and “Wonderful workshop. I received extremely valuable and helpful advice that I school body left for summer break, [A.S. coun- Thomas said. will use throughout my career.” cilmembers] conveniently choose the option of hiring a full-time manager without a student body Readers can contact Hadley Mendoza at to oppose their decision.” [email protected]. 12TH ANNUAL CHANCELLOR’S CHALLENGE 5K RUN/WALK FOR SCHOLARS

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▶ TRANSPARENCY, from page 1 “SB 190 will hopefully allow us to UCOP spokesman Paul Schwartz regain that trust. At the end of the said in an e-mail. day this is the taxpayers’ money, According to Adam Keigwin, this is the students’ money, and the Yee’s communications director, students and the taxpayers deserve further codification of these regu- to know how this money is being lations in the form of state law spent.” was necessary to ensure that such Although SB 190 does not offi- accountability remains a priority. cially become law until January “What they’ve implemented is 2008, the state Senate has requested just policy, and at any time, theo- that universities begin honoring the retically, they could go back and new regulations without delay. change that pol- “There’s no icy, and this law reason they will prevent that need to wait from happen- At the end of the day, until January to ing,” Keigwin implement the said. “While we’re this is the taxpayers’ bill, especially glad they’ve made in light of the some of those money, this is the fact that they’ve changes, we don’t started their want changes in students’ money. ” search for the leadership or — Adam Keigwin, new president, changes in the Communications Director, so the public board [of regents] Senator Leland Yee should know to change that“ what’s going on policy.” there,” Keigwin Last year, both university sys- said. tems faced criticism when news- First introduced in February paper reports revealed a number and co-authored by Assemblyman of undisclosed compensation perks Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena), that were awarded to top execu- SB 190 was amended several times tives without public knowledge. before receiving unanimous approv- According to Keigwin, SB 190 al by the state Senate last month. serves as a way for the universities A similar proposal, Assembly to re-establish legitimacy and pub- Bill 775, was rejected by the Senate lic confidence. Appropriations Committee last “The board of regents violat- year. ed the public trust by approving exorbitant compensation packages Readers can contact Reza Farazmand behind closed doors,” Keigwin said. at [email protected].

SAVE SOME GREEN 14 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 Public Planning Meetings to be Held this Month Excerpts from the Sun God report

Moving the festival to a Penalties should be Crowds on Library Walk, Saturday would provide tougher and more costly visiting booths on both greater incentive for non- for student organization sides of the pathway, created ticketed non-affiliates booths who continue to impediments for UCPD to come to campus and operate past [the] agreed and event staff to move disrupt the community.” upon closing time.” easily through the venue.” “ — Page 4 “ — Page 5 “ — Page 14 ▶ SUN GOD, from page 1 tion made the event burdensome to few traditions that you don’t want to first possibility — meaning it will be supervise. do away with it, but you would like to discussed and decided upon at a later Ultimately, both offices approved a make it safe.” date — but the programming depart- recommendation to revise the derby’s Wollesen said he had not heard ment rejected the idea of limiting the safety standards, including a pre-event about that particular incident, but that concert solely to UCSD students. run-through of the vehicles on a similar his office is aware of the problems asso- “The student body as a whole is very course. ciated with the festival’s image as a day proud of the Sun God festival,” it said UCSD programmer analyst and of heavy drinking. in the report. “We want students to be derby participant Wayde Gilliam said “We wouldn’t be surprised that able to welcome friends and family to that the derby is generally safe for par- binge drinking and alcohol abuse are their campus, and together enjoy this ticipants, but that he understands why real issues at Sun God,” he said. extraordinary event.” there may have been some concerns Several suggestions in the report UEO abstained from endorsing the posed by festival coordinators. specifically addressed alcohol-related issue, while neither side objected to the “I’m not exactly sure how they problems, including a one-day ban other two alternatives. The program- would do a pre-check of the vehicles,” on alcohol sales at university venues. ming department did not endorse a Gilliam said. “I think it’s a case-by-case Presently, neither UEO or the A.S. similar recommendation to limit nonaf- type of concern with different types of Council has objected to that provi- filiate attendance: changing the festival’s vehicles.” sion. date to a Saturday. Wollesen said that another focus of The two offices are currently orga- The report also cited difficulties the report is to de-emphasize the con- nizing public Sun God planning meet- with crowd control at entrances and nection between the festival and alcohol ings beginning later this month. exits during the evening concert as a consumption among students. A steering committee consisting of major impediment to student safety, “I think what we’re really interested representatives from the UCSD Police which echoes a second criticism that in doing is creating an event about Department, the six colleges, Student police and emergency personnel are the UCSD community,” he said. “If the Health Services, the Office of Risk often blocked from moving quickly change is that students view it as a com- Management, event facilities and UEO around campus by student organiza- munity event as opposed to a drinking will be charged to advise the program- tion booths and other events. event, that’s an okay change.” ming office on festival planning and Both the council and UEO abstained Chancellor Marye Anne Fox said at implementation. on recommendations to consolidate a Sept. 26 meeting that last year’s Sun Highland emphasized that no the event layout to a single site or God was particularly problematic in changes to the festival have yet been shorten the number of festival hours, regard to ensuring campus safety. implemented. but did not object to stricter oversight “We almost lost some kids last year,” “[The report] contains no concrete of the annual Junk Yard Derby, which she said. “So something is going to have actions on our part,” he said. takes place on Peterson Hill. The report to be done. We’re going to have to elicit said that the derby limited emergency support from the student body on how Readers can contact Matthew access, and that the three-day dura- to make it safe but still fun. We have so L’Heureux at [email protected]. Props to the Registration Fee Advisory Committee for cutting the Leadership, 4 Engagement, Activism and Development Center in July to consolidate services. CONTACT THE EDITOR Natasha Naraghi Flops to the University of California’s [email protected] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for mailing uncapped vials of anthrax, which resulted in a $450,000 fine. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 EDITORIALS Admin’s Sun God Overhaul Would Be Overkill he personality of Sun God heavy locations, a keener eye on all daytime and nighttime activities (A.S. so treat it as such. Administrators will report with kid gloves when consider- — the day’s very core — is things alcohol-related and heavier Programming abstained from com- undoubtedly cut up, divide and trans- ing potential changes. Hopefully, the intangibly charming. God will- oversight of Round Table Pizza are menting on that advice). The authors form the event if there is no push for report’s net effect yields modifications Ting, the event’s haloed buzz will be just a few of the report’s suggestions. cited safety concerns as their moti- student input. that establish a safer environment for a as vibrant, buoyant and alive in five The execution is reminiscent of the vation, saying that students occupy In many ways, Sun God is UCSD. better-run concert, but only minimally years as it is today. The hope is to see Undergraduate Student Experience themselves during that time with such That single day embodies this universi- impact the event’s longstanding trade- tradition relived: We were all fountain Report, which tackled another heavily unsavory activities as “partying” and ty’s most colorful parts — all-out hijinks, mark of being the ultimate experience frolickers, astrojumpers or tailgaters at multi-faceted issue: student life. But “playing in the fountain.” God forbid. fun and, most importantly, camara- for the student community . one point in our Triton lives. Sun God nebulous questions like “what’s wrong If protecting students were the ini- derie. As such, the commit- breeds campus kinship.A gushy senti- with student life?” produce a need for tial goal, wouldn’t security alterations tees should ment? Sure. A crucial part of collegiate exhaustive reassessment; events like — and that alone — be enough to handle the life? Hell yes. Sun God should have specific prob- appease worried administrators? Why A phalanx of administrative depart- lems to solve. the wide, scattershot approach to Sun ments were tasked with the “re-evalu- A Triton’s degree of alarm should be God assessment? ation” of Sun God, the most specific based on this report’s status: How many As they address these recom- — and least-alarming — term that the of these “suggestions” will actually be mendations, the steering committees authors of Sun God 2008 Planning implemented? The study will birth a should first draw the line between Report are using to define their work. number of offshoot committees made safety and boredom. Maintaining Only a tweaking, they say, is needed of relevant “campus partners,” ranging the event’s all-campus, free- to make Sun God a safer, smoother and from the UCSD Police Department to spirited ambiance should more efficient undertaking. Students Student Health Services. If those com- be quintessential when con- rarely realize the colossal size of the mittees hold fast to A.S. Programming- sidering any change to Sun day-long event, which draws more endorsed proposals, Sun God is in for God. than just big-name musicians to cam- a sweeping makeover. (Editor’s note: In This progress of this pus; Sun God brings with it a whole lot the report, any noncontested recom- issue will prove divisive: of non-UCSD students, event sponsors mendation is deemed as supported by Administrators will push every and dollar power. From that stand- programming officials.) safety concern and Sun God point, it is logical to assess the event’s That’s not to say the programming devotees will push back. largest faults before they reach their department isn’t aligned with students’ Middle ground will be tipping point. Chancellor Marye Anne mindsets. The office rightfully fights hard to find. Students Fox’s comments on Sun God earlier the report’s most absurd proposals, should watch closely: this year were also cautious; she said which include terminating nonaffiliate This is your event, she hoped to boost “safety” while pre- ticket sales and moving the concert to serving the event’s spirit. There isn’t a a Saturday. They smartly support the sea change in the works here, admin- commonsense advisements, including istrators say, only fine-tuned adjust- prior testing of ticket-related equip- ments for security’s sake. ment and increasing the number of But the report’s gaping breadth sug- radios for event staff. gests otherwise. The 22-page study But there are still many parts of the delves into Sun God’s innards, recom- report that will undoubtedly cramp mending a flurry of “improvements”: a student’s Sun God experience. For Tighter controls over the Junkyard example, the report’s authors recom- Derby, heightened security at student- mend a shorter transition between JASON CHIEM/GUARDIAN Take Heed, Warren Voters: Old Fees Should Die Hard hree years after the approval of its first activity any student, but it’s also doubtful that three years of fee, Earl Warren College is out again with its inflation have completely depleted the college’s funds. Warren College Student hat in hand, asking students to front supposed Construction and gas costs are the most vulnerable to Tfunding deficiencies. In 2004, a college referendum inflation, not concerts. The regular rate of inflation is at Council ’07-08 Budget virtually tripled the amount of money available to the most a 3- to 4-percent increase each year, not the over Internal ...... $4,714.01 EDITORIAL BOARD Warren College Student Council. This year, the council 50-percent increase that the referendum would entail. External ...... $0.00 would reap an additional $26,000 if students approve Another of Palay’s cited reasons: Warren currently Charles Nguyen Matthew L’Heureux Warren ...... $6,700.00 the fee hike. charges the lowest per-student activity fee of UCSD’s EDITOR IN CHIEF NEWS EDITOR The money will be targeted mainly for program- six colleges. However, the college also boasts the Events Board ...... $14,400.00 Matthew McArdle Natasha Naraghi ming use, Warren College Parliamentarian Dan Palay campus’ largest enrollment figures. It’s the principle WTCC ...... $12,000.00 Hadley Mendoza OPINION EDITOR says, which includes Warren Live! and its events board. that matters most here: What other avenues of budget WCC ...... $13,250.00 MANAGING EDITORS At $14,400, the latter gobbles up the largest chunk of tightening have been explored? What extra fat could Mandate Reserves ...... $1,530.00 the college’s budget. Inflation is Palay’s explanation have been sliced off before asking students to shoulder The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at the Miscellaneous ...... $2,750.00 for the referendum; 2004’s $4-per-quarter charge has another fee hike? University of California at San Diego. Contents © 2007. Total Allocations ...... $55,344.01 Views expressed herein represent the majority vote of the apparently grown stale in three years, so it’s back to It’s a shame that WCSC was too myopic in vision to editorial board and are not necessarily those of the UC students to carry the fiscal weight. It’s doubtful that expect these financial problems and settle them three SOURCE: WCSC Board of Regents, the ASUCSD or the members of the an extra $3 per quarter is financially unbearable for years ago with the original referendum. Guardian staff.

A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Priscilla Lazaro Election 2008: So Many Choices, Not Many Standouts orget everything you know 2008 presidential candidates began about politics for a second. declaring their intent to run for Forget about the agendas, office, America’s political arena Fthe scandals and the parties. Forget has been ablaze with excitement. about who’s an elephant, an ass or a Everywhere I turn there is a bud- fence-sitter. ding campaign issue, a fresh slogan, In my world there are three kinds a seductive promise. Through it all, I’ve watched eagerly as the presidential candi- All That’s dates gathered at the debates, each armed with a bag of tricks, ready Fit to Print to throw the best punch for a shot Natasha Naraghi at victory. But amid the bustle of [email protected] campaign activity and the hope of impending political reform, I must of political people: There are the admit: I’m lost. The last nine months confident, bordering on headstrong; have turned me into a political wall- there are the apathetic; and then flower — something with which I’m there are those like me — yearning entirely unfamiliar. to boldly declare my convictions When President George W. Bush and join my respective groupies, but won his second election in 2004, still skeptical about where I stand. I was crushed. Despite desperately And more importantly, with whom. Since early January, when the See PRINT, page 5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 THE UCSD GUARDIAN OPINION 5

Primaries Force Voters to Pick Lesser Evil ULTRAZONE — The Ultimate Laser Adventure

▶ PRINT, from page 4 On the one hand, her appar- just doesn’t appeal to me. wanting to partake in the election, ent ferocity is commendable and There is, however, one “republi- HUGE UP TO 36 MULTI-LEVEL at the time I was still a year shy of appealing, but she often appears to can” who does stand out — hopeless PLAYERS PER GAME voting age. And as such was forced shrink from convictions after they Ron Paul. Apart from his outspo- ARENA to stand by indefensibly as he mirac- become troublesome. Her infamous ken noninterventionist beliefs, his UCSD GROUP ulously won another term. I spent fight for health care reform as for- commitment to freedom and his EVENTI D SCOUNT the next three years itching to vote mer first lady and her prior sup- endorsement of free trade, which so I could bring some fresh light to port for the Iraq War resolution are alone might be enough to lure me a dismal administration. perfect examples; when popularity in, many of Paul’s proposed rem- To say that I was anxious for the dwindled on both issues, Clinton edies are so far-fetched you almost primaries and the commencement quickly jumped ship. wonder if he’s serious. of another election season would be For candidate Sen. Barack For instance, he advocates the a gross understatement. But now, as Obama (D-Ill.), the problem is not abolition of the Federal Reserve, America fast approaches the wake so much a dubious track record, but the Internal Revenue Service, the of what many — demonstrated by rather, the absence of one. Should I Department of Education, the poll after poll — consider the worst Department of Homeland Security, presidency in American history, my the Federal Emergency Management feelings about voting have surpris- Administration and the Department ingly changed. It’s no longer the Despite my efforts of Energy. patriotic form of participation I So while he may call himself a imagined, but rather an ominous to look past each republican, this former libertarian responsibility I feel ill-equipped to has no more in common with the assume. candidate’s quirks and GOP than Clinton does. Despite UR LIFE! Looking at this bleak platform his grandpa-like charisma, the gig- THIS IS THE GAME THAT WILL of candidates, I’m determined, and shortcomings, not gling and the mockery Paul has CHANGEO Y almost frantic, to discover a gem received from fellow republicans LATE NIGHT PARTY AREA among them and attach myself to one has earned my indicate it’s unlikely he will earn his AT THE ZONE TO 120 GUESTS Open Until 2am that particular presidential hopeful. party’s nomination. I’m left wonder- affection.” Fri. & Sat. But despite my efforts to look past“ ing whether he’s worth my time at all, or just a lost cause in this politi- ULTRAZONE each candidate’s quirks and short- 3146 Sports Arena Blvd. � San Diego, CA comings, not one has earned my cal rat race. One Block East of SD Sports Arena! affection. take his opposition to the Iraq War, At this point it’s impossible to (619) 221-0100 � www.ultrazonesandiego.com In fact, the more I study their his efforts to end genocide in Darfur tell. campaigns, the more disenchanted I and his promise to fill the cracks Needless to say I can’t promise become with their messages, and the in America’s education system as that I know who I’ll be voting come more I come to understand those sufficient evidence of his ability? primaries. In fact, I find myself urging former Vice President Al Should I vote for him in spite of his wishing I were more of an extrem- Gore to run for office. inexperience or because of it? ist — more like the confident or Take, for example, democratic Then there is the typical array the apathetic, for whom the choice candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. of classic republican candidates to is easy. For now though, I’ll go on Born to a Methodist family in choose from, all committed to tax politically confused as I hash out the Illinois, the cutthroat New York cuts, scandals, the war on terror- pros and cons of each presidential senator promises to put up a defi- ism, revamping — or abolishing wannabe. nite fight, but her rough edges make — Social Security and patrolling the I can, however, promise you one her an unrelateable candidate that is border. Given my liberal tendencies, thing — no matter who I pick, my hard to pin down. this type of political conservativism choice will be an educated one. Have something to say?

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You could see your name in print tomorrow! THE BEST SONGS IN HIATUS 8 boss THIS WEEK CONTACT THE EDITOR ditties Simone Wilson Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings J Dilla featuring [email protected] hiatus • “100 Days, 100 Nights” MF Doom & Guilty Simpson �� • “When the Other Foot Drops, Uncle” • “His Mash’s Revenge” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 THEFUTUREIS South Serves COULDOURGENERATIONfINALLYBEREADYELECTRICFORTHENEXTrADIOHEAD? Up a Swap RADIOHEAD’S IN RAINBOWS by chris kokiousis ANIMAL COLLECTIVE CLAWS ON UP by dan edelstein Meet, To Go he furthest evolution of the spaceship will be a mere bubble ou’ve surely heard the news: Reigning kings of rock Radiohead have released t’s a rough life down here, under encasement made to travel faster than the speed of light, with In Rainbows, their first album in four years. But Animal Collective, an this premature hunchback and pair T negligible wind resistance. Unlike predecessors Kid A and O.K. Y experimental Baltimore four-piece, also released Strawberry Jam earlier this I of eardrum-battering headphones. Computer, this incarnation would not require complicat- year. It’s a psych-folk, ambient-rock manifesto to challenge the throne. Unlike my romantic and old-fashioned ed technology or electronics to propel itself. Anything In Rainbows, a romantic and expertly thorough study of high-school self, who satiated her sonic unnecessary will be omitted from the blueprint. Radiohead’s musical capacity, finds the band at the peak of its appetite with frequent trips to Amoeba Radiohead would call it In Rainbows, and it user-friendly pop tenure with nowhere else to go. Strawberry Music — or even (gasp!) by participat- would be their starchild, their Hegelian end Jam rises up against In Rainbows’ status quo with compelling ing in the occasional law-defying swap of sorts, in naked clarity. and accessible fringe-pop, shaped by echoing psychedelic — most of my musical discovery now It began as a blog called Dead Air Space, percussion, heart-stopping melody, earthy textures and takes place in the dark, as the moon where Thom Yorke & Co. regularly posted resonant dissonance; Animal Collective topple the anti- rolls over, staring into a window-clut- updates of their new project, including a quated ’90s-rock hegemony, reclaiming popular music tered laptop screen. cryptic blackboard covered in poten- with innovative composition and sonic experimentation Yet now more than ever, I feel like a tial song titles and lyrical snippets. In that hasn’t been felt since Radiohead did the same. part of it all — grounded to my day by 2006, they embarked on a short world As Strawberry Jam unfolds on opener “Peacebone,” a phenomenon nostalgically known as tour for the purpose of road-testing Geologist (Brian Weitz) massages a formless wall of elec- the mixtape. In fact, with these fancy said songs. Later that year, they returned tric static into a steady 3/4, to which Panda Bear (Noah new mixtapes in queue, I can even to the studio, keeping mum about their Lennox) adds a shifting, tribal drumbeat and Deakin (Josh begin to tap a scene that rages thou- progress aside from a few online posts. On Dibb) contributes a fuzzy throb of bass. Over all of this, sands of miles across the country, where Oct. 1, 2007, the band announced that its Avey Tare (Dave Portner) lends vocals that slip octaves in a new work would be released in 10 days as an heartbeat, then explode into screaming fervor while the entire mp3 download, and consumers could pay weight of the song rests on its soft melody. Floating past whatever they wanted, even $0. The world “Chores,” an expansive tribal chant that leaves listen- watched as another pillar holding up the ers in a graveyard haze, we arrive at the contemporary Straighter antiquated whales of the music industry epic “For Reverend Green,” which slowly builds over a collapsed. shifting, indecipherable time signature, pushed along by Than Narrow The music itself, however, may fall reverberating guitars, a doo-wop “Woo-oo-oo-oo” and SIMONE ELECTRA WILSON short of impossible expectations on throbbing floor toms, only to tear its way roughshod [email protected] first listen for its unassuming texture. through Tare’s chest, his falsetto crescendoing into Only “Bodysnatchers” allows Jonny fervorous Black Flag–style yelps that echo the song’s Greenwood to shred, and for the rest title. It is impossible not to be carried away by Tare’s a movement in accessibility is going of the album he relegates his guitar tidal wave of enthusiasm, and “Fireworks” rides this down that has reshaped my cultural to arpeggios and pointed-but-sparse crest into booming explosions of light, sound and identity and swallowed my hard drive chords. All instruments register clear- hi-hats. whole. And I don’t even have to show ly and organically into the mix, with This three-song trifecta at the heart of my white-girl mug on an Atlanta street only the occasional lyric buried for Strawberry Jam is one of the most powerful corner to cop ’em — just sift through mystique, further moments in recorded music, ever. worlds of clutter-free (though sadly not emphasizing Yorke’s Sure, “15 Step” is the perfect acid-techno- popup-free) stacks, all stored on a glori- elongated melodies. R&B antidote to Hail to the Thief, Jonny ous metro-map of Internet stops, while Interweaving plucks Greenwood’s guitar rocks “Bodysnatchers” never once leaving my very own couch on “Weird Fishes/ all the way to the bank, and the call-and- dent — and sans dark-alley rapists. Arpeggi” and “Jigsaw response percussive rhythm/lilting melody There are other locales with similar mixtape customs, like the rising UK MICHAEL CAPPARELLI/GUARDIAN of “Videotape” gets me weak in the knees, See RADIOHEAD, but the gold standard isn’t at the end of In garage/grime scene and waning Bay page 11 Rainbows. All of its gimmicks are typical Area hyphy cult, but they all got noth- — if perfected — Radiohead, whether a ing on the Dirty South (including the glitchy electronic homage to Kid A, a gen- Southeast, up to the Carolinas), whose tle melody that’s been bouncing around hip-hop soldiers are unbeatable in out- their live sets since Amnesiac, or put. DJ Chuck T, Charleston producer Thom Yorke’s soft hum-over-vio- with a side-penchant for raunchy neo- lin bit on the orchestral “Faust soul — his series Sexxxplicit R&B is cur- Arp,” straight off Thief. rently on its 21st volume — highlights Instead, Animal rowdy lesser-knowns on The New South Collective interprets Rides With Me and competitive bigtim- disparate noise, from ers on the now 44-volume Down South hazy tape hisses and Slangin’. And then, of course, there’s processed echoes DJ Drama, basking in the aftermath of to Brian Wilson- his notorious RIAA arrest (copyright esque choruses infringement? More like free public- and Henry Rollins’ ity), who hosts the South’s entire royal court on his ridiculous mass of stately, See JAM, page 10 now-classic beats, borrowing from an untraceable amount of sample-sources with only one thing in common: no consent required. Grounded Sketches Drama’s latest mixtape previews his first official studio album, due in December. Gangsta Grillz 17 makes of a Local Space it hard to believe this much precious material could be slipping through the ike its companion exhibit, Out of Time, cracks, on all the comps we didn’t hear ART Out of Mind, the drawn exhibition Out — though much of it is seized from L of Line is a statement in absence, and Through Dec. 30 elsewhere. Even top hip-hop innova- how absence can shape certain presences. The Cerca Series: tors like André 3000 begin to throw HOPPING exhibition’s main genre, drawing, reveals itself “Iana Quesnell” around been-dones like “Foreman grill” as an absent creation — it is sculpture absent of MCASD La Jolla and “study a broad,” their verses more form, or painting absent of layers. relaxed in this unregulated creative “To Lupita Low Life; Happiness is Eating 700 Prospect Street La Jolla, CA 92037 mecca, free from the looming shadows Eggs; Love You; Edie Massey” explores the of nonblogger critique, the copyright Jia Gu shared symbolism of the drawn form and writ- symbol and official label stamp. ten word, where images and characters become s an artist (but much like a terrorist), UCSD M.A. That’s what the whole mixtape con- interchangeable. The mixed-media works of ASSOCIATE HIATUS EDITOR candidate Iana Quesnell engages the living environ- cept is about: keeping shit alive, throw- Jorge Tellaeche’s untitled piece makes com- A ment through drawings that map her surrounding ing it around a few times before it sticks mentary on vintage portraits and the underly- ecology. just right. Everyone tributes everyone Through Nov. 7 ing neurosis just waiting to be psychoanalyzed, Regardless of location (in her car, a studio, a hotel or a tent) else — and while sometimes this back- while Masami Teraoka’s study for “LA Sushi or position (frontal, bird’s eye, street map) Quesnell draws a fires or chases its tail, it eventually gives “Out of Line: An Exhibition of Series,” a 1981 pen-and-ink rendering, refer- Drawings” variety of landscapes in charcoal that depict her latest ecology. way to a natural evolution. Hip-hop, ences an atlas of Japanese cultural iconography Tight, careful renderings become expansive spaces as her large- now the most advanced form of col- Four Walls Gallery — woodblock prints, sushi menus, cartoons and scale images absorb the viewer into all perspectives comprising lage to date (unlike mixtape cover- 3813 Ray Street, calligraphy — through shared negative space. her living environment. art, a hilarious Photoshop layerfest of San Diego, CA 92104 The exhibition is a broad, sometimes off-topic The Cerca Series presents several new drawings and an ghetto Word Art and up-tilted chins) investigation into drawing methods, and the con- animation that explores the fluid, binational environment that is achieving in its Internet revolution cept of rendering absence to elicit presence. Quesnell occupies. what so many literary and visual move- ments wish they could. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 THE UCSD GUARDIAN HIATUS 9

HIATUS PICKS THE WEEK’S DEATH, DRUGS AND HALLE druthers BEST BETS “Sicko” BERRY: MUST BE HOLLYWOOD CHE CAFE / OCT. 23 / 7 P.M. / FREE Bitch all you want about Michael Moore seen “Sicko,” Moore’s 2007 survey of the By Chris Mertan the Velvet Underground on full being a propagandist, but if you disregard American Health Care system. Funny, moving, Associate Hiatus Editor blast. When he gets the sudden Things We Lost in the Fire his worth as a filmmaker, please check your and surprisingly uplifting despite minor factual news from Audrey (Halle Berry) artistic coat at the Dick Cheney booth for flaws, his treatise on the health care failure in h, award season: when stu- that Brian — his best friend and the sterile and emotionless. Moore’s done the U.S. works its way into more of a study on dio machines, faced with her husband — has been mur- Starring Benicio del Toro, Halle Berry & David Duchovny his share of muckraking (notably an unwise what democracy entails for it’s people. Che A smart filmmakers, pump dered, he hits a new low. We see Directed by Susanne Bier 120 min. interview with Charlton Heston), but if that’s Cafe hosts this free screening, preceded by a out half-baked character dra- Brian only in flashbacks, played all you know of him, you apparently haven’t $4 dinner starting at 5 p.m. (CM) mas, shooting to wrap their teeth with quick wit and humanity by around the great, greasy, phallic David Duchovny, as he stands by member that is Oscar — praying Jerry when there’s no other friend that if they blow hard enough, in the world. The Black Lips they’ll get a big cash payoff. It’s For the two-hour duration, we THE CASBAH / OCT. 18 / 8:30 P.M. / $10 artistic prostitution at its worst, want to follow their camaraderie; The four greasy, sloppy boys of the Black discs, new flower-punk full-length Good Bad made all the more embarrass- instead, we get a photocopy of the Lips — grunged-up as their cheap crop of Not Evil seems a little less embarrassed about ing when catching legitimate tal- Hollywood moving-on-with- teenage punk may be — wear a Southern its roots, clearing the brambles of distortion ent in the crossfire. It happened your-life rulebook. Audrey folk sensibility far beyond their years. For for a (still stubbornly youthful) take on country- two years ago with white-flight offers Jerry a room at her every fuzzy, lo-fi guitar screech and muddled western blues. But come this evening, spilling blowhard “Crash,” this decade’s house (and subsequent wisecrack there is an earth-etched melody and over the creaky Casbah stage, fuck that — you biggest money-shot filth flick; it sexual tension), where a buried tale of working-man strife. After three can shove your damned croak-folk right up happened in 2002 with “Chicago,” everyone sees him as the furious studio albums and two balls-out live your music-snob asshole. (SW) an ego parade as painful as pull- surrogate daddy-hus- ing fingernails. “Things We Lost band-friend. If Audrey in the Fire” ends up as this year’s needs to fix some- Age, Hellshock, Mala Sangre & Young Favorites entry, with potentially successful thing, Jerry’s got it. If amounts of talent and emotional the neighbor needs a CHE CAFE / OCT. 18 / 7 P.M. / $8 setup, but ultimately whittled new running partner, Stop by the Che tonight for a mosh-worthy apocalyptic sets and metal riff sampling from down to a skeletal melodrama out-of-shape Jerry lineup that’ll get all your leftover teenage Hellshock, while Mala Sangre punctuates the by studio executives in the race fits the bill. And angst out on the dance floor. Punk rockers Age, lulls with thrashing percussion. Newbies Age to add an aviary to their Xanadu while Papa Mulder Hellshock, Mala Sangre and Young Favorites and California-based Young Favorites open summer yacht. couldn’t even get make noise, not music — assaulting us with and close the show with hyped tension and a UCSD alum Benicio Del Toro his 5-year-old son jerky riffs and shaky audio feedback. Expect quicker rhythmic pace. (JG) plays Jerry, a heroin junkie living to dunk his head in a blighted Seattle neighbor- underwater, Unkie hood. He quits and relapses like Benicio will get a revolving door, opting to spend the job done. his free time lying on a flophouse COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT exit strategy mattress, stoned or drunk, with See FIRE, page 10 THIS WEEK ON-CAMPUS

NATIVE ROOT MUSIC FROM THE VIOLATION, “LIVE FREE OR DIE ROMA NIGHTS: CORY “GRACE” POETRY SLAMM HAN HAN CHO Porter’s Pub CROOKED ROAD DYNASTY & MORE HARD” FRENCH Price Center Theater FEAT. KENTON Mandeville Recital Hall Oct. 19, 12 p.m. Mandeville Auditorium Che Cafe Price Center Theater Espresso Roma Oct. 23, 6 & 9 p.m. UCSD Bookstore Oct. 24, 8 p.m. FREE Oct. 19, 8 p.m Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Oct. 20, 6 & 9 p.m. Oct. 22, 8 p.m. FREE Oct. 23, 6 p.m. FREE $15 $6 $3 FREE FREE 10 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 ‘Things’ To Avoid When concert preview all of California, for that matter). that the foursome (Young L, Stunna, Racing for the Oscar Not only are they a few years behind Lil B, and Uno) is nothing more than LOOSEN UP most of us here at UCSD, they’re also what it looks like: a bunch of foolish significantly fly-er and flashier. high schoolers. If you’re aware of the Pack’s exis- What many of these haters might YOUR LACES, tence at all, you probably know them not realize is that to ridicule the Pack for their first single, “Vans,” a musi- is to disagree with the one and only cal tribute to the popular shoe brand. Todd “Too $hort” Shaw, the man With Young L’s minimal beat and an who discovered them and practi- THE PACK’S impossibly catchy hook (“Got my cally created the Bay Area’s rap scene Vans on but they look like sneak- (along with the word “bitch”) — so ers”), the Pack convinced a large it would be safe to assume he knows IN TOWN segment of Bay Area hip-hoppers to his way around the genre. What Too dress like skaters — a movement of $hort liked about the Pack is that By Willy Staley sorts that has strangely been dubbed they still know how to have fun Contributing Writer “punk rock.” But along with the fans, — something many of their peers they also drew a whole lot of haters, seem to have forgotten. They’re not t’s a confusing time in a man’s life including a group that goes by the going to dazzle (read: bore) us with when he begins to admire other name Nascar, because they “go.” No fancy wordplay or social commen- I dudes much younger than he. The joke. tary, but I guarantee they’ll show up problem is this: As I get older, my Nascar released a song called to the House of Blues late, drunk and favorite new rappers seem to get “Punk Rock Don’t Go,” in which they fresh-to-death, and you should try younger and younger. pan rappers like those in the Pack your best to do the same. COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT The Pack are prime examples of for wearing “medium shirts and girl The Pack perform live Oct. 24 at this fresh wave of Young, Fly and shoes” — and many Bay Area fans the House of Blues in the Gaslamp ▶ FIRE, from page 9 metaphor under the sun for maxi- Flashy rap from the Bay Area (and seem to agree. Pack-haters often feel District. So that the sunny disposition mum audience impact. When are we doesn’t escape stormy melodrama; going to stop being marauded with Audrey constantly chastizes Jerry the shaky, handheld camera indicat- for “stealing” Brian’s moments, Jerry ing fragility, which Bier milks to the relapses and of course there’s that last frame? Obviously, this is deep In With the New: A Case dinner moment in which every- stuff. one ponders their own selfish grief. There are currently two films in (Cue the epiphany montage set to theaters about posthumous grief — for Getting Over Radiohead W “Solsbury Hill.”) It’s not unreal, it’s this little romp and “The Darjeeling HIATUS WEB EXCLUSIVE Hollywood real! Limited.” Though they belong to dif- ▶ JAM, from page 8 innovation. Person Pitch, however, is Which is a shame, since Del Toro ferent genres, “Darjeeling”’s explora- emotive growl, crafting cohesive pop a serious contender for best release of finds the perfect pitch for rattled tion of coping with death is far supe- songs with an astonishing novelty the year (keeping in mind, of course, addict Jerry, his glazed eyes still reel- rior; there’s real connection between and compelling immediacy. that Strawberry Jam is competing in ing from constant drug abuse. And people, rather than each character Speaking of terrific albums, and to the “of forever” bracket). W despite some ludicrous dialogue, acting on personal volition. The nar- further draw parallel the old and new So, Strawberry Jam is to In Rainbows WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG/HIATUS Duchovny transforms a potential- cissistic latter is the brainchild of rulers of outsider rock, 2007 also saw as Person Pitch is to The Eraser, ly smug, rich asshole into a man Hollywood madmen who allow for the release of the electro-looping, lo- — or really, as HOLY SHIT, WHAT of genuine virtue. Berry similarly mediocrity like “Things We Lost in fi Beach-Boys amalgam Person Pitch, IS THIS, I HAVE NEVER HEARD does what she can with a woman the Fire” to pass initial lines of artistic Panda Bear’s third solo album (From SOMETHING SO COMPELLING IN whose short, neurotic temper leaps defense, such as script-readers. Their which “Derek,” Strawberry Jam’s clos- MY LIFE is to pretty damn good, but in W logic even for a wailing widow (of trick: craft a well-tested plot around ing tune, appropriates). The Eraser, the end, just more Radiohead. ever-varying decibels). 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By Jake Blanc Staff Writer

The final day of tryouts for this year’s men’s club soccer team was on Oct. 7, and the newly formed squad had only two days a a team before its season opener against UC Santa Barbara. The Tritons showed an unusual amount of cohesion for a team new to playing with each other, but despite some early attacks they fell 2-1. As if the challenge of playing as a three-day-old team wasn’t enough, UCSD faced its hardest opponent of the year in the Gauchos, a team that prides itself on reflecting the skill level of their varsity brethren, who are Division I national champions. The Tritons had some scoring chances in the first half, but after the opening period the score remained tied at zero. In the second half, the Gauchos earned a corner kick after increasing their offensive pressure and attacking the goal more fre- quently. UCSB played the corner ERIC ROUNDS/GUARDIAN short to a trailing midfielder, whose The Tritons fell to Division I UC Santa Barbara in the season’s first test, but with help from senior midfielder Thomas Pham the team has rebounded with back-to-back wins over Cal State San Marcos and UC Riverside. ensuing cross met the foot of a crashing defensive back. The back and a tired Triton defender. into the Gaucho’s half of the field Labadie notched his first career goal losing the match, the Tritons were needed no extra touches and put Once the Gaucho midfielder had but falling short of goal repeatedly. when he stayed onside and received optimistic. During the team’s post- the one-timer away, breaking the enough space, he pushed the ball to The lack of scoring was not a result a ball from behind the Gauchos’ game huddle, head coach Kaveh scoreless tie. his left and ripped a shot from 18 of poor offense; the Tritons had back line. Labadie controlled the Pajouhan said he was very impressed Later in the half, the well-con- yards out. The kick was not unstop- many open opportunities at goals, pass and flicked it past the goal- by the team’s early cohesion and was ditioned UCSB squad exploited pable, but strong enough to find its but twice hit the crossbar and at keeper to bring UCSD within one looking forward to its next match. the Tritons’ mounting fatigue and way to the back of the net, giving least once shot the ball wide with goal. The Tritons rebounded from notched its second goal of the match UCSB a two-goal cushion. only the keeper to beat. An energized Triton squad made their opening loss by beating Cal when one of its talented midfielders Despite the deficit, the Tritons Finally, with less than five min- several more runs at the goal before created enough space between him continued to fight, sending balls utes left, freshman forward Brian simply running out of time. Despite See CLUB SOCCER, page 15 Today’s Hurlers Can’t Go the Distance Like Legends his summer, a milestone was the game going, but is by no means game ever played: 16th inning, surrendering a walk-off sons is considered magnificent. reached that may never be expected to finish it. The development July 2, 1963. The freezing con- homerun to Willie Mays to end the Joba Chamberlain, a prospect for accomplished again. To base- of bullpens has led to the creation fines of Candlestick Park played host marathon that sent both pitchers into the New York Yankees was babied so Tball purists, it was a record that embod- of middle relievers, long reliever, left- to the San Francisco Giants and the the pages of baseball lore. much that he was banned from pitch- ies the true soul of the sport. It was a handed specialists, right-handed spe- Milwaukee Braves. Both teams sent The thought of a similar game ing in back-to-back games as a reliever moment to cherish above all others. cialists, set-up men and closers. With their ace to the mound to face the in today’s era is beyond absurd. In — giving birth to the phrase, the “Joba And no, Barry Bonds had nothing so many players charged with such a shuddering fog that rolled in off San 2006, Aaron Harang of the Cincinnati Rule.” to do with it. specific task, the guarantee of the start- Francisco Bay. For the Giants, the Reds led the majors with six complete We also see the harmful impacts of On Aug. 5, Tom Glavine of the ing pitcher collecting his team’s win young 26-year-old Juan Marichal took games. That same year, Harang’s team- modern-pitcher developments when Atlanta Braves guided his team to an 8- has gone the way of wool uniforms and the hill for the home team. The Braves mate Bronson Arroyo led the league in a young pitcher is brought up to the 3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley the spitball. sent out legendary Warren Spahn — at innings pitched with 240. Fifty years majors and must pitch throughout the Field. The six one-third innings turned The bar has been lowered so much this point 42 years old but still domi- ago a pitcher would be considered a elongated season for the first time. in by the veteran for starting pitch- nant, as he would go on to win 23 failure with those stats. These young studs often over-pitch lefty gave him his ers that major games that season. The closest active pitcher is Randy in order to thrive, and their infantile 300th career vic- league baseball Marichal, better known as the Johnson, who has 284 career wins. arms cannot handle the pressure, lead- tory, making him Blanc now defines a “Dominican Dandy,” compiled 243 vic- Injuries have sidelined the six-foot- ing to serious injuries that can derail the 23rd, and pos- quality start as tories in his career and, more remark- ten-inch lefty, and 300 wins now their once-promising careers. Where sibly last pitcher, to on Base lasting at least six ably, 244 complete games. Spahn is appear to be out of reach for him. Next are you now, Francisco Liriano? achieve the feat in Jake Blanc innings and giving now regarded as the best left-handed in line is Mike Mussina with 250 but, I understand that baseball is an major league his- up at most three pitcher in baseball history. Both pitch- again, his age makes him an extreme tory. The win pro- [email protected] earned runs. This ers were first-ballot inductees into the underdog. Granted, there are a See BLANC, page 15 pelled Glavine into means that pitch- Hall of Fame. few young pitchers like an illustrious club, joining the likes of ers are being praised for their ability On that epic evening, the two aces C.C. Sabathia, legends Cy Young and Nolan Ryan. to labor through two-thirds of a game embodied pitching’s true essence. Johan Santana The 300-win club is not exactly while surrendering a run every other After nine innings, the score remained and Justin exclusive at 23 members, but what inning. As a former pitcher myself, I tied 0-0. Before the start of the 10th Verlander who makes Glavine’s achievement so fully understand the difficulty in that inning, then-Giants’ manager Roger have showed potential remarkable is that it might be the last seemingly simple job, and can remem- Craig approached Marichal, asking but it is far too early time a sports fan can open the paper ber far too many times when I would him whether he had enough left in in their careers to start and see a headline about the newest have given my nonpitching arm to get him to keep pitching. Marichal quickly hypothesizing about pitcher to reach 300 wins. through six innings. But I am sad to pointed to the mound where the aged 300. The evolving nature of baseball has see how the once-glorious position has Spahn was warming up to throw the Young pitchers completely changed the role of a start- been diminished. 10th and said, “If that old man can still are now coddled and ing pitcher. In the good old days, pitch- Gone are the days when pitchers pitch, then so can I.” pampered to the point ers would start a game and, barring a would throw complete games in both Fast forward to the bottom of where getting to the complete meltdown or freak tsunami legs of a doubleheader. Gone are the the 16th inning. That’s right, the 16th big leagues in rolling through the stadium, that same days of the three-man rotation. Gone inning. At that point, the game had three sea- pitcher would go the distance for a are the days when a pitcher’s career almost equaled the length of two regu- complete game. Pitch counts were as ended solely because he could no lon- lar contests and, unbelievably, neither unheard of as the Bay Area Laboratory ger pitch through the arthritis and had pitcher had left. Marichal finished with Co-operative. And the only remedy for to babysit his grandchildren. well over 200 pitches thrown, having a sore arm was more throwing. To illustrate my point about how handcuffed the future home run king In today’s game, nobody is “just much pitching has changed, I’d like to Hank Aaron in the process. Spahn a pitcher.” A starting pitcher will get tell you a brief story about the greatest was not lucky enough to escape the ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN 12 CLASSIFIEDS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007

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