;OPZ(PU»[@V\Y;PVNH;YPWSL AFTER TWO YEARS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UCSD’S FIRST TRANSFER-STUDENTHOUSING OPENS ITS DOORS TO REVEAL OCEAN VIEWS AND GRANITE COUNTERTOPS. PAGE 9 >/6:(0+/@7/@ WATCH OUT, LADIES: OAKLAND’S FINEST IS BOUND FORR PRICEPPR >(:+,(+& CENTER, AND HE’S LOOKIN’ FOR A HYPHY WIFEY. PAGEE 151 VOLUME XLII, ISSUE I TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG ▶ SPORTS <*)<+.,;*90:0:9,.,5;:302,3@;69(0:,:;<+,5;-,,: 6=,95,?;;>6@,(9: Athlete Killed in ‘Toll Roads to Education’ Pole-Vault Mishap By Sarah Alaoui Staff Writer Two days after a tragic pole- vaulting accident left him uncon- scious, Revelle College sophomore Leon Roach was declared brain- dead on Sept. 5 and taken off life sup- port at Scripps Memorial Hospital. Nineteen- PHILIP RHIE/GUARDIAN year-old Roach Amid increased class sizes, cuts to student Leon Roach had driven OVER THE SUMMER down to San services and employee layoffs, university ;/,*(47<:9,(*;: Diego from Huntington Beach that UC Board of Regents day to practice with the UCSD pole MAY approved a 9.3 percent heads look to hike student fees twice this year. 7 increase in student vaulting team. fees. <*-HJ\S[` Under a coach’s supervision, Roach By Yelena AkopianNews Editor was practicing a drill in which he hung UC Commission on upside down from a rope slung from a JULY the Future established he UC Board of Regents met in San Francisco last week to [V>HSR6\[ tree. He overshot the padded landing in order to redefine UC discuss its options in the face of the dire budget crisis currently 15 goals and address the mat and slammed his head against the lack of state support. T facing the university. The board is attempting to close a fund- concrete. ing gap of hundreds of millions of dollars. (NHPUZ[*\[Z “The rope drill is something that’s UC Vice President Patrick Lenz presented a plan to the regents JULY Regents approved a a great practice,” said Roach’s brother, faculty furlough plan last Wednesday that included a mid year fee increase starting in Jan. Curtis Hendrick. “I’ve been doing it 16 with 11-1 vote. 2010 of 7.5 percent, and a fee increase starting Fall Quarter 2010 of -\YSV\NOZ for 10 years. It helps with your form.” 15 percent. He blamed the fee increases on rising operation costs and He was immedietely rushed to the Labor unions dramatically reduced state funding. By Connie Shieh hospital, but doctors were unable to SEPT. announced a vote of According to the presentation, the additional student fees would Senior Staff Writer 3 “no confidence” in revive the unconscious athlete. Yudof’s leadership. bring in $262.2 million in net revenue that would allow the university “Leon died doing what he loved to eliminate fewer jobs, cut fewer classes and curtail fewer campus Over 1,000 faculty members to do most,” his mother, Mary Ann services. have signed an online petition in Regents discussed the Roach, said. “I take great comfort in SEPT. possibility of a mid year “To students: I’m sorry, I regret it, but the state has stopped build- support of a systemwide walkout the fact that he was where he wanted 16 and Fall 2010 student ing the highways to higher education — they’ve started building toll on Thursday, Sept, 24 at 12 p.m. to be.” fee increase. roads,” UC President Mark Yudof said. to protest the effects of the UC When it came to choosing budget cuts. See FEE HIKE, page 7 between UCSD and UC Berkeley, UC faculty will walk out Sixty of the signatures come Roach’s passion for pole vaulting took SEPT. in opposition to budget from UCSD. precedence — there was no room for 24 cuts and lack of state An opinion on the fee increases. The campus walkout will funding. READON Page 4: him on the team at Berkeley, so he ▶▶▶ ▶ begin at the entrance to Gilman turned the school down for UCSD Parking Structure. and a spot on the university’s track A coinciding strike held by team. ,4736@,,:3(:/6<;(.(05:;5,>-<936<./73(5 the University Professional and “When we went to visit Coach Technical Employees, a union Darcy and Tony [at UCSD], they that represents over 11,000 UC made him feel like a track star,” Mary <UPVU>VYRLYZ+LJSHYLº5V*VUÄKLUJL»PU@\KVM workers, will take place on the Ann Roach said. “They were so happy same day. to have him; he really felt like the By Sarah Smith and Kelsey Wong roughly 70,000 UC employees, too tion that he’s taking the university,” Carolan Buckmaster, UCSD team was a family.” Associate News Editors a vote between Aug. 26 and Sept. 2. Buckmaster said. “We hope that he Research Associate and San A Huntington Beach native, Roach According to UCSD employee and will think about his responsibility, Diego Chapter President of was planning to major in biochemis- The UC Union Coalition took union leader Carolan Buckmaster, and hopefully he will make some UPTE-CWA, explained that the try. He recently took a 13-day motor- a vote of no confidence in UC 9,600 faculty and staff members — changes.” two events were planned for the cycling trip to Mexico and Canada President Mark G. Yudof earlier this of the 10,000 who participated in The declaration is partly in same day in order to achieve with his father and brother, Curtis month, a gesture of their dissatis- the vote — said they had “no confi- response to a mandatory employee maximum disruption on the first Hendrick. faction with the employee furlough dence” in Yudof. furlough plan the UC Regents insti- day of classes at most UC cam- “I was always proud of him and plan and budget cuts ordered by the “[The vote] shows the univer- tuted this July in an attempt deal with university in recent months. sity and President Yudof that [the See WALKOUT, page 2 See ROACH, page 22 The Coalition, which represents voters] don’t approve of the direc- See FURLOUGH, page 3 :762,5 -69,*(:; 50./;>(;*/ :<9-9,769; .(:7,9.(3365 05:0+, LOW Our nation’s leaders send a SEPT. 23 SEPT. 23 *VTPJZ Height: 3-4 ft. 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