A BACKSTAGE LOOK AT SUN GOD ▶ OPINION, PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org Monday, April 21, 2008 The Student Voice Since 1967 THE NEW FACE OF SUN GOD UC Lab Key in Nuclear Consolidation Plan reason for implementing the draft proposal is to address the Coheed, Kingston to Feds want major university nuclear significant decrease in the U.S. nuclear stockpile. laboratory to house U.S. plutonium “The nuclear stockpile has almost been cut in half and we need to reflect that fact by consolidating the eight sites research operations. and knocking down the old buildings,” Broehm said. Head Sun God Lineup Broehm added that the work on plutonium would also By Diana Tith have to be consolidated into one area and LANL would take Staff Writer on most of that work. Besides undertaking plutonium research and develop- Thirty-five miles from Santa Fe, N.M., the Los ment, LANL would also be involved in supercomputing and Alamos National Laboratory operates as one of two UC- nuclear-weapons design and engineering. Additionally, the managed nuclear weapons research facilities. As part of a laboratory plans to reduce nuclear operations by 50 percent proposal to overhaul the structure of the nation’s nuclear over the next 10 years. stockpile, the National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA chose LANL partly because of its longstanding has selected LANL as a site for plutonium research and involvement in plutonium operations. development. “LANL is one of the largest and newer research facilities The proposal, called Complex Transformation, is an that encompasses about 36 square miles,” LANL spokesman effort to renovate and alter the current U.S. nuclear-weapons Kevin Roark said. “This is quite large when compared to complex. Currently, there are eight major facilities involved the Berkeley National Laboratory, which is only one square in nuclear-weapons safety, including LANL. Most of the mile.” buildings at these facilities, which are remnants of the Cold Many nonproliferation groups have criticized not only War era, have aged drastically and become too expensive LANL’s operations, but also the Complex Transformation to maintain. The proposal, therefore, aims to remedy this proposal itself. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation founded situation by merging nuclear materials operations to only the campaign UC Nuclear Free, with the goal of ending WILL PARSON/GUA R DI A N five sites by 2012. the university’s involvement in the development, produc- Heart Stop will open the main stage of this year’s Sun God Festival after winning the annual Battle of the Bands competition. Complex Transformation also intends to improve the tion and research of nuclear weapons at LANL and also At the event, A.S. Programming released a longer-than-usual lineup that will play on three stages during the festival. efficiency and speed of the dismantling of weapons and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. will reduce the number of workers directly supporting NAPF Youth Initiative Outreach Coordinator Steve weapons missions by 20 to 30 percent. By Charles Nguyen will be announced this week. According to NNSA spokesman John Broehm, one See NUCLEAR, page 6 Senior Staff Writer A handful of San Diego-based bands and DJs will play on the north Last week, the A.S. Programming stage, headlined by local new-age Office released the lineup of acts blues band Lady Dottie and the playing at this Diamonds. The midway stage cur- Celebrating New Campus Building Blocks year’s Sun God rently features a trio of comedians, Festival, which including Los Angeles native Laura will feature more Valdivia. Berg said his office is work- bands to accom- ing to add more to the north, midway modate a longer, and main stages, but called this year’s larger carnival- program “much more diverse than style event. any lineup before.” Alternative “As with every year, we’ve had rock band mixed reactions immediately follow- Coheed and Coheed and Cambria ing the announcement,” Berg said. Cambria will “But this year’s lineup is much longer headline the fes- and more extensive. We had three tival on the main stages and a half-day’s worth of pro- stage, where gramming to fill. Everything this year Sean Kingston will be new, so we had a lot of adjust- will also play ing to do when it came to booking as the concert’s the acts.” featured urban The new Sun God Festival will act. Three acts, divide UCSD’s north campus into two on the main several zones of activity, including Sean Kingston stage and one on a street fair of vendors and student the north stage, remain unannounced organizations along Hopkins Drive due to contractual confidential- that programmers have dubbed “Sun WILL PARSON/GUA R DI A N ity. Programming Festival Director Garrett Berg said the remaining acts See SUN GOD, page 3 Baja Governor Applauds Partnership With UCSD By Sarah de Crescenzo As part of the Charles Nathanson Senior Staff Writer Lecture series by the School of International Relations and Pacific The governor of Baja California Studies, Gov. José Guadalupe Osuna made his first official speech in Millán spoke about the future of eco- California last week, commemorating nomic relations between neighboring a collaborative academic and research Baja California and California, touch- relationship formed between UCSD ing on cross-border issues ranging from and el Colegio de la Frontera Norte climate change to HIV prevention. in Mexico. An agreement signed by The governor expressed his opti- Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and mism for the future of the partner- COLEF President Tonatuih Cuillen ship between the United States and puts current projects undertaken by Mexico and showed a video called ANDREW RUIZ/GUA R DI A N the two universities under the auspices “Baja California: The Mexican Frontier Top: A bright yellow tunnel between the Price Center food court and newly opened eating area is a distinctive feature of the center’s expansion, of UCSD’s Center for United States- which will eventually house several additional restaurants and stores. Bottom: A student DJ spins at the Student Center Block Party April Mexican Studies. See BAJA, page 6 17. The event featured tables advertising a number of the businesses and organizations located in the area and included a raffle and live band. FOCUS SPORTS INSIDE WEATHER Senior Sendoff Lights and Sirens .................3 Testing the Limits Guest Commentary ..............4 April 21 April 22 A new bill seeks to rein in animal rights protests UCSD softball took two games on Senior Day Stealing the Shoes ...............4 H 66 L 50 H 67 L 52 directed against UC researchers. April 20 against Cal State San Marcos. 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The study Richard Choi Design Editor Access Program to present 10th- clashes with the notion that mamma- www.ucsdguardian.org Wendy Shieu Associate Design Editor and 11th-grade students and par- lian skin has little connection to the Christina Aushana Art Editor ents in southeast San Diego with respiratory system. If the discovery Patrick Stammerjohn Web Designer “An Evening with UCSD,” an event can be tied to humans, it could dra- FOCUS HIATUS Page Layout that will provide information about matically influence the training and Emily Ku, Sonia Minden, Kent Ngo, Slideshow: An Inside Look Blog: The Mixtape Michael Wu, Kathleen Yip college admissions, financial aid and testing of endurance athletes dur- Copy Readers Allie Cuerdo, Rochelle Emert, Matthew L’Heureux, Christine top-paying jobs for graduates. ing this summer’s Olympic Games Associate Photo Editor Hot tracks reviewed weekly. 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