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CAMPUS UCSD A SAN DIEGAN A.S. Update: HOLIDAY Key Changes Proposed Throughout Fall Quarter The increased budget allows student organizations to

ILLUSTRATION BY SAM XU/UCSD ILLUSTRATION GUARDIAN purchase additional items. IN NEED OF A LITTLE HOLIDAY BY Rebecca Chong BOOST THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND staff writer BEFORE FINALS ROLL AROUND? CHECK OUT LIFESTYLE’S This Fall Quarter has seen major changes to the Associated Students’ GUIDE TO DIFFERENT EVENTS Te Zone invited students to their weekly Art and Soul event this past Tuesday where they were invited to craf hot cocoa jars. HAPPENING AROUND SAN DIEGO, Photo by Esra Elhendy // UCSD Guardian policy with new innovative projects FEATURING EVERYTHING FROM and increased programs for students. A MAJESTIC DOGGO PARADE A.S. Council’s budget has increased TO A SCUBA DIVING SANTA TO A this school year due to high enrollment ROCKIN’ CHRISTMAS CONCERT SAN DIEGO and increased student fees, giving FIT FOR ALL. them more flexibility to pursue more ambitious projects. lifestyle, PAGE 6 La Jolla Council Urges City Action on Sea Lions A.S. Financial Controller Justin By LAUREN HOLT NEWS EDITOR Pennish outlined a wide range of INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO short-term and long-term goals for this school year. For fall, he aimed TIES TO FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY he La Jolla Town Council Task Force on in the water contaminated by the sea lions’ waste to establish a sustainable budget, OPINION, PAGE 4 California Sea Lions has requested that the and decaying bodies, and several events have been city of San Diego declare La Jolla Cove a public cancelled or relocated due to the poor water quality. guidelines about spending given the Thealth hazard due to the high number of California According to sdnews.com, Jeffrey Chasan, budget expansion and potential for TRITONS BEAT POMONA sea lions that inhabit the area, sdnews.com reported an audience member at a task force meeting, growth; for winter and spring, his on Nov. 25. Ann Kerr Bache, the LJTC president, and reiterated the negative impact the sea lions plans will be to launch new kinds of BASKETBALL several private citizens sent Mayor Kevin Faulconer have on local residents. funding for student organizations that SPORTS, Page 12 a letter on Nov. 3, urging a resolution to the “major “I’ve lived here for almost 25 years and I swim in will allow them to purchase items they health and public safety problem.” the cove and the quality of the water is poor there were not able to previously. Attached to the letter was a document titled “Call because it’s become contaminated,” Chasan stated. Pennish wants to leave A.S. for Action,” which outlines the ongoing concerns “We do need to find a mechanism to push the sea Council with a sustainable framework FORECAST many La Jolla residents have with the sea lions and lions to a different settlement, get them to stop for the expansion and growth that suggests that Faulconer should invoke “his legal right hauling out at the habitat we’ve all created.” A.S. Council and UC San Diego will to move and exclude CSL from specific areas” under However, Thurgood Marshall College sophomore be experiencing over the next few section 109(h) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act Kol Chaiken disagrees with this attitude. An years, including tangible things such to remove the sea lions from certain areas where they environmental systems major, Chaiken believes that as assessment reports for budget pose a threat to humans. Enforced by the National the beachgoers are the true problem. projections, recommendations for THURSDAY FRIDAY Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, the MMPA “They should ban the people instead,” allocation of financial resources and H 62 L 50 H 66 L 48 protects all marine mammals within U.S., but allows Chaiken told the UCSD Guardian. “La Jolla resources for students to be more for their removal under certain circumstances in the Cove is the sea lion’s natural breeding location, equipped with the challenges of college cited section. and there are plenty of other beaches to life. The “Call for Action” states that among other go to just for the next [few] months.” “My long-term, reach goal for incidents involving the sea lions, beach visitors have The “Call to Action” explained that the La Jolla spring is to establish a financial SATURDAY SUNDAY been attacked by the sea lions for approaching them, community would reinforce the City’s actions through lifeguards have contracted infections from swimming two phases: Community pro bono and subcontracted literacy program,” Pennish told the H 63 L 46 H 67 L 52 UCSD Guardian. “As part of A.S.’s See SEA LIONS, page 3 commitment to basic needs security this year, my office wants to be a leader in helping to provide a resource for VERBATIM LA JOLLA students to master financial literacy in ways that positively influence THE FIGHT TO MAKE THE UC Resident Creates Local Crime Prevention Company their knowledge, understanding and SYSTEM’S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO decision-making power over decisions MORALLY JUSTIFIABLE — AND that affect them directly and daily.” ALIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY’S La Jolla Safety, Inc. will hire guards from private security companies to assist city police officers. Besides working on improving VALUES — IS ONE THAT WILL student life and community, A.S. Upper Hermosa neighborhoods. calls for emergency and non- SEE NO SINGLE VICTORY BUT BY Matthew Zamudio Council also functions as a mediator PROGRESS OVER TIME INSTEAD, SO associate news editor As a California nonprofit, La emergency assistance, respond between the student body and Jolla Safety, Incorporated, or LJS, to burglar alarms and help police professors and faculty. One of the LONG AS STUDENTS AND FACULTY Ron Fineman, a realtor and PUT PRESSURE ON THE PEOPLE is seeking monthly fees from and residents with prompt officer current debates in the Academic resident of La Jolla’s Bird Rock INVESTING THE UNIVERSITY’S homeowners and business owners responses to calls.” Senate is whether to change the Week neighborhood, has created an anti- MONEY IN QUESTIONABLE in affected areas that will be used Fineman, who moved to San Nine drop deadline to an earlier time. crime company called “La Jolla LOCATIONS.” to hire private security companies Diego from Los Angeles, has been According to Associate Vice Safety, Incorporated,” citing rising and strengthen pre-existing burglarized twice this year and President of Student Affairs Rushil - Editorial Board crime rates in the region. neighborhood watch programs. pointed to the website spotcrime. Patel, Faculty felt that the number of OPINION, PAGE 4 According to Fineman, due to The cost of participation is com as evidence of La Jolla’s crime students withdrawing so late into the a five-year hiring freeze, the San approximately $60 per month for problem, calling it “astounding.” quarter was unnecessary. Diego Police Department is short- four hours of service during the day “Crime is up all over La Jolla and “Faculty were complaining about staffed and has reduced the amount INSIDE or night. San Diego,” Fineman told the UCSD the number of students withdrawing of officers patrolling the La Jolla, Bay “We are in the process of Guardian. “There are some clusters Week 9 when they felt there was Park, UTC, Torrey Pines, Mission no need to,” Patel told the UCSD SCHIZOPHRENIA ...... 2 Beach and Pacific Beach areas. studying and interviewing private but they vary.” Guardian. “They found this deadline While the anti-crime security companies that will be Owner of La Jolla’s Rusty surf DIVESTMENT ...... 3 to be more convenient for students organization hopes to eventually a good fit for the Bird Rock and shop Angie Preisendorfer has JOHN BERGER: ON ART ... 8 and less beneficial for everyone. They patrol all of La Jolla, once the Upper Hermosa communities,” the experienced regional crime first also found that other UCs have a SUDOKU ...... 10 vetting process is done, Fineman LJS mission statement reads. “We hand. 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Brittney Lu Lifestyle Editor SCITECH Christian Duarte Photo Editor Joselynn Ordaz Design Editor Research Group Discovers Genetic Variations Linked with Schizophrenia Aleya Zenieris Associate Design Editor Kenji Bennett Multimedia Editor The study has yet to be finished, but the scientists hope to examine the genome with higher resolution methods in the future. Ayat Amin Data Visualization Editor Christina Carlson Art Editors and protective loci. The findings of to detect CNV in microarrays, a Jonathan Sebat highlighted the Sophia Huang BY Ming-Ray Liao the study were published online in technology used to recognize CNV importance of collaborations in Sage Schubert Christian Copy Editor senior staff writer Nature Genetics on Nov. 21. in DNA. Due to the standardization research. “In most cases we have two copies and large amount of data, they were “This study represents a The Psychiatric Genomics of a gene, one on each chromosome able to do many statistical analyses. milestone that demonstrates what Consortium analyzed over 41,000 inherited from mom and dad, but The team looked at CNV in large collaborations in psychiatric Page Layout sets of genomes and found Copy in some cases we can have a copy schizophrenia and control cases genetics can accomplish,” Sebat said Joselynn Ordaz, Aleya Zenieris, Quinn Pieper Number Variants to be strongly missing or duplicated,” Marshall to identify genes associated with in a press release. “We’re confident Copy Reader Heejung Lim, Alicia Ho, Lisa Chik implicated in the genetic etiology told the UCSD Guardian. “This is schizophrenia risk. The researchers that applying this same approach to of schizophrenia. The team of Editorial Assistants generally normal but sometimes then built a map to determine how a lot of new data will help us discover Nathaniel Walker, Lisa Chik, Alex Wu, Miguel Sheker, Alicia international researchers is led by these copy number variants affect these different genes interact, how additional genomic variations and Lepler UC San Diego School of Medicine’s genes that are important for normal they are related, and if they’re in the identify specific genes that play a Business Manager Jennifer Mancano Jonathan Sebat. brain development and function … same pathways. Marshall illuminated role in schizophrenia and other CNVs are types of genetic Advertising Director and in the case of schizophrenia, the purpose of a rare CNV map in psychiatric conditions.” Caroline Lee alteration that involve deletions we know that many of these genes predicting schizophrenia. 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▶ SECURITY, from page 1 the the corporation is close to ▶ SEA LIONS, from page 1 signing a contract with the private experts could provide help in taken additional actions in the past of San Diego over the smell created Jolla Shores, was burglarized two security company Security First. drafting a contract with the City to mitigate the perceived damage by the sea lions’ feces. weeks ago by an armed man who When asked if the creation handing the lead to LJTC for the sea caused by the sea lions. In January The UCSD Guardian reached out stole two surfboards. of LJS had anything to do with lions’ removal and implementing an of this year, the LJTC approved a to the NOAA Southwest Fisheries The damages amounted to his professional occupation extraction plan. The local residents measure to install plastic barriers Science Center in La Jolla and LJTC approximately $8,000, Preisendorfer as a realtor, Fineman gave would also donate funds to the that would prevent the sea lions for comment, but they did not told the UCSD Guardian. an ambivalent response. removal in order to ease the burden from reaching the rocks at the Cove, respond by publication time. Preisendorfer also said there is “I live and work in Bird Rock on taxpayers. and in 2015, a group of residents not only a shortage of police officers and care about the community,” The La Jolla community has and business owners sued the City in La Jolla, but in San Diego at large. Fineman said. “The safety of our Lauren Holt [email protected] “People who are committing the neighborhoods and residents and crimes know there is a police shortage merchants is important to me; in San Diego,” she said. “The police something I do for the community captain of the Northern Division as a whole.” ASVP Patel: The Drop Deadline Should Remain the Same at UCSD came to a La Jolla crime committee “I help you buy, sell and invest ▶ A.S. COUNCIL from page 1 meeting recently and said there are a in real estate, but I also help you lot of people retiring and not a lot of protect it,” he added. less lenient withdrawal policy and perspective and best interests. the quality of student life for their people applying. It’s not a popular Fineman also said he would like faculty wants to align with them.” “I don’t agree with the policy,” constituencies — which have been profession at the moment.” to see LJS expand to the region If this policy change were to Patel said. “I think the other UCs underutilized in past years. New According to Preisendorfer, around UCSD. happen, it would be in effect Fall should line up with us given that changes to the policy will increase Quarter 2018 so professors can have students don’t withdraw for the sake usage, accountability, transparency crime is particularly rampant in the “We would be happy to speak to time to adjust their syllabus structure of convenience. Taking a W is a and the viability that projects will La Jolla Shores region because the appropriate UCSD personnel about such that students will receive big decision that I firmly believe be completed in a timely manner. roads make it easy for offenders to what La Jolla Safety, Incorporated feedback on their performance students approach with caution. Some notable funding changes for get away, unlike the village. can do,” said Fineman. “Similar to earlier and can make a decision I’m a bit skeptical as to how much programs are the budget increase “There used to be three banks an apartment building or HOA, about whether to drop the class. faculty would budget in changing for the Triton Food Pantry and here,” Preisendorfer said. “But there is already a budget for security Associated Vice President of their schedules to provide input the partnership with Uber for Safe they’re all gone now because they and a central office that pays for Academic Affairs Rushil Patel, who earlier on in the quarter.” Rides, which will both work to were robbed so often.” things like this.” has sent out a survey about the Other changes include A.S. provide services for students. Fineman also told the Guardian deadline, feels that the dialogue Council Senator funds — which that LJS has had over 60 people surrounding this potential policy are typically used for Senator MATTHEW ZAMUDIO [email protected] register for the program, and that change does not capture the students’ projects that are meant to enhance Rebecca CHong [email protected]

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s a university system struggling Tough proponents of the project like historic treaty guaranteeing the Sioux community, and the UC system has to fund itself, the University of to advertise the jobs it creates and the tribe ownership of the land at Standing programs across campuses dedicated to California needs to put money possibility that it will help make America Rock Reservation. By keeping $900,000 the study of Native American culture Ain investments as a source of income. energy-independent, the costs of the invested in Regency Energy Partners, the and history. It is hypocritical to invest Tis practice isn’t entirely bad, even if project far outweigh the benefts. In ad- University communicates that it does not indirectly in a project which counteracts it is done by a public institution. It only Native American tribes and land. becomes a confict of interest when the History proves that the UC system’s university invests in corporations that investments alone do have a lasting contradict the core values that it stands The UC Regents evidently impact on the livelihood of certain for. Unfortunately, an analysis of the UC’s companies, and, in turn, social change. General Endowment Pool reveals that need a reminder that they Perhaps the greatest example of this such is the case: Te same university that are in charge not of a is the UC system’s part in the move- produces a wealth of research on climate “ ment to end apartheid, one of the most change and preaches diversity has major “ prominent examples of divestment as a corporation but a public ties to corporations which counteract en- social movement in the past century. In vironmental sustainability and endanger institution, responsible for 1985 the UC had more than 1.7 billion minority groups. dollars invested in corporations that One troubling aspect of the UC’s improving the well-being of did business in South Africa, a whop-

endowment is the multitude of invest- students and the state. The ping one-third of the entire investment ments in fossil fuel companies. Our state portfolio. Students and faculty had been has made it a goal to limit carbon emis- funds of the UC system must calling for the UC system to take a stance

sions and build a future on sustainable against apartheid since 1977, but the UC

energy, and such investments are a slap be invested in the futures of Board of Regents was hesitant to heed in the face to those who have labored for our students, our faculty, their demands. Meanwhile, Michigan years to make this a reality. By fnan- “ State University, Columbia University cially supporting a number of publicly our youth and our planet, “ and Stanford University, among others, traded companies with high-ranking pulled their investments from South Af- carbon reserves, our university’s endow- not in corporations that act rica. Finally, following massive protests ment prioritizes short-term benefts of in 1986 — including the UC-wide “Di- investing in fossil fuel companies over against our interests, our vestment Day” — UC Regents agreed to the pursuit of clean-energy alternatives, a full divestment from corporations that which – in time – will shif from being ethics and our values. did business in South Africa by 1990. a preferred transfer to a necessary (and As it turned out, they were on the right urgent) switch. side of history: by 1994 South Africa Investing in Regency Energy, now dition to perpetuating our dependence stand in solidarity with the thousands of removed all laws enforcing apartheid and owned by Energy Transfer Partners, is a on fossil fuels and risking the contamina- Native Americans whose wellbeings are elected Nelson Mandela president. Te particularly heinous choice of company tion of a tribe’s water supply, the con- put at risk by the DAP. UC San Diego has action of the UC Regents to stop fnan- for the UC’s money: Another subsidiary struction of the DAP through the Sioux supported a Native American Council to of Energy Transfer Partners is currently Tribal Reservation has stripped Native shed light on Native American culture See DIVESTMENT, page 5 building the Dakota Access Pipeline. Americans of their land and violated a and the needs of the Native American OPINION THE UCSD GUARDIAN | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 5

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▶ DIVESTMENT, from page 4 see no single victory but progress over time instead, so long as students and cially supporting apartheid shows that faculty put pressure on the people private divestment can make a huge investing the University’s money in diference in the outcome of history, a questionable locations. Tis year, stu- EDITORIAL message as true today as it was thirty dents and faculty have made strides BOARD years ago. in doing so: More than 670 members Te clamor for divestment is as of UC faculty released a letter calling Tina Butoiu alive today as it was then; though, on the UC system to divest from EDITOR-IN-CHIEF as always, UC Regents drags its feet fossil fuels, halting new investments toward taking a stance on the issues. immediately and getting rid of exist- Marcus Thuillier Te greatest success in recent years ing investments within fve years. A MANAGING EDITOR was the divestment of $30 million divestment resolution was also passed from corporations that operate by UC San Diego’s Academic Senate Quinn Pieper private prisons, a necessary state- at the 2016–17 Senate Elections this OPINION EDITOR ment in favor of dismantling the U.S. past April. With such widespread sup- prison-industrial complex which port from the people who make up Lauren Holt has been growing consistently over the university, it is absolutely impera- ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR the past four decades and holds 25 tive that UC Regents acknowledges Oliver Kelton criticism when it is valid and decides percent of the world’s prisoners, while FEATURES EDITOR the U.S. only encompasses 5 percent to put its money where its mouth is of the world’s population. Te UC by divesting, for one, from fossil fuel Sam Velasquez Regents made the decision largely companies like Regency Energy. We ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT because Black Student Unions on must remind UC Regents that it is not EDITOR SEND US YOUR all nine campuses made resolutions in charge of a corporation but a public condemning the investments, which institution, responsible for improv- Nathan Walker goes to show that students can and do ing the well-being of students and OPINION EDITORIAL THOUGHTS have an impact on Regents when they the state. Te funds of the UC system ASSISTANT speak up. must be invested in the futures of our The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at the University of California at San Te fght to make the UC sys- students, our faculty, our youth and Diego. Contents © 2015. Views expressed herein represent the majority vote of the edito- [email protected] tem’s investment portfolio morally our planet, not in corporations that rial board and are not necessarily those of the justifable — and aligned with the act against our interests, our ethics UC Board of Regents, the ASUCSD or the members of the Guardian staff. University’s values — is one that will and our values.

Monday Dec. 5 th 10pm A&E EDITOR // SAM VELAZQUEZ [email protected] LIFESTYLE EDITOR // BRITTNEY LU W eekend [email protected] T he 12(ish) Days Until Break By Guardian Lifestyle Staf

With fnals looming right around the corner, and winter break being a much-needed, but alas, too far of, glimmer of hope, we asked UCSD students and Lifestyle staf what holiday memories they hold onto as a small memoriam of the good ol’ times.

“In my family, we like to hold onto our roots. No need for a “My family and I are on the fip side of ‘out with the old, in with the gingerbread house when you have some dan tat (Hong Kong-style new.’ Our idea of a perfect holiday is staying in and not going all out. egg custard tarts) and cha siu bao (Cantonese BBQ pork buns) We love great deals on Black Friday, but are easily discouraged by long for breakfast. And why listen to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For lines. So, instead, we spend Tanksgiving weekend cleaning out our Christmas Is You” when you could have unnecessarily complex closets and trade our old clothes in for some more old clothes. Usually Chinese game shows playing in the background? And you know we go Goodwill hunting and pick up wild Christmas sweaters that when Grandma pulls out the hong bao, it’s about to get real.” probably date back a couple decades. Why buy new centerpieces when - Brittney Lu, Marshall College Junior you can be one?” Lifestyle Editor - Jocelyn Yang, Revelle College Junior Lifestyle Staf Writer

Illustration by Christina Carlson // UCSD Guardian

Prarthana Prakash, Freshman International Student from India Sasha Mison, Freshman International Student from Singapore Interviewed by Annika Olives // Lifestyle Writer Interviewed by Annika Olives // Lifestyle Writer

AO: What do you usually do around holiday or Christmastime? AO: What do you usually do for the holiday season? PP: Usually, we go on a family vacation, because that’s the time when my sister and SM: We celebrate it pretty normally, I think. We actually do a Tanksgiving I have coinciding holidays. So we usually go to diferent place and travel a lot in dinner — is that normal? Normally we choose one to celebrate, like we’ll the month of December. Ten toward the end of December, it’s my birthday, so we make a turkey for one of them because my mom’s lazy. I think we celebrate celebrate that together. And then there’s something new going on around New Year’s, pretty normally: We do the presents, and the Christmas tree — it’s a fake one like a New Year get-together or something like that. in Singapore because we don’t have Christmas trees. Normally the family AO: So do you celebrate Christmas? comes over. A lot of the time, because we’re international, it’s really stressful, so we have to start sending gifs ahead of time because of air mail. PP: Not particularly, no. We just make use of the holidays that come with it. : Do you feel like a lot of other Singaporeans have that same experience? AO: What is your favorite holiday memory? AO : No, but that’s because I’m half-American. I think sometimes people don’t PP: Probably one of the trips that we made two years ago. It was a really long trip SM celebrate it, really, or they’ll do it, but not as much. Everyone pretty much, in and we were all together for about two weeks, so that was super memorable. We Singapore at least, will give presents, but a lot of time, you might not have a went to a city up North in India; it’s called Jaipur. It was super cold, but it has a lot of tree, or you might not do the family gathering, or you won’t eat “traditional” historical locations, like palaces and these forts and stuf, and so we went around to Christmas food — you might have Singaporean food or something. those places — it was beautiful. : What is your favorite holiday or Christmas memory? AO: Who usually goes on the trips? AO : I don’t know about favorite, but when I was really young, my uncle had PP: It’s my family — my mom, dad, sister and I. SM a talking Christmas tree. It was like, straight out of Harry Potter, like the trees AO: How long ago did you start the tradition? in the woods: You’d walk by and it would just talk to you. PP: It’s always been there. When I was a kid we used to go on two, and then when my sister went of to college we didn’t have holidays at the same time, so we started going more in December than during the summer and stuf. AO: Do you usually go to places in India? PP: No, we actually mostly go out of the country. In 2014, we went to Indonesia, and then before that we went to Dubai and Hong Kong. Usually it’s outside the country, but sometimes it changes. THE UCSD GUARDIAN | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 7 A San Diegan Christmas By Tara Nejad // Lifestyle Staf Writer

Trying to fnd ways to celebrate your not-so-white San Diegan Christmas? Check out Balboa Park’s December Nights some of these local events running through December: Friday Dec. 2 (3–11 p.m.)-Saturday Dec. 3 (Noon–11 p.m.) Every December, Balboa Park is renewed into a winter wonderland. Te holiday festival features impressive decorations, food, entertainment and shopping, and best of all, admission is free! Highlights of the event include the park museums, the miniature railroad, the unique crafs for sale and photos with Santa.

Birch Aquarium’s Seas ‘n’ Greetings Dec. 1–Dec. 31 (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) Starting Dec. 1, there is a special seasonal experience for all aquarium-goers. From 9 to 5 p.m., the holiday cheer is spread all around with fun activities ofered throughout the aquarium and even special appearances from Scuba Santa. On weekends, live music is also ofered.

Little Italy’s Tree Lighting Dec. 3 (4 p.m.–8 p.m.) On Dec. 3, Little Italy becomes Little Lit-aly during the Tree Lighting and Christmas Village celebration. Te giant Christmas tree is a 25-foot tower made of over 1000 poinsettias, and is sure to impress. In addition, there will be seasonal vendors, decorations, live music, yummy holiday food and even an appearance from Santa Claus!

Illustration by Michi Sora // UCSD Guardian

North Park’s Toyland Parade Dec. 3 (11 a.m.–3 p.m.) Te 53rd Annual North Park Toyland Parade and Festival takes place on Dec. 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Te parade features everything from vintage cars to marching bands, beauty queens and even Santa Claus.

Gaslamp District’s Holiday Pet Parade Dec. 11 (12:30 p.m. register a pupper, 3:00 parade) On Dec. 11, the Gaslamp district becomes a holiday pet expo. Furry friends will be dressed to impress while walking in a special parade. Tere will also be live entertainment and happy hour deals in many of the local restaurants. Awards can be won in categories including best pet costume, best costume duo and best ugly holiday sweater.

A Very Communal Christmas Illustration by Sam Xu // UCSD Guardian By Brittney Lu // Lifestyle Editor

he Christmas Collective, hosted by Flood, is a feast for the eyes, ears and heart. An annual San Diegan tradition since 2003 (and a personal favorite), this event T is a trifecta of good community, festive music and humanitarian causes. Bands from all Flood branches — like Te Eagle and Child and Kith and Kin — collaborate once a year to put on a free holiday concert for San Diego, and this year is all the more special. Traditionally occurring at the Convention Center, this year’s Collective is pioneering a new home at Broadway Pier, near the Port Pavilion, with concerts happening at 4, 6 and 8 p.m. this upcoming Sunday, Dec. 4. I already know what you’re thinking — the Sunday before fnals? Come anyway. You can sacrifce a two-hour break we all know you would have spent watching the newest Westworld episode. And with the surrounding setting being the San Diego downtown nightscape, do you need a more valid excuse to ditch Geisel for a while? At the Collective, traditional classics take on a diverse, eclectic twist as each musician puts their own synth, folk or rock touch to create a symphony for the senses. In this not-so- Silent Night, you’re bound to rekindle that holiday spirit, even in the midst of a stressful pre-fnals study session. So no matter what your musical fancy is, the Collective is sure to have something to please. What’s more, the Collective is also home to an outdoor market of local nonprofts and businesses to support a “conscientious holiday shopping” environment, not to mention a handful of food trucks to keep the stomach satisfed. Te market will be taking place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and features 20 diferent vendors like YouMe Clothing — which supports water infrastructure and refugee employment, or Because of Hope — which turns bracelets and bags into “sustainable empowerment” for widows and orphans in Uganda. And check out local San Diego artists from companies like Sable and Snow stationery to support our native creatives. So if you’re looking to make a global impact, the Collective is a local one-stop shop. And while you’re getting something for yourself, the Collective also ofers a space to give back with Te Giving Tree, where you can help sponsor local families in need. With a hope for “combining the arts with the art of giving back,” the Collective embodies what this holiday season should represent — a communal gathering looking to celebrate well and give well. Flood intern associate, Collective afcionada and one of our very own UCSD seniors, Sharon Kim, predicts it’s bound to bring a “warm and joyful ambience.” San Diego is in for “an absolute treat” for this “communal and inclusive [concert], insanely talented bands and a socially conscious market,” she said. So grab a friend, or fve, and make your way to Photos Courtesy of Flood Church downtown San Diego for a holiday experience unlike any other. 8 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG

FILM REVIEW

Fa ntasti c B easts and Where to Find Them Director David Yates Starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler Release Date November 18 B+ Rated PG-13 PHOTO COURTESY OF WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Te wizarding world returns in a magical spin-of with thrilling escapades, spellbinding characters and, of course, fantastic beasts. fter “Harry Potter and the Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) “Fantastic Beasts” is more whimsical new elements, most notably the the main villain for the upcoming Deathly Hallows Pt. 2” arrives in the city with a suitcase and lighthearted than the other characters, are properly introduced films. It’s still early to judge that premiered in 2011, it was full of magical creatures, having “Harry Potter” movies. Although without relying on the audience’s character, but it’s reassuring that Ahard to imagine a world where we just traveled around the world to it has somber moments, the film previous knowledge of the wizarding the next four “Fantastic Beasts” couldn’t look forward to a new document them for his book. After isn’t as gritty and threatening as world. As the forerunner of this sequels will hopefully have a more “Harry Potter” movie. Thankfully, a run-in with a Jacob Kowalski, a its predecessors were. Then again, era of magic, Redmayne stands out compelling antagonist than the one J.K. Rowling seems to have missed No-Maj (American for “Muggle”) “Fantastic Beasts” is supposed to with the charisma, strength and in this movie. the saga as much as we did. Just played by Dan Fogler, several beasts establish its own distinct tone since vulnerability of a complex leading “Fantastic Beasts” probably five years after the immensely escape the suitcase. The ensuing character worthy of being the face won’t reach the same level of global popular series ended, Rowling chase forces Newt to team up it’s technically not “Harry Potter.” of the franchise. One letdown in success that “Harry Potter” did, invites us back into the wizarding with Jacob and former auror Tina Yates strikes the right balance world to embark on new adventures Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) as between incorporating familiar an otherwise brilliant cast is Ezra and that’s okay. As a reintroduction that precede the “ Harry Potter” they attempt to retrieve the beasts elements from the pre-established Miller, whose overly melodramatic to the wizarding world and the series and take place on our side of before No-Majs find out about them. wizarding world — a magical performance would have been foundation for new adventures and the pond. David Yates, director of the government, the risk of exposure, an passable had his character not been characters, “Fantastic Beasts” is a More than sixty years before latter half of the “Harry Potter” ominous threat — and introducing an integral part of the plot. The wonderful addition to Harry Potter Harry Potter receives his Hogwarts movies, brings a similar atmosphere new components that set the stage antagonist in the film is also rather lore that is sure to please Muggles letter, is under attack of awe and wonder to “Fantastic for entirely different adventures. underwhelming due to predictability, and No-Majs everywhere. from a mysterious supernatural Beasts,” especially when displaying What makes “Fantastic Beasts” but there is a surprise cameo at the — Ellys a L i m force and wizards are in danger of the scope of the magical creatures’ a successful prequel is that the very end of the movie that sets up being exposed. At the same time, abilities. Consequently, the tone of Staff Writer

ALBUM REVIEW BOOK REVIEW DNCE Landscapes: John Berger on Art by DNCE by John Berger Release Date November 1 Release Date November 18 b a+

Joe leads DNCE in a sexy debut that is eager Novelist, essayist and art critic John Berger’s latest collection of pieces is as fne to showcase its funky, youthful favor. as everything else he’s written.

oe Jonas is bringing sexy By the Ocean,” although undeniably ith his English accent, full in miniature which stand beautifully Maps” and “Terrain.” The first half back along with well-crafted catchy and very much funky, doesn’t head of wild curls and alone. is both more circumscribed and ’70s-inspired funky tunes. As fully live up to the album’s overall enthusiastic brilliance, Obeisances are paid to plenty of circumspect. “Terrain” is more direct Jone of the few child starlets who mature-yet-fun message. It’s tracks WJohn Berger was an impish pop- other luminaries besides Walter and urgent. One piece in “Terrain” is have broken free from their innocent like “Truthfully” and “Almost” that star prophet in 1972. His voice was Benjamin in “Landscapes.” In fact, a simple list of 10 short responses Disney days, he does so without serve more in representing the overlaid upon images of famous oil most of “Landscapes” is made up made by Berger to questions that seeming like a try-hard, and that evolving band and emphasizing paintings, he stood before canvases, of writings about specific people, are not printed but that become deserves applause. With the purity Jonas’ vocal ability. “Baby, we were he turned again and again towards with poems, short stories and obvious. In these, he talks about tossed behind him, Jonas and good, we were almost perfect/I’d the camera and he interpreted for his newfound pop band DNCE say it’s your fault but you don’t us. He made sense of it all — art, essays interspersed between them. world he finds himself in now. The explore mature themes of relationship deserve it,” croons a heartbroken beauty and capitalism — in his BBC There are little elegies written to whole segment is so immediate and milestones and, well, sex. Jonas, revealing vocals hidden away television series, an adaptation of his Rosa Luxemburg, James Joyce, intense, and the poeticism suffers Despite the previous fame Jonas during his boy band days. campus classic, “Ways of Seeing.” The Picasso, Roland Barthes, Gabriel not at all from the question/answer achieved, the album nevertheless All the sex anthems may become book and television series borrowed García Márquez, famous Marxist format. If essay and short story accentuates every band member’s excessive at some point, and tracks heavily from an essay written decades art historian Frederick Antal and collections like these have climaxes, flair through uniformity in like “Zoom” fall flat in providing earlier by Walter Benjamin, the truly hardly known Marxist art writer this is it. On photographs of refugees various harmonious tracks. “Good lyrical variation. “I got a full tank lady tragic figure of the Frankfurt School, Max Raphael, among others. in a Red Cross center, “… a man’s Day” and “Unsweet” showcase and I’m ready to drive” sounds too with whom Berger has been besotted “Kraków,” the first piece, fixates fingers are all that remain of a plot those melodies that convey their much like a failed boy band single, his whole life. An essay about on a kiwi intellectual mentor and of tilled earth … his eyes are a youthful energy. From JinJoo Lee’s regressing on the band’s journey from Benjamin is included in his latest sexual predator, a haunted, haunting family gathering he will not attend.” much-needed feminine touch childhood. Nonetheless, the band book “Landscapes: John Berger on character who seems to make On the disintegration of meaningful and ’ head-banging balances out the album with more Art,” a collection which is supposed space and distance, “They accept drumming, it’s like a ’70s - serious tracks. “Toothbrush” visits to be a companion to “Portraits,” apparitions in some other things the signs they follow and it’s as if teen riot mashup. The band’s love the dilemma of moving in with your which was published last year. Berger has written, namely in the they don’t travel, as if they always for partying and living carefree significant other with a convincingly Now Berger is a hale and two perfect short stories “Woven, is reflected through their chants: upbeat tempo. “Baby you don’t have to handsome 90-year-old who has spent Sir” and “Passeur.” These pieces remain where they already are.” On “Memories, the memories, the rush/you can leave a toothbrush/at my a lifetime curating his own oeuvre of allow Berger the opportunity to the tyranny of digital timekeeping, Instagram’s tellin’ me everything/ place,” sings Jonas, offering to take it sidereal ideas, and limning them in describe people he admires; listening “Time is no longer a colonnade, but I regret nothing.” Its sex-filled step by step. elliptical, lyrical, understated prose. to a trained artist describe someone but a single column of ones and single “,” a raunchy The band successfully delivers He’s a master of tone. He can give he admires is a highly pleasurable zeros.” Every line in “Landscapes: anthem of post-party hookups, pop dance hits containing engaging whole essays a uniform flavor, of thing to read, and they are whirred John Berger on Art” is as good as supports its sexy/funky image and lyrics without excessive, cliché simple curved corners and lemony snapshot glimpses into his personal these are. His work, like anything asks the question: Was that same repetitiveness. As a whole, “DNCE” is brightness, or sparkling concentric life. The quickly sketched portraits political, is both realistic and Joe on ? a fun debut that forms a bridge from circles and starry fractals, whatever he proffer his muses and his Marxism, abstract, as simultaneously material With 14 tracks, there are inevitable innocence to maturity, and it is well wishes, always with subtlety, always reposed, stretched out tantalizingly and ethereal as a piece of art. filler songs like “Naked” and “Blown,” worth a listen. with restraint. The pieces included for us to see. Susie davidson which incorporate wacky kazoos and in “Landscapes” have an elusive — — Melissa Palafox The book is divided into two overly-used “ohhs” that sound forced. sameness to each other, and each named halves, “Redrawing the Senior Staff Writer Its multi-platinum debut single “Cake Staff Writer of them are also small masterpieces THE UCSD GUARDIAN | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 9

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Director Pablo Larrain Starring Natalie Portman, John Hurt, Greta Gerwig Release Date December 2 B- Rated PG-13 PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES A flm concerned only with appearances, “Jackie” ofers an alluring, yet uninsightful look into the private life of the iconic First Lady. ost Americans remember fails to reconcile its theme with its been witnessed on grainy newsreels. Portman’s incredible portrayal of men lived here.” And similar to how John F. Kennedy as a story, a vacuous endurance test with Here, the film conveys that history Jackie Kennedy is strong enough to Jackie is concerned with surface- great man and president. no clear payoff. is merely an interpretation of an make even an image of her troubled level appearance, “Jackie” is a MSince his assassination, history has Taking place in the days unknowable reality. eyes compelling. surface-level film. During the film’s forged a public perception of the following President Kennedy’s Through its many close-ups Toward the end of the film, final scene, Jackie wanders through president: an immutable facade. assassination, “Jackie” is told in an of Jackie’s sorrowful face, the film Robert Kennedy, Jackie’s brother- the empty halls of the White House. Those left after Kennedy’s death episodic, non-linear fashion which conveys emotion through the visual in-law, sulks at the thought of how Here, Larrain obsesses over detail, shaped his legacy, Jackie Kennedy races between past and present, language of faces. Here, Larrain little his brother’s administration painstakingly showing us the house among them, the loyal wife of a replicating the trauma that first depicts the distinction between actually accomplished. No matter that great men lived in. Although president who wasn’t loyal to her. lady Jackie Kennedy experienced the first lady’s public and private how history perceives the former much is shown, nothing is said, In “Jackie,” director Pablo Larrain as she relived those horrifying life. While the story of the events president, the reality of his summing up a film whose focus on hammers the idea that history is final seconds of her husband’s life following JFK’s assassination is told accomplishments can never be surface-level appearances prevents shaped by perception rather than over and over again. Larrain mixes through dialogue, the story of Jackie changed. But Jackie seems to concern it from depicting anything honest or reality. At the center of this history iconography with unease, such as Kennedy is told through close- herself more with appearances. true. Rather than insight, we are left is Jackie, a psychologically broken the scene of Kennedy’s motorcade ups. Larrain shows, not tells, the One of her main achievements as only with flat images whose traces woman obsessed with how history filmed from Jackie’s perceptive. The wreckage of Jackie’s psyche through first lady was her effort to restore will soon fade from our memory. will remember her family and her scene’s attention to visual detail the tears in Portman’s eyes and and bring historical artifacts into husband. While “Jackie” is held invites the audience to peer into the blood splatter on her cheeks. the White House. She understood — naftali burakovsky up by a strong performance from Larrain’s visceral interpretation of These close-ups focus the story on that although the project would Natalie Portman, who transforms the final seconds of Kennedy’s life, Jackie, with everything else being accomplish nothing real, people Associate A&E Editor into the titular character, the film a historic moment that has only background noise. Thankfully, needed to understand that “great

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asgraphicstudio.ucsd.edu 858.246.0972 SPORTS THE UCSD GUARDIAN | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 11 UCSD Will Host MEN'S SOCCER Chico State at Tritons Look Forward to NCAA Semifnal Match Today in Missouri Home Today Undefeated since Oct. 27 and CCAA champions for the first time in UCSD’s Division-II history, the ▶ W. BASKETBALL, from page 12 Tritons hope to continue their stellar record, despite being the underdog, against No. 1 Wingate. the last 37 minutes of the game. BY Marcus Thuillier percentage (0.61). UC San Diego is second team. The Tritons dominated as ever to take on the top team It was a night where UC San Managing editor also relentless, coming from behind the CCAA awards, with McElfresh of the nation. Wingate is unbeaten Diego struggled with scoring, as seven times during the season to winning CCAA Defensive Player of in its conference schedule and has the team only shot 35 percent from No. 10 UC San Diego men’s win games. the Year and a spot on the All- shut out all its opponents in the the field and missed 23 of 31 three- soccer team (19–2–2) comes UC San Diego’s success is CCAA First Team with Harbour and National Championship, outscoring point shots. Cal Poly Pomona shot into Thursday’s matchup a clear explained by a team coming together Waligorski. Senior midfielder Justice them 5–0. One goal could be the a stellar 52 percent and made seven underdog against No. 1 Wingate around its leaders. Redshirt senior Duerksen, Palano and freshman difference in this game between two of 10 three-pointers. The Tritons (17–1) in the National semifinal, goalkeeper Cameron McElfresh is defender Kelvin Uribe were selected stout defenses, and UC San Diego were not able take advantage of the but it has been shown this year that third nationally with a goals-against to the second team while redshirt has proven to have a potent offense turnover battle as Cal Poly Pomona nothing was to stop the Tritons. The average of 0.471. He tops Division junior forward Malek Bashti and this season which might just be gave up the ball 18 times compared semifinal will be played at 9 a.m., II in save percentage (.869) and is junior defender Nolan Mac were enough to pull off the upset. to UCSD’s 13 giveaways. while the second semifinal pins No. second in individual shutouts (13). awarded All-CCAA honorable In case of a victory, UC San "I thought that Pomona came out 4 Charleston (18–2–2) against No. He, along with three other Tritons, mentions. UC San Diego head Diego would face the winner of the and really established a presence both 6 Rockhurst (18–2–3) at 12 p.m. is an All-West Region selection. coach Jon Pascale was appointed game between No. 4 Charleston and at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas Senior defender Kuba Waligorski the CCAA Coach of the Year and No. 6 Rockhurst on Saturday, Dec. 3 offensively and defensively," UC San and McElfresh made the first his staff was awarded the Division II at 10 a.m. Diego head coach Heidi VanDerveer City, Mo. UC San Diego is a three-time team and have also been chosen as West Region Staff of the Year. said. "We struggled offensively, and I D2CCA All-Americans, while senior With an experienced core of eight think that carried over to the defensive national champion, although all its titles were earned when the Tritons midfielder Riley Harbour and senior senior players after having none in Marcus Thuillier [email protected] end of the floor." played in Division III. This year, forward Sam Palano both made the 2015, UC San Diego seems as ready Senior forward Cassie MacLeod for the first time in its Division- had a game-best 15 points on 7 for 14 II history, UC San Diego won the shooting with a team-leading seven California Collegiate Athletic rebounds. Fellow senior guard Beth Association regular season title, as Mounier drilled three three-pointers well as the CCAA Tournament title. while junior guards Taylor Tanita and On top of that, UC San Diego hasn’t Paige Song each had seven points. lost a game since Oct. 27, 2016, a 3–1 Freshman guard Sydney Sharp had defeat at Cal State San Bernardino. eight points. The first semifinal will be a clash VanDerveer stressed the of two of the top-three defenses importance of the defensive side nationwide, as Wingate boosts the of the ball. "We need people to No. 1 defense in the nation with a really commit to play with a higher 0.44 team goals-against average, just sense of urgency defensively," said in front of UC San Diego which only VanDerveer. "We know that we're allows 0.46 goals per game, good for an excellent offensive team, and if third in the nation. On the other side we can challenge people defensively, of the bracket, Rockhurst, the No. 8 we'll be much more effective." defense will face Charleston, the No. The Broncos’ junior forwards 2 offense. Chelsea Waddy-Blow and Alyssa On their way to the semifinal, Benton led their team, delivering 14 the Tritons disposed of Western points each. Washington (2–0), CCAA foe Cal UCSD will host a formidable Poly Pomona (1–0) and Midwestern CCAA rival Chico State (5–1) on State (2–1) in the quarterfinal. Thursday, Dec. 1 at 5:30 p.m. Throughout the season, UC San Diego rode the CCAA best scoring offense and defense. The Tritons are also in the top five nationally for Dev jain [email protected] save percentage (.872) and shutout PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN DUARTE/UCSD GUARDIAN

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MEN'S BASKETBALL Tritons Nab Narrow Win at Pomona After a tough loss against California Baptist University that ended their win streak, the Tritons were back at it again, beating their CCAA foe 64–62. by Anthony Tzeng // Senior Staff Writer

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he No. 22 UC San Diego It wasn’t until 16:39 that the Tritons comfortable 33–21 lead. the lead for the first time at 10:43 three-pointers and finished 19–57 men’s basketball traveled to put points on the board thanks to UC San Diego carried the with a score of 39–37. From there, in shooting, with 14 of those coming Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday junior guard Anthony Ballestero, momentum into the second half by they had to continually fend off the in the second half. Tnight to face the unranked Broncos who drained a three-pointer well outscoring Pomona 18–4 within the pressing Broncos. Eventually, the "It was a rough start for us in their conference opener. The beyond the three-point line. first 10 minutes. Hansen got surgical game came down to key free throws tonight,” Olen told the UC San Diego Tritons, who had lost their first game After falling 16 points behind, and opened the scoring with an from sophomore guard/forward Athletics Department. “We had a of the season on Nov. 22, rebounded UCSD head coach Eric Olen called under-the-basket layup, drawing a Christian Oshita and Ballestero. hard time scoring and dug ourselves against Pomona to improve to 6–1 a much-needed time out with 5:19 foul and then making the free throw. The free throws sustained UC a big hole. I thought we showed a lot overall and 1–0 in the California left. From then on, the game shifted Later, with 13:19 left on the game San Diego’s lead and propelled it of resiliency to fight back. I'm proud Collegiate Athletic Association. in favor of UC San Diego. clock, Hansen got the rebound from to a 64–62 victory, the team’s first of the way we responded." Sophomore center Chris Hansen’s The Tritons closed the gap with a missed layup and tipped in the conference win of the season. UC San Diego will come home power moves and second effort were four made free throws from Hansen. ball over several Broncos. However, Hansen finished 8–13 in field to play Chico State this Thursday the key to UCSD’s 64–62 victory. They then scored six unanswered his most notable play came within goals and 8–8 from the free-throw evening. The 7:30 p.m. conference The first half saw both teams points, with freshman guard Ben the last minute of the game. Tripled line. He recorded his sixth career matchup should prove to be a exhibit strong defense. However, it Rico scoring an “and one” and a team and with seemingly nowhere double-double with 24 points and challenge as the Wildcats rank 17th was Pomona’s full-court press that deep three-pointer from senior else to go, Hansen split right through 10 rebounds. Senior guard Adam and are also 6–1 overall. tangled the Tritons and limited guard Koree Cox. At the end of the defenders and scored on a layup. Klie had a team-high eight assists. them to only 21 points at the half. the half, however, Pomona held a The Tritons were able to take UC San Diego made a total of six Anthony Tzeng [email protected]

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UCSD Falls to Cal Poly Pomona 65–56 Despite the Broncos’ 18 turnovers, the women were unable to sustain a lead in their first conference game.

BY dev jain Senior staff writer The UC San Diego women’s basketball team started its California Collegiate Athletic Association schedule with a tough road loss to Cal Poly Pomona. The Tritons fell 65–56 and their record is now 4–3 overall. Cal Poly Pomona raised its record to 3–4 in what was the first league match for both teams. The Tritons had an early two-point lead, but the Broncos used an 8–0 run PHOTO COURTESY OF UCSD ATHLETICS to gain a lead that they never gave up. Cal Poly Pomona remained ahead for