N.E.R.D., Girl Talk to Headline Sun
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
VOTE IN THE A.S. ELECTION ON TRITONLINK THIS WEEK UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org 4VUKH`(WYPS The Student Voice Since 1967 5,9+.PYS;HSR[V/LHKSPUL:\U.VK (:,3,*;065 ,9021,7:,5GUARDIAN Students participating in independent candidate Utsav Gupta’s presidential campaign prepare posters bearing the candidate’s slogans in Price Center Plaza on April 5. COURTESEY OF INTERSCOPE +IVLQLI\M[5ISM.QVIT8][P Revised festival will QV4I[\,Ia[WN+IUXIQOV facilitate re-entry to By Connie Shieh candidate Utsav Gupta. RIMAC with streamlined Senior Staff Writer Addressing issues of college wristband distribution. affordability, campus life and Election week is finally here, student involvement in coun- By Reza Farazmand and candidates are crossing their cil affairs, Brodwin, Gupta and News Editor fingers after a month of fierce Teitelbaum sought to paint a pic- campaigning that included visits ture of a more perfect student- Garret Berg is pretty sure A.S. to student organizations, appeals governing body. Programming just redeemed itself. to college councils and weeks of Students can vote on Less than a year after students mingling with potential constitu- TritonLink all this week. Polls slammed his office for orchestrating ents in an effort to secure the close Friday, April 10 at 4 p.m. what many referred to as the death student vote. of the Sun God Festival, Berg — Perhaps the most anxious of current associate vice president of these candidates are the three pres- READON programming — has secured a slew idential hopefuls: Erin Brodwin of Page 4: Editorial endorsements of musicians he said he feels certain COURTESEY OF ILLEGAL ART Student Voice!, Adam Teitelbaum Page 8: Presidential profiles will inject new life into the annual of the Clean Slate and independent festival. Top: The A.S. Programming secured N.E.R.D. to play the 2009 Sun God Festival in January. Above: Girl Talk took it off at a recent performance, dripping sweat onto his signature Saran-Wrapped laptop. Taking the main stage will be alternative hip-hop troupe N.E.R.D., rock, risque burlesque and horror- ondary acts, pumping nearly one- followed by bearded folk-rocker flick fantasy — will return this year third of the Sun God budget — a Iron and Wine. Engineer turned for a full day of performances. Los move inspired by student criticism 9(52,+=6;05.;6047(*; sweaty dancehall hipster Girl Talk Angeles-based comedians in the of last year’s lineup. will headline the festival’s dance Upright Citizens Brigade are sched- “What we heard from last year tent, a massive deejay-oriented uled to perform throughout the day. was ‘Enough of the small bands, we ,3,*;065-69-09:;;04, enclosure to be located in the north- Both attractions will be located on want that money spent on bigger east corner of RIMAC Field. the midway, a canopied stage to acts,’” Berg said. “We really listened By Hadley Mendoza inclined to vote for independent The three top acts will be accom- be located in the center of RIMAC to that feedback and got rid of some Senior Staff Writer candidates if their votes would panied by Motion City Soundtrack, Field. of those smaller acts and tried to re- be transferred in the event of a Sara Bareilles, Augustana, the Cool “We couldn’t be happier with the orient stuff to the bigger acts.” This week, as students cast loss, and that independent can- Kids, Grand Old Party, Rootbeer, DJ lineup right now,” Berg said. “We He said a great deal of atten- their TritonLink ballots for next didates would be more inclined Nu-Mark of Jurassic 5, Anavan and have diversity, we have big name tion went into securing acts that year’s A.S. Council, they will be to run for office if they felt stu- Nosaj Thing. Also working the stage acts — we think we really have would appeal to a wider range of using the Single Transferable dents wouldn’t be deterred from will be Battle of the Bands winner, something for everyone. It should students than rapper Sean Kingston Vote system, which allows vot- supporting them. the Theory of Funkativity. be pretty phenomenal.” and rockers Coheed and Cambria, ers to rank A.S. executive and At UCSD, STV voting will Cirque Berzerk — a contempo- Working with a total festival who performed last year. academic-division senator can- only be used to determine races rary dance group that re-imagines budget of approximately $550,000, “If you put this side by side with didates in order of preference. in which candidates compete traditional circus performances by Berg’s office sought to secure big- Although STV was imple- for one position. All races other incorporating elements of punk name artists by booking fewer sec- See SUN GODpage 7 mented in 2007, this is the than those for the four execu- first A.S. election it will impact tive offices and academic-divi- because last year’s races were sion senate seats will continue largely unopposed — and there to be decided by the standard 8MZS[*WWS[\WZM+]\*IKS7XMZI\QVO0W]Z[ are still a few kinks in the sys- plurality system. Because candi- tem. dates in those races will be com- By Henry Becker The hours have been changed to 8 Director John Turk said. Under STV, in the event that peting for multiple spots — for Staff Writer a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday The bookstore has managed to a student’s first-choice candi- instance, eight slots in the case and noon to 5 p.m. on weekends. break even by decreasing expen- date receives the fewest votes, of campuswide senator — the The budget crisis spread to Price The coffee shop’s hours used to ditures at about the same 3.5 per- that vote will be transferred vote transfer becomes less clear. Center last Tuesday, when UCSD be 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through cent rate at which sales have waned to the student’s second-choice “It’s easier to abuse the Bookstore and Perks Coffee Shop Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday since November, and has avoided candidate; and so on, until any system in these larger races,” unveiled new business hours. Vice and noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday. The filling 12 career employee vacan- one candidate achieves simple Benesch said. He cited cases Chancellor of Business Affairs hours have been changed to 8 a.m. cies — along with 15 student posi- majority with 50 percent plus of strategic lobbying at UC Steven Relyea attributed the changes to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, tion vacancies — in an attempt to one vote. Berkeley, where candidates to the nation’s current economic and noon to 5 p.m on Saturday and cut costs. According to Associate Vice on larger slates campaign for downturn. Sunday. Though no employees have been President of Athletic Relations specific rankings in order to Previously, the bookstore’s hours Additionally, prices of products laid off due to the cutback in hours, Peter Benesch, the council manipulate a more favorable were 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday that have not sold well — main- three cashiers have been moved to the switched to the STV system to transfer of votes. through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 6 ly electronics and apparel — have bookstore-owned Sunshine Market, encourage greater involvement According to A.S. elections p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on continued to drop since a gener- which has maintained normal hours. in elections. Councilmembers Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on al downtrend in purchases began felt students would be more See ELECTIONpage 3 Sunday. in November, UCSD Bookstore See BOOKSTOREpage 7 6705065 Don’t Shoot :769;: Nine Down, 05:0+, 65305, >,(;/,9 *VTPJZ Poll:How do you feel about this Without Aiming One to Go *\YYLU[Z year’s Sun God Festival lineup? April 6 April 7 With the A.S. election under Women’s tennis: With a 9-0 3PNO[ZHUK:PYLUZ H 73 L 52 H 65 L 54 way, the Guardian editorial blowout over CSULA, the 3L[[LYZ[V[OL,KP[VY 6[OLY:PKLVM[OL*VPU board endorses the best Tritons need one more win to April 8 April 9 *SHZZPMPLKZ Tell us at www.ucsdguardian.org. candidates for the job. 7(., score an undefeated season. 7(., H 60 L 51 H 61 L 51 5,>: ;/,<*:+.<(9+0(5 465+(@(7903 76693@+9(>5305,: BY REZA FARAZMAND 4H[[OL^4J(YKSL Editor in Chief /HKSL`4LUKVaH Managing Editors 5PJVSL;LP_LPYH :PTVUL>PSZVU :TY\[P(YH]PUK Copy Editors (SSPL*\LYKV 9LaH-HYHaTHUK News Editor 1LZZL(ST Associate News Editors @LSLUH(RVWPHU 2PTILYS`*OLUN (S`ZZH)LYLaUHR Opinion Editor ;YL]VY*V_ Associate Opinion Editor 1HUHUP:YPKOHYHU Sports Editor (504(3:;@3, BY CHRISTINA AUSHANA 5LPS1VZOP Associate Sports Editor +H]PK/HY]L` Focus Editor 1VHUUH*HYKLUHZ Associate Focus Editors :[LWOHUPL;ZHUR :VUPH4PUKLU Hiatus Editor (SSPL*\LYKV Associate Hiatus Editors ,K^PU.VUaHSLa ,YPR1LWZLU Photo Editor ,TPS`2\ Design Editor *OYPZ[PUH(\ZOHUH Art Editor 7H[YPJR:[HTTLYQVOU Web Designer Page Layout 9LNPUH0W,TPS`2\4VUPX\L3HT:VUPH4PUKLU 1VUH[OHU:OHU5HVTP:OPMMTHU2H[OSLLU@PW Copy Readers (T`.\aKHY1VUH[OHU2PT2LSZL`4HYY\QV 5HVTP:^LV(UP[H=LYNPZ+HUPLSSL>HYYLU CURRENTS 4VUPJH)HJOTLPLY General Manager 4PRL4HY[PULa Advertising Manager (SMYLKV/=PSHUV1Y Advertising Art Director PHUTPZZPVU>LHSSL_WLJ[LKOLY[V Z[HMM JHU OLSW [OL LU]PYVUTLU[ HUK IHZPZSPRLWV^LYPUNKV^UHJVTW\[ +HYH)\ Student Advertising/ <*:+(S\TUH2PSSLKI` JVTLOVTL¹ ^PU [OL JVTWL[P[PVU I` [\YUPUN VMM LY[OH[YLK\JLZWV^LYJVUZ\TW[PVU 1\SPH7L[LYZVU Promotion Managers 4PJOHLS5LPSS Network Administrator (MNOHU:VSKPLY *OVL ^OV ^HZ IVYU PU :HU [OLPY JVTW\[LYZ UV^ [OYV\NO (WYPS HUKOLSWZ[OLLU]PYVUTLU[¹ :OH^U?\ Advertising Sales Rep +PLNV»Z 5H]` OVZWP[HS LHYULK )HZLKVU[OLOPNOLZ[WLYJLU[HNL (STVZ[ HSS WLYZVUHS JVTW\[LYZ Business Assistants 3H[L SHZ[ TVU[O `LHYVSK OLY IHJOLSVY»Z KLNYLL PU IPVSVN` VMVUJHTW\ZWSLKNLZ^OVJVTTP[ Z\WWVY[WV^LYTHUHNLTLU[I\[HU