WATCH OUT, THIS MAN WANTS TO MAKE YA SWEAT PAGE 8 VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE XII THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG WOMAN’S DEATH IN SUV ELECTION 2010 >RESULTS GOVERNOR RULED AS WEIGHING THE JERRY BROWN HOMICIDE SENATE By Regina Ip RESULTS BARBARA BOXER A N E CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HEAD TO THE POLLS The San Diego County Medical AND SAY “HASTA LA VISTA” TO SCHWARZENEGGER Examiner’s Office has ruled the death of a female found in a burning SUV to be a case of murder. The body was found in the P701 parking lot next to the UCSD baseball field on Friday, Oct. 29 An autopsy performed on Monday, Nov. 1 determined the cause of her death, but the San Diego Police Department will not disclose details. The identity of PHOTO COURTESY OF the woman has not SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPT. Julio Angela Garcia-Puente been established, but the registered BY JUSTIN KAUKER * CONTRIBUTING WRITER owner of the SUV — who is a female PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY WILLIAM LOTHERINGTON resident of Carlsbad — has been missing PROPOSITIONS since the night of the incident. Republicans painted Washington red tally, Vice President of External Affairs Michael Investigators are trying to locate the on Tuesday, taking control of the House of Lam said. Poll workers estimated that up to 50 19 NO 54% estranged husband of the vehicle owner. Representatives with the largest majority since percent of UCSD votes were provisional. The husband is a 50-year-old man 1947. GOP representatives for Congress won at One of the big draws this election cycle was 20 YES 61% named Julio Angel Garcia-Puente, who is least 60 extra House seats nationwide, includ- Prop. 19, the initiative to legalize marijuana ing two from California. They also gained six for recreational use. The proposition lost with See WOMAN,Êpage 6 21 NO 58% seats in the Senate. only 45 percent of the voters supporting it. For On-campus poll workers said voting went weeks before the election proponents of Prop. smoothly for most of the morning. However, 19 handed out fliers on Library walk — a cam- 22 YES 61% during the afternoon rush, the Price Center paign that continued even as most students fin- UCÊSystemÊ polling location ran out of ballots. They were in ished voting. They were joined alongside oppo- 23 NO 61% short supply due to the many off-campus voters nents of Prop. 23, which would have repealed who showed up at the polling places. the Air Pollution Control Law. Voters rejected 24 NO 58% These voters were forced to cast provisional Prop 23 with 61 percent of the vote. SeeksÊFacultyÊ ballots because they were voting outside their “It’s fun,” said a long-time poll worker Ricky precinct. Provisional ballots must be confirmed Santos. “One of my favorite things is when we 25 YES 55% to prevent voter fraud, so many of the votes cast forÊOnlineÊ at UCSD have not been included in the official See ELECTIONS,Êpage 3 26 YES 53% CourseÊProject 27 NO 59% By Regina Ip A N E New Media Rules Limit Funding to $450 Per Quarter Students won’t need to worry about rush- ing to lecture halls if they can tune in with the By Angela Chen and Ruba Akel click of a button in the UC system’s new online S S W pilot program. On Nov. 2, the UC system announced Media orgs will now be funded no more than its search for interested faculty members to $450 per quarter, after A.S. Council voted 11-8- take part in a two-year experiment to deter- 2 to pass new media guidelines at its meeting mine if online instruction can be offered at a yesterday night. UC-quality level. In addition to this new funding cap, print “This study of undergraduate online OPINION media within their first year of instruction comes at a time when the uni- Letting go publication will only be given up versity, hemmed in by budget reductions, is of mommy’s to $200 per quarter. Another pro- faced with rising enrollment pressures and hand may vision requires media orgs to raise limited capital funds for facility expansion,” a be the 5 percent of funds from outside University of California Office of the President solution. sources, such as advertising, to statement said. 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Business Assistant S W numbers,” Squire said. “Patients with ability to remember things for a The results were the same for TiffanyÊHanÊ Advertising Design and Layout MTL damage could recall up to six few seconds immediately after all patients, and there were no AlfredoÊH.ÊVilanoÊJr. Researchers at the School of digits, but with numbers larger than experiencing (viewing, hearing, discrepancies between men and A.S.ÊGraphicÊStudioÊ Distributors Medicine have discovered that seven digits, severe discontinuity feeling) them. women. RobertÊEspionza,ÊScottÊHavrisik,ÊAuroraÊLe short-term memory remains even became apparent. We used the logic This is because long-term “This study illuminates how after brain damage occurs at the area of the experiment to form our study.” memory involves the hippocampus, the brain accomplishes learning TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ publishedÊ MondaysÊ andÊ ThursdaysÊduringÊtheÊacademicÊyearÊbyÊUCSDÊstudentsÊ responsible for forming memories. The four brain-damaged subjects while short-term memories rely on and memory by affirming the andÊ forÊ theÊ UCSDÊ community.Ê ReproductionÊ ofÊ thisÊ newspaperÊ inÊ anyÊ form,Ê whetherÊ inÊ wholeÊ orÊ inÊ part,Ê “The severity of the damage were told to briefly study an array supporting brain structures. fundamental distinction between withoutÊ permissionÊ isÊ strictlyÊ prohibited.Ê ©Ê 2010,Ê allÊ rightsÊ reserved.Ê TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ notÊ responsibleÊ depends on how it’s damaged and of small toys, such as small cars and “There has been major confusion short-term memory and long- forÊtheÊreturnÊofÊunsolicitedÊmanuscriptsÊorÊart.ÊTheÊviewsÊ expressedÊhereinÊdoÊnotÊnecessarilyÊrepresentÊtheÊopin- how much it’s damaged,” psychiatry tops, on a table. They then were about distinction about short- term memory [and] the specific ionsÊofÊtheÊUCSDÊGuardian,ÊtheÊUniversityÊofÊCaliforniaÊ orÊ AssociatedÊ Students.Ê TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ fundedÊ and neurosciences professor Larry asked to recreate the object’s relative term memory and long-term importance of particular brain solelyÊbyÊadvertising.ÊHappyÊbirthday,ÊHayley! R. Squire said. positions to each other and their memory,” Squire said. “We chose regions for the formation of long- GeneralÊEditorial:Ê858-534-6580Ê The participants in Squire’s study results were compared to a control to do this research to clear up this term memory,” Squire said. [email protected] included four patients with damage group of nine individuals without misconception. MTL patients are News:Ê858-534-5226,Ê[email protected] Focus:Ê858-534-5226,Ê[email protected] to their medial temporal lobe, or the brain damage. The task was self- impaired even when delays are very Readers can contact Aurora Le at Hiatus:Ê858-534-6583,Ê[email protected]Ê Opinion:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] area responsible for forming long- paced. short, and most cognitive tasks in [email protected]. Sports:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] term memories. The subjects — Patients with MTL damage were experiments only last one second. Photo:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] able to easily replicate the position Short-term memory is not about Design:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] who were aged 49 to 71 — included Advertising:Ê858-534-3467 volunteers, patients at the UCSD of three objects or less by using time as much as it is about memory [email protected] Medical Center and the VA system.