VOLUME 47, ISSUE 44 THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG SUN GOD FESTIVAL 2014 A.S. COUNCIL LET’S FACE THE MUSIC Wristband Signups Will Occur Online Both Slates Charged for Campaign Violations BY gabriella fleischman NEWS EDITOR Multiple grievances were filed against the Let’s Act! slate, and one against Tritons Forward, for breaking campaigning rules on Tuesday, April 8 PHOTO BY ANDREW OH / GUARDIAN and Wednesday, April 9. Let’s Act! was found guilty of one of the accusations, Our most musically inclined two of the grievances were dropped Tritons will be performing and the rest have yet to be reviewed. The first two grievances were at the Battle of the Bands, filed by Triton’s Forward presidential taking place April 15 at The candidate Robby Boparai. One accused Loft. Read our guide on this the Let’s Act! slate of collaborating with Muir College Council slate year’s lineup. GLAD due to GLAD’s endorsement weekend, PAGE 6 of Let’s Act! However, according to Let’s Act! presidential candidate Kyle PHOTO BY DANIEL YUAN/GUARDIAN FILE Heiskala, Let’s Act! never asked for this A SILVER LINING endorsement. ELECTION SURPRISES UCSD is implementing an online registeration system for the Sun God Festival 2014 to shorten the long wait for wristbands. “The GLAD slate was in accordance council must inform voters Above, lines for wristbands extended from Thurgood Marhsall College to Earl Warren College prior to the festival in 2011. with their college council bylaws, and opinion, Page 4 they had the necessary approval,” Heiskala said. “We were following all BY lauren koa senior staff writer the rules to our knowledge.” However, members of the Let’s TRITONS START STRONG ith the 2014 Sun God Festival only six a brief health and safety video highlighting Sun God Act! slate advocated for GLAD from water polo sweeps weeks away, A.S. Concerts and Events changes and explanations to recap students as a their personal Facebook pages, which sports, Page 12 announced via Facebook on April 8 component of the registration process. Heiskala defined as a “gray area.” Let’s Wthat the festival will use a new online wristband Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Life Gary Act! was found guilty; the sanction distribution and registration system. Students will Ratcliff said he supports the new wristband system says: “The election committee defines be able to begin registering for wristbands online on and is confident in this year’s festival’s overall quality. complicit alignment as intentional FORECAST May 8 and must pick them up at Marshall Field on “The new system will be an added convenience to sharing of any candidate or slate Thursday, May 15 — the day before the festival. the student,” said Ratcliff. “Students can feel assured campaign material including via social ASCE Festivals coordinator Sean Kennedy said that that they will have a ticket.” media or in person.” the group aims to improve the event by streamlining ASCE also believes the new registration process Heiskala will issued a public apology ticketing, as well as increasing student safety and will benefit undergraduates picking up their tickets. via his Facebook page to reach the accountability, through the new ticketing registration. Instead of skipping class or work to line up on same population that the original THURSDAY FRIDAY The new wristbands for Sun God Festival 2014 Marshall Field like previous years, students will be GLAD endorsement had. H 81 L 58 H 78 L 54 will feature a printed barcode that can be scanned to able to pick up their reserved wristbands between 10 “I apologize for sharing a photo of access information provided by the student during a.m. and 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 15. GLAD via facebook when I should the online registration. “Previous years have followed a ‘first come, first not have,” Heiskala posted around Under the new distribution system, eligible serve’ kind of process,” Kennedy said. “This will 9 p.m. last night. Boparai filed this undergraduates will be able to reserve a wristband hopefully cut down the lines to pick up tickets, grievance because in previous years, online after registering with their name, phone while the technology tied to the wristband will super slates between A.S. Council SATURDAY SUNDAY number, local address and emergency contact prevent scalping.” slates and college council slates were H 67 L 53 H 67 L 54 information. In the case of an emergency, authorities Kennedy also said some students fear that moving very successful, and they were banned will be able to access this information by scanning the the ticketing process online may cause servers to for this year’s election. wristband’s barcode. Additionally, ASCE is preparing crash when a multitude of students attempt to register “At least a portion of [their success] has to be because of the overwhelming VERBATIM See FESTIVAL, page 3 support,” Boparai said. “It captivates the people in colleges who might not make it out to Library Walk. I want to The moment make sure the election goes fairly.” you set your TRANSPORTATION The second grievance that Boparai eyes on filed concerned a mass email that “someone, Let’s Act! sent out. According to your brain the election code, slates cannot use works like Referendum to Appear on Special Ballot a student organization’s lists to send Wolfram campaign material. However, Heiskala Alpha to computer that per- After several revisions, students will vote during Week 8 on a final transportation contended that the email addresses son’s level of approachability.” were found on public websites, and referendum, which, if passed, would raise fees by around $50 per quarter. Let’s Act! was found not guilty. Triton’s Forward candidate for Vice ten with the exact benefits detailed and on the language. However, none of BY gabriella fleischman President Finances and Resources - Hilary Lee the price lowered and was scheduled its recommendations are necessarily NEWS EDITOR Igor Geyn filed the third grievance. RHYME OR REASON to appear on the general election ballot mandated if the author of the referen- It accused Let’s Act! of using glossy OPINION, PAGE 4 Week 2 of Spring Quarter 2014. dum can clarify a discrepancy. paper for campaign posters, which, The transportation referendum But due to what was largely “In general, UCOP looks at refer- according to Boparai, is illegal. Let’s will officially appear in a special elec- reported as revisions from the UC endums as a courtesy,” UC spokesper- Act! was found not guilty. tion ballot during Week 8 of Spring Office of the President, the referen- son Brooke Converse told the UCSD The final grievance has not yet INSIDE Quarter 2014 after the final language dum was once again pushed to a later Guardian. “This courtesy is to ensure been reviewed and has a hearing was approved by the Graduate Student date. However, GSA President Rahul that there are no mistakes in language pending. Stephanie Sayegh, who is Association on Monday, April 7. Kapadia explained at the meeting that could invalidate a referendum.” New Business ................. 3 not associated with Triton’s Forward, It was originally scheduled to that the referendum was pushed back ASUCSD MOVES Director Kyle Editorials ........................ 4 filed the grievance. A Facebook post appear in a special election during due to omitted sentences that were Heiskala explained that changes from the Tritons Forward Facebook Taco Showdown ............. 8 Winter Quarter 2014, but the Vice required by the GSA and the A.S. advised by UCOP led to the omis- page about their new pins received a Chancellor and Chancellor’s offices Council constitutions. sion of phrases necessary in all Sudoku ......................... 11 comment from Let’s Act! candidate for were not satisfied with the content of When a referendum is being writ- referenda by GSA and A.S. con- Campus-wide Senator Seraphin Raya. Sports ........................... 12 the referendum, calling it too ambigu- ten within the UC, UCOP reviews ous. 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