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www.ucsdguardian.org ;O\YZKH`4H` The Student Voice Since 1967 =+<]Q\QWV0QSM8ZW\M[\ THE GROVE IS :ML]KML\W+WVNMZMVKM+ITT Outgoing A.S. Council reconsiders, rejects Regents opt for phone the regents’ decision to cancel their campus meeting. motion to shut down meeting, give students “It has completely changed our plans,” Chen said. “We’ve been 20-minute period to mobilizing students for this meet- indebted cafe. ing and now they’re taking student OPEN voice concerns over 9.3 speakers for only 20 minutes.” percent fee increase. The scratched two-day meeting By Kelsey Wong budgeted time for several rounds Staff Writer of students and workers to address the regents. Students will be able to pro- Student fees have increased by test the proposed UC education and 107 percent over the last seven registration fee increases over the years. phone today, directly before the UC Campus Organizing Director for Board of Regents meet via tele- A.S. External Affairs Gracelynne conference. The regents canceled a West argued that middle-class stu- visit to UCSD to avoid distracting dents who do not receive financial campus officials from fighting the aid will be the hardest hit, because swine-flu virus outbreak. — as fees continue to increase — The 20-minute student and they won’t have anything to protect public comment period will occur them. at 9:30 a.m. today in Price Center “We are addressing and exposing Ballroom B. the lies of the regents,” West said. Student opposition to the sys- “It is definitely a problem affect- temwide $626-per-quarter increase ing low-income and middle-class in systemwide educational fees and UC students. For those that don’t RICHARD CHOI/GUARDIAN $36 increase in registration fees is receive financial aid, it’s a burden. Grove student manager Thomas Frank (left) and A.S. Vice President of Finance and Resources Naasir Lakhani (right) were vocal supporters of the cafe largely based on concerns that the It’s becoming harder for students to throughout the debate. Lakhani presented figures at last night’s meeting that showed the Grove had generated a $1,000 profit for the month of April. university has not created a long- pay for school.” term policy for regulating student Speaking on behalf of A.S. By Reza Farazmand dent enterprise, the value of its 24-year fees. External Affairs, West said the fee News Editor history on campus and the risks associ- THE DEBATE UC Students Association increase is merely a stopgap in ated with allowing the cafe to remain President Lucero Chavez, a UC response to California’s dire eco- fter weeks of intense delibera- open into next year. Berkeley graduate student, said stu- nomic situation. tion that consumed two A.S. Currently over $120,000 in debt, the APRIL Council votes to keep dents need to know that fees won’t “[The regents] continue to A Council meetings and drew Grove has been a point of contention 22 the Grove open. rise again when making plans for increase their fees as the number- impassioned response from dozens among councilmembers since becom- the future. one solution whenever there is a of concerned students, the drawn-out ing a fully student-owned enterprise Associated Students Vice need for more revenue for the UC Grove Caffe debate came to an end last in 2007. APRIL A.S. Judicial Board President of External Affairs Lisa system,” she said. night after the council voted to keep Following nearly three hours of rules that April 22 voting Chen said she was disappointed by The Blue and Gold Opportunity the eatery’s doors open indefinitely. discussion, the council voted nine in 28 process was invalid. Plan — which will provide qualified At the 2008-09 council’s final meet- favor and 12 against a piece of legisla- UC undergraduates with enough ing, cafe advocates and opponents Simple majority of scholarship and grant assistance to argued over the Grove’s role as a stu- See GROVEpage 2 MAY ▶▶▶ ▶ READON council votes to Page 4: An editorial on the cover their systemwide fees for the 6 keep Grove open. regents’ decision Page 4: An editorial on the future of the Grove Caffe See FEESpage 2 ▶▶▶ ▶ READON »5QZIKTM¼5][QK0ITT.QVITTa*ZMIS[1\[8MZNMK\;QTMVKM THREE NEW Center for the Arts in Washington, After 34 years in D.C., and the Metropolitan Opera REGENTS TO Mandeville, the music House in New York City. The hall’s asymmetrical, triangular dept. moves to a modern interior immediately sets it apart from JOIN BOARD acoustic landmark. conventional performance spaces. In fact, Steiger said the end result exceed- IN JULY By Jesse Alm ed even the designers’ expectations. Associate News Editor “I think it’s probably the best work By Henry Becker that they’ve done, and it reflects the Staff Writer The $53 million Conrad Prebys spirit of and respect for innovation that Music Center opens to the public this we have in the department,” he said. The UC Board of Regents will weekend with a series of pieces that “In most concert halls, you either have gain three new members July 1. will showcase its state-of-the-art per- a very clear sound that’s dry, or a really Student regent-designate Jesse Bernal formance space. Music department reverberant sound that isn’t so clear. will replace current student regent chairman Rand Steiger called the hall But when you get it just right, you get D’Artagnan Scorza. that clarity of the initial impulse and ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN In addition, ex-officio regents- then you get this beautiful bloom of The Conrad Prebys Music Hall — named for the Point Loma developer who donated $6 million to the designate Ronal Stovitz and Yolanda PUBLIC CONCERT project — is the stunning centerpiece of the music department’s new Sixth College digs. sound around it.” Nunn Gorman will replace regents Saturday, May 9, 8 p.m. UCSD principal architect Michael “Basically, it’s a building within a creates an intimate and comfortable David Shewmake and Debbie Cole. Prebys Concert Hall Downs, who oversaw the project, said building,” Downs said. environment for both performers and Bernal, designated on July 1, 2008, the music center was a challenge to Designed specifically for chamber audience members. received his B.A. in political science an architectural and acoustic “miracle.” pull off because every wall, ceiling and and experimental music, the hall does He added that recordings of live from UC Santa Barbara and is current- The 400-seat concert hall was floor had to suit a specific acoustic not accommodate a full symphony. performances in the new space will ly a Ph.D. student in education there. designed by Mark Reddington of LMN need. The exterior of the concert hall, However, piano performance gradu- sound much better than in Mandeville He also served as University Affairs Architects in collaboration with leg- for example, includes 12 to 18 inches ate student William Fried — one of Auditorium — built in 1975 — where chair and executive board member of endary acoustician Cyril Harris, whose of concrete to act as a shield against the first musicians to play inside — resume includes the John F. Kennedy the noise of passing planes and buses. said the hall’s small, wrap-around stage See HALLpage 3 See REGENTSpage 3
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EDITORIALS AW]Z?I[\M 0WO The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of California or Associated Students. ;/<9:+(@4(@ ;/,<*:+.<(9+0(5 6705065 A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Priscilla Lázaro 3,;;,9;6;/,,+0;69 it. The Grove isn’t even listed on the (:*V\UJPS[V)SHTLMVY A.S. Web site as an enterprise. They .YV]L»Z:OHR`-H[L chose to hire inept people to run it, and now they are choosing to let Dear Editor, it die. How many councilmembers In the April 20 article, “This have ever even eaten there? Time It’s Serious. No, Really.” about Go back to when the Grove had the Grove Caffe, Hadley Mendoza delicious and fresh brie sandwiches wrote: “Students can only hope instead of prepackaged junk. Back that this year’s council really has to when the coffee was great and the institutional memory it brags people hung out to play bongos, about.” study and chat. Even back to the Let’s be honest, neither the A.S. recent fight to get meal points there Council nor the Guardian has insti- in 2005, which was almost imme- tutional memory. Neither source has diately forgotten. Even the current past minutes or articles easily avail- “Save the Grove Caffe” fight rests able and searchable online, and both on bad coffee and spelling mis- organizations’ members are always takes. changing yearly or even monthly, so I’m all in favor of saving the memory relies on those who choose Grove and not letting it die into a to save information themselves or new office space, but it will require keep their synapses intact. the tremendous effort of people who Let’s look at institutional memo- both care and have good business ry — back to the Grove’s glory days sense. I don’t think the current A.S. when lines were long and food was Council has either. Its best bet is great. Before the A.S. commissioner to give the Grove to someone who of services and enterprises — it does, like its thrown-away idea of used to be one combined office — the Rady School or a business-savvy couldn’t figure out if it was “Caffe” alum. or “Cafe.” My institutional memory hopes The Grove used to be owned and the Grove stays alive. operated with love by Ron Carlson, Call 858-534-3467 05.15.09 or e-mail [email protected] Ad Deadline is Friday, May 8 7+(%(67621*6 ,1+,$786 boss 7+,6:((. +76<)+<<0--,1<7: ditties ;WVQI5QVLMV K-OS Heaven and Hell [email protected] hiatus s h&5.v s h%ATING THE #ANNIBALSv ARTSENTERTAINMENT s h:AMBONYv s h!TOM AND %VILv <0=:;,)A5)A ! FRIDAY, MAY 8 WARREN FIELD SIXTH COLLEGE’S ANNUAL FEST MARCHES ELECTRO KINGS & PEPPY PIPSQUEAKS ALL THE WAY TO CAMP SNOOPY KUNCOCSHUNSHINY TOY GUNS ue the LEDs. Digitalism is this year’s hot new thing: Judging from all A tsunami of top-40 hits are cleverly distorting their this — and from the vocals (“Blame It On the Alcohol,” “Boom Boom superglam “Le Disko” C Pow”) and techno-flavored indie bands are climbing video that transforms a the charts. Now, Sixth College’s Kuncocshun Festival is stepping stripper into a tarantula — it’s in line, skipping over a tradition of mellow rock acts to hire its hard to know what to expect. Grammy-nominated headliner — and after that A.S. mandate- After a lifetime of Britneys and reserve funding fiasco, Shiny Toy Guns better be damn good. Dashboards headlining the festivi- On the outside, the Los Angeles band is weird enough. ties, it’s a little strange to hear an Goth “Matrix” attire (S&M straps and plenty of guyliner to go up-and-coming band so openly goth around), Chad Petree’s emo swoon and Sisley Treasure’s grrly and so willing to sell out (watch for the thrash are paraded atop Jeremy Dawson’s insane carnival keys. 2010 Lincoln MKZ). Just hope that Shiny (Guessing we’re not in Kansas anymore, people.) Toy Guns shock the stage with (at least) their Both the Guns’ singles interchange pure party synths glittery master-slave outfits — and that the act (“Ricochet!”) with makeout-ready melodies (“Le Disko”). On lives up to the pose. stage, Treasure screams and scrapes with all the breath in her smoked-out lungs; Petree whispers slow and soft, tearing into — Allie Cuerdo jagged heartbreak even as he attempts a traditional rock ballad. Associate Hiatus Editor *6<9;,:@6-<50=,9:(3 *6<9;,:@6-4,3,, INCOMPLETE NEIGHBOR ELEVATERS MELEE ooks as if Incomplete Neighbor has connections ersatility’s a good thing for pocket he downside to growing in student government — after opening Rock ‘n’ knives, thespians, power tools and up on ’80s sitcoms is that Roosevelt back in February, they’re vets to the music — but only if you can find a use you probably don’t mind L college-fest circuit. Still burned into my memory V for all the parts. Otherwise, you end up T when your songs sound like from the first catastrophe: A few plaid-PJed froshies scurry with gumbo: six musicians jumping from funk to they’re ripped from your unfinished by with one hand balancing a Ventanas tray and all other fin- moralizing rap, transitioning from English into sixth-grade diary. gers stuffed in their ear holes. Keyboardist waterfalls his Pro-V Spanish with too many instruments competing Seeing as every track on Melee’s ringlets with so much passion that all the bats nesting there for the stage to make anything tangible (not to playlist shucks out melodic pop that squawk into the night, biologically unable to tolerate vibrations mention danceable). towers to a mandatory crescendo, it like “You’ve got your lights on/ But you don’t see me” escaping Although these California kids’ flows are doesn’t look like the Orange County from toothless yawn of lead singer. (Complete with supplementary sturdy, they’re not quite substantial enough quintet is going to shatter the charts ooh-oohs “You don’t” and “See me” from two off-key Harrisons on to carry the latitude of an ensemble playing anytime soon. But if anyone’s forgotten guitars.) In the “crowd,” three short pre-meds with matching pea (count ’em) four different instruments apiece. what the first CD their mom ever bought coats headbang their (also matching) haircuts shyly. “Hey, that’s my And with a low-key Kenny G vibe (for the most them sounded like, then Chris Cron’s chip- MMW T.A.,” one dude says, standing awkwardly in his Revelle orienta- part), we’re too busy napping to notice that the per motivational coaching should refresh the tion T-shirt and Elvis Costello glasses. MMW shout-out match ensues. Elevaters are blessed with a tolerable dose of memory just fine. If anything, the nostalgia Lead singer plays a number called “Pillanoid,” then announces there’s talent. Maybe it’s supposed to sound like eleva- will satiate your weekly want of home-grown still time for three more songs. tor music on E? lawn dancing. So, yeah — you wouldn’t want to miss the sequel. — Edwin Gonzalez — Edwin Gonzalez — Simone Wilson Associate Hiatus Editor Associate Hiatus Editor Senior Staff Writer HIATUS PICKS THE druthers WEEK’S BEST BETS OK Go Border Voices Poetry Fair HOUSE OF BLUES / MAY 9 / $15 BALBOA PARK RECITAL HALL / MAY 9 / FREE Cloud Cult & Say Hi Remember that low-budget music video As everyday people visiting grades K-12 and where those cute boys were running around spreading their love of verse, the Border Voices THE CASBAH / MAY 14 / $12 on treadmills and doing jumping jacks in their poets finalize the school year in a celebration Rising from the land of a thousand backyard? They kind of sounded like the Pixies, of young American voices that anyone would lakes, the environmental activists if the Pixies downed like 50 Pixy Stix and a pack applause. This May’s festival — slotting poetry in Cloud Cult enjoy walking barefoot of Pop Rocks after watching the best episode of from nascent writers alongside book signings through the forest, painting sunsets and “SpongeBob SquarePants,” ever. With a little and concerts of the Celtic persuasion — harvesting geothermal energy. They used help from YouTube’s viral-happy disciples, OK should be savored like summer weather: with to live on an organic farm, where they ate Go’s snide power pop has made them the friends and a light jacket for the late afternoon granola and wrote fireside chants, but indie Jonas Brothers. Hey, in such tough times, breeze. (EG) now they rock a little more diligently — there’s nothing wrong 2008’s Feel Good Ghosts recycles Yoshimi with a smile now and robots with an electric edge. (SM) then. 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H but don’t be fooled by the moniker change: This is “Eating the Cannibals” is a Harley of a track, its engine Ronny James Dio-era Sabbath. The Devil You Know is ripping with a flurry of bass pedal to an 80-mph, traffic- a thunderous comeback, descending (as only Sabbath swerving solo from (probable AARP qualifier) Tommy could) into menacing riffs and consuming visions of Iommi. hellfire. Though a few tracks aren’t as sinister with the volume Guitars set a sinister pulse for Vinny Appice’s raw, cranked low, it’s the album’s only major sin. Between spine-tingling drums to herald “Atom and Evil.” These are “Cannibals” and “The Bible Black,” Devil bloodies our By David Harvey Australian hit “Chopper” — Abrams your final rites, and Dio’s condemning tenor bids absolute gums, with fresh material for new and old fans alike. Senior Staff Writer takes his “Trek” where no “Trek” has surrender: “Expand your mind, we’ve got a place for you/ It’s their masochistic power to peel back the skin that gone before. A hefty feat, considering Just make believe that one and one are always two.” counts, fueling what will surely be one of this year’s big- .J. Abrams has come a long way the countless television spinoffs and 10 Just when “The Bible Black” enthralls with an inno- gest metal releases. So do yourself a favor and drown from the dreadful finale of “Alias.” filmic remakes. cent, wistful intro worthy of “Stairway to Heaven,” the yourself in the distortion. J (Nevermind that the show was well Center stage in the prequel are the facade is torn away, revealing the red-hot obsession boil- received among both closeted and not- young James T. Kirk (Chris Pine, as ing beneath. Dio’s clarion snarl (think angry Gregorian — Matthew Pecot so-closeted sci-fi fanatics.) Since land- convincing as in his neo-Nazi assassin monk) frames the album’s fall from grace, drawing an epic Contributing Writer ing the limelight with “Lost,” Abrams role in “Smoking Aces”) and Spock — today’s George Lucas — revives an (Zachary Quinto, with all the pas- artifact worthy of sion that keeps an Indiana Jones “Heroes” heart- Ben Folds crusade. That’s Star Trek throttling). ■ Ben Folds Presents: University A Capella! right — “Star But unlike Trek” delivers. in “Wolverine,” EPIC Fans of the Starring Leonard Nemoy, Chris Pine & Zoe Saldana the other early original series Directed by J.J. Abrams summer block- were apprehen- Rated R buster, the sup- sive, to say the porting crew of ike Ben Folds as much as he likes himself? most of the lead singers can belt Folds’ songs better than he least; so many critics were touting the characters — Dr. McCoy, Uhura and If so, go snatch University A Capella!, the forty-some- can — even with Peter Pan-isms like “Everybody knows it failures of odd-numbered “Trek” films even helmsman Chekov — are quite L thing’s sweetest pop pitch yet. And it’s made by kids just sucks to grow up.” Biggest props to the University of Georgia, that the latest remake seemed cursed well developed. The film also doesn’t like you: The former Billboarder enlisted a hodgepodge of whose choir covers “You Don’t Know Me” with all of Regina from the beginning. get soaked in the lousy love-story collegiate a capella groups to revamp his resume. Spektor’s ornamental whimsy. Surprisingly, though, one of the drama of “Trek” head writer Roberto What a surprise, then, that the lowly amateurs one-up “Boxing” yanks a lone soprano out of obscurity and film’s only pitfalls is its pandering Orci, who brought us both the stale the pro. This is a movie we’ve all seen before — students sets her a-wailing over Folds’ boy-next-door croon; her to tradition. Name-dropping feels “Mission: Impossible III” and sloppy surpass teacher’s expectations, and how! Broadway trills ice his clunky vocals with stale-enough frost- forced, catchphrases like “Damn it “Transformers.” Don’t get too excited, Folds’ thinly veiled scramble for street cred is a sadder ing. He responds like a man: “Sometimes I punch myself Spock, I’m a doctor, not a physi- though — Orci’s romantic ineptitude story every repeat. Too bad: As one-third of the super-cute hard as I can.” (Go on, do it.) cist!” were thrown in like obligatory creeps into the periphery. Ben club (along with Kweller and Lee), he could have had Just wondering — where exactly are the UCSD Tritones? afterthoughts and the token random The charm of this “Trek” prequel it in the bag. Step it up! Maybe you’ll make Ben Folds’ newest Greatest Hits red-shirt guy was doomed to die the can be its breaks from the original Covers are hard for anyone to pull off, much less covers album if you can harmonize “Effington” with the best of ’em. moment he left the ship. (please forgive me, devout Trekkies), by a bunch of star-struck talents looking for their big break. Ben Folds will perform live in San Diego at the House of But, with a time-travel-induced which kick-start an aged genre. It Folds scrutinized hundreds of entries trying to capture Blues on May 21 — sans a capella amateurs. alternate universe caused by space vil- might not be a tried-and-true remake America’s youthful “magic” and release it to the public for lain Nero — played by Eric Bana, with of a classic, but it’s damn good sum- a nominal fee. Spotlighting the nation’s newest vocal talents — Hannah Kang the same subtlety he brought to the mer fare. might be the best part of this equation, though, because Staff Writer /0(;<: ;/,<*:+.<(9+0(5 ;/<9:+(@4(@ PASTEL YOGA DOC WAXES ‘REAL WORLD: INDIA’ Enlighten Up! Mediterranian Cuisine Starring Kate Churchill & Nick Rosen Directed by Kate Churchill 8&6' +$33<+285 Offer good through $OO'D\ZLWK8&6',' 6/7/09 $1.50 Mediterranean Snack Plate $1.50 Ali Fries 2 for 1 Draft Beers $9 Hookah 18+ for hookah 21+ for beer and wine 5 North to Exit 30 Sorrento Valley Left at end of exit ramp, Through Stop Sign *6<9;,:@6-5(4( Find us on the left! 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