VOLUME 50, ISSUE 40 MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG CAMPUS CAMPUS THROWING IT Team of UCSD BACK Students to Brew Beer on Moon ILLUSTRATION BY MICHI SORA The team is partnering with fellow finalists to take a beer- A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THE brewing canister into orbit. SPAN OF 50 YEARS. FROM FOOD AND DRINK TO FASHION BY Armonie Mendez ON A NIGHT OUT, THE News Editorial Assistant UCSD STUDENT LIFESTYLE A team of 11 UC San Diego HAS FOUND ITS FOOTING students who lost after competing in THROUGH REPEATING AND Google’s Lunar XPRIZE competition CONTEXTUALIZING WITH as finalists have been given a second THE TIMES. NEVERTHELESS, chance to take their project to HERE’S TO HOPING THE BEST “From lef to right: New AS Pres. Richard Altenhof and AS Vice-Pres. Herv Sweetwood are shown receiving the gavel of authority from Jim the moon after teaming up with Hefin and Richard Moncreif at the Installation of Ofcers. Te ceremony was held at Torrey Pines Inn on May 19.” Synergy Moon, a fellow competitor FOR THE NEXT 50. Triton Times, Volume I Issue I. in Google’s contest. LIFESTYLE, PAGE 8 The student team, known as Original Gravity, commenced the experiment back in August 2016 SENIOR SEND-OFFS PREUSS after being involved in another CLass of 2017 student competition introduced FEATURES, Page 6 Preuss Teacher Convicted of Molesting Student to them by Dr. Ramesh Rao, a professor at the Jacobs School of By Rebecca CHong Senior Staff Writer Engineering. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER “The objective of that reuss School teacher Walter Solomon, who had students or staff. His employment with the school was competition was to come up with REPRESENTiNG STUDENTS been convicted of child molestation two years terminated.” an experiment that can sustain life OPINION, Page 4 ago, is now facing a lawsuit after his initial The victim’s attorney, Steve Estey, has experience on the moon, and whomever can Pdismissal from his teaching position at the charter and expertise in dealing with cases of institutional come up with the best experiment, school. The molestation began in 2015 when the child sexual abuse. He explained the process of won a spot on a rocket that was NBA FINALS unnamed, female victim was 17 years old. “grooming” that often occurs in situations like these, involved in the Google Lunar XPrize After discovering the teacher’s inappropriate where young students grow slowly accustomed to Competition,” Neeki Ashari said, a Game 1 Reactions conduct, he was suspended and put on a three-year being touched around the predator or pedophile over fifth-year Bioengineering major in sports, Page 15 probation by the school in October 2015. Now, two weeks and months. Revelle College and one of Original years later, the family is publically suing both Solomon “When you drop your kid off at school, you have Gravity’s three team leaders. and Preuss School for failing to act in a timely manner no choice but to trust the school has taken the time Google’s Lunar XPrize consists to ensure student safety. and effort to make sure that sexual abuse doesn’t of teams who are privately funded to FORECAST “When you go to send your child to school, your happen in schools,” Estey told the UCSD Guardian. be the first to land their spacecrafts child should be protected,” the victim’s mother said “When you know the statistics that one in four on the moon. After landing, the in an exclusive interview to ABC 10 News. “At Preuss children will have been sexually abused by the time spacecrafts are to travel 500 meters School that did not happen.” they’re 18, that’s such a big problem … When juries and then transmit back high When the UCSD Guardian reached out to the hear that a child has been sexually abused on campus, definition images and videos of the Preuss School for information, they were unwilling to they’ll look at the school and say ‘How could this travel. MONDAY TUESDAY disclose any information beyond an official statement happen under your watch?’” After hearing about the H 69 L 62 H 69 L 62 due to the pending litigation. In the case of Walter Solomon, Estey cites evidence competition, the team got together “Walter Solomon was a science teacher at the that there were red flags about his conduct many to come up with possible projects Preuss School,” the statement read. “Once the Preuss years before the current case. He was allegedly known that would secure them a place on School administration was informed about the as ‘Pedo,’ short for pedophile, among some of the the rocket. possibility that Solomon engaged in inappropriate students. “As we were discussing WEDNESDAY THURSDAY behavior with a high school student in late May 2015, “Many years before Solomon sexually abused my possibilities for a concept, a home brewer on our team threw in the H 69 L 61 H 69 L 60 the school immediately contacted UC Police. Solomon client, he had been zip-tying some of the hands of was placed on investigative leave and forbidden from female students and doing inappropriate things to idea of brewing beer on the moon,” coming onto school property or having contact with them,” Estey said to the Guardian. “They didn’t put Ashari said. “We were all fans of the idea, especially because we See PREUSS, page 3 all enjoyed the craft and science VERBATIM behind it. We had a few laughs, but then slowly we began to realize that it would also serve a scientific SCITECH purpose: understanding yeast in a “If the university really lunar gravity environment.” Facebook Negatively Afects Well-Being of Site’s Users Aside from understanding the wants to honor us, then viability of yeast on the moon as we should have the right well as in low Earth orbit (LEO), to shape our ceremony The UCSD and Yale researchers did not explore why Facebook use causes diminished well- the project would play a crucial role to reflect our values and in determining the possibility of a BY Kevin PicHinte satisfaction, self-reported mental According to an article published convictions,” lunar colony ever being established Staff Writer health, self-reported physical health in Harvard Business Review - Megan Monges and body-mass index. by Shakya and Christakis, “prior on the moon as humans are very A new research study has Their research was measured research has concluded that social dependent on yeast in their daily On Commencement food intake. OPINION, PAGE 4 surfaced from both UC San Diego’s on the amount of time users used media may detract the amount of assistant professor Holly B. Shakya Facebook, how they interacted by face-to-face relationships, decreased “Yeast is one of the most prevalent and Yale University’s professor liking others’ posts, creating one’s the amount of time individuals microorganisms around,” Ashari Nicholas A. Christakis, which found own post and clicking on links. These choose to take part in meaningful said. “It is a major component in that the more time people spend four metrics enabled researchers to activities, led to internet addiction all of our everyday necessities. Such using Facebook or other forms of see the correlation between the well- and led to a diminished self-esteem as foods (bread), beverages and social media, the more susceptible being of a person and social media. by comparing one’s own life to others pharmaceuticals (insulin). It is a INSIDE they are to a diminished well-being, The study had measures of on social media.” necessity for which the majority of such as diminished physical or respondents’ real-world social The article said that while using humans have become dependent on. DISEASES OF THE WEEK .2 mental health and life satisfaction. networks, which consisted of naming Facebook led to a diminished well- This experiment would far exceed brewing applications and would RACCOONS......................4 The study was done over a span four friends they discuss important being, there is no definite answer of two years, with three waves of matters with and four friends they to how it occurs because there were actually serve as a vital purpose. A&E .............................. 11 data consisting of 5,208 adults spend their free time with, offering no differences between the three If we can understand this, it can CROSSWORD ................ 14 from a national longitudinal panel everyone a chance to name a total of activity measures they used; liking play a role in consumptive and provided by the Gallup organization eight individuals they interact with clinical applications for the future of BASEBALL .................... 16 and consisted of four metrics: life face-to-face in their daily life. See FACEBOOK, page 3 colonization in space exploration.” See BEER, page 3 2 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG NEWS AVERAGE CAT By Christina Carlson Marcus Thuillier Editor in Chief Lauren Holt News Editor Quinn Pieper Opinion Editor Aarthi Venkat Associate Opinion Editor Alex Wu Sports Editor Oliver Kelton Features Editor Tia Ikemoto Associate Features Editor Sam Velazquez A&E Editor Alicia Lepler Associate A&E Editor Brittney Lu Lifestyle Editor Annika Olives Associate Lifestyle Editor Christian Duarte Photo Editor DISEASE OF THE WEEK Joselynn Ordaz Design Editor Aleya Zenieris Associate Design Editor Altered Gene is Enough For Genetic Passing of Rippling Muscle Disease Nadia Link Multimedia Editor Miguel Sheker Data Visualization Editor The disease is a autosomal dominant disorder that results in muscle mounding and repetitive tensing for those diagnosed. Christina Carlson Art Editor David Juarez Associate Art Editor BY Revati RasHingkar other molecules necessary for cell mounding or having repetitive treatments for this disorder, as it Lisa Chik Copy Editor Staff Writer signaling and maintenance as well tensing, which could be painful is a genetic disease.