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VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE XVI THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG UCÊStudentsÊ AÊCLOSERÊLOOK ArrestedÊatÊ BEFORE THE PublicationsÊ UCSFÊRegentsÊ ReactÊtoÊNewÊ FINAL BATTLE MediaÊFundingÊ Meeting ANGST OVERSHADOWS ACTION IN THE PENULTIMATE FILM OF THE BELOVED “POTTER” SERIES. BY ARIELLE SALLAI * HIATUS EDITOR By Nisha Kurani Guidelines A  N E  FILMREVIEW By Justin Kauker Eleven UC students were arrested and S  W  four police officers were injured yesterday when a rally at the UC Board of Regents Council allocated $4,700 to 11 media meeting held at UC San Francisco turned orgs for Winter Quarter at its meeting last violent. night, following funding guidelines passed Approximately 200 students and 100 UC on Nov. 3. The new guidelines place a quar- workers gathered in front of a UCSF hall terly funding cap of $450 on existing media where the Regents were meeting to protest orgs and $200 for new orgs. UC President Mark G. Yudof’s proposed Following the recommendation of 8-percent fee increase. The Regents will Associate Vice President of Student Orgs vote on the increase today. Carli Thomas and Vice President of Finance About 15 of those students and Resources Andrew Ang, council allo- OPINION were pepper sprayed during cated the maximum $450 to 10 media orgs It’s hard their attempts to break though and $200 to the new media org Robot not to feel the barricades and into the ▶ HIATUS Report. defeated at meeting, according to Los Thomas said she is working on creating this point. funding caps for all student organizations. PAGE 4. Angeles Times. arry Potter” has always flirted At the meeting, tensions with darkness. Sure, we get a good She added that she designed the funding between students and police heightened Quidditch match and a couple guidelines to prevent overallocations, but when a police officer, having been struck in of love triangles to break up the hopes it will it motivate media organizations the head with his own baton, drew his gun orphaned teen hero angst, but the to become independent. in the center of a crowd of protestors. seriesH always manages to kill off a father figure “This was painful, actually, I know how “It was unfortunate how violent the or two at the end of every 700 pages. For the much work goes into [media],” Thomas protest got,” UC Student Association penultimate film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly said.“[But] I don’t like to think of myself as President Claudia Magana said. “The Hallows Part 1,” even the smallest remnants of a piggy bank.” students were frustrated. It showed how whimsy are left behind at Hogwarts with the Thomas said the current funding model serious the issue was and how much the Fat Lady, as our heroic trio ditches school and is based on a similar program at UC students care for it to get to a point where a carves through the real world, encountering Riverside and other UC schools. According gun was drawn.” despair that can’t be fixed through extra points to UCR Organization Funding Specialist Magana was one of the select Student to Gryffindor. Maggie Godinez, Riverside gives a flat $750 Advocates to the Regents from UCSA that The old charms of Harry’s first year — a talk- to all organizations. There is no specific were inside the building at the meeting, ing hat, flying brooms, moving portraits — have funding for media, and anyone who wants advocating against the fee increase by become more and more at odds with the series’ to publish must independently make up the speaking with the voting Regents present increasingly foreboding tone. With “Deathly costs in membership dues and fundraising. and speaking during the public comments Hallows,” however, third-time Potter director But Joe Trotten, business manager and section. David Yates has finally settled with gloom, lend- former editor of Riverside’s official student Douglas Wagoner, UCSB student and ing the film some much-needed consistency. newspaper The Highlander, said the funding University Affairs Committee Chair, stated The first of a two-part finale, “Deathly model caused problems for student publica- that the main purpose of the protests Hallows” is essentially a race between good tions. outside was to make the Regents aware and evil — a simple plot device, yes, but only Trotten said that Riverside has had only of the effects the fee increases have on on paper. With a smorgasbord of extraneous three major undergraduate newspapers in students. details, don’t expect much in the way of clarity. the last decade. Of these, Nuestra Cosa, a According to UCSA field organizer, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and pals Ron Weasley Chicano culture publication, has been print- Jaclyn Feldstein, while the student-led (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma ing since 1972. Two others, The Praetorian protests continued outside, the StaRs inside and The X Factor, lasted less than two years. POTTER,Ê attempted to persuade the Regents by See page 6 “Student are really enthusiastic at the

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UCSD Certified to Transplant Artificial Hearts A Nov. 13. article titled "UCSD MonicaÊBachmeier General Manager MatthewÊStewart Network Administrator By Nisha Kurani on the other hand, the patient with the minor concern at Sharp Memorial to Power University Sewage Gas" A  N E  device in place the longest [have had it] Hospital in Serra Mesa, which also incorrectly stated UCSD receives Business Assistant TiffanyÊHanÊ for over 1000 days and probably have offers heart transplants. Since 10 trans- 83 percent of its electricity from Advertising Design and Layout Heart failure patients in the Western no hope of ever getting a [permanent] plant surgeries per year are mandated AlfredoÊH.ÊVilanoÊJr. solar panels. The correct percent- A.S.ÊGraphicÊStudioÊ United States can rest assured now that transplant,” Copeland said. for a hospital to maintain its certifica- Distributors UCSD has become the first hospital in The cost of the device is around tion, administrators and doctors wor- age is 2 percent. The university RobertÊEspionza,ÊScottÊHavrisik,ÊAuroraÊLe California certified to offer artificial $125,000, while the cost of the proce- ried that there might not be enough generates about 85 percent of TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ publishedÊ MondaysÊ andÊ heart transplants. dure to receive a heart is approximately patients to fuel both hospitals’ needs. the electricity it consumes from ThursdaysÊduringÊtheÊacademicÊyearÊbyÊUCSDÊstudentsÊ andÊ forÊ theÊ UCSDÊ community.Ê ReproductionÊ ofÊ thisÊ The medical school was certified to $12,000. Additional costs include hos- The artificial heart is currently cer- UCSD’s natural-gas-fired cogen- newspaperÊ inÊ anyÊ form,Ê whetherÊ inÊ wholeÊ orÊ inÊ part,Ê withoutÊ permissionÊ isÊ strictlyÊ prohibited.Ê ©Ê 2010,Ê allÊ perform these transplants on Nov. 17. pital care, which is about $9,000 per tified in 13 hospitals in the U.S., and is rightsÊ reserved.Ê TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ notÊ responsibleÊ eration plant. forÊtheÊreturnÊofÊunsolicitedÊmanuscriptsÊorÊart.ÊTheÊviewsÊ The program was launched by heart day in the intensive care unit. undergoing certification in nine other expressedÊhereinÊdoÊnotÊnecessarilyÊrepresentÊtheÊopin- ionsÊofÊtheÊUCSDÊGuardian,ÊtheÊUniversityÊofÊCaliforniaÊ surgeon Jack Copeland — who arrived Copeland said he is working to hospitals. orÊ AssociatedÊ Students.Ê TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ fundedÊ at UCSD in July — and UCSD chief of ensure that UCSD Medical Center will A Nov. 15 article titled “CSU solelyÊbyÊadvertising.ÊLongÊban,ÊlongÊlau.Ê cardiothoracic surgery Stuart Jamieson. be fully equipped, certified and trained Readers can contact Nisha Kurani at System Raises Tuition by 15 GeneralÊ Editorial:Ê 858-534-6580Ê Copeland is recognized as the to give patients artificial hearts by the [email protected]. [email protected] Percent” incorrectly stated that News:Ê858-534-5226,Ê[email protected] first surgeon in the world to use the end of December, a few months shy of Focus:Ê858-534-5226,Ê[email protected] Benjamin Quillian said “But these Hiatus:Ê858-534-6583,Ê[email protected]Ê SynCardia Total Artificial Heart as a the opening of UCSD’s $232 million Opinion:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] bridge to transplant in 1985, and since cardiovascular center in April of 2011. are hard times for California.” Sports:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] Photo:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] then has implanted more than 100 arti- “It’s exciting how all of this is com- SDSU A.S. President Grant Mack Design:Ê858-534-6582,Ê[email protected] ficial hearts into patients. ing together pretty much at the same said this. Advertising:Ê858-534-3467 Though the artificial heart is time,” Copeland said. “Together, it can [email protected] Fax:Ê858-534-7691 FDA-certified as a temporary trans- change the overall picture of this center plant rather that a permanent device, to deliver the highest technology care… The Guardian corrects all errors brought to the attention of the Copeland said that the device ends in the most excellent environment that The UCSD Guardian up as a permanent replacement for a we can, so that UCSD becomes recog- editors. Corrections can be sent to 9500 Gilman Drive, 0316 real heart for those who are no longer nized for this as well the many other [email protected]. La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 eligible for heart transplants. things that it is already recognized for.” www.ucsdguardian.org “It’s not approved for long term use; The certification at UCSD caused JANE RHO/GUARDIAN

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But the item was that even when they were operating, dimensional campus.” “We shouldn’t have to go and beg list of meetings that finished passed after Ben Hassine provided a The X Factor and The Praetorian New publications will have to get to get our money back,” Weisman Sunder an hour. generic response with no details on only printed once a quarter. creative in how they publish, he said, said. Public input included another Zuabi. Council went into closed ses- Media org leaders said the guide- and UCSD newspapers and maga- Thomas said media orgs can still round by frequent visitor and alum- sion after Ben Hassine objected the lines will hinder new papers from zines should help each other out. request funding from the council’s nus Richard Thompson. Then appointment of Hass. being started on campus. “I appreciate that in the past operating budget. She added that Multicultural Wong present- Mania Magazine Editor in Chief we’ve gotten everything from A.S. the caps may be raised in the future, Greek Council ed updates on the Steve Bass said bigger publications that we needed, or that we wanted,” depending on the council’s finances. President New Sun God Festival, like his can weather the cuts since Bass said. “So now that it’s over I’m Weisman said he fears that a Madlena unveiling a space Mania has an established audience not outraged. And from what I’ve precedent has been set the council Nalbandian dis- Business theme for con- that will help them court advertisers. seen, getting pissed can be entertain- will have little incentive to change it. cussed Part II of REGINA IP cert and handed But he added that it will be difficult ing, but it doesn’t really get much “The institutional memory at the All-Campus [email protected] out eight snap for first-timers who have nothing to done — it’s not going to help Mania UCSD is nil,” he said. Dance with AVP bracelets. He said show, and that this will cause a lot of at all.” Concerts and Events Brian Wong, his office has drafted up a planning alternative voices to be silenced. California Review Editor in Chief Readers can contact Justin Kauker at who felt that the requested $22,100 in timeline. The budget is still in the “If anybody wanted to start Alec Weisman said he thinks media [email protected]. funding was too much money. brainstorming process and the office The Finance Committee brought is looking for artists right now. forth the approval of the 2010-11 Student Affirmative Action media funding budget, which allocat- Committee representative Grant ed at total of $4,700 to 11 media orga- White said there will be an event StudentsÊPlanÊSit-InÊtoÊProtestÊUCÊFeeÊIncreases nizations for Winter Quarter 2011. today at 7:30 p.m., when the movie ▶ ACTION, from page 1 the fence on the issue of the fee whether the fee increase is really VP Student Life Kristina Pham “Losing Isaiah” (featuring Halle giving personal accounts of how the increase. necessary,“ Magana said. “They reminded councilmembers about Berry, as White duly noted) will be fee increases have increased their She said the Regents explained can’t sell [the students] out a Dec. 6 Pancake Breakfast event, shown at the Triton Steps of Price financial burden and limited their that, due to the state’s strained without seeing what the state has which will showcase a cappella Center East. access to higher education. budget and the lack of adequate to offer.” groups performing holiday music for Ben Hassine said she was unahppy “The students were definitely funding to the UC system, some While UCSA plans to speak the first time. with poor attendance at committee able to get the message out there,” consider voting for the fee increase about the option of a standstill Warren College President Alyssa meetings, pointing out that AVP Local Feldstein said. “They spoke about because there is no better solution, during the meeting, many UC Wing asked when the freshmen, Affairs Matthew Vu and Campuswide how the fee increase could actually while others believe that the schools continue to raise awareness transfer and division senators will be Senator Elizabeth Elman both missed affect them, their families and their projected $114 million net revenue at their home institution. appointed, to which President Wafa their respective meetings. siblings by essentially making it is not worth the negativity that At UCSD, the Student Ben Hassine said that they will be “People don’t show up,” Ben impossible for students to pay surrounds the issue. Affirmative Action Committee chosen next Tuesday and the Tuesday Hassine said. “These committees are m ore .” The net revenue is calculated will be hosting a live broadcast after that. really important and if you signed up, Feldstein also said that the without the amount set aside for of the meeting on Library Walk Under unfinished business, Wing take the time to follow through.” arrested students — which included increased financial aid, which will on Thursday, Nov. 18, as well as objected to approving the College The meeting ended with a happy 7 students from UC Berkeley, one be given in the form of grants to hosting a sit-in at the Chancellor’s Council Funding Committee Charge birthday song to Wong, whose birth- each from UC Davis, UC Santa students with family incomes of Complex at 8 a.m. Letter because she wanted to include day will be on Friday — when he’ll be Cruz, UC Merced, and Peralta $80,000 or less. “It’s basically going be a sit-in at Ben Hassine as ex oficio member in organizing the first Bear Garden of Community College plus two UCSA plans to propose a the Chancellor’s Complex [where] the committee. the quarter in addition to the Bruno unknown individuals — they acted standstill until a better proposal can people are going to be watching the Rena Zuabi was appointed Mars concert. of their own accord, and were not be reached — one that doesn’t limit Regents meeting there and voice as the social sciences senator and No meeting will take place next condoned by UCSA. accessibility to students, Magana their opinions on how they feel Benjamin Hass was appointed as the week. Happy Thanksgiving, council. According to Magana, who said. about it,” sit-in organizer Chevelle physical sciences senator, but these I’m thankful for short council meet- spoke with some of the voting “[We want to propose] that Newell said. appointments didn’t come without ings and ones that do not discuss the Regents and during the public they hold off on voting for the fee opposition. Sixth College Senator potential discussion of items on the comments section, many of the increase, see if they get funding Readers can contact Nisha Kurani at Parminder Sandhu objected because agenda. voting members said they are on from the state, and then decide [email protected]. APPLY TO ATTEND THE Clinton Global Initiative University April 1- 3, 2011 @ UC San Diego

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No. Props to Staff Sgt. Giunta for being the first living Medal of Honor WEB Yes. POLL 73% recipient since the Vietnam War for his heroic rescue under fire. WOULD 27% YOU GET A UC DEGREE Flops to SF School District administrators for engaging in a ONLINE? scheme to redirect district money into their own personal bank Out of 75 votes accounts . OPINICONTACT THE EDITOR: [email protected] Eating on Budget DoesnÕt Mean In a Budget War, We Should Pick Our Battles Buying off the It’s down to us to pick up the slack, but while some things — like pensions and Dollar Menu feel like, for the most part, I’m more kids from Kansas — are fair game, student fees should go untouched. pretty good with money. I don’t go out and drop truckloads of cashI on designer clothes, or pimp out my car with every cool gadget the body shop has to offer. (The giant ast year’s 32-percent fee hike drew a huge the campuses increase the number of out-of-state One increase was passed in September, which subwoofers in the trunk came with reaction across California: Millions turned students. The Commission analyzed enrollment said that, as of July 2012, employees will contrib- the car — I swear.) But when I went out for the March 4 Day of Action, in addi- numbers from the 2008-09 school year and found ute 5 percent of their paychecks to a retirement to pay my credit card bill at the end Ltion to those that made their voices heard at the that 6 percent — around 10,000 — of UC under- plan, while the university will pay 10 percent. The of last month, I was met with a nasty November UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA. graduates are from outside California. With this discussion in November centers around future surprise. The outrage was everywhere, and UC President in mind, the commission asked for this number to employees — specifically, those hired after July Mark G. Yudof spent most of the year justifying the rise to 10 percent, or 18,000 students. These extra 2013 — who would have a cap placed on their move. But it looks like he didn’t learn his lesson, 8,000 kids will add to the university’s endowment benefits, an increased minimum age of retirement, A Change of and — with the Regents voting on his proposed to the tune of $91 million. and contribute 5.1 percent of their paychecks to the 8-percent fee increase at their meeting at UC San Opponents bring up important matters of current employees’ 5 percent. Pace Francisco this week — we’ll be the ones to pay the diversity — accepting more affluent students, UC employees haven’t contributed to this fund CHERYL HORI price. capable of paying the for almost two decades (payments started back [email protected] The Regents know This second fee increase is frus- $23,000 tuition price up again at 3 percent in spring of this year), and My first instinct when presented that when it comes trating, it’s demoralizing and it tag, would be cut- now they’re facing $6.3 million in liabilities; if the with the triple-digit bill was “Are you down to it, students ting out the in-state program doesn’t undergo structural changes now, kidding me? Someone must’ve stolen have no leverage. The makes us feel like we’re part of a students that need there will be no pension fund at all in a few years. my identity!” Even as I scrambled for only way for us to the lowered cost of The UCLA website says that “One of the my phone, intent on calling the bank, truly make an impact system that only cares about our public education to most attractive features of UC employment is the calling my mother, calling Santa — is to boycott the UC ability to open our wallets. begin with. But the University of California Retirement Plan” — even if calling anyone that could help — I and deprive them of fact remains that that means a smaller paycheck and a higher retire- stopped mid-freak out when I actu- 181,000 sources of rev- each out-of-state ment age, it’s worth it for the chance at a strong ally looked at what I had purchased. enue. And while we’re not about to drop out, pretty student pays roughly twice the $11,124 the other program that will draw new hires. I couldn’t find one item that I didn’t soon we won’t be able to afford any other option. 94 percent of undergraduates pay. During this UC It does look like a paycut; within the span of remember swiping my card for: $7.21 This second fee increase is frustrating, it’s budget crisis, outsourcing the financial burden of a few months, 3 percent of employees’ paychecks at Los Primos, $3.45 at In ‘N Out, demoralizing, and it makes us feel like we’re part of higher tuition to those who voluntarily pay it is have virtually vanished, to be followed by another $6.25 at Hi Thai. The list went on a system that only cares about our ability to open better than levying it on the rest of the students 2 percent within the next couple years. But the uni- and on. our wallets. Even more depressing is the fact that in — many of whom can’t afford it. An 8 percent fee versity is upping its contribution as well. This isn’t Conveniently, Wells Fargo lets you the history of the UC system, fee hikes have been increase, coupled with the expanded financial aid, a burden shouldered by employees alone, but by itemize your purchases into clever implemented since its conception, but in 142 years will affect 45 percent of current UCSD under- the system overall, which should ultimately benefit little categories like “shopping,” “gas” tuition has never once decreased. graduates; that’s 81,000 students who would be the worker. and “food.” Much to my surprise, over The UC system was founded on the principle forced to pay more, in comparison to 18,000 who The smaller paycheck now will come back 82 percent of my monthly spend- that it would provide the most accessible public are willing and able to shell out the money for a in the form of post-retirement financial security, ing went towards food. It had never and high-quality education to students in the state UCSD diploma. including medical benefits and the option of a PRICIER EMPLOYEE PENSIONS occurred to me how often I was eat- of California. But the more the system turns away lump sum cash out — it’s not like this money is ing out, and how quickly it added up. from state funding and relies on our pocketbooks, In November of 1990 — before some of its cur- vanishing into thin air. If it comes down to a col- It’s not just that takeout is more the less accessible it becomes to every Californian. rent students were even born — the UC system lapsing retirement fund or paying a little more out convenient — though having freshly The sad thing is, there is no win-win here; found itself with a surplus in its pension plan. At of pocket now to support yourself 20 years down prepared potato skins handed to me when system is strapped for cash, it only has two that point, both the university and its employees the road, then there’s no contest. over a counter is an easier guarantee real options. It can raise fees, or it can sacrifice the stopped contributing money, choosing instead than trying to work my oven solo. quality of education by increasing class sizes, add- to ride on the state’s contribution, investments The truth is, eating out is a social ing furlough days and reducing the selection of and the interest on the funds that already thing. classes. As much as it kills us, we have to cough up existed. Now, 20 years, some poor financial This is especially useful when if we want to keep attending our university. choices and an economic crisis later, pension MORE OUOUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS you’re in the awkward phase of a payments are back and on the rise. But if those friendship, where you want to hang The second, though less controversial, topic workers are going to have anything to support out, but you’re not quite comfort- of discussion at the Regents meeting is the UC them when they’re old and grey, these changes able sitting on the couch in pjs and Commission on the Future recommendation that need to happen. watching TV while you do homework together. In this phase, every such occasion for hanging out starts with the same over-used conversation: “Let’s go out this Friday.” “Sure, what’dya want to do?” “Well, we can always grab dinner.” I had to change, and change fast, before my bank account ran out on me. I made the decision: Not only was I going to (temporarily) stop eat- ing out completely, but I also wanted to see if I could survive off $20 a week compared to my usual $100 or so. The first day I embarked on this seemingly impossible mission, the Hare Krishna tent in the Old Student Center was serving up mouthwater- ing curry that I could smell a mile away. But despite temptations — my coworker asking if I wanted anything from Shogun, my roommate eating Red Robin — I knew I really didn’t have any other choice. Unless I want- ed to call my mother for money at the end of the month, $20 was all I had for the week. EDITORIALÊBOARD Over the course of one of the lon- gest weeks of my life, I learned a few AngelaÊChen EDITOR IN CHIEF things: First off, Bisquick is your best HayleyÊBisceglia-Martin friend. When you’re living on a bud- MANAGING EDITOR get, the giant $4 box of Bisquick from ReginaÊIp CherylÊHori Costco becomes the Inspector Gadget NEWS EDITOR OPINION EDITOR of foodstuffs. Just grab your waffle The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at the University of California at San Diego. Contents © 2010. 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Students Should Fight sis. During this tragedy — which sparked tensions between the United for Human Rights States and Iran — 52 American citizens suffered imprisonment for Dear Editor, 444 days. Unbelievably, the num- On July 31, 2009, Sarah Shourd, ber of days Shane Bauer and Josh Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal had Fattal have spent detained exceeds been enjoying a recreational hike 444. And yet, not enough people in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan have acknowledged that this is a when Iranian forces captured them. crisis just the same. These people After suffering 410 days in solitary have been unjustly detained by confinement, Sarah Shourd was the Islamic Republic of Iran the released. Grievously, her fiancée, past year and have had their rights Shane Bauer, and close friend, Josh denied to them. Fattal, still remain detained. Your university’s participation All three individuals are recent in passing a resolution for appeal- graduates of the University of ing the release of Shane and Josh California, Berkeley. This detail, will represent a step away from the along with the enormously inhu- apathy that often allows such actions mane and arbitrary nature of their to take place. It will illuminate the imprisonment, must propel us all importance of not only feeling sym- into action. While the families of pathy, but also transforming those both men continue their pleas for feelings into action. help, we must acknowledge the —Arezou Massoumi severity of these human rights viola- Junior, Sixth College tions and dissolve our complacency. As we all are University of California students, the pain ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers. endured by Sarah, Shane and Josh All letters must be no longer than 500 words, impacts us on a sharply tender and typed, double-spaced and signed with a name and When You’re Strapped for Cash, It’s Time to Get Creative in the Kitchen personal level. We must unite as applicable title. Letters must also contain a phone number. We reserve the right to edit for length and canned artichoke hearts made for a tells me otherwise; at Trader Joe’s you a community, in order to solidly clarity. Letters may be dropped off at the Guardian ▶ CHANGE fromÊpageÊ4 express our deep concerns for these office on the second floor of the Student Center or perfect complement to my $1 bag of can pick up a giant bag of salad for e-mailed. Send all letters to: Secondly, you’ll surprise yourself pasta. $1.29. three individuals, and for similar at how creative you really can be The third, and most exciting, Although the week was long — inhumane acts that have happened The UCSD Guardian when it comes before, are happening now and will Opinion Editor discovery and painfully included me brown 9500 Gilman Dr. 0316 to scrounging Mom-fare has gone largely un- is that fresh bagging it to work — I was able to happen in the future. La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 together a meal. Nov. 4 marked the 31st anni- noticed for the last three months, fruits and successfully live off of $20. Of course, e-mail: [email protected] When I packed vegetables I’m not going to be withdrawing a versary of the Iranian hostage cri- my car and but last week, those awkward really aren’t single 20-dollar bill for food every headed down canned artichoke hearts make as expen- week now, but I like to think I found to San Diego for a perfect complement to my sive as you a happy medium. I am eating at at the end of think. I read home more often, while still occa- the summer, $1 bag of pasta. a study in sionally splurging on a bowl of rare my mother Michael beef pho at Pho La Jolla. Eating out wouldn’t let Pollan’s all the time doesn’t sit well with my OPINION me leave without sending a trunkful Omnivore’s Dilemma about how there wallet, and eating on such a tight of food with me. Mom-fare has gone are more low-income obese people budget doesn’t sit well with social life. largely unnoticed for the last three in America, because fresh veggies are But when you’re in a pinch, it’s pos- WRITE WHERE IT MATTERS. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. months, but last week, those awkward too expensive. My own experience sible to make those $20 bills stretch.

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DEATHLY HALLOWS WORKS ITS DARK MAGIC BY ARIELLE SALLAI • HIATUS EDITOR ▶ POTTER, fromÊpageÊ1 forlorn mountains, snowy pastures and somber forests than you thought possible in Watson) set out to destroy Voldemort’s (a a Potter flick. In these pretty scenes, pretty chilling Ralph Fiennes) Horcruxes (hor- actors do pretty acting — staring off into what?). Meanwhile, the Dark Lord is on a space, crying and getting fed up with each hunt of his own, searching for the Deathly other. Hallows — a trio of magical objects that The actors handle the melodrama with make its owner the master of death — as effective gusto. We’ve seen the trio grow the kids begin to catch up, step by painfully up from wooden kid-actors to nuanced slow step. performers. “Part 2” will certainly belong Yet the 146-minute running time to (or be destroyed by) Daniel Radcliffe, doesn’t feel longer than the usual Potter but here Rupert Grint finally gets to shine. flick, since the director makes a tangible Grint’s believably jealous Ron provides the effort not to get too bogged down by the film’s most relatable story arc as he faces his books’ plot-heavy details. It’s really a film demons, both literal and figurative, and — for the die-hards: Yates doesn’t spell any- wait for it — a naked makeout sesh from thing out for you (we’re Harry and Hermione (in a nightmare, of HARRY never even given a refresher course). POTTER 7 on what those pesky The fabulous set of British character 1:46 Horcruxes are again). But actors that play the adults — with the new Rated PG-13 while you may need ency- addition of Billy Nighy as Minister of Magic B+ clopedic knowledge of the Rufus Scrimgeour — are regrettably unde- series to follow the intrigue, rused, save for Fiennes, whose terrifying if you’ve been a Potter scholar all your life, Voldemort gets more screen time than ever the trip will be engrossing from the start. before. But that comes with the territory of As director, Yates is competent enough this particular half of the source material. — since “Order of the Phoenix,” his For now, the focus is entirely on the teen dialogue-heavy scenes have been stronger runaways. than his action sequences, which are pass- It’s the little things that make it an able but conventional. Because Harry and interesting film and not just another rough the crew spend most of this movie camping adaptation like the first few films of the out, hiding from Voldemort’s Gestapo- series. The score by Alexandre Desplat is esque “Snatchers” and talking about exciting, subtle and emotional, and a beau- Horcruxes and their feelings, it finally feels tifully rendered animated sequence (super- like Yates is in his element. The action vised by Ben Hibon) that tells the story of comes in brief bursts, punctuating the the Deathly Hallows shows some splendid lengthier moments of picturesque empti- creativity you wish they would have discov- ness that fill the majority of the movie — a ered earlier. style not unlike last year’s adaptation of “Deathly Hallows” is one of the best Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” films in the Potter series; its biggest draw- “Deathly Hallows” indebts itself a lot back really lies in its two-part nature. It more to such post-apocalyptic tales than spends so long building up the momentum the usual fantasy, with much of the magic for a finale, though it can’t deliver until replaced by sparse, dystopian scenery. “Part 2” comes out next July. What we’re Cinematographer Eduardo Serra (“Girl left with is a respectfully made, though With a Pearl Earring”) scopes out more unsurprising, dark mystery that gives us all

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what you’ve missed POTTER BY DEATHLY HALLOWS WORKS THE NUMBERS SORCERER’S STONE  Harry’s parents are killed by the evil Lord Voldemort. At age 11, ITS DARK MAGIC Harry is living out his days in his aunt’s home, unwanted. When he finds out he’s a wizard, 46 Harry accepts an invitation to study at Hogwarts School of Magic. While he’s there, Harry befriends Ron and Hermione, his future best friends. The trio suspect Professor Snape of Number of teams that wanting to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone and aim to intercept him, but encounter the devious competed in fourth annual forlorn mountains, snowy pastures and Professor Quirrell instead. Harry faces and defeats Voldemort for a second time. Quidditch World Cup in NYC somber forests than you thought possible in a Potter flick. In these pretty scenes, pretty actors do pretty acting — staring off into 8.3 million space, crying and getting fed up with each CHAMBER OF SECRETS  A Hogwarts student releases a basilisk from the Chamber other. of Secrets. When Hermione is petrified and Ron’s little sister, Ginny, is taken to the Number of copies of “The The actors handle the melodrama with Chamber, it’s up to Harry and Ron to defeat the giant snake. Unfortunately, a rockslide Deathly Hallows” that sold effective gusto. We’ve seen the trio grow prevents Ron from traveling deeper into the Chamber and Harry is left to defeat the creature within 24 hours of being up from wooden kid-actors to nuanced on his own, with only Fawkes — Headmaster Dumbledore’s phoenix — and the sword of released in the U.S. performers. “Part 2” will certainly belong Godric Gryffindor as his aides. Harry stabs the reptile, rescues Ginny and escapes. to (or be destroyed by) Daniel Radcliffe, but here Rupert Grint finally gets to shine. Grint’s believably jealous Ron provides the 65 film’s most relatable story arc as he faces his PRIZONER OF AZKABAN  Sirius Black, Harry’s estanged godfather and the man Number of languages the demons, both literal and figurative, and — who supposedly betrayed Harry’s parents to Voldemort, escapes from a high-security peni- series has been translated wait for it — a naked makeout sesh from tentiary, Azkaban, and sets out to find Harry. Meanwhile, another one of Harry’s father’s into Harry and Hermione (in a nightmare, of friends, Remus Lupin, takes a job as a professor at Hogwarts. But Lupin suffers from an course). affliction — every full moon, he transforms into a werewolf. Sirius finally meets Harry, The fabulous set of British character explains that he’s not responsible for his parents’ demise and offers him a new home. $1.7 billion actors that play the adults — with the new addition of Billy Nighy as Minister of Magic Amount the entire Rufus Scrimgeour — are regrettably unde- franchise has earned at rused, save for Fiennes, whose terrifying GOBLET OF FIRE  Two foreign schools (Beauxbatons and Durmstang) head to the domestic box office Voldemort gets more screen time than ever Hogwarts to compete in the Triwizard tournament. Student’s names are dropped into the before. But that comes with the territory of Goblet of Fire, which chooses a champion to represent each. Though Harry is underage, the this particular half of the source material. Goblet chooses him, along with Cedric Diggory, to represent Hogwarts. The duo are the $5.4 billion For now, the focus is entirely on the teen first to grab the Triwizard cup in the third task, transporting them into Voldemort’s clutches. runaways. Cedric is killed by Death Eaters (Voldemort’s followers) and Harry narrowly escapes. Amount the entire It’s the little things that make it an franchise has earned at interesting film and not just another rough the global box office adaptation like the first few films of the series. The score by Alexandre Desplat is ORDER OF THE PHOENIX  Harry believes that Sirius has been kidnapped by exciting, subtle and emotional, and a beau- Voldemort and rallies his friends to rescue him. But when the gang gets to the Ministry they’re tifully rendered animated sequence (super- ambushed by Death Eaters. When the kids seem doomed, the Order of the Phoenix, a group $90,294, 621 vised by Ben Hibon) that tells the story of of anti-Voldemort and Harry-supporting adults, take the reins. In a bitter twist of irony, Sirius Amount the first film made the Deathly Hallows shows some splendid is killed by Voldemort’s leading lady, his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange. Voldemort appears dur- in its opening weekend in creativity you wish they would have discov- ing the battle and duels with Dumbledore, but disappears when the Minster of Magic arrives. Nov. 2001 ered earlier. “Deathly Hallows” is one of the best films in the Potter series; its biggest draw- billion back really lies in its two-part nature. It HALF BLOOD PRINCE  Dumbledore tells Harry that he has to find four Horcruxes $1 spends so long building up the momentum (objects that Voldemort has put part of his soul into) and destroy them to make the villain Estimated net worth of for a finale, though it can’t deliver until mortal. Meanwhile, Harry learns dark magic from notes in a textbook penned by the Half- author JK Rowling “Part 2” comes out next July. What we’re Blood Prince. The duo goes to retrieve another Horcrux, but the headmaster is seriously left with is a respectfully made, though injuried in the gambit. When they return to Hogwarts, Snape — the Half-Blood Prince — unsurprising, dark mystery that gives us all kills Dumbledore and escapes, as a battle erupts between the Death Eaters and the Order.

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His vetted swag is never O career, Nelly has Your Fantasy,” “A Milli” B cover, it’s a shock Kanye West even And Kanye knows it: “My presence is overshadowed by the song’s backdrop or released some great songs: and “Videophone” — is spent enough time in the studio to pro- a present, kiss my ass,” he demands on contributing artists. Instead, they carry “Country Grammar,” “Ride home to one of the most duce a complete, finished album. But on the pitch-black and drum-heavy haunt him, framing his scene-stealing ballads. Wit Me,” “Hot In Herre” uninteresting vocal hooks My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, the “Monster,” as a growling Jay-Z and shriek- As always, lyrical purists need not and “Grillz,” to name a few. T-Pain has ever sung. rapper marries his signature dick-swing- ing Nicki Minaj join in on the destruc- apply; Kanye is still self-promoting. He That’s a pretty successful Drowned in over- ing lyrics with grandiose instruments, tion. On summer single “Power,” Kanye devotes the entire latter half of “Blame track record, especially produced club beats (and creating a perfect crescendo of sound and continues the percussion trend, as he spits Game” to chest thumping, as a guy praises for someone as gleefully those damn air horns ego that continues from the first track to about a man caught up in the glamour of a girl’s progression with charmers like oblivious to artistic devel- again), even Keri Hilson, the last. his own fame over a synth-warped King “My dick thanks you” and “Who got your opment as Nelly. However, who by now is probably Fantasy takes the best of experimental Crimson sample and a chorus of wailing pussy reupholstered?” to which she duti- the Nelly behind 5.0 is used to redeeming forget- kid-brother attempt 808s and Heartbreaks African goddesses. “Runaway” is beauti- fully responds “Yeezy taught me.” not the same Nelly that table tracks, is unable to and injects the throwback heart of ’05 ful in its minimalism, featuring a steady Sure, he may still be a PHD (pretty so charmingly invited us salvage “Liv Tonight” from West-classic Late Registration to create stream of piano tinkling as Kanye turns huge dick), but he’s got us tripping off to take off all our clothes. Nelly’s “we be poppin’ the most complete hip-hop LP the genre down the bravado enough to reveal a Fantasy’s power — something that hasn’t This Nelly just makes bottles, makin’ noise” buf- has seen in years. If hip-hop still has a shred of modesty (“You been putttin’ up happened since he struck gold with really, really bad music. foonery. pulse, it’s Kanye. His latest couples the with my shit just way too long”). “Touch the Sky.” For once, there’s no need No matter how Granted, “She’s So Fly” top dogs of hip-hop (Alicia Keyes, RZA) Not that Kanye’s been lazy on the to apologize. intently you search, there — the album’s best and with African drumbeats, violin strings album’s remainders. Each ditty plunges the —Neda Salamat is absolutely nothing on only listenable track — is and plucky piano notes — he’s not just listener into an unexplored facet of Kanye’s A  H E 5.0 worth listening to. a moderately compelling The raps are uninspired mid-tempo jam with a (rhyming party and decent T.I. verse and an Bacardi ain’t new, buddy), interesting sub-bass drum the production is annoy- breakdown. ing (siren effects and But barring any druthers exit strategy horns galore!) and the unforeseen changes, the HIATUS PICKS THE WEEK’S BEST BETS THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS numerous guest spots are uninspired production of either uniformly terrible 5.0 stands as a solid confir- RED FISH BLUE FISH MFA WORKS IN SOMEONE STILL (who let Diddy rap on mation that Nelly’s career JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE CONRAD PRESBYS PROGRESS LOVES YOU this?) or wasted on songs is over. 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Keith Okasaki shot a 239 over the and Okasaki led the team by tying four-round tournament. for seventh place individually with By Jessica Traynor S  W  “[I] just made too many little a 218 overall. mistakes I don’t normally make,” Sonoma State’s “A team” took the GOLF — The UCSD Golf Team Okasaki said. “[I’ll] just try correct overall title, while their “B team” battled through their three fall tour- that [next time].” took second. naments, finding modest success Sophomore Fredrik Palmer Wydra said it was helpful for the in individual results despite disap- followed closely with a 240, and team to compete together at a time pointing team performances. The Richard Morris rounded out in the season when many of the squad now takes a winter break UCSD’s scorers with a 244. players work on their game alone. until February. “It was a combination of lacklus- “It’s motivated a lot of the guys The team returned from their ter play and bad other things that to want to work on their game,” first tournament in Washington happened,” Wydra said. “We had Wydra said. “In this off part of with disappointing team results arguably the worst performance our the season we’ve been down at the but high individual potential. The team has had in quite some time. range a lot, and I think we’re going Tritons competed at the Western Since then, we’ve regrouped.” to get better quickly.” Washington Invitational September Osakie also said the players will After tough going in their first 27 to 28, UCSD came in 11th out of look to put the tournament behind two tournaments, these results 15 schools, finishing with a three- them. are encouraging for when the round score of 891. Freshman Jacob “Hopefully the team plays better team returns to the green on Feb. Williams was the top individual — as we should,” he said. 7th for the Cal State San Marcos finisher and ended with a 215 total The Tritons then hosted the Invitational. — good enough to place seventh UCSD Triton Invitational Nov. individually. 1 to 2. Although UCSD came in Readers can contact Jessica Traynor UCSD competed at the InterWest fourth overall out of four teams at [email protected]. Howe:ÊMyÊDadÊisÊEverythingÊtoÊMyÊSuccess ▶ TACKLE, fromÊpageÊ12 After the highlight of victory, I was on my My javelin flew over the heads of the way down to the level of the horrible weather, officials and sent them scurrying to mark the when my name blared across the stadium. spot, well past where they expected it to land. Surprised, I started and looked up, I had won, I had done in 2009 what my father After the repeating, the voice said, “Nicholas Howe: had done exactly 30 years before in 1979, Freshman of the Year.” I stumbled to the Champion in the Javelin in the CCAA. “highlight of podium, my packed bags ready for the long As I mounted the podium, the rain bus ride home weighing me down into the stopped, but the sun refused to show itself. victory, I was muddy field. The thunder continued. My mom cried, as on my way Dropping them on the ground with a expected, and my dad smiled, and then I squelch, spattering several sprinters acci- knew. down to the dentally with mud, I accepted the award and My victory, imitating his own, was not mounted the podium. Looking out across marred by his own sadness of being overshad- level of the the crowd, I saw my dad’s face standing out owed, but rather, but rather he was basking in above the rest, the mountain rising above the the light of his son, who had his own storm horrible clouds. Our eyes met and his welled up with building, his own passion and drive. weather, when tears as I lifted the award above my head with MVP of the league went to a sprinter. “Of one hand and pointed to him with the other. course,” I mumbled to my teammate George, my name Track and field is like a family with the who stood with my family and teammates in father being the coach, or a special athlete the center of the masses of teams gathered blared across who takes the lead. on the infield of the track, centered around the We all have our special leaders who the awards podium in the murky weather. inspire us. For all of us athletes, we need this Sprinters get all the glory in track and field. It stadium.” persona in front of us to show the way. Mine is irksome to say the least. happened to be my dad.

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He first started coaching at a tiny junior college where the track was dirt and the throwing field was full of rocks that, every twilight practice, mangled and chomped instruments like a fat kid at dinner. Before and Left, Center Tackle [email protected]

after coaching, he would strap on his spikes or lifting shoes and sweat for hours: throwing, lifting, striv- ing for the life of his dreams, living for the moment and the future. In the moldy gym and rocky field, he made a return to the sport that he in college considered a sideline matter: throwing the javelin. Even as a sideline sport way back when, he won the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Track lthough the regular season didn’t go as smoothly and Field Championship for the as planned, the UCSD Women’s Volleyball team still javelin in 1979. made it to its fifth straight NCAA Division II tour- His trophies are in a tiny cabinet nament.A The Tritons will start their postseason run against in a dingy room under the house. conference rivals Sonoma State on Thursday. Two read “All-American in Track ROLLER The Tritons were given an at-large bid to the tournament and Field”, one reads “MVP Pro-Am and received the fourth seed in the West Region, setting up Championship 1986,” another reads the third meeting of the season between the two squads. The similarly, but this time for 1987. The Tritons have won both matches, sweeping the first on their lists go on with “CCAA Champion” home court, then being pushed to five sets in the match in and other awards far greater than COASTER Sonoma. Though UCSD is 22-5 against the Seawolves all- any my brothers or I have achieved. time, Thursday will be the first meeting between the squads Yet his awards are under the house, in the postseason. and ours are displayed in glaring “I think we have to go into this game more prepared than lighting everywhere you turn on the last one,” junior libero Janessa Werhane said. “When we every wall. Our every little success played them away we took them to five, and I think that tells means more to him than every great us that we can’t take this team lightly.” sports achievement he ever had, The Tritons are making their fifth straight trip to the more than all of them combined. tournament, and 10th overall. UCSD has missed the post- Leaning into the wind, he stood season only once since moving to Division II. The Tritons with glasses and gray-streaked hair, have won their first round game for four of the last five but with a back unbent by age, a years. presence felt by all, undiminished Sonoma State is making its third straight appearance, by the turning, grinding machi- but the Seawolves are still looking for their first win in the nations of time, of age. He was a RUN playoffs. champion, and he was watching me After a season with plenty of ups Werhane said the NCAA tournament makes the match- in my own CCAA Championship up different despite the familiarity with their opponents. Meet on that stormy day. and downs, the women’s volleyball “I think you have it hanging it over your head: It’s not I was focused, no thoughts but team is ready to begin its run into conference anymore, it’s single elimination,” Werhane said. “hit it” running through my head “You have to go all out, or else you go home. I think that puts as I stood on the tartan runway. My the NCAA tournament. a little extra drive in the way we play and what we want to do father stood along the fence to my here. You have to recognize that this is it.” right, the broken down facilities By Liam Rose • S E Cal State San Bernardino earned the No. 1 seed in the of Chico State melting and sagging P B J H West Region with a 25-2 overall record, and will host all under the weight of the worst rain- of the West Region matches. The Coyotes — who captured storm I have seen outside my moth- their fifth straight CCAA title this season — will play eighth- erland of Texas. The bleachers were seeded BYU-Hawaii. The Coyotes have won 43 straight rusted to the point of collapse, the matches on their home court, although their last loss came to wood rotten, the sudden cold in the UCSD in 2008. Should the Tritons emerge victorious against middle of May bringing everything Sonoma State, they will play the winner of that match. to a crawl across the track. The UCSD suffered a five-game losing streak early in the tartan rubber was horrible, little season, the program’s longest since 1992. But the Tritons better than the dirt and rocks my were able to right the ship, and won 13 of their remaining father had coached and trained on 15 matches with the only blemishes being two losses to San all those years ago. Bernardino. Sitting on my heels, rain lancing The Tritons have relied on a strong rotation of veterans down my face, I closed my eyes to for success. Junior outside hitter Katie Condon leads the enhance my sense of feel, of touch, team in kills and points, and versatile junior Roxy Brunsting of being. I prayed for a blessing. FIRST ROUND has had multiple triple-double matches since starting to see Wearing little more than tights, the vs. Sonoma State Thursday, Nov. 18 in San Bernardino, Calif. time as a setter mid-season. Finally, Werhane has been the cold cut into my bones, but I felt clear defensive leader for the Tritons has topped the team nothing, heard nothing, was noth- UCSD has played Sonoma State twice this season, with the in digs. ing but existence. I became force, Tritons taking both matches. The team swept the Seawolves 3-0 “We don’t need to change anything,” Werhane said. “We unhindered by mortal bounds. early in the season at RIMAC Arena, but escaped with a narrow 3-2 just need to come in here and know that we’ve had a good Limbs and muscles are for the victory in Sonoma on Oct. 15. The Tritons have won 11 of their last season and we turned it around. We know how to play vol- weak, I was rock, stone. I was the 12, with their only loss to No. 6 Cal State San Bernardino. leyball and we know how to play it well.” storm. None of the competitors had The Seawolves finished the season with a 17-9 overall record The UCSD-Sonoma State match will start at 5 p.m. on a chance. and took fourth place in conference, just behind UCSD. Sonoma Thursday, Nov. 18 at Cal State San Bernardino’s Coussoulis Imitating my dad, I lightning- earned the fifth seed in the West Region to make the postseason Arena. If the Tritons advance past Sonoma State, they will skittered down the track and let for the third straight year, although the Seawolves have yet to play on Friday at 7:30 p.m. against the winner of the match loose my own thunder, creating advance out of the first round. between Cal State San Bernardino and BYU-Hawaii. my own dreams, stepping alongside If the Tritons can avoid mistakes, the match is theirs to lose. To him, in line with him, sharing in follow the match, a link to the live webcast can be found at www. Readers can contact Liam Rose at [email protected]. our victory. csusbathletics.com.

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