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VOLUME 52, ISSUE 18 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG RESLIFE PHOTOUCSD’S TEASENEXT !""#$%""&'&(#)%# TOP BATHROOM GOES HERE Ofer Gender- Inclusive Housing in Fall Quarter 2019 Previously, such a housing option was only available in a few colleges. !/##H(=(EE+#8+M+EPF !)/(.'%!"#$$%&'")'% This fall for the upcoming 2019-20 school year, UC San Diego will finally offer gender-inclusive housing as an option in all seven residential areas PHOTO BY NAME HERE /GUARDIAN on campus. Both returning students and incoming freshmen will have CAPTION PREVIEWING the option to note a request for such “Nine times out of Shashi Mostafa, center, with members of Greeks Gone Green at the unveiling of their new mural // Photo by Alexandra Fustei THE ARTICLE PAIRED WITH lodging accommodations on their ten,THE wePHOTO settle TEASE. for FOR less housing application. In partnership EXAMPLEin terms IF THEof toilet PHOTO with the Housing Dining Hospitality, quality,WERE OF and A BABY I’m YOU not CAMPUS Residential Life will work to place WOULDgoing SAYto stand “BABIES for SUCK! it Activists March for Afordable Housing on Campus interested students who want to live THEY ARE WEAK AND together within each college. any longer.” !"#$%&'()#*+##!"#$$%&'(")' Gender Inclusive Housing will be an option to those who complete -584203B##1$G5##DLifestyle, page 11 rotesting for more affordable housing, university and who support themselves, using TA some UC San Diego graduate students in or GSR salaries are not enough to keep up with the the housing contract and make 4H2403##0,4I2445H- association with the UC Student-Workers rent increases that are being issued by UCSD HDH.” the $450 prepayment, which must PUnion (UAW) rallied in front of Jacobs Hall and According to the US Department of Housing and have been submitted by the Feb. $KK+'(@#-;L(< ,-,$../##0123203##45$-5 marched through campus. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, grad Urban Development, people should be spending no 24 deadline. Applications to stay in !5!$-##3556-##470##-1$85- 0K;%;F%B##1+C(###N students protested the Housing Dining Hospitality more than 30 percent of their monthly gross income gender-inclusive housing, which will -584203B##1+C(###D Office for planning to close two affordable housing on housing. However, this is not considered as part allow students who are not the same gender to live together to serve as $J-J##GH$1*28- complexes — the Single Graduate Apartments and of UCSD’s algorithm for charging rent on graduate the Rita Atkinson Residences — and inefficiently housing; rather, they reduce the market values of an inclusive designated space for 4(%##/(+'<##0%##8+MK9< increasing housing costs. housing by 20 percent. The algorithm does not students within the LGBTQIA+ community, were available online. I(+:9'(<#B###1+C(#O)9:##;<##+##=+<>(:?=+@@A The protestors made their way to Revelle consider the fact that graduate students earn less <(E:;F%B##1+C(##D College for a closed-door meeting, where the UAW than half the average salary in San Diego County. Executive Director of HDH representatives presented their case to the Associated “It is projected, and this is a conservative Hemlata Jhaveri spoke out on the Residential Community Housing Advisory projection, that graduate students will be paying significance of this expansion in the FOREFORECAST- Committee. In addition to the aforementioned upwards of 40 percent of their disposable income on residential areas for the university’s demands, they would like annual teaching assistant housing,” Steeves said. “We’re looking at developing students. and graduate student research salaries to increase a metric which will tie the TA and GSR yearly salary “We are proud to be a part with rent increases and subsidized rents for students increases to the equation, making sure that housing of a university that supports our who work part-time in the year (25-50 percent of doesn’t become unaffordable for graduate students.” students, inclusive of all genders, the time). The AHC attempted to email Chancellor Pradeep gender identities, and expressions,” MONDAYMONDAY TUESDAYTUESDAY “This protest is about having more affordable Khosla with supporting data on the housing problem, Jhaveri told the UCSD Guardian. HH 6496 L 7249 H H63 86 L L 51 68 housing for graduate students,” Head Steward of yet they did not receive a reply. Moreover, Steeve “HDH has provided gender-inclusive UAW Ahmed Aktar said to the UCSD Guardian. and Sven Burgerman, the leader of the movement, housing options for our continuing “One of the things we’re protesting is the transfer of deliberated with the director HDH on how to best undergraduate residents at each Rita and other traditional graduate school housing address their grievances. However, their attempts residential college and area for nearly complexes to undergraduates. There is a limited were to no avail, since HDH stands firmly with the 10 years.” WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY THURSDAYTHURSDAY number of graduate housing available and the price 20 percent below market value housing metric. Until recently, the primary HH 64 79 LL 6754 HH 64 79 L L 5366 has gone up in the last few years.” “Once the Nuevo West and Nuevo East projects opportunity for gender-inclusive Starting in 2020, over 650 graduate students will open in 2020, the Rita is planned to transition housing was the LGBTQIA+ Living no longer have the option of affordable housing to undergraduate housing,” Associate Director of Learning Community in the John VERBATIM at either SGA or Rita. The problem is further Strategic Marketing Communications Jade Griffin Muir College residential community VERBATIM exacerbated by the fact that the price per bed will said. “Affected graduate students will have priority — which was open to students in increase by 49 percent from 2016 to 2020. for the option of moving to other graduate housing, their second year. Approximately 73 PULL A QUOTE FROM “The issue with the closing of Rita and SGA including One Miramar St. and Central or South students participated in the gender- A COLUMN!"#$%&#'()*+'+,#-.' HERE! FOR is that they are being replaced by units which are Mesa, our lower cost communities. The campus inclusive housing in the 2018-19 EXAMPLE,/&$+,-*0'/,#)%')*1' ‘I DON’T much more expensive,” Representative of the UAW will subsidize displaced students to cover any rent academic year. UNDERSTAND WHY ALLIE Director of Residential Life at +.#*123')*1'+,#2'()*+'-+' Affordable Housing Committee Drew Steeves said. differential in their new HDH housing assignments.” CAN’T ASCRIBE WORDS TO “Essentially, for graduate students being paid by the AHC believes that rent differentials are merely Earl Warren College Dana Pysz THEIR45-/67'8$(#9#.3'+.#*1:' PROPER USAGES.’ explained that first-year and transfer -KELVIN NORONHA” See PROTEST,#page 3 1-#'45-/6&2')*1'(-+,'+,)+' students eligible to live on campus - Columnist name here who are still in their first year at /$;#:'():+#7< COLUMN TITLE HERE UCSD UCSD can expect to see the new SECTION, PAGE _ option available in their housing New Mural That “Eats” Smog Unvieled by Starbucks in Price Center application at their respective college Greeks Gone Green, the group behind the project, hope the piece will raise student awareness of pollution. or housing area. Lauren Burdsall UCSD has been working towards project installed at the University of doing so, we will develop a new norm PAGE 4 !/##4"@('#I+9'F: its expansion of more gender-neutral Sheffield in England, the project aims that will save future generations.” *)+!%,-(".'% facilities all throughout campus. to raise awareness of air pollution Greeks Gone Green is In a recent meeting held by UCSD A “smog-eating” mural was on campus, as well as to encourage a student-run organization INSIDEINSIDE administrators this week, it was unveiled near the Starbucks in members of campus life to become comprised of members from both announced that Dirty Birds, the Price Center by members of the more involved in environmentalism. the Interfraternity Council and FAST FASHION.................4 restaurant replacing Round Table TEXT ...................................X environmentalist organization, “We must hold institutions Panhellenic Council. Founded Pizza will have the first multi-stall GRAPHICOPINION SOMETHINGSTUDIO............8 .X Greeks Gone Green on Feb. 22. The accountable for finding methods in 2013, the organization has also gender-inclusive bathroom at Price LEGO MOVIE 2.................9 mural, titled “Ride or Die,” features to reduce waste while maintaining spearheaded other campus projects WEEKEND/FEATURE .....X Center. RELATIONSHIPS.............12CROSSWORD/SUDOKU X a superimposed photograph of a accessibility, so everyone can lead such as an inter-greek recycling bicycle over a car, and is sprayed environmentally conscious loves,” challenge, and launched a petition to SANA SOCCER DIEGO BALL! SPORTS......16 WOW X with a catalyst that absorbs airborne Samantha Noel, the research chair H(=(EE+#8+M+EPF#%'01#2#13451!-6)-5 pollutants. Inspired by a similar for Greeks Gone Green, wrote. “In See MURAL,#page 3 Q THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2019 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 357- !"#$%&%'!"#()$*%$+)(,(By Michi Sora Christopher Robertson Editor in Chief Lauren Holt Managing Editor Tyler Faurot News Editor Adriana Barrios Opinion Editor Jack Dorfman Sports Editor Madeline Park Features Co-Editors Jade Knows His Gun-Wong Daisy Scott A&E Editor Chloe Esser Annika Olives Lifestyle Editor Francesca Hummler Photo Editor CAMPUS Alex Rickard Design Editor Hojune Kwak Mult imedia Editor University Centers Advisory Board Votes to Renew Lease for Blue Pepper in Student Center Kritin Karkare Data Visualization Editor Te renewal’s length depends on how the board anticipates new competition from the Torrey Pines Living and Learning Center will afect the area. Anthony Tran Art Editor Ranjani Sharkar Copy Editor sentiments towards Blue Pepper were noticeably Center could be advantageous. !/##:"@('#R+9'F:# /)+!%)-(".' different. “If we wait to renew this lease, we will know The Sixth College representative Katya Garcia who our competitors are,” Howanec said.