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A.S. ELECTIONS A.S. ELECTIONS A.S. COUNCIL ENDORSEMENTS Voting Begins in Campus Elections Results will be announced on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Round Table Pizza.

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Voting for the A.S. and college council elections began today on

LLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINA CARLSON LLUSTRATION TritonLink and will last through Friday. The majority of the STAY INFORMED WITH THE A.S. Council presidential candidates debated for students’ votes last Friday, April 7 at PC Plaza. From lef to candidates running in the A.S. A.S. COUNCIL ELECTIONS — right: Lesly Figueroa (Students Determined), Dennis Yeh (independent), Tara Vahdani (THRIVE) and Gus election belong to either the Students READ THE UCSD GUARDIAN Guerrero (independent). Photo used with permission from Hrishikesh Barokar. Determined or THRIVE slates, with EDITORIAL BOARD’S a handful of independents in the races as well. ENDORSEMENTS AND SEE IF The Students Determined slate, OUR PICKS ALIGN WITH YOUR which describes itself as a coalition VIEWS AND VALUES. SUN GOD 2017 of progressive students, is running on a platform of addressing issues features, PAGE 8 ASCE Partially Releases Sun God Lineup such as food and housing insecurity, access and retention, transparency By Lauren HOlt News Editor and campus planning, among HILLCREST other things. Running alongside a cHoolboy Q will be headlining Sun God as “variety,” is a solo artist initially from the number of candidates for senatorial another gayborhood lost Festival 2017, A.S. Concerts and Events Philippines but is now based out of Washington positions, the slate’s executive team opinion, Page 3 announced online Monday afternoon. The D.C. Among his most well-known works are his is comprised of Lesly Figueroa for Slineup will also include Bad Suns and Manila remix of Tegan & Sara’s “Walking With A Ghost” president and Refilwe Gqajela for Killa, among other artists. and his original “All That’s Left.” According to his vice president of external affairs, 12 TRITONS HONORED ScHoolboy Q is a rapper from South Central Twitter, the 22-year-old aspires to be “as extra as although the pair will be listed on Los Angeles. Influenced by artists like Jay-Z, 50 Jay Gatsby.” the ballot as independents after an national student athlete day Cent and 2Pac, ScHoolboy Q has been nominated Associated Vice President of ASCE Michelle error was made during the filing sports, Page 16 for multiple Grammys, including Best Rap Album Luong explained to the UCSD Guardian in process. Figueroa told the UCSD in 2015 for “Oxymoron” and in 2017 for “Blank November that ASCE selects artists for its lineups Guardian that Students Determined Face LP.” Among his most popular songs are based on how they will fit into the show as a intends to create a student- “Collard Greens” and “Studio.” whole. centered institution with a focus on FORECAST A four-man rock band largely from L.A., Bad “You’re building a lineup, as opposed to empowerment and advocacy. Suns are inspired by 1970s and 1980s post-punk. booking one thing,” Luong said. “You have to Running under the slogan “You The group has released two albums — “Language think of how that lineup will come together, got here, now thrive here,” THRIVE & Perspective” and “Disappear Here” — along with the genres you’re using and also the size of the is running as a group of equity- “Transpose EP.” One of it’s most popular singles audience.” minded, progressive leaders aiming is “Cardiac Arrest,” which it released without Luong also noted that the lineup is dependent to reform leadership on campus MONDAY TUESDAY expecting recognition. Two years after their on a number of other factors, like artists’ to be a “thoughtful, equitable and H 66 L 57 H 66 L 57 formation, Bad Suns opened for The 1975 in 2014, availability and cost. collaborative process.” The slate and in 2015, the group performed at Coachella. ASCE received $730,000 for Sun God in plans to establish institutions that Manila Killa, who self-describes his genre the 2016–17 A.S. Budget, along with a $20,000 will allow progress to be made on the issues they address beyond their own terms. THRIVE is fielding candidates for most positions, with WEDNESDAY THURSDAY See SUN GOD, page 3 Tara Vahdani for president, Matthew H 66 L 59 H 66 L 56 Arrollado for vice president of campus affairs and Adan Chavez for vice president of external affairs. UNIVERSITY CENTERS Vahdani explained to the UCSD VERBATIM Guardian that the slate aims to Outback Adventures Surf Shop to Close Permanently challenge its senators to propose initiatives where if they came back “AS STUDENTS, WE HAVE A to campus in several years, they CHOICE TO BECOME INVOLVED University Centers will take control of the space after the shop closes its doors by end of May. would be able to see that their ideas WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY actually affected students. Vahdani RATHER THAN BE STRANGERS BY Josh lefler point, there is no set concept for the space, and ideas have noted that during the campaign PASSING THROUGH AN Senior staff writer ranged from food sales to relaxation areas for students.” process, they are pushing to interact INSTITUTION.” Some replacement ideas that have been proposed by with students because they want - BECCA CHONG The UC San Diego Outback Adventures Surf Shop UCAB include a mental health space for students similar their campaign to reflect how the announced last week that it would be shutting down this to The Zone, a new bar, a retail vendor such as Triton candidates will behave as elected OP-ED quarter. The shop has been a campus fixture since 2009. Outfitters, or a storage or office space. OPINION, PAGE 3 officials. According to shop manager Isaac Brandle, the decision According to UCAB Chair Luke Wang, the option to Three independent candidates was made because profits were not sufficient enough to keep keep the Surf Shop is not off the table. will also be running for A.S. the store open. “If there is a strong desire to keep Outback Surf Shop, president — Aaron Dalton Burgess, Brandle assured that the closure will not affect the other then maybe we can communicate with the owner,” Wang Dennis Yeh and Gus Guerrero. programs offered by Outback Adventures. told the UCSD Guardian. Guerrero, who has served in “The retail space is closing indefinitely; [however,] the If the Surf Shop were allowed to remain on campus, the past as Muir College Council other Outback offerings will not be affected,” Brandle said. administrative oversight would be transferred from UCSD president, is running on a platform “That includes rentals, trips, the climbing gym and our other Recreation to University Centers. of unifying the campus, improving INSIDE programs.” The decision to keep the Surf Shop will be discussed at transportation, creating a The Surf Shop is managed by UCSD Recreation and the UCAB meeting this week. centralized institutions for wellness Outback Adventures. With the shop’s closure, University OPINION ...... 4 According to Brandle, the Surf Shop will be officially entities like The Zone and CARE Centers will take control of the space the shop occupies and removed from the campus on May 31, but the last day that and improving A.S. Council’s LIFESTYLE ...... 6 determine its use going forward. it will be open to students will depend on how quickly their visibility. MUIR MUSICAL ...... 11 The University Center Advisory Board’s Associated remaining inventory is sold. There is currently a clearance Guerrero stated to the Guardian Students representative Evan Jan told the UCSD Guardian sale on all items. that although independents have CROSSWORD ...... 14 that UCAB is already floating around ideas for replacements. a harder time being elected, he “UCAB has convened an ad-hoc committee to explore SOFTBALL ...... 15 josh lefler [email protected] options for the Outback Surf Shop space,” Jan said. “At this See ELECTIONS, page 3 2 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG NEWS

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▶ SUN GOD, from page 1 Mark Johns, alternative solo In addition to musical artist Mild High Club and dance performances, the festival will companies KINJAZ, 220 Second also feature carnival rides, food, contingency allocation. However, to None and Choreo Cookies. promotional booths and art displays. much of that funding is not spent Two mystery artists have yet to be Free to all UC San Diego on booking artists but rather on announced. undergraduates, the festival will be other costs like security and the According to Luong, the decision held on RIMAC Field on April 29. performance itself. to incorporate dance companies The other artists, who will be into the festival “was driven by performing on the North Stage, student input collected from our Lauren Holt [email protected] like us on fb include female singer-songwriter survey data.” Voter Turnout Must Surpass 20 Percent for Results to be Ofcial

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CONTACT THE EDITOR QUINN PIEPER OPINION [email protected] Community Choice Energy There Goes A Key Player In Local Gayborhood CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON // Climate Change Policy CONTRIBUTING WRITER BY BECCA CHONG Hillcrest, otherwise known as San counterparts who figured they might ILLUSTRATION BY Diego’s “gayborhood” much like Los as well ingratiate themselves into the CHRISTINA CARLSON Angeles’ West Hollywood, has served existing community. as a local bastion for gay community While the interest and influx of and activism for decades. Unique straight people into the area increased for the peaceful juxtaposition of its demand and raised property values, frenetic nighttime go-go boys and its these gains are made on the backs of the cozy elderly population, Hillcrest has gay residents. The gay population saw always strived to honor its original themselves and their business forced moniker “the gay-nineties.” This out by large hikes in rent. illustrious history of flamboyancy once Some researchers explain away situated San Diego as one of the top five these concerns by claiming that gay cities in LGBT population, according people are reaping what they sowed OP-ED to UCLA. in revitalizing low-income areas. This Hillcrest’s history as a nexus of is to say that producing wealth there Deep in the flood of disturbing owned utility, which means that results in the summer of 2017. The queers, however, now stands in the face pulled the rug out from under later reports, policy changes and the average person has no say over study will examine energy providers of a study which relegates San Diego’s LGBT migrants. This ignores obvious sardonic commentary flowing the source of their energy. SDG&E by their costs to consumers and prestigious top five seat to 32nd in terms coordination between city planners from Washington D.C., the Trump works through contracting to their carbon footprints. of LGBT population. This appears to be and corporate interest to displace gay administration has been recklessly smaller, local energy providers such Programs like Community a part of the growing trend across the locally-owned institutions. undoing the environmental policy as Palomar Energy Center and the Choice Energy already exist in United States showing the decline of The most egregious example of this work of the Obama administration. Encina Power Station. counties across California, and gayborhoods. Researchers have pointed occurred in 2015. City planners were Trump’s commitment to CCE aims to create a non-profit many other local governments are in to the gentrification of these areas as the developing The Uptown Plan, which “stopping the war on coal,” for energy provider run by the local city considering a restructuring of their cause for this decline. And its effects are decided future regulations on a number one, reversed the Obama-era government that contracts out local, power. In Oakland and Berkeley, starting to reverberate. of areas including Hillcrest. A lobbyist moratorium on the federal coal similar models of clean energy In many ways, Hillcrest for a realty company incorporated 100 program that provided new coal providers are being pushed for. followed the same progression that pages of changes which gave them leases. His free-market, deregulation As students, we have Monterey Bay Community Power, many gayborhoods follow in their the right to build with “unlimited stance means a review on the EPA’s a choice to become however, has already conducted and transformations into gay havens. During height and density, and to bulldoze Clean Water Rule which protects " presented the results of a feasibility its time as an underpopulated and nine square blocks” of Hillcrest’s main streams and wetlands from involved with our local study from May 2016 that shows lower-income area, gay people flocked thoroughfare. At the same time, the city pollution and degradation. Further, community rather than that the CCE model would be viable to Hillcrest seeking affordable rent and opposed naming the area as a historic he has denounced the whole of under a range of market conditions amicable treatment. They soon began gay district, which would have interfered climate change policy by rescinding be strangers passing and has the potential to reduce to dig their roots; “definitely, the bars with these construction plans. Obama’s climate action plan from carbon emissions greatly depending came first” followed by LGBT-owned When corporate greed comes 2013. through an institution. on the type of plan chosen. clubs and clothing stores and overpriced with the cost of a community, that As frustrating as this has been, CCE has been heavily opposed coffee. Gay people, enticed by the lively, community loses its voice. Raunchy there is an opportunity here for and lobbied against by SDG&E accepting, and - most importantly - clubs and dirty underwear shops aside, students and faculty alike to create clean energy providers. Its goal is because it presents a threat to cheap scene quickly followed suit. Then Hillcrest is a locus of gay activism. Its strong, community-based climate twofold: increase the percentage" of SDG&E’s energy monopoly. In a in time, Hillcrest as a lively hub of gay community members, in coordination change policy by supporting clean energy provided to consumers Voice of San Diego breakdown, life was born. with the local LGBT Resource Center, Community Choice Energy. based on their wants and needs and author Ry Rivard explains how But gay people were not the only do more than fill a desperate need Community Choice Energy, invest in local businesses rather than the process of buying power for ones attracted to the area by these factors. for resources from HIV testing to sometimes referred to as community outsourcing to large corporations. its customers, regardless of type, is As its reputation as an original niche temporary housing. They also serve as choice aggregation, is a non- The city of San Diego is often done through contracts that grew, the gay residents unknowingly the vanguard for gay rights contentions. profit alternative to the corporate conducting a feasibility study that project 20 years into the future. invited what researcher Petra Doan This ability to congregate safely monopoly of San Diego Gas & is key to accomplishing its goals, called “the exploitation of gay capital.” creates the real power and value of Electric. SDG&E is an investor- projected to publish preliminary ▶ SEE ENERGY, page 5 The culture created and maintained a community. There is strength in by gay people interested their straight numbers. The problem arises when this community is taken for granted. In Hillcrest, like plenty of other IS THERE MORE REASON TO BE HOPEFUL OR WEARY OF WHAT WILL COME gayborhoods, commercial interest WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS? exploits the community until it no QUICK-TAKES longer exists. However, on UCSD campus, it is LGBT students who often take advantage of the existing With Technological Advancement Technology Will Invent New community by reaping the rewards of earlier advancements without seeking to pull them further. Given that LGBT Comes Easier Methods to Exploit Methods of Labor, not Destroy Them students are not fighting corporations like their counterparts in Hillcrest, the entity hindering a lack of a community Despite all the promises of of uncompensated employees — At its core, technology is a it and forces workers to adapt to a is the lack of campus-wide coalition- technological innovation, the one so prescient in these apps —will beautiful and wonderful tool of new job role. building itself. proliferation of automated machines likely be worsened as technological humanity that has the potential The same situation is unfold- When looking at LGBT and gender- will harm financial prospects for advancement integrates technology to elevate standards of living to ing in the modern day. Automated inclusive housing, and the LGBT working people in the following with employment. previously unimagined levels. Yet, improvements in the transporta- Resource center , students should decades. According to Digital The expansion of automation despite this incredible potential tion industry (which is expected applaud our queer predecessors for a Trends, robots are likely to replace brings heavy implications beyond for growth, many have come to to see massive changes in employ- job well done. These resources have around five million jobs by 2020. the economic sphere. Although we see technology and automation of ment) will result in drivers moving improved the quality of life for LGBT Beyond the threat of job destruction, are in the age of connectivity, the labor as malevolent job-destroyers toward maintaining the self-driv- students, but there will always be more MIT researchers have found that the next decades will inevitably witness intent on dismantling the liveli- ing trucks. Grocery store cashiers work to do. On college campuses, LGBT effect of creating one robot for every people physically withdrawing from hoods of millions of Americans will migrate to overseeing large students are two to three times more thousand workers is a decrease in reality by immersing themselves in who rely on their unskilled labor sections of self-checkouts rather likely to drop out, and 56% of those wages by about 0.25-0.5 percent. As virtual worlds, sometimes with great to earn a living. than their own individual lane. students cite a lack of belonging as robots are continually engineered consequences. Virtual reality will The truth, however, is far Chefs will become waiters or man- their reason for leaving, according to to be more efficient and productive allow those dissatisfied with their more nuanced. Although automa- agers (which still require a per- Stonewall Organization. Those that stay than humans, their work is valued lives to not only escape into more tion will indeed reduce the labor sonal touch). All of these improve- experience higher rates of assault - and at lower costs and is preferred over ideal digital worlds, but ultimately needs of some professions, it will ments will result in lower prices the highest rates of sexual harassment human labor. prefer virtual fantasy to real life. also open up entirely new job and a higher standard of living. - than any other group. Harassment But this change doesn't only This will consequently hinder industries for workers to enter. Furthermore, the increased is especially common for transgender affect blue-collar and administrative physical connection and intimacy According to the Economist, labor automation of labor opens us up students, and queer students of color. work; with the advent of artificial in human relationships. As an costs related to weaving and tex- to explore the creative aspects of No one is asking for every queer intelligence and machine learning, extreme example of technological tile production during the 19th humanity. Similar to how special- within a five-mile radius to take up a automated machines have already innovation being detrimental century dropped 98 percent after ization of labor helped allow early sword and fight for our rights and safety. begun to substantially impact skilled to human interaction, a Japanese improvements in automation. tribes to become powerful civiliza- But when UCSD provides a number of professions, such as surgery and virtual reality game allowing users Yet, this did not destroy weav- tions and create incredible works resources for LGBT students, it’s silly accounting. Additionally, reliance on to sexually assault women characters ers’ livelihoods since they simply of art, the reduced demand on not to take advantage of those fully. The technology allows corporations to was released last summer. The future migrated from directly produc- routine labor will allow humanity funding, housing, and advising issues find loopholes in providing worker of the digital age may distort the ing the cloth to managing the to focus on deeper, more impor- which stifle many LGBT neighborhoods benefits. Uber and Lyft, for instance authenticity and moral standards machines. Furthermore, the price tant questions in both STEM and are not the issue on campus. Here, the — businesses that utilize apps in surrounding human connection, of cloth dropped substantially, humanities. We will undoubtedly resources are waiting for students from providing services—categorize their and desensitize users from the true hugely increasing demand and, as see an explosion of higher learn- our universities many campuses to unite drivers as independent contractors weight of their actions, rendering a result, increasing total employ- ing, deeper research and great and take them. rather than employees to avoid extra them lost and physically detached ment by over four times the origi- works of art that will define the fees, leaving workers without proper in virtual worlds. nal amount from 1830 to 1900. post-Information Era of humanity. coverage and protection. This trend — EMILY ZHAO Automation, therefore, does not — NATHAN WALKER READERS CAN CONTACT of prioritizing profits at the expense Staff Writer destroy labor but rather changes Editorial Assistant [email protected] OPINION THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 5

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▶ ENERGY from page 4 fostering a greener economy, one of has not made any strong stances on it. them being a target to reduce carbon UC San Diego is a huge proportion Should SDG&E experience a emissions to 50 percent of their 2010 of her district and therefore her reduction in purchasing, it could levels by the year 2035. constituents — simple acts like signing have an issue of excess supply. What matters now is contributing this petition, making a phone call to Another incentive for SDG&E to support to local action. In times when her office or even joining organizing oppose CCE is the government the energy surrounding environmental efforts with the Sierra Club and incentive to use rooftop solar, which justice is so negative, it is motivating to Student Sustainability Collective are would ultimately lead to decreased look at our own campus as an example different but effective ways to get demand for its product, something of how nonprofit, independent energy is involved. Community choice energy is that has certainly been a concern for economically and environmentally viable an opportunity to bring a community the company long before the push for — 88 percent of the campus is powered together that fights for clean power, but CCE. by electricity from our local grid. inspires the kind of positive, passionate This movement for CCE has largely As students, we have a choice energy needed to make change at the been driven by local organizations like to become involved with our local local level. the Sierra Club and San Diego’s 350. community rather than be strangers org chapter. Proponents of the energy passing through an institution. Right If you are interested in learning more alternative say that CCE is the single now, there is a chance to make your about CCE, contact Bryant Jew at bjew@ biggest thing that the city can do to voice heard: Our representative, ucsd.edu or the writer, Rebecca Chong, at reach its Climate Action Plan goals of Barbara Bry, is not opposed to CCE but [email protected]. facebook.com/ucsdguardian

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oing professional in the music industry requires more than a few investments upfront: cash for studio recordings and equipment, cash for travel, and time Gto play and perform. It’s a difficult balancing act, especially when you’re a full-time student at UC San Diego. Jason Matkin, business major and singer-songwriter straddles the line between these antithetical obligations with the hope of succeeding in both. The UCSD Guardian sat down with Jason to discuss the highs and lows of being a student musician. Well aware of those hurdles, Matkin wryly reflected, “The industry is really hard … But if I could choose one career to do for the rest of my life, it would be music.” He’s wanted to be a musician well before coming to UCSD, and his first album, “Forget the Dark,” stands as testament to that desire. A mix of mountain folk and pop, it’s a one-man guitar-and- voice collection and the culmination of years of work. “I started when I was in high school,” Matkin noted. “There’s some songs that are very old. For example, ‘Parkside’ is the first one I ever wrote.” When asked to discuss the connecting thread between business and his overarching musical aspirations, Matkin told the Guardian, “I figured international business would be more applicable to music. Being a musician is essentially being self- employed, and you spend a lot of money. Recording, traveling, you know, getting where you need to go. On instruments, repairs, strings.” Nonetheless, Matkin’s choice of major has borne fruit. “I make money playing at shows, restaurants and corporate events. With the knowledge I’ve acquired over these last two quarters, I’ve been able to convert it into a legitimate business.” It’s a slow-going process, but his profile has grown over the last two years, and he’s started work on a follow-up to 2015’s “Forget the Dark.” With recent singles like “The Storm” and “Underwater,” Jason has laid the foundations for a new album, planning to record during the early weeks of this spring quarter. His work has veered closer to an earthy, down-home style in recent years, accented by a personal enthusiasm for hiking and backpacking. Primary creative periods accompany times spent in Alaska at his uncle’s house. Upon a customary visit last August, Matkin found himself reinvigorated and ready to work again. “I went through a long period of no writing … It’s hard to be in such a picturesque location and not feel inspired. The first three days I was there, I wrote five songs. I played shows there … It was amazing how instantaneous it was when I got there — the writer’s block was just gone.” Matkin also touched on more pragmatic concerns. He was candid with the Guardian about the difficulty of receiving exposure. “You can go about it just off promotion, promotion, promotion … Eventually, you might create a fanbase and a record label might sign you. Or it could just be dumb luck.” He’s taken a philosophical stance toward the music industry rat-races, however. “The music itself is what I’m in this for. It’s not fame, necessarily. To me, success is being able to do what I love.”

IMAGE COURTESY OF JASON MATKIN A Sit down with Jason Matkin by Alicia Lepler // A&E Associate Editor // A&E Associate Lepler Alicia by A&E THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 7 especially during big numbers, his classes, and exams are around but communicates the students’ the corner. Nonetheless, those legs PLAY REVIEW emotions effectively. Thankfully, override his need to study, and “Spring Awakening” lends itself Moritz entreats Melchior for a well to such tangible displays; detailed journal on sex. Melchior, between the subject matter and the buddy that he is, acquiesces and soliloquies, the audience benefits includes drawings! from some guidance. Meanwhile, Melchior grapples The stage is sparser than that with his own devils: He doesn’t of 2016’s “In the Heights,” a given believe, as the girls are wont to considering Muir Musical had swoon, “in anything. Not even access to the national touring set. God!” As such, Melchior wants Costuming keeps fairly close to the nothing more than to cast off original Broadway production and the dated self-righteousness of is effective in communicating the his elders, espousing free love students’ youth; they dress in school and morality. Wendla is doubly clothes and wear short pants, and conflicted, as she discovers one of the girls have their hair in pigtails. her friends, Martha Bessell (Lea The adults are overwhelmingly Magro), is regularly beaten by swathed in blacks and grays, her father. befitting their status as taskmasters. These tumultuous desires and We open with the innocent fears condense into an unbridled Wendla Bergmann (Miranda Evans) conflagration of love and violence. asking her mother about the birds Moritz and Wendla, wracked with and bees. Naturally, accounting for guilt and doubt, careen toward time and setting, Frau Bergmann disaster. The adults are vicious (Angelina Shea Harris) is arbiters of the law — Headmaster scandalized beyond words. Where Knochenbruch (Christopher does a baby come from? Sadly, the Thomas) is a man utterly stork story doesn’t hold water with without pity. Ultimately, “Spring Wendla anymore. Awakening” is more a tragedy The exchange, fraught with than a drama, with attempts to unspoken parental anxiety, is more leaven the plot left to a traditional Spring awakening than characteristic of the story Broadway ending and reprise. that unfolds. Schoolboy Melchior In addition, the usual opening- Director Nicole McEntee Gabor (Andrew Paiva) struggles night issues were minimal, with Writer Steven Sater with the unforgiving discipline only a mic malfunction and and censorship of adults, seeking intermittent overlap between the Starring Miranda Evans, Andrew Paiva, Austyn Myers A- out information on sex that we orchestra and singers. Neither PHOTO COURTESY OF MUIR MUSICAL Release Date April 8 –15, 2017 thankfully get today in Planned detracted from the performances, Parenthood packets. Melchy has all of which were excellent and “Spring Awakening” is in full bloom at the Mandeville Auditorium, courtesy of our own Muir Musical. to make do with a few musty well-executed. No off-notes or textbooks on human anatomy. mistakes, and, as far as could be he premise might a 100-year-old German play and accompany the protagonists and He and the boys lead a few ribald seen, no forgotten lyrics. Muir seem patently absurd: packed off to Broadway in the ‘90s, ventriloquize song through dance. choruses, celebrating nightly Musical’s “Spring Awakening” pops, 19th-century German teens Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s It’s an interesting proposition, masturbation. It’s more than a and it’s a fun, wild ride. Tget embroiled in a salad-toss of sex, brainchild is a weird, wicked beast. in the same line as Deaf West little silly. Moritz Stiefel (Austyn Myers) latin discourse, wet dreams, abuse Muir Musical has put its own Theatre’s incorporation of ASL into — Alicia Lepler and atheism. Well, that’s “Spring spin on the production, making performances. The choreography is haunted by more than women’s Awakening” for you. Adapted from extensive use of “shadows” that is occasionally haphazard, legs, however — he’s all but failing A&E Associate Editor Calvin Harris: Free From the Shackles of Mediocrity We don’t expect much from our DJs except for a humble jockeying of the discs, but Calvin Harris aspires to become something more as a nascent auteur.

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Every year the UCSD Guardian Editorial Board interviews A.S. Council candidates for president, vice president of campus and external affairs and the campuswide senators. These endorsements do not reflect individual editorial board members’ voting preferences. Presidential candidate Aaron Dalton Burgess and campuswide senator candidate Julia Prinzi did not respond to our request for an interview. THRIVE photos courtesy of Akanksha Kevalramani and Students Determined photos courtesy of Dellanira Alcauter and David Liao.

We are not accustomed to a tight presidential campaign anymore has shown in the past, working with University Centers and at the Food here at UCSD, but this year there are four candidates standing Pantry, that she’s the right candidate for the job. An urban studies and tall on the debate stage, vying for the right to be our planning major, she’s well aware of the issues facing UCSD as a large next student body president. Tough no one is a bad community, from food afordability to housing and transportation. candidate, Lesly Figueroa stood out to us the most. She has tangible plans to address those issues, like the rerouting of She is currently the Associate Vice President of shuttles or advocating for of-campus, university-owned housing. Her Environmental Justice Afairs and the Triton platform is a breath of fresh air, focusing on issues that students face Food Pantry student manager, among other daily and providing practical, long-term solutions to those issues. roles, and is running on a platform of Tere is nothing fufy or phony about Figueroa or her candidacy. In creating a student-centered institution with her debate, her passion was apparent when discussing students’ basic her progressive colleagues. Figueroa is not needs. We appreciate that she had succinct ideas. With presidents only just a candidate that throws around big serving for one year, she recognizes her limitations and has set out words and does not follow up on them. She clear, non-farfetched goals for accomplishing them in her short tenure if she is elected. Despite the talented candidates in this year’s feld, Figueroa stands out with her spirit and her ideas and as a leader A.S. PRESIDENT will undoubtedly make a responsible and efective A.S. president. LESLY FIGUEROA, STUDENTS DETERMINED

Tough a year ago Matthew Arrollado would have laughed at the His slate is running on the pretense of developing long-term idea of running for Vice President Campus Afairs, his sincerity and goals for the university through an equity-minded lens. His goals for excitement about his goals for this position are no joke. Currently transportation and representing students’ needs refect this. He says serving as an A.S. Council senator for Eleanor Roosevelt College, that he will use the transportation survey, which he has also held other positions in student government, including was sent out to students last quarter, to membership on the Well-Being Cluster Student Advisory Board and an better understand students’ parking and undergraduate representative for UC SHIP. Tese experiences, among transportation needs. Additionally, others, show that he has an informed perspective of student issues. he intends to increase support Arrollado also has experience being criticized as a student leader. for transfer students through Recently, Student Council of ERC, which he is a part of, received fack a central resource center and for its seemingly exorbitant spending on itself. Matthew, however, to have more programming handled it in stride, holding extra ofce hours and actively reaching directed at transfers. out to people on social media to explain SCERC’s perspective. He Matthew’s experience and intends to increase A.S. Council’s transparency and visibility and, since candor made us believe that he’s already doing this with SCERC, we believe that he will actually students actually can thrive make this happen. here. VICE PRESIDENT CAMPUS AFFAIRS MATTHEW ARROLLADO, THRIVE

Reflwe Gqajela’s passion for UC San Diego has been demonstrated the issues. Her self-described mission is to build student coalitions numerous times through her commitment to social activism and around these topics and encourage students to make their voices heard community outreach, not just in her continued work through the through the appropriate channels so that they may engage with the Black Student Union and Black Resource Center, but also community both inside and outside of UCSD. Her expertise, however, through her internship and experience at the Student expands beyond the campus boundaries. Both in her community at Sustainability Collective. Tis experience will prove home and here in San Diego, Gqajela has built a reputation around invaluable as UCSD and A.S. must answer tough strong community engagement, as exemplifed by her internship for U.S. questions this year regarding UCSD’s possible Congressperson Scott Peters. Tis passion has driven her to strongly status as a sanctuary college amid dwindling question A.S.’s complicit role in many of the injustices around the world, federal support. In addition, Gqajela recognizes including the Dakota Access Pipeline, which she supports divesting the importance of student outreach and from. Tese experiences, combined with realistic and concrete ideas challenges the idea of student apathy on a for student outreach, make her a strong choice for A.S. VP of External campus where many students are unaware of Afairs. VICE PRESIDENT EXTERNAL AFFAIRS REFILWE GQAJELA, STUDENTS DETERMINED

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With many candidates running for a campuswide senator position spaces and raise money to provide short-term assistance. She envisions and only fve slots, it’s difcult to determine who is most qualifed. a speaker-type series to destigmatize mental health and hopes that Snehal “Sne” Lochan’s experience and clear ideas, however, made her a professors will be part of this. She also wants professors to viable candidate for this position. We especially appreciate her concrete be more vocal about CAPS in their classes. She noted ideas about increasing A.S. Council transparency and visibility. She that some professors mention CAPS in their believes that there shouldn’t be a barrier between the students and the syllabus but do not take the time to follow up or Council and hopes to combat this by creating practical avenues for mention this later on in the class. Sne’s clear students to get in touch with their representatives. For example, she goals about transparency and mental health wants to improve the A.S. Council website and create an anonymous show us that she has the right mindset for online outlet for students to voice their concerns and feedback. campuswide senator. Additionally, Sne prioritizes mental health, a longstanding student concern. Sne notices that there is a stigma surrounding Counseling and Psychological Services and Campus Assault Resources and Education services and hopes to make these spaces more visible. She wants A.S. Council to host fundraisers to promote these CAMPUSWIDE SENATOR SNEHAL LOCHAN, STUDENTS DETERMINED

With their focus on institutionalizing progressive practices and on the administration. Tapia’s ideas span a wide range of important unmistakable keenness to do so, Miguel Angel Tapia is a candidate with issues, from sanctuary campus policy, to divestment from DAPL, strong ideals and genuine understanding of their role in A.S. Council. to voter registration, to overnight programs, proving their nuanced Bringing community voices to A.S. is at the forefront of understanding of campus issues and smart look at where A.S. could their campaign, and Tapia has outlined specifc make change. Perhaps most importantly, Tapia is highly qualifed in issues currently persisting in this realm, such service. Teir frst year at UCSD, Tapia was the chairperson of Education as the historic disenfranchisement of the and Awareness for UConsent, working to destigmatize conversations voices of students of color. Tey also of sexual assault and awareness, as well as a member of Cultural House discussed small-scale solutions, including in Muir College, where they sprung conversations about proper yet collaborating with SAC organizations appropriate vocabulary with respect to LGBTQ identity, positionality to give them a greater say in A.S., and and accessibility. All around, Tapia’s repertoire reads as varied yet large-scale solutions, including using focused, which will prove meaningful in their advocacy for community their greater access to connections engagement, institutionalization of policy and representation of student and opportunities to put pressure voices in A.S. Council. CAMPUSWIDE SENATOR MIGUEL ANGEL TAPIA, STUDENTS DETERMINED

A major contributor to the Co-ops, Mohamed Al Elew brings to the the student body — should have more access to senators, and one of table a mix of much-needed experience, willingness and passion from a his ideas involves advocating for a press secretary to A.S. Council. For campuswide senator. He is a second-year computer engineering major, Al Elew, A.S. Council cannot continue to take sudden and unilateral a member of the UCSD College Democrats and a much-improved decisions, like the defunding of student media. Al version of the kid who was in student government in third grade. Al Elew is a candidate ready to work to build a Elew has risen this past year in the shadow of campuswide senator student dialogue and to use his position Rachel Adams, herself a member of the Co-ops, and is dedicated to in A.S. Council to serve and advocate representing people frequenting those spaces. Like her, he is running on for the student body, making him a a platform that includes fghting for student-oriented spaces, like Te shoo-in as a campuswide senator for Che Cafe or art spaces, and he is willing to be the bridge between those a council that desperately needs and the UCSD administration. But he doesn’t just want to represent to represent more of the student those students, as he also possesses broader interests including but body. not limited to being a student of the Jacobs School of Engineering. He is critical of the issues facing A.S. Council and promises to operate in consensus and compromise. To him, the public — in this case CAMPUSWIDE SENATOR MOHAMED AL ELEW, THRIVE

Monica Valdez is a qualifed candidate with an impressive history in part of her platform is ensuring that students feel they have a home at serving and representing students. But one of the most promising things UC San Diego. For commuter students, it’s converting unused campus about her candidacy is this: She wants to be held accountable. Tough spaces to study and nap areas. For everyone, it’s adding ease and security accountability is a word thrown around so much that it seems to lose to the process of securing housing. More broadly, her plan to utilize meaning, it’s believable coming from a candidate whose existing resources by making them more visible is feasible and necessary. goals center around fnding out what students want Speaking of the Inter-Tribal Resource Center, she pointed out in our and need rather than deciding for them. interview that even she, a Native American and Latina student, wasn’t She says that when students feel like aware some campus centers until recently because its existence is not they can, they will. Tis is the thread that publicized. weaves her plans together and has a Her passion for student government shows as she talks about her place in addressing retention rates for plans, whether they are collaborating with the future president on underrepresented students. housing issues or fnding ways to make students feel at home at the A commuter student, an out-of- massive campus that is UCSD. We are confdent as an editorial board state student and a frst-generation that she will honor her desire to be held accountable and work to make American and college student, a major UCSD a home to students. CAMPUSWIDE SENATOR MONICA VALDEZ, THRIVE 10 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG FEATURES

Although he’s only a second year, Kian Falah has already made a Falah highlighted the lack of transparency of A.S. Council and the need mark in A.S. Council this past year, both as the chief-of-staf of the for an updated website, something he will push for in his term. Finally, Ofce of College Afairs and the A.S. Fellowship Director, a professional he will advocate for students to be exposed to the fourish of development initiative aimed at new students interested in student organizations and centers that the campus has to ofer, government. He has also been active with UCSD Circle K and done even those who don’t necessarily ft them. He is a community service, all of which led him to his interest for the campus- passionate candidate whose attention to detail wide senator position. Kian wants to have a lasting impact on campus, and continuous commitment is likely to take one that can withstand the years and his graduation. Two of his goals are A.S. Council by storm. All in all, Falah is an to create an alliance between student organizations and A.S. Council, experienced, hard-working and dedicated as well as to hold quarterly townhalls for campuswide senators to get candidate who is sure to continue to them out of their chambers and in front of their constituents. Tis make an impact in A.S. Council the is on par with his down-to-earth attitude and makes him one of the upcoming year. most approachable candidates the UCSD Guardian has interviewed. He is also confdent in his abilities to empower students through the fellowship program. Like many other candidates, CAMPUSWIDE SENATOR KIAN FALAH, THRIVE

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Muir Out spoken Speaks Out Loud by Brittney Lu // Lifestyle Co-Editor

Some work with parametric lines and planes, some with pages and paragraphs; both are capable of curating unique art forms that speak in multiple dimensions. For Muir College sophomore Henri Etel Skinner, the intersection of diverse community, contrasting academia, personal experience and inherent creativity drives her passion to create spaces where words can fall on a page from any author who wants to tell a story. In the midst of winter quarter blues, Skinner shares how it was through written words and creative thinking that helped her not only understand herself better, but explain that part of her identity to others too. And this past fall, she helped co-create Muir Outspoken, a gathering atop of Tioga Hall where writers of all skill levels and of all backgrounds congregate to compose. “I’m so glad this space exists,” Skinner said. “It has not only provided a place for students to stop thinking about school [through] writing, but to get over the fear of not writing well … to stretch writing abilities, [and] to take the reality of our thoughts and lives — sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes silly — and putting it into words.” At an institution where students can operate on a cycle of learning, memorizing, retaining and disposing, Muir Outspoken is a space to take better, and perhaps a more holistic, ownership of what is learned both in and out of the lecture. Since its origin fall quarter, Muir Outspoken has already seen its fair share of up-and-coming creative writers. In the process of developing more creative writers, Muir Outspoken has also cultivated a community where “people are [beginning] to understand each other through creative thoughts,” where students are more than “classes, jobs or an answer to a homework problem,” says Skinner. In this unique community, and perhaps divine space that stimulates a search for identity, group processing and cognitive creativity helps this band of scribes express themselves in ways that go beyond what is seen on resumes or quantified through GPAs. In this space for creative writers and thinkers, artistic movers and shakers, Skinner hopes that each person will begin to retrospectively realize their individually-gifted “ability to think creatively.” For her, “creativity does not [solely] mean you can paint something well, write a sonnet within five minutes, or create an entire backstory for a meme economy presentation” — all of which have been byproducts of Muir Outspoken. Rather, Skinner believes that it is instead the ability to introspectively reflect and “tell a story no one else would be able to tell,” from whatever perspective one uniquely brings to the writing table. She concludes her own story with Muir Outspoken by inviting even more to join her tribe of troubadours, no matter how much writing experience one may have, or how “creative” one may perceive themselves. (Normalcy in creative thought is presumably only a consequence of social constructs, no? But I digress.) So she asks, “Does physiology leave you wondering about some wild biological scenario? Do you unashamedly want to work on math because you love the way numbers fall into place? Do you love the beauty of consistency in physics?” Because in the end, “that is all creativity.” Her active pursuit to challenge and redefine what creativity looks like, coupled with her crusade for a community that is all-inclusive, yet heightens the individual experience, is iconically Henri Skinner — she lives through stanzas, perceives through poetry and sees a world where all are welcome to come and color it in. And through Muir Outspoken, this is exactly the sort of space where you are invited to do the same. So pick up a pencil and a few loose-leaf sheets and check out Muir Outspoken to hear some stories as you share your own. photo courtesy of Henri Etel Skinner

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The Loft: Growing Grounds of Creativity by Brittney Lu // Lifestyle Co-Editor

It’s not often we find spaces at UC San Diego conducive to creating oppor- tunities to engage creatively or to express oneself in nonacademic ways. The emphasis here is primarily STEM (a beautiful necessity) and UCSD is first and foremost known to be a research institute. But to be frank, the architectural lay- out — and perhaps more so, barrier — prevents student congregation for public expression of thought and instead constitutes a loose and isolating network of quasi-amphitheater-like spaces (but more on that another time, another day). So, in having structured spaces like The Loft, students are able to witness and be witness to soul-speaking, soul-baring moments of spoken word, music, poetry and everything else in between. Located on the second floor of Price Center, across from the Cross Cultural Center, this space is home to concerts, spoken word and visual art. Some noteworthy features at The Loft include Art Power, an event that hosts performances of local and global artists and a gallery that is installed into the walled interior. Quarterly opportunities can also arise, like Color and Chill, where students can tap into their artistic potential. But it’s in events like Blabbermouth that really help give voice to the student. On the first day of every month, Blabbermouth hosts student performances of poetic prose or original songs. In 10-minute segments, students from any major, any college and any experience are able to storytell in whatever medium that ampli- fies their voice best. And in an institute where it can be relatively easy to fall into the crowd of 400 in a chemistry lecture, an intimate space like this one can help humanize and revitalize. Known to be the “social crossroads of emerging art and pop culture,” The Loft speaks through its performances and design. It’s meant to be simultane- ously “absorptive and collective” while capturing the “dynamism” of voyeurship. Run by and for students, The Loft is the ultimate dichotomy of coming to learn photo courtesy of Te Lof and be learned about. 12 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG FEATURES

Entanglements: Rae Armantrout Student Poets Break the Silence Finds the Poetry in Physics by Annika Olives // Lifestyle Co-Editor by Annika Olives // Lifestyle Co-Editor Thurgood Marshall College sophomore Maria Omelchenko found her knack for poetry in elementary school. Rae Armantrout is a versatile poet. “I think back in the fourth grade, I don’t know if you guys had this, but we had a student- Armantrout was born in 1947 on a California naval base. She attended UC Berkeley and was part of of-the-month thing, and everyone got a student of the month award, and mine was like, ‘Oh, the first generation of Language poets, an avant garde group that brought poetry to the postmodernist you’re a really good writer,’” Omelchenko said. “So I kind of just started to dabble with writing sphere. In 2010, she won the Pulitzer Prize with “Versed,” a book consisting of poems mainly relating to and dabble with poetry.” Armantrout’s battle with cancer. In high school, she discovered her love for spoken word. “When my friends started a club, The words she chooses in her work appear to look simple, but her ideas are profound. She is well- known within a field where not many are. I started going to that club, and then I kind of fell in love with [spoken word] from there,” “Entanglements,” recently published, was inspired by Armantrout’s burgeoning interest in science. Omelchenko said. “Just the emotion, the feeling, the power that you can actually hear people The title has two meanings: One is based on the idea that particles can become so entangled that there read words instead of just reading it on paper: It’s just a different feeling.” is virtually no space between them; the second is about Armantrout’s entanglement with physics itself. So, when Omelchenko arrived at UC San Diego, she set out to join a spoken word club but Armantrout is currently a professor emerita at UC San Diego within the literature department. Join quickly realized there were none. her on April 13 in the Atkinson Hall Auditorium as she reads poems from “Entanglements,” discusses “When I would go to my high school [spoken word] club, it was kind of like a getaway from the process behind her work and describes how she was able to combine science with the written word. everything else that was going on in life … it really brought a lot of people together, through the word, through how people express themselves, so when I came to college I was looking for a club like that, but I couldn’t find one,” Omelchenko said. “I couldn’t even find a poetry club, even, so I kind of decided to take matters into my own hands because I feel like I know a lot of people who do write, not even just spoken word but poetry in general, and I wanted to bring that to this campus because I was quite shocked that we didn’t have something like that, and How to live your life by an esys we definitely need to promote the arts at this university.” Thus, Omelchenko took to Facebook and found fellow poetry-lover and Muir College major: science and scribing sophomore Leonardo Amador. They, along with a few other principal members, joined forces to create Break the Silence, UCSD’s first and only spoken word club. by Nadia Link // Staff Writer Many young adults are drawn to poetry, specifically slam poetry, because the words give THWACK! Cindy shot up, instantly scanning her pitch-black surroundings. The room was them power or allow a form of expression. too dark to see anything but she knew she wasn’t alone … She tried to focus on lowering her “I like the raw emotion that comes attached to [slam poetry]. A lot of slam is very personal, heart rate when suddenly … Did I get your attention? (I hope so, because I put way too much people writing about stuff that they struggle with, their inner demons,” Amador said. thought into that introduction …) “It’s a good way to cope, I feel, because a lot of the time when it comes to spoken word and Assuming that I did pique your interest, I’m going to have to pull a “bait and switch” because when it comes to poetry in general, not often do you hear people read or perform poetry that’s this column is unfortunately not about a harrowing tale of a late-night break-in but about how to necessarily happy,” Omelchenko said. “A lot of the time writing comes from very dark places get the attention of readers and to keep it when you’re discussing less-than-entertaining material in our hearts, so I feel like it’s a good way to release that energy because, definitely, when I sit such as scientific breakthroughs and environmental issues. That’s right my friends. This shall be down and write I’m in a certain state of mind.” another informative piece involving the environment and sustainability. But continue coming Through Break the Silence, Omelchenko hopes to establish a place on campus for both back, for maybe someday I shall reward your patience with, I don’t know, a haiku? poets and nonpoets to share those emotions openly and freely. “My main purpose of the club, Anyway, chances are unless you’re a science major, breakthroughs in climate change research and the environmental issues themselves are hard to follow, understand the relevance of and this is pretty much said at every meeting, [is that] it’s a safe space,” she said. “So, whatever’s and apply to normal-life routines. For the most part, the science itself is explained in a very said in the club shouldn’t be publicly mentioned, no one should be discussed, and it should convoluted and complicated way, so communication is key if a writer or researcher wants to get really be a safe space with no judgment for everyone to read what they want to read, even if it’s the word out on their work and the issues involved. I’m going to get a little personal here, but a haiku, even if it’s a short story, even if that’s not even poetry but they just want to go ahead while I was always interested in science, I was never quite as good at the data and research part and read a five-minute story, that’s fine too.” as I was at communicating through writing and video. For that reason, I have put a lot of effort Amador agrees. “I know one of our big goals is to make it a place that people come out and in trying to engage people and help them better understand the full impact of environmental be who they want to be, be vulnerable and be able to tell people what they’re thinking or what and sustainability issues in their lives. they’re feeling,” he said. My favorite technique — literally just translate the science into its practical applications Break the Silence meets every other Wednesday at 7 p.m. Its next meeting is on April 19 or real world effects. Yeah it's a bummer that sea levels are rising, but many people often in Conference Room 300 in the Student Center. Visit its Facebook page for more information don’t see the urgency and the need for change until you mention how there are small island countries that are literally not going to exist in a matter of years. Mentioning the real-world impact gives relevance to the problems. That however, is where you hit another problem in communicating the topic of sustainability: the fact that some of the problems seem too far progressed for any one individual to have any impact. Complacency is one of the most significant hurdles to overcome when handling environmental issues. It is absolutely disheartening to hear about temperature rise and species extinction rates. But the best way to overcome the challenge is to always present a possible solution. The United States’ dependence on gasoline for transportation seems too far along to change, but when you learn of a replacement fuel that is more or less ready to go now, like algae biofuel, prospects seem much more positive. Keep mentioning the solutions whenever you mention the problem and before long, the solution becomes more and more obvious to the point where it can build traction in the public eye and someday overcome the status quo. The last thing I want to mention is the actual vernacular. I purposely used a fancy word in place of vocabulary because it made me seem (i.e. feel) smarter which in many ways undermined my point. When writing pieces that are intended for public audiences, trying to sound smart can be off-putting and even condescending. Superhero movies aren’t popular because of their complex storylines. They’re popular because they’re interesting and easy to follow. The same should be said about informative pieces on the climate. They should be written with enthusiasm and an overall sense of positivity. If you feel good writing it, then the reader most likely will feel good reading it. To quote a character from the popular game “Overwatch,” “our world is worth fighting for.” As a campus full of scientists, it’s important to remember that it will require a group effort not just from our fellow scientifically-inclined brethren but everyone else as well. How we communicate our breakthroughs and discoveries can often be just as crucial in solving the world’s problems as the breakthroughs themselves.

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UC San Diego honored 12 of its student-athletes this past Wednesday, April 5 in honor of National Student Athlete Day. The National Consortium for Academic and Sports established National National Student Student Athlete Day in 1987. When recognizing UCSD student- athletes, Director of Athletics Earl Edwards and Senior Associate Athletic Director Ken Grosse noted that UCSD athletes’ average GPA is often higher than the schoolwide average. The accomplishments of these students on and off the field/court/track/pool contribute to the Athlete Day high-caliber university that UCSD is.

Jaimie Bryan Cameron McElfresh Mateusz Kucz Kendall Baker Eric Tseng Women’s Swimming & Diving Men’s Soccer Men’s Golf Softball Men’s Tennis College: Muir College: Revelle College: Earl Warren College: Thurgood Marshall College: Eleanor Roosevelt Major/Year: physiology and Major/Year: nanoengineering, senior Major/Year: economics, junior Major/Year: human development, Major/Year: cognitive science, junior neuroscience, senior GPA: 3.56 GPA: 3.71 junior GPA: 3.84 GPA: 3.68 Accolades: First team All-American Accolades: Two-time CCAA All- GPA: 3.85 Accolades: Three-time Intercollegiate Accolades: Four-year NCAA goalkeeper, CCAA Defensive Player Academic, helped UCSD earn Accolades: Second team All-CCAA Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete, Championship qualifier, 100 and of the Year Johnson Shootout tournament title second baseman (sophomore year), has always been either No. 1 or No. 2 200 breastroke All-American singles player

Justin Zhang Haley Anderson Alec Flowers Kristin Semancsin Lauren Boyer Men’s Tennis Women’s Basketball Men’s Volleyball Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Women’s Water Polo College: Muir College: Marshall College: Marshall College: Revelle College: Sixth Major/Year: human biology, junior Major/Year: human development, Major/Year: economics, senior Major/Year: chemical engineering, Major/Year: literature/writing, senior GPA: 3.90 senior GPA: 3.61 junior GPA: 3.60 Accolades: No. 3 singles player, GPA: 3.66 Accolades: 2016 MPSF All- GPA: 3.79 Accolades: 2016 Second Team All- CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Accolades: Helped lead team to 2017 Academic, Triton Athletics Council Accolades: UCSD’s second finisher WWPA, 177 career goals First Team CCAA regular season championship, member at the 2017 CCAA Championships, three-time CCAA All-Academic CCAA and USTFCCA All-Academic

Malek Bashti Lauren Iannetta Men’s Soccer Women’s Rowing College: Muir College: Roosevelt Major/Year: microbiology, junior Major/Year: history, senior GPA: 3.77 GPA: 3.43 Accolades: All-CCAA honorable Accolades: Second varsity eight boat mention, CCAA All-Academic gold medalist at the 2016 WIRA Championships, bronze medalist in 2015

PHOTO COURTESY OF SCOTT FLANDERS/UCSD ATHLETICS Back row, left to right: Haley Anderson, Cameron McElfresh, Malek Bashti, Earl Edwards, Alec Flowers, Mateusz Kucz, Eric Tseng Front row, left to right: Lauren Iannetta, Kendall Baker, Lauren Boyer, Kristin Semancsin, Justin Zhang Not pictured because she’s a true student-athlete and had to go to class: Jaimie Bryan