Daily Mood-fitting music A writer reviews a performance by Saria Idana at Viento y Agua this past Friday. www.daily49er.com Vol. LIX, Issue 210 www.daily49er.com Tuesday, March 2, 2010 49er 6 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y High Low 62 52 Tomorrow’s Forecast High 62 Low 50 Today’s Weather U-Pass likely to go the distance We contacted Mark Rudometkin, director of Parking and Transportation Services, to get more information on whether or not it has been giving out more citations this semester in comparison to past semesters. All revenue coming from parking citation and forfeitures on campus goes directly into the department to maintain projects, parking lots and alternative transportation programs on campus, such as Zimride, U-Pass, shuttles and carpools. As stated in a previous Daily 49er article, the California Education Code mandates that state university parking fine revenues “shall be used exclusively for the development, enhancement and operation of alternate methods of transportation programs for students and employees.” With budget cuts and a rocky economy, some may feel as though students are receiving more citations in order to earn an extra buck for the school’s benefit. Rudometkin maintains that this is not the case. He said there has been little change in the amount of citations issued A Daily 49er reader asked: “Is Parking and Transportation Services giving more parking tickets?” CSULB students in Chile OK after quake No California State University students studying in Chile were harmed by the devastating earthquake that struck Concepcion on Saturday. “Our first concern was to track down all of our students and make sure we knew where they were,” said Leo Van Cleve, CSU director of International Programs. Van Cleve said the 29 CSU students studying at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile have been contacted by either e-mail or telephone. “Everybody is accounted for and everybody is OK,” Van Cleve said. The year-long program is currently on semester break. The second semester was scheduled to begin March 3 but has been postponed until March 8. All future study abroad programs will continue as normal, according to Van Cleve. There will be no changes in next year’s program. Census to take snapshot of Long Beach Photo Illustration by Maximi llian Piras & Huy Vo By Megin Hernandez Contributing Writer By Brianne Schaer and Brian Cuaron The fall 2010 study abroad program will continue Cal State Long Beach officials will be sitting down with Long Beach Transit to discuss the renewal of the U-Pass program, which offers free rides to students, faculty and staff year-round. The current contract expires at the end of the 2009- 10 school year. “There is really not a chance of the program being discontinued. If there are, it is extremely slim,” said Mark Rudometkin, general manager of Parking and Transportation Services, via e-mail. “We will soon be sitting down with Long Beach Transit to discuss next year’s program and costs associated with that.” With the large number of people who take advantage of the program to help offset student fees and furloughs, CSULB plans to make every effort possible to provide relief from the By David Cowan and Janine Zuniga Negotiations are underway this month as LB Transit and CSULB discuss extending the program until next year See U-Pass, Page 2 See Ask, Page 2 In the coming weeks, the United States Census Bureau will begin sending out forms to citizens across America. The census, which is conducted every 10 years, serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy, according to the U.S. Census Bureau Web site. “The census is important because it captures how many people are living in the U.S. and where they are living,” said Cal State Long Beach student and iCount LB member Cristina Cortez. “Knowing how many people live in the U.S. and where they are living impacts how the government distributes funding and government representation. It is important that everyone is counted so that funding and representation is fair and accurate.” Responses to the census determine how much states will receive of $400 billion in federal funding. Cortez said students should participate in the census because a portion of the $400 billion that is distributed among communities affects student loan programs and grant money. “If students are not counted, then their schools and communities will not receive the funding that is needed to sustain all of its students,” she said. Additionally, information gathered from the census can be used by students conducting research. Many students and professionals rely on census information, and if those numbers are not accurate, then the information is not as valuable, Cortez said. “Students are considered a hard-to-count population because they often do not know what the By Kim Morgan Staff Writer Results of the census will influence student loan programs, among other services See Census, Page 2 Buildings in the older center of town, shown on March 1, in Constitucion, Chile, were especially hard hit after a massive 8.8 earthquake struck the area. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Los Angeles See Chile, Page 2 Times/MCT) 2 Tuesday, March 2, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] www.daily49er.com/blogs Interested in Blogging? Daily 49er Blogs a new dimension to campus news Contact Rachel Terrazas Daily 49er blog editor at [email protected] U-Pass Continued from Page 1 high cost of driving and maintaining a vehicle. This will allow those who are not able to take advantage of the program to have the ability to arrive, park and leave campus as safely and efficiently as possible, Rudometkin said. Long Beach Transit marketing manager Marcelle Epley said there are “no plans to cancel the U-Pass program.” While no figures have been mentioned for the 2010-11 U-Pass cost, the concern is tempered by the benefits. The “cost is substantial, but with the large number of folks on campus who utilize the U-Pass, it balances itself out with less traffic on campus, available spaces for those who need to drive their vehicle and the overall goodwill that it allows parking to provide,” Rudometkin said. At this time, the cost of the program could increase or decrease due to the number of riders using the program. However, CSULB is working toward a fair agreement for both parties, Rudometkin said. This year, the program cost CSULB approximately $1,200 per weekday and $250 per summer weekday, Elissa Thomas, rideshare coordinator, told the Daily 49er in April 2009. Ask Continued from Page 1 this semester. “It has been consistent with the past years,” he said. According to university documents, in the 2007-08 fiscal year, the department had a total of 30,834 citations. In the 2008-09 fiscal year, there was a total of 27,735 citations. This fiscal year, which has so far netted 11,505 citations, ends in June 2010. All leftover balances from total revenue made by Parking and Transportation Services — including citations, forfeitures and DMV remittances after investments — is carried over to the next fiscal year and used toward expenses and projects for the department. Rudometkin said Parking and Transportation Services is enforcing the parking rules in all areas and checking all lots thoroughly, including staff and employee lots but that there is no set quota of citations that must be met. To generate revenue, the department requires parking permits in all lots on campus. CSULB did, however, see an increase in parking rates in July 2008, going from $98 to $123. This raises the question: Will we see another increase anytime soon? “[It is] a goal of ours to try to maintain parking rates as long as possible,” Rudometkin said. “We want to generate revenue without increasing student parking rates.” Students at other colleges pay the same or more compared to CSULB. For example, Cal State Fullerton charges $162 per semester, Cal Poly charges $115 per quarter, Sacramento State charges $153 per semester, Cal State Los Angeles charges $90 per quarter and Cal State San Bernardino charges $84 per quarter for general parking. Parking citations range from $45 for an invalid parking permit ticket to $335 for parking unlawfully in a disabled parking space — and the numbers are always changing. According to Rudometkin, the Senate passed a bill charging an extra $4.50 on parking citations for court fees. In order to offset that increase, CSULB made an increase of $5. Because of the change in citation prices, there is a direct effect in revenue numbers coming into the department. Have a question about CSULB that you’d like to find the answer to? Write to Ask the 49er at www.daily49er.com/ask-the-49er. Census Continued from Page 1 census is or they think that since their parents claim them that they can be counted on their parents’ census,” Cortez said. “Most students are not aware that even if they are supported by their parents, they need to be counted in the city where they eat and sleep most of the time.” President Barack Obama released a 30-second message on YouTube, explaining the importance of the census. “Every 10 years, our Constitution requires the federal government to conduct a census. This helps determine your representation in Congress, as well as how federal funds are spent on things like schools, roads and where businesses decide to put new stores and factories,” Obama said. “So when you get your census form in mid-March, take about 10 minutes to answer the 10 questions, remembering to include everyone in your household, because we can’t move forward until you mail it back.” Students can participate by filling out the census form when it is mailed to them. Parents should not include their children on their census forms unless they live in the same household during the school year. Cortez said that if a student lives in a dorm, they should find out from the housing office when census forms will be distributed. Michael MacGregor, left, a senior communications major, donates spare change on Monday afternoon. At right, Kathleen Errington, a sophomore chemistry major, and the Colleges Against Cancer were doing a coin drive outside of LA 5 to raise money for the annual Relay for Life race, which will take place April 23-24 at the Cal State Long Beach track. Errington said the organization has already raised more than $2,000. Michael Chan Yee / Daily 49er Change for change Chile Continued from Page 1 The 8.8 magnitude earthquake’s epicenter was off the coast of Chile, approximately 70 miles north of Concepcion. “All of our students are studying in Santiago,” Van Cleve said. “That’s about 200 miles away [from the epicenter]; now there was damage in Santiago, but not nearly as extensive as Concepcion.” International Programs is not currently planning any relief efforts, according to Van Cleve. He said this “doesn’t mean we won’t change our minds later.” World in Brief 3 [email protected] www.daily49er.com Tuesday, March 2, 2010 July July 2, 1979: The Susan B. Anthony dollar is released. July 7, 1981: Sandra Day O’Connor is nominated as the first woman Supreme Court Justice. July 12, 1984: Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-N.Y., is chosen as the first female to run for vice president. She joined Walter Mondale, D-Minn., on the Democratic Party ticket. July 19-20, 1848: The Seneca Falls Convention, the country’s first women’s rights convention, is held in Seneca Falls, N.Y. August Aug. 9, 1995: Roberta Cooper Ramo becomes president of the American Bar Association. She is the first woman to hold that office. Aug. 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment of the Constitution is ratified granting women the right to vote. Aug. 26, 1970: Betty Friedan leads a nationwide protest called the Women’s Strike for Equality in New York City on the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Aug. 30, 1984: Judith A. Resnick joins the maiden flight of the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the second U.S. woman in space. September Sept. 12, 1910: In Los Angeles, Alice Stebbins Wells becomes the first woman police officer with arrest powers in U.S. Sept. 20, 1973: Billie Jean King defeats Bobby Riggs in the battle of the sexes tennis match. Sept 26, 1973: American Baptist minister Capt. Lorraine Potter becomes the first woman U.S. Air Force chaplain. Sept. 29, 1988: Stacy Allison becomes first U.S. woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. October Oct. 4, 1976: ABC’s Barbara Walters becomes the first woman co-anchor of the evening news. Oct. 4, 1993: Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Oct. 8, 1993: Toni Morrison wins the Nobel Prize for Literature; the first African American woman to do so. Oct. 23, 1910: Blanche Stuart Scott becomes the first American woman pilot to make a public flight. November Nov. 1, 1848: The New England Female Medical School opens becoming the first medical school for women. In 1874 it merges with Boston University and becomes one of the world’s first coed medical schools. Nov. 11, 1993: The Vietnam Women’s Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., honoring the 265,000 women who voluntarily served during the Vietnam era. Nov. 14, 1946: Emily Greene Balch, co-founder of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Nov. 28, 1881: The first organizational meeting is held for the predecessor group to the American Association of University Women (AAUW). December Dec. 1, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white person. Dec. 5, 1935: Mary McLeod Bethune creates the National Council of Negro Women. Dec. 7, 1941: Capt. Annie Fox becomes the first woman awarded the Purple Heart for her service while under attack at Pearl Harbor. Dec. 17, 1993: Judith Rodin becomes the first woman to head an Ivy League school, as president of the University of Pennsylvania. January Jan. 5, 1925: Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in the U.S. Jan. 7, 1896: Fanny Farmer’s first cookbook is published with standardized cooking measurements. Jan. 8, 1977: Pauli Murray becomes the first female African American Episcopal priest. Jan. 25, 1980: Mary Decker became the first woman to run a mile under 41/2 minutes, coming in at 4:17.55. February Feb. 4, 1987: The first National Women in Sports Day is celebrated. Feb. 15, 1953: Tenley Albright becomes the first American woman to win a World Figure Skating championship. Feb. 24, 1967: Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the first discovery of a pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star. Feb. 27, 1922: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women’s right to vote. March March 4, 1917: Jeannette Rankin, R-Mont., becomes the first female member of Congress. March 11, 1993: Janet Reno is confirmed as the first woman U.S. Attorney General. March 13, 1986: Susan Butcher wins the first of three straight, and four total, Iditarod dog sled races. March 20, 1852: “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is published. It becomes the bestselling book of the 19th century. April April 7, 1805: Sacagawea begins work as an interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition. April 7, 1987: The National Museum of Women in the Arts opens in Washington, D.C. It’s the first museum devoted to women artists. April 19, 1977: Fifteen women in the House of Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. April 28, 1993: The Ms. Foundation sponsors the first “Take Our Daughters to Work” day. In 2003, the day was changed to “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work” day. May May 5, 1938: Dr. Dorothy H. Andersen presents results of her medical research identifying the disease cystic fibrosis. May 8, 1914: President Woodrow Wilson signs a proclamation designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. May 21, 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to complete a solo transatlantic flight, flying 2,026 miles from Newfoundland to Ireland in just under 15 hours. May 29, 1977: Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for and complete the Indy 500. June June 9, 1949: Georgia Neese Clark is confirmed as the first woman treasurer of the United States. June 10, 1963: Equal Pay Act is enacted prohibiting discrimination based on gender in the payment of wages June 18, 1983: Dr. Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. June 25, 1903: Madame Marie Curie announces her discovery of radium. LEARN MORE Check out these sites to learn more about women in history: - Library of Congress — www.womenshistorymonth.gov - The National Women’s History Project — www.nwhp.org - The History Channel — www.history.com/content/womenhist - National Women’s Hall of Fame — www.greatwomen.org/home.php By Wendy Zang, McClatchy-Tribune It wasn’t until 1987 that Congress declared March Women’s History Month, in celebration of women’s contributions and achievements. The month was a step up from Women’s History Week, which had been recognized, first in Sonoma, Calif., in the late 1970s, and then a few years later nationally. While March provides some time to focus on female accomplishments, great women should be celebrated for more than 31 days. Here’s a look at some important dates in women’s history to recognize all year long. 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Tilikum, a 27-year-old, 22-foot and 12,000-pound male orca, killed Brancheau on Feb. 24 at Sea World in Orlando. Details of the incident differ with respect to spectators and park officials. Owners of Sea World were quick to blame Brancheau — and nearby construction — for creating distress while witnesses confess that a troubled Tilikum jumped out of the water, grabbed Brancheau either by the leg or waist and violently pulled her under. I saw Free Willy when I was in the third grade. I was told that at age two, Keiko, or Willy, was taken from his mother and eventually moved to a tiny tank in Mexico, causing his fin to fold over. After repeated signs of unhappiness and 20 years of solitude, Keiko was successfully set free. He swam across the Atlantic Ocean to Norway. I also visited Sea World in my youth. I discovered that the real Shamu was taken from the ocean in 1965 and died in 1971. I didn’t learn much from Shamu’s show but I felt a great deal of guilt and appreciation. My father encouraged me to learn about the brutal captures that took place near Taiji, Japan and the famous Puget Sound off the coast of Washington. For the kids that are saddened by the Sea World disaster, educated parents should not be quick to blame animal instinct. This situation is more real than Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Tilikum’s recurrent actions are signs of frustration. Videos on YouTube have shown boats using explosives to chase dolphins and whales into coves. Mother’s are separated from babies as trainers choose the best calves — usually four to six years old — to take and sell. PBS reported that, between 1961 and 1997, 134 orcas were captured, only 30 of which survive today. I wonder why none of these animals ever fight back. In fact, “killer” whales have never been documented attacking humans in the wild, but according to ABC News, since 1970, 24 humans have been killed by orcas in captivity. The ocean’s most powerful predator travels hundreds of miles daily, without any threat but becomes a slave in a circus, pushing his “masters,” with the tip of his nose, out of a big tub of water, chasing balls and posing for an audience three times a day, on holidays and with no prospect of retirement or freedom — just dead fish for cooperation. Even if captivity is dreadful, at least zoos attempt to create natural settings for animals. With the second largest brain in the world, orcas are trapped in small concrete pools that reverberate sonar off walls. These prisons are made for self-amusement and profit. How much could we learn from Michael Phelps in a jacuzzi? If these parks are made for educational purposes, why is the largest porpoise — family of animals closely related to the dolphin family — constantly called a killer whale? Studies reveal that most orcas in captivity have less than half the life expectancy of those in the wild. In 2002, the Miami Sea Aquarium acknowledged, “Captive orcas are dying faster than they are being born.” Artificially inseminating captive orcas is growing in popularity. Refrain from supporting Sea World’s tyrannical techniques. These beautiful animals can be studied through whale watching, IMAX, television programs, library resources, the Internet and on a good day our beaches. Khalil Daniel Sheikh is a senior liberal studies major and a contributing writer for the Daily 49er. In an effort to thwart terrorism Thursday, the House passed a bill extending the provisions of the Patriot Act another year. The bill, which passed in the Senate on Wednesday, will presumably be signed into law. The passage of the bill, in its form, is yet another political blow to Democrats in both the House and Senate. A bipartisan majority in the Senate Judiciary Committee revised the Patriot Act to include provisions that aim to protect the privacy rights of people living in the United States while at the same time allowing the bill to carry out what it is intended to do. However, this form of the bill was not passed — Democrats were unable to secure a 60-vote supermajority in the Senate. Is the Democrat caucus that weak or does the majority of Congress actually believe in sacrificing civil liberties for unproven protection? Proponents of the Patriot Act sight recent terror acts in efforts to highlight the need for such legislation. But, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber and Nidal Malek Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, only highlight the failures of the act. If the American public is expected to surrender such an overwhelming amount of freedom, a bomb should never explode on an airplane and a man should never murder 13 people on a U.S. military base. Absolute privacy destroys the government’s ability to protect its citizens. Absolute governmental power destroys American freedom. Partisan legislation, with respect to this issue, molds law to these two extremes — something the American people do not need. Bipartisanship, which is intelligent compromise, molds law through moderation. This moderation is what creates functional legislation. The American two-party system works when middle ground is found. However, when Democrats simply yield to Republican partisanship, moderation is lost and the extreme prevails. Democrats in Congress have been steamrolled by Republicans. And because the majority party is yielding to the minority party, nothing — that can be deemed beneficial to the American public — is coming out of Congress. Conservatism, which, in most cases, is inherently passive, has obstructed a naturally ambitious liberal agenda. It is as if the roles of these two political beliefs have been reversed bringing American government to a standstill. This editorial is not so much a criticism of the Patriot Act as it is a criticism of Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Conservatives and liberals need to work together with the goal of methodical, organic reform that assesses the needs of our time. Government cannot remain changeless, and when liberals yield to the stagnate nature of conservatives, nothing gets done. Democrats need to push health care reform, banking reform and untraditional protections of our freedom with the very fervor that Republicans use to resist these reforms. At one point in American history our health care system may have been functional but now it is not. At one point a laissezfaire fiscal policy may have worked but now it does not. Republicans need to understand that progress or change is inherently liberal and that when the liberal voice of this country pushes for change they should not practice a policy of obstruction but rather attempt to create method out of the madness of change. The Senate Judiciary Committee created a bill with this understanding but it was shot down by partisan extremism. It seems like the American two-party system has abandoned method settling for a battle over power. This country has the ability to coexist and compromise. It was conservatism that created our Constitution but it was liberalism that added the Bill of Rights. It was liberalism that called for American independence but it was conservatism that laid down order afterward. Somewhere in our near-200 year history this balance has been lost. 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JR Reed, also known as Lee of the D when he accompanies Tenacious D onstage, shared the role of lead vocalist with Gass, occasionally using instrumental breaks as an opportunity to showcase his over-the-top Charleston- like dance moves. Trainwreck’s latest album entitled “The Wreckoning” was released in December and has created a decentlysized fan following. Despite the heavy rain, crowds packed into the cozy venue to presumably laugh and bask in the sound of cold cut rock music. In particular, an eager bunch of teenage boys provided incessant cheering and guffawing. In response, Gass said, “If the world were all like you, we’d be like U2 right now. We’d be playing the Enormodome or Long Beach Arena.” Although these teenage boys may have been the loudest attendees, they were not the only ones to respond to the quick wit and sly absurdity of Gass and Reed’s repartee. Between songs, this sort of witty banter was commonplace, creating a fine mixture of standup comedy and down-home southern rock tunes. The twisted humor behind such songs as “Brodeo,” “El Mustachio” and “Milk the Cobra” left the audience in stitches. However, a song called “Rock Boulder Mountain” proved to be less focused on funny lyrics and more on its rock and roll sensibilities. Although it began to the tune of a flute, the song eventually gained a metal groove capable of fitting in with any classic rock jams. Complete with a shredding guitar riff from the band’s guitarist, John Konesky, the song sent steady vibrations through the floorboards of the intimate club. On the other hand, “Brodeo,” the band’s current single, is an ode to man-on-man bonding with lyrics that read, “When the bro-verload occurs, we’ll all take off our shirts and wrestle in the dirt.” The song had teenage boys and grown men alike loudly pledging to “sing our manthem all across the lands.” Although the songs provided their own share of laughs, it was the manifestation of the live act that tied everything together. There was something especially wacky in the visual of Gass wearing a cheap toupee, prancing about with a flute, alongside the sight of Reed constantly whipping his comb out of his back pocket to rake stray mustache hairs back in place. If the music didn’t capture your attention, such dramatic antics surely would. The band’s set closed with a cover of the “Flashdance” classic “What A Feeling,” offering John Spiker, the band’s usual bassist, an opportunity on lead vocals. He dedicated the song to all the girls in the audience and, consequently, got them screaming. That is, until Spiker took a headfirst face plant into the audience. Recuperating quickly, the band simply brushed the incident off to look like another crazy skit that made their act unique. Trainwreck’s performance at DiPiazza’s on Saturday night kicked off their nation-wide tour of 15 cities. On stage, Gass remarked that they would be touring “across the United States in a truck” with their next show taking place tonight in Flagstaff, Ariz. Their album “The Wreckoning” is available in stores now. Caitlin O’Connor / Daily 49er Campus Calendar On-Campus La Long Beach Quartet The Bob Cole Conservatory and The Music Guild will present an emotionally stirring evening with the soulful sounds of the La Catrina Quartet. The Bob Cole Conservatory contains a concert hall and other small venues for performances for the 500 plus musicians in the conservatory. Leaders of Long Beach Make a difference tonight at Cal State Long Beach from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. as a panel will address “Making a Difference by Serving Others.” This panel will feature discussions on helping incarcerated youngsters, to a multifacetted crusade for children, animals and the planet. This panel will be open during the Notable Speakers Series at CSULB. Off-Campus Pint Night Come to Auld Dubliner tonight at 8 p.m. for Tuesday’s Meatpan’s Pint Night. This proud Irish pub will keep the Guinness flowing with the finest discounted pint specials in complimentary glasses for every purchase. The Auld Dubliner is also known for their Irish fare with great food like their special chips and curry. The pub is located at 71 S Pine Ave. For our complete calendar, check out www. daily49er.com/diversions and follow us on Twitter @d49erdiversions. 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Daily 49er Blogs — a new dimension to campus news Contact Rachel Terrazas Daily 49er blog editor at [email protected] 8 Sports Tuesday, March 2, 2010 www.daily49er.com [email protected] I’m just sayin’ © 2010 Be The Match Be The energy ThaT Makes a Two-year-old TerriBle. within every one of us is the power to heal. it’s called marrow, and thousands of patients could potentially be saved by a marrow transplant. Join the Be The Match® marrow registry and fight for those with life-threatening diseases. who knows? you could be the one to save a life. Take the first step at BeTheMatch.org. March is the one month out of the year when all sports take a backseat to college basketball. Before punching a ticket to the Big Dance, however, teams must win their respective conference tournaments to gain automatic entry to the NCAAs. Otherwise, they have to sweat it out on Selection Sunday to see if they can sneak into the tourney through one of 34 at-large spots. The current 65-team NCAA Tournament format is perfect and shouldn’t be changed, but the conference tournaments need to go. A total of 30 NCAA Division I conferences host a tournament consisting of more than half of the teams from the league playing in a single-elimination competition format — with the Ivy League being the one exception. The winner receives a share of the conference championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. My reasons for getting rid of the conference tournaments are simple. First off, No. 1 seeds in postseason tournaments for the six BCS conferences are almost guaranteed an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament, should they fall in the conference tourney, by virtue of the perceived strength of their conferences. It’s also a big risk for coaches to play their best players in a tournament that doesn’t matter when there is a chance they could get injured. In 2000, Cincinnati lost star player Kenyon Martin, the consensus National Player of the Year, to a broken leg during the Conference USA Tournament. The loss of Martin ended Cincinnati’s hopes of a Final Four run and the team was eliminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In the past, coaches like North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Connecticut’s Jim Calhoun have rested their players during the conference tournament to prepare for the NCAA Tournament. This waters down the level of competition in these tournaments because it results in undeserving teams receiving automatic bids to the NCAAs. The second problem with the conference tournament is that the winners become conference co-champions with the regular season champion. Conference co-champions? Since 1994, the Big West Conference has had co-champions eight times. In the 1999-00 season, Long Beach State (24-6, 15-1) finished first in the Big West and won the conference regular season title, but a loss in the conference tournament landed the 49ers a spot in the lowly National Invitational Tournament. Conference tournaments are like a get out of jail free card for teams that played mediocre ball during the regular season. Teams can get hot and play well for three or four days to win the conference tournament and get an automatic bid, taking a spot away from a deserving team that showed consistency throughout the season. The 16-team Big East sends all its members to the conference tournament, meaning last-place DePaul can still make the Big Dance despite having only one Big East win all season. In the 2008 SEC Tournament, Georgia (17-16, 4-12) earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The No. 14-seed Bulldogs lost in the first round to No. 3-seed Xavier, 73-61. The tournament should be replaced by a conference championship game. The two teams with the best records in each conference could fight it out to determine the conference champion. Who doesn’t want to watch the Big 12 Conference title come down to a winner-takes-all game between No. 2 Kansas and No. 5 Kansas State, or No. 1 Syracuse facing No. 9 Villanova for the Big East Championship? The conference championship game would be a factor in NCAA Tournament seeding, with the best teams playing each other to see who deserves the top seeds. It would be a perfect warm up for March Madness, but more importantly, the championship game would mean something. Senior Tommy Pestolesi was named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week on Monday. The 6-foot-6 outside hitter led No. 9 Long Beach State to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation wins over UC Irvine and UCLA this past week. For the week, Pestolesi hit .431, while averaging 4.88 kills and 1.75 digs per set. Jenna Skarzenski / Daily 49er Pestolesi grabs national honor Conference tournaments take the madness out of March Redundant postseason competitions devalue regular season games By Steve Lyons Staff Writer