Americans should not cease international aid efforts in wake of terrorist attacks on the home front. See Opinion, page 4 THE UCSD Orculatlon MONDAY 11,000 ARI) Odober 1,1001 UC SAN DIEGO W'WW.ucsdguardian.org VOLUME 104, ISSUE 4 UCSD employees rally for a better contract Rep. Filner and SE] address crowd By JEFFREY WHITE cellor's office to deliver a lener staring their Senior Staff Writer demands, central to which was the issue of what speakcrs ca lled lInethical treatmcnt of Demanding a better contract with the UC temporary workers. University of California, employees of Filner, who was a professor for 20 years UCSD and its medical centers rallied before being elected to the U.S. I louse of Thursday in the Price enter as parr of a UC Representatives, said he mended the rally to wide "Day of Action." support AFSCME and to Stress that workers U.S. Rep. Bob Filner, D-Chula Vista, rep should be treated \vith respect and not be resentatives from the American Federation of forced to shoulder the effects of the lowing State, County and Municipal Employees, economy. StudentS for Economic Justice and others "]'m here a a member of Congress to say addressed a rowdy audience on the lawn above that we are nOt willing to let working people the Price Center as many looked on from the Jeffrey Wh~e/Gua,dion bear the bnmt of the economic sacrifices that vendor fair being held that day on Library have to be made over the next months or Rallying point: UCSD employees marched to the chancellor's office Sept 20 to demand a bener Walk. contrad and an end to the firing of temporary workers. Demonstrators then marched to the chan- See RALLY, Page:J October dedicated to disabled greater understanding and create Tracy Le said there is not enollgh Programs dialogue regarding the disa bl ed awareness ahout people who live and how they overcome daily with disabilities. challenges: according to the orga "I don't think a lot of the to focus on nizers. school, the public or the faclilty "We want people to become know about people with disabil i abilities aware of the abilities of people ties and what they c By STEPHANIE KWAN different religious communities. consolation for the suffering. Contributing News Writer Dodge opened the vigil, calling David Weisberg spoke on behalf it a time to promote awareness, of Rabbi Lisa Goldstein, encourag Over 550 UCSD students and remember the victims and reflect ing students that every little step faculty attended a vigil hel d upon the future. made a difference in changing the Thursday night to remember and "We can only express in condo world. celebrate the lives lost Sept. II in lences and feelings that we feel," Nadia Aziz, a member of the terrorist attacks on New York City Muir freshman Kev Schnider said. Muslim Student Association, and Washington, D.C. "It's not much, but it's a small show addressed the issue of discrimina The vigil began with the distrib of hope. We're here to show that tion and urged students not to ution and lighting of candles at 8:30 we're not broken and that we can respond to terror with terror. p.m. The A.S. CounciJ sponsored still come together." "This tragedy did not discrimi the event, which began with Rev. Gary Anderson of the nate by race, religion or sex when it speeches given by event coordina United Methodist Campus strude, so we will not discriminate tor Lauren Lee, A.S. President Jeff Ministry spoke of how all religions Dodge and several key leaders from offered a common statement of See VIGIl., p~ 3 Weather INSIDE ... MInIIIy, Oct. tHigh 77 I Low 60 ~ Lights & Sirens 3 TUIIdIy, Oct. 2: High 78 I Low 61 • Opinion 4 WtdnndIy, Oct.l: High 81 I Low 6S basically ·Sony advertisements degrading to women Ad was placed next to article claiming link between pornography and violence OPI 10 Screenblast.com that were pub objecti onable, so your reporter my course. sboul d have had no troubl e finding O'Ncill writes th at "The TH E UC 0 G UAR D I AN OPINION 4 Ii hed. MONOAY,l CTOBER 1,2001 Sony's advertisi ng used pho opponents to quote. instructor argucd that objectivi ty he electricity cri tographs of attractive youn g men [f Gov. Gray Da vis signs AB - - the act of representati on wi th T sis, the gas and women - with headings th at 540, those who have entered our o ut extra neous fanors - IS not read "Use me," "Manipulate me," country illega ll y will be give n be n pOSS ibl e." Whi le I did, in fact, shortage and the "Share me," "Enter me" - to efits that U.S . citi ze ns from othcr argue that objectivi ty is nOl possi ma rket its newest product. states are denied. ble and that it is not c\'en a rea,on recent terrorist [ fo und it particula rl y ironic 'Ib all ow ill egal immigrants in able goa l for jou rnali sts, the defin attacks are all that the "share me" one was posi state tll ition rates is wrong. ' [0 iti on of objectivi ty used m d,I" tioned alongside an article on how all ow Ill ega l immigrants access to was ve r), different from the one FINDING important Issues pornography leads to vi olence stutlcnt aid programs such as Cal used in this arucle. that I would like to aga inst women. G rants is wrong. For the pll rp,,\e, of the da." Perh aps th e Guardian ca n so li c T his bill is fi sca ll y irresponsible objective re portlllg was detined ,I> discuss in a serious it more tas teful , less pornobrra ph ic and mora ll y indefensible. AB-HO the presentation of fact" sCluratcd Letters t~e Editor and more professional adve rti sing is a slap in the face of our legal, from va lue.,. Because there i., SOLIDARITY and thought-provok in fu ture is ues? law-abidi ng citizcns and the laws allV<1\'s In IJ1linltc set of fanl to • The Guardian welcomes letters from ,ts ing manner. But readers. AI/ letters must be no longer of our land. ch()(;sc fro III , sOllie selection than 500 vvords. typed, double-spaced - Sylvia Castelluzzo Responsible )ourn.lll~11I proce~s I'> IIlcl'll,lhlc . .luurn,1II\t, first, I want to talk and s,gned. Letter'i must also contain a demands balance, .1Ilt! UCSD ,w ,lilt! edltorl need to deCide \\ 11Il:h phone number. We reserve the nght to Editor: dent~ l11u~t m,lst upon It. ,tone, to report un, which :llpect\ zn about the season edit for length and clancy. Letters may of thc ~tonc, arc relevJnt, \\ hlch be dropped off ot the Guardian office on Where is th e balance? premier of "Friends:' the second floor of the Student Center Your news stOry, ti tl ed " Ill ega l - L.M . Zink \ources ,Ire rellahle and mforlllcd, For the record , [ would like to or e-mOlIed. Send 01/ letters to ' ali en ru iti on bi ll proposed" (Sept. which wurtb and photO\ to HIC, ct DISASTER state th at [ do not watch this show The UCSD Guardian 24, 200 1), contai ns length y Editor: cctera. Opinion Editor quotes about the personal philos As the Instructor of "The The deciSIOns conccrnln!! bec,llIse of its pop culture subject 9500 Gilman Dr. 03 16 ophy of UCSD Vice Chancell or Rhetoric of the C\V," referred to which facts to present IV 11 I matt er, or beca use Ilike to li ve vic La Jol/o, CA 92093-0316 inevitably be guided by sOllie set of ariously th rough the rel ationships Fox: (858) 534·7691 of Student Affai rs Joseph Wa tson in ,\1 arga ret O'Neill 's t:ditor's values: ei ther the ]uurnJiI,t,' per of overly skinn y peopl e. e-moil: [email protected] and in terviews with two stude nts, soapbox on media bias (Sep t. 18, When I watch "Friends," [ do so bo th of wh om agree wi th 2001), [ was pleased to see that sonal values or the more Illlper fo r ItS mtellecnlal and provocative Editor: Watson. 0' eill is continuing to wrestle sona l, imtltutional value \}'ltCIll\ content, such as wh at it rea ll y Reading th e Monday, Sept. 24 Poll s suggest that most with jou rn ali tic responsib 1l ity. [ of ncw~-gathcring orgJIlI7 , lllon~ . mea ns to be "on a brea k." Plus, I is uc of the Guord,all, I was rea ll y Californi ans find the idea of would li ke to ta ke issue, however, thlllk Matthew Perry is kinda cute. offended by the ads for Sony rewarding ill egal imtmgration very with part of the characterization of See LETTERS. rage 6 Anyway, as everyone and her mother knows by now, Rac hel - the diny blondc who isn't Phoebe - is officiall y pregnant and intends to keep the bab y. But Monica, the brunette with UNIVERSITY CENTERS obsess ive compu lsive disorder, raised an interesting question: ' "[ [ow, in thi s day and age, could a woman possibly get pregnant by accide nt?" In other words: How could you be such a dumbass? I have always bee n a major fan of birth control. Eve n be fore [ knew how babi es were made, [ was actively endorsi ng contraceptives at my parents' dinner pa rties. No, I'm seri ous. Yes, there was a ti me when my parents were actually real people who had rea l fri ends who liked to eat together. T hose days are, of course, long gone; my parents have since transformed ioto Old Peopl e, who are not rea ll y members of the huma n race at all. [ distinctl y remember one din ner pa rty my pa rents had with a young coupl e wh om we shall call "Bob" and "Mary" for the sake of In the wake of tragedy at anonymi ty (thei r names are rea ll y Jake and Susan). Bob and Mary had recentl y gOt- home, Americans forget " ten ma rried and were very much in love, so my parents decided that it would be best to ba nish me to my humanitarian efforts abroad bedroom so they would remain that way. Wi th promise of ice crea m in the morn ing if I stayed out of the livi ng room, [ was ushered out of the prese nce of the two guests. But was I goi ng to stay in my room? Hell 71 0, not a little social butterfly like me. So after about 10 minutes I flit tered (yes, flittered) into the living ROUND TABlE Plm room and plopped myself right a. By CLAIRE •• VANNETTE these days. Our country's persistent Every year, countries are hit hard by directly influence us - is at the root of smack-dab in the center of the strain of isolationism has long led us to Senior Staff Writer natural disasters: earthquakes in Turkey, our unwillingness to make extra effort couch, a spot that coincidentally ignore many of the troubles of the rest mudslides in Latin America and flood TOnlGUT at; RPM to assist those in need in far-off coun also happened to be between Bob It's an appl e-cheeked truism 'often of the world. Or, when we do get ing in India being some recent examples. tries. and Mary. involved, we are guided more by politi Federal organizations such as the U.S. BIG SCREEN I=ICTION quotcd by perky people looking to cheer The issue is further complicated in Now, I think [ sbou[d take a someone up: "When you smile, the cal and economic aims than by a nation Agency for International Development situations where it is not an act of God, moment here to talk about my FOOD nno DRlnl-l SPECIJlLS whole world smiles with you, but when ality-blind desire to assist people in and private donors are quick to send but political situations that create pajamas. [ may have the fashion you cry, you cry alone." need. money and supplies to help ailing coun humanitarian crises. The U.S. govern sense of-a wombat, but I know my SAN FRANCISCO N.Y. JETS Such is cl ea rly not the case fo r With all the instability in countries tries, which are often not developed ment often finds itself torn about how to PJs, and when I was 4 years old, I VS Ame rica . Over the past weeks, the and regions all over the world, it is more enough to provide for adequate disaster use its power and influence on the inter had the coolest ones in the world. "whole world" is sharing in our tragedy. important than ever that Americans pay relief on their own. national scene. On the one hand, some They were the kind that has a zip T he leaders of nearly every nati on in the attention to humanitarian disasters, and Of course, to say that American argue we must promote. democracy and per from your neck to your hips. Of wo rl d have expressed their condolences that we not onl y lend our sympathy and attention toward such disasters is place sanctions on nations with bad course, the best part was tha t they for the events of Sept. 11 . Indeed, the empathy, but al so our help. T his, to be minuscule compared to the interna human rights records or despotic lead ca me with the feet already attached. citizens of many nations are grievi ng truly effective, must be done without tional outpouring of love and support ers. Others point out that sanctions do You just stepped into them, zipped with the ame intensity as America ns, as regard to po li tical concerns. we have received in the last three weeks little to change these situations for the them up and you were good to go, if in tern ati onal borders matter littl e Instead, our care and assistance would be quite an understatement better, and itutead demonize the coun baby. God, those were cool. wh en people are faced with such devas· should come from a deep respec t fo r the indeed. Few Americans give to organi tries imposing them and lead to even So there [ was, sitting next to ta ting and pointles loss of life. intrinsic value of human li fe . This is zations designed to help, and few feel a worse conditions. Bob and Mary (whose names, keep One wo ul d like to thmk that is actu omething in which Americans are rich personal loss over those thousands of Ip. S,tch debates, the desire for friend in mind, are really Jake and Susan), all y the case. when it comes to our friends and neigh- deaths, perhaps because they seem very I} governments wins out over humani With my pajama-covered feet da n Unfortu nately. such politics- free bors, but which must be extended indef far, indeed, from thei r own backya rd . tari an concerns. Americans would do gli ng over thc side of the couch. It concern for the well-bei ng of others in itely to include everyone on th is lone T his attitude - that the only issues rarely materia lizes among Americans ly blue and green island. deserving of attention are those that See HUMANITARIAN. Page 6 See COWMN. Page 6 I 6 OPINION THE UCSD GUARDIAN MONDAY, ocrOBER 1,2001 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1,2001 THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEW ' 7 the second World \Var. Realizing left it in ruins, just as we did mountable natural disaster - after Letters: our mIstake, the United States was Germany after World War I. Humanitarian: all, even in Ncw York, the quality of quick to rebuild Europe and Japan Under the circumstances, the the engineering behind the World Journalistic objectivity is after that second war. In the success of the Taliban wa s PhilanthroRY should Trade Center held each of the tow facts without values process, we made longstanding e ntirely predictable. What's sur continue after tragedy ers steady for nearly an hour after friends 3nd alli es out of fonm:r prising is that the results weren't the planes' respective impacts, Continued from page 5 continued from page 4 enemIes. worse. all owing thousands to escape from Oh)cctl\'it)", or the .,cpar3tJoll In the 19805, the Soviet nion After the Soviet downfall, it well to re-evaluate this stance and the lower floors. And now, 111 the (If f.lCt, .llltl "alucs, IS thcrefore a attacked Afghanistan. Although would have co t us far less to consider the impact our dccisions wake of the domestic disaster, our thcorctlc.1I Imposslhility. Tim we were slow on the uptake, the rebuild Afghanistan than we're have on actual quality of life for hospitals have the technolo!,'Y' sup Ashcroft introduces plan to search student records docs nut mean, of course, Ihat United tates finally gave m<1ten- now spending on this one attack. people living in th'C countries we plies ami staff to treat the injured; )ounl.llist., ~hould not stnve to be 31 3id and training to the Afghan A~ we learned with Germany and deny supplies and goods. our infrastructure is strong enough fair, JlTUr.It ~ ,I nd re'p0l1'lhlc. fighter,. In the proccs" we J apan, it would have been a small The past few years have also to provide the services that will Some fear that Middl~ Eastern students will experience excessive searches trained Jnd supported OS<1m3 bin price to pay. seen growing populations of piece that city, and our nation, back - Jonathan Markovitz Laden. ,eorge Santayana said, "Those refugees, as is now the case in together. BERKELEY, Calif. - U.S. had enrolled last fall at Holv searched - not school-related II1cnr .111.1 p.lst Jets of tension c1o~c1}' :], well. " Depalillll'lllofSuaulogy Against all odds, Afghanistan who cannot remember the past are Afghanistan and Pakistan. To take that for granted, to for Attorney General John Ashcroft ames College in Oaldand, ali r:. . information. toward \ llIl'nCI 1\ ould be the focus ,\ lelllher, of Con~re\S ,Ire .\11111' Cu"r.~r H 'rlllll .~ ProW'flllI pn:va iled against the mighty condenmcd to repeat it." The United Nations has esti get that the vast majority of people has asked Congress to consider a to study English. He had made of the ,l·.II'l hes." rCl'lclI'lI1g Ashcroft:, plan' alld draft Soviet army, ultimately le3ding to owhere is this more trlle than mated that the cost of aiding these in the world do not have these lux plan that would give federal offi preparations to move in with a ho~t The 'Illdellt .ts,ociation said it in,!! difTcrent typcs of antl-tcrromllt Fditor: the downf311 of the Sovit!t Union. in Afghanistan today. refugees - who have fled t11eir uries and securities, would be a cials extensive access to shldents' family, but never showed up for ''There's no way you al,o fe.II' tim II'tll lead to racial k~I,latinn, which Iiouse .lnd In the .Iftermath of \I\'orld \Var This wOllld certainly qualify homes believing that American gross injustice to those people, and private records in the wake of the c1asscs. protiltllg. IIlt h mldents of Middle S ~ llate (olltmlrtecs arc expected to I, Europe lay 111 ruins. The rcsult Afghanistan as a nahlral ally, at the - Peter Rowat bombs will soon fall ovcr them - to ourselves. terrorist attacks. But the U.S. Student can look at Eastern .111.1 South Asian descent conSIder this week. Ing mllauon, desperation .tnd rage very least. Associale rmanh profmo7' will total over $600 million. Where Don't misinterpret this - thi is The plan would allow govern Association, a national student lob someone's records bcmg 1111 11"< c,sanly targeted. Ashcroft ha, not vet outlined led to the n.,c of Beni to i\lussolil1l nd how did we repay UCSD Instillllt for mral is t11e fund for donations toward not a call for Americans to renounce ment ollicials to earch students' bying organization, said Ashcroft's "Th~I ,", 110 lI'ay you can look at thc criteria under whIch college, .lIld .\dolf Ilitler, ,1I1d ulumately to and figure out if Afghanistan' We went away and Complltalio71 this effort? Is American reticence the capitalist lifestyle we so enJoy, to r~cords without their knowledge or proposal gives a green light for fed ,omcone', re(ords and tigure out if mllst turn o\'er contidentlal stlldent toward assisting all people nega sell our sport utility vehicles and fine consent. eral officials to unnecessarily look they're going to do they're !(1I11l,!! to do something. f data. tively affected by the acts of violent homes and jewelry and designer If probable cause can be shown, at students' private records .. something:' cO llrse It ', gOI ng to target Muslims Past laws ha ve ,t1lowed officl.11 too excited, because it was clear term "vagina" correctly. extremists due to indifference' clothing and send all but what we officials from the federal depart "(The law would) violate a Shl and Ar.ll"," sa Id Ba~im Elkarra, 5earches of >fudcllt prolile" but Column: that Bob did not own PJ s this cool, Bob stared at Mary in horror, That cannot be true, because need to those at the other end of the ments of Education and Justice will dent's right to privacy," said Allen -Baslm Elkarra president "I the University of they contained IlInltations. and it would be rudc to Oaunt who stared back in equal shock. Americans have shown themselve wealth spectrum. Such a course of hc able to examine a student's Parker, U .S. Student Association UC Berkeley Muslim Student Californl.l-llerkele), Muslim The federal Family Educational Never trust ostensibly mine in his face. I was a very lI'ell Then, quite suddenly, Bob and to be generous in giving to the action is for few, and those who fol records for' past "acts of tension spokesperson. "Besides, it will be Association President , rudent \ ""clation. Rights and Privacy CI prel'ents innocent blondes mannered child.) Mary had to go, due to "prior relief efforts on our own soil. This low it arc hailed as saints but little toward America." hard for [federal officials] to deter BlIt I. .lll ne Rcbjoahnos, another colleges from rclen 'ing students' ,\ Ie (trying to make Bob feel engagements" they had suddenly personal infonmtion without the Continued from page 5 generosity must be extended out imitated in the West. Because one of the terrorists mine if a student is a terrorist just s poke s p ~r"JII for the Justice hetter ahout his pajamaless stntus): remembered. side our borders. Instead, let liS begin where we had entered the United tates with by random facts." "[Federal agents] are looking Depanlllcllt, ~a l d r.lce will not mat IVri rlcn consent of the student. de.lr that my neigh ho I' , were 11'," But you kn ow, sometimes they I don't remember the details, Maybe it's idealistic and naive to can, where we are comfortable. a student visa, a Justice Department A Justice Department official only at certain key traits," said reI' in thl' ,c.II'Ches. BlIt the law does gIve Icew~ y for I'err uncolllfc>rrablc In Illy pres aren't that gl cat. but Bob and Mary never came suggest that we should give of our An1ericans have scl Oessly donated spoke person said the federal gov said files will not be opened on Mindy Tucker, a Justice ",\1u,lllIh and Middle several exception, including a ence, e,peclally ,incc the), were Bob (b)' now incredibly fasci over to our house for dinner again. great bounty to help all people In money and clothing and time to ernment needs more information random whims. First, probable Departmcnt spokesperson. Easterner, II til not be targeted," "he~1 th or safety emergency." holdlllg Itq unr. nated with me - he wanted to According to the sources of my need, whether they're citizens of help the disaster relief in ew about students' records and activi cause must be given, and even if "Grades and other school-directed Rebjoahnll' " lid. "Americans have BlIt Boh, bClllg the good Sport adopt me, I could tell): Oh? Why pa rents, the couple never had chil nations with which we agree or dis York . What if the giving continue ties. the files are looked at closely, only information will not be looked into. tendellcll" towa rd terrori 111 also. - Miguel Reyna thJt he wa s (and probably a little is that? (He smi led at Mary - dren. For some reason, I t11ink agree, nations t11at are our allie or after the rubble is cleared on the One of the terronst hijackers important aspects will be Characteristics like anger displace- So IAlllene.IIl,] 1I'0llid be looked at Dally Califunllull tllb),), deCided III make the he,! of what a wonderful father he ' will they just felt that they wcren't our enemies. home front? the ,ltuatlon Jnd .lttclllpted to l make, he is thinking ) ready for kids. But whether it's possible or nor, We can help; that much is clear. e,tahlt,h comlllunlcatlOn. Iv1e (leani ng in close and whis You ee, even at the tender age it should be something to which we ow all that is wanting is our com Our conven,allon \I ent ~ome pering solemnly): Because some of 4, I was a walking advertisement aspire. To show the same respect to mitment. Americans have been thing hke thIS : times, when I zip them lip, the zip for birth control. Had Rachel real value of human life no matter race, inspired to reach into their hearts Boh (gnpping hiS w!I1e glass Tornado per gets caught in my vagina, and ized what a tricl,), thing pajamas religion, creed, ideology or nation and give condolences to the fami hke there lI'a \ no tomorrow): Um, it really hllrts. can be, I think the plot of ality - isn't that one of the central lies of t1lOse affected by the attacks; hello there. Bob was understandably quite "Friends" wOllld have gone a bit tencts of our culture? In fact, it's a we have reached into our pockets to ,\Ie (s llliling adorably): Iii! strikes U. taken abac k by this information, differently. major part of what makes America give much-needed financial sup Boh (searching de -peratcly for si nce he no doubt considered my So basically, I tricked you into a great country. ·port. We have discovered the satis •1 coll\'c r5a tion topic): So - those PJs to be immaculate symbols of reading this cntire thing with my We Americans have 0 much, faction that comes from knowing .l re great pajamas yuu have there. of Maryland perfection. little introduction about and perhaps the thing we take most that our energies are going toward Me (so pleased he had I'd also like to think that he was "Friends." Let that be a lesson to for granted is our security that we something constructive and posi nOliceIJl): Yes, I know. rather impressed with the fact that you: Never trust a woman who will nOt be stricken with over tive. That satisfaction doesn't have Many students ( t this point, [ tried not to get a 4-year-old was able to use the wears pajamas with feet. whelming famine or an insur- to stop. displaced, $15 million in damage COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Preliminary assessments have esti mated on-campus damages caused show off your by last Monday's tornado at about $15 million, University of ,\IIaryland officials said Wednesday. Sign-ups @ 6:30 pm Damages at University Courtyard are expected to cost about S 1.5 million, according to Campus spokesman George Cathcart. for more Facilities management officials and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency inspected North Campus facilities on Wcdnesday and found roof, win dow and door damages in most of the bui ldings. Though the campus is protect ed under the state's self-insurance plan, which wi ll cover most of the costs, officials said they are in the process of applying for federal dis aster aid. Franlc Brewer, assistant vice president for faci lities manage ment, said it will be several weeks before final damage figures will be available. Trailers that temporarily housed the Maryland Fire and YOU LIVE ON . Rescue Institute, located behind CA NNOl the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, suffered the most damage. The campus is unlikely to reconstruct the trailers, Brewer RAMEN NOODLES AlONE. said. Work on the collapsed roof in the back of North Woods Buffet began Tuesday and will likely take four weeks to fix, Brewer said. T he buffet will remain closed during that time. "Al l the cleanup has gone very well and very quicldy," Cathcart said. "So many agencies came to help." Buildings at the Courtyard were most heavily damaged by the storm. More than 700 students were evacuated from the seven buildings on its site. FULL BELU FOR UNDER FIVEBUCKS. - Raymund Lee F1andez The DiamondbiIC!t VILLA LA JOLLA &NOBEL ST. 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This MA degree is desig ned to prepare individuals lor careers in sports/athletics administration and m a na ge m ~ nt '~ a vari.ety 01 settings. including professional. amateur. fitness, college and scholastic organtzattons. pnvate bustnesses. community services as well as in academic institutions. Classes begin January 2002 on-campus at California State University, Long Beach. Attend a Free Information Session: October 16 November 13 the sa me fears that I had. When I (Sequence Number-J264) (Sequ ence Number-3265) China: signed up for the trip. it was nght 6:30pm after the U.S. spy plane incident, First Meeting: Cali forni a State University. Long Beach Students observe many and my Southern family had many Thurs., Oct. 4th, The Pyramid, Ukl eja Room cultural differences preconceived ideas about the com munist COWl try. However, I was on To RSVP call (800) 963·2250 7 p.m. @ RIMAC Continued from page 9 a personal peace mission. Green Room For more Information. call: all-inclusive trip to China was def Once 1 arrived, 1 reali zed what Chris Tsangaris: ~ . Associate Director. CSULB Gradua te Sports Ma nagement Program initelya good deal. I took a chance the trip was really about. Legend; Departmenl of KmeslOlogy and Physical Education. (562) 985·2044. EMAIL tsan@Cs ulb.edu Contact: anci after a little thought, I went of China wa~ ahle to show u~ cul for It and sent in the form. tltrc, as I had ;ISSlll11Cd II would . [email protected] I had never thought enously but mostly tt was a LOur group. about going to China (except to sec Though I felt slightly misled, the the .reat Wall). When 1 tOld peo trip did show me .1 lot ahout ple about my summer plans, their Visit: http://lacrosse.ucsd.edu pharos an b sraR \7 bv Rebecca bRexleR reactions showed they had some of ee CULTURE, Page II ~ ~ ,ItIlI . t···· •.••••••• • I""' ••• I"'I""( .'.,,~. '" 10 FEATURE THE UCSD GUARDIAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 1,2001 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1,2001 THE UCSD GUARDIAN FEATURE II Culture: Interviews by Pavni Mehrotra, photos by Lyon Liew 10 QUESTIONS UCSD will continue involvement in program Continued from 'page 9 WHY RENT? BUY! Kelly Chain Aditi Bhasin Adam Qua Chmese culture and society. I began seeing cultural differences " We ca lled TOB IN from Sacramento .. . He took time to listen to Revelle Freshman Marshall Junior Roosevelt Freshman right away. It was hard not to notice what we wanted for our daughter. .. He knew th e real estate market that young girls in China are much around UCSD ... He selected nice properties with our daughter's more affectionate with each other safety in mind... We bought a property and we are very pleased than Americans are. After getting to know rwo of the locals our group met '~~ ; r- : ~. with his services and professionalism .. . We highly recommend ---- ,~.·r at a university, they starred walking " Tobin ... Give him a call.. . He will be there for you!" 1. If you could change More bike riding hours. More parking, definately more parking. When I am walking to class there are all right next to me, with our shoulders TOBIN one thing about the UCSD these skateboarders and golf carts flying touching. I was rather Aanered that - Mat and Carol Evans One of UCSO's campus what would you by. I wish they had a separate walkway for Lucy and Cher felt so comfortable change? them because it is so unnerving. with me, but in 95 degree weather I finest is also a wanted some breathing space. HOME PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE ••. 1999 SOAR® 2. If you could invent a A mix of soccer and water ... oh, wait. Basketballpolo! Group fencing. AJong with seeing the usual I HAVE YOUR PARENTS CALL TODAY. Realtor® of the sport, what would it be a That would be waterpolo. You'd swim tourist attractions, the Americans Year Nominee! mix of or what would you upside down and use your feet. were able to visit a university and DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY PAYING RENT! call it? meet some of the students. You can: University life in China has some 3. Who is your favorite Tom Cruise .. , short, dark and hand Cameron Diaz. It • Rent the extra rooms to your friends ... COLDWeu Here's a way to pay for housing has always been Jackie Chan. similarities to American college life, that is also an investment! celebrity at this time? some. but also many differences. One tu • Use the rent money to pay for the mortgage ... BAN~eRO dent, Van, told me that the amount Call Tobin today at 4. What movie can't you "Serendipity." "Serendipity. " I don't even know what is out right now .... 6f time a student spends studying is • You live in the condo for FREE, and.. . ASSOCIATES wait to see? up to them, but tha t Chinese stu REALTY (858)637-0609 (voIce lNil) dents are in class about eight hours a • ... your parents can write off the interest 5. If you could be a fruit, A pear; I like the way they taste. An apple; they're sweet and my favorite color A kiwi ; they're fuzzy. day, five days a week - much more on the mortgage! 9988 Hilbert Street, Ste 100, (858)621-5279 (oflice) what would you pick? is red. time than Americans are used to. San Diego, CA 92131 e-mail: [email protected] The dorm life is also much dif 6. Have you ever been Not just yet. The candlelight vigil on campus. The 'Yay people are when you are first on ferent. tudents are not allowed in inspired by something or carrip6s. They are so great and open; not th e dorms of members of the oppo someone on campus? intimidating at all. site sex. AJ 0, ix people live in each room , and the room are small: 7. What food do you miss Anything my dad cooks! My mom 's cooki ng. Steamed rice, good steamed rice i what I on ly a linle bit larger than ISO the most on campus? want. I even bought a rice cooker ... but ~quarc feet to hold three bunks and now I need the rice. u,ually one or two desks. 8. If any artist could per um 41. Blink-182 . Erica Cazare , a snldent on the form at UCSD, who would Lifehouse. tour from Long Beach ta te you want it to be? University, asked Van what Chmese I,.TJ IYS thought of Amencan girls. He 9. What on-campus activi Innertube waterpol o. The clubs and organizations on ca mpu s, I am looking into sport. Since UCSD is said politely, "Anlcrican girls are ty do you want to get ~specially SSA [Sikh Student Association] . now in Divsion n of the CAA, it i real much stronger than Chinese girl s. " involved in this quarter? ly exciting and 1 can't wait to join in. Cities in China are highly popu lated, and due to this density, I aw 10. What is the oddest Empowering Female Studies. I have gOt to check the ca talog .. .. I don't really know because in Roosevelt everal traffic accidents, including class you have taken or we don't really choose our classes, we JUSt bike-on-bike accidents. Something have heard of? get them. that was hard tor us 'l'\!nericans to comprehend wa the fact that in China, it seems to be that the big ger vehicle has the right of wa y. My second night in China I saw a bit'}'clist get rear-ended by a car. The driver got out of his car and looked at his bumper, then drove off. Luckily for the bicyclist, the only Students conduct energy.. saving experiment damage was to his bike, because in China, the bicyclist would have been held responsible for any damages. Madison High School sponsors research on new non toxic fuel alternative Overall, the trip wa amazing. By LAUREN POPP engine without requiring any modifica The country is beautiful and safe. 1 didn 't feel the need to keep every Staff Writel tions or conversions to the engine. "Another advantage is the lubricating thing under close watch as one does With ever-increasing energy prices effect biodiesel has that has been shown to when traveling in Europe. The and the end of our supply of petroleum an increase engi ne life," added instructional people were very nice and would mevitable threat, more and more alterna aide Daniel McKinley. often approach Americans, wanting tive energy and fuel sources arc being Motivated by the promising results of to have their picture taken with us. considered for the future. Madison High his study of biodiesel, Quirin set out to Loren Thompson, assistant vice School in Clairemont is leading the way in create a biodiesellab within the autoshop. chancellor of Snldent Educational experimenti ng with just such a resource G ui'ded onl y by information offered in Advancement at UCSD, initiated the th at, if supported further, could be a solu Jo hua Trickell 's book on biodiesel, "From school's involvement with the pro ti on. the Fryer to the Fuel Tank," Quirin and gram. He said of the trip, "The In the last few years, biodiesel, a com hi s students were able to manufacture greatest cultural difference was how bination of vegetable oil , methanol and their own biodiesel for around 80 cents extremely friendly the people were. lye, has been experimented with as an per gallon using linle more than a trolling Everywhere we went, if you smiled at alternative file I for diesel engines. Greg motor and a steel drum. someone, people were ready to smile Quinn, dutomechanics instructor for "I tell the students that if you can bake back." Madison High School 's Regional a ca ke, you ca n make biodiesel," Quirin A trip like this would be especial Occupation Program Autoshop and for said. ly interesting for people who like mer UCSD transportation services The fairly simple..process requires only history and different culnlres. Chi na mechanic, began working with his stu two ingredients beyond vegetable oil: lye is full of ancient traditions. For me, dents to produce his own version upon and methanol, which are required to cre it was incredible to go through the learning of biodiesel's many benefits. ate a catalyst for the reaction necessary to cities, see the things that I had In hi s research, he found that biodiesel produce the fuel. learned about and visit the places 1 i not only a completely renewable, non Not satisfied with merely producing studied that are now tourist aurac tOXIC alternative, it's also a mea ns of recy biodiesel, Quirin decided to challenge tions. For once, the things I heard cling used vegetable oil that would nor his students further and put their fuel to about in my Making of the Modern mally be taken to a landfill. real-life application. The result after World courses had a purpose. "A large restaurant gets rid of 500 gal nearly a year of work and experimenta 1 have heard about trips such as lons of vegetabl e oil in a month, 90 per tion was the "Veggie Volvo," a Volvo 760 this advertised for UCSD students, cent of which can be reclaimed, filtered equipped with a diesel engine made by such as one to Israel for students of and used tq. make biodiesel," Quirin the students in the autoshop. Quirin and the Jewish faith . 1 encourage every explained. hi s students entered the Veggie Volvo in one to look into these programs Furthermore, used or unused, the veg the 2001 Del Mar Fair, taking home first because they really are a great bar ctabl e oil can be taken from any number place for Transportation Group Project gain. Altogether, the airfare, hotels or sources ranging fro m soy bean to as well as an environmental awareness (these rea ll y were four and five stars) ca nola oil. award. and meals were included for less than What furth er di stinb'Uishes biodiesel The recognition and recent media the airfare alone would have been if frolll Mandard dIese l fu el IS Its drastica ll y coverage of the project has he lped earn we ' had booked it on our own. The lower emI ssIons rates, whIch translates to _ grants from groups such as the Greater experience was well wonh the cost a much more environmentally re ponsi San Diego Educational Industry For Thompson, this is not the ble fue l source. Its only by-product is Counsel. end of this program. KUCSD is glyce rin and it has between 40 to 60 per "In the United States there's only a definitely going to work with cen t lower emis ions of government-reg handful of universi ti es researching Legends of China again," he said. ulated by-products such as carbon biodiesel," Quirin said. "We're probably Giving more students the opportu monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulates the only known high school that not only *' IdlGuotd'on nity to experience what I did and ... o'r soot. Experimentinl: Students in the Regional Occupation Program pour biodiesel into the engine of the find theIr own personal peace Biodiesel can also be used in any diesel See IIODIESEa.. Page 15 Volvo 760. abr,oad . MONDAY, OCTOBER 1,2001 THE UCSD GUARDIAN FEATURE 13 12 ALENDAR THE UCSD GUARDIAN MONDAY, OcrOBER I. 2001 THE EDITOR'S SOAPBOX Don't be 50 impressed by my Rubik's Cube Recitation in biology and engineering is not an implication of intelligent thought - ByEDWU analogy, then, for my academics at 1.00701 this university thus far (a nd proba 100101 Design Editor bly for a long time to come). iJCSIl TV. Meet lhe Dean. Lany Sa;J1", PiI.D. Memory PI ....ncy tlSls, birth contml p!lSCripbOns, and hHfth 10:OOam • Career Serlices Center. lIam about the · Rush Week, 9:00am· 5:00pm • Price CentliIO/ I·IO/5. 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OCTOBER I. 2001 THE UCSD GUARDIAN FEATURE, 15 14 FEATURE THE UCSD GUARDIAN MONDAY. ocrOBER 1.2001 engineering majors struggle to Rubik's: comprehend the beauty in the material they've chosen for socioe Scientific subjects should conomic reasons. 1 wish the engi be held in awe . neering majors around me wou ld stOP worrying about their grades. Continued from page 14 try to stand in awe of the genius areas less rewarded by our society's that created the equations they economic Structure. must use to solve their problems I \vi sh my friends-and peers who and try as best tlley can to under chose majors of creative output and stand their derivations themselves, analysi derided as "one-way tracks Then again. I also wish I acmally to teaching careers" would hold understood how a Rubik 's Cube their heads high because lowly works. have to meet federal and sta te emis Biodiesel: sions sta ndards and current diesel engines are not clean-running Experiment is in need of enough to pass these standards." financial support Quirin explained. He also said that compared with Continued from page 10 other options such as natural gas or experiments with it, but produces cars powered by electricity. and uses it in our own shop's vehi biodiescl is a much more viable des as well." choice: atural ga~ is a limited Such a statement reveals how resource and ca nnot be used with new and relativel y unknown out expensive conversions for biodiesel is and th~refore how engi nes. and electric cars have yet unique Quirin's program is. to be perfected. As awareness about biodiesel So what's next for Quirin and spreads. it's becoming clear that its his research? He has set hi s sight role in the future has great poten on a more efficient vehicle 55 Ventilate 25 Hlv. bulld.r tial. B'iodiesel is compatible with intended to run only on biodiesel. ACROSS 57 Sock tnd 26 fastln HenleV or Daniel 58 Burying the hatch· 27 Inspiration any diesel engine; therefore. it With the help of a Perkins grant Share billing et 28 Slumps could potentially power boats. for vocational classes at the high Hit h,ad-on 65 Possess 30 Author of 14 Precinct 66 Of primitive groups " Expensive buses. trucks and even power plants school . Quirin said he plans to 15 Additional perror' 67 Influ.nce Peopl'" that run off a large diesel engine. take a "small. efficient engine manCf 68 Was in 'ront 31 Window on I cor- [email protected] Spread me. Swap me. Trade me. Share me with anyone you 16 _Baba 69 Busy bel The government has already begun from a Volkswagen Rabbit and like. With Screenblast;" you can watch stuff, mess with it, post it 17 Dryer trappings 70 Not.worttly times 32 Ward oft Change me. Crop me. Control me. Manipulate me any using biodiesel in fleets. and in sev adapt it into a custom kit car with 18 Ambrose or Bacall 7 Wynn and Bthlet 36 Ernes way you want. With the Screenblast Creation Suite 'Mof on your Showcase page to share your creative vision with the 19 Won lollow'up? 72 Irish Ind Spanis h 38 Opera Sf't In Egypt eral pans of the country. public hopes of achieving 45-50 miles to 20 Sel"rellant Qfowths 39 Booty editing tools and personal Stash,'" you're not just a viewer, buse are being powered by the world. Now get out there. 22 Blast I,ttefs 73 Lois of the " Oally 42 Landing If•• a gallon running on vegetable 23 Som.: F'r. Planet" 45 Get tn. point you're a creator. Now get busy. vegetable-based fuel as well. oil." The Veggie Volvo currently 24 Olta displays 49 Type 01 QonQ 26 Bridge opening DOWN 52 Purloined The trend ma y catch on fur gets approximately 25 miles to 29 Condescend 53 Intimidated ther. as a large-scale cOllversion of the gallon. so Quirin ha s high 33 Mtriwethef or Jav.'s neighbor 54 Itall.n ,.plor., Grant Emer.ld Isle Polo vehicle engines from petroleum hopes. 34 WeddinG! vo w Look .Iter 56 Turn back hased fuel dependence to relying Financial support seems to be 35 Crown lfU 4 Loathfd 59 Packaged seU 01 ------Etc's cousin s~y materials on so me sort of alternative fuel hi largest ob tacle. becau c the 37 5 01 the -- SONY- 40 rrnh 6 Judah's son 60 Sacred bird of source is unavoidable in the near project is currently funded primar 41 Send· ups 7 Desert Storm mls' ancient Egypt ------~ ...... , futu re. 43 Bravo" Central part of a - sll' 61 il y by donations received from 44 ROWan and Rather 8 Sped church ------"Within the next five years. 46 OQle 9 _w.III? 62 Dist inctive at mos' work the autoshop students per 47 russ 10 Te mporary Clr phfre buses and all diesel vehicles will form on the shop's cars. 48 Hanoi holiday It Jllopy 63 Tar1an ' wtarinQ 50 Mor. crafty 12 Isolat.d group 5t LlQht touch 13 Aft.r' dlnntr treats 64 Oth.rwlso S2 Pitfcinq cry 21 NUisances aspll'lng doctor if it's the money Intramural Sports '. Fall Team Sports Schedule Soapbox: and prestige motivating him and you're likely to get some answer R.. gistratlon PrJority Periods. T .. am Captain's M.... tings. Entry Fees. Season Dates Monetary wealth is not about a grea t concern for the well academic worth being of others - but what if we HERITAGE 6 0- fall T€'am Telephone Team Captain's T(,.1m Sport Season Days/Times· paid our doctors $30.000 per year Sports Regluratlo" Meetings Entry Fee Runl of Play Continued from page 13 and our teachers $120.000? tTU PYlont Period \Yha t I cannot sta nd. however. The truth is that no matter how W_O, I'Ion. au. • I'Ion. au. • 41 4pm $35 Oct. 7- To be de FUNDING for your undergraduate Look fo r our survey onli ne very soo n.The results will student projects. appear in our " Best Of" edition on Thursday Nov. 15th. In the mean ti me, we wou ld appreciate feedback on yo ur personal fa vorites ... 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SPORTS See p. 19 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1,2001 THE UCSD GUARD IAN SPORTS 20 Tritons compete in Stanford Invitational Ex-UCSD cross country star James Nielson races against old team By ISAAC PEARLMAN UC Santa Barbara, Cal State "We beat the Division JlI schools Both Callister and Stone earned "Lindsey Young is a freshman Sports Editor U nive rsity Fullerton, UC and two [California C ollegate a spot on the UCSD conference with a mission," Van Arsdale said. Riverside, Long Beach State and Athletics Association] conference team with their performances in "She's our No. 2 runner right The UCSD men's and women's Cal State University San Marcos, rivals." the invitational. now." cross country teams traveled the TrilOns placed 18th out of 21 Individually, sophomore Devin Stanford won the team competi Sophomore Julie Pope came in north last Saturday to compete in entering teams. Callister had the top time for tion easily and earned a total of 36 third for UCSD, finishing the the Stanford Invitational in Palo "[The competition] was the best UCSD, coming in 93rd overall points while the second place team, course in 15:49 to place 96th over Alto. we've seen so far this year," Van with a time of 27 :33 for the 8,000- Utah State University, was 17 all . Former Triton and UCSD Arsdale said. "With the possible meter course. points behind with 53. UC Santa The Tritons came in 17th place Male Athlete of the Year James· excepti on of the UC Irvine "He's just tOugh ," Va n Arsdale Barbara, University of Utah and as a team with 431 points, finish Nielson also ran in the race as part Invitational, which didn't have as said . "Last year he ran the 10,000- UC Davis rounded out the top five ing 391 points behind overall win of Stanford's team beca use he is many teams in it." meter event for track and had the finishing teams. ner Stanford which ended with 40 currently taking advantage of his T he men's cross country team fa stest freshman time. [Today] he On the other side of the course, points. fi nal yea r of eli gibili ty while competed with its B group because ran an outstanding progression - the Triton women competed in a Freshman Stanford runner working towa rd a graduate the A team stayed home to train for he started off at a good pace and short course of 4,000 meterS and Alicia Craig was the individual win degree. the upcoming conference race. increased hi s speed. " were led by senior Mary Peate, who ner for the women's course, clock UCSD cross country coach l e d "The [A group] ran a 12-miler Junior Ja on StOne, who was ran the course in 15 :02 to finish ing in with an impressive time of \ 'an Arsdale had no reservations Saturday on a constant descending named T riton racer o f the week for 67th overall. 12 :40. about see ing his former runner race pace, running fa ster and faster and hi s performance, was the next "Mary's doing a very good job U nfortunately for the Tritons, a~am st him. they have to stay with each other," TritOn to fini sh. H e timed in at this year balancing her tOtal devel fre shman Cassandra Cooper ~ "I'm eXCited to watch him race Van Arsdale said. "What we've 28: 15 to come in 114th. Freshman opment," Van Arsdale said. "She's severely sprained her ankle during anytime," Va n Arsdale sai d. "The been attempting to do is race at a Luke Si gmon wa s just behind made some dramatic improvements warm-ups for the event and will rt:ality is he was ready to move up. maximum velocity and work on Stone at 116th with a time of both in the classroom and with the most likely miss the rest of the sea T here's no a ben er pl ace fo r him to pack dynamics." 28 :18. Sophomore Mike Lord, [earn." son. be." Van Arsdale was satisfi ed with sophomore John M orrison, fresh Freshman Lindsey Young was T he T ritons will travel next Competing in a fie ld of about his runners' performances. man Mike Daly and sophomore the second Tritun to finish the weekend to the Paul Short ~ oo runner and against the likes "The group we tOok did a ter Adam Miller all pl aced within the course, coming in 77 th with a time Invitational in Bethlehem, Penn. uf UC DaVIS, Uni versity of Utah, rifi c job of competing," he sa id . top 130 fin is hers fo r UC D. of 15:21. Men's soccer outlasts ·UC Davis because I said so UCSD beats Aggies 2-1 in a double-overtime thriller By JOSH CROUSE Sports Editor know there are T he UCSD men's occer team ca n add a I many people out new phrase to irs vocabulary after a strong week of Cali fo rnia Collegiate Athleti c there who would love for Association play: winning streak . The Triton soccer tea m looks like it's me to ramble on about I fina lly living up to its preseason expectations - the C CAA coache predi cted the team something related to would take the outh Di vision of the CCAA UCSD in this column_ To when it recorded a win ove r conference-ri val UC Davis. T he victory was the Tritons' sec you, I apologize. ond ill a row. With the regular season winding down, UCSD, which improved to 3-5 in the I feel obligated to give my two cents on the CCAA and 3-7 uverall with the tw o wins, Ou t happenings in Major League Baseball this las ted the A gg lC ~ to ea rn a 2 - I victory 111 a year. double-overtime tllriller Friday afternoon at Undoubtedly, the biggest story of the Tnton Soccer Stadium. year involves Barry Bonds' assault on Mark The two teams battled back and forth McGwire's single-season home run mark of throughout an eve nly matched first half. 70, a record that few believed would ever :-J either tea m was able to brea k through, fa ll. Yes , I realize that Ichiro and the however, as both goalies played solid match Mariners are big news, along with Rickey e" UCSD 's RV'1Il Wei rich fi ni shed with three Henderson's chase of Ty Cobb and 3,000 aves whi le h·i.. UC DaVIS counterpart, I ic hits, but not as big as the number 70. Platter, made fou r stops for the Aggie,. Lyon Li_/Cuordion First off, I have to say that I hate Barry The tie la!oted only a minute into the sec Bonds. To me, he is nothing but an ego-dri My ball: Triton fres hman mldflelder DaVid Ower (21) battles an Aggie for poSition last Friday ond half before UC Davis (2-2-1 CCAA, 5- ven jerk who chokes in the clutch. That afternoon at Triton Soccer Stadium. The Tritons went on to win 2-1 In a hard·fought, double-overtime being said, I have to respect what he is See SOCCER Page ' 9 thriller. doi ng this year. He has been amazing in not onl y hitting home runs, but also helping his team win. Of his 69 home runs, 30 of them have either tied the game or have given his team the lead; impressive numbers for a guy who is 'lot supposed to deliver in the clutch. Water polo still undefeated Still, I would hesitate to call Bonds the premier power hitter of' our generation. Not to take anything away from him, but Tritons pound M.I.T., UC Davis to improve to 8-0 just look at the stats: Prior to this season, By ISAAC PEARLMAN five goals and fellow co-captain second and third quarters, in rounded out the scoring for the Bonds had failed to even pass the SO-homer mark not exactly indicative of a great power Sports Editor Jonathan Samuels added three. which they outscored their Tritons. Freshmen Steven Jendrusina opponents 9-2 and 8-1, respec UC Davis hung tough hitter. Personally, I think that the tide The UCSD men's water polo and Jonathan Hopkins each tively. . despite being out5Cored 2-1 in should go to Sammy Sosa, who is about to team won two games last week netted three goals as well, while In their second game the the first three quarters. The become the first person in history to hit 60- end in the UC Santa Cruz junior Bryon Spicer and senior Tritons were actually given a lit Aggies attempted a comeback in plus big flies in three consecutive seasons. SlugFest tournament in Santa Vladimir Djapic each con de competition by UC Davis, the fourth quarter when they To take that a step further, I wouldn't Cruz to remain undefeated this tributed two goals. Freshman but it wasn't enough to disrupt outscored UCSD 2-1 but even call Bonds the best power hitter of a year. Kevin Smoker, junior Paul UCSD's 7-5 victory over the remained three goals short of an single season, even if he does break the 70 In their first ga me agai nst Motschall, sophomore Matt Aggies. upset. mark. While some people scratch their the Massachusetts Institute of Ellis and freshman Nate Allan once again led the With these two victories the heads at this logic, I simply point to the Technology the Tritons romped C ooper each added a goal Tritons with three goals while Tritons, ranked ninth in the environment that Bonds hits in compared to a 22 -5 pounding of M.LT api ece. H opkins, Morschall, Ellis and nation, improved to a perfect 8- Senior Brett Allan scored UCSD JUlUed away in the freshmen Travis Boettner o for the season. Su BECAUSE. Page '7 UPCOMING EVENTS Oct. 12, 7 p.m., RIMAe Arena: Women's VOlleyball vs. SFSU Oct 13, 1 p.m., Triton Soccer Stadium: Women's Soccer vs. WWU
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