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TRANSPORTATION CAMPUS LIFE Students Road Work Ahead to Begin The first of at least five projects that affect the UCSD campus will begin Crafts Center construction this fall and will go on for several years. Fundraising BY mekala neelakantan news editor graphic illustration by amber shroyer After a failed UCEN referendum, supporters the rundown of the Crafts Center are looking for alternatives.

Genesee ave. interchange BY davis liang staff writer project Students Saving the Crafts The interchange project will widen Center — formed to raise aware- Genesee Avenue over I-5 and construct ness of the potential shutting down three miles of bicycle paths. of the UCSD Crafts Center — and Crafts Center Community are seek- Voigt direct access ramp ing alternative means of fundraising The Direct Access Ramp (DAR) is one of that may include donor contribu- two aimed at increasing the efficiency of tions after the University Centers interstate access. referendum failed to pass in April. Voigt Drive The University Center Advisory Board temporarily closed the Crafts gilman/i-5 bridge Center before Fall Quarter 2012, cit- The proposed I-5 bridge will connect east ing issues about funding and facil- campus’ Gilman Drive with the UCSD ity maintenance. UCAB introduced Medical Center’s Thorton Hospital. a fee referendum in conjunction with A.S. Council and the Graduate planned light rail transit Student Association that would use stops a portion of the funds to reopen the Crafts Center. The $11 student fee Of the eight planned stops, two will be increase failed to pass during spring constructed within the UCSD campus. elections, prohibiting funding for

pepper canyon pepper needed maintenance. proposed light rail transit Among the alternatives to fund stop the Crafts Center’s maintenance and A transit stop is proposed to be situated near reopening costs is a student-run the VA Medical Center, pending approval. fundraiser supported by alumni and donor contributions. However, the bike/pedestrian path student groups proposing this plan A new paved path will connect the Campus were not permitted to continue until Services Center with the Coaster station in fully recognized as an official fund- Sorrento Valley. raising entity. Marina Garrett, a fifth year grad- Mid-coast corridor trolley uate student, represented the Crafts medical center

A V Center in presentations to A.S. Extensions to the Light Rail Transit Blue Council and GSA and now hopes Line include eight new trolley stops. that the center can be transitioned into a profitable business model. he San Diego Association of Governments and the According to a meeting with Project Manager Arturo Jacobo, “Given that there is massive stu- California Department of Transportation will begin over 30 projects are currently under development within the dent and community support for the transportation demand management strategies and an NCC, including 14 rail and transit projects, 10 environmental idea that the Crafts Center is a valu- Teducational outreach campaign this fall as part of the second and coastal access projects and eight highway projects. able resource to the UCSD commu- phase in the $6.5 billion North Coast Corridor (NCC) trans- Approximately eight projects are undergoing implemen- nity, and that a dedicated group of portation and environmental protection program for San Diego. tation in the Golden Triangle — a section of San Diego’s individuals exists who are ready and The campaign follows a March 2013 release of the Public University City demarcated by Interstates 5, 52 and 805 — alone, willing to raise funds for the project Works Plan/Transportation and Resource Enhancement with several of them directly affecting UCSD. and work to ensure its future suc- Program — a blueprint of all improvements within the NCC, One of the biggest projects will be the Mid-Coast Corridor cess, it is unclear why the University including the addition of a 27-mile bike trail spanning the entire Transit Project, an 11-mile extension of the San Diego trolley has not allowed us to move forward North Coast Corridor and development of highway lanes and service that was approved by SANDAG in 2010. The $1.7 bil- with the project,” Garrett said. bridges and other projects aimed at creating efficient and reli- According to Sharon Van Bruggen, able highway and transit enhancements. See TRANSPORTATION, page 3 assistant director of University Centers at UCSD, the closure of the Crafts Center was made in context of an overall budget decision, and based CAMPUS in part on low student participation. “The Crafts Center costs $594,000 per year to run with revenue of only $377,000,” Van Bruggen said. West Campus Loses Power Early Sunday Morning “Overall, less than 600 students use the Crafts Center every year. Our big- BY aleksandra konstantinovic power and Internet connection at three feeders that channel power to Institution of Oceanography and gest challenge now is trying to decide Associate news editor around 3:30 a.m. in the Village and the East Campus Switching Station. Thornton Hospital. UCSD remained how to operate and provide the same throughout Marshall. There are no reports yet on what may without power for a full day and paid services on a smaller budget.” According to the university’s have caused the outage. $350,000 to restore the power station Garrett believes that the Crafts UCSD experienced a power sustainability website, the campus Another power outage occurred and its contents, according to a May Center provides an outlet for UCSD outage that affected Eleanor relies on a natural gas system for 85 last year during Memorial Day 29, 2012 issue of the Guardian. students. Roosevelt College and Thurgood percent of its annual electrical usage. weekend, when a transformer caught “It was the best thing I’ve ever Marshall College in the early hours The campus remains connected to fire and caused a campus-wide readers can contact aleksandra konstantinovic [email protected] of June 2. Students reported losing San Diego Gas & Electric through blackout that also affected the Scripps See CRAFT CENTER, page 3 2 THE UC SD G UAR DIAN | MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 | WWW.U C SDG UAR DIAN. O RG NEWS

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▶ TRANSPORTATION, from page 1 The DAR is one of two access Brad Werdick, ongoing construction Friday, May 24 7:22 p.m.: Injury ramps being constructed as part of will have little impact on campus Unknown Time.: Vandalism ▶A young adult male fell down the lion project is receiving 50 percent of the CALTRANS I-5 Express Lanes circulation. ▶A glass door at Rita Atkinson stairs of Sixth College Residential its funding from the TransNet local Project that will create two Express “These transportation proj- Residences was shattered; the dam- Life. Transported to hospital by sales tax and 50 percent from the Lanes in each direction for the ects will encourage use of alterna- age was $500. Report taken. Community Service Officer. federal government — construction interstate and access ramps that will tive transportation, reduce parking 9:35 a.m.: Citizen Contact 10:12 p.m..: Noise Disturbance is expected to begin in 2015 with directly connect the surface streets demand, better connect [UCSD] with ▶There was a suspicious per- ▶People were screaming and laugh- service anticipated to begin in 2018. of Voigt Drive and Manchester other areas of San Diego and improve son at Blacks Beach gate with an ing for over an hour at 1 Miramar The projected trolley route Avenue to those lanes. The project access for students, staff, faculty, visi- unleashed dog. Information only. Building 3. Gone on arrival. will begin north of the Old Town will occur in three stages from 2013 tors and the surrounding commu- 2:34 p.m.: Information Transit Center and continue east to 2040, with the Voigt DAR con- nity,” Werdick said. ▶There was a possible theft of gaso- Wednesday, May 29 along Interstate 5 and Gilman structed by 2020. Additional projects within the line from a vehicle in Gilman Parking 12:04 a.m.: Medical Aid Drive, crossing west of the interstate The $17.5 million I-5/Gilman NCC program include an extension Structure. Information only. ▶A young adult female in Matthews around UCSD’s Sixth College and Drive Bridge project is currently of the Carroll Canyon Road and two Apartments was experiencing pain east once again near the VA Medical in preliminary design, with a pro- new miles of HOV lanes — opening Monday, May 27 in her legs and a fever. Transported Center and Voigt Drive, ending at jected completion date of Spring to traffic this year — a $587 million 1:36 a.m.: Noise Disturbance to hospital. the Westfield UTC. 2016. The bridge will occur in col- North Express Lanes project creat- ▶It sounded like a power tool was 12:21 a.m.: Citizen Contact Of the planned eight stations, laboration with UCSD Physical ing direct access ramps at Nobel being used outside of Rita Atkinson ▶Someone in the Marshall three will be located within the and Community Planning and Drive and Carroll Canyon Road Residences. Unable to locate. Apartments West tampered with UCSD campus, potential spots CALTRANS — design and envi- and a $94 million Genesee Avenue 3:29 a.m.: Hazard Situation their smoke detector. Residential include Pepper Canyon Drive and ronmental funding will be provided Interchange Project — creating three ▶At La Jolla Shores Drive there Security Officer report taken. Voigt Drive, as well as a stop at the by the university, with construction miles of bicycle paths and widening appeared to be a series of cones going 4:40 a.m.: Suspicious Person VA Medical Center. funding to be determined. freeway ramps. in both directions, blocking traffic — ▶The subject was knocking on ex- Public outreach for the trol- The proposed bridge will cross Many projects will begin con- possible prank. Information only. girlfriend’s door, trying to contact ley extension is still underway, with over Interstate 5 between the current struction this coming fall and are 1:06 p.m.: Reckless Driving her. He was arrested over a viola- environmental documents available La Jolla Village Drive and Voigt bridg- projected to complete in the next ▶There was a report of a motor- tion of a domestic violence protective for review until July 16. In addi- es, connecting the east and west sides 10 years. ist driving erratically around Geisel order. Closed by adult arrest. tion, SANDAG plans to host a pub- of campus with a realigned Gilman Through the summer and until Library, appeared angry and upset. 8:09 p.m.: Theft lic meeting at UCSD regarding the Drive to Medical Center Drive con- Fall 2013, CALTRANS and SANDAG Unable to locate. ▶An unknown subject took a refrig- project on June 10 from 3-6 p.m. in necting nearest to Thornton Hospital. will continue education marketing 6:57 p.m.: Citizen Contact erator from a lab in the Center for Price Center. The deck will contain one 11-foot and outreach and complete their ▶Citizens had glass bottles on the Molecular Medicine. Extra patrol was In addition to the trolley, UCSD wide lane each way, two five-foot transportation demand strategies Scripps Beach. Verbal warning issued. requested. Information only. will see the construction of two new wide bike paths, and a pedestrian including public awareness cam- bridges — a Direct Access Ramp walkway on the northern and south- paigns and regional programs. Tuesday, May 28 Thursday, May 30 at Voigt Drive and a bridge across ern sides of the bridge. 12:17 a.m.: Welfare Check 12:31 a.m.: Unknown Trouble readers can contact Interstate 5 at Gilman Drive — within According to UCSD Director of mekala neelakantan [email protected] ▶The male subject was reclined in ▶Someone heard screaming in The the next 10 years. Physical and Community Planning the driver seat of a vehicle while Village West Building 2. Unable to the engine was running in Pangea locate. Parking Structure. Field interview. 2:16 p.m.: Vandalism 12:00 p.m.: Citizen Contact ▶There were chalk drawings along +ZIN\[+MV\MZ0WXM[\W

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sk any staff member on the Guardian (new or old) and they will tell you that this yearA was an anomaly. There was internal discontinuity, which felt unusual after two straight terms with the same editor in chief. This particular year was one with three EICs and the first actual election since the 2009–2010 school year that put me in the position to write this year’s soapbox. We lived quarter to quarter, but it really felt like we Google Glass is projected for release by 2014, but its technological innovations will be were living Wednesdays to Sundays. outweighed by its negative contributions to society. When September rolls around, each EIC pulls themselves up by their bootstraps (Steve Madden in ith the advent of Google are but a few of the gadget’s numerous to garner attention and “likes” from Before Facebook, hanging out with my case) and attempts to put some Glass — a pair of Cyclops- functions that allow for extreme docu- friends and acquaintances. friends meant creating memories that kind of metaphorical Band-Aid on looking spectacles with mentation of the most mundane, daily Those using Google Glass run the could only be recalled by the people the problems of the Guardian, but Wa wearable computer screen infused events. These features feed into young risk of succumbing to the observer involved in making the memory. any fix to any problem is temporary into the lenses — Google manages to adults’ obsession and semi-delusional effect, a phenomenon in experimental Nowadays, there is a higher desire to due to frequent turnover. further our generation’s self-obsessed mindset that impulses them to be research in which the mere knowl- socially interact for the sole purpose Every four years, there is a vices more so than smartphones have connected online at all times. edge of being observed can alter how of sharing than for anything else. brand new staff with brand new ever done before. The National Institute of Health one acts. The same effect must be Google Glass feeds into these exhibi- ideas. I’m sure the editors of four The innovative device will blur the found in a criminalizing 2008 study considered if Google Glass becomes a tionist tendencies — all interactions years ago never imagined the line between the virtual world and that individuals in their 20s are three mainstream commodity. The observer will no longer be moments in time Guardian would be home to a the physical world, effectively turning times as likely than older generations bias already pervades social interac- but rather videos that will be recorded blatantly honest sex column or wearers’ experiences and sensations to harbor narcissistic personality dis- tions today: People spend more time and replayed. a section devoted solely to the into sharable clips. With its hands- order, with 58 percent more college at social functions recording videos And not only that, no one other fun stuff. (Lifestyle, I’m looking free mobility and voice control, users students scoring higher on the narcis- and taking selfies with their friends than the Google Glass wearer will at you). But my generation of can now merely say, “Ok glass, record sism scale in 2009 than in 1982. The than any other generation. And with know if the lens is recording or not. editors has brought those ideas now,” and the gadget will record report defines the disorder as a “per- social media websites like Facebook Not knowing whether he or she is forth, and they’ve flourished. And whatever their eyes see. “Ok gadget, vasive pattern of grandiosity, need for and Twitter, in which a user’s worth on camera may be the most unnerv- in four years, or even just one post on Facebook,” and Google Glass admiration, interpersonal exploitive- and credibility are only measured ing and debilitating aspect of Google after I graduate, the Guardian will post the video of the past five ness and lack of empathy.” These in the currency of likes, friends and Glass — unless the observed partici- may have a completely different seconds for the world. Camera, video qualities are well represented in a typi- followers, the pressure to capture the pant truly does not care about being role on campus. As much as I’d recorder, instant messenger, Facebook, cal young adult’s Facebook newsfeed perfect shot in the perfect light and See GOOGLE GLASS, page 5 like to see what happens to the YouTube, Google+ Hangouts — these where private matters are made public angle trumps all else. newspaper when I’m an alum, it’s this upcoming year that keeps me ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS, RUMORS HAVE CIRCULATED THAT DUE TO FINANCIAL thinking at night. QUICK TAKES ISSUES, PRICE CENTER’S ESPRESSO ROMA CAFE MAY BE REPLACED BY STARBUCKS COFFEE. In addition to having three EICs, this year has also set the record for the youngest editorial Another Campus Coffee Shop Won’t Starbucks’ Success and Popularity Students Should Support Cafe Roma staff in our history (that’s an assumption but a valid one at Solve Underlying Financial Issues Makes It an Ideal Replacement and UCSD’s Fair Trade Efforts that). Since several of our major editors are freshman, it’s been a Price Center is a haven for students passing Despite UCSD’s efforts to keep Cafe Espresso Since 2005, UCSD students have campaigned fast-paced ride of training, learning time before class, and there is nothing more nec- Roma alive, the small business still continues to achieve the status of a “Fair Trade University,” and producing (with few breaks in essary for students than a cup of Joe. Starbucks to experience financial troubles. Its rumored with the goal of exclusively offering selected fairly between). With so many fresh faces replacing Cafe Espresso Roma may seem benefi- successor — the world’s largest coffeehouse — traded products. According to the product certi- in the office and so many of our cial in the short term, but will prove unnecessary Starbucks, is more than a worthy replacement. fication organization Fair Trade USA, UCSD has beloved seniors graduating, we have if introduced. Starbucks will add little variety to Starbucks seems to thrive in any country and one of the strongest fair trade policies of all U.S. had to set a new tone in the office. what UCSD already offers and will likely undergo any environment; there is a reason why there campuses and was the first “Fair Trade University” Maybe it’s precedent, a different similar monetary struggles to Espresso Roma. seems to be a Starbucks on every block. west of the Mississippi. Replacing Cafe Espresso mix of people or the addition Placing Starbucks in Price Center will not Cafe Roma’s potential removal has raised Roma with an unregulated trade business such of Party City decorations to the necessarily increase beverage variety, because concerns that another small business is going to as Starbucks would undermine students’ efforts office, but the mood of the office campus markets already brew Starbucks cof- be driven out by a Goliath. To be fair, however, toward fair trade. has changed to reflect the positive fee. By shutting Espresso Roma down, the there is only a sprinkling of Café Romas in three Earlier this year, the UCSD Fair Trade energy that comes with a youthful University Centers Advisory Board is banking different states, and as much as UCSD talks University Advisory Committee voted to revise new staff. With fall recruitment on students to simply flock to another coffee about “community” and “principles,” it’s not run- the 2007 UCSD Fair Trade Policy shortly after coming up, this may even change shop with exactly the same offerings. ning a charity. Starbucks began meeting with University once again. I would like to UCSD also has a variety of other popular Former University Centers Advisory Board Centers. Instead of stating that vendors must sell personally thank the new editors on-campus coffee shops like Pete’s, Fairbanks Chair Albert Trujillo told the Guardian that officially certified fair trade coffee, the policy for getting their footing on staff so and Perks that are a mere five-minute walk UCAB did in fact attempt to give Cafe Roma now permits “equivalent labels” from other fair quickly and gracefully. The hardest from one another. The problem isn’t in Espresso “some room for improvement” but the following trade labeling organizations. part is over. Roma’s product, but in broader financial issues. year’s results were not satisfactory. Cafe Roma’s These revisions are suspicious because So now it’s time for summer, According to the UCSD Housing, Dining and lease was subsequently downgraded from yearly to Starbucks’ coffee practices would not be compat- which for Guardian editors Hospitality website, there are 14 markets and monthly. Instead of facing potential eviction once ible with the stronger, original fair trade policy. means internships, a bit of fun dining halls on campus that offer coffee, along per year, Cafe Roma has to now deal with it every Unlike Cafe Roma, Starbucks coffee is not fair and numerous Skype meetings to with the other independent coffee shops that month. If Cafe Roma continues to struggle to keep trade certified through a brand-neutral inspec- discuss the year ahead. Because fight for business on our campus. This oversatu- itself afloat, its replacement is inevitable. tion by an independent, third-party organization. whether we want to admit it or ration of coffee shops has contributed to the fis- Acting as an ideal replacement, a Starbucks It is highly possible that Starbucks created its not, the Guardian staff is primarily cal problems that have plagued Espresso Roma would thrive at UCSD. While Starbucks coffee own fair trade requirements and granted itself comprised of chronic workaholics for the past few years, and these issues won’t be may be costly, its strong consumer perception verification rather than adhering to indepen- in denial. resolved by simply replacing the business with drives millions of people to drink and eat its dently enforced standards. You may shake your head now, another one. variety of products daily. Starbucks succeeds By promoting fair trade products, UCSD sup- but just wait until the Student With so many places on campus offering outside monopolistic conditions and has a busi- ports livable work wages, humane working condi- Survival Guide is finished which is the same product, it’d be foolish to assume that ness model that figures out what consumers tions and guarantees against the use of child labor. when the summer lull rolls around. a replacement would boost business. A failing want and gives it to them. As consumers we have the power and responsibil- For those of us graduating neighborhood burrito restaurant does not imply If Cafe Roma cannot make ends meet, ity to support fairer trading practices. In the name next year, we only have 61 more that a Chipotle as a replacement would jump-start Starbucks is a great option to replace it. Starbucks of social justice and continuing our status as a “Fair issues to figure out our soon-to-be business. This is the unfortunate quandary that has a strong brand image, and it definitely knows Trade University,” recent policy revisions should residual feelings about our time UCSD finds itself in and Starbucks as a solution how we suburban Americans want our coffee: be revoked, and students should stop this interna- at UCSD and the Guardian. This will prove too shallow to work. weak, sweet and milky. tional giant from replacing Cafe Roma. simultaneously feels like too much and too little time. Maybe we’ll — ANDY LIU — ALEKS LEVIN — MIA FLORIN!SEFTON have it figured out by then. But Senior Staff Writer Senior Staff Writer Staff Writer then again, maybe not. OPI N I ON THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN. ORG 5

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It’s Urban Myth That Most of us can do without bottled water and the harmful envi- Bottled Is Better Than Tap ronmental problems and health concerns they come with. Perhaps we Dear Editor, need to think twice before reaching Bottled water is valuable, espe- for that plastic bottle when the tap is cially to people in the United States. right in front of us. We buy bottled water because we — Holly Johnson think it’s safer, it tastes better and it’s Freshman, Sixth College convenient. It is so valuable that we go through about 50 billion bottles a Endangered Sloths Are in year, and the majority of these are not recycled. What’s worse is that it takes Dire Need of Protection about three liters of water to produce one liter of bottled water. This is sim- Dear Editor, ply illogical when tap water in the U.S. The sloth is a slow-moving mammal is federally regulated. However, we that lives in trees for their entire lives. insist that bottled water is better. They are considered to be so slow But a closer look proves that tap that people call those who are lazy as water can be, in most cases, better “sloths.” Sloths have been roaming for us than bottled water. One reason on the earth for millions of years. is that many of the natural minerals However, these amazing creatures found in water are filtered out when are endangered because jaguars, prepared for bottles. These minerals harpy eagles and people continuously are harmless and perhaps beneficial hunt them. Although sloths have to our health, but most prefer water the ability to camouflage into their without them simply to accommo- habitat of trees, the tropical rainforests date taste preference. of South and Central America are Tap water also isn’t stored in currently chopped down every Google Glass Technology Raises Privacy Concerns for Users unnecessary plastic. Depending on single day. The trees in the tropical the type of water bottle, just one rainforests of South America are not GOOGLE GLASS, from page 4 Regardless of Google’s mandate, technology used to track eye move- ▶ takes at least 450 years to biodegrade. hackers’ successes in software devel- ments, according to Technorati, can only endangering sloths but are also Considering that nearly 90 percent immortalized in some moment in opment are notoriously rampant be “expensive, cumbersome and not endangering other organisms. It has of these bottles in the U.S. aren’t time, all of his or her decisions and (think jailbreaking for iPhones). very mobile.” However, Google Glass been recorded that ground-dwelling recycled and that bottles made with actions may always be inhibited and No press statement from Google has a built-in eye-tracking device and sloths that existed 11,000 years ago polyethylene terephthalate never calculated. Every action, every deci- headquarters can quiet the fact that — with the collaboration of software survived until the first humans decompose, this is a major problem. sion and every interaction may be Google Glass is just another piece developers — could turn the gadget arrived, which left out arboreal sloths Yes, some of the most “trusted” well-documented performances. of hardware for software hackers to into an eye-tracking diagnosis tool. to exist. Research supports the idea water bottle industries will use these Even in its beta stage of develop- thrive on and take full advantage of. Back in the early years of middle that humans were the cause of the chemicals in their plastic and could ment in which people are paid to However, despite Google Glass’s school, camera phones roused cries extinction of giant sloths without even prove to be harmful when exposed to play with the device, Google Glass invasive capabilities and possibly of privacy concerns — and now, a realizing it. Seeing how the extinction heat and sunlight. is already running into privacy con- debilitating effects on social interac- mobile phone is perceived as inad- of one specie was due to the existence Speaking of chemicals, many cerns. San Francisco-based Lambda tions and self-esteem, the gadget may equate if it does not include a camera of another shows that it is necessary water bottle companies will use new Labs announced it is developing have a redeeming quality. Current lens. Google Glass may represent a for humans to be careful of their or untested industrial chemicals in a Google Glass facial recognition research suggests that Google Glass step forward in computer technology, activities in the habitats of other their water and distribute it for con- Application Programming Interface. could be used to clinically diagnose but it ultimately has negative social species. We must take action in taking sumption. Companies may also use In response, Google confirmed a few autism. One of the earliest signs of implications in the long term. care of our environment that is home tap water and bottle it to make more days later that it would not allow autism in children include lack of to not only us but to the rest of the money by charging consumers with developers to create facial recogni- eye contact and delayed eye-tracking readers can contact animals who live in it. angel au-yeung [email protected] ridiculously unreasonable prices, just tion apps for fear of privacy issues. movements for objects in motion. The — Chaewhan Shin because it’s in a bottle. Freshman, Sixth College

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ast Friday, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography awarded gigantic water insects, sulfur-eating clams and single-cell organ- superstar film director James Cameron the Nierenberg Prize isms as big as a human fist. A billion people followed the project, for advancing public interest in science, for his upcoming dubbed the Deepsea Challenge, online. documentaryL about life in the greatest depths of the sea. “He galvanized world-wide attention on the deep ocean,” Cameron gave the $25,000 that comes with the Nierenberg Doug Bartlett, a Scripps microbiologist who served as the mis- Prize back to Scripps, saying, “There are a number of graduate sion’s chief science officer, said. “The world he revealed looked students this might help and inspire the next generation of ocean like something out of a science fiction movie.” leaders.” The feat was seven years in the making and yielded over 200 The ocean is featured in nearly every movie he’s directed, hours of footage from which the documentary will be culled. including his blockbusters, “Titanic” and “Avatar,” and was the At the same time he was directing extraordinarily popular subject of his 2005 documentary, “Aliens of the Deep.” movies, Cameron was plotting and planning ways of developing But a new documentary that is unnamed at present, produced a submarine and support equipment that would let him plumb by National Geographic, may be his most daring oceanographic treacherous waters. adventure yet. He sought help from Kevin Hardy, a researcher at Scripps who “It took us seven years of planning and many more years of developed the “lander” — an unmanned deep-sea vehicle that engineering expertise,” Cameron said. “One of the coolest things carries lights, cameras and tools for sampling the ocean, sediment was being down there with the lander [a semi-autonomous craft and a bit of marine life. that helped Cameron survey the hadal depths].” It’s a robot and a homely one at that. But it also helped The solitude of being in the hadal depths with nothing but a Cameron pursue what he calls “my personal awe and wonder at giant robot to keep him company for hours was at times crushing, how imaginative nature is.” Cameron said. It was risky business. But Cameron likes risk — to a point. But the steely director’s patience led to some of the most Standing next to some of the scientists from the mission, breathtaking shots for the documentary. Cameron said, “If you don’t allow yourself to fail, you won’t do “There was nobody around but us two,” Cameron said. anything worth the risk. You have to give yourself permission to “Coming back on board to see what this thing brought up was fail. You’ll never do anything beyond what’s already [been] done. nothing short of a revelatory experience. Some of the best things We’re a very risk-averse culture.” I remember: seeing fish and eels swimming around us on some Cameron also offered some advice for would-be filmmakers of the shallower dives. One of the deeper dives from the Arribas and adventurers: to keep fear out of the equation as much as pos- trench brought up these giant amphipods. I don’t think that’s been sible. Most fear is irrational, he said. fully explained yet, this gigantism that we found in the trenches.” “If you’re going to be afraid, don’t do it,” Cameron said. “We Cameron filmed all the footage from a tiny, one-man submers- worked on this for seven years. I knew we’d worked on it, and I ible he commissioned and helped design. had no reason to doubt the technology. I wasn’t too well versed “People think I was doing these dives to find inspiration for on the internal communications, how we pinged back informa- my movies,” Cameron said. “I make the movies to pay for the tion and so forth. I was too damn busy to be afraid — I’d say an dives.” astronaut would be a good comparison: I had a checklist, and I Cameron generated a great deal of interest last year, when followed it every day.” he descended 6.8 miles in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Guam Cameron has a point: By some estimates, we know less about to the bottom of the Marianas trench — the lowest point in the the hadal depths — made up of the world’s oceanic trenches — ocean. than the dark side of the moon. They begin where the abyssal He captured an eerie and mesmerizing seascape complete with depths end, around 6,000 meters below the surface of the sea.

See CAMERON, page 8 F EATURES THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN. ORG 7 Gotta Snap ‘em All! Two UCSD students bring the virtual world of Pokemon to classroom chalkboards through their project, Snap It UCSD. By katheryn wang staff writer

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Most people would never consider drawing Pokemon on Unlike other groups and organizations, Snap it UCSD is classroom chalkboards as a means of alleviating boredom, and neither a business nor a service; it was simply created for fun. even fewer would think to make it a hobby. But Snap It UCSD “It started out as a whim one night,” Chovy said. “We were bored, has done exactly that. and I had recently bought sidewalk chalk. So we wandered around Its name is a play on Pokemon Snap, a Pokemon-themed, campus, found an empty classroom and just drew Pokemon.” first-person photography game on the Nintendo 64 console. Now, students can contact Snap it UCSD through its Snap It UCSD was established in February by two UCSD Facebook page or via email to request a drawing of a Pokemon undergraduates who have asked to remain anonymous to in a specific classroom. There are no defined limits to the preserve the element of mystery with regards to their project. amount of requests a student can make; however, there is also The two founders have chosen to go by the code names, “Tom no set due date for any request. Ato” and “Anne Chovy,” in reference to the two characters who used the same code names in the Pokemon TV show. See POKEMON, page 8

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▶ POKEMON, from page 7 encountered — time constraints, shortage of staff and locked class- The range of Pokemon that can rooms — made maintaining this be requested is limited to the iconic schedule a challenge. original 150, though the founders Currently, they are under a more revealed that they might increase relaxed schedule, fulfilling requests the range of Pokemon selection in whenever they have time. the next few years. The next big project they plan on The founders’ routine is to slip undertaking is a drawing of Wailord, into an empty, unlocked class- a Pokemon modeled after the blue room in the evening and draw the whale, and the only one that is not a Pokemon that students request. part of the original 150 that they have So far, the group has completed decided to draw. 10 different drawings, decorating However, it will not be drawn in a many classrooms including York classroom. Instead, the two founders Hall, Warren Lecture Hall, Center envision the 14.5 meter tall Pokemon Hall and Solis. While at work, they to be drawn to scale. They have not divide the tasks: Ato outlines the found a specific site for the project Pokemon while Chovy colors them to take place, but they said that they in and adds the finishing touches. want to recruit assistance for coloring But the artists usually aren’t alone the project. — they said that an entourage of Furthermore, they said that there friends, occupied with Sudoku games, are opportunities for UCSD stu- usually accompanies them for fun. dents to join the project. Students Snap It UCSD gained recogni- can message the group about joining tion when it left two drawings of the to help draw or color. But both Ato PHOTO BY JONATHAN GAO /GUARDIAN Pokemon, Seel and Dragonair, on and Chovy emphasized that they the blackboard in Warren Lecture want to keep the group free and fun ▶ CAMERON, from page 6 ‘How dangerous was it?’ and ‘How a demanding boss and for having Hall 2001 on April 22, the night rather than ladened with organiza- did you do it?’ and ‘How did you go something of an ego. He wasn’t before an 8 a.m. Molecular Biology, tion and scheduling issues that often “My eyes were the first eyes to to the bathroom?’ If you can inspire exactly kidding when he won the Microbiology 120 Bacteriology arise from larger organizations. see some of the species down there,” out of a class of 30 students even award for best director at the 1998 midterm. “I think if people suggested more Cameron said. one of them, and you extrapolate Academy Awards. But he was very Chovy recounted that many stu- things, or if they want us to grow Though the Deepsea Challenge that out over a global audience, then humble last Friday in discussing the dents who saw the drawings on the bigger at all, we’ll look into grow- mission marks some of the first trips you’ve made a difference.” dive, pausing at several points to board that day commented that the ing it,” Ato said. “I think the reason to the least explored trenches of the He emphasized that good story- laud the work of others. pictures brightened their days and we’re doing it now is because we like Pacific Ocean, this isn’t the first time telling was the driving force behind And he was eager to note that he that they lightened the mood of the doing it.” Cameron has filmed the deep sea. both his fictional movies and his had donated the lander to Scripps, midterm. While both artists will not be Cameron is an experienced diver documentaries. whose scientists will use it to “I remember sitting there and able to continue drawing through with over eight major diving expe- “I think one of the biggest val- explore areas of ocean four to seven turning to the person next to me the summer, they expressed their ditions to his name, including one ues of my dive, my dive to the miles deep. and saying that this is the coolest interest in picking the project back for the Titanic. Challenger deep, is that we now “I am not a scientist,” Cameron freakin’ thing I have ever seen,” up again next year. Cameron’s last 3-D documen- have a sub that kids can touch, look said. “I call myself a science group- Eleanor Roosevelt College junior But for the time being, with tary, Aliens of the Deep, came out in at, have access to,” Cameron said. ie. I’m here to support scientists Shrey Patel, a student taking the Finals Week around the corner, they 2004. It only grossed about $8 mil- “We’re taking it on a nationwide bus like Doug and Kevin in their work, exam that day, said. “It improved my have tentatively promised to sur- lion, but it marked Cameron’s first tour, and we’re starting it tomorrow which is ongoing. All oceanograph- midterm experience.” prise us with new Pokemon if their foray into educational filmmaking. in Los Angeles with 22 bus loads of ic science is under-funded.” The artists of Snap It origi- schedule permits. “Kids don’t ask, ‘Why go down inner-city kids. Mayor [Antonio] nally planned on fulfilling draw- there?’ — only adults ask that,” Villaraigosa will be there.” readers can contact ing requests every Sunday eve- readers can contact aya n ku sa r i [email protected] katheryn wang [email protected] Cameron said. “They want to know, Cameron is known for being ning. However, the difficulties they CASH FOR BOOKS

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UCSD Women’s Varsity Eight Wins Repechage, Place Third in Grand Final

▶ CREW, from page 1 Michelle Robbins (CRCA All- American) and Travaglione (First- our way to the top three.” team All-Conference). Other mem- On the opening day of competi- bers of the boat include junior tion, the Tritons finished third in the coxswain Catherine Sheffler, sopho- first of two three-team heats. Paired mores Rachel Schneiderman, Kelly with Barry and Central Oklahoma, Peterson and Claire Duesdieker, as the Tritons finished the 2,000-meter well as freshmen Kelsey Henck and race with a time of 7:37.03. Shruti Kamath. With the loss, UCSD was rel- “We couldn’t have asked for a egated to the Repechage race, to better season, especially coming off compete against Central Oklahoma, last season,” Travaglione said. “When Mercyhurst and Western [head coach Colin Truex] became Washington the following day. our coach, we were all ready to work Staving off elimination, the hard to improve even just a little bit Tritons (7:42.96) just edged out sec- from last year. As the season went on ond place No. 3 nationally ranked we all realized we had something spe- Western Washington (7:43.95) to cial and could go to nationals.” claim a spot in the four-team Grand The Tritons end a solid sea- Final on Sunday. With Barry and son, by making the program’s first Nova Southeastern earning the appearance at Nationals since 2008 automatic qualifier, and with one and earning second place at the day of rest in hand, No. 6 UCSD Western Intercollegiate Rowing along with Western Washington Association championships. completed the field for the Grand “The seniors finished their Final. Nova Southeastern finished careers with an outstanding perfor- with a time of 6:42.47, while Barry mance, and the underclassmen have finished at 6:48.00. something they can build on in the The Tritons graduate three coming years,” Truex said to the seniors from the varsity eight UCSD athletics department. boat: seniors Alyssa Dixon-Word (Collegiate Rowing Coaches readers can contact RACHEL UDA Association Scholar-Athlete), [email protected] PHOTO BY NOLAN THOMAS/GUARDIAN FILE

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CONTACT THE EDITOR RACHEL UDA SPORTS [email protected] follow us @UCSD_sports CREW Can We Crew Crowned Please Restart The fifth-ranked UCSD varsity eight boat took third place at the NCAA the Division I National Championships last Sunday, June 2. Conversation? Warming the bench zev hurwitz [email protected]

o ends another year of UCSD sports, with another two national champions (in individual swim- Sming events) to note in the record book. An All-American here, a conference championship there and a host of individual achievements, but the 2012–2013 season was certainly not a standout year for the program. UCSD Athletics’ largely uneventful year was complemented by the fact that no attempt had been made on a move to Division I standing. Both in 2011 and 2012, the Division-I Triton rah-rahs have been given false hope that mobility was imminent. In 2011, the Big West chose the University of Hawaii over UCSD to join the conference, which hosts nearly every other D-I University of California athlet- BY Rachel uda SPORTS EDITOR ics program. Student voters rejected a photo by JOHN HANACEK $495 fee increase in Winter 2012 that would have funded a move to D-I with a future invitation from the Big West. The student interest group’s “D-I Not Now’” campaign against the mea- sure was simple in that it focused pri- March 31 - june 2 marily on preventing fee increases on students. This student body was only a year older than the current one, which Varsity 8 Grand Final Varsity 8 Repechage Varsity 8 Heat One voted against a measly $11 per quarter hike to help fix up Price Center and the Old Student Center with a clause that Nova would likely reopen the Crafts Center. 6:42.74 UCSD 7:42.96 Barry 7:25.93 If students are not willing to keep up Southeastern something they do use, then why pay for a hypothetical? Western Even as someone who, after the D-I Barry 6:48.00 Washington 7:43.95 Central vote last year, exhibited all of the symp- 7:34.99 toms remedied by prescription-drug Oklahoma Cymbalta, I recognize that a move to Central D-I cannot be achieved by milking UCSD 6:54.69 7:45.38 students for extra green … right now. Oklahoma I’ve gone blue (and gold) in the face from explaining the benefits of a D-I Western UCSD 7:37.03 program a countless number of times. 6:59.12 Mercyhurst 8:05.62 Even within opposition groups to last Washington year’s vote, the consensus seemed to be that a move was beneficial but not VARSITY Junior Coxswain Catherine She!er, freshman Shruti Kamath, senior Alyssa Dixon-Word, at the proposed cost. Even the name, freshman Kelsey Henck, senior Michelle Robbins, senior Ashley Travaglione, sophomore “D-I Not Now” implied no inherent EIGHT bias against the program, greater pres- Rachel Schneiderman, sophomore Kelly Peterson, and sophomore Claire Duesdieker. tige or hyped-up school spirit. (Oops — I meant to say a move to D-I.) The money’s got to come from The UCSD womens crew team’s varsity eight boat Nova Southeastern’s varsity four boat also took first in the Grand elsewhere. I guarantee all athletic gift took third place at the NCAA Division II Nationals Final. organizers this right now: Give me a last Sunday, May 2 at Eagle Creek Park, Indiana. “We went in seeded fifth and just by making the Grand Finals position as assistant vice chancellor of No. 2 ranked Nova Southeastern upset first-ranked Barry in the exceeded everyone’s expectations about what we could do,” varsity campus student media relations with a Grand Final to claim the program’s first NCAA title. The Tritons eight member Ashley Travaglione said. “I think we knew as a team $19 million one-time salary, and I will came in third, six seconds after Barry (6:54.69) and five seconds that we could do better than fifth, and we showed that by fighting donate all but $500 to the D-I Fund. (I in front of conference opponent Western Washington (6:59.12). have my eyes on a new PS4.) CREW, Along with a national title in the varsity eight competition, See page 11 Short of paying out of the university’s hole-filled pockets, the new vice chancellor student affairs, the new A.S. SWIM AND DIVE Council and incumbent administra- tors in applicable positions need to turn the tide and make fundraising for Division I athletics a priority and UCSD Alumnus Promoted to Assistant Swim Coach a reality. The map on page one of today’s National Champion past two seasons as a part-time assis- Perdew says he’s excited to take on to do an incredible job,” Falcon said. issue of the Guardian shows where the tant coach. an expanded role, which will include “It feels good having someone on Metropolitan Transit System and San Daniel Perdew named “Earning a full-time position at recruiting responsibilities and more board that knows UCSD inside and Diego Association of Governments UCSD assistant coach. your alma mater is pretty exciting,” administrative authority. out and is truly passionate about the will lay tracks for the Blue Line Light Perdew said. “It’s pretty special, and “I think the biggest thing that I sport.” Rail through Sixth College. Our aca- I’m really thankful for [men’s coach bring to the program is that I’ve been Falcon says Perdew has many BY RACHEL UDA SPORTS EDITOR demics are constantly developing, and Matt Macedo] and [women’s coach part of the program for six years,” assets to bring to the coaching staff. it’s every week or so that our professors Corrie Falcon] being able to learn Perdew said. “I know the school, I “I would say that he has a great and graduate students win awards or Last Friday, April 31, the UCSD from them. They’ve both been guid- know the student athletes and the ability to relate to the student athletes,” swimming and diving team pro- are named to national boards. Another ing me and teaching me so that I type of athletes that we want for the Falcon said. “He understands the medical center building is sprouting moted 2010 UCSD alumnus Daniel feel like I’m prepared to take this program.” stresses of balancing school and the Perdew to a full-time assistant coach. up overlooking Genesee. The future is position.” Perdew was promoted by head training load. I’d say he’s bright and around the corner for UCSD, and it’s Perdew, who earned degrees With Perdew as part of staff in coaches Falcon and Macedo. Both creative and extremely hardworking in Management Science and our job to get the ball rolling on mak- 2012, the Tritons earned national promoted from assistant coaching and also very reliable and confident.” ing a strong competitive D-I program Psychology, graduated in 2010. The runners-up honors on the men’s side positions for the 2012 season. five-time NCAA National Champion readers can contact part of that vision. and took third place at nationals on “I am excited and I feel a sense of RACHeL UDA [email protected] But I’d also be okay if someone got in the 50-meter freestyle and 100- the women’s side. confidence, and I feel like he’s going meter freestyle has since spent the me a PS4.