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PAGE 7 HAPPILY EVER AFTER NOW COMES WITH A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF HERBAL ESSENCES. VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XIV FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG UCÊBUDGETÊCRISISÊ MURDER UC TUITION COULD INCREASE BY $822 SUSPECT ONE YEAR AFTER A 32-PERCENT FEE INCREASE, UC PLEADS NOT PRESIDENT MARK YUDOF PROPOSES ANOTHER ROUND OF GUILTY FEE HIKES. BY ANGELA CHEN By Regina Ip ext Tuesday, the UC Board of Regents will A N E vote on whether to pass an 8-percent fee increase. The increase was proposed by The suspect accused of killing NUC President Mark G. Yudof in an open letter to the woman whose body was found California on Nov. 8. If approved, the fees will be in a burning vehicle pleaded not implemented in the 2012-13 academic year. guilty to charges of murder and Yudof’s proposal would raise the UC system’s fees arson yesterday. by $822, bringing them from $10,302 to $11,124. He Deputy District Attorney Nicole also proposed that student service fees increase by $72 Cooper of the San Diego Superior to become $972. Court alleged that 50-year-old Julio Last November, the Regents approved a heavily Angel Garcia-Puente killed his 38-year- protested 32-percent student fee increase that was old wife Lorena Gonzalez on Oct. 29, implemented in two phases. Fees increased by $585 when her body was found in a burning during Spring Quarter 2010 and $1,344 this fall, SUV at the parking lot next to UCSD’s though services fees were not affected. Then-Student baseball field. Regent Jesse Bernal was the sole dissenting vote. Cooper said the defendant Yudof said the fee increases are necessary to destroyed evidence by burning the ensure the university’s survival. body of the victim. “I don’t increase fees lightly,” he said in an news See SUSPECT,Êpage 6 briefing in Oakland, Calif. on Monday. “But we need to do what we need to do so the greatest public uni- versity in the world continues along its historic trajec- ILLUSTRATION BY KIM CYPRIAN AND PHILIP RHIE/GUARDIAN tory in serving the people of California.” Yudof’s proposal also outlines an expanded finan- Berkeley senior Sameer Khan, chair of the university’s services that are vital to students.” LoftÊArtÊ cial aid plan. He said a third of the revenue from fee student-based Council of Student Fees, called the pro- A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Michael increases, or about $116 million, would be used for posal “intolerable” in a statement released Monday. Lam is planning a protest to be held at the Chancellor’s financial aid. Under the plan, families with annual “The administration must find another way to Complex on Nov. 18. CollectionÊ income under $80,000 will have all fees paid by the fund the university, as students and their parents are “Students have the power when we come togeth- university. Families with income under $120,000 will shouldering too big of a financial burden already,” he er,” Lam said. not pay fees for the first year the increases are imple- wrote. “Despite the negative impact of any form of fee StolenÊOnÊ mented. This means that 45 percent of the university’s increase, the added funds in the student service fee Readers can contact Angela Chen at shchen@ucsd. 181,000 students will pay these additional fees. UC may potentially allow each campus to cut fewer of the edu. Nov.Ê5 GET YOUR GROOVE ON By Nisha Kurani KSDTÊRadioÊHopesÊtoÊ S W Five pieces of the Loft’s art col- lection were stolen on Friday, Nov. 5, days before they were scheduled BuyÊFMÊFrequency to the shipped back to the curator By Megha Ram going to sell the signal.” of the collection. S W Consultant Todd Urick — who According to Loft Curator found the FM radio station and will Elizabeth Bradshaw, the pieces were After launching plans to pur- help with its purchase — is provid- taken from the University Events chase an AM radio tower last ing assistance free of charge until Office on the fourth floor of Price Spring Quarter, student-run radio KSDT acquires the frequency. Center East. station KSDT is now looking into Wong said a FM frequency “On Friday, the artwork was purchasing a FM station. would take less work to put together packaged up in boxes, ready to “It’s a more feasible option,” since KSDT would have a tower and be shipped back to the curator,” KSDT General Manager Meredith an open frequency instead of need- See LOFT,Êpage 6 Wong said. “FM is not as likely, but ing to purchase a $100,000 tower. it would be better.” The station is working on obtaining With the help of a consultant a license. from a non-profit organization According to Wong, the sound TheLeft: B UCSD’sHere Campaign, dance team an called Common Frequency, KSDT quality of an AM frequency is not initiativeperforms to at spread Welcome hepatitis Week’s B identified an FM station near as good as an FM frequency. awareness,Triton Power held Hour its full-dayon Monday, Will campus that has recently stopped FM frequencies are in higher You B Here Sept.event 20. on broadcasting. The FM station is not demand by music stations because Bottom:Tuesday, Freshmen Nov. 9. from Events the currently for sale, but KSDT hopes of superior sound quality. She said included an artsix exhibit colleges in to purchase it if it becomes available they also cost more and are regu- Price Centercompeted West in Ballroom the annual as in the future. lated more extensively. UnOlympics,well as a live with performance Sixth College in “We couldn’t find an AM signal Currently, KSDT is an Internet takingMandeville home withfirst performancesplace and the and then the FM possibility came radio station accessible at www. Goldenby Quest Shoe Crew, trophy Kaba with Modern a Toy up,” KSDT Operations Manager ksdt.ucsd.edu, or downloadable on Story-themedand Clara dance. Chung, Marshall among Anabel De La Parra said. “Because iTunes. Collegeothers. took the Organizer Golden OliviaShoe of the nature of getting a radio Wong said that if KSDT obtains Andrzejczak said thatin 2009. more signal, it’s hard to get one that’s not an FM frequency, its content would than 800 students attended. already taken and that broadcasts focus on the UCSD community here in the area. So now we are PHOTOS BY JESSICA HSU/GUARDIAN really just waiting to see if they are See KSDT,Êpage 6 WEBÊPOLLSPOKENSPOKEN FORECAST SUNRISE NIGHTÊWATCHNIGHTÊWATCH SURFÊREPORTSURFÊREPORT GASÊPERÊGALLON INSIDE LOW WOULD YOU GET A UC THURSDAY FRIDAY ComicsÊ..................................2 DEGREE ONLINE? 6:16 A.M. Height: 5-6 ft. 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For radiation depending on the reactions C W Thiemen said the thin layer of water hundreds of years, we’ve understood that occur on their surface, Shaheen Business Assistant TiffanyÊHanÊ surrounding dust particles creates a how reactions occur in water [but] all explained. If they got into snow it Advertising Design and Layout While NASA robots have been dig- previously unknown environment, these rules go away when you’re on the could cause snow pack to melt faster, AlfredoÊH.ÊVilanoÊJr. MelissaÊEwart ging and drilling to collect rock on where chemical reactions can occur surface of a particle.” disrupting access to water for many A.S.ÊGraphicÊStudioÊ Mars, a team of UCSD scientists say very quickly. The new environment Shaheen said the team began by people. She hopes that using this new Distributors the real action is in the air. Dust may created by the interaction of dust par- studying how aerosol pollutants move technique to analyze aerosols will RobertÊEspionza,ÊScottÊHavrisik,ÊAuroraÊLe TheÊ UCSDÊ GuardianÊ isÊ publishedÊ MondaysÊ andÊ contain the secrets to life on Mars and ticles and water means that the chemi- from one place to another. But once help others determine how pollu- ThursdaysÊduringÊtheÊacademicÊyearÊbyÊUCSDÊstudentsÊ andÊ forÊ theÊ UCSDÊ community.Ê ReproductionÊ ofÊ thisÊ other planets. cals that need to bump into each other her team analyzed some samples they tion is directly impacting hydrologic newspaperÊ inÊ anyÊ form,Ê whetherÊ inÊ wholeÊ orÊ inÊ part,Ê withoutÊ permissionÊ isÊ strictlyÊ prohibited.Ê ©Ê 2010,Ê allÊ Researchers have discovered chem- are going faster, and are more likely to saw new chemistry they didn’t expect.

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