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HOUSING GUIDE 2013 San Diego Living Made Easy SEE P. 7-9 GUARDIAN / I CC RI W ANDRE Y B O T O VOLUME 46, ISSUE 49 MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG H P UC SYSTEM SAN DIEGO UC Irvine Fraternity San Diego and Tijuana Bid to Co-Host Olympics Apologizes for Racist Incident The cities’ joint proposal has reached a short list of 10 cities currently under consideration to be hosts in 2024. The Lambda Theta Delta fraternity was reprimanded after the BY aleksandra Kostantinovic release of a video depicting a member wearing blackface makeup. ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR San Diego’s plans to host the in La Jolla, Romney served as presi- BY mekala Neelakatan 2024 Summer Olympics in a joint dent of the Salt Lake City Organizing bid with Tijuana made it to a list Committee for the Olympic and NEWS EDITOR of 10 U.S. cities currently under Paralympic Games that hosted the consideration to be hosts, according Winter Olympics in Utah in 2002. to U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Romney has yet to respond pub- C Irvine’s Lambda Theta Delta frater- with brother Rainier Nanquil portraying Executive Scott Blackmun and San licly to Filner’s request. nity — the largest Asian-American rapper Jay-Z in blackface. Diego Mayor Bob Filner. A previous effort to hold a bina- fraternity at the university — apolo- According to a statement from LTD pres- Blackmun confirmed in a state- tional Olympic Games between San Ugized on Friday for a controversial music ident Darius Obana, the action was not ment last Friday that the San Diego- Diego and Tijuana was first considered video depicting a member lip-syncing in intended to be offensive; when released Tijuana proposal is on a short list by local real estate developer Malin blackface makeup to the Justin Timberlake on YouTube on April 16, the music video that also includes Los Angeles and Burnham in 2006. Burnham’s commit- song “Suit and Tie.” included the description: “No racism intend- Philadelphia. tee found the idea financially sound, “We want to ensure everyone that this ed. All fun and laughter.” Filner first announced his plans but USOC ultimately shot down the video does not represent the views of the col- Nevertheless, the fraternity received a to create a binational proposal for the proposal in the first round of consid- lective house,” LTD said in a Facebook post. great deal of backlash from several student Olympics in February after the USOC eration. “With that being said, it does acknowledge organizations across the campus. invited San Diego and 32 other cities to Filner also said that the cities of the fact that we have some ignorant indi- In a statement to NY Daily News, the bid for the opportunity to host. San Diego and Tijuana would release viduals within our organization, with whom UC Irvine Asian Pacific Student Association Filner, a Democrat, hopes that for- a joint statement in the next 10 days as we have already dealt with ourselves.” said that the LTD is not a constituent of the mer Republican presidential nominee they prepare their Olympic commit- The video featured fraternity brothers APSA, separating itself from the fraternity. Mitt Romney will lead the two cit- tees. If Filner’s proposal succeeds, the Justin T. Nguyen, Tony D. Duong and Philip ies’ campaign and believes that his event will become the first binational IRVINE, Lam dancing while dressed in formal suits, See page 3 presence would add validity to the Olympic Games. proposal. The International Olympic “I’d like [Romney] to be the honor- Committee will select a host city for ary chair of this whole effort,” Filner the 2024 Olympic Games in 2017. said, according to an April 27 story readers can contact that appeared in the U-T San Diego. aleksandra konstantinovic [email protected] In addition to owning a house SCIENCE AND tecHNOLOGY Researchers Use Algae to Create Edible Vaccines Investigators at the Mayfield Laboratory are hoping to use algae in developing an edible vaccine for malaria. BY Helen Hejran staff writer in their gut but not in their blood. Because the antibodies must be in UCSD researchers at the Mayfield the blood for the malaria vaccine Laboratory have been working on to work, the proteins used in this developing a malaria vaccine using vaccine are not effective. However, algae. On April 19, they published this study does show that a different their discoveries collected this past protein may be effective in getting year from their most recent study. the antibodies into the bloodstream. This study’s primary researchers “Since the feeding did induce were principal investigator Stephen antibodies we know the system Mayfield, professor of biology; post- works,” Mayfield said. “Now we just doctoral fellow James Gregory; and need to identify a protein that can undergraduate researchers Aaron move the protein from the gut into Topol and David Doerner. the blood system so we can get anti- PHOTO BY YASMEEN ELSAWAF/GUARDIAN The researchers discovered that bodies there.” SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH after feeding mice the dried algae, When deciding what kind of vac- As part of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), the National Sexual Violence Resource Center hosted a variety of events, including the which retained functional vaccine National Day of Action and Denim Day Awareness. T-shirts with various phrases explaining sexual assault awareness were displayed in Price Center. proteins, the antibodies were seen See MALARIA, page 3 2 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | monday, APRIL 29, 2013 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG NEWS BIRDLAND By Rebekah Dyer Laira Martin Editor in Chief Zev Hurwitz Managing Editor Mekala Neelakantan News Editor Aleksandra Konstantinovic Associate News Editor Hilary Lee Opinion Editor Lauren Koa Associate Opinon Editor Rachel Uda Sports Editor Stacey Chien Features Editor Jean Lee Associate Lifestyle Editors Vincent Pham Jacey Aldredge A&E Editor Sebastian Brady Associate A&E Editor VISUAL DIARY By Khanh Nguyen Brian Monroe Photo Editor Taylor Sanderson Associate Photo Editor Sara Shroyer Design Editor Zoë McCracken Associate Design Editor Jeffrey Lau Art Editor Janella Payumo Associate Art Editor Allie Kiekhofer Copy Editor Claire Yee Associate Copy Editor Arielle Sallai Web Editor Training and Development Manager Madeline Mann Editorial Assistants Mozelle Armijo, Rachel Huang, Jacqueline Kim, Shelby Newallis, Kelvin Noronha Page Layout Bobee Kim, Amber Shroyer, Dorothy Van Copy Readers Kim Brinckerhoff, Kate Galloway, Rachel Huang, BRIEFS by NADINE HUGG STAFF WRITER Jacqueline Kim Business Manager Emily Ku ▶ Two women assaulte near SDSU by his wife in La Mesa. The wife was a silver and black watch, tan pants will never know the exact number of Advertising Director Noelle Batema campus: Last week, two women backing her car up when the accident and a striped polo shirt. homeless in San Diego.” Marketing in their 20s were grabbed while occurred around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Nicholas Paladino they were walking near San Diego According to a police report, the ▶ Decreased Homelessness in the ▶ Teenagers light a car on fire: Advertising Assistants Vivek Medepalli, Audrey Sechrest, Darren Shim State University. The first incident man died on the scene on the 4400 San Diego County: The Regional Two teenage boys were taken into Advertising Design occurred on April 15 at 9 p.m. on block of Dale Avenue. Task Force on the Homeless of San custody after they had stolen a Alfredo H. Vilano Jr. A.S. Graphic Studio Campanile Drive. A man described Diego County announced Thursday car on Sunday, April 21 after they as wearing glasses and a hood drove ▶ Horton Plaza Jewelry Thief: San morning that there has been a 7.7 were involved in a hit-and-run The UCSD Guardian is published Mondays and Thursdays during the academic year by UCSD students up beside the victim in a four-door Diego Police have released a photo percent decrease in homelessness accident and lit a car on fire in and for the UCSD community. Reproduction of this Toyota Tacoma and grabbed her arm. in hopes of identifying a man sus- from the previous year. The annual the grounds of an Imperial Beach newspaper in any form, whether in whole or in part, without permission is strictly prohibited. © 2013, all The following Sunday around 3 a.m. pected of taking $20,000 worth of report on homelessness was account- school. According to San Diego rights reserved. The UCSD Guardian is not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. The in an alley off of Montezuma Road, a custom jewelry. The suspect stole ed for by 900 volunteers who walked Police Officer Dan Lasher, the 16 views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the UCSD Guardian, the University of tall Asian man with spiked hair and the jewelry from a car parked in the and drove around San Diego on Jan. and 17-year-old boys were involved California or Associated Students. The UCSD Guardian is glasses tried to pull a woman by her Westfield Horton Plaza Mall down- 25, counting the number of home- in the car accident near Mar Vista funded by advertising. HELLO, THIS IS PERRY. arm and leg. Each woman managed town on April 1. A man caught on less in temporary shelters and on Middle School around 3:30 a.m.. General Editorial: 858-534-6580 [email protected] to break free from the assailants. a surveillance video was seen taking the streets. Of the 8,900 people in They fled the scene, leaving behind News: [email protected] a red Lulu Lemon yoga bag filled shelters, on the street or sleeping in a license plate. Later, witnesses said Managing; [email protected] Opinion: [email protected] ▶ Man dies after being pinned on with necklaces, earrings, rings and other means of shelter, 5,747 of them they saw the two boys light the Sports: [email protected] trailer by wife: Last Wednesday, watches from the passenger seat of a were in the city of San Diego.