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The event, which was attended by LGBT Resource Center Shaun Travers, director approximately 430 students, included panel of the Cross Cultural Center Edwina Welch said. “And while any of the discussions on the impact of Black Winter and Ed.D., Provost of Eleanor Roosevelt College major candidates challenging SONIC THE HEDGEHOG included a focus on the need for constructive Ivan Evans, and associate professor of African Trump would be a significant OFTEN A SPORTS TEASE discourse and activism as a means of combating American literature Dennis Childs. FILM REVIEW improvement, none have walked wut is a basket-ball? structural and social anti-blackness. “How did I support [activists during Black the talk as reliably and consistently A&E,section, PAGE Page 8 _ The Compton Cookout refers to a racially Winter] personally?” Evans asked rhetorically as Senator Bernie Sanders, and stereotypical off-campus party held by a group on the panel. “I came there. I showed up. I that’s why we are enthusiastically of UC San Diego students on Feb. 15, 2010, listened. And I said, ‘you are my leaders,’ to the endorsing him for President.” which was intended to mock Black History students.” The endorsement comes FOREFORECAST- Month. The winter quarter that the party The second panel discussion was composed as no surprise to many who occured became known as Black Winter to of UCSD alumni and current students. The have been following Sanders’ UCSD students and faculty. panelists were education studies graduate campaign platform. He has been The party was followed by a series of racially student James Crawford, Thurgood Marshall a long-time advocate for union motivated events, including the usage of a racial College sophomore Leighla Buckner, Earl membership, industry-wide slur by the satirical college paper The Koala, the Warren College academic advisor Amado collective bargaining, and has MONDAYTUESDAY WEDNESDAYTUESDAY finding of a noose in Geisel Library, and the Berrios, former vice chair of the BSU Victor HH 7396 L 7255 H H75 86 L L 53 68 placement of a Klu Klux Klan hood on the head Brown, former events chair of the BSU and shown support for AFSCME in of the Dr. Seuss statue. current structural engineering graduate student the past. In response, the BSU organized protests Theresa Richards, and Student Promoted Access Sanders spoke in favor of alongside groups such as the Movimiento Center for Education and Service retention UC unions during a strike held Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan. The BSU program advisor Regine Reyes. by AFSCME and University WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY THURSDAYFRIDAY ultimately made a list of 32 demands for a more When asked about the current racial climate Professional and Technical HH 75 79 LL 6757 HH 73 79 L L 5766 inclusive campus including the creation of a at UCSD as compared to 2010, Crawford talked Employees-Communications Black Resource Center and the establishment about the role that resource centers such as the Workers of America 9119 in of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion course Black Resource Center can play in facilitating a March 2019. VERBATIM requirement. greater sense of community. “The University of California VERBATIM The event first began with a land “[UCSD] should not just be [an] ivory tower must be a model employer,” "Eventually, acknowledgement that UCSD is located on where we keep information locked up and Sanders said. “It must be an PULLeveryone A QUOTE FROM in the indigenous Kumeyaay land, which was followed we are doing all of these projects to benefit employer that respects its workers, A COLUMN HERE! FOR by a moment of silence. these Fortune 500 companies,” Crawford said. and it must be an employer that EXAMPLE,room was ‘I DON’T singing Current faculty and staff who worked “Instead, we are here to make sure … we are treats its workers with dignity and UNDERSTANDand dancing WHY ALLIE to during Black Winter took part in a panel not the only ones who are benefiting from these it must sit down with its unions CAN’T“American ASCRIBE WORDS Boy,” TO discussion moderated by junior Jordan Ward, degrees ... It is not just about ourselves, but it is and negotiate in good faith.” THEIR PROPER USAGES.’ One of the core platforms and what better See WINTER, page 2 -KELVIN NORONHA” pushed by Sanders’ campaign is - Columnistway to spendname here the “Workplace Democracy Plan.” a COLUMNweeknight TITLE HEREat GLOBAL The main objective of the plan UCSD?”SECTION, PAGE _ is strengthening the American UC San Diego Health Discharges Treated Coronavirus Patient middle class. The plan calls for Natalie Tran Two Coronavirus patients to this date have been treated at UCSD Health located in Hillcrest. doubling union membership and Warren Live 2020 denying federal contracts that pay PAGE 8 BY Zhuoying Lin Feb. 10, while the second case 19. Based on a statement released poverty wages, outsource jobs staff writer was confirmed on Feb. 13. Both by UCSD Health, after being overseas, or deny good benefits. patients are American evacuees informed the test was negative “There are many reasons INSIDEINSIDE As of Feb. 14, the Centers for from Wuhan, China who were for COVID-19 on Sunday, Feb. 9, for the growing inequality in Disease Control and Prevention previously quarantined at Marine the patient was discharged from our economy, but one of the has confirmed two coronavirus Corps Air Station in Miramar. UCSD Health and returned to LIGHTSTEXT ...... X & SIRENS...... 3 most significant reasons for the OP-ED: ACADEMIA...... 5 cases in San Diego. As of Feb. They are currently hospitalized MCAS Miramar for quarantine. disappearing middle class is that OPINION SOMETHING .X 19, one of these patients has at the UCSD medical center in However, on the morning of TO ALL THE BOYS...... 9 the rights of workers to join WEEKEND/FEATURE .....X fully recovered and has been Hillcrest for treatment. Monday Feb. 10, the patient was together and bargain for better GUARDIANCROSSWORD/SUDOKU GURL...... 10 X discharged from UC San Diego The first patient landed at notified the test was positive wages, benefits, and working WOMEN’S B-BALL...... 16 Health. MCAS Miramar on Feb. 5 and after further testing, and the conditions have been severely A SOCCER BALL! WOW X The first person in San Diego was tested for coronavirus due to was diagnosed with the virus on suspected symptoms of COVID- See VIRUS, page 2 See ENDORSEMENT, page 2 2 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG NEWS The Compton Cookout resulted in a number of changes regarding how UCSD approaches diversity. ▶ WINTER, from page 1 about building that community we [create] pro-blackness… how complex concepts,” Palafox said. think that a lot of students got … so to me, the BRC [has been] are we doing pro-black actions, “I hope the event encouraged the key takeaway that they do important for that.” pro-black community, [and] and informed future UCSD have power to enact change.”

The event concluded with a pro-black spaces?” activists to create impactful Throughout the rest of Daisy Scott Editor in Chief speech by John Muir College In an email to the UCSD movements, and demand equity February, UCSD will be Ranjani Shankar Provost Wayne Yang which talked Guardian, Associate Vice in a constructive and inclusive celebrating Black History Managing Editor Jacob Sutherland News Co-Editors about the involvement of non- President of EDI Noah Palafox manner.” Month with events such as film Andrew Ha black allies during Black Winter expressed his hopes that the Marshall College sophomore screenings and lectures. Students Geena Younger Opinion Editor and how they can continue to be event could provide insight Isaac Lara told the Guardian that are encouraged to visit the UCSD Jack Dorfman constructive advocates for the and awareness regarding Black he was surprised by the turnout Black History Month website to Sports Editor black community. Winter. and student interest in the event. learn more. Lara Sanli Features Editor Chloe Esser A&E Co-Editors “The opposite of anti- “For me personally, it was “It was really moving to see the Jahfreen Alam blackness is not diversity,” Yang encouraging to bring together EDI office host this event and to Annika Olives Lifestyle Co-Editors said. “The opposite of anti- a portion of the University to see this much mass attendance,” Colleen Conradi blackness is pro-blackness. I unite, address, and engage each Lara said. “The audience was troy tuquero [email protected] Alexandra Fustei Photo Editor want us to all ask ourselves how other in discussing some pretty pretty engaged overall and I Alex Rickard Design Editor Luke Burbudge Mult imedia Editor Alicia Gunawan Data Visualization Editor Anthony Tran Art Editor Divya Seth Copy Editor Lights and Sirens is compiled from the Lights & Sirens Police Crime Log at police.ucsd.edu Page Layout Saida Hassan

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Dr. Sherman Dr. Cook Dr. Terranova NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 3 AFSCME recently won a tentative labor agreement with the UC System in January. TEXTING ▶ ENDORSEMENTS, from page 1 By Michi Sora undermined,” Sanders’ website states. since 2017. The contract ended one of has brought important issues to light The issues addressed by Sanders’ the longest-running labor disputes for about the growing problem of income platform parallel the issues prioritized the university system. Upon ratification inequality, the fight for what’s left of by AFSCME. Both emphasize collective of the contract workers will get a 3 America’s middle class.” bargaining over the terms of employment percent annual wage increase along with Sanders’ enduring support for and increasing wages as a major solution a number of one-time bonuses. unionization has led to him to receive for battling inequality. In a press release announcing the endorsements by various unions. AFSCME was recently successful in tentative contract agreement, AFSCME AFSCME is now the third UC union to reaching a tentative contract agreement President Kathryn Lybarger explained endorse Sanders, following California with the UC system for over 8,000 workers how the contract helps create middle Nurses Association and UPTE-CWA on Jan. 24. The contract will increase class careers across the UC system. Local 9119. wages, prevent future outsourcing of “This tentative agreement takes labor to private contractors, and expand historic, enforceable steps to strengthen upon career advancement opportunities. middle class career pathways at AFSCME had been working to reach UC,” Lybarger said. “This has been a Niloufar shahbandi [email protected] an agreement for UC service workers difficult and protracted process, but it 65 percent of surveyed students said that they had witnessed xenophobia on campus. ▶ VIRUS, from page 1 patient was returned to UCSD medical States that houses evacuees for federal survey had 49 student participants. center for treatment. quarantine. Currently there is no “After the professor briefly According to the news released reported risk that the virus is spreading mentioned the severity of the virus by NBC 7 San Diego, the patient person to person within the quarantine in my class, a student said something was discharged by accident “due to group nor a reported public risk due to about how now it is easier to identify pseudonyms used for privacy reasons” the transportation of the two patients. Chinese on campus cause only Chinese because the former test result was At UCSD, the Chinese Union wear masks, this really made me mislabelled. student organization is making ongoing feel uncomfortable,” said Thurgood The second COVID-19 case was efforts to combat the virus in China. Marshall College junior student Xinzhe diagnosed on Feb. 13. The second The organization previously raised Jiang, “Everyone at UCSD community patient landed at MCAS Miramar on more than $15,000 to purchase medical should respect each others, and people Feb. 7 and suffered from high fevers supplies for local hospitals in China. should focus on the research progress and dry cough two days after flying According to UCSD News Center, there on coronavirus therapy instead of from Wuhan, according to San Diego are 4,000 protective coveralls, 10,000 making jokes on Chinese.” Union Tribune. face masks and 2,000 goggles yet to be The UCSD campus has been On Feb. 19, the CDC informed UCSD shipped, and the members of Chinese continuously updating information Health that a patient being treated for Union are connecting with non-profit about coronavirus through students coronavirus under the university’s care organizations in China, hoping to emails. To be vigilant against contracting has fully recovered. After multiple tests donate the supplies to sites in need. The the virus, students should take caution conducted by the CDC, the patient was Chinese Union also set up a Gofundme and maintain good hygiene, including deemed to be no longer infectious. The to continue fundraising. covering cough and sneezes, washing patient is now discharged and can leave Xenophobia due to COVID-19 hands frequently and avoiding close the hospital. has also been on the rise at campus. contact with other people. The two patients were among the total According to a student survey 232 Americans evacuees from Wuhan, conducted by the UCSD Guardian, 65 China who landed at MCAS Miramar percent of UCSD students reported two weeks ago. MCAS Miramar is one witnessing xenophobia and 29 percent zhouying lin [email protected] of the four military bases in the United reported experiencing xenophobia. The 4 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG OPINION

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End Professor’s Unrealistic Sickness Policies By Geena Roberts & Divya Seth // Opinion Editor & Copy Editor espite the prevalence of sickness on campus, UC San Diego does not enforce a ofen makes missing classes and exams without repercussions difcult for sick students. school-wide sickness policy. Tis fu season, nearly 65 percent of respondents told Unfortunately, these policies hit working students, who hold paid jobs to supplement the UCSD Guardian that they had been sick this quarter. Yet, UCSD clearly does their education, the hardest. Due to fnancial obligations, working students typically Dnot intend to take responsibility for its role in spreading sickness across campus. Instead, cannot, or feel they cannot, call out of work to rest. When professors have policies that professors have full discretion over whether or not students can miss class when they are penalize students for recovering, working students are then also coerced into attending sick. Some of the common attendance policies professors put in place include requiring class instead of resting. Inevitably, this means working students are unable to get the rest attendance for a majority of lectures and lowering grades when people miss more than they need to avoid being sicker for a longer period of time than they would be otherwise. a certain number, only allowing students to miss class without a penalty if they provide As a result of extended sickness students face reduced academic and work performance a doctor’s note or not allowing students to miss any class even with one. While requiring for a longer period of time and increased risk of developing poorer health in the long attendance no matter what is harsh, missing one or two classes usually does not greatly term. Additionally, between the stressors of student life and fnancial obligations, working afect one’s grade in the class overall, especially if the student still has access to podcasts students may not have the time or fnancial ability to get a doctor’s note excusing them or other class materials. Unfortunately, many of the lectures here are not podcasted and from more important school obligations like labs, quizzes, midterms, and other tests. students usually have no direct way to access missed material, which could afect their Tus, despite evidence that common colds and the fu impair cognitive performance and exam and paper grades. Te policy for missing exams is even more strict likely because memory, professors’ infexible policies generally force sick working students to sit through exams are worth a high percentage of students’ grades, and a doctor’s note is usually tests anyways. Reduced performance on such assignments can have disastrous impacts on required by professors in order to miss an exam or justify a paper extension. Te lack of students’ grades and thus future opportunities. Tat being said, the exact impact of sickness consistency in these policies, as well as the overall inability of many to actually adhere to on students’ grades remains elusive. Regardless, it is easy to see how infexible sickness these policies, cause students to come to class sneezing, coughing, and spreading pathogens policies further harm working students’ ability to succeed and remain healthy at UCSD. to other students, who in turn are subject to the same unfair policies. If UCSD enforced a Furthermore, these policies cause students to feel that UCSD and its professors especially fair policy that allows students to recover from sickness instead of coming to school sick, do not care about students’ health, well-being, and overall success. Students at UCSD situations like this could be easily avoided. express their disillusionment about UCSD’s failure to address their needs on Reddit boards, Tese infexible sickness policies threaten the health of all San Diegans as well as the Facebook, and in day-to-day conversations. Regardless of the truth of these accusations, family and friends of UCSD students and employees. Te fact that many professors’ policies professor policies that refuse to realistically address student sickness fuel this sentiment require and encourage sick students to attend class means that healthy students, people among the student body. And this talk produces efects; when students feel the university connected with professors, students, and campus employees are exposed to illnesses present does not care about them, the university, current students, and future students sufer. Studies on campus. Tis exposure could have serious implications for people most vulnerable to of presenteeism — when workers are forced to attend work sick — link infexible sickness policies to decreased desire to give back to the workplace, higher turnover, and GRAPHIC BY UCSD GUARDIAN DATA VISUALIZATION general feelings of negativity toward the workplace. Tough UCSD is not a business, student sickness policies that refuse to support individuals have the same efects on our campus. On a tangible level, these policies are just another part of the system at UCSD that keeps students from wanting to spend their time in service to the university. Additionally, alumni who felt unvalued at UCSD due to policies like professors’ sickness policies are unlikely to invest their time and money into the school in the future. Finally, students’ relationships with their professors, who are meant to teach and mentor students, sufer. With all of the issues imposed by these unrealistic policies, there are steps that the university must take to alleviate the aforementioned issues. Instead of forcing students to abide by unrealistic policies, UCSD should have a general school-wide policy that all professors must use. Tese policies should allow students to take care of themselves when sick without requiring them to get a doctor’s note when all they need is some actual rest. Students should be allowed a certain, set number of “sick days” without any grade penalty. If students are missing more than that set amount, only then should they be required to bring a doctor’s note. For exams, projects, and papers, professors should be required to accept a doctor’s note and provide a make-up exam or adequate extensions. Tis school-wide policy would reduce the number of students who go to class sick, decreasing the spread of disease and ultimately creating fewer issues at present. Professors who continue to use their own policies, especially ones that do not allow students to recover from sickness, should be reprimanded to help enforce this policy. Even if diferent types of classes require diferent levels of attendance, UCSD could still enforce a more broad, overarching policy and departments could create fair policies that accomodate lab classes, discussions, and three- hour lectures that only meet once a week. Ultimately, the policy should not be as proactive in assuming that students will be dishonest and miss class, but instead give students time to recover and only allow professors or teaching assistants the common cold and fu, for example children, seniors, and people who have weakened to intervene on a case-by-case basis for particular students taking advantage of the policy. immune systems. Tese populations are more likely to develop pneumonia afer having UCSD should care for the health and well-being of its students to actually promote practices a cold, especially the fu, and experience complications ranging from six to eight weeks that prevent the spread of illnesses, especially in an environment where so many people of missed work or school to death. Death and severe complications from common colds come in such close contact with each other. and fus are not normal even for vulnerable populations. However, the possibility of these While the problems posed by the lack of an overarching sickness policy seem abstract, complications increases when a great number of people are exposed to illnesses that trigger they leave negative experiences in their wake. When I was sick with bronchitis, a professor them. Yet, professors are allowed to actively encourage the attendance of sick students, here at UCSD refused to accept my doctors’ note. Instead, they insisted upon trying to call which increases the chance that others will acquire and sufer from highly contagious my doctor, despite privacy laws that restrict the release of medical information, to confrm illnesses. Such policies, especially in the context of severe fu seasons, are alarming. Worse the note’s legitimacy. My experience, while extreme, is not unique on our campus, and it yet, these infexible policies stand against the recommendations of the Centers for Disease would not have occurred if clear university guidelines were in place. Control and Prevention — quite questionable for a school promoting itself as a hub for Te university must work to enforce a broad policy and give guidelines to professors and medical progress. Overall, while death, severe complications, and general harm to society departments regarding appropriate and realistic policies for students so that situations like are not the direct result or intent of any one professor’s infexible sickness policy, that does mine can be avoided. If they do so UCSD will fnally uphold the standards of health it has not alter their impact. long claimed champion. Professors’ high level of discretion over their class attendance and sickness policies OPINION THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 5 Op-Ed: Te Colonization of Academia of Colors’ Intellect By Genie P. Wunguskit // Guest Writer People of color history and cultures are “critically” approached through the white narrative of another culture. Anyone could be an “expert” on a subject they so choose perspectives and retold or, as the university calls it, “taught” through the white to study, and I will not doubt their knowledge with the credentials, but they should not narratives. We are to be “discovered,” “studied,” and “research” by white academia. be allowed to colonized people of color intellects and retold our history as if their own. White academia are the knowers, the authority, while the knowledge of diferent White academia should not be the default of academics in the age where we preach cultures is to be known, to be discovered. White academia and white institution are the diversity in higher education. “academics,” and every other culture and people of color intellects are to be studied. How can I, as an Asian woman scholar, sit in a lecture hall, and listen to a white man By the word “studied,” I mean approached by the white lens and picked apart through talk about my history like he owns it? the white westerner norms. Te exclusivity and unacknowledged embedded institutional racism, which are Te colonization of intellects appears everywhere in academia but is even more deeply rooted in academic culture have made me skeptical of the value we give higher prominent in areas of study such as history which are heavily biased. education. I came into the University of California, San Diego, as an undergraduate in As the next generation of scholars and a woman of color who wishes to pursue a Behavioural Neuroscience with a passion for reading and history. I have always been career in academia, I still hope that we will put in the efort to decolonize intellects. I passionate about history because I genuinely believe we can only create a better future hope we diversify higher institutions. Hire more qualifed academia of color, publish once we learned from our past mistakes. more academia of color, cite more academia of colour, tenure more academia of color, I am a woman, an Asian woman. More specifcally, I am half-Tai and half-Chinese. and honor the intellect that academia of color has at the same level of any white My grandparents were immigrants from China to Tailand. I was born in Tailand, academia. where I spent most of my life until I moved to Oakland, California for high school. I To the white academia, I hope that you will be able to recognize that you are not am a frst-generation immigrant to the United States. I am a frst-generation college the authority fgure of history and academics. I hope that you will know you do not student. I am from a low socioeconomic background. I am a person of color. It is quite own our history and our narrative. I hope that you will be able to realize that and step safe to say I don’t have many privileges going for me, yet throughout my life, it has down for academia of color. I hope that you acknowledge that we all need to start always been my dream to pursue higher education because I truly believe in the power decolonizing the intellects. of knowledge. I believe in intellectualism and curiosity. I believed that academia was a It could be naiveté, or it could be the hopeless optimism I still have in humanity, but place I can learn, be curious, and ask questions. I still believe that we can decolonize the intellects in every feld of study. I hope this I enrolled in a class titled “East Asia & Te West: 1279-1911”. A 10 weeks course, piece of writing can be the starting point to a larger conversation in how the narratives covering 632 years of history in China, Japan, and Korea. Te textbook was written being used by predominantly white educational institutions are perpetuating the by 3 white women, taught by an endowed, white men professor who graduated hegemonic white default of humanity. from Harvard and taught at Oxford (Two very traditionally old, white, and wealthy institutions) with the teaching assistant who also happens to be a white man. When people of color histories are “studied” only through the white lens and further research in academia only cites the white intellects, disregarding the primary source, the authority, and diversity of that culture; we are yet again — colonized. But this time, it is our intellects that are colonized. Genie P. Wungsukit is a Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience undergraduate I am in no way saying that a white person is not allowed to have an interest or minoring in Ethnic Studies with the focus on Asian American Studies at the University pursue a study of another culture, but they should not be given the authority to tell the of California, San Diego. CONSIDER WRITING FOR OPINION! Apply online at UCSDguardian.org 6 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG FEATURES

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Revitalizing relatability

In an efort to promote conversation about difcult issues, ReLyfe created a platform to display stories that people feel they go through alone.

By Lanlily nguyen & nelson espinal staff writers

The UCSD Guardian sat down with Hannah Rosenberg, a junior Eleanor Roosevelt College student and the videographer and editor lead at ReLyfe, a mental health startup at UC San Diego, to discuss overcoming challenges and sharing your growth experiences with others. The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

The Guardian: What is ReLyfe? How did it start?

Hannah Rosenberg: “ReLyfe is a startup funded through The Basement [Editor’s note: The Basement is a startup, entrepreneurship, and innovation hub at UC San Diego]. Our founders, Payal [Kela] and Namrata [Doshi], were talking over coffee back in 2018 when they realized they wanted to help share the stories of everyday people passing by. They recognized that every person at UCSD has a unique story and probably has advice they would give to people going through similar things and that sharing these stories would have the potential of positively impacting someone else’s life. They started conducting video interviews with a small team and got funding from The UCSD Basement starting last school year. They graduated last spring. ReLyfe is for students and by students. Our mission is to ‘re-humanize.’ We call the people who we interview ‘re-humanizers.’ Our school, like a Members of the ReLyfe team presented their concept at the Basement. lot of school systems, is set in a format that doesn’t initiate connection. There is a lot of isolation and sort of blog-style publication. Something that doesn’t require face not knowing where you fit in. Our videos are accessible instantly and identification. We’ve also had people come to us who were willing to can hopefully bridge the time between waiting for a CAPS appointment show their face and just didn’t want to be identified by name which still for three-plus months. works for our video format, but we really want to create an outlet for You can find them on our website, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, those with stories who don’t want a camera on them at all. and LinkedIn.” We’ve definitely been wanting to cover that gap because there are a lot of people who have amazing stories and they, for many reasons and The Guardian: What are these videos like? completely understandable reasons, don’t want to do that so I think it’s an important future step.” Rosenberg: “We interview our ‘re-humanizers,’ who are the people who are willing to share any struggle they have overcome. It can be as The Guardian: What do you specifically do? small or as big as they want, and it can be anything from school stress to chronic illness, depression, anxiety, a coming-out story, OCD, and Rosenberg: “I’m the videographer and editor lead, so I film and edit the list goes on. Our goal is to build a catalog of every mental health the videos, and we as a team plan out, based on the story that was given, topic possible and have multiple stories for each one because everybody how to best do justice to their stories and present them in a positive experiences things differently.” light. My heart was beating just thinking of doing this because it is a huge responsibility and one that I want to fulfill with the utmost care. The Guardian: How do you find people to share their stories? Twice a month we have film days and we usually try to do back-to-back interviews. We have had students Rosenberg: “Most of our request to film more than one story interviewees meet us through “Our goal is to have a since people inevitably go through campus events, word-of-mouth, or more than one life challenge.” through social media. They will presence on campus so then fill out a form on our website. The Guardian: How did you get It just asks for general information everyone knows about ReLyfe involved in ReLyfe? and a short explanation of your story. We then set up a time to film, just as well as The Zone or Rosenberg: “I met the two assuming it is going to be a good founders during Spring Quarter of fit. The cool part of it is that both any other resource.” 2019 and heard they were trying sides benefit. The person telling to establish a new team of people the story gets a platform to share to keep ReLyfe going in the school their story and feels a sense of purpose because they know they are years to come. I applied and landed the position. They interviewed for helping people, while fellow students are able to hear from a peer who all the roles before graduation, making sure to choose a team with a might be going through a similar thing. Everyone benefits and it really passion for the mission. Now, this new team has been around since the is a win-win for everyone involved.” beginning of this school year. We hope to keep growing.”

The Guardian: Has anyone ever wanted to be anonymous while The Guardian: Are there any specific stories you’d like to hear? sharing their story? Rosenberg: “I would love to make videos on academic stress and Rosenberg: “That has happened. We’re toying with the idea of to have an expanded collection of videos about dealing with chronic possibly starting a podcast, animation series, or putting out some illness while in college because that’s something that I’ve personally FEATURES THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 7

ReLyfe’s Instagram feed is a source of the videos they produce as well as the messages they try to spread.

dealt with and it’s the closest thing to like — I don’t want to talk about myself an official CAPS partner as well. Our goal is to have a presence on campus so — but it’s the closest thing to impossible I’ve ever done and I look fine on the everyone knows about ReLyfe just as well as The Zone or any other resource.” outside so no one would know.” The Guardian: What has student feedback been like? The Guardian: Is ReLyfe working on any new projects? Rosenberg: “Some of the team members including myself have personally Rosenberg: “We are trying to put out videos at a quicker pace because right received messages over Instagram and social media saying ‘Thank you.’ now it’s just me shooting and editing. We’re looking to grow the videographer/ ReLyfe’s accounts have gotten thank-you comments and DMs, which is always editor team specifically so that we can produce more content. We’re also a good feeling. It’s crazy to think that our videos have impacted students we’ve always pitching ReLyfe to various campus orgs, and the two COOs just pitched never met. Many mental health professionals have been really supportive as ReLyfe to a meeting full of medical professionals at Student Health [Services]. well.” We’re starting a series called ‘Questions of the Month.’ The first one we did hasn’t been published yet, and the question was ‘When was the last time you The Guardian: What would you say is the most rewarding part of this cried?’ We got really interesting responses. The whole point was, again, just experience, being part of The ReLyfe team? to deconstruct the walls that we’ve built and show how everyone is way more similar than they are different. We tend to forget that at the end of the day Rosenberg: “The best part has been getting to do what I love with a mission we’re all just human beings.” in mind and getting to make a real tangible difference on campus that is combining two things that I care about: video creation and getting to improve The Guardian: Going forward, what are ReLyfe’s future goals? people’s quality of life as both students and humans navigating the uncertain world in front of them.” Rosenberg: In the future, our goal is to expand to all UC campuses. Late last spring, the founders were invited to the UC Mental Health Conference, which was a really big deal because they were the only students invited. We are

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ritish singer-songwriter Estelle, most known for her international hit “American Boy” featuring Kanye CONCERT REVIEW PHOTO COURTESY OF ELLIE WANG West, headlined this year’s Warren Live, Earl Warren College’sB annual music festival. Past lineups of Warren Live include other 2000s household names like Sean Kingston and Jesse McCartney. Opening for Estelle at Price Center Ballroom on Feb. 20 was R&B artist ilham. Despite a sold-out concert last year with Sean Kingston, this year’s attendance was significantly smaller. It was possibly not as well marketed; many students who like Estelle had no idea she came to UC San Diego until they saw social media posts from their friends at the concert. However, the audience more than made up for its size with boundless, infectious energy that only grew over the span of the music-filled night. The artists, too, brought their A-game, turning a concert crowd into a dance party. Opener ilham memorably took the stage with a large Mario toy figure, which sat and rotated on the DJ table behind her during her set. She sang “back and forth” and “run dry,” the silky beats of the songs turning the crowd’s polite head nodding into full-body swaying. During breaks, the young artist shared how she “came from the projects” and now was onstage living her dream, citing how her second album, “with time,” had hit No. 1 on the iTunes R&B charts. She extended her gratitude to the crowd with thanks and uplifting words like, “Things may be hard, but you work harder.” In most small concert experiences, the opening act is usually met with tepid enthusiasm. But while most Triton concertgoers were unfamiliar with ilham, there seemed to be a general agreement across the room to give the charming New York native a very warm reception. At this concert, it was not just the performers, but also the supportive UCSD students who made it as fun as it was. “We gotta hype her up!” were literal words murmured Warren Live: Estelle & ilham in the audience. During buildups and beat drops, such as in “how you feel now,” students would jump and wave and Location Price Center West Ballroom C shout, even if there were many mistimed reactions to beat Date Feb. 20, 2020 A- drops. Not knowing the songs didn’t stop the audience; during “in too deep,” some audience members furtively took out their phones to look up the lyrics and sing along, crowd constantly moving their feet as colorful lights dazzled the much-anticipated song swept the room with a feverish garnering ilham’s surprise and delight. Ilham easily took to around the room, adding to the dance club feel. House wave of nostalgia, both for UCSD students and for Estelle the crowd, shouting out certain energetic people, getting song “Something Good” pulled the audience into a sing-off. herself. Hearing the room sing “American Boy” with everyone to sing the chorus of “down,” and performing two During the repetitive chorus, Estelle held her mic to the unrestrained passion, Estelle stopped singing and listened unreleased songs, including “uh-huh” and an untitled song. audience, prompting one half to sing, “I got it!” and the other to everyone yell the lyrics by heart. “Wow,” she exclaimed “DM me on Instagram if you have ideas for a song title,” she half to sing, “Ohhh oh!” The party truly hadn’t started until afterwards, seemingly floored by the outpouring of love for encouraged. she walked in. her song. “Weren’t y’all like ten years old when this came Things took an unexpected but very welcomed turn when Those hoping that Estelle, who is the voice of Garnet from out?” She laughed and expressed the joy and gratitude she it was time for Estelle’s set. Without knowing her too well, the Cartoon Network animated series “Steven Universe,” felt with knowing that over a decade later, her song was still one may think she would also have a cool, laid-back vibe, would be singing songs from the show were not disappointed. loved. She then restarted the song a couple times, stopping but she quickly dispelled such notions with her performance. “Do y’all like ‘Steven Universe?’” she asked, singing a few because she wanted people to put their phones away and for Her entrance turned the concert into a dance club with “Ain’t words from “True Kinda Love.” The room roared in response. the security officers in the back of the room to join them. Yo Bitch,” a reggaeton-influenced song that brought the She sang the theme song “We Are the Crystal Gems” and Eventually, everyone in the room was singing and dancing musician down into the screaming crowd. She carried a large struck a pose when everyone shouted her character’s name in to “American Boy,” and what better way to spend a weeknight bag of candy and passed them out as she sang and moved the song. After that, she asked the crowd if there was anyone at UCSD? UC Socially Dead? As if. Estelle, ilham, and Tritons her way through a sea of cellphones. Several circles formed who knew the lyrics to “the Garnet songs” and chose two know how to throw a party. around her as she danced with individual students; at one ecstatic volunteers to join her onstage. Then what followed point, she and a student twerked against each other, eliciting would rival the San Diego Comic-Con in terms of the fan an eruption of whoops. experience. Imagine singing and doing air guitar to “Stronger Estelle was, for lack of a better word, lit. She invited several Than You” with Garnet herself? A few people livestreamed NATALIE TRAN students on stage to dance with her at the end of “Ain’t Yo and FaceTimed the incredible performance. — Bitch,” and later songs like “Better” and “Freak” kept the Finally, it was time for “American Boy.” The first notes of Senior Staff Writer Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog Receiving a grade of C+, “Sonic the Hedgehog” is a pretty good kids’ movie with high production value. onic the Hedgehog made his video game debut on June 23, 1991, selling over 15 million move at normal speed while the world around him moved slowly, similar to Quicksilver in copies. After Sonic’s debut in 1991, Sega Games Co. developed dozens of Sonic video “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” really put a smile on my face because just seeing Sonic walk games ranging from his traditional platform style to educational games. Eventually, around altering the motions and positions of people was so cool to see. The best instance of severalS comics, novels, and even a TV show that ran from 1993 to 1994 were created to tell this was the scene atop the Transamerica Pyramid. Dr. Robotnik fired several missiles towards Sonic’s adventures. Sonic’s popularity then led to the creation of “Sonic the Hedgehog the Sonic and Tom, so Sonic pushes Tom off the building, uses his speed to dodge and rearrange Movie” in 1996. Sega had just found their flagship mascot, and Sonic became an icon of 90s all the missiles, and saved Tom from falling to his death. Seeing all that play out in slow motion video game culture. reminded me of how I would pretend to be in slow motion as a kid. Also, the scene of Dr. While I never got to experience the height of Sonic’s popularity, I got to experience Robotnik chasing Sonic and Sonic using his rings to transport himself to various parts of the part of it through my older cousin. We played the games and watched the movie together. world was really fun to watch, seeing them run around and avoiding damage to international Even with my exposure to Sonic from my cousin, I remained loyal to the Italian plumber, monuments like the Eiffel Tower and the Great Wall of China, and Sonic dodging projectiles Mario. As I got older and focused my attention on other interests, I pushed Sonic nearly in the Saharan Desert. Overall, the action scenes in this movie were entertaining and exciting to the back of the memory. However, my memories of Sonic resurfaced upon hearing the to watch. announcement of “Sonic the Hedgehog,” a new Sonic movie directed by Jeff Fowler. However, Another aspect of this film I looked for was the humor, and some jokes hit while others Fowler announced that the movie’s original release date of Nov. 8, 2019, was moved to Feb. fall a bit short. If Sonic’s design had not been changed, this movie would have not been funny 14, 2020, due to the original design of Sonic being critiqued as being so disgusting with his at all. From the trailers with the original design, the joke of Sonic acting like a cat was more appearance being too humanoid, having small, far apart eyes, small mouth with very human terrifying than funny, especially with how skinny his whole body and face were. Now with teeth, and human hands instead of his signature white gloves. With the Sonic design fixed and the new design, while this joke is not the best joke in the movie, it definitely lands better than the movie now released, how was it? it did before. The best jokes in the movie include the scene in which a turtle that Sonic took The plot of the movie is really nothing new: An alien gets stuck on earth and a human for a ride is just shaking with fear, and the town’s conspiracy theorist showing a drawing of companion must help him return to his home while also evading the government. In this “Sanic” — the meme of a poorly drawn Sonic — to the police. The only jokes that adults would film, Sonic (Ben Schwartz) lives in the fictional town of Greenhills, California, but then probably not find hilarious are the fart jokes and Sonic flossing, but that is not that surprising causes an electromagnetic pulse from running so fast. Now on the run from the government considering this is a kid’s movie. I think what made good jokes like the turtle one land better and Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey), he must use his golden rings to transport himself to a new and the farting one, was the jokes’ emphasis to take aspects of Sonic, his speed in this case, world. However, he accidentally transports his rings to the top of the Transamerica Pyramid and amplify them, rather than just making Sonic do random things. Nonetheless, this movie and now must team up with Tom Wachowski (James Marsden), a police officer in Greenhills has more jokes that land than not. who Sonic had previously been spying on, to retrieve them. Along the way, Sonic learns the Overall, this movie is not bad by any means, in fact, it was pretty good. This movie meaning of friendship. managed to keep almost everyone in the audience entertained the time I watched it. Taking In regards to the acting in the film, the most notable performance in this movie is Jim everything into account, Sonic may be an okay movie, but it’s a pretty good kids’ movie. Carrey’s. While watching the movie, I could just see how much fun Carrey was having with the role. Everything about his Dr. Robotnik performance was so over the top and cartoony that I found it enjoyable. The only scene that Carrey’s character was probably too much was — Hector arrieta his character’s first scene where he keeps interrupting the soldier with pretentious remarks, it bordered the line of annoying for me. However, I understand that this scene is meant to be Staff Writer humorous for children, and is actually in line with the character Carrey portrays. Despite his Director Jef Fowler first appearance, though, Carrey did a great job, staying true to the character throughout and Starring Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz giving it all his effort. While Carrey is arguably one of the best aspects of this film, the main appeal to this movie is in the action and humor. Release Date Feb, 14, 2020 A lot of the action scenes in this movie made me feel like I was a kid again. Seeing Sonic Rating PG A&E THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 9

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To all the boys: p.s. i still love you Director Michael Fimognari Starring Noah Centineo, Lana Condor, Jordan Fisher C Release Date Feb, 12, 2020 C- Rating NR

“To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” shares many similarities with the frst flm in the trilogy, just not anything good. ven though I have been denied from programs, and the fun, layered plot seen in “To All the Boys I’ve Loved It would of course be an exaggeration to say that not a rejected from internships, and turned down from Before” gets completely stripped away. The story, conflicts, single muscle in my face budged during my viewing of the academic opportunities, I can safely say that watching and resolution are left plainly obvious, leaving no room for film. When John Ambrose and Lara Jean engaged in their E“To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” has been one of the any audience speculation. friendly banter and sparks flew through my screen, I could most disappointing experiences of my life thus far. My Unlike “To all the Boys I’ve Loved before,” there’s no feel the corners of my mouth slightly twitch. However, every disappointment largely stems from the fact that the bar that I rewatch value, and the film seeps out of your mind as soon time I would be on the cusp of forming a smile, Peter’s flat set for the film was already fairly low. Yes, I will admit that I as you finish watching it. Jordan Fisher’s portrayal of John character showed up on screen again and my lips immediately thoroughly enjoyed the first film “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Ambrose was the only redeeming quality of the film. The relaxed back into their former position. Before” in the trilogy, but I will also be the first person to entirety of the film set up his and Lara Jean’s undeniable The film did not meet the bar set by its loveable recognize that the new installment’s cinematic quality is chemistry, showing the ways in which he was more perfect predecessor. It struggled to even brush against the bottom nothing more than mediocre. Coming into the sequel, I was for her than Peter could ever be, only to hit the audience of the low-hanging bar as it jumped up and down in rom- expecting a more cliche but pleasant two hours of young with the ending nobody asked for. Peter still manages to com desperation, flailing its generic arms in an attempt to romance. Unfortunately, I couldn’t have been more wrong. get the girl at the end, despite being a less-than-stellar compete against its better, older sibling. “To All the Boys: P.S. “That … that couldn’t have been the highly anticipated boyfriend. While the conclusion itself wasn’t necessarily poor, I Still Love You” felt unbearably cheesy, but was just above sequel … right? Right?” I found myself saying as I continued the way in which the film got to the ending was too one- the line where it could be cringey enough to watch ironically. to stare at myself in the darkness of my screen. dimensional. Film adaptations rarely follow everything in the The entirety of the one-hour and 42-minute long film was But yes, I am saddened to report that “To All the Boys: P.S. book, but several scenes were altered or left out in a way that forgettable, which is worse than if it were terrible. I Still Love You” was a film blander than lactose-free milk. hindered the audience’s holistic image of Lara Jean and Peter’s “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” is like a Walmart Both Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter (Noah Centineo) characters and relationship. The novel makes the characters version of the first film. My only hope for the redemption devolve from the complex yet lovable teens we fell in love and their actions more complex without watering them down of the series rests in the release of the third film installment. with in the first movie to weirdly distant fictional beings with for the sake of digestibility. The film on the other hand altered Until then, P.S. I don’t think I love you anymore. no clear motives. Their problems could have all been solved nearly everything about the story to have significantly less through simple communication, which was an especially depth. It felt too clean-cut and simplistic, and the cardboard frustrating source of conflict given that their two characters cutouts of the characters’ personalities were literally force fed have been consistently mature and open about their feelings to the viewers caveman style: Peter bad. Lara Jean sad. John — hemmy chun until now. The complexities of young love are left unexplored, Ambrose good. Peter good now too. Senior Staff Writer

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As a Starbucks barista, I make endless amounts of PHOTO COURTESY OF SHUTTERSTOCK.COM caramel macchiatos and various frappuccinos during each shift. Though I don’t blame any of these customers for buying what they’re used to — my go-to will always be a vanilla latte and I have no shame in admitting that — I’m here to let you in on some other options that are just as good as the old tried and true beverages offered.

Starbucks Double Shot This one is for those who need a lot of caffeine to keep themselves going! The name says “double” because this iced order is essentially doubling the amount of shots that come in a regular espresso drink: two shots in a tall, three shots in a grande, and five shots in a venti. The standard order comes with classic syrup and a splash of 2-percent milk, but I like to order mine with vanilla and breve instead.

Matcha Latte Most of us have probably tasted if not at least heard of a matcha or green tea latte before. These are not only tasty, but they still have a good amount of caffeine in them if you’re looking for something more than a tea but less than an espresso. With the pre-sweetened matcha powder, the best milk to pair it with is coconut milk, either hot or iced!

Espresso Frappuccino If you’re a fan of frappuccinos but are in need of real caffeine, this one might be for you! Regular frappuccinos don’t actually have much coffee in them at all, but this kind gets actual shots of espresso. If you still want the flavors you love, make sure you ask for your caramel, prefer without because it becomes a little too sweet — The black tea can give you a caffeine boost if you’re not vanilla, or toffee nut syrups. My tip for vanilla is to get and also automatically comes with liquid cane sugar. Try in the mood for coffee, and the vanilla adds the perfect vanilla bean powder instead of just the regular syrup! it out with half of the regular pumps and you get a perfect amount of sweetness. balance of sweet and tart! Iced Guava White Tea Cold Brew with Sweet Cream Cold Foam I will never truly recover from Starbucks discontinuing London Fog This can be applied to both cold brew fans and regular the mango black tea, but I have found that this drink is Though I have worked at Starbucks since high school, iced coffee fans if you’re not a fan of the strong cold brew my replacement for the iced tea void in my life. Though I never actually tried a London Fog until my freshman taste. This drink is simply cold brew with a velvety cold people gravitate toward the more well known peach year on campus at Roger’s Market. If only I had known foam layer on top made from vanilla sweet cream. There green tea, next time you go, try this one out instead. The before! For those who aren’t familiar, this drink is a tea are variations of this to try as well, such as the salted guava white tea can come with lemonade or without — I latte with earl grey tea, steamed milk, and vanilla syrup. caramel cold foam, which is equally as good! 12 T H E U C S D G U A R D I A N | M O N D AY, F E B R U A R Y 2 4 , 2 0 2 0 | W W W. U C S D G U A R D I A N . O R G LIFESTYLE “Before I Graduate” Bucket List by Annika Olives, Lifestyle Editor

San Diego boasts year-round perfect weather, beautiful PHOTO COURTESY OF KEN WILLIAMS beaches, unique neighborhoods, and great food. When I first moved here nearly three-and-a-half years ago, I wasn’t really sure what was worth exploring. San Diego sometimes seems so vast that it’s overwhelming, but I’ve come up with a list of ten things that you have to do before you leave America’s Finest City.

Explore Balboa Park. Balboa Park is one of San Diego’s most important cultural destinations! A 1,200-acre urban park in the middle of downtown, it’s home to over 16 museums, multiple performance centers, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and many gardens.

Grab a bite on Convoy Street. Craving Asian food? Head to “Convoy,” a stretch of road in Kearny Mesa that has everything from pho to Korean barbecue to ramen, meaning that there’s something for everyone! If you want something sweet, try one of the many boba and Asian dessert spots in the area.

Try out North Park’s coffee scene. much. Diego’s Point Loma. The park was later dedicated to him Are you a caffeine fiend? Check out the local coffee and has an old lighthouse, hiking trails, and tidepools. culture in North Park, an artsy neighborhood just east Watch a show at the La Jolla Playhouse. (Note: while celebrating our history is a good thing, it’s of downtown. My favorite shops include Young Hickory, Right on our own campus is the acclaimed La Jolla also important to recognize that San Diego was built on Communal Coffee, Holsem Coffee, and Cafe Calabria. Playhouse, a professional theater renowned for being the Kumeyaay land.) starting place for many successful Broadway productions. Catch a beach sunset. Even if you’re not a theatre person, it’s worth checking Spend a night out in Hillcrest. Nothing screams San Diego more watching the sunset out a show here; they sometimes have a discount for For the 21+ crowd, San Diego’s Hillcrest district has over the Pacific. There are multiple options here: Pack a students at a fraction of the actual ticket price. some of the best nightlife options. Flicks, a gay bar, picnic and head to La Jolla Shores or Windansea Beach, is infamous for its “Welfare Wednesdays” deal, where or, if you want a higher vantage point, grab a spot at the Kayak in La Jolla Cove. drinks are only $3 on Wednesday nights. La Jolla Ecological Reserve or Sunset Cliffs. Some of the best nature spots San Diego has to offer is located in our very own backyard. Get a new perspective Find a Secret Swing. Find your favorite taco spot. by kayaking in the Cove: paddle through the sea caves, There are numerous secret swings hidden around La Take advantage of the many Mexican eateries, and spot the diverse marine life and enjoy the beauty of the Jolla, and looking for them makes for a fun afternoon go to as many as you can! Popular taco destinations California coast. adventure! I won’t give away their exact locations, but include Tacos El Gordo, The Taco Stand, Oscar’s Mexican there are a number of guides online that tell you how to Seafood, and El Patron. Many of these places have deals Check out Cabrillo National Monument. get to some of them. Just make sure you leave them as for Taco Tuesdays, which present a perfect opportunity In 1542, Juan Cabrillo was the first European to you found them so other people can enjoy them too! to try many tacos without having your wallet suffer too set foot on the West Coast, in what later became San CALENDAR THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG 13

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In a home series that was third. Te Warriors capitalized PHOTO COURTESY OF UCSD ATHLETICS moved up due to forecasts of rain, on these mistakes with 2 straight the UC San Diego sofball team hits to score a runner each; afer took three of four games from another ground out, a wild pitch the California State University, from Phillips allowed another Stanislaus Warriors to improve its Stanislaus State run. Although record to 16–5 overall and 7–5 in the Tritons then secured a third the California Collegiate Athletic ground out to fnish the inning, Association. Te teams split their they had already allowed the two Tursday games, as UCSD Warriors a 3–0 lead. Te Tritons won the frst, 5–0, but lost the were able to manage a run on second 2–3. Te next day, UCSD a sacrifce bunt from freshman took both matches, the frst 5–2, utility player Graci Dragoo in and the second a 10–1 rout. the bottom of the third to get on In the frst game of the series, the board. In the fourth inning, UCSD was held hitless for the Harrington singled, advanced to frst two innings. But afer a second on a Lavrov lineout, stole pair of hits and an error loaded third, and scored on an error the bases, the Warriors’ junior to close the gap to one. But that pitcher Delaney Pamplin hit would be the last UCSD score, junior frst baseman Sherriah as the three-run second inning Harrington with a pitch, bringing was enough to win the game for home the frst run of the game; Stanislaus State, 3–2. in the next at-bat, junior second On Friday, the Tritons were on baseman Isabel Lavrov singled to the board in the frst inning, as right feld, scoring 2 more runs. senior outfelder Mikaila Reyes Lavrov, however, would get caught scored from second on a Warrior stealing on the next play, but not error to take a 1–0 lead. In the third before Harrington scored to put inning, with 2 on base, Stanislaus the Tritons up 4–0 going into the scored once with a single, then fourth inning. Te Tritons’ ffh again on a sacrifce bunt to take run of the night would come in a 2–1 lead. In the bottom of the who allowed 2 runs in six innings; but it would be their only score took the game 10–1 and the series the sixth inning, as Lavrov walked, same inning, however, Harrington freshman pitcher Kaia Simpson of the game. In the ffh inning, 3–1. Phillips got the win, allowing advanced to second on a ground tied the game up with a double took over in the seventh to secure Lavrov scored on a passed ball only 1 run and 4 hits afer coming out, stole third, then scored on to center feld, and afer Reyes the save and the 5–2 victory. afer doubling to open the inning, of a rough performance the night another ground out to put UCSD popped out, Lavrov lined a single In the last game of the series, freshman catcher Justice Salcido before. up 5–0, the last run of the game. up the middle, scoring 2 more the Tritons once again scored in singled past the shortstop to Although they have the best Te win went to junior pitcher to take the lead back, 3–2. Te the frst, as a Lavrov single scored knock in another run, and senior overall record, the Tritons are Robyn Wampler, who threw 7 fourth and ffh innings passed freshman third baseman Sophia frst baseman Brittney Ross- third in the CCAA; they’ll seek scoreless innings, allowing only mostly uneventfully, but in the Real from third to give UCSD Smith batted in another run on a to improve their standing with a 2 hits, for her third consecutive home half of the sixth, sophomore a 1–0 lead. In the second, the ground out. With the score now four-game series on Feb. 28 and shutout. catcher and frst baseman Clarissa Tritons got 3 runs on RBI singles 8–1, redshirt sophomore catcher 29 against the California State However, the Tritons couldn’t Reynoso lined a single to lef feld, from Real, Harrington, and Reyes and third baseman Bobbi Aguirre University, Monterey Bay Otters, keep their momentum in the scoring Lavrov from third base. to take a 4–0 lead; UCSD added delivered the fnishing blow with who are sixth in the conference. second half of the doubleheader. Tat would be the winning run, another in the third on a sacrifce a home run to lef feld, scoring Afer a ground out to begin the as despite 2 hits, the Warriors bunt from sophomore catcher 2 runs and triggering the NCAA second inning, senior pitcher couldn’t manage a run in the and outfelder Kinley Kyro. Te sofball mercy rule — which kicks Alanna Phillips walked the second seventh. Te game was the second Warriors were able to snag a run in when a team is up by 8 runs praveen nair [email protected] batter of the inning and hit the win of the series for Wampler, in the fourth on an RBI single, afer 5 innings — as the Tritons

Sign up and register at ucsd.turbovote.org 16 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG UPCOMING Softball 2/28 4PM vs. CSU Monterey Bay CONTACT THE EDITOR W Tennis 2/26 3PM @ Point Loma JACK DORFMAN UCSD Baseball 2/28 6PM vs. San Francisco State SPORTS [email protected] follow us @UCSD_sports M Volleyball 2/28 7PM vs. UC Santa Cruz GAMES W Water Polo 2/29 12PM @ CSUN Tenth-ranked Tritons Earn First Home Big West Win in Sweep of no. 6 UC Irvine

Almost 10 months ago to the PHOTO COURTESY OF UCSD ATHLETICS day, the UC San Diego men’s volleyball team found themselves knocked out of the Big West tournament by the UC Irvine Anteaters. Swept 3–0 to end their season, the Tritons few home from Hawaii without a conference win on the season, and without any win in their last seven matches. Over the course of the ofseason, the team licked their wounds and regrouped, adding new blood and recovering from the injuries of a long season. Now fast forward to Friday, Feb. 20. One season removed from going 0-10 in conference play, the Tritons are now 12–3 overall, with a pair of conference wins under their belt, the frst two in school history. Afer sweeping the Anteaters 25–22, 25–18, 25–23 in front of a raucous crowd of over 600 fans at RIMAC Arena, UCSD has successfully fipped the script, and they’re showing no signs of slowing down. “To be able to come back and give this victory back to our tight. Afer going on an 8–4 run pressure of of [our outside crowd nervous at the beginning out the set to win the match with own fans and to win it in three to go up 15–11, UCSD continued hitters],” Shannon said. “If of the third set, UCI could not authority. Ending the match on a [sets] in front of a great crowd, to run up the score, with junior nothing else I’m just drawing hang with UCSD late in the set. 4–1 run, McCauley smashed two it’s really fun,” head coach Kevin outside hitter Kyle McCauley blockers, and afer last game Afer knotting the score at 9–9, kills, including the dagger that Ring said. smashing a kill down the line to [Irvine] knew to key in on our the Tritons rattled of back-to- ended the set and sent the crowd Six days afer taking down put the Tritons up by 5 before outsides, so it felt good to give back kills; sophomore middle into a frenzy. UCI on their home turf, UCSD UCI could respond. our outsides some room to show blocker Shane Benetz went over “Tey defnitely started was able to dominate in every McCauley ended the set with a how good they are.” the top of the Anteaters’ seven- coming back,” Shannon said. facet of the game in the win, kill with UCSD up 24–22, though From that point on, the footer senior middle blocker “I think we realized it, but we showing of a balanced attack head coach Kevin Ring had to Tritons continued to beat down Scott Stadick for the kill and a did a good job of closing it out. on ofense, crisp passing, and challenge the out call to net his on the Anteaters, especially from sprawling one-handed dig from With the players we have and the great team chemistry. With the team the match point. the outside positions. senior libero Ryan Lew set up coaches we have we have a lot of win, the Tritons racked up their “Serving is the only closed McCauley and junior outside McCauley to put UCSD back up confdence in our ability to close sixth win against a ranked team skill in the game of volleyball, hitter Wyatt Harrison combined by 2 points. matches out.” this season, giving the club a 6–2 the ref blows the whistle and all to score 11 points for UCSD with From that point on, UCI With back-to-back wins record against top-15 opponents eyes are on you,” Ring said. “You 5 and 6 kills in the set respectively, looked lost on ofense, struggling against a ranked Big West despite coming into the season don’t always win if you miss 8 stymying any recovery eforts by to make passes, allowing UCSD opponent under their belts, unranked. [serves], but to be able to come UCI in route to taking a two-set to take a fve-point lead with UCSD awaits a home matchup “It’s not just the six, seven, back and steady yourself is a sign lead in front of a surging home the score at 21–16. But there’s a against UC Santa Cruz before or eight guys you see playing in of a really mature team.” crowd. reason the Anteaters came into heading on the road to take on this match,” Ring said. “We’ve Despite all the missed At this point, the Anteaters the match tied for the No. 6 rank UC Santa Barbara and UCLA in got an entire team of guys that serves, the Tritons settled into bench seemed defated, with in the country. From that point the frst week of March. have been playing at a really high the match in the second set. plenty of nervous looks on the on, UCI came surging back, level in the practice gym, which UCSD capitalized on its frst set sideline and on the court to start scoring 6-straight points to take pushes our starters, and that’s momentum by streaking out to the third set. As it would turn out, the lead at 22–21, weathering such a key for us.” an eight-point lead with a 5–0 those looks were well deserved, two UCSD timeouts. Te Tritons ofense dominated run capped of by a kill from as the Tritons would continue to But coming out of coach the Anteaters in the frst set, but junior opposite Collin Shannon. hit well in the fnal set. Ring’s second timeout of the set, 8 missed serves kept the score jack trent dorfman [email protected] “Every kill I get takes some Despite making the home the Tritons responded by closing Women’s Basketball in Position to Take CCAA Title Once Again Te UC San Diego women’s the Pioneers 11–13. However, nice night, recording 14 points, 4 to steamroll Monterey Bay to a CCAA team. With last week’s basketball team faced of against in the second quarter, UCSD assists, and 6 rebounds. fnal score of 73–41. Te Triton’s wins, the Tritons (18–3) have one two California Collegiate Athletic seemed to fnd their groove. Unlike the game against East leading scorer, sophomore guard more win than the Cougars (17– Association rivals last week — Te team played solid Bay, UCSD was the clear favorite Julia Macabuhay showed out 4). At worst, if UCSD loses this No. 4 California State University, complementary basketball in in its match against Monterey in the blowout, racking up 22 game, it will share the frst place East Bay and No. 11 California the second quarter, scoring 19 Bay. Early in the season when points — 9 from outside the arc, with San Marcos; a win would State University, Monterey Bay points while limiting East Bay to these two teams frst met, 2 assists, and 2 rebounds. UCSD give the Tritons sole ownership — in back-to-back road games. just 9 points. A three-pointer by Monterey Bay upset UCSD 58– also got solid contributions from of the title. Tipof for Saturday’s Te Tritons won both contests, sophomore guard Brianna Claros 59. Tat was not the case last senior guard Sydney Sharp and game is at 1 p.m. defeating East Bay 59–46 and early in the second quarter put week. junior forward Isabelle Parker. Monterey Bay 73–41. With the the Tritons on top. UCSD would Te Tritons got up early in Next week, the UCSD team two wins, UCSD extends its win hold onto that lead until the this game and never relinquished remains on the road, closing out streak to 14 games and advances end of the game. Claros was the their lead. By halfime, UCSD the regular season with a match its record to 22-4 (18-3 CCAA). key player in this game. She put had scored more than twice as against No. 2 California State Te match against East Bay together a team-high 20 points, many points as their opponents, University, San Marcos. Te started of tight. By the end of the 3 assists, and 7 rebounds. Junior closing the second quarter up season fnale will determine who frst quarter, the Tritons trailed guard Tyla Turner also had a 44–20. Te Tritons continued will be crowned the No. 1 ranked wesley xiao [email protected]