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JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN AGREE TO ISRAELI DISAGREE Left: Armed with megaphones and picket signs, VISITOR Palestinian supporters clashed with Israeli student groups over DRAWS Michael Oren’s speech about U.S.-Israel relations.

CROWD BOTTOM PHOTOS BY JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN Pro-Palestine protesters filled Price Center to <*)<+.,;*90:0:c6<;6-:;(;,;<0;065*6<3+/,37*36:,)<+.,;.(7 protest Israeli ambassador Michael Oren’s speech. =+;,+76;1,-:;)++-8<16/57:-676:-;1,-6<; By Ayelet Bitton Administrators discuss lowering system called the academic index score to Associate News Editor admit non-resident students, instead of the out-of-state admissions standards to more stringent comprehensive review system A dozen security officers lined attract higher-paying students. that is currently used to admit all students. the back wall of Price Center Haglund said the idea was motivated by Theater as Israeli Ambassador By Angela Chen state budget cuts. Admitting non- Michael Oren, surrounded by News Editor OPINION resident students brings in more another half dozen escorts, spoke It’s worth revenue due to the additional fees to an audience of about 500 people Admissions guidelines for prospective a shot, but they pay — $20,021 per year for on Feb. 8. not at the nonresident applicants may become more expense of tuition, as opposed to the $9,401 Outside, 40 more gathered to lenient. A committee for the UCSD Office of paid by residents. protest Oren's visit to the school and in-staters. Admissions is considering loosening applicant Page 4 “Since the state budget has his role in Israeli military affairs, requirements as a strategy to lure more out-of- been reduced, admissions has chanting, “Occupation is a crime! state students. been looking for different ways to save money, Free, free Palestine!” and “Killing According to Campuswide Senator Tobias and every piece of info they can use to increase children is a crime! Zionists out of Haglund, a member of the Committee on PHILIP RHIE/GUARDIAN Palestine!” Admissions, the committee is considering a See ADMISSIONSpage 7 Oren's presence stirred dis- cussion of the historical dispute between Israelis and Palestinians over the West Bank, Gaza and Israel. :7905.)(336; Oren — who was appointed Israeli ambassador in May 2009 by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ;\]LMV\[?QTT6W\.]VL;P]\\TM[*][;MZ^QKM[ Netanyahu — visited UCSD to speak about the U.S.-Israeli eco- The A.S. Council decides to fund campus transportation last elimination of popular bus lines. sustainability. nomic, military and political rela- lobby the Transportation night, when it voted to reject the D’Autremont met with A.S. “I really want this referendum tionship. Transportation Referendum. President Utsav Gupta and to pass because it’s important for Tritons for Israel with Hillel of Policy Committee instead The referendum would have cre- Chancellor Marye Anne Fox on sustainability,” he said. “I think most San Diego organized Oren's visit. of approving fee hikes. ated a $25 quarterly undergraduate Tuesday to discuss the referendum, people support this, and if it doesn’t Oren chose UCSD as one of the fee for busses and shuttles. Director with the Chancellor acting as a pass, it would be a big hit for finan- two schools in California he would By Angela Chen of Parking and Transportation mediator between the two parties. cially disadvantaged students.” speak at. News Editor Services Brian d’Autremont said D’Autremont said he had hoped Although d’Autremont said “We very rarely can have speak- the fee would have been necessary the council would see the transporta- results of the transportation survey ers like this come to our campus,” After a yearlong debate over stu- to maintain current levels of free tion department’s need for funding. sent out last April prove that stu- dent priorities, the A.S. Council public transportation, and that the Before the meeting, he said the ref- See ISRAEL,page 7 to raise student fees to initiative’s failure will result in the erendum’s failure would be a blow to See REFERENDUMpage 7

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The sophisticated hatred of these sophisticated sophisticates wasn’t always so forthcoming, though. It only started last week, when, after realizing that I’d been wearing the same pair of jeans every day for )KKMX\QVOUWZM t’s true: Desperate times call for desperate measures. two years, I decided to update my That’s why, next year, we’ll be paying more for a cheap- wardrobe. In retrospect, this was a PQOPXIaQVO I ened education, and why we won’t be able to cram at terrible idea, but I’ve been in a weird Geisel past midnight to make up for it. slump with the ladies the past few VWVZM[QLMV\[UQOP\ But the latest desperate proposal from the Committee weeks and I thought a new button- on Admissions doesn’t involve sacrificing a seat in lecture, down might help. I just had to figure [MMUIJZMIKPWN  nor a late-night study session — in fact, it could possibly out what a button-down was. soften some of the cutbacks. Unfortunately, it wasn’t going to =+XZQVKQXTM¸ Though committee member and Vice Chancellor of be as easy as strolling into a store Admissions Mae Brown is tight-lipped about the idea and picking out a couple of new J]\I[TWVOI[\PMa (which is still in its early stages), there’s word from A.S. shirts. Unlike most Americans my Campuswide Senator Tobias Haglund, who also serves on age, I am morbidly afraid of shop-

LWV¼\K]\QV\WQV the committee, that the pipeline proposal would ease up on ping. Researchers claim that my admissions qualifications for out-of-state students as a way demographic — the aimless, oft- [\I\MMVZWTTUMV\_M to boost tuition intake. drunk college student with too many We know that the purpose of the UC system has always credit cards — is a prime target for been, first and foremost, to provide an affordable, world- market-savvy retailers looking to sell UQOP\I[_MTT\Za class education to California residents, WEB POLL worthless crap at ridiculous prices. Do you think but this has the possibility — if operating If that’s true, then I’m the exception UCSD should under strict regulation — to do more help to the rule — particularly when it accept more than hurt. If letting in a few more nonresi- comes to dressing myself. There’s just out-of-state dents can put even the slightest dent in our something about clothing stores that ,+0;690(3)6(9+ applicants? campus’s estimated $80-billion deficit, this makes me nervous. I get anxious. My :PTVUL>PSZVU board thinks it’s at least worth testing out head spins. I start to sweat. I stumble EDITOR IN CHIEF for a year — with a few stipulations. around and babble incoherently. I Most importantly, we don’t support admitting more (S`ZZH)LYLaUHR exaggerate a lot. nonresidents if it means further reduction of in-state This time would be different, 9LaH-HYHaTHUK enrollment. This fall, the university already had to slice MANAGING EDITORS though. This time I had a plan. This freshman enrollment by 2,300 students — and more cuts time, I decided, I would directly /H`SL`)PZJLNSPH4HY[PU are in the cards for 2010-11. (Granted, if the UC Office of (UNLSH*OLU emulate someone else’s style, sav- the President is true to its word, the damage won’t be quite ing myself the agony of trying to NEWS EDITORS as severe as last year’s — though we’ll believe that when we ;YL]VY*V_ define my own look. After a brief finally get off the waitlist next Fall Quarter). Google search involving such key- OPINION EDITOR Gaping deficit or not, the university is still a state insti- The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at words as “pants,” “shirts” and “how the University of California at San Diego. Contents © tution — one that can’t justify shutting out in-state appli- to look good in pants and shirts” I 2010. Views expressed herein represent the majority cants just to turn a profit. Resident applicants are on the vote of the editorial board and are not necessarily landed on a GQ article lauding the those of the UC Board of Regents, the ASUCSD or rise — especially transfer students, whose applications are the members of staff. messianic fashion sense of recently up 17 percent over last year. The spare change we’d collect deceased salad enthusiast Paul from more out-of-staters (who pay an estimated $21,191 Newman. Apparently, in addition to in tuition alone this year) means nothing if we’re letting in manufacturing one hell of a balsamic fewer residents, seeing as their education is the entire rea- vinaigrette, Newman was also the son for the university’s existence in the first place. shit — cool, calm, collected; an icon. We also have to recognize that the committee might He made ill-fitting cotton sweatshirts be spending time on a plan that could make an almost look good. He wore dirty leather insignificant difference. Currently, the admissions depart- boots. He rode motorcycles. He rode motorcycles. See ADMISSIONSpage 5 This was it. I would dress like Paul Newman. I soon found myself standing timidly in the doorway of Banana Republic, my eyes blinking rapidly as they adjusted to the vague, noncom- mittal shades of beige that surrounded me. This was yuppie territory — a dangerous urban backcountry where people wear scarves indoors and

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Crows (your generation) — only it 1VNWZUI\QWV)OM;PW]TLV¼\ was a book tour throughout Europe 4QUQ\)KKM[[ and the United States, Mexico, Canada, Cuba and Argentina. But Dear Editor, in August 1936, when the Fascists The disabled John Milton (he was entered Granada (Garcia Lorca was blind when he wrote Paradise Lost) born in Fuente Vaueiros, Granada, wrote, “A good book is the life blood Spain in 1899), they found him there of a master spirit.” Yet Vice Provost for and shot him. Academic Planning Dan Greenstein They also burned his books in the said, “A book is now a body of infor- Plaza del Carmen. mation that can be presented many It’s happening here today, too. The different ways.” librarian has already limited access I bought 60 books at to the computers in the humanities Wahrenbrock’s downtown bookstore division of Geisel Library. Moreover, last weekend because Chuck Valverde bookmark-sized materials distributed died. But the store’s doors will close by the librarian emphasize the county- forever next weekend, as the book wide consortium — including UCSD market is becoming increasingly and San Diego State — that has drasti- technology-driven. cally reduced public access in recent UC Press Associate Director for weeks, making it look as if Microsoft Development Erin Marietta said, was behind the no-freebies-for-the- “The press’s reaction to the current public policy change. Obviously, the business climate includes plans to pro- students forced out because they can’t vide more digitalized books, expand meet graduation requirements or lack its production of multimedia and resources will become “alumni,” but continue to utilize online resources that doesn’t mean they’ll be ineligible such as Facebook, , blogs and for Personal Identification Numbers. e-newsletters.” When I asked the Geisel Library ?PI\¼[IV-`\ZI;MI\QVIV7^MZKZW_LML4MK\]ZM0ITT But where do you turn when a newspaper room supervisor why pub- photo-sharing Web site closes unex- lic access had been restricted to just ▶ ADMISSIONS, MYVTWHNL But there’s nothing to lose, as The reason for enrollment slashes pectedly and with it go your pic- three computers, she said Microsoft ment is only slightly stingier with its long as in-state enrollment isn’t cut in the first place is inadequate state tures? A recent attempt by Facebook was in charge. It is the vendors’ call “Congratulations” letters to out-of- more than it already would have funding, so hosting a few more non- to change the terms of use for all users from here on in, according to the US state applicants than their in-state been. More out-of-staters could Californians — who don’t use a dime by shifting ownership of all content on Supreme Court. counterparts anyway. This year, the certainly have visible effects in our of taxpayers’ money — wouldn’t be Facebook to the company — with no 33-percent acceptance rate for out- already-stuffed lecture halls and dorm any strain on the pool of state funds. warning and no recourse — offers an —Richard Thompson of-state applicants was only 4 percent rooms. While Housing, Dining and These concerns are less urgent example of the risks associated with UCSD Alumnus ‘83 lower than it was for California resi- Hospitality Services may have an than they are ideological. As it stands, moving data or to cloud providers. dents. In addition, based on numbers impressive track record for squeezing only 679 of our 23,000-strong student Garcia Lorca was “a master spirit.” ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers. from the last few years, Haglund three bunks into dorms intended for body (a scant 3 percent) aren’t from In addition to being a painter and a All letters must be no longer than 500 words, estimated that only about 13 percent two, increasing the proportion of out- the Golden State — outnumbered poet, he was a cineaste, a pianist, an typed, double-spaced and signed with a name and applicable title. Letters must also contain a phone of out-of-state students admitted of-state students could prove hazard- even by our 974 foreign exchange arranger of traditional Andalician number. We reserve the right to edit for length and next fall will even choose to come ous with our limited housing options. students. Even if the admissions song harmonies. He and his troupe, clarity. Letters may be dropped off at the Guardian here — as opposed to 21.5 percent of Their extra fees would have to be department does make this proposal La Barraca, popularized plays by office on the second floor of the Student Center or residents. Then there’s the reality that funneled specifically toward making a reality, we certainly can’t count on a Lope de Vega among the Chilean and e-mailed. Send all letters to: The UCSD Guardian as fees rise and class sizes swell, our extra space, physically and academi- fresh crop of out-of-staters to be our Spanish masses. Between 1929 and Opinion Editor sunny Triton banner might not look cally. Less stringent major require- sole saving grace — but until the bud- 1935, Garcia Lorca went on a tour 9500 Gilman Dr. 0316 quite as attractive outside state limits ments could ensure that no one gets get’s back on stable footing, there’s no similar to that of the Rolling Stones La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 anymore. squeezed out of the system. harm in trying. 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A quick scan of its con- I try on “They fit VRDUHVRPH67'V tents revealed that the ideal Banana something all wrong,” I Republic customer is young, racially told Kristen. ambiguous and prone to such activities called chinos, “I could as walking little terrier dogs on foggy which, it never ride a beaches, staring serenely out of win- turns out, are motorcycle in dows and sitting in mahogany chairs. t h e s e .” Never having done any of these basically just I was things, I was already feeling discour- pants. starting to get aged. My palms were sweaty. My leg desperate. She was shaking. But I had a goal. I was was starting to get impatient. I decided going to dress like Paul Newman. to take matters into my own hands. “Pull yourself together, man,” I whis- “If I were to roll up my sleeves and pered through clenched teeth. “You put on a tighter pair of chinos and can do this.” wear this belt, would I look like Paul “Are you finding everything Newman?” alright?” “No.” I turned around to see a short “What if I put on this hat?” brunette in a wool sweater staring at “No.” me with raised eyebrows. She said her “What if I put on this other hat?” UCSD name was Kristen. Kristen the sales She walked away after that, but 7KLV9DOHQWLQH¶V'D\ associate. I got the feeling she was strangely PDNHVXUHKH La Jolla Village Dr. “No, just Kristen,” she said. attracted to me. Maybe Kristen and I Excusing her insolence, I told had a future together. Maybe I’d move JLYHV\RXVRPHWKLQJ her I was trying to look like Paul in with her and we’d buy a couple of \RXDFWXDOO\ZDQW Newman. mahogany chairs. Maybe we’d have a “The guy from the salad dressing,” little terrier dog and stare out of win- I-5 I explained. dows and wear scarves a lot. “You know he was also an actor, As I left the store, defeated, I right?” noticed a group of employees watch- Strike two, Kristen. But what she ing me intently, their well-sculpted lacked in sense of humor she made eyebrows cocked at disapproving N up for in sense of urgency. Wasting angles, their stylish, bespectacled faces narrowed in muted hatred. I EW no time, she scooped up a small pile of clothing and led me to a row of understood immediately. In some S fitting rooms, where she instructed strange, unspoken ritual, I had been Garnet Ave. me to try on a brown cardigan and a banished from the shiny hardwood V-neck T-shirt that prominently dis- floors and cream-colored walls of played my complete lack of chest hair. Banana Republic, never to return. My To make an appointment, Planned Parenthood Despite her best efforts, the experiment had backfired. I was still a call 1-888-743-7526 (PLAN) Mission Bay Parker Center ensemble made me look nothing like terrible shopper. Kristen would never or visit planned.org. 4501 Mission Bay Drive, #1C&D Paul Newman. I just looked like a guy love me. Worst of all, I had failed to Se Habla Español San Diego, CA 92109 who shopped at Banana Republic a become Paul Newman. NEWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 THE UCSD GUARDIAN 7 7ZMV-VKW]ZIOM[,Q[K][[QWVWN 1[ZIMTQ:MTI\QWV[?Q\P8ITM[\QVM ▶ ISRAEL, from page 1 tragedy we haven't ever seen before. prisoners be free?” In the Whole Foods Plaza Tritons for Israel President Dafna We're shocked a university would Oren responded by stating that Barzilay said. “He has a lot to say, and invite him to speak here. 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San Diego State Palestine Media Relations Director “eager to engage University and the State Leena Barakat said. “We did take “Freedom of speech is a right cherished by all students Department, according advantage of the question-and- Americans and Israelis in meaningful to Colley. Attendees's answer section, and we did our best to alike, and safeguarded by belongings were checked keep it as civil and respectful as pos- our universities,” Oren dialogue, but upon entrance and all sible. However, they had cut our mics Regents pizzas are said. “As Israel's ambassa- we must resist audience members were off for some questions, and did not transcendent and dor, I am eager to engage attempts to bring required to pass through allow us followup questions, which make me giddy with all students in meaning- Tehran to a metal detector. could be a free-speech issue. But he enlightenment. ful dialogue, but we must “We knew what to was here to speak and not debate, and resist attempts to bring American expect,” Colley said. we respect that.” Tehran to American cam- campuses.” “We began inspect- Barzilay said she was happy stu- puses.” ing the area at seven dents posed difficult questions for Barzilay said the Irvine MICHAEL OREN in the morning. Every the ambassador, because it stimulated arrests made her worried ISRAELI trash can was emp- discussion. the Feb. 10 event would AMBASSADOR TO THE tied. Every area was “I'm really, really appreciative of be disrupted as well; how- UNITED STATES checked. 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Oren said. “I come to campuses to attended were adults, although there “You mentioned a prisoner of hear the types of questions I've heard www.regentspizza.com were several students present. war of the [Israeli Defense Force],” today. It's important that I listen to “The reason we're here today is Murakami said. “There are over you, just like you listen to me. The 10,000 Palestinian, including the respect for freedom of speech is that we all witnessed with horror and UNDERGRADUATES shock the war crimes that occurred to children and the elderly, that are extremely important, and I'm grateful the people of Palestine last year,” Free held by Israel as political prisoners. we had this discussion tonight — a into your Palestine Alliance San Diego Chapter According to Amnesty International, civil discussion.” member Mahmoud Ahmad said. Israel is the only country in the world career “Michael Oren spent a lot of his time to legalize the use of children. When Readers can contact Ayelet Bitton at with a UCSD Extension Certificate putting a positive image on a horrific will the torture end, and will these [email protected]. LAUNCH is a program offered by UCSD Extension that enables UCSD Undergraduates to obtain a Specialized Certificate in one of a variety career fields at a reduced cost to the student. 7]\WN;\I\M;\]LMV\[)TZMILa0MTL\W0QOPMZ)KILMUQK;\IVLIZL ▶ ADMISSIONS, from page 1 According to Brown, prior to Brown said that these numbers ENROLL funding out of the state is important,” 2002, AI and comprehensive review are being used by the Committee on CERTIFICATES: TODAY! Haglund said. “Switching to using were used independently of one Admissions for analysis. ͻiotechManufacturing Now accepting the academic index score is one of another at UCSD. The top 50 per- “There’s absolutely no proposal ͻusinessAnalysis applications the options being discussed.” cent of applicants were admitted to go back to the way we used to do ͻClinicalTrialsAdministraƟon A $2450 for Spring solely because they met the thresh- admissions,” she said. ͻFinancialAnalysis A $2450 quarter! Vice Chancellor and Director of valuevalue old of an AI score, whereas the Brown said that since 2002, the ͻParalegal Admissions Mae Brown said UCSD ͻPatentandLawProtecƟon forfor only only * first implemented its comprehensive remainder of the admitted appli- same comprehensive review system ͻProjectTeamManagement $650!$650!* review system in cants were evaluated using the com- has been used for both resident and ͻQualityAssurance/ControlSpecialist BY THE 2002. 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ADMIT RATE applicants would be eligible for Haglund said that, though a IN 2008 requires to be admitted. admission under a strictly AI score proposal has not been drafted, the 32% Under the than the current system. committee should submit the idea holistic review sys- Currently, 97 percent of UCSD to the university’s Academic Senate. tem — used by UCLA and UC undergraduates are resident stu- “This is something students Berkeley — applicants are given a dents. In Fall 2008, UCSD admitted should be talking about, because single score based on a more subjec- 1,943 of 5,933 nonresident appli- faculty definitely are,” he said. tive evaluation of their applications. cants, with an admit rate of 32 per- Additional reporting by Ayelet The AI score includes only aca- cent. Based on these numbers, the Bitton. demic components — such as GPA university expects 13.1 percent of and test scores — in evaluating admitted nonresident applicants to Readers can contact Angela Chen at applicants. enroll. 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▶ REFERENDUM, from page 1 “We’re being blackmailed into mak- with Gupta on the joint committee. dents support the referendum, Gupta ing a decision which is not the most The council also tabled voting on said the results were skewed. beneficial for students,” he continued. the Athletic Referendum until next “D’Autremont says that — based “There are other ways to find revenue week,. That referendum would renew on answers from surveys that the than asking for money from students.” a $12 quarterly Canyonview Pool fee transportation system adminis- Gupta created an A.S. com- set to expire in 2013, and increase the tered — students are in favor of the mittee to lobby at meetings of the fee to $22. Transportation Referendum,” Gupta Transportation Policy Committee The council nonetheless approved said. “However, if you read the survey — the committee that is asking a referendum to charter a Sports carefully, it states that students want d’Autremont to raise $3 million to Facility Advisory Board, which would user fees instead of reductions, which maintain the current public-trans- oversee the use of funds generated by is not what d’Autremont is offering.” portation system. the proposed Athletic Referendum. Gupta said he believes there are Transfer Senator Adam Powers is alternatives to running a student-fee currently the only student representa- Readers can contact Angela Chen at referendum. tive on the TPC, and will be working [email protected]. 8 THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG/HIATUS

TONIGHT YeasayerÊÒAmblingÊAlpÓ Hotel St. George’s angst-pop has the HotÊChipÊÒKeepÊQuietÓ simple, stuck-in-your-head hooks and wobbly vocals to make you boss ditties MassiveÊAttackÊÒSplittingÊtheÊAtomÓ wonder if they’re secretly a David MassiveÊAttackÊÒParadiseÊCircusÓ Bowie side project. Catch them at THEÊBESTÊSONGS the Casbah at 8 p.m. for $6. 21+. INÊHIATUSÊTHISÊWEEK TheÊSoftÊPackÊÒMoreÊorÊLessÓ HCiONTACTATUS THE EDITOR: [email protected]

HATETHISFILM LOVETHISALBUM (WITHAPASSION) LOVE THIS 8 Heligoland VALE NTI N E ’ S D AY ‘Dante’ VIRGIN 10 Redux Devil’s Anthems EDITORS Thrive Under Goes Up GIFTPICK Heavy Electro in Smoke GUIDE Hypnosis By Gretchen Wegrich f this isn’t the devil’s S  W  music, I don’t know I what is. Massive Attack or his directorial debut, is back, and their first Hue Rhodes should have in seven years goes F left Dante’s Inferno alone. 2010 DAVID BECKHAM as deep and dark as we then continues to touch down the scale — mim- A modern-day interpretation could hope from ’s on honey scars, burning icking the chills up our of the literary classic, “Saint FLIP CALENDAR broodiest duo. suns and vertigo. The spines — and builds to an John of Las Vegas” milks the BY VISHAL NATARAJAN • SPORTS EDITOR Their latest is crepus- heady electronic beat, emphatic chorus about connection between Sin City peaking for myself and every other cular music at its best punctuated by a regular taking the plunge. and damnation, but emerges VIDEO sports nut I know, there’s nothing — dark, melancholic and sharp screech in place of a “Rush Minute,” fea- with nothing more than a sexier than a girl that’s into sports. lurking, but never one- drum thump and a back- turing founding Attack weak premise and even flim- So, as Valentine’s Day approaches note or overbearing in its ing chorus whispering member , sier characters. S sadness. It’s a canvas of incomprehensibles, ups grumpily breaks the — instead of being the only questionable/creepy In the original, Dante CAM guy in Victoria Secret, or burning a Benjamin effects that ring like a trip the creepy shreshold. gloom with monotone Alighieri, guided by the through Dante’s Inferno If “” vocals that get inanely BY CHERYL HORI Franklin-sized hole in your pocket at some Roman poet Virgil, tours jewelry store or expensive restaurant — give a or the theme to the fall of is the story of evil tempta- pretentious about want- hell in an allegory for the ASSOCIATE gift that expresses your love in way you both can Lucifer. tion, “Psyche” — featur- ing to both come clean recognition and rejection OPINION Album highlight ing trip-hopper Martina and get high. The backing EDITOR enjoy: the 2010 David Beckham calendar. Now of sin; in “Vegas,” John she has eye candy during the shirtless months “Splitting the Atom” is Topley-Bird — is a narra- instruments become more Alighieri (Steve Buscemi) f one especially swirly tive of the long way down. noise than melody, and all you’re (which are most), and she’ll develop such a is an ex-gambler who still crush on Golden Balls that she’ll always let you mess of hell, narrated by Filled with metaphors intrigue is lost in a jungle compulsively buys lotto after freakishly talented devil about falling and rumi- of . the watch the game at her house. Plus, you spend scratchers, and with partner I under 20 bucks — triple play! imposter . nations about the moral Just in time, though, Virgil (Romany Malco) he’s gift that keeps The gravelly voicebox tells decay of the soul, Topley- “Paradise Circus,” featur- investigating an insurance on giving — or a macabre story —about Bird sings plaintively over ing Hope Sandoval of claim in Las Vegas — involv- stuck in a sexu- MASSAG E AT RIM AC a baby who chokes the odd, reverberating ing a stripper named Tasty ally frustrated long- same evening it’s born — warbles that slide up and See ATTACK, page 10 D. Light, of course. distance relationship — a BY VISHAL NATARAJAN • SPORTS EDITOR However profound Flip Video camcorder his year’s Valentine’s Day comes at the groundwork, the film (HD, if you can spring the midpoint of what is consistently lurches through the desert for it) could make this the most arduous quarter of the year: MIRACLE BERRY TABLETS without social commentary Valentine’s Day worthy of Spring break is still too far away to the silver screen. T BY ANGELA CHEN • NEWS EDITOR or humor, and the bizarre fathom, and unrelenting waves of midterms characters try to compensate Of course, before you seem to coordinate themselves with rain. So o, that’s not a euphemism for Ecstacy. Or roofies. Just a good-old- by overacting. Alighieri’s present that sexy some- this Feb. 14, help your lover de-stress with a fashioned Willy Wonka trip: Take one miracle berry tablet and your boss (Peter Dinklage) is a one with his new pocket massage from RIMAC Arena, courtesy of the taste buds will go topsy-turvy: Lemons will taste sugary, Tabasco midget, and his girlfriend buddy, stock it with rec. department’s Weightrooms & Wellness N sauce mild — the possibilities abound. Don’t bother trying to under- (Sarah Silverman) is terrify- your own rendition of program. Less than $60 buys him or her an stand the science; just be awed by the wonders of 21st century. ingly obsessed with yellow Beyonce’s steamy “Video hour of bliss — which could very well make If you’re single, round up your closest cronies and hold a flavor-warping smiley faces, but their forced Phone” music video or the difference between a warm, romantic end party to experience your buds like never before. And if you already have a quirkiness only makes for an Shakira’s “Did it Again” to your V-Day and an action-less night on a Valentine to spice up your life, it gets even better. No need, this year, for a quiet uncomfortable theaterful. (a blowup doll is best cold pillow. night in — save them for when you eat out (if you know what I mean). for any parts that necessitate a male counterpart). ‘GET OUT OF JAIL FREE’ CARD Saint John of Las Vegas If you’re in the DISHWASHER-SAFE BY MATTHEW PECOT • ASSOCIATE HIATUS EDITOR STARRING STEVE BUSCEMI, ROMANY MALCO & mood for some- weetie, I’m so sorry. I had no idea when you said “Let’s take SARAH SILVERMAN thing a little more Sa break” that you didn’t actually mean it. I swear when I DIRECTED BY HUE RHODES creative, put your WINE GLASSES woke up sur- RATED R theatrical skills BY MATTHEW PECOT • ASSOCIATE HIATUS EDITOR rounded by 01:25 hance to the test and ashing wineglasses is almost impossible — empty Dom perform a tasteful C they’re fragile, and the bulb shape doesn’t allow THIS CARD MAY BE KEPT Perignon bot- striptease — that tles and strip- Lost in the Nevada waste- for sponging. Eventually, it’s too much trouble, UNTIL NEEDED OR SOLD way, it’s something he so your man starts drinking wine in tumblers. pers, your spar- land, it’s hard to tell what can use to, er, “celebrate” W GET OUT OF JAIL kling eyes were exactly Alighieri is struggling Ladies, this cannot be tolerated! Stand up for elegance — get him Valentine’s Day all year something that won’t shatter in the dishwasher. Get him a man’s FREE the first thing I with (besides tumbleweeds). round. thought of. Theoretically, a personal wineglass. Either that or plastic. transformation turns him away from sin at some point, but Steve Buscemi’s acting can’t quite show it; his only ALPACA sign of growth is a cocky dance at a truck stop. KITE TEDDY Even with an ominous BY HAYLEY BISCEGLIA-MARTIN score to set the tone, “Vegas” NEWS EDITOR BEAR fails to get off the ground, and even the film’s climax ne of the many perks of being a BY ALYSSA BEREZNAK is buried under sideshows. San Diego resident is that, save MANAGING EDITOR Save $10 and watch the a few hiccups now and then, the seven deadly sins flash atop O middle of February is usually the Warren College engi- clear and sunny — so what better way to neering building — it’s a pay your respects to Mary Poppins than to quicker, less painful version go y a kite? Start your Valentine’s o with a of this travesty. picnic basket and a homemade paper-string contraption, nd a secluded strip of beach and let your inner cutesy side y.

K, I know what you’re thinking: Even if a stuffed bear is lovable, it’s still about as original as a heart-shaped box of chocolates. But no matter how predictable the form, once your lover runs her fingers O through the soft pelt of a real-life (presumably slaughtered) llama, all clichés are off. Just try to woo her with its adorable-ness before any ques- tions of animal cruelty come up.

See GIFT GUIDE, page 11 HIATUSÊ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010Ê THE UCSD GUARDIANÊ9 FILMREVIEW FESTIVALPREVIEW Spike and Mike Get Serious By Philip Rhie S S  W 

et’s consider a couple popular pieces of animation: “The Nightmare L Before Christmas,” “Beavis and Butthead,” “Toy Story,” “South Park,” “Finding Nemo.” What do these films and TV shows have in common? Other than being embedded into our pop- culture DNA, they’ve been named by critics as our generation’s best. Apart from popularity and acclaim, however, they also have a much more intrinsic link unnoticeable to the average eye: all of their animators started their careers at EMPTY GESTURE Spike and Mike’s Animation Festival. Founded in 1977 by Craig “Spike” Decker and Mike Gribble — UCSD Chocolate-Covered Rom-Com Shoots Blanks Despite Milky Way of Stars alumni and the owners of Mellow Manor Productions — the festival origi- By Neda Salamat constantly being pestered by a sports newscaster talent to reach its full potential. It’s only during nally promoted underground bands, S  W  (Jaime Foxx) for an interview. the romantic comedy’s closing outtakes that the holding film screenings (both classics Confused yet? There’s more. cast is finally able to demonstrate the humorous and local work) after every show, and film that shoots for “Love Actually” and falls Liz (Anne Hathaway) works as an assistant geniality that was stifled by the schizophrenic introducing them with animated shorts. 11 months short, director Garry Marshall’s in aforementioned office — that is, when she’s plot. Over time, however, the shorts A latest is a mess of flowers, chocolate, heart- not moonlighting as a phone-sex operator or With some heavy themselves became immensely popular, ache and migraine. Set in the schmoozing with her boy- If you weren’t editing, a more selec- and developed their own cult following not-so romantic city of Los friend (Topher Grace). And tive casting director — outshining everything else in the pro- Angeles, “Valentine’s Day” even though those plots and already vomiting and fewer excruciating cess. Spike and Mike realized they had wanders from one cookie- Valentine’s Day people were probably enough “Exorcist”-style tales of the nightmares tapped into an unexplored niche, and named the phenomenon Spike & Mike’s cutter character to the next, STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, JENNIFER GARNER, to keep you puzzled for a at the thought of of dating, there may wrapping exhausted viewers PATRICK DEMPSY & BRADLEY COOPER week, the film also stars Julia have been breathing Classic Animation Festival. in a web of indistinguishable DIRECTED BY GARRY MARSHALL Roberts and Bradley Cooper, this Hollywood room for sympathy Today, the festival is a haven for plotlines too haphazard and RATED PG-13 whose characters spend the circle-jerk, — even enjoyment. aspiring animators and filmmakers. sticky-sweet to follow. 02:05 duration of the film flirting Instead, we’re con- Venues for nouveau animators to strut The star-studded cast is on an airplane. Marshall stantly reminded that their stuff didn’t used to exist; the festival lead by Ashton Kutcher and If you weren’t already squeezes in Hollywood has far opened a space for diehards and new- Jennifer Garner — the former playing a florist vomiting “Exorcist”-style at the thought of this some tween too much money, and bies to appreciate the art of animation. who just proposed to his girlfriend (Jessica Hollywood circle-jerk, Marshall squeezes in some beauty, for its own Bigshots like Tim Burton and John Alba) and the latter an elementary school tween “Juno” romance to get the acids churning, “Juno” romance good. Lasseter made their mark by premier- teacher dating a two-timing doctor (Patrick guaranteed. Emma Roberts and Carter Jenkins to get the acids And, although ing their short films through Spike and Dempsey). play the quintessential virginal couple hoping Kutcher and Garner’s Mike back in the ’80s. As the years went Garner’s character, Julia Fitzpatrick — whose to do it for the first time, while Taylor Swift and churning, charismatic personali- by, more and more ambitious filmmak- name you won’t remember — is invited to an Taylor Lautner bat eyelashes by the lockers. guaranteed. ties make up for their ers competed to debut their films for anti-Valentine’s Day party by her friend (Jessica Accepting a role alongside the rest of the A-list short bursts of time on the festival, and the genre positively Biel), who works for a woman named Paula is usually a good move, but each actor suffers screen, the film’s cheesy premise, terrible dia- exploded. It became more sophisti- Thomas (Queen Latifah). Thomas’ company from severe lack of screen time in “Valentine’s logue and pretty-face overkill are sure to make cated — even cruder. Hence, the birth represents sports star Sean Jackson (Eric Dane), Day,” making it impossible for any of the film’s this holiday bust a one-weekend wonder. of Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival, which has become the pair’s most famous endeavor. Showcased at Comic-Con every year, this influential festival is responsible druthers exit strategy for the birth of “Beavis and Butthead” HIATUS PICKS THE WEEK’S BEST BETS THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS and “South Park.” If you’ve come across a disturbing yet popular piece of ani- ‘GET OUT OF JAIL FREE’ CARD “ROMEO AND JULIET” REPLY ALL: “THE REVENGER’S AKRAM KHAN DANCE “LOVE HAPPENS” mation floating around the ’nets (I’m LYCEUM HORTON PLAZA / FEB. 12 TO FEB. 14 / $20 SPOKEN WORD TRAGEDY” MANDEVILLE AUDITORIUM PRICE CENTER THEATER looking at you, Happy Tree Friends), Instead of dusting off that “Romeo + Juliet” DVD and binging PORTER’S PUB POTIKER THEATER FEB. 12, 8 P.M. FEB. 16, 6 P.M. & 9 P.M. chances are it was debuted to the Sick on sweets, drive down to Horton Plaza to see the greatest love FEB. 11, 6 P.M. FEB. 11 TO FEB. 20 $10 $3 and Twisted audience. story of all time in live majesty. True, Leo DiCaprio won’t be FREE $10 “Humor’s the bottom line,” Spike there, but there’ll be plenty of men in tights to ogle when the SWARMIUS SUZANNE VEGA said. “A younger crowd can appreciate San Diego Ballet takes the stage. Set down those truffles and “LAW-ABIDING BROOKLYN RIDER THE LOFT THE LOFT artistic merits to have good time. It’s get ready to “ooh” and “aah” as a stream of incredible dancers CITIZEN” THE LOFT FEB. 13, 9 P.M. FEB. 16, 10 P.M. waltz by on tiptoe. And hey, if you’re an all-around V-Day hater, very accessible, and a fun time to escape PRICE CENTER THEATER FEB. 11, 8 P.M. $10 $10 you won’t mind a spoiler: They both die in the end. (JB) the reality of the frickin’ world.” FEB. 11 & FEB. 13, FREE GHOSTLIMB & THE DIME STORIES 6 P.M. & 9 P.M. Wherever the immature trend — GEBURTSTAG CLOSING SEPARATION THE LOFT $3 childish fantasy, slapstick or crude and VALENTINE’S EVE COMEDY SHOW & DANCE VISUAL ARTS GALLERY CHE CAFE FEB. 17, 8 P.M. lewd — the influence of Spike and Mike FEB. 12, 7 P.M. FREE FOUR POINTS SHERATON / FEB. 13, 9 P.M. / $20 / 21+ FEB. 15, 8 P.M. is undeniable. Though Mike passed Can’t open your mouth without jamming it with your foot? FREE $8 Simple solution: Let Sweet Life Comedy do the talking this away in 1994, Spike has continued run- Valentine’s weekend. Comedian/hot mom Laurie Kilmartin ning the festival. will deliver lines like, “I only tell abortion jokes because I’m Three long years have passed since fantasizing,” and Kenny Bob Davis is the drunken tramp the last Spike & Mike festival was held in of a grandfather you never wanted, with a grab bag of inappropriate wisecracks to prove it. Even if you blow it with TRACKREVIEWS La Jolla — but this year, it’s back. your date, at least the ’80s dance party afterward has a Hold your horses. This isn’t the Spike “Sluttiest Outfit” contest. (MP) ‘White Flag Warrior’ ‘You Run Away’ & Mike you’re familiar with. Instead of 2 7 opting for the more traditional Sick and Barenaked Ladies Twisted, this year Spike decided to gath- G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE er the best animated shorts worldwide in HOUSE OF BLUES / FEB. 6, 8 P.M. & FEB. 7, 1 P.M. / $10 / 21+ UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC RECORDS RAISIN RECORDS the past three years — regardless of sick- Let the House of Blues cook your romantic dinner this 10 10 year — aything from ribs to vegetarian Naan sandwiches. ness — to show at the festival. Tamely Also, dessert comes with some blues-funk from G. Love and e tried to forget the rap-rock-infested early ooks like the Barenaked Ladies survived the titled New Generation Animation Special Sauce. With plenty of simple, mindless lyrics to laugh 2000s, when Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach departure of founder/frontman Stephen Page. Festival and hosted by the Museum of at (“Some lemonade would be nice/ Or a Sprite from the Contemporary Art in downtown La drive-through”), they’re both concert and comedy. You can W reigned supreme, but the Flobots shoved it L At least, that’s the impression we get from Jolla, this year’s event will value artistic share an embarrassed grin with your significant other when back in our faces with 2008’s horrendous lyrical listening to “You Run Away,” the rock ballad they move into sloppy love songs “Baby’s Got Sauce” and trap “Handlebars.” You’d think they’d have been memorializing the band’s mature but regretful talent and technical savvy. “Kiss and Tell,” but the real cue for a kiss is the feel-good flow “This is very high-brow stuff. The of “Free.” (MP) relegated to one-hit wonder status, but for some resignation. reason, they’re still making music — and some- Former guitarist Ed Robertson takes on full analogy I like to use is, if [Sick and one apparently still cares. New single “White Flag vocal duties, having cut his teeth singing many of Twisted] was 40-oz. beer, then this is CHRISTIAN DEATH Warrior” isn’t nearly as annoying as their first BNL’s biggest hits (he improvised the rapid-re vintage cabaret wine,” Spike said. The festival will play a compilation BRICK BY BRICK / FEB. 13, 8 P.M. / $15 / 21+ hit, but it’s pretty damn close. With the help of verses in “One Week”), and his smooth tenor film, stringing all chosen shorts into If candy hearts aren’t your thing, slap on some guyliner and lead singer Tim McIlrath, Flobots successfully carries a gentle melody while a piano check out Christian Death’s goth-punk. The wailing vocals attempt to mimic ’s plinks quirkily in the background. Granted, the one 90-minute extravaganza. It will be bounce on simple guitars, but heavy bass and violins make separated into three acts that highlight it sinister and supernatural. Even if there isn’t much synth- political schtick, only instead of ’s song’s subsequent buildup is a bit too FM radio, innovative guitar solos and radical riots, we get but its honesty is impossible not to take seriously. intellectual, technical and technological glossed shoegazing, this is what inspired Marilyn Manson. achievements. With two more goth bands opening and three deejays in the an endless cliche of thumping bass and … rap? As the album approaches, one hopes the rest will lineup, you can spend V-Day headbanging with some tainted Great job, Flobots. You’ve really outdone yourself. be equally genuine. The first act opens with “Missed love. (MP) Aches,” a colorful parody on lan- — Arielle Sallai — Bryan Kim S  W  C   W  See FESTIVAL, page 11 10ÊTHE UCSD GUARDIANÊ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010Ê HIATUS

ALBUMREVIEWS 7 4 The Soft Pack 7 Odd Blood The Soft Pack EMI RECORDS 10 SECRETLY CANADIAN 10 KEMADO RECORDS 10 Synths, Strobes and — ? Ambitious Mash-Up Spoils the Pot Local Boys Deliver Coachella-Ready Shreds ot Chip is a nerdy balance here: Even in its eady for the overpro- geously captured on this fter being drowned in flack (“Don’t have a look/ Don’t have British electro-pop most rhythmical moments, duced cheese-pop LP: “I Remember” is the for their controversial name, the name/ Don’t have the walk/ H band with a penchant its lyrics are actually rather R colossus of 2010? unforgettable synth ballad, A the band formerly known as Don’t want to talk”) to challenge for and irony. romantic. Susan Boyle’s exis- Brooklyn’s Yeasayer spent “ONE” has faux-Afro beats the Muslims finally gave up and the cuddly new band name. Susan Boyle is a middle- tence has pushed Hot Chip months laboring on it in and falsetto squeals galore got a makeover. Under new alias, “More or Less” shows off their aged Scottish woman with out of its -like tenden- an upstate New York cabin and “Love Me Girl” hurls the Soft Pack are debuting their SoCal surf-rock influence while an astonishing voice. Apart cies into a New Order revo- with piles of tricked-out Backstreet Boys melodies first full-length as the only San criticizing the La Jolla lifestyle of from average appearances, lution somehow. equipment. They culled into the mix. How did Diego natives to play at Coachella the rich and selfish, complete with these two don’t have much The rest of the album sounds in both the bathtub this threesome not real- — not too shabby for Torrey Beach Boy vocals and a stoney of a connection, except follows suit. The excellent and basement to reach ize how far they’d fallen Pines High School alums who instrumental jam to end the song. that Boyle — that frumpy titular track tries out a bit of holy-grail tones all in the by idolizing Phil Collins’ used to deliver pizza in Del Mar. Dangerously similar to their nobody from Blackburn — disco while spouting lyrics name of crafting an unholy yuppiedouche touch? I’m The self-titled album mimics beach-fried genre predecessors, is Hot Chip’s muse. Well, usually reserved for singer- songwriting mess. Odd waiting for Kenny G and three-minute classics popular in the Soft Pack isn’t pushing any kind of. with acoustic Blood soaks up the dregs of Chaka Khan guest spots the ’60s, concise taste-testers of limits here. But they also avoid On their new album One guitars. Singer Scissor Sisters — that Pure on Album Three — if they the band’s stylized garage-punk. cloning their peers with low-fi Life Stand, frontman Joe croons, “I only want to be Moods comp with Enya were gonna go all out, they Trading in overtly thrashy power blare, and remind us why we Goddard said he wrote high- your one life stand/ Tell me that my Mom rocked on should’ve brought in the chords for eye-roll melodies, the love unpolished garage crap. light “Keep Quiet” directly do you stand by your man.” cassette every day — and big guns. Pack give an aggressive nod to Their tardy entrance doesn’t after watching Boyle’s per- However, Hot Chip’s ’90s shit-techno. Yes, lead single surf and punk-rock with enough condemn them outdated or formance of “I Dreamed a newfound seriousness is not Our irony-blind trio “Ambling Alp” saves these angst to kill a small animal. unoriginal — rather, a fresh take Dream” on “Britain’s Got always welcome. The quietest debuted back in 2007 with hipster victims by revel- First single “C’mon” is a on the well-studied, well-worn Talent.” song on the album, “Slush,” the mildly intriguing All ing in its big-beat cheese, speedy strum-and-bass rush, music we call surf-punk. That’s not to say that the is just plain boring. It’s cool Hour Cymbals, which pil- and the gooey hook “Stick Matt Lamkin pumping mono- — Amanda Martinek album includes music from that Hot Chip is expanding laged up for yourself son/ Never tone don’t-give-a-fuck vocals S  W  “Les Miserables;” Boyle’s its sound, but it shouldn’t indie concepts and blended mind what anybody else influence isn’t that obvious. chuck its trademark com- them with Barnes and done,” but it’s one of a But she has helped Hot Chip pletely. Noble’s World Music sec- few redeeming tracks soften up a bit. Nonetheless, the album tion in a messy organic where you can overlook March of the Morning Star “Keep Quiet” is quite the just might be its best yet smoothie. Now they veer trash-taste for genuine departure from the band’s — though it would have into Love Jamz infomercial song craft. The rest of ▶ ATTACK, fromÊpageÊ8 after a little-known German most recognizable song, benefitted from a more obvi- tactics with huge, reverber- Odd Blood is so musically Mazzy Star, comes in for the res- archipelago, but it’s more like “.”Gone ous throwback to the days ating choruses in a futile confused it needs a cold cue: It’s the saddest song with the the soundtrack for purgatory. are the days of tongue-in- of yore. “Hot Chip Does the attempt to beat the cool- shower and a few weeks’ happiest beats, all minimalistic There’s something for everyone cheek, club-ready dance Classics” would have been curve by naming the next rehab from ’s tinkles and handclaps on a jaunty — sin, greed, love, death — so grooves. Make way for soft pretty damn entertaining. big thing: bargain bin. tastemakers. tune that tricks us into ignoring go ahead and pick your poison. melodies and heartfelt lyrics. —Arielle Sallai Any terrible genre —Chris Kokiousis Sandoval’s self-lambasting speak. —Angela Chen Hot Chip strikes a delicate S  W  you can imagine is gor- S S  W  Heligoland may be named S S  W 

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▶ GIFT GUIDE, fromÊpageÊ8 From Sick to Smart ▶ FESTIVAL, fromÊpageÊ9 guage and diction, unveiling the illusion-of- intelligence theme with slick animated pacing. D.I.Y. CANDY Then, we move to the multiple-award-win- ning “Lapsus” by Gabriel Alfonzo, which plays BY KELSEY MARRUJO • COPY EDITOR with shape and structure while still somehow or all those lucky enough to have a Valentine on the imminent commenting the power of religion and faith day of depression and sadness (no bitterness here), do the world (or lack thereof). Drawing out this sociopoliti- a favor and don’t be so predictable. If his favorite candy is Reese’s cal motif is “Stillwaters” — a claymation con- Peanut Butter Cups, don’t buy him that crap in the holiday- templation on trust — and “Crab Revolution,” L a hand-drawn reflection on the frivolity of life. themed pink packaging. Instead, show him you really care by Googling the sweets from scratch. Abridged version: Buy some chocolate chips, melt The second act is a technical feast, high- them and leave them to cool in the fridge in individual mini mun liners. lighting some of today’s finest hand-drawn, Once hardened, spread some peanut two-dimensional cel animation — “Santa the butter (not the organic kind) on each Fascist Years” at the top of the list. “Key Lime of the pieces, then go ahead and repeat Pie” is a masterstroke in character design, ONE step one for the top layer. e end and “The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl” product may not look as pretty as the mixes cel with documentary reel footage and LUNAR CVS fare, but it’ll be just as bomb. slapstick. “Quiet Log Time,” animated by fan-favorite Dr. Tran, is a brilliant study in punchline pacing, while “Yulia” is a beautifully sketched ballet set to a smalltime love story. AC R E CHIVALROUS The festival, however, saves its best for BY JENNA BROGAN last: The third act is riddled with technologi- HIATUS EDITOR SERENADE cal breakthroughs. It begins with “Eleven BY TREVOR COX • OPINION EDITOR Roses,” a dark tale of unrequited love that ooking to get cleverly shifts between 2D and 3D animation your honey- t’s true: Serenading your beloved to fit the film’s changes in mood. It’s followed bunches-of-oats on acoustic guitar (with what- by brilliant stop-motion shorts “Western L something a little ever sickly ballad tickles your Spaghetti” and “A Town Called Panic: Cake,” more substantial than sweet I fancy) takes the prize for sap- astoundingly clever in their playful combina- nothings this Valentine’s? You piest gift — but there’s also no surer tion of toys with the mechanics of animation. can’t get much more concrete bet for a little Valentine’s action. While But they’re all topped by “For Sock’s than land. Moon land. following John Mayer’s lead might seem Sake,” which also uses stop-motion anima- anks to www.lunarland. kind of transparent, trust me: She won’t tion, but combines it with 2D mechanics and com — “Earth’s oldest, most know the difference until it’s too late. sub-cultural geek memes to craft a piece of recognized celestial real astounding depth. estate agency” — you too JOHN HUGHES FILMS Closers “Ghost of Stephen Foster” and could call one lunar acre of “Oktapodi” hold the festival together, exem- God’s thumbnail your own. BY EDWIN GONZALEZ • FOCUS EDITOR plifying contemporary breakthrough. “Ghost” For only $29.99, the cheese to ingle? Self-gift a collection of acts as a parody on the classic ’30s “Betty your macaroni will get a legal your favorite John Hughes. Boop” style while imparting dense subliminal document listing the location SHe couldn’t have blended life’s satire in its crevices of crude humor, and of the land, the lunar bill of highlights better: pop soundtracks, “Oktapodi” utilizes Pixar-influenced charac- rights and a map showing high-school hijinks and chicken soup ter design to tell similar slapstick. quadrant, lot number, for the insecure soul in us all. The “It’s so fresh, so innovative — we try to latitude and longitude. So High-School Flashback Collection keep it alive each year,” Spike said. “These return that box of See’s (“The Breakfast Club,” “Weird Science,” submissions are new ideas from new people. Candies and transcend the “Sixteen Candles”) is pure late-’80s It keeps new cultures alive and fresh, not like name-a-star gig. Mars is also Prozac — and if all else fails, you can trendy music. Animation brings things to life. on the market. always just take shots all evening. It’s not like selling pizza; it’s more like creating new genres of music.”

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▶ BASEBALL, MYVTWHNL allowing just five hits and striking runs and striking out six. Leadoff hitter Saul was hit by a pitch, out eight Wolves. Benton hit a two- Inspite of the emphatic series followed by a single from Junior run shot, providing all the offense win, Rossman says the team is taking catcher Michael Benton. Bauman, necessary for the Tritons to win the things one step at a time. next to the plate, reached on a mis- game 6-1. “We’ve got a talented group of played sacrifice bunt, and redshirt The Tritons looked to com- guys that have been working hard freshman Danny Susdorf — a transfer plete the four-game sweep at Triton since September,” he said. “The prep- from the University of San Diego — Ballpark on Monday. An offensive aration is there. Now we just need to tied the game up 4-4 with an RBI sac- explosion gave them an impressive concentrate on the task at hand, take rifice fly to center field to score Saul. 19-5 win. Each of the batters in the everything one pitch at a time, and let The inning ended exactly how it Triton lineup had at least two hits our preparation take over.” started, as Sedin was hit by a pitch, apiece, and the lineup finished 22-38 The Tritons take to the diamond THIS CHANGEIS THE GAME YOUR THAT LIFE! WILL giving the Tritons the walk-off 5-4 with a .539 batting average. again this Friday, when they will host LATE NIGHT PARTY AREA win. Gregorich, Bauman and Benton Grand Canyon University in a dou- AT THE ZONE TO 120 GUESTS The second game featured a all homered in the game, as Gregorich Open Until 2am ble-header at Triton Ballpark. First Fri. & Sat. dominant pitching performance by led the attack, going 3-3 with five pitch is slotted for 11 a.m. ULTRAZONE junior right-hander Daniel Simmons. RBIs. Senior right-hander Kirby St. 3146 Sports Arena Blvd. P San Diego, CA He hurled a complete game, tossing John earned the win, improving to Readers can contact Cameron Tillisch One Block East of SD Sports Arena! seven innings of one run ball while 1-1, tossing five innings, allowing five at [email protected]. (619) 221-0100 P www.ultrazonesandiego.com

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The host nation could not have The Triton men handed Western junior right-handerTim Shibuya plenty of breathing Woofter was awarded first base after asked for a more complicated draw room. He finished the day with seven innings of work, being hit by a pitch, and advanced to — one that will jeopardize the Bafana Oregon four straight losses to start giving up four earned runs with a walk and a couple third on two Wildcat errors. Senior Bafana’s chances for emerging from their season. strikeouts. catcher Nicole Saari then brought the group. The South Africans are On Sunday, the Tritons hosted a double-header Woofter home by grounding into a the group’s supreme underdogs, and The No. 3 UCSD baseball team completed a four- with Western Oregon for the midsection of the series. fielder’s choice. will be counting on their fans’ energy game sweep of No. 18 Western Oregon University Junior closer Guido Knudson earned the first victory, In the second inning, junior out- and “host nation” mojo in order to last weekend. The Tritons showcased an even balance hurling two scoreless frames and striking out two. fielder Lyndsay Gaylord took first advance. of offense and pitching over the weekend, proving Senior right-hander Matt Rossman started the game base with a one-out single, stole sec- While the French and the themselves a worthy of a top seed in the conference. for UCSD, throwing seven shutout innings and allow- ond and took third with the help Uruguayans have both seen rocky The Tritons improve to 5-1 overall, and the ing one earned run while striking out seven. from junior Katrin Gabriel’s sacrifice roads to qualification, the raw talent Wolves fell to 0-4. In the bottom half of the fifth, junior third base- man Evan Kehoe and senior first baseman Brandon on each side is on par with the best in On Friday, the Tritons set the tone for the series, DANIEL CADDELL/GUARDIAN FILE the world. Team chemistry pending, opening with back-to-back home runs off the bats of Gregorich got on base with back-to-back singles and both sides emerge on paper as the senior shortstop Vance Albitz and senior outfielder one out. When junior outfielder Kyle Saul stepped up group’s power brokers. Robert Sedin. They won the game 12-6. to bat, he promptly drove a three-run shot over the left Mexico qualified behind the U.S. in “We had a pretty solid weekend all around,” field fence to give UCSD the 3-1 lead. qualification in the North and Central senior pitcher Matt Rossman said. “We came out on UCSD was threatened in the seventh after Western American regions. However, the team Friday and knocked around their guy pretty good, Oregon scored an unearned run, taking the score has proven pedigree at the highest and set the tone for the weekend.” to 3-2. However, they couldn’t manage to score the level of competition, and is led by wily Albitz was a triple shy of the cycle, going 4-5 with insurance runs they needed to pad the lead, and soon manager Javier Agguire — who, after an RBI and a run. Junior outfielder Aaron Bauman, found themselves down 4-3 heading into the ninth. coaching in Europe for the majority of a Santa Barbara City College transfer, was key to In the bottom of the ninth the Tritons rallied. the last decade, is well-versed in tactics the offense, going 3-4 with a pair of runs and RBIs. at the highest level. However, any path UCSD had a stellar offense showing overall, giving See BASEBALLpage 11 to the round-of-16 will be through the men in blue: the French. Group Winners: France. Barcelona forward Thierry DON’T LET THE BROOM HIT YOU Henry’s handball against Ireland in 7KHQXPEHUVEHKLQG1R8&6'·VVZHHSRI1R:HVWHUQ2UHJRQIURP)HEWR)HE European qualification has shrouded the team and the talismanic striker in controversy — some in France have RUNS HITS HOME RUNS WOLF even expressed shame over the way STRIKEOUTS in which they qualified. On top of bunt. Then, thanks to a Wildcat wild “handgate,” their mercurial manager pitch, Gaylord came home to seal the Raymond Domenech has done little team’s first win of the season. to instill confidence in the Le Bleus 42 60 7 29 On the defensive side, sophomore faithful: His sporadic player selections right hand-pitcher Camille Gaito have stifled team chemistry, and his dominated the pitcher’s mound with seven shutout innings. Gaito struck See KICKSpage 15 out six Wildcats, allowed three hits and retired eight straight batters. All-American junior outfielder Kris Lesovsky went three-for-four on the day. Lesovsky holds the highest single season batting average record GOLFERS FIND RHYTHM WITH FIFTH-PLACE FINISH in UCSD’s softball program — last year she maintained a .446 batting average. By Matt Croskey the three rounds. Rastogi carded the a little less fundamental and more “[Head coach Mike] Wydra told Associate Sports Editor lowest score of the tournament for about feel.” me right before putting that I would In the second game, the Tritons the Tritons: two-under-par 70 in the Something worked: Rastogi got be exempt for next year’s team and held a 2-0 advantage over Chico FENCING — The Tritons earned final round. up-and-down on three of his first be on the roster for the [St. Edwards State, but lost it in the seventh inning their best finish of the season with After struggling through the first six holes, and tallied birdies on the Invitational] if I broke 70,” Rastogi to a successful Wildcat comeback. a fifth-place performance at the Cal two rounds, Rastogi changed his first two par fives. said. “I have never been that ner- The game was eventually decided State San Marcos Invitational on mental approach to the final round. He got as low as three under vous before.” in extra innings, when Chico State Feb. 8 and Feb. 9. He said he made some minor chang- on the round before bogeying the With a shot at 69 on the line, scored in the eighth to win the game UCSD fired a three-round total es before stepping on the first tee. 13th, 14th and 15th holes. Back at Rastogi pushed the two-footer. Even 3-2. of 907, finishing 39 strokes behind “I played smarter in the third level par, Rastogi gathered himself, with the miss, Wydra was proud of Woofter started the scoring for winner Holy Names University on a round,” he said. “I stopped shoot- bouncing back with birdies on the Rastogi’s performance. UCSD with a single, then pushed wet and soggy San Luis Rey Downs ing right at the pins, so I didn’t put 16th and 17th. “[Rastogi] got to a point where into scoring position by Eliades’s sac- golf course. myself in bad positions if I missed Knocking his approach to the his adrenaline made him stronger,” rifice bunt and Lesovsky’s single up Junior captain Keith Okasaki and the green. On the practice green, I 18th green to only two feet, Rastogi Wydra said. “He proved himself the middle. freshman Anubhav Rastogi finished switched my putting grip to one I had a chance to break 70 — a magic in a tie for 20th at 11-over-par for used to use when I was kid. It was number for the golf team. See GOLF page 15 See SOFTBALLpage 15