STEP AWAY FROM THE AQUAFINA▶67050657(., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org ;O\YZKH`(WYPS The Student Voice Since 1967 4HU:[HIILKH[)SHJR»Z)LHJO 5]QZ;PWZ\WV+I[P)N\MZ Victim refuses to Latino males near the Black’s Beach He was taken to Scripps Memorial Dumpsters between 9:30 p.m. and 10 Hospital and subsequently released ;\]LMV\[:MRMK\.MM1VKZMI[M discuss the incident, p.m., witnesses said. with non-life-threatening injuries. After sustaining two knife SDPD officers had direct contact which SDPD officers wounds, the victim made his way with both parties, but neither would suspect was gang-related. up the cliffs to the edge of Eleanor cooperate with police questioning, Roosevelt College, where he flagged and the victim did not wish to press By Jesse Alm down a UCSD police officer just after charges, officials said. Associate News Editor 10 p.m. This incident marks the second The second male was unharmed. stabbing at Black’s in the past year. In San Diego and UCSD police A witness at Asia Hall described July 2008, an unidentified victim was arrived at North Torrey Pines Road the victim as a 20-year-old Latino stabbed in the side after a late-night Monday night after witnesses report- male wearing a white shirt and plaid “drum circle” ended in a large brawl. ed a stabbing at Black’s Beach involv- shorts, adding that the victim was ing two alleged gang members. conscious and breathing but refused Readers can contact Jesse Alm at A fight broke out between two medical attention. [email protected]. 0530=05.*6369 JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN Student organizations at John Muir College will likely receive less funding next year. By Nadin Faidi similar referendum. Contributing Writer Muir College Council Vice Chair Abbas Hussain said the additional The annual Muirstock festival fees would have been key in facili- may be noticeably scaled back next tating the enhancement of annu- year after a John Muir College stu- al programs and events put on by dent fee referendum on the 2009 Muir’s many student organizations. Associated Students election ballot “We named it the Giving Fee failed to gain approval, leaving the because it was a fee students were council short on funds. paying to give back to themselves in Designed to provide the Muir the form of a better college experi- College Council with funding to ence,” Hussain said. support Muir’s student organiza- According to Muir College coun- tions and various tradition events cilmembers, the college’s annual — including Muirstock and Muir events may have to be scaled back Musical — the referendum would next year, and student organizations have raised the Muir College will likely see an across-the-board Activity Fee to $10 from the exist- cut in funding. Councilmembers ing $7. said fewer bands may appear at next The increase was rejected by a year’s Muirstock festival to compen- margin of 89 votes. sate for the lack of funds. Over the last several years, the This year, councilmembers were A.S. Council has gradually cut forced to draw $10,500 from their funding for college councils, leaving them to seek out alternative sources See MUIRpage 3 of cash. The Sixth College Council ran an activity fee referendum in the ▶▶▶ ▶ READONO N recent election that passed success- Page 6: A preview for this year’s DANIEL CADDELL/GUARDIAN fully. Last year, Earl Warren College Muirstock festival. Students re-enacted well-known paintings and sculptures at Spirit of the Masters at the Loft on April 21, including Pablo Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon.” students also voted to approve a -\[\YLVM.YV]L:[PSS<UJLY[HPU(M[LY*V\UJPS8\LZ[PVUZ=V[PUN7YVJLZZ ally implemented. University Centers Business Officer John A.S. president contests vote Council chair Jordan Taylor said that Hughes told councilmembers that updating the to maintain cafe operations, according to council bylaws, the fact that Grove Grove to modern operating standards would employees’ paid positions were at stake neces- likely run in excess of $350,000. Many on the claims simple majority should sitated the two-thirds rule. Bean countered this council were unwilling to commit this type have been required to approve by saying that because only a simple majority is of funding to the Grove, which is roughly required to create an A.S. enterprise, the vote to $126,000 in debt. Grove’s closure. cease cafe operations should have been subject “The influx of money that would be needed By Reza Farazmand to the same rules. to salvage the Grove is not an appropriate use of News Editor The dispute will now go before the A.S. funds,” Revelle College Senator Katie Hall said. Judicial Board, a body composed of seven non- Still, others see hope for the cafe. Some The fate of the Grove Caffe still hangs in council students appointed by the president. councilmembers referred to the coming closure the balance today, after Associated Students The board will hear both sides of the argument of Sierra Summit and El Mercado, stating that President Donna Bean contested the council’s and determine a ruling by majority vote. the Grove could easily fill the vacuum left by vote to preserve the struggling enterprise at a The controversy over the council’s vote last these eateries, seizing upon the opportunity to meeting last night. night was prefaced by an animated discussion develop an expanded customer base. After nearly three hours of discussion, 15 of the merits of allowing the Grove to remain “The fact of the matter is that once people councilmembers voted in favor of ceasing open. come to the Grove, they come back,” student Grove operations, while 11 voted for the cafe Councilmembers on both sides of the debate manager Frank Thomas said. “The hardest part to remain open. The vote was taken under the expressed concern over the cafe’s value to the is getting them to come in the first time.” presumption that a two-third majority was nec- campus community, the recent failure of the Vice President of Finance and Resources essary to approve the motion. Grove as a profitable enterprise and the mon- Naasir Lakahni is confident that the Grove JOSEPH HO/GUARDIAN However, Bean contested the grounds upon etary commitment that would be necessary to Grove Caffe student manager Thomas Frank believes the which the two-thirds requirement was origini- revive the business. 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