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WELCOME WEEK AIN’T OVER YET ON-CAMPUS VENUES BREAK OUT THE BIG GUNS THIS SEPTEMBER. PAGE 12 VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG Dominguez A CLOSER LOOK Cleared in FEED THE METER Construction Desperate to fill a $3 million gap in the transportation budget, administrators Costs Total Investigation look to permits and weekend parking to make up the difference. By Jerry To Officials conclude that efore the end of the year, students may find a result of increased transit funding from the $1.75 Billion professor’s art project did themselves hoarding quarters to cover the state of California. Superloop 201/202 now goes newly-imposed cost of weekend and night through Lebon Drive, Arriba Avenue and Regents By Matthew Stewart not misuse funds. Bparking. Road while Route 30 no longer does, only passing staff writer Proposed changes to parking costs made in through La Village Drive to reach UTC. By Ayelet Bitton early May have been tentatively scheduled for D’Autremont said TPS will take this revision With all the hammering, hard Senior Staff Writer November. These changes are an attempt to recover by MTS into consideration before making any hats and saw dust at every corner of from a $3-million funding deficit, caused by repair changes in shuttle routes. UCSD, it’s hard to believe that only Visual arts associate professor costs to the Arbor Parking Structure in Hillcrest In addition, Powers said the Transportation 0.1 percent of the construction costs Ricardo Dominguez has been cleared Medical Center — which is projected to collapse Policy committee will continue to explore the pos- come from student registration fees. of one of two high-profile investiga- in the next five to 10 years unless the structure is sibility of a transportation referendum — a neces- UCSD currently has 16 construc- tions that threat- rebuilt. The total cost of the reconstruction is an sary measure to mend the deficit. Transportation tion projects either underway or in ened his tenure estimated $30 to $50 million, with the expected Services introduced the concept of a transportation the works, totaling a cost of $1.75 bil- last year. completion date of 2015-18. referendum last year, but was rejected consistently lion. The 12 ongoing projects amount Last year, “If [TPS is] in a budget deficit, their options are by A.S. Council since a referendum has always to nearly $750 million, while the 4 D o m i n g u e z to raise rates or cut services.” Transportation Policy See PARKING, page 4 pending projects total an additional worked on with Committee member Adam Powers said. $1 billion. other visual arts The two main proposals that would fund this UCSD’s construction plans d e p a r t m e n t reconstruction are the elimination of free weekend remain unaffected by the ongoing UC members to cre- parking and an increase in the cost of daily parking budget crisis because university debt, Ricardo Dominguez ate cell phone permits. Under the plan, the price of the Occasional in the form of bonds or mortgages, is UCSD Professor technology, called Use S Student parking permit would increase from the the major source of funding. The the Transborder $41 to $51, while the quarterly night and weekend bonds, which account for about $873 Immigrant Tool, to aid immigrants permits would increase from $43 to $53. One-day million of total costs, are repaid by crossing the US-Mexico border. permits would increase from $8 to $9 and one- revenue earned from the buildings The application — which helped night permits would increase from $3 to $5. once they are constructed, or from immigrants locate water stores and The initiative to eliminate free weekend park- reserve funds from the housing and avoid border patrol — was controver- ing passed with a majority vote by TPC. Originally, medical departments which were set sial due to issues regarding the legality the changes were scheduled to take into effect aside specifically to fund future proj- of helping illegal immigrants. beginning this summer. However, according to ects. The mortgages for most new In April, about 200 students and Transportation Services Executive Assistant Eliud construction are standard 30-year faculty members engaged in a silent Escobedo Jr., the implementation was postponed contracts, though each is made at march to protest the investigation. in order to receive more feedback from the stu- a different time, so the bonds have According to Dominguez, university dents. variable payoff dates. officials had been informally inves- “Signs saying as much were posted around cam- “It’s a great time for construction,” tigating him since January for his pus, but after a while they went away,” Powers said. Capital Planning Director Cara Fladd involvement in creating the phone “I haven’t heard of anyone actually being ticketed for said. “Because of the economic down- application. weekend parking, but no campus announcements turn, we’re able to get great value for His application has received criti- have gone out clarifying this rather far-reaching our projects. A lot of last-minute cism from several congressmen, who change one way or another.” upgrades were made to some of the drafted an open letter to Chancellor TPS Director Brian d’Autremont said there is residence halls and other buildings.” Marye Anne Fox to urge her to stop no set date for the changes to take place. Due to the recession, the cost of using state-provided university funds Another notable issue is the changes in MTS labor has decreased. Since several con- for Dominguez’s project. bus routes, which went into effect on Sept. 5 as struction projects were planned — and The investigation, conducted by their budgets determined — before UCSD Audit & Management Advisory the economic downturn, there was Services, began on January 11 and came to a close on July 23, clearing See CONSTRUCTION, page 4 Dominguez of the charge. Kim CYPRIAN/GUARDIAN In the final report for the Transborder Immigrant Tool investi- gation, administrators wrote that the WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE project did not entail any improper use of university funding or labor Left: UCSD’s dance team performs at Welcome “It is a positive end to that inves- Week’s Triton Power Hour on Monday, Sept. 20. tigation, and we are hoping now to Bottom: Freshmen from the six colleges move forward on the proposal and the competed in the annual UnOlympics, with Sixth project,” Dominguez said. College taking home first place and the Golden Though the investigation ended Shoe trophy with a Toy Story-themed dance. Mar- on July 23, Dominguez discovered its shall College took the Golden Shoe in 2009. conclusion in mid-August by accident when he received an e-mail intended MI L CHEL E JACONETTE/GUARDIAN for investigators. University spokeswoman Christine Clark declined to comment on the details of the investigation, directing all questions to the university’s statement, which stated that the university does not comment on personnel matters. The second, and continuing, inves- tigation surrounding Dominguez con- JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN See DOMINGUEZ, page 4 SPOKENSPOKENWEB POLL FORECAST SUNRISE NIGHTNIGHT WATCH WATCH SURF SURFREPORT REPORT GAS PER GALLON INSIDE LOW ARE YOU UPSET THURSDAY FRIDAY Comics ..................................2 ABOUT THE INCREASE Height: 5-6 ft. Height: 3-4 ft. 6:37 A.M. 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