Campus Mourns by Candlelight

A Professor Remembered We Dig Digweed Mickey Mouse Is Smiling A memorial for Religous Studies Professor Ninian Deejay John Digweed shares his spin The women’s basketball team devoured Smart will take place this afternoon at 3 in Corwin ning secrets with us. Plus, our film crit Fullerton on Wednesday night at the Pavillion. ics work overtime at the SB1FF to give Anaheim Convention Center in the Big you 11 reviews. Do us justice... West Tournament semifinals. ______ See Artsweek p .lA See Sports p.12 Thursday Sunset March 8, 2001 6:00 p.m. www.ucsbdailynexus.com Tides ^ „ Low: 3:06 p.m. High: 9:24 p.m. Volume 81, No.93 Two Sections, 20 Pages Campus Mourns by Candlelight in our lives?” said Erin ■ Vigil in Storke Plaza Commemorates UCSB Student’s Jones, a member of the Outgoing Personality, Life With Memories, Music, Poetry on-campus group Akanke, which orga By Brendan Buhler Doyle said. tle sister, always nag nized the evening. “A Staff Writer “I had never felt ging me, but at the soul; it doesn’t matter lonelier than at that same time she was like how well we knew her time. I left my door an angel — she was or if we ever met her. Miyaka Geh died closed and she came always looking out for The point is that a soul last month. Wednesday and knocked on my me and everyone else,” walked this earth, that night, under the first door,” Doyle said. “She Ralston said. “She was another human being clear sky in days, over made me laugh and the type of person who stepped where we have 100 friends gathered made me forget that I could meet someone stepped.” around the Reflecting was alone. She was my and two minutes later Geh, who had done Pool to remember a well in her classes and woman they said was planned to be a lawyer, remarkably beautiful, ' often do we get a chance to withdrew from UCSB outgoing and kind. in November. Fifty candles floated adknowffilge that a chain has been Roommates said .she in the reflecting pool, broken in our lives? suffered from depres more burned in the - Erin Jones sion. Geh returned for hands of people. Some Winter Quarter, but A kanl laughed, some cried stayed only six days and others leaned before returning to her against their friends. family’s home in Los Rhythm and blues first friend here. She they’d be best friends. Angeles. played low in the back made me laugh that day ... She was such a Geh’s mother found ground as they remem and she still makes me happy-go-lucky person. her body on the morn bered the 20-year-old laugh. ... She was the Sometimes, when it ing of Feb. 12. The Los law and society major. most beautiful person gets quiet, I can still Angeles Police Dept, Geh made friends at I’ve ever met.” hear her singing said the gunshot wound UCSB from the day she Brian Ralston, a Michael Jackson.” that killed her was ALEX WARD/ DAILY NEXUS moved into Francisco junior linguistics major, “How often do we apparendy self inflicted. Senior law and society major Melissa Acevedo lights a candle at the vigil Torres her freshman lived with Geh this year get a chance to Friends and family Wednesday night at the Reflecting Pool in memory of Miyaka Geh, a year, junior law and in Isla Vista. acknowledge that a UCSB student who died last month at her home in Los Angeles. society major Amy “She was like my lit chain has been broken See GEH, p.3 County Revokes Lease Due to Boy Scout Policy Leg Council Covers Future By Ladan Moeenziai Third District Supervisor Gail Manning Park Center Youth Fee Increases, SP-1 Debate Staff Writer Marshall’s assistant, Mark Renovation Project, raised $175,000 Chaconas, said the county had to for the Scouthouse’s renovation in By A ngela Potter comply with its anti-discrimination hopes of keeping the location avail Staff Writer After being granted the privilege policies in this matter. able for Troop 33. to refuse membership to homosexu “The Boy Scout policies conflict “We begged and pleaded with the als, the Santa Barbara Boy Scouts with anti-discrimination policies. county to help fix up the building In their final meeting of hope the county will not discrimi The board felt it was necessary to and in 1988 the county set aside the quarter, Associated nate against their group. terminate any exclusive contract with $90,000, but once they started Students Legislative Council On June 28, 1999, the United this group,” he said. exploring the building they realized prepared for the Spring Elections by placing a mea States Supreme Court decided the that it wasn’t nearly enough money,” sure for more money on the ballot. Boy Scouts, as a private organiza she said. “So, we started fundraising To prevent future debt, A.S. is requesting a $5.90 tion, are entitled to ban homosexual i Boy Scout policies con and the county guaranteed us that in increase of the Student Services and Activities Fee membership. The same day, the consideration they would renew the — otherwise known as the base fee — bringing the tact with anti-discrimination Santa Barbara County Board of lease with the Girl Scouts that had a total fee to $15. Students currently pay $9.10 per Supervisors approved a lease of the policies. The Board felt it clause allowing [Boy Scout] Troop quarter, and have done so for the past 21 years. county-owned Manning Park Youth was necessary to terminate 33 use of the third floor for their The proposed increase, which passed 18-2, Center — commonly known as the meetings.” any exclusive contract with would replace the recharge fees A.S. now charges its Scouthouse — granting Boy Scout However, since the lease’s termi organizations to cover various administrative costs. Troop 33 continued exclusive use of this group. nation, the $175,000 has remained Most council members agreed that student gov the building’s top floor for another in the hands of the Montecito ernment cannot continue to offer the same services 25 years. - Mark Chaconas Foundation, a non-profit organiza as they do now without the proposed increase. The county has since terminated tion that agreed to support the pro However, the ballot proposal does not account for assistant to 3nLDistdct the, lease citing it as a violation of its ject and hold the money raised for long-term issues, sucb as inflation. anti-discrimination ordinances Supervisor Gì renovation. Keller said there is an One proposed solution was to put another mea because of the Boy Scout’s exclusion obligation to contributors to use the sure on the ballot allowing Leg Council to raise the of homosexual members. The Board money as originally intended. base fee by up to $1 per year with a three-fourths of Supervisors made their decision In 1988, the county wanted to “We promised donors that their vote, as opposed to an election. after Los Padres Boy Scout Council tear down the Scouthouse because its contributions would be going Rep-at-Large Shaina Walter said the proposal Head Leonard Lanzi was fired by dilapidated state could not be towards the preservation of the would allow Leg Council to decide how much of an Boy Scout officials when he repaired with $90,000 the county Scouthouse for the use as a youth increase, if any, would be required each year, after an announced that he was gay during allocated toward renovation. facility where Boy Scouts and Girls testimony before the board in sup Susan Keller, mother of a Troop See COUNCIL, p.6 port of the Scouthouse lease. 33 member and fundraiser of the See SCOUT, p.5 2 Thursday, March 8 ,2 0 0 1 DailyNexus Daily Nexus Student Faces Two Murder Count Charges Editor in Chief Ted Andersen Layout/Design Editor Cara Jennison Training Editor tousled brown bangs at the Herbert J. Exarhos set Jerry Beers dents when they learned of Campus Editor Eric Simons judge. arraignment for March 26 another shooting in Asst. Campus Editors * Brendan Buhler, Sarah Healy Williams did not enter and denied bail because of Williamsport, Pa., where County Editor Shaun P. McGrady 1 * a plea, and his arraignment special circumstances con an eighth-grade girl Asst. County Editors Marisa Lagos, Jennifer B. Siverts was postponed for two tained in the indictment. allegedly wounded a AP Wire Editor * Sarah Kent at Features Editor David Downs weeks at the request of his Special circumstances female classmate at a * m Opinion Editors Curtis Brainard, Erin James lawyer, Randy Mize. He under California law are Roman Catholic school. Sports Editor * Eliav Appelbaum will be tried as an adult. attached to charges where “We keep hearing Asst. Sports Editor Matt Heitner * SANTEE, Calif. (AP) — Seats had been reserved the alleged criminal was about more things that are Artsweek Editors Trey Clark, Jennifer Raub The 15-year-old suspect in for relatives of the two “lying in wait” for his vic happening. It’s crazy,” 15- AsstArtsweek Editor Andy Sywak a high school shooting dead Santana students, tims. Photo Editor True Bui year-old 'student Cory Asst. Photo Editor spree was charged with Alex Ward senior Randy Gordon and Charges include two Martinez said. “It’s scary Art Director Shadi Muklashy two counts of murder freshman Bryan Zuckor, as counts of murder with spe to go to school, but I can’t Copy Editors Erin Coe, Kelly Stephens Wednesday as hundreds of well as families of 13 cial circumstances, 13 say I feel safe anywhere Asst Copy Editors * Katherine Knighten, Rebecca Pellman his fellow students right now.” Copy Readers * Chantal Boucher,Trey Clark, Carty Gregory, Jaime Groves, returned to campus to find e him for what he did.

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