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bvuiuuuiiFvnliitinn inni nuiiunArtinn of Slow Path for Expressway Gauchos Come Up Short a f W ~ : ■ Princeton Professors Peter R. Grant and UCSB’s administrators did not The #20 UCSB baseball team dropped Rosemary Grant will discuss their ? ‘approve’ the long-proposed Broida two out of three to Cal Poly this week­ research on the Galápagos Islands bikepath — they delayed and tanked it. end. finches today in Corwin Pavillion for free. See Opinion pA Sports Monday p.lA Mondaym A KSunset May 21, 2001 7:57 p.m. www.ucsbdailynexus.com Tides Low: 1:32 p.m. High: 8:02 p.m. Volume 81, No.131 ______________________________ Two Sections, 12 Pages Brutal Weekend Attack in I.V. Hospitalizes 3 Male Students ■ Victims Say Group from the altercation earlier and decided to follow them out of W ^ v a ^ ^ to Was Armed With Clubs, the restaurant, according to Bicycle U-Locks, Rocks ^ ^ rg ^ m ’s, and they White. were on their cell “We were at Freebirds when we saw the three guys,” White By Marisa Lagos phones, calling their said. “Those guys, and 10 oth­ Staff Writer friends to kick our ers, were stomping their feet asses, but we didn’t and being assholes to our friends earlier. Six of us that Three Isla Vista residents know that yet. were eating at Freebirds fol­ were reportedly assaulted by 10 lowed them and said, ‘We to 12 male suspects at the - David White know you guys were causing intersection of Camino atiSm vicSm trouble.’ They said, ‘Oh, no, it Pescadero and Pardall Road at wasn’t us.’ We walked to approximately 2 a.m. on f f I f f Silvergreen’s, and they were on Saturday, May 19. to his face, including a broken their cell phones, calling their UCSB students Jesse nose and cheekbone and friends to kick our asses, but we Jecman and David White and chipped teeth. Jecman said he didn’t know that yet.” SBCC student James Ford said was struck in the head, chest Ford, Jecman and White they were walking southbound and back with clubs and other split from their friends and on Camino Pescadero when a weapons, and suffered bruises were walking home toward group of Hispanic males, all and internal bleeding. Sueno Road when they were approximately 18 to 22 years White said the incident attacked, White said. old, assaulted them with clubs, began at approximately 12 a.m. “When they went to hit socks filled with rocks and when a group of subjects stand­ [Ford] I didn’t realize they had bicycle U-locks. ing on Camino del Sur “taunt­ weapons,” White said. “They White suffered a broken ed” and harassed a group of his formed a semicircle around me arm, head lacerations, and cuts friends, including 20-year-old and I put up my fists, and then Party at Ground Zero SK>rMOSS'DA,LVNEXUS and bruises to the neck, arms, John Farhang. At about 1 a.m., realized they had U-locks for shoulders, back and hands. White, Farhang, Jecman, Ford Frontman Angelo Moore and drummer John Steward of Fishbone perform bikes and other weapons. I Ford, who was knocked uncon­ and two other subjects were at Friday afternoon in Storke Plaza as part of a rape-awareness rally. Men tried to punch a guy to get Against Rape organized the event, which drew approximately 150 people. scious for the majority of the Freebirds Burritos when they altercation, sustained injuries recognized three of the males See ASSAULT, p.3 Authorities Discover Lecturer Advocates Union of Child Pornography in Social Responsibility, Science Santa Ynez Residence By Josh Braun science. UCSB student Kyle Lopin was Reporter Dyson’s lecture focused on the charged with felony distribution of child ways in which technology can be pornography on May 17 after a month­ used to improve the condition of long police investigation. Technophiles and humanitari­ the poor. UC Police Dept, and Santa Barbara ans found a rare common ground “If the miseries of the poor in Sheriff’s Dept, detectives located the 21- Friday in Isla Vista Theater in Africa and elsewhere are to be year-old Lopin’s residence, in Santa Ynez the lecture of renowned physicist alleviated, tools derived from sci­ off-campus university housing, and and science writer Fréeman ence and ethical principles seized his computer from his residence Dyson, who spoke on technology derived from religion are both for examination. A forensic search of his and social justice as part of the essential,” he said. “That’s an area computer revealed photos of pornogra­ “Science, Religion and the where science and religion can phy, child pornography and bestiality, Human Experience” series. fruitfully work together. according to a UCPD statement. Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn “I hold it to be ethically unac­ The investigation began on April 19, introduced Dyson and gave a ceptable to tolerate the gross when the National Center for Missing brief overview of his impact on inequalities that prevail in the and Exploited Children traced the sus­ the field of physics. Dyson’s world today,” he said. “I hold it to pect’s computer operation to the UCSB greatest achievement was mathe­ be intellectually unacceptable to area with the help of an anonymous tip. matically uniting the opposing abandon the pursuit of scientific The National Center notified the theories of Richard Feynman and knowledge and the technological UCSB police, whose detectives collabo­ Julian Schwinger in the field of power that scientific knowledge rated with the Santa Barbara County Quantum Electrodynamics in inevitably brings with it.” Sheriff’s High-Tech Crimes Detectives the 1960s. Kohn described However, Dyson said that in to investigate the location of the opera­ Dyson as a “scientific marriage order to make progress on either LINDSEY M EY ER / DAILY NEXUS tion. After completion, the investigation counselor” in his role of uniting "front, people must ask two ques­ was forwarded to the Santa Barbara the two theories. Since that time tions. One Voice, Many Faces... United fo r Life County District Attorney’s office, where he has made continued contribu­ “First,” he said, “can we pursue Santa Barbara locals gather Sunday evening for the the felony charges were filed Thursday. tions to the field and become 18th International Aids Candlelight Memorial in the — Daily Nexus Staff Report known as a great popularizer of See DYSON, p.6 Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens. 2 Monday, May 21,2001 Daily Nexus Daily Nexus Cheney Backs Bush’s Gas, Energy Plan Editor in Chief Ted Andersen Layout/Oesign Editor. Cara Jennison Training Editor administration has sounds like an oil man, not is some kind of conspiracy, Jerry Beers Campus Editor Eric Simons approved California Gov. a vice president charged whether it’s the oil compa­ Asst. Campus Editor Sarah Healy Gray Davis’ requests to with helping the people.” nies or whoever it might County Editor Shaun P. McGrady expedite permits for new If dairy farmers sought be, instead of dealing with Asst. County Editors Marisa Lagos, Jennifer B. Siverts « 1 WR y w power plants and has as much profit as oil com­ the real issues,” Cheney AP Wire Editor Sarah Kent ordered federal offices in panies — in some cases, Features Editor David Downs told NBC’s “Meet the Opinion Editors the state to reduce energy Curtis Brainard, Erin James 1,600 percent — a gallon Press.” Sports Editor EliavAppelbaum consumption this summer of milk would cost $190, He criticized Davis for Asst. Sports Editor Matt Heitner WASHINGTON (AP) by 10 percent. she said. what he called a “hare­ Artsweek Editors Trey Clark, Jennifer Raub — Capping electricity Sen. Barbara Boxer said Cheney said the answer brained scheme” to use the Asst. Artsweek Editor AndySywak prices or pressuring the she was appalled that to longterm price stability state’s budget surplus to Photo Editor True Bui Oil Producing and President George W. Bush Asst. Photo Editor Alex Ward lies in building more oil buy power. Art Director Shadi Muklashy Exporting Countries is not considering price refineries in the United Senate Majority Leader Copy Editors Erin Coe, Kelly Stephens (OPEC) to cut oil prices caps or investigating com- States and in reviewing a Trent Lott said Congress Assi Copy Editors Katherine Knighten, Rebecca Pellman will not solve U.S. energy should look into at least Copy Readers Chantaf Boucher, Trey Clark, problems, Vice President by got into trouble in California over a temporarily suspending Carly Gregory, Jaime Groves, Jamie Morrow, Amber Neff, Dick Cheney said Sunday od <yBfaars, and it’s going to take two the federal gas tax, which in defending a Bush Steven Ruszczycky or three years to get out of it.... There are is 18.4 cents per gallon. Office Director Jen Hail administration energy plan Cheney, however, said Chief Night Editor Loran Matsan going to be blackouts this summer. that stresses production that would pose problems Night Editors Armando Alvarado, Kit Gray, over conservation. - D i f for the nation’s highway Jaime Groves, Cara Jennison, While Democrats want Twyla Johnson, Sarah Kent, U.S. vice president trust fund, which relies on immediate relief for Jaime Long, Emily McReynolds, that tax to build and main­ Rebecca Vanegas California’s power crisis, panies that she said are system whereby different tain the country’s trans­ Webmaster Jason Schock there were few encourag­ charging exorbitant prices states require different portation infrastructure. Special Supplements David Downs ing words from Cheney, for electricity. She noted blends of fuel — some Describing himself as a Advertising Representatives Krystle Braff, Joahnna Paula Cruz, Camie Hetrick, Crystal Keeran, who led a task force that that both Cheney and mixed with the corn addi­ “pretty good environmen­ developed the Bush plan.

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