York Banned from SRTV

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UC SAN DIEGO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2005 VOLUME \1 6, ISSUE" 13 Congress considers York banned from SRTV By MAn' L'HEUREUX York said his second porn air decision to ban York and "Koala cutting -billions in aid Senior Staff Writer ing - feauturing the overlaid face lV' mem bers from the station's of T hurgood Marshall College premises. In response to the recent airing Senjor Senator Kate Pillon - did "The straw on th e camel's back of pornography on tudent-Run not violate regulations because A. . has been broken," he sa id . Television, the A.S. Council has President Christopher Sweeten Along with expelling York ba nned "Koala TV" producer and had not fo rmally signed the nudity and his show, the bill also ga\'c John Muir College seni r Steve ban by the Oct. 27 broadcast. Commjssioner of Srudent ' ervice~ York from the station's premjses "That is a moot point," 1aurice J uniou the ultimate and forbidden SRTV from further A.S. Commis ioner of Student authority to enforce the lebrisla ajrings of any "Koala TV" ma te Advocacy T ravis ilva said at the tion. III addition, the council cre rial. Nov. 2 A. . Counci l meeting. ated an ad hoc task fo rce to " rea s C iting the show's violation of Silva argued that the nudity pro sess the SRTV purpose" as well the recently amended SRTV char hibition was technica lly adopted as to revi e the ambiguities of ter, whjch bans "graphic depiction ea rlier thj month, during a spe the station's charter regardi ng ti,e of sexual activity, including nudi ci al council session on Oct. 23 _ manager's role in cen oring con ty," the council passed legislation H owever, several councilmembers tent. Ln its current form , the char to fonnally enforce the am end had previously raised questions ter dictate that managers are to ment and denounce the porno over the counstitutionali ty of the "[address] concerns and requests graphic airing in a 17-0-1 vote. hastily arranged meeting. of di rectors, producer , adminjs According to the bill, the SRTV Silva also sponsored the most tration and the student body," but managers are to "actively enforce recent bill, which was borne o ut of no provision describes how this i [the] order of the council ," con Marshall senators' personal ven to be done. trary to the content-neutral stance detta against the Koala , accordiJlg The managerial role has been backed by SRTV co-Manager to York. heavily debated in past council Andy Tess in the management's ' York added he has been seeking meetings, with member~ of both role in program production. consul tation from everal "high the council and RT\, di~cus ing "Under duress, the SRTV profi le" advocacy groups, in case how the tation's l11anagers are managers will comply wi th the he wishes to pursue legal action supposed to handle qllc~tions over bi ll passed by the A.S. Counci l," against the counci l. Such action Tess sajd. may be at hand, with the council's See SRTV, Page 3 Black Dledical students still Billy WonfJGu«dion Sf Ms •• "-S. President 0lriskJpher Sweeten wlic:es his ooncems about fmndal aid cuts duing a New. 1 press ronference, as 0lanceII0r Marye Anne Fox looks on. rare despite school efforts By YASHA SHAIIMA . Students, chancellor Contributing ~ Sixth College seniorJoan Bianca Watson is a rare breed_ unite'd in opposition She is one of the few black students who are in the process of applying for admission to a medical By (HAILES NGUYEN President and fonner A.S. Presdient school. Numbers released by the News Editor Jenn Pae stated in an e-mail. "This Association of American Medical issue threatens the future of our Colleges show that, despite increas In an effort to reduce the federal generation and our country." es in the number of Asian and budget by $50 billion, a U.S_House Downsizing the benefits for stu Latino applicants for fall 2005, the of Representatives committee has dent borrowers will add unnecessary number of black applicants saw a approved cuts to congressional stu burdens to universities, Pae said_ slight decline from last year. dent financial aid for students that Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and "Sometimes it is hard to find could make it the largest downsizing A.S. President Christopher Sweeten support systems that you need, ever for student aid. spoke out against the committee's especially for people who don't The Education and Workforce vote in a USSA-sponsored press kno~ anyone who has been to col committee approved, in a 22-19 Gtea o.leiGuorrJion conference on Nov. 1 at Price lege and don't know what to expect vote, to take approximately $14.5 Center Plaza. The committee's at college," Watson said. flit ~ Students trc1llerse the campus of UCSD School of Medidne, which billion over five years &om higher decision should incite a sense of Despite efforts to increase the has not seen an increase in black or Latino enrollment this academic year. education financial aid, which has urgency among srudents across the number of students from disad spurred opposition IocaJ and applying in greater numbers to endless opportunities," he said_ &om nation, said Fox, who is one of the vantaged backgrmmds, the number national student groups. medical schools comes from focus Efforts to communicate with few university chancellors in the of such students in the entering "We cannot have an entire gen groups and SUJ"YeYS that we've con minorities are ongoing at UCSD as countty to speak out publicly against class of fall 2005 is approximately eration of educated youth in debt," ducted," he stated in an e-mail. weU, according to Kelly. the satne as last year, according to "'The results indicate that the cost of "The UCSD School ofMedicine U.S. Student Association Vice See ..,DGIt Page 3 Caroyln Kelly, dean of admissions medical education and the lepgth of continues to have strong commu at UCSD School of Medicine. time it takes to become fu1Iy trained nity outreach programs that seek "In the class entering in the as a doctor are major deterrents." to increase the numbers of students WEAnlD SPoKEN SO. fall of 2005, we have 16 students The association speculates from disadvantaged backgrounds who self-identify as Hispanic, that black families arc generally who will have the preparation to liPGIll' black or Native American," Kelly less inclined to borrow substan be successful applicants to medical cannot , "We M\Ie an 11/5 said. "That places the percentage tial amount of money, despite the school," she said. Wnd: 1()'20kL of underrepresented minority stu attractive interest rates that are However, Watson said she does entire generation He9t. 1-2 ft. of dents in this class at about the avaibble for medical students, NaJ WIler ~.: 53-58 deJ not think enough efforts are being ...... national avenge_" H66l49 H66l 51 educated youth Cohen said. made, which led her and a few 11/4 MMC PresidentJordan Cohen "We hope to communicate other students to develop their own m. debt" . Wnd: 1()'15 kL said he was concerned about the more effi:ctively with prospective outreach program, dubbed Hope, HeiFt 2-3 ft. lack of pro(p'tSS in the involvement WIler _ .: 55-58 ~ [black] students that an investment for underrepresented minorities - of black applicants. in a mcdicaI education is not only pursuing health care professions. Na5 ...... "'The best evidence we have 6nancialIy wise ... but can lead to a Hfi9l53 H73l54 _ _=tUlllld_acilian 1...... ,.1 fOr why A&ican Americans arc not most • fuI6lling career in a field with See MEDICAL" Page :.2

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• •••• " . " , , , I 2 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 2005 rnuRSOt.y. NOVEMBER J. Z005 1l!E UCSD GuAAoIAH NEWS 3 Budget: Aid vote split along party lines I CURRENTS ETCETERA I A.S. COUNCIL AT A GLANCE I ... GtJARD~ cOlllinued frum po,t I reducing subsidies paid to lenders, critical, as their short-tenn vision Grant Sdlrader Elitar In Chief the cuts. but is, in general, fiscally respon could endanger higher education Supreme Court rejects al affairs programs, and we are A.S. Meeting .11 - NO¥. 2 agers in monitoring the content "This is a very important chal sible, Boehner said. in the furore. 'kdmlr KoRan M.1IICinI Editors pleased to have this recognition ~h, its "re-tty nlGe ••• of the programs they broadcast, lenge we are all facing: FOlI said. "This plan accomplishes two "Unfortunately, House Mlcrosoft-UC appeal from scholars in the field: she Ian S. ~rt holding them responsible for any ~y j ~nJ ~\l ~€. (ree Special Presentations "Any effort that shifts the responsi very important goals," Boehner Democrats have pushed fiscally stated in a press release. Nathan Miklos Copy Editors breaches of the station's charter. bility &om the kderal government stlIted in a press release. "It pre irresponsible proposals that would The U.S. Supreme Court rejected UCsD was the only university CuI~y 'fov.. (4n eQ,t. Heather Welles For full story, see the front page. an appeal from Microsoft thiS week, to the becks of students is not a serves and expands critical student actually weaken and dest3 bilize the on the West Coast to be ranked Charles Ngu)'en News Editor Thurgood Marshall College prudent way to address the future. benefits while simultaneously gen programs and threaten our abil which would have cut $360 mil in the top 10 schools for policy Senior Senator Kate Pillon respond ItemB lion from the damages award in Mananne Madden Opinion Editor There is a challenge in affording erating savings in higher education ity to provide college access in the careers. UC Berkeley ranked eighth ed to the recent "Koala 'IV" seg The counciI pu!ed a resolution higher education. but it must have by making programs more efficient future," he stlIted. "We cannot sim a laWSUit filed by the UniverSity of In mtemational relations colleges HiIIlna Camp Associn Opinion ment in which her face was overlaid upholding the "ASUCSD commit Ca lifornia. In the SUit, the university Editor access and affordability." and effective." ply ignore the consequences of the for academic careers. on an image of an adult-6Im actress ment to a respcctfuI oommunity" The legislation entails a dou The committee's vote was policies we're creating today." argued that the companies' Intemet Rae! Enteen Sports Editor engaged in semaI activity with John which stated that "the (COWlci.l Explorer Web browser Infnnged on bling of 10an origination, &om 1.5 strictly divided along party lines, No matter how careless reject Scripps reveals plans ~ IJn Associn Sports Muir College senior Steve York. remains) cornmitud to building a percent to 3 percent, and would and drew sharp criticism from ing the bill might seem, students on a UC-owned patent Editor PiIIon e.pressed her desire to unite educational, social, active and In January 2004. a JUry deoded for genome center require a I-percent insurance Democrats, who all voted against have an obligation to do just that, Oln>!lne Pae focus Editor the community in me safe apres community for UCSD stu tr at Microsoft should pay the unIVersi = guarantee for lendeR, according the bill. according to Sweeten. sion of opinions. dents. " It alto, liIce the preYious item, to Aaron Hunter, spokesman for "We would not be here today if "If this budget reconciliation ty ard Its partner, Eolas Technologies. Scnpps Institution of Malnene reden~ Associate Focus Editor "No one should be attacked for addresses and oondcmm the airing of Susan A. Davis (D-San Diego). it weren't for the Bush administra was to pass, millions would be $565 million. However. In March, a Oceanography has begun plans standing up for what they believe pornography on SRlV, specifically For UCSD students, who cur tion's misplaced priorities and irre forced out of our system," he said. federal appeals court overtumed the to establish a new research center Uld). B. I'\dt. Jr Hiatus Editor in," Pillon said. the "de&mation of a current srudent rently don't pay the guarantee fee, sponsible deficit-financed tax cuts," "Our door should always maintain deCISIon, and required a new Inal on dlmed at ploneenng genomic SCi Chnlline C.o·k Associate Hiatus She also apressed support for and A.S. UCSD counciImember." the change could cost more than Rep. David Wu (D-Oregon) stated a status of a public school, and we tr, ' patent 5 legality ences. the study of DNA content. Gaelle Fdwe Editors legislation before the council at need to make sure the campus can Ir' O:-tober. the U.S Patent The center will approach Its $700,000. in a press release. Billy WC,1g Photo Editor the meeting, primarily an item that ItemC However, Rep. John Boehner Federal efforts should instead meet the need of all students who dnd Trademark Office afflfl"!'1ed the research through Interd iSCiplinary banned York and "Koala 'IV" from Uiliversity of Califomla's nghlS to an means, combining biology, manne bnder Valond Associate Photo Accompanying the stricter (R-Ohio), the committee's chair focus on increasing Pell grants and are eligible." Editor airing programs on Student-Run demands 00 SRTV managers, the man, routed the bill as a "com university accessibility, Wu said. Intemet browser technology patent sCiences and computer technol Television. Pillon added that, when Andrew Nguyen Desicn Editor council also approved the creation mon sense" plan. The proposal not According to Boehner, the RtiIIkrs am amtIKt Chlwks N1JIJm lit according to a UC press release. ogy. according to a university press it came to the question of the limits , e are gratified that the pat· . release. of an ad hoc task force, which is only reduces wasteful spending by committee's Democrats are hypo- [email protected]. EditoNtlAs5imnl5 of &ee speech, the Supreme Coon designed to define the "purpose" ent offlce's re-examination has vali· Vllllt.Jm ChlOg. Mant-ew LHeureux Computational genomics pro does not support speech if it is ron dated Its onglnal evaluation of the fessor Terry Gaasteriand. who IS for the station, establish a hierarchy Pap layout sidcred obscene or a defamation of of responsibility ofSRlV members university's unique contribution to the currently researching how genes character. technology, which fuels the Intemet" translate data and how th ey oper Michael Swaim/Guordion Richard Chat. Utako Ueda. Wendy Shleu to the A.S. Counci1 and rewrite and SRTV: York decries 'hasty' council decision amend the charter by the cutoff UC General Counsel James E. Holst ate, Will spearhead the proJect. The Copy INders I to and his Stevie Why Productions stated In a press release at the center. he said. will expedite such Items of Immediate date of week m of winter quarter. continw.ed frum fltJte reaction a violation of our rules. Matt McArdle. Shrub Jayakumar. content appropriateness. We ought to react when our rules for not using prophylactics during time. 'This deaslon ensures that the research and allow for groundbreak· Medical: Affirmative action Tabitha Kirland Several motions to amend the item The A.S. Council passed the production of his video. patent rights of the public institu Ing science. Consideration were proposed, including the addi are violated." MIChael Foulks a "Media Service Grievance While the possibility of "Koala bon that developed thiS technology. 1his center 'hill bridge the gap Advertisinc ...... tion of two SRlV representatives to Although the A.S. Council ban a factor in low numbers (temA the task force designed to govern the Procedure" in April, which pre banned York and "Koala TV" TV" airing another pornographic a Significant innovation with Wide between generating DNA and deter MIChelle Tsal ~ AdftrtisIna MaIYpl The bill, sponsored by future of their stlItion. scribed to SRTV officials a struc from SRTV, they did not vote to show has been eliminated, York reaching public benefits and use. will mining wIlat experiments to do next,' con tin ued /ram Ixzge I "The numbers of underrep tured course of action for how warns that the battle over censor be protected." he stated in a press release. Watson also said that the problem resented minority students at the Mike Martlllez M1trisin& Art Commissioner of Student Advocacy While several senators argued limit SRlV from airing all live Travis Silva, formally denounced that it was &ir and necessary for to handle complaints, with unre programs, as was proposed in a ship on SRlV is not necessarily The appeal sought to discount is not necessarily about enrollment UCSD School of Medicine feU in DiredDt York and "Koala TV" for porno SRlV to have a hand in its own solved issues to come in front resolution by Eleanor Roosevelt over. Pressure from administra overseas distribution of Intemet figures and education, but health the mid-I990s, after the decision Kim-long Le s-Iar ...... Report sides with of the all-campus judicial board. tion and national media attention Explorer in the award amount. care in general. to end affirmative-action programs," AIIiUIt graphic broadcasts, and banned the enterprise, others responded that College Senior Senator Ashton show's staff from airing future pro the stlItion officials could have an However, there was no mention Iranfar. rushed the council into an unwise Microsoft contended that not hear dired student loans "With our community, there is a she said. "However, since that time, Christy Factor ...... ~ grams or entering SRTV premises. equally important role without of this procedure at the Nov. 2 "Tomorrow, someone could decision, York said. ing the case meant unnecessarily lot of disparity with health care," she there has been an overall trend of "1 wish I could make up the expanding the reach of national pat A Govemment Accountability said. "[The people) are not receiving increasing numbers of underrep Although, at past meetings, there the voting rights on the task force. meeting. walk into SRTV and air a tape In response to past concerns rules as I go along," he said. "This ents. Office study on loan costs. released the same health care as others, and resented minority applicants and Tho UCSD Cuordian IS. publiSheIty of c..Idorroa or demiC foreign affairs and 10th for eral govemment over a decade ago, admissions processes and has been a Assoaated SludenIS. The OCSD GuOIdIon IS funded policy careers, according to the and are given to students straight major factor in the dwindling minor Reodn-s con rontoct Yasha Shormo at soIety by adYerbsIng. Cream and beer. journal Foreic;n Policy. from the federal government, while ity numbers, according to Kelly. [email protected]. CienIrII EdIIariII: 858-534-6580 [email protected] The ranklngs were based on guaranteed loans implies a middle r-----~------__ ~~------~~-. a sUNey of more than 1.100 col man lender. -= 858·534·5226. "..,.. j@ucrdguotdion,org lege and university scholars. who foals: 858-534-5226, ~@ucsdguordioo. org graded which institution was best Chancellor's race hits ....: 858-5J.H581. [email protected] for international careers. o,InkIn: 858·5J.H582, [email protected] The arrival of Chancellor Marye fundraising goal 5paItI: 858-534-6582, [email protected] Anne Fox last year heralded heavy ...... : 858-534-6582,~ , org University focus on an interna· With the Chancellor's Sk par AdftrdsInc: 858·534-3466 tlonal scope. At Fox's request. the tici pant goal met. 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WHAT IT DOES: TOO BOX Prohibits public-employH unions from using membership dues for political purposes without yearly wriHen permission of each employee. ...'

WHY WE OPPOSE IT: The initiative is too narrow in scope to truly diuble union his election's bewildering influence over legislation. hen all else fails, try again. Supporters ofProposition paycheck politicking. While backers say the uuoaove WIll give WHAT IT DOES: bevy of options further helps 75 took the adage to heart when they put the mea public uruon employees that benefit of choice, there is noth Gives a panel of three retired judges W sure on the ballot, which would, in theory, diminish ing that keeps them from I!lIcrcising the power now: Umon the power to redraw district boundaries. the power of public-employee uruons in Sacramento. Several members that oppose political spending can simply elect uruon to dismiss the old dream that other states have amempted to pass similar measures, but to leaders of the same rnffid. WHY WE OPPOSE IT: no avail; union influence in those areas remains as strong as In addition, specifically muzzling just the public unions is Though aHractive in theory, ever, with uruons using the cover of "issue advocacy" to con beyond disingenuous. There are many entities that funnel big the measure is rushed and leaves too "the People" are the best architects of tinue political spending. money into politics, including corporations and non profits, many questions unanswered. The battle to pass "payched protection" against uruon which have been dubiously ignored in Proposition 75. bosses is hardly a "David-and-Goliath" match the governor Regardless of which group casts the largest shadow over the ike most reasonable Califorruans, we thillk there is their own public policy. would have us believe. capital, it is evident, using other state legislation as examples, much wrong with letting legislators sculpt their own Rather, the plan is a wasteful measure, as uruon employ that Proposition 75 would do nothing to loosen the uruons L electoral districts. However, backers of Proposition Some, especially Gov. their specific and often ees, public and private, already have the right to opt out of stranglehold on politics. 77 have failed to make the case that the situation is di re Arnold Schwarzenegger, nuanced details, not the and urgent enough for voters to approve their vague and Donna Frye for Mayor unsound proposal, instead of waiting for a more polished laud initiatives for their abstract principles behind solution. flavor of direct democracy. them. While some are WHAT IT DOES: If enacted, this measure would as.k three retired judges Changes California's buclset to hurriedly redraw district boundaries by the 2006 gen While direct democracy is based on sound ideas, their Former activist sure to bring procetHS in hopes of eliminating fine, voterS are rarely given technical mechanics and eral election using outdated population data, with the structural deficits. goal of rnaximi7.ing compacmess and contiguity. But the tools to fuUy under wordings make them duds. limiting the focus to simply compact districts leaves out needed change. to San Diego WHY WE OPPOSE IT: stand the measures or the For example, limiting many equally weighty priorities, like the empowermp,nt Under the initiative, sIilte resources necessary to judge tenure to only qualified ong the sole shiner in San Diego's troubled of minority commullities and the maximization of com government would lose its key petitiveness; in fact, Proposition 77 actually prohibits the their impact. teachers is a great idea, city government, City Councilwoman Donna checks and balances. Some initiatives, like sev but Proposition 74's inflex L Frye is the best choice for a mayor that must judges from explicitly consideri ng these factors. lead the city out of its current malaise. From her or vocal critics of Gov. Arnold SchwarLenegger-backed Most worrisome, though, are sections that would funda The alternative to Proposition 77 is to si mply let eral on next week's baUot, ibility and extended proba earliest elected days, the activist-turned-council ballot initiatives, Proposition 76 is like Christmas in mentally change the balance of authority in state government, lawmakers do their jobs. Democrats in the Legislature are disingenuous, mislead tionary period for teachers member, who refused to participate in closed-session F ovember: The measure has so many flaws, one must giving the gove rnor broad clout that strips the Legislature of have already signaled their willingness to compromise on ing and even unconstitu makes for bad policy. meetings and perpetuate the status qu o, has shown simply decide on which tring to pull to unravel the whole the power of holding the purse strings. In effect, the measure an overhaul of how the state shapes its rustr ets' suggest tional. They flaunt a veil Fondness for the philo / that she has the strength to institute a new culture at package. would allow gove rnors to make urulateral budget cuts when ing that even if this initiative fa ils, the statuS quo will not City Hall, one it badly needs. As Democrats have pointed our, passage of the measure state revenue drops significantl y below projected levels; since prevail. The compromise wou ld likely be superior to the of openness, but shoving sophical principles on Frye's opponent Jerry Sanders is wha t you might - which aims to force California to "live within our means" governors are also the ones who make the projections in the current measure, as it would actually be vetted by policy something in front of unin which these initiatives may caU the old San Diego's default candidate. His sup - would threaten the tate's school-funding guarantee. first place, Proposition 76 would leave gubernatorial budget experts and amended in the face of unexpected problems; formed citizens and asking be based does nothing to porters include the downtown business interests that While we would not be unhappy if the rigid formulas that ing power largely unchecked. neither avenue is open to ballot initiatives. them to vote on it doesn't make up for their struc encouraged the corrupt combination of apathy and determine state funding for schools disappeared, our biggest As Sacl'amento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub - a luke But even if laWlnakers go back on their word, citizens greed that led to the current mess. These interests beefs lie elsewhere. wann Schwarzenegger ally- pointed out in July, the biggest would not be left out on the limb. California will need to make for real transparency. tural flaws. This year, all of have donated titanic su ms to defeat Frye, whom they Fir t, Propo ition 76 would impose a rigid spending cap institutional flaw in Califomia is a requirement that mandates redraw its district line after the 20 10 cen us, anyway, and We urge voter to judge the measure deselVe to be fear for her environmentalism at least as much as for on the state budget, taking away the flexibility of lawnlaker two-thirds of the Legislarure to approve state spending plans; if the result is a partisan genymander, voters can always this batch of initiatives by defeated. her empha sis on social justice - twO crucial reasons to make state spending reflect current needs and respond in most other states, a mere majority suffices. Proposition 76 reject it through a referendWll. she earns the support of this paper. to unexpected emergencies. A similar cap in Colorado has does little to fix this, instead giving a tiny group of lawmakers The truth is, determining district boundaries is 3n But in addition to her progressive outlook on proven so inflexible that vOtcrs arc now considering soften even more power to stall and block the state's entire budget. inherently politiC'JI process that creates clear winners and classic liberal issues like these, Frye comes with a ing it; it has proven so deva tating to higher education that For Schwarlenegger critics, tile problems in Proposition losers, and no ballot measure will e\

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WHAT IT DOE5: he Legislative Analyst'S is that it locks in many steps that at the University oj San Francisco Aims to limit competition Office can't even make sense the California Energy Commission WHAT 79 DOES: WHAT 78 DOES: among electricity utilities T of Proposition 80 - so how has already taken in response to the APPLY NOW FOR Makes it an option for Forces plYrmaceutical companies hy harring local competi. can voters stand a chance with it? state's deregulation crisi . SUMMER & FALL 20061 pharmaceutical companies to to discount their prescription tors from signing up new Put forth by the Utility Reform If those steps are locked in, out more abou1 Graduate discount their prescription drugs drup through financial changes could only come about with Find your customers, in an attempt Network, Proposition 80 was cre Prooram, including the Priority for low-income residents. _ disincentives. II supermajority in both houses of to undo the deregulation of ated with California's deregulation Application Dale, by ¥iaiIi1g us at power in California. disaster fresh in mind, but tries to the state Legislature, a nd as the Los WHY WE OPPOSE IT: ~ NAILS 2000+ 858-45S-2020 WHY WE OPPOSE IT: address the problem in the wrong Angtlts Tim~j pointl> out, "there is The lack of an enforcement Problems of vague language and 7770 Regents Rd. #113 in the !AJolla Colony Vons Center WHY WE OPPOSE IT: manner - by stifling competition no good reason for making energy unlikely federal approval over· mechanism makes this The measure is too compli and giving utility companies a hand policy so hard to change." ...... '1' •• , whelm this proposition's promise. proposition a dud. cated to work and is likely out. There's a reason voters aren't ...... ,.. AlII ...... to be struck down anyway, While the measure should be normaUy charged with fonnulating since it appears to be praised for its calls for conserva energy policy_ The complexity and last, the feud over pre Proposition 79 does have an an "unconscionable price" or for ...a.., -1~2! ·~s!! '10%OFF: uncertainty in Proposition 80 makes unconstitutional. tion, energy efficiency and renew scription-drug costs has enforcement mechanism, mainly seeking an "unreasonable profit," Spa Pedicure over $30 I . able sources of power, its main flaw that reason clear. CliIIIIp*IaIaI Reg. $32. PIe ... pr.,."t tI1h any waxmg A; cached the voters in the linking the drug discountl> to the though the measure fails to define fa-. coupon flr¥ bel"", _ •. Volid c.n·t be combined wtth ""Y I or facial service state Medi-Cal health care pro either of the terms. Ridiculously I M-F 9am-3pm othtr ""'" or salt fonn of Propositions 78 and 79. lMt .. But, unfonunately, these measures gram. Under the proposed mea vague laws only breed lawsuits 111:41 only disappoint. Without ques sure, if a company refuses to dis and judicial activism - when the tion we are in favor of lowering count its product, the drug will be whole point of the initiative pro prescription-drug cDl'tl> for low removed from the pre-approved cess is to legislate the will of the income Californians, but neither list of Medi-Cal prescriptions, people. Inviting judges to legislate ...... In .. of the two initiatives will accom which more or less means it will from the bench does nothing to plish that goal effectively. take longer for patients to get it, advance that goal. TlIIcqJ Proposition 78 has no teeth. and thus, less likely that physicians The ultimate &w in any bal wrtIiv II!IMI The £:itt that its chief proponents will prescribe it. lot measure is that it permanently are pharmaceutical companies The problem with this plan, ties the hands of the legisla tors. ... , should be an immediate red flag however, is that any program Because of this, any changes for voters, and deservedly so. Yes, linked to Medi-Cal is subject to necessary to these highly techni the measure would make certain approval by the federal govern cal initiatives - and they will ' uninsured, low-income individuals ment. The current administration almost definitely require revi ...... 7 ..... and families eligible for drug dis is unlikely to agree to any plan that sions - can only be accomplished \1Iit .. CINIne II: counts, but the drug companies' deals a blow to the phannaceutical through more initiatives. It makes Saturday, Nov. 5 _.ulta~IIIIIIII"'IIII11-1111 olrer of those discountl> would be industry, one of its leading C2Jtl more sense to leave it up to the entirely voluntary. With nothing paigo conoibutors. If the reds do Legislature - replete with com 11 p.m. to compel cooperation, the drug reject the plan, a legal headache mittees and eIperts who specialize companies' pledge to discount will be the inevitable result. in such topics - to pass a flexible drugs is disingenuous at best; what Adding to those legal woes is a alternative. would be the businesses' incentive vague provision that would allow Vote "no" on both initiatives for team to volunteer to lose proSts? Californians to sue pharmaceuti and let our laWlT1llkers do their events Unlike Proposition 78, cal companies for selling a drug at job.

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Alternating discovery of the dream journal, many unex 8~ , .:::::.. between a mother and daughter's narratives, plainable, surreal things start happening in FlalDe BrOiler ~ 10 HELL WITH POLmCS, WE'RE HERE NOW' Divakaruni's late t oeuvre is a meditation on Rakhi's life - shadowy strangers materia lize self-discovery, roots and coming to tenns in her Jjfe, doing good and possibly evil; an AlwaJ' Good.• .AJwaJl Guaranteed! with lifc. [ronically, the only lamentable part unexplained package prompts her to rethink of the novel is th.at Divakaruni's story fails her art; her mother's death defies explana to escape from the stereotypical umbrella of tion. There is no [ine drawn between reality Chicken Bowl South-Asian immigrant literature that is so and dreams, which can be channing. as seen (I MedlUIII Drink often marked by an identity crisis involving in Chagall's paintings, electro-pop, the latest Not valid with any other offer. With coupon only. a problematic "American" self that ultimately French couture, or in whimsical literature Expire. 11/ 27/OS finds its path to salvation by embracing the - but which simply ends up being awkward culture of one's "motherland." in Divabruni's novel as she tries to grapple While "Queen of Dreams" is technically with "serious" issues such as death, identity NO MSG • NO BONE • NO SKIN NO FRYING beautiful prose, the plot is too connived, and and all the other complicated issut:S they give the characters too one-dimensional. Rakhi, birth to. Rather than giving the novel a light Jolla VIllage Center (next to Rubio's) (.1) S87...,., the protagonist, is constantly haunted by her touch, the framework of dreams ends up curiosity for any clues giving some insight harshly contrasting the book's other themes. into her mother, who was a professional The last few chapters of the book discuss dream interpreter. Yes, that's right - a profes Sept. 11 and come as a complete surprise, PACIFIC BEACH Your complete automotive sional dream interpreter. Reading the dream since Divakaruni's critique of the event and journals she finds after her mother's sudden, racial implications that followed are not con repair facility unexplained death, Rakhi starts getting some sistent with the style and content of the rest Now accepting the Chevron credit card and answers to questions she has always had, and of her novel. It almost seems as if she is oying Fleet card! We specialize in both Domestic formulates even more questions over recendy desperately to fit in as many ideas as possible and Foreign vehicles discovered incidents. Her personal life con into "Queen of Dreams," but the weak plot sists of her ex-husband, their daughter. her and characters ultimately sag into a confus FULL SERVICE father and her best friend, who is the token ing, ambiguous novel. That is not to say that BRAKE SPECIAL S5995 "Americanized" character. (Common in many there are not elements of sheer beauty in OIL CHANGE SPECIAL Front or R_ Ink. South-Asian immigrant novels and usually her work - constructing a novel around a up to 5 qts. of 10/30 CouItesr 01 UniwnII displaying some cuggerated chancteristic.s protagonist who owns a tea shop and works 95 Chewon Supreme Oil. Up. 5/31106 &up - in this case, pink hair and multiple pierc S14 Exp. 5/31/06 a..,.. pipe: Jake GytlenhaaJ stars as Anthony "Swot!" Swofford, a grunt~ ~ who kiUs a ~ of time during Operation Desert storm in Sam Mendes' latest. an adaptation of a Marine's memoirs. as an artist in Berkeley almost guarantees ings - the "Americanized" character initially creative. insightful and channing bits - and 2924 DImon AWl, • Mssion ~ Dr. it .... 1Mch • Mon.-sat. a.rHipm • (I58t581-9442 rejects anything South Asian, and ofim ends DivaIcaruni. an award-winning and highly c..dIb ond diIcounts lor III poocMts or wWcoI ~ horin .. ofIorod br .. lilted .... IocItion ond .. not obIiptiom of iS is Viemam music. Can't we get our up a UK) by the end of the novd.) published author, delivers beautifully. Yet for doinJ a-on Ctedit IIri, N.A. """'* row lor .... tho a-on Ctedit cord. f;own music?" yells Anthony 'Swoff' Remaining faithful to her writing style. all those meditations on beauty and hope, the WEll-ACTED Swofford. played by Jake Gyllenhaal, ~I--_Fil_m Divalwuni brings in elements of mysticism. ultimate frustration of "Queen of Dreams" is over the blare of the Doors' "Break on magic and mystery to the novel - further that everything comes too conveniently - Through." ~ REVIEW perpetuating the stereotype of the "aotic" journals with answers to nagging questions, COSTA 'JARHEAD' In Sam Mendes' new film "Jarhead," land that is India. But writing a novel about random packages. mysterious strangers - as the comparisons to Viemam are end dreams and using them as a lens through if life were only a simple dream. less. References to "The Deer Hunter" plot. Like "Full Metal Jacket" - to VERDE and "Apocalypse Now" pepper the film, which it wiU undoubtedly be compared CENTER EXAMINES THE including a great scene where the troops - it is 1.00 percent character-driven. pump themselves up for battle by cheer Thankfully, Swofrs unit is filled with ing and laughing as Robert DlIvall's a variety of characters, all with diverse CRUMBLING choppers decimate a Vietnamese village attitudes toward the war. The support to "Ride of the Valkyries." ing cast is a list of the next genera tion of Like the soldiers in those two films, fine actors. Each one perfectly fits their MINDS OF GULF the troops of"J arhead" struggle to main role, most noticeably Peter Sarsgaard, • '-DAY FREE TRIAL MEMBERSHIP tain their sanity. Unlike other war mov · who plays Troy, Swoff's best friend and jes, this one only ha s scattered instances antithesis. Unlike Swoff, Troy seems not • UCSD Student & Faculty Discounts WAR MARINES, of combat. As th e troops wander aim to care why they arc there, only that lessly through the desert protecting the they are and that he's ready to fight. But 8650 Genesee, San Diego, CA 92122 BOO-BOXING CLUB oil fields of Saudi Arabia, it becomes Sarsgaard's character is often complex BUT IT AIN'T more and more obvious that this battle is and difficult to figure out. Tl e, along no Vietnam. with Gyllanhaal and Foxx. keep the film Swoff is a third-generation enlistee interesting despite a very small amount who finds himself stuck in the desert heat of action. YOUR DADDY'S with nothing to do, geared up for a con At one point in the film , soldiers stand fli ct he doesn't really understand against around debating the reasons for the war an enemy he hardly ever sees. The first until Troy ends the conversation by say WAR MOVIE half follows him through military train ing, "To hell with politics. We're here ing as he excel as a sniper. There, he now." To some extent, this is the rest of BY JAKE NARE meets hi s superior Sgt. Sick, played con the movie's take on the underlying poli STAFF WRITER vincingly by Jamie Foxx. tics that creep up every so often. Though Sick, unlike Swoff, lives for battle the writer and director are at times and lives for the Marines. Foxx does an clearly trying to draw parallels between excellent job balancing a man that is torn the movie's Operation Desert Storm and Jartaead between being a superior and a friend to the current war in Iraq, "Jarhead" isn't the soldiers under him. In one powerful overly political - though it may still be scene, he tells Swoff of his devotion to controversial. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal,*** Jamie the Marines. asking him if he feels the Based on the memories of Anthony Courtesy Foxx and Peter Sarsgaard Directed by Sam Mendes same. Swoff reluctantly nods his head yes. Swofford, "Jarhead" illustrates dIe divi- Semper fire: Peter Sarsgaard plays a dedicated Marine who RatedR Therein lies the conflict of"J arhead. " doesn't care about politics, just his rifle and his buddies. The film doesn't have much of a &e IAIIHEAD. Page 13 ,fashion that Ex.Qinese ~S play mmes to UCSD's IoadiI dodl in amttiIee procb:tion pays to The contraband theater of 'Bus Stop' emerges from the shadows of the Cultural Revolution berne ~ OMLEY AteaSON this contraband piece of the producer Kirkwood aaid. -This was bas been seen as anydUng from a Stop.' and be said how much he ater and brought it . ~ack to the somedUng vel}' uaique for auna. meapbor for the IOCiaIist system liked the idea of doinf it in • 1lOD ___. WouIdn't it be,.-eat Senior 5UIf !Miter United States. Her name is Carla and ... one of the·reaoaa lie ... to a meditation 011 lpC"ding time ICirltwood and the play is known criticized aad tIeGt 10 die So.da lor uad WIICin« life. This particular 10 haft • real .. ,..1Iy?" her bumiag-- a suitcaK f1dI in as -Bus Stop," which • ,--co ·mnM·..... • WMa I Jd"t produaion of -Bus Stop" wiU When .~,-*IO UCSD. EnsIish of hi.s manuscripts in the opens Ncw. 8 as the tint Chinese China. I CDOIr: die IC2'ipt wida ..e; I cab place ill • Mandell Weill die cheatlei' d~'lmnent allied her midst' of the Chinese cul- play UCSD Ius eftr presented. knew I wmted co ~ it." FonIIIlloedi.c dock - no, not the if .·d liIriC to do the fall ..Ier tural revolution, then doing six "Gao was focused on creat After 10 months of adapciaJ the ManddI Weill Theatn:. the iC:tUaI pdaate .... and she aid, "'Yeah years of hard field labor, Gao ing a ... piece that addressed the Chinete tat into suitable English. losding dock. And there 2fe indeed - if I can do dUs play. and I Xingjian entered the 1980s with political question, 'What did we Kirkwood presented Xingjian's real buses that drive in and out of can do it site-specific and have a a play that became the poster do in the cultural revolution from play about eight people waiting at the show space during the play. real bus." When the department child of "bourgeois decadence" 1966 to 1976?' - and did it with a bus stop. For 10 years, buses pass Kirkwood saw Xingjian last year agreed, Kirkwood dove into the to the Chinese Communist Party. an enormous sense of humor that and never stop, and the characters for the first time since 1983 - this project. A visiti ng student at the Central confronted the audience with the negotiate what to do in terms of time in Paris, as a Nobel Prize win Drama Academy in Beijing saw question," director, translator and their need to get into the city. It ner in exile. "We talked about 'Bus See ...5 SlOP. 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t' WARREN COLLEGE FILM SERIES PRESENTS recordings~------d..I ··"u\ULII~I .. ~ The COnstantilles , COf'.$T~TINESt Tournament of Hearts TOURNA,MENT Epitaph/ADA '" O~ , he-ARTS *** ubrlery may be an often-ignored skill the rhythm afloar, bur between the blood - but the Constantines have seam lessly pumping jolts of "Lizaveta," and the lasr Sincorporated nuances into their third song, "Windy Road," aided by Webb's voice album, Tal/moment of Hearn, leaving a haunt and Steve Lambke's soft guitar, their erratic ing melancholy to set in after its verscs. T he rhythms and droning mellow pauses drag Monday quintet distinguishes their music, a mixture down the second half of the CD. of traditional rock and sub-pop, through The Constantines' unpretentious album their poignant lyrics (dedicated to the work has many fine points but ir takes a patient Nov. 7,2005 ing class of nurses, conductors and hotline ear to get through their humble art. So turn operators), with help from Bryan Webb's it up, listen to it twice. It won't make you 7:00 pm scratchy-yet-calming voice. cry, but it may make you wonder why you While the album starts out strong, it aren't. does not have a very engaging beat, but uti lizes meticulously composed low-key melo - Cherie Nguyen Center Hall 115 dies. Doug McGregor's percussions do keep Crmtributing Writer Free Dreddy Kruler Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture ?~~. ~?R ...... WITH SPECIAL GUEST ***~ ALEXANDER BUTTERFIELD rom the churning sea of Wu-Tang affiliates But with such an arrnyofconoibutors, a few HOSTING A PRE-FILM DISCUSSION emerges the multitalented Dreddy Kruger, misses are inevitable. Most notably, Del Tha Fwho envisioned a project that would unite Funkee Homosapien hits rod bottom with the cream of the underground hip-hop crop his pathetic excusc for a solo on "Fragments," with their Wu-'Jang Clan forefathers, aU backed and white she-rapper Uyata grasps desperately by RZA beats echoing his legendary mid-'90s for some street cred, failing miserably. Such WARREN COLLEGE SOlUld. The product explodes with talent and flops suggest that Kruger dug a little too deep, http://warren.ucsd.edu energy, but hlters slightly in the process of accentuating the absence of Clan authorities [email protected] experimentation, like Ghostfuce and Ma t.1 Killa, llowever, any RZAi; nostalgic production - helped by weak links in the lyrical chain arc compen Bronze aZ3reth, Allah Mathematics, DJ sated for by soljd, uplifting production and all Alexander Butterfield, Deputy Assistant to President Richard Nixon, revealed the exis Noize, and Preservation - is thumping and abundance of raw, quatiry marerial - when soul-drenched (though rinsed of its grittiness). W'il- Tong Meets the JruJie ClIlfurf, there's barely tence of the notorious White House tapes during questioning by the Senate W_.~, ...... - 1 GZA and Ras Kass share a mic for the unbeat a dull moment to be had. Committee in 1973. This startling evidence provided a critical link in the chain able "Lyrical Swords," followed byoutstand events that resulted in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. ing perfOJ1l13nces from Vast Aire, MF Doom, - SimoneWdson Casual and Tragedy Khadafi, among others. COllhibllling Writer

University of Southern California School of Theatre Announces a New Master of Fine Arts in Acting Inaugural Class Begins Fall 2006

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The program will be headed by award-winning stage, film and television actor/director Andrew J. Robinson.

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Former Triton moves on to film Golfers return from Maui Tennis star to show new movie near campus after finishing in seventh By RAIL ENIIEN Kramer, Leveillee lead with scores of Sports Editor 219, 220, but Tritons fall to Stanislaus With a movie set to run at Landmark Theatres La Jolla on By LAUREN KATO rounds of 285, 303 and 29 1 in the Nov. II and a future sitcom with Staff Writer tournament. Also finishing ahead NBC in the works, Kirk Fox is of the Tritons were Notre Dame a man on his way up. It's hard to The UCSD men's golf team de Namur, in 6fth, with 881 , and believe that he got his start as a traveled to paradise on Hawaii's Chico State in sixth, with 884. Triton tennis player in the 19805. Kohala Coast to participate in the Senior Robbie Kramer emerged Fox ditched a possible tennis Mauna Lani Intercollegiate, but as the top Triton finisher in the career to pursue an acting dream finished a less-than-perfect seventh tournament, earning a tie for 14th and, urprisingly, it paid off. With out of nine participating teams. place out of 44 individuals. Kramer a few small roles in big movies The University of Hawaii at Hilo started off with rounds of 74 and 76 and some big 'Toles in small mov hosted the tournament on the Lani but returned strong and shot a 69 ies under his belt, Fox finally got a North Course, built on top of lava on the second day, 3 strokes under chance to actually star in one. And beds at the Mauna Lani Resort. par, to finish with a 219 total. it wa his movie. Fox co-wrote and Teams ftom around the country Sophomore Luke Leveille tied co-produced "l e nnis, Anyone .. .?," flew in for the event, playing two for 15th in the tournament and was a story about "two frie nd who rounds on Oct. 31 and one more the second-best Triton, with a 220 discover that in the world of celeb on Nov. I. overall. He began the tournament rit)' tennis, the battle are so bitter The Triton found themselves with a 77 and shot a 68 on his sec because the takes are so small," in the middle of the field on the ond round, just one stroke off the t day, accumula ting a team score according to the movie po ·ter. fir top core of that day and the be t Fox, who now re ides in Lo of 299 on each of the two rounds. Triton outing of the tournament. Angeles, came back to his old an They came back strong on the sec On his second day, Leveille ea rned Diego stomping grounds to see his ond day, shooting a round of 293, to a 75 on the course. movie and to grant the GIIDrdilm an 6nish with a 27-over-par 891, good Senior Justin Grant took third exclusive interview. I met Fox at the enough to finish for seventh place. on the Triton squad, 6nishing 29th Comedy Store in La Jolla, where The team from sixth-ranked Cal overall, with rounds of 76, 80 and Fox does stand-up occasionally. State Stanislaus finished first in the 74. His overall score of 23 0 was just J Ie discussed his fond memorie of tournament overall, with rounds of ahead of felJow senior Ryo Yamada's C ' D and the Triton tennis team 292 and 286 on day one and 283 on score of 231. Yamada tied sopho and commented on his emi-auto the last day of competition to earn more teammate Chris Hirahatake, biographical movie. a score of 861, 3 under par. Close for 30th place. Yamada had rounds behind the 6rst-place finisher was of 71, 84 and 75, while Hirahatake GUllrdian: How did you end up Sonoma State University, trailing scored 77 and 75 on the first day atUCSD? by only six strokes, with a final of and 79 on the second. Fox: I went to CSD because my 867 in the tournament, after shoot The individual champion of sister did. I went to Mission Bay ing rounds of 294, 284 and 289. the tournament, Tim Feen tra, lligh chool and r kind of wanted The battle for third place was from fifth-ranked Western ended in a tie between the host Washington University, and shot a to ~tay in town, ~o she helped me Courtesy Fox fill out the application to UCSD. Vulcans and Western Washington 210 in the tournament, 6 strokes Pro fonn: UCSD alumnus Kirk Fox serves one up in his movie "Tennis, Anyone] University, with both teams racking under par for the course. G: How did playing tennis shape Fox co-wrote and starred in the film, which opens at Landmark La Jolla on Nov. 11 . up 879. The Vulcans finished with T he Tritons will return to com who you are today? there called "Kansas" with Andrew sparkling career? rounds of 285, 301 and 293; while pete on Feb.18-19 at the Battle at F: I think having a spOrt is really McCarthy. We were staying at the F: I don't think there was much Western Washington compiled the Lake Tournament. important because it teaches you same hotel and 1 became friends sParkling. I was a Little lazy but I not just to compete. You also learn with Matt. I saw how much fun he did have a lot of fun. I played some a lot about yourself as you're faced was having as a movie star and how singles and played some doubles. with si tuations. It was great to have much fun I wasn't having losing the The highlight of my tennis career a sport, to have someplace to go first round in all these tournaments. was when the coach of the team after school and have the camara So J said, "I'd rather be an actor borrowed my car and crashed it. I derie of traveling with the team. than a tennis player." So I just for won't mention who it was but that Tennis has always been great for got the rest of the tour and went to was a memorable experience on the me. Tennis is what got me into Hollywood and got my headshots tennis team. the movie business. I was actually and that's it. playing in a tennis tournament in G: In the morie, you win a bet Lawrence, Kan., when I met Matt G: How sua:essfu) wen: you in Dillon. He was doing a movie out tennis at UCSD? Did you hfie a Nice guys always fi-nish last in NBA Bad seeds draw attention away from fundamental players

Dennis Rodman, the NBA's got a he's not worth watching? That's new thug in town. What's wrong like telling me that Michael no cup with the picture here? What hap Jackson's so fundamentally good pened to the good '01 players: at singing th.at you're not going to Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen, or listen to him anymore. required Hakeem Olajuwan, who played It's sad to think that the golden key roles on their teams, made era of "Old School Basketball" Angie Lin their assists and shots, but never is coming to an end and we're had a hardcore fan following welcoming in an age of new n one of the highlights because they chose not to be as hies that have high averages only of National Basketball exuberant as their teammates? because they refuse to pass. I'd I Association history last season, Look at two of the top NBA take a day of watching the 1993- the Indiana Pacer's Ron Arrest got players: Kobe Bryant and Allen 94 Championships (phoenix Suns into probably the worse brawl in Iverson, averaging 22 .4 and 27.5 vs. Chicago Bulls) over the 1999- NBA history - physically hurting points, respectively, and com 2000 Championships (Luers vs. fans, emotionally hurting play pare them to TIUl Duncan's 22.5 Indiana Pacers) not because I hate ers and tearing up Commissioner points. It's amazing to thinlc of the Lakers, but because that's David Stem's reputation as the how many headlines Bryant and when basketball was good. It rest of the nation watched on. Iverson have made, but try to wasn't just about Charles Barldey Arrest may have earned a season remember the last time you even and Michael Jordan; there was long suspension, but he carved read anything bad about Duncan. KevinJohnson and BJ Armstrong. himself a place in NBA history Unlike many of the NBA's badas All of these players made you care as one of the biggest bad asses of ses, Duncan passes and will play and want to root for them because all time. And, ironically, instead in the Olympics without a fuss. their star players made them key of losing fans, Arrest earned him However, most fans are unim players by passing the ball. Sadly self legions of supporters wait pressed. I often hear, "Well, that's not the case anymore. ing for the next season to roll Duncan's boring to watch - he's The NBA is deviating from around. Forget that he averaged too fundamental." Are you going the fan-lovinS team sport it once 24.6 points or that he was voted to tell me that just because some was and turning into lone-man the NBA's 2003-04 Defensive one is so good and fundamentally show interested in their own self Player of the Year. Step aside sound at doing what he does that interests and not yoan. J