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VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XXVI THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG *()<+.,;*90:0: )4=56=; Oil Tax :<:;(05()030;@9,:6<9*,*,5;,9 ,1-;16 May Fund 9=)3- Higher UCSD graduate Daniel Ryan Kloos was killed Education while volunteering for a children’s hospital. The UC, CSU and By Hayley Bisceglia-Martin community-college News Editor systems stand to split The earthquake that hit the $1.8 billion in revenue. Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12 — claiming an estimated By Kashi Khorasani 200,000 lives, according to the Pan Staff Writer American Health Organization — also took the life On Jan. 11, the California State of 24-year-old Assembly Committee passed a bill UCSD gradu- aimed at allocating more funds to ate and Arizona higher education with five affirma- native Daniel tive votes and two negative votes. Bill Ryan Kloos. AB 656, authored by Assemblyman LOCKED OUT Ryan, who Alberto Torrico (D–Fremont), will went by his mid- impose an excise tax on oil com- dle name, was in panies that extract oil and natural Though they were promised space, students lack access to the SRC. Haiti visiting his gas from the state’s land and water By Ayelet Bitton t Associate News Editor sister Erin Kloos, Daniel Ryan Kloos sources. age 27. She was UCSD Alumnus If passed by the California State PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY PHILIP RHIE & EMILY KU/GUARDIAN one of four Legislature, the bill would create Americans volunteering at Friends of fter the grand opening of the “The spirit of the referendum, the way we the California Higher Education the Orphans, a subset of the children’s Sustainability Resource Center last advertised it, was that the funding was for Endowment Corporation. The cor- Disputes over how to use the SRC keeps both students and staff in limbo. charity Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos. November, members of the Student students working right in the new SRC,” A.S. poration would be run by represen- A At the time of his death, Ryan was Sustainability Collective and Campus President Utsav Gupta said. “That was the con- tatives from the at the Father Wasson Center, a chil- Sustainability administrators have not yet come text in which we had all these discussions with TAX TALK California State dren’s hospital where his sister worked. to an agreement over how to share the space. the administration — until it University system, When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake According to SSC student director Rishi OPINION totally flipped. It was a bait-and- the University of Next time, get hit, five of the hospital’s seven sto- 12.5% Ghosh, the center was conceived two years ago switch.” California and their word in ries collapsed, killing both Ryan and PROPOSED when students approached university adminis- According to the SRC’s Web SEVERANCE TAX community col- writing. another volunteer, Molly Hightower, trators with hopes to begin the project. When site, its original intention was leges and would age 22. student activity fees were raised last Spring to “house UCSD’s sustainability staff and the be responsible Ryan graduated from Muir $ Quarter — providing the SSC with an addi- student-funded and -run SSC.” 3.8 BILL. for allocating the College in 2008 with a double major tional $2.34 per-student per-quarter for proj- As no form has yet been signed indicating TOTAL RAISED money each year. in Sociology and Biochemistry/ 2011 ects and staff — SSC members were under the an understanding of the two groups’ control of BY Earlier this General Biology, and had just been impression their new efforts would be housed the center, however, only the CSS currently has month, the bill accepted to two schools of osteopath- by the collaborative space. full access the space. $ was amended to ic medicine, according to close friend 950 MILL. Since then, however, university staff and In the months following the student-fee incur a 12.5-per- and classmate Liz Costa. TO UC SYSTEM student leaders have disagreed on the role of referendum, plans for the center were arranged cent severance “Once he had been accepted to students in the center — leaving the SSC with- verbally between students and staff. University tax, as opposed to one of the programs, he quit his job out the opportunity to utilize the SRC on a the previously proposed 9.9-percent See SRCpage 3 tax. According to an analysis by the consistent basis. See KLOOS page 9 Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation, the tax will now be expected to raise $1.8 billion in 2010 and $2 billion in 2011. Prior to recent amendments, the bill would have sent 60 per- );+W]VKQT8TIKM[4WN\WV;XZQVO9]IZ\MZ.MM*ITTW\ cent of revenue to the CSU sys- tem, 30 percent to the UC system By Angela Chen During yesterday’s meeting, the council dis- and just 10 percent to community News Editor cussed two models of the referendum — one colleges. After the urging of the sponsored by A.S. Associate Vice President of Faculty Association of California After more than six hours of debate, the A.S. Academic Affairs and chair of the University Community Colleges, however, the Council voted 20-7-1 late Wednesday night to Centers Advisory Board Jordan Taylor, and one bill was rewritten and now directs place the Loft referendum on the Spring Quarter sponsored by A.S. President Utsav Gupta. 50 percent of its revenue to the CSU election ballot. If approved by the student body, The primary difference between the two system, 25 percent to the UC sys- the proposal would raise student fees by $3.82 per proposals was the intensity of A.S. Council tem and 25 percent to community student per quarter. The money would go toward oversight. colleges. art and music programming at the Loft. Under Gupta’s proposal, the A.S. Council “We have allowed oil companies The referendum requires that at least 29 per- would create a student-majority Loft Governance in California to extract oil from our cent of the fees go to financial aid, that at least 80 Board to regulate the venue’s budget allocation. ground and we have failed to charge percent of all events at the Loft be “pay as you can” This board would include various members of KEVIN WU/GUARDIAN for UCSD students and that undergraduates rep- If passed by the student body, the Loft referendum guarantees that at least See OILpage 3 resent at least 60 percent of the venue’s hiring staff. 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[email protected] attempt to force his religious beliefs onto them. 20% 20% I don’t know. 7816176+76<)+<<0--,1<7:" -,1<7:1)4; 4MI^M)ZOaTM \W/ZIVLUI¸ );][\IQVIJTM .T]NNa¼[.QVM)] 0WUM¼[6W=[M 6I\]ZITM t the risk of being branded a crazed cat lady, I’ll confess: ?Q\PW]\I3Ma A Anything involving those lethargic lumps of fluff I’ve called pets espite decades of evidence to the contrary, all my life is of great fascination to me. there’s always something we want to trust So when I came across this online D in the goobery handshakes of student-life scandal starring an especially press- administrators, spectacles a-sparkle, promising us the worthy kitty, I was all ears. Turns out world. a couple from Boston thought it’d be Two years ago, the promise was a space for the sole funny to include their furry “son” on purpose of streamlining sustainability efforts on campus: a census, identifying the animal as Sal a snazzy center where both the Student Sustainability Esposito. Collective and university officials could combine their scat- Though the pair explicitly stated tered, homeless initiatives under one roof; a lean, Homo sapien WEB POLL Sal’s status as a non- green, tree-hugging machine. (read: cat), that minor detail still slid Have you The Sustainability Resource Center — now visited under the rug of the Suffolk court- the new located next door to Price Center Theater, in house, and the feline was summoned Sustainability what used to be the EDNA info booth — was to jury duty. Then, when the Espositos Resource originally a brainchild of the SSC. The organiza- attempted to disqualify the feline, the Center? tion offered to pay for it through student activ- jury commissioner decided the house- ity fees, allotted quarterly by the A.S. Council. cat still had to show. That’s when university officials kindly stepped in, offering Without trying to stereotype, to pay all construction and rent costs, so that A.S. funds — which now abound, since student activity fees were inflated last year, with a special line for the SSC — could go 100 percent toward the projects themselves. The Surf ,+0;690(3)6(9+ Surely student leaders must have felt, for a moment, that Report they might just be on the same team as the Man, all money and :PTVUL>PSZVU power aside — especially for the sake of something so blatantly KELSEY MARRUJO EDITOR IN CHIEF common-good as slowing the gassy death of our dear planet [email protected] (S`ZZH)LYLaUHR Earth. 9LaH-HYHaTHUK The center’s Web site is still taglined with its startup mis- I’ll be frank: Anyone who fills out a MANAGING EDITORS sion: to “house” both university staff and SSC representatives in census and includes the names of his /H`SL`)PZJLNSPH4HY[PU a “collaborative space” to realize “common goals.” or her pets is a freak. One can safely (UNLSH*OLU Despite this noble goal, now that construction rubble has assume that Mrs. E knew the pet NEWS EDITORS cleared and recycled-material furniture been pushed into police wouldn’t come pounding on ;YL]VY*V_ its right place, the SSC can hardly call the center a home. her door had she not included little OPINION EDITOR Simple initiatives like a campuswide bike-rental program and Sal — but she had to list the smallest The UCSD Guardian is published twice a week at electronic-waste bins are having trouble getting off the ground, family member anyway. the University of California at San Diego. Contents © as they have no central place to exist: Campus Sustainability As a cat enthusiast who’s owned 2010. Views expressed herein represent the majority vote of the editorial board and are not necessarily Coordinator Maggie Souder won’t allow students to set up any a geriatric, obese Siamese monster those of the UC Board of Regents, the ASUCSD or the members of the Guardian staff. additional fixtures inside the SRC. for 14 years, I nonetheless must dis- In fact, according to SSC student director Rishi Ghosh, they tance myself from the likes of Mrs. E. aren’t even allowed to put anything on the shelves or the walls. Prematurely aging your cat by naming Students can only use the meeting space by appointment — him after an old Italian dude is one and even those can be overridden by administrative agenda. thing (Sal, please pass the prunes), but bringing the troublemaker to the See SUSTAINABILITYpage 5 courthouse, as if he’d otherwise get arrested? Listen, Lady — I know you love Sal, but he is not your son. Nor does he give a crap about human justice. ILLUSTRATIONS BY REBEKAH HWANG/GUARDIAN Admittedly, my family isn’t much better. I’ve witnessed human-feline interaction evolve from a simple pet-and-purr exchange to my mom +IJQVM\6W;PW_[;QVS\PM;\]LMV\>W\M asking my sister if she wouldn’t mind sleeping on the couch because ttendance doesn’t usually side of weekly meetings. But their little time left that no one wanted to Furthermore, even the nonvoting Spanky was used to taking her bed. count in college. Your biol- absence also slows the council’s prog- impeach him. members — who have accumulated a See, Mom didn’t want the change of A ogy professor won’t notice if ress on collaborative initiatives by Maybe this year it’ll be differ- good amount of absences themselves environs to excite poor Spank into a you don’t show up to your 300-person necessitating repeat information. ent, but — despite the fact that A.S. — have submitted an amendment heart attack. lecture, and there’s little consequence We understand that discussing President Utsav Gupta’s supports to the council’s Standing Rules that Now our bedrooms are hand-me- to ditching a dorm meeting besides referenda language for six hours isn’t Sondhu’s impeachment nomina- would eliminate their obligation to down lounges for the exclusive breed- missing out on a free slice of pizza. the most stimulating way to spend a tions — the A.S. General Advocate come to meetings altogether. ing of fleas. Cool. Thanks, Mom. But when you’re an A.S. coun- Wednesday night, but there’s more to still needs two-thirds of council’s What can we say that’s not pains- Cat lovers everywhere cater to cilmember who earned the student being a student representative than approval to move the process along. takingly obvious? Don’t run for office their companions like children, but body’s vote on enthusiastic promises making posters and designing bear Considering a majority of members if you’re not planning on showing up kicking your firstborn onto the couch of change and visibility, the very least paraphernalia. All A.S. councilmem- don’t want to upset their cushy, non- to meetings. Make the impeachment for a kitty’s sake? Too much. There’s a you can do is make an appearance at bers knew what they were signing up committal community or endanger of voting councilmembers who’ve reason that Garfield and Jon Arbuckle your own weekly meeting. for when they ran for election, and if their own right to ditch out, it’s exceeded the limit a more execu- could never talk shit on Odie to each Showing up is a minimum they aren’t honoring their commit- unlikely anyone will be tive decision. Maybe then they other: There’s a respected division requirement that — according to ment, they don’t deserve to buffer voted off the island. might show enough commit- between species. A.S. Advocate General Parminder their resume with some official- ment to lie and say they’re My mom and Mrs. E have crossed Sandhu — many A.S. councilmem- sounding position any longer. having car troubles. It’s the line. And they’re not alone. Take bers have been struggling to meet. According to Sandhu, excus- the least our representa- a walk in your neighborhood on a Four members are one absence away ing an absence prior to a meet- tives can do to show one breezy Sunday, and you can bet your from the council’s three-absence ing is as simple as saying “I of their only obligations bottom dollar that at least one visored maximum, and six have surpassed it. have a class.” You’d think the some scrap of respect. Betty will be walking a sweater-cozied Sandhu now plans to nominate them impeachable councilmembers bulldog named Horace, with whom for impeachment at the A.S. Council would at least care enough to lie she will be having a full-fledged con- meeting during Week Four. about why they’re ditching. versation. And rightfully so. In a perfect Problem is, the council I can only hope that womankind world, the councilmembers we elect- threatens to impeach no-shows will revert back to the good days, ed last year would gauge their peers’ almost every year, but never when best-friend cats were distanced perspectives, then vote accordingly at does. In 2008-09, Campuswide to the appropriate middle ground: meetings. But if members aren’t even Senator Henry David beloved playthings, but clear-cut showing up for meetings, it’s likely Ritcherson missed inferiors (sorry, PETA). But as Mrs. they’re not surveying the general pub- the vast majority of E has demonstrated, America is only lic. And if they’re not surveying the meetings, but no one becoming more pet obsessed. Any general public, they’re probably not noticed. By the time attempt to undo Paris Hilton damage doing much else. his absences finally on pet relations would be futile. It’s True, a handful of councilmem- came up in Spring 2010, baby, and what Fluffy wants, bers have still been productive out- Quarter, there was so Fluffy gets. OPINION THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 THE UCSD GUARDIAN 5

ANIMAL INSTINCTS By Kim Cyprian LETTER TO THE EDITOR However, I would like to bring ;\]LMV\[;PW]TL;\IVL serious attention to two facts: First, the clicker device is extremely expen- =X\W+TQKSMZ+W[\[ sive! In addition to requiring a $180 Dear Editor, textbook for the class, students are I wish to bring more coverage to now required to spend upward of $40 the clicker technology being used for a clicker. Secondly, it appears that in classrooms. You might already be there are three to four different clicker familiar with it; however, I did notice devices from different manufacturers that only a handful of classes at UCSD that are all incompatible with each use this system, so I’ll provide a short other, and some professors use one background from my perspective. system and others use the other. Certain classes require each stu- This is a serious oversight on the dent to buy a wireless clicker device part of the professors and the univer- that works as a remote control. Each sity to not have one system so that student’s clicker communicates with a students do not incur multiple costs wireless hub that the professor brings for different systems that provide to class, and this serves as a wireless the same service. Not to mention, voting system. students have to carry multiple bulky Professor of molecular biology clickers around (although this, in Susan Golden uses this system for principle, is insignificant to the larger BILD 1 to track students’ participa- issue). tion, and can thus objectively award My hope is that students will stand points toward their final grades. She up against what seems like a broken generally asks a multiple-choice ques- system which only burdens them with tion and opens up the poll for those higher costs. of us in class to choose an answer. She — Sherman Antao then discusses the right answer and UCSD alumnus, has real-time results of the poll to see Jacobs School of Engineering how the entire class is doing in under-

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TONIGHT ,KP[VYZ¸7HWPSSPVU¹ Rain got you down? Head over to 9PUNV:[HYY¸;OL6[OLY:PKLVM3P]LYWVVS¹ Porter’s Pub at 7 p.m. and laugh your ass off to the comedic stylings of the 4V[PVU*P[`:V\UK[YHJR¸:RPUHUK)VULZ¹ Dan Simmons Comedy Club of Higher boss ditties :\YMLY)SVVK¸:^PT¹ Learning. It’s going to be free, fun ;/,),:;:65.: :WVVU¸0:H^[OL3PNO[¹ and freaking hilarious. 05/0(;<:;/0:>,,2 HCiONTACTATUS THE EDITOR: [email protected] CONCERTPREVIEW INTERVIEW Warning: ATRACKADAY ‘Lost’ Spoil WILL PREP YOU FOR HEALTH’S DIFFICULT BLISS / SATURDAY AT THE LOFT BY CHRIS KOKIOUSIS o you enjoy blasts of Jake Duzsik’s ghost-in-the- and watch the morphing strobe beat, riding in like a Guardian: What did you guys try to Follow white noise? How machine monotone sylla- chords and ’90s rap-speed freak train, barely waiting to do on Get Color to branch out D about harnessed feed- bles, a lulling counterpoint beat grab you. Intrigued? for you to hop on before from the first record? In what ways ust a little less than two weeks back anarchy, when instru- to the madness behind him. Wade further with “We devolving into A.D.D. have you succeeded? until the premiere of “Lost”’s ments turn incoherent? Not as immediately Are Water,” a hardcore drill squalor. The last third of the John Famiglietti: More repetition, J final season, and I’m getting At first, HEALTH tasty as last week’s Vampire sergeant wrapped in dance track reaches ambient trem- making everything more “song- antsy. Think about all the questions might not seem like your Weekend expose, but you gauze, to keep the head olo bliss as BJ Miller slams based” and more grooves. I think we need answered: Is John Locke sonic bag. The LA four- need bands like HEALTH nodding and tease at some- the shit out of his toms until we mostly succeeded in evolving really dead, and is that mysterious some culls power-tronics to yank your mind in dis- thing more visceral. they fade to paced drums. and progressing our sound, but Man in Black possessing him? What and abrasive beats from parate directions with gui- Finally, to prepare your HEALTH proves rock can we’d like to go much farther. caused the statue of Tawaret to be bashing experimentalists tar stabs and tempo shifts. body for the show this still shock — it hasn’t all G: Do you see the band moving destroyed, leaving only a foot behind? like Liars and manage to Dip your toes into the Saturday, try “Triceratops” been done before. toward a more dance-oriented What happened when the hydrogen cram in post-punk, hard- great, murky pool that is off their self-titled debut. Weirdo-poppers Tape sound on the next release? Where bomb exploded and everything went core and techno sheen. But HEALTH’s alienation with A feedback swirl and crash Deck Mountain open for white — did Oceanic 815 land in Los get this: no screaming. Just new single “Die Slow,” cymbals lead into a robo- HEALTH. See HEALTH, page 7 Angeles? Judging by the newly confirmed title of season six’s first episode, “LA X,” it’s still up for debate. The “X” in FILMPREVIEW the acronym is deliberately separated from “LA” by a space, conjuring up images of Los Angeles International but also hinting that “X” is a variable.

CouchSat, Jan. 23: Stanley Classics Suburban Kubrick’sSIX HOUSEHOLD “A Clockwork NAMES LIGHT UP THE KEN FOR A BLOODY Orange” Steez NOSTALGIA TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. BY JENNA BROGAN CHRIS KOKIOUSIS or the next six weeks, Landmark Ken Cinema on Adam’s Ave. [email protected] is showing $7.25 classics every Saturday at midnight. That’s F right: one big steaming pile of nostalgia for the price of a decent As Faraday clearly explains in season hamburger. Though the Ken may be a couple miles more distant than five’s “The Variable”: “Whatever hap- our local La Jolla Village Cinemas, the newly made-over “Midnight pened, happened. All right? But then I Madness” series is well worth the trek — and what its film selection PHOTO BY KEVIN WU/GUARDIAN finally realized ... I had been spending has lost in subversive overtones, it’s gained in cult cred. ILLUSTRATION BY RONNIE STEINITZ/GUARDIAN so much time focused on the con- stants, I forgot about the variables. Do you know what the variables in these JAN. 23 JAN. 30 FEB. 6 FEB. 13 FEB. 20 FEB. 27 equations are, Jack?” STANLEY KUBRICK’S THE COEN BROTHER’S JOHN CARPENTER’S STEVEN SPIELBERG’S QUENTIN TARANTINO’S JIM HENSON’S In essence, Faraday is saying that “A CLOCKWORK ORANGE” “THE BIG LEBOWSKI” “THE THING” “E.T.” “PULP FICTION” “THE LABYRINTH” Jack, Kate and company have the power to mess with time and the he anthem of vola- eff Bridges is the ith the tagline hough most of us his classic made hat happens universe if they use big enough tools tile youth, Kubrick’s Dude — a bathrobe “Man is the can’t remember QT’s last name a when Jim — the hydrogen bomb being the T adaptation of J wearing, White W warmest place to T the 1982 release of T verb (Tarantino: W Henson aban- boulder in the proverbial river. So Anthony Burgess’ dark, Russian-drinking hide,” how could this this cutesy alien flick, to upset a film’s time dons his Muppet fam- it’s clear they can change the course violent novel is equally bowler who keeps to film go wrong? “The only the unborn have sequence so severely ily to team up with of history, but that doesn’t answer offbeat and haunt- himself. That is, until Thing” details the story never heard E.T’s heart- that all heads in the David Bowie for an anything. We’re left waiting for the ing. Set in futuristic two porn-industry of a research team in wrenching request to audience cock to one ’80s fantasy film about last episodes like crack connoisseurs London, the film cen- gangsters invade his the Antarctic that dis- “phone home.” What side in confusion and a Goblin King? who’ve invested lots of time, money ters on Alex (Malcolm home in a case of mis- covers a parasitic alien childhood would be awe). If you’re unfa- Pure magic. In a and energy in their crack hobby — McDowell), A psycho- taken identity, and soil presence. complete without the miliar with Tarantino’s style characteristic which is why I’ve decided to provide pathic gang leader who one very important Aside from being story of Elliot (Henry particular blend of of the time (think my own all-encompassing theory settles down for a nice rug that really tied his the biggest sausage fest Thomas) and Gertie blood and verbal lyri- “Gremlins,” “Big that explains every single answer to glass of milk and some living room together. in the known universe (Drew Barrymore), two cism, this is the perfect Trouble in Little LOST …wait for it: lizards. Seven- Beethoven after rip- Seeking retribution for (even the dog is male), siblings who discover a introduction. In 1994, China” and “Legend”), foot-tall, bloodthirsty, shape-shifting ping open young girls’ his prized carpet, el “Thing” is an excel- pint-sized alien in their he had just enough a caterpillar-eye- lizards. throats. Duderino locates the lent horror movie that backyard? They teach popularity to garner browed Jennifer In truth, these past few weeks When Alex is arrest- perpetrator: Lebowski. exploits the classic their wrinkly visitor a decent budget, but Connelly has to tra- I’ve been reading conspiracy theo- ed for rape and murder, During their meeting, thriller theme of mys- everything about Earth not so much that it verse a magical laby- ries on the Interwebs — you know, he undergoes behavior Lebowski commissions terious rabid disease. culture, from basic clouded his judg- rinth to retrieve her the Bilderberg Group, the 9/11 therapy to purge his the Dude to rescue his Though you might language to Halloween ment (see “Kill Bill, baby brother from the Conspiracy, mind control, etc.— violent tendencies — kidnapped trophy wife. have seen it done since dressup. In return, Part Douche”). Three clutches of Jareth the and I stumbled on the Godfather only the therapy itself Throw in ultra-feminist in “The Invasion” and E.T. eats all of their seemingly unrelated Goblin King — com- of them all: David Icke. His dense is brutal and sadistic. It daughter Maude, a “The Faculty,” the idea candy and establishes stories cross each other plete with fairy dust New Age book “The Biggest Secret” can be quite a sobering Vietnam vet with anger originated from this a psychic connection unexpectedly in this and an embarrassingly spends over 500 pages weaving trans- surprise if you go in issues, a handful of fresh take on claustro- with Elliot that makes masterly woven tale large codpiece. You’ll lated ancient texts and secondhand unaware, but “Orange” nihilists and a very wet phobic paranoia. It’s everyone think he’s psy- of a mob boss and his love this film (if you accounts of lizard man sightings all remains a horrific ferret, and you’ve got an enjoyably tense ride chotic. Before Spielberg heroin-addicted wife, don’t already) for its to conclude that the world’s elite are favorite for its exhila- “The Big Lebowski” — on which no one and developed a bad habit the boxer he paid to unabashed camp and really a disguised alien race called the rating pace, perversity it never disappoints. nowhere is safe. of throwing money into throw a match and knee-slapping puppet- Annunaki planning global domina- and harsh honesty. So The Dude always draws terrible Shia Labeouf two very Travolta and ry. After all, Henson tion. So in honor of Mr. Icke, I’m if you and the droogs a large slippered crowd, films, he invented the Jackson hitmen. isn’t happy unless his going to transpose his fairly insane can’t make up your ras- mostly belligerent, so warm, fuzzy feeling hand is up the skirt yet compelling theories onto the soodocks about what grab a Russian, pour it with golden-age “E.T.” of one character or world of “Lost” speculation. do to for the evening, in a discrete thermos another. Here we go: head to Kensington and get there early. Jacob and the Man in Black are for the bets kind of both highly evolved reptilians; one violence. embraces humans and leads them to the island’s secrets, and the other has no faith in humanity. They have existed on Earth since ancient times, at least dating back to the Egyptians, but have never reached out openly to humans until the fateful day that Jacob calls the Black Rock (a 19th century slave ship) to the Island. One of the passengers on this ship is the mysterious Richard Alpert, still unfamiliar with the Island’s magic, but Jacob takes him under his wing and teaches him about eternal life. Richard becomes Jacob’s pri-

See STEEZ, page 8 HIATUS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 THE UCSD GUARDIAN7 ALBUMREVIEWS ‘We Can Do It Motion City Soundtrack 3 Ringo Starr 5 Anywhere’ My Dinosaur Life Y Not SONY 10 HIP-O 10 UnLer .Tashy 8roL]Ker *]JJTeO]m 8op DeÆates 5iLTife Crisis Drowns in S]perÅKiaT Sentiment t seemed like the Minneapolis Instead, we get a haggard Justin ingo Starr is too damn busy to “The Other Side of Liverpool.” This boys of Motion City Soundtrack Pierre bitching about pharmaceutical write you an autograph. streetwise track is vintage blues-rock, I were finally on the verge of some evils, something about a tourniquet, R He’s got too much on his matching down-on-your-luck lyrics serious radio play: They moved to a dinosaurs and dreams. Notable plate — peace and love, folks. He’s with a wobbly guitar with a wailing fancy label, snagged a veteran pow- exceptions to their nonsensical bab- busy singing indie-soft over a col- organ. It’s a refreshing change, and er-chord virtuoso Mark Hoppus as bling are “Skin and Bones,” which lection of wannabe chart-toppers. you can hear Ringo’s smile as he lays co-producer and cranked their Moog employs jumpy repetition to rival Stuffed with disco synths and sweet, down some catchy blues. The ridicu- synthesizer to a nearly unbearable Fall Out Boy, and “Stand Too Close,” meaningless nothings, it’s hard to tell lously named “Who’s Your Daddy” blast. paring down every song’s obnoxious whether Y Not is a revitalizing sound is a tongue-in-cheek throwback to Unfortunately, the bubblegum synth layers and cutting to recall a for the 70-year-old former Beatle or a “R.E.S.P.E.C.T.,” with soul singer pop on My Dinosaur Life is little bit of their original simplicity. delayed midlife crisis. Joss Stone guest-starring as the had- more than an overproduced rehash By far the stupidest track is Take duet “Walk With You.” It’s enough liberated woman kicking a of the band’s limited repertoire: “@!#?@!” (Did I get that right? Am an airy love song with fellow Beatle deadbeat Starr to the curb. fast-paced, hyper-lyrical storytelling, I missing an octothorpe?), which is Paul shoved ignominiously into climaxing in butter-smooth cries apparently what Pierre was thinking There are only four blues num- the background, muddling through bers, though, and Y Not sinks with of self-loathing and forced irony. of when he described the album as ▶ HEALTH, MYVTWHNL With a hotshot producer on board, “edgy”: “You all need to go away, you predictable rhymes and gimme-an- Ringo’s attempt at the fame game. Emmy sentimentality. After that, The clock’s ticking for the septua- are your heads at right now in your you’d think they’d ease up on the motherfuckers/ You all need to leave vision of HEALTH for this year? we’re in for a barrage of tracks like genarian, and unless he cranks out high-school poetry (“There’s a buzz/ me and my homeboys alone.” Really. JF: Well, yes actually, because “Everyone Wins” — peacenick more like “The Other Side,” he’d have There’s a buzz/ There’s a buzzing of And the rest is so forgettable that it’s our next release is DISCO2, the bugs”) and indulge in the kind of better left as background music to anthems, bizarrely set to Alanis been better off sticking with Thomas sequel to our remix album, which melodic simplicity that made their the next episode of “Gossip Girl.” Morissette melodies. the Tank Engine. is naturally dancey. But for future first efforts — “Feels Like Rain,” If you can stomach that sug- HEALTH projects, yes with an ‘and,’ “The Future Freaks Me Out” — so — Sonia Minden ary stupidity, though, Ringo comes — Matthew Pecot and if with a ‘but,’ not gonna make freewheeling. Senior Staff Writer through with ZZ Top blues like Staff Writer an album of dance beats, but defi- nitely want to keep streamlining the “groove” aspect and produce things Editors in a way that is more electronic 3 bassy. In This Light and On This Evening G: How do you engage the audi- druthers KITCHENWARE RECORDS ence in spaces that might not be as HIATUS PICKS THE WEEK’S BEST BETS 10 conducive to your frantic live show? The Loft is a fairly upscale bar and “WALTZ WITH BASHIR” scrubbed of the edgy pizzazz ing in wannabe anthems like lounge, for example. What’s your The Remnants of a that characterized their earlier “You Don’t Know Love” — a PRICE CENTER THEATER mentality when getting ready to play JAN. 22 / 7 P.M. UK Synth-periment work. static and mechanical cut that at a space like that? FREE Lead singer Tom Smith’s personifies everything subpar JF: We just do it. We’ve really con- “Waltz with Bashir” is an award-winning Israeli documen- Go Awry lyrics, delivered in a crystal- about Evening. There are a ditioned ourselves from years of tary written and directed by Ari Folman, a former infantry clear drone that only heightens handful of bright spots, like playing; We can do it anywhere. soldier who fought with the Israel Defense Forces in he newest album from its banality, achieves torturous “Papillon” — Smith’s stand- Also for college shows, it’s par for 1982 — oh, and it’s animated. The film depicts Folman Brit-rockers Editors should levels of incoherence on nearly and-deliver hook paired with the course. G: in search of his lost memories from the Lebanon War. T serve as a poster child for all nine interminable tracks. slickly up-tempo drums and What band is inspiring you guys While a friend whom he fought alongside during his the grim side of taking a risk, Long stretches of bland synth- synthesizers to make it a stand- most right now in what you’re doing years of service is still haunted by nightmares connected when ambition goes awry and bass noodles underline both out track — but these flashes of with your own music, and why? Any to their experience in combat, Folman can remember experiments turn ugly. Perhaps the poor editing and conspicu- brilliance are obscured under new bands from LA you want to nothing. Find out why this provocative tale was consid- seeking to deviate from their ous underuse of guitars that the rest of the album’s sludge. shout out? JF: ered one of the top ten best films of 2008. (JB) formulaic yet wildly successful made Editors’ previous two Editors tried to change the No one really, and I’m not being UK chart-topping imitation of albums a pleasurable, if rather game with Evening, but all they a dick. We do keep taking influence similarly dark alt-rock groups predictable, listen. The soar- come up with is 45 minutes of from other music, but it’s mostly like Interpol and U2, In This ing emotional power present depressing gunk. just song concepts or musical Light and On This Evening in bygone Editors classics like tricks. At the moment we’re listen- jettisons glitzy guitar riffs “Smokers Outside The Hospital — Imran Manji ing to Top-40 radio … really dying for monotonous synthesizers Doors” and “Munich” is lack- Senior Staff Writer for a good new record to listen to at the moment. There’s a new band in LA called TEARIST, which I FILMREVIEW think is pretty cool. Also, I’d love to shout out Pictureplane from THE USED AND ATREYU Denver — his 2009 album Dark Rift HOUSE OF BLUES is amazing. G: JAN. 27 / 6:30 P.M. 9/11 NEO-NOIR LEAVES After the SD show, you guys are $25 going to quickly tour Canada and If you grew up on alt-metal bands like Drowning then it’s off to New Zealand and Pool and Saliva, forget about your Thursday classes. Australia. What was it like getting AMERICA IN THE DARK that tour booked? Headliner the Used almost sound like AFI with their yell- along choruses, but if your tastes run to the hardcore, JF: Well, there’s never really much Atreyu serve an even mix of melody and aggro of an adventure of getting a tour screams that’ll shake the walls. The House of Blues is booked, its just some e-mails, and the Bennigan’s of the music world — an overpriced you cross your fingers. cookie-cutter chain — and Atreyu toured with Linkin G: Do you have any vacation plans Park, so it’ll never get too crazy, but it’s still a hell of a while you’re there, aside from play- noisy way to spend a night. (MP) ing music? JF: Totally. We’ve never been, so we’re taking days off to hang (which we rarely do on most tours). Hoping exit strategy to hit up the black sand beaches and see some countryside. THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS G: What’s HEALTH’s dream collabo- ration? If you could do a song with “WHIP IT” KSDT/CHE BENEFIT any artist working now, who would PRICE CENTER THEATER CHE CAFE you pick and why? JF: JAN. 21 & JAN 23, JAN. 23, 7 P.M. We’ve always wanted to do a song 6 P.M. & 9 P.M. $7 with Johnny Jewel of Glass Candy. $3 G: P.S. My funny HEALTH fact: Way back when, there was a post JEHOVA’S FITNESS UPRIGHT CITIZENS on Craigslist wanting a vocalist for CHE CAFE BRIGADE a band based in LA, listing influ- JAN. 21, 8 P.M. THE LOFT ences like Liars and the Locust ... $5 JAN. 25, 9 P.M. By Neda Salamat Contributing Writer it was you dudes. My hometown $5 is Thousand Oaks, a suburb about THE HOPE PARACHUTE & mbitious writer-director Noah Buschel’s 45 minutes north of Los Angeles, CONSPIRACY SAFETYSUIT latest makes a wholehearted attempt to but I answered the post because I narrow the gap between World War II film The Missing Person was looking to join a new band and CHE CAFE PC BALLROOM EAST A noir and films like this decade’s “Sin City,” but STARRING MICHAEL SHANNON, FRANK WOOD & I loved all the influences you had JAN. 22, 7 P.M. JAN. 26, 8 P.M. AMY RYAN $10 FREE falls worlds short. put down. At the time, it bummed In a dark, rundown apartment, private DIRECTED BY NOAH BUSCHEL me out that I couldn’t join (I think investigator John Rosow (Michael Shannon, RATED NR DJ JON TRAN “COUPLES RETREAT” 01:25 I was still in high school). Just ROUND TABLE PIZZA PRICE CENTER THEATER “Revolutionary Road”) receives an assignment thought I’d share that, take it easy JAN. 22, 1 P.M. JAN. 26, 6 P.M. & 9 P.M. guys. FREE $3 See PERSON, page 8 JF (laughing): I forgot about that. We never used anyone from the ad by the way. 8THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 HIATUS EGNA=K@GOLAE=K ALBUMREVIEW :[HY[PUN[OL^LLRVM-YPKH`1HU\HY`UK Surfer Blood 4 Spoon 5 The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus [PG-13, 122min] Fri 22, Mon 25 – Thu 29: (1:30), (4:15), 7:00, 9:45 Astro Coast Transference Sat 24, Sun 25: (10:45), 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 KANINE RECORDS 10 MERGE 10 The Young Victoria [PG, 104min] Fri 22, Mon 25 – Thu 29: (1:40), (4:25), 7:10, 9:55 Sat 24, Sun 25: (10:55), 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 ;]ZNMZ[;\]UJTMW]\\PM3IZIWSM*IZ ;XWWV/W=VLMZKW^MZ)[.WZU]TIQK)T\:WKS A Single Man [PG-13, 99min] his Florida band’s name might sound like a late- f I wanted to listen to generically crappy indie alt-rock, Fri 22, Mon 25 – Thu 29: (1:50), 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 night B-movie, but the debut album from Surfer I’d cue up Hoobastank. But Spoon is a group we expect a Sat 24, Sun 25: (11:05), 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 T Blood is just as velvet-soft and vox-dominated I little more out of. Or a lot more. From the same men who as anything by the Shins or the Smiths. These indie- brought us the awesomely catchy and peculiar Ga Ga Ga Ga Broken Embraces [R, 128min] Fri 22, Mon 25 – Thu 29: (2:10), 5:05, 8:00 rockers are so new, they don’t even have a Wikipedia Ga in 2007, seventh studio record Transference should have Sat 24, Sun 25: (11:15), 2:10, 5:05, 8:00 page (I admit it, I looked), but they’re already knee- been, at the very least, a rung above mediocre. deep in dust — covered in such a film that five min- But Transference doesn’t transcend anything. It’s like Spoon (*) DISCOUNT SHOWS 3H1VSSH=PSSHNL*PULTHZ utes after you turn off your iPod, you’ve forgotten went into the indie-rock handbook and followed a step-by-step  =PSSH3H1VSSH+YP]L3H1VSSH everything but a five-second lick. formula on how to write a semi-hit. Each cut has an unwaver- www.LandmarkTheatres.com     Linchpin of their sudden popularity “Swim” ing, steady pace, plodding along without any variety before starts off with a catchy hook and Benatar-esque coming to an abrupt end. power chords, but the riffs start rambling halfway But this isn’t as bothersome as the fact that they all run at through, and the track drowns in distortion. The least a minute too long. This is the A.D.D. Twitter generation; vocals echo so long, it’s like bad karaoke: The chorus how do you expect us to pay attention for an extra minute of is the only time we can make out the words. bass drum and guitar strums when we get impatient waiting Astro Coast does serve up a few clean cuts, for a Web page to load? especially “Neighbour Riffs,” an instrumental with In its journey to experiment with new genre trends, Spoon ringing guitars much like Eric Johnson’s “Cliffs of dabbles with odd echoic Auto-Tune on “Is Love Forever?” and Dover.” Other than that, though, the only bright “Who Makes Your Money.” As a result, the album’s overall aes- sides are “Take It Easy” and closer “Catholic thetic is awfully inconsistent, jumping abruptly from fast-paced Pagans.” We can hear the lyrics, but they still don’t feel-good melody “The Mystery Zone” to “Written in Reverse,” make much sense: “Please don’t padlock/ Your a chugging number with somber piano plunks and raw, aggro parents’ bomb shelter/” It’s ridiculous, but “Easy”’s vocals. tropical toe-tapping groove mesmerizes us into not The LP’s saving grace is “I Saw the Light,” which weaves caring about even the most terrible lyrics. smooth vocals and blown-out riffs with calmer ones, and an “Easy” and “Pagans” might get the fuzz-meter epic buildup with some “Fuck yeah!” strumming that com- right, but they can’t save Coast. Surfer Blood did pletely shifts gears mid-song, keeping our attention spans in record the album in a dorm room, so a little pro- check. fessional mixing might make all the difference. For For the most part, Spoon plays a crappy version of their now, if we want to spend almost an hour wonder- garage-rock facade, resulting in 11 run-of-the-mill tunes that ing what’s going on, we’d be better off in the last aren’t terrible, but definitely aren’t anything we’ll put on repeat. row of o-chem. Guess it’s time to switch to sporks.

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NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 THE UCSD GUARDIAN 9 ;;+";\ZIQVML+WM`Q[\MVKMQV6M_/ZMMV+MV\MZ 5ML;\]LMV\0WXMLNWZ5I[\MZ[QV8]JTQK0MIT\P ▶ DISPUTE, MYVTWHNL “It’s already proven to be great,” Souder ▶ KLOOS, MYVTWHNL guys used to sneak into our apartment while we the correct avenues. We are well aware of how said. “The space is already being well-utilized in Arizona and decided he wanted to take some were at dinner and invert all of our furniture. to work with the administration.” by many, including students, faculty and staff.” time and travel, see the world, volunteer… He This happened a few times before we actually As it stands, only Souder and Campus The SSC is currently working with the A.S. had just gotten there on Sunday and was sup- figured out who it was.” Sustainability Analyst Kristin Hansen hold a Council to expedite the process to reach an posed to stay for a little while before the earth- The Kloos family has asked that any dona- permanent office in the center. Students and MOU. quake hit.” tions in Ryan’s memory be made to Friends of the community members alike are permitted to “We’ve decided we need to stop negotiat- Ryan was a member of the UCSD swim team Orphans at 1-888-201-8880 or www.friendsoft- schedule meetings or events in the center, ing with [Souder] directly,” Ghosh said. “Our and swam breaststroke for four years, despite heorphans.org, in honor of Erin and Ryan Kloos. but are not allowed occupy the space as joint talks weren’t productive. We were going back- recurring knee injuries. “Ryan just showed a lot of love to everyone directors. wards. She kept rescinding promises. Now “He fought through a lot of injuries while around him,” Costa said. “He loved his family, “I would love to make sure there is really we’re working through A.S. and various vice he swam, but he never once thought about not he loved his school, he loved his chosen career good access for anyone that doesn’t exclude chancellors, who are her supervisors. They swimming,” Costa said. “The team really meant path and he showed that every day; it’s kind of everybody,” Souder said. “We want a space can make it clear an anti-student activity will the world to him, and I think it’s been really hard that feel for life that we’re all hanging on to.” where anyone and everyone feels welcome. not be tolerated at for a lot of the alumni that swam with him for Ryan’s family is currently at a Miami hospital Ultimately, we’re running it by my bosses; I UCSD. If things years.” with his sister Erin, who was also injured in the want to make sure they’re comfortable. The don’t go well, we In addition to his involvement with the quake. She is now in stable condition. administration has committed a lot of money won’t hesitate to swim team, Ryan was also a writer for the Muir “Knowing my son, Ryan, for only 24 years is and effort, and I want to make sure the uni- Our talks meet with the chan- Quarterly, a satirical newspaper that, according so much better than never having known him at versity is happy.” cellor herself.” to Costa, allowed him to showcase his sense of all,” John Kloos said. “No son has ever made his While SSC members are able to reserve the “weren’t Gupta said he humor. family prouder.” SRC for weekly meetings, they are unable to productive. We supports the SSC’s “He had this sarcastic humor that was really use the center as a main office. were going efforts to attain a quick — really witty,” Costa said. “When we Readers can contact Hayley Bisceglia-Martin at “We have no functional office space or physical place in the were freshmen, he and a few of the other swim [email protected]. meeting place,” Ghosh said. “There is no pub- backwards. She SRC. lic space where we can display our projects. kept rescinding “The SRC is part We can’t put anything on the shelves [in the promises.” of A.S.,” Ghosh said. SRC]. We can’t put anything on the walls. “The students in the =+)*\W:M^QM_.Q[KIT)TTWKI\QWVWN 4WN\.]VL[ We can only be there at certain hours. We’re RISHI GHOSH SSC are employees forced to run our programs with no central STUDENT of A.S., which is a ▶ LOFT, MYVTWHNL as opposed to the as-of-yet nonexistent Loft locations.” DIRECTOR, SSC department of the the council — including VP Student Life, VP Governance Board. Various programs the SSC is attempting university. We’re Finance and AVP Concerts and Events — as well “UCAB is a fully functioning board, not a to house in the SRC include an extension of going to make sure they’re treated with respect as the Graduate Student Association president committee,” he said. “We control a $10 million the TritonBikes rental program, along with an — the same respect any administrator would and UCAB chair. budget, most of it in student fees.” e-waste drop-off center that would properly receive. It should be two departments working In contrast, Taylor’s version allowed for the The UCAB model of the referendum passed dispose of broken electronics. together.” current UCAB governing board — composed of by a vote of 16-11-3, due to concerns that the “We want to set up an e-waste center,” Gupta said he intends to re-open discus- members of the six college councils, as well as oversight provided by Gupta’s model was excessive. Ghosh said. “We can’t do that project right sions between the SSC and CSS, bringing administrators and alumni — to review the funds Loft Director Martin Wollesen said the night’s now, though, since we have no space to pub- in higher administrators including Souder’s appropriated to the Loft. debate was valuable, and praised the council’s deci- licize to students. We aren’t even allowed to supervisor Assistant Vice Chancellor Russell Gupta said he was pushing for the maximum sion to place the referendum on the ballot. enter the space.” Thackston. Gupta said he also plans on meet- amount of student oversight, especially because “There was comparable evidence — from Ghosh said that the SSC feels there is even ing with the University Centers Advisory UCAB is known for being under the administra- attendance records to signatures to A.S.’s own difficulty setting up meetings under the cur- Board to discuss the current state of the SRC, tive thumb. surveys — that the students want to be able to rent arrangements. along with its intended purpose. “When you’re deciding where to place hun- vote,” Wollesen said. “I would have been disap- “We don’t get preference in the scheduling “We had met with the University Centers dreds of thousands of student fees collected pointed if A.S. didn’t listen to the student voice.” process,” Ghosh said. “[Souder] can schedule Advisory Board,” Gupta said. “They reviewed every quarter every year, you better put it in a If passed, the fee would go into effect Fall over us if she finds out when our meetings the space agreement with the intent that stu- place that can perform effective and real over- Quarter 2010 and be charged every quarter until are. She’s treating us as a non-involved third dents were to share in the space. I’ve spoken sight,” he said. “I do not feel comfortable in Spring Quarter 2014 — at which point it would party who she just lets use the space.” with the UCAB chair. We’ll be presenting to placing these fees with the University Centers terminate unless renewed by a majority A.S. Souder holds that the center has been very them sometime in the next few weeks.” Advisory Board.” Council vote. productive and useful during the time it has Taylor said that UCAB was capable of reg- been open, despite the SSC’s lack of a role in Readers can contact Ayelet Bitton at arbitton@ ulating the Loft’s finances because members Readers can contact Angela Chen at shchen@ managing the center. ucsd.edu. had experience dealing with student fees — ucsd.edu.

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UCSDGUARDIAN.CAMPUSAVE.COM SPORTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 THE UCSD GUARDIAN 11 5QL[MI[WV the matches. a two-point lead, the Tritons retied early on, as evidenced by the 33 ties in 18-18 until UCSD scored Gauchos hit at a .316 clip. The Tritons were outhit by the the set at 26-26 through an ace from the match — eight of which occurred four straight points topped UCSB eventually sealed Matadors .320 to .174. Fritsch led the Spangler. Moments later, Fritsch sent in the first set. The Tritons trailed off with an ace from Ross to a 15-13 win, ending the way for the Tritons with 16 kills on down a kill to again tie the set at behind 3-0, but quickly turned things lead 22-18. In order for match in its favor. .33 hitting. Spangler had seven kills. 28-28. At the end of the dramatic around to take the lead 8-7 with a But the Gauchos fought “In the match [against Bannan offered 29 assists, five digs set, Cal State Northridge claimed kill from Kiani. UCSD and UCSB on, and tied the set at us to be UCSB], we were better and four kills in the game. Guthals the set victory at 30-28 with a kill went back and forth until the Tritons 27-27. Fortunately for the “competitive, at passing,” head coach led the team with six blocks and five and block. ultimately claimed the first set 27-23, Tritons, two errors from we need to Kevin Ring said. “Due kills on .625 hitting. Freshman libero “For the next match, we need due to a Gaucho error. Junior middle UCSB and a Ross kill were to that, we played better Chase Frishman had a team-high to continue passing well,” Ring said. blocker Adrian Guthals’ kill sealed enough to hand them the sideout with offensively and [kept] a eight digs in the game. “In order for us to be competitive, the set at 30-26. set at 27-30. more more balanced attack.” Fritsch tied the first set at 16-16 we need to sideout with more con- In the second set, the Gauchos In the fourth set, UCSB consistency.” The loss against with a kill. However, Cal State sistency.” jumped out to an 11-6 lead, until broke the 11-11 tie to take UCSB followed UCSD’s Northridge won the first set with a The Tritons will return to action on the Tritons fought back to 12-10. a 20-15 lead. The Tritons KEVIN RING Mountain Pacific score of 30-24. Jan. 20 against Pepperdine University However, UCSB was able to stave off worked to bring the score HEAD COACH, Sports Federation sea- The Tritons scored the first three before heading to Los Angeles to play the comeback attampt, and ultimately to 25-24, minimizing the MEN’S VOLLEYBALL son opener at No. 2 points of the second set. With the University of Southern California on claimed the second set with a 30-24 Gaucho’s lead to only one Cal State Northridge score tied 14-14, both teams battled Jan. 22. victory. point. Despite the Tritons’ best on Wednesday, Jan. 13. There, until the Matadors topped the Tritons The Tritons started out on top in efforts, they lost the set 30-27. the Tritons were defeated 30-24, and won the set 30-26. Readers can contact Jessy Jahangir at the third set with a 10-6 lead, thanks In the fifth and final set, the 30-26 and 30-28 at the hands of In the closely fought third set, [email protected].

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By Yvonne Chow imity to the recent BladeRunner tournament didn’t Irvine Collegiate Open and 5th at the BladeRunner 5QLaMIZ6*) Staff Writer give the team enough time to recover or adjust their Tournament this year. His finish marks a 22-spot techniques. improvement over his performance at last year’s FENCING — The best fencers on the western “We would have preferred if it came longer after NAC, where he placed 44th out of 188. )KKWTILM[ North American coast — from Canada to San the Christmas break,” Runyan said. Fong said that fencers come from all over North Diego — gathered in San Jose from Jan. 15 to Jan. The tournament — structured in knock-out America to compete at NACs and the quality of the t’s mid-January, and even San Diego has shown some signs 18 to compete for continental supremacy in the format — pitted players into groups of six or seven. field is incredible. of “winter,” leaving its residents North American Cup. Then, the competitors faced each other for top “The competition is always fierce at NAC,” he I The tournament featured over 260 competitors, spots in the group. The group’s highest scorers were said. “It’s typical to fence against Olympians and comically unprepared for the rain. So it’s time to talk football, right? and presented a wide range of competition for the then placed into direct elimination rounds. world team members. Well, I’ve never been one to follow UCSD fencers. Despite the tournament’s inopportune timing and UCSD now looks ahead to the Northwestern “This tournament really served to challenge and stiff competition, the UCSD fencers performed well. Duals that will take place in Evanston from Jan. trends — heck, I’ve been a Warriors fan since before their “We Believe” expose our athletes with world-class level fencing,” Triton sophomore Michael Fong continued to 30 to Jan. 31. head coach Heidi Runyan said. find success in only his second year fencing, and days — and I refused to jump on the Readers can contact Yvonne Chow at Chargers’ bandwagon this year. Let’s However, Runyan felt the timing of the tourna- placed 22nd out of 195 participants in the junior ychow@ucsd. face it, after Nate Kaeding’s glorious ment was not favorable for the team, since it’s prox- men’s foil. Fong has already placed second at the UC edu. suck-fest on Sunday, the last thing you want to hear is predictions for an :,(:6579,=0,> AFC Championship game to which the Chargers so brilliantly botched their ticket. =+;,.ITT[ Peanuts& \W/I]KPW[ Crackerjacks JANANI SRIDHARAN QV.Q^M;M\[ [email protected] Men still looking for first So instead, here are a few of my win in conference play midseason NBA awards. We’ll see if they have any relevance by the time after showdown with summer rolls around. Guy that screwed over his team the No. 14 UCSB. most: the Wizard’s Gilbert Arenas By Jessy Jahangir To be fair, Agent Zero’s biggest Contributing Writer crime was being too serious a practi- cal joker. In fact, we should applaud MEN’S VOLLEYBALL — The No. how committed he is to punking his 11-ranked UCSD men’s volleyball teammates. I’m talking, of course, team traveled to UC Santa Barbara about bringing unloaded guns into on Saturday, Jan. 16, to play its second the locker room and, alongside Javaris match this season in the Mountain Crittenton, pointing them at each Pacific Sports Federation campaign. other. Maybe bringing in the guns and The Tritons were unsuccessful in then joking about it later (Arenas and securing their first victory in a very his teammates drew more attention close seesaw match against the No. to the scandal by making guns out of 14-ranked Gauchos. UCSD lost with their hands on the sidelines) wasn’t as a final score of 26-30, 30-24, 27-30, hilarious as they thought. 30-27 and 15-13. One thing I’ve learned from all This was the fourth consecutive of this: If I ever see a professional meeting between the two teams where athlete out on the streets, I’m gonna the winner was decided in five sets. make sure to be extra careful about However, it was the first time that what I say. Arenas was by no means the Gauchos were victorious in the packing light — accompanying his matches. The loss dropped the Tritons .50 caliber gold-plated semiautomatic to 0-2 in the Mountain Pacific Sports was a .500 magnum revolver, a .45 KAREN LING/GUARDIAN FILE Federation and 1-4 overall. mm semiautomatic and a 9 mm. Who Leading the way for UCSD was knows what would happen if he went senior outside hitter Jason Spangler, all Plaxico Burress on us and loaded who registered 15 kills and seven digs. all his guns into his sweatpants? Four Freshman middle blocker Cyrus Kiani shots in the leg and indefinite sus- BIG CLEATS TO FILL also contributed with 12 kills on .625 pension wouldn’t have been the only hitting. Junior setter Phil Bannan had thing that ruined his season. By Vishal Natarajan‡ Sports Editor a double-double with 52 assists and Surprise Team of the (Mid) Year: 10 digs. Senior opposite hitter Frank Oklahoma City Thunder BASEBALL — The UCSD baseball team is entering In spite of the preseason praise and high expecta- Fritsch slammed 11 kills and junior Loyal readers know that I dedi- the upcoming 2009-10 season ranked as the No. 1 tions, however, the team is taking a workman’s atti- outside hitter Joel Davidson added cated my last column to picking apart team in the nation in Division-II by Ping!Baseball, tude to the upcoming season. nine kills. the Sonicsgate fiasco from a couple and No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. “Last season was arguably one of the best seasons UCSB was led by outside hitter Jeff of years ago that sent the Sonics to The team also boasts three Division-II preseason in UCSD history,” senior pitcher and preseason Menzel who finished with 25 kills, and Oklahoma City. But the Thunder has All-Americans — designations given to the best All-American Matt Rossman said. “As for this year, opposite hitter Cullen Irons with 14 really stepped up its game, thanks to players in the country in their respective positions — it doesn’t mean much. All the preseason rankings kills. third-year forward Kevin Durant. The as voted by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers are based on last year’s results — who’s coming in former Rookie of the Year has led the Association. this year and the talent that’s returning. But we still See M. VOLLEYBALLpage 11 team to 23 wins this season in half the All this, on the heels of a record-breaking 2008- time it took all its players combined 09 season. See BASEBALLpage 11 last year. Durant has exceeded already high expectations for the year, aver- aging 29.1 points per game and 7.1 RANK TEAM RANK TEAM rebounds. Second-year point guard Russell Westbrook isn’t too shabby 1 EMPORIA STATE HORNETS (630) 1 UCSD TRITONS either, putting up 16.1 points and 7.5 assists per game. 2 FLORIDA SOUTHERN MOCCASINS (618) 2 FLORIDA SOUTHERN MOCCASINS The Thunder is definitely not 3 3 perfect — the team ranks in the top UCSD TRITONS (594) EMPORIA STATE HORNETS five in turnovers. But considering the 4 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS MULERIDERS (586) 4 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS MULERIDERS nucleus of young players, they should start handling the ball better soon — 5 MESA STATE MAVERICKS (572) 5 GRAND VALLEY STATE LAKERS hopefully in time to make a push for the playoffs this season. 6 USC AIKEN PACERS (562) 6 CENTRAL MISSOURI MULES Rookie of the (Mid) Year: the King’s Tyreke Evans. 7 TAMPA SPARTANS (522) 7 TAMPA SPARTANS It’s a close tie with Brandon 8 8 Jennings’ ghetto ass, but Evans has ASHLAND EAGLES (522) FRANCIS MARION PATRIOTS been playing well of late and looks to 9 WEST CHESTER GOLDEN RAMS (520) 9 USC AIKEN PACERS be getting even better. The 20-year-old is averaging 20.8 points per game for 10 LYNN FIGHTING KNIGHTS (506) 10 VALDOSTA STATE BLAZERS the Kings, and has all the qualities of a Source: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Source: Ping!Baseball Preseason Top-30 JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN FILE Frank Fritsch attempts to block a shot from UCSB. See CRACKERJACKSpage 11 Fritch smashed 11 kills in the loss on Jan. 16.