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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

www.ucsdguardian.org Monday,æFebruaryæ23,æ2009 The Student Voice Since 1967 STATEæBUDGETæLoftæContinuesæSearchæforæPermanentæFunds shortfall of $165,134, which represents ELIMINATESæ In light of two A.S. 31.9 percent of total operating costs. Council decisions to At a Feb. 11 meeting, the A.S. exclude campus venue Council rejected the Loft’s proposal to $115MæFROMæ include a measure on the spring A.S. from ballots, the Loft’s ballot establishing a student Loft fee of future remains uncertain. $2.62 per quarter. The final draft of the UCæFUNDINGæ proposal granted oversight of the fee By Jesse Alm to the A.S. Council and the Graduate By Reza Farazmand A N  E Student Association by allowing these N  E bodies to reduce or eliminate the fee After five months in operation, the with two consecutive two-thirds votes. After three months of tense delib- Loft — Price Center’s music, culture and The Loft presented a similar initia- eration, state lawmakers approved arts lounge — remains strapped for per- tive to the council in October 2008, a budget package late last week manent funding sources. Meanwhile, hoping to embed its own fee into the that signals trouble for California’s campuswide debate regarding student A.S. activity-fee increase that students public higher- oversight of the venue presses on with approved last month. Councilmembers education insti- increasing intensity. voted down that proposal, largely tutions, imple- This year, the Loft is relying in due to its lack of formal mechanisms menting a 10 part on temporary funding from the for student oversight. After amend- ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN percent across- Department of Student Life, but the Indie band the Lanterns plays the Loft Feb. 7. Since opening in Fall Quarter, the campus nightclub has the-board venue’s 2009-10 budget includes a See LOFT,æpage 2 struggled to secure permanent funding, and administrative sponsorship expires this year. funding cut to the University of California and California State University Mark G. Yudof UC President CommitteeæAppointedætoæReviseæUCSDæAlcoholæPolicy systems. The $130 billion budget plan Recent difficulties in planning and as long as it includes a phrase such as Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student slashes UC funding by an addi- Current provisions promoting campus events have called ‘21 [and up] bring valid, government- Life and committee chair Gary L. tional $115 million, stretching the prohibit campus events into question the relevance of cur- issued I D.’” Ratcliff said in an e-mail. university’s total projected budget rent regulations, particularly regarding A.S. councilmembers criticized the Committee members discussed deficit to $450 million. The cuts are from advertising presence advertising and sponsorship clauses, administration last quarter after the revising convoluted or unclear areas of designed to save the state a sum of of alcoholic beverages. which includes a provision stating Loft, a University Centers-managed the policy, focusing heavily on restric- $264.4 million in the 2009-10 fis- “The availability of alcohol at events campus venue, was allowed to run tions. cal year. By David Harvey shall not be advertised.” a promotional campaign for a wine- “The policy currently prohibits UC President Mark G. Yudof S  S W  A.S. Associate Vice President of tasting event that appeared to break alcohol-related sponsors if the event said the new round of cuts will Programming Garrett Berg served as advertising regulations in accordance serves alcohol, but it allows it if the have both immediate and long-term A committee assembled in the committee’s single undergraduate with the disputed alcohol policy. The event does not serve alcohol,” Berg implications for the university and December by Vice Chancellor of representative. campaign was a topic of discussion at said. “This just seems incredibly con- the state economy as a whole. Student Affairs Penny Rue — com- “Countless organizations, includ- the committee’s meeting. tradictory and, quite frankly, confus- “It is important to state clearly posed of student and department rep- ing the Alumni Association and even “To consider alternatives regarding i n g .” that the reductions contained in resentatives — met for the first time on — if I remember correctly — the chan- the current policy language prohibit- At the meeting, the UCSD Real this budget will be felt by students, Feb. 10 to review and provide recco- cellor’s office have violated this policy,” ing the reference of alcohol service in Estate Office — represented by by faculty, by staff and ultimately by mendations for the revision of UCSD’s Berg said in an e-mail. “This policy event announcements, the committee Associate Director of Real Estate alcohol policy, first composed in 1987 should be lifted almost entirely, allow- will look at the policies of other uni- See BUDGET,æpage 3 and later revised in 2003. ing events to advertise alcohol service versities that permit such references,” See ALCOHOL,æpage 2 TRITONæSPIRITæSHINESæASæVICTORIESæROLLæIN StudentæReportsæ SexualæAssaultæ atæCampusæLot

By Yelena Akopian A N  E

A female reported to UCSD police last week that she was pushed to the ground and sexually assaulted in park- ing lot 102 at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The suspected rapist, who was described as an adult Asian male approximately six feet in height, was reported as fleeing toward North Torrey Pines Road on foot directly following the assault. The police department released a community advisory bulletin last Friday, advising students to use discretion when taking shortcuts through isolated parts of campus and utilize the Community Service Officer Escort Program available daily from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN Readers can contact Yelena Akopian Fans gathered at RIMAC Arena at Spirit Night on Feb. 20 to watch the men’s and women’s teams take on San Francisco State University. Both teams were victorious after neck-and-neck matches. at [email protected].

FOCUS Hard-Wired SPORTS Clinching INSIDE ONLINE WEATHER AnimalæStyle...... 2 Poll:ÆDo you think the A.S. Cool Kids the Top Spot LightsæandæSirensæ...... 3 Council should invest more Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Political science professor Women’s basketball: The BurntæSoupæ...... 4 money in the Grove Caffe? H 70 L 51 H 68 L 49 James Fowler leads a study Tritons held off a late Gator run LettersætoætheæEditoræ...... 5 SiteæSeenæ...... 6 linking social trends to on Spirit Night to clinch a Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Classifiedsæ...... 10 Tell us at www.ucsdguardian.org. genetics. PAGEæ6 first-place CCAA finish. PAGEæ12 H 61 L 47 H 65 L 48 2æNEWSæ THEæUCSDæGUARDIANæ MONDAY,æFEBRUARYæ23,æ2009

ANIMALÆSTYLE BY CHRISTINA AUSHANA

MatthewæMcArdle Editor in Chief HadleyæMendoza Managing Editors NicoleæTeixeira SimoneæWilson

SmrutiæAravind Copy Editors AllieæCuerdo

RezaæFarazmand News Editor JesseæAlm Associate News Editors YelenaæAkopian KimberlyæCheng

AlyssaæBereznak Opinion Editor TrevoræCox Associate Opinion Editor JananiæSridharan Sports Editor CommitteeæConsidersæStudentæWellbeingæinæAlcoholæPolicyæDiscussion NeilæJoshi Associate Sports Editor DavidæHarvey Focus Editor ▶ ALCOHOL, fromæpageæ1 office processes 600 to 700 permit “I was surprised, especially con- progress made at the committee’s first JoannaæCardenas Associate Focus Editors Development Ginger Truschke — requests per year; in response, a sub- sidering the enormous changes we meeting, especially in discussion of StephanieæTsank emphasized a need for policy clari- committee was formed to review the were forced to make last year,” Berg revising the policy’s tone. SoniaæMinden Hiatus Editor fication regarding campus vendors permit form and consider revisions. said. “We were suddenly discussing the “There is no overarching driving AllieæCuerdo Associate Hiatus Editors licensed to serve alcoholic beverages. The safety and wellbeing of stu- merits of selling shot glasses, alcohol principle of what the policy is doing,” EdwinæGonzalez Business Affairs Associate Controller dents remained a priority throughout service at venues like [Porter’s Pub] he said. “Originally, it seemed to dis- ErikæJepsen Photo Editor Sally Brainerd and campus police the discussion. Director of Student and Round Table, and even alcohol courage drinking. The new focus is EmilyæKu Design Editor representative Lt. David Rose recom- Policies and Judicial Affairs Tony service at the event itself. While it encouraging responsible drinking … it ChristinaæAushana Art Editor Valladolid requested the presence of a was only the first meeting, I am wor- will be better for students.” mended that the Use of Alcoholic or PatrickæStammerjohn Web Designer Malt Beverage Request Form be updat- student health representative for alco- ried that Sun God may once again be The committee plans to meet bi- Page Layout ed to increase clarity of the document, hol education. singled out.” weekly throughout the review process. WilliamæChuong,æReginaæIp,æEmilyæKu,æSoniaæMinden,ææææææææ citing a trend in requests that contain The focus of discussions about safe- Graduate Student Association Vice KentæNgo,æJonathanæShan,æNaomiæShiffman incomplete information. ty and security, especially regarding the President of Campus Affairs Alex Readers can contact David Harvey at Copy Readers Sun God Festival, worried Berg. James said he was pleased with the [email protected]. AmyæGuzdar,æKelseyæMarrujo,æNaomiæSweo,ææææææææææææææææææ Rose told the committee that his AnitaæVergis,æDanielleæWarren

MonicaæBachmeier General Manager MikeæMartinez Advertising Manager Wollesen:æLoft-SpecificæReferendumæWouldæBeæLastæResort AlfredoæH.æVilanoæJr. Advertising Art Director D a r a æ B u æææææææææææææææææææææææææ Student Advertising/ LOFT, fromæpageæ1 JuliaæPeterson Promotion Managers ▶ she said. “At the end of the day, $30,000 newly elected council takes office — to growing debt for years, and that the MichaelæNeill Network Administrator ing the bill to address these concerns, [in annual A.S. Programming fees] is present a new draft of the measure. university should provide financial ShawnæXu Advertising Sales Rep University Events Office Director already supporting the Loft. I think a While elected officials and admin- support to these struggling enterprises Business Assistants SalvadoræGallegos,æCharissaæGinn, Martin Wollesen said he was “shocked” lot of people forget this.” istrators have deliberated over how to before it considers permanent commit- TiffanyæHan,æMaggieæLeung,æFrankæPakæ and “disappointed” that the council A.S. Assistant Vice President fund the Loft, a contingent of the cam- ments to a new student venue. Advertising Design and Layout remained unwilling to put the issue pus community devoted to student- GeorgeæChen,æBrandonæChu,æKimæCooper,æJennyæTingæWangæ of Academic Affairs and University “The Loft is just another attempt Distributors before the student body. Centers Advisory Board Chairwoman run business has expressed skepticism to put another nail in our collective AlaricæBermudez,æCharissaæGinn,æScottæHavrisik,æJoshæOttoson “Students are smart, they want to regarding the benefits of maintaining Marketing and Promotion Reps Lana Blank worked with Wollesen to coffin,” she said. “I don’t think that any DaraæBu,æTracyæHua,æMaggieæLeung,æKathleenæNgo,æLisaæTat participate, and they want a voice,” he develop the most recent Loft propos- the nightclub’s operations at all. concession the university is going to Theæ UCSDæ Guardianæ isæ publishedæ Mondaysæ andæ said. “I believe very strongly in this al, which originally stipulated UCAB Yuki Murakami, a core member of give is going to benefit students at all.” ThursdaysæduringætheæacademicæyearæbyæUCSDæstudentsæ andæforætheæUCSDæcommunity.æReproductionæofæthisæ place, and a referendum is a good mea- oversight of the fee. both the UCSD Food Co-op and the Nevertheless, as long as the Loft newspaperæinæanyæform,æwhetheræinæwholeæoræinæpart,æ sure of student support.” withoutæpermissionæisæstrictlyæprohibited.æ©æ2008,æallæ In response to a popular suggestion social justice group One Earth One faces a funding shortfall, students will rightsæreserved.æTheæUCSDæGuardianæisænotæresponsibleæ A.S. President Donna Bean said forætheæreturnæofæunsolicitedæmanuscriptsæoræart.æTheæviewsæ among councilmembers that the Loft Justice, said that if students simply took remain high on its list of potential reve- expressedæhereinædoænotænecessarilyærepresentætheæopin- that placing the Loft measure on the simply organize an independent refer- advantage of the opportunities that nue sources. Sixth College Senator John ionsæofætheæUCSDæGuardian,ætheæUniversityæofæCaliforniaæ oræAssociatedæStudents.æTheæUCSDæGuardianæisæfundedæ A.S. ballot would send students a mixed endum, Blank explained that running already exist — such as an overwhelm- Cressey said that the council would be solelyæbyæadvertising.æThisæwasænotæaæcollectiveædecision.æ message. This quarter’s fee referendum an election campaign requires at least ing number of campus organizations wise to institutionalize student over- GeneralæEditorial:æ858-534-6580æ included a four-year moratorium on $5,000 to cover advertisement expenses and intramural sports — life on cam- sight while the opportunity exists, even [email protected] activity-fee increases, and while the News:æ858-534-5226,æ[email protected] and online TritonLink services. For pus would improve naturally. if it means sharing this responsibility Focus:æ858-534-5226,æ[email protected] Loft fee would be separate from the this reason, including the measure on “[The university is] taking a really with other campus departments and Hiatus:æ858-534-6583,æ[email protected]æ Opinion:æ858-534-6582,æ[email protected] activity fee and would not require the the annual A.S. ballot would be more artificial approach to enhancing stu- college councils. Sports:æ858-534-6582,æ[email protected] endorsement of the council, she said practical, she said. dent life,” he said. “The main thing we “It’s dangerous to assume that A.S. Photo:æ858-534-6582,æ[email protected] that many students may be confused Wollesen said the Loft would only need for student life is students, and we is the only student-representative body Advertising:æ858-534-3467 about these distinctions. [email protected] run its own referendum as a last resort. have them. People here think they need on this campus,” he said. “We, as A.S., Fax:æ858-534-7691 She added that Loft’s experimen- Following the council’s rejection to be entertained, instead of entertain- have a duty and responsibility to get as tal business model — which relies on of the Loft proposal, Blank said she ing themselves.” much out of a referendum as possible. funds that are not yet secured — is has received encouragement from Vice Yesenia Padilla, another Food If we make blanket statements, we give TheæUCSDæGuardian fiscally irresponsible and puts an unfair Chancellor of Student Affairs Penny Co-op core member, added that the up that opportunity.” 9500æGilmanæDrive,æ0316 burden on students. Rue to reintroduce the bill. However, four co-ops on campus — Groundwork LaæJolla,æCAæ92093-0316 “We don’t see shared governance she said she may have to wait until the Books, the Che Cafe, the General Store Readers can contact Jesse Alm at UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG until they need something from us,” end of Spring Quarter — when the and the Food Co-op — have faced [email protected]. MONDAY,æFEBRUARYæ23,æ2009æ THEæUCSDæGUARDIANæ NEWSææ3 LIGHTS & SIRENS YudofætoæDiscussæ Friday, Feb. 13 hour” at Africa Hall. 7:29 a.m.: Traffic control 7:12 a.m.: Suspicious person ShortagesæWithæ ▶ A semi-truck was reported as “stuck ▶ A 45-year-old white male with a in the mud” and blocking traffic at medium build and blonde hair was CampusæHeads Russell Lane. seen casing bicycles at the Thurgood 10:50 p.m.: Alcohol contact Marshall College apartments. ▶ BUDGET, fromæpageæ1 ▶ An anonymous “mom” reported people across California who ben- underage drinking at Mesa Verde Wednesday, Feb. 18 efit in their daily lives from the uni- Hall. 5:50 a.m.: Chemical spill versity’s work,” Yudof said in a state- ▶ Hydraulic oil was seen leaking ment. “Lower spending for higher Sunday, Feb. 15 from a street-sweeping vehicle with a education ultimately erodes student 8:36 a.m.: General disturbance 40-gallon tank. opportunity, innovation, health care ▶ An unknown male was reported 9:23 a.m: Petty theft and medical research and economic as trespassing into a female suite at ▶ A credit card was reported stolen growth for California.” Europe Hall and “throwing things from a dormitory and used at Kinko’s Yudof warned that the state’s at them.” in La Jolla Village Square. continued failure to adequately 9:35 p.m.: Injury 9:52 a.m.: Chemical spill fund the UC system could ulti- ▶ A 20-year-old male reported break- ▶ A liter of glacial acetic acid was mately have a negative impact on ing his hand after a “fire extinguisher reported as spilling from a broken the university’s academic programs, fell on it.” bottle at Urey Hall. possibly including increased class 11:33 a.m.: Petty theft sizes and the hiring of fewer full- Monday, Feb. 16 ▶ An unknown number of “cleaning time faculty members. He has 2:30 a.m.: Argument disturbance people” were reported as stealing a held meetings over the last several ▶ A male and female were heard argu- male student’s skateboard at Black Hall. months with leaders from each of ing loudly, as well as the sound of 12:29 p.m.: Suspicious person the UC campuses to discuss the “something dropping [or] thumping.” ▶ An evangelist wearing a black base- impact of decreased state funding 5:00 p.m.: Suspicious person ball cap and jeans was reported as on university operations. ▶ A 40-year-old black male wear- harassing students in front of Geisel “I will be working closely with ing a blue-gray sweatshirt was seen Library. the campuses to determine how best heading toward Library Walk, car- 1:04 p.m.: Animal call to absorb the new cuts in a way rying a backpack and possibly a ▶ A 50-year-old male with unleashed that protects the academic program sponsoredÊby: bottle of alcohol. Field interview dogs and no weapons was reported and student services to the greatest administered. as “allowing his dogs to chase him” at extent possible,” Yudof said. “And THE UCSD PHI ALPHA DELTA the gliderport. Gone on arrival. the university will continue work- Tuesday, Feb 17 ing in committed partnership with 4:12 a.m.: Noise disturbance — Compiled by Sonia Minden the state and with the other seg- ▶ Loud jazz was heard for “over an S S W ments of public higher education to support the economic recovery of California.” Although the university has yet CORRECTIONS to announce any decisions regard- ing student fee increases for next The New Business column “Council Digs in for Eight Hours of Back-and- year, the UC Board of Regents will Forth Budgetary Deliberation,” published on Feb. 12, incorrectly stated that a discuss the option as a way of off- setting the effects of the current motion passed by the A.S. Council during its Feb. 11 meeting was meant to budget shortfall at a meeting next limit public input. The motion was in fact meant to facilitate public input. quarter, according to a university statement. The Guardian corrects all errors brought to the attention of the editors. Corrections can be sent to [email protected]. Readers can contact Reza Farazmand at [email protected]. week 8 at the University CentersSee ALCOHOL,æpage 3

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But, optimistically, there seem student representatives sit on Rue’s STUDENT LIFE — Above all — From there, it becomes systematically to be enough screwed-straight heads new committee, seeing how much we according to Assistant Vice Chancellor more and more vague who exactly is in on this one to possibly reach some rowdy youngsters love to squabble SPIELÊANDÊGIVEÊ of Student Life Gary Ratcliff, and allowed to oversee and approve the resemblance to cohesive revisions, with not much but our own freedom pretty much any other higher-up you events, leading to inefficient build- and they’ve agreed to meet every two in mind, hopefully they will be able to might ask — “campus priority is always ups of paperwork at each stage in the weeks until the proposal is ready. communicate what an inevitability it MEÊSOMEÊLOVINÕ the safety and health of students and process. What committee members must is that students will drink in any case, the community.” In addition, alcohol brands are remember in rewriting the policy — and that all efforts would be best fun- iving with four guys dictates Well said. Unfortunately, it’s all too prohibited from sponsoring events and, really, it must be rewritten from neled toward facilitating the safest pos- three bathroom constants in often the case that in shooting for per- where that poisonous youth-killer is scratch, with an emphasis on more eas- sible environment. Since it’s a time-told my life: 1) the toilet seat is eter- fection, administrators form idealistic served, but are allowed to sponsor ily granting permits under a solidified reality that anyone can pretty much get Lnally up, 2) a cardboard roll hangs like policies in over-official language that events where alcohol isn’t served — and cross-campus standard of security drunk whenever they want, whether a resident corpse in our toilet-paper altogether avoid getting their hands effectively eliminating most chance requirements — is that the least pro- that be by means of an overpriced holder and 3) entertaining reading dirty in the real grit of the situation of profit and creating a paradox as ductive and most dangerously back- beer or snuck-in vodka water bottle material is a guarantee in the form — and, in doing so, only facilitate a ridiculous as Red Bull being strictly wards approach the university can take — and that nothing can come close to of David Deida’s “The Way of the dangerous hush-hush policy that’s suc- relegated to promoting tea parties. toward student-life regulation is deni- promoting campus togetherness like Superior Man.” Although this men’s cessful neither in the department of Now, if UCSD’s reputation for al. You want designated drivers? Let us a good, long drink between classes — self-help book has been in print for neither safety nor enjoyment. sluggish talks (see: Grove Caffe know we’ll be drinking, so draw-straws there seems no remaining reason to nearly six years and is so popular that Luckily, after being called out for oversight committee) holds up even doesn’t happen once we’re already all prohibit student orgs and local busi- I’ve heard it referenced by past boy- double-standarding the recent ad halfway, it could be years before wasted. You want to avoid uninhibited nesses from profiting off that thirst. friends, I’d never actually read it until campaigns of Bear Garden — an campus orgs and nonaffiliated rent- dorm-room binges on Sun God? Let I discovered it on my ceramic toilet Associated Students keg event — ers are freed of the beaureacratic them do it in the open air. Readers can contact Simone Wilson at top. Peeking at the table of contents, and Sip — a classy “vine-tasting” straightjacket that keeps them from As always, transparency is key, and [email protected]. my eyes fell upon “Part Four: What affair at university-sponsored campus Women Really Want.” venue the Loft — Vice Chancellor The “What She Wants Is Not What of Student Affairs Penny Rue took She Says” subsection recounted a sup- it upon herself to sound the Triton conch at last, summoning a diverse committee to the round table with the Burnt mission of revising UCSD’s horribly stale procedure manual on campus Soup “consumption of alcoholic and/or AlyssaÊBereznak malt beverages.” [email protected] The current alcohol policy and event-request paperwork — a nearly posedly true tale of a couple suddenly uncrackable puzzle of a form required overcome by sexual desire, hence of anyone looking to host an alcohol- deciding to make love in the woods. enhanced shindig on campus — has When the man becomes overexcited, been called out by every remotely he asks his wife to settle down, lest affected department as a muddled he prematurely come. She does the affair desperately in need of a 21st opposite, demanding he fill her with century makeover. Originally drawn his “seed.” He complies — and then up in 1987 and barely tweaked in she’s pissed. 2003 after yearlong committee rus- This, Deida explains, is a classic tlings (um, deja vu), the policy pro- example of a woman asking for one hibits even the implication of poten- thing but wanting another. But men tial boozing in event advertising and shouldn’t be distracted by a woman’s lays down such intangible laws as attempts to test their purpose. As “The amount of alcoholic beverages Deida writes, “Your woman is a form available shall be reasonably limited of the goddess, taunting you, testing by the size of the target population you, seducing you, ready to chop which may legally consume alcohol.” your head off with her wrath if you Even better: “Whenever alcoholic are weak and ambiguous in your beverages are served, at least an equal truth.” volume of non-alcoholic beverages After spending Friday night must be made available at the site watching a collection of Vagina KIMÊCYPRIAN/GUARDIAN of the function. It is strongly sug- Monologues showcasing women’s sexual wants, desires and fears, I think Deida’s forewarning of our illogical behavior oversimplifies us. And although Deida’s view of women seems crazy (other book sections UCÊSHOULDNÕTÊHOLLOWÊSTUDENTSÕÊRESOURCESÊTOÊOFFSETÊCUTS include “She Doesn’t Really Want to By Trevor Cox Quarter. Increases at this point are current debt. We are, however, in imminent Be Number One”), his bestselling sta- A O E all but inevitable, given the fact that Assuming a 10 percent increase danger of feeling the consequences of tus shows that a good amount of men every year in the last decade, students in mandatory student fees — as our drained resources. University of are searching to understand women. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — have seen a 7 to 10 percent tuition Christopher Newfield, UC Santa California President Mark G. Yudof While I think it’s hard to generalize Last Friday, after a 106-day delay increase at the university — except, Barbara professor and author of “The says that students and staff can expect gender tendencies in the first place, due to resistance from his own party, by virtue of coincidence, the year Cuts Report: Effects of the Governor’s to feel the strains of these budgets I can tell you one thing that would’ve Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed that Schwarzenegger was running for Budget Proposals on the University cuts on a personal level. He warns most likely solved this tale of mis- into law a greatly compromised re-election. of California” and “Current Budget against the consequences of lower communication: an orgasm. California budget that has succeeded A hefty portion of the deficit Trends and the Future of the spending, arguing that it will lead If I can impart any piece of advice in dissatisfying almost everyone. Of ($122 million) currently stems from University of California” has pre- to the eventual decline of student on a man searching to aid his rela- the estimated $15 billion to be cut underfunded enrollments — i.e., stu- dicted — we’ll see our bill jump from opportunity and economic growth. tionship, it’s to drop the inapplicable from state programs in the next 17 dents the university supports without $7,126 to $7,850 (for in-state stu- If it makes us feel any better, theories from silly self-help books months, a whopping $8.6 billion will the help of state funding. While a cap dents). Then there are all those other Yudof does note that $30 million and pick up a female pleasure how-to. come from public education, includ- on current enrollment levels should mandatory fees that vary from cam- in savings has been realized at the Of course, this won’t solve commu- ing $115 million from the University narrow this gap, it’s not a precedent pus to campus, inflating the average UC Office of the President alone. nication problems, but finding your of California ($50 million of which we want to set. Ideally, California UC tuition to about $9,000 per year, High-level salaries have been frozen partner’s G-spot is a much more deci- could be reimbursed by allocations should be able to fund every student up nearly a grand from 2008-09. and nonessential forms of spending, pherable feat than actually under- from the federal stimulus package) as who chooses to invest in our state’s The new tide of student fees comes such as travel, have been severely standing her actions. part of a plan to cut 10 percent across future by pursuing a UC education. at an inopportune moment for those restricted. As confusing as human beings the board among public universities. Meanwhile, one of the few state- hard-hit by the economic crisis, but As helpful as these adjustments are, we’ve all got basic needs: food, Rather than instituting dramatic, funded areas not subjected to budget- it will recoup only a fraction of the are, they can’t adequately offset a debt sex and sleep. And if you’re in touch systemic change to the university — slashing is — as always — the prison funds needed for the university to get of $450 million. In the current state with your inner Homo sapiens, you the only means by which our $450 system. If the state can afford to fund out of the red. Newfield stated that in of crisis, we must turn to innovative know that long-term scarcity in any million “budget challenge” could be each of its prisoners in the state peni- order to fill the current deficit by way alternatives to alleviate current bud- one of those categories breeds a gradually resolved — the current plan tentiary system, then why shouldn’t of tuition increases alone, fees would getary strains. ravenous craving. It’s about time all calls for more of the same tactics: UC students be fully accounted for have to rise 40 percent in one year, Corporate funding of research those befuddled men who claim the increases in tuition and supposed- as well? bringing total costs of attendance into universities has risen in recent years: opposite sex to be enigmatic start ly temporary reductions in service. Stephen Levy, head of the Center private university range — those with According to Insidehighered.com, with the basics. Suck it up and plunge Though the university has not for- for the Continuing Study of the less depleted resources, as they’re far from 2000 to 2005 universities have into the awesome mystery that is the mally decided how the new bud- California Economy in Sacramento, less reliant on government funding witnessed a 50 percent increase in vagina. After all, women want to be get will impact student fees for the estimates that if California offered an than we are. Of course, that prospect corporate contributions to research sexually satisfied just as much as men 2009-10 school year, the UC Office early release to nonviolent criminals, is a near impossibility: We’re not in and development in science and engi- do (so, like, a lot). And if you can’t of the President said those numbers the state could save around $1 billion danger of being subjected to private meet that plea for satisfaction with a will be determined during Spring — more than twice the UC system’s school tuition levels for next year. See BUDGET, page 5 simple quickie, educate yourself.

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A DROP FROM THE INKWELL By Priscilla Lazaro LETTERSÊTOÊTHEÊEDITOR RealÊStimulusÊWouldÊComeÊ StudentsÊMustÊBeÊWaryÊofÊ fromÊLoweredÊGasÊPrices BusinessÊProfiteers Dear Editor, Dear Editor, Obama giveth, but Congress and I’ve been very fortunate to work the oil companies taketh away! with college students since leaving On the one hand, we are getting a UCSD. Some are savers, but most stimulus package that is supposed to are spenders. help us all, but on the other hand, gas College students are supposed prices are rising steeply again for no to have the brightest minds, but the apparent reason. fact of the matter is that no business Democrats used to scream about can survive without sales alone. This the rise in gas prices. Yet they have been includes our great university, where in control of Congress since January some of you have gone into extraor- 2007, and the prices are going up. dinary debt for a piece of paper with Now the Democrats control the facsimile signatures. White House and both houses of Most of you have credit-card Congress for the first time since 1994, debt or a college loan. Purchasing and gas prices are going up. things on impulse or in bulk to save Here in California, prices have risen later on things in this day and age by nearly $1 over the last month or so. has been proven to be a poor busi- Yet oil companies continue to make ness decision. record profits. In 2008, Exxon Mobil I advise you to learn to dis- made a profit of $45.22 billion, the larg- trust anybody wearing a tie who est annual profit in U.S. history. This seems nice and suggests you spend beat the last record, which was set in your money. The next time some- 2007 by … Exxon! one recommends a second checking It does not take a genius to fig- account or gives you an option for ure out that something is wrong here. paper or plastic, please say, “No, This is profiteering at the expense of t h an k y ou .” American consumers, who already have their backs to the wall dealing —Michael Nitzani UC Must Seek Autonomy in Shadow of State Deficit with unemployment and the housing John Muir College alumnus crisis. ▶ BUDGET, fromÊpageÊ4 Yudof said that he will be work- can only expect their problems to Why will the Democrats not take ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers. neering nationwide. In 2005, UCSD ing with each of the UC campuses worsen. They’ll be paying higher some action? All letters must be no longer than 500 words, — one of the greatest beneficiaries to decide how to contend with these tuition for a longer period of time for Gas prices should go back to $1.40 typed, double-spaced and signed with a name and applicable title. Letters must also contain a of corporate funding in the U.S. — cuts so as to best preserve academic a lesser education than that of their a gallon or less. This will give relief to phone number. We reserve the right to edit for received over $34 million toward programs and student services, yet forerunners. In order to make this millions who are just trying to keep length and clarity. Letters may be dropped off research, more than any other UC nowhere does he mention consult- crisis as temporary as state leaders their heads above water in this current at the Guardian office on the second floor of the campus that year. While some oppo- ing students themselves — the real would like us to believe it is, the uni- crisis. Student Center or e-mailed. Send all letters to: nents of the practice, such as per- victims of the educational crisis. The versity can’t idly wait for government Now that’s a real stimulus. The UCSD Guardian Opinion Editor petual presidential candidate Ralph formation of cross-campus student funds, nor can it continually raise 9500 Gilman Dr. 0316 Nader, argue that private funding committees about these budget cuts tuition to fractionally offset the cuts. —Steve Mozena La Jolla, CA 92093-0316 of public research can compromise is central to the preservation of ser- Rather, it must independently solve Resident, Carson City, Calif. e-mail: university autonomy, this crisis — in vices students value most. We will, the problems we face if it hopes to [email protected] which the state cannot provide its after all, be feeling the consequences maintain the quality of the UC edu- students with even the most basic much deeper than the legislators who cational experience. VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE AT services — requires us to take charge have determined our current fate. for ourselves and seek outside assis- Students who already have a diffi- Readers can contact Trevor Cox at tance. cult time enrolling in required classes [email protected]. WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG GOT MatLab? EARN $12.08/hour! The Mathematics Department is seeking MatLab Tutors this Spring Quarter to assist students in Math 20D & 20F with their lab exercises. Tutors would work between 5-10 hours per week and set their own schedule.

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v e r the study: the number of times someone BY DANIELLE CRAWFORD b e e n is named a friend, the probability that STAFF WRITER E called two of your friends will be friends with a social but- one another (known as transivity), and FITTING ter y? Does how central a person is within a social being popu- network, which can be seen as the dif- lar seem to just ference between those standing in the TO come naturally? center of a party and those who are According to UCSD wallflowers. associate professor of The pair determined that there may YOUR political science James Fowler and be a genetic tendency to introduce IN Harvard University sociologist Nicholas friends to one another, and in this way, Christakis, who are studying the impact a person’s genes can have an impact genes might have on our social net- on whether two other people become works, popularity may be more natu- friends. Additionally, they hypothesized ral than you realize. that individuals at the center of social The pair researches this cor- networks are more susceptible to emo- relation by examining the social tional fluctuation or health-related issues GENES networks of both identical and such as obesity. Thus, if your friends are fraternal twins, based on the sci- happy, you are more likely to be happy, entific belief that identical twins and if your friends are obese you are also share 100 percent of the genes, more likely to become obese. Giving some validity while fraternal twins share only Affecting an array of health outcomes, about 50 percent. for instance, are certain supergenes, such to the old adage “you “If the social networks of as Dopamine Serotonin. Fowler suspects identical twins are more similar to that genes like these have such a wide one another than the fraternal twins, impact on a variety of outcomes because are the company you then genes might be playing a role in they influence social networks as well. social networks,” Fowler said. “We want to see if social networks keep,” Dr. James Data compiled by Add Health, a are able to explain why some of these national representative study of 90,000 health outcomes have a genetic basis and Fowler explores the adolescents from 140 different schools, if social networks mediate the relation was also used to analyze social networks. between genes and health outcomes,” link between Each participant was asked to name up to Fowler said. five male and female friends. Within the A separate, but related, topic to our genes study, information from 1,000 twins is Fowler’s research is the link between genes evaluated, helping Fowler and Christakis and political participation and ideology. and social speculate how much variation within Genes can affect whether someone votes social networks is due to genes and how and that person’s ties to a political party. networks. much is due to environment. “We come into this world with ten- The use of twin studies, however, has dencies for being liberal or not,” Fowler been controversial, according to Evan said. “This is controversial. If you take a Balaban, a behavioral neuroscientist person out of a rich neighborhood and from McGill University. In an October put them in a poor neighborhood, they 2007 Scientific American magazine arti- will not completely adopt the ideology cle, “The Genetics of Politics,” Balaban of the poor neighborhood, proving that warned that the twin method alone is environment is not everything.” not enough to prove that a concrete According to Fowler, the tenden- connection exists between our genes cy to be liberal is associated with the and our lifestyle and behavior. Because Dopamine DrD4 gene, which is connect- approximately two-thirds of identical ed with experience seeking. This gene, twins share the same bloodstream while in combination with increased social N A I in utero, similar levels of hormones and networks, raises a person’s chance of D R A other compounds produced by each fetus becoming liberal. U UARDIAN G / G could lead to similar personality traits. Fowler’s research has been featured

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SITESEEN POWELL’S SWEET SHOPPE BY SONIA MINDEN SENIOR STAFF WRITER f sugar were a religion, Powell’s childhood — Grandma’s Zagnut bars and a dozen others, I decided on half Sweet Shoppe would be its car- (peanut butter crammed with toasted peanut-butter cup (the counter lady’s I amel-laden, rainbow-sprinkled, coconut and smothered in choco- favorite) and half creme brulee (my marshmallow-stuffed Mecca. While late), Aunt Maude’s candy cigarettes, favorite). FYI, those Student Saver downtown La Jolla parking can be wax lips, Bottle Caps, Zebra gum, books have a coupon for one free more maddening than gum on the those nasty little pink-and-blue but- serving — start collecting. shoe and the store’s close quarters tons, bonbons and gummies in all While the vintage aesthetic at are impeded by kids hopped up on flavors imaginable — the list is head- Powell’s is somewhat compromised Pop Rocks, the trek is soon for- numbingly, decadently endless. by its flatscreen TV (playing Willy gotten — whether at first bite of Of course, there’s a lot of Powell’s Wonka on repeat) and the gag-gift gelato or at first lick of a Bit o’ Honey bulk that doesn’t merit boasting; a merchandise, the appeal is over- lolli, Powell’s is a haven for any self- third of the goodies are appealingly whelming — an acid-trip sprawl confessed sweet tooth. Even when unwrapped versions of grocery-store of what we can only assume to be it dawns on you, post tummyache, norms — Mike ‘n’ Ikes, Red Vines, magic. It’s almost too overwhelming that you spent a week’s paycheck on sour rings — at around twice the for the first timer, with screaming gumdrops, there’s nothing so blissful price. And with glittering walls of tots, clattering bins and a chocolaty as a few sugary seconds to invoke gemlike jelly beans and M&Ms, it’s must pervading the room’s every cor- UARDIAN G /

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BY CHRISTINA HOMER ANOTHER HURDLE FOR HILLEL SENIOR STAFF WRITER illel of San Diego, the Foundation for the impact to insignificant levels. Jewish Campus Life, is one step closer “TRLU strongly opposes locating this stu- H to the culmination of 20 years of Jewish dent activity canter in a single-family residen- Student Center planning, despite the lengthy tial area because it would create severe prob- legal battle keeping the group from breaking lems of parking, traffic congestion and traffic ground. However, the Taxpayers for Responsible safety,” TRLU representative Ross Starr said. Land Use remain concerned over the plans, Mitigations for this case include expand- which may increase traffic and possibly threaten ing on-site parking to accommodate expected birds of prey currently nesting in the area. student traffic, which Hillel has satisfied by On Feb. 18, a ruling in the case of Taxpayers increasing planned parking from 40 to 68 on- for Responsible Land Use et al. v. City of San site spaces. Diego by the State of California Court of Appeals TRLU sued the city of San Diego on the further delayed the Hillel center’s construction. basis that the mitigated negative declaration The Court of Appeals Fourth Appellate was not issued properly and did not take into District, Division One, heard oral arguments account the impact of pedestrians crossing the for the case on Feb. 3, in the Student Services intersection of La Jolla Village Drive and La Building. The court’s ruling upheld San Diego Jolla Scenic Way, and the possibility that the City’s sale of Site 653, a triangular plot of land intended site is home to birds of prey. across from UCSD’s Theatre District, to Hillel The judge required a further study of birds of of San Diego, but requires the group to prepare prey nesting on the site and the possible impact an environmental impact report before moving of pedestrians on traffic as they cross the inter- forward with construction. section. After the appeal, the environmental fac- Hillel of San Diego planned the center as a tors remain the sticking point, with Hillel now facility for Jewish students similar to the Cross required to prepare an environmental impact Cultural Center, the Women’s Center and the report. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource “We admire Hillel of San Diego and its aim Center located on campus. The proposed proj- of arranging a student center in the vicinity of ect includes a kosher kitchen, a multipurpose UCSD,” Starr said in a statement. “The conflict is room that can accommodate three religious not about Hillel. It’s about appropriate land use.” services simultaneously, a library, classroom Another difficulty in this case is the unique and meeting space for students. Due to separa- location of UCSD’s main campus, which is tion of church and state, Hillel of San Diego adjacent to small residential areas instead of cannot have a center on campus but would commercial ones. like to have one as close as possible, Executive “Every other UC campus Hillel center is Director of Hillel Rabbi Lisa Goldstein said. located in a commercial, mixed-use, or multi- “Hillel centers give Jewish students a safe family area,” Starr said. “That’s what the com- place to create community and deepen their mercial areas adjacent to campus are for. Jewish connection, while offering the entire From UCSD’s earliest days, there has been an campus community resources and informa- understanding between the university and its tion about Judaism and the Jewish people,” neighbors that the campus would not spread Goldstein said in an e-mail. into nearby single-family residential neigh- TRLU has sponsored a series of legal actions borhoods. The location of the Hillel Student to halt the building project. The group’s most Center in this neighborhood would violate the recent legal appeal focused on the city’s issu- understanding and set an irreversible prec- ance of a mitigated negative declaration, a edent.” statement finding that a building will have a Although the appellate court decided in ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN significant environmental impact and identify- Site 653, the plot of land that the city of San Diego sold Hillel, is the proposed home of the Hillel Student Center. Community ing the actions that need to be taken to reduce See HILLEL,æpage 8 opposition and demands to keep the space open have kept construction from breaking ground for nearly a decade. 8ÆFOCUSÆ THEÆUCSDÆGUARDIANÆ MONDAY,ÆFEBRUARYÆ23,Æ2009

EAST CAMPUS FowleræTakesæNetworkæStudyæ NeighborhoodÍsæOppositionætoæææ Mandeville Shuttle Art of Espresso Career Services Center International Center Center Hall Library Walk fromæRealityætoæCyberspace æJewishæCenteræBeganæYearsæAgo Chancellor’s Complex Geisel Library Shogun Sun God Lounge ▶ GENES, fromæpageæ6 One project Fowler hopes to tack- ▶ HILLEL, fromæpageæ7 are not allowed in open-space zones. Price Center Food Court UCSD Bookstore will be published in 2010. le in the future will use Facebook; he favor of TRLU by requiring further The conflict was resolved in May 2002 Associated Students University Centers “We want to take what we’ve done, calls his idea the human-nature proj- investigation of the environmental when the city updated the La Jolla Warren Lecture 2001 Warren Lecture 2005 and show how it’s relevant in every- ect. It would involve following dif- factors, the justices also pointed out Community Plan and changed the Bioengineering Warren College Coffee Cart ferent UCSD students on Facebook zoning to a single-family area. TRLU’s Warren College Dean day life,” Fowler said. “It is easy for in their opinion that the hypotheti- Warren Shuttle Earl’s Place the message to be lost in academic in order to see if real-life social webs cal determination that the project has first legal action accused San Diego Pepper Canyon Hall USE Credit Union articles.” also pertain to vir- a significant envi- City of improper Gilman & Meyers Shuttle Cross Cultural Center Assisting in this tual networks. ronmental impact rezoning. Hillel Triton Services Center Graduate Studies Office endeavor is UCSD “For a really would not neces- of San Diego won Alumni Association Biomed Library graduate student We’ve thought long time, we’ve sarily preclude the We Admire Hillel both the initial case Club Med WEST CAMPUS Christopher Dawes, thought about eventual approval of and the appeal. Hi Thai Commuter Student Services who has been work- about individuals individuals as the building project. of San Diego... The On May 9, 2006, Student Center Soft Reserves ing with Fowler though they The Hillel build- the city approved Grove Caffe Porter’s Pub for four years and as though they were islands — a ing project has been conflict is not about the sale of land Student Center B Off Campus Housing helped him with Robinson Crusoe in final planning to Hillel of San Peterson Hall Solis Hal papers detailing were islands — a model of social stages since 2000 Hillel. It’s about Diego. TRLU chal- genes and their Robinson Crusoe science,” said but the center has appropriate land lenged this based impact on politi- Fowler in a con- been in the works on three concerns: OVER 100 DISTRIBUTION cal behavior. Dawes m o d e l .” versation with since the spring of u s e .” procedural techni- SITES MONDAY and THURSDAY said Fowler’s work is physicist Albert- 1990. However, calities, incorrect Peterson Shuttle Marshall College Dean unique to contem- „ æJamesæFowler,æassociate Laszlo Barabasi TRLU and other „ æRossæStarr,æTRLU pricing of the land Social Science Bldg. RIMAC porary research. professoræofæpoliticalæscience published in Seed private homeown- representative for sale and envi- Rady School of Management Institute of the Americas “I’m not alone magazine. “Being ers in the area ronmental protec- Latin Amer/Mex Studies Great Hall in saying that he’s able to integrate opposed the center’s tion. In all, there ERC Shuttle Cafe Ventanas doing some of the information — construction. were seven counts Roosevelt College Dean Oceanview Terrace & Lounge most interesting work in any field,” not just about people, but abut their When the city of San Diego grant- argued and on six of those, the judge UCSD Extension Bldg. B MOM/El Mercado Dawes said. “His work in general relationships — is something that’s ed exclusive negotiation right to Hillel ruled in Hillel of San Diego’s favor in Tenaya Hall Tioga Hall has garnered so much attention that completely new.” of San Diego to develop the site in March 2007. Ledden Auditorium AP&M Muir Deans people are going to think in terms of November 2000, the site was zoned Faculty Club York Hall health in new ways. It could open up Readers can contact Danielle Crawford as open space, which conflicted with Readers can contact Christina Homer Revelle College Dean CLICS Library a lot of new possibilities.” at [email protected]. the plans because religious buildings at [email protected] Plaza Cafe Blake Hall Urey Hall Mandell Weiss Complex OFF CAMPUS Gilman & Eucalyptus Grove Lane Scripps Oceanography Snackropolis Scripps Oceanography Library Torrey Pines Ctr. Deli Torrey Pines Ctr. North Mesa Housing Applications can be found online Regents Parking Shuttle East Parking Shuttle Get into the story. Write for Whole Foods Market, La Jolla at www.ucsdguardian.org Thornton Hospital Moores Cancer Center Shiley Eye Center { } UCSD Medical Center Hillcrest focusfocus UCSD Extension Mission Valley

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Students: $10, GA: $39/$35/$29. ence, agriculture, and environmental projects. friends from Syracuse University with a fond- attempt to talk about homosexuality with his 858.534.TIXS (8497) or www.artpower.ucsd.edu. 12-2pm at the International Center Lounge. ness for melancholy pop and string sections. father using images of the film star Sabu. 8pm at Mandeville Auditorium. Students: $5 advance, pay as you can at the RECREATION door, GA: $10. 8pm at The Loft. ARTS La Jolla Playhouse presents Danton’s Death The Motorcycle Diaries: Free Movie Screening - With passionate characters in epic spaces, SPORTS The Toe Tactic - Nimbly bringing to life a layered - The Motorcycle Diaries is a biopic about the Danton’s Death takes place after King Louis XVI world of reality and imagination, The Toe Tactic journey of the iconic Marxist revolutionary Che UCSD Men’s Tennis vs. Hawaii Pacific, 12pm at and his queen are beheaded. Students: $10, is animator Emily Hubley’s feature film debut. Guevara. 8:30-11pm at PC Theatre. Northview Tennis Courts. Faculty/Staff: $12, Seniors: $12, GA: $20. 8pm at The screenplay was work developed at the Mandell Weiss Theatre. Eclipse - An Eclipse has come again. Ascension Sundance Screenwriters and Filmmakers Labs and The Loft have come together to host this UPCOMING and is an aggressively whimsical mix of live- The Mistakes Madeline Made - The Mistakes month’s nightclub event with Top 40 Hip-Hop action and animation. Students: $5 advance, Madeline Made is a hilarious and moving story beats. Ascension will perform during the night. CAREER pay as you can at the door, GA: $10. 7:30pm about the strange contours of loss, love, and As always, dress to impress. Students: pay as Non-Profit Job Fair - If you’ve thought about at The Loft. coping. Students: $4, Faculty/Staff: $5, Seniors: you can at the door, $2 after 10pm, GA: $5. 9pm gaining experience in the nonprofit field, our $5, GA: $5. 8pm at the Arthur Wagner Theatre at The Loft. mini job fair is the place to be! Polish up your RECREATION (GH157). resume, learn about the options available to UEFA Champions League soccer is now in S P O R T S you, and discuss job and internship opportuni- the quarter-final stages. iSports is proud to CULTURE UCSD Softball vs. Humboldt State, 1pm and ties with local organizations. Tues., March 3, present the best of European football as Inter ArtPower! At UCSD presents: Taste of Israel 3pm at Triton Field. 11:30am-1:30pm at the Career Services Center Milan play Manchester while United & Lyon - ArtPower! and the UCSD International Center Plaza. play host to Barcelona. All the action begins at have joined forces to offer a unique pairing UCSD Baseball vs. Cal State L.A., 2pm at Triton 11:30am at the International House, Great Hall. of home-cooked cuisine and world-class per- Field. Non-Profit Career Panel - For the Health and Refreshments provided. Event Sponsored by formances from around the globe. Following UCSD Women’s Water Polo vs. UC Irvine, 6pm Welfare of the Community - Careers in the International House. the traditional Israeli dinner, join us for a per- at Canyon View Pool. Non-Profit Sector: Join us to hear from top WED FEB 25 THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE AND THE HELEN EDISON LECTURE SERIES PRESENT BLACK HISTORY MONTH Audre Lorde Reading Circle: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexuality - Lorde doesn’t write theory, she writes life. 12-1pm at the Cross Nobel Laureate Cultural Center. Let it Flow: A Soulful Night at Sixth - Share the evening with Sixth College. Free soul food, history, music, spoken word, and open mic. Free Wole Soyinka Admission. 7pm at Sixth College Lodge. ARTS History in Remedial Spin La Jolla Playhouse presents Peter and the Starcatchers - Forget everything you think you know about lost boys, high seas, pirates, trea- Thursday, February 26, 2009 sures, Neverland, and flying. Based on the best- selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, 6:30 pm - Reception GA: $35, Children under 12: $17.50. 7:30pm at 7:30 pm - Keynote Address Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre. Price Center Ballroom West LECTURE Responsiveness of the Political System and Presidential Approval in the Mexican Wole Soyinka is a lifelong human rights activist, educator, award winning playwright, poet, and Transition - Ricardo Gómez-Vilchis, a visiting fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies author. While living under brutal and oppressive African regimes, Soyinka was awarded the Nobel and a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Prize for Literature in 1986, the first African given the honor. UCSD, will speak as part of the USMEX Research Seminar Series. 3:30pm at the Deutz Room in A panel of UC San Diego faculty will participate in a human rights discussion specific to the continent the IOA Complex. of Africa directly following the keynote address, as well as a book signing with Mr. Soyinka, to take RECREATION place in the Price Center Ballroom lobby. Pop Levi - You might recognize some of Pop Levi’s heroes but you won’t have heard some- Moderator- Professor Ivan Evans. Panelists- Professors Bennetta Jules-Rosette and Robert Cancel one like him before. If we’re being specific, there is a line that joins Eddie Cochran to Prince and The White Stripes. 8pm at The Loft. UEFA Champions League soccer is now http://marshall.ucsd.edu/wolesoyinka in the quarter-final stages. iSports is proud 10 CLASSIFIEDS THE UCSD GUARDIAN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2009 GIGS (WANTED) SERVICES

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Crossword Puzzle solution will be in next Thursday's Classified page! MONDAY,ÆFEBRUARYÆ23,Æ2009Æ THEÆUCSDÆGUARDIANÆ SPORTSÆÆ11 UCSDæAimsæforæHome-CourtæAdvantage ▶ M. BASKETBALL fromæpageæ12 both rebounds and assists, 12 boards lead at the break. remaining. Husted hit another three and a career-high eight assists. Missed oensive opportunities less than two minutes later and Lawley “When we get that kind of crowd, early in the second half allowed Cal scored six of the next nine UCSD we can be very, very tough,” Carlson State Monterey Bay to climb within points, giving the home squad a 66-60 said. “We feed o the energy in the two at the 11:26 mark. However, the advantage with 4:28 remaining. crowd and we’re going to go out there bench responded to give the Tritons a “No team is going to play harder and represent that student body as slight cushion, with Acevedo hitting than us and I feel like that’s what it best we can.” two from the line and Lawlor adding came down to — getting stops at key While the crowd did not reach another three. Cal State Monterey times, executing when we needed to,” Spirit Night proportions on Saturday, Bay was slightly o the mark on Husted said. the Tritons still had an emotional boost a few three-point attempts in the Aer the Gators cut the lead to on their side, with seven graduating nal minutes that could have made one, Husted, Kim, Poppen and Lawley seniors playing perhaps their nal it a one-possession game, allowing knocked down clutch free throws to home game. Seniors Poppen, Kim, Husted, Kim and Lawley to secure the regain control. Husted scored the nal Maulhardt and Brett Stuckey helped Triton victory with free throws. two points of the game at the charity UCSD to a quick start, combining for “We came in and we knew we had stripe with 16 seconds remaining and the rst 18 Triton points of the game. to win them both,” said Lawley, who then triumphantly threw the ball into Lawley scored the next nine, giving scored 11 points with six rebounds the air as the nal buzzer sounded and UCSD its largest lead of the game, 25- and four assists. “We brought that the UCSD fans stormed the court to 11, with 8:52 le in the rst half. intensity to both games.” celebrate. “We just kept our heads in the Kim, Husted, Poppen and Stuckey “ere were times tonight when game,” Lawley said. “We didn’t have each reached double digits in scoring, we weren’t perfect, but we found a any drop-o from last night and that with Kim notching a game-high 18 way,” Carlson said. “It showed a lot of was one of the biggest things coach and Husted, Poppen and Stuckey all moxie, to get to the point towards the Carlson was telling us.” adding 10. end of the game and make all our free Cal State Monterey Bay held e weekend sweep places UCSD throws.” UCSD scoreless over the next three in a tie with Humboldt State for fourth As a team, the Tritons went 26-of- minutes, climbing back to within in the CCAA. A top-four nish in 34 from the free-throw line, while also ve. e Triton seniors responded conference will allow the Tritons to snagging 42 rebounds, compared to with Husted, Kim and senior forward host a rst-round game during the 29 for the Otters. Darryl Lawlor connecting on three- CCAA Tournament. Lawley scored a game-high 22 pointers, with Poppen scoring four points with seven rebounds, while points and Stuckey adding two in the Readers can contact Joe Tevelowitz at Maulhardt was the game leader in nal 5:23 of the half, building a 40-29 [email protected]. TritonsæSweepæFinalæHomestandæofæSeason

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E ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN Clockwise from left: Shane Poppen goes for a layup. Students cheer on the Tritons at Spirit Night. Darryl Lawlor and Jordan Lawley celebrate UCSD’s 78-71 victory over San Francisco State. Kelvin Kim dribbles around a Gator defender.

By Joe Tevelowitz win against the Otters. UCSD holds their fans, the six-point de cit stood them. Our transition defense let us S  S W  an overall record of 15-9 (12-6 in as the largest of the half for UCSD. down a couple of times. We need to the California Collegiate Athletic Junior guard Tyler Acevedo came o get back there and take care of the Spirit Night MEN’S BASKETBALL — “e crowd Association). the bench with 7:33 remaining and hole, like we normally do.” UCSD SFSU was amazing,” senior guard Alan Husted oered the 3,408 fans at immediately connected on a layup e two squads played even closer Husted said aer UCSD’s Spirit Night Friday night’s game something to and a three-pointer. Senior guard throughout much of the second half, Leads game. “I feel like they led us to victory cheer about early on, taking senior Kelvin Kim and Husted then followed with the lead changing six times and 5 5 today ... We love the fans and hope- center A.J. Maulhardt’s pass for a up with a eld goal apiece. Maulhardt the score tied on eight occasions Fast-Break fully they got a good show tonight.” layup, scoring the game’s rst basket. assisted on all four shots, as UCSD during the nal 20 minutes of play. 4 6 e men’s basketball team won in But San Francisco State’s Alex omas grabbed its rst lead since the start of e Gators held another lead with Points exciting fashion on Feb. 20, hitting took some air out of the crowd, the game with just over three minutes less than 10 minutes remaining in Bench clutch free throws down the stretch scoring the Gators’ rst nine points le in the half. e tight rst half the game, but never extended beyond Points 12 21 to eek out a 78-71 victory over San on three scores from beyond the arc ended with a Gator buzzer beater, a two-possession advantage. Aer Francisco State in a packed RIMAC within the game’s rst three and a tying the score. junior guard Jordan Lawley and Points Arena. Head coach Chris Carlson’s half minutes. omas then added “ere were a couple moments senior forward Shane Poppen each in Paint 28 30 squad kept the momentum going his fourth successful three-pointer where we didn’t nish plays very well,” hit 1-of-2 from the line, Kim knocked on Saturday, following the pre-game on four rst-half attempts with 14:45 Carlson said. “We got contested shots down a huge three o Lawley’s pass to Free Senior Night ceremony with a fast to play, giving San Francisco State an and didn’t block out. e rebounding give the Tritons a 57-56 lead with 7:39 Throws 26-34 12-19 start against Cal State Monterey Bay, early 14-8 advantage. totals were in our favor, but we didn’t Attendance: 3,408 ending the weekend with a 72-65 Fortunately for the players and get rebounds when we really needed See M. BASKETBALL,æpage 11 UCSDæClinchesæNo.æ1æConferenceæSeedæWithæWinæOveræGators By Brianna Lee limited,” head coach Charity Elliott the end result reected that,” Gaskin S   said. “ose two just are the heart and said. “On defense and oense, the ow soul of our team and I hope we have of the game was how we were playing WOMEN’S BASKETBALL — The a lot more basketball le with them.” earlier in the season. e last few 13th ranked Tritons added another In a game they never trailed, the weeks, we had fallen away from our two wins to their near-perfect record Tritons got o to a fast start, leading highest potential, which allowed a few over the weekend, defeating San 10-3 ve minutes into the rst teams to come too close, and teams Francisco State 51-47 on Feb. 20 and period. e Otters closed the gap to like San Bernardino to get a win.” Cal State Monterey Bay 70-50 on within two when junior center Janet On Friday evening, the women’s Feb. 21. The dual wins on Spirit Oseguera’s three-point play made the team faced a tighter contest when Night and Senior Night concluded score 16-14. Unable to withstand the San Francisco State rallied from the Tritons’ final home games of the Triton defense, Cal State Monterey behind during the second half to season, improving UCSD to a 17-1 Bay ceded 14 points in turnovers give Tritons a scare. Trailing with standing in California Collegiate as Gaskin, Osier, freshman guard 3:56 le on the clock, Gator junior Athletic Association and clinching Chelsea Carlisle and junior forward guard Jessica Hout-Freeman nailed a the top spot in the upcoming confer- Kristen Cabral each put up points to three-pointer to keep San Francisco ence tournament. kick o UCSD’s 16-7 run. Leading by State in the game at 41-37. But with a Senior center Alexis Gaskin a 16-point margin, the Tritons all but boisterous Sprit Night crowd of 1,598 and senior forward Michelle Osier put the game away at the half with a enthusiastically cheering, the Tritons turned in outstanding performances score of 37-21. maintained control as back-to-back on Spirit Night, scoring 18 points e Tritons, who outscored Cal layups by Ilg and Carlisle put UCSD apiece. Osier nished 8-for-13 from State Monterey Bay in the paint by a up by six with just under two minutes the eld and grabbed a game-high 17 margin of 24 points, led by as many to play. rebounds. Gaskin went 9-for-14 and as 24 (61-37) before gliding to a “Even though we ended the rst notched ve boards. 20-point victory. half strong, we know that SFSU is “Seniors understand the necessity Carlisle recorded her rst career never a team that backs down,” Gaskin ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN and importance to come out every double-double with 12 points and 10 said. “So we weren’t too surprised Junior guard Annette Ilg drives past a Gator defender in the Tritons’ 51-47 victory at RIMAC Arena on night ready to play because they assists in the Triton victory. Spirit Night. Ilg notched six points, eight rebounds and one steal in front of a season-high 1,598 spectators. know their time on the court is “We played together so well and See W. BASKETBALL,æpage 11