Uc President Napolitano Proposes Tuition Freeze

VOLUME 47, ISSUE 15 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG &!"-/( UCSD TO YOUTUBE SDSC Partners With Small Businesses UCSD’s Supercomputer Center will provide data management to local Successful ﬁlmmakers companies via the cloud. and former Tritons behind MA)):;CN<6))F<;@:= Wong Fu Productions !"#$%&'($&#)*+%&$,% discuss their transition from La Jolla to L.A. The UCSD San Diego Supercomputer Center created the Industry Partners Program last A&E, PAGE 8 week, a collaboration between the center’s researchers and small businesses. The high-performance com- -./00#1))%+ puters, or “supercomputers,” offered 2/$))!11%&,%2+)),2))"#1%! by the SDSC are used by several +#J(H))-8B<)))K PHOTO BY BRIAN MONROE/GUARDIAN tech-based companies in the San STARS AND STRIPES Diego area. Built primarily for academic Miniature American flags adorn the lawn west of Library Walk this week in honor of Veteran’s Day and fallen soliders. A new veterans resource center !"#$%&!'())*%+#(, opened last Thursday on the second floor of the Student Center. researchers, the SDSC rents out 256))789:68;))<=>:6?<7<=@ space on its large cluster computing :GC=C:=H))-8B<)))I systems to local businesses, which use the computing power for activ- /&))(A(,#" ities such as managing data and +2$,3))-!$4 running simulations. According to the announcement, SDSC provides A:56))B5C><))@:))D::>))E))>6C=F quarterly workshops, private meet- ;CD<?@9;<H))-8B<))L UC PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO ings with researchers and an annual review of recent research projects to members of the Industrial Partners Program. The center charges mem- FORECAST PROPOSES TUITION FREEZE ber companies between $10,000 and $25,000 each year for these servic- Tuition for UC undergraduates may remain constant for the third es. The pilot program held its first annual research review on June 12 consecutive year as the Board of Regents discusses alternatives. of this year. The Supercomputer Center’s THURSDAY FRIDAY MA))7<F8;8))=<<;8F8=@8=))#,+-*,.&$"% resources are used largely by manu- facturers, who create intricate simu- H 79 L 56 H 74 L 54 niversity of California undergraduate tuition tively come up with a better way.” lations to test designs for their prod- may be frozen for the third consecutive year, Napolitano mentioned the idea of “cohort ucts. For instance Hunter Industries, Uaccording to a recent policy plan proposed by tuition” — in which freshmen enter college with a manufacturer of water-efficient UC President Janet Napolitano. the expectation of a stable four-year tuition price irrigation products, has used the The plan was discussed at yesterday’s Board of — as a possibility for a new UC policy, although SDSC’s computers to update its line SATURDAY SUNDAY Regents meeting in UCSF — if approved, it will she also emphasized the need for the Regents to of sprinklers; the high-performance H 73 L 54 H 73 L 55 keep the current undergraduate California resident explore a variety of options. computers allow the company to tuition rate at $12,192 in annual systemwide fees. “We will also look at expanding our other simulate the movement of water In her first meeting with the Board of Regents revenue possibilities: grants, public-private part- through the sprinklers, aiding in the this year, the newly appointed UC president nerships, joint ventures, philanthropy,” Napolitano creation of a prototype. VERBATIM explained that she hopes the proposed policy will said. “These revenues must all be harnessed if we Hunter Vice President of provide enough time for administration to create a are to continue to be the world-class university we Marketing Gene Smith explained more sustainable and stable tuition setting for all are, while being as low-cost as we can.” that his company would rely more !My friends tell UC campuses. While speaking about reasons for past tuition on high-performance computers in me that ‘The “We need to figure out, in the real world hikes, Napolitano cited overall economic difficulty the future. LW’ is one of in which we live, how to bring clarity to, and and decreases in state funding and described the “HPC [high-performance com- the best parts reduce volatility in, the tuition-setting process,” current importance of increasing cost-efficiency puting] will certainly be a valuable of our univer- Napolitano said in an address to the Board of within the UC Office of the President. tool for us going forward as we sity. But if I’m Regents. “It’s time for the university to collabora- In addition to campus-wide cost of opera- increase our reliance on CFD [com- here for one See TUITION, page 3 putational fluid dynamics] simula- purpose, it’s to take a dump on tion to reduce costs and time associ- everything you love. And that’s ated with prototyping and design,” exactly why I am giving it the /&))(A(,#" Smith said in a UCSD News Center Triton Side-Eye.” press release. - Kevin Fuhrmann The services SDSC currently Triton Side-Eyeing offers to small and medium-sized LIFESTYLE, PAGE 9 Student Labor Union Authorizes Strike businesses have been made possible by the advent of cloud computing, TAs, readers represented by UAW protest UC administration’s intimidation tactics. which allows the Supercomputer Center to offer computing power graduate student teachers and readers Employees 3299 workers, who plan on demand over the Internet. INSIDE MA))8;<F?8=>68))F:=?@8=@C=:NCO who now have the authority to strike to strike at UC campuses on Nov. 20. Traditionally, high-performance /--"!&/$,*#,+-*,.&$"% in protest of alleged intimidation tac- UAW may join them in solidarity. New Business ................. 3 computers have only been accessible A union representing student tics used by the UC administration. UAW members claim that their to large corporations, mainly in the Break-Up Sex ................. 6 workers throughout the UC system The vote comes a week after the annual pay, purportedly an average of automotive and aerospace indus- Letter to the Editor .......... 5 has authorized its members to go on union’s no-strike clause expired in $17,000, is not nearly enough to live tries, which have the resources to strike following a unionwide vote its contracts with the University of on without taking a second or third buy and maintain their own super- Sudoku ......................... 10 that passed with 96 percent support. California. UAW has expressed sup- job. Like AFSCME workers, UAW computer units. Sports ........................... 12 United Auto Workers Local 2865 port for the American Federation representatives believe that the UC SDSC’s Director of Industry of State, County and Municipal includes 12,000 teaching assistants, See STRIKE, page 3 See COMPUTER, page 3 K T HE UC SD G UARDIAN | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013 | WWW.U C SDG UARDIAN. 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