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UC SAN DIEGO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 Tran to be honored prices criticized at candlelight vigil Group calls for Dynes to take action By CA~LL£ FAURE said. "His untimely death has been By MARNEnE FEDERIS News Editor a great loss, not only to me, but to all of u in hi clo e-knit group of Associate News Editor Revelle ollege junior Bryan fTiends. part of me has departed In light of recent tuition fee Tran, who pa sed away on ov. 7 at with him, and I am doubtful it will inc eases, the issue of textbook hi on-campus apartment, will be evcr return." pricing has been brought up by honored :It a candlelight vigil at 7 Other friends spoke of Tran's various groups hoping to take p.m. on I ov. 13 at the ,\1atthews readiness to help out in every way action to lower prices. Several . \paruncllts. he could . organi zations uch as minority Frlcnds are invited to attend the "I nevcr knew a problem that advocacy group Greenlining vIgIl 111 Tran's memory, which will Bryan couldn't solve, whether it Institute and the alifornia Public take place 111 the latthews cul-de­ was calculus, physics or some ran­ Interest Research Group are tak­ sac of Lot 406. dom computer problem that ing action to address the issue. CSD police .Ire calling lran' popped up," Revelle junior iheer Greenlining Institute recently Jeath an apparent suicide, but Patel said. "Not only could he solve sent a letter a king UC President IIwesngatlon is still underway the problem, but he went out of his Robert C. Dynes ro take a firm pending a formal determination by way to make su re I would never be stance with major publishers the me(iJcal examiner's office. This caught off-guard 3gain. During and a k that textbook rates be ould take abour three weeks, late-night review sessions for equal to rates offered in Great VICtor Ha/Cuardian according to UCSD Police Sgt. physic quizzes, experiments we Britain. This lener comes after an Rohert Jones. performed in the re halls, or even o t. 2 1 article in Tht New York High costs: Many for reqUIred classes are sold for over $100. UC Tran wa a bioengineering c,lsual conversation, Bryan alwa}'s Timfs reported that many text­ students spend an average of $1,254 per year on textbooks, a new study says. m:IJor and a Regents ·cholar. knew. IIe even knew the shortest book bought by college students :--Jumerous friends have spoken way to Warren from Revelle during around the country are actually challenge these global corpora­ year. Additionally, the study shows out about their memories of lran first quarter physics, when r had no available overseas for half the tion that reap tremendous profits that for UC campu e , the a\'erage to celcbralc his life and accom­ idea that \ Varren even existed." price. from California, but do very little cost of textbooks and materials has plishments. ome friends hared stories of According to GreenIining Intern in return," Corpus said. "Our been teadily increasing and IS "lie was a great man in every numerous projects Tran undertook. Richard Corpus, the lener urges hope is that Dynes will be the estimated at 1,2 -4 per year, ~cn,e of the word. Bryan was there "It was always fun to talk to him Dynes to take the lead in reducing leader in reducing textbook which is 4 percent higher than In time of need, and he wa never about all of his projects that ranged the co t of educati on for UC ttI­ costs." the national average of $843 afraid to lend a helping hand, even from photography to downloading, dents, pecially those that come ccording to a study done by reported by the College Board. If II meant going out of his way," from low-income families. the organization, UC students Rcvclle Junior Kian 'alehizadeh See BRYAN TRAN, Page 7 "We urge President Dynes ro spend $180 million on per See TEXTBOOKS, Page 3

Ropes A.S. reexamines course In• need for task forces By NEIL SPEARS by all of the college councils and Senior Staff Writer that never happened." the works ccording to Gallagher, ince The A.S. Council di cu ed the ta k force was given the author­ Opening the tatus of its recently created ity to change the . constitution, ta k forccs, which have never met the charter f the task force i COIl- and lack member, at its ov. 12 idered a constitutional amend­ scheduled meeting. ment, wluch must be approved by Oi cu ion during the council every college council. caucu focu ed around a ta k However. Thurgood 1ar hall for January force to revamp A. . election College ophomor.e 'cnator Kate bylaw and a task force to inve ti­ Pliion argued that thc task forcc gate the fea ibility of A.. CounCil chartcr tiid not constitute a con­ By SHANNON ELIOT autonomy from the univer ity stinltJonal JllIenJmcnr. Contributing Writer ad:nini tration. "I thmk thiS task force l:XI~ts The debatc began With a tilS­ and we necJ to deal \\I th II," ome early winter qUJrter agreement about the eX! tence of Pillon '.lId. 1004, the CSD campus I~chcd­ the elcctor.11 rC \ ' i~lon ta k force. No one hJ~ bcen apPolllted to ubi to be homc to J ne\\ rope " It doc n't eXist," ,\ . '. erve on the clet:tlon b\'IJw~ tJ k cour,e open to \nlticm\, faculty Jnti PreSident JerelllY Paul Gallagher force, which \\ a~ cn:a,ed by the members of the ' Jn I le'o commu- sa id . "The last count:1i passed It, prevlOu~ \ .S. CounCillfl Fehrll.lr\· 11It}'. Funded )Ollltly by i oclJted but Mnce It was a constitutional Students ami C'D Recrcatlon, amendmenr, It had to be raufied :ee TASK. PlIge 2 the WI es course wlil con~ist of var­ iou.> Ollltioor ch'lllengc~ deSigned for activitic promoting trust-build- 111)( .lIld tcam ulllty. Ac ordll1g to A.S. President ,..I~ ,.,J V H[Tran] was a Jcrcll1 P Jul ,allagher. the 1113111 .,. "l ::;. goal for the c nstru 'non of thiS .') t Nov. 13 outdoor challenge i to facilltJtc I gr at man In ever Nov.Il Nov. 14 I'.Ind W 10 l bondlllg c\llCrlcnce anti enhJnce W,nd w~vt'S I rei.lIlon hips. partlculJrly among H67lS3 H67LS2 ens of the Swel W 3 'kIoI' tWCuordion wdelH organizations and their l W07id . " Nov. 14 Honorin. On Nov. ", Vietnam War veteran John Damron Il1cmher~ . Ilowevcr, faculry .lnd soldiers: • t • • \nd " lO kI "ff .. f • •• pays tribute to his fellow veterans by holding an American flag on non- C:I member are also wel- V.uld .... d I h Veterans Day at Mount Soledad. Nov. 15 Nov. 16 - Kian Salehizadeh, S-..eII W ndS2 :ce ROPES, Page 7 H66 LSI H64l~ Revelle College junior Z NEW THE UCSD GUARDIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16,2003 THURSI1AY. NOVEMBER 13, 2003 THE U D GUARI1IAN NEWS 3 Textbooks: CalPIRG campaign to analyze costs, bundling A.S.: Need BRIEFLY ETCETERA ••• I I I continued from page strategie for fall quarter, it would bundling additional material s with method for stud ents to save is the for task forces "California is one of the top­ lower the cost of education by the books, or give bookstores the usc of book-swapping services. three textbook markets in the over $800,000," Turk said. "Our option of selling textbooks by Accordi ng to A.S . Commissioner Scripps scientists study advantages that children from low-income nation and official must use th eir goa l thi s year is to save students themselves. of Enterprise Operations Jeremy questioned fa milies faced. She developed her idea as influence to benefit our students," $2 million on the price of their "[The campaign) is important Cogan, he will be working with a depletion of marine life her undergraduate senior thesis and Corpus said. "Costs can go as high books." becau e we can't fight the ruition new company call ed booksoncam­ continued from page :2 received a grant from Mobil Corporation to as $1,415 at schools such as UC Additionally, CalPIRG chap­ hike, and here's an aspect of cost pus. com to start an online book ness of appointing a task force to A recent study by scientists from Scnpps start the program. Joined by a small staff of Irvine." ters from different UC schools are that we ca n fight," sa id Jared swa pping service for UCSD sru­ research the elections bylaws JUSt a Institution of Oceanography found that the recent college graduates, Kopp launched According to U spokesman conducting their own research and Brown, who is coordinating the dents. Through the Web site, stu­ few months before campaigns for warm ing ocean temperatures could be the Teach for America in 1990 and placed 500 [Ianan Eisenman, UC bookstores launching the Cheaper Textbooks ca mpaign for UCSD's of dents can list any book that they next year's council begin. reason fo r the depletion of manne life on the men and women in teaching pOSitions in Voted number 1 FOB pd in 2003. are adopting ce rtain policies to Campaign. One of th e campaign's CaIPIRG. "Textbook costs are want to sell, at no chatge. The li st A clear consensus on the , tatus West Coast for the past 25 years. The trend the Los Angeles, New York City and New ...... BOBASAURI -,.; help students purcha e textbooks goals is to convince faculty mem­ something that can be changed." will then be made available to of the task forces was not reached . shows that the numbers of fish, seabirds, Orleans areas. Today, Teach For America at lower prices. These policies bers to produce multiple syllabi for The campaign also outlines that anyone at UCSD. Eac h transac­ A third task force to resea rch kelp beds and zooplankton have also plum­ continues to place members in 20 cities include UC bookstores providing a course, which would ensure that bookstores should guarantee to buy tion that connects a buyer to a different methods of representa­ meted. John McGowan and other scientists around the country, including Chicago, discounts, buying back books from older versions of textbooks stay on back all textbooks for 50 percent of seller would require a fee of $2.50 tion structure for the council was from Scripps used data from the Califomia Washington, D.C. and Miami. In 2004, the studel1ls and making readi ng lists the market for a the original value from the two parties. According an item of new business at th e Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations program will expand to 21 regions, adding public property so they are accessi­ longer period of and sell it again for to Cogan, the entire process is Nov. 5 meeting, but was not to examine the changes In the Ca lifornia cur­ South Dakota to its list. ble through private bookstores and time. no more than 75 simple and the fee is small com­ included on the Nov. 12 agend a. rent. The current onginates from the north­ online. According to percent of the orig­ pared to the benefits that students "We realized that we've created em Pacific Ocean and passes along the Additionally, textbook costs are Turk, publishers Textboo"k costs are inal value if the text would get from selling their two other task force s and we have orth American west coast. Accord ing to College celebrates calculated into financial aid, tend to come out is being used again books. not filled them YCt," Catcon said. McGowa n, data shows that the most likely Thurgood Marshall Week accordi ng to Eisenman. with new versions something that can for the following "] feel like it's very important "We'd rather fill those ta k forces cause of the change is a shift In the upper­ "The UC is concerned with the of books every quarter. because there is no sol ution right or dissolve t.hcm before adding a ocean heat content prices of textbooks for our sru­ three yea rs. He be changed. )J For UCSD, now that srudents are feeling com­ new one," McGowan and hiS colleagues also recent­ Thurgood Marshall College's communi­ dents," Eisenman said. "We are said that this is however, if a book fortable with," Cogan said. "The The task force on representa­ ~ published a report of the study results In ty seNice organization, Active Community beginning to work with student du e to the high - Jared Brown, - whether it was only solution out there is selling tion structure was originally sub­ Deep Sea Research Part II." The paper was at Thurgood, will sponsor an outreach groups and the Academic Senate demand for used textbook campaign origi nally bought back books to the bookstore and mitted by Gallagher as a "govern­ co-wri tten by Steven Bograd and Ronald event to help students from Preuss School to see what we can do regarding books, and pub­ COOrGlMtor, UCSD's as new or used - many of them feel like they're not ing documents review commit­ Lynn of the National Manne Fisheries Service work on their college applications. The the issue. We also expect to have lis hers need to get calPlRG chapter is being adopted bei ng created fairly with that only tee" at the Oct. 1 meeting. Since and Arthur Miller from Scripps. The scientists event kicks off Thurgood Marshall Week, a conversation with reenlining some of those for the next tenn, solution." then, the task force has appeared caution that similar forces affecting marine weeklong celebration in honor of the col­ about this issue." u ed books out of the bookstore will Communication with boo/isotl­ four times in various forms on the life could appear elsewhere if ocean temper­ lege's namesake. Sponsored by the Accordin g to John Turk, the the market in buy back the book campus.com is still underway. A.S . Council agenda, but has atures continue to nse. Marshall College Dean of Student Affairs manager ofUCSD Bookstore, sev­ order to sell the newer books. for half of the new price, according According to Cogan, negotiations never been debated on the coun­ McGowan and his colleagues also Office, the week will be marked by various eral strategies are being used to "There are areas where new edi­ to Turk. on a concract will take place within ci l floor. 100 ed for different possibilities for the activities including "Give me 5, a free lower thc costs of texthooks. One tions are almost mandatory [and] "That's the best siruation and the next few weel:s, and he hopes The idea for a review of the decli ne in manne life, but according to his lunch event on Nov. 17 featuring the dean trategy is to work with academic there are areas where new editions it goes down from that," Turk to have the service operating by current representation structure concl USions from the tests, other possible and other staff members from the Marshall departments to acquire tend to serve morc the purpose of said. the start of winter quarter. was sparked in part by the dispro­ causes are not likely. The paper highlights a administration. There will also be a lecture li sts and book lists earlier in order eliminating used books from the CaIP[RG met with UCSD According to Turk and other portion of transfer student repre­ "regime-sh ift" to wamner ocean tempera­ by UCSD Professor Peter Irons on Nov. 18 to attai n larger numbers of titles market. But when you have bioengi­ Bookstore on Nov. 12 to dicuss the bookstore administrators, there sentation on the council. tures, which lead to a disturbance in the to discuss his new book. and in turn have a larger buyback neering, you don't want to use a 10- top-five textbooks sold on campus. are several ways for sruden ts to The discussion regarding the process in which lower, nutrient-rich water list. Others include providing sru­ year-old bioengineering book," The prices of these textbooks save further. These include mak­ task forces took place during the mixes with the upper ocean. In tum, the Students Against Animal dents with more used books by UC 0 Bookstore Course Materials range from $37.35 to $134.70. ing sure that a book is needed council caucus portion of the meet­ thickening of a warmer water layer causes Suffering save turkeys ordering them wholesale and Manager David Wilson said. Faculty members using the text­ before purchasing, using books ing, which is designed as a forum to the nutrient-rich waters to deepen, disturb­ I A.S. COUNCIL AT A GLANCE negotiating with publishers to get books will be contacted and asked from the reserves and seil­ The CalPIRG camvaign also exchange ideas. Motions to dis­ ing he food supply of plankton and other better prices and pas ing on those promotes com peti tion in the col­ how new versions of these text­ ing books right away if they are solve or crea te task forces are not sea Ii e. The Students Against Animal Suffering discounts to students. lege book markets in order to drive books compare to older ones. One not being used for the next term. permissible during council caucus. The CaICOFI program was first launched 50 will have a table se up on Library Walk unol Meeting III Advisory Board i developing a survey to According to Turk, by negotiat­ down the li st price of used text­ of the campaign's goals is to collect They also emphasized the impor­ Any action on the task force must yea rs ago to study the Califomia current Nov. 26 starting at 10 a.m. each day to coi­ November 12, 2003 investigate the need for more 24-hour rudy ing with the publishers, prices of books. Additionally, the campaign data in order to further analyze die tance of shopping around as well be submitted as legislation to be Though Ca!COFI i nltia l~ focused on the disap­ led. dona ions for the Farm Sanctuary. Farrr spaces for srudents during finals weck. textbooks have been reduced by a is urging publishers to u e discre­ problem. The report is expected to as buying books early in order to considered by the council. pearance of sardines along the Ca lifomia coast. Sanctuary IS a nonprofit organization working total of $2 80,000 for the fall quarter. tion in new versions of be available by mid-January. have a better chance of finding "Let's just get it done," Cogan partlapants in the program also coiled. data on to proVIde shelters for ex-farm animals. Recognition Commissioner of Enterprise Operations " If we look at those three textbooks, stop th e pra ctice of Another CalPIRG-promoted used books. said. ocean a rculation, emperature, oxygen levels Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-A-Turkey Project Jeremy Cogan and omer obseNaMns of marine life. saves turkeys from being kill ed on breeding A.. President Jeremy Paul Gallagher pre­ Cogan reponed that the University factory fanms and prOVIdes shelters for them sented freshmm Jes ica Mann with 3 certifi­ Centers Advisory Board is investigating sru­ Founder to discuss Teach In ew York and California. The program, cate of service in recognition of her commit­ dent complai nts regarding small portions at which began in 1986, gives two ways for ment and concribution to the UCSD Panda Express at Price Center. For America people to adopt turkeys in time for the Community Cares donation drive, which col­ Additionally, Cogan reponed that the O' REILLY WEEK NOV. 17-NOV. 23 Thanksgiving holiday. A sponsor can adopt a lected items and money to help fire victims. Univer ity Centers Web site will include a Teach For Amenca fo under Wendy opp turkey living In a Farm Sanctuary shelter by urvey rega rding rudent interest in having a Will speak on ov. 13 at 1 p.m. a Pnce donaling a $15 dollar adoption fee. Some Thai re taurant included in the Student also offer their homes to provide perma­ Items of Immediate Cen er Theate r. Kopp Wi ll discuss the eXlstmg Center expan ion. AJ 0, Cogan reported that achlevemen gap Within he public school nent shelter for two or more turkeys. Consideration the completion date for the University system between high and low mcome areas. Qua lifications for those who want to offer Centers expansion has been pushed ba k one The lecture foll ows a student leader brunch homes to the animals include being a veg­ Item B month to allow groups to secure funding for With opp, also to be held on Nov. 13. etarian or vegan. The council approved the allocation of buildings that will be constructed during the The Idea for he program Irst came to According to Famn Sanctuary's Web site, $750 to fund an Isl:o.m Education and expan ion with private money. The project is CELEB Kopp dunng her senior year at Princeton 268 million turkeys are killed each year, with Awareness event on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. in now scheduled for completion by September University when she started looking a dis- 45 million lied for Thanksgiving. Great I lall at Eleanor Roosevelt College. 2007 . Discussion on the item incl uded concern over two other A.S. funded events that coi n­ Co-Op Oversight Representative Carol Mike Martinez AdwertiIinc Art Director cide with the program. Freire IuIIeesI AaIItInts The council also considered the low bal­ Freire reported that an employee at the Emilee Schumer ance of the general unallocated fund which Foo'\S d The ucso c-..., \he ~ d CdIIotnIt <¥ Deena AI ShItti AMoc:IItt HWus Wton Auooad SIudem The UO/) Qmb) IS funded

Radlel A. Garcia Phata Editor Ger>eqI £cIiIoNl: ' 58-534-6581 conunued from page I were opposed 10 diS!>olving a The option of ~ rming a Newt -' Ful\ftS: .51-5J4-5226 2003 . The autonomy task ta k ~ rce simply because it mgle ta k for c to deal with EAliIoriII Alslstant Opinion, SporU, Photo: 1541-534-6582 force, created in May 2003, had not yet had a meeting. both the electi n bylaw~ and Neil SpellS H~IUI : IIs.-Sl4-6581 ha never met. "I'm very again t the idea aut nomy was ,lbo di scus,ed. ~ Office: .5I-554-l466 Plpl,.ut Fa: ...IMo7ftl "Right now, the beSt we tl13t we di olve something "If we're g ing to start JennWet Chang. Catherine Oiu, I..Iwrence HIli. can do IS (ocus our energy on beC3 u e we don't feel that looking at part of our consti tu­ E-mGIl:~CIIf Andrew NMen. JaIh SbupIdI. ~ Spencer, one [task (orce)," Pilion aid . there' going to be a ignifi­ tion, we should pr bably look Eel .. Marsh II Sentor enator cant proportion of people to at all of it at the Gille time," ~ ONUNE and Senate luir Sierra eopy....., www.ucsd,Uirdllll.O/, serve on that committee," .S . Om1l115 ioner of Emily Allen, EIMlice ... net». 8oodon KItZ. Catcoll re omlllcnded that A.S. om mi ssioncr of A ademic ffair "[ildd Tolin Nathan Miklos. Heather Welles fII. UCSD GUGfdIGn thc council dl~~olve th Entcrpri e Operation said. MOO GIbnu Dr. OS 11, autonol1lY ta k (orce and Jeremy ogall ald . "I'm Another fJcct of the dl!tClI~ ­ Sandy Ray Iuslness ...... L.- JoIII, CA 12095-0316 In~tead make the election alway of the philo,ophy that SI n revolved .11 ound the .lIr- Michael Foulk$ AcIweftIsIn& ...... ActUilIocAl.,.,· So!<:ood Root, UCSO hylaws ta k for e a pnomy. If you huild It, they will Student CtnItI 8uidtnC It. RIll 217 Iher on the coun 11 come." See A_S_, Page .l AlMing for disaster THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 2003 THE UCSD GUARDIAN OPtN ION 5 The computer-obsessed culture at THURSDAY UCSO has students at the bottom of the 2003 Princeton Review rankings NOVEMBER 13, 2003 Voting increasingly becoming 'Saving Jessica Lynch' and the top of blog-rings. page 6 4 an issue of national importance a media marvel Eager viewers a sign of an UCSD plans to add pro ibitions to consensual relationships Electronic ballot poses serious political problems; EDITORIAL election information at risk with voting method over.. marketed military between students I faculty and staff... Evan McLaughlin Gaime Faure By LOCAN CiOH Diebold's actions in federal court. the result. In a worst-case sce­ a more crucial moment, when talk Editor m Chief News Editor By JESSICA LlNCiEL Sen ior Staff Writer Regardless of the accuracy of nario, hackers could penetrate the Opinion Editor was of bogged-down coalition forces Jessica Kruskamp Jessica Lingel these claims, they do bring up an machines' security and change the and people were skeptical of a victo­ Managing Editor Opinion Editor When people talk about interesting point: The current votes, with no way for US to verify Hollywood writers could not ry too slow in coming. Clayton worfolk Daniel watts shenanigans in the 2000 presiden­ generation of electronic voting the altered results. have imagined a more gripping and In a way, it was what everyone Managing Editor Opmion Editor Oh! Our love C(J"lnot be, tial election, they usually refer to machines leaves no paper trail. Luckily, there is hope in sight. A rousing story than that of the Iraqi needed to sec. You have a beautiful, Romeo. Romeo. the infamous hanging chads and The only records are stored e1cc­ bill, HR 2239, is already being put capture of Army Pfc.jessica Lynch. all-American soldier doing her part because I... I have a the subsequent Supreme Court tronically in voting database. in front of Congress that would The dramatic Special Operations in a battle that must be noble if it's The UCSD Guardian is published !'Nice a week at the UniverSIty of California at San Diego. where art thou decision. More recently, the Diebold has repeatedly resi ted require all voting machines to have rescue caught on videotape could named "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Contents (c) 2003. Views expressed herein represent the majority vote of the ed~orial board Romeol PH.DI and are not necessarily those 01 the UC Board of Regents. the ASUCSD or the members of the Dr. alifornia recall election was tem­ suggestions to print out receipts a verifiable audit trail. While the have been yanked from the most She's fighting the forces of tyranny Guardian staff. porarily halted due to concerns of the vote, and said it would be bill is sponsored by a Democrat, ambitiou military creenwritcr, in and standing up for her country, over the reliability of the mechani­ much too costly to instal! printers this is certainly an issue that should the fashion of succe ses such as overcoming horrific ordeals in the cal punch card systcm. Media and rewrite software in the exist­ have the support of anyone eager "Black Hawk Down" and "Saving name of liberty. I ow fade out her attention has mostly focused on the ing voting machines. for accuracy. It is not about tax cuts Private Ryan." profile wih a \~~ving American nag need to replace the outdated punch or social security or the war in Iraq: Lynch's rescue will go down as and wait for the ratings to soar and A.S. needs to explore card with a more modern electron­ It is aboul making ure that the one of the most stunning pieces of the royalties to collect. ic voting system, but little has been president who gets into office i the news management yet conceived. Maybe there's nothing wrong said about what ought to be a much one that got voted in. Of course, the docudrama was only with taking an ordeal and marketing election options more important issue - the allega­ The question" then The 2000 presidential election a maner of time, and it's not hard to it in the name of increasing pauio­ tions that the electronic voting sys­ proved that the voting system had see why. NBC's airing of "Saving tism. Maybe there's nothing wrong he Associated of preference is considered tems may actually be even les reli­ becomes, exactly how grave flaws that needed to be cor­ jessica Lynch" drew 14.9 million in exploiting the story of a young able. rected. In California's recall elec­ viewers, according to preliminary woman who has already become the Students at UCSD in the proportional repre­ Thankfully, this is slowly much is democracy tion, we saw that the problem figures is ued by ielsen Media poster child for the American sol­ T are currently cO'lsid­ sentation system, and most beginning to change as more peo­ weren't entirely solved. While elec­ Research. dier. But this story is becoming less ering a proposal to reevalu­ major campus groups have ple become aware of the problems worth? ... What sum of tronic voting booths provide some Lynch became an icon of the war. about an mdividual made into a ate the structure of the A.S. at least some representation Witll the new electronic systems. money is large enough to hope in their ability to make voting An all-American heroine, the story message and more about the overall Council. Now, the council is on the senate. The council is Some of the more prominent news easier, there are ecurity risks of her capture by the Iraqi mi Ii tary image that the military wants to comprised of a srudent sen­ more diverse and eclectic, sources that arc reporting now justify the risk of turning involved, and ease of use shouldn't and her rescue by U.S. special forces project on the pa t. ate made up of senators rep­ and able to reflect more include CNN and 71u no Yo,.k be sacrificed for increased problems became one of the great patriotic In creating the media circus sur­ resenting each of the four points of view. The College Ti7ltrS. elections into with maintaining privacy. It's clear moments of the War on Terrorism. rounding the Iraqi war as a whole, clas es at their respective R epublican s, Defend There seems to be no reason that it will take a bipartisan effort And if timing is everything, then it why electronic voting systems lotteries?" and perhaps a litde more popular certainly couldn't have happened at colleges. This ignores the Affirmative Action and Goat Edgar QuIl1la",I/GuorrJ~'1i ee LYNCH, Page 6 reality that students do not Milk parties at UC Berkeley lVould be less reliable than outrage before this issue is resolved. mechanical punch card systems, primarily identify with their have all held a senate seat in but facts are beginnmg to surface >- OF LA JOLLA, CA colleges, but rather with the the past two years. that suggest the companie in The question then become , '" .... x l\U~~ Ir1 ~)l$lt l/ll1 {l·rocwnc. campus organizations they The mulotude of parties charge of implementing them may exactly how much is democracy BEACH HOUSE I PROPS & FLOPS W ".,.. 1• .1lC!I. (\I( 0UIlS join. The senate system ensures that no single party have failed to install proper ecu­ worth? \Vhat sum of money is -' U-I U1IUlJ'YIU~:5I<:n nn;1lI11\~' BREWERY needs to be changed, and has absolute control over my safegu:lrds in their rush to large enough to justify machine -' Y'"'VI( ",''''.\'1\0 ....\nm. hopefully the A.S. Council the council. Unlike UCSD , mcet government-mandated error putting the wrong president ~ < , Namesake saved: Props to Holdiay confusion: Flops to win recognize this. where single-slate sweeps the (he Cafe for opening its hononng Veteran's Day mid­ deadlines. in power? \Vhat sum of money is ~ A more repre entative are common, only rare ly doors as a real cafe. Finally, a wee~ causing calendar Diebold Election Systems, large enough to justify the risk of 10% OFF' system of student does B erkeley suffer from late·night caffeine altemative. confusion. which has already sold over turning elections into lotteries? \".,1'1'1 ~I.JD tmlCl1't govern­ . .inn.n~ro ment is in place at UC the overbearing presence of 33,000 voting machines in the [n the 2000 presidential elec­ Crowd pleasers: Props to Roe vs. Wade: Flops to tion, one of the Florida precincts Berkeley, whose senate is one-party rule and the sub­ nited State, reccntly tried to the men's water polo team for President Bush's banning prohihit the relea e of certain uploaded a memory card from a elected through proportion­ sequent undue prevalence winning their last home game partial-binh abortions. Spells Information on the Internet. A Dlcbold voting machine contain­ al representation. Senators that these parties maintain. and draWing over 1,000 fans. trouble for Roe vs. Wade. eRR fNN colkction of internal company ing negative 16,000 votes for can­ BRB:B.TfRENCH are elected campuswide and The AS C D should mcmo~ were aCCidentally left on a didate AJ Gore. It was the obvious voters rank the candidates in seriously consider switching public web server and were di - impossibility of having a negative DAm HATlHIIR.N order of preference. The to this format in the best co\'cred by someone resea rch­ number that prompted the PIERCING BY GATtDR result is a enate that more interest of students, Ing ele tronic voting systems. recount. In the next election, if things do not change and punch accurately reflects the com­ enabling them to have more Ilorrified by the contents, the LA /OU.A. o\LlrORnIA ~ I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR re carcher released the memos to card machine are replaced with position of the student body. accurate representation in A con tituent' intensity student government. thc [nternet. ince then, D iebold the current electronic voting (858)456-4657 Will the La jolla Country Day ha been sending cease-and-desist machines, there will be no possi­ Preuss School faces bility for a recount, as only elec­ The Guardian welcomes let­ School campu be sold to the leners to the I nternet Service transportation crisis ters (rom its readers. AI/letter Regents? - That's what hap­ Provider of any site hosting the tronic records will be kept. leaked memos, claiming copyright In the best-case scenario, we longer 500 pened to the Anna J lead School must be no than will have some small amount of Inter... college housing Editor: words, l)-peC( dOuble-spaced twO blocks from C Berkeley infringemcnt. The plot has lhick­ COSTA VERDE ened as The Electronic Frontier vo ter error - how much voters C E N T E R I don't know If the Preu and signed. Letters must O/S() (whi ch relocated to Oakland in Foundation and tanford will never know - but maybe the chool Cia sic Cars for Classic contain a number. 1964). Compers has no baseball 8750 Genesee Ave . ~ ~ nivcrsity's yberlaw Clinic next pre ident will win the elec­ good idea, not enough Kid fundrai er ov. 6, 2003) reserve the right to edit for diamond, no basketball gymnasi­ 858-455 -7228 was succe sful, but I know that um, no hockey ring, and no foot ­ recently filed for a temporary tion by Stich a large margin that length and clarity. Letters machine error does not change hanks to a new However, there is room any transportation plan for the may be dropped off at 1M ball stadium. re training order against housing program, for improvement. The school, regardless 0 the size of Guardian office on the $«­ The Gompcrs students could T freshman students program is limited In the budget, will fail. Enrollment ond floor 01 Student Center be bussed to and fro once a week, will be given the option of scope. Under the new at Samuel Compers econdary Of e-maiIed. Send all IeltM if the UCSD wimming pool and sharing on-campu apart­ plan, tudents wishing to School will expand to over 2,000 to: orne of the nautilu equipment Letters: Response filled students by sometime m 2005; were to be reserved for their ment~ with friends from panicipa te will apply ~ nearby Lincoln I ligh chaol has exclusive use. different colleges next through early registration, The UCSD Guardian temporanly clo ed. Located Just Opinion Editor - Richard Thompson with misinterpretations year. . competing for only 100 outh of the Martin Luther King, UC Doillmnus 9500 Gilman Dr. 0316 onrimU!d {rum page .j "the acnlal 2003 deficit is $81 bil­ This program is a good s pots in 25 units at Jr. Freeway off 47th treet, buses La JoYa, CA 92093-()316 La Salsa® tuxe and increa ing milit.lry lion less than the admi ni tration first step in addressing eri­ Warren Apartments. may operate effiCiently to bring e-mail: ~pl:nding . " Deficits arc the result predicted, which Indicate that ous problem with on-carn­ The number of pots ompers' students to the local [email protected] Letter ~erpetuates of the government spending (not they're either incompetent or pu housing at UCSD and should be expanded, as campus - and to take them misinformation Just Imlll3ry spend­ manipulative." If a ~hould be expanded to meet demand will, without a home. Ing) more money lower-than-pre­ the growing demand for doubt, be much higher than But a chool with 700 stu­ than it takes 111 . dicted deficit i any dents in La jolla can't provide Editor: inter-college housing. upply. Inter-college hous­ an economics stu­ reflection of COI11- WE DO CATERING! ~'l.qS efficient transportation for all The GIUJrdllm' Oct. 23rd edi­ The housing crunch has ing should al 0 be made dent I know, and If a Iower,tlu,m, petence, than it is the students who live south of torial, "White I louse's reaction to " A school" with 700 every competent certainly a pOSitive forced fre hman into living available throughout each deficit di turbing," is factually 60-oz. pitcher of beer interstate . Only a mall per­ economic profes­ predicted deficit is reflection. ~ in different colleges than of the six college campuses centage of the cu rrent Preu students can't provide incorrect. The Jlortrayal of the ones in which they are - instead of ju t Earl '1'1 ea ury Secrctary John Snow's sor at this institu­ L ike tudents actually ride the twO big any reflection of regi tered, p sing a diffi­ Warren ollege - to give efficient transportation comment that "thc economy is tion will te tisfy, Presidents r---~------r---~------buses from the ten elementary th,lt lower taxe Kennedy and cult choice for some wish­ a greater choice to srudents schools nearest their hOllies any­ well on the way to recovery" JS competence, than it ILa Salsa. ILa Salsa. for all students who live untruthful is wrong. Ilad the yield higher tax rev­ Reagan before I j] ,u: •.:nui': i: lity IQ ing to Ii e with friends. applying for the J?rogram. way. Tho e elementary chools him, President Gllllrliloll bothered 10 do any enucs. Following rl!!! ilW"".or 0 ne The program will also At a univerSIty where all feed Into ompers. The clos­ II is certainly a south of Interstate research to back up Its claims, it that logic, lower Bush understands ~erve students residing in students c mplain of a lack est hne on the San Diego pubhc would have found that the GI P I ~ taxe wi 11 produce a positive refle tion ." that by lowering their own college~ who of chool plrit and dead bus lead directly to an Diego - Richard Thompson. UCSD mailer defiCit. The taxes, he will tate OIversllY along 47th alumnus growing, Johle s damu. are on the $1 Off wish to live with friends weekends, a pr gram that dccllne, nd that the tock mark/'t Guordian conve­ - Anthony Kohrs, greatly in rease i FREE Burrito* treet. Compers' teacher are made at other colleges for would potenually erve to niently bypas~cs the UCSD junior tax rev nue, With purchase of a burrtto of equal or among the best In the world. School of Management plan to i again strong. their ~econd year. Tl1is new retain more ophomore n fa t that this COUI1- which will help to any burrito* : ,reater value and two fountaIn drinks. nle 5 the Preu s principal rai e 5115 million and recruit Second, the GIl/mila II incor­ try has ~ ught (and alleviate th damage au cd by the option keeps student campus is welcome nd could actually hire Mrs. 10 world-class faculty by 2010. rectly claim tho t "deficits are I 'E>e!oage 5 Third, the Guardl/III neer that UC D) lIlIio,. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2003 6 OPINION THE U 0 GUARDIAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER \3, ZOO} THE UCSD GUARDIAN NEWS 7 Apathy an obvious effed of on-line Lynch: Bryan Tran: UCSD community Ropes: Course aims to develop Docudrama remembers Revelle junior students' team .. building skills communication replacing human contact continued from page z Patel , who is a resident advisor at continued from page I will assume responsibility of logistical ma t­ distract from to journalism to graphic design," T hurgood Manhews Apartments, said he had been come to partici pate. ter , incl ud ing employment, financial affai rs Marshall Coll ege juni or and fellow bioengi­ tallcing to students residing at Manhews "Our main focus is to benefit the UCSD and maintenance, while Associated Srudents UCSD's lackluster school pride a result of too neering maj or Al exander Varond said. "His who knew Tran. Patel was also a friend of community," Gall agher said. is expected to generate busi ness by market­ actual events Web page shared his life projects with the Tran's for over two years. Consisting of tall towers and va rious ing to srudents. world, and we always talked about the crazy "Bryan, without a doubt, had the purest The idea of a ropes course Started to rurn continued from page 5 lines connected to harnesses, the course will many hours logged onto the World Wide Web projects that he would undertake. For soul. There never seemed to be a shred of be designed for use by groups of 20 to 30 into a rea uty at the beginrung of this yea r after the stra tcgy was to concentrate on instance, he made an entire map of the anger toward anyone," P atel sa id . "As people. Planners envision its functi on to be several years of d.iscussion by A.S. councilmem­ By KEL LY GILBERT Carpal Tunnel yndroll1c Before because it wa easier; even Lady Iy, has a diffcrent significance the visuals 'Ill d to get a broad mes­ UCSD ca mpus and hyperlinked every part quiet as he was, he wa s the one we called primarily in srudent organization retreats, bers. Tn February, the AS. Council submitted a Staff Writer thc ge of H." Lovely Locks, another '80s hero­ than hangi ng up on someone. sage out. Detail - when helpful - of thc ca mpus to a pi cnlre that he had taken upon when no one knew the answer, and, summer conferences and company team ­ proposal to the Campus Community Planrung \ Ve ccrtainly seem to have far, ine, had her Pixietails, those linle Furthermore, the majority of followed behind. The key was to of that pl ace. H e measured the distances every time, he was willing to drop what he bui lding venru res. Committee to build the course in the eucalyp­ Jr's frightening (and almost far more Xanga weblogrings than long-haired, pastel-colored birds people go online to chat with ensure the right television footage. within 0.006-milc accuracy between each was doing and m ake our lives JUSt a linle "The course will be bui lt with the stu­ tus grove located on West Campus. The pitiable) how much of a backlash any other school. The" -= I UCSD that Oew around her and didn't multiple frie nds, nor JUSt one - T he embedded reporters could do landmark using his bicycle speedometer. " bit easier. Even now, just thinking aboU[ dents' interests in mind," O utdoor CCPC formally smick the proposal down was caused by Srudent Policies and Class of 2007 1=-" blogring, for leave her side. wh ich ma kes charring much less some of that. On other missions, M any of hi s friends sa id they looked up him makes difficult times just a little bi t Recreation di rector Bria n G rube said. because of the course's loca le and varying view­ judicial Affairs Director Nichola example, boa tS 272 members (and But today, our heroes have personal even than m aking a the military used their own cam­ to Tran. easier ... Grube hopes the course wi ll bring togeth­ points on the scale of the project. Aguilar shutting down growing), at least 200 of whom cool cell phones and computers. pho ne ca ll. Tone is lost over the eras, the film thcmsclve "I saw so much potential in him and I Counse lors from Psychological Services er students living both on and off campus. After the CCPC's rejection of the initial brtp://1l·1l~ arc UC D didn't show up 111 allY of generaP When ),ou start seemg In her recent book "Life on the body said, 'I find I ca n writc rnu h also dramatized. Ccrtainly, details @) the cJtegorics \\ hlch you'd actu­ away mes ages hke "brushing creen," in whjch the psycholOgi ­ better with a word processor,' I lvill be disputed and facts ques­ ally want to win ' "Best AcademiC teeth" or "brb," which is the 1.0 . ca l Implications of uch an replied, 'They used to ay the sa me tioned. BU[ who's que tioning Sail Dies.o Ba'ne: for YOU I Buck," "Best at C D, you have to wonder: Internet-centered culture are thing about drugs.'" whether thi story should havc ever Qua-Ilty of Life" or ",\I o'> t \\'ho are these people that ca n't be exam llled, Sherry Turkle claims oon enough, thcy'll most Illade the evening time lot? FertilIty _~NTANAS Bcautl ful ampu,> " away from their computers three that with such excessive Internet likely be saymg the sa me about s moving JS this story is, it's Center Of COU/SC, H \\a,>n't a tOlJlloss. minute!> \\lthuut offering !>ornc Interaction, onc's sense of se lf the Internet. And in a sc nse, it's a not helping anyone understand the L'CSf) did cJrn 5th place 111" Ja~s \ort uf explanauon ~ becomes decentered. In fa t, this good analo!,ry: IIeroin addicts, struggle to rebtllid Iraq, or e\'en DI'>ClIs'>lOns Rare" (Score'). And In a generation defined by generation I movlllg toward mul­ more often than not, wind up how that ~rrugglc came to be. It 's wc're ranked 33rd merall, after creen names and profile as tiple senses of self to adapt to the dead, If you happen to take a JUSt one in a lint! of distractiuns that L'C Berkeley and L'CL\, \\ hlch much as our counterparts III the idea of vanou conver!>a lions stroll through Revelle College'!. keep peo ple from forllling accurate I,n't had 19 O~ werc defined by neon span­ gOlllg on at one time (I.e., In ca mpus, you'll probably notice opinions about Intervention in p------But \'Oll call bet students ha\'c dex leggll1gs and rnulle~, we've A.L\1.) and creating online per­ that twO perceptive freshman rcs­ Iraq. Imtead offocu ing on a single ho",ted'thme rJnklll!!S had therc managed to lo~c Sight of somc­ onae (uch as In Xangas, Idents In Blake I lall have painted story, attention should be shifted to ~ htt:1 J Illedal I'm "'II) t Ilour., thlllg el'en peoplc with IlIghtmar­ Llvejournals, and the like). their own (and quite fitting) actual involvement. 'Ipel1l on \01. In,tJnt I\1c,senger I h hair kncw : Pcr:.onal contact That hould come as no ~ur­ interprctauon of thc overall vihe 10re than anythmg, the success - Imll:Jd of Sleeping ur Ila\,lIlg can't he replaced hy online aCli \)­ prtse. Onlllle chatting puts IIlter­ at C D on the fifth-floor win ­ of "Savlng jessicJ Lynch" shows ~~ ~ MI-~ JaJ4 FJce-to-hlt'c Inter,IClI()I1" or lICS. Care Bears never talkcd on action Into an entlrel), different dow: Welcome to Socially JUH how much the American Jlublic Student & Staff "Studcnts \Iost Likely to Dc\'elop the phone or wrotc Ictter context. 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Your Path to Excellence. hen 1I10vies by Indian film­ actors what he shot. 0 when we were shooting, we didn't see anything. \.Ve didn't see a si n­ makers are mentioned, gle hot until it wa all done. Wimages of Bollywood, people A.S.: Yeah, he kicked me out of the editing room. 'UCSD flirting in song behind trees and D.S.: The trailer was the first time we saw ourselves on the screen and we were like, uOh romances like "Monsoon my god, how did you make us look like that?" !laughs] It was really 3m3t.ing. Wedding" come to mind. But G: I low did you get involved in this project? alums tTrade first-time director Vikram A.S.: I was a programmer at the SDAFF in 2001 and they had a radio show - the direc­ Certificate Programs: Yashpal's new film "Trade tor and one of the other producers. I was on the radio show with a couple of other lilmmak­ Offs" delivers suspense, ers and they knew I was interested in film, but I had never made a film. They knew] was into -Tax Law drama, romance and every­ music so they asked me to compo e for them, but I said, "] want to act! Let me audition and Off' academia thing necessary in a good if I get it, I get it." -Environmental. Land Use, and Real Estate Law film . Yashpal's critically- G: It eems, from the trailer, that culnlre is a really important parr of the film, as with o ther acclaimed film was shown at the Indian-American films . -Advocacy and Dispute Resolution San Diego Asian Film Festival to D .S.: The culrure is not a big part of the movie. They're just Indians, but honestly they for film sold-out audiences and still contin­ could be anyone else. If you replaced the characters with people from Tennessee, the story Jl'aCICIQl ades at film festi- would still make sense. The sari that you see is in a dream sequence and it's the vals only time that you see her [character Sapna] in a san. See, the story entirely in Sa n is about the transition of getting marrIed and getting to know JointJDI MBA program with Chapman's UCSD lumni, "Trade each other's personalities. isn't merely an ian-American fi lm , but one that ~ Was it a great experience to be involved in George L, Argyros School of Business and Economi(:S } all audiences. 1\vo of the film's principal cast me:m'lC r~s •...l!llll> sonwthing like this' UCSD alumni Deypika Singh and Anup u "A-S.: Totally' their experiences working on their first .~ ••_ ...... D lS.: Incredible [laughs]. It was so awe­ and offer their advice. som e. Probably one of the coolest of my life so far, and I'm not exaggerating. Clinical Programs: Gllan/ian: I low does "Trade Offs" com£:lre \Vhat made it so cool was that it Wd to other Indian- merican films like "Mo~~ this unbelievable, extraordinary sirua­ -Tax Law Wedding" or " Bend it Like Beckham"? tion that was created and how much Anup ugunan: Well, just budget-wise, fun it was. Imagine most of the cast, -Elder Law they had a lot more money than we had. heir • 50-plus people and most of them Jre mo\~es were made with millions of dollars and not getting paid - OK, 97 percent -Constitutional litigation ours is very low budget. It's all made with fir t­ - and we shot for twO months, every time actor and crew. Even the director had weekend. Saturday morning we -Appellate Practice never set foot on a movie set before. It was his would meet at - a.m . to get our make­ first time. But in terms of passion that comes from up done. \,Ve'd be in the director's that first ti me you do something, you give it all garage getting our you 've got without money or returns. That's what make-up done, allowed us to come this far. our hai r done, D eypika Singh: I would agree with Anup in terms of pr eparing . how it's not entirely made by professionals in the field who Fifty people By speciali ze in acting or directing or anything like that. It's just like up at this Anne a couple of fri e nds deciding to make a movie. I know the director Courtesy 01 KaIha Films place, everybody really well and I've worked with him onstage as an actor. Basically, one day on time, and we shoot Cong-Huyen he said to u , " Hey you guys, I want to make a movie," and we just laughed at him. until J 0 p.m. at night. And We reali zed he was serious and started writing the script and it came so far. then Sunday morning, we're up there again. And A.S.: Bur the end result is we hired a few key personnel who were experienced and that got it was so unbelievably fun. It wasn't like we were Hiatus Editor us the look of a polished film . being forced to go to a job. Everybody wanted to G: It must be amazi ng to see your movie take off like this. be there. D.S.: Unexpected. We nevtr expected it to reach this far. A.S.: We couldn't wait for the weekend! It took us A-S.: Yeah we saw the trililer first and she calls me up [and says], "Did you see the trailer')" 20 days to shoot it and the whole thing was shot in San [la ughs] D.S.: It's amazing! One of the things that the director did was that he didn't show the See TRADE Off 5, Page II

Love, death and playwriting collide in 'Seagull' Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf Chekhov's classic offers hotbed of emotion in slick new production take the stage at the Scene By BRIAN UIGA Staff Writer Two weeks to closing, the Scene brings a o, you want a fun night out at thc theater, huh? oll1ething (0 uplift and inspire, right? Well, my great indie-pop show to San Diego home l "The Seagull" i a convoluted foray into sthe personal demons o f II people living in rural By JESSICA UNG EL mance at The cenc will feature Russia. It's depressing, moody, and the audience Senior Staff Writer openers ada urf. The how comes just twO weeks before the Upcoming Open House even ts: spends more than half of its two-and -a-half hours venue closes its doors on watching people si tting down and complaining about eath Cab for Cutie albums ov. 30. Death Cab's tour will' be wrapping their lives - and it's fabulous. have been a staple in the coi­ Sat':lrday, November 22, 2003 and Saturday, February 21, 2004, lip in e ttle at about the same \;Vri tten by notcd Ru sian playwright and author Dle cion of any emo or indie Anton hekh ov, "The Seagull" explore the tory of fan i nee the 1998 release of time. Attendants to the concert Please RSVP at 8771CHAPLAW or www.chapman,edullaw. the youn g playwright Kon tan tin, played by Geno o1llctbl/lg About Airplants on won 't be disappointed. On the Monteiro, and his quaSI-love ina , spunkily played Barsuk Records. With the addi­ band's fourth full-length, by Christine Albright. tions of a few Ps, its phenome­ nally sllcce,sful Tht Photo ,'lIbum Gibbard' lyrics are WI stful One UnIvers Ity Dr i ve Of course, things being what they are, this is an and it most recent record, metaphors that have won fans Orln,e California 92866 unrequited love. I t isn't helped in the sli ghtest by the CHAP M AN Transatl«nticism, Death Cab for since his first album. C,ibbJrd's I - 877 - CHAPlAW fact that Nina has fallen in I ve with Kon tantin's • U N I V E R S TTY Cuti e ha every rea on to expect brilliance i based on hI focus on www. chapman . edu/hw stepfather Trigorin (played with considerable vi rtue S CHOOL OF L • w an admiring and dedicated crowd life's malle t dctails a ground' law admGchapm an •• d u by wiso clera), a uccessful playwright who rerre­ ent everything Kon !antin despises about the world. on its current tour, which will be for lyrical metaphors. Keeping true to that kind of The edipal confli ct JUSt wouldn't be complete with­ hitting an Diego on I v. 16 at geniu , the new albulll should out Konstantin' continual struggle to gain the th e Scene. manage to placate old fans and re .. pect of his mother Arkadina, a wax figure of an Taki ng the stage wi th 1a te of ~atre generate ome new Ol~es. actre s, pla yed with a surprtsing amount of b'llStO by Cou rtesy UCSO Department 01 State, fellow label-mates ada Retaining the qUIet ~il11pliclry of LIsa Velten. White love; "The Seagull" features loneliness and urf and The Long \Vinter, 2000' Wt l-Iavr tbt Film lind HI- 'rt omplcting this theme of loneliness and unrequit­ unrequited love WIth dramatIc yet humorous dIalogue. Death Cab has a lot to celebrate ed love arc several more courles wh o run circles on the current tour, promoting Votlllg rtf while contlllulllg to finding the humor apparent in the style and rhythm the new albul11 that ha won prai e h ne the lush ound combin.ttlom around cach othcr (never fib'1lring out what they f their chara ters. walll), and a dying man Oosc havarry) who regrets from 'ources as di parate a ' founo on 200" Tht Pho,o Albllm, For the more dramatic second half, however, the Tmusa,lamia,.", is a brilliant 1Il1~ pretty much everything in hIS life. Playboy, pin and Billboard. adage hIes is mo re" eerns to have been ignored in of the melancholy VIbes and nJkcd From thiS labyrinthine plot, hekhov pins a web The four-piece band con' ists f term of acting. While th e humor continues to be that h.lS COIllC to IllJrk of dialogue that i part gut-wrenching drama and part Benjanlln GIbbard (vocals), hone~ty subdued and reali tic, several "lcJr-jcrker" 1I10no- DeJth Cab" ,[vic. Older 1'.10., mav !.tugh-ollt-Ioud comedy 0 tl1.Inncrs. All f the well Christopher \; alia (!,'ult~rs), rounded chura rer bounce off each other ntalvelous­ i holns I hrmer (ba ) and Jason Iy and c,lch of the pcrformer dues a \tcllar loh of ,ee SEAGULL, Pag~ IJ ,\Ie err (drultl.. ), and the pcr~ r- '~~ CUTI E, Pl't:~ IJ 10 HIATUS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, ZOO] THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I), Z003 THE U D GUARDIAN IIIATUS II

Two international ethnic performers pay a visit to UCSD album . reviews• Cesaria Evora brings her evocative Concert Chava Alberstein redefines and melodies from Cape Verde to UCSD }J international standards of success such strong feelings in its own PREVIEWS Various Artists way. Tracks such as Sebastian Lost in Translation Tellier's dreamy "Fantino" music invoke Cape Verde's Brazillian and and "Girls" by Death in Vegas By MARA EVANS By ANDRE Rios BOLLINGER more recently, in Yiddish, but has also sung Emperor Norton Senior Staff Writer Portugese colonial roots, incorporating Staff Writer in English, pan ish and French. Alberstein's will leave you with a sense of U C 5 D GUARDIAN , and samba as well as Cuban and musical influences range from American to wonderment and are a great a1l1 trcam musician communicate a African rhythms. dozen gold records, a half-dozen plat­ Polish to French and from jazz to roek to contrast to My Bloody message to listeners The music serves as a foundation for inum records and one triple platinum nursery rhymes. Valentine's guitar-driven Mthrough their music. Evora to build her vocals. She has been Arecord make Chava Alberstein an inter­ "I never try to [be) academic or pure in **** "Sometimes." .*ia'lti"j'l"i.i'I$'''ji.' ; ''I'''''·iji'i·'M'''i~ The messages are political, compared to Billy Holiday and Edith Pilaf, national superstar. It is an impressive, what I do," Alberstein said. hose who remember Featuring tracks from the This album will take you For Men & Women far away from sunny San I New Clients Recieve cmotional or trite, but they but in all regards Evora is herself. Her almost impossible, resume for any Instead, she describes her music as SO~la Coppola's "The long-awaited return of My • Laser Hair Removal I Diego and on a trip to the are messages of feeling. It is song "Velocidade" from /l0z d' A1110r is a music artist, but this is the fruit of -*~:.!!iI "Balagan," meaning there is an air of TVirgin Suicides" will Bloody Valentine and front­ rare to have omeone deliver quintessential example of how Alberstein's groundbreaking career. disorder and mixture in her music. remember tile stellar sound­ man Kevin Shields, the Jesus heart of the Gi nza and • High Pressure Tan you to a piller with their music, Evora evokes the Islands with her One of the world's leadi Alber tein loves her homeland track by French duo Air. and Mary Chain, and Phoenix Shinjuku districts of Tokyo, to transport you to the location songs. musician, the Israeli , but has le:lrncd to look at taying true to form, Coppola and Air, thi album combines where it's likely you'll fecI % • UV-Free Mystic Tan that has inspired their music. On 'Velocidade," listeners singer has an incredib her country critically. She has once again putS togetllcr an shoegazer classics with excel­ just as misplaced as the two • $79 70-min. Ce ana EYora, the will feel the sea breeze on their extensive musical experi- written and sung political incredibly haunting, etllcreal lent newcomers. hard to characters in the movie. It's OFF European Facial "barcfoot diva" from the cheek, the erting sun on their ence that spans songs, one of which was dis­ soundtrack to accompany her pick which tracks are out­ -SaraJl Mak 50 legs and hear the palm fronds First Service With This Ad Cape Verde Islands, does dec a des couraged from radioplay by film "Lost 111 Trmslation." standing because each evokes COlltnblltil1g W"iw' • $49 GO·min. just thl with her lyrics. blowing above their head. Alberstein he Israeli Parliament. Guaranteed Lowest Prices on Full Body Massage Evora, by today' Listeners' hip will sway to the released llesitJnt to say that hcr Laser Procedures in San Diego sweet ound of the clarinet and conveys a specific standard, h~d a late first album, a wonderfully droning song. you will be tran ported to the ge, Alberstcin said, start in the music indus- Hn'c We Havf Evcn better is the thumping Advanced Body Care Centers try. She did nOt begin island of ao Vincente. S071g, in 1967 is always a vcr)' Spiritualized A "Cheapster," which disrupts 858.454.3338 777~Fay Ave. (In the Village of La Jolla,L Perhaps you will not under­ dangerous and big word to recording until the age since released more than Amazing Grace the trance-like nature of the stand Evota's native lyric, bur use." of H, but today, the 61- albums. Her latest, E71d of the Sanctuary album. the sensation is trong enough to Instead, she hopes that year-ol d ~1I1gcr has HolidllY, will be released in the trangely enough, when help you embark on an auditory her music causes people to multiple albums to her United States in January 2004. pritualized latche onto journey like no other. "mediatc" and "think about namc and fivc GramllW Although labeled as a folk the garage-rock trend, nOlTIlnan On to brag To continue on the voyage of singer, her music bears influ­ things maybe they don't usually *** Amllzing Grac~ shines. The about. auditory discovery, don't miss ences from sources around nk about." Iler JIlU ic his littlc life of mine, and at least one forays into orchestral rock Iler most recent album, Evora's performance on Nov. 19 the world. With passion and Courtesy of University Events Offke ' ns controversial, but she 'T ~DOS Pescados I'm gonna let it slide." Spiritualized ma terpiece aren't nearly as distinctive /0':' d' rl111or, I her ninth and at 7:30 p.m. in Price Center maintains that "the situation is emotion, he brings a new So begins J under his belt (the gorgeous as older ball~ds, save for the she continues to maintain Ballroom. meaning to popular U.S. perceptions of very sad." Spaceman's fifth Lilt/its lind Gentle1llen, We arr gently crafted downer "The · Combo Only the signature melodic sound what "folk music" means. Alberstein will perform :It 1andcville ~ space-rock epic under the Flollfil1g /II pllce) , paceman of Richie Lee." The Court~ of Unillersity Events OffICe Alberstein's energy and emotion are Auditorium on ov. 16. that has made her a global nallle piritualized. Like hi sound frce to follow his fl uctu a ti on of paccs and , , $2.99 en anon. infectious. Her fun and loving attitude carry prcviou music, including musc on A7JlIlZomg G"Of(. It volumc throughout makcs Evora's home, the volcanic Cesaria Avora through her music and to her listeners. The Chava Albertstein that of his legendary drone­ opens with a pair of Srooge­ the album feel like a dream ...... WIII...... That's two of our fish tacos, Capt: Verde Islands off the coast power of her music is such that she says, "I rock band Spacemen 3, inspired rockers, complete broken by constant waking, FIN5 La Jolla beans and chips! of \Vcst rica, serves as a setting Price Center Ballroom MandeVille AuditOrium hope people will come out of the concert paceman's lyric focus on with thc kind of snaking but it's 3n enticing dream La Jolla Village Square Nov. 19 , 7:30 P.M. Th i. ",upon gOOGeffen Records faVOrite on last year'~ pop Lip & Brow Wax scene, ~orah Jones. The Microdennabrasion • Laser Hair Removal \ record i catchy for a little while, but this wears off fast. $10 off I **~ H you crave jazzy vocals and I I Israeli RlIk Singer o you crave more any of these questions, Leona mellow melodies, you'd be regular $30 value orah J nes' Do you aess has just the album for much better off with atalie $20 for first visit I of new clients I Dthink listelling to music you. I Ier elf-titled record Cole or Ella Fitzgerald. 3251 HolidllY Court, Suite 203, I Naess pens for Josh is roo much work' Do you reminds listcm:rs that pop La Jolla, Califamia 92037 I musIc can be completely girly, Rou e at the Casbah on I 0\'. just want ro relax, paint your I toenails and talk about Jmh simple and edgeless. Thi 16. I I Chava llartnctt? innocuoll album will not get - Kate Leiser on If you answered "yes" to on your nen'C ,n r will It get Comnbllll11f!, H'rtm' ------~ :41berstein r------~ * .. incredibly worm and enveloping, c..9~ , ~ with Alberstein's voice ... lVoding Trade Offs: Optimi m helped pr jeet through a thicket of acoustic guilars FlalDe BrOiler ~ in cognitive cicJ1 e from UCSD in 2001 and Always Good ..• Always Guaranteed! and hushed cellos. * . Time Out NY contin ued [film page 9 Diego. We shot at the airport, at the olana is currently working as a usability specialist November 16 . Sunday . 7:30pm Beach train tation, at the beaches, the for Macromedia, but said, "I would leave my Mandeville Auditorium Torrey Pines cliffs. job for an awe ome role. I'm looking for D .S.: Everyone that was involved in the cxceptional." Chicken Rice,Bowl Studtnts SIS . l'K./St.1fIlSr.ot SI9 . GA Si!O $115011 U Medium Drink project was M) hclpful, even the film commis­ Anup Sugunan graduated from UCSD in Nol valid With any olher oHer With coupon onlY'. sion. They didn't JUSt help but they were pas­ 1997 with a degrec in physiology and neuro­ Grammy Nominated Cape Verde Islands' Singer ionately involved. It was all Vikram. lie wa cience and is obviou 'ly not working in his so enthu iastlc with everyone he talked to, he field of tudy. IIi la t projeCt was "Master Ju,r enrolled them in the project. He was so and Commander: The Far ide of the NO MSG • NO BONE • NO SKIN NO FRYING unrealistically optimistic lhat it rubbed off on World" with Ru sel rowe, where he plays a the entire cast. mercenary. 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Despite OW many Tupac documentanes conrintlcd from page 9 Force~ from the most painful moment of the fact that nearly the entire cast is Jre there) 100 many. Lu laly, REVIEW feel the album has lost some of the the U.S. Air the play, involving the love story of onstage for most of t h e show, Hthl IS the one to see. Through thrilling lyrical surprises that were the schoolteacher Medvedenko Kokernot ensures that the audi­ footage of Tupac a a dod,:)' lad to spell tha t promi es to make the a constant presence on the previ­ there~s no telling what (Brad Fisher). ence's eyes are gently drawn to the his eX'jJlanaoon of why he refused to viewer a Tupac fun. A fairly bal­ ous release, but that criticism does Full of life and energy as he dramatic action, but not 0 force­ rake a sexually transimitted disease anced yet lo,;ng image of the rap­ a disservice to Tr(f1)sa tlal1 ticis'lll 's attempts to win the heart of M.asha, fully that the audience is torn by test for JanetJackson, this film gives per is re"ealed, although many balance of lyricism and musical you~ll work on. Medvedenko completely trans­ what they would like to see. audiences an lI10mate view into the details, such as his time in jai l, legal sophislication. The new album forms into a spectacle of quiet mis­ So if you're in the mood for a star's life. troubles and the infamous East isn 't as distanced from ome of the ery after Masha marries him out of simple and digestible story, go wait As the first official documen­ Coast-\Vest Coast rivalry, are mere­ previous releases as some criti cs convenience. As Masha, Colette in the lines at Blockbuster. But if tar), on the life and times of Tupac ly tOuched upon. would have listeners believe. (Seriously" we can't tell you.) Beauvais offers a deliciously dis­ you dare to enter the world of Shal,:\lr, this film has much more to Beginning ,vith his mother's Courtesy of MlV Pictures The first song, "This is the turbing and subtle performance as Chekhov and experience madness, offer than its predece 501' . Tupac in" h'ement in the Black Panther Hip-hop legend: He suffered an Immature death, but Tupac's story is told with ew Year," hearkens back to the she shoots verbal barb after barb at lust, despair, lularity, irony and narrates. as If from beyond the and pregnancy in jail, Tupac's life is her pathetic husband. great depth and care in this new docutmentary that uses extraordinary sources. early days of Sormthillg About beauty, catch a ti cket to "The grave, and the film gwe an inspir­ put into context. He discusses hi Airplanes with its tone of subtle The set, designed by Kevin Seagull" before every show is sold ing and IIlslghrful look at the rap inspirations, role models and orug­ surrounded him. attempt to draw conclusions about optimism shrouded in lilting gui­ Judge, is nothing short of brilliant. out. legend' life from tart to prema­ gles to write about the duality oflife The documentary's most the rap super tar but instead cele­ tars . and gentlc percussion. Pushing the walls as far ou t as they brates his life and hints at how it ture finish . he wimessed around him. remarkable acluevement i the way Inventive lyric such as "Your go, Judge 6lls the e'lormous space TIle Seapll ,\ lTV director and producer Through interviews, home it captures Tupac as he discovers could have developed had it not heart is a river that flows from with semi-transparent paintings Lauren La2.1Il paints a vivid picture mo,~es, lournal and poet­ him elf and forges an identity for been tragically cut short. your chest through every organ United States Air Force appLied technoLogy is years ahead which are brought to life by the Wrth Jose Chavarry of the decea cd tar. The wealth of ry readings, Tupac's political rage his community. lighting design of Shirley Halahmy, Playing at Mandell Weiss Forum and your brain is the dam and [ of what you ' LL touch in the private sector, and as a new material ga"c Lazin the ability to and idea on thug Ii fe are laid out The soundtrack is produced by ~ Tupa(: Resurredlon am the fish who can't reach the silently expressing every nuance Running Nov. 13 to Nov. 15 at 8 P.M. have Tupac narrate the film . Thc in detat!. "I didn't create thug life," Eminem and bring Tupac and core" on "Lightne s" demon­ engineer you'LL likeLy be invoLved at the ground LeveL of new and mood of the play. Tickets are S10 for students Biggie Smalls back together for the Director Luissa Kokernot uses and S15 for general admission audience enter Tupac' cluldhood Tupac said. "1 diagnosed it." Tupac strates the kind of brilliance that and sometimes classified deveLopments. You ' LL begin Leading and I gtvcn the opporturuty to sec speaks to the controversial cle­ single 'Runnin' (Dying to Live). " Starnng Tupac**** Shakur and this modest space to arrange the Afem Shakur people have come to cxpect from the artist gro" from a boy to the ments of hi life and expblns his Many of the hits that make Tupac ibbard. The Jddillon of piano and managing within this highLy respected group from day In theaters Nov. 14 famed man who was gunned down musIc and the oclal mes age with the best- e1ling rap artist of all time throughout the album serves as a Rated R 0ne. Find out what's waiting behind the scenes for you in III Las \ 'ega III eptember 1996. It. } Ie addrC!>ses his often-criti­ are also fearured. wonderful b~ e to the someti mes­ the Air Force today. 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