November 5, 2015

DAILY NEXUS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 www.dailynexus.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Berkeley Draws Big Halloween Crowd UCSB has a quiet Halloween this year, while UC Berkeley gets rowdy

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Upwards of 5,000 people packed the streets of Berkeley this Halloween — a stark contrast to the relatively quiet weekend in Isla Vista with significantly smaller crowds than in years past. Students have compared Berkeley’s festivities to that of previous I.V. Halloweens, during which videos of rowdy street parties, car wrecks and police riots emerged on social media. UC Berkeley students and administrators attribute the rowdy crowds to both Halloween and the UC Berkeley vs. University of Southern California (USC) football game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. With the absence of signature Halloween festivities in I.V., which were replaced by university-sponsored concerts and events and the emergence of Berkeley as a new hotspot, students are questioning if UCSB lives up to its status as a Halloween destination and its Princeton Review ranking of sixth best party school in the nation. Communications Manager for Student Affairs at UC Berkeley Adam Michael Ratliff said campus law enforcement is still investigating the cause of the parties and rioting. “Student Affairs leaders are planning to gather the facts about this weekend’s incident to better understand what occurred, who was involved,” Ratliff said in an email. “They will continue to work with all of our various student organizations to promote safe events for the Berkeley community.” UC Berkeley Police Department Lieutenant Marc DeCoulode said the presence of USC students at the football game and tailgating may have contributed to the rowdy crowds in Berkeley. “I think what contributed to it was that Halloween fell on a Saturday, which doesn’t happen really often and the fact that we had the USC football game so there was some extra people along fraternity row,” DeCoulode said. “Both some of our people and USC people [were] outside, so it was a little more crowded than usual.” UC Berkeley student and second-year environmental economics and public policy major Alyssa Nguyen said last year’s Halloween weekend ended early in the evening due to stricter law enforcement. “This year I think [police] were more lenient; this year it seems that the parties were Smoke-Filled Thunderdome hosts shut down later than last year,” Nguyen said. “Last year, there were a lot of incidents of college student deaths in parties. The parties were dead silent at 10 p.m. to 11p.m., and all the parties were not big. It wasn’t like anything where everyone was allowed in Snoop Dogg as Halloween Headliner and having fun.” Go to p.11 for the full story Nguyen said party-goers on Channing Way playing loud music and vandalizing BERKELEY p.4 LORENZO BASILIO / DAILY NEXUS 2 Thursday, November 5, 2015 Daily Nexus DAILY NEXUS CALENDAR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara Recital Garry Kasparov Debut Winter is Coming: Why Lise de la Salle, piano Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped Tue, Nov 17 IV LIVE presents 8:00 PM Santa Barbara Debut IMPROVABILTY’s FREE Sun, Nov 8 Campbell Hall One of Rolling Stone’s SH*T SHOW 4:00 PM Top 10 New Artists You UCSB’s award-winning Hahn Hall Need to Know improv troupe Friday, November 6 at 8pm Lake Street Dive Embarcadero Hall, Isla Vista Fri, Nov 6 $3 8:00 PM Garry Kasparov is a Russian-born political Before the age of 20, pianist Lise de la activist who has denounced Vladimir Putin Campbell Hall Salle was recognized as “a talent in a Magic Lantern Films for over a decade. A chess Grandmaster, Brooklyn-based Lake Street Dive formed million” (Gramophone). Now at 26, de la Kasparov retired from professional chess in 2004 as a group of New England presents Salle has established a reputation as one after twenty years as the world’s No. 1 of today’s most exciting young artists, and Conservatory students itching to play ANTMAN ranked player to lead the pro-democracy as a musician of uncommon sensibility. music outside of the confines of their formal opposition against Putin in 2005, and he Friday, November 6 at 7 & exhilaration didn’t let up for a second until training. During their breakout year in 2014, attempted to run against Putin in the 2008 10pm her hands came off the keyboard.” the band celebrated a decade of creating Russian presidential race. their own exhilarating brand of soul pop Monday, November 9 at 7 & with Motown, British invasion and gospel 10pm The Acclaimed blues influences. The unstoppable joy of IV Theater, Isla Vista their live shows is propelled by knock- Choreographer Behind your-socks-off vocals (courtesy of Rachael $4 Career Price) and virtuosic instrumentals. Over the 2012 Olympic the last year they played strings of sold Services Opening Ceremony out shows, and are currently recording and preparing their sophomore album for Tue, Nov 10 release in 2016. STEM Internship/ 8:00 PM Research Mixer The Granada Theatre

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MARILYN DUKES, DIANA COLLINS PUENTE,AND THE AND COMMUNITYMATHEW NORTON 4 Thursday, November 5, 2015 News Daily Nexus BERKELEY Continued from p.1 cars were later constrained by Berkeley police department at the scene. aren’t inviting out-of-towners — we are seeing it reflect in the num- they were too drunk,” Mares said. “It was intense because it was a “I heard that there was an individual’s party so crazy they brought ber.” playground for a lot of people to come.” it out to the streets. Everyone was jumping on a car, and dancing on Fifth-year environmental studies and Chican@ studies double- Mares said she enjoyed her Halloween weekend this year because the car,” Nguyen said. “Apparently a guy dressed up as Jesus was also major Carmen Mares said her freshman year Halloween weekend was of the safety and the lack of worry over out-of-towners. dancing on the car and everyone was yelling ‘Jesus! Jesus!’ But the surrounded by “negative vibes” due to many out-of-towner-induced “Halloween in I.V. was really exciting in the sense that we’re all windows cracked and everything. The police pretty much blockaded everyone inside on the street.” Berkeley resident Nina Krishnan said the weekend was an outlier compared to what typically happens in Berkeley. “The last Halloween at Cal was on a Friday, and it was quite disappointing. I can definitely say compared to last year, there were far more people on the streets at Berkeley — especially Frat Row,” Krishnan said “More people, bigger crowds — it was lit. It was definitely lit on Saturday.” Krishnan said she witnessed a street party that escalated into car vandalism and then chaotic running from the center of the party. Krishnan said she did not witness any police or security at the scene and didn’t know what motivated people to run. “It was more of a general party on the street at first. It wasn’t dangerous or violent — it wasn’t a riot — that’s not what I would call the first part. But then something snapped — in a flash, things got very messy as people started smashing cars and jumping on cars,” Krishnan said. “They definitely cracked the window and windshield and then in a few minutes, there was straight-out mayhem. People started running in all directions.” The unprecedented Halloween party scene in Berkeley drew a sharp contrast to the quieter-than-ever weekend in I.V. Santa Barbara Sheriff Department Public Information Officer Kelly Hoover said based on low turnout this Halloween, UCSB stu- COURTESY OF DAILY CAL dents are beginning to realize the danger of inviting out-of-towners This past Halloween weekend, UC Berkeley attracted a crowd of over 5,000 party-goers, contrasting sharply to and having open-door policies for parties. UCSB’s poor turnout in Isla Vista due to heavy law enforcement, parking restrictions and lack of out-of-towners. “We’ve had huge crowds for Halloween especially, on a week- Duncan Calvert end. We were prepared for a large turnout; however, the last several safety concerns. dressed up, we all have fun and we don’t have to worry about schoolReporter years we’ve noticed a significant decrease every year in turnout for “DP was filled with people. Everybody dressed up, some people for a couple of days. Even if you’re not partying and you’re just walk- Halloween,” Hoover said. “The fact that there is heavy law enforce- getting a little too crazy. We’d walk a block, and in the next block, ing down the streets in I.V., everybody’s just happy,” Mares said. Vice President of the Academy of ment, there was no music, parking was very strict and the students there are, like, cops having to get people on the sidewalk because For the full story, see dailynexus.com Cannabinoid Medicine Dr. David Bearman lectured and held a book signing in an event titled “Why Medical Marijuana is Good For You & The Benefits of Changing Our Dysfunctional Drug Policy” Wednesday night at the MultiCultural Center. UC Merced Addresses Bearman focused on the history and politics of cannabis as well as contemporary medical studies of the drug. Bearman also held a Q&A session and signed copies of his most Campus Stabbings recent book, Drugs Are NOT the Devil’s Tools. Bearman was a key founder of the Isla Vista Maura Fox seek it. Neighborhood Clinic in 1970 and Director FREAKY Reporter “Our first concern is for [the victims’] full recovery,” Leland said.”of Medical Services for the Santa Barbara I am equally concerned for the many witnesses and other members ofRegional Health Authority (SBRHA) for 17 UC Merced held a press conference Wednesday to address the the campus community who are deeply traumatized by this event andyears. stabbing of four campus members by a UC Merced student, who was are receiving counseling. We will continue to be offering counseling Bearman began with a 45-minute lecture later shot and killed as he tried to flee the scene. services in the days and weeks ahead.” on the history of drug consumption, begin- The four victims, two students, one staff member and one cam- Leland also said she was proud in learning that UC Merced stu-ning with Zoroastrian rituals and ending with pus employee, were immediately taken to the hospital and are being dents administered first aid to the victims. GW Pharmaceuticals’ 2014 medical trials of treated for non-life threatening injuries. According to law enforce- UC Merced Police Chief Albert Vasquez expressed his condo-Epidiolex, a liquid form of Cannabidiol used to FAST ment, the assailant, identified as male, tried to flee the scene and lences to the students and staff of UC Merced. treat epilepsy. attempted to stab others with an eight-to-ten-inch long hunting knife “Today is a sad and tragic day in UC Merced’s short history,” Bearman said the history of cannabis use on his way, but was shot and killed by UC police department officers. Vasquez said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims andcan help people understand modern policy and SANDWICHES The crime occurred this morning at the beginning of 8 a.m. classes their families. We are fortunate that it was not worse.” culture surrounding the drug. in a second-floor classroom and continued to a front office building. Vasquez said police officers acted with “quick and heroic actions” “The reason that history is important is it According to Merced County Sherriff Vern Warnke, law enforce- and said he wants students to once again feel safe on campus. helps explain why we have this peculiar attitude ment is not prepared to release a description of the suspect until they “We would like to thank everyone for their assistance and wouldtowards this substance that has a tremendous have contacted his family, but more information will be released as like to reassure our students that this threat has been neutralized,”amount of healing potential,” Bearman said. the investigation continues. Vasquez said. According to Bearman, drug policy in “We have identified [him], however, we are not releasing that Debbie Fleming, UC Santa Barbara’s Assistant Vice Chancellor ofthe past has discriminated against African- because we have not been able to contact [his next of kin].” Student Affairs, said she is concerned about UC Merced and under-American, Latino, Chinese, Native American Chancellor of UC Merced Dorothy Leland said she is grateful stands the emotions involved in campus trauma. and Irish minority groups, as well as many the victims are not facing life-threatening injuries and the situation “I have been thinking about the students at UC Merced and myothers. is under control. colleagues and friends who work there,” Fleming said in an email. Bearman said the word “witch-hunt” stems “I am thankful that the incident was quickly brought under “Because we’ve been through a tragedy ourselves, I know all too wellfrom Pope Innocent VIII’s Summis desiderantes control by the campus police [and that] injuries to the victims have what people are going through there as they work to support the stu-affectibus in 1484. According to Bearman, the not been life threatening,” Leland said. “The stabbing victims are dents and the campus community.” issuance sought to punish midwives (witches) receiving prompt medical treatment ... students in the class have been Fleming expressed her thanks for UC Merced’s support duringfor their use of cannabis to dull childbirth TM undergoing comprehensive interviews about the incident.” the events of May 23, and wants to extend the same support to thempains, since Church doctrine viewed this prac- SERIOUS DELIVERY! According to Leland, the administration and police department through C.A.P.S. and other counseling resources. tice as heretical. ★ JIMMYJOHNS.COM ★ do not yet have conclusive details about the incident. Leland said the “UC Santa Barbara immediately felt the care and support of our “One of the first groups that was discrimi- incident was “shocking and troubling” for the campus. sister campuses during our own crisis, and we are actively trying tonated against was where we get the word ‘witch- “This is not a press conference any chancellor wants to make,” return that favor by sending some of our own C.A.P.S. psycholo-hunt’ from,” Bearman said. “Witches were Leland said. “Events like this happen elsewhere, but not at UC gists up to UC Merced to assist through mutual aid,” Fleming said.midwives and used cannabis to ease the pain TO FIND THE LOCATION NEAREST Merced, which may be still small in student body but large in its sense “UCSB C.A.P.S. is also helping to provide UC Merced with some ofof childbirth.” of community. Yet, it has happened.” the materials we used that can be adapted for their use as they help Bearman later said hemp was the “oil of the YOU VISIT JIMMYJOHNS.COM Leland said her concern went out to the victims and the witnesses students cope with the trauma.” 16th century” due to its use in trans-Atlantic of the crime, and said there will be counseling available to those who For the full story, see dailynexus.com ships’ “sails and rigging,” including those used

RILEY ESGUERRA / DAILY NEXUS Dr. Bearman sought to inform his audience on the history of marijuana use, going as far back as discussing its medicinal uses in the 13th and 16th centuries.

Duncan Calvert in the slave trade. Reporter “Those boats were used for the triangu- lar trade, both sugar, rum and slavery,” said Vice President of the Academy of Bearman. Cannabinoid Medicine Dr. David Bearman Bearman said the Founding Fathers, includ- lectured and held a book signing in an event ing George Washington, were especially fond of titled “Why Medical Marijuana is Good hemp and grew the plant. For You & The Benefits of Changing Our “Washington wrote in his diary that he so Dysfunctional Drug Policy” Wednesday night hoped he’d get home in time for the hemp har- at the MultiCultural Center. vest since he so particularly enjoyed being there Bearman focused on the history and politics for the burning of the slag,” Bearman said. of cannabis as well as contemporary medi- After providing a broad history of drug cal studies of the drug. Bearman also held a use, Bearman shifted his focus to the history Q&A session and signed copies of his most of cannabis in Western medicine, crediting Dr. recent book, Drugs Are NOT the Devil’s Tools. Brooke O’Shaughnessy with first reintroducing Bearman was a key founder of the Isla Vista cannabis to the Western world. Neighborhood Clinic in 1970 and Director “Dr. Brooke O’Shaughnessy had been in of Medical Services for the Santa Barbara India, where they’d been using cannabis for at Regional Health Authority (SBRHA) for 17 least 3,000 years,” Bearman said. “They’re still years. using cannabis in India, at least by the poor, as Bearman began with a 45-minute lecture a medicine.” on the history of drug consumption, begin- After O’Shaughnessy reintroduced cannabis ning with Zoroastrian rituals and ending with to western medicine, it quickly gained broad GW Pharmaceuticals’ 2014 medical trials of popularity with almost 2.5 million doctor’s Epidiolex, a liquid form of Cannabidiol used to prescriptions filled in 1928. Bearman said treat epilepsy. the wide use of cannabis as a legal medicine Bearman said the history of cannabis use quickly changed due to policies enacted in can help people understand modern policy and 1930 by commissioner of the Federal Bureau culture surrounding the drug. of Narcotics Harry J. Anslinger, serving cotton “The reason that history is important is it and nylon corporations’ interests. helps explain why we have this peculiar attitude “He was the greatest bureaucrat of all time towards this substance that has a tremendous because he created a problem where it didn’t amount of healing potential,” Bearman said. exist and thus increased his bureaucracy,” According to Bearman, drug policy in Bearman said. “The effort had really nothing the past has discriminated against African- to do with marginalizing marijuana — they American, Latino, Chinese, Native American were aimed at marginalizing hemp.” and Irish minority groups, as well as many Bearman ended by discussing contemporary others. medical studies on cannabis and the endocan- Bearman said the word “witch-hunt” stems nabinoid system as well as discussing what he from Pope Innocent VIII’s Summis desiderantes calls the “New Paradigm” — the viewpoint that affectibus in 1484. According to Bearman, the substance abuse should be treated as a medi- issuance sought to punish midwives (witches) cal condition instead of through the criminal for their use of cannabis to dull childbirth justice system. pains, since Church doctrine viewed this prac- “The first modern research on cannabis was tice as heretical. having to do with seizures in 1949,” Bearman “One of the first groups that was discrimi- said. “Cannabis is immensely helpful for cancer nated against was where we get the word ‘witch- patients and in fact it may kill cancer cells.” hunt’ from,” Bearman said. “Witches were Bearman answered a range of questions, midwives and used cannabis to ease the pain including how cannabis affects driving, “big of childbirth.” tobacco’s” possible future role in cannabis pro- Bearman later said hemp was the “oil of the duction and how a change in drug scheduling 16th century” due to its use in trans-Atlantic would affect cannabis research. ships’ “sails and rigging,” including those used For the full story, see dailynexus.com 6 Thursday, November 5, 2015 News Daily Nexus Board Considers Solution to I.V. Parking LBGTQ 41 reg blha yay blha yay blah ayabla

Peeka Zimmerman street parking surveys and stipulates that if the Austin Bernales Reporter survey finds a parking vacancy rate below 15 Editor in Chief percent for three consecutive UCSB academic The Santa Barbara County Planning quarters, the county will implement a permit “No one should be denied their fundamental basic human rights Commission met Nov. 4 to evaluate updates parking program to bring parking vacancy rates because of their sexuality,” Alagie Jammeh posted on Facebook in to the Isla Vista Master Plan (IVMP), focus- back above the 15 percent mark. Many I.V. September 2014. By November of that same year, Jammeh found ing mainly on the issue of parking in I.V. and residents take issue with the 2013 survey find- his world crumbling around him. ultimately recommending continued parking ings, claiming I.V. parking is more impacted Jammeh is a third-year global studies major at UCSB who could surveys before the implementation of a permit than the survey suggested and requires a more face life imprisonment or worse for his pro-LGBTQ views if he ever program. immediate solution. The Commission ultimately returned home to the Gambia. Jammeh came to California as an The meeting followed a Sept. 2 Commission voted to recommend IVMP’s existing decision to international student from the Gambia on a presidential scholar- hearing at which I.V. residents requested more continue surveys before implementing a permit ship in 2011. After posting his views on Facebook, he was cut off information about a 2013 parking survey that program. from his scholarship, friends and family, and may still lose his life. found I.V. had a street parking vacancy rate Deputy Director of Long Range Planning The Washington Post quotes President Yahya Jammeh of the above 15 percent. The IVMP mandates regular Division Matt Schneider said parking surveys, Gambia as having said, “If you are a man and want to marry another man in this country and we catch you, no one will ever set eyes on you again, and no white person can do anything about it.” Having grown up in the Gambia under the rule of President PEEKA ZIMMERMAN / DAILY NEXUS Jammeh — his distant uncle — Jammeh learned that homosexu- The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will send its recommendations to ality was one of the greatest sins humans could commit. to the Board of Supervisors for a possible parking permit program in Isla Vista. “They keep teaching people that homosexuality is evil and bad … They have this big law that homosexuality is the worst crime conducted by Fehr and Peers Transportation Planning Commission member Joan you could do as a human being,” Jammeh said. “When I got here Consultants, help monitor parking vacancy Hartmann said parking surveys should monitor [California], I see a different story.” rates. parking until results “trigger” a program. After learning his roommate and good friend identified as “The purpose of the parking survey … is “It may be that we already have a strong homosexual, Jammeh began to question the anti-gay views he was to monitor the vacancy rate, with 15 percent sense that there is not enough parking, that it taught in his home country. And, in an attempt to show solidarity vacancy rate being the tipping point,” Schneider has already met the trigger since that survey with his roommate, Jammeh wrote those 14 words that may one said. “Based on the current data we have was done in 2013, but I think we need ongoing day get him killed. available, we are below that threshold. There surveys to see if there is change,” Hartmann said. Within hours after posting the message on his Facebook, certainly will be a need once we cross that to “It is merely a monitoring program and if we have Jammeh received a call from a relative in Gambia saying, “If the develop a more robust parking program.” other strategies to deal with parking, then we government sees this thing, you are dead.” Planning Commission member Daniel would like to see those changes on the ground.” “I deleted the message,” Jammeh said, “but it was too late.” Blough said a parking survey is not necessary, Hartmann said UCSB faculty and staff park- The comment Jammeh wrote directly contradicts the views of as parking in I.V. is clearly impacted. ing may be impacting I.V. due to insufficient his uncle, the president, and he soon found himself stripped of “On that one issue I just can’t see wasting on-campus parking, meaning improved UCSB his scholarship, ostracized from his country and fearful for his the money or the time,” Blough said. “I don’t parking could help I.V. need a survey to tell me there is a problem.” For the full story, see dailynexus.com tun E Bakk

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VIVIAN BUI / DAILY NEXUS As this past Halloween weekend was a quiet one in I.V. compared to past years, local law enforcement may scale back in the future during Halloween and Deltopia.

Naomi Stolpner Signa said law enforcement was “toned down” Reporter this year and campus events such as Delirium helped to make this year safer than past The Isla Vista Self Governance Initiative Halloween weekends. held a public meeting Tuesday evening at the “All these things came together,” Signa said. I.V. Clinic Building to discuss what public “Our biggest issue of the weekend was trying safety services an I.V. Community Service to get students into the concert. You really District (CSD) could provide if created in the couldn’t ask for a better problem than that.” November 2016 county election. Signa said the UCIV, a program coordinat- Discussion focused on Halloween and ing volunteers to mediate between law enforce- options for local law enforcement under a ment and I.V. partygoers, was successful during CSD. Tuesday’s meeting was the third in a Halloween weekend and should operate more series of 11 weekly meetings the Initiative often. has organized for I.V. stakeholders to discuss “Hopefully we’ll be into further talks about the specific framework of an I.V. CSD. As extending UCIV into a yearlong program that’s stipulated in Assemblymember Das Williams’ not for just major events,” Signa said. Assembly Bill 3, an I.V. CSD would have the Signa said although he supports the pro- ability to contract additional law enforcement gram, he is concerned about a partnership with from the County of Santa Barbara, and the UCIV and the local law enforcement creating University of California could supplement cur- a “stigma” against UCIV volunteers. rent law enforcement. “My major issue with being too involved This Halloween weekend, I.V. Foot Patrol with law enforcement in the program is attach- and the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office (SBSO) ing that vibe to it — and then you start losing used the same tactics as in past Halloween some of the effectiveness with students,” Signa and Deltopia events, focusing on increased law said. “I want us to be involved as much as pos- enforcement, medics, first aid, fire and search sible in the training and the encouragement and rescue, according to IVFP Lieutenant Rob and support, but at the same time still have Plastino. that independence.” Plastino said most of these services were According to vice president of the I.V. used minimally or not at all due to small Downtown Business Association Jay Freeman, crowds, and said the same amount of resources the lack of visitors on Halloween hurt local may not be necessary for future Halloween businesses by detracting from their usual weekends. crowds. “As things mellow out in Isla Vista, we can “There needs to be some way of thinking continue to reduce our presence during major about the problem of the events in the area events like that because they’re not so major that’s not ‘let’s just totally shut down the exis- any longer,” Plastino said. “There certainly tence of events,’” Freeman said. isn’t a threat to the public, so you can scale Santa Barbara City College trustee and back law enforcement when that occurs.” UCSB alumnus Jonathan Abboud said some Plastino said he was worried about the large I.V. residents are interested in a sobering center police presence intimidating some people, but where I.V. partygoers can go as an alternative to the overall response from I.V. residents was jail. The center would include an alcohol and positive. drug education program. “I was concerned that up-staffing of law A.S. External Vice President of Local enforcement might be negative to some peo- Affairs and third year public policy major ple,” Plastino said. “I was very mindful of that, Paola Dela Cruz said I.V. Alcohol and Other but that wasn’t what we heard out on the street. Drug Council is currently working to create a It was a good feeling.” sobering center. UCSB Police Department Lieutenant Mark For the full story see, dailynexus.com Daily Nexus Sports Thursday, November 5, 2015 9 Armchair QB If AQB hears one more sports cliche, he’s going to give it 110 percent, put his best foot forward and be aggressive. Hopefully he can execute. [email protected] MEN’S BASKETBALL ONLINE FOCUS: AROUND THE NBA Men’s Basketball Set for First The Bay’s Golden Boy Sean White Golden State Warriors get off to a Assistant Sports Editor 4-0 start. Consequently, as all great Tip Off in Post Big-Al Era players do, Curry continues to make Michael Jorgenson of the Year Gabe Vincent will have Blake Griffin, Hasheem Thabeet, his teammates better. Sports Editor an increased role in the backcourt James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Ricky The Warriors currently lead the with the absence of Harmon. In Rubio and Jonny Flynn. These are NBA in scoring and are tied with A new era of UCSB men’s just his first year with the Gauchos, the six players that were selected Charlotte for most three-pointers basketball begins this Sunday Vincent averaged 10.1 points ahead of Stephen Curry in the 2009 made, averaging 119.0 points per when the Gauchos take on San and 2.1 assists per game while NBA Draft. With all due respect to game and 11.5 makes from beyond Francisco State in their single knocking down 57 three pointers, Blake Griffin and James Harden, the arc per game. As effortlessly preseason exhibition. the second most by a freshman in the only relevant names today from Golden State makes scoring buckets In 2014, Santa Barbara’s season program history. the draftees listed, Stephen Curry is look, its defense has been stellar as ended with a pair of tough losses UCSB added a handful of the one player that all six franchises well. It ranks second in the NBA to UC Irvine in the Big West freshmen in the offseason, certainly regret passing on today. in opponent field goal percentage Tournament and Oral Roberts in including point guard Grant The reigning NBA MVP, NBA at .380 and fifth in points allowed, the College Basketball Invitational, Troutt from Episcopal School Champion and two-time NBA All- holding opponents to just 94.0 ppg. putting it at 19-14 overall. For of Dallas and forward Jarriese Star is a testament to the fact that Certainly these statistics help the first time since 2012, UCSB Blackmon. sometimes even the player experts illustrate the Warriors’ balance on will be starting the season without Troutt averaged 12 points, five and analysts get things wrong. both sides of the ball, but can we center Alan Williams and point assists and two rebounds in his There is absolutely no way to all just take a moment to think guard Zalmico Harmon, who both junior year and impressed scouts describe the miraculous play of about how Golden State has made a graduated last year. with his play in the AAU circuit Curry. It’s no longer just basketball mockery of teams so far this season? In his two years with to earn a spot with UCSB. He when he’s on the court. Regardless Each game has resulted in a lopsided UCSB, Harmon was one of the will join a crowded backcourt of who is guarding him, his nearly victory for the Warriors, who own a conference’s most efficient point that already has several other unlimited range, no-look-behind- league-leading +25.0 points per game guards, leading the Big West with a point guards including junior Eric the-back assist wizardry and differential. 4.6 assist to turnover ratio in 2013- Childress and senior T.J. Taylor. humbled charisma are components Their 119-69 rout of the Grizzlies 14 and ranking fourth in 2014-15 Similar to last year, Head Coach that make him one of the league’s handed Memphis its largest margin with a 2.2 ratio. Bob Williams may plan to use best. of defeat in franchise history. While After a short stint with the different combinations which Houston Rockets in the NBA utilize three or four point guards Summer League, Williams throughout the season. made the move to the Chinese Meanwhile, Blackmon was Basketball Association to play for Utah’s Player of the Year, leading the Qingdao Double Star Eagles. his team to the state championship He leaves behind huge shoes to fill tournament with averages of 16.7 after finishing as UCSB’s all-time points, 10.7 rebounds and over two leader in rebounds and second all- assists, blocks and steals per game. time leader in scoring. At 6’6”, 210 pounds, he is a combo Even though they have to replace forward that can make an impact two key starters, the Gauchos early for UCSB. received 161 points in the Big West Finally, forward Ami Lakoju Preseason Coaches’ Poll, predicting will have his chance to shine after Through just four games, TARUSH MOHANTI / DAILY NEXUS a second place finish behind only missing the majority of last season. the “Baby-Faced Assassin” has Curry did net 21 in the third, when UC Irvine. After a 72-63 overtime The redshirt freshman collapsed completely obliterated teams, scoring a star player of his caliber can sit out win in the Big West Semifinals, during practice last December and 40 in Golden State’s season-opener the entirety of the fourth quarter the Anteaters went on to win the was shut down for the remainder against New Orleans, 25 against against a team that made it to the conference and earn a berth in the of the year, but has made progress Houston, an NBA season-high 53 in Western Conference Semifinals last NCAA Tournament. since then and should play a huge a Warriors-Pelicans rematch and 30 year, there is no questioning the Despite the lineup changes, part for the Gauchos as they look on Monday against Memphis. possibility of this Warriors squad UCSB will not be without strong to replace Williams, their top His 148 points to begin the season being that team to represent the leadership this season. Senior guard player from the last few seasons. is the best start since the “Airness” West again in June. Michael Bryson was named to Luckily for UCSB, its current himself, Michael Jordan, who scored After last year’s 67-15 the Big West All-First Team after core players already have some 156 through four games to begin the championship finish, “Splash averaging 13.9 points per game experience playing without 1991-92 NBA season. Brother” Klay Thompson’s idea in 2014-15, good for ninth best in Williams, who missed seven games Currently leading the league that the Warriors could possibly be the conference. His career point last season due to a shoulder injury. with 37.0 points per game along the next team to reach the 70-win total of 1,043 is the most among Santa Barbara went 5-2 during that with shooting 59.5 percent from the plateau is plausible with how they’ve active Big West players, helping stretch. field, 48.8 from long-distance and opened the season. If achieved, make him the only Gaucho voted The Gauchos’ season-opening averaging a league fourth-best 2.5 Golden State would become just the to the Big West Preseason All- exhibition against San Francisco steals per game, what can’t Chef second team in NBA history to do Conference team. State tips off this Sunday at 5:30 Curry do!? so. The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls are Alongside Bryson, senior guard p.m. in the Thunderdome. Yeah, I know what you’re the only team to reach the milestone John Green has overcome a series thinking: Maybe, just maybe, the with their 72-10 record. of injury throughout his collegiate notion of Curry being the best But only time will tell as Curry career to establish himself as one of shooter in NBA history might be recorded 31 points in last night’s win the best players on the team. After true. Sure, some of you may say, over the Los Angeles Clippers. The missing all but four games from “What about Ray Allen or Larry victory places the Warriors in first 2011-2014, Green played all 33 Bird?” But when you have NBA place of the Western Conference games in 2015 while averaging the legends like Steve Nash and Rick standings. Whether you are or aren’t third most points per game on the Barry agreeing with the proposition, a fan of the Golden State Warriors, team at 11.3 on an impressive 47.7 there isn’t much you can refute. there is no doubt we are all watching percent shooting from the field. Curry’s mesmerizing start to a legend in the making in Stephen Last year’s Big West Freshman DUSTIN HARRIS / DAILY NEXUS the 2015-16 season has helped the Curry. Keep cookin’, Chef! 10 Thursday, November 5, 2015 Sports Daily Nexus WOMEN’S SOCCER Gauchos Head into Postseason with No. 2 Seed

Elliot Thornton its third regular season title with an overall record sophomore Amanda Ball to lead their offensive Staff Writer of 13-5-1, Stumpf claimed his second Big West attack. The two forwards were huge pieces in Coach of the Year Award. Santa Barbara’s match against Fullerton and The UCSB women’s soccer team snagged Stumpf’s coaching and ability to pull out late- CSUN. Hromatko assisted Ball on the game- a late 1-0 victory at Cal State Fullerton last game victories has paid dividends for the team winning goal against CSUF while Ball also Thursday. This week, the two teams will go as UCSB will see its first Big West Tournament scored the 3-3 equalizer to send UCSB into to battle against the Titans on Thursday in a appearance since 2009. Santa Barbara is 3-3-3 overtime against the Matadors. rematch with much higher stakes: the Big West overall in the conference tournament, having its The two underclassmen have made their Tournament. previous postseason match against Cal Poly end mark this year, combining for a total of 13 goals, “We now know why they are 6-2 in in a 1-1 tie. eight assists and 36 points. The two landed Big conference,” Head Coach Paul Stumpf said. UCSB is welcomed back to the tournament West honors this past Tuesday with Hromatko “[Fullerton] is very organized defensively and are with the tough task of trying to contain the being named to the First Team All-Big West and dynamic in the attack which is something we 2015-16 Big West Offensive Player of the year in Ball to the Second Team. have to look out for.” Fullerton’s Rebecca Wilson. The redshirt senior However, Hromatko and Ball have not been UCSB finished as the Tri-Big West forward has carried her team all season long, the only sources of production in the Gauchos’ Conference Regular Season Champions with scoring 18 goals on the year, the most of any Big success. Stumpf accredits his young group along Fullerton and Long Beach. Each team concluded West player this season. with the leadership of upperclassmen’s supporting its conference schedule with a 6-2 record and a Wilson led Fullerton past Cal Poly on the the team’s ability to compete at a high level. total 18 points. road last Sunday, recording both of the team’s “[This team] has surprised us in how savvy The Gauchos are coming off a demanding goals in a 2-1 win. The senior has compiled 77 they are tactically,” Stumpf said. “We can make week in which they played in two senior starts in her four years at CSUF, including five an adjustment at half and with no practice time night matches against Fullerton and Cal State game-winning goals, tied for the sixth most in they are able to implement them into the game Northridge. After pulling off the upset Thursday Titans’ history. … I guess I have a little more confidence in this night against the Titans, the Matadors made sure In preparation of Fullerton’s high-powered young team because they have just found ways to to spoil Santa Barbara’s five-game winning streak offense, the Gauchos will depend on the forward win.” with a 4-3 overtime win off a penalty kick from duo of freshman Mallory Hromatko and The mixture of youth and experience has junior midfielder Kourtney Kutscher. been a vital element in the Gauchos’ progression Despite ending conference play on a bitter to the postseason. Along with Hromatko and note, Head Coach Paul Stumpf believes the Ball, six total players were selected to an All-Big tough loss has helped prepare UCSB for its West Team including freshman Jessica Parque, postseason matchup. freshman Sydney Magnin, sophomore midfielder “It’s good to know the team’s characters are Chace Schornstein and junior defender Sydney intact [from this loss]. They will fight to the end Fuertes. and they can score three goals in eleven minutes “We owe a lot of our success to the older if the conditions are right. There definitely were players because if they weren’t so welcoming to some good lessons to take from [this weekend],” us freshmen, I don’t think our chemistry would Stumpf said. be the same as it is right now,” Hromatko said. Despite a one-game skid, the Gauchos have STEPHEN MANGA / DAILY NEXUS finished their season strong, winning seven of UCSB is participating in the Big West Continued on dailynexus.com their last nine matches. Helping guide his team to Tourney for the first time since 2009. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Fresh Start for Bonnie and the Gauchos Sean White some familiarity on the court. Cal State Dominguez scored in the second half. Next in Assistant Sports Editor At the forefront of the Gauchos’ Hills is a NCAA Division II line for the team-high in scoring lineup is junior point guard university that plays within the is Lee with 11 points per game. The long awaited opportunity Onome Jemerigbe. She led UCSB California Collegiate Athletic She averaged 6.8 rebounds per for a first look at the renovated with a team-high 8.6 points and Association (CCAA). The Toros’ game last season and currently UCSB women’s basketball team 4.0 assists per game last season. campaign continues after back- ranks second on the team in free is finally nearing its end. The Her assists per game average to-back CCAA Tournament throw percentage at 81.8 percent. Gauchos are set for their first ranked sixth overall in the Big Championships. Sunday’s game versus CSUDH exhibition game of the season West, increasing to fourth-best They also finished as the CCAA is UCSB’s only exhibition game this Sunday, hosting Cal State in conference games with a 4.4 regular season co-champions before its season opener on Dominguez Hills. average. with Humboldt State, finishing Friday, Nov. 13. It will begin at A team with 10 returners, four During the 2014-15 season, with an overall record of 26-7 1 p.m. in the Thunderdome. It is recruits, three transfers — two Jemerigbe recorded career-highs and 19-3 in conference games. intriguing as to how the Gauchos that will redshirt due to NCAA with 16 points against Cal State A total of four players averaged will fair in their first game as we transfer regulations — and a new Bakersfield and nine assists double digit points per game all know the drastic difference coaching staff with Head Coach against San Diego St. Most throughout the Toros’ journey to between practice and in-game Bonnie Henrickson at the helm importantly, her efficiency when their conference championship. situations. in her first year. The rebuilding facilitating the ball resulted in Returning from the bunch are process of the UCSB program her 1.3 assists/turnover ratio on senior guards Breanne Garcia is a fascination for many of its the season. With Big West All- and Monay Lee. supporters as Santa Barbara Freshman Team and Honorable Both were named to the All- hopes to exceed last year’s last- Mention honors under her belt, CCAA First Team last season and place finish of 2-27 overall and it was no surprise that the floor have been MVP’s of their team’s 2-14 in the Big West. general was named to the College last two conference tournament Just last Tuesday, the Big West Sports Madness All-Big West championships, Lee in 2013 and Preseason Media Polls results Preseason Second Team. Garcia in 2014, respectively. were released. According to the While Sunday will be the first Additionally, Lee was named a voting committee, UCSB is glimpse of the Gauchos in action, Second-Team Daktronics All- predicted to finish at the bottom it will be the fourth game for Region Selection in 2013. of the Big West after receiving Dominguez Hills this season Garcia was the Toros’ leading just 26 points. While its focus after participating in the Disney scorer last year, averaging 15.3 remains on its new beginnings Classic Tournament this past points per game which ranked as a team, it is expected that weekend. CSUDH is 1-2 overall fourth in the CCAA. So far this the chatter of the critics and after losing its first two games season, the trajectory of her play naysayers will be a motivating to Winona State and University is headed in a similar direction factor for Santa Barbara. of Alaska Anchorage, but earned as she leads the Toros with 16.3 STEPHEN MANGA / DAILY NEXUS Despite being in a its first victory with a 68-63 win points per game and is coming Under new Head Coach Bonnie reconstruction phase, UCSB’s over William Jewell College this off a season-high 20 point Henrickson, UCSB will look to return of 10 players preserves past Sunday. performance, 16 of which she bounce back from a 2-27 season. Daily Nexus Artsweek Thursday, November 5, 2015 11

[email protected] ASPB Thrills with Snoop and Fitz Frank Horne Asst. Artsweek Editor Delirium, the latest in the school’s series of Halloween shows designed to shepherd rowdy hordes of Isla Vistans away from the weekend’s police-prowled streets, was a two- day fest of crowds and costumes that went down as one of A.S. Program Board’s most successful shows yet. Friday’s show opened with synthpop songstress Allie X. Labeled on Delirium promo pieces only as [special guest] and announced day-of on the event’s Facebook page with little pomp, the audience carried few expectations with them as they arrived on Friday night. So, technically, X lived up to those expectations. Arriving on stage suddenly and almost inconspicuously, X dove into a set of indistinct poppy tracks foregrounded by the continuing conversation of the assemblage below her. Her relative stiffness throughout topped by the tinted pair of IMAX shades she kept on made her an almost nondescript onstage apparition; the energy of her music alone, though present, was not a force strong enough to carry her act. Despite her ripeness, X seems ready to grow and make a name for herself (even if that name sounds more suited to an adult film star than a singer). Speaking of names, Fitz and The Tantrums lived up to theirs, throwing an absolute fit on stage. Lead vocalist

Michael Fitzpatrick, co-lead Noelle Scaggs and the four LORENZO BASILIO / DAILY NEXUS other Tantrums graced Delirium with enough frenetic to “Moneygrabber” and “The Walker” (the latter of which diving into a slew of rap anthems. The set was a decades- dance moves, groovy beats and simple audience interaction had the whole crowd whistling along, though it was hard to spanning catalog of hits worthy of Snoop’s grey hairs, and to get feet and chests beating in time with the palpitations tell over the blare of the speakers), Fitz and The Tantrums “exactly what I wanted from Snoop Dogg,” said second-year of the lit-up geometric heart that served as their onstage graciously departed. The skeletons, tacky tourists and other Yarden Refaely. visual. The Tantrums riffed seamlessly through hits and various costumed folk below dispersed to move on with the “He played the first verse and chorus of every song I lesser-known jams alike, maintaining a level of soulful night’s activities. knew.” These songs included classics like “Gin And Juice,” rapport with the 3,500 students below them who reached Halloween night was always bound to be the busier of “Ain’t No Fun,” “I Wanna Love You,” “Who Am I (What’s a fever pitch with a cover of Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams the two, trading in a contemporary pop radio act with a My Name)?” and, of course, “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” Snoop (Are Made of This).” Though the L.A. sextet takes its name full-blown hip-hop legend. The lucky 5,500 Gauchos who also paid homage to icons living and dead, performing from frontman Fitzpatrick, perhaps Fitz, Scaggs and The braved lengthy lines and unresponsive webpages for their verses off Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.,” The Notorious B.I.G.’s Tantrums would prove a more accurate name, as Scaggs’ sold-out tickets got tricked out in costume, ready for a treat. “Hypnotize” and 2Pac’s “California Love” (though unfor- restless step and spirited calls to the crowd elicited more Opening for Snoop Dogg was Atlanta “trapstep” trio Watch tunately sans hologram). Bolstered by his crew, including of a response from the audience than the band would have the Duck, performing a set of original songs interspersed with the antics of mischievous mascot Nasty Dogg, the chosen been able to muster in her absence. The Tantrums left a liberal dose of ranting from frontman Jesse Rankins and a son of the LBC was as on fire all night as the contraband the stage before performing their two biggest hits, a tacit hodgepodge of covers including Rae Sremmurd’s “No Type,” students smuggled in with them. The crowd definitely sign of an impending encore that the audience nonetheless Travi$ Scott’s “Antitode” and Oasis’ “Wonderwall.” Rankins synced up with Snoop’s top-shelf vibes, though as second- called out for with gusto. After returning and rocking out continually reminded the audience that the show was “not a year music studies major Peter McMaster noted, “Wall- concert; it’s a party,” but the to-wall in the Thunderdome is a lot of people,” and many sentiment failed to reflect as concertgoers retreated to the sidelines to find themselves much in the crowd as it did on some breathing room. Despite some crowding issues, stage. The giant duck-headed everyone was able to come together as Snoop bade us bass player was gimmicky in a goodnight under a canopy of cellphone flashes and lighter Chuck E. Cheese animatronic flames. After back-to-back nights of ASPB and the artists way, and the heavy reliance hitting it out of the park, it was clear that UCSB had made on early Skrillex-style dubstep this Halloween weekend one for the books. seemed anachronistic. And But on the way to and from the show each night, the audience was waiting. No the blockades, checkpoints and packs of cops sweeping duck could satiate the hype through streets of I.V. told a different story. Snoop told us for the D-O-double-G. that California knows how to party; have we proved him That wait would continue wrong? Have we disgraced the memory of Pac? Is he look- for quite a while; despite an ing down upon us now from his Cuban cabana, hanging ASPB member’s 11:15 p.m. his head in disgrace? Are we not as young, wild and free as introduction, Snoop didn’t we so brazenly testified at the close of Snoop Dogg’s set, take the stage until after but instead some lamer tricolon of complacency? While 11:30. Donned in a track such high profile and irresistible concert billings are hard jacket and a festive rubber to pass up, they also make it easy to forget that the prover- pug mask, the Dogg and his bial right to party is being stripped from us; the true cost pound jammed out on stage of a five-dollar Delirium ticket is worth reflecting upon. for a few moments before The shows were undoubtedly a treat, but perhaps we have removing their masks and all fallen for a trick both arbitrary and unfair. BENJAMIN PU / DAILY NEXUS 12 Thursday, November 5, 2015 Artsweek Daily Nexus ‘Watchman’: A Sequel We Didn’t Need ing style is comparatively detached and Jason Chun cool, as if to mirror Scout’s discomfort with Reporter the formality of adulthood. One of the saving graces of Watchman If the goal of Go Set a Watchman was to is its humor. The funny moments are the leave me both satisfied and disappointed, it ones that best resonate with its predeces- succeeded. On one hand, I got to read a sec- sor’s charm and bring the characters to life. ond book by Harper Lee — a sequel to To One of my favorite scenes involves Scout Kill a Mockingbird, no less. On the other being (falsely) accused of skinny-dipping at hand, I couldn’t understand why a perfect night, on which Atticus comments, “I hope book needed this mediocre sequel. Far from you weren’t doing the backstroke.” Scout’s living up to its predecessor‘s reputation, eccentric Uncle Jack, who was largely pushed Watchman undermined much of what made into the background of Mockingbird, also Mockingbird a masterpiece of American gets more time in the spotlight. Uncle Jack fiction. helps Scout reach an understanding of her Watchman reintroduces many familiar father, offering wisdom and wit peppered characters from the previous novel, but they with obscure references to Victorian poetry. haven’t all aged well. The most striking Other fun moments were the flashbacks change is in Atticus Finch, now 72 years interspersed throughout Watchman to old, suffering from arthritis and revising expand on the childhood-centered plot of his definition of equality. Where once stood Mockingbird. Scout’s recollections show an undisputed hero of the American justice how a brash and tomboyish girl matured system now sits a crippled conservative over- into a sensible young woman. Unfortunately, whelmed by the growing momentum of the these touching scenes always seemed to Civil Rights Movement. The aging Atticus occur totally separately from the main story, shocks his daughter Scout by attending a in a way that distracted from the more Citizens’ Council, where bigots have free pressing issues of Scout’s evolving relation- reign to preach their hatred. At one point he ship with her father. As much as I enjoyed refers to black men as incompetent children the glimpses of nostalgia, I couldn’t shake — a far cry from the hero who defended the off the feeling that they were forced into innocent Tom Robinson in a hopeless case this sequel. two decades prior. In fact, if I had to sum up Watchman in Meanwhile, Atticus’s daughter has grown one word, it would be “forced.” The lesson TARUSH MOHANTI / DAILY NEXUS up to be a calm and contemplative woman, at its end is ambiguous, just like Atticus inexperienced writer. opinion that Watchman should have stayed though she remains the same mischievous himself. The conclusion amounts to Scout As it turns out, Watchman is the work of lost. It has its moments — it’s still Harper girl in spirit. Even though Jean Louise destroying her long-cherished vision of her an inexperienced writer. Supposedly it is the Lee, after all — but it’s best read as a study Finch has outgrown her childhood nick- father so that she can begin to regard him recently “rediscovered” story that Harper of the writer’s stylistic growth, or even as a name, I’m still going to call her Scout. as a normal man. In other words, Atticus Lee devised before reworking it into her rough draft. If you’ve picked it up expect- Unlike in Mockingbird, Scout doesn’t nar- succeeds in disillusioning both his daughter great American novel. As the author is now ing a good story, prepare to be let down. rate Watchman, instead acting as the main and the audience. It’s an inadequate resolu- almost 90 and never intended to publish Just hope you can handle reality better than character of a third person story. The result- tion one would expect from the work of an another book, I side with the not unpopular Scout did. Daily Nexus On the Menu Thursday, November 5, 2015 13

ON [email protected] MENU The Long Awaited Boba Hub in Isla Vista door. The music playing on the television featured everything from pop to folk while also displaying the lyrics so you can sing along to the tune whether you know the song or not. The pale brown, almost khaki color of the tiles contrasted with the neon green signs and made me question their design taste, but I was still optimistic about their boba since I had heard it was better than local competitors. Not to mention Ice Milk Company has a bathroom, unlike the more well-known Hana Kitchen. Next to the register, a large chalkboard displayed the menu divided into “fire” (cooked items) and “ice” (teas, milk teas and floats). As an avid fan of taro, I always order taro milk tea, light on the ice wherever I venture as a standardized method to compare boba hubs. According to their ice section, taro milk tea is one of their top five milk teas. My expectations were heightened knowing that it was a fan favorite, and I eagerly waited for my order. The owner quickly called my order and I immediately jumped out of my seat to plunge a straw into the plastic-sealed lid. Lianna Nakashima Initially the taste was pleasant, although it was not the taro milk Staff Writer tea I have grown up with. After tasting the milk tea, I sampled the boba balls and they were surprisingly hard and less sweet compared The long awaited boba hub has finally arrived in Isla Vista to Hana Kitchen. The sugariness and apparent taro root flavor was where Pita Pit once stood. As a Los Angeles native who has lacking, but the smooth texture was satisfying. However, after a fortunately tasted eateries well known for their iconic boba, my couple sips, an unpalatable flavor encompassed my mouth. taste buds are well acquainted with the difference between high My roommate warned me about an apparent “burnt” aftertaste quality and mediocre boba. A few friends of mine have not had the that ruined her experience with the milk teas at Ice Milk Company. privilege of trying boba prior to coming to SB, so they consider She suggested getting the regular teas without milk instead since Hana Kitchen and Naanstop exceptional boba. I suppose for I.V. they tasted better. However, being the traditional girl I am, I stuck the quality is acceptable. However, with the recent opening of to my usual taro milk tea. Like a rebellious teenager I didn’t listen the Ice Milk Company, these boba hubs may have a potential and I regretted purchasing my taro milk tea for $4.27. But on the ALL PHOTOS BY Lianna Nakashima / DAILY NEXUS competitor that could force them to step up their game. bright side, Ice Milk Company gives you a plethora of boba that I My first impression upon walking into the establishment was could not finish, along with quick, friendly service. the apparent difference in temperature from the breezy outside Next time I venture to Ice Milk Company, I plan to take the because of the karaoke sing-a-long TV screen, friendly servers and to the stuffy and hot interior. After five to 10 minutes, my body words of wisdom from my roommate and order a passionfruit owner and vast menu options, but the funky aftertaste is something adjusted, but the initial shock was unpleasant along with the flies green tea instead. As a boba lover constantly craving this delicacy I hope to see improved. roaming around my head that wandered in from the wide-open perfected at my home in Los Angeles, I would gladly visit again

Collin Mcleod Staff Writer I took handfuls of those gingersnap cookies and thanked my new savior for his goodwill. Just as

was I gaining some hope for this line situation, the Trouble At Trader Joe’s It would be an understatement to say that employee was gone, and I realized I forgot to ask Trader Joe’s needs to get it together. Ask anyone him what was going on. Disappointed in myself, who has recently traveled to the center of the health I figured I would just wait out the storm with my food movement, and they would agree wholeheart- gingersnap cookies. edly. As we speak, Trader Joe’s faces a crisis bigger After what felt like a millennium, I made it to and far more important than anything humanity the cashier. I greeted her and received no response. has ever faced in its history. We actually have to She told me what my total was and I inserted my wait in a line to get our groceries. On my last trip card into the credit card terminal. In that instant, it to Trader Joe’s, I had to wait what felt like an was as if I had awoken some kind of sleeping giant hour to purchase my pumpkin spice cookie butter within her. Her eyes widened as she said, “You are and alkaline water with electrolytes. I thought to one of the only people to notice that we changed myself, “How could this be? I know the cashiers our credit card terminals today.” Realizing that can be talkative, but I am practically knee-deep in that must have been what held up the line, I almost the cold-brew coffee of the person standing behind passed out from the stupidity. me. This is not normal.” My heart started pound- Trader Joe’s has updated its credit card payment ing harder, and I was seeing spots. Was I going to terminals and confused the general population in be there forever? the process. Instead of swiping, customers with I asked the people around me if they had any chips on their cards have to stick their cards into clue what was going on, but no one had answers. the terminal for it to be read. People are so used to Annoyance radiated off of every customer’s swiping, it is their automatic response to do so after existence as they waited. When it seemed like all being told their total. This miscommunication ends hope was lost, one of the employees approached up doubling their checkout time and quadrupling me with a tub of gingersnap cookies. Crunchy, everyone else’s wait time. Why? This is a question spicy, everything I could have wished for in this that haunts me to this day. What I can say is I am trying time. a proud survivor of the Trader Joe’s crisis and have This Trader Joe’s employee was angelic. Like a no plans to return until it is over. beacon of light bestowing itself in the dark of the abyss, his presence was nothing short of a miracle. Or at least until I run out of cookie butter. Courtesy of Flickr.com 14 Thursday, November 5, 2015 Science & Tech Daily Nexus

[email protected] & Tech Promoting Gender Equity Study Shines Light in S.T.E.M. Academia Mackenzie Gorman on Photosensation Reporter These two professors hold places in the minority group of female S.T.E.M. faculty here at UCSB is one of four California universities UCSB. Scrolling down UCSB’s MCDB faculty recently chosen to split a $750,000 grant from page, what stands out noticeably is that only one the National Science Foundation (NSF). This in seven of the 30-plus professors are female. grant is part of the NSF’s ADVANCE program, These similar ratios hold in other S.T.E.M. which was implemented to increase the repre- fields, such as computer science, mathematics sentation and advancement of women in sci- and engineering. Women are highly underrep- ence, technology, engineering and mathematics resented as compared to their male colleagues, (S.T.E.M.) academia. The program is aimed to and women of color hold an even lower per- increase overall gender equity in the S.T.E.M. centage of faculty positions in S.T.E.M. The workforce. UCSB will be using the grant money C.R.E.D.I.T.S. program will make the playing to establish the Center for Research, Excellence field fairer for women who work and conduct and Diversity in Team Science (C.R.E.D.I.T.S.). research within these academic fields. This program’s implementation will increase “At UC Santa Barbara, our women faculty, the amount and level of team science projects students and alumni are pioneers and leaders and research efforts with an emphasis on female in the S.T.E.M. fields. For example, 2009 No- faculty and researchers, especially underrepre- bel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Carol sented minority women. Greider is our esteemed graduate. Going for- S.T.E.M. stands for Science, Technology, En- ward, the grant will ensure that we not only gineering and Mathematics, but it may as well have the infrastructure in place, but also a firm- stand for Science, Technology and Especially ly entrenched culture of promoting women in Photo courtesy of The UCSB Current Males. Although female numbers are rising, S.T.E.M. on our campus. More broadly, our Researchers stained the Drosophila melanogaster eye with antibodies that males hold the vast majority of academic posi- global society is better served through the ad- recognize the components of interest, TRP (purple) and anti-XPORT (green). tions in these fields. This NSF grant and the vancement and representation of women in these C.R.E.D.I.T.S. program are going to be a cru- disciplines,” Yang said. Mimi Liu cial piece in promoting and supporting women According to the NSF, the lack of women’s Reporter spective the scale of this research, fruit fly eyes in S.T.E.M. UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang is full participation in S.T.E.M. academic careers are compound and made up of 800 individual optimistic about the grant and the future plans results from a combination of academic cul- Light perception begins with activation of a tiny hexagonal structures called ommatidia. of C.R.E.D.I.T.S. ture and the current organizational structure of light sensitive protein, called rhodopsin. One Each ommatidium contains eight photorecep- “I am beyond thrilled that our campus, which American universities. Karen Carey, Associate class of photoreceptor cell in humans couples tors, a cornea and other cell types, and each is steadfastly committed to excellence and diver- Vice President of Arts and Sciences at California activation of rhodopsin to opening of “transient photoreceptor is composed of a cell body and sity, has been chosen as a recipient of the NSF State University, Channel Islands, recognizes receptor potential” (TRP) channels, which lets a rhabdomere. Chen described rhabdomeres ADVANCE grant. The grant’s establishment of the impact that C.R.E.D.I.T.S. will have, not sodium and calcium into the cells and activates as composed of “thousands of small, tube-like the Center for Research, Excellence and Diver- just on research in the current moment, but on the neurons. Researchers at the Craig Montell structures” stacked on top of each other. At the sity in Team Science provides the organization gender diversity in general in S.T.E.M. fields. Lab have new insights about the mechanisms surface of a rhabdomere are about 100 million necessary to help more effectively promote our “This project has strong potential to make through which these proteins are transported rhodopsin molecules that absorb light. shared vision and lasting change not to the cell surface. The results increase current Chen focused on the exact mechanism by efforts on continu- just in the lives of understanding of protein trafficking and pro- which rhodopsin and TRP migrate to the rhab- ing advancement Team-based research and the faculty members tein folding, which is relevant to understand- domere and how fruit fly genes control this of gender equity who participate but ing neurodegenerative and retinal degenerative process. He explored the underlying mecha- in S.T.E.M.,” Yang design is increasingly important in the institutions diseases in humans. nisms of previously identified genes, XPORT said. “ and S.T.E.M. disci- Postdoctoral researcher and lead author Zijing A and XPORT B. Through experimentation, K athy Foltz, in education and laboratory plines themselves, Chen published the findings in the journal Cell Chen concluded that if both XPORT genes UCSB professor as it creates system- Reports on Oct. 20. Chen’s paper illuminated were missing, depolarization seemed to be ab- in the Molecular, science, and is a hallmark of the ic change that will the detailed processes of protein transport in sent; the light was present, but the fruit flies Cellular and De- support women in the eyes of Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit were incapable of perceiving it. velopmental Biol- collaborative, interdisciplinary S.T.E.M. for many fly. He focused on rhodopsin and transient re- “We used small glass electrodes on fruit fly ogy Department years to come,” Cary ceptor potential channels (TRP), which play eyes. We shone light on their eyes and mea- (MCDB), is one of work found at UCSB. said. an important role in the conversion of light sured the difference in depolarization for dif- the limited num- The funding from into electrical signals by photoreceptors in the ferent genotypes for the same period of light ber of female pro- C.R.E.D.I.T.S. will eye, a process termed phototransduction. The exposure,” Chen said. fessors in her de- - Megan Valentine” also be used to con- brain can then process these electrical signals XPORT A and XPORT B code for two differ- partment here at duct research on and perceive an image. ent chaperone proteins, which assist in protein UCSB. She, too, views C.R.E.D.I.T.S. with gender and racial and ethnic diversity in team “TRP channels are a large family of ion chan- folding and are involved in protein trafficking, high regard. science. This will help higher education institu- nels, from fruit flies to humans,” Chen said. so loss of either gene results in a decrease in “I am delighted to see programs that promote tions understand the barriers that women and “They play an important role in temperature light perception. diversity and professional development, espe- minorities face in S.T.E.M. and how to over- sensing and are involved in phototransduction.” “When a protein is made, sometimes they cially in S.T.E.M. areas,” Foltz said. come them. The research and program over- He added that TRP channels and their sub- need a lot of help getting to where they need In addition, Megan Valentine, a UCSB re- all will work to address both an increase in families are also involved in taste and mecha- to be. Chaperones are an important player in searcher and associate professor who is world team science, evaluate how effective it is and nosensation. Chen’s research focuses on their this process,” Montell said. renowned for her work in the field of mechani- broaden participation and gender equality in role in photosensation. Chaperones also assist in protein folding; cal engineering, also had favorable things to say S.T.E.M. fields. “TRP mutations have been linked to neu- if a protein is incorrectly folded, it will most about the program. “Programs like the National Science Founda- rodegenerative disorders,” Craig Montell, a likely malfunction. Understanding the protein “Team-based research and design is increas- tion’s ADVANCE initiative are an important professor in UCSB’s Department of Molecu- trafficking process of TRP and rhodopsin is ingly important in education and laboratory means to improve the representation of women lar, Cellular and Developmental Biology, said. an important step towards treating neurode- science and is a hallmark of the collaborative, and underrepresented minority groups in sci- “These are due to protein misfolding, and in generative problems resulting from defective interdisciplinary work found at UCSB,” Val- ence and engineering careers. This is a great some cases because proteins are not being traf- protein folding or trafficking. entine said. “C.R.E.D.I.T.S. will expand these opportunity for our campus, and [it] demon- ficked to where they need to be. Therefore, un- “We now know how TRP and rhodopsin are team-based approaches while offering new op- strates UCSB’s commitment and leadership in derstanding protein trafficking is important.” affected and trafficked by [XPORT A and B]. portunities to increase participation of diverse engaging diverse groups of students and fac- The Montell Lab’s fruit fly research is on a We now need to identify the full set of chaper- groups in S.T.E.M. fields.” ulty in cutting-edge research,” Valentine said. microscopic, molecular level. To put into per- ones needed for rhodopsin and TRP,” Chen said. Daily Nexus News Thursday, November 5, 2015 15

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[email protected] Ineffective at Best, Frightening at Worst: Inside Gaucho FYI

Gaucho FYI, UCSB’s mandatory workshop meant to educate new students on alcohol and as likely as non-students to describe their sexual assault as “not important enough” to report; sexual assault, fails to teach men to not rape. student victims do not also need to feel as if they were assaulted because they lack self-respect. The two-hour program — required for freshmen and transfer students—does not sufficiently Another cringe-worthy moment came when the male staff member was speaking on the explain the heinousness of sexual assault, the unbearable consequences survivors face, and the importance of consent. androcentric culture that has led to a country where nearly 20 percent of women have been raped. “If something’s up,” he said, referring to a scenario where a partner is not actively giving As a young, white man, I match the description of the average rapist on college campuses: consent, “just cuddle for the night.” almost all student rape victims report their attacker is First, let’s focus on the fact that a lack of consent male, 68 percent report that he is between the ages of 18 was referred to as a moment when “something’s up,” and 29 and 63 percent report that he is white. implying that anything but consent is abnormal and But the workshop, which was more like a lecture, focused problematic. Second, his imperative that students largely on bystanders and how they could stop a sexual cuddle if one party refuses sex is misses the point assault from happening. And while the two staff members, that all forms of intimacy, including cuddling, require one man and one woman, did give some useful advice on affirmative consent. how to intervene in dangerous situations at parties, they This staff member’s idea that women are submissive did not address the problem at its source, failing to tell by default is representative of an androcentric culture. potential rapists not to rape. The workshop’s focus on preventing and avoiding rape, “A lot of these situations are very murky,” I was told, rather than eliminating rapists, is representative of a referring to the concept of consent. rape culture. During one exercise, 10 students were asked to hold The most revolting moment of the workshop was at giant, yellow signs with words like “pre-game,” “kissing” and the end of the session, when students were shown a video “intervene.” A staff member asked the audience what occurs meant to explain consent in simple terms. The video is a if the large “sex” card happens without the “consent” card. popular one; it has racked up more than a million views “Rape,” I answered. What’s murky about this? on YouTube. When I answered a question about why an intoxicated The short clip compares asking for consent to asking if person cannot give consent, one of the staff members told someone wants a cup of tea. While the video may have good me I must have “really studied” for the workshop. intentions — it was commissioned by a police department Are two explanations over two hours truly more than the in London — it was clear from the students’ reactions that workshop expected from its students? Identifying rape as sex the video’s most prominent effect was to trivialize rape and without consent and explaining that drunk consent does not consent. exist should be the bare minimum for college freshmen. At the end of the video, the narrator says, “If someone At times, the staff members seemed to be on the edge of said yes to tea [sex], started drinking it and then passed out taking the workshop seriously, but would then veer back off before they’d finished it, don’t keep on pouring it down course. When one staff member was assigned to act in the role their throat.” This line was met with roars of laughter from of a “predator” at a party, he decided he preferred “creeper,” both men and women in the room. It was a suffocating smiling at the new moniker and describing it as less harsh. Do laughter. It was an approving laughter that made my we truly need less harsh terms for men who terrorize women? visceral reaction — in response to watching one stick Later in the session, when the male staff member was figure pour tea down an unconscious stick figure’s throat emphasizing the importance of intervening in risky Arthur Nguyen / Daily Nexus in a depiction of rape — feel out of place. Disgust, encounters, he recalled his own regret at kissing a woman anger and repulsion should be present in every college after he discovered she was “ugly” the next morning. This, the staff member told students, is why student while watching any depiction of rape, whether or not sex is replaced with an innocuous it’s important to intervene if they see a drunk friend making out with a stranger. cup of tea. If that reaction is not present when students arrive on campus, workshops need to Objectification performed right before the students’ eyes — if only the instructor knew! instill, not encourage, those responses. The hazing section was another futile lesson. “If you respect yourself, don’t let yourself get “I know that was a little lighthearted,” said one of the instructors after the tea video. Maybe hazed unless you have to,” students were told. the staff of two was jolted by the laughter of the crowd. Maybe they realized this reaction was At the time of my workshop, one of my friends had already begun pledging and had encountered out of place — even scary. Maybe they realized Gaucho FYI was failing those it served to protect. hazing. Instead of recognizing her as a victim, my Gaucho FYI instructor essentially told her But even giving them this benefit of the doubt, it was too late. A group of 100 freshmen she did not have enough self-respect. and transfer students were laughing at rape in a class that should be teaching them not to rape. Surviving a sexual assault, which can be part of hazing, is already stigmatized and victims Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs is a first-year English major and an Assistant News Editor at the Daily can feel as if society expects them to simply move on. Students are already more than twice Nexus. Views expressed on the Opinion page do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Nexus or UCSB. Opinions are submitted primarily by students.