State Auditor Finds UCOP Mismanaged Funds
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VOLUME 50, ISSUE 35 MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG CAMPUS LOCAL SUN GOD Students, Faculty FESTIVAL March for Climate Change ILLUSRTATION BY JUAREZ DAVID ILLUSRTATION The goal of the march was to call attention to the causes and importance of global warming. BY Kevin Pichinte Contributing Writer Thousands of activists marched the streets of Downtown San Diego for The People’s Climate March on April 29 to raise awareness about NOT FEELING THOSE POST- both the planetary and political SUN GOD FESTIVAL BLUES? factors causing Earth’s warming READ OUR GUIDE TO GET BACK climate. The demonstration featured Students dance in the crowd at the Sun God Festival that took place on Saturday on RIMAC feld. Photo by Christian Duarte//Guardian INTO SHAPE FOR MIDTERM speeches from former teachers, locals, SEASON AND THE REST OF THE Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher and UC San Diego student LONG, HOT DAYS THAT MAKE Mukta Kelkar. UP SPRING QUARTER. UC SYSTEM The San Diego People’s Climate March was one of 300 marches across lifestyle, PAGE 10 the nation including The People’s State Auditor Finds UCOP Mismanaged Funds Climate March in Washington D.C., By Lauren HOlt and the goal was to call on leaders to News Editor use clean energy sources and put a SUN GOD REFLECTION halt on climate change policies that he Office of the California State Auditor paying more campus assessment, which in turn OVERBEARING VIBES are being implemented by the current released a report today finding that the has potentially necessitated the recent increases OPINION, Page 4 administration. TUniversity of California Office of the in tuition. The march started with live music, President has been mismanaging its funds and In the letter to Gov. Jerry Brown and the state informational booths, fun activities, attempted to impede the state’s audit of the legislature that precedes the report itself, State a kid’s zone with games and speeches W. WATER POLO university system’s finances. The report alleges Auditor Elaine Howle criticizes the behavior of at Waterfront Park. People were WWPA Championship winners that UCOP has over $175 million in its restricted UCOP during the course of the audit, accusing socializing and were even sharing the sports, Page 16 and discretionary reserves that it failed to disclose the office of interfering with the surveys each posters and flyers they made at home and that UC President Janet Napolitano’s office campus was required to complete for the audit. to use during the march. Kelkar told the UCSD Guardian was unable to produce a list of all system-wide “We found it particularly troublesome that the why climate issues matter to our FORECAST initiatives, their costs and the ways in which they Office of the President intentionally interfered generation and are urgent while being benefit the university. in our efforts to assess the types and quality able to inform people how they can According to the report, more than one third of services it provides to campuses,” Howle make a difference. of the funding in the discretionary reserves was wrote. “Correspondence between the Office of “In our lifetime, we will lose unspent “campus assessment” money that UCOP the President and the campuses shows that the the coral reef, witness increasingly requires each UC campus to pay annually for Office of the President inappropriately reviewed extreme weather events, experience MONDAY TUESDAY the purposes of financing the majority of its campuses’ survey responses, which resulted in the sixth mass extinction and see an discretionary operations, and in certain years, campuses making changes to those responses exacerbated refugee crisis as people H 73 L 58 H 72 L 59 are displaced due to drought and the UC Board of Regents approved increases to prior to submitting them to us — campus disaster,” Kelkar said. “I worked on campus assessment at the request of UCOP even statements that were critical of the Office of the fossil fuel divestment, worked to push though UCOP still had leftover funds from prior President had been removed or substantially community choice energy in San years. revised, and negative ratings had been changed Diego and worked on collectives that WEDNESDAY THURSDAY The California State Auditor’s Office concludes to be more positive.” made a lot of change on campus such H 74 L 59 H 72 L 59 that the budget increase UCOP has received over Howle goes on to recommend that the as the plastic water bottle ban and the last several years has resulted in each campus legislature increase its supervision of UCOP, consumer waste.” As speeches concluded, a mile- long march began at Waterfront Park, See AUDIT, page 3 and throughout the march activists VERBATIM chanted phrases like “Stand up and fight; Environmental justice is a “IT HAS GOTTEN TO A CAMPUS human right,” “Show me what diversity POINT WHERE THE PEOPLE looks like; This is what diversity DON’T LEARN FROM THEIR looks like” and “We don’t want your MISTAKES AND STILL Thousands of Students Attend Sun God Music Festival false solutions; We are sick of your BELIEVE THAT XENOPHOBIA pollution.” AND IDENTITARIANISM ARE The event included activities like a waterslide in addition to performances from artists like Khalid. Hector, a protester who requested ACCEPTABLE. IT IS UP TO THE to keep his last name anonymous, FRENCH POPULATION TO STOP BY Armonie Mendez throughout the event, requiring added. “I loved Khalid! That was the mentioned that it is important to THIS TREND IN ITS NEWEST Staff Writer students residing in Eleanor highlight of my day.” attend these marches and show the OUTPOST.” Roosevelt College, Thurgood This year’s lineup consisted of government our disapproval of their With a lineup consisting of Marshall College and The Village Khalid, ScHoolboy Q, DJ Mustard, actions. - Marcus Thuillier names like Khalid, ScHoolboy Q, DJ to wear wristbands that would allow Bad Suns, Mark Johns, Manila “I have personally experienced ACROSS THE GLOBE Mustard and more, UC San Diego security officers to let them back Killa, Graham Elliot, Mild High many violations at protests. At the OPINION, PAGE 4 held its annual Sun God Festival into their respective colleges. Club, Kinjaz, Choreo Cookies, 220 Dakota access pipeline protest, I and this past Saturday at RIMAC Field. Aisha Asif, a freshman at Eleanor Second to None and various student various individuals were sprayed with With a variety of things for students Roosevelt College, was bothered performers. However, the festival water cannons and [had] tear gas to enjoy including music, food, by some of the regulations as they had more to offer than just music. [thrown at us], which I still feel the video games, a water slide, jenga proved to her to be inconvenient Sponsored by brands such as effects of,” Hector said. “However, that INSIDE and more, attendance was in the and futile. Vita Coco, Sun God had a water did not stop me, and I will continue thousands. “I think the wristbands and slide to help relieve some of the heat to protest the government and show DISEASE OF THE WEEK ... 2 The festival, which lasted from fences were useless because they students experienced. Along with them my disapproval. It is important to didn’t really enforce it. It was really other sponsors, students were also SUN GOD.........................4 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., enforced strict gather and let them hear our message: regulations ranging from online extra, but I appreciate it at the same able to indulge in the free goods They are destroying the earth, causing FEATURES ....................... 6 registration advising students on time,” Asif said. given out by the different brands. the earth’s climate to rise and [letting CROSSWORD ................ 14 alcohol use to drug-sniffing dogs Nonetheless, Asif still enjoyed With these ranging from acai the] future [deteriorate] for future at check-in. In addition, students the festival as it was her first concert bowls to energy drinks, students generations, and we will fight back.” MEN’S GOLF ................. 16 were not granted re-entry, and and first time attending the event. parts of campus were sectioned off “I had a really great time,” Asif See SUN GOD, page 3 See CLIMATE MARCH, page 3 2 THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG NEWS PIRIT ARADIGM By Michi Sora Rosina Garcia Editors in Chief Marcus Thuillier Lauren Holt News Editor Quinn Pieper Opinion Editor Aarthi Venkat Associate Opinion Editor Alex Wu Sports Editor Oliver Kelton Features Editor Tia Ikemoto Associate Features Editor Sam Velazquez A&E Editor Alicia Lepler Associate A&E Editor Brittney Lu Lifestyle Editors Annika Olives Christian Duarte Photo Editor DISEASE OF THE WEEK Aleya Zenieris Design Editor Joselynn Ordaz Associate Design Editor Researchers Believe Kawasaki Disease Caused By Virus or Bacteria Nadia Link Multimedia Editor Miguel Sheker Data Visualization Editor There are three stages of symptoms for the disease, which cannot yet be diagnosed with a lab test. 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