COMMIT FELONIES AND STAY FLY▶67050657(., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org 4VUKH`(WYPS The Student Voice Since 1967 6)(4(.0=,: (:,3,*;065 :;<+,5; 36(5:()66:; 055,>)<+.,; Though still in early stages, the 2010-11 budget would up financial-aid availability for students nationwide. By Sarah de Crescenzo Senior Staff Writer Under President Barack Obama’s proposed 2010-11 budget, the Department of Education would receive $46.7 billion toward fund- ing various student-loan programs, ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN aimed at increasing affordability and accessibility for college students. The Senate and House of Representatives approved two similar versions of the $3.5 trillion federal bud- get last week, which would both sup- port an increase of the maximum Pell Grant award from $5,350 in 2009-10 to ;\]LMV\[/W?Q\P/]X\I $5,500 for the 2010-11 academic year. Congress will work to reach a com- By Reza FarazmandtNews Editor promise on the two versions of the YOUR NEW budget beginning April 21. ears and beer flowed in near-equal COUNCIL The Department of Education quantities at Round Table Pizza was allotted $59.2 billion from the Friday night, when a crowd of anx- T President ious A.S. Council hopefuls gathered to hear 2009-10 budget, and Congress already Utsav Gupta approved an additional $81.1 billion the results of last week’s election. Tension quickly dissolved into drunken Vice President of from the American Recovery and Student Life Reinvestment Act earlier this year. excitement on the crowded restaurant patio Ricsie Hernandez when the candidates and their supporters “While these budget resolutions Vice President of are only guidelines for the final fed- spotted election manager Frank Carroll — Finance and Resources eral spending plan for 2010, early sole bearer of the results — arriving after a Peter Benesch indications that we are pleased to see four-hour elections-grievance hearing. Vice President of include a possible increase in funding Carroll’s eventual arrival was met with External Affairs for higher education — especially for applause and scattered heckling, the most Gracelynne West Pell grants, which are so important to poignant of which came from outgoing A.S. Campuswide Senators our students,” UC spokesman Chris Katie Hall See ELECTIONpage 2 Harrington said. Wafa Ben Hassine Tobias Haglund Lastly, the budget would eliminate JOSEPH HO/GUARDIAN KAREN LING/GUARDIAN Adam Kenworthy the Federal Family Education Loan READON Bryant Pena Program — issued through banks ▶ ▶ Top: Independent candidate Utsav Gupta won the A.S. presidency by a sizeable margin, claiming Carli Thomas and other private lenders — mak- Page 4: An opinion on the election over 2,800 votes. Above left: Adam Teitelbaum, presidential candidate for the newly formed Desiree Prevo ing the Federal Direct Loan Program, Page 4: Guest commentary from Gupta Clean Slate, trailed Gupta by nearly 1,000 votes. Above right: Though Student Voice! presidential Alex Vu which is funded by the Department candidate Erin Brodwin only received 1,198 votes, candidates on her slate swept most other positions. of Education, the single option for students seeking financial support. It would also increase funding for the Federal Perkins Loan Program from $1 billion to $5 billion, while ;MV+IVLQLI\M[;\]LMV\>WQKM )KK][MLWN-TMK\QWV5Q[KWVL]K\ doubling the 1,800 colleges that cur- rently participate in the program. The Review committee storming” practices. launched March 9, well before Ng said Gupta was not look- plan would provide an estimated 2.7 A.S. President-elect Utsav Student Voice! used the same ing to disqualify Student Voice! million additional students with the votes to take no action Gupta filed a violations report term on a Web site launched from the election, but was merely Perkins Loan — a five-fold increase against the slate, asks on April 9, accusing April 1. seeking a public apology and over the existing 500,000 students Student Voice! of pla- Ng and Vakilifathi removal of the Web site. receiving the loan now. senator contenders to giarizing the campaign also argued that A.S. Elections Manager Frank The United States Student apologize. phrase “Uncage Sun Student Voice! plagia- Carroll mediated the discussion. Association — a student-led organi- God” and several other rized the image slide- Rishi Ghosh, creator of the zation whose members include sev- By Yelena Akopian elements of his Web show and pop-up text Student Voice! Web site, defend- eral UC students — is lobbying for Associate News Editor site. featured on Gupta’s ed the slate’s right to use the the House of Representatives’ version Sixth college juniors Web site — as well as images by arguing that they were of the bill, due to its higher non- During the four hours Brian Ng and Mona two images comple- acquired through free, public- discretionary spending on programs before A.S. election results Vakilifathi, who pre- menting his platforms domain sources. He said that the that the government considers man- were announced last Friday, the sented the case on Frank Carroll to halt tuition increas- code and software used to layout datory, such as Social Security. It also Elections Review Committee Gupta’s behalf, argued A.S. Elections Manager es and protect free the Web site were completely dif- includes “budget reconciliation,” a found the Student Voice! slate that “uncaging” Sun God was an speech. ferent than those used by Gupta. controversial partisan procedural tac- guilty of campaign plagiarism original idea, coined and used by “The similarities on the Web Ghosh also argued that the and found two college senator Gupta throughout his campaign sites are too common,” Vakilifathi See BUDGETpage 2 candidates guilty of illicit “dorm and on his Web site. The site was said. 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Vice President of Student Life Ricsie nitely have students’ presence there,” :[LWOHUPL;ZHUR “Get to the part that matters, Hernandez and Vice President of West said. :VUPH4PUKLU Hiatus Editor ;\WZUQVO¼ Frank!” Bean cried as Carroll explained External Affairs Gracelynne West. VP Student Life candidate (SSPL*\LYKV Associate Hiatus Editors the single transferable voting system, The newly elected councilmembers Stephanie Usry, who ran with the ,K^PU.VUaHSLa ▶ GRIEVANCES, MYVTWHNL in which students rank candidates in will take over seventh week. Clean Slate, said she is still committed ,YPR1LWZLU Photo Editor idea of an “uncaged” Sun God was order of preference. Benesch, who worked with outgo- to fulfilling her campaign promises ,TPS`2\ Design Editor ing VP Finance Naasir Lakhani to despite her defeat. first coined last year by writers at the Independent presidential candidate *OYPZ[PUH(\ZOHUH Art Editor Guardian, making Gupta’s claim of Utsav Gupta emerged victorious by a develop a new system of allocating “I’ll still work for student involve- original ownership unfounded. landslide, claiming leadership of the funds to student organizations, said he ment, and maybe being outside of 7H[YPJR:[HTTLYQVOU Web Designer council and putting an end to three will devote his attention to ensuring A.S. bureaucracy will be a good thing,” Page Layout After hearing both sides, the 9LNPUH0W,TPS`2\4VUPX\L3HT:VUPH4PUKLU committee voted that the phrase consecutive years of Student Voice! the success of this revised process. Usry said. 1VUH[OHU:OHU5HVTP:OPMMTHU2H[OSLLU@PW “Uncage Sun God” was not Gupta’s domination over the coveted top office. “I want to make it easier for stu- Usry, who aimed to increase stu- Copy Readers original idea and therefore not pla- Though he celebrated excitedly, dent participation in the council’s pro- (T`.\aKHY1VUH[OHU2PT2LSZL`4HYY\QV giarized, but that the Student Voice! surrounded by a cheering entourage ceedings, said she hopes the newly 5HVTP:^LV(UP[H=LYNPZ+HUPLSSL>HYYLU Web site as a whole was plagia- of friends and campaign staffers, the It’s a sizeable elected Hernandez will expand and 4VUPJH)HJOTLPLY General Manager rized. However, committee members triumphant Gupta adopted a serious improve upon the Student Life office. responsibility and I 4PRL4HY[PULa Advertising Manager then voted that the plagiarism was tone to acknowledge the challenges of “Broaden the horizons of the office,” (SMYLKV/=PSHUV1Y Advertising Art Director not a violation of the A.S. Election his new position. she said, addressing Hernandez. “Don’t +HYH)\ Student Advertising/ “The first thing I’m going to do is understand that, but just focus on appointing the [associate 1\SPH7L[LYZVU Promotion Managers Code, and decided to take no action 4PJOHLS5LPSS Network Administrator against the Student Voice! slate.