VOLUME 51, ISSUE 15 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG UCSD UCSD PHOTOA TRITON TEASE !"#$%&'()*%#(+& GOESTO WATCH HERE ,%-.#*&(.&/"0.1& 2)(+&(.&3.14*& !"#$%&24"++%+ Some of the classes being cut from the dance department include tap, salsa, West African, and advanced levels of ballet. PHOTO COURTESY OF ESRA ELHENDY !"#-*(./(#01%23(#),24%5,# -$.//*0%&$,% !"#$"%&#&'"#("&'")$*+,-#*&#*#CAPTION PREVIEWING ./0+1#*1"#&/#1)*2"#0-#34&'#'4-#THE ARTICLE PAIRED WITH THE PHOTO TEASE. FOR Te Super Blue Blood Moon over San Diego on Jan. 31. Photo by Klaus Hummler // UCSD Guardian Parent UC San Diego dance students 5"*0&4%0$#*+,#5"+41+#6)"-"+2"7# held a meeting on Jan. 19 in Studio EXAMPLE IF THE PHOTO 8#&*$"+&",#90-424*+:#3)4&"):#*+,# 2 at the Molli and Arthur Wagner 2/9",4*+#WERE OF—#(4"$#;"<)//=/>"# A BABY YOU Building in Roger Revelle College '*-#9*+*1",#&/#9*="#'4-#9*)=#WOULD SAY “BABIES SUCK! CAMPUS to express their concerns of the THEY/+#&'"#$/2*$#*)&#-2"+"7 ARE WEAK AND pending dance class cuts in the @27C&2.#+D*%1D#=&>D4.(D#=&"&E"-&>.*&>1.=1"B theater and dance curriculum to ;A)@><?I##=-LA##K-QAI###=-LA##R# four full-time faculty members !6#7(8%./4%#9%,4##-$.//*0%&$,% of the dance department and one ;@:BA?@##:?><?; adjunct faculty member. ;318%43##C(J%E##(48###$/J+3E:;:-99"##<=>?><?##@A-;A he University Centers Advisory Board is end of Fall Quarter 2017, but “UCAB has been The classes being cut include considering piloting a nap pod program considering some sort of napping pod program salsa, tap, West African, jazz, and <=>?><?I##=(J%###O!A!-;##?AAB;##@C<##;=-)A; ;A)@><?I##=(J%###K in the Price Center area. They were ever since we received requests from students to advanced levels of ballet. According Tapproached by a company called HOHM. The implement some sort of napping space,” UCAB to John Muir College junior Astrid Espitia, the undergraduate dance -##M$AAB##B$A-7A$ company and UCAB are still deciding the logistics Chair Ashley Awe commented. of the program in order to make a concrete “Napping pods have been on our mind a lot. I student representative, these classes, )0-@@>?L##C>@0##<$$#"-N<!> which mostly are comprised of the decision. know when the hammock garden opened up, that D13##/E##(##&(EF%3G&(..H world dance category, are the most MA-@:$A;I##=(J%##P HOHM is a new sleep pod company that designs was a big deal,” Laub added. E%'3/,4I##=(J%##K popular and in high demand for nap pod rooms for high-volume public places like “UCAB is still working with the company to students. airports, office buildings, universities, and events. decide the parameters of the pilot program to Espitia’s role as the undergraduate FOREFORECAST- According to their website, the “soundproof unit” decide if we want to proceed,” UCAB Chair Ashley dance representative is to “give is equipped with a twin-sized bed, a charging Awe commented. students a voice” in UC San Diego’s station, and custom lighting. In the decision for the nap pod pilot, the board Theatre and Dance department, she Additionally, according to UCAB Graduate must consider the reality of the pods and student helped organize the meeting with Student At Large Gary Le, the program would most usage. some fellow concerned dancers after likely run “on a reservation system.” “Is the idea of a nap pod better than the actual MONDAY learning through other students and MONDAY TUESDAYTUESDAY Since the room is personal, it would require nap pod? Will people use it if it’s there?” Le adjunct faculty members about the HH 68 96 LL 7253 H 66H 86 L L53 68 maintenance and attendance by a supervisor questioned. “We have to think about how long will class cuts. almost at all times. students take a nap for … This is one of the ideas “We received news from different “They’d be coming in and using their own we’re trying out and it’s up to students to decide students and professors and not supervisors and it looks like they would be whether they want something like a nap pod where from direct faculty that classes were WEDNESDAYWEDNESDAY THURSDAYTHURSDAY providing cleaning and things like that, which is you have a personal pod ... or something more being cut,” Espitia said to the UCSD Guardian. “We asked ourselves, HH 73 79 LL 6751 HH 73 79 L L 5366 nice as well,” John Muir College Representative like the zone where there’s just bean bags with low Nicholas Laub commented. costs, but not that comfortable.” ‘why is this happening?’ These are The company approached them toward the The board has not decided on a clear location the most popular classes.” VERBATIM “All of these (dance classes) VERBATIM See NAP POD,&page 3 haven’t been taken seriously,” Espitia stated. “Out of 350 or so students ?@'"#2/+2"6&#/%#20$&0)*$# that walk through these doors of *66)/6)4*&4/+#,/"-#+/&# PULL A QUOTE FROM this dance building approximately *$3*.-#9*="#-"+-"#/0&-4,"# A COLUMN HERE! FOR about 300 of them are students in /%#A"-&")+#20$&0)"-7# UC SYSTEM EXAMPLE, ‘I DON’T the world dance classes.” UNDERSTANDB+,"",:#3'.#3/0$,#*# WHY ALLIE Due to the popularity of these CAN’TC*<*='-&*+4#3/9*+#5"# ASCRIBE WORDS TO 3.15%1+&.6 &78'2/9&:;<<&'("=%&>1.(%+(+&7$1.++&(?%&@2&'A+(%B classes, waitlisting is common, *3*)"#/%#89")42*+#$4+104-&42#THEIR PROPER USAGES.’ explained Espitia. -KELVIN4+&)42*24"-#4%#89")42*+-#"+# NORONHA” The demonstration highlighted the 50th anniversary of the Memphis, Tennessee civil rights movement. “It is really hard to get into these 9*--"#,/#+/&#%""$#/5$41",# - Columnist name here classes. People plan their whole time &/#">"+#=+/3#3'")"# union workers due to unsafe working a major role in securing workers COLUMN TITLE HERE !"#$%&%'(#)(*('+, and schedule for their careers just C*<*='-&*+#4-7D# conditions, which ended with rights, and continues to advocate SECTION, PAGE _ !"#$%&'($&#)*+%&$,% to get in — it’s really difficult,” she Martin Luther King Jr. delivering better conditions. #####- REVEKKA GERSHOVICH added. his famous “Mountaintop” speech With branches at the university’s PUTIN IT IN PERSPECTIVE Occurring across all 10 A few weeks ago, before the University of California campuses, that preceded his assassination. 10 campuses, five medical centers, meeting, Espitia and other dance OPINION, PAGE 4 employees with the union American Chanting in languages including numerous clinics, research students handed out surveys to Federation of State, County and English and Spanish, “What do we laboratories, and UC Hastings students in every dance class to get INSIDEINSIDE Municipal Employees Local want? Workers rights! When do we College of Law, on Feb. 1, a National feedback on whether they thought 3299 protested on Library Walk want it? Now!” UC employees took Moment of Silence took place their voices were being heard in the against worker discrimination and to Library Walk on Thursday to with elected officials, sanitation department and their thoughts on TEXTCLUB ...................................X SPORTS..............3 increasing worker security this past address the struggles many face on workers, and community leaders to the class cuts. OPINIONDANCE MARATHON.....6 SOMETHING .X Thursday. The rallies were held a daily basis. memorialize the legacy of 1968. According to Espitia, the adjunct WEEKEND/FEATUREFRIEND BREAKUPS....10 .....X in honor of the 50th anniversary AFSCME Local 3299 is the On Feb. 1, 1968 the dance faculty, which includes all CROSSWORD/SUDOKUPEEKS & PREVIEWS...12 X of the historical eight-week-long UC system’s largest employee groundbreaking episode in the world dance professors, “created civil rights movement in Memphis, union, representing about 24,000 AFSCME, ABASKETBALL..............16 SOCCER BALL! WOW X Tennessee, after the deaths of two employees. AFSCME has played See &page 3 See DANCE,&page 3 S THE UCSD GUARDIAN | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2018 | WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG ?AC; !"##$%!&"!'(%By Andrew Diep Sam Velazquez Editor in Chief Marcus Thuillier Managing Editor Lauren Holt News Editor Armonie Mendez Associate News Editor Chris Robertson Opinion Editor Alex Wu Sports Editor Susanti Sarkar Features Editors Timothy Deng Alicia Lepler A&E Editor Annika Olives Lifestyle Editor Brittney Lu Associate Lifestyle Editor RECREATION Francesca Hummler Photo Editor Aleya Zenieris Design Editor Lorena Espinoza Multimedia Editors >"1(D$D-"#(+&2"#&C%&,%F)D1%*&(.&>4"A&@-&(.&'%G%1"4&H)#*1%*&!.44"1+&(.&>4"A&D#&"&@2'!&24)I&'-.1( Hojune Kwak Miguel Sheker Data Visualization Editor Club sports are only partially funded by UCSD Recreation, and the program is unable to receive funding from A.S. Council. David Juarez Art Editor Lisa Chik Copy Editor !"#F%T/4#'+/(4J Participants “have to pay additional example, helps organize fundraisers allocated to UCSD Recreation is Alicia Ho Associate Copy Editor -$.//*0%&$,% dues, which varies with every team.” during the year to reduce any distributed primarily between staff Furthermore, its registration criteria economic barriers to entry that may salaries ($451,112), supplies and The UC San Diego Sports Club for new club sports do not allow affect such students. expense ($318,129) and benefits Program currently oversees up to for funding from A.S. Council. It The 2016-17 detailed financial (246,477), with travel costing the Page Layout 1,323 participants in 30 different requires “a self-sufficient budget” schedules for UCSD lay out general least ($12,811). Aleya Zenieris, Tina Chen, Zhuoying Lin competitive sports teams and because program or department revenues and recreation expenditures The student activity fee report Copy Reader Agnes Song, Cora Becker, Melissa Posada, accounts for 4.4 percent of the $142 funding is not guaranteed. that directly affect these sports shows that 0.17 percent of all Rachael Alberts, Richard Lu, Vincent Gao million spent by all Student Affairs The men’s soccer team has to clubs.