DIVERGING VIEWS: TWO OFFICIALS DEBATE THE RIMAC ANNEX ▶ OPINION, PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org Monday, April 14, 2008 The Student Voice Since 1967 A.S. ELECTIONS 2008 Student Voice! Pulls Expected Sweep; One Slot Under Question President, VP offices go to election’s lone slate. SV! candidate Ritcherson gets errant win in races for all-campus senator. By Jesse Alm Associate News Editor Members of the Student Voice! slate claimed a sweeping victory in last week’s campuswide election, cap- turing all A.S. executive offices and six of eight senatorial seats. SV!’s showing was less striking in college council races, but in A.S. Council contests, the slate’s domi- nance was so pronounced that one of its candidates, David Henry Ritcherson, won one of the all-cam- pus senator spots even after dropping from the race several weeks ago. SV!’s success comes as no surprise in light of this year’s overwhelm- ing number of unopposed races. However, when the results were announced on April 11, SV! can- didates reiterated their enthusiastic commitment to council collaboration to increase student representation. “I’m just looking forward to work- ing with everyone,” SV! candidate some profit,” he said. restaurants. and A.S. President-elect Donna Bean Lakhani added that the recent “UCSD needs to be a leader in said. She said she is relieved that the controversy surrounding RIMAC social justice,” he said, adding that campaign is over, and is excited to Annex illustrates a need for clearer he has confidence in this year’s SV! begin work beside her slate com- standards regarding the allocation of coalition to achieve this status for panions. student fee funds. the university. “If we can have a Bean said her first two projects “I think that the main thing we movement that has some solidarity, in office will be to compose the A.S. have to do is make sure that com- we really have the power to affect budget and institute a task force to mittee members are well-trained and change.” evaluate the council’s constitution. know how to deal with the admin- Commenting on Ritcherson’s Newly elected Vice President istration and know what’s a fair use unexpected victory, Bean said she of Finance and Resources Naasir of student fees and what isn’t,” he had sent correspondences to elec- Lakhani said he is determined to use said. “It’s not fair for the adminis- tions officials, and she also told the council funds more efficiently this tration to construct RIMAC Annex Guardian that Ritcherson had bowed year to guarantee that student orga- with money that was designated for out of the race at the end of last nizations receive adequate financial recreational purposes.” month, when the presidential can- support. SV! candidate Chris Westling, didate was scheduling interviews for “A couple decisions that we made who claimed one of the eight all- her slate’s contenders. this year with college festivals and campus senator positions, is an active Ritcherson attended Friday’s Triton Tide really depleted A.S. member of UCSD’s environmental announcements to support his SV! PHOTOS BY WILL PARSON/GUARDIAN funds, so we’re going to try and be sustainability and social justice orga- cohorts, and he said after his win that Top: After hours of awaiting an expected win in an election that featured little opposition against smarter with our money and make nization One Earth One Justice. He he was stunned but still undecided Student Voice!, the slate’s newly crowned A.S. President Donna Bean (right) and Vice President External sure that student org funding is a said his principal objective in office about his next move. Ritcherson, who Lisa Chen engage in a little faux celebration. Above: One of SV!’s few surprises came when candidate priority for us, as well as saving the will be to make fair trade coffee, tea David Henry Ritcherson took one of the eight all-campus senator positions. Ritcherson said he had dropped Grove and seeing if we can make it and sugar available at all campus See ELECTION, page 14 out of the race weeks before, but remained on the ballot due to a communications error. Coalition to Protest Education Cuts Campus Moves Toward By Deepak Seeni throughout the state, ranging from “Cuts to the UC budget will be Staff Writer Sacramento to San Diego, in order to especially compensated by students Eco-Friendly Solutions stress their belief that higher education through increases in student fees, up to The Students for California’s in California is a significant priority 30 percent,” Hendrickson said. “It has By Reza Farazmand al climate research conducted at the Future Coalition, an organization that cannot be compromised. been confirmed that 10-percent cuts Associate News Editor Scripps Institution of Oceanography, comprised of students representing the Louise Hendrickson, president of to higher-education systems across the one of the initiative’s primary goals is University of California system, the the UC Students Association and a board will result in a $300-million As part of an ongoing effort to place to eventually allow UCSD to generate California State University system and graduate student at UC Riverside, is loss per system. For the UC system in UCSD among the country’s top tier of 10 to 15 percent of its annual electricity the California Community College currently working with the coalition. particular, this loss will be compen- environmentally friendly universities, needs from renewable power sources. system, has arranged several protests Hendrickson said that fee increas- sated by 10- to 30-percent increases in campus officials revealed plans ear- In order to achieve this objective, set for April 21 with the intent of es for students will be one of the student fees.” lier this month to undertake a new a number of rooftop solar panels and publicly standing against Gov. Arnold significant results of budget cuts in Hendrickson also said reprioritiz- environmental-sustainability initiative waste-powered hydrogen fuel cells will Schwarzenegger’s proposed $5-billion the UC system, primarily because ing education within the state budget partly designed to promote the imple- be installed throughout campus over budget cuts to education next year. students will be forced to compensate is necessary and that Schwarzenegger mentation of renewable energy sources the next several years. Additionally, So far, coalition leaders have for lost revenue through hikes in throughout the school. planned for protests to take place student fees. See COALITION, page 7 Heavily influenced by the glob- See GREEN, page 7 FOCUS SPORTS INSIDE WEATHER You Win Some ... 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