Hometown heroes T hree San Diego legends are inducted into the San Diego Hall of C hampions las t week (left); UCSO's Kristen Jones (right) honored as well. Sf'(' S\IOI'tS. \)a~I' Iii THE UCSD Circulation THURSDAY 11,000 ~Altl ) February 21 , 2002 UC SA."J DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org VOW,\IE 105 , ISSUE , It 7? a r 1i....i..:rL. Charity is emphasized during WinterFest week 'Community-based' festivities encourage campus organizations, students to campaign for UCSD Cares By LARA MOSCRIP Staff Writer Iv!ore than 30 UCSD clubs and organizations will set up booths and tables on Library Walk this week when they participate in the Associated Students WtnterFest 2002 UCSD Cares campaign. The idi!a for the weeklong charity drive was originally con­ ceived by the A.S. Council, which wished to expand the philanthrop­ ic nature of WtnterFest. "We have wanted to expand [the charity aspect of WtnterFestJ for a while," said Brandon Freeman, A.S. festiva ls co-coordi­ nator. "We wanted to make it lyon liew/GuQrdion more community-based." In years past, students donated Cookout: Warren seniors Cory Miyabara (far left) and Martel Martinez (center), a can of food as ad mi sion to the represent the Triton Engineering School Council by serving food on Library Walk. concert. This year, that policy has local charities," Marx said. "We participate in any number of char­ been replaced \vith the weeklong have been working with the stu­ ity booths sponsored by different charity drive on Library Walk. dents for a few months to get this organizations on campus. While Emily Marx, a Student event together." each organization ultimately Organization and Leadership T he theme of the campaign is chose its own charity to work for, Opportunities adviser and coordi­ "Pick your cause! Choose your they all worked with the S.O.L.O. nater of community service efforts, chari ty!" and incorporates the office to find one that was right said that the UCSD Cares cam­ diverse range of philanthropic for them, according to Marx. paign was a student-initiated event. causes supported by numerous One common theme through- "This year, the students want­ organizations. WinterFest brings Clty rttgh, fieJ;jl~::rX and ,; ed a weeklong campaign to benefi t On Library Walk, students can See CHARITY, Page J Jason Mraz to UCSD this Friday. seepag e 8 UC spearheads Enron lawsuit, O.ne-rate housing plan set to move forward jumps into lead plaintiff position Cunningham wants quick action so that Class ~ action effort has university at forefront of suit contracts can go out to continuing students alleging that corporate executives profited from lies By MARGARET O'NEILL mation had already been distrib­ By ANDREW QUADRI tion. based on the 2.2 million shares it The university's general c.oun­ held. David Russ, the UC treasur­ Senior Staff Writer uted by this point in winter quar­ Senior Staff Writer ter. sel James Holst said that partici­ er, said that Enron stock com­ The Housing and Dining T he one-rate plan is designed to The University of CaUfornia pating in the lawsuit is an unusu­ posed three-tenths of 1 percent of has long been the leader in acade­ Services Advisory Committee equalize rates in residence halls and al step for the university, but that the UC portfolio, which is valued mics and research; in the wake of voted 6-5 last week to approve on-campus apartments. It will raise it is justified by the "unique cir­ at $54 bi llion. the Enron collapse, it now leads a the "one-contract, one-rate" plan costs for on-campus apartments cumstances" of the Enron col­ "The loss will have no impact corporate lawsuit. for on-campus housing fo r next and reduce rates for residence halls lapse. upon [UC] retirement benefits," year. starting next year. On Feb. 15 , a Houston judge About 60 lawsuits were com­ Russ said in a statement. The II members of the com­ The plan will also require all selected the University of bined into one class-action case, "Nonetheless, the university feel mittee sit as an advisory 'board to residents, including those in apart­ California to lead a multibillion­ which the university joined Dec. a strong obligation to recover dollar class-action lawsuit against Director of HD&S Mark ments, to purchase a meal pla n. It 21,2001. The lawsuit alleges that money that rightfully belongs to 29 of Enron Corp.'s senior exec­ Cunningham. will add cleaning services in apart­ Enron executives profited from the university." The committee consists of ment common areas, much like utives and former auditor Arthur misrepresenting the company's U.S. Di strict Judge Melinda eight students and three adminis­ those in suite common-areas in res­ Andersen, LLP. The lead plain­ financial situation. Harmon chose the University of trative representatives. The stu­ idence halls. tiff in class-action cases helps T he university lost $145 mil­ dent representatives include one According to Eleanor Roosevelt manage and monitor the litiga- lion in the Enron bankruptcy, See ENRON, Page 7 from each of the five colleges, one College representative to the advi­ from the A.S. Council, one from sory committee David Goodwin, the Inter-Collegiate Residents' the advisory committee discussed Opinion Weather Association and a resident adviser the idea of providing a waiver for The arroganl feput.lllOl1 oIlIle Thursday, Ftb. 11 : High 79 I LoN so ~:. representative. The administra­ studen'ts to opt out of the meal plan INSIDE ... Uniled Stales is fOOled In our nallOO', poIioe~ Friday, Feb. 12: High 83 I lON 52 ~ ti ve represen ta tives i ncl ude a and/or the cleaning. 1 Saturday. Feb. 1]: High 72 I LoN 52 member of the council of deans, a Goodwin said this idea is being 1 see page 4 repre entative of the provosts and discussed further in committee 4 Sunday. Feb. 14: High 70 I LoN 49 " 1 a repre entative of the resident meetings. ~'--: _______~ , Sports Spoken deans. H e said the committee and :=:.==""'-________-2 ' A _of the men's and "The university feels a strong T he decision was made quickly Cunningham are working to iron =.=l.CCou~~,'_ _______...l! , women's a pw leoms. The obligation to recover money th,lt. because HD&S needs to end out the details of the plan so it ca n 10 women loohHtUn 10 lorm rrghifully belongs to the university." '="''':::''==--------.....!.!!1l Ytt1iIe the men'" ry rorise. housing contracts and room selec­ go into effect and the literature can - David Russ tion information to continuing be distributed to continuing and 11 see page 16 UC Treasurer students. In past years, this infor- future residents. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21.2002 THE UCSD GUARDlAN NEWS 3 2 NEWS THE UCSD GUARDIAN THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 2002 Charity: Seven hours found to EVENTS ETCETERA Christian hopes that the event will continue in the years to come be optimal sleep period ALISON NORRIS" JEFFREY WHITE Continued from page 1 Thursda , Feb. 21 Editors in Chief out the charities represented is that they are all local. Too much sleep is as detrimental as too LAUREN I. COARTNEY That was done intentionall y, according to Freeman. little according to UCSD study Lecture: The Politics of Ma1Jllgmg Edilor "With the recent events in New York and MARYAM BANIHASHEMI " Was hington , D.C., a lot of local charities were hurt By LAU RA McCAN N Kripkc said he \~ o u l d like to see Women's Health ANDREW QUADRI by peopl e giving their usual donations to larger char­ Copy Edllon Staff Writer more resea rch done on the topic. ities such as the Red Cross," Freeman said . "We "I hope that onc day, someune T he UCSD history deparnnent JOSH CROUSE" GEOFF DIETRICH wanted to help out the smaller charities with this Eight hours is no longer consid­ Ntws Edilon will restri ct long sleepers' intake to span ors "Carla Bittel: Positively event. We have booths for just about everything you ered the ideal amount of sleep one see the health effects. Such sru dies Hys tcfl cal : Mary PU01am Jacobi and EVAN MdAUGHLlN co uld think of." should receive each rught. accord­ would be needed to determ ine Associate Ntws Editor the Politics of Women's Hea lth." The While the event runs through Friday. Freeman. ing to the largest study ever done direct ~ ausality." Kripke sa id. "We lecture begins at 4 p.m. at the DIVYA RUNCHAL " who worked with fellow AS Festival Co­ on the subject. are not ready to say tha t anyone JENNIFER SPOsno Ilumanities and Social Science Opinion Editon Coordinator Mike Hayes in organizing the event, is UCSD professor Daniel Kripke, should set their alarms earl y." Building Rm . 4025. already pleased with the response that the UCSD leader of the srudy. found that peo­ Many sleep experts have been ISAAC PEARLMAN T he c\'ent is free and open the Sporn Edilor Cares campaign has received. ple who sleep only six or seven Illghly critical of the tudy and its publi c. "I am very, very impressed with the success so far." hours each rught live longer than findings. The Nati onal Sleep aAiRE J. VANNffiE Feal'UrtS Editor Freeman said. "We are really happy with the way that those who sleep eight or rune. Foundation. a nonprofit orga niza­ things are going so far." "Our majn findings were that tion interested in promoting Seminar: Emergency LINDSAY BOYD Assorialt Featurts Editor AJpha Kappa Psi. a co-ed professional business people who sleep seven.