VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XXXVI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN >/,530),9;0,:*6330+, <-)+016?)43;7=< Black Student Union and supporters ditch university teach-in to host MEDIA ORGS speakers of their own. DEFEND FREE- By Angela Chen News Editor SPEECH RIGHTS Hundreds of students walked out of an administration-planned WEB POLL NO teach-in yesterday morning to attend a counter teach-in organized DO YOU AGREE WITH 63% by the Black Student Union. A.S. PRESIDENT UTSAV GUPTA’S The Feb. 24 Price Center protest YES began with a press conference held DECISION TO FREEZE STUDENT-MEDIA by the BSU, the % I FUNDING? 32 OPINION student organiza- DON’T KNOW Guest tion that declared commentary OUT OF campus climate to 133 VOTES % calls for 5 campus be in a “state of understanding. emergency” last By Angela Chen Page 4 Friday. The BSU News Editor has addressed the “toxic” environment with a rally JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN Student media heads are threatening legal and a list of 32 demands. BSU Black Student Union members held a counter teach-in on Feb. 24 to discuss the ‘Compton Cookout’ and institutional racism at UCSD. action against A.S. President Utsav Gupta’s for his Chair David Ritcherson called Friday-afternoon decision to freeze all funding to for the UCSD chancellor cabinet cation — with a “thorough, written President Utsav Gupta for his recent meeting all the BSU’s demands. student publications. to respond to the organization’s timeline for immediate action.” decision to freeze funding for all 33 “We will not allow any discus- Gupta announced Friday morning that he demands by March 4 — the same Press-conference speakers student media organizations, then sions of the budget crisis to affect wished to pull funding from controversial humor day as a systemwide protest against included history professor Daniel asked administrators to disregard newspaper the Koala, whose editor in chief made limited accessibility to higher edu- Widener, who applauded A.S. the current budget crisis in favor of See PROTESTpage 2 a racial slur on Student-Run Television the night before in reference to Black Student Union mem- bers protesting the Feb. 15 “Compton Cookout.” “We’ve tried, throughout this year, to redo [the media guidelines], and essentially not fund [the Two Years Later, PC East Starts to Fill Empty Lots Koala],” he said at an impromptu meeting. I don’t Price Center’s vacant retail Quarter 2003. Only five vendors have know if it’ll get rid of them, but on the part of A.S., been installed in the space since its we can defund them — we absolutely can defund spaces were originally opening, leaving three vacant slots. them, and I believe we must defund them.” designated to house a bank, “The students wanted the best of Gupta said he had the executive power to coffee shop and hair salon. both worlds,” Assistant Vice Chancellor freeze media-org funding because the current of Student Life Gary Ratcliff said. allocation of money for media organizations vio- lates Section II of the A.S. Constitution. The sec- By Ayelet Bitton “They wanted an expansion that was Associate News Editor going to be large enough to serve the tion states the role of the council is “to create and student body when we reached steady execute programs which serve the collective inter- Two years after the grand opening state enrollment, and they wanted the ests of the undergraduate population.” According fee as low as possible. What that meant to Gupta, the current system — which has funded of Price Center East, University Koala Centers officials said they are in the is there needed to be other sources of the since 1982— is hurting students, and final stages of filling the remaining revenue to pay to operate the building, therefore not serving the collective interest. store spaces with a bank, coffee shop, and retail was the answer.” Free speech organizations such as the and hair salon, as they promised. Price Center East already has a Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Price Center East opened in May number of food retailers, such as and American Civil Liberties Union have 2008, funded by the Price Center Tapioca Express and Burger King. JOHN HANACEK/GUARDIAN See FREEZEpage 2 Expansion Referendum — a $39 Three empty spaces — two on either side of the Sunshine Market, and one on the second quarterly student fee enacted in Spring See PRICEpage 2 floor by the Loft — will soon be filled with new student services. :762,5 -69,*(:; 50./;>(;*/ :<9-9,769; .(:7,9.(3365 05:0+, LOW Here’s your money back/ THURSDAY FRIDAY *VTPJZ Height: 4-7 ft. Height: 5-7 ft. $2.73 5L^)\ZPULZZ Here’s your punk rock back!" THURSDAY FRIDAY Wind: 3-5 mph Wind: 2-9 mph Arco, Chula Vista H 65 L 50 H 69 L 54 THURSDAY FRIDAY Water Temp: 61 F Water Temp: 61 F 407 E St. & 4th Ave. /LHK4LL[Z.YV\UK HIGH 3L[[LYZ[V[OL,KP[VY SATURDAY SUNDAY +Y\[OLYZ JAPANDROIDS Height: 4-5 ft. 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Although lawyers from these :WVY[[email protected] 7OV[[email protected] attendees to walk out and attend a organizations have assured him that (K]LY[PZPUN! counter teach-in instead. they will represent the Koala in court, [email protected] “If you truly care about our uni- he said he plans to file a grievance -H_! versity, if you want to stand in soli- with the campus judicial board before darity, you will join me in walking involving outside action. ;OL<*:+.\HYKPHU out of this teach-in and joining us at “We’re essentially trying to resolve our teach-in,” Keflezighi said. this issue inside of UCSD first,” he said. .PSTHU+YP]L The majority of participants left Gregorian emphasized that Gupta’s 3H1VSSH*( the room and convened at the stairs actions were unconstitutional because <*:+.<(9+0(569. above the Triton statue. he froze funding due to content. Speakers at the counter teach- Gupta has chartered a media review with being recorded, and no one raised in included Cross-Cultural Center board to reevaluate the process of allo- their hand.” director Edwina Welch.