VIRGINITY IS TRASHIER THAN YOU THINK ▶67050657(., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO www.ucsdguardian.org ;O\YZKH`4H` The Student Voice Since 1967 =+<]Q\QWV0QSM8ZW\M[\ THE GROVE IS :ML]KML\W+WVNMZMVKM+ITT Outgoing A.S. Council reconsiders, rejects Regents opt for phone the regents’ decision to cancel their campus meeting. motion to shut down meeting, give students “It has completely changed our plans,” Chen said. “We’ve been 20-minute period to mobilizing students for this meet- indebted cafe. ing and now they’re taking student OPEN voice concerns over 9.3 speakers for only 20 minutes.” percent fee increase. The scratched two-day meeting By Kelsey Wong budgeted time for several rounds Staff Writer of students and workers to address the regents. Students will be able to pro- Student fees have increased by test the proposed UC education and 107 percent over the last seven registration fee increases over the years. phone today, directly before the UC Campus Organizing Director for Board of Regents meet via tele- A.S. External Affairs Gracelynne conference. The regents canceled a West argued that middle-class stu- visit to UCSD to avoid distracting dents who do not receive financial campus officials from fighting the aid will be the hardest hit, because swine-flu virus outbreak. — as fees continue to increase — The 20-minute student and they won’t have anything to protect public comment period will occur them. at 9:30 a.m. today in Price Center “We are addressing and exposing Ballroom B. the lies of the regents,” West said. Student opposition to the sys- “It is definitely a problem affect- temwide $626-per-quarter increase ing low-income and middle-class in systemwide educational fees and UC students. For those that don’t RICHARD CHOI/GUARDIAN $36 increase in registration fees is receive financial aid, it’s a burden. Grove student manager Thomas Frank (left) and A.S. Vice President of Finance and Resources Naasir Lakhani (right) were vocal supporters of the cafe largely based on concerns that the It’s becoming harder for students to throughout the debate. Lakhani presented figures at last night’s meeting that showed the Grove had generated a $1,000 profit for the month of April. university has not created a long- pay for school.” term policy for regulating student Speaking on behalf of A.S. By Reza Farazmand dent enterprise, the value of its 24-year fees. External Affairs, West said the fee News Editor history on campus and the risks associ- THE DEBATE UC Students Association increase is merely a stopgap in ated with allowing the cafe to remain President Lucero Chavez, a UC response to California’s dire eco- fter weeks of intense delibera- open into next year. Berkeley graduate student, said stu- nomic situation. tion that consumed two A.S. Currently over $120,000 in debt, the APRIL Council votes to keep dents need to know that fees won’t “[The regents] continue to A Council meetings and drew Grove has been a point of contention 22 the Grove open. rise again when making plans for increase their fees as the number- impassioned response from dozens among councilmembers since becom- the future. one solution whenever there is a of concerned students, the drawn-out ing a fully student-owned enterprise Associated Students Vice need for more revenue for the UC Grove Caffe debate came to an end last in 2007. APRIL A.S. Judicial Board President of External Affairs Lisa system,” she said. night after the council voted to keep Following nearly three hours of rules that April 22 voting Chen said she was disappointed by The Blue and Gold Opportunity the eatery’s doors open indefinitely. discussion, the council voted nine in 28 process was invalid. Plan — which will provide qualified At the 2008-09 council’s final meet- favor and 12 against a piece of legisla- UC undergraduates with enough ing, cafe advocates and opponents Simple majority of scholarship and grant assistance to argued over the Grove’s role as a stu- See GROVEpage 2 MAY ▶▶▶ ▶ READON council votes to Page 4: An editorial on the cover their systemwide fees for the 6 keep Grove open. regents’ decision Page 4: An editorial on the future of the Grove Caffe See FEESpage 2 ▶▶▶ ▶ READON »5QZIKTM¼5][QK0ITT.QVITTa*ZMIS[1\[8MZNMK\;QTMVKM THREE NEW Center for the Arts in Washington, After 34 years in D.C., and the Metropolitan Opera REGENTS TO Mandeville, the music House in New York City. The hall’s asymmetrical, triangular dept. moves to a modern interior immediately sets it apart from JOIN BOARD acoustic landmark. conventional performance spaces. In fact, Steiger said the end result exceed- IN JULY By Jesse Alm ed even the designers’ expectations. Associate News Editor “I think it’s probably the best work By Henry Becker that they’ve done, and it reflects the Staff Writer The $53 million Conrad Prebys spirit of and respect for innovation that Music Center opens to the public this we have in the department,” he said. The UC Board of Regents will weekend with a series of pieces that “In most concert halls, you either have gain three new members July 1. will showcase its state-of-the-art per- a very clear sound that’s dry, or a really Student regent-designate Jesse Bernal formance space. Music department reverberant sound that isn’t so clear. will replace current student regent chairman Rand Steiger called the hall But when you get it just right, you get D’Artagnan Scorza. that clarity of the initial impulse and ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN In addition, ex-officio regents- then you get this beautiful bloom of The Conrad Prebys Music Hall — named for the Point Loma developer who donated $6 million to the designate Ronal Stovitz and Yolanda PUBLIC CONCERT project — is the stunning centerpiece of the music department’s new Sixth College digs. sound around it.” Nunn Gorman will replace regents Saturday, May 9, 8 p.m. UCSD principal architect Michael “Basically, it’s a building within a creates an intimate and comfortable David Shewmake and Debbie Cole. Prebys Concert Hall Downs, who oversaw the project, said building,” Downs said. environment for both performers and Bernal, designated on July 1, 2008, the music center was a challenge to Designed specifically for chamber audience members. received his B.A. in political science an architectural and acoustic “miracle.” pull off because every wall, ceiling and and experimental music, the hall does He added that recordings of live from UC Santa Barbara and is current- The 400-seat concert hall was floor had to suit a specific acoustic not accommodate a full symphony. performances in the new space will ly a Ph.D. student in education there. designed by Mark Reddington of LMN need. The exterior of the concert hall, However, piano performance gradu- sound much better than in Mandeville He also served as University Affairs Architects in collaboration with leg- for example, includes 12 to 18 inches ate student William Fried — one of Auditorium — built in 1975 — where chair and executive board member of endary acoustician Cyril Harris, whose of concrete to act as a shield against the first musicians to play inside — resume includes the John F. Kennedy the noise of passing planes and buses. said the hall’s small, wrap-around stage See HALLpage 3 See REGENTSpage 3 /0(;<: Panic at :769;: Fighting 05:0+, 65305, >,(;/,9 :\UU`:PKL<W Poll:Should the UC Board of ‘Le Disko’ Another Day 5L^)\ZPULZZ Regents approve the proposed May 7 May 8 Sixth College goes digital Softball: UCSD’s strong +V^U[V,HY[O student-fee increases? 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