KICKING AND SCREAMING PAGE 16 VOLUME XLII, ISSUE XVI MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009 WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG <*)<+.,;*90:0: ▶ FOCUS Fee Increase KSDT’S HUNT FOR A Drives Students to LA Protest NEW Regents are expected to vote to raise student fees by 32 percent, expand coverage of financial-aid plan. By Kashi Khorasani Contributing Writer WAVE undreds of students have signed up to descend upon the UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA this week, a final effort to protest the proposed By Aprille Muscara H Associate Focus Editor 32-percent student-fee increase. The regents will meet from Nov. 17 to Nov. 19 to discuss policy related to the univer- one- or two-hour graveyard sity’s funding deficit, among other pressing items. set can get lonely for a radio On Wednesday, the board is expected to deejay, but at least she has her ONLINE authorize a new batch of student-fee increas- Read past listeners. Unfortunately, the ( es that would raise in-state undergraduate student spin doctors at KSDT coverage of tuition by an additional $1,391 annually, and A the regents’ radio don’t have that luxury. nonresident undergraduate fees by $1,469. fee-increase “I know how frustrating it is working After 41 proposal. A group of UCSD students, including sev- at the radio station when you’re doing eral A.S. Councilmembers, will shuttle to LA your set, and you check the numbers and years of live on Tuesday to join the protest. see only one or two, four people listen- “I think it’s largely assumed that they’re going to pass ing at the most — and that was on a broadcast the fee increases, but we have to have our voices heard at good day,” said A.S. Campuswide Senator every step of the process,” Revelle College senior and UCSD Adam Kenworthy, recalling his days as a from UCSD, Coalition to Save Our Futures member Sam Jung said. “At disc jockey at KSDT, UCSD’s 41-year-old student-run See PROTEST, page 7 student-run radio station. Kenworthy may just have suffered a shoddy time slot, but considering KSDT radio once doesn’t currently broadcast on AM or 905.6--09, FM, student deejays don’t have much of again shoots a chance at listenership. Without a radio for a long- signal, the indie station can’t reach the stu- dent population as easily as other college sought FM stations, said KSDT General Manager and Sixth College senior Meredith Wong. frequency. Currently, the only place listeners can tune in to KSDT’s underground-only, “fiercely independent” programming ( is online or through the tinny speakers outside its tucked-away headquarters in the Student Center. But if a current bid to acquire an FM signal is successful, accord- ing to Wong, the station’s number of fol- lowers could reach grand new proportions. See KSDT, page 8 PHILIP RHIE/GUARDIAN University Launches Global Health Program By Sarah Alaoui the destination country and the migrating care, ability to pay for care... and health Staff Writer population’s country of origin. The pro- outcomes,” COEMH co-director Wayne gram will pay particular attention to conse- Cornelius said in a statement. In an effort to address some of the quences that changes in federal health-care The COEMH will focus on four areas: health ramifications of California’s large policy have on California’s refugee and behavioral and socioeconomic deter- immigrant population, the University of immigrant population. minants on health; health outcomes in California launched the Center of Expertise “Potentially sweeping changes in federal migrants’ communities of origin and des- on Migration and Health on Nov. 9 — part health care and immigration law and poli- tination; children’s health; and healthcare of its new Global Health Institute. cies … will create an unprecedented natural delivery and policy. The COEMH, to be located at UCSD, laboratory for studying the effects of policy “By bringing together social scientists, ERIK JEPSEN/GUARDIAN was created to examine the impact that change on immigrants’ and refugees’ access Marshall Field lit up Friday, Nov. 13 for the annual Marshallpalooza festival. large population movements have on both to health care, propensity to seek health See HEALTH, page 7 :762,5 -69,*(:; 50./;>(;*/ :<9-9,769; .(:7,9.(3365 05:0+, LOW One of the things about KSDT is that, MONDAY TUESDAY *VTPJZ Height: 2-3 feet Height: 2 feet $2.75 3PNO[ZHUK:PYLUZ since we’re students, we have a MONDAY TUESDAY Wind: 3-7 mph Wind: 4-6 mph Express Gasoline, San Diego 2P[JOLU(JJVTWSPZOLK horrible collective memory. 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