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By Nicole ChanAssociate News Editor

University of California President Mark Yudof announced on Oct. 14 that a 17-person advisory committee will aid in the selection of Chancellor Marye Anne Fox’s replacement. The committee is aiming to hire the next chancellor by May 2012.

“The advisory committee was released last week; however, the committee has not yet convened so I am unable to provide any information,” A.S. President Alyssa Wing said in a prepared statement. “I do know that the advisory committee will be seeking input from a variety of different communities including staff, faculty, students and other community members. This is an extensive and thorough process that will include opportunities for important campus communities to provide input and identify the qualities they are looking for in the next chancellor.”

Although the committee’s first meeting is closed to the general public, committee member Wing welcomes input from students in choosing the next chancellor. Undergraduate students are invited to attend a closed input session with the committee in its first meeting on Oct. 28.

“This is one of the only times in which undergraduate students, other than myself, will be able to participate in a session during the selection process,” Wing said.  

Interested students can email Wing for more information. The 45-minute session is limited to 15 undergraduate students.

The session coincides with the committee’s first meeting.  

“[The search for the next chancellor]

Committee Created to Aid Search for Chancellor

your guide to picking your study abroad program and the destinations worth exploring.

lost in translation

See chancellor, page 3

By Natalie CovateStaff Writer

Last Wednesday, A.S. Council passed the annual executive budget at a record pace of just over one hour. In past years, it has taken council until 1 a.m. or even two full meetings to pass a budget.

“One of the biggest things that differed from past year is preparation,” A.S. President Alyssa Wing said in an email. “There were more people reviewing the budget than ever before. Vice President of Finance Kevin Hoang charged a Budget Appropriations Committee comprised of senators, and had the committee review past spending trends.”

Wing and Hoang also put together an introductory presentation the week before the budget was discussed. Over 50 hours were spent in getting the $3.1 million budget organized.

“We cleaned up the budget by making it more reflective of our actual expendable funds,” Wing said. “The previous budget included some numbers that could mislead us to believe we had more money than in actuality.”

A.S. Council traditionally over-allocates funding to help ensure that all of the year’s student fees are used for the students who paid into it. To help make up for the $25,000 that was overspent last year, A.S. Council didn’t over-allocate as much this year.

“The current budget has been reviewed by numerous individuals in every aspect. Unless there is an enormous enrollment drop, the over-allocation should work great,” Wing said. “We normally have some carry-forward amount, but this year we did not.”

The budget will be available on the A.S. website for students to review.

“If there are any questions, students can

Council Passes Executive Budget in Record Time

See budget, page 3

For some, the ideal study break would consist of climbing the Great Wall of China, or sipping tea on a balcony in Istanbul. Others want to ditch MTV

spring break specials to volunteer in Ecuador. If it’s a case of wanderlust you suffer from,

UCSD’s extensive study abroad program has a long list of options.

“UCSD offers more choices than any other UC,” James Galvin, a director in the Programs Abroad office, said. “We’ve always been recognized as one of the leaders within the Universities of California in the field [of studying abroad].“

For the aspiring jetsetter, the Programs Abroad office, located in the International Center, offers several different programs.

The Education Abroad Program (EAP) is the most popular, spanning 30 countries and 100 universities worldwide, and offers almost every major.

“What students study in EAP are University

See abroad, page 6

▶ LEISURE

By Rebecca HorwitzAssociate News Editor

The University Council - American Federation of Teachers is protesting the UC online pilot class program. The union members are trying to use their bargaining power to stop the program because they claim threatens their job security.

According to a new provision, the university has to notify the union in case of a change to a term or condition of employment in the Memorandum of Understanding between the university and the union. UC - AFT President Bob Samuels said that the new provision made to stop the UCs from creating online classes gives the union veto power over any online program that it believes will negatively affect teaching jobs.

“We feel we could stop almost any online program through this contract,” Samuels said in the Oct. 11 Inside Higher Ed article, “The Lecturers’ Filibuster.”

The university stated that the union does not

have the power to shut down the program.“They do not have the power to block the

university from implementing new online programs,” Spokeswoman for the Office of the President Dianne Klein said in an Oct. 11 Inside Higher Ed article “The Lecturers’ Filibuster.”

Klein says the union cannot do anything more than provide a written notice that they do not like and agree with the program, which would hold the university to a discussion about the program with them no later than January 2013.

Klein also said that although online classes could affect lecturers, they are not a valid reason to fire faculty.

“We couldn’t say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a computer program that can do your work — we’re getting rid of you,” Klein said.

The Online Instruction Pilot Project was created to test the effectiveness of online classes. If the program is successful, it will be integrated into the UC’s undergraduate curriculum by Jan. 2013.

Members of the UC - AFT are worried that

the online classes will cut teachers’ pay or replace UC faculty through outsourcing.

In 2009, California State University at Bakersfield administrators laid off four math instructors and created two math classes in its place based on mandatory lab time and an e-tutoring program. The program proved to be successful when it added the supervision of teaching assistants.

UC- AFT has many concerns regarding the online pilot program. Union members are worried that there are not enough funds to support the program. They question the idea that the classes will be less expensive.

“We also do not believe that online courses as a platform will be able to maintain the quality of instruction expected by UC students,” UC-AFT said on their website.

UC-AFT has posted a list of guidelines they would like the UC system to follow with the integration of online classes on the website. They have not yet taken any formal action.

“Make sure that no one loses a course or a job because classes are moved online: regulate workload; protect intellectual property; ensure academic freedom,” UC-AFT said.

Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution John Villasenor wrote an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times regarding the issue. Villasenor thinks that the option of online classes is incredible because it can reach people across the world.   But he does not think it is a good alternative to teaching.

“Something is lost when the classroom experience becomes virtual,” Villasenor said in “Online teaching’s disconnect,” a Sept. 28 Los Angeles Times article, “Instructors owe it to their students to be in the classroom, and students owe it to themselves – and the rest of us – to do their best to be there as well.”

Readers can contact Rebecca Horwitz at rahor-wit@ucsd.edu

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Looking for a great pharmacy school?

Look no further than

the University ofMichigan.

Meet some alumni of California universities who recently enrolled as University of Michigan PharmD students. 1. Financial support unequalled by any

other U.S. pharmacy school.

2. Outstanding pay.

3. Job security in economically uncertaintimes.

4. Unlimited opportunities to improvepeople’s lives.

5. Unparalleled career choices.

6. Continuous growth potential.

7. Life and career mobility.

8. The prestige of owning a degree fromone of America’s top-ranked pharmacyschools.

9. Membership in an influential alumninetwork spanning the globe.

10. The power to apply medical knowl-edge at the forefront of technological innovation.

11. Small class size to maximize individual-ized educational experiences.

12. One-to-one learning with world-renowned faculty.

Every year, UCSD graduates choose the PharmD Program at the Universityof Michigan College of Pharmacy. In fact, nearly 20 percent of ourPharmD enrollment is comprised of alumni from California universities.

What accounts for Michigan’s popularity among Golden Staters? First, we are consistently ranked among America’s top pharmacy schools. Secondly,we consider a lot more than GPA and PCAT scores when evaluating yourapplication.

Earn your bachelor’s degree at UCSD, and then earn your PharmD at U-M.That’s what many UCSD students do every year.

To learn more about the PharmD Program at Michigan, visit our Web site atwww.umich.edu/~pharmacy. Or contact the College of Pharmacy at 734-764-7312 orat mich.pharm.admissions@umich.edu.

Still looking for a reason to make Michigan your pharmacy school? Consider these:

Your future never looked brighter.

CoMPILED by Rebecca Horwitz | associate news editorCURRENTS

UCSD SAN DIEGo CALIFoRNIA

▶An Ansel Adams photography exhibit is currently at Geisel Library. The pictures exhibited are of UCSD in 1963. The exhibit closes Oct. 30.

▶Jacobs School of Engineering faculty member Shu Chien has been awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama. His research focuses on the workings of the cardiovascular system.

▶San Diego State is the second university in the nation to offer an LGBT major. The other university is Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y. ▶A suspect was arrested in the case of a drive-by shooting at Tina’s Bar downtown on Friday, Oct. 14. A bouncer was shot in the chest, stomach and both arms.

▶ “Austin Powers” actor Joseph Hyungmin Son allegedly killed his cellmate at the Wasco State Prison Reception Center in Kern County. Son is in jail for kidnapping a woman and torturing her. ▶Astronaut Jose Hernandez is running for Congress in the 10th district. He has been encouraged by President Obama to run for a seat, and First Lady Michelle Obama has offered to help him campaign.

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LIGHTS & SIRENSFriday, Oct. 72:20 a.m.: Citizen contact▶ The subjects at the intersection of North Torrey Pines Road and North Point Drive were refusing to pay their cab driver. Will cooperate.11:30 p.m.: Suspicious person▶ Someone was trying to open doors at Revelle Commons. Unable to locate. Saturday, Oct. 812:30 a.m.: Welfare check▶ A person at Argo Hall was down from possible excessive alcohol consumption but was breathing. Checks OK.1:55 a.m.: Welfare check▶ A young female who previously called the RSO was still throwing up from alcohol and requested medics. Checked by medics.2:30 a.m.: Injury▶ Two students got into an accident at Student Health Services. Transported to Thornton Hospital.2:50 a.m.: Disturbance▶ Someone was throwing rocks out of a window at Village East 5. Checks OK.4:15 p.m.: Assist other agency▶ The San Diego Police Department was looking for a kidnapping and robbery suspect at 1 Miramar Building 4. Information only.7:17 p.m.: Fire▶ The Guardian newsstand near Price Center and Warren Mall was on fire. Report taken. Sunday, Oct. 91:40 a.m.: Assist other agency▶ The drunk subject was being uncooperative with the resident advisor. Transported to detox.3:51 a.m.: Alcohol contact▶ There were two males carrying an intoxicated male at the Village Building 2. Checks OK.4:50 p.m.: Drunk in public▶ The police stopped the subject for looking drunk but the subject had a disability. Transported to VA Hospital at subject’s request.

6:39 p.m.: Medical aid▶ A young female fell while climbing over a gate at Grassy Knoll and suffered a hip injury. Transported to Scripps Medical Hospital.8:18 p.m.: Information▶ There were suspicious people inside the laundry room at Matthews Apartments. Information only. Tuesday, Oct. 1112:01 a.m.: Possession of marijuana▶ The police confiscated marijuana at Black Hall. Report taken.12:11 a.m.: Assist other agency▶ The San Diego Police Department was dealing with a suicidal subject at Gilder Port. Information only.10:36 p.m.: Disturbance▶ Two possibly drunk subjects refused to leave Argo Hall. Unable to locate. Wednesday, Oct. 126:48 a.m.: Assist other agency▶ The SDPD was looking for a robbery suspect on Poole Street. Unable to locate.2:43 p.m.: Vandalism▶ The Stonehenge by Pepper Canyon Hall was damaged. Information only.6:36 p.m.: Trespass▶ The subject was asked to stop going on the roof but kept refusing. Res Life handling. Thursday, Oct. 1312:25 a.m.: Citizen contact▶ A group of people were outside Africa Hall throwing objects at a window. Will cooperate.9:22 a.m.: Information▶ The Student Center received annoying phone calls. Information only.3:47 p.m.: Citizen contact▶ The owner of a vehicle was concerned about continuously finding nails in his or her tires at International Medicine Group Building 4. Information only.

— Compiled by Sarah Kang Staff Writer

Council Allocates Additional $2,000 for Hullabaloo direct them to Kevin [Hoang] or myself,” Wing said. “We have put many hours into ensuring that our budget will benefit the students we represent and serve.”

Overall, councilmembers have received positive feedback regarding the budget.

“During the open forum portion of...the budget meeting, there were many A.S. members noting the efficiency of the new A.S. Council and the budget process,” Wing said. “We have received positive feedback from staff as well in how the whole budget process was a collaborative and constructive process - not adversarial as it has been in the past.”

However, the budget was challenged during the meeting. The first came with the budget for the new fall quarter event, Hullabaloo. Traditionally, the main concert event of fall quarter is Fall Fest, which presents three musical artists. Last year, this event cost A.S. Council about $135,000.

This year, A.S. Council allocated $60,500 to the event, which was the primary reason for the creation of the Hullabaloo event, which is more like a carnival event than a concert event. Since it is a new event, however, Associated Vice President of Concerts and

Events Oliver Zhang asked council for additional funds.

“Since this is the first year of this concert, I think we need to invest now or we could lose an opportunity in the future,” Zhang said during the A.S. Council meeting.

Zhang emphasized that the extra money would mostly be helpful in ensuring that the event didn’t go over-

budget, rather than a necessity to make sure the event got off the ground. The Hullabaloo budget passed at $62,500.

The Office of External Affairs requested a $2,000 contingency fund — an emergency fund for unforeseen circumstances — due to travel expenses that the office has had to face in the past. Since this addition was taking place without a subsequent cut elsewhere in the budget, it was also met with some opposition.

“We [went] through every line item of last year’s budget with this year’s budget, and last year, External Affairs under-spent [their allocated funds] while Concerts and Events spent every penny,” Wing said during the A.S. Council meeting.

Once the rest of the budget met no conflicts, A.S. Council decided to give the External Affairs office its contingency fund.

Readers can contact Natalie Covate at ncovate@ucsd.edu

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▶ chancellor, from page 1

UC President Hopes to Appoint Chancellor by May 2012of the chancellor are crucial to

[UCSD] continuing on its path of excellence.”

According to the UC Regents’ policy on appointment of chancellors, the five faculty members on the committee are required to submit no less than five potential candidates to the committee for its consideration.

During the process, the other members of the committee are allowed to consider and suggest other names, in addition to interviewing candidates.

After the committee has completed its evaluations and advised Yudof in his final selection, he will submit his recommendation for Chancellor Fox’s replacement to the UC Regents.

“As Marye Anne Fox demonstrated in adding striking breadth and depth to the university’s already sterling

reputation, strong leadership is essential to quality,” Yudof said in an Oct. 14 UCOP press release.

Yudof is aiming to have the next UCSD chancellor selected by May 2012, in order to present his choice at the Board of Regents meeting.

Chancellor Fox is stepping down in June 2012 to return to teaching and researching as a distinguished professor of chemistry at UCSD.

Committee members include:▶ UC Regents Dr. William de la Peña, Eddie Island, George Kieffer, Bonnie Reiss and Charlene Zettel▶ Robert Anderson, chair of the UC Academic Council and UC Berkeley professor of economics and math ▶ Elizabeth Bjork, professor, UCLA Department of Cognitive Psychology▶ James Carmody, professor, UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance

▶ Sandra Daley, professor, UCSD Department of Pediatrics▶ Katja Lindenberg, professor, UCSD Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry▶ Dave Warg, UCSD Staff Association chair and facilities manager for computer science and engineering▶ A.S. President Alyssa Wing-▶ R. John Alaniz, UCSD graduate student in history and former chair of the Graduate Student Association▶ Alumni representative Peter Preuss of the Preuss Family Foundation▶ Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs of the UCSD Foundation▶ Ex-officio committee members President Yudof, and Sherry Lansing, chair of the Board of Regents

Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu

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A series of foolish economic and political mis-steps has led the Californian educational system — including the San Diego Unified

School District — to the edge of a precipice. It’s not just teaching jobs and art enrichment

programs that are at stake; if the school districts don’t get their act together come December, the financial stability of the state could cave under bil-lions of dollars in deficit.

The problems here are many. Let us count the ways.

One. Over the last four years, the state’s edu-cation system has seen $15 billion worth of cuts in education, forcing school administrations to scramble to patch up the gaps. SDUSD alone has

endured a $450 million budget cut since 2007-08. The impact — a 15 percent reduction in faculty and support staff — has been felt throughout the district.

Two. More recently, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the state’s “balanced budget” in July that predicted a $2 billion revenue windfall that was unlikely to hap-pen. Months later, it has become readily apparent that this $2 billion windfall will not be met come December, a scenario that would trigger $1.5 bil-lion in education cuts statewide — $30 million for SDUSD alone.

Three. One proposed solution is to shorten the

For years, the most desperate desire of my materialist heart was to own an iPhone. And

now, one AT&T contract after hav-ing this wish fulfilled, I can finally face the truth.

It was all a waste. I was never meant to have a smartphone.

Truth is, I’m not a tech-savvy user with a brain that runs like an RSS feed and eyes that process the world through an Instagram lens. I have a grand total of five unique apps, and none of them include Angry Birds — though I’m sure someone out there finds my audio Mandarin dictionary just as intrigu-ing.

The mail feature is defunct because I hate becoming anxious over new messages that turn out to be from coworkers asking about Friday’s pizza order. I’ve purpose-fully made Safari difficult to access. I have no videos. Worst of all, I’m scared of Foursquare and won’t let my phone know where I am, or allow my friends to check me into “Places” on Facebook.

Last night, it took me two hours, three attempts and five occurrences of force-quitting iTunes to download the new iPhone 5 software — and afterward, it looked like all I had to show were Newsstand and Reminder features. But, according to Roberto Baldwin of Wired, the upgrade does have an important, invisible compo-nent: enhanced location services.

“Location services” denotes the GPS-based technology that allows the Maps function to know your exact location and the Nike+ app to track the length of a run. With the new iOS, apps like the aforemen-tioned Foursquare and Reminders will let users know via notifications when there’s something interesting nearby, be it a historical landmark or a four-star restaurant.

It’ll show us tailored bits of eso-terica we might otherwise miss. It’ll make us become more integrated with our environment. And, says Baldwin, it’ll also “allow us to be stalked like never before.”

Therein lies the dilemma. This self-proclaimed privacy

freak is no stranger to the crime of overshare (just ask my seventh-grade Xanga), but in recent years I’ve become increasingly obsessed with Web and location privacy. We’ve all heard the “Facebook is Big Brother” spiel and tired 1984 refer-ences.

There’s research galore about the harm of obsessively curating online personas and the effects of being watched. For example, a study covered by Scientific American showed that people cleaned up after themselves more when there was a poster with an image of human eyes nearby. And if you thought that the data doesn’t add up, there’s even a 2010 documentary, “Erasing David,” about a British man who tries to disappear off the grid. Predictably, his trackers use his online and loca-tion information — what David calls

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Crisis Management

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Talking to Machines

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When the first Tea Party protests emerged in early 2009, the movement

asserted a libertarian strain of con-servatism that had, in the previous decade, been overshadowed by other ideological strains manifested in cul-ture war rhetoric and neoconserva-tive foreign policy.

Having this libertarian orienta-tion, the Tea Party’s protest of the Wall Street bailouts included a critique of crony capitalism that resonated with the broader public and even resembled criticisms posed from the Left about corporatist eco-nomic structures.    

Exactly how and when the Tea Party made its original critique is as important as the critique itself.  The movement asserted its interpretation of the economic crisis in a moment when the public was searching for a narrative that would make sense of what the financial collapse meant and how it happened.  

Disenchanted with the Republican Party, the conserva-tive base abandoned its tradi-tional mouthpiece and became the first national group in the Great Recession era to express its economic resentments through the medium of street protest.  Not only did this ultimately result in historic victories for the Republican Party in the 2010 midterm elections, it more impor-tantly changed the national conversa-tion and moved the ideological goal posts of American politics. In fact, all

subsequent policy discussions deal-ing with the downturn were argued within the Tea Party’s rigidly anti-statist terms. 

 That is up until now. A new street protest move-

ment called Occupy Wall Street has emerged on the national stage to make the left-wing critique of the Great Recession that the for-mal representatives of the political left have been unable or unwilling to make.  While the Occupy Wall Street Movement shares the Tea Party’s repudiation of the collusion between Wall Street and D.C., it targets the other side of the corporat-ist coin, shedding light on aspects of the Recession the Tea Party has obscured, namely, the role the finan-cial sector and corporate America played in causing the downturn and in amplifying economic inequality. 

As the Tea Party did in 2009, OWM is starting to shift the national conversation moving the discussion away from debt and spending toward taxes, regulation and political reform. Could this momentary shift lead to electoral and policy victories for the Left?  Will OWM “occupy” the Democratic Party? Or will it lead to the even greater political feat, a rever-sal of the conservative interpretation of the Recession and the establish-ment of a new common sense about the economy and its decline?

— Reece PeckPhD Candidate, Department of

Communication

Both Occupy Wall Street and the other recent political movement of note, the Tea

Party, represent grassroots popular discontent with the structure of the contemporary American political system. Each movement manifests features of populist anti-elitism. That is to say, each movement believes that elites run the show and that political institutions are walled off from the needs, desires and pref-erences of ordinary Americans.

There the similarities mostly end. The movements represent a battle over fundamental political principles. The Tea Party believes that the federal government has grown too big and intrusive, has undermined free market capital-ism and has compromised the individual’s ability to control his or her life. Occupy Wall Street holds that large corporations and espe-cially the big financial institutions have ruined the economy, in part because their risky and greedy prac-tices were not properly regulated by government oversight. Put very simply, for the Tea Party the bad guy is the profligate federal govern-ment; for Occupy Wall Street the villain is Wall Street – and its allies in Congress.

While this is a clash of fun-damental political principles, the difference between the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street can also be seen as a playing out of what the historian Richard Hofstadter called

“status anxiety.”  The Tea Party looks to the past and some nostal-gic hankering for the glory days of American life – which is revealed in the demographics of Tea Party sup-porters, who are overwhelmingly white, evangelical Protestant, older and wealthier than most Americans. When Tea Partiers cry, “We want our country back!” it can only be for the restoration of their authority in politics and the culture. Occupy Wall Street reveals status anxiety, but about an uncertain, perhaps damaged future – also revealed in the demographics of its support-ers, who are largely young people with debts, no jobs and perhaps no prospects.

One small observation about communication and politics: Notwithstanding all of the hoopla about social media, it is interesting that it is the old-fashioned face-to-face protest march and rally that galvanize political commitment and command attention. And notwith-standing the remarkable organizing capabilities of social media, what did Occupy Wall Street do after a couple of weeks of interacting in New York’s Zuccotti Park?  They put out a newspaper. Why? — Because a newspaper conveys a sense of place and the experience of being part of an actual social move-ment in formation.

— Robert HorwitzProfessor, Department of

Communication

Two Movements With Different Purposes

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CROSSHATCHED By Samantha Sligh

“datarape” — to find him after 18 days. So when even the illusion of being watched is enough

to modify behavior and most of us are never truly alone, what’s a girl to do?

I’ll be the first to admit that, ironically, I need loca-tion-based services more than anyone I know. As some-one who only recently took the “student driver” sign off her car — nearly three years after getting her license — I’d probably be stuck moving within a radius of 10 miles if it weren’t for the wonders of my in-car GPS.

Luddite streak aside, I do sometimes want everyone to know that I’m blowing $50 on an entreé at Whisk n’ Ladle. And yes, I realize the silliness and logical incon-sistency of avoiding this particular type of technology.

It’s not that I think that the government is track-ing my movements, or that anyone cares that I don’t go out on Friday nights but instead sit at my desk doing LTRU123 readings. But my desire to be able to be truly

alone, without anyone watching or able to find me, and thus for my life to be truly my own and not under scru-tiny, has always been stronger than my thirst for novelty or convenience.

So for the time being, I’ll continue disabling loca-tion services and notifications and, rather hypocritically, using my in-car GPS instead of the one on my phone — though I know there’s not much difference from “the man” knowing where my car is versus “the man” know-ing where I am.

I’ll continue looking up restaurants by “near San Diego” instead of “nearby” and resisting the urge to brag during the rare occurrence I actually go somewhere.

Sometime soon, I’ll either learn that Apple is tracking me regardless and then turn full-heartedly to location services, or location services will become so integrated that I can’t do without.

But until then, it’s — for as long as I can stand it — me, myself and I. And someone in the passenger seat to help me check where I’m going.

school year by seven full days. However, the school year has already been reduced by five days due to budget cuts last year. Cutting the school year by another seven days is impossible for nearly half of California schools, including SDUSD, because of closed teaching unions.

Four. But in spite of these dire consequences, the school board has managed to make its situation even more alarming. Despite the fact that employee compensation already makes up 90 percent of the school district’s budget, the board still managed to grant across the board 7.2 percent raises for the 2012-13 school year.

Another set of 3.8 percent raises — based on years on the job — is still quite in place. These raises, based on the idea that state-funded revenue would continue to rise year by year, are part of an outdated practice that will contribute to bring down the school district.

Teachers and their unions argue that they have sacrificed enough over the past few years — that cuts should be made elsewhere. And though that may be true, the fact of the matter remains that SDUSD — and every school district across the state — must make concessions

across the board. Teachers are undoubtedly impor-

tant, but a financially stable school is equally, if not more important.

Due to such strict union laws, schools may be left with the rather savory option of trimming costs in other places. This might require lay-ing off custodians, cafeteria workers and other essential support staff, an option that may have dire conse-quences for the school district.

Asking union members to forgo raises is a feasible solution, if only temporary, option.

Financially solvent solutions are few and far between, and the clock is ticking towards a worst-case scenario of a $100 million dollar projected deficit in the 2012-13 school year, according to SDUSD Superintendent Bill Kowba.

Even without the mid-year bud-get cut, the district is looking at a $30 million dollar budget gap.

Solving this potential catastrophe will take far more than petitions to the governor or pointing fingers.

The school board, the com-munity and teacher unions alike must face the reality of the long road ahead and make concessions accordingly.

Readers can contact Margaret Yau at m1yau@ucsd.edu.

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Santiago, ChileAs a study abroad destination, Chile

is often overlooked in favor of more touristy Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil), but don’t be fooled by its relative obscurity: The nation is a gem of colorful culture and the image of a modernizing Latin America.  

Chile-bound students will likely opt for the dense capital of Santiago, where over a third of the country’s population resides. City life, like the dizzying speed at which Chileans speak, whizzes by.  

However, political turmoil is not absent from the country. The younger generation has been protesting since mid-June for free public education — a policy which had been the norm before the oppressive 17-year dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

I’ve had the unexpected opportunity to study at both the public Universidad de Chile and the private Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUC).  The stu-dent strikes made it impossible to con-tinue at la Universidad de Chile for the second semester, so I elected to switch.  Both experi-ences were widely different. Bureaucracy is more ordered at PUC, while the students are more socioeconomically diverse in la Universidad de Chile.  

And while the country’s ethnically homogeneous demography can sometimes make life as an exchange student a bit trying, it’s interesting to experience the cultural differences. At the beginning, it was hard to navigate the breakneck, slurred español chileno and construct a whole new life, but weeks, then months went by and I found myself spitting colloquial phrases like the rest and running around the city into the wee hours of the morning.  

— Megan youngContributing Writer

credits.” Galvin said, explaining that the credits are automatically added to a student’s transcript through EAP. “With EAP students who receive financial aid can use state, federal, UCSD institutional aid towards their EAP program”

The Opportunities Abroad Program (OAP) picks up what EAP misses. As a network of study abroad programs around the world, it offers a larger num-ber of destination options and types of programs, including internship and vol-unteer opportunities.

OAP credits are considered transfer credits, meaning a student who wants to go to graduate school has to take the extra step of combining and submitting their regular transcript grades and a separate study abroad transcript. OAP also accepts federal and state financial aid, but not UCSD grants.

For a closer, more unique experience, there is also the Global Seminars. The increasingly popular program — which started in 2008 — takes about 15 to 28 students who work closely with a profes-sor for a total of eight weeks, earning eight UC credits while completing rigor-ous coursework.

“The students make a really strong connection with the UCSD professor who can become a mentor too upon their return to campus and that profes-sor can make letters of recommendation for graduate or professional school,”

Galvin said.Through the PAO, approximately

1300 students study abroad. But as Galvin mentions, students also have the option of Alternative Breaks, a service project that takes students abroad dur-ing academic breaks to complete service projects in developing countries, as well as separate departmental programs.

With the PAO’s new model, advisers are taking even greater care to make sure traveling students waste no time in get-ting their degree.

“Instead of asking the students where do you want to study abroad we will first ask what would you like to study abroad, what academic subjects are your focus when you go abroad,” Galvin said. “We’re really focusing on a tighter integration with our advising and the overall aca-demic mission of the university.”

To make any abroad experience worthwhile, Galvin suggests that stu-dents work very closely with the PAO office prior to departure, and even dur-ing their trip. A student having issues during their time abroad can also email, call or even Skype the PAO office to find solutions.

To start your globe-trotting excur-sion, make sure to visit the PAO office, or the Programs Abroad EXPO 2011, taking place on the Oct. 17 at the International Center.

— Mina nilchiansenior staff Writer

beijing, ChinaThere are, invariably, three rites of passage for the foreigner who studies abroad in Beijing:

getting cheated while haggling, getting diarrhea and getting thousand-year history shoved down your throat.

Don’t get me wrong. Beijing is the cultural capital of China, a global, political and eco-nomic powerhouse chock full of cheap, if low-quality, merchandise — but none of these will protect the timid student who cowers in the face of over-persistent saleswomen. Or the coed who couldn’t resist the sizzling street kabobs and ends up in the bathroom for six hours.

But for the student undaunted by extreme weather and overcrowding, Beijing as a study abroad destination offers an affordable, fascinating mix of modern and historical features, and — if you’re into that kind of thing — more culture shock than Western Europe can offer.

Unlike the more metropolitan and Westernized Shanghai, Beijing is famed worldwide for its postcard (or profile pic)-worthy landmarks, from the historical (the centuries-old Forbidden City) and political (Tiananmen Square, home to the 1989 protests) to the religious (Llama and Confucian Temples), architectural (Bird’s Nest stadium) and iconic (Great Wall).

Beijing is downright cheap and international students are usually treated well by their See beijing page 7

barcelona, SpainWorld-famous for its hedonism, Barcelona will happily claim your savings, your dignity

and likely your heart on a trip abroad. This city isn’t cheap by any measure: hard as you might try to get by on tapas (Spanish appetizers) and liquor store-grade sangria, pricier pastures will always beckon, as there’s no shortage of enticing bars and restaurants. Barcelona gets a bad rap for its pick-pocketers, but exercising common sense should be enough to keep your purse safe.

Classes themselves vary by program (there are three major universities within city limits, and several smaller schools), though you can generally expect smooth sailing. Instructors are mindful of the fact that you haven’t come 7,000 miles from home for another 8 a.m. lecture, and you’ll more often than not have plenty of downtime to explore.

You’ll need it: the list of museums, clubs (excuse me: discotecas), and stunning feats of architectural genius is apparently endless. Highlights include the Miró Museum atop Montjuic, as well as Razzmatazz, an affordable nightclub that’s geared toward a younger, alternative clien-tele. Whatever you do, don’t just take a few snapshots of Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia and call it a trip: in Barcelona, the “study” is silent in “study abroad.”

— Trevor Coxsenior staff Writer

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Anyone can tell you that Berlin’s one of a kind when it comes to fash-ion, art and certainly history, but what they might forget to mention is a student’s godsend: it doesn’t get much cheaper on this side of the Atlantic. Two-Euro pizza and two-for-one drinks aren’t a bad place to start, but if you’re planning on extending your stay, 400 Euros a month buys you a one-bedroom apartment in the hippest part of town, Mitte. (Anyone who’s ever trolled Craigslist for a Costa Verde sublet understands the sheer magic of that price point).

As for the classes themselves, be aware that Berlin’s largest college (and

EAP partner), the Free University of Berlin, is situated a 30- to 45-minute train ride from the city center. Nevertheless, navigating Berlin — a behe-moth of a modern city, at eight times the size of Paris — should prove to be a cinch. Between the subway (U-bahn), above-ground train (S-bahn) and bus systems, a visit to any of the city’s myriad attractions is seldom more than a short ride away. You’ll want to explore by the TV Tower and certainly the East Side Gallery (a colorful memorial to the Berlin Wall). But taking in the nightlife at legendary clubs like Berghain — a converted warehouse that doesn’t let the party stop ‘til well past sunrise — is truly the stuff of study abroad legend.

— Trevor Coxsenior staff Writer

respective institutions. At Beijing Normal University, local students are stuffed four or six to a room, while UC students share doubles with private bathrooms and, most crucial during the humid summer, air condi-tioning.

Most people come to Beijing specifically to study Mandarin; lucky for them, the professors’ expecta-tions of foreigners are so low that the classes are usually guaranteed easy As. Outside of the classroom, a surprising number of locals and service work-ers (waiters, etc) are unable to speak English, so there’s plenty of opportu-nity for practice and hilarious misun-derstandings.

Aside from being the seat of government and media, Beijing is also one of the world’s culture head-quarters. The student who heads to the Northern City (as the city’s name literally translates) shouldn’t forget to check out the free 798 art district, abundant concerts and, if she’s lucky, the spectacle of locals convening to dance every night under various land-marks.

— angela Cheneditor in Chief

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Florence, italyTo Americans, Florence is a gold mine of art history and architecture, a

foodie’s wet dream and the perfect starting point for exploring Italia.To Italians, Florence is the city ruined by tourism.American students flock there each semester to gawk at Michelangelo’s

David, climb to the top of Brunelleschi’s Duomo or admire the gold-thread-ed Botticelli paintings in the Uffizi. Still others are content to sit on the banks of the Arno eating “authentic” gelato or paninis.

But they do all that in a city almost completely devoid of Italians. The influx of foreigners, and the sky-high cost of living, has driven them all away; the only natives left in the city are restaurant and hostel workers.

But if your heart is set on living in Dante and Da Vinci’s hometown, then do Florence right. The Oltrarno district (across the river) remains an Italian holdout. Take the time to actually visit Florence’s museums and order from a café where the waiters say “ciao” when you walk in the door. And you can’t beat Florence’s central location for exploring the rest of Italy; all the north-south trains go through the capital of Tuscany. You have easy public trans-port from Firenze to Rome, Venice, Cinque Terre, Bologna and the nature-friendly Tuscan hiking destinations besides.

— Hayley bisceglia-Martinsenior staff Writer

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dent in which a noose was

found hanging in Geisel

Library.“The legislation would

Obama Cuts Banks from Loan Game

By Hayley Bisceglia-Martin

News Editor

A rider bill attached to — and somewhat

overshadowed by — President Barack Obama’s

landmark health-care reform will remodel the

student loan system by cutting out private lend-

ers and setting aside billions more in federal

dollars for financial aid.

Currently, the U.S. government provides

money to banks or corporations which arrange

loans for students, then collect interest at a

profit. According to the

Congressional Budget

Office, bypassing private

lenders and giving loan

funds directly to students

will save the federal gov-

ernment $1 billion over the

next year alone, and $62 bil-

lion over the next 10 years.

The vast majority of

that $62 billion will be

reinvested in Pell Grants,

$13 billion of which will be

devoted to increasing stu-

dent eligibility and avoiding

a cap on the money students

can receive. The additional funds

will push the maximum

award for the 2010-11 academic year from

$5,350 to $5,500. The federal government is

covering this increase and allowing for more

like it by 2010 with $36 billion in additional aid.

Of the remaining $13 billion in government

savings, $10 billion will go toward reducing the

federal deficit and about $2.55 billion will go to

institutions that serve minorities.

The larger health-care bill also affects stu-

dents with a provision that allows all Americans

to stay on their parents’ health-care policy until

age 26, instead of the more typical 19.

Readers can contact Hayley Bisceglia-Martin at

hbiscegl@ucsd.edu.

By Ayelet Bitton

Associate News Editor

The University of California

will pay back $38 million in fees to

students in professional programs,

after a San Francisco Superior Court

judge ruled on March 10 that the

university had raised fees illegally

from 2003 to 2007.

According to evidence present-

ed throughout the case, — Andrea

Luquetta et. al v. Regents of the

University of California — official

university documents, including an

online fee guide, stated that fees

would not be increased for continu-

ing students at any point throughout

their period of enrollment.

The court ruled that these mate-

rials constituted a contract, which

the university then violated.

“The contract between the plain-

tiff students and the university

included a binding commitment not

to raise the professional degree fees

for continuing students,” Superior

Court Judge John Munter said in a

statement.The ruling applies to nearly

3,000 students who enrolled in UC

professional schools — including

law, business and medicine — before

August 25, 2003.

Four students from schools such

as the UCLA School of Law and

UCSF School of Medicine contacted

law firm Altshuler Berzon LLP in

2007 to take up their case against the

university.Danielle Leonard, who works

for the firm, said that while fee

increases may be necessary, students

must be informed of the possibility

of such increases before they go into

effect. In this case, students were not

notified“The court concluded that the

university had breached its contracts

with the students for the price

of their education, because the

university had promised to keep the

amount of the professional degree

fee constant for the period of their

enrollment, and then violated that

promise,” Leonard said.

Over the last several years,

the university has raised fees for

both undergraduate and graduate

students systemwide to account for

state budget cuts.

Those affected by the case will

receive up to $8,000, an amount

that has sharply increased during

Students move to outlaw hate speech on campus.

After repeated acts of

racism rocked the

UC campuses dur-

ing Winter Quarter, the

UC Student Association

— a group that aims to

represent the the 10-cam-

pus university — is work-

ing with the UCSD Black

Student Union to pass

By Angela Chen News Editor

See LAWSUIT page 7

$49 BILLION

Amount added

to Pell Grants

26New age limit

for children on

parent’s health

insurance

$5,500New maximum

Pell Grant award

By Kashi Khorasani

Staff Writer

Six months back, UCSD structural

engineering professor Jose Restrepo

was in Chile, ironically working on

preventive earthquake measures.

Cue the 8.8-magnitude earthquake

See CHILE page 2

ANYTHINGBUT CLOTHESStudents took a

break from finals

to participate

in the quarterly

undie run, which

took place at

midnight on

March 18.

Hundreds of

scantily clad

stressballs ran

past CLICS

Library, where a

few overexcited

participants

smashed a

window on the

second floor.

Defense attorney says

university will contest

‘guilty’ ruling two years

after losing similar case.

See BILL page 7

TIM WONG/GUARDIAN

legislation banning hate

speech on public college

campuses in California.

First proposed by

UCSA President Victor

Sanchez early this month,

the legislation is a col-

laborative effort between

the two groups. Sanchez

brought the idea before UC

officials during a series of

meetings between UCSA

and the UC Office of the

President to discuss poten-

tial ways of improving the

PHILIP RHIE//GUARDIAN

Disputes over how to use the SRC keeps both students and staff in limbo.

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By Hayley Bisceglia-Martin

News Editor

The earthquake that hit the

Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince

on Jan. 12 — claiming an estimated

200,000 lives, according to the Pan

American Health Organization —

also took the life

of 24-year-old

UCSD gradu-

ate and Arizona

native Daniel

Ryan Kloos.Ryan, who

went by his mid-

dle name, was in

Haiti visiting his

sister Erin Kloos,

age 27. She was

one of four

Americans volunteering at Friends of

the Orphans, a subset of the children’s

charity Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos.

At the time of his death, Ryan was

at the Father Wasson Center, a chil-

dren’s hospital where his sister worked.

When the 7.0 magnitude earthquake

hit, five of the hospital’s seven sto-

ries collapsed, killing both Ryan and

another volunteer, Molly Hightower,

age 22. Ryan graduated from Muir

College in 2008 with a double major

in Sociology and Biochemistry/

General Biology, and had just been

accepted to two schools of osteopath-

ic medicine, according to close friend

and classmate Liz Costa.

“Once he had been accepted to

one of the programs, he quit his job

By Kashi Khorasani

Staff Writer

On Jan. 11, the California State

Assembly Committee passed a bill

aimed at allocating more funds to

higher education with five affirma-

tive votes and two negative votes. Bill

AB 656, authored by Assemblyman

Alberto Torrico (D–Fremont), will

impose an excise tax on oil com-

panies that extract oil and natural

gas from the state’s land and water

sources.If passed by the California State

Legislature, the bill would create

the California Higher Education

Endowment Corporation. The cor-

poration would be run by represen-

tatives from the

California State

University system,

the University of

California and

community col-

leges and would

be responsible

for allocating the

money each year.

Earlier this

month, the bill

was amended to

incur a 12.5-per-

cent severance

tax, as opposed to

the previously proposed 9.9-percent

tax. According to an analysis by the

Assembly Committee on Revenue

and Taxation, the tax will now be

expected to raise $1.8 billion in 2010

and $2 billion in 2011.

Prior to recent amendments,

the bill would have sent 60 per-

cent of revenue to the CSU sys-

tem, 30 percent to the UC system

and just 10 percent to community

colleges. After the urging of the

Faculty Association of California

Community Colleges, however, the

bill was rewritten and now directs

50 percent of its revenue to the CSU

system, 25 percent to the UC sys-

tem and 25 percent to community

colleges.“We have allowed oil companies

in California to extract oil from our

ground and we have failed to charge

Daniel Ryan Kloos

UCSD Alumnus

After the grand opening of the

Sustainability Resource Center last

November, members of the Student

Sustainability Collective and Campus

Sustainability administrators have not yet come

to an agreement over how to share the space.

According to SSC student director Rishi

Ghosh, the center was conceived two years ago

when students approached university adminis-

trators with hopes to begin the project. When

student activity fees were raised last Spring

Quarter — providing the SSC with an addi-

tional $2.34 per-student per-quarter for proj-

ects and staff — SSC members were under the

impression their new efforts would be housed

by the collaborative space.

Since then, however, university staff and

student leaders have disagreed on the role of

students in the center — leaving the SSC with-

out the opportunity to utilize the SRC on a

consistent basis.

“The spirit of the referendum, the way we

advertised it, was that the funding was for

students working right in the new SRC,” A.S.

President Utsav Gupta said. “That was the con-

text in which we had all these discussions with

the administration — until it

totally flipped. It was a bait-and-

switch.”According to the SRC’s Web

site, its original intention was

to “house UCSD’s sustainability staff and the

student-funded and -run SSC.”

As no form has yet been signed indicating

an understanding of the two groups’ control of

the center, however, only the CSS currently has

full access the space.

In the months following the student-fee

referendum, plans for the center were arranged

verbally between students and staff. University

UCSD graduate Daniel

Ryan Kloos was killed

while volunteering for a

children’s hospital.

By Angela Chen

News Editor

After more than six hours of debate, the A.S.

Council voted 20-7-1 late Wednesday night to

place the Loft referendum on the Spring Quarter

election ballot. If approved by the student body,

the proposal would raise student fees by $3.82 per

student per quarter. The money would go toward

art and music programming at the Loft.

The referendum requires that at least 29 per-

cent of the fees go to financial aid, that at least 80

percent of all events at the Loft be “pay as you can”

for UCSD students and that undergraduates rep-

resent at least 60 percent of the venue’s hiring staff.

During yesterday’s meeting, the council dis-

cussed two models of the referendum — one

sponsored by A.S. Associate Vice President of

Academic Affairs and chair of the University

Centers Advisory Board Jordan Taylor, and one

sponsored by A.S. President Utsav Gupta.

The primary difference between the two

proposals was the intensity of A.S. Council

oversight. Under Gupta’s proposal, the A.S. Council

would create a student-majority Loft Governance

Board to regulate the venue’s budget allocation.

This board would include various members of

Oil Tax May Fund

Higher EducationThe UC, CSU and

community-college

systems stand to split

$1.8 billion in revenue.

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LOCKED OUTBy Ayelet Bitton Associate News Editor

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SHOULD THE A.S.

COUNCIL HAVE CLOSED

THE GROVE CAFE?

THE ENDBy Regina Ip

Associate News Editor

A week after A.S. Council first

met to appoint the 2010-11 associ-

ate vice presidents, one of the three

remaining positions is still unfilled —

leaving the council to enter next year

without a full cabinet of 10 AVPs in

charge of managing various aspects

of student life. On May 26, the council voted

against appointing A.S. President Wafa

Ben Hassine’s nominations for three

AVP positions. The nominations of

former Campuswide Senator Desiree

Prevo for the AVP of Academic Affairs

position, and former AVP of Local

Affairs Aries Yumul for the AVP of

College Affairs position were voted

down, while the nomination of

Eleanor Roosevelt College sophomore

Arohi Sharma for the AVP of Student

Advocacy position was tabled.

On June 3, the council approved

Prevo and Sharma to temporarily fill

the Academic Affairs and Student

Advocacy positions, respectively.

They will carry out the AVP posi-

tions until Week Four of Fall Quarter

at which point applications for the

position will reopen.

The position of AVP of College

Affairs was not discussed and will not

be filled until Fall Quarter.

According to Ben Hassine, all

three positions were tabled at the

Campus Affairs committee meeting,

which is held prior to the council

meeting. From that, the Academic

Affairs and Student Advocacy posi-

tions were pulled out of committee to

be discussed at the meeting.

Ben Hassine said the positions

were tabled — and then voted down

— because councilmembers dis-

agreed with the process of choosing

members for the selection commit-

tee. The selection committee consists

of the president, the outgoing AVP

and three to four council senators.

See AVP, page 7

In less than two hours last night, the A.S. Council voted 17-2 to

shut down the Grove Cafe, effectively ending a 24-year saga that

included numerous attempts to revitalize the struggling eatery.

The decision comes a year after the previous council voted last June

to continue operating the coffee shop, which was $140,000 in debt at

the time. However, despite ongoing renovations and a much-hyped

reopening this Winter Quarter, the business has increased its debt over

$35,000, to a total of nearly $180,000.

According to both Vice President of Finance and Resources

Andrew Ang and Associate Vice President of Enterprise Operations

Brian McEuen, the Grove would need to make a daily profit of $925 to

cover its operating costs alone. However, since reopening in January,

By Connie Qian

Senior Staff Writer

Over 11,000 nurses from five

UC medical centers — including the

UCSD medical centers — will strike

on June 10 to protest unsafe nurse-

to-patient ratios, the National Nurses

United announced last Friday.

“One of the things we’ve been ask-

ing is that the [nurse-to-patient] ratio

should be maintained at all times,”

UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest reg-

istered nurse Janice Webb said. “We’re

asking for break-relief nurses. That’s a

nurse that comes in and watches your

patient while you’re on break.”

The protest, slated to be the largest

nurse strike in U.S. history, will also

include an additional 14,000 nurs-

es from California and Minnesota,

totaling 25,000 participants.

California law requires hospitals

to maintain at least one nurse for

every three to five patients, depend-

ing on the care the patients receive.

The union said it wants to mandate

stronger enforcement of these laws

and establish safe ratios at all times.

According to Webb, the medical

centers do not have enough nurses to

attend the patients.

“We’ve been having meetings

with hospitals that say they already

have charge nurses, but realistical-

ly they can’t maintain the ratio on

breaks,” she said. “A lot of times when

the charge nurses [or nurses who

supervise] watch, there are still more

nurses needed — just someone to

help out.”However, in an online statement,

the UC Office of the President con-

tended that such a strike is without

legitimate cause.“The university considers this

action unlawful, a violation of good-

faith bargaining requirements and a

clear violation of the parties’ con-

tract,” UCOP said in their statement.

The strike will also attempt to

secure the nurses’ retirement benefits

to make sure neither politicians nor

the health industry can easily rescind

them.“The other thing we’re concerned

about is the pension and our health

benefits,” Webb said. “Things are get-

ting expensive now, and they’re trying

to look at ways to cut costs. That’s

going to affect people, and we want

After 24 years on campus, the ailing Grove Cafe

will close its doors for good. By Ayelet Bitton

See GROVE, page 7

Nurses Plan to Strike

See NURSES, page 3

After medical administrators reject

proposed staff increases,

union prepares to react

with protest.

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FROM FMLTO FLOWERSA crowd of

students gave

flowers to Mary,

an employee at the

Burger King in

Price Center East,

yesterday. The

event began

because of a post

on UCSDFML.com

that brought

attention to Mary’s

work.

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DAILY PROFIT GROVE NEEDS TO BREAK EVEN

NUMBER OF DAYS, SINCE REOPENING, GROVE EARNED $925

AVERAGE PROFIT GROVE MAKES DAILY

$177,920.78

$925

2$525

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By Jonathan KaslowStaff Writer

Students from 50 states and 90 countries congregated on campus for the Clinton Global Initiative University this week-end, held April 1 to 3. The conference is devoted to developing and implementing projects (called “commitments”) to global issues, such as poverty, pollution, LGBT rights and college af-fordability.

About 1,200 students entered the conference with individ-ual commitments, 200 of which were from UCSD. Students were required to apply to be participate.

The Clinton Global Initiative is part of the Clinton Foun-dation, founded by former U.S. president Bill Clinton in 2005. Now hosting its fourth conference, the CGIU has been to uni-versities in New Orleans, Texas and Miami.

Clinton was on hand for the weekend’s event, and other guests included Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, actor Sean Penn and singer Mandy Moore. Jacobs participated in the opening session, while Moore spoke at the first workshop on global health and Penn appeared at the closing session. Students were also able to attend a variety of panels and workshops to prepare them to fulfill their commitment to face issues such as popula-tion growth, the environment and global health.

“You believe you can make a difference, and we’re going to help you,” Clinton said at the April 1 opening session. “The most important question is ‘how do you propose to do it [com-mitment]’ and college students are more prone for that ques-tion.”

CGI U Campus Representative Melissa Etehad, who at-tended CGI U in Miami last year, expressed her excitement over the event’s international scope.

“It’s an international event for UCSD, and imagine 200 stu-dents changing the world,” Etehad said. “I am so excited for the

3,700 attend clinton opening session

See Clinton, page 7

By Regina IpNews Editor

Carlsbad resident Julio Angel Garcia-Puente, 50, will go to trial for murder and arson charges following a hearing held March 30. He is suspected of killing his estranged wife — 38-year-old Lorena Gonzalez, whose body was found in a burning vehicle in the P701 parking lot next to the UCSD baseball field.

At the preliminary hearing to determine if probable cause exists to indict Garcia-Puente, San Diego

Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser concluded that the prosecutors provided sufficient evidence for the case to stand trial, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on March 30.

San Diego firefighters testified that they arrived in the parking lot

at approximately 8:30 p.m., when they found the vehicle in flames. According to the Union-Tribune, firefighter Justin Price said that when he opened one of the car doors, he saw a head and an arm. Investigators determined that the vehicle was intentionally set on fire.

According to the Union-Tribune, deputy district attorney Nicole Rooney testified that Gonzalez died of strangulation, as three bones in her neck were

Murder suspect in Burning Vehicle case Will Face trial

Photo By Andrew oh/Guardian

After five months of planning, A.S. Concerts and Events Media Liaison Oliver Zhang sat down with the Guardian Sunday afternoon to leak the lineup for the annual Sun God Festival.

“For me, it’s the best lineup we’ve ever had,” Zhang said of the May 13 festival.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa will be headlining the main stage, while Jesse F. Keeler (JFK) of electronic music duo MSTRKRFT will be the main act at the dance tent.

Best Coast, Mike Posner, Jimmy Eat World and Crystal Castles will also play the main stage. The support for the dance tent — as

well as one more act for the main stage — will be revealed once the artist contracts are completed.

“Not all contracts are fully executed,” Zhang said. “When we release something we want to make sure that the contracts are fully valid, just in case they back out at the last minute.”

Associate Vice President of Concerts and Events Brian Wong said he is proud of the lineup.

“We knew coming into this year that it would be hard to top the success of 2010,” he said in an email. “To make this year’s

BY ARIELLE SALLAI SENIOR STAFF WRITER

See sun god, page 7

WIZ KHALIFA To HEADLINE SuN GoD

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See Murder, page 3

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By Jake Boissonault Contributing Writer

“Fiercely independent” student radio station KSDT has given up on plans to obtain an FM frequency. Station managers are now looking to build a radio tower to pursue an AM frequency instead.KSDT station co-manager Meredith Wong said that the AM tower would cost approximately $100,000 and that she hoped it could be located in a central area of campus — although she was unsure where that would be. “We’re really serious about it, but we haven’t started much of the research,” Wong said.

See TOWER page 12

By Regina IpAssociate News Editor

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger presented his revised 2010-11 state budget last week, a plan that includes a new round of fund-ing increases for public colleges, but that suggests cutting $3.7 bil-

lion from health-care services that impact low-income families who depend on state welfare programs. The suggested allocations to the University of California are nearly identical to the ones from Schwarzenegger’s January propos-al, including the restoration of the $305 million cut last year and an additional $51.3 million in finan-cial aid toward the 5,121 eligible students in the system who are not currently being funded. However, the governor’s newest budget would negate his January proposal to cut $111.8 million set aside to

accommodate growing enrollment in the UC and CSU systems. In order to absorb California’s $19.1 billion budget deficit, other services would suffer major cuts — including a proposed $3.7 billion from in health care, that would cut the Medi-Cal program for the poor, along with state in-home support for the disabled. In addi-tion, the budget takes into account Proposition 98 — which passed in 1988 and guarantees a minimum pool of money for schools. Under See FUNDING page 7

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T his year’s Sun God Festival — with acts like B.o.B, Relient K, Michelle Branch and headliner Drake — attracted a packed house on May 14. For the second time in Sun God history, all 16,500 student wristbands and 3,500 guest tickets sold out. In 2008, the first time this happened, tickets didn’t sell out until the day before. This year, all tickets sold out by 2:30 p.m. on Friday, at which time students were turned away.According to Associate Vice President of Concerts and Events Alex Bramwell — who organized this year’s Sun God Festival — the sell-out was due to the popularity of the event’s leading acts.“We get complaints and yelled at when stu-dents can’t bring their guests, but at the same time, we get yelled at and complaints when the

students can’t bring themselves — so finding a good balance between those two is tough,” Bramwell said. “We had the same numbers as last year. It just turned out this year to be more popular of an event; more students wanted to come.”At the 2008 Sun God Festival — when students wristbands were distributed for the entire week leading up to the event — tickets ran out on Thursday, leading students to pur-chase all the leftover guest tickets for them-selves that Friday. In 2009, students waited in line for up to four hours on the morning of the festival to receive their wristbands. Despite the crowds, however, over 1,000 of last year’s wristbands went unclaimed.

See SUN GOD page 3

Sun God Hits CapacityStudents turned away from annual festival on RIMAC Fieldfor second time in its 27-year history. By Hayley Bisceglia-Martin

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Brunsting finished one kill short of a triple-double, with nine kills, 30 assists and 13 digs. She also recorded two aces and two blocks. Williamson finished with a dou-ble-double for the fifth con-secutive time with 13 kills and 16 digs. Condon also had a double-double with 11 kills and 17 digs. Senior middle Julia Freidenberg hit .375 with 10 kills and just one error in 24 attacks, while Werhane recorded a match-high of 28 digs. On the other end of the net, Cal

Poly Pomona’s Taylr Kreutziger and Diana Lake had 11 kills apiece. The Tritons have taken both games against Cal Poly Pomona this sea-son. With the win, UCSD improves to 13-4 overall and 9-4 in the CCAA, while Pomona fell to 9-9 overall and 6-8 in the conference. The Tritons return to UCSD to host Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.

Readers can contact Stephanie Monroy at smonroy@ucsd.edu

and pains, the strained breathing, the tendinitis and twisted ankles — is rec-onciled for some by the sheer enjoy-ment of the endeavor, and for others by the gratification of accomplishment.       This year’s women’s cross country squad saw an overhaul in personnel, with head coach Ronald Garcia bring-ing in a number of new runners. But Kobayashi says the youth has brought with it a renewed competition within the squad, keeping the senior run-ners on their toes as the newcom-ers push to claim spots of their own.       Within the squad, an odd balance between competitiveness and cama-raderie needs to be struck. With only 10 runners allowed to travel with the team, and nearly twice that amount on the roster, runners are always look-ing to beat the guy in front of them. Lenahan and Kobayashi agree that it’s enjoyable to run with the pack,

but that at the end of the day, every-one’s accountable for themselves.     Probably because of the intensity of

the event, cross country run-ners, more than any other set of collegiate ath-letes, are argu-ably the most rigid about taking care of their bodies. In soccer, basket-ball, water polo or golf, a bad performance

can be written off by the difficulty of the course, bad weather, poor referee-ing, etc. But in cross country, there’s no getting around the numbers. You either ran well, or you didn’t — and in either case, the fault lies with the runner alone.       Once a year, the runners con-

sult with a staff nutritionist, mak-ing sure that they get enough calo-ries in to maintain their weight.       And unlike other sports, because a lot of UCSD’s cross country ath-letes run for track as well, there is no off season. The push to improve is a year-round struggle.     I ended a brief phone interview with Lenehan by asking the two time letter winner what kinds of goals the team has at the end of the season for themselves.     His answers had been brief through-out, but Lenehan curtly replied, “The goal is always to win the race,” after which I thought I had been dismissed as ignorant and that the conversation was over. He went on to add that the team is also always looking to qualify for nationals and improve individu-ally, but his first statement sums it up.     At the end of the day, cross country is a bottom line, and everyone’s just racing to the top.

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by one, the Tritons slipped early and the Gauchos got a goal within the first two minutes. UCSD fought back halfway through the quarter, pulling to within one again after sophomore Josh Stiling put away a cross-pool pass from William Brown.

But the Gauchos widened the gap, scoring another goal with 1:53 remaining.

Still down by two, senior Graham Saber scored coming out of a time-out with thirty seconds left to play, bringing the score to 9-8.

Despite the support of a large UCSD crowd, the Gauchos were able to maintain possession for the last thirty seconds and landed another goal to take the 10-8 victory. The Tritons have dropped three straight matches since the SoCal Tournament two weeks ago.

UCSD will look to beat the slump on Friday against rival Loyola Marymount on Friday, Oct. 21. The Tritons have split games against Loyola Maryount so far this season and have outscored them by two goals.

Readers can contact Tyler Nelson at tcnelson@ucsd.edu.

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UCSD Cross Country Pushes to Improve

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By Stephanie MonroyContributing Writer

The women’s volleyball team is now on a three-game winning streak after beating San Francisco State and Cal Poly Pomona this past weekend on their Northern California road trip. Coming off of a three-game slump, the No. 18 Tritons rebounded beautifully last Friday against middle-of-the-pack squad San Francisco State.

Senior outside hitter Hillary Williamson played arguably one of the best games of her career, setting career records for her 24 kills, as well as a career best for 17 digs and two blocks to total 25 points against the Gators.

Senior outside hitter Roxanne Brunsting also recorded a career best of 37 assists to lead the team to a deserved 3-2 win over San Francisco.

UCSD’s senior outside hitter Katie Condon finished with eight kills in the campaign, along with freshman and junior middle blockers, Lauren Demos and Julia Freidenberg.

Condon pulled off three critical service aces and had 17 digs, while senior libero Janessa Werhane totaled an outstanding 27 digs.

Sara Kurfess led all players with 30 digs.

In the final set, UCSD went ahead 10-6, but then found itself 12-11 when

SFSU scored six of the next seven points. A kill by Williamson, in combi-nation with an SFSU error and a kill by Condon, sealed the set for the Tritons, as well as the match.

“It was a very intense match,” UCSD head coach Ricci Luyties said. “It was another great example of how we can beat good teams on the road. We played a tough match and had to overcome things like a vocal crowd to come out on top.”

With the win, the team improved to 12-4 overall and 8-4 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, while San Francisco State fell to 10-8 overall and 6-7 in the CCAA.

“We battled hard and it was a nice win for us,” Luyties said. “We showed several times that we can be resilient and come back when we’re down. To do that on the road is a real confidence boost.”

The Tritons carried the momentum from their last match into a 3-1 vic-tory Saturday against Cal Poly Pomona. UCSD came out strong, taking con-trol of the first two sets with scores of 25-19 and 25-17. But the Broncos came back to take the third set, 25-16, when the Tritons recorded their lowest attack percentage of the match at .024. The Tritons closed out with a 25-20 win in the fourth set.

After a three-game slump, UCSD rebounded this weekend, putting together a three-game win streak.

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By Tyler NelsonSenior Staff Writer

It’s been a rough week for the UCSD men’s water polo team. After taking ninth place last week in the Long Beach SoCal tournament, defeating long time rival, Loyola Marymount University and soaring to a No. 9 overall

national ranking, the Tritons have since lost some very close games to good opponents.

Despite staying close to home, with a home game and a road trip to Long Beach, the men’s team dropped two straight games to No. 12 Cal State Long Beach and No. 5 UCSB. The Tritons have lost three consecutive games since attaining their ninth place rank — their highest ranking of the season.

On the road Wednesday at Cal State Long Beach, the Tritons and 49ers went back and forth through the entire game, with neither team taking a lead larger than two for more

than a minute. The 49ers jumped ahead early, taking a

quick three-point lead in the first quarter, but the Tritons — led by junior utility Brain Donohoe’s two goals — fought back, nar-rowing the difference before much time had passed.

By the end of the first eight minutes, the two teams had scored nine goals collectively. But after the first quarter, the offense dried up. Both teams scored a goal each in the next two quarters, but neither team could capital-ize on the five ejections.

Locked in a one-point game, the two teams fought for the advantage in the fourth period.

The Triton defense continued to shut down the 49er attack, while the offense for UCSD found the back of the net twice in the first four minutes.

It seemed like UCSD was going to sneak away with another comeback victory, but with less than 10 seconds left, the 49ers scored to

tie the game and sent it into overtime.    Cal State Long Beach scored a minute

into the extra period and despite an offensive push to the goal, the Tritons were not able to find the net.

The loss counts as the Tritons’ first defeat in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match for the season.

On Saturday, the Tritons looked to upset, as they hosted No. 5 UCSB.

Despite the narrow defeat in Long Beach earlier in the week, the Tritons came out strong and with less than three minutes to play, were one goal away from the home upset. They were unable to pull it together in the end.

The Gauchos took a 2-1 lead in the first quarter and extended that lead in the second quarter, 4-2.

The Tritons fought their way back to pull within one by the end of the third quarter. A huge penalty save from senior David Morton helped to keep the game close, with the score

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To me, running is an activity akin to eating vegetables or getting your wisdom teeth pulled. Most people

don’t enjoy it, but they do it to stay healthy.       UCSD’s cross country team is made up

of the exceptions: those few that actual-ly enjoy going on a 10 mile morning run.       Six out of the seven days a week — the NCAA regulation maximum amount of days a team is allowed to practice — the 16 men and 20 women on the roster usu-ally start their day well before 8 a.m.       Practices begin at 7:20 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. on weekends. The shortest runs, says junior captain Matt Lenehan, will usu-ally be around five miles, but will only take the men around 35 minutes. Runners look to maintain their stamina, going on longer runs with the pack, and once or twice a week, will look to push themselves to work on their speed.       Most of the time, outside of the different routes and the changes in scenery, practices are monotonous, and for most people, painfully so.       But senior captain Aaryn Kobayashi says that the amount of “physical punishment” the runners endure on a daily basis — the aches

A Day in the Life: UCSD Cross Country

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UCSD fell to Loyola Marymount in overtime 8-9 and UCSB 8-10.

nolan thomas/Guardian fileAfter conceding a disappointing defeat to No. 12 Loyola Marymount, UCSD nearly pulled off the upset at home against No. 5 UCSB.

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