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University attributes increase in minority applications to bolstered outreach programs.

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The student-run co-operatives at UCSD have begun redrafting their rent agreement with the university in hopes of reducing their monthly payments to a more sustainable level. Representatives from the co-ops — including the Che Cafe Collective, the UCSD Food Co-operative, Groundwork Books and the UCSD General Store Co-operative — recently decided to request that they no longer be required to pay rent for their on-campus spaces. Though they said that this is still the ultimate goal of negotiations with the administration, the focus of their April 16 meeting with Director of University Centers Paul Terzino, A.S. President Utsav Gupta and Graduate Student Association President Alex James shifted instead to simply lowering their rent. All those present at the meeting agreed it was time to redraft the rent contract between the co-ops and the university. Co-op representatives also requested that their Master Space Agreement be reworded to define them as student organizations rather than businesses. This request, they said, is in response to financial hardship the co-ops fell into following a remodeling of the Student Center and the opening of Price Center. James said the co-ops believe their current rental rates are negatively

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Football consultant hired despite incoming A.S. president’s desire to table the team.

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.S. President Utsav Gupta has recruited university officials to pitch in for a consultant to evaluate moving sports teams to Division-I and the possibility of starting a football team at UCSD. Together, Gupta — along with Chancellor Marye Anne Fox, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Penny Rue and Director of Athletics Earl Edwards — hired consultant Carl McAloose from Athletics Staffing and Consulting — a company that specializes in advising universities on the development of their athletics programs. McAloose will begin work this quarter analyzing the university’s budget and determining if either D-I or football is feasible. If so, he will then estimate how much it would cost to implement either plan.

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n case you failed to notice the giant three-quarter ad page dedicated to literature professor Rae Armantrout on page six, hear it now: She’s become quite the celebrity. Just last week, the San Diego native was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, along with $10,000. The honor was a grand finale to the heap of praise she has received for “Versed,� her tenth volume of poetry, published in 2009. It also received the 2009 p National Book Critics Circle Award, and was a Nat finalist final for the 2009 National Book Award. Divided into two parts — “Versed� and “Dark Matter� — the 87-poem assortment

The number of students admitted from underrepresented races to UCSD for Fall Quarter 2010 increased dramatically since last year, according to statistics released by the UC Office of the President last ADMITTED week. The admissions office accepted 16.6 percent — or 3,041 — more AFRICANblack, Hispanic AMERICANS and AmericanIndian students out of the total admit pool, a 6.9-percent MEXICANAMERICANS increase from last fall. It was also a record year for LATINOoverall applications AMERICANS and admits: 48,073 students applied, compared to last AMERICANyear’s 47, 708, and INDIANS the total number of students admitted increased by 3.7 percent, or 655 students. The overall admissions rate was 36.8 percent, down from 38 percent in 2009. A total of 18,334 students were admitted. There was a rise in the number of minority applicants this year, but Associate Vice Chancellor of Admissions Mae Brown said she attributes the higher admit rate to the university’s augmented publicity and outreach efforts. “We experienced an increase in applications during the November filing period, which included underrepresented students,� Brown said in an e-mail. “We visited high schools, participated in college fairs and used technology to extend our reach throughout the fall recruitment period. We are very excited about our increase in applications.� A.S. Campuswide Senator and Black Student Union board member Desiree Prevo said the BSU has made recruitment community outreach a priority. This year, the BSU sent out a “Black Book� to black admits detailing cultural outlets on and off campus.

is typical of Armantrout’s work: cognitive, compressed and acute. Armantrout wrote the latter part after being diagnosed with adrenal cortical cancer — or cancer of the adrenal gland — in June 2006. Sixty-three-year-old Armantrout said she was surprised to hear she’d won a Pulitzer — especially on the day before her April 13 birthday. “So far, it is amazingly exciting,� Armantrout said. “It’s really not something I expected. Of course, I thought about winning things, but the Pulitzer was not one of them — that was just like a bolt from the blue.� Since her win, Armantrout has been flooded with congratulations and media attention, including a front-page feature in the San Diego Union-Tribune. See ARMANTROUT page 8

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regarding the feasibility of making a move from Division-II to Division-I athletics and the optimal mix of sports, based on the size, resources and fundraising capabilities of the university,� Fox said. “The consultant’s findings will inform decision about any future steps.� The $7,000 cost paid by the A.S. Council will be taken from enterprise income: money generated by councilowned businesses, such as A.S. Soft Reserves and A.S. Lecture Notes. The results of the consultant’s study will be renewed by the 2010-11 A.S. Council, which will then decide whether to pursue the issue. The new council will take office Week Seven of this quarter. Campuswide Senator and A.S. President-elect Wafa Ben Hassine said that she was in favor of hiring the consultant, as well as the proposal to move the UCSD athletics program to D-I. “I do support the passage of legislation for the $7,000,� Ben Hassine said. “There has been a lot of debate about football and Division-I sports, so it will be nice to see if these options are possible.�

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LIGHTS AND SIRENS Friday, April 9 1:40 a.m.: Suspicious person ▶ A male student was seen “vomiting out the window” at the Village Building 1. Field interview administered. 2:35 p.m.: Citizen contact ▶ A white male was seen holding a sign that read “I need physical interaction” with a box of matches next to him. Checks OK. 5:26 p.m.: Welfare check ▶ A student reported someone yelling that “they wanted to kill someone” on the sixth floor of Tenaya Hall. Quiet on arrival. 11:54 p.m.: Grand theft ▶ Two white males were reported as stealing lab equipment — specifically a “small water bath” — at the Medical Teaching Facility. Report taken. Saturday, April 10 12 p.m.: Missing person ▶ A five-year-old girl with short brown hair was reported missing while “taking a gymnastics class [and] walking to use the drinking fountain.” Checks OK. 1:36 p.m.: Chemical spill ▶ A virus had been spilled at the Johns Hopkins lab, but was “wiped off the floor with bleach.” Referred. Monday, April 11 1:01 a.m.: Disturbance ▶ A student reported hearing loud screams of “I’m going to fucking kill you” in the parking lot by Brennan Hall. Unable to locate. 12:48 p.m.: Suspicious person ▶ A person wearing a purple shirt was reported as on the roof and trying to hide. Checks OK. Tuesday, April 13 1:03 a.m.: Suspicious person ▶ An officer reported someone living in a van at Lot 104 in La Jolla. Information only.t

11:55 a.m.: Citizen Contact ▶ A male was reported as playing guitar on the edge of the roof of the Humanities and Social Sciences building. Checks OK. 4:06 p.m.: Medical aid ▶ An unconscious female who did not speak English was reported as seizuring, with blood coming out of her mouth, at Price Center. Referred to other agency. 8:10 p.m.: Welfare check ▶ A woman and baby were reported as screaming outside a building near the Regents Pool. Gone on arrival. 9:53 p.m.: Suspicious person ▶ An approximately 40-year-old Hispanic male in beige clothing was reported talking to females at Center Hall. Gone on arrival. Wednesday, April 14 7:40 a.m.: Suspicious person ▶ A homeless white male in his 50s, wearing a blue shirt and jeans, was reported as possibly lighting firecrackers at the School of Medicine. Gone on arrival. 2:27 p.m.: Citizen contact ▶ Three males were reported as handing out Koala issues with racist material at Geisel Library. Information only. Thursday, April 15 9:43 a.m.: Suspicious person ▶ A white 28-year-old male was reported as wearing a large, black backpack and looking “out of place” at Expedition Way. Information only. 2:44 p.m.: Citizen contact ▶ A male at the Matthews Apartments was reported as “being passive aggressive,” sending the reporting party Facebook messages and having problems with her friends. Information only. — Compiled by Connie Qian Senior Staff Writer

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A new study shows sleep deprivation in humans can reduce the effects of clinical depression. The study suggests that there may be an upside to the overworked, under-rested lifestyle so common among college students. Clinical depression is a medical condition that affects nearly 6 percent of the U.S. population. Symptoms include a decrease in self-esteem, liveliness and the ability to carry out daily tasks. According to various cases — analyzed in more than 75 papers over the last 40 years, if a victim of depression stays up all night, or even just half the night, symptoms of depression tend to disappear for the rest of the day. In particular, mothers who have forgone a day of sleep have reported that the symptoms of postpartum depression — a common condition that develops during the first few months after childbirth — are diminished. The late UCSD professor J. Christian Gillin used brain-imaging technology to search for the sleepdepression link. By studying brain scans of patients before and after being deprived of sleep, he found that an area of the brain in the cerebral cortex called the anterior cingulate cortex was overactive in depressed patients. After being deprived of sleep, however, the patients demonstrated normal levels of activity in the ACC. Helen Mayberg, a researcher at

Emory University, furthered Gillin’s research by electronically stimulating the anterior cingulate cortex in a group of patients. When the patients were sleeping, the stimulation interrupts normal brain activity by disconnecting the cortex from the sensory input. This reduced the symptoms of depression among test subjects. Electrical stimulation may provide those patients with the treatment they need. “For some people, the benefits are miraculous,” Sejnowski said. According to Gillin, sleep deprivation is relatively safe. It’s side effects are similar to those of other antidepressant treatments, like medication or bright light. However, more major risks of overnight sleep deprivation are mania in bipolar patients and seizures in patients with a history of convulsions. In addition, patients cannot be deprived of sleep on a regular basis, as that could create hazardous situations. Accoridng to Gillin, operating a vehicle without having slept is as dangerous as driving drunk.

Although sleep deprivation may seem like a quick home remedy for depression, long-term side effects can include irritability, hallucinations and memory lapses. “Long-term deprivation of sleep is really a dangerous thing,” Terry Sejnowski, principle investigator for the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, said. “Although we don’t understand why we sleep, we know for sure that it is essential, in that sleep deprivation [has] led to serious accidents,” he said. Many questions about sleep — such as why some animals sleep less than others, or why we sleep a certain amount each day — are still unknown to researchers. “The biggest surprise is that we still don’t know why we sleep,” Sejnowski said. He added that he hopes technology will advance to allow depressed patients to be treated with electrical stimulation in the future. Readers can contact Jerry To at jto@ ucsd.edu.

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fter a competitive Associated Students campaign season, A.S. President Utsav Gupta and A.S. President-elect Wafa Ben Hassine sat down with the Guardian to discuss some major issues and controversies the council faced this year, and those it may face in 2010-11. The two also commented on what they think the responsibilities of councilmembers — in particular, the president — should be. Ben Hassine said she envisions a council with a greater focus on external efforts, such as lobbying Sacramento to fight student-fee increases. Gupta, however, said he believes the council should concentrate primarily on internal efforts — ensuring the $3 million that students pay into the council ends up serving their best interests. Other topics included the possibility of opening an A.S. store in Price Center East, which Ben Hassine said would allow students to sell items such as “sweatshirts UTSAV GUPTA with Greek letters, organizational T-shirts, sustainable pens [and] sustainable bottles.” Gupta was more wary of the financial burden such an undertaking would present. He pointed out that the initial investment might be as much as $100,000. For two councilmembers who, only one week prior, were competing in a hotly contested race for the same post, Gupta and Ben Hassine remained calm and collected throughout the discussion. Gupta insisted his primary focus — now that he’s a lame duck — is to make the transition as smooth as possible for next year’s councilmembers. WAFA BEN HASSINE

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doing background research work, driving policies with Guardian: I’d like to start this discussion by addressapproval from council, researching policies to ensure ing the office of the president specifically. Utsav, we bring the best-educated decisions to council. every A.S. president has a different idea in mind G: Are there any projects started this year in particufor what role the council should play. In your mind, lar that you would like to pursue next year? what should the role of an A.S. president be here on WBH: There are quite a few. One of the ones that was campus? recently brought up by Tobias Haglund was the A.S. Utsav Gupta: I think the primary role for the A.S. store. I personally have not worked on it, but this year president is to represent the undergraduate interests to he’s been doing a lot of research on it. the best of his or her ability to the general It’s an exciting idea, where students can campus. In a lot of ways, we represent a share what they have and sell to the funnel where we have the administration general public if they want — sweathere at the top, students here at the botshirts with Greek letters, organizational tom. The only real connection they have is T-shirts, sustainable pens, sustainable the Associated Students, and it’s primarily I don’t know bottles. It’s something I’m definitely a position where you refer information what [council excited about. We went over the brief back and forth and try to move the student spending] could business plan that he made up, and I’m interest forward. looking forward to that. Wafa Ben Hassine: I also believe that the be wasteful at UG: A.S. store would be an investment, office of the president, in particular, is this point. and an investment that the council has kind of a channel between students and the administration. It holds responsibilWAFA BEN HASSINE to decide whether to make. Next council will decide, given appropriate research ity to council that’s ensuring that council A.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT and consideration. I would recommend is on the same page, and that we have to council next year to really take a close look at the good working relations with outside relations besides Associated Students. It’s showing the general population numbers and ensure that if we are creating an enterprise that it is profitable, and — if we don’t expect it to of students working together and having fun on this campus. be profitable — whether it’s worth creating a new serG: Utsav, you have taken a bit of criticism for allegvice in form of a retail place. A.S. store would represent edly going around the council and pursuing your at least [a] three- to five-year commitment, and the own agenda — maybe going around the council, via one-time cost would be the largest form of cost, in the your own staff that you built up around you within tens of thousands of dollars — potentially $100,000. the office of the president. How do you respond to G: While we’re on financial issues, let’s talk about that kind of criticism? the A.S. budget. Wafa: During your campaign, you UG: In regard to the staff of the president, I think that discussed the idea of cutting wasteful spending. What this is the first year where we’ve actually had a real staff are the things you currently want to address in putworking on specific projects and goals within the office ting together your budget for next year? of the president. In terms of going around council, WBH: I don’t know what could be wasteful at this there is no real way to go around council. I would ask point. I haven’t formed a committee yet, but particular for a specific example where we’ve been able to move attention is to the Sun God Festival budget because it’s around council in some way or another. The staff was really big, and that’s a very big chunk of our $3 million. working mostly on policy shifts and how to reach out to administrators, bringing policies forward to council, See A.S. PRESIDENCY page 6

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ment to my social life that — along with checking my grades — learning my work schedule for next quarter consumed my thoughts over vacation. All it took was a foray into my ACS mailbox to reveal my frightening fate: In the lottery of dining-hall assignments, I had drawn the dish room. I know, I know: Life is really what you make of it, and all that glasshalf-full crap. But after a long day of classes, it’s pretty much impossible to walk into a small room containing nothing but a swamp of greasy food scraps with a smile on your face. At the sight of the dish room, whatever shred of optimism I’d clung to before suddenly disintegrated. I trudged through the mustard-yellow doorway with head hung low, clad in a heavy hairnet. I couldn’t help it. All I could think about was the likelihood of one of my coworkers accidently gunning me with the wayward pressurized hose or me dousing myself in rancid hamburger water. But there was no time to waste: The constant flow of dirty dishes waits for no one. Not rain nor sleet nor apocalyptic earthquake can stop the gustatory flow of thousands of hungry college students. So I sucked it up and approached the most stubborn of dish room challenges: cleaning the pans of white rice. After a couple of hours in the cooker, the chemical structure of rice apparently forms a bond with See COUNTER page 5

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 8ZQ[WV ;a[\MU ,ZIQV[ ;\I\M :M[W]ZKM[ Dear Editor, According to a recent study, the U.S. — which makes up 5 percent of the world’s population — houses 25 percent of the world’s inmates. Our incarceration rate (714 per 100,000 residents) is almost 40-percent greater than that of our nearest competitors; it is 6.2 times that of Canada, 7.8 times that of France and 12.3 times that of Japan. Of all the 50 states, California leads the way in incarceration, in large part due to its Three Strikes Law. There are still thousands of men and women serving life sentences in California for petty, non-

violent drug-related crimes. Never before has a state denied basic liberty to so many of its citizens. Two-thirds of the inmates in California’s prisons are there for property and drug-related offenses. The incarceration of nonviolent offenders continues to grow to this present day. Until the 1970s, the corrections system was commonly seen as a way to prepare offenders to rejoin society. But since then, the focus has shifted from rehabilitation to punishment. The new system of punitive ideals is aided by a new relationship between the media, politicians and the public. A handful of cases in which a predator does an awful thing to an innocent person receive excessive media attention and engender

public outrage. The attention typically bears no relation to the frequency of the particular type of crime, yet laws — such as California’s Three Strikes Law, which can give a mandatory life sentence to a nonviolent offender — are born, and political careers are made on the basis of the public’s reaction to media coverage of such crimes. California’s incarceration rates are out of control. The state prison system should not be allowed to continue to drain state assets for political gains or ideologies while breaking the backs of the state’s education system and other human-resource organizations. —Larry Wallace Inmate, Folsom State Prison

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only benefit the public discussion to bring this to light. The original article may be found at www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/ bottom-line-shows-humanities-really-155771.aspx. —Matthew Brooks Senior, Sixth College

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she will spit them into the gutter, and they will clog the conveyor belt. If you don’t pick up the clean dishes, the trays will pile up until she’s jammed and refuses to work any longer. And if you don’t keep your queen stocked with detergent, she’ll screech at you in pained hunger. The machine — even on good days — emits a cacophony of clanks, hums and buzzes. My only hope for sanity was blasting AC/DC. At the end of the conveyor belt is a shelf supporting my only form of refuge: a trusty boom box. So, as long as my coworkers aren’t looking, I bang my head to Rise Against or practice my glide to R. Kelly. Sadly, this very same dance therapy was the cause of my poor little scalded toes. Apparently, steaming hot

water was draining out of a spigot at the end of the dish machine, and had formed a steaming puddle right in the middle of my dance floor. As I slid my sneakered foot across the tile, hot water soaked through my shoe and seared my piggies. You’d think a machine spewing hot water on the floor would be proper cause for concern; my manager, however, insists it’s supposed to do that. To prevent future burns, she said, I should keep a bucket there. Sure thing, boss. Eventually, the clock struck 10 p.m. I took one last look at the dish room and tossed my dirty apron in its proper pile. I was done fighting chemical bonds and busting embarrassing moves in the dish room — at least for the day.

ast week, the U.S. Library of Congress officially Tweeted its plan to archive all Twitter.com records dating back to the site’s inception in 2006. Despite its honorable intention to capture and preserve American culture as it is made, the records would infringe on personal privacy. In the past, the Library of Congress has cataloged media like the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and historically significant films and literature. Its move to permanently archive millions of personal updates — often detailing trivial daily thoughts — also debases the significance of other, more historical holdings. Whether Tweets regarding one’s personal life are involved or not, the potential litigation that could result from dissatisfied users should be enough for the Library of Congress to at least open up the issue to a public forum. Archiving the posts in the Library of Congress unjustly strips the site’s users of their ability to make posts visible only to users they’ve chosen, and to delete their accounts altogether — instead making every last 100-character rant indelible public property. The announcement underscores the huge impact Twitter has had on American culture and communication. But having only just celebrated its fourth anniversary, Twitter has not stood the test of time and could eventually end up being just a passing fad — which the Library of Congress has no business in archiving. —Andrew Kim Staff Writer

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he new plan to archive all Tweets is borderline ridiculous. The word “tweet� alone drags a nail-on-chalkboard scratch across an institution of historical prestige. However, as useless as the project seems, it poses no real invasion of privacy. Whether publicizing their opinions on There’s no harm health-care reform or in dusting off number a corner in the the of times they country’s most can burp highbrow library the ABCs, Twitter junkfor the world’s ies have full least formal knowledge they’re handnews outlet. ing over the rights to their daily musings to Twitter.com. If Tweeters are willing to expose their innermost thoughts online, the Library isn’t crossing any new lines by using their stream of consciousness for good old-fashioned research. It goes without saying that, most of the time, the grammatically obscene words of wisdom posted to the website — especially by our celebrity friends — fall in the category of meaningless gibberish. But, however superficial, the Twitter database is a telling chronicle of contemporary culture. There’s no harm in dusting off a corner in the country’s most highbrow library for the world’s least formal news outlet, especially when it comes to Internet phenomenons like the reaction to the Iranian election protests. Even if that also means constituting smart-phone bathroom updates as history. —Kelsey Marrujo Senior Staff Writer

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One of the first things as president I will do is charge a committee to look at the budget and make sure we’re allocating our money, and where it’s going is where it’s being spent — like the Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service, the Sustainability Resource Center, what have you — with programs that are being carried out. I want to make sure money’s being allocated wisely and appropriately to these different constituencies. G: So when you said you were going to cut wasteful spending throughout your campaign and endorsement interview, you weren’t referring to any specific line item or any specific spending? You were being general? WBH: I believe that we should look into if there is wasteful spending and eliminate it, because I do believe it’s part of institutionalizing activism, which is ensuring that the students’ fees are going to things and programs that benefit them — that we aren’t putting it to things that aren’t being carried out, or programs that look good on paper and don’t have general results coming out. I’ll charter a committee to look into that and see what in the budget might be useful. G: You mentioned responsible overallocation. In your mind, has there been any irresponsible over-allocation? How should the council fund

media organizations, and should the council’s re-examination of the existing guidelines continue? Are media orgs being funded too much? For example, No. 15 magazine is getting $9,000 for one 3,000-print run. UG: When I talked about responsible over-allocation, I meant considering how much we’re going to over-allocate by sticking with the numWe may bers throughgo into the out the year. A.S. Council negative for decided not next year.” to stick with UTSAV GUPTA the numbers we decided A.S. PRESIDENT on, and that’s irresponsible over-allocation when you take line items such as the media orgs’ funding at $45,000 per year and decide to allocate an additional $20,000 over that. That is going to strip even more into the carryforward, and because of those specific actions, we may go into the negative for next year and dip into our reserve. I think that’s a dangerous precedent to set — to continuously over-allocate line items — and it’s one that’s going to come back and bite the council. If they want to allocate $65,000 worth of media funding

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next year, where is that $20,000 going to come from? G: Wafa, you’ve voted on many of these allocations. In your mind, has there been any irresponsible overallocation? WBH: Whatever the students pay into [the A.S. Council] should go back to them the year that they’re here at UCSD. I think it’s really important that we keep our level of mandate reserves and level of carryforward in the minimum. Right now, it’s around $1 million, which is a third of our budget and quite a bit of money that’s not really necessary at this point. A lot of student orgs, multicultural orgs, what have you, all want more funding, and I do believe that we could allocate a little differently this year. The Vice President of Finance-elect Andrew Ang and I are thinking about increasing the student-org operating funds from $400 to maybe $600 or $800 — and this also depends on how we fit everything else into the budget as well. G: What kind of financial planning goes into determining whether there’s going to be too much allocation taking place, to the point where you have to run another student referendum? WBH: Doing the budget is — from what I know — it’s a balance of having enough of mandate reserves and carryforward and a balance of not

spending too much. And you want to try to avoid running referenda at all costs, but we’re actually in really good shape right now because our source of funding is guaranteed. And it’s quite a bit of money, so we have to make that distinction. You brought up media orgs — there are media-org guidelines that we aren’t really paying attention to, certain things like you have to fund 20 percent of your printing through advertising, and I feel like we should look into those more in order to determine how media orgs are funded and how we allocate media funding. G: Would you be a proponent of putting a cap on media-org funding? WBH: Not a cap, though it’s a possibility. We should look into the guidelines more to ensure that we don’t overspend. G: The guidelines seem kind of arbitrary. It seems like it’s kind of up to the Student Org Funding Advisory Board and the associate vice president of student organizations to determine what those recommendations are. WBH: The guidelines aren’t really arbitrary. They’re there, they’re just not being followed. I’ve talked to the VP finance now and VP financeelect, and there were mistakes that happened last year that we’ll try to avoid. If we’re obliged to put a cap on

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media orgs, we have to make sure we fund different orgs fairly, but maybe that’s an option we could consider. We need to revisit guidelines and ensure that we’re following them, which could mean that there’s a lot of research to be done into that before we formulate the budget this year. As president-elect, I’m meeting with people, discussing what they’d like to see in the budget, any recommendations — but that’s one thing in particular we should look into more than anything. There is no limit and that could be dangerous. G: I’d like to end on a slightly lighter note. Who are you looking forward to most at the Sun God Festival? UG: Definitely Drake. WBH: Michelle Branch.

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09 contract, they fell back onto the second set of guidelines. Under these secondary rules, the co-ops abide by a month-to-month pay plan — which they will continue to do until the new space agreement is drafted. However, one of Terzino’s suggestions at the meeting was a pay-as-you-can policy, which would lessen the financial burden on the co-ops until a new agreement is worked out. According to Rubens, this means that if the co-ops do not have the funds to completely cover their rent, they will not be reprimanded or evicted by the university. The committee will continue to meet throughout Spring Quarter. James said the meeting on Friday did not produce a finite consensus about what would be done in response to the co-ops’ requests. “The only official agreement that I heard in the last meeting was that we all agreed to have another meeting,� James said. “I hope we can get it done by the end of the year, because the whole constituency of the committee will change if it had to continue into next year — and that will complicate things a lot.� The next meeting will take place on Friday, April 24. Readers can contact Sarah Smith at sjs001@ ucsd.edu.

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just don’t think it is the right time now. As for Division-I sports, I think it is great to have a consultant helping us see if that’s possible.� Despite Ben Hassine’s reluctance to pursue a football team, Gupta said McAloose’s work is still valuable, because it will provide concrete financial projections for the university to review. “I hope that [Ben Hassine will] at least give students a choice,� he said. “It’s an issue students care about, and it’s the role of the president to be flexible and not push personal opinions.� McAloose will submit a proposal by the end of the summer. Readers can contact Megha Ram at mram@ ucsd.edu.

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applicants by assigning points to each component of their application — to the holistic review process used by UC Berkeley and UCLA. The holistic review process evaluates an application in its entirety. Brown said the UCSD Committee on Admissions is responsible for investigating the new program. “The faculty is responsible for developing and approving any changes in the admission policy,� Brown said. “At this point, the committee is currently conducting research and analysis on holistic review. In addition, several meetings are being planned to familiarize various faculty committees, student groups and staff with both holistic and comprehensive review processes.� Brown said she is uncertain when a holistic review process would be implemented, but said both forms of evaluating applications are effective. “Both holistic review and comprehensive review adhere to the guidelines approved by the Board of Admissions & Relations with Schools,� Brown said. “Our analysis shows significant agreement in outcomes between both processes.� Readers can contact Ayelet Bitton at arbitton@ ucsd.edu.

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you engage with language in ways you had never thought of before,� Trudgeon said. “She’s always been the sturdy backbone to the program and one of the more alluring attractions. In fact, she’s one of the reasons why I came to UCSD when I was in high school.� After she was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, Armantrout underwent surgery and chemotherapy. It was largely her ability to investigate her own mortality from an objective standpoint in “Dark Matter� that raked in such great acclaim. According to Armantrout, her poetry involves introspective reasoning — an activity that helps her unravel her thoughts more clearly. “Often, I start when I feel puzzled about something and I don’t know why,� she said. Though “Versed� has received more media attention than any of her previous collections — and, according to the professor, reacquainted her many old friends — Armantrout said she is unsure if her latest collection is indeed her best work, let alone her favorite. “I don’t know,� she said. “I think that it’s a good book — as good as the last book. It’s amazing how winning something seems to make everyone think that you’re better than you were before.� And as far as the future, this 2008 Guggenheim Fellow in poetry has no plans to stop writing or teaching anytime soon. In fact, Armantrout said she plans to release another collection of poems next spring. It’s called “Money Shot,� and it explores the furrows of the recent financial crisis. “Poetry gets me high somehow,� Armantrout said. “I get a charge out of it — it keeps me engaged. It is its own reward. It’s great to get prizes, but I was enjoying it before that. I’m just doing what I love doing.� Readers can contact Neda Salamat at nsalamat@ucsd.edu.

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beaten their opponent on March 2 by the same score, the Broncos were especially charged for their last home match of the season — taking to the court after pre-game festivities to honor their graduating seniors — which posed early problems for the Tritons. Pomona sent an early statement of intent: The Broncos’ No. 2 doubles team easily toppled the Triton pairing of junior Armaun Emami and freshman Austin West 8-2. “We started slow on doubles,� Nguyen said. “We weren’t firing all out, but we still pulled it together and came back strong.� However, the Tritons recovered from their slow start, when their No. 3 doubles team — sophomores Sam Ling and Jake Fellow — fought out an 8-6 win against their Bronco counterparts. Then, the newly formed pairing of junior Erik Elliot and sophomore Chapman Chan blew away Pomona’s No. 1 doubles team 8-0. Elliot carried over his on-court domination into singles play, sealing victory in a tricky three-set match against Pomona’s No. 1 Joshua Lauon.

The Tritons registered wins in five of six total singles matches, more than sealing their victory. The win marked the last of regional play for UCSD. The Tritons have only one more match against UC Riverside before they begin regional playoffs: Irrespective of the result against Riverside, they will compete in regionals as a three-seed in the Western region against Brigham Young University-Hawaii — a team they struggled against on March 24. “We have one more game at Riverside,� Nguyen said. “Then we go to Hawaii. We have to practice really hard because we got smoked last time we played Brigham Young University-Hawaii. We have to give them more of a fight and prepare for them. We’ll probably focus more on practicing harder through our Riverside match and be sure to come out strong for regionals.� The Tritons will play at Riverside this Wednesday before traveling to Hawaii for regionals on May 8. Readers can contact Liam Rose at lfrose@ucsd.edu.

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UCDC Info Session - Live and work in the nation’s capital while earning UC credit! All majors are invited to hear about requirements, deadlines, and the application process. Horizon Room, Career Services Center / 11am-12pm / Free C u lt u r e

11th Annual Hate Free Campus Awareness Week - The Intergroup Relations Program is proud to present the 11th Annual Hate-Free Campus Week: Education. Action. Equality. Price Center Plaza / 12pm / Free Discovering History: Holocaust Survivors in San Diego - Mrs Ehrenfried was born in Rakosliget, Hungary, and survived Muhldorf, Krakau-Plaslow and Ausburg concentration camps and Auschwitz II-Birkenau death camp. She will share the stories of her experiences in the Holocaust. Great Hall / 5-7pm / Free A Conversation on Mia Mingus - Mia Mingus is a a queer disabled woman of color, South Korean transracial adoptee, organizer and one of the Co-Executive Directors

of SPARK Reproductive Justice Now in Atlanta, Georgia. CrossCultural Center Library / 3-4:30pm / Free Pray the Devil Back to Hell Come and view the award winning documentary on a group of Liberian women who organized together to help end the Liberian civil war. Women’s Center / 5-7pm / Free H e a lt h

FITstop at RIMAC - Evaluate your relative fitness levels - Set goals & measure your progress Trained Student Health Advocates test your: Body Fat Composition, Grip Strength, Step Test Recovery Rate, Blood Pressure, Resting Heart Rate. RIMAC Wellness Room / 7-9pm / Free R ecr e ati o n

Bitchy Bingo - What do you get when you take a traditional game of chance and add fabulous drag queens with a fierce attitude? One hell of a night! The Loft / 9pm / Free Henderson and Extraordinary Friends: Roma Nights - Espresso Roma / 8pm / Free

Tuesday Apr 20 Career

Discover Your Dream Career Learn about the career decisionmaking process and get assistance with choosing a career path that is compatible with your skills, interests, values and personality type. **RSVP through Port Triton required. Round Room, Career Services Center / 2-4pm / Free Dental School: How to Prepare and Apply - Get an edge on your applications by attending this informative session to learn about preparing for dentistry, the AADSAS app and the admission process. Horizon Room, Career Services Center / 3:30-4:45pm / Free

Managing Conflict Resolution with Chinese Managers - Gloria Sandvik, a specialist in global strategy and awareness, will speak. Robinson Building Complex / 5pm / Free Find it Fast: Library Research for Busy People - Improve your research skills and save time by discovering how to identify the best sources for your information needs. Geisel Library / 2pm / Free R ecr e ati o n

The Spy Next Door - Price Center Theater / 6&9pm / $3 Student; $5 General

Wednesday Apr 21 Career

Industry Plaza Fest: Green Careers and Info - Network with non-profit & business organizations focusing on sustainability and environmentally conscious products and services. Learn about the industry, career positions parttime jobs, and internships. Career Services Center Plaza / 11am-1pm / Free Environmental Careers Panel Listen in as a panel of professionals gives you the inside scoop on environmentally conscious and sustainability-oriented careers. Horizon Room, Career Services Center / 2-3:30pm / Free Peace Corps Info Session - Learn about the adventure of a lifetime in one of 70 countries for education, business, health, computer science, agriculture, and environmental projects. Horizon Room, Career

Services Center / 4-5:30pm / Free C u lt u r e

The Myth of Europe: Whiteness (?) and Transnationalism - Leslie Quintanilla will be speaking on her study abroad & activism in Italy, including the Italian student movement and Migrant Rights movement in Europe. CrossCultural Center Art Space / 4-6pm / Free Doin It: Disability, Sex and Violence - Hate-Free Campus Week film Screenings. Office for Students with Dissabilities, University Center 202 / 2-3pm / Free H e a lt h

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Wednesday Strength, Step Test Recovery Rate, Blood Pressure, Resting Heart Rate. RIMAC Wellness Room / 7-9pm / Free Men’s Clinic @ Student Health Routine male exams, STD checks, etc - available Wednesday mornings at 10:00am - NO visit fee - NO appt, walk-in welcome. Student Health Conference Room #207 / 10am / Free Lecture

North Korea Under Sanctions: The Question of Arms Exports Dr. Daniel Pinkston, a Senior Analyst and Deputy Project Director with the International Crisis Group in

Seoul, will discuss North Korean sanctions and arms exports. Robinson Building Complex / 4pm / Free The Politics of Booms and CrisesEvidence from Latin America - A research seminar with Princeton Professor Daniela Campello. Institute of the Americas Complex, Deutz Room / 5pm / Free New Writing Series - Sarah Riggs is a poet, translator, and visual artist. She is the author of Waterwork. Monica de la Torre is a poet, translator and editor. She is the author of Talk Shows, and Public Domain. Visual Arts Facility Performance Space / 4:30pm / Free

Thursday Apr 22 Career

Perez, blends the inspirational stories of optimism and perseverance of undocumented students with the critical policy implications of the continuing neglect of comprehensive immigration reform. Reception and book signing to follow. CrossCultural Center Comunidad / 3:305pm / Free

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Daybreakers - Price Center Theater / 6&9pm / $3 Student; $5 General

Interview to Win - Preparing for an interview for a job or internship? An interview can make or break an employer’s decision to hire you. Learn how to start strong, anticipate the questions you’ll be asked, and follow up properly after your interviews. Horizon Room, Career Services Center / 11am-12:30pm / Free We Are Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream We ARE Americans by Dr. William

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Friday Apr 23

C u lt u r e

The Execution of Wanda Jean - Hate-Free Campus Week film Screenings. Office for Students with Disabilities, University Center 202 / 2-3pm / Free Visual Arts Presents: Mike Toillions SUBversive - Visual Arts Dept presents Michael Toillions SUBversive, a showcase of incredible Visual Music Project, a perfect blend of eye-catching visuals and sounds, performed live in real time. Visual Arts Facility / 8pm / Free Hate Speaking Seriously Funny Issues around hate, discrimination

and bias are brought to life in this entertaining and educational performance! PC East Ballroom / 7-9pm / Free R ecr e ati o n

DJ Proper: The Jump Off - Round Table Patio / 1-4pm / Free International Center Friday Café - Come join us for a lunch made up of recipes from the Silver Palate, a former food shop in Manhattan. Dishes will include: Chicken Marbella, rice, roasted vegetables, green salad, and a toffee cookie. International Center Patio / 12-1:30pm / $5

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Linguistics Dept. Heritage Language Program Film Festival - The second of five films in our 6th Film Festival,The King and the Clown takes place in 16th-century Korea and relates the story of a pair of street performers who mock the king and who are threatened with execution unless they can make the king laugh. AP&M 4301 / 11am / Free The Great Campus Race - Move Fast, Think Faster! 1st place wins $200, 2nd place $100, 3rd place $50. All UCSD students are invited to compete for prizes using teamwork, brains and speed by solving clues and finding locations on campus. Are you up for the challenge? Geisel Library / 1:303:30pm / Free

Farm2U - Farm2U is a weekly event introducing campus residents to local farmers. The farm moves to a different college each Wednesday to present fresh and delicious seasonal produce and goods. Dining Dollars Accepted! Café Ventanas / 3:30pm / Free

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The Tritons improved to 34-5 overall and 24-4 against teams in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. In Game One of the series, which took place on April 9 in Turlock, Calif., the Tritons rode an impressive performance by junior starting pitcher Tim Shibuya, who threw a complete game shutout allowing 10 hits with four strikeouts. The senior pitcher helped open the four-game series on a good note with a 7-0 win. The Tritons and the Warriors continued the series with a doubleheader on April 10, highlighted by a nailbiting end in the first game. Trailing 3-2 in the top of the ninth and down to their final outs, UCSD was left with only a glimmer of hope, until senior firstbaseman Brandon Gregorich stepped up to the plate coolly and hit a home run to tie the game at 3-3. Junior third baseman Evan Kehoe followed the game-tying homer with one of his own, giving UCSD a 4-3 lead. An unearned run put the Tritons up 5-3, and senior closer Daniel Simmons sealed the deal by striking out the side in the ninth. “[Gregorich’s] game-tying home run was awesome, and it really fired up our team and gave us the momentum,� Kehoe said. “When I stepped up, I was just trying to hit the ball hard somewhere, get on base and put some more pressure on the defense and the pitcher. I just turned on a pitch and happened to hit it out. It was one of the most exciting games I’ve ever been a part of.� Senior right-hander Matt Rossman started the opening game of the double header, and provided a solid effort throughout six innings: He allowed only two earned runs. The Warriors, demoralized after losing Game One of the doubleheader, handed the Tritons the momentum they needed to take the last two games of the series. Junior righty Guido

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After splitting a two game series against Cal State Los Angeles at home from April 15 to April 16, the Tritos travelled to L.A. for a road doubleheader against the Golden Eagles on April 17. UCSD battered Golden Eagle pitching to take games three and four, and improve their season road record to 13-1.

Knudson led UCSD to a 10-2 win by allowing just two runs over seven innings, striking out eight and walking none in the process. On the offensive side, junior designated hitter Blake Tagmeyer and senior catcher Kellen Lee both hit home runs, while Gregorich had a three-hit day and senior shortstop Vance Albitz tacked on a pair of hits and runs. On Sunday, the Tritons set their sights on a sweep, exploding offensively for 20 hits and 18 runs in an 18-5 win. Leading the onslaught was CCAA Player of the Week, Kehoe, who was four-for-five with three runs and three runs batted in, including two doubles. Junior catcher Michael Benton was right behind him going two-for-two with a pair of doubles,

three runs and three RBIs. But it was junior infielder Grant Bauer’s three-run shot that broke the camel’s back — he ended up going four-for-four with five RBIs and three runs. Six Tritons turned in multiplehit games, and five had multiple-RBIs. A major key to the Tritons’ successful offense this season has been the team’s constant ability to hit the ball into to the opposite field. The coaching staff has preached this philosophy, and the players have worked to improve their swings in batting practice off the tee and in the cage — specifically for the outside pitch. “I think the most important factor to our success at the plate is the relentless attitude that we stress as an offense,� Lee said. “It is 100 percent a mentality of beating the pitcher. Every

single one of our players buys into this philosophy of competing and never letting up. If you go into every at-bat with the confidence in yourself, more times than not, you will put together a quality at-bat.� UCSD returned to Triton Ballpark on April 15 with a four-game home series against Cal State Los Angeles. After dropping the first game 2-1, the Tritons won the next three with scores of 10-4, 13-6 and 5-4. UCSD improved to 37-6 overall with the win, and 27-5 in conference play. The Tritons return to action at home on April 22, when they open a four-game series against Cal State Dominguez Hills. Readers can contact Cameron Tillisch at ctillisc@ucsd.edu.

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On April 19, 1897, New York native John McDermott won the first-ever Boston Marathon with a time of 2:55:10. In last year’s 113th annual running of the event, Deriba Merga of Ethiopia won with a time of 2:08:42.

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In a showdown between the top two women’s tennis teams in the conference, the No. 15 Tritons toppled No. 19 Cal State Stanislaus to earn their seventh consecutive CCAA title.

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o. 15 UCSD needed a championship-caliber performance against No. 19 Cal State Stanislaus if the Tritons were to make it to seven straight regular-season titles. The Tritons and Warriors, tied atop league standings with eight wins and one loss, faced off on April 17 at the Northpoint Tennis Courts with the California Collegiate Athletic Association championship on the line. In a season in which the Tritons lost their 53-match conference winning streak at Cal Poly Pomona, they

wouldn’t be denied their seventh straight title. After suffering an unfortunate 5-4 road loss to Point Loma Nazarene University on April 15, UCSD rebounded to defeat Cal State Stanislaus 6-3, and claimed top conference honors. After three doubles matches at Point Loma last Thursday, the Tritons found themselves behind 2-1, and only managed to break even in singles with three wins and three losses. However, despite the loss to Point Loma, head coach Liz Laplante said the lady Tritons were confident going into the championship-deciding game against Cal State Stanislaus.

“The loss to Point Loma wasn’t that significant,” LaPlante said. “We didn’t have all our girls playing on Thursday. We knew we could win if everyone was healthy, came together and played well. And that is exactly what we did.” UCSD got off to a running start, winning all three doubles matches to take a commanding early lead. No. 1 singles team Taskeen Bains and Natalie Varnay heated things up with an early 8-3 win. They were backed up by the No. 2 team of Anita Anthavale and Jacquelyn Davis, who won 8-5, while No. 3 doubles team Cindy Dao and See W. TENNIS page 15

Tritons Take Seven of Eight Games -ZZI\QK 8TIa 8TIO]M[ /WTN ;MI[WV in Back-to-Back Series Victories UCSD golf does not qualify for team postseason; individuals still in the hunt for NCAA Super Regionals.

By Cameron Tillisch Senior Staff Writer

BASEBALL — Eager to return to their winning ways after a 19-game win streak was snapped by Cal State San Bernardino on April 3, the No. 3 Tritons went into a four-game series against Cal State Stanislaus set on restoring their elite status in the league. The Tritons came through in a big way with a four game road sweep of the Warriors, notching important wins of 7-0, 5-3, 10-2 and 18-5 over the seventh-place team in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. “We knew they would be a tough team to play, especially on a long road trip,” junior third baseman Evan Kehoe said. “They have good numbers as a team and play a similar style of baseball to us, but we just outplayed them all weekend. We played cleaner baseball than them, forced them to make mistakes and kept the pressure on them.” See BASEBALL page 15

By Matt Croskey

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Senior right-hander Matt Rossman allowed three earned runs on four hits in 6.1 innings against Cal State Los Angeles on April 16.

MEN’S GOLF — Over the past month, the Tritons have been busy preparing for California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship, set to take place later this week. And after closing the month of March with a pair of eighth-place finishes, the team had reason to believe it could make a strong postseason run — until a sloppy finish at the Hanny/Stanislaus Invitational on April 12 and 13 shattered the team’s shot at the NCAA postseason. UCSD has struggled all season to find consistent play in the fourth and fifth spots on its roster. With each team counting its four best scores from five, the Tritons were too erratic to compete at the same level every week. “By the time things got better, we were too far behind to make [the National Collegiate Athletic Association postseason],” head coach Mike Wydra said. “We’ve had flashes of brilliance, but no consistency this season. When people play well, we never get the fifth score. We usually have to eat that big fifth number.” The 54-hole CCAA Championship will still be packed with pressure for three Triton golfers. According to Wydra, senior Keith Okasaki has all but

officially qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals on May 3 to May 5 with consistent play throughout the season. Senior Raj Samra and junior Richard Morris are within striking distance of a spot as well, the coach said. Samra said he believes he needs a top-20 finish this week, and that he is confident that his game is in proper form to a make a run at the Super Regionals. (The NCAA selection committee has yet to release any official statistics.) “I really want to make it,” Samra said. “I am really good at performing under pressure, and I have been getting my confidence back. Over the past month, I have really been changing how I think about golf. I wasn’t taking it as seriously, and realized it was affecting my ability to make Super Regionals.” Samra’s chances for the postseason diminished when he was disqualified at the 60th Annual SoCal Intercollegiate from Mar. 22 to Mar. 23. According to league rules, players are required to have two signatures on their scorecard when turning it in. Samra failed to get his playing partner’s signature before submitting what would have been the Tritons’ second-best round on the day. “I handed it to him to sign, and assumed that [my playing partner] did it, since the card was closed when I got it back,” Samra said. “Apparently, he was just checking his scores with his scorekeeper and never signed it. I shot 76 and bogeyed the last two holes. Not having that score count toward my average See M. GOLF page 12

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