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VOLUME 53 ISSUE 22 THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016
THE USD VISTA
INSIDE NEWS 1-3
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Let’s talk politics
Learn how delegates work and the rules for California’s primary. ARTS/CULTURE 4-7
Impressions art exhibit
Toreros organize a photo exhibition on time, texture, and human form. FEATURE 8-10
Ranking Coachella
The best and the worst of Coachella Weekend 2. OPINION 11
The view on the Vistas
Questioning the benefits of the second year living experience. BUSINESS 12-13
It makes cents to change Harriet Tubman to the $20 bill Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on the new $20 bill. SPORTS 14-16
Niecee Nelson hired by IPFW
Former USD assistant leaves for her first head coaching job.
High on the highway BRANDON SHORT Contributor
Drunk drivers are not the only problem in California. An increase in drivers high on marijuana, including college students behind the wheel, has the state looking for a solution. UC San Diego has been given the task by California legislators to develop technology that will detect whether drivers are under the influence of marijuana. The legislators have allotted $1.8 million dollars in research money to the university. UCSD researchers plan to use driving simulators to study people’s behavior while impaired by marijuana. They hope to create a sobriety test that an officer could administer with a device, such as an iPad, to a possible suspect. As of now police can immediately and scientifically measure blood alcohol levels (BAC) of drunk drivers by using breathalyzers, but they don’t have the same ability
Photo Courtesy of dwightsghost/FlickrCC UCSD was granted state money to research ways to reliably test drivers for marijuana use.
to accurately identify stoned drivers. The breathalyzer test to determine BAC calculates how much alcohol is in the same portion of exhaled air by an individual. The problem with detecting marijuana is that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical responsible
for most of marijuana’s psychological effects, remains in a person’s body for a week or more after using the drug. As a result, a driver could test positive at a roadside stop days after a high, wrongly convicting them of being under the influence at that time. The legalization of
Wage gap is still a problem
Photo Courtesy of Calita Kabir/Flickr CC Women are typically paid 77 cents to every $1 that male counterparts make in the same job.
KRISTA PINYAN Contributor Across every profession women are being paid less than men and the University of San Diego Women’s Center is trying to combat that problem with wage negotiation workshops. Asking for more money can be difficult for anyone but women throughout the workforce are starting to speak up and sometimes even sue for wage discrimination. In a recent lawsuit members of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team demanded to be paid as much as their male counterparts. Despite the fact that the Women’s 2015 World
Cup finals match against Japan was the most-watched soccer game ever shown on a U.S. tv network, attracting over 25.4 million viewers, Women’s Professional Soccer players are still getting paid far less than men. The typical woman in America makes 78 cents to every $1 that a man makes, according to The Washington Post. Professional female soccer players are hit with an even larger wage gap. A recent New York Post article revealed that U.S. women soccer icons are paid nearly four times less than their male counterparts, despite performing better in
matches. In addition, U.S. Soccer has high expectations for the women; they predict the women’s national team to generate $17.6 million from up to 27 matches in the next year. In the same time period, they only expect the men’s team to bring in $9 million for up to 12 matches. Last month, five members of the women’s team filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Some have argued that the men’s team should get paid more, because they bring in more viewers and win more matches. However, this popular discrepancy is actually
See WAGES, Page 2
marijuana, which is gaining ground steadily throughout the country, will create the need to develop a roadside tool to detect impaired drivers. Junior Matt Kirk shared his concerns for driving under the influence of marijuana after being personally affected.
See STONED, Page 2
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