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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

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Police Arrest Suspects in Rady School to Offer Price Center Arson Case Master of Finance

BY Aleksandra konstantinovic

associate News Editor

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Two UCSD students are under suspicion of setting two fires in Price Center on Dec. 3, the same day the University Centers Advisory Board announced plans to open a Starbucks in place of Espresso Roma Cafe.

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CSD students Hoai Vi Holly Thuy Nguyen and Maya Land were arrested by San Diego Police last week for their suspected involvement with an two incidents of arson in Price Center which occurred on Dec. 3.

Police took Nguyen, 22, into custody after identifying her in surveillance video footage that showed her and a suspect later identified as Land entering and leaving Price Center, suggesting Nguyen’s participation in the ignition of two fires. According to Police Lieutenant Kevin Mayer, Land, 21, turned herself in following public release of the footage on YouTube.

According to a Feb. 7 report by the San Diego County Crime Stoppers, Nguyen and Land lit a fire after entering a bathroom on the first levels

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Hoai Vi Holly Thuy Nguyen and Maya Land, pictured in a still from Price Center surveillance footage released by San Diego County Crime Stoppers.

of Price Center East and West, leaving shortly thereafter. The two suspects then lit a fire in a bathroom on the second floor of Price Center, after Opinion re-entering the Arson is a building wearing dangerous and different attire. ultimately ineffective At the time of form of protest. the fires, police Read the editorial reported that board’s thoughts. hundreds of stu- PAGE 4 dents occupied the building, although no injuries were detected as a result of the fire. However, police evacuated the building for approximately one hour and 15 minutes while the fires were extinguished.

San Diego Police Department members James Johnson and See Arson, page 2

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Considering that I’m closer to my MacBook Pro than I am to most of my best friends and family, I felt betrayed when its hard drive randomly died during Week 3.”

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UCSD’s Rady School of Management introduced a new Master of Finance program for graduate students beginning in the 2014– 15 school year.

The 52-unit program comprises fall, winter, spring and summer quarter, with classes such as Investment and Analysis and Advanced Financial Risk Management. The program concludes with a summer project where students are meant to apply their education to a project from their own experience or workplace.

An announcement from the Rady School of Management emphasized UCSD’s ability to provide a unique perspective on a finance program.

“UC San Diego has a rich tradition in empirical and theoretical econometrics with some of the most widely used empirical models developed from the research of UC San Diego faculty,” the statement read.

“The emphasis on rigorous empirical data-driven methods differentiates the Rady School’s Master of Finance from programs specializing in financial engineering.”

Rady professor of finance Allan Timmerman also believes UCSD is an ideal campus to provide a Master of Finance degree.

“Some of today’s most important tools for risk management and forecasting of economic time-series were developed at UC San Diego and led to the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics being awarded to UC San Diego faculty Robert Engle and Clive Granger,” Allan said. “This tradition is reflected in the Master of Finance program’s focus on time-series econometrics, forecasting and risk management.”

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Vietnam War Memorial UCSA Launches Calif.

Unveiled in Revelle College Prop 13 Reform Campaign The “May 1970 Peace Memorial” pays homage to Revelle Plaza’s history as an arena of free speech.

BY justine liang

staff writer

Revelle College recently unveiled a memorial next to the Revelle Plaza fountain that honors student activism for peace. The May 1970 Peace Memorial features a semicircle plaque with a constellation of lights, a coral tree and a bench — to provide a site of remembrance for the campus protests for peace. The inscription on the plaque reads, “For George Winne Jr., the student activists of May 1970 and all those who continue the struggle for

a peaceful world.”

Ph.D. literature student Niall Twohig, along with a group of students in Thurgood Marshall College’s Dimensions of Culture program wanted to commemorate an important part of history that is often forgotten.

Spurred by conversations with DOC students in discussions five years earlier, Twohig and a few others wanted to have a memorial in the former free speech area in Revelle to remember the histories of activism from the 1960–70s. The plaque memorializes the events of May 1970 and the unrest among the UCSD student population and the rest of the nation due to the Vietnam War. One voice among the protests durSee Memorial, page 3

The new initiative, Fund the UC, aims to close tax loopholes and direct more money toward education.

BY Andrew Huang

Staff Writer

Almost 50 organizations from around the state have formed a coalition to actively campaign for reforming California’s Proposition 13. These reforms would bring an additional $6 billion in commercial taxes to ease the UC system’s budget deficit. The movement is currently spearheaded by the University of California Student Association, a campus-wide advocacy and student governance group.

Proposition 13 is known officially as the People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation and was passed

in 1978. It effectively froze annual real estate taxation to 1 percent of a property’s assessed value. This value could only increase by a maximum of 2 percent a year until the property changes ownership. At that point, a new base-assessed value would be assigned, which generally increases through the years. The measure was intended to lower strain and unpredictability for homeowners.

However, according to the UCSA, major companies like Wal-Mart and Chevron have heavily exploited the law because they have technically See prop 13, page 3

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Nguyen Pleads Not Guilty to Arson Charge ▶ aRSON, from page 1

Lieutenant Kevin Mayer were among those heading the investigation.

“The Metro Arson Strike Team worked very closely with UCSD to solve this arson case,” Mayer said.

Los Angeles Times reporter Tony Perry told the Guardian that police believe Nguyen and Land started the fires in protest of new developments in Price Center regarding a new Starbucks branch that will replace the fair trade Espresso Roma Cafe.

The fires were lit the same day that the University Centers Advisory Board voted 11-4-0 to open a Starbucks in Price Center.

The decision to place a Starbucks in Price Center was surrounded by controversy due to allegations that Starbucks violates UCSD’s University Fair Trade Policy, which targets coffees, teas, sugars, chocolates and creams.

According to a public Facebook post by Lee Aronson, a member at the UCSD Food Cooperative, police held Nguyen in custody for

72 hours.

“This evening we arrived at home and found that a search warrant had been executed on our apartment during the day,” Aronson wrote in the post. “During the arraignment, the prosecutor made several references to Vi as an activist, and during the search they seized several books associated with ‘the left.’”

Aronson asked for help finding legal representation for Nguyen and announced that only messages containing information about a defense attorney or words of support would be addressed.

According to a Feb. 7 Los Angeles Times article by Tony Perry, Nguyen pleaded not guilty to two counts of arson in a San Diego County Superior Court on Feb. 6. Police are continuing their investigation in search of more information.

“As always, we want to thank the public for their support and the tips they provide,” Mayer said. “The investigation is continuing.”

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Council “Empowers” Itself, Amends Amendments This week’s council meeting kicked between the college councils and the off with public input from Mariko A.S. council.

Marshall Senator Kathleen Maguire Kuga, VC Internal of Thurgood Marshall College, and last year’s directed the difficult question to the Marshall Senator on behalf of the rati- question master himself by asking, fication process of the A.S. Council “How would you, as a student leader, empower students?” She explains how bylaw changes.

“As a student I love feeling empow- she meets with students during office ered and that my voice is being heard,” hours and makes a conscious effort to Kuga said. “What’s the point of hav- speak to people about the constitution and about A.S. ing college councils new business “I haven’t had if A.S. is just going to Justine Liang time to empower have a campuswide JJl096@ucsd.edu students because vote.”

I’ve been attending I guess this meeting’s theme is “empowerment,” as it councils.” King said. Naturally, chaos was repeated frequently throughout ensued, so council moved on to the Reports of Members. the rest of the meeting.

The subsequent two hours con“I’m getting really, really empowered by my senator project, so I want sisted of back and forth amendments to help share the love with my other to amendments, of which A.S. Advisor senators if they haven’t started their and Daily Operations Manager projects yet,” physical sciences Senator Hayley Weddle summed up my feelings entirely, “You can’t make amendSierra Donaldson said.

No, not quite the empowerment I ments to amendments … or else it just gets too Inception-y.” was thinking of.

The back-and-forth amendments During question time, VP External Affairs Vanessa Garcia asked, “How do felt like Inception. VP Finance Sean you perceive our councils react to each O’Neal voiced my own thoughts: “Can other? A. Federal government and the we move the conversation forward state, B. as seven equitable governing and not talk about this amendment for three hours?” bodies, or C. neither?”

Maguire then brought up what stuI wasn’t the only one who was dents who attended her office hours confused.

“Can questions be asked to ques- said in regards to the A.S. Council and tions in question time?” a senator college council conflict — “They [A.S.] remarked. Robert’s Rules indicated are buttholes. Whose voice are you representing, other than your own?” that it was fine.

Strong language aside, she makes Social Sciences Senator Colin King turned the questions of questions into a point.

“I could spend all of my term to something more philosophical. “What do you think is the difference between have A.S. spend money on a naked student empowerment and student rave,” Maguire said.

Hold on there. Naked rave? What? leader empowerment?”

“Even though there was a lot of Really, they were going for empowerment after Kuga’s first introduction time put into something doesn’t mean of it — yet all this empowerment they it’s good,” Maguire finished before she spoke of goes back to the conflict was called out for being germane.

Memory of War Activist Winne Immortalized in Revelle College ▶ memorial, from page 1

ing the time was George Winne Jr., a UCSD graduating senior in History.

He chose to self-immolate in Revelle Plaza on May 10, 1970 as an antiwar message. Although faculty and students have held vigils in Revelle Plaza to remember the students who protested, Twohig and the students felt that Winne’s memory fell into disrepute.

“Many people forgot his anti-war message and instead characterized him as a psychologically troubled loner who was disconnected from any social movement,” the supporters of the May 1970 Peace

Memorial said in their proposal.

According to Twohig, the idea for the memorial is to promote peace and to have a piece that represents student activism and the history behind student protest — an often buried or forgotten history — and so the memorial aims to restore the history to the campus space.

“Far from being a loner, Winne’s gesture was linked to countless people at UCSD, across the nation and around the world who desired a peaceful world and an end to warfare,” Twohig said.

«The goal is to represent the desire that Winne and the student activists of stood for — a desire for peace and justice.”

With the help of literature professor Jorge Mariscal, director of the DOC program, students worked closely with the Resource Management and Planning staff on the design of the memorial to bring the concept to life.

“I hope that long after the people who worked on the memorial are gone, others will return to the site and find inspiration in its history and message,” Twohig said. “I hope that they see a larger shape beyond the individual and collective acts of 1970 — a desire that links student activists across time and across space.”

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Nobel Laureate to Teach Part of Rady’s New Masters Program ▶ Finance, from page 1

Another Nobel laureate, Harry Markowitz, will be teaching a portion of the program.

Rady’s MBA programs cost about $85,000 a year according to Business Week, with accepted applicants posting an average GPA of 3.29

and an average GMAT score of 683.

The school was not considered in Business Week’s annual rankings of business schools in 2012. Rady is primarily a graduate school, though UCSD undergraduates can earn a business or accounting minor in conjunction with the business school.

Each of the three major universities

around San Diego has its own, fulltime business school, though none has been ranked by Business Week.

This year, Rady will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of hiring its founding faculty in 2004.

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Proponents of Amendment Hope to Have Ballot Initiative by 2016 ▶ Prop 13, from page 1

never changed hands. This means that they are still paying the same 1975 tax levels as when the proposition first passed. Due to this alleged loophole, the state is losing out on at least $6 billion in tax revenue every year.

On its official Fund the UC webpage, UCSA said that the effects of Proposition 13 exacerbates California’s economic crisis and negatively impacts the UC campuses as budget cuts and tripled tuition rates take their toll on students.

According to their website, the UCSA and its allies are pushing for a ballot initiative in 2016 to amend Proposition 13. They seek to remove the cap on commercial property taxes to restore the $6 million of funding back into California and the education system. Since 2011, they have called on all UC students to organize in support of Fund the UC. Efforts include educational sessions and a postcard campaign at UCSD to raise awareness for reforms.

The UCSA, founded in 1968, has dedicated itself to upholding

California’s Master Plan for Higher Education and fighting for the “access, affordability and quality of UC education,” in accordance with its mission statement. Along with Fund the UC, its other projects include IGNITE, Fossil Free UC and Proposition 30 campaigns.

A.S. VP External Affairs and USCA Board of Directors member Vanessa Garcia could not be reached for comment.

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Fighting Fire Dissatisfied students should look to one of the many safe avenues of protest to voice their displeasure with university policies and changes.

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ur campus may seem a bit sleepy, but setting fire to Price Center is certainly not the way to wake it up.

Police have arrested the suspects behind last December’s arson case — two UCSD students who may have been protesting University Center Advisory Board’s decision to replace the fair trade Espresso Roma with a Starbucks. But regardless of their motives, the suspects’ actions were in the wrong direction completely.

Now, we’re all for liberating the student voice and advocating free speech on campus, but arson is pretty far removed from the average picket sign protest on Library Walk. The suspects started two fires in two different Price Center restrooms and endangered hundreds of students, faculty and staff. Fortunately, none of the hundreds of students in Price Center were harmed and both fires were quickly extinguished.

We can’t help but take issue with both the crime and its purported motive. It doesn’t take a rocket physicist (or any educated university student) to know that setting a fire in a crowded place could injure or even kill people. That See arson, page 5

Faulconer Must Bridge City’s Partisan Divide

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evin Faulconer cruised to victory in Tuesday’s election to elect a new full-time mayor for the city of San Diego, and with Faulconer came a sense of resolution to the whole mayor revolving-door game.

With the councilman’s win over his city council colleague Democrat David Alvarez, the Republican Faulconer is set to become the fourth person to serve as mayor within the past 16 months. Now, America’s finest city has an opportunity to finally settle down and work toward resolving the Barrio Logan debate, saving the Chargers, creating jobs for UCSD alumni and cleaning up La Jolla’s smelly bird poop problem.

Faulconer told a crowd of his supporters Tuesday night that party politics shouldn’t define this city’s operations, and reminded them “it’s about us being San Diegans.”

That mantra will be critical for a city weary of weak leadership from

a city hall whose mayoral job is “non-partisan” while the city council is controlled by Democrats. Just saying the words “Bob” and “Filner” next to each other invokes negative feelings about local leadership as the former congressman’s short stint as mayor was marred by scandal and stubbornness to work with the tourism industry, among others.

We’re concerned that willingness to work with members who disagree with him may not one of Faulconer’s stronger attributes.

With the current San Diego City Council split 5–4 in favor of Democrats (Faulconer will likely be replaced by a GOP member), the new mayor will need to be able to bridge the partisan divide in order to make progress and get legislation passed while in office.

If Faulconer is as dedicated to bipartisanship as he says he is, then the city will be able to fluidly address the pressing issues that 2014 and beyond will bring to San Diego.

Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought in California and San Diego is not immune to the lack of rainfall or water. Mayor-elect Faulconer will need to prioritize addressing the water shortages as soon as he takes office because water is a necessity for all San Diegans and not a partisan issue.

Additionally, Faulconer will have his feet wet this summer when San Diegans will go to the polls to vote on two referenda this June.

One proposition would reset talks on the Barrio Logan industrial rezoning, and the other concerns a linkage fee tax on new businesses that pays for affordable housing units. Watching Faulconer as he responds to big city issues that divide voters and constituents will paint a real picture of what this mayor is all about.

The UCSD Guardian wishes Faulconer luck with his new digs and that he’ll stay true to his goals for office.

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s everyone’s midterm hell weeks continue, I’m going to warn you now that you better back up your files or pay up.

Because these days, losing everything on your hard drive will not only break your heart and piggy bank — it will also make you lose your mind.

Considering that I’m closer to my MacBook Pro than I am to most of my best friends and family, I felt betrayed when its hard drive randomly died during Week 3. I was so depressed that no amount of red velvet Sprinkles cupcakes would have made me feel better.

According to Dave from the Fashion Valley Apple Store, a hard drive failure could have been caused by anything; moving my laptop while it was powered on, putting my laptop in a backpack or basically everything that you’re supposed to be able to do with a laptop, can kill a hard drive.

The shitty piece of metal that stores basically everything in your life rely on two highly sensitive, constantly spinning little “heads” that read and write data onto the drive. If these heads become misaligned or dislodged from any heat or tiny vibration at any point while using your laptop, it’s pretty much time to cry.

I don’t know what I raged about more: The fact that I lost all the photos and documents from the past two years of my life or the fact that after only two years of use, I had to pay big money to fix it. The Genius Bar charges a ridiculous $180 for replacement and installation of the same type of mediocre hard drive. Even the Geek Squad counter at Best Buy charges $50 just for installing a replacement (which you still need to buy yourself), a job that requires not much more than 10 minutes and access to a screwdriver.

Dave recommended a more reliable replacement in the form of a solid-state drive that performs faster and is less susceptible to damage or failure, but costs around five times the price per gigabyte of storage. Since I was desperate and definitely could not handle the stress from another crappy hard drive failure, I reluctantly agreed, bought that ridiculously expensive little box and bullied my boyfriend into installing it for me.

I’m happy that I’m no longer watching a sad screen of “deadhard-drive” gray, but if I had put my thousands of photos and important documents on my computer onto an external drive, or even my DropBox account, the disaster would have felt less intense. In that situation, I’d still have to pay for a replacement, but I would have been less overwhelmed about completing upcoming assignments and happily accepted pity chocolate from my friends.

Computer companies probably should just use better hard drives to begin with, but take it from me: Instead of crying the night before your next paper is due, make it a point to back up your files. Save yourself the unnecessary stress, have a happy Valentine’s Day and don’t ruin good chocolate with wasted tears.

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▶ arson, from page 4 this was likely over something as trivial as a coffee shop only leaves us shaking our heads. The fair trade movement that campaigned against Starbucks wants better wages for the coffee workers in South America and elsewhere, but we can’t imagine that burning down a building full of UCSD students does much to further that agenda. Apparently, the suspects (who seemed to have planned this incident out) did not stop to think about the safety of their fellow students or the staff who would have to extinguish the fires.

It’s certainly a shame that UCSD students decided to go to such inexcusable lengths because they may very well have discredited the entire “anti-Starbucks” movement on campus. Individuals who have worked hard on fair trade policy efforts and advocated their cause reasonably will forever be associated with the irresponsible girls who tried to set fire to Price Center. We recognize that this was an isolated case that should not be representative of the entire group, but the event will inevitably be associated with fair trade fighters in future conversations.

If the incident truly was meant to spark a protest, it’s also puzzling that the suspects found it necessary to resort to crime to spread their message. There is no shortage of options on campus for students to express their dissatisfaction with administrative policies and the like — for example, students can author resolutions, stage high profile protests on Library Walk and maybe even write a letter to the editor at the UCSD Guardian. (A.S. Council regularly reads us.) With so many potential avenues of influence at

their disposal, it’s quite ridiculous that any student would essentially throw away their career and future in such an incendiary act.

Even with all these possibilities in place, some of the campus’ anti-establishment enclave may find a way to point fingers at the administration and complain that the “institutionalized” nature of the protest process doesn’t allow for expression. However, we suggest that those pining for a Berkeleystyle rebellion environment should, to be frank, grow up. Rather than trying to “fight the machine” or set fire to campus, it might be prudent for these people so bent on changing the world to attend lecture every once in a while and possibly even get a job. A UC education doesn’t come cheap — that money shouldn’t be wasted on an abstract and irresponsible form of protest.

Instead, the students should have taken a look at past protests on campus that have worked. For example, despite being blatantly insulted and offended by the racism of the 2010 Compton Cookout, the Black Student Union took the appropriate steps to ensure that African-American students are better and more accurately represented at our school. Instead of resorting to anarchy, the Black Student Union worked well with university administrators to meet their needs. This cooperation culminated in the opening of the Black Student Resource Center in the Student Center in the spring of 2013.

The moral of the story is that if a student feels particularly affronted by a university decision, there are far better ways for them to vent their feelings and start catalyzing change. And most importantly: Just don’t set fire to stuff. It’s a felony.

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The Guardian takes you through Valentine’s Day by the books, from its Enthralling past to the BUDDING ROMANCES OF THE PRESENT. by thuy pham senior staff writer design by flavia salvadori

II. Virile and Venereal, PART 1

I. Introduction We associate the word “Valentine” with pink hearts and passionate love, but its Latin root, “valens,” actually means strength. We also imagine that Valentine’s Day originated from Saint Valentine, a third-century priest who coincidentally died on Feb. 14, but it actually stems from an even more ancient Roman fertility feast. Saint Valentine did exist and was not just the patron of love but also the patron of beekeeping, fainting, plague and epilepsy. However, the holiday that we see so iconically loving now has always been swathed in red: blood from sacrificed goats and dogs, blood from the “ceremonial” whipping of women to increase fertility and the blood from the decapitated heads of martyred saints.

Lupercalia: the ancient, Roman version of Valentine’s Day. The fertility feast was also celebrated around Feb. 14; however, everyone would be drunk and naked (perhaps the unlinked connection to the past and present of Valentine’s Day). Rather than the cliche candy hearts and red roses, men showed their love by whipping women with the hide of slain animals. Usually a goat would be sacrificed, and then their skin would be dipped in blood before it was used. Women would line up in droves to get beaten, thinking that a hunk of blood-soaked goatskin would make them more fertile. In addition, couples sexed it up in a whole different way: The names of single ladies would be placed into an urn, and bachelors would draw out their “lucky” girl. Lucky, of course, meaning spending the next year copulating with each other.

V FOR VALENTINE’S DAY V. Veiled & Vicious, PART 2 Saint Valentine, who lived during Emperor Claudius II’s reign in Rome, is the one we allegedly name the holiday after. Valentine was a third-century, Christian priest who married people despite Claudius’ ban on marriage (the ban being enacted so that men were not distracted with distant lovers during military campaigns). He was beaten with clubs and stones, and finally decapitated, on Feb. 14 for allegedly aiding Christians in Rome. But it was before his death that he had written a letter to the jailer’s daughter, whom he befriended and possibly loved. The letter was signed “from your Valentine,” thus writing the first Valentine card in history.

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III. Virile and Venereal, PART 2 Apparently, Lupercalia was so romantic that France and England were struck with the same idea during the Middle Ages. Not the women-beating part, just the drawing a name out of the hat (thank God). The men erred on the charming side and would draw a heart on his sleeve, indicating his commitment to a particular love interest for the year. This is a possibility of where the notion of “wearing your heart on your sleeve” came from.

However, if a man was displeased with a woman’s dancing and cooking skill and left her, she would isolate herself for a week before banding together with all the other spurned women to burn the drawn names (the women were then called “Valentines”).

IV. Veiled & Vicious, part 1 The ancient Roman’s Lupercalia feast gave us the holiday’s theme of fertility — in which we romanticized into love, but they could have also been responsible for the naming.

Saint Valentine’s perceived influence on the holiday is actually very vague, especially since there have been at least three figures identified with this name. In addition, there are many different stories and legends on how these fabled men have come to influence the holiday. Other than nomenclature and ordained sainthood, the only thing these men shared was their violent ends. Medieval miracle plays would depict Bishop Valentine of Terni brutally beaten, blood-splattered and then decapitated before angels took him away. That sounds like love.

by the

Romance 145 M

The unit amount of Valentine’s Day cards purchased.

151 M

The approximate number of cards exchanged each Valentine’s Day.

Varieties of Hallmark’s available Valentine’s Day greeting cards.

1,400

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6 Million

11,000

The percentage of men and women who say sex is an important part of Valentine’s Day. Average number of children conceived each Valentine’s Day

1.2 to 1

Ratio of single men in their 20s to single women in their 20s

The percentage of people who will type a romantic text message.

.33 to 1

Ratio of single men 65 and older to single women 65 and older

VI. Venerated & Veering, PART 1

The average amount pet owners spent on their pets on Valentine’s Day in 2012.

$4.52

The number of people who expect or are planning a Valentine’s Day marriage proposal.

85%

Numbers

$130.97

The per person average estimated amount that people will spend on Valentine’s Day.

$18.6 B

The total spending that will be reached by Valentine’s Day.

224 million

The estimated number of roses grown for Valentine’s Day.

$1.9 billion -- The amount people will spend on flowers.

51%

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36%

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VII. Venerated & VeerinG, PART 2

Martyrdom was more common back in the day, and the Catholic Church honored them by creating St. Valentine’s Day. Later, Pope Gelasius I thought of combining its celebration with Lupercalia to When Hallmark caught wind of creating Valentine’s Day cards in “Christianize” the pagan ritual. Plus, they were on the same day. In 1913, the holiday would never be the same with industrial-level the Catholic version, people had clothes on, but everyone was still drunk, and love and fertility were still abounded. During the same time, production of the iconic cards.

Normans celebrated a similar-sounding holiday, which could have been responsible for the confusion: Galatin’s (meaning “lover of women”) Day. The transition from fertility and martyrdom to love is further sped up because of Chaucer (14th century) and Shakespeare (17th century).

If you have a significant other on Valentine’s Day, think These men romanticized and sugarcoated it, popularizing and about how love has conquered all; no more beating women altering the meaning of Valentine’s Day throughout Europe. and beheading saints — only the overdone Hallmark cards Chaucer, in his “The Parliament of Foules,” mentioned and chocolates and roses. If you are single, consider yourthat “Seynt Valentyne’s Day” is “Whan every foul self saved from this bloody holiday and its turbulent hiscometh ther to choose his mate.” Similarly, tory. If you side on one side or the other, or just ambivalent Shakespeare said in “Hamlet” that: “Toto it all, Valentine’s day is just around the corner and on a morrow is Saint Valentine’s day / All in the three day weekend. Maybe it is just a little special. morning betime, / And I a maid at your window, / To be your Valentine.”

VIII. Conclusion

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Directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch Written by Laura Marks Cast Jennifer Ferrin, Carlo Alban, DeAnna Driscoll, Amanda Naughton, James Shanklin, Sylvia M’Lafi Thompson Runs Jan. 25 to Feb. 23 Location The Old Globe Theatre

F

ive years ago, Laura Marks lost her job in the financial sector to the recession.

Naturally, she turned to her lifelong passion for theater to alleviate the stresses of unemployment, a transition that culminated in the play “Bethany.”

Inspired by post-layoff anxieties, “Bethany” is a complicated drama that attempts to tackle the still-sensitive topic of the 2007 housing crisis but has difficulty grounding itself in reality. The story centers around Crystal (Jennifer Ferrin of AMC’s “Hell on Wheels”), a Saturn saleswoman, and her struggle to regain her footing after losing her home to the recession.

In her efforts to turn her life around, she finds herself squatting in the suburbs with Gary (Carlo Alban), a paranoid conspiracy theorist with a penchant for swinging planks at intruders.

With a sitcom-style premise like that, “Bethany” fails to really address the issue of the housing crisis (it becomes confusing whether this was the play’s intent at all) and instead detours into an alternately dark and jarringly blithe tale of the frightening depths to which Crystal is willing to go to survive. Because of this focus, Crystal is the only character who enjoys fully fleshed-out development; the rest of the cast are criminally underutilized, and Marks doesn’t quite know what to do with them. Gary, in particular, suffers from superficial writing, becoming an expendable, “fight-the-Man” caricature. Meanwhile, James Shanklin’s Charlie, a questionable motivational speaker, is entertainingly sleazy until the character takes a repulsive turn in the latter half of the play.

One-dimensional characters aside, the play is partially salvaged by Ferrin’s powerful portrayal of Crystal’s escalating desperation; Ferrin is consistently strong until the final few scenes, when she (and the play) begins to lose credibility with the audience. In the last quarter of the play, the task of suspending the audience’s disbelief is made increasingly impossible

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as the action dissolves into a bewildering and abruptly violent conclusion that takes Crystal’s moral ambiguity perhaps a step too far.

Though bogged down by a clumsy script, the staging in “Bethany” is very effective — light and sound are highlights of the production that accurately manipulate the atmosphere of key scenes. Noteworthy mention goes to sound staging during scene transitions, in which the music blasting through overpowering surround sound fades to tinny, in-store pop as we cut from the house to the Saturn dealership.

Overall, however, small moments when individual pieces of the production shine aren’t enough to gloss over the play’s jarring problems. That the story strays from its own premise and offers no insight on the housing crisis only adds confusion to a plot that already suffers from a relatively short, hour-and-a-half running time. Cuts made from the original Off-Broadway version scrap crucial context that help justify Crystal’s actions, ultimately creating an unsympathetic heroine whose actions leave the audience disoriented and unpleasantly bewildered.

— Rachel Huang

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AYAD AKHTAR

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s if receiving the crown of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama last year wasn’t enough, Ayad Akhtar has found success in his series of works.

With a penchant for exploring cultural identities in the MuslimAmerican community, the writer of the 2012 novel “American Dervish” and the Pulitzer-winning play “Disgraced” has just debuted his second play, “The Who and “The Who and the the What,” at the La Jolla Playhouse on What” will be playFeb. 11. Focusing on women in Musliming at the La Jolla American culture, the play follows Zarina, Playhouse Feb. 11 who clashes with her family when she writes a book about women and Islam, and March 9. creating a rift between traditional family values and contemporary society.

Guardian: What were your inspirations in writing the play “The Who and the What”?

Were there any significant events in your life that influenced the writing?

Ayad Akhtar: I’ve always wanted to write a story about relationships in the MuslimAmerican community. It came to me as I was in a cab; I was looking at the television, you know the ones in those cabs, and there was an ad for “Kiss Me Kate,” which is based off “The Taming of the Shrew.”

I think it’s a great play, but it just doesn’t respond to where gender policies are today amongst certain men and women. I realized the gender policies in “The Taming of the Shrew” make perfect sense in the context of the culture that I come from.

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G: A lot of your work deals with Islamic culture, whether it’s identity, religion or integration. What kinds of discussions are you looking to create with your

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AA: You know, what I really want to do is create an absorbing experience for the audience. I want them to be engaged on many levels and whatever conversation they have after; I don’t want to convey a particular message. I just want the audience to experience, as deeply as they can, the story. I don’t think of my stories or my characters as exhibitions or items in which the audience comes and looks. It’s really about leading the audience to a place of union, if possible. The Muslim-American identity is almost secondary to the universality of it.

G: In “The Who and the What,” you’re exploring Muslim-American culture and intersectionality with gender. What was your inspiration to write about this topic?

AA: I’m a writer, so I sometimes write about writers, and [the main character Zarina is] a writer. The issue of femininity in Islam is a longstanding theme in all my work.

G: How was the reaction to your works in general, from your own community and the outside public?

AA: I think it’s complicated; I think some people appreciate it a lot, and other people feel like they have some problems with the way I’m going about it. I think there’s a lot of complaints amongst people who are not happy with what I’m doing — that I’m airing dirty laundry. But that’s what writers do: They uncover the larger picture of what’s happening in a community.

G: How have you reacted to all this success and attention?

AA: It’s a learning curve. It’s nice that people are paying attention now, so I have the opportunity of doing what I’m doing, but with new scrutiny comes new challenges. What I try to stay focused on is becoming a better writer.

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"After the disco" by broken bells

release Date Feb. 4

Broken Bells successfully deliver danceability on their sophomore album.

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Labor Day Director Jason Reitman offers a paradoxically well-made yet remarkably colorless film that results in mediocrity.

Directed by Jason Reitman Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire rated PG-13 release Date Jan. 31

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he month of January is infamously known as the dumpmonth for Hollywood’s garbage films, right after Oscar contenders are screened and too early for summer blockbusters. “Labor Day” was one of the better films to hit theaters in January, but that isn’t saying much, given its competition.

Based on the Joyce Maynard novel of the same name, “Labor Day” was written and directed by Jason Reitman, known for his quirky, critically acclaimed, artistic comedies like “Juno,” “Up in the Air” and “Thank You for Smoking.” With “Labor Day,” Reitman departs from his well-known whimsical style and aims for an intense romantic drama with elements of a comingof-age story and a home invasion thriller. Unfortunately, these exciting elements never come to fruition. Reitman set out to make an Oscar winner, casting top-tier actors — including Academy Award winner Kate Winslet and nominee Josh Brolin — as he hoped to release the film alongside potential award competitors in December. But after poor reception at last year’s film festivals, Paramount shifted the release away

from the Christmas holiday to the January rubbish bin, understanding that this film was a losing venture.

“Labor Day” tells the story of a depressed mother, Adele (Winslet), and her son (Griffith), who are held hostage in their own home after they give escaped criminal Frank (Brolin) a ride. This begins as a potentially interesting home invasion thriller, but after a predictable case of Stockholm syndrome, Adele falls for Frank, and this film heads in the direction of a Nicholas Sparks story and eventually surpasses it, turning into one of the most schmaltzy romance films in a while.

At first, Frank is helpful around the house, doing chores and cooking delicious food. It quickly becomes obvious that Adele is going to need him in the bedroom for something other than changing the sheets or washing the windows. This concept would generally lend itself nicely to a Lifetime Channel original film.

The whole thing was a far-fetched, ridiculous melodrama.

Reitman’s direction and execution almost saves this film. There are a few rather tense, edge-of-yourseat moments — the first scene

involves a bleeding Brolin coercing an emotionally frail Winslet into giving him a ride, and it feels like a terrifying setup for a thriller. But engaging scenes in the rest of the film are sparse. With an experienced director and talented actors with impressive IMDb resumes, “Labor Day” should’ve been a smarter, more interesting and more insightful film.

Unlike Reitman’s past films, “Labor Day” lacked flair, wit or anything that would have made this drama worthwhile. This film was simply bland and for the most part, very predictable. This film was certainly not an easy thing to watch.

Like its namesake, “Labor Day” is a labor to sit through. The almost two-hour long runtime of “Labor Day” is punishing, and it is difficult not to get restless, especially when a significant portion of this film involves longing stares and doing banal chores. All of these dull and banal moments are filmed well, but Jason Reitman isn’t quite able to save it.

All those who asked, “What do you get when you cross The Shins and Danger Mouse together?” had their question answered in 2010, when Broken Bells — a duo of Danger Mouse (the stage name of musician and producer Brian Burton) and The Shins frontman James Mercer — released their self-titled debut L.P. “Broken Bells” proved that Mercer’s and Burton’s unique styles served as perfect complements to each other, with an eclectic yet cohesive mash of funky, soulful, psychedelic and electronic sounds.

With their newest album, “After the Disco,” Broken Bells offers yet another paradox: The record bounces around musically but flows seamlessly all the same.

They play up an eerie, futuristic sci-fi vibe, and feature an upbeat electronic vibe typical of Danger Mouse’s work in combination with the resigned ballads evocative of The Shins’ “New Slang.”

But Broken Bells also takes its sound in new directions. The vocals stand out in particular, with

neat layering, snazzy effects and an overall sweet tone. And most notably, the music is, well, groovier.

Contrary to what the title might indicate, “After the Disco” is not a disco record, and its disco influences are surprisingly minimal, with the exception of the Bee Geesinspired single “Holding On For Life.” But it’s nonetheless far more danceable than the previous record.

Its dark lyrical themes of loneliness and heartbreak make it suited for a despondent loner with a little boogie left in his shoes after a long night of dancing. And in that sense, the album’s title seems apt.

In the album’s title track, Mercer sings, “After the disco/ All of the shine just faded away.” And on “Control,” he touches on the transitory nature of life: “Nothing’s permanent in life/ So it’s useless to hold on so tight.” So it goes. For the time being, at least, it’s clear Broken Bells’ shine hasn’t begun to fade.

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complementing our pitching with a little better defense and a little more pressure offensively,” UCSD head coach Eric Newman said of the first two games.

For the final — and most exciting — game of the series, the Tritons traveled north to Los Angeles to battle the Golden Eagles at Reeder Field.

From the onset, it appeared as if it would be another low scoring pitchers’ duel, as both teams remained scoreless and hitless through three and a half frames.

The Golden Eagles opened up the

scoring with seven runs on six hits.

Facing a massive deficit midway through the game, the Tritons attempted to rally back in the fifth inning but only managed to score one run. Looking to end the game early, Los Angeles scored twice more in the bottom of the fifth to go up 9–1.

But UCSD refused to give up as they slowly mounted a comeback, picking up a run in the sixth off a Golden Eagle error. Triton pitcher Cruz held the Golden Eagles scoreless through the final four innings, giving UCSD time to cut the deficit.

In the sixth, the Tritons picked up an impressive six runs on two hits amid

Golden Eagles pitching errors.

With the game nearly tied, both teams were anxious heading into the final inning but the Golden Eagles stopped the Tritons’ comeback despite allowing two hits. The Golden Eagles won the hard fought match 9–8, putting up 12 hits and four errors to the Tritons’ 10 hits and single error.

The now 3–2 Tritons head back home to face conference rival Chico State in a four-game series beginning on Friday, Feb. 14 at 6 p.m.

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the experience.

“It was such a good experience for me,” Cohen said. “Now I know that I can play with those at that level and learned what it is that I need to work on and what things I can do to improve going forward.”

As a three-year starter for the Tritons, Cohen has used up his four years of NCAA eligibility, but the bioengineering major will continue on at UCSD for a fifth year to finish his degree and work on his senior project. Cohen says he hopes to continue training with the UCSD team while

finishing up his studies, although he would be interested in finding a Southern California professional or semi-professional team to practice with. Cohen said ideally he’d like to train with the second teams of MLS Los Angeles clubs the L.A. Galaxy or Chivas USA. Cohen said he would also be open to playing with the San Diego Flash.

“Staying a fifth year complicates my situation a little bit as far as being able to play professionally,” Cohen said. “But being at a top school, I definitely want to finish my degree. My goal is to work really hard in the next two quarters and put myself in a good

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situation academically so I can focus on finishing my senior project and look at various soccer options.”

Cohen, who is in a pretty good situation to continue on in professional soccer, would be in good company. Former UCSD centerback Jared Kakura, class of 2012, went on to play with the San Diego Flash for a time and was on trial with MLS team the San Jose Earthquakes, while David Bakal, class of 2011 went on to play for the Los Angeles Blues, a USL Pro Division team.

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Men's VolleyBall

Tritons Fall to No. 8 Stanford, Last-Place UOP The team (0–11) is still in search of its first season win.

BY Rita Eritsland EDITORIAL

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The UCSD men’s volleyball team remains winless on the season after falling to Stanford and the University of the Pacific last week. The Tritons fell in three sets to No. 8 Stanford on Friday, Feb. 7, then watched victory slip away again the following night in a four-set match against the University of the Pacific. UCSD is now 0–11 overall and 0–10 in the Mountain Pacific Sport Federation.

On Friday night, the Tritons could not keep up with conference opponent Stanford. The Cardinals scored the first three points of the match and trotted out to a 7–1 lead.

Good serves forced mistakes from the Triton squad, and the Cardinals capitalized, winning the set 25–14.

UCSD took its only lead of the contest at 3–2 in game two, but three straight points gave Stanford the edge. Triton head coach Kevin Ring called for time when UCSD was down 10–5, but the team never gapped the deficit, falling by a final score of 25–16.

Stanford continued to dominate into the third set and took an early 4–1 lead. As the set progressed, Stanford delivered from the service line and closed out the match, winning the set 25–16.

“Stanford is one of the more wellrounded teams in our conference, and they showed it in our match,” Ring said. “We opened game one passing well and took some good swings, but Stanford was very good defensively as well as in transition.”

The following night, UCSD trav-

eled to Stockton to face the University of the Pacific with both teams coming into the match looking for their first conference victory of the season.

In the first set, the Tritons found themselves with a 17–12 point advantage. The Tigers made a run, but UCSD closed out the game by a score of 25–22 with a kill by redshirt junior and outside hitter Scot Metzger.

In the second set, the Tigers took an early lead. UCSD battled back and closed the score to within one point at 20–19, but ultimately fell by a score of 25–21. The third (25–23) and fourth (25–23) set played out similarly for the Tritons, leaving UCSD with their eleventh loss this season.

“We won game one and were very competitive in the rest of the games, but it was not enough,” Ring said. “There were a number of plays throughout the night that were well within our control to better execute.

As we get better in those moments we’ll turn a match like this in our favor.”

On a positive note, UCSD received great production from its wing attackers in the two matches. Metzger and senior setter Mike Brunsting both had 11 kills, while senior outside hitter Nick Iorfino added seven as well.

The Tritons return home this weekend with No. 5 USC visiting Friday, Feb. 14 and No. 3 Pepperdine University visiting Saturday, Feb. 15.

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Record-Breaking Weekend

Sarah Lizotte makes history as UCSD goes 2–2 on the weekend.

BY john story associate sports editor Photos by Nolan Thomas & Courtesy of UCSD athletics

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enior utility Sarah Lizotte broke the UCSD women’s water polo career all-time scoring record at the Annual Triton Invitational last weekend where the Tritons suffered their first losses of the season. The No. 6 nationally ranked Tritons went 2–2 at the fourgame tournament.

UCSD started quickly against Marist College in the opening game of the Invitational, scoring five in the first quarter. Lizotte and senior center Melissa Bartow each contributed hat tricks to boost the Triton offense early in the match.

Sophomore goalie Courtney Miller made seven stops which gave the Tritons the 16–9 advantage.

The Tritons faced conference opponents Loyola Marymount in their second game Saturday, losing 6–7. Both teams exchanged goals throughout, but UCSD held on to a 6–5 lead late in the fourth with under a minute to play. LMU capitalized on an ejection to allow the Lions’ Alexandra Honny to score the tying goal and force overtime.

LMU gained the lead in the first overtime quarter and held on to beat the Tritons. Sophomore defense Alexis Wieseler and Lizotte both found the back of the cage twice in

the loss, while Bartow and junior attacker Jolene Guiliana scored one goal each. Miller tacked on another nine saves in the game, raising her total on the day to 16.

Lizotte broke the school record for career saves in Sunday’s first game against Cal State Long Beach, bringing her number of total career saves to 251.

Julie Swail, part of UCSD’s Inaugural Hall of Fame class, Olympian and former captain of the U.S. National Water Polo Team, previously held the record at 245.

Lizotte surpassed Swail’s mark with her second goal in the game.

“It’s a tremendous accomplishment,” Lizotte said. “The record has been held by Julie Swail, so it’s an honor to be recognized alongside a truly remarkable athlete.”

Long Beach held the Tritons to one goal in each of the first two quarters and was ahead 4–2 at the intermission. UCSD answered after the break, first tying the game 5–5 in the third and then cutting the deficit to one point after Long Beach jumped ahead 8–7. Still, it wasn’t enough to overtake the lead, as Long Beach closed out the game 9–7 after scoring in the final minute.

In the fourth and final game of

the tournament against Santa Clara University, goals from Bartow and Lizotte gave UCSD an early 2–0 lead. Held to just one goal in the second period, the Broncos cut the Triton lead down to 5–4. Both teams scored two goals in the third to bring the score to 7–6, but UCSD found the back of the cage four times in the fourth and won the game 11–7.

The Tritons will travel across the country this weekend for the Bison Invitational hosted by Bucknell University, but hope to take the lessons learned from last weekend with them.

“It’s hard to lose one to two goal games like the ones we did last weekend and not analyze everything that went wrong,” Lizotte said. “We took our losses as kind of a way to improve on the areas we need to work on, and hopefully this weekend is a testament of our progress.”

UCSD will face Bucknell at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14 in Lewisburg, Pa. to kick off tournament play. The Tritons will face five opponents total in the tournament, which ends next Sunday, Feb. 16.

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Sarah Lizotte broke the career goals record, surpassing former Olympian Julie Swail.

Men's Soccer

Baseball

Goalkeeper Cohen Gets MLS Trial

Baseball Sees Mixed Results Against CSULA

Senior Josh Cohen discusses his training session with the Philadelphia Union.

BY Rachel UDA

BY Clay kaufman

sports editor

Senior goalkeeper Josh Cohen, the man who singlehandedly pushed UCSD into the third round of the NCAA Tournament with a diving penalty kick stop, got a glimpse of the next stage of his athletic career at the end of January while on trial with Major League Soccer team the Philadelphia Union.

In the last week of January, Cohen was one of nine players invited to practice with the Philadelphia based professional soccer team, whose ranks include the likes of former U.S. National Team midfielder Maurice Edu. But Cohen — a goalkeeper who earned NSCAA All-American honors for his efforts in the 2014 — was not initially on Philadelphia’s radar. Luckily for Cohen, the Union was short a goalkeeper at the time, and UCSD head coach Jon Pascale was familiar with the coaching staff. After Pascale put in a good word for Cohen, UCSD’s senior keeper was invited the day before the preseason training camp was set to begin. He was put on a plane that night.

The camp lasted for one week, beginning Saturday, Jan. 25 and run-

staff writer

photo by NOLAN THOMAS/Guardian file

ning through Feb. 1. On the first day of the trial, Cohen went through a fitness test and spent the remaining time going through two training sessions a day.

“The level of play was so high,” Cohen said. “Everything was a lot faster; the shots came in a lot faster. It was a

lot of fun, but it definitely took a toll on the body and was very tiring.”

Although Cohen said the level of play was hard to adjust to, he thought he showed well and learned a lot from See M. Soccer, page 9

No. 39 UCSD went 1–2 against California Collegiate Athletic Association rival and reigning CCAA Tournament champions Cal State Los Angeles last weekend. A home and away series, UCSD played its first two games at Triton Ballpark on Saturday, losing its first game 2–0 before winning 9–3. UCSD dropped the rubber game in a close 9–8 at CSULA. In the first game, three Golden Eagles’ pitchers shut out the Tritons entirely. Trent Zaks from the Golden Eagle bench scored in the second inning off a Triton error. Zaks’ run would be the only one scored for three more innings.

Both teams struggled to bring runners home, while UCSD had difficulty getting on base, recording only two hits through nine innings.

The Golden Eagles had more success putting runners on base, striking eight hits on the Tritons’ three pitchers, five of which came in the last four innings. The Golden Eagles scored again in the fifth inning, winning the

game 2–0.

Cal State Los Angeles recorded two runs off eight hits with two errors while the Tritons were shutout and put up only two hits and two errors.

UCSD looked much more explosive in its second game, although the Golden Eagles scored three times off two hits and an error in the first inning.

The Tritons rallied back by making the most of the Golden Eagles’ mistakes. Sophomore two-way player Troy Cruz scored an unearned run early in the inning and, with the bases loaded, Los Angeles pitcher Ryan Keller walked senior catcher Nick La Face to score second baseman Spencer Frazier.

The Eagles would not score for the rest of the game, despite putting up seven more hits. And after a scoreless second inning, the Tritons scored in six consecutive innings while their pitchers shut out the Golden Eagles for the rest of the game. The Tritons won 9–3 with both sides putting up nine hits and two errors.

“We have to do a better job See Baseball, page 9