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A.S. COUNCIL DIVESTMENT RESOLUTION

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After nearly eight hours of discussion, council takes a stance on the divestment resolution for the first time, and fails it 13-20-0.

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By Angela Chen Editor in Chief

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fter more than two years of hesitation, A.S. Council made UCSD history last night by voting 13-20-0 to fail the divestment resolution proposed by Students for Justice in Palestine.

The resolution called for the UC system to divest, or withdraw its investments, from General Electric and Northrop Grumman. Both OPINION companies have Read both sides, in their contracts with the own words.

Israeli Defense PAGE 4 Forces; they create the Apache helicopter engines and radar technology, respectively, used by the IDF. SJP’s legislation, originally titled

“Resolution in Support of UC San Diego Corporate Accountability Through Divestments From Corporations Profiting from Violent Conflict” argued that since the UC endowment fund — which does not draw from student fees or tuition

— is not invested in companies supporting the Palestinian military, divesting from GE and Northrop Grumman promotes neutrality and corporate responsibility. But members of Tritons for Israel stated that the resolution used biased language

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to specifically target Israel and create a hostile and divisive campus community.

This is the third year that SJP has introduced a divestment resolu-

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SUN GOD 2012

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Sun God Guest Tickets to be Sold Online CLICS Survey Festival coordinators talk music choices, ticket sales at open forum.

By angela chen Editor in Chief Sun God Festival guest tickets will be sold online for the first time, members of A.S. Concerts and Events announced at the Sun God Open Forum on Feb. 27. In addition, students, instead of A.S. committees, will select the winners of this year’s DJ Battle and Battle of the Bands, Associate Vice President of Concerts and Events Oliver Zhang said.

According to Festivals Coordinator Jennifer Tsai, the move to sell guest tickets online is a reaction to high demand.

“It’s something we’ve wanted for

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a long time,” Zhang said, though the ASCE team has not determined whether guest tickets will be remain available through the UCSD Box Office.

The second major change this year is that students will be able to vote on their selections to advance in each round of DJ Battle and Battle of the Bands.

In these two events —which occur at the beginning of Spring Quarter — student music groups compete to win a performance slot on the Main Stage or Dance Tent on the day of the festival.

“Previously, the people who advanced in the DJ Battle or Battle of the Bands were all selected and judged by a committee,” Zhang said. “We decided to open it up and make it more public and democratic.”

Students at the open forum also suggested ideas such as publicizing the food vendors at the festival and spac-

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ing out the days in which tickets are sold. RIMAC Arena, where the festival is held, has a maximum capacity of 20,000, so a maximum of 20,000 tickets are available, though the undergraduate enrollment is close to 23,000. Of the 20,000 tickets, some are set aside for alumni, while 3,000 tickets are reserved exclusively for non-UCSD guests.

In 2011, ASCE decreased the number of guest tickets from 3,500 to 3,000, and may consider limiting the amount further in 2012. Last year, student tickets ran out on the first day they were available.

Applications for the DJ Battle and Battle of the Band will be due on March 24, the Saturday after Finals Week. Sun God Festival 2012 will be held on May 18, the Friday of Week Seven.

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Question Omitted From Special Election

By angela chen Editor in Chief Miscommunication within A.S. Council led to a survey question about the future of the CLICS being omitted from the Division I special election ballot. UCSD shut down CLICS, officially the Center for Library & Instructional Computing Services, last spring; students have been running it as a study space since finals week of Fall Quarter, when members of the Public Education Coalition “reclaimed” the area.

PEC member Sean Estelle — who lobbied for the question to be included — said the survey was meant to gather student reaction to university plans to use $6.7 million to turn CLICS into a

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

“Love Hormone” Could Treat Depression

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Early clinical research shows that love can serve as an effective anti-depressant. The research found that an increase in oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the “love hormone,” fights chronic forms of depression. The brain secretes oxytocin when a person experiences pleasant touch or other emotional stimuli.

This discovery is the result of a study launched by the UCSD School of Medicine in October 2010. The study, based on prior scientific research that indicates that oxytocin has the potential to treat depression and other mood disorders, will conclude in October 2012. The clinical trial is administered in part by UCSD Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Kai MacDonald.

This trial follows double-blind clinical standards. One group of subjects takes a twice-daily intranasal dosage of 40 micrograms of synthetic oxytocin while another

group receives a placebo. After one week, the amount is increased to 80 micrograms and the trial continues for three more weeks at this dosage.

The experimenters will discover which group each subject belongs to only after all scientific data has been collected and analyzed. This allows for the most accurate and unbiased conclusions.

The synthetic form of the hormone is chemically identical to the oxytocin the body produces, MacDonald said.

All patients involved in the study have been diagnosed with either major depressive disorder or neurotic depression, but are stable.

Their results are measured using the Montgomery-Asberg scale, a clinician-rated depression scale based on 10 psychiatric inquiries, including the subject’s appetite, sleep, ability to concentrate and prevalence of suicidal thoughts.

Results have indicated that oxytocin helps to alleviate depressionrelated symptoms, indicated by a positive change reported in the patient’s health status. The clinical

study is still recruiting participants.

The research could lead to change in the chemical makeup of existing antidepressants, or provide a completely different source of treatment for the disorder.

“We’re doing the initial pilot study to see if this can either augment what people are already on, or treat — if they’re not on medicine — depression,” MacDonald said.

UCSD scientists have been looking into the beneficial effects of the naturally occurring hormone for a couple of years now.

MacDonald and fellow UCSD Professor of Psychiatry Dr. David Feifel have also researched the effects of oxytocin on anxiety disorders in 2010, and on schizophrenia in 2011. According to their research, oxytocin functions as an anti-psychotic and anti-anxiety agent.

“This is the third in an inestimably long list of trials; the oxytocin system is a natural endogenous See LOVE, page 2

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Council Talks Divestment Resolution, Future of CLICS

Council Indefinitely Tables Proposed $13 Fee Increase

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ednesday’s A.S. meeting featured the discussion and vote on the resolution to divest from GE and Northrop Grumman. The Price Center Forum was Natalie Covate completely full, with at least ncovate@ucsd.edu 80 students inside and some overflowing into the hallway.

Security was also present throughout the meeting.

Approximately 25 students, professors and non-faculty employees spoke against A.S. Council voting on the divestment proposal, and over 20 students also addressed council in support of the proposal.

Public input lasted nearly three hours, and constituents were disappointed when the speakers list closed.

“Whoever moved to close the speaker’s list, shame on you,” former AVP of Student Organizations Lynne Swerhone said, “You owe the students who came all the way here the opportunity to speak.”

During these serious comments from members of the public, somehow the speakers in the forum began broadcasting the “Vagina Monologues” rehearsal in the Loft.

Everyone found it odd hearing a random “Oh my god, vaginas!” during public comment. It didn’t exactly lighten the mood.

A special presentation regarding the Galbraith Hall renovations followed public input. Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Barbara Sawrey and Director of Space Planning

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Tom Allen gave a presentation highlighting how alterations to other areas, such as Revelle College and Geisel Library’s study spaces, will create 266 more seats than was available before CLICS closed.

Renovating Galbraith Hall will cost about $6.7 million, which is less than half of what constructing a new building would cost, Sawrey said. The money for this renovation will not come from student fees, tuition or state grants.

“The funding [for Galbraith Hall] is coming from discretionary funds,” Sawrey said. “These are one-time funds that cannot be replenished once they are spent, so they cannot be used for ongoing operations for something like a library.”

Sawrey also emphasized the growing need for more large classrooms at UCSD, since the current large classrooms are being used every weekday from the time they open to the time they close.

There are currently only four classrooms that hold 300 students or more, and only three that can hold 200 to 300 students.

Members of the Public Education Coalition expressed their desire for CLICS construction to be postponed until a later date. Sawrey said that she did not have control over this, but would try to advocate on this behalf.

A special presentation from Tritons for Israel followed the presentation by the Building Advisory Committee for Galbraith Hall.

A.S. Council has indefinitely tabled a referendum for a $13 quarterly increase proposed by the University Centers Advisory Board.

A.S. President Alyssa Wing wrote an email to the council listserv on Feb. 29 announcing that the referendum’s sponsors will not pursue the legislation this year.

“They [AVC of Student Affairs and the Chair and Vice-Chair of UCAB] have decided to discontinue their efforts to pursue putting the referendum on the spring ballot, and thus, will be asking council to table C1 indefinitely,” Wing wrote. “While we will not be discussing the referendum today, the referendum will most certainly appear again for council approval in the near future.”

The proposed referendum would increase the University Centers fees from $76.50 to $89.50 per quarter to support Price Center, the Student Center and Che Café.

According to a Feb. 13 Guardian article, the funding from the increase would go toward maintenance and repairs to University Centers, and help Price Center remain open 24 hours a day Sunday through Thursday. A 2010 estimate by ISES Corporation puts the total cost of repairs and essential maintenance at around $6.4 million. The fee increase is estimated to fund an additional $20 million of services over 20 years.

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Oxytocin Research Potentially Has Practical Use in Anti-Depressants ▶ LOVE, from page 2

system in your brain like the serotonin and dopamine systems,” MacDonald said. “There are all kinds of conditions that could theoretically benefit. We’re just picking off the most likely candidates, but there are many more.”

Common anti-depressants use serotonin to initiate changes in brain chemistry, which can alleviate depression. Oxytocin directly interacts with the dopamine and serotonin systems, both of which affect depression and its symptoms, MacDonald said.

“One possible hypothesis about how oxytocin may help depression is interaction with other brain systems that we know influence depression,” MacDonald said.

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Omitted Question May be Sent Out via Campuswide Listserv ▶ survey, from page 1

lecture hall.

“When students spend an hour of an A.S. meeting lobbying for that question to be put on a referendum, and A.S. can’t fulfill their duty, maybe there needs to be another check and balance,” Estelle said.

Advocate General Courtney Hill said that council approved the survey question to appear on the special election ballot. But when she forwarded this information to A.S. Programmer Johnny Kent, she neglected to specify which ballot the question should be included on, as there will also be a general election ballot in Spring Quarter.

“When the final draft of the ballot PA I D A D V E R T I S E M E N T

came for review, I was so concerned with correctness in the [Division-I] referendum language that the survey completely slipped my mind,” Hill said. “Council’s been taking a lot of heat for it, but it has nothing to do with them; I take personal responsibility.”

Hill is working on sending the survey question out via campus listserv.

The question will still be included on the general election ballot in April, but student input will be negligible by then, Estelle said.

“General election voting occurs in early April, while the deadline for construction bids for CLICS is March 13,” Estelle said. “It’s commendable that Courtney is doing her best to react, but I wish that more could be

done as student input won’t matter by then.”

A.S. President Alyssa Wing emphasized that the omission was an honest mistake.

“I sponsored that survey question myself, and wanted it included on the special election ballot,” she said. “I was as shocked as anyone else that it was omitted.”

The special election — which asks students to vote on whether they are willing to pay an additional $495 annually to move to Division I athletics — began Monday, Feb. 27, and will last until Friday, March 9. Students can vote on TritonLink.

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OPINION EDITORIAL

REDEFINING ROLES The next few weeks will be a trying time for A.S. Council as debate rages about Division I and divestment — which makes this an opportunity for council to redefine its role as student body representatives.

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t’s going to be a tough few weeks for our student leaders. Yesterday night, the Forum where A.S. Council meets was packed with students. There were students in favor of the Division-I athletic referendum, and students against. There were students in favor of the UC system pulling money from weapons manufacturers contracted with the Israeli Defense Forces, and there were students just as passionately against this divestment. All of them seemed to have differing ideas of what A.S. Council is, what A.S. Council could be and what A.S. Council should be, and the worst part is, the council itself couldn’t quite decide either. Our student government works with millions in student fees, and wields very quantifiable power — but in order to be truly effective, its members must clearly define their own roles and consistently adhere to these guidelines.

These issues of Division I and divestment put council in a tricky spot. The ongoing Division I special election places councilmembers at the center of a debate over neutrality, and whether a group of twentysomethings elected by less than one-third of the population can fairly represent 23,000 undergraduates, and deal with over $2 million in student fees. At the same time, students on both sides of the divestment debate clearly believe that council has the power to represent the campus globally, and asks whether this same group of twenty-somethings should weigh in on issues as complicated as Middle Eastern politics when the decisions could brand UCSD for a long time to come.

Let’s start with the Division I referendum, which students will be voting on until March 9. Aside from the arguments for and against the referendum itself, the election has brought A.S. Council to the forefront of student consciousness, and raised questions about its role as a representative body.

Division I is the change that everyone wants to see, but not everyone wants to pay for. Council as a whole has been charged with being a neutral body running both pro and con campaigns, but A.S. President Alyssa Wing — along with other members — have publicly supported the pro side, albeit claiming that it’s purely in their capacity as students, and not as members of council. Posts on Facebook groups such as the UCSD Students Against the D-I

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Referendum have criticized Wing for this lack of neutrality.

Yet it’s a politician’s job to lobby for what she believes in — a job which doesn’t simply turn on and off at will; it begins as soon as one is elected and only ends when the term does. It’s then ludicrous for students to attack a politician for personally trying to fulfill campaign promises, and it’s ludicrous

for politicians to argue that there can be a separation between their personal views and their job. When Wing ran for A.S. President in Spring 2011, football and the move to Division I were key components of her campaign. Her platform swept the elections with a 854 vote margin; in fact, only three of the slate’s 30 candidates did not make it into office and their efforts to pass the referendum are — regardless of personal views toward the fee increase — an admirable example of serving the people who voted them into office.

But this sweep of the council seats is, in large part, the root cause of the cries of impartiality and corruption. Of course council should always try to show the other side, but with the majority of the council united on the issue, the members may, perhaps unintentionally, present biased information.

The problem is that only 27.5 percent of UCSD voted Wing into office, so a single-slate council has enormous control over issues affecting the entire student body — even though so few people definitively supported their stances.

This highlights the importance of general elections (which will take place in April).

Politicians are voted into office based on their campaign promises. Students unhappy with promises — or whose preferred candidates weren’t voted in — clearly have the right to have their voices heard, but they should focus on protesting the changes, not the neutrality of the people in office (unless there are examples of intentional misinformation and attempts to censor the opposition). But unfortunately, the only true way to ensure a multi-faceted council is to encourage students to vote and get informed about the issues, so peers with their values are voted into office, and council has more students who provide dissenting information and views.

See A.S. Council, page 5

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Divestment Targets Jewish and Pro-Israel Community, Creates Hostile and Alienating Campus Climate

Wrong to Invest in Companies That Profit off Violence — the Resolution Advocates for Neutrality

BY DANIEL FRIEDMAN President, Tritons for Israel

BY MERYEM KAMIL Students for Justice in Palestine

Does the resolution target Israel?

Proponents of the resolution claim the resolution does not target Israel, and consequently does not alienate Israeli or pro-Israel students on campus.

When looking at the text of the resolution, however, Israel is the only country mentioned, and singled out for collective punishment. Even though both companies specified in the resolution, General Electric and Northrop Grumman, have military contracts with over a dozen other countries, including the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Taiwan, the only country mentioned is the State of Israel.

The resolution could achieve the same goals without targeting Israel, but intentionally singles out the only democracy in the Middle East. If the resolution passes, global organizations such as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctioning of Israel will claim this as a huge victory.

Will the resolution divide this campus and alienate students?

The resolution does not foster a more cohesive campus community,

What is divestment?

Divestment refers to taking out current investments from a company, in our case for ethical reasons.

Why UCSD? This resolution seeks to continue the university’s push for corporate responsibility by advocating for social sustainability. We, as sociallyconscious UCSD students, are fundamentally against our institution’s support of a company that profits off of violence.

Why does the proposed resolution target GE and Northrop Grumman?

Both companies produce parts of Apache helicopters used by the Israeli Defense Forces against Palestinians, documented by Amnesty International.

Why this conflict?

As an organization that specializes in the region, it is only logical that SJP would focus on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Additionally, the conflict gives context to the detrimental business practices of GE and Northrop Grumman.

See TFI, page 5

See SJP, page 5

This Year, the Pot of Gold is at the Bottom of the Pint

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here aren’t many socially acceptable opportunities for college students to day-drink their way into a stupor before it’s 5 o’clock somewhere. The best examples include Sun God, your birthday, your roommate’s birthday, a hungover morning and most important and timely of all, St. Patrick’s Day. It’s a time when, to quote “Stuff White People Say,” a full 100 percent of white people claim that they are somewhat Irish. This gives Irishmen, and friends of supposed Irishmen —

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in this case, everybody — a reason to wake up early and consume an Irish car bomb before class. And if you let the drink curdle before chugging it fast enough, it’s almost like a milkshake. Delicioso.

But in your pre-rivalry planning for this year, you might’ve taken a look at the calendar and realized to your horror, that March 17 lands on a Saturday the weekend before finals.

And because we are, after all, a strong academic school and because we do, after all, spend the majority of finals week inside of the library, surrounded

by Sour Patch Kids wrappers and the stench of sweat and desperation, March 17 might not seem like the best time to party with Molly Malone.

But think again. Embrace your (maybe) fake Irish roots by following How-to Guru’s advice.

Depending on your tolerance, decide how to stagger your drinks in advance. Whether it is one bottle of Guinness an hour or a full-blown drunken encounter with a bottle of Glenfiddich at midnight, plan according to your study schedule and your alcohol tolerance.

You’re probably tired of studying already, but take a little time out of your day and read up on the history of Irish-English conflict. Look up key words like Ulster and Bloody Sunday, as well as revolutionaries like Daniel O’Connell and Thomas Francis Meagher. Fueled by this information, you will be able to inform your friends on the history of Irish oppression.

Or better yet, look up the history of the patron saint himself — Saint Patrick. The most celebrated and widely recognized patron saint of Ireland, in and out of the Emerald Isles, Saint Patrick’s day is celebrated on the day of his death, March 17.

Fun fact: Saint Patrick was once a resident of Wales, until he was captured by Irish raiders and enslaved for six years. After being freed, he entered the Irish church and helped bring Catholicism to the children of Erin. These days, drunken Americans remember him as a reason to wear green and shout “Sláinte!” (cheers) while downing a pint.

Whether you spend the whole day drinking or embracing your Irish roots, or both, enjoy it. It may seem overly commercialized and stereotypical to the point of being trite, but before these thoughts infiltrate your thoughts, take a swig of whiskey instead. Sláinte!

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In other news By Rebekah Hwang

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

D-I Will be a Worthy Investment for UCSD Dear Editor, Today in our meeting, the Interfraternity Council discussed the Division-I referendum. As a result of that meeting, I would like to issue the following statement: It brings me great pleasure to announce that the gentlemen of the Interfraternity Council endorse YES on the Division-I referendum. As a community, we collectively believe that this move is an investment in the future of an already worldrenowned university. Many for and against this move to Division I compare us to other universities, however we challenge them to bring the focus back to UCSD. We are only 50 years young and have already accomplished so much; our potential is limitless.

To our Triton athletes, know that we support you 100%. You make us proud every day, and now it is our turn to reciprocate.

Higher Voter Percentage Needed to Represent Students ▶ A.S. Council, from page 4 Council as a whole should strive to represent the population of UCSD — and the way to do that is to ensure that the positions are filled with people of different viewpoints, who work to fight for the values of the people who voted them in office, whether it is the Muir population, the activist population or the Greek population. Obviously, council is most effective when the majority of its members are from the same slate and can work together toward a shared goal. As the 2010-11 council under then-A.S. President Wafa Ben Hassine showed, a highly divided council can results in tense and disagreeable interactions.

Still, a council is most representative when it is comprised of diverse opinions. And with a voting rate as

low as 27 percent, diversity in representation is crucial.

This will make for healthy debate in council — having many points of information supported by many different members is more effective than a council where each member tries to be “neutral” despite the issues they said they would stand for.

The next big question plaguing council is one of its own agency. This is the third year in a row that Students for Justice in Palestine has introduced the annual “divestment resolution.” The resolution urges council to pressure the UC Regents to pull its endowment fund money from General Electric and Northrop Grumman.

These companies supply Apache helicopter parts and radar technology to the Israeli military. SJP said that, See resolution, page 5

—Christopher Chen-Kung Chang President, Interfraternity Council

Free Trade Agreement Passed Unexpectedly

just as the retreating forces of the Chinese KMT under Chiang Kaishek took the Palace Museum with them to Taipei. Back at UCSD I attended a talk given by the President of Chile. I told him at the reception that I was returning the next day to South Korea, and I didn’t think the Free Trade agreement between his country and that country would pass the ROK legislature. He told me to stop at the Chilean Embassy in Seoul and to tell his ambassador to make sure that it did pass. I arrived at Incheon International Airport on Sunday, and I went to the Embassy. The consul general saw me through the glass partition, and said, “Cerrado, señor.” and then, “We’re closed, sir.” I held up the frontispiece of the book (Neruda always signed in green ink). He opened the door. “How may I help you?” he asked. I replied that his president had sent me and that I wanted the ambassador to have the book, and would he accept it? “No,” he said. “No?” I asked incredulously.

Where do you teach? Suwon? My ambassador will come to your university on Wednesday morning and he will accept it from you formally then. The book ended up on display at the national legislature building after the FTA had passed.

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UC System to Partner with YouTube on UCTVPrime

By Javier Armstrong Staff Writer The University of California and YouTube have created UCTVPrime, a new YouTube channel that will feature original documentaries. The channel, which launches today, March 1, is the first partnership between YouTube and a university.

UCTV is a statewide television channel that airs UC content. Since UCSD is the only campus with its own television channel (UCSD-TV) and facilities, UCTV is based on the La Jolla campus.

UCTV Communication Director Allison Gang said that this initiative uses YouTube’s new original channel format, which funds Web-exclusive content.

“The university has three missions: teaching, research and public service,” Gang said. “UCSDTV and UCTV have always been positioned as one of the public services that the university does.”

Gang told the Daily Bruin in a Feb. 23 article that YouTube granted an initial $300,000 to UCTV to create mini-series and short documentaries.

“The idea is that YouTube, over the course of the year will recoup its investment in these programs through advertising,” Gang said. “If enough revenue comes in, then YouTube would share revenue with UCTV, which would be used to fund the infrastructure of the network.”

The university will use the grant money to fund documentaries. UCTV expects to air up to 15 minutes of original content each week, beginning with a four-part mini-series called “Naked Art.” The documentary, which will air March 1, will explore the UC system’s public art collections.

“UCTV has had a YouTube channel since 2006, but has basically replicated what has been aired on UCTV,” Gang said. ”It has just been a place to archive our videos.”

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tion to council. In 2010, the A.S. Campus Affairs Committee voted 7-8 to table the measure indefinitely. In 2011, council voted 13-10-4 to postpone voting on divestment until members of SJP and Tritons for Israel could produce a joint resolution agreeable to both sides. The two groups were unable to do so. Both years, council ultimately tabled the resolution without taking a stance. As of the Feb. 29 decision, UCSD is the second UC campus to fail the resolution.

In 2010, UC B e r k e l e y ’s Currently, our then-A.S. university is taking a President stand, a stand toward Will Smelko Israel, and that stance vetoed a similar divestand the status quo is ment resoalienating for students lution after — who identify as it passed Arab or pro-Palestinian in Berkeley in general — who S e n a t e .

According don’t believe we to a Daily should be funding this C a l i f o r ni an conflict. article dated April 16, Amal Dalmar 2010, the Students for Senate was Justice in Palestine unable to garner the 2/3 majority required to overturn Smelko’s veto.

SJP members said that the resolution did not ask council to solve or take a side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“Currently, our university is taking a stand, a stand toward Israel, and that stance and the status quo is alienating for students — who identify as Arab or pro-Palestinian in general — who don’t believe we should be funding this conflict,” SJP member Amal Dalmar said. “If people feel that this resolution is, in any way, anti-Semitic, that’s just preposterous. There’s nothing in this resolution that in any way, shape or form

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suggests that we are doing anything more than divesting from these specific corporations, which have been linked directly to this conflict.”

Dalmar, along with SJP President Nadia Abu-Gheida, said that past council decisions such as divestment from South African apartheid set precedent for student government to vote on issues of foreign policy. In November 2011, council passed the “Resolution in Support of Reclaim UCSD.” This stated that ASUCSD can make decisions regarding “world events and political issues that deeply impact UCSD students and are significant to their student lives.”

“We’re not asking council to make a decision, or find a solution to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict,” Abu-Gheida said.

“We’re asking you to make a decision on the resolution in favor of neutrality so that neither side is funded, and we’ve provided

enough information for that, and the precedent is set so that A.S. can deal with these issues. This campus is already divided, but this resolution is not divisive and the conflict is not something that will go away if council votes ‘no.’”

But Tritons for Israel President Daniel Friedman said that the “Resolution in Support of Reclaim UCSD” was only applicable to clear-cut and non-divisive issues, and that council passing the divestment resolution would violate its mission statement to promote a cohesive and unified campus.

“I don’t think the intent of the resolution is to be anti-Semitic,” Friedman said. ”But the consequence is that Jewish students feel targeted, and Jewish students don’t feel as safe or comfortable on campus, and that has anti-Semitic consequences. So is it antiSemitic? Yes and no, and if it passes, it will

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shut down important dialogue.”

He added that the UC system invests in other companies linked to conflict, but the resolution language, despite being a blanket condemnation of such investments, targeted GE and Northrop Grumann because of their involvement with Israel.

This is an example of holding Israel to a double standard, Friedman said.

Yesterday night’s council meeting began with nearly three hours of public input, including passionate arguments from both sides.

“I am unsafe on this campus when there is talk of divestment,” Muir College sophomore Shani Arbiv said. “I didn’t apply to Berkeley or Irvine because of the problems they have, with Jewish students feeling scared to go there.

When I’m tabling on Admit Day and one of the questions I get is, ‘What is it like for Jewish students on campus? Is there anti-Semitism?’

It’s really hard to tell people ‘no’, and by voting ‘yes’ you are making the campus very hostile for students who go here.”

But Students for Justice in Palestine member Samera Yousuf said that the resolution had no antiSemitic intent and asked only for the UC system to refuse to profit off human rights violations.

“For those who feel alienated, I understand that — as an Afghan Muslim, I feel alienated by U.S. foreign policy every single day,” she said. “If this resolution in support of neutrality from the violence in the Israeli-Palestinian territory is not voted ‘yes’ on, I would feel scared that my representatives are in support of violent conflict.”

After public input, Friedman and TFI member Ben Hass gave a special presentation arguing that the resolution targeted Israel — and by extension, the Jewish and pro-

was clearly not a call for divestment Collective, Students for Civil Rights from all corporations profiting from in Iran and the Public Education violent conflict, but instead centered Coalition. on the Middle East. Council passed SJP member Meryem Kamil said both amendments. that much of the dialogue during A.S. President Alyssa Wing said the council meeting was problemthat she believed the resolution had atic. no place in council and urged mem“I’m extremely disappointed in bers to vote ‘no.’ the outcome, and not only am I dis“This evening, for the third year appointed, I’m very hurt by it,” Kamil in a row, it is proven to me that said. “There has been intimidation this resolution of councilmembers does not belong and there has been in the Associated explicit pressure put Students,” she said. onto councilmembers I didn’t apply to “It is undeniable to vote no. [...] And that this resolution honestly, after seven Berkeley or Irvine causes divisivehours of being in this because of the ness, and we will room, I might’ve even problems they have destroy our camvoted ‘no.’ I think that with Jewish students pus community the debates were not feeling scared to go with this resoluproductive, and the tion.” folks conducting these there. [...] By voting Shortly before debates knew that it ‘yes,’ you are making 1 a.m., the council would not be producthe campus very took an open roll tive.” hostile for students call vote. The resoAccording to the who go here.” lution failed with A.S. Bylaws, failed 13 “yes” votes, 20 resolutions can be “no” votes and zero Shani ARbiv brought back before abstentions.

Sophomore, Muir council as early as the “[The resolution College next meeting. failing] is not the Members of both end of dialogue, it Students for Justice in is the beginning of a valuable oppor- Palestine and Tritons for Israel have tunity that we need to really take stated that — though they will conadvantage of, and use to help bridge tinue to engage in dialogue — the two communities,” Friedman said. groups have mutually exclusive interVice President of External ests when it comes to divestment.

Affairs Samer Naji, who sponsored Friedman said he hopes that, if the the resolution, said that the impact divestment resolution is reintroduced of the resolution failing affected next year, Tritons for Israel would more students than solely the mem- continue to oppose it. bers of SJP. Kamil and Abu-Gheida said that “I think that the council let down SJP will reintroduce the legislation every member of every org that next year. supported the resolution,” Naji said.

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Israel campus community — unfairly. Friedman and Hass added that, if passed, the resolution would be claimed as a victory by the Boycott Divest Sanctions movement, a political group created by Palestinian NGOs. During debate, councilmembers revised the original language of the referendum went twice.

Associate Vice President of College Affairs Leonard Bobbitt added an amendment to the resolution stating that it was not in support of the BDS movement. He

also called for the language to specifically state that the UC system, in the future, should avoid investing in countries associated with the Palestinian military as well to ensure full neutrality.

The second round of revisions, spearheaded by Muir College Senator Leah Wong, changed the title of the resolution to include specific mention of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict.

Wong said that she asked for this change to clarify the exact nature of the resolution, which she said

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arts&entertainment The Guardian & Hiatus Present

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ANTI-

OSCARS

Standing in the Shadows of the Beach Boys

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hat’s fascinating about groundbreaking music is how it seems to operate on two separate levels: a novel form of expression on the one hand, and radio-friendly quirk on the other. Much of

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Loathing

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most underrated “the muppets”

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hat’s left to say about “The Muppets” that hasn’t yet been said? Yes, Jason Segel’s script and starring role provided our nostalgic felt friends with a fresh new presence. Yes, Chris Cooper played a villainous oil tycoon who literally said “diabolical laugh” each time his wicked scheming paid off. Yes, there was a musical sequence penned by Flight of the Conchords’ Brett McKenzie entitled “Man or Muppet” and hell yes, you better believe it was righteous.

But “The Muppet”’s true achievement — the one the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences so predictably forgot to acknowledge this year — is that it was completely devoid of crude cheap laughs and utterly stupid popculture harvesting, delivering instead a purely joyful, wildly entertaining, get-up-and-dance family film for the ages.

— Ren Ebel Hiatus Editor

best kiss

“DRIVE”

best portrayal of a famous figure “midnight in paris”

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ince coming up with original characters is no fun in Hollywood, every year there’s a stream of portrayals of famous figures, each more pretentious than the last.

Last year was no exception. There was Leonardo DiCaprio furrowing his eyebrows as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover (“J. Edgar”), Michelle Williams taking on Hollywood’s most famous blonde (“My Week With Marilyn”) and, of course, Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Margaret Thatcher (“The Iron Lady”) — all compelling performances in typical biopic fashion: melodramatic and heavily make-upreliant.

Leave it to Woody Allen to somehow have the most famous faces with the least amount of over-acting.

His surprise summer hit “Midnight In Paris” had Owen Wilson shooting the shit with Ernest Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds and Gertrude Stein,

among other literary/art figures of the 1920s.

But rather than have another ultra-famous actor attempt to explore the psyche of someone we can never really understand, Allen’s film instead plays off the romantic notions we have of the historical characters (Hemingway’s masculine stoicism, Zelda Fitzgerald’s mania) to chuckle-worthy effect.

Enter the best of ’em all: Adrien Brody’s cameo as Salvador Dali. In over-the-top mustachioed glory, the actor was delightfully kooky, rambling about seeing a rhinoceros and squinting at Owen Wilson in perfect, surrealist thought. Admittedly, the performance is a total caricature, but it’s all in good fun — and it’s one of the most memorable moments of last year’s most charming film without puppets.

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hen Ryan Gosling historically secured the prestigious honor of Best Kiss at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards for his famous grabbingRachel-McAdams-by-the-throat-in-the-rain scene, no one could’ve possibly dreamt that the baby-faced badass would strike again quite as deeply or effectively. But this year, the instant classic elevator sequence of the ultrastylish “Drive” provided moviegoers with a life-affirming “Yes he can!”

Shot in elegant slo-mo, complete with shifting extradiegetic lighting, Gosling moves from the man he knows to be his predator, taking his fragile Denny’s waitress by the hip and embracing her in a kiss that seems to freeze time and dispel the imminent threat that stands just a few feet away. Then, of course, Gosling proceeds to bash the thug’s head right in. It’s the kind of timeless moment of pulp violence and beauty that can only exist on the screen.

— Ren Ebel Hiatus Editor

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— Arielle Sallai Managing Editor

Pink Floyd’s devastating storytelling and nuanced instrumentation has been lost upon Hot Topic merch and the Zunes of high school faux-stoners with facial hair.

And you could cite any one of the Beatles’ iconic personae without having reveled in the existential folk tale that is “Rocky Raccoon” or discovering just how strange a place Penny Lane really is.

But the undeniable masters of art-aspop are the Beach Boys. With the looks of a dweeby, all-male Brady Bunch and a simplistic attitude toward beach culture that made any real surfer scoff, surely it was easy to forget that they were making some of the most innovative music of the time.

In the early ’60s, Van Dyke Parks was one of these scoffing surfers. This was when, at age 24, he was already busy sprinkling his signature off-kilter arrangements on Disney’s “The Jungle Book.” But that was before he met Brian Wilson in 1966.

That was before he reinvented and then broke up the Beach Boys (it’s still a wonder Parks hasn’t received as much unwarranted shit from fans as Yoko Ono did in 1970). And that was long before he earned a legacy that has still, for whatever reason, remained one of American music’s bestkept secrets.

When the long-awaited SMiLE Sessions were finally released last year, Beach Boy fans marveled at out how such an enormously influential blend of contemporary psychedelia, heartfelt songwriting and Americana runoff could go 45 years without seeing the light of a proper production.

The problem is, it didn’t. A year after SMiLE’s colossal undoing, Van Dyke Parks went to work synthesizing the sound and lyricism he leant to Wilson with a remarkable, genre-defying solo debut. Parks’ 1967 now-cult classic Song Cycle is a creative whirlwind like no other — an album with the scope of Sgt. Peppers, the structure of an experimental jazz record and the arsenal of a Busby Berkeley film. It also had terribly disappointing sales upon release, failing to approach the record-breaking $35,000 spent making it.

But what makes Van Dyke Parks’ invisibility truly perplexing is the fact that he’s still at work. Five years after Song Cycle, Parks’ released the spectacular Discover America — a Hollywood-meets-Trinidad pop epic that mastered the art of “sampling” from the public domain a decade before the birth of hip-hop. In 2006, Parks contributed his stunning arrangements to Joanna Newsom’s Ys — a work that I’ll go ahead and call one of the greatest albums of the decade, but that frightened away potential listeners with its dense storybook of a lyric sheet and 15-plus minute songs.

But Parks was most likely never destined for mainstream acceptance.

While the Talking Heads and Velvet Undergrounds of the past have buried artistic revelation under radio play, Parks has walked the exact opposite career path — his universal classics hidden in the shadowy corners of underground obscurity. It’s a shame for the casual music lover, but an immensely satisfying treasure for those of us willing to dig.

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More of the Hiatus Take On the Best and Worst of Film in 2011 ▶ anti-oscars from page 8

best superhero movie

best remake

“the girl with the dragon tattoo”

“x-men: first class”

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et’s face it — Summer 2011 was an endless stream of superhero movies, with all of the blustering special effects and awkward outfits that go with a Captain America song and dance. But not all superhero movies (or superheroes) are made equal. In this summer’s case, more superheroes are better than just one — “X-Men: First Class” was clearly the best of the bunch.

The story traveled to the past, to the formation of the original X-men

team, replete with members who only real comic book buffs would recognize (Darwin, really?).

Apparently, during the Cold War, Professor X had hair and could walk, Magneto was James Bond-dreamy and Wolverine was just as badass as usual. Oh, and Emma Frost was still a terribly acted ice queen. Some things never change.

— Margaret Yau Managing Editor

best death by gwyneth “contagion”

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hat Gwyneth Paltrow lends to any movie isn’t her blonde, ponytailed spunk or even her country strong singing voice — it’s the countless ways she can die. From having her head cut off and sent as a gift to her film husband Brad Pitt in “Se7en” (1995) to voluntarily placing her head in an oven as classic writer Sylvia Plath in “Sylvia” (2003), there is no shortage of ways that the actress can die.

But Paltrow’s most recent movie death takes the cake — in disease thriller “Contagion,” Paltrow gasps

her final breath in the opening sequence of the film. With her terror-filled eyes and sickly pale skin, Paltrow has never looked better.

Herein lies the tricky question: Is it a better movie when Gwyneth Paltrow dies in the beginning or the end? As “Contagion” proved, it’s clearly better to have her out of the way in the beginning — she gets the film credit but disappears and makes away for better actors like Matt Damon and Kate Winslet.

— Margaret Yau Managing Editor

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iven recent high-budget American adaptations of international films (see “Let Me In,” based on the Swedish “Let the Right One In,” and that classic of laughably unnecessary remakes, “Dark Water”), you might be forgiven for assuming that David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” would prove to be an uninspired, over-stylized mess.

You’d be wrong though: Somehow, Fincher’s “Dragon Tattoo,” in addition to faithfully adapting Stieg Larsson’s powerful story to the screen, manages to build on that story, carefully harnessing its astronomical budget ($90 million compared to the Swedish version’s $13 million) to augment the original film’s stark portrayal of the Swedish novel. Through

its gorgeously aesthetic cinematography, lean narrative pace and a fittingly chilling score by Trent Reznor, David Fincher’s “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” not only measures up to its Swedish predecessor, it surpasses it entirely, a rare feat for major American cinema.

— Andrew Whitworth Associate Hiatus Editor

the ‘wait, this film existed?’ award “shame”

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teve McQueen’s “Shame” certainly didn’t fall short of any expectations, mostly because after the hoopla over Michael Fassbender’s full frontal nudity, nobody seemed to care. During major film festival season, “Shame” received some buzz for Fassbender’s outstanding performance as a NYC sex addict, but the film was soon forgotten by the Academy Awards and audiences alike.

It’s as if no one had the balls to approach this film and its graphic content (aka, actual balls). Perhaps people were too self conscious to sit in a theatre with others and feast their eyes on this heartfelt adult film (and did we mention Fassbender’s genitalia?). What a shame.

— Tanner Cook Staff Writer

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Deconstructing Pop

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Julia Holter draws infectious grooves from the abstract.

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ast year, classically-trained Los Angeles experimental songstress Julia Holter released Tragedy, a dense collection of lilting, mildly unsettling drone-pop.

Tragedy’s eight lengthy compositions, based on Euripides’ play “Hippolytus,” effortlessly transitioned between skewed synth-pop, drone and almost neoclassical vocal layer-

ing.

On Ekstasis, Holter manages to retain Tragedy’s complex compositional structure while allowing the songs a sense of pop-friendliness that was until now absent in her work. The results are phenomenal: Like its predecessor, Ekstasis is an enveloping, fascinating album, one which exists entirely within its own self-contained aesthetic sphere.

Opener “Marienbad” finds Holter in familiar territory, coupling elaborate layers of hymn-like vocals with a meandering harpsichord. Halfway through the song, however, steady 4/4 beat emerges, leading the song into sonic territory equally indebted to Steve Reich and UK house music.

That’s right, on Ekstasis, Holter gets groovy, a move that’s pleasantly surprising considering the often-rigid nature

of her more cerebral earlier work.

The rest of the album veers between heart-achingly gorgeous vocal drone pieces (like the Julianna Barwickevoking “Boy In The Moon”) and more pop-friendly fare, with tracks like “Moni Mon Ami” and “In The Same Room” pairing Holter’s flexible voice with deceptively simple Though the transition from avantgarde to pop-friendly is a common one recently, few artists do so with the grace shown by Holter on Ekstasis. Her success lies in creating a more accessible sound without sacrificing any of the inscrutable complexity that made her earlier work so delightfully compelling, and that is an outstanding accomplishment indeed.

— Andrew Whitworth Associate Hiatus Editor

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ollowing the release of sophomore record Upper Air in 2009, North Carolina folk trio Bowerbirds encountered three years of hardship: Their dog was run over by their tour van, and singers Phil Moore and Beth Tacular ended their long-

time relationship. After Tacular came down with a mysterious near-death illness, the couple decided to get back together and record The Clearing — an emotional ode to adversity and the ways we overcome it.

On “This Year,” Moore croons elegantly over subdued organ notes, building up the sound and then breaking it back down into an ambient atmosphere made up of ricocheting feedback.

“Overcome With Light” is the shortest track on the album at three minutes, pairing intense bursts of simplistic strumming with Moore’s stripped-down vocal harmonies.

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seductive yet relentlessly dark vocals, which she confidently boasts over ominous vocal samples and an eclectic mix of instruments, from shakers to a vibraphone, easily making it the most poignant track on the record.

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— Amanda Martinek Staff Writer

In Quinn Martin Fellow and Johnathan Silverstein’s UCSD production of Kaufman and Lardner’s musical classic, aspiring New York songwriter Fred Stevens meets the beautiful Edna and quickly falls in love. But when tempted by the prospect of fame and fortune, courtesy of a down and out Tin Pan Alley musician, Stevens must decide what really matters most: his career or the woman who truly loves him. (RE)

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Cutting Ties Harms Existing Connections

Divestment Moves UCSD Toward Neutrality

▶ TFI, from page 4

▶ SJP, from page 4

but rather further polarizes the already-marginalized set of pro-Israel groups on campus.

These progressive, liberal, peace-seeking groups have been increasingly alienated over the past few years; this resolution forces the student government to take a stance on the issue, and will further alienate one of the two sides.

When the State of Israel is singled out from a list of eligible sovereign states, students whose identities are linked to the country feel singled out and held to a double standard.

Students should be able to attend a university and feel accepted and represented by their student government.

Does this resolution promote a progressive, liberal approach to the conflict?

The resolution requires every student involved in the different aspects of this issue to take a simplified stance, either for or against divestment.

In essence, the resolution both ignores and silences the moderate voices advocating for a more nuanced approach to the issues.

In this campaign there is no middle ground. The resolution polarizes an already divided group of students, and does not allow for the complex views inherent to the issue. It is a myopic approach to a very complicated issue that must be addressed on campus in a productive forum.

This resolution does not belong before an associated student government because A.S. Council is charged with providing for a more cohesive campus community, and this resolution divides our student population.

What are the possible effects of Divestment?

The resolution does not account for the numerous implications of punishing companies who have deep financial- and research-based connections to our university.

Both General Electric and Northrop Grumman, the two companies targeted in the resolution, have research contracts with UCSD, and are a main source of potential jobs for our engineering students.

Calling for divestment and blacklisting these companies will potentially harm our reputation with these companies.

Does this resolution advocate for the sweeping divestment of the State of Israel?

No, we are looking at U.S. companies that profit from violent conflict and occupation.

Is this resolution anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian?

Because our university is invested asymmetrically in an ongoing violent conflict, we already as an institution are choosing to support one side over another. This resolution seeks to do away with the binary of pro-Israeli/pro-Palestinian by focusing on what we can agree on: the need for peace.

By removing investments from companies who assist in perpetuating the violence in the area, we are setting up a forum where peace is achievable.

If A.S. Council at UCSD recommends the divestment of these companies, what will we invest in instead?

We look forward to creating a coalition of students on campus that researches companies with a stake in social responsibility.

How is UCSD invested in these companies?

The UC Retirement and Endowment Funds are invested in indexes. The Russel 3000 index includes GE and Northrop Grumman. Investments can be personalized to include and exclude whichever companies the investor wants.

Isn’t investing in these companies profitable?

GE is less than 1 percent value of all the stocks in the U.S.A., financially $210 billion out of $25 trillion. Furthermore, we invest globally and U.S.A. is only 35 percent of the global market, so GE comes out to even less than 0.3 percent of the global market. Northrup Grumman is less than 0.1 percent of U.S. value, or $18 billion out of $25 trillion. Divesting from these companies is not difficult to do. There are over 5,000 companies that can be invested in the U.S. GE and Northrop Grumman are not our only options.

What percentage of these companies’ profits come from weaponry sold that perpetuates the conflict?

About 4 percent of GE’s sales is from weapons and military equipment, and only a portion of that goes to Israeli military, while Northrop Grumman is a military equipment company. It doesn’t matter how much of their profits are involved in violence, it’s a statement against violence.

A.S. Council’s Lack of Abstentions in Divestment Decision Should be Applauded ▶ resolution, from page 5 since the UC system has money invested in companies linked with the Israeli army, but does not monetarily support the Palestinian people, divesting would be a statement of neutrality.

The regents have already stated that the UC system will not divest, but the (failed) outcome of the divestment resolution is still a crucial symbolic gesture about a controversial world issue.

Given this highly charged issue, when some members of the population don’t believe that council should be speaking about world issues, and some do, and council contradicts itself, we have a problem. The A.S. Council mission statement, per its website, specifically states that the leaders should “focus on the issues that directly affect the people with whom we have the responsibility to serve.” For better or worse, council could

interpret this wording to specify that it will not weigh in on issues of foreign policy or human rights — and simply refuse to acknowledge the resolution. But as recently as November 2011, council passed the “Resolution in Support of Reclaim UCSD.” This resolution stated that “ASUCSD can make decisions regarding world events and political issues that deeply impact UCSD students and are significant to their student lives,” which can read interpreted that council must become an audience to resolutions such as the divestment.

This editorial board is not against the November resolution, nor are we saying that A.S. Council should not weigh in on issues of global importance. This is an enormously complicated question that has far-reaching ramifications and influence on both levels. Instead, we applaud A.S. Council for defining its own role and voting on, instead of tabling, the issue of

divestment for the first time. Last spring, council voted 13-104 just to create a committee on the topic of divestment before moving on to voting, ultimately tabling the resolution. In May 2010, council voted 7-8 to indefinitely table that year’s divestment resolution regarding General Electric and United Technologies.

For the past two years, council sent the two sides to talk it out in a committee, resulting in deadlock because council simultaneously thought itself important enough to comment on these issues, and then chickened out of taking any true stance.

But this year, even though it took over seven hours of combined public input and proposed amendments, A.S. Council voted with no abstentions in the end.

Regardless of your feelings on the decision itself, that in and of itself is something to applaud.

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No. 10 Tritons Top Whittier 7-2, UCSD 9-1 in Season

By Rachel Uda Sports Editor MEN’S TENNIS —The No. 10 UCSD Men’s Tennis team topped nationally unranked Division-III Whittier College last Saturday, Feb. 25, 7–2.

The Tritons won both the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, as well as all of their singles matches outside of the No. 1 singles bout, pitting senior Chapman Chan against Whittier’s Julian Seneviratne.

The No. 1 singles match between Chan and Seneviratne was the only match on the day that went to three sets.

Seneviratne — a 2010 All-SCIAC selection — took the first set in a close 6–4 finish. Chan rallied, winning the second set 6–7, but Seneviratne closed the match out with a 10–6 win in the last set.

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wins in their singles matches, while junior Austin West and Sam Ling both had tight first sets but seemed to outlast their opponents in the second set to finish strong.

“Whittier’s a good ball striking club, but I think our tenacity made them fade a little in the second sets today,” UCSD head coach Eric Steidlmayer said to the athletics department.

In the doubles component, Seneviratne led Whittier’s No. 1 doubles to take the win over the nationally ranked pair of sophomore Devon Sousa and West, 9–8.

However, the Tritons handily overtook the Poets in the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches.

In the No. 2 match, senior Jason Wall teamed with Luu to record an 8–3 win, and in the No. 3 match, Ling and Yoshida won 8–5.

“Junya Yoshida is a junior this year and he’s really played well,” Steidlmayer said

to the UCSD athletics department. “But our last two clinchers, Austin West and Max Jiganti, have also done well. Kona Luu really elevated his game: A freshman from Irvine, he plays No. 2 doubles for us and No. 6 singles and really solidified both spots. He may be the biggest surprise of the year.”

With the win, the No. 10 Tritons advance to 9–1 this season, posting their only loss against Grand Canyon University at the Grand Canyon Invitational on Feb. 10.

The next competition for the Tritons will be on March 1 to March 4 at the Pacific Coast Doubles Championships in La Jolla, featuring the UCSD duos of West and Sousa, Ling and Yoshida and Luu and Wall.

UCSD then resumes dual competition, with a bout against Division-I Villanova at home on March 6.

Readers can contact Rachel Uda at ruda@ ucsd.edu

No. 20 Softball Goes 3-1 on the Road Against San Francisco ▶ Softball, from page 16 two RBI, bringing home Lesovsky and McQuaid off of one of the two Gator errors in the inning.

After the second inning, the bats cooled off on both ends.

The Tritons would record two more runs before the end of six innings, with Swanberg hitting a big double for her second RBI.

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UCSD took an early 3–0 lead in its only loss of the series. In the third inning, the Tritons scored off an error and tacked on two more runs off another Swanberg double to left field.

Senior All-American Camille Gaito kept the Gators scoreless until the

sixth inning, when the Gators took two runs on two Triton fielding errors.

Still with a slight 3–2 advantage, Gator pitcher Marisa Ibarra retired the next three Tritons in order. And with its last at-bat, San Francisco State took the win, converting two runs on two sacrifice bunts.

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In a rematch between Gaito and Ibarra, the Tritons overcame a 1–0 Gator lead in the bottom of the third with a big seven-run inning.

Swanberg’s big bat sent another double to center field. With sophomore catcher Caitlin Brown making contact to get on base, Swanberg was batted

in by junior designated hitter Jennifer Manuel. Next at-bat junior Tess Granath singled up the middle to load the bases.

Sykes then sent one to center field to give the Tritons the lead. With the bases still loaded, Spangler was brought on to pinch-hit for McQuaid, singling to right center for two RBI. Back at the top of the order, Lesovksy popped out, but UCSD would score two more off a Willmon single and a big Romero double to right center.

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NO. 20 TRITONS 12-6 in 2012

By RACHEL UDA Sports Editor

game 1 ucsd vs SF state 3-0 No. 20 UCSD Softball went into extra innings with San Francisco State in the first game of the four-game series. Neither team recorded a run until the top of the eighth inning, when the Tritons loaded the bases.

With junior Emily McQuaid on third base and senior Kris Lesovsky on second, sophomore Kristin Willmon bunted to bring home the winning run. With just one out, sophomore Mya Romero flied out to center field to score Lesovsky.

Up 2–0, the Tritons sealed the win with an RBI single from junior Nicole Spangler. game 2

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In the second game of the series, the Tritons got the bats going early. UCSD capitalized on a costly Gator error off a Romero bunt that advanced Romero to second base, placed Willmon on third base and brought Lesovsky into score. Up 1–0, sophomore catcher Charly Swanberg flied out to left field to score Willmon.

The Gators responded in kind, putting two men on base and scoring one man off a bunt by Ashley Huff. San Francisco tacked on another run off of a sacrifice fly, and took the lead with a double to right center.

Down by one run and back at the top of the order, Lesovsky singled up the middle to bring freshman second baseman Maria Sykes into score. With the score tied, the Gators brought on pitcher Ali Garcia to relieve Jordan Stanaland. Stanaland didn’t fare much better as Willmon singled through the right side for See SOFTBALL, page 15

UCSD Baseball Splits Fourth Straight CCAA Series

By NICK HOWE Associate Sports Editor

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UCSD started strong with a solid first inning as sophomore catcher Nick LaFace bombed one to left field, putting the Tritons up 1–0. The Broncos came back in the bottom of the inning with three hits for two runs. The Broncos stayed up for the rest of the game despite a rally in the top of the sixth, when UCSD junior infielder Sam Michaels singled to right and was batted in off sophomore Scott Liske’s first homerun.

Liske’s second homer came in the ninth, but it was too late to make a difference as the Broncos proved too strong for the Tritons.

Sophomore Garrett Tuck had a good game at the plate, batting three for four with three singles.

bats came alive to jump on the Broncos 3–0 in the first two innings.

Despite losing command in the second, the Bronco’s Geoff Brussard did not walk another Triton as he continued into the eighth inning for the win after the Bronco bats found some spark in the top of the third as Pomona center fielder Jordan Whitman homered to bring in two runs. In the top of the fifth, the Tritons started to struggle on the mound as the Broncos threw five runs up on the board on three hits. Most of the runs were unearned.

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The Tritons again opened up big on Friday in the first inning as sophomore Justin Rahn singled up the middle and advanced to second on a wild pitch and to third on a ground out by LaFace. Rahnand scored on a single by Seigel. Seigel scored on a Tuck single to right to make it 2–0.

The Broncos responded with a run in the bottom of the inning, but junior right-hander Ryan Goodbrand shut down Pomona for the rest of the game.

In the fifth, LaFace doubled to right to start the rally with one out. He was moved to third by a shallow single to left field by Siegel. Tuck hit another single to right field to bring in LaFace and to move Seigel to second.

Sophomore Jonah Northrop then reached on a fielder’s choice, which was quickly followed by Seigel scoring on a Bronco infield error.

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The second game of Saturday’s double header tied up the series for the Tritons and moved them up to 4–4 in CCAA play.

Pitcher Greg Selarz started well for the Tritons, but allowed a run in each of the first two innings. He struck out three in the first four innings of play and walked two. Down 2–0, the Tritons could not get their bats to work until the fifth inning.

With two outs, Michaels singled to left field, and was brought in on the next at-bat from Choi, who homered over the left field fence to tie the game.

In the top of the sixth, the Broncos manufactured a run by moving their left fielder, Douglas Walter, around the bases with a little help from the Tritons. Walter got on first by a walk, then moved to second on Triton pitcher Trevor Scott’s balk. Scott was pulled, and Walter was moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly.

Down 3–2, the Tritons came roaring back in the bottom of the sixth. Leading off, Rahn was hit by a pitch to get on base. LaFace found similar luck and got on thanks to an error by the Bronco shortstop, Mike Santora. This moved Rahn to third and allowed him to score off Tuck’s single up the middle. Ringold and Northrop reached as the Bronco errors piled up. Frazier would score to put the Tritons up 4–3..

Things started out well for the Tritons as the UCSD

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Tritons Advance to Semifinals GAME SUMMARIES Oct. 1, 2010

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We are proud of what we have done up to this point, but now is the time that matters. We are 0-0 and a new season has begun.” CHARITY ELLIOY UCSD head coach women’s basketball

The No. 1 Tritons walked to a win against eighth-seeded Sonoma State in the firstround of the CCAA Conference Tournament. UCSD will now face Cal State L.A. in the semifinal round to be played on Friday, Mar. 2 at 8:00 pm at RIMAC Arena. The winner will advance to the final to be played the following day on Saturday, March 3.

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