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Students Will Vote on Constitution Changes Referendum Rundown BEFORE

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Students spray paint at the Graffiti Hill event in front of Main Gym Feb. 26.

The Guardian explored the responses to the recent closure of Graffiti Hall.

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An elected, voting Vice President Finance and Resources position

A non-voting Financial Controller position appointed by A.S. Council

Appointed Associate Vice President Student Organizations position

Director of Student Organizations, a staff position under the office of the A.S. president

• Academic Senators will become nonvoting on A.S. Council, but voting members of the Academic Representative Council.

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• Decrease in number of first-year senators from three to two

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fter weeks of exchanging proposed amendments to the A.S. Council Constitution between A.S. Council and the six college councils, A.S. Council passed the amendments as a referendum to be put to a student vote in the general election in Spring Quarter 2014.

A.S. Council originally passed these amendments in Fall Quarter 2013, after which they underwent the ratification process through the college councils. However, three of the seven amendments were not passed by the necessary four out of six college councils to be ratified.

According to the A.S. Constitution, there are two methods of ratifying directives passed by the

The bill would repeal the ban on affirmative action in education implemented

by Amendment No. 5.

A.S. Council. The first is to pass the document through four out of six college councils, and the second is to put the document to a student vote.

“I think it’s our way of holding the college councils accountable,” Social Sciences Senator and Bylaws committee member Colin King said.

“They hold A.S. Council accountable through the ratification process, and if we disagree with them we can hold them accountable through the student body.”

Opponents argue that this negates the role of college councils in the ratification process.

• Addition of two voting International Senators

BY Gabriella Fleischman associate

UCSD EARNS CCAA TOURNEY BID

Assembly Will Review Prop 209 Amendment

California’s State Assembly will soon review Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5, a highly controversial bill that would repeal parts of Proposition 209 that block affirmative action in state education, triggering stiff opposition from equal opportunity activists.

Proposition 209, enacted in 1996, prohibits state institutions from considering race, sex or ethnicity, particularly in school acceptance. California was the first state to implement such a ban on race and gender-based hiring and admission practices.

SCA-5 was introduced by state Sen. Edward Hernandez (D-West Covina) on Dec. 3, 2012 and seeks to remove those restrictions on public education, thus allowing universities to give special consideration to applicants of specific races and national origins. It was passed by the State Senate, which holds a Democratic supermajority, on Jan. 30, 2014 and sent to the Assembly that same day.

“You cannot address inequality by refusing to acknowledge it,” Hernandez said on his website. “We have nearly 20 years of history showing our campuses have become less diverse, and qualified high school graduates are being overlooked and ignored as a result of the failed experi-

Proposed amendments to A.S. bylaws will appear on the spring election ballot during Week 2.

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For reasons unknown, the chocoholic devil perched somewhere in my brain tends to have the more compelling arguments.”

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Geisel Library Celebrates UCSD Professors Looking Dr. Seuss’ Birthday Today to Reduce Hospital Noise Recently donated materials from Theodore Geisel’s personal archive are now on display.

BY Justine Liang

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UCSD’s Geisel Library will hold a campus birthday party to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s March 2 birthday on Monday March 3. The event will also celebrate a recent gift to the Mandeville Special Collections Library donated by Audrey Geisel from the personal archive of her late husband, Theodor Seuss Geisel — otherwise known as Dr. Seuss.

The donated materials include hundreds of rough sketches and drawings for a variety of unpublished projects such as “Cat Ballooning,” “The Pet Shop,” “Bee Watches,” “How Welk Can You Spelk,” “The Clock Book” and

“Arabian Adventures.” They will be added to the Dr. Seuss Collection in the Library’s Mandeville Special Collections.

“I am pleased about more of Ted’s work and memorabilia being in the Mandeville Special Collections at Geisel Library,” Audrey Geisel told UCSD News in a Feb. 27 article.

A selection of the new materials is now on display at Geisel Library and will be continued to be exhibited until the end of March.

“We greatly treasure our Dr. Seuss materials and view Ted Geisel as much more than one of the most popular authors of children’s books,” Audrey Geisel University Librarian Brian E.C. Schottlaender said to UCSD News. “He is also a symbol of extreme creativity and innovation, values that are part of this University’s DNA.” The gift includes several unpubSee SEUSS, page 3

Research shows that noise levels in hospitals reach up to 110 decibels and deprive patients of sleep.

BY Karen To

Staff Writer

UCSD and University of Arizona professors are collaborating to reduce noise levels and improve sound clarity for patients in hospitals.

Eve Edelstein, a professor collaborating in this endeavor, measured the noise levels in hospital emergency rooms during the shifting of hospital staff. She discovered that noise levels can reach as high as 100 to 110 decibels, which is equivalent to the noise emitted by a jet engine.

By comparison, normal speech levels are between 45 and 65 decibels.

Edelstein’s results indicate the need for a solution to remedy the negative impacts that noisy hospitals have on patients’ recovery.

According to a 2012 study by University of Chicago researchers,

noisy environments deprive patients of sleep, resulting in an increase of blood pressure by as much as six points for every one hour of sleep lost. Medical equipment also contributes to the noise levels in hospitals.

“All of the equipment is going for 20 patients,” Edelstein said in a Feb. 25 KPBS article. “And now 20 more nurses walk in, and they’re each having one-to-one conversations about each patient’s status. Everyone’s speaking above the level of the [electrocardiogram] alarm and the overhead announcements and the ventilator systems.”

UCSD music and sonic arts professor Peter Otto is also participating in the research and hopes to use a device he developed himself, called the sound See NOISE, page 3

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Proposition 209 Supporters Believe the Law Improves UC Academics ▶ ADMISSIONS, from page 1

ment that is Prop. 209.”

The bill is currently held at desk pending further action. If the State Assembly approves SCA-5, it will be presented as a referendum to California voters on Nov. 4, 2014. The amendment’s passage in the Senate has already sparked debates on both sides.

“I am not proposing quota systems or preferential treatment,” Hernandez said in a Feb. 18 U-T San Diego article. “SCA5 simply allows our public colleges to identify achievement gaps [...] consistent with all the Supreme Court decisions that already limit the use of race- or genderconscious programs.”

In a Feb. 24 letter to the campus, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block also expressed a negative opinion towards Proposition 209’s

effects on the university. He asked the faculty to consider instituting a diversity general education course requirement, similar to UCSD’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirement which was established in 2011.

However, there has been a large outcry against SCA-5. According to the U-T San Diego, supporters of Proposition 209 claim minorities have largely benefited from the law since their academic performance better matches the universities they attend. A change.org petition entitled “Vote NO to SCA 5!” now has nearly 80,000 signatures. It charges the act with violating the 14th Amendment.

Sonny Rodriguez, a fifth-year from Muir College, understands the rationale behind the amendment but ultimately thinks that guiding minorities after they have been accepted would be more effective.

“As a Hispanic male, I have to acknowl-

edge the vast cultural disparity of certain minority groups in schools like UCLA, UC Berkeley and even here in San Diego,” Rodriguez said in a Facebook post. “But the point is, it’s a reality [...] I can say that the problem isn’t getting into the school.

It’s what happens to us after we’ve gotten in.

Affirmative action is not the answer. Fix the problem the right way, or don’t fix it at all.”

For now, UC and CSU officials have not taken an official stance on SCA-5.

According to the UC system, minorities made up about 69 percent of the total student population in 2013, up from about 48.5 percent in 1998. Asian-Americans are the most numerous minority while African-Americans and American-Indians are the least numerous.

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LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday, Feb. 21 1 a.m.: Assist Other Agency Verizon Wireless received an emergency signal near Tioga Hall. False alarm.

2:35 p.m.: Medical Aid A patient was suffering from a fever and low blood pressure at the Moores Cancer Center. Referred to other agency — medics responded.

9:40 p.m.: Brandishing a Weapon A male subject reportedly pulled out a knife during an argument at The Loft and was escorted out by security. Checks OK. Saturday, Feb. 22 2:30 a.m.: Battery A verbal argument at the Village East 1 escalated to a physical conflict. No injuries were reported and both parties declined to press charges. Report taken.

3:44 a.m.: Water/Sewer Leak A passerby saw water flooding Lot 208. Information only.

11:30 p.m.: Public Intoxication The reporting party attempted to stop the subject from drunk driving. Transported to detox.

Monday, Feb. 24 3:56 a.m.: Disturbance The subjects were screaming and partying at the Village West 1.

Quiet on arrival.

4:04 a.m.: Suspicious Vehicle Subjects were found sleeping inside a vehicle at Parking Lot 406. Checks OK. 12:01 p.m.: Medical Aid A subject was experiencing chest pains at the Student Health Center.

Transported to hospital by medics.

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Checks OK. 9:25 a.m.: Medical Aid The subject complained of vertigo and requested medics. Transported to hospital.

11:30 p.m.: Suspicious Person The subject was sleeping by The Loft in Price Center. Field interview administered.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 4:51 p.m.: Grand Theft Credit card fraud was reported with an estimated loss of $1,819.64.

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9:31 p.m.: Injury The subject possibly dislocated a shoulder while exercising near Asante House. Transported to hospital.

11:49 p.m.: Copyright Infringement A subject illegally distributed copyrighted material from a personal computer. Referred to Student Conduct.

Thursday, Feb. 27 4:01 p.m.: Disturbance, Verbal Argument A subject at Thornton Hospital complained of chest pains and claimed the ER staff refused to give treatment.

Transported to Scripps Hospital.

10:27 p.m.: Disturbance A female subject was reportedly yelling and throwing objects near the Central Mesa Apartments. Field interview administered.

Time Unknown: Suicide Attempt The subject sent suicidal text messages to the reporting party in Warren College. Report taken.

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Referendum Language Will Include a Summary of the Changes ▶ BYLAWS, from page 1

However, the biggest concern among members of A.S. Council was that students will make an uninformed vote, particularly because the constitution is a long and dense document.

King drafted a summary of the changes to be listed at the beginning of the document so that students do not have to read through its entirety.

These changes include changing

the elected, voting position of Vice President Finances and Resources to an appointed, non-voting position of Financial Controller; changing the voting position of Associate Vice President Student Organizations to a staff position under the Office of the President, the Director of Student Organizations; taking away the voting power of Academic Senators on A.S. Council, yet giving them voting power on an Academic Representatives Council; adding two

International Senator positions; and reducing the number of Freshman Senators from three to two.

“I just hope students actually make informed decisions and actually vote rather than abstain,” King said. “I’m sure we’ll see a lot of abstentions with this because it’s a long document, but I hope students will actually think critically about this.”

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Researchers Use Various Building Materials to Improve Acoustics ▶ NOISE, from page 1

bender, to resolve the issue of noisy hospitals.

The sound bender is the size of a cable box and uses 12 speakers to direct sound in a contained beam so that it doesn’t dissipate into other directions.

In this manner, the sound bender could be used to direct announcements to nurses’ stations without disturbing patients. Otto believes the sound bender could be useful during operations as well.

“What if we just had the interesting messages for the anesthesiologist

pointed at him and the things the surgeon needs to pay attention to are only directed to his or her listening space,” Otto said in the KPBS article.

“The nurses might have another stream they are paying attention to.”

Otto and Edelstein have also been experimenting with different building materials that could alter the acoustics in hospitals and enhance sound clarity.

Currently, hospital walls are not built out of absorptive materials so sounds can bounce off in multiple directions. Otto uses a virtual patient room where he can manipulate the different materials to test its

efficiency in sharpening sounds.

During the study, he has a nurse read the names of medicines such as aspirin and adrenaline to gauge the differences in acoustics that certain materials produce.

Otto can also change the shape and size of the room at will to manipulate the factors contributing to noise level beyond just the building materials.

“It could be so much more of a healthy, relaxed, focused environment,” Otto said.

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Mandeville Collections Now Contains Over 10,000 Seuss Items ▶ SEUSS, from page 1

lished manuscripts that represent Dr. Seuss’s unending creativity and innovative ideas. Geisel Library was named in recognition of Theodor and Audrey Geisel’s support of the university and the library.

“Theodor and Audrey Geisel have been generous and stalwart supporters of UC San Diego and our library,” Chancellor Khosla said. “We are honored and grateful to receive these

amazing new materials and feel certain that they will inspire more phenomenal Dr. Seuss books. It is clear that Ted Geisel’s creative genius never ceased to burn bright.”

According to UCSD News, the Mandeville Special Collections holds more than 10,000 items in the Dr. Seuss Collection which includes original drawings, sketches, manuscript drafts, books, notebooks, photographs and memorabilia.

This year’s party will be Dr. Seuss’s

110th birthday anniversary and will feature a giant inflatable Cat in the Hat, musical entertainment from the Cat in the Hat Songbook and 2,000 cupcakes.

The library, its Dr. Seuss Collection and the celebration reflect Dr. Seuss’s famous quote, “The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

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Autism Speaks, But Not For All Despite the worthy intentions of Autism Speaks, current practices that stigmatize or invalidate autistic individuals must be reformed.

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he Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that one in 88 children fall somewhere on the autism spectrum. In addition, countless adults on the autism spectrum live their entire lives undiagnosed. Given the prevalence of autism in our society and how little we understand of it, this condition deserves more scientific attention and public awareness.

For nearly a decade, the American organization called Autism Speaks raised millions of dollars pursuing these goals by appearing on television, utilizing celebrities for publicity and becoming the main autism charity in public view. Unfortunately, many of Autism Speaks’ views and policies make it very problematic in the eyes of the disability community, and donors should not treat the organization as the de facto representative of autistic people.

The “autism spectrum” refers to a range of conditions characterized by difficulty with social interaction and certain kinds of communication, a preference for repetitive behavior and sameness, narrow focus on very specific interests and sensory abnormalities. Many people with autism who have access to education use alternatives to verbal language like signing or typing. Many others, including those with Asperger Syndrome, may experience no issue with verbal language but instead find difficulty with body language and unspoken social rules. Conversely, people not on the autism spectrum or any other atypical neurological spectrum are called “neurotypical.”

Autism Speaks’ consistent framing of autism as a debilitating disease in need of a cure proves problematic, as it implies autistic people need to become neurotypical to lead healthy lives. This attitude, regardless of intention, only perpetuates a stigma attached to having autism. Though

many autistic people and their families may require services and accommodations to live comfortably, a more urgent requirement is acceptance and understanding from society at large, free of the associated stigma.

The directors behind Autism Speaks also deserve scrutiny. On Jan. 6, 2014, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network along with dozens of other disability groups published a joint letter to the sponsors of Autism Speaks criticizing the organization’s exclusion of actual autistic people in its leadership. The fact that neurotypicals run Autism Speaks without any autistic people in leadership positions may explain its “ableist” decisions, including ad campaigns that depict autism as an epidemic and a tragic burden on neurotypicals, likening it to natural disasters and terminal illness. Drawing on pity and fear obviously worsens public perception of autism and autistic people. This leads to stereotypes and misconceptions including the dangerous myth, propagated in part by Autism Speaks, that vaccines cause autism.

Other autism advocacy organizations like the ASAN itself include countless intelligent and articulate autistic people in their ranks, so Autism Speaks’ omission should certainly raise red flags. The disability community takes its slogan seriously: “Nothing about us, without us.” In a world with non-verbal autistic advocates like Amanda Baggs and Lucy Blackman, and a number of big-name celebrities with Asperger Syndrome like Dan Aykroyd, Susan Boyle, Daryl Hannah and Courtney Love, there really is no excuse for Autism Speaks to exclude the people for whom it supposedly advocates from leadership positions.

Autism Speaks’ implicit goal of a world without autistic people dissuades prospective autistic advocates from associating themselves with the group, worsening the leadership issue. Famous autistic author John

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EMORY UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ROB STEPHENSON ARGUES THAT AMBIGUOUS COURSE TITLES, SUCH AS “GETTING DRESSED” AND “BLOGGING,” MAKE THEIR ACADEMIC VALUE UNCLEAR FOR GRADUATE ADMISSIONS.

Courses Unrepresentative of Typical Academia Spark Interest, Stimulate Innovation and Promote Creativity When it comes to college advice, almost everyone will say that the most important thing is to have fun and explore by trying new things.

Because of the mentality that college is a time of experimentation, introductory classes, freshman seminars and fun electives — such as “God, Sex, Chocolate: Desire and the Spiritual Path” — offered at UCSD are aimed to spark interest and conversations outside of boring textbooks to create a well-rounded education.

In the 21st century, being book smart alone is no longer the sole deciding factor when it comes to college and graduate program admissions. Dean of Admissions Henry Broaddus from College of William and Mary in Virginia emphasized that “a curious mind” gained through diverse learning can be “more impressive than routinized academic achievements.” In today’s job market, which values innovation and creativity, the ability to think and work outside the box is becoming increasingly more significant than mere grades and test scores.

Furthermore, graduate school admissions value students’ diverse backgrounds over one-dimensional learning. The increasing emphasis on the personal statement section of graduate school applications marks the need for students to venture out and create their own identity. While research-based universities focus heavily on mathematics or science curriculums, a liberal arts background provides a diverse platform to spark curiosity.

Essentially, a few adventurous courses in a candidate’s academic history should not negatively affect students’ academic career. Instead, the willingness to take on challenging courses outside of the student’s comfort zone reflects valued qualities of curiosity, risk taking and open-mindedness. So, alongside the rigorous academic classes, throw in a few interesting electives to take advantage of a well-rounded college education.

— YAN GAO Staff Writer

College Course Titles Alone Are Not Indicative of Different Institutions’ Unique Curriculum Standards With all of a student’s accomplishments laid bare in a graduate school application, criticizing course titles seems irrelevant and fruitless in gauging their knowledge and experience.

Course equivalency between U.S. universities doesn’t really exist, so it’s difficult for graduate school admissions officers to compare classes from school to school based on course titles alone.

The lack of uniformity in the higher education system — be it nationwide or even within the relatively unified UC system — results in a tremendous range of combinations for college students’ possible curricula.

“Higher education” encompasses a variety of educational styles, and each institution has its own, individual interpretation of major studies that correspond to each schedule. Two schools might offer deeply divergent programs of varying quality or difficulty, but students from either receive the same degree under the same title.

For example, while Massachusetts Institute of

Technology and UCSD both offer bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering, MIT’s semester system cuts the time needed to complete required coursework to almost half that of our program. UCSD requires six quarters of the math 20 series to MIT’s two semesters of calculus, so it appears as if UCSD students take twice as much math as MIT students. However, the two programs are generally accepted as equivalents, so the wide disparity remains unexplained. And, bar the daunting task of experiencing both programs first-hand, there is no empirical way to assess the truth of this equivalency.

Ultimately, with no standardized curriculum, comparing university courses and their arbitrary monikers is pointless and counterproductive. Fortunately, the abundance of other, more important details in the application can inspire holistic and fair evaluation.

— RACHEL HUANG Senior Staff Writer

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f I’m studying for long enough, I notice myself unconsciously reaching for the nearest bar of chocolate. Let me loose near a bag of Lay’s, and they will have vanished within five minutes. Serving sizes are pretty much irrelevant to me. It seems that every time I make up my mind to close the package and actually get some work done, I end up snacking uncontrollably just a few seconds later.

This is the agonizing quandary of self restraint — knowing that the stuff we want is bad for us, or in short supply. Twentieth-century researcher B.F. Skinner ascribed this not to any kind of “willpower,” but to how we balance positive and negative outcomes. In each decision is a labored effort to determine which benefits and consequences have the most merit. The judicious ascetic and decadent gourmand in me clash, but after a little deliberation, I’ll suddenly become an optimist and decide that the consequences really won’t be that bad.

I usually manage to rule against self-control several times in sequence, assuring myself that it will for sure be the “last time” I indulge. Much as I desperately scramble in the morning to rationalize staying in bed every time I snooze my alarm, I usually end up earnestly debating my conscience on why I should grab just a couple more treats before calling it quits.

For reasons unknown, the chocoholic devil perched somewhere in my brain tends to have the more compelling arguments.

At the foundation of all these daily struggles is the short-term/ long-term dilemma. Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel investigated this in 1970 by placing marshmallows or pretzels in front of children and offering them a reward if they didn’t eat it. Interestingly, most of the kids covered their eyes or turned around to avoid the temptation. As a result of their remarkable control, they won an extra marshmallow. Unfortunately, such rewards usually aren’t so clear when we’re making decisions.

Long-term benefit is a hard sell at the best of times, let alone when a cocoa-filled delicacy is tantalizing you. But if we consider bigger and better, long-term rewards, saving up becomes a more attractive proposition. For example, I enjoy the delusion that the cents I save when skipping out on slightly more expensive granola bars will eventually pay for an open-topped sports car when I’m 30. Whether the penny pinching will take the edge off my school loans, let alone buying a car, is another story, but pretending as if there’s something truly awesome in store after your suffering makes it easier to handle.

The glaringly obvious solution that most people tend to skip is that of the physical barrier. It’s not even terribly complicated — there just has to be spatial separation from the object in question. Doing too much impulse buying? Leave the credit card at home. And as much as it may hurt, if you’re experiencing my chocolate-seeking woes, maybe just put the delectable cookies or brownies far out of reach.

Just think about the payoff come beach day…

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Neurotypical Leadership Structure Contributes to Stigmatization ▶ AUTISM, from page 4 Elder Robison resigned from Autism Speaks for this reason in November, citing that he had not found success in reforming the organization from within. This event, among others, sparked a movement among autistic people and allies to boycott sponsors of Autism Speaks, a sentiment that has attracted up to 3,000 supporters in only two months.

When an organization receives condemnation from the group it tries to help, something has clearly gone wrong. Undeniably, Autism Speaks has helped families of children with autism and raised awareness like no other organization; its resources can still help people, so total condemna-

tion may be counterproductive. At the same time, Autism Speaks’ offensive views clearly need reform, and when potential reformers like Robison feel powerless to change minds from the inside, this leaves few choices.

Neurotypicals must view autistic individuals as “different, not less” and certainly not as sick. In sum, as famous autistic advocate Dr. Temple Grandin phrased it, “The world needs all kinds of minds.”

Instead of a one-track agenda of curing autism, we should focus on developing new ways for autistic people to communicate and new styles of education that work for them. Yes, new treatments to relieve undue physical or emotional distress must be a priority as well,

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but more importantly, there should be fewer stressors in society that cause autistic people such pain.

If word spreads and enough allies — as well as autistic people themselves — implore Autism Speaks to change its harmful views, then maybe we can accomplish what Robison alone could not. Until then, research the goals and spokespeople for potential nonprofits before supporting them, carry an awareness of the organization’s goals and the implications of those goals, and take responsibility to reform aspects of society that stigmatize or invalidate disability groups.

Dear Editor, I want to express my utmost gratitude to the Greek Community at UCSD and to all the student support that Sigma Kappa received at our annual philanthropy, Sigma Kappa’s Best Dance Crew.

This year was the most successful year to date. 22 IFC and Panhellenic chapters participated, performing dances that left the audience erupting in applause and screams. As a chapter, we raised over $8,000 to support our five philanthropies, which include the Sigma Kappa Foundation and Alzheimer’s Association. Our goal this year was $4,000, and we surpassed that number by more than double.

Every year, we sell raffle tickets, light refreshments and accept donations, but this year we became more innovative. With the increase in technology, we opened a Venmo account and also created a donation website which brought in over $1,000 alone.

Sigma Kappa’s Best Dance Crew is the biggest philanthropy of the year, and all of the Greek community comes together for the event. It sells

out every year, and attendees wait hours in line to get a much sought after ticket. I love that our event encourages such unity to bud, and I hope that next year our event continues to expand.

The amount of dedication that the Greek community puts into this event is absolutely inspiring. Many of the chapters began practicing their dance routines in the fall and spent countless nights perfecting their moves after long days of school and work. Not only do these guys work hard on their dances, but they also donate so much to help fund our philanthropies.

Several individuals dropped big money, upwards of $200, to help fund our great causes. I always look forward to what each chapter is bringing to the stage at Sigma Kappa’s Best Dance Crew; it is a highlight of my winter quarter. I speak on behalf of Sigma Kappa when I say thank you all so much for making our event one of the most successful philanthropies on campus. See you next year!

— Karen Lew Marshall College, Junior Sigma Kappa Public Relations Chair

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“any defacement of University property,” including “any inscription, word, figure, picture or design.”

Student responses online ridiculed the administration’s decision to officially ban graffiti on campus. Reddit users likened the repainting of Graffiti Hall to the repainting of stairwells in McGill Hall and the Applied Physics and Mathematics Building. According to their posts, angry responses were written in Sharpie on the walls in the aftermath of this repainting.

“But among them appeared this insightful bit, which forever changed my understanding of my relationship with the school: UCSD admins value pristine concrete over student expression,” Reddit user P1h3r1e3d13 wrote.

A.S. Council is also trying to restore a home for student expression by bringing back a “Graffiti Art Space” to campus. Students will be able to voice their opinions on the matter by voting on a referendum via Tritonlink during Week 2 of Spring Quarter during the A.S. general election. The referendum will be nonbinding; it is designed to gauge the extent of student support for the proposed art space.

University Centers Marketing Assistant Christopher Ma stated that the Graffiti Hill event was separate from the A.S. Graffiti Art Space referendum.

“I’m neutral towards [the referendum],” Ma said. “I don’t do graffiti, but I have a lot of friends that do. For them, I can understand it sucks, but I never used it, so I’m not going to straight-up lie and say I feel bad about it. The referendum is separate from what we’re trying to do with Graffiti Hill.”

However, some students support the free expression that the proposed art space would offer. UCSD student Harry Bui voiced this sentiment in his post on the Graffiti Hill Facebook event page on Feb. 25.

“Believe in freedom of expression, not oppression,” Bui wrote. “Do not believe in the restriction of free will but push for the movement to bypass the conventions of the norm.”

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Last Wednesday’s Graffiti Hill event, which gave students a temporary space for graffiti art, prompts reflection on student responses to the removal of Graffiti Hall.

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reative expression at UCSD had a permanent home until this past summer, when UCSD administration closed Graffiti Hall in Mandeville Center, a space that students had filled with spray paint graffiti for over 30 years.

Since Graffiti Hall was painted over, UCSD students and alumni have voiced their anger at its closure and are working to find ways to bring back a space for student expression through graffiti art.

Graffiti Hall made a brief comeback of sorts last Wednesday, Feb. 26, through Graffiti Hill, an event hosted by UCSD University Centers. Students were given markers and 200 spray cans in order to create their own graffiti on 12 walls made of cellophane, four of which were reserved for three selected artists to do complete paintings.

“The purpose [was] to first create an event that would allow students to express themselves in a different way, which is graffiti,” University Centers Senior Graphic Designer Armando Abundis, the event supervisor, said. “After we finish this event, we are going to try and save it and make an exhibition out of it. Right now, this is basically part of a proposal for a more permanent exhibition of graffiti art at the location in between High Thai and Main Gym.” As early as 1981, when Graffiti Hall emerged as a creative graffiti space for UCSD students, the administration reluctantly accepted the space, according to an article about Graffiti Hall in the Feb. 11, 1985 issue of the UCSD Guardian.

“According to Linda Murphy, head of the [then] Language Lab on the second floor [of McGill Hall], the administration gave up trying to eradicate graffiti several years ago and apparently now has resigned itself to a co-existence with the graffiti artists’ community,” UCSD Guardian Contributing Writer Van Hutchinson wrote. “In apparent cooperation, defaced walls are conspicuously absent from the mainstream of UCSD architecture.”

During the summer of 2013, however, the UCSD administration installed security cameras in the former Graffiti Hall space and posted signs that prohibit

A staircase in the Mandeville Center’s former Graffiti Hall, which WAS painted over after more than 30 years this summer. Security cameras were installed throughout the area, and signs posted on walls warn that graffiti is prohibited by law.

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REOPENING CONVERSATION ABOUT CANCER Cancer physician and researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee, a Pulitzer Prizewinning author, talks about cancer and the future of cancer research and treatment.

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o Columbia University oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee, with our own, as the mechanism of evolution that allows us as cancer is a living entity with its own personality, quirks and humans to adapt and survive is also what helps the cancer cell to behaviors. Mukherjee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author continue to survive in the face of the treatments doctors throw of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,” its way. gave a talk last Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Price Center West as “[Cancer] is part of our future, and it comes from a simple idea a part of the Helen Edison Lecture Series presented by the UCSD — the very genes that make us successful — if you mutate them in Extension and the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology. Dean certain ways, you unleash a very successful cell,” Mukherjee said. “It Nelson, founder and director of is not a coincidence that the very genes the journalism department of that all our embryos need to grow allow Point Loma Nazarene University, cancer to grow.” moderated the discussion and Consequently, it is with skepticism the following Q-and-A session. that Mukherjee reacts to the claims that Nelson started off the discuscancer will be cured in the next few sion with lighthearted banter that decades. Rather, he thinks that reaching gave comic relief to the otherwise a reconciliation with cancer — not quite dark subject of the talk. a cure that could wipe out cancer but a “You came to the United state where humans could manage living States from New Delhi at the age with cancer — in the next few decades is of 19,” Nelson said. “You went much more likely. to Stanford. You were a Rhodes “I’m as much a sober optimist as anyscholar and went to Oxford. Then one else,” Mukherjee said. “A reconciliayou went to Harvard Medical tion [as opposed to a cure] in the next School. You wrote a book and the few decades is a possibility.” first one wins the Pulitzer Prize.

Mukherjee believes that treatments, Don’t you think this is a little bit such as immunological treatments, that unfair to the rest of us?” target the commonalities — the unities As an oncologist and a — between diverse cancers will be most writer, Mukherjee is interested effective in the long run. A great deal in exploring “the acquisition of more research still needs to be done in SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE knowledge” through cancer. that direction, but more importantly, to “If you look at the fourteenth Mukherjee, a public dialogue needs to and fifteenth centuries, the take place. plague becomes not just a prism through which you can view and “I feel like our public conversation about cancer has become aneimagine society,” Mukherjee said in the discussion. “It becomes the mic — has become too technical,” Mukherjee said. “There are many prism. You cannot describe the structure of medieval society without questions that are not being answered. Where are we going? Why taking into account the devastation that was caused by the plague. are we going there? Who is guiding us? Is there a central goal here?”

Similarly, [...] it’s becoming increasingly difficult today to look at Compared to the fervor for cancer research in the 1970s and ‘80s, society without looking at cancer.”

Mukherjee says that the fact that the public and researchers alike are Mukherjee believes that humanity and cancer are mirror images losing steam in the quest against cancer is what is keeping us back of one another, which is why in studying the reflection of cancer, he from reaching a reconciliation with cancer. thinks we are learning more about ourselves. In his book, Mukherjee “We need to bring in from inside ourselves the resources we’ve discusses the relationship we as humans have had with cancer, which used to solve problems before,” Mukherjee said. “[We need] a bolhe sees as a window into the human identity. For example, Mukherjee stering of optimism, pressure [and] understanding.” discusses how cancer shows the extent of human arrogance, as docThough Mukherjee acknowledges that academics have made tors and researchers in the early 1900s haughtily approached cancer strides towards gaining more knowledge about cancer, the translaand underestimated its many dangers. tion of knowledge from the lab to the clinic still needs to happen.

“You cannot get the complete, contemporary culture of the West “The real question is how does [academic] knowledge get without contending with the fact that cancer has changed the way transformed into human treatments and that requires a renewed we think about mortality and what we can do about it — about the energy,” Mukherjee said. “I think we will find it. I think we will nature of our hubris and our arrogance,” Mukherjee said. “In that find it in the United States and transmit that energy to other story [of cancer] is every story.” countries. To our children. And we will begin to solve this series Mukherjee noted that the future of cancer is intrinsically linked of monumental problems.”

“

I feel like our public conversation about cancer has become anemic — has become too technical...There are many questions that are not being answered.

Where are we going?”

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Tritons Best CSULB, Lose to UC Irvine UCSD stands at 11–7 after beating No. 12 Long Beach and losing to No. 6 Irvine.

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No. 11 nationally ranked UCSD women’s water polo bested No. 12 Cal State Long Beach on Friday 6–4 before dropping their match with No. 6 UC Irvine the following day, to close a two-game road trip. The Tritons now stand at 11–7 on the 2014 season.

The Tritons found redemption for the 9–7 loss against Cal State Long Beach earlier this season with the strong win.

Sophomore defense Alexis Wieseler and senior utility Sarah Lizotte started the Tritons early, scoring both their goals in the first quarter and giving UCSD a 2–0 lead at the first buzzer. Cal State Long Beach bounded back quickly in the second quarter, finding the net three times

and outscoring UCSD in the period.

Senior utility Leah Gonzales scored the first of her pair before the half, bringing the score to a 3–3 tie.

Both teams recorded one goal in the third quarter, but the victory was solidified in the fourth period after UCSD’s sophomore goalkeeper Courtney Miller and the Triton defense shut out Long Beach. Miller saved seven shots overall, allowing the Triton offense to pull ahead.

On Saturday, UCSD met UC Irvine at the Anteater Aquatics Center and suffered a 13–7 loss, failing to produce in the second half. Junior attacker Jolene Guiliana continued her offensive success from the day before and pulled off a hat trick in the loss with Wieseler adding a pair of goals. Miller saved six in the cage, bringing her total to 13 on the weekend.

UCSD came back in the second quarter after the Anteaters closed the first period with a 5–3 lead to enter halftime tied at 6–6. UCSD was shut out in the third period aside from one goal by senior center Melissa Bartow and UC Irvine scored seven times in the second half to win 13–7.

The Tritons are on the road again next weekend for the Claremont Convergence Tournament.

UCSD is scheduled to face Occidental College at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 and will meet Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the nightcap at 7 p.m. The Tritons will close out with games against the University of Hawaii and PomonaPitzer on Sunday.

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with the score at 39–22.

“Dominguez Hills is a very good team,” VanDerveer said. “Specifically in the first half I thought they competed harder than we did. They were a lot sharper than we were. They were a lot more aggressive than we were.”

In the second frame, the Toros opened up the scoring with a quick basket before the Tritons battled back, going on a 14–0 run to cut the Dominguez lead to just five.

However, the Tritons would never pull any closer as the Toros maintained the upper hand for the remainder of the game.

“At halftime our team just [decided] we were going to go out and play

hard,” VanDerveer told the Guardian.

“I thought we made a really good push. Unfortunately, we couldn’t quite close the gap, but I was proud that we came back and competed.”

UCSD finished with 35 percent (17–49) shooting from the field compared to 40 percent (21–52) for Dominguez Hills. The Toros also held a 41-to-33 edge in rebounds on the night. Seto led the Tritons with 15 points, followed by junior guard Stephanie Yano who scored 11 points. Bertsch recorded 8 points and a team-high 8 rebounds as well.

With the regular season concluded, the Tritons now set their sights on the CCAA tournament held in Ontario, Calif., with the first round’s games set for Thursday, March 6. The

semifinals are on Friday, March 7, with the championship contest set for Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. The Tritons, who are slated to face fifthseeded Cal State Los Angeles (13–9 in CCAA), were 2–0 against the Golden Eagles throughout this season. “[We] understand it’s a different level,” VanDerveer said. “The intensity is higher. The stakes are obviously higher. There are no more dress rehearsals. If you win, you play again.

If you don’t, you go home.”

The Tritons will fight for the CCAA championship at Ontario’s Citizens Business Bank Arena, starting with Cal State Los Angeles at 5:30 p.m.

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UCSD Suffers Bittersweet End to Season With Hard-Fought Victory in Final Game ▶ MEN’S BASKETBALL, from page 12

the Tritons were projected to place 11th in the CCAA preseason coaches poll.In the CCAA, UCSD ends the season first in three-point field goals made at 231, second in threepoint field goal percentage and first in fewest turnovers per game with 11.2.

Only graduating three seniors and a head coach still only in his first year at the helm, the UCSD

men’s basketball team is made up of a young but promising core group of players that will be a contender in the CCAA for years to come.“I’m really proud of this team and appreciate the attitude and effort that everyone exerted on a daily basis,” Olen said. “Their energy and enthusiasm made it a lot of fun to coach this team.”

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the second set 25–17.

Collecting themselves for the third set, the Tritons took an early lead that the Lopes soon whittled down. With the set tied at 20–20 and senior middle blocker Fred Stahl on the service line however, the Tritons went on a 5–0 run to close strong.

Up two sets to one, Grand Canyon dominated set four, winning 25–16, but the Tritons rallied to take the fifth and deciding set.

After two kills from senior outside hitter Mike Brunsting followed by a Grand Canyon error, UCSD led 3–0.

With help from a rowdy RIMAC arena crowd, the home team took the final set with a score of 15–6.

Brunsting led the UCSD offense and notched his third career double-double, adding 10 digs to his 18 kills.

“We are so happy right now,” Brunsting said. “We wish we would have gotten one sooner, but it’s still really sweet.”

The following night, UCSD host-

ed conference opponent No. 6 UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos’ Matt Hanley appeared unstoppable, committing just one error on 26 swings to lead Santa Barbara to victory with scores of 25–20, 25–16 and 25–18.

The Tritons were down early in the two first sets, making it difficult to climb their way back in. The third set was closer, with UCSD starting off with a 2–0 lead and scores tied at 12–12 and 13–13. However, after a UCSD error and two Gauchos aces, the guests regained momentum and completed the sweep.

Redshirt freshman libero Tanner Howard made his first appearance in a Triton uniform and led the UCSD defense, adding a total of 22 digs, a team-best for the season. Howard also put together a solid passing game Friday night with zero reception errors on 27 opportunities.

UCSD will face UC Santa Barbara again this Friday, March 7 on the road and will face UCLA the Saturday, March 8.

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IAMSU! PORTER’S PUB

Come to a FREE workshop hosted by CAPS to learn how to cope and manage stress and anxiety. Learn relaxation and mindfulness techniques to support your well-being.

4pm DIVERSITY & INTEGRITY THROUGH ART – ERC GREEN What do the words 'Diversity' and 'Integrity' mean to you? Join us on the ERC Green for a finger-painting study break extravaganza! A contest will be held through Week 10 for all interested participants. Come out to meet new friends, express yourself, and get your hands dirty! Questions? Contact Shawn Fore, Outreach Coordinator, 858-822-6978

7pm FRUIT HUNTERS – THE LOFT You can find them deep in the jungles of Borneo, in the hills of Umbria, and perhaps even in your own backyard. They are fruit hunters, the subjects of a new documentary from acclaimed director Yung Chang [Up the Yangtze]. A cinematic odyssey through nature and commerce, The Fruit Hunters will change not only the way we look at what we eat, but how we view our relationship to the natural world. [Yung Chang, 2013, Canada, 95 min].

Join us EVERY TUESDAY for a free interactive workshop to achieve and maintain a healthy back. This workshop will teach proper body mechanics and back strengthening exercises. Contact: zone@ucsd.edu.

3:30pm TASTER TUESDAY: BODY LANGUAGE – STUDENT SERVICES CENTER RM 554A (FIFTH FLOOR, CROUTONS BUILDING) Communication is much more than speech and writing! Gestures can mean different things in various cultures. Help master communication in America by learning about body language and its meaning. Food provided to all students that participate! This week's topic: Body Language.

Questions? Contact Shawn Fore, Outreach Coordinator, 858-822-6978

5pm THE GREY AREA: FEMINISM BEHIND BARS – WOMEN’S CENTER Join us for a screening of THE GREY AREA--Feminism Behind Bars. This film is an intimate look at women's issues in the criminal justice system and the unique experience of studying feminism behind bars. Through a series of captivating class discussions, headed by students from Grinnell College, a small group of female inmates at a maximum women's security prison in Mitchellville, Iowa share their diverse experiences with motherhood, drug addiction, sexual abuse, murder, and life in prison. The women, along with their teachers, explore the 'grey area' that is often invisible within the prison walls and delve into issues of race, class, sexuality and gender. Contact: women@uscd.edu

8pm ARGENTINE TANGO CLUB WEEKLY PRACTICA – WEST BALCONY, MAIN GYM

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LIVES DEPEND ON IT! UC SAN DIEGO BLOOD DRIVE – LIBRARY WALK Lives depend on it! UC San Diego Blood Drive, March 4-6, 2014, 10:00a.m. to 3:30p.m., Bloodmobile on Library Walk. Schedule an appointment by calling 1-800-4MY-SDBB (1-800-469-7322) or log onto: www.sandiegobloodbank.org and provide Sponsor Code: UCPC. Walk-ins are welcome as openings are available. Earn points by donating blood and shop online at the Donors 4 Life store.

Questions? Contact Tonia Snee, 858-534-0286

11am FITSTOP HEALTH ASSESSMENT – THE ZONE, PRICE CENTER PLAZA FITstop is a 20-minute free health assessment that measures your level of health and fitness compared to others in your age group. Four categories are measured: Cardiovascular Health, Muscular Strength & Endurance, Body Weight & Composition, and Flexibility. See where you fall within these categories and learn how you can improve your overall health! Workshops are free and space is limited. FitStop is hosted by the Student Health Advocates. Contact: zone@ucsd.edu

2:30pm DE-STRESS W/ BIOFEEDBACK – THE ZONE, PRICE CENTER PLAZA

The Argentine Tango Club at UCSD presents a weekly practica from 8-11pm on Wednesdays for everyone interested in dancing tango. The first hour (8-9pm) is especially dedicated to beginners and advanced beginners. No partner required; no prior experience necessary. For more information about the club, visit ucsdtango.wordpress.com and friend us on Facebook (facebook.com/UCSDTango) or join the mailing list. Contact: ucsdtango@gmail.com

Come de-stress with the CAPs Wellness Peers!

Measure your psychological stressors and learn more about what makes you most stressed, how it affects your well-being and how to keep your stress levels down! Workshops are all free.

Space is limited and is first come, first served.

Hosted by the CAPS Wellness Peer Educators.

Contact: zone@ucsd.edu

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SAT3.08

THE FITNESS ZONE: BODYWEIGHT BOOTCAMP – THE ZONE, PRICE CENTER PLAZA

SAN FERMIN WITH SON LUX – THE LOFT, PRICE CENTER

A quick circuit training class utilizing your best training tool - your own body weight! This class is packed with weight training techniques and cardio intervals used by MMA trainers, P90X, and Insanity. Get your ultimate workout completed in 45 minutes or less! All levels welcome.

Lead by FitLife instructor Stephanie Asiddao. Contact: zone@ucsd.edu.

Website: http://zone.ucsd.edu

San Fermin is the work of Brooklyn composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone. He focused on life's top-shelf issues - youth, nostalgia, anxiety, unrequited love - and tied these vast themes to different characters through vocal contributions from longtime friends. San Fermin is not an album of singles but rather a sweeping, full-bodied listen with multiple distinct peaks and ambitious thematic connections. Equal parts producer and composer, Son Lux (aka Ryan Lott) bridges an unusual gap between old-world music discipline and next-level experimentation.

UCSD Student $6. Purchase tickets at box office. https://ucsdboxoffice.com/ Online/default.asp. Contact: ucenmarketing@ucsd.edu.

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12:15pm MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION AT FRIDAY CAFÉ – INTERNATIONAL CENTER Do you know what Mardi Gras is? Do you want to learn more about the traditions and history of Mardi Gras? Come join us on March 7th, Friday of Week 9, at Friday Cafe! You can taste some traditional and delicious food, enjoy great music, and design your masks!! We also have conversation tables, culture corner to introduce you the history, fun facts and culture of Mardi Gras!! Questions? Contact Shawn or Malina. Contact: Shawn Fore, sfore@ucsd.edu or Malina Doherty, mdoherty@ucsd.edu

8pm IAMSU! – PORTER’S PUB

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SUN3.09

Come watch IAMSU! - member of the production team The Invasion and the leader of the hip hop group The HBK Gang perform live! All Ages.

General Admission: $20. Purchase tickets at: http://www.showclix.com/event/IAMSU2014. Contact: gerardo.soto@porterspub.com

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Check out San Diego's own Cattle Decapitation performing live at Porter's Pub. Formed in 1996, they have released six studio albums with their latest called 'Monolith of Inhumanity'. General Admission $12.

Purchase tickets: http://www.showclix.com/event/ CattleDecapitation2014. Contact: booking@porterspub.com

UCSD HOCKEY VS. UCSB: CALIFORNIA CUP CHAMPIONSHIP – KROC ICE Come out to KROC Ice to check out the 1st place UCSD Tritons play 2nd place UC Santa Barbara in the California Conference 2013 Championship game. Each game between these two teams has been extremely close, so come out for an exciting hockey game that won't disappoint. Make signs and be loud! See you there! 6737 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92115.

Contact: ucsdhockey@gmail.com

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Tritons Clinch Playoff Berth

UCSD finished its regular season fourth in the CCAA after splitting its final two contests.

BY Brandon Yu associate

sports editor

This past weekend, the UCSD women’s basketball team clinched a postseason berth with a 68–61 win against Cal State Los Angeles on Friday night before falling the following day to Cal State Dominguez Hills 71–61 in its final game of the regular season. With all their games behind them, the Tritons (16–10 overall) finish in fourth place in the California Collegiate Athletic Association and will face Los Angeles in the conference tournament on Thursday, March 6.

The Tritons officially solidified a spot in the six-team CCAA tournament after Friday evening’s victory against Cal State L.A. Senior guard Megan Perry led the Tritons in scoring, racking up 20 points along with six assists.

Perry was outstanding in three-point territory, sinking six of nine attempts from beyond the arc.

UCSD together shot 37 percent (21–57) from the field on the night while the losing Golden Eagles sank 41 percent (23–56).

“From the tip we really controlled the whole tempo of the game,” UCSD head coach Heidi VanDerveer said. “Our guards [junior] Miranda Seto and Megan Perry were very aggressive.”

The difference proved to be in the box-out game as UCSD grabbed a total of 45 rebounds

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as opposed to Los Angeles’s 30. With the edge in rebounding, the Tritons put up 22 secondchance points while the Golden Eagles scored only 10.

UCSD was also strong from the free-throw line, making 81 percent (17–21) of their shots from the charity stripe, while Los Angeles made only 63 percent (10–16).

Though the Tritons never ran away with the game, UCSD held on to an early first-half lead for the entire contest. The Golden Eagles did cut the Triton advantage to just three midway through the second frame, but an 8–0 run — including a pair of three-pointers from Perry — officially closed out the game, handing Los Angeles its fourth consecutive loss.

Junior guard Miranda Seto finished with 11 points and five rebounds, while junior forward McKennan Bertsch and senior forward Erin Dautremont both racked up 10 points and a teambest eight rebounds each.

On Saturday, Cal State Dominguez Hills started strong, building up a lead against UCSD before closing out the half with a 17-point advantage See W. BASKETBALL, page 9

MEN'S BASKETBALL

MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

UCSD Falls Just Shy of CCAA Playoffs Volleyball Records First The season ended with a one-point loss to CSULA and a win over Dominguez Hills.

Victory of the Season

BY Daniel Sung

Editorial Assistant

UCSD finished this season one point shy of a playoff berth, losing 71–70 to Cal State Los Angeles last Friday in the game that would decide the Tritons’ postseason fate.

Despite the heartbreak on the road, the Tritons concluded their season with a bittersweet victory against Cal State Dominguez Hills 61–60.

On Friday night, Cal State Los Angeles overcame a seven-point deficit with six minutes remaining in the game to steal the win over the Tritons. The game was close throughout, with UCSD having the slight 35–33 advantage at halftime.

The Tritons shot 64 percent from the field and an impressive 62 percent from three-point territory in the first half.

Two Triton underclassmen, freshman guard Adam Klie and sophomore guard Treavon Francis, provided an offensive spurt at the eight-minute mark in the second half to give the Tritons the largest lead of the night at seven points.

Klie ended the game with 14 points while Francis scored a careerhigh 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds — also a career high.

The Eagles stormed back to cut the deficit down to only one point at 70–69 with a minute left in the game. The Tritons came up empty in the following possession and gave the ball back to Cal State Los Angeles with only 22 seconds remaining.

Golden Eagle junior guard Zaid

Duce drew the foul, sinking both attempts to steal the win.

Senior guard James McCann — who scored a team-high 15 points — drove to the basket in a final effort to take the lead but was unable to convert as the final buzzer sounded.

UCSD was outrebounded yet again 38–26 and 15–7 in offensive boards. The Eagles scored 15 second-chance points, while the Tritons had only four.“We played with a lot of heart tonight,” UCSD head coach Eric Olen said. “It’s disappointing to not get the result we wanted, but our guys should be proud of the way they competed. I know I am.”

The Tritons traveled to Carson, Calif., the following night to play its final game of the season. With San Francisco State — then tied with UCSD for the final playoff spot — winning the previous night, the Tritons needed to win and hope for a San Francisco State loss in order to remain in contention.

UCSD took an early lead in the first half and did not look back. Up by as many as 14 points, the Tritons maintained an eight-point lead at halftime despite only shooting 20 percent from three-point territory.

But the Toros slowly cut the Triton lead, crawling their way back to tie the game at 66 with a little less than three minutes remaining.

At around the same time up in Northern California, San Francisco State was victorious in its final game of the season, knocking UCSD out of California Collegiate Athletic

Association tournament contention.

With the clock winding down, the Tritons found themselves in a situation not so different from the night before. Down by only one point with less than 35 seconds left on the clock, the Toros had one possession remaining to take the lead and win the game. Dominguez’s final shot — a corner three-pointer — would just miss at the buzzer and allow the Tritons to end their season with a victory.Three Tritons finished the night in double digits. Sophomore forward Drew Dyer ended his sophomore campaign with a double-double, scoring 18 points and collecting 10 off the glass.

Klie scored 11 points, while redshirt freshman guard Aleks Lipovic made 15 points, hitting 5–9 from beyond the arc. In the final game of their collegiate career, McCann scored eight points and had 10 assists while senior guard Matt Bailey had four points in six minutes of play.

McCann also ended the season as the CCAA leader in assists.“Tonight was a good response after last night’s disappointment,” Olen said. “We took care of our end but unfortunately didn’t get the help we needed to make the tourney.”

The Tritons end their season with a league record of 11–11, seventh place in the 12-team CCAA. Although one game shy of making the playoffs, the season was far from a disappointment considering See MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 9

The Tritons ended their season-long losing slide with a win against Grand Canyon, but fell to No. 6 UCSB.

PHOTO BY SIDDHARTH ATRE/GUARDIAN

BY Rita Eristand

Editorial Assistant

The UCSD men’s volleyball team earned its first win of the season, beating nonconference opponent Grand Canyon University in five sets before losing to UC Santa Barbara the following night at home. With the result, UCSD’s overall record is now 1–16 and 0–15 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

“It’s nice to win,” UCSD head coach Kevin Ring said after Friday’s match. “I’m really proud of the guys.

We’ve worked real hard all year, and we just haven’t gotten the results we’ve wanted.”

UCSD was in desperate need of a victory Friday night. The first game turned out to be a tough battle, featuring six lead changes and 15 tied scores, but the Tritons ultimately bested the Antelopes to win the first set 30–28.

But committing nine errors on just nine kills, Grand Canyon took See MEN’S VOLLEYBALL, page 9