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STUDENT SPACE

Construction Begins on CLICS After a quarter of functioning as a student-run space, the CLICS space will be turned into lecture hall, studio, offices.

By Ayan KusaRi • Staff Writer

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onstruction crews began renovating the Center for Library & Instructional Computing Services, or CLICS, over Spring Break.

CLICS — which had been “reclaimed” by the student-run People’s Assembly and the Public Education Coalition during Finals Week of Fall Quarter — will be converted into a mixeduse space which will include a 420-person lecture hall, instructional studios for theater and dance and offices for theater and dance administrators. The lecture hall will take up both stories of CLICS, with studios exclusively on the second floor.

According to Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Barbara Sawrey, who is a member of the Building Advisory Committee responsible for overseeing the construction, the renovation is expected to cost the university $6.7 million. She said that the money will not come from student fees or tuition.

The remainder of the building — roughly one-eighth See CLICS, page 3

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A.S. ELECTIONS 2012

Revelle J-Board Overturns TIDE DQ

THIS WEEK

BY ANGELA CHEN Editor in Chief Revelle College Judicial Board has ruled that the TIDE slate will still be able to run in Revelle elections.

This ruling overturns the decision of the Revelle Elections Committee to disqualify the slate for flyering early.

According to TIDE A.S. Presidential Candidate Meggie Le, the Revelle election bylaws state that candidates cannot begin flyering until Sunday before Spring Quarter.

Several members of TIDE running for office in Revelle College

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Hapkido students demonstrate a throw during their quarterly belt test; hapkido is a Korean martial art.

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STUDENT KILLED IN HITAND-RUN Engineering grad student killed by 18-year-old, who later turned herself in to the authorities.

BY Nicole chan Associate News Editor Engineering graduate student Sho Funai was killed Sunday, March 11, in a hit-and-run accident while walking in Ocean Beach. Funai was 23 years old.

According to the San Diego Union Tribune, Funai was walking on the right shoulder of the eastbound Interstate 8 by the Nimitz onramp SHO FUNAI when he was hit at approximately 4:30 a.m.

Authorities have not commented on why Funai was walking on the Interstate at that time.

The driver, later identified as 18-year-old Mesa College student Nikolette Gallo, was arrested after turning herself into authorities.

Gallo was quoted in the San Diego Union Tribune as stating that she thought she had hit a sofa.

ABC News reported that Gallo was released Tuesday, March 20, after posting a $50,000 bail.

Gallo will attend a preliminary hearing in May. If convicted of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run, Gall faces anything from probation to four years in prison.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Funai, who is originally from Palos Verdes, received his undergraduate degree in structural engineering from UCSD in 2010.

He was scheduled to receive his M.S. in structural engineering this year.

Funai had begun working as an associate engineer at Goodrich Aerostructures in Chula Vista in January 2012, and had previously been a graduate student researcher at UCSD studying the impact of hail ice on composite structures.

Funeral services for Funai were held Saturday, March 17 at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles.

Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu.

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▶ President Barack Obama visited the Copper Mountain Solar Facility in Nevada last week. The solar field was developed largely using research conducted by scientists associated with UCSD. ▶ UCSD will host Triton Day on April 7. Triton Day is a combination of Admit Day and UCSD Open House, which were formerly separate, annual events. ▶ UCSD Researchers published a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine on March 26 stating that people who eat more chocolate weigh less.

Over a thousand local San Diego residents participated in the study, which charted the residents’ chocolate consumption and average weight. ▶ Eric Courchense, PhD and director of the UCSD Autism Center of Excellence, has led a study that successfully identified the genetic abnormalities involved in the development of autism.

▶San Diego resident Christy Henry gave birth to a six-pound baby on Interstate-5 while her husband drove toward a hospital early Saturday morning. ▶ Assemblyman and San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher announced last week that he is leaving the Republican Party and will run as an independent in the June 5 primary.

Fletcher and Democratic Congressman Bob Filner are the only non-Republicans in a field that contains Councilman Carl DeMaio, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and businessman Tobiah Pettus. ▶ Patricia Corby was arrested Saturday night in the apparent murder of her four-year-old son. The boy died at a police station, where paramedics unsuccessfully tried to revive him.

▶ A plan to connect San Francisco and Los Angeles by high-speed rail may be $30 billion cheaper, according to sources familiar with a plan that will be released next week. ▶ Sixth-graders at St. Paul’s Episcopal School found a 15-pound bag of “treasure” while cleaning a local lake in Oakland. The canvas bag contained nearly 100 pieces of jewelry and other items.

CorrectionS The March 15 article titled “Crisis Averted” incorrectly stated that the Che Cafe raised $9,000 from its benefit blog. The amount raised from the blog alone is unknown, though cafe members raised $15,000 total.

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Admin: Data Shows That New Lecture Hall Fills Urgent Need

LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday, March 9 9:43 a.m.: Information ▶ “Inappropriate” posters were posted on trash cans on Library Walk. Information only.

6:32 p.m.: Noise disturbance ▶ Drummers were practicing in the basement of Hopkins Parking Structure, setting off car alarms.

Checks OK. Monday, March 12 4:04 p.m.: Suicide attempt ▶ The subject at Thornton Hospital ER was not actually suicidal, “just frustrated” about a medical situation.

Field interview administered.

8:43 p.m.: Information ▶ The reporting party at Hopkins Parking Structure was concerned about “possible drag racing.” Checks OK. Tuesday, March 13 12:25 p.m.: Non-injury accident ▶ A UC shuttle bus collided with a fence by the UCSD Police Department. Information only.

Wednesday, March 14 8:39 a.m.: Medical aid ▶ An adult male at Shiley Eye Center was having an anxiety attack but was conscious and breathing. Transported to hospital.

8:12 p.m.: Sexual battery ▶ An “attempted kidnapping” occurred at 1 Miramar Building 2.

Report taken.

Thursday, March 15 11:27 a.m.: Annoying/harassing phone calls ▶ A collection agency kept calling Thornton Hospital for an employee who was “not physically present.”

Information only.

6:20 p.m.: Suicide attempt ▶ The subject was released to his or her father at Student Services Center.

Report taken.

Saturday, March 17 3:59 a.m.: Citizen flagdown ▶ The reporter provided secondhand information of indecent exposure at The Village East. Unable to locate.

10:30 a.m.: Suspicious person ▶ A suspicious person harmed another person at Village East 1.

Report taken.

12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.: Suspicious person ▶ An unknown female “maliciously shut off ” the power at Thornton Hospital. Report taken.

2:40 p.m.: Medical aid ▶ An adult male at Black Hall fell from the third-floor balcony but was still conscious and breathing.

Transported to hospital.

6:45 p.m.: Welfare check ▶ Young children were going door to door at 1 Miramar Building 4 “selling candy.” Information only.

Sunday, March 18 2:41 a.m.: Vandalism “Possible frozen eggs” were thrown from The Village Building 1.

Information only.

12:52 a.m.: Disturbance A large party was occurring at 1 Miramar Building 4. Willing to cooperate.

9:31 a.m.: Chemical spill Liquid nitrogen was leaking from a tank at CALIT2. Referred to other agency - EH&S. Monday, March 19 10 a.m.: Information The subject turned in “unwanted firearms” to the UCSD Police Department. Information only.

4:03 p.m.: Vandalism A suspicious person with spray cans was at Mandeville Center.

Information only.

—Compiled by Sarah Kang Staff Writer

▶ CLICS, from page 1

— will be preserved as a quiet study area accommodating 156 students, she said.

Students groups such as PEC are unhappy that the administration has gone forward with construction. According to PEC member Sean Estelle, the administration went ahead with the plan to convert CLICS without adequate student input.

“The PEC wanted dialogue,” Estelle said. “But the administration’s idea of a dialogue was asking us what we wanted to do with the tiny part of the building that was going to be a study space.”

Estelle said that he believes the administration should have given students a voice in the process of deciding what the Galbraith Hall

space would be used for.

Sawrey said that the usage data from last quarter indicated that the new study space, with its 156 seats, “will meet the need at this location.”

She added that data shows that there is a need for larger lecture halls at UCSD. There are currently only four classrooms that hold more than 300 students, and these are used all day, every weekday, with a waiting list of courses that can’t be accommodated, she said.

“According to state standards, we utilize these rooms at 134 percent of the usual time slots,” she said.

Throughout Winter Quarter 2012, CLICS was largely run by student volunteers.

The administration had made a deal with the PEC to keep paid

employees to open, close and clean CLICS, according to Estelle. Though the employees’ contracts had been renewed by the administration, they were notified during the middle of Spring Break that their positions had been cut.

“The administration has resorted to deception, and lies and trickery to get what they want,” Estelle said in regard to employee lay-offs.

Estelle said that the PEC has and will continue to fight for students to have more control over CLICS. “They’re doing this because they’re scared of us,” he said. “They know we’re getting petitions, and signatures and they know we have a chance.”

Readers can contact Ayan Kusari at akusari@ucsd.edu.

Judicial Board Based Ruling on 2011 Marshall College Precedent

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disqualified all members of the slate.

“We filed an appeal were unaware because we felt that the of this rule and punishment didn’t fit the began flyering crime,” Le said. “Meena on Thursday, We filed all appeal Kaushik [who had put up March 8, imme- because we felt that the offending posters] took diately after the the punishment didn’t full responsibility for the candidates were fit the crime...The incident, and the guidelines announced at the guidelines say that say that disqualification is official elections the last step possible, only in disqualificaiton is the case of foul play, which was meeting.

David Lee, last step possible, only not evident here.” who is running in case of foul play, Revelle J-Board reviewed for Revelle A.S. which was not evident the appeal over Spring Break Senator as an here.” and ruled to overturn the independent disqualification. candidate, then “This [disqualification] MEGGIE TIDE had never happened in filed a grievance TIDE PRESIDENTIAL Revelle history,” Le said. against members CANDIDATE of Revelle TIDE. TIDE Revelle members On March have been sanctioned for 12, the election committee, chaired violating the guidelines; several

by Revelle Election Manager Carlos members will not be able to begin Molina, reviewed the grievance and campaigning until later in Week ▶ TIDE from page 1

One. Soren Nelson, who is running for Revelle Speaker of the Assembly as a member of TIDE, said that the members were shocked at the disqualification, and believes that the J-Board’s decision is fair. Nelson, who is running unopposed, was among the sanctioned members and cannot begin campaigning until Wednesday, April 4.

“I don’t think this will affect TIDE’s chances,” he said. “The ruling is based on a precedent set by a similar case in Marshall College last year, and they ended up doing well.”

Students can vote on TritonLink beginning Monday, April 9.

Carlos Molina, David Lee and Revelle J-Board Chair Dale Young were unable to be reached for comment as of press time.

Readers can contact Angela Chen at shchen@ucsd.edu.

RisojuostmarouSndelthece tcoirnoern! to select a space IMPORTANT! You must meet these deadlines to be able for more details. on Room Selection Day. Check your UCSD email account

April 3: First day to apply online

Fill out your Personal History Form (PHF) and update your permanent address.

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May 8: General Online Room Selection

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Mann CONTACT THE EDITOR Madeline opinion@ucsdguardian.org

OPINION A Paid Advantage Santa Monica College is planning to offer impacted classes at higher prices during school intersessions to reduce waitlists during the year, a measure that will help students graduate on time.

By Ayan Kusari • Staff Writer

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anta Monica College recently announced its intention to offer students a handful of its most indemand classes at over four times the regular price as early as this summer.

The current price of a the regular classes at SMC are currently $46 per unit, and the new sections of these classes will cost roughly $200 per unit. These classes at inflated prices will be offered only during the 5-week intersessions, which take place over summer and winter break. SMC’s goal is to reduce demand and free up space during the school year — waitlists often have more people signed up than the classes have seats.

The plan has been disparaged as exclusive and elitist by politicians, journalists, and Santa Monica College students alike.

But given the severity of the budget crisis and the high demand for necessary courses, offering higher-cost classes during the shorter sessions as a stop-gap measure will pay off in the end.

Opening this new set of intersession sections is expensive, therefore students have to cover the additional cost them-

selves for these new sections. It’s important to note that students can still get a full education at SMC without ever having to take a higher-priced class: the new sections will only be opened for the summer and winter intersessions, and are intended for those students who were waitlisted for the normally-priced classes during the regular terms. A higher-priced intersession offering is more than a good deal for the chronically waitlisted: it’s the only way for many of them to graduate on time.

It is necessary to make students pay more for their education while California schools are in economic recovery. And it’s better than the alternative — interminable waitlists that lead to unprecedented dropout rates. The 2010 “Divided We Fail” study conducted by Cal State Sacramento found that nearly 70 percent of students in California Community Colleges either drop out officially, or simply fail to reappear for another semester. This is often due to the lack of available seats in classrooms, which becomes discouraging and leads to drop outs. Moreover, when community college students fail to graduate,

it costs taxpayers nearly $4 billion over a five-year period, according to a 2011 American Institute for Research study conducted by Mark Schneider and Lu Michelle Yin. Dropout rates clearly indicate that students at community colleges need to create more spaces in their classes for their students: the higher-priced option allows them to do just that. Like the UC’s, community colleges are becoming increasingly privatized anyway. Just last month, the California Community Colleges received an extra budget cut of $149 million from the state — on top of the official cut of $400 million from the 2011-12 budget. Fees for regular classes have jumped from $36 per unit to $46 per unit in the last six months. Given the state of California’s budget, and Gov. Jerry Brown’s determination to balance it, it seems perfectly likely that further cuts will come SMC’s way in the coming months. In response to these, SMC had two options last month: it could either slowly increase class fees while doing nothing to change its enrollment policies, or it could try something different.

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QUICK TAKES

On March 20, the Associated Press reported that employers across the U.S. are soliciting the Facebook passwords of job applicants as part of the interview process.

Prying May Cause Unwitting Bias

Access is Fair Aspect of Hiring Process

Intrusion Violates Privacy Rights

There is a growing trend among employers across the nation to ask prospective workers for their Facebook passwords. Once employers can access the kind of personal information that is available on Facebook, they are liable to discriminate illegally, whether that discrimination is intentional or not.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color or national origin. Information available on Facebook, such as wall posts in foreign languages and messages relating to cultural events, can give employers information they are federally prohibited from accessing. Title VII protection also extends to relationship status — a class of information that is even more readily available on Facebook. According to a 2010 study conducted by the Stern School of Business, employers implicitly associate the “married” status in women with motherhood, and less time to devote to work. Thus, married women whose Facebook accounts are accessed by prospective employers are among the groups that may face discrimination.

The LGBT community is protected by a number of state laws, such as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, which stipulates that sexual orientation information may be neither used nor solicited during the hiring process. Any employment bias that results from access to posts that contain an applicant’s sexual identity is illegal, at least in the state of California. When they Facebook-stalk potential employees, employers open themselves up to biases and risk violating anti-discrimination regulations. As such, they should be prohibited from doing so.

As job applicants become more adept at hiding their Facebook profiles, certain employers are requesting that applicants give their prospective companies a means to access their profiles. Some states have retaliated — the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland claims this is a “violation of personal privacy,” and wants the state to instate a social media privacy bill. California should not forbid employer access — this law would unfairly stifle an employer’s right to choose their own hiring and screening processes.

Employers need to screen for employees in an effective manner, or else they can face lawsuits for their employees’ negligent or harmful behavior.

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a consumer advocacy organization, has a webpage explaining how companies need background checks to understand an applicant’s character. Employers who feel that Facebook provides valuable character insight have the right to ask applicants for viewing access, as they have the right to set their own application requirements to a certain extent.

There are ways that people can limit the amount of personal information made public to employers.

Many job seekers change their last name on their personal Facebook and then create a separate profile to share with employers, thus separating their personal life from work. It is ultimately an applicant’s choice to relinquish Facebook privacy to their employers — their basic privacy rights are still intact.

Restricting how employers use Facebook for background checks impedes on employer rights.

California is already full of laws that discourage people from becoming an employer—it should avoid adding a social media privacy law to that pile.

Companies across the U.S. have been recently asking potential employees to reveal their Facebook login information as part of the interview process. This practice is hugely controversial and is also a basic violation of individual privacy rights.

Obtaining access to an individual’s Facebook is just as invasive as rummaging through their physical mailbox or their email inbox. But things aren’t completely black and white. Cases regarding privacy are common in modern courts of law mostly because of the unstated yet implicit rights to privacy in the Constitution.

Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut are questioning whether obtaining employee Facebook passwords is a violation of federal privacy laws and have requested that the Justice Department and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission begin investigations.

They believe that this employee practice could violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which prevents third parties from accessing a computer to obtain personal information.

In addition, the Stored Communications Act prohibits anyone from intentionally accessing electronic information without authorization.

In response to this trend, Facebook’s Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan wrote on the company’s Facebook and Privacy Page last week that it is a violation of Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities for employers to solicit a Facebook password. This is all in hopes that users will continue to feel that they can have a life in social media without worrying about their jobs being on the line.

— Ayan kusari Staff Writer

— Chris Roteliuk Staff Writer

— Revathy Sampath-Kumar Staff Writer

Forget Palm Reading: Look at Your Index Finger

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igit for digit, I have my father’s stubby-fingered, large-palmed hands. Until last week, this was nothing more than an aesthetic annoyance. Then I stumbled upon research suggesting that “man hands” don’t just make playing the piano look less graceful — they also suggest that I’m more likely than my dainty-fingered comrades to be murdered.

Field Notes Angela Chen shchen@ucsd.edu

The key here is digit ratio, or the difference in length between the index and ring fingers. In women, the index finger is typically the same length or longer than the ring finger (high digit ratio); in men, the opposite is true (low digit ratio). Digit ratio is one of the few sex differences present at birth, and is directly influenced by exposure to prenatal sex hormones. In other words: The bigger the difference in finger lengths, the more testosterone exposure in the womb.

Keeping in mind that correlation is not necessarily causation, there’s still a slew of fascinating connections between digit ratio and everything from musical ability (masculine hands do better) to breast cancer (people with feminine hands are at higher risk). As someone with a low digit ratio, I’m supposedly better at engineering, military-related occupations and chess. I am also more likely to end up in prison, go mad and die young. In contrast, people with long index fingers are more likely to have eczema and hay fever, which isn’t quite comparable to the horrors that may be in store for me.

It gets interesting when it comes to those of us with digit ratios usually associated with the opposite sex. If I were a man, I would have a largerthan-average penis — but since I’m not, there are seemingly few benefits to reap. For both genders, we’re more likely to be gay. Women like me are less likely to be fertile and more likely to have autism. On the other hand (no pun intended), I should enjoy greater professional success, which could explain why my name has been at the top of the Guardian staff box for going on two years, and probably won’t get breast cancer. Similarly, men with feminine hands have a lower risk for prostate cancer.

Though the correlations are interesting, digit ratio ultimately means little when environmental factors aren’t taken into account.

The results are more indicators than predictors, and even now — without knowing whether I’ll develop cancer or end up in prison — there’s glaring errors in the connection between my hands and my abilities. According to the British Journal of Psychology, people like me usually have a huge difference in literacy and math skills (check), favoring math (dead wrong). Considering I’m neither gay nor especially athletic, had a perfect writing SAT and couldn’t break 700 in math, there may be hope for me yet.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Quite Frankly By Lior Schenk

Speaker Crosses Line in Islamophobia Lecture

System Will Open Up Seats and Shorten Waitlists ▶ Santa monica, from page 4 SMC should boost the cost of a few additional sections of GE’s, so that students desperate for graduation can have another option.

A major criticism of the plan — voiced by everyone on the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board to SMC’s own student body president, Harrison Wills — is that it is elitist. Wills argues that this creates a “two-tiered system” of wealthy students who benefit from the new classes and lower income students who unluckily get stuck paying for extra years in college.

But this criticism is flawed on a

number of accounts. First of all, there is funding available for low-income students. Early this March, SMC acquired a $250,000 donation from businessman Daniel Greenberg and his wife, Susan Steinhauser, for scholarships for students who are both behind on their graduation requirements and in financial need. SMC additionally promotes outside scholarships from over 30 organizations.

Also, this system will help all students, because those who can afford the higher-priced sections will take those, and thus lessen the demand for the regularly-priced equivalents in the

process. This will shorten waitlists, open up seats, and speed up the graduation process for the entire campus.

When it comes to gaining the choice to take classes faster, fears surrounding the change are largely unjustified.

Santa Monica College students have nothing to lose: both students willing to pay extra and those who can’t afford it will be able to get through required coursework faster, enabling them to enter the workforce or a 4-year institution with greater ease.

Readers can contact Ayan Kusari at akusari@ucsd.edu

Dear Editor, On March 8, 2012 the Institute For International, Comparative and Area Studies hosted Stephen Sheehi’s (University of South Carolina) lecture titled, “Islamophobia: A Mainstream Ideological Foundation.”

Approximately 50 students, five professors and a few community members attended.

Sheehi spent an hour promoting his theory that Americans practice a form of bigotry called “Islamophobia.” Sheehi accused Democrats, Republicans, white people in general, evangelicals specifically, “tea baggers”(his words) and neo-cons among many others as the legions that practice this prejudice.

A cheap shot like the use of “tea baggers” demonstrates the low level of his discourse. This is education?

For good measure he referred to the media as “f-ing idiots,” eloquent and classy guy that he is.

He meandered from one accusation to another with little connective tissue. He oozed with a profound low regard for wide swaths of America.

His lecture was generously littered with assertions and condemnations for the nation and people who have allowed him to prosper while getting paid to castigate in a very unscholarly fashion.

The vacuous nature of his presentation was so vast that it is hard to know where to begin. I’d love to get the text to comprehensively tear it apart at length. He has a right to peddle nonsense under the guise of scholarship in America. But on the tax-payer dollar we should demand scholarship, balance and civility.

None of his colleagues challenged him. The Socratic method was not on the minds of the chorus of professorial sycophants. They had no prob-

lem going after me but hands off the illustrious professor who peddling animus as research. One student had the courage to challenge him by putting some blame on the tens of thousands of Islamist terrorist incidents for sullying the image of Islam.

Sheehi had no response other than to say he disagrees. After all, the murderers have nothing to do with it.

When I challenged him during Q. and A. — based on FBI statistics with reference to hate crimes — he bobbed and weaved like Ali in full rope a dope mode against Frazier.

When I pressed the professor for a responsive reply his fellow professors jumped to their feet to silence me. Is there any chance the IICAS has the courage to host a presentation disputing Sheehi’s assertions about Islamophobia?

Seems to me in the spirit of fair play and diversity of opinion that the students deserve nothing less. Is the university a place where diversity of opinion carries the same status as diversity of color, heritage, race and gender?

After all it is diversity of opinion that stimulates thought and analysis — not skin color, gender or heritage.

I urge the public and student organizations to demand equal time and genuine scholarship.

Is the university as open-minded as it would like to think it is? We will see.

—Michael Hayutin Resident, San Diego ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers.

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lifestyle

yoga at the

museum

By Arielle Sallai • Managing Editor

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ummer news for those eager to meet Modigliani’s “Blue-eyed boy”: The artwork displayed at the San Diego Museum of Art does not come to life “Night at the Museum”style after hours. Instead, art-loving yogis can take a one-hour meditation session with instructor Amy Hyde, dubbed “Art In Context: Yoga at the Museum” and held in conjunction with the many spring Asian art exhibitions.

A painter herself (and UCSD alumna), Hyde was the perfect fit for the special weekly class, though the instructor told the Guardian in a phone interview that the sessions are different from any she’s done before — for one, the artist had never taught outside a studio.

“It has different students every week,” Hyde said. “But when you go to a class at a yoga studio you get into a community and you sort of know who typically attends those classes at the time.

This is all new people every week…It’s a different

mix of people because it’s just open to this general public that would come to the museum, but it’s also people doing yoga.”

Hyde also can’t utilize one of the most fundamental tools of any yoga class: the walls, which are obviously covered in untouchable artwork.

“We are only able to do certain poses,” she said. “Typically in a yoga studio I’ll teach upsidedown poses like hand stands and shoulder stands, and I’m not able to do that. It has a little bit of a different vibe because people aren’t getting their heads upside down. So their brains are different — their attitudes are different.”

While Hyde said there isn’t enough time to discuss how they feel about the art in the short session, the participants may still have a more unique meditation experience.

“The feelings are extremely high,” Hyde said.

“You get the strong ‘ah’ sort of feeling because the See yoga, page 7

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way the room is lit and the size and the grandness of the room.”

If anything, Hyde said, the air of exclusivity is enough to make it a worthwhile experience.

“I think they get sort of a tenderness,” she said. “They feel special.

They feel like they’re kind of in a museum in a secret way because it’s after hours and there’s no one there but us and some security guards downstairs. So they get a little bit of this like secret adventure.”

Hyde teaches Iyengar yoga, which focuses on the physical alignment of the body — a type of yoga she’s practiced for over 25 years. She took her first class when she was 18 and attending Columbia University. (She left a year later and took several years off before attending UCSD as an archeology major.) The instructor happened to teach Iyengar — a rare style based on the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar — so Hyde has studied and taught the same style ever since.

But the participants at “Art In Context” may not know the instructor is an artist herself. Though the program doesn’t necessarily merge art and yoga quite so seamlessly — with participants often sweating more than they’re connecting with the artwork — Hyde’s own experience as a yoga instructor, painter, muralist and decorative painter proves the two practices have their commonalities.

“When I’m painting I’ve had experiences where I feel very much connected — connected to the sort of force of joy,” Hyde said. “And then when you do a yoga class you get a feeling of well-being and being connected to your body and the world around you. So I would say there are similarities to painting and reaching that sort of focus-space in yoga. You can almost say painting is a meditation and yoga is a meditation.”

“Art In Context: Yoga at the Museum” takes place every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the museum galleries until April 18. Admission costs $15.

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pon entering La Jolla’s Puesto, it’s immediately clear that the restaurant’s self-imposed “Mexican Street Food” label is a stretch. Though many of the items on the menu are listed in Spanish (with their English transHours: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. lations), the restaurant itself Location: is decorated 1026 Wall St., with sleek La Jolla hardwood and Recommended: ultra-bougie Tacos with furnishings. carne asada and Tacos include tinga condiments like corn truffle and pistachio-jalepeño salsa, and a plasma screen on the wall gleefully beckons diners to share photos of their meals on Instagram (with the #eatpuesto hashtag, of course).

All in all though, Puesto’s poten-

tially pretentious culinary antics pay off: The food is great, especially considering its Chipotle-esque, quasi-fast food preparation and relatively low prices ($6.45 for two tacos and $8.95 for a sizable burrito bowl). The carne asada is tender and flavorful (even more so when wrapped in crispy grilled cheese, one of Puesto’s specialties), and there are ample vegetarian options, like potatoes & soy chorizo, or the aforementioned corn truffle.

Puesto’s seafood, which consists of well-seasoned, citrusy-seared shrimp and pescado al pastor (fish cooked in a red chile sauce), is also excellent.

Particularly worthwhile are Puesto’s condiments. Along with the corn truffle, it has similarly adventurous choices like the bright, almost fruity zucchini flower or grilled pineapple. The best of them all is tinga, a sort of chutney made with hibiscus flower, chipotle and grilled onion.

The house-made salsas are also great, with the refreshing hibiscus-chipotle

jamaica or the spicy habanero-cilantro-mango as particular stand-outs.

For all its cheerful flavor-trickery, Puesto is not without its faults. Some of the restaurant’s ambitious ideas ultimately fall flat, like the grilled cactus (nopales asados), which adds little flavor while taking up valuable taco space. Worst of all, perhaps due to its fast food setup and intentionally outlandish ingredients, Puesto never attains the earthy, homemade glory found in actual street food. This disconnection between Puesto’s concept and the food itself is reinforced by the almost shockingly sterile décor.

But even though it may not be as reliably great as more street-focused Mexican restaurants like the nearby Don Carlos, Puesto is a good option for UCSD students, particularly in the ever-pricey depths of the La Jolla Cove area.

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THE FUTURE OF THE UN CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME: THE ROAD FROM DURBAN - SOCIAL SCIENCES BLDG, RM 107 What happened at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban last December? Professor Daniel M. Bodansky will discuss the latest developments in the UN climate change regime and the prospects going forward.

Professor Bodansky is the Lincoln Professor of Law, Ethics and Sustainability at the Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Presented by Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies at UC San Diego, as part of its International Law Speaker Series. Free and open to the public. Register online.

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7:30pm CAMERA LUCIDA CHAMBER MUSIC - CONRAD PREBYS MUSIC CENTER San Diego's premier chamber series presents Bach's Preludes and Fugues for String Trio (arr. Mozart), Strauss' Sextet for Strings from Capriccio, Op. 85, and Brahms' Sextet for Strings in B-flat, Op. 18. General Fee: $25.

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The UC San Diego Center on Global Justice and the Helen Edison Lecture Series welcome Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, on Tuesday, April 3, 10:30am at La Estancia Hotel (across the street from UCSD), La Jolla Ballroom. Brown will speak on 'Meeting the Millennium Development Goals' eight international development goals that all 193 U.N. member states agreed to achieve by 2015. Please join us! Seating is limited and registration is required per security protocols (Walk-ins will not be permitted). To ensure you seat/s please RSVP to John LeJeune at jlejeune@ucsd.edu

11am COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FAIR WITH MUSIC

BY QUINAZO - PRICE CENTER PLAZA The UC San Diego Cesar Chavez Celebration Committee invites you to attend the community organization fair, featuring special guests Ricardo Sanchez and Mark Moses. Meet reps from local volunteer orgs and enjoy the sounds of Quinazo starting at noon! Free and open to all. For more info, contact Haydee Cervantes at hcervantes@ucsd.edu of 858-822-4059. Contact: hcervantes@ucsd.edu

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Leadership experience is more and more important in college these days. This interactive workshop series will develop and challenge your leadership savvy and skills.

The Orientation Session offers a chance to learn about the various kinds of workshops we offer and to talk to people involved in the program. We'll also talk about how you can earn a leadership certificate that will help your transcript and resume shine! Free and open to all students.

Drop into The Zone every Tuesday from 5:00 to 6:00 pm for amazing live cooking demonstrations, complete with free food! With local sponsors such as Whole Foods Market, Housing and Dining Services, Recreation, and Student Health, we'll have you heating things up in any kitchen, at any time. Come hungry, leave healthy!

3pm FILM SCREENING/DISCUSSION: CHE, THE ARGENTINE - INST OF THE AMERICAS 'Che' is a two-part 2008 biopic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. Part 1 is entitled 'The Argentine' and it focuses on the Cuban revolution from the landing of Fidel Castro, Guevara, and other revolutionaries in Cuba to their successful toppling of the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Director: Steven Soderbergh, Writer: Peter Buchman, Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Julia Ormond, and Oscar Isaac.The film will be shown in its original version with English subtitles. The discussion will be led by Dr. Jose Villegas, and Visiting Graduate Student Jorge Resina. Presented as part of the 'Latin America, behind the voice, behind the screen' film series. Presented by the UC San Diego Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies.

5pm JSA/NSU MATSURI FESTIVAL - LIBRARY WALK UCSD's Japanese Student Association and Nikkei Student Union are proud to present the fourth annual Matsuri Festival of 2012. One of the only authentic Japanese Festivals in the San Diego County, the Matsuri Festival is open to the general public, and guaranteed to entertain people of all ages. There will be Japanese festival foods, games, and performances that will let you experience a traditional Japanese festival right here in San Diego.

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BLUE REPUBLICANS AND THE END OF LEFT VS. RIGHT - DOLORES HUERTA ROOM The Blue Republican Movement is an exciting product of the realization that the mainstream of both parties that brought America to crisis may be the last place to find solutions to our problems. It comprises Democrats and Independents who are registering Republican specifically to vote for Ron Paul in the 2012 Presidential Election. Robin Koerner is a political commentator, founder of www.WatchingAmerica.com, and a contributor to the Huffington Post. Robin will also field questions from the audience, so please ask away on any questions, concerns, or issues you have for our speaker. Presented by Students for Ron Paul, a registered UCSD student organization.

FRI4.6 12pm FREE WEEKLY TAI CHI CLASSES - PRICE CENTER LAWN Come out to the Price Center Lawn (just above the fountain in Price Center Plaza) every Friday from 12 noon until 1:00 pm for a refreshing outdoor Tai-Chi experience!

6pm MULTI ASIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION CHARITY AUCTION DINNER - I-HOUSE GREAT HALL AT ERC MASA is expanding our annual Charity Auction into a Benefit Dinner this year. There will be performances throughout the night, along with a silent auction for various services and items. All proceeds will be donated to Passion 4 K.I.D.S, a non-profit organization that helps homeless and underprivileged children as well as children in emergency situations. Tickets are $15 each and includes dinner. Dress is semi-formal. Come enjoy a night of entertainment and help make a difference!

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AS Concerts & Events Presents: Sun God Festival DJ Battle Applications Now Available at http://sgf.ucsd.edu/ APPLICATIONS CLOSE on Saturday March 24 at 11:59pm.

After the Dance Stage's enormous success in 2009, we launched the first-ever SGF DJ Battle in 2010 to get UCSD's top talent involved. This year, we will see the continuation of the DJ Battle on Thursday, April 5th at Porter's Pub. This event serves as an opportunity for student DJs to compete for a chance to perform alongside national talent at Sun God Festival 2012 on Friday, May 18th. Final contestants will be announced during Spring Break 2012.

12pm GRADUATE STUDENT WELLNESS WORKSHOP THE ZONE This lunch-time series from 12pm-1pm every Wednesday will provide information on campus resources that support the mental, physical, social, and financial aspects of the graduate & professional student experience. Workshops are free and there is FREE food catered by Art of Espresso!

3pm INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AWARDS PRESENTATION - PRICE CENTER EAST BALLROOM Graduate student researchers selected as this year's Interdisciplinary Scholars will present their cross-disciplinary work to the public. This year's recipients are Krystal Tribbett from History, Timothy Mackey from Global Health, On Shun Pak from Mechanical Engineering, and Jordan Haug from Anthropology. Part of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, this event will be co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Association and the Office of Graduate Studies. Refreshments provided by the Alumni Association.

7pm

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy.

Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which more altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon. $3 Student / $5 General

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FitFest is back! Come check out all that UCSD Recreation and FitLife have to offer. FREE FitLife Classes, FREE Chair Massage, FREE Private Pilates, Ask the Trainer & Ask the Dietitian table, raffles and giveaways. Classes include Zumba Toning, Turbo Kick, Yoga for Athletes, Super Fusion, Vinyasa Yoga, Thai Massage and more. Sponsored by American Eagle and CLIF bar. Prizes include FitLife classes, one-hour Massage, and more. No registration required, and everyone is welcome. For full schedule go to http://recreation.ucsd.edu/fitlife

SUN GOD FESTIVAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS PORTER'S PUB AS Concerts & Events Presents: Sun God Festival Battle of the Bands. Applications Now Available at http://sgf.ucsd.edu/ APPLICATIONS CLOSE on Saturday March 24 at 11:59pm. Want to play on the same stage as some of the world's biggest talents? Do you have a band? If you have answered yes to any of the above, then apply to be a part of this year's BOTB. The winners will perform on the Main Stage at Sun God Festival 2012.

Final contestants will be announced during Spring Break 2012.

SAT4.7 10am TRITON DAY EXPERIENCE - UC SAN DIEGO CAMPUS UC San Diego's Admit Day and Open House will come together Saturday, April 7, as the Triton Day Experience, a showcase of the university's vibrant campus community. The free event, open to the UC San Diego community and the public, will provide myriad opportunities to meet stellar professors, talk to student leaders, explore the campus and enjoy all-day entertainment. Come discover discover UC San Diego's academic departments, student services, student organizations, endless resources and all that encompasses the Triton Experience!

10am MARSHALL COLLEGE CULTURAL CELEBRATION! Thurgood Marshall College's 34th Annual Cultural Celebration! In conjunction with UC San Diego Triton Day, come join a fun-filled day of traditional music, dance, games of the world, and exotic cuisine at the Thurgood Marshall College campus! The children's village will include llama rides, bounce houses and fun performances. It's going to be better than ever!

Students, family, and community members are all welcome. Parking and entrance to the event are free.

SUN4.8 4pm MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN AT UC SAN DIEGO - PRICE CENTER THEATER Cultural Iranian Student Association (CISTA) are honored to host Ostad Mohammad Reza Shajarian at UC San Diego for a talk on Iran's music over the past 50 years, followed by Q&A. Mohammad Reza Shajarian is an internationally and critically acclaimed Persian traditional singer, composer and ostad (master) of Persian music. He has been called 'Iran's greatest living master of traditional Persian music.'

Shajarian is also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy, and humanitarian activities. The event will be free for UCSD students. UCSD students have to pay a $10 registration fee. The fee will be refunded within 7-14 business days back to their cards if they attend the event. General Admission: $26.75.

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on to the win.

“I love the competitive fire we’re having, there’s just no ‘give up’ in us. We may not focus on a lot of the turnovers that kill us in close games like this, but the fact that we’re being tested in back-to-back six-onfives and we have players playing defense out of position and not giving up, I felt that we really stepped up there,” Kreutzkamp said to the UCSD Athletic Department.

In the second day of competition, UCSD cruised to a 13-4 win against Azusa Pacific and tallied a seasonhigh 16 goals in its 16-5 victory against Fresno Pacific.

Against Azusa Pacific, Lizotte-UCSD’s leading scorer-- again led the Tritons in the attack with three

goals. But more telling was UCSD’s balanced offense, as 10 Tritons tallied goals in the game against the Cougars.

The game was close at the start, as the Tritons took a narrow 3-2 lead into the second quarter, but the UCSD offense took off from there as the Tritons went on a 4-0 run to kill any chance of an Azusa comeback.

UCSD remained hot on the ball in the last game of the tournament, as sophomore Melissa Barstow, junior Brittany Daniels and Biehl all picked up three goals apiece in the Tritons’ 16-5 win over the Sunbirds.

Fresno Pacific put up little in the way of opposition, as the Sunbirds remained scoreless until the third quarter. But down 9-0, Fresno Pacific struck for four goals, with Triton goalkeeper Taylor failing to record a

save. Ultimately, UCSD’s lead proved too much to overcome, as three Triton goals in the third quarter kept UCSD ahead by eight, while four more goals in the fourth quarter put the game out of reach.

“With finals week and spring break back-to-back for us, we have time to go back to the drawing board and work on some defensive things,” UCSD head coach Brad Kreutzkamp said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “We had to just clean up little things that I thought that we really executed well. We’re working in the strike zone for having a takeaway early and we’re doing a much better job of that.”

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Gauchos in three games.

The Tritons won a close first set 25-21, but ran away with wins in the next two games 25-18 and 25-17 to secure the match.

UCSD saw solid attack percentages from around their roster, with junior Carl Eberts leading with 16 kills for a 0.393 attack percentage.

Other standouts on the night included Lennon, with an attack percentage of 0.632 and sophomore opposite Johl Awerkamp who finished with 12 kills on three errors.

“We don’t have that one guy that’s going to carry us the entire night. We need to have a number of options,” Ring said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “We put pressure on our opponents because every pass, every sideout opportunity, our setter can go everywhere with the ball. And I thought we did a real nice job of that.”

The Tritons are now 8-16 overall

and 6-13 in the MPSF. The Tritons go back on the road to face No. 2 USC on April 5 and No. 7 Pepperdine on April 7.

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2:13.18, beating out Drury second place finisher Ekaterina Alyabyeva by a full second. Her winning title was complemented by a career best time and third place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.57). Adamcyzk was also part of the 400-medley team that took second place the second day of the championship.

“I just really wanted to break the school record, that was my goal going in,” Adamczyk said in an interview with the UCSD Athletics Department. “I was really excited to finally break 2:14 — I’ve been stuck there for a couple of years.

Three-time NCAA title winner senior Alex Henley couldn’t snag her fourth title this year despite commanding times in the 200 and 400 individual medley and the 200 backstroke.

The All-American ends her took a disappointing second place finish in each of her three races, despite being seeded first in the 200 backstroke (1:57.58).

Similarly, sophomore Nick Korth and senior Matt Herman were unable to defend their national titles from 2011.

Korth, the former title holder in the 200 breaststroke, placed third with a time of 1:57.45. Herman too, placed third in his former title race, finishing the 1650 freestyle with a time of 15:21.02.

“It is always the team’s goal to win as many titles as possible and although all three returning champions had a good meet, it was certainly frustrating to see Henley and Herman work so hard this year to not have an individual title in their senior seasons,” Macedo said.

“I can tell you that the leadership in and out of the pool from these three athletes was the main reason we had the best finish in school history and those individuals would certainly trade their own accolades for the overall success of the program.”

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TRITONS SWIM STRONG AT NCAAs UCSD Men Place Second, Women Third at NCAA Division II Championships

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fter four straight days of competition at the 2012 NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships in Mansfield, Texas, both the UCSD Men’s and Women’s teams emerged with wins in multiple events.

A remarkable 10 school records were shattered at the meet with strong performances from a number of individual swimmers that helped the women place third and the men place second for the second year in a row.

“Overall, I was extremely pleased with the way both genders swam in Texas,” UCSD head coach Matthew Macedo said in an email interview.

“This was the fastest nationals in Division 2 history and to be in the title hunt on both sides from start to finish was very exciting and a position this program has never been in before.”

The men’s team amassed 400 points, trumped only by Drury University’s 473-point win and fourth consecutive title — Florida Southern trailed for third place at 316.5 points.

The women’s competition proved to be much tighter as UCSD’s 451.5 third place finish came as a result of a tight race for first and second with Wayne State (497) and Drury (496).

This marks the second year in a row that the Tritons finished 2-3 against their opponents at the NCAA Championships. Last year, UCSD broke 11 school records.

Prior to the 2010-2011 season, the last time both sides managed to reach the podium was back in 2005.

However, one disappointing race set the Triton women back in the points total, a race that could have made the difference down the stretch. On the opening night, the UCSD women’s 200-medley relay was disqualified for leaving early, losing what would have

otherwise been a first-place finish.

The disqualification cost the team, consisting of sophomore Sandy Hon, senior Neda Nguyen, junior Olivia Fountain and freshman Sierra Robbins a full 40 points and a first-place finish to boot.

“Sure, it was frustrating to lose the national title and the 40 points but we knew what would really hurt the team was if we gave up at that point in the meet,” Macedo said. “We acknowledged the unpleasant situation that evening and immediately talked about what we needed to do to get those points back and we had a fantastic preliminary session the following morning.”

In a field of strong swimmers, a few Tritons raced to the top. Junior Emily Adamczyk won the Tritons their first national title of the 2012 championship, topping the field in the 200 breaststroke with a time of

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Tritons Go 3-0 in No. 13 UCSD Men’s Volleyball Home Tournament Takes Fifth Consecutive Win

By Rachel Uda Sports Editor

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he No. 18 UCSD Women’s Water Polo team went 3-0 last weekend in the UCSD Mini Tournament, comfortably trumping both Azusa Pacific and Fresno Pacific last Saturday, March 31, while narrowly edging Brown on Friday, March 30.

UCSD jumped out to the early lead against the Bears in the first day of competition. The Tritons outgunned Brown to go up 4-1 by the end of the first quarter off two early goals converted by senior driver Katherine Biehl, followed by a penalty from sophomore utility Sarah Lizotte.

“We started off with one of the best quarters we’ve played this season in the first,” UCSD head coach Brad Kreutzkamp said to the UCSD Athletic Department. “But, we need to learn how to close out games.

When you score six goals in the first

half and only one in the second, it makes it really difficult to win. We need to concentrate and really stay on task to be able to close out these games.”

UCSD pushed the lead out to 6-1 at the beginning of the second quarter, but Brown closed the gap, putting the ball past junior goalkeeper Allie Taylor to cut the Triton lead down to just two goals.

Taylor kept Brown scoreless in the third quarter, tallying 13 saves on the game to Bear goalkeeper Evan Cranston’s three, although UCSD also failed to find the net, keeping the game at 6-4.

In a tight fourth quarter, senior center Kirsten Bates capitalized on the Brown penalty, putting away what ended up being the decider with 4:52 left in the game.

Despite two late Brown conversions, UCSD was able to hold

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fter dropping nine straight games within the past three weeks, the Tritons have manufactured an unprecedented five-game winning streak, which has pushed them back into the national rankings.

Playing in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation — undoubtedly the toughest conference in the country — the No. 13 Tritons also face the handicap of being the only Division II team in the MPSF. But as of late, UCSD has outclassed its conference opponents, winning five consecutive matches — UCSD’s longest winning streak since 1990.

A 3-1 win on Thursday, March 9, against No. 12 UC Santa Barbara snapped their nine-game losing streak. Back in the national rankings, the then No. 15 Tritons topped No. 9 Cal State Long Beach and Cal State

Northridge in back-to-back victories, to conclude their road trip.

The Tritons returned home last Friday, March 30, where they served No. 3 UCLA a stunning 3-1 upset.

When asked to comment about how the team has been able to put together four wins in a row despite having to break for finals week, UCSD head coach Kevin Ring said it was just a matter of getting it right in practice and playing with confidence.

“We talked about getting that confidence back,” Ring said. “We had to earn it and when we talk about confidence it’s genuine. And I thought the guys did that tonight. We had a pretty good week of practice, and we just kept getting a little better each day, and we just kept saying that Friday is going to be the best day through this and then we’re going to come back tomorrow night and it’s going to be even better.”

Junior outside hitter Carl Eberts led the Tritons in the attack, recording

16 kills. Sophomore Vaun Lennon chipped in 12 kills, while sophomore Sebastian Brady racked up eight kills on just one error for a 0.636 attack percentage.

In the defense, sophomore Chase Frishman had a big night, recording a career high 19 digs.

“Defensively, we’ve gotten much better since early on in the year,” Ring said. “We really didn’t extend to many rallies. I think we did a really nice job defensively. We got some swings and converted in transition for points, where we didn’t necessarily get a quality swing but just were able to get the ball back over the net. you’re not going to win all of those, but you’re just going to win your share and I thought we did that a couple times tonight for huge momentum plays.”

The following day, Saturday, March 31, the Tritons faced No. 15 UC Santa Barbara, sweeping the

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