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VOLUME 45, ISSUE 5
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MOnday, October 06, 2011
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Liquor Law Violations Top Campus Crime Stats
Alumnus and Scripps Chair wins nobel prize
Crimes by the Numbers 57 Liquor Law Violations 41 Burglary 24 Motor Vehicle Theft 16 Drug Law Arrests 4 Weapons Arrest 3 Sex Offense 2 Aggravated Assault 2 Arson 1 Murder
Dr. Bruce Beutler shares the Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology. By Laira Martin News Editor Revelle College alumnus and chair of the Department of Genetics at the Scripps Research Institute Dr. Bruce Beutler, 53, is sharing the 2011 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his recent discoveries of how the immune system innately works. Beutler is currently in the process of leaving La Jolla to work at the University of Bruce Beutler Texas. Nobel Laureate “I noticed that I had a new email message,” Beutler said in an interview with Nobel Media. “And, I squinted at it and I saw that the title line was ‘Nobel Prize,’ so I thought I should give close attention to that. And, I opened it and it was from Goran Hansson, and it said that I had won the Nobel Prize, and so I was thrilled.” Beutler earned his share of the award for his contribution in the discovery of receptor proteins that recognize bacterial microorganisms which then activate immunity. Beutler shares one half of the prize with Jules Hoffmann of the University See nobel, page 3
*According to the UC Police Department’s Annual Security Report E rik J epsen /G uardian
Liquor law violations and burglaries sweep annual campus crime report. By John Baldwin Contributing Writer
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he UC Police Department’s Annual Security Report for 2011 revealed there were 41 recorded instances of burglary on the UCSD campus and its affiliated areas in 2010.
first recorded murder on the UCSD campus in recent history. In addition, there were 57 liquor law arrests in 2010 from 86 in 2009, and 16 drug arrests in 2010 from 40. This is largely due to changes in policing outlook for major events such as the Sun God Festival. “Enforcement of alcohol laws [arrests] were down, due largely to a change in tactics and philosophy at the Sun God Festival – with greater emphasis on keeping officers in the field to ensure public safety rather than focusing on arrests,” King said. “Enforcement actions were used more
“Theft of unsecured property, [including] laptops, continues to be an issue.” Police Chief Orville King said in an email. King emphasized the importance of using locks and keeping one’s property safe to prevent burglary. The University has successfully reduced annual motor vehicle thefts on campus, which dropped from 54 to 24 since 2008. The report indicates one instance of murder on the UCSD campus on Oct. 29, when the dead body of Carlsbad resident Lorena Gonzalez was found in a burning van in Lot 701. This is the
selectively during the festival in 2010 as a tool, not a goal.” According to Police Captain David Rose, the report statistics do not necessarily communicate the exact year-to-year changes in criminal activity at UCSD, in part due to differences in accounting for crimes from year to year. The report’s counts for liquor laws discipline rose from five to 1,050 and the counts for drug laws discipline from 17 to 94 over the past year due to the inclusion of new disciplinary data from the See Crime, page 3
safety
UCSD PD Deems Replica Guns a Campus Threat
By Aimly Sirisarnsombat Staff Writer The UCSD Police Department recently faced two incidents involving student possession and misuse of replica guns on campus, both violations of the Student Conduct Code. The first case was reported to have occurred at 2:10 a.m. on Sept. 17. Allegedly, the student pointed a replica toy firearm at a Residential Security Officer who was investigating an unrelated incident in a residence hall. The second case, which occurred at 1:07 a.m. on Sept. 20, involved three students walking around campus carrying replica toy guns. The students were later caught and the replica weapons were surrendered. Members of the UCSD PD have been trained to respond defensively and with deadly force if campus safety is threatened by a student’s posses-
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sion of a firearm — regardless of its authenticity — according to a press release by Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Penny Rue on Sept. 27. “This extremely dangerous behavior threatens the health and safety of the UCSD community and is of the highest level of concern for the overall safety and well-being of our campus commu-
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These cases of replica or toy gun use violate the UCSD Student Conduct Code, which enforces that student possession of any kind of firearm,
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regardless of authenticity, is subject to suspension or dismissal from the University. Students engaged in such misconduct either on- or off-campus may also face legal consequences; Section 417.4 of the California Penal Code calls for criminal persecution in such situations. Communication director Rex Graham and UCSD spokesperson Christine Clark could not comment due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which restricts the release of information on violations to the UCSD Student Conduct N icole O liver /G uardian Code and disciplinary actions from the university to students. Due to FERPA, the nity,” Rue said in a Sept. 27 campus-wide notice university is also unable to comment on open regarding the incidents. “In a post-Virginia Tech climate, the University has taken significant steps investigations, a category under which Graham confirms both incidents fall. to ensure the safety of all its members.” Readers can contact Aimly Sirisarnsombat at tsirisar@ucsd.edu
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