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Town Square and Matthews Quad. “We had to revamp Fall Fest,” Zhang said. “To go with the Fall Fest we had in previous years would be a disservice to students because of financial reasons. It wouldn’t [have met] students’ expectations from the past and I think it would’ve just been a bad decision for all of us.” Hullabaloo will feature both UCSD musicians and outside musicians that have yet to be released, as well as carnival rides, food trucks and other attractions. “I think given the success of events like the “All Campus Dance” or the dance tent at Sun God proves to us that we don’t really need a big headliner to draw students,” Zhang said. The festival will also allow re-entry, another feature that Zhang felt FallFest lacked. “The lineup never really felt consistent,” Zhang said. “Attendance dropped the previous year from two years ago so I think there was a fundamental issue with FallFest. It wasn’t as sustainable a tradition as I think Hullabaloo will be.” FallFest, which traditionally featured one or two headliner artists such as The Game in
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CSD’s annual FallFest is no more. After a 13-year run, budget cuts have threatened the festival’s success — thus the A.S. Concerts & Events office is re-branding the festival into “Hullabaloo,” which is planned to take place Nov. 18 in conjunction with Founders’ Day. “We knew definitely that we needed a different name to make it feel like we were starting a new tradition,” Associate Vice President of Concerts & Events Oliver Zhang said. “[Keeping] the name FallFest would be misleading because it is such a different event. We wanted to give this event a new life. We thought a lot about the name, and we wanted a name that sounded like a really fun celebration.” Founders’ Day — which featured the artist Far East Movement last year — will take place on Nov. 18 during the day with Hullabaloo following at 6 p.m. to 11:45 p.m. using the same stage setup. Unlike FallFest, which was held at the Warren Mall, Hullabaloo will held be in the
SKATING ON SUNSHINE
By Rebecca Horwitz Associate News Editor
A sinkhole caused by a broken storm drain opened in the middle of Campus Point Drive on Thursday, Oct. 6. The hole grew to 50 feet in length and 25 feet in width. The collapse occurred around 7:20 a.m. and was reported to the police at 7:30 a.m. The sinkhole was very close to the intersection of Campus Point Drive and Campus Point Center, north of Scripps Memorial Hospital. A sinkhole is an erosion of land caused when underground water dissolves minerals in the ground. A buried hole is created and as it gets larger, the land on top caves in. A broken 30-inch diameter storm drain caused the hole to form 15 feet beneath the surface. The drain ruptured below the street and its runoff eroded the ground beneath the pavement. Dirt fell into the storm pipelines, clogging it and causing water to pool.
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UCSD student skateboards down a steep hill on the way to Black’s Beach on Friday, Oct. 7.
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2009 and Big Boi in 2010, did not live up to Zhang’s expectations. The festival’s budget was cut by $75,000 from the original $135,000 for Fall Fest 2010 to the Hullabaloo budget of only $60,000. ASCE took the cut as an opportunity to re-brand FallFest from a night concert to a festival that will no longer be focused around one headliner artist. Although Hullabaloo is replacing FallFest, Zhang emphasized that this a completely new festival. “I thought there was a problem with the format of Fall Fest in general because it was more of a concert than a festival, which is perfectly fine but that’s just not what I envisioned,” Zhang said. “Regardless of any financial reasons, I think I would have [changed] Fall Fest anyway.” Zhang expects a turnout of about 4,000 UCSD students. The lineup will be released Oct. 31. “I think it’s hard to compare Hullabaloo and Fall Fest,” Zhang said. “They’re very different. I would have changed the format of Fall Fest regardless of the budget.”
Protesters gathered around City Hall last Friday afternoon for the “Occupy San Diego” protest, in solidarity with New York City’s ongoing “Occupy Wall Street” movement. The ‘Occupations’ — which started in New York City on Sept. 17 — have traveled across the country to cities like Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco. “Occupy San Diego” occurred on Oct. 7, one week after ‘Occupy Los Angeles’ on Oct. 1. Police estimated nearly 1,500 people attended the protest. These peaceful protests organized via Facebook and Twitter voiced a variety of issues, including corporate greed, unemployment and an uneven distribution of wealth in this country. These national mobilizations have been a leaderless and loosely organized movement that defines itself as a “people powered movement for democracy.” Canadian advocacy magazine Adbusters posted a call for action on July 2011 on its blog, which set off the series of protests. On Sept. 17, a group in New York calling itself “The General Assembly,” — taking inspiration from the recent uprising in Tahrir Square in Egypt and from the Spanish acampadas in Madrid this summer — encouraged activists to flood Lower Manhattan in order to occupy Wall Street. Authorities later moved the protestors from the financial district to the new base on Zucotti Park, a privately owned park in
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SURF SURFREPORT REPORT
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Monday Height: 3-4 ft. Wind: 5-7 mph Water Temp: 70 F
Tuesday Height: 4 ft. Wind: 4-7 mph Water Temp: 70 F
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Thursday Height: 3-4 ft. Wind: 2-8 mph Water Temp: 70 F
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Raw sewage ran into the pool after the dirt also cracked a 10-inch sewer pipe. San Diego storm water department spokesman Bill Harris said the storm pipelines had been installed in 1972 — the most recent pipes installed in the city were installed in 1992. Harris said that Wednesday’s rain likely added to the erosion of the decaying metal storm drain. The San Diego Water Department shut off the water main of the neighborhood in case of additional cave-ins. This affected 30 businesses in the area including Qualcomm, SAIC and the Campus Point Technology Center, the University City business park and residents in the area. The Scripps Memorial Hospital was not affected by the shutoff. Water was restored to the businesses Thursday night, but the water main remains shut off. Temporary sewer and
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