VOLUME 48, ISSUE 12
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014
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UC Regents Will Consider Annual Tuition Hikes By Meryl Press
Associate News Editor
California
UCSA Welcomes Passage of Proposition 47 The ballot measure, which reduces sentences for some offenders, is expected to free up some state money. BY Tina Butoiu
Associate News Editor The founder of the Secret Cookie Service, known to us only as “Agent Snickerdoodle,” hopes to keep the business in the Triton family by passing along control of operations to UCSD students.
“We try to get artists that are up-and-coming,” ASCE Festivals Director Sean Kennedy said in an interview with the UCSD Guardian. “A lot of these artists have stuff that just came out or that they’re planning to release soon.” Hullabaloo headliner Logic, a rapper from Gaithersburg, Maryland has recently grown in popularity. Logic is currently on tour and set to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Nov. 12, two days before performing at UCSD. The rides featured at the festival will include a zipline, the Kamikaze, the Zipper and the Round Up, located in Matthew’s Quad. As one of the prizes available at the Founders Day Celebration, students can win a pass that gains them access to the front
On Nov. 4, Californians voted to pass Proposition 47, which reduces prison sentences for individuals who commit particular nonserious drug and property crimes, by a margin of 58.8 percent to 41.2 percent. The ballot measure’s passage was well-received by University of California Student Association’s leadership which has worked to pass legislation that reallocates funds from the prison system to education since the October 2013 launch of the Invest in Graduation Not Incarceration campaign. The law is expected to generate between $750 million and $1.25 billion within the next five years to fund programs designed to keep offenders out of jail. The UCSA IGNITE campaign aims to reduce state spending on prisons and increase funding for education. The savings from the reduced prison population expected after Proposition 47’s passage will be utilized to fund programs including school truancy prevention programs and mental health and drug treatment programs. A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Allyson Osorio discussed how the proposition supports UCSA goals. “UCSA has worked hard to change the state’s sentencing on drug crimes that often victimizes minority and low-income populations,” Osorio told the UCSD Guardian. “For common sense drug sentencing, we endorse[d] Prop 47.” In addition, Osorio said that, even though the law does not directly affect higher education, the discriminatory nature of the prison system is experienced throughout the UC system. “A lot of the people affected by the prison system aren’t making [it] into the UCs,” said Osorio. “Obviously anything that affects K-12 education affects the UC and vice versa. Low numbers of black and Latino students aren’t reflective of the demographics in California because there [are funds] being funneled into prisons instead of K-12.” The IGNITE campaign was started in October 2013 with the purpose of obtaining funding for the UC system by passing legislation that reduces the amount of money spent on prisons and re-allocating it to education. IGNITE supports several other prison reduction bills including California Assembly Bill 420, a bill aimed at reducing the number of students that go to prison by banning suspensions and expulsions on the
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A five-year plan outlined by University of California President Janet Napolitano accounts for annual increases in tuition of up to 5 percent. Above, Napolitano speaks with UC Campus media in her office in October. Photo by Taylor Sanderson/Guardian.
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he UC Board of Regents will consider a plan at their meeting this November to raise tuition by 5 percent over the next five years. The University of California and state of California have taken different stances in the past several years on how money should be spent by the UC system. Due to these differences, the state has decreased UC funding by one-third of its previous amount, and, in early September, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed $50 million that was to go to deferred maintenance to the UC system. In a Nov. 6 teleconference with reporters, University of California President Janet Napolitano explained to the UCSD Guardian and other news sources that in order to have the ability to maintain student aid, increase in-state enrollment and
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A major problem with the industry might be illegal streaming, but the concept of people feeling entitled to free music is worse, by far. ” - Lauren Koa
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invest in quality research and education, the fiveyear plan will most likely be necessary. “The state has provided 1.7-[percent] increases to our core budget in the past few years, which doesn’t keep up with uprising costs,” Napolitano said. “If [the state] continues [to fund] at that level, then we’ll look at a 5-percent increase for the next school year, but if the state chooses to put in more [money], then they can buy down that increase.” If the plan passes, then tuition and fees will increase annually by up to 5 percent. Tuition for the 2015–16 academic year would increase by $612, for a total of $12,804 over the span of the entire year — not including room and board. If the state does not increase funding for the entire span of the five-year plan, then tuition will be around $15,000 by the 2019–20 academic year. A press
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Lineup Announced for Hullabaloo Concert Logic and Eric Hassle lead the list of performers for the Nov. 14 event in Town Square BY Brynna Bolt
staff writer Musical artists Logic and Erik Hassle will headline UCSD’s annual Hullabaloo festival on campus this coming Friday, Nov. 14. The lineup for the fourth annual Hullabaloo festival, which also includes artists Conway, Avery and a UCSD student disc jockey was announced by UCSD Associated Student Concerts and Events on Oct. 5. The festival, part of a multiday Founders Day celebration, will be held in Town Square from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. The Hullabaloos of the past three years have transformed a wellknown part of campus into a venue complete with a dance stage located in Town’s Square, amusement rides
in Matthew’s Quad and festival food and student organizations’ booths throughout. ASCE began the process of creating Hullabaloo’s lineup last June at the end of Spring Quarter 2014. Every year when ASCE considers who to ask to be a part of the festival, the list of potential artists starts off long and is then narrowed down according to budget and availability. The organization then makes a prediction of what will be generally popular music in the near future. Combining this forecast with information on student interest, gathered through an entertainment survey launched annually, ASCE determines which artists to contact. The survey on which next year’s decisions will be based will be made available to UCSD students the week of Hullabaloo 2014.