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VOLUME 49, ISSUE 12

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015

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UCSD

AROUND CAMPUS

PASSPORT READY ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINA CARLSON

New Exhibit Celebrates Legacy of Jonas Salk Students and faculty gathered with Salk’s family members at a forum to commemorate his life experiences last Friday. BY Josh Lefler

LET THE UCSD GUARDIAN HELP YOU OUT WITH THE LOGISTICS OF STUDYING ABROAD. CHECK OUT OUR TRAVEL GUIDE FOR THE RUN-DOWN ON DIFFERENT UC PROGRAMS AND POPULAR DESTINATIONS.

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FEMALE SEX DRIVE

opinion, Page 4

SOCCER GOES TO CCAS

women take third, men sixth sports, Page 12

FORECAST

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BY Ming-Ray Liao Contributing

C President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown attended a two-day climate summit at UCSD that began last Monday and ended on Tuesday. Researchers from across the University of California comprised the UC Climate Solutions group and collectively presented 10 methods to achieve carbon neutrality. The panelists at the summit emphasized the need to act in order to prevent an overall increase in the global temperature of two degrees Celsius by 2050; this would result in an increased frequency and intensity of the symptoms of climate change, such as floods, heat waves, droughts, drinking water contaminants and food shortages. In addition, the 10 solutions presented could all be implemented immediately to support a full transition to carbon neutrality. UCSD’s Sustainability Manager Sara McKinstry said she hopes that the comprehensive approach proposed at the summit will inspire people from different institutions and disciplines to work together to fight climate change. “The solutions presented in the ‘Bending the Curve’

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report cover everything from policy recommendations to economic incentives to new technologies to communications. We need that kind of comprehensive approach to deal with climate disruption,” McKinstry told the UCSD Guardian. “We brought people together across campuses, institutions, corporations and disciplines, and the hope is that people will be inspired to continue those kinds of cross-collaborations.” The report covered both short and long-term solutions to become carbon neutral by 2025 and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Dr. Jane Teranes, Associate Director and Lecturer at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, said that keeping time constraints in mind will be beneficial for the people in the future. “A lot of times in the media we focus on carbon dioxide emissions but there are other greenhouse gases — methane and black carbon — that are much easier politically to reduce,” Teranes told the UCSD Guardian. “I liked how the report brought our attention to some easy projects upfront while still emphasizing that CO2 emissions have to be reduced globally. Having some

THE QUIET, MONOTONOUS VOICE OF YOUR PROFESSOR WILL ENSURE YOU FALL ASLEEP IN FEWER THAN 30 SECONDS. YOU’LL ABSORB THE ENTIRE LECTURE SEAMLESSLY, WHILE CATCHING UP ON A WELL-DESERVED NIGHT OF SLEEP...”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

HOW-TO GURU

OPINION, PAGE 4

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See SALK, page 3

Scholars Discuss Climate Change Solutions at Summit

See CLIMATE, page 3

- Sleep Deprivation

See RIDE, page 2

UC SYSTEM

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O’Shaughnessy said who was Ride’s life partner. “Immediately after I became CEO [about 2 years ago], I began talking to business leaders and a few nonprofits about a merger or an acquisition. About six months ago, the idea of UCSD came to mind … [and] it just seemed like a match made in heaven.” Director of UCSD K-16 Programs and Assistant Dean for Community Engagement and Director, PreCollegiate and Career Preparation Programs Edward Abeyta told the Guardian the goals for UCSD Extension in relation to the new partnership mirror those of Sally Ride Science.

Students ran to grab candy released from the record-breaking pumpkin drop last Friday at Tioga Hall in John Muir College. Photo by Geoff Palomino /UCSD Guardian.

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the little pink pill

The UCSD Faculty Club hosted a discussion on the legacy of Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine and founder of the Salk Institute, last Friday to commemorate the opening of the new exhibition featuring Salk’s personal documents at Geisel Library. Two of Salk’s three sons, Jonathan and Peter Salk, participated along with UCSD’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Public Programs Mary Walshok and the San Diego Union-Tribune’s science editor Gary Robbins. The conversation, mediated by Robbins, touched on many facets of Salk’s life work and belief systems. Robbins began the talk with a scenario describing the deadly grip that polio once had on the American consciousness 75 years ago. “If there had been an outbreak of polio in some communities, trains would actually not stop in those towns,” Robbins said. “People were so afraid of being infected … that people stopped hugging, shaking hands … [That fear] permeated American culture, and did so for a long, long time.” Jonas Salk removed those fears in 1955 when he and his team announced their discovery of an effective polio vaccine. The conversation quickly moved away from Salk’s well-known triumph against polio, focusing more on his unique philosophy and how those values were incorporated into the founding of his eponymous institute. Peter Salk described his father as a “bio-philosopher” who attempted to transcribe his thoughts on paper through a series of books and multiple dissertations. “He wasn’t just a scientist in the sense of doing experiments … he was always thinking about the deep meaning of life, of existence and of the interactions of people,” Peter explained. “He would look to nature to give the indication as to how things function … how things move us.” According to Peter Salk, his father attempted to instill those beliefs into a center of learning when he founded the Salk Institute, a task fraught with funding issues. The March of Dimes foundation, originally dedicated to the eradication of polio, provided initial funding for Salk’s dream institution but quickly ran out of resources for the project. “What he was talking about was gathering a group of people who would [not only] be highly skilled in science, but [also] be ‘broad’ people,” Peter Salk explained. “His anticipation was that as time went

UC San Diego Partners with Sally Ride Science The partnership aims to make STEM education more accessible to minority groups. BY Julie Yip Contributing WritER

Sally Ride Science, the scientific, technological, engineering and medical education-focused San Diego corporation co-founded by the first American woman in space, became official partners with UCSD Extension, Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the San Diego Supercomputer Center on Oct. 1. Dr. Karen Flammer, co-founder and Director of Education for Sally Ride Science and the SDSC, explained to the UCSD Guardian that the company was created with the goal of making STEM education more inclusive for adolescents, targeting

the lesser-represented females as well as young people of color and from underprivileged areas. “Our mission and focus has always been to widen the pipeline [and] get more students, more diversity and more girls in STEM,” Flammer said. “We’ve always targeted upper-elementary and middle school-grade students.” Co-founder and current CEO of the company Tam O’Shaughnessy described to the Guardian how what she called a “perfect partner[ship]” was born. “We decided we wanted to find a good parent company that would help us grow and also bring in fresh insight and brain [power],”


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