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SUN GOD 2015 Q&A

Groups Survey Poorly Lit Areas on Campus UCSD officials hope to reduce violence while improving energy efficiency and lowering costs.

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AVP CONCERTS AND EVENTS SERAPHIN RAYA SITS DOWN WITH THE UCSD GUARDIAN TO DISCUSS MIDWAY EVENTS, NEW POLICIES AND THE FUTURE OF THE SUN GOD FESTIVAL Features, PAGE 6

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Associate A&E Editor

detect EPE in eight of those same nine patients, as well as in the other 18.

According to assistant professor of radiology at UCSD and the study’s corresponding author, Dr. David Karow, the technique is also valuable in surgical planning and image staging.

“Doctors at UC San Diego and UCLA now have a noninvasive imaging method to more accurately assess the local extent of the tumor and possibly predict the grade of the tumor,” Karow said in a UCSD Health System News release. “Which can help them more precisely and effectively determine appropriate treatment.”

More specifically, Rakow-Penner indicated that using RSI-MRI to accurately localize the tumor before

In an effort to reduce crime and sexual assault while also cutting power consumption at night at UCSD, several student and faculty groups are currently working to improve lighting on campus and are conducting annual walks around campus to find poorly lit spots. This goal is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

On Jan. 8, representatives from Campus Crime Prevention, the Sexual Assault & Violence Prevention Resource Center, Housing Dining and Hospitality and Transportation Services, among others, attended the latest in a series of evening walks to find areas on campus that are most in need of additional lighting.

They had met three times before to audit graduate housing, undergraduate housing areas and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Nancy Wahlig, director of SARC, helped organize the walks and explained that the lighting audit had been held annually for the past 20 years. It gradually expanded over time to include more cross-departmental cooperation and student input.

Some of the noted areas of concern on the audit and night walk last Thursday were in Earl Warren College Mall, the Geisel snake path, the bike racks in the School of Medicine and around the Rady School of Management. Although parts of these areas are lit, the current sodium lights do not provide adequate illumination. Their yellow color and low luminosity create dark shadows off the path and make it hard to distinguish colored features.

The groups also noted areas where lights were burned out or blocked by foliage.

Warren College senior Shayla Wilson expressed her safety concerns about parts of campus and explained that women would feel safer if the campus provided better lighting.

“In Warren, a lot of the lights are out, and there’s a lot of overgrowth on the path,” Wilson told the UCSD Guardian. “I can’t see who could potentially be in my surroundings.

I could say the same thing about when I bike through the medical school or when I park out toward the [Torrey Pines] Gliderport.”

UCSD Assistant Energy Manager Anna Levitt explained that in addition to violence prevention, the university will be reducing its energy costs by $45,000 per year.

The university plans to accomplish

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Undocumented Students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status are now eligible to apply to UCSD’s School of Medicine.

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EDUCATION

School of Medicine Opens Doors to DACA Students

By Kriti Sarin

The UCSD School of Medicine was recently added to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ list of institutions that accept applications from undocumented students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status.

Implemented in June 2012, DACA was created by the Obama administration to allow children, who were underage when their families illegally immigrated to the United States, to live and study in the country without fear of deportation for up to two years — not taking into consideration the possibility of status renewal. On Nov. 20, 2014, President Obama extended this period to three years. After this period, residents wishing to extend their term can apply to renew their DACA status.

Institutions that are listed as willing to accept applications from students with DACA status include Harvard Medical School, Stanford University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The two other UC medical schools on the list are UC San Francisco and UC Davis.

AAMC CEO and President Darrell G. Kirch said that the number of medical school applicants without valid

Editorial Assistant documentation is rising. According to the AAMC website, over 640,000 immigrants have applied for DACA status so far, and the association witnessed an eightfold increase of DACA students in the 2014 applicant pool.

“Students with DACA status represent a small but growing community of aspiring physicians, and the number of medical school applicants with this status has continued to increase,” Kirch said in an AAMC press release on Sept. 25.

The DACA program also grants undocumented immigrants the opportunity to apply for employment authorization documents, which are valid for up to three years and are subject to renewal.

According to a fact sheet compiled by the Educators for Fair Consideration, the state of California has the highest number of undocumented immigrants in the nation. These immigrants comprise nearly 7 percent of California’s total population.

Undocumented Student Services Coordinator Jessica Munoz told the UCSD Guardian that she was enthusiastic that the UCSD School of Medicine is on the AAMC list and that giving students with DACA status the resources

See DACA, page 3

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Imaging Technology Improves Cancer Detection Non-invasive MRI diffusion technique pinpoints extent of prostate tumors more precisely.

BY Jacky TO

Senior Staff writer A research team from UCSD, with counterparts at UCLA, concluded that their newly-developed imaging technique is an improvement upon current prostate imaging and could significantly affect how patients with prostate cancer are treated. The researchers published their findings in the journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases on Jan. 6.

The journal article indicated that standard magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate “lacks sensitivity in the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer.” Thus, the researchers developed an enhanced MRI diffusion technique using restriction spectrum

imaging called RSI-MRI. Dr. Rebecca Rakow-Penner, a research resident in the UCSD School of Medicine and the study’s lead author, told the UCSD Guardian that the new RSI-MRI technique is already part of the standard protocol for every patient that gets a prostate MRI at UCSD and has been highly successful.

“Our published data has been on a small patient population, but so far it has been invaluable on identifying cancers that were not previously visualized with standard MRI techniques,” Rakow-Penner said.

In the study, the researchers evaluated 27 prostate cancer patients.

When using standard MRI, they detected extraprostatic extension in only two of nine patients. Employing RSI-MRI, the researchers were able to

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Brown Aims to Increase Renewable Energy Use

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News Editor During California Gov. Jerry Brown’s inaugural address on Jan. 5, Brown discussed the environmental action policy and goals that he hopes to reach during his fourth term, as well as energy-efficient goals that will affect Californians for many years to come.

Brown stated that based on California’s current laws, he hopes to reach the goal of around onethird of electricity use from renewable energy by 2020. However, within the next 15 years, he hopes to

increase the amount of renewable energy use from 33 percent to 50 percent. Along with this, he wants to reduce petroleum use in trucks and cars by 50 percent, to double the efficiency in existing buildings and to create cleaner heating fuels, all by 2030.

The governor continued to address other environmental goals that he hopes to reach, such as more widespread use of electric and low-carbon vehicles and initiatives involving electrical distribution, battery storage and expanded rooftop solar.

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and at what pace will take great thought and imagination mixed with pragmatic caution,” Brown said in his speech. “It will require enormous innovation, research and investment. We will need active collaboration at every stage with our scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, businesses and officials at all levels.”

Brown also stated that he wishes to reduce methane use, black carbon and other pollutants, while managing farms and wetlands so they can store carbon.

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Technique to be Combined With Ultrasound, May Help Treat Other Cancers CANCER ▶ , from page 1

surgery and better understand its extent allows surgeons to plan less aggressive procedures, which can affect a patient’s quality of life.

Rakow-Penner deemed it hard to predict whether or not the new technique would lead to increased mortality rates in prostate cancer

patients.

She also indicated that they are performing further research on the technique to enhance its effectiveness and efficiency.

“We are developing the technique to be fused with ultrasound to better target biopsies,” Karow said. “This will allow the surgeons to minimize samples — how many different regions

where tissue is taken during the biopsy procedure — and have more assurance that the cancer was sampled during the biopsy.”

Additionally, the researchers are exploring the prospect of applying this technique toward other body cancers, including breast cancer.

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National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Research Program, the American Cancer Society and the UCSD Extension Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program all partially funded this research.

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LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday, Jan. 2 2:43 p.m.: Medical Aid An ill adult female in Miramar Building 4 suffered a bloody nose and was coughing up blood.

Transported to hospital.

Saturday, Jan. 3 12:06 a.m.: Vandalism Paint was used to draw on a large window at the Che Cafe, resulting in $400 worth of damage. Report taken.

Sunday, Jan. 4 3:50 a.m.: Welfare Check Secondhand information was provided of a female at Galathea Hall who accepted a ride from an unknown male over Facebook. The female stated that he was unwilling to leave her dorm room. Closed by adult citation.

Monday, Jan. 5 9:20 a.m.: Disturbance A student reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown and was causing a disturbance in Warren Lecture Hall.

Transported to hospital.

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Tuesday, Jan. 6 1:51 a.m.: Vandalism Damaged camera cables were found at the Chancellor’s Complex, costing an estimated $600. Report taken.

9:18 p.m.: Medical Aid A young adult female at the Warren shuttle stop had difficulty breathing and felt numb in her arm. Medical transportation refused.

Wednesday, Jan. 7 9:53 a.m.: Shoplifting A young adult male was caught shoplifting from the Bookstore.

Closed by adult citation.

10 p.m.: Marijuana Contact An residential security officer requested other officers for seized marijuana at Harlan Hall.

Marijuana impounded.

Thursday, Jan. 8 9:15 p.m.: Voigt Dip A female subject fell off her skateboard and suffered head and face injuries. Transported to hospital.

— ANDREW E. HUANG Managing Editor

AAMC Will Offer Financial Assistance to Prospective Students ▶ DACA, from page 1

to obtain medical licenses is essential.

“I was pleased to learn the UC San Diego School of Medicine joined other prestigious medical schools to state clearly the school’s willingness to consider applicants with work authorization based on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program,” Munoz said. “Given that DACA provides a mechanism for medical school graduates to participate in medical residency programs and California law will soon permit individuals who are undocumented to become licensed physicians, it is important that the UCSD School of Medicine is committed to educating all qualified applicants who have a pathway to become a physician.”

In 2001, former Gov. Gray Davis implemented Assembly Bill 540 to the California Education Code. AB 540 waives out-of-state tuition fees for nonresident students who have fulfilled certain requirements.

These requirements include attending a California high school for three or more years or registering at an accredited institution of higher education within the state. Students who have DACA status but do not qualify for the AB 540 nonresident tuition exemption are not considered eligible applicants.

Medical students who are eligible for the AB 540 tuition exemption also have the financial support of the AAMC. As of this January, students who are applying to or have been

admitted to medical schools and have DACA status can receive aid from the association through its new Fee Assistance Program.

“The AAMC is pleased to offer financial assistance for all eligible students in order to ensure greater access to medical school programs,” Kirch said in the press release. “The cost of applying to medical school should not be a barrier to individuals who want to pursue a career in medicine.”

Students can apply for or renew DACA status by completing an application online on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website.

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UCSD May Get Reimbursement Incentive to Decrease Emissions ▶ LIGHTING, from page 1

this by replacing the yellow sodium streetlights around campus with LED lights, which will require maintenance every 12 years instead of every three.

“We’re in the process of transitioning to the most efficient lights possible,” Levitt told the Guardian. “LED’s are probably 30 percent more efficient than the low-

pressure sodium lights and last at least three times longer. From a sustainability and maintenance cost perspective, that’s great, since Facilities Management is constantly replacing the orange lights.”

The cost associated with replacing old lamp poles and installing new ones will be $650,000. However, UCSD will be eligible for a $120,000 reimbursement from San Diego Gas and Electric as an incentive to cut

emissions. The project is projected to pay for itself in 10 years. Similar work has been done in the past, and light retrofits in 2011 and 2012 saved the university $210,000 and $90,000 per year, respectively. Their efficiency will also contribute to UCSD’s goal of reducing its net carbon footprint to zero by 2025.

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Oil: Obama’s Slippery Slope

The Obama administration’s failure to reach the goal of 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015 is a direct result of its prioritization of cheap oil.

BY Ayat amin

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oing home over the winter break, many people might have noticed that their wallet was fuller than usual. It was unlikely that less holiday spending caused this phenomenon but rather low gas prices.

Starting in Sept. 2014, gas prices in the U.S. have been falling at a steady rate to reach prices as low as $2.20 in California, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. California gas prices have not been this low since 2009. On the surface, low gas prices might seem like a plus, but in reality the U.S. paid a greater cost. To get such low prices, President Obama sold out his goals and promises for a greener future for America to instead invest in the U.S.’s Achilles’ heel: oil.

To begin, let us discuss why gas prices are so low right now. Before 2008, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which controls approximately 40 percent of the global petroleum supply, used the high demand caused by a developing China and low supply of oil to their advantage to drive global oil and gas prices up. While Europe used the opportunity to further wean itself off oil and onto renewable energy, Obama chose to invest in the risky method of oil mining. In 2008, the Obama administration decided to seriously pursue access to crude oil, located in shale formations in tar sands across the country. Six years later, it “paid off ” as U.S. oil production increased (and continues to increase). The new supply of oil

from the U.S. is now competing with OPEC’s supply, thus creating a price war. Starting last September, OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, has been allowing global oil prices to drop and will likely continue to do so until oil no longer becomes profitable to the U.S. This is why there’s been such a decline in gas prices recently, and it is a supposed win for Americans. The money Americans are saving is seen as a small economic boost. The problem is that low gas prices won’t last. While Saudi Arabia can take the decrease in profits, the other petroleum producing countries such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela cannot, as their governments rely heavily on oil sales profits to balance their budgets. Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are really the only oil producing countries that can seriously survive extremely low profits from oil sales. How long it will take until the other countries intervene to end this war is a question up for grabs, but it is clear that for the majority of these countries, sustaining low oil prices is not a possibility.

The real problem for America is that Obama made a deal with the devil for those low prices and sabotaged his goals for a greener future in the process. Investing in new oil production is creating jobs that will last for years in a sector that America cannot depend on for its future. Todd Stern, Climate Change Envoy for the U.S. Department of State, was even quoted See OIL, page 5

QUICK TAKES

PRESIDENT OBAMA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM THAT WOULD MAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FREE FOR TWO YEARS FOR QUALIFIED AMERICAN STUDENTS.

Investing in Community Colleges is Investing in America’s Future

Oversight of Community Colleges Should Be Left to Individual States

Program Will Adversely Affect Job Market and American Spending Power

Although the Republican-dominated Congress usually frowns upon spending funds, President Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free is something that is worth the money. While the stipulations of this program have not been made entirely clear, the president has made it clear that students must maintain a 2.5 GPA and make progress toward completion of a degree or program. This will not be another wasteful form of spending by the government but, rather, a wise investment in America’s future.

This new proposal will prove to be a good step toward minimizing the social disparity that exists in education. The New York Times reports that in Tennessee — where Obama adopted this idea from — there is a greater number of AfricanAmerican and Latino applicants that are attending college. This proposal would allow these underrepresented students elsewhere to work toward a degree and offer much-needed diversity in higher education. And there is nothing wrong with giving all students a chance at that.

Additionally, many students who attend college also work part or full-time to cover the exorbitant price of tuition, books, transportation — the list goes on and on. This proposition would reduce the stress of burnt-out college students who have a million other things on their plate.

Besides, it’s not as if Obama is saying, “Here, let me pay for all your other bills too.” Education is a right, and this idea emphasizes that ideal and puts it into practice. Perhaps the UC Board of Regents could take a hint.

President Obama’s plan to make the first two years of community college free is a good idea, but there’s no need for this to be done at the federal level. Instead, it should be up to the individual states to decide if their budgets will allow this, as seen in Tennessee’s case last year.

The biggest problem with the president’s plan is the budget. Federal funding would have to pick up three-quarters of the tab, and with the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate that the 2014 deficit is $483 billion, there’s no room for more spending.

Furthermore, the remainder of the tab will go to the states. California cannot afford this, and in fact, many states would feel miffed over federal intrusion into their already stressed budgets. The Center for American Progress reported that public college funding fell by 5 percent in 26 states from 2008 to 2012, an obvious response to the Great Recession.

All states, excluding oil-booming North Dakota, have spent less per student on higher education than before the financial crisis, according to Illinois State University’s “Grapevine” project. California, despite raising taxes and making post-recession cuts in higher education, still experienced the second highest deficits in 2010, as studied by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

While a recovery is underway, the economic fundamentals are too fragile for the federal government to be blowing deficits on guns and butter like the previous decade. On the state level, the scars of the recession haven’t healed yet, but when they do, that will be the logical time for each state to fund education at its discretion.

With his new measure to make two years of community college free for everyone, President Obama is taking a step in the wrong direction.

The unemployment rate of people with only a high school degree is close to the national average: 7.5 versus 6.1 percent, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor. Closing this small gap will not inherently change the face of the American economy and will harm students more than it will help.

On Friday, Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz announced the plan would cost an already indebted federal government roughly $60 billion over 10 years. But that money would come at least partly from taxes. Even though students will not have to pay for community college while they attend, they will still have effectively paid for it with taxes.

The program will also likely deplete the market for jobs that do not require higher education, such as the service industry. With everyone getting the same education, access to “regular jobs” will have even more competition, and with the current trajectory, soon master’s degrees or higher will be regarded as the only acceptable level of collegiate education. Many students need to make money straight out of high school, and even though Obama’s plan offers a supposedly brighter future, it hinders these peoples’ earning power in the meantime to provide for things like food and housing. In time, Obama’s good intentions will backfire on the American economy, with his plan hurting the very people it was meant to help.

— ROSINA GARCIA Copy Editor

— JORDAN UTLEY-THOMSON Staff Writer

— MARCUS THUILLIER Staff Writer

It’s the biggest day of your young life, and it only happens once — your 21st birthday. You may be intimidated by all the options you have to celebrate, but luckily for you, we’ve created this handy guide to help you maximize your potential for legal intoxication and completely mismanage your birthday celebrations.

First of all, you’ll want to plan your day to include absolutely every kind of outing and every kind of drink you’ve missed out on during your years of being underage.

Craft beer tasting? Drinking on the beach? That trendy bar downtown that serves drinks out of test tubes?

You betcha. You’ll want to do all of it because you’ll never have a weekend opportunity like this again.

Begin your day drinking at 11 a.m. at an overpriced “drunch” featuring bottomless mimosas. There’s no better start to this special day than sugary, carbonated beverages that will leave you hungover by 4 p.m. To really step up your game, start drinking before your food arrives so that you’ve consumed at least two drinks on an empty stomach. By that point, you’ll be too drunk to eat enough of that $20 plate of chilaquiles to help keep you somewhat sober.

Now that you’re sufficiently plastered, you’ll be delighted to know that you still have a whole day of drinking to look forward to. Take this opportunity to break in the drinking paraphernalia and expensive alcohol that’s been gifted to you by well-meaning friends.

Don’t bother saving that bottle of whiskey for another occasion — pour it right into your brand new hipster-themed shot glasses and keep the party going.

If this is the first time you’re consuming an excessive quantity of alcohol, make sure that you absolutely do not have a friend on hand to feed you bread and listen to you cry.

Finally, go classic and throw an enormous party in the evening. It’ll be just like the parties you’ve been to in college. Only this time, it’s your responsibility to provide the alcohol and clean up the place all while dealing with the nasty headache you’ve accumulated by this point from the day of continuous drinking. Can you be drunk and hungover at the same time? You’ll find out for sure somewhere in the process of trying to wake up the friends that came to help you celebrate and ended up passed out on your couch.

The next morning, when you inevitably wake up feeling like you’ve been punched in the face and everywhere else, really, don’t bother taking the morning to rest and drink lots of water. You go to UCSD: You’re a busy person, and you need to go to class or work or, hey, just drink some more. You’re legal now, and there’s nothing like staying drunk to avoid a hangover.

If you follow our guide, you’re guaranteed to have the worst birthday celebration of your life while ending up more drunk and hungover than you’ve ever been.

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Money Spent on Oil Production Should Have Gone to Green Energy ▶ OIL, from page 4

by the U.K. Guardian as saying that the Obama administration sees no long-range future for fossil fuels. Yet, America will have invested more than $31 billion dollars by 2015 in refining tar sands. This is more money than Obama’s stimulus bill for investing in energy and the environment provided, with only $30.2 billion allocated over 15 years. If the administration had been smart, they could have divested from oil like Europe and allocated those funds toward green energy, effectively doubling the funding that the stimulus provided.

In addition, while Obama was investing in tar sand refineries in

2008, he was also promising to put 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. It is now 2015, and the Obama administration did not reach its goal.

In 2014, when the U.S. had record high gas prices, only about 500,000 electric vehicles were on the road. In total, electric vehicles sales made up less than 4 percent of auto sales in the U.S. Electric auto sales don’t look great for 2015 either. Historically speaking, low gas prices have led to higher sales of gas-dependent cars. And while it’s too early to determine what the effects of the recent low gas prices are doing for electric car sales, the predictions don’t look too bright.

The list of all the green energy promises Obama made and some-

times invested in could go on and on, and most of them were largely undermined by America’s oil dependence. It might seem like Obama compromised by investing in both oil and renewable energy, but in 20 or 30 years down the line, the negative effects of his decision making will be more apparent. Investing in shale was investing in a future that cannot be depended on. Short term, this decision made sense, but in the long term, it was an egregious mistake.

In the end, Obama was just like any other American: When it came to oil, he sold out.

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Sun God Festival 2015 Q&A with ASCE Associated Students Concerts and Events Associate Vice President Seraphin Raya sat down with the UCSD Guardian to grant some insight into what the 2015 Sun God Festival will look like, in terms of both regulations and new activities.

Interviewed by Aleksandra Konstantinovic Editor-in-Chief // Photo by Alwin Szeto

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Are there any firm plans in place for the 2015 Sun God Festival?

Sun God Festival will be held on May 3, 2015, two weeks earlier in the quarter than in years previous, on a Sunday rather than a Friday and the hours of the event will be reduced to shift the majority of the activities toward the day time. The exact length of the event and finalized times have not been yet set; sometime soon, I hope. Event staffing policies and protocols are currently being re-evaluated to ensure that we have the best practice in place

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when it comes to health and safety for our students, including looking at the Village and the I-House policies. We’re working on addressing concerns that students have had in the past about these policies, so we’re addressing those and making sure that all the little kinks that we had for this first past year are better implemented. There will also be a focus on the venue entrance and exits to mitigate any kind of potential challenges to the event and reduce the impact that it has on the community and campus.

Is there any chance of the Festival continuing on as it has in the past, which is something that a lot of students want?

Sun God Festival has been going on for 34 years, and it depends on when in the past you’re talking about. When it initially began, when it was just in Main Gym with kind of like a vendor fair/org[anization] fair in the Old Student Services Center. It could also be when it was in Price Center Plaza before the concert in RIMAC Field. Back in 2006 is when we shifted to do what we call the “current mod-

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el” of the Sun God Festival that we know of today, and that was there in place for about four years until now when we’re deciding on looking at things we can change. I think that if the student body reacts well to this festival and if the concerns that have been brought up are mitigated to some extent, I think there’s definitely potential for the students to have more of what they want to see at the Festival.

So, what you’re saying is that the festival has been evolving for as long as it’s been around.

Exactly. So as long as our student body is changing, the festival will continue to

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What are some of the problem areas with the past festivals? What are you guys doing to address those and what would you want students to know about those problem areas?

evolve; it’s one of the beautiful things about the Sun God Festival. I’m excited to see what it looks like 10 years from now.

When I ask students, “What do you love about the Sun God Festival?” the most common response that I receive is, “It unifies the campus.” For this one day it doesn’t matter what college you’re from or what [y]our major is; the only thing that matters is that we’re all UCSD students and that we’re having a great time on the field.” The problem arises when we create a campus climate around the event that pushes people to drink past their limits or take a drug that unknowingly contains some kind of

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harmful substance. Some of the ways that we’re addressing it is by the changes that we’re placing — creating environmental changes like shifting it more toward the day or taking a look at a Sunday rather than a Friday so we’re not conflicting with classes, so we don’t have such an impact on the school. I think at the end of the day being conscious of ourselves and the people we’re around and remembering that everyone has their limits. There’s no need to go over the edge, per se, and it’s important to recognize where we should draw the line.

Several different students have said they’re going to “go even harder” now because of the restrictions. Can you address that?

I think if students want to guarantee the end of the Sun God Festival, that’s the one way to guarantee that. And I definitely see that students feel suppressed and don’t want to feel all of these new regulations on them, which is why my team is working and looking at what can we add to the Festival that brings value to it, what can we add that will get students ex-

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cited. So we’re looking at those possibilities. This year we’ve put more money into our headliner than in past years. So we decided on our first offer, and it was bigger than what we spent for our headliner last year so it’s really exciting. We’re hoping that by generating excitement, people are kind of not thinking about all these new regulations that are put in place.

Can you give us a hint about what genre that headliner might be?

Nice try, you’re not going to get it out of me that easily. As always, it’s top secret until the big release we have. Last quarter, our ASCE entertainment survey collected data on what the student population likes, and according to

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the surveys — just to give you a little insight of what the surveys said — apparently the dubstep craze is fizzled out, so students aren’t as interested in hard electronic music as they were in the past. That was interesting to hear, and students are also not as interested in country music.

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Have safety concerns like that grown over the past few years? Is that why we’re placing more of an emphasis on safety?

Yeah, at the end of the day we don’t want to be curating something that puts our students in danger. Every year, we talk to students dealing with conduct cases after the Festival; they end up having to go to conduct review boards. We deal with people who end up hav-

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ing to go to detox and have these huge detox fines on top of them. We have people that have to go to court cases because of DUIs, and these are real situations that are occurring and we don’t want students to be facing these after the Festival. We want there to be an event where students are having fun, and there’s [sic] no repercussions of things that occur.

What kind of additional benefits are we looking at and are those the cool-down activities that have been mentioned?

We are working to create more experiences on the field for students. Students have told us in the past that, besides the music and the dancing, there’s not much to do at [the Festival], and we’re working on changing that. We want to keep students on the field, so what we’re really excited to do is changing the midway tent area into an actual midway area — so getting games and rides for students to actually enjoy and having a more interactive piece to

the festival. We’re looking at ways to add attractions to the festival: adding an emphasis on art and decor, bringing in student artist pieces onto the festival, potentially bringing more performers. We’re looking at getting different kinds of entertainers throughout the entire festival, looking at attractions that would make students stay on the field. Not so much as a cool-down event but a part of the festival that students are enjoying while they’re enjoying the music.

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Can you give us an example of something that’s been thrown around?

An example is having silk performers throughout the venue.

We’re still looking at pricing

and stuff like that, but that’s one of the examples that’s been thrown out.

How much weight can you give to student input? And what’s the best way for students to put themselves through to ASCE?

We take student input extremely seriously. At first we started a list of over 500 musical acts; we take note of musical talent people are suggesting.

People send us things through Facebook, through email, through our ASCE entertainment survey. Decisions are also based on who’s available that day, so it’s not just what students want; it’s also are the artists available, can we get them within our budget, all of that. So once we negotiate that, we spend a lot of time analyzing, debating, discussing [and] fortunetelling in order to decide who to send those offers to. Our staff — we are

a group of music lovers, concertgoers, and we want to plan a festival that we ourselves would want to go to. Volunteer applications come out once the website is released, so there’s a possibility to get involved that way for those that want to get more handson and want to have ownership over some part of the festival. We also have our Sun God [Festival] committees. We meet on the fourth floor of Price Center every Monday at 4 p.m., so if anyone wants to become a part of the Sun God committee, they’re welcome to join any time.

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Beyond the Interview Resume done. Interview done. Let’s say you chatted with the recruiters and scored your first job. Now what? With the 2015 Winter Job and Internship Fair right around the corner, Michelle Tillman of the UCSD Career Services Center gives some tips on how to make your first job or internship a successful experience.

Written by Aleksandra Konstantinovic Editor-in-Chief and Teiko Yakobson Features Editor // Illustrations by Elyse Yang First day of work:

Tips for dealing with conflict:

“I would recommend still thinking of your first day as an interview,” Tillman says.

“Depending on the organization, there may be a trial period.” She goes on to explain that the rules of the job interview still apply during this time — dressing professionally and arriving punctually, if not 10 minutes early.

Conflict inevitably arises in any work environment, and bosses appreciate an employee who can proactively and maturely handle a problem.

Review your job description: Before you begin, you’ll want to make sure you know exactly what you’ll be responsible for and that you have a good handle on it. If you feel like you may not know how to do something, make sure you ask. But Tillman recommends going in with an open mind and being willing to take on projects and tasks that may not be what you were initially expecting from the job. Showing you’re a team player makes a great first impression.

Research the company: In addition to knowing what your job is, you’ll want to know who your supervisor and coworkers are and what they’re responsible for so you can offer to help if you can. Even more importantly, learn about the company’s mission statement and its short-term and long-term goals. You’ll be an even better employee when your work is directly moving the business forward.

Be clear and ask questionS: If a conflict does happen despite your best efforts, Tillman recommends sitting down with the person individually and talking it through. Being clear about what went wrong or asking questions about the situation create a calm atmosphere that’s important to resolution. Your supervisor or a human resources representative can help mediate the conversation if you need it.

Grow and change: Growing and changing is essential to any job, and some of the best lessons you’ll receive come from feedback from supervisors. Internalize the lessons and try to incorporate them in your job performance moving forward.

Check in: After you’ve received the feedback and you’ve tried to incorporate it, Tillman says you can even initiate a conversation later to see if your boss has noticed an improvement. Not only will you look like a proactive employee, you’ll likely have another honest discussion about what you can work on to improve in the future.

be cordial:

build your relationships:

On your first day, learn names and greet your new coworkers as you begin working. A new environment may be stressful or even uncomfortable, but meeting them now will help establish a good base for the relationships you’re building moving forward.

Get to know your boss and your direct supervisors before a possible conflict takes place. One of the best ways to do that, according to Tillman, is to organize a chat over coffee or lunch to get to know them. Approaching a boss may be intimidating, so make sure they know it’s just a casual chat and keep the time to about half an hour or less.

tips for feedback: In the course of your career, your supervisor will likely offer feedback about your job performance. Many students feel intimidated if the feedback isn’t all sparkling, but Tillman says there is a way to turn even negative feedback into a positive experience.

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Shokoor finished with yet another double-double (10 points, 12 rebounds), and MacLeod had 12 points of her own to cap off a complete team performance.

Next, UCSD put on a clinic on Saturday and pummeled San Francisco State 94–61. The Tritons made 66.7 percent of their shots and outrebounded San Francisco State 47–17.

UCSD went up quickly 14–9 and built on that lead for the rest of the game. With a stunning display on offense, the Tritons shot 21 of 32 in the first half and, led by Shokoor and MacLeod, went into halftime with a 50–33 lead.

The Tritons never looked back in the second half as the lead contin-

ued to increase, even going as high as 37. VanDerveer emptied her bench in the final minutes as UCSD controlled the last 10 minutes of play.

Shokoor had a game-high 20 points and 15 rebounds, adding another double-double to her outstanding season. Mounier (16 points), MacLeod (17 points) and senior forward McKennan Bertsch (10 points) all hit double figures.

“We definitely had a tough preseason, and we had a shaky start,” senior guard Stephanie Yano said.

“People from the bench are really stepping up. But we are not peaking right now, and we have a lot more potential to fulfill.”

UCSD’s well-rounded squad appears to truly be hitting their stride,

as the dominance of this weekend appears only more promising considering the absence of starters Seto and Anderson.

With the pair of wins, the Tritons take sole possession of fourth place in league standings but can easily move up in the CCAA rankings with next weekend’s slate of games.

UCSD will now return to the road in hopes of extending the winning streak as it takes on Cal State Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 16, at 5:30 p.m. and Cal State Dominguez Hills the following day at 5:30 p.m., as well.

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UCSD Jumps into Three-Way Tie for Third in Standings ▶ M. BASKETBALL, from page 12

The Tritons supported their coach’s vote of confidence the following night as UCSD earned a strong victory against San Francisco State, who entered the game with an identical conference and overall record.

Overall, the Tritons put up an amazing season-high 54-percent field goal percentage as they made 22 of their 41 field goals. Of their 22 made shots, nine were three-pointers. All 12 of sophomore guard Jeff Van Dyke’s points came from beyond the arc, who went four of eight from downtown.

“If our whole team plays freely, openly and just has fun, we can all shoot well any given night,” Van Dyke said. “We have so many good shooters. It just happened to be me tonight.”

Though the San Francisco State

Gators led 7–5 early in the first half, the Tritons surged for a 13–0 run to jump ahead.

San Francisco State chipped away at their deficit toward the end of the first half, but the Tritons managed to rally and stay ahead at 30–28 entering the half.

In the second frame, the Gators failed to close the gap again, as the Tritons’ impeccable shooting night held a lead for the remainder of the game.

Klie maintained the team’s offensive rhythm with his teamhigh 20 points on a near-perfect 6–7 shooting from the field, while adding a game-best eight rebounds.

Junior forward Drew Dyer finished the game closely behind Klie, scoring 18 points also on 6–7 shooting, while Van Dyke followed with his

12 points.

“The best teams are the ones that are most consistent, and this was a good weekend for us to show that we are one of them,” Olen said. “It was a chance for us to protect our home court.”

After a successful weekend, the Tritons appear to be slowly finding their rhythm as they move into a three-way tie for third in league standings.

With their last five games played at home, the UCSD men’s basketball team returns to the road next week as they face off against Cal State Los Angeles on Jan. 16 and Cal State Dominguez Hills on Jan. 17.

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On Saturday, the Tritons traveled to Grand Canyon University where they came back from a two-set deficit to beat their hosts 3–2 at Antelope Gymnasium. The match finished with scores of 18–25, 20–25, 25–23, 25–22 and 15–10.

The Antelopes came out strong in the early portions of the match, taking the first set and outblocking UCSD 6–0. Grand Canyon University continued its dominance by taking the second set with relative ease.

In the third set, the Tritons began their comeback with huge help from sophomore middle blocker Shayne Beamer and freshman opposite hitter and setter Tanner Syftestad, who both made several kills in the third set and finished the game with career highs of 14 apiece. Both teams remained neck-and-neck late into the set, with the scores tied at 22–22. However, a kill and an assist from Syftestad brought UCSD to set point, and a kill from Schnitzer claimed the set 25–23.

The momentum was clearly in favor of UCSD for the rest of the game as it began the fourth set with its first triple block of 2015 from sophomore outside hitter Ian Colbert, Schnitzer and redshirt

freshman setter Jose Carlos Martinez.

Although the Antelopes battled to get within touching distance at set point, freshman outside hitter Luke Lamont served an ace to take the set 25–22 for UCSD and bring the match to a deciding fifth set.

UCSD sealed the comeback victory in the final set off of several Grand Canyon errors. The Tritons started to pull away when they went up 5–2 thanks to successive kills from Syftestad and eventually built up a 12–7 advantage. Two more kills at the end of the set from Syftestad secured the impressive win for the Tritons.

“It shows a great deal of maturity with a very young team to be able to come back and win in five after losing the first two sets,” Ring said.

“It’s always nice to [win number] one. Now we’ve got to go and [win number] two.”

The Tritons will be looking for that next win on Wednesday, Jan. 14, as they travel on the road again to face Cal State Long Beach. With first serve set up for 7 p.m. UCSD will remain on the road again to take on Cal State Northridge on Friday, Jan. 16, also at 7 p.m.

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This weekend’s doubleheader was a successful one for the Tritons as they defeated Sonoma State 69–59 on Friday and moved on to trounce San Francisco State 94–61 on Saturday. UCSD is now on a five-game winning streak, all in conference play, and stand at 8–5 overall and 6–2 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

Defense took over in the opening minutes of Friday night’s game. Both UCSD and Sonoma State started off cold from the field, but the Tritons slowly built a 16–12 lead with nine minutes remaining in the first half.

Despite playing without starters in senior guard Miranda Seto and sophomore guard Haley Anderson, the Tritons’ second unit proceeded to come in and show UCSD’s depth. With senior center Dana Webster (15 points, 10 rebounds) and sophomore guard Beth Mounier (10 points) leading the charge, the Tritons continued to build up their lead to enter halftime with a 35–21 edge.

“We have quality depth, and with two starters out, we had people stepping up,” UCSD head coach Heidi VanDerveer said. “We have people that can step in every night, and we are priding ourselves in getting defensive stops and aggressive rebounding. It’s just defensive discipline, and everybody can play defense.”

UCSD did not let off the pressure coming back from the locker rooms. Rapid-fire points from junior forward Farrah Shokoor and sophomore forward Cassie MacLeod pushed the lead to 24 at 52–28 with 14 minutes remaining. Five minutes later, the Tritons would put the game out of reach with an even bigger 62–34 lead. The last nine minutes saw a late surge by Sonoma State, who cut the lead to nine but could not overcome the severe deficit as UCSD cruised to a victory.

“We were a little concerned about missing two of our starting players, but for the most part we knew that we all had to step up,” Webster said. “It feels good to know that, defensively, I was there and ready to help my teammates. We are a lot more together, we found our rhythm just getting our shots down and playing defense.”

This past weekend, the UCSD men’s basketball team saw serious promise and success as the Tritons won two all-important conference games. UCSD took down the California Collegiate Athletic Association’s No. 1 seed Sonoma State University 64–57 in front of a season-high 1,671 fans at RIMAC Arena before defeating San Francisco State University 71–58 the following day.

With the two wins, the Tritons are now on a three-game winning streak and stand at 6–5 overall and 4–3 in the CCAA. The Tritons played an impressive game on Friday night against the CCAA’s top squad, shooting an imposing 57 percent during the second half.

The Tritons were down 25–21 at the half, but it was in the second frame that they took over the ball game, going 12 of 21 from the field and had an impressive 85 percent (17 of 20) free-throw percentage.

UCSD’s advantage came during a 14–1 run between 15:34 and 10:11 left in the game to jump from behind into a 43–31 lead. Following this turnaround, Sonoma State managed to narrow the lead to five points, but UCSD kept the lead intact to close out the win.

“It was really our defense that kept us in the game in [the] beginning when we were behind at first,” junior forward Hunter Walker told the UCSD Athletics Department. “I also think we fed off the crowd after a couple of shots fell through. It felt like we competed and did everything Coach told us to do, and that’s why we kept them at a low-scoring shooting percentage.”

As a team, the Tritons made 44 percent of their field goals and had three players who scored double-doubles during the game. Walker led the team with a game-high 15 points, followed closely by sophomore guards Adam Klie with 14 and Aleks Lipovic with 10.

“With a huge win over the No. 1 seed, it just means we can compete with anyone and everyone,” UCSD head coach Eric Olen said. “When we play good basketball, it’s a high enough level to have success on any given night at home, away, against anyone in the league.”

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MEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball Splits Opener Tritons fall to Concordia, take comeback win versus GCU. BY liam leahy

staff writer The UCSD men’s volleyball team began its season this week with mixed results. While the Triton men fell short against Concordia University Irvine in a 3–1 loss on Wednesday, they managed to bounce back with a triumphant 3–2 victory against Grand Canyon University on Saturday. The two-game road stand puts UCSD at a 1–1 record to kick off the 2015 campaign.

UCSD travelled to the Concordia University Arena on Wednesday night for the first-ever meeting between the Tritons and the Eagles.

Unfortunately, UCSD came off second best, losing in four sets with final scores of 25–17, 25–14, 24–26 and 25–19.

UCSD started the stronger of the two teams, picking up the first two points but were soon overturned by the Eagles. After gaining five of six points after a 9–9 deadlock, the home side gained momentum and

pushed on to take the first set. The Eagles managed to take the second set in a similar style, defeating the Tritons by 11 points.

The third set was a much more even contest with both teams matching each other point-for-point.

With the score tied at 24–24, a kill from freshman outside hitter Calvin Manchenko and an ace from junior middle blocker Mathew Schnitzer helped UCSD prevail and pull a set back.

In the fourth set, both teams struggled to pull away from each other. The set featured five tied scores before Concordia managed to take the win after four successive points, making the final tally 25–19.

Despite the loss, UCSD head coach Kevin Ring remained positive about the performance.

“Something we did really well was never quit,” Ring said. “We were pretty relentless, and that’s going to be a key for us going forward. That’s got to be there night in, night out.”

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