VOLUME 49, ISSUE 17
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015
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ACMS Renames Ted System to TritonEd Starting Winter 2016, the learning management system will be completely rebranded to reflect the name change. BY Kevin Santos
The UCSD Guardian chats with actresses Carey Mulligan and Saiorse Ronan about finding the confidence and courage to escape confinement and fight for individual identities in their latest leading roles. Weekend, PAGE 6
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Black Student Union Protests Racism on College Campuses BY JACKY TO AND JULIE YIP ASSOCIATE
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embers of the Black Lives Matter movement formed a single line on Library Walk at noon this Wednesday to stand in solidarity with black students across the country who face racism on their campuses. The participants then proceeded to march down Library Walk at 1:30 p.m., chanting “Black Lives Matter” before stopping at the Silent Tree in front of Geisel Library. Here, they formed a circle in which students shared their experiences with racism. The Black Student Union’s co-traditions coordinator Refilwe Gqajela explained to the UCSD Guardian that racism is a systematic problem that does affect UCSD students. “Things that are happening to the climate at other campuses are not isolated incidents,” Gqajela said. “It’s happening institutionally. It’s happening here at UCSD.” Student leader and Sixth College junior Ashley Emuka argued that the discomfort of spectators and passersby is indicative of their perspective.
NEWS EDITOR AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANT “If you feel uncomfortable with people standing out here not doing anything, then truly your racism and privilege is showing,” Emuka told the Guardian. “It really shows who is part of this community and who is not.” Gqajela also explained how participants used the action of closing their eyes to symbolically communicate their message. “You may notice that some of us have our eyes closed,” Gqajela said. “The idea is that the only way to have the campus climate that we want is to imagine it.” Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Gary Radcliffe told the Guardian that he, as well as several members from his office, attended the demonstration to ensure that the students could demonstrate peacefully without intervention. He added that it was better to have his office there than the campus police, who may have made the students feel uncomfortable. Gqajela disclosed that the Black Student
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THE U.S. IS STILL NOT SAYING ‘NO’ TO CHILD MARRIAGE. AS OF TODAY, THE U.S. ARGUABLY HAS WORSE LAWS REGARDING CHILD MARRIAGE THAN A COUNTRY WHERE, ACCORDING TO REUTERS, ‘HALF OF GIRLS WED BEFORE THEIR 18TH BIRTHDAY, AND NEARLY ONE IN EIGHT IS MARRIED BY 15....’”
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INSIDE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ...... 2 STUDENT MARCH ........... 4 WOLF ALICE CONCERT .... 9 CLASSIFIEDS ................ 10 M. BASKETBALL............ 12
SUN GOD FESTIVAL
Officials Meet to Brainstorm Sun God Changes Proposals include temporarily canceling the festival and hosting three smaller concerts. BY ming-ray liao
Staff Writer The Sun God Festival’s team, along with Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez, met earlier this month to discuss the future of the Sun God Festival. Also in attendance was the Associated Students Concerts and Events director Christian Walker, the Chief of Police along with other students and administrative representatives. ASCE posted on their Facebook page on Nov. 12 that the attendees of the meeting proposed various changes to Sun God Festival such as, “a temporary ban on the festival which included splitting up the festival into three smaller concerts at RIMAC and a possible permanent cancellation of the festival.”
Walker stated that ASCE and Gonzalez will continue to discuss how planners should implement new changes to the Festival. “The situation is that the Vice Chancellor [Gonzalez] has tasked us to bring substantial-enough changes to the table for him to be comfortable with the festival moving forward,” Walker told the UCSD Guardian. “When we brought our ideas to the table, those were the ones that were pitched in response. We’re now in a position of either accepting those changes or pushing back and trying to see whether we can come up with a way to continue the traditions of Sun God Festival.” There have been almost 500 health and safety cases at the festival in recent years, including arrests, detox admissions and medical transports,
which called for immediate structural changes to the event. Walker said that the team is attempting to alter how students see the event but they ultimately need more time. “We’re trying to move away the event tradition so that it’s not centered around drinking and drugs, but the problem is that there’s always going to be a body of students that know the current and past versions of the event,” Walker said. “[In] the past couple of years, seniors and juniors have ended up in detox more often, but if we can see a 25-percent reduction in health and safety incidents, it’s an indicator that the older quarter of our student population with a problematic view of the festival has left. A lot of the changes that we’ve set in place — we See SGF, page 3
Academic Computing and Media Services announced today that Ted, the campus learning management system used by students and faculty for online academic resources, will be renamed TritonEd, beginning Winter Quarter 2016. ACMS Assistant Director and Office for Online and Technology Enhanced Education Managing Director Daniel Suchy explained that because a significant amount of time has been dedicated to modifying the LMS, the opportunity presented itself to change the name to something that resonates better with the university and reflects the UCSD brand. “In the past year, we’ve had a really big push on improving the user experience for students and faculty,” Suchy told the UCSD Guardian. “It just seemed like a good time to also rethink the name. We’re trying to bring more school spirit and make it more connected with UCSD.” There will be no major changes to UCSD’s LMS other than the name. However, Suchy says that in the future, ACMS plans to use TritonEd to improve student performance through the use of analytics. “We’re hoping to better inform faculty about how their students are using TritonEd,” said Suchy. “If we can identify when a student suddenly stops using it, that could be a sign that the student might need additional support. Often, there are students who are in trouble and need a little help … If we can catch them in the middle of the quarter when they’re tanking a little bit and give them the help they need, that could make a difference. For that, we need analytics.” According to Eleanor Roosevelt College junior and ACMS/ResNet Help Desk technician Gevorg Aghabekov, the name change is welcome, because many confuse UCSD’s Ted with the globalized TED Conferences. TED, which stands for Technolog y, Entertainment and Design, hosts talks given by renowned presenters focusing on a variety of topics. There is no relationship between TED and UCSD’s Ted LMS. “I think [the name change] will be better because a lot of people confuse [the UCSD] Ted with TED Talks,” said Aghabekov. “Our Ted actually stands for Triton Education.” With regard to how students will handle the transition from Ted to TritonEd, Suchy does not think there will be any issues. “I feel like it’s just a matter of See TRITONED, page 3