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Campuses Compete to Cut Carbon Emissions UCOP’s Cool Campus Challenge is part of a UC initiative to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2025.

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Q&A WITH UCSD ALUMNUS MARK EMERSON, WHO IS STARRING IN THE MODERN RETELLING OF “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA,” REVEALS THE LIFE OF A THESPIAN TO THE UCSD GUARDIAN. WEEKEND, PAGE 6

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UCSD students watched Finding Nemo and Jurassic World at TritonFest’s Poolside Cinema event on Oct. 3.

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eisel Library opened its new digital media lab on Wednesday. Located in the Library’s East Learning Commons on the second floor, the lab offers free 3-D printing and other media-editing resources for UCSD students, staff and faculty.

Digital Media Lab Manager Scott McAvoy told the UCSD Guardian that the lab is the first of its kind on campus because it makes 3-D printing freely accessible to all students.

“There are other places on campus that charge $25 per cubic inch, but we’re doing it all for free,” McAvoy said. “[Several] classes on campus already require people to design a 3-D model and print it out as part of their coursework. This lab is the only place where it all comes together and gives everybody access.”

Visitors can reserve a space in the lab for up to three hours on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and there are instructional workshops available for individuals who are interested in learning how to

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use the lab’s resources.

Emerging Technologies Librarian Duffy Tweedy said that the digital media lab is not limited to students in technical majors and offers resources to students in all academic departments.

“The idea was to cater to students who weren’t necessarily in media classes,” Tweedy explained to the Guardian. “[These students] wouldn’t, therefore, have a dedicated lab for that department, major and class and would just need to crank out one video or one 3-D print and don’t know where to go. We’re trying to fill in the gaps of the non-media students who have limited needs but still need some expertise.”

In addition to receiving funding from the Library’s budget over the past two years, McAvoy said that part of a recent $3 million donation from Audrey Geisel helped make the lab a reality. He added that approximately $2 million in donations are still needed to expand the media lab beyond its current location and incorporate new features, such

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UCSD Campus Hosts International Hackathon Over 1,000 students participated in the 36-hour programming competition last weekend.

BY KYLE SOMERS

staff writer UCSD hosted its largest hackathon to date last weekend and attracted students from other California colleges and from out of state. Organized by Triton Engineering Student Council, SD Hacks was able to accommodate over 1000 students from 5000 applicants in a tent at the UCSD Track and Field Stadium.

According to the event’s head organizer and Earl Warren College junior Ryan Hill, UCSD is now one of three colleges in California to host a hackathon on the scale of 1000 participants.

“We sent buses to 11 locations

around California,” Hill told the UCSD Guardian. “Students attended from most of the UC [colleges], Caltech, Stanford and USC, to name some of the major ones.”

Hill offered his opinion on the UCSD hacking community and said it was unlike those at many other campuses.

“Having been to a lot of hackathons, a lot of other universities are jealous of UCSD’s computer engineering and hacking community,” Hill said. “Even students from dream tech schools like MIT who come here are amazed with the computer science community, and that’s what allowed this event to come together so well.”

During the 36-hour hackathon,

event organizers provided students with resources ranging from mentors to 3-D printers, which students were able to use for a variety of engineering and computer science-based projects.

Though several smaller awards were offered, the grand prize went to a team of UCSD students who created a method of uploading a credit card to a phone and then using an electromagnet to scan the card information into an ordinary card reader.

Some of the other projects included an machine that mixed drinks based on what music is playing, a website that uses machine See HACKATHON, page 2

The UC system launched the Cool Campus Challenge on Oct. 6, a university-wide competition aimed at motivating students and faculty to reduce the carbon footprints of their respective campuses.

UC President Janet Napolitano announced the competition in a video message this September.

“We’re on our way to becoming the very first university system to wipe out its carbon footprint for good,” Napolitano said. “It’s a daring goal, one that will take both individual and collective action to make happen.”

UC administration encourages students and faculty from all UC campuses to sign up individually or in teams to join the competition.

Each school will be holding weekly challenges to award points to those who perform actions that reduce the total emissions on campus.

Each week will revolve around a different sustainability theme, including education and awareness, composting food waste, transportation and others.

At the end of the competition, the school that amasses the most points will be crowned “Coolest UC Campus.”

The competition, which runs from Oct. 6 to Dec. 10, is part of a larger UC initiative to reach carbon neutrality across all campuses.

In 2013, President Napolitano established the Carbon Emissions Initiative, which aims to reduce carbon emission levels to zero across all campuses by the year 2025.

According to Jane Teranes, Associate Director of UCSD’s Environmental Systems program, the Cool Campus Challenge serves as a means to raise awareness among students and faculty about the 2013 initiative.

“The UC President has issued a goal for all of the UC system to be carbon neutral by 2025. That is just 10 years away,” Teranes told the UCSD Guardian. “This challenge is timed with making the goal a reality.”

UCSD Campus Sustainability Manager Sara Mckinstry said this competition foreshadows a number of environmentally sound additions on campus in both the short-term and the long-term.

“Some of these changes [the current student body] will see, like more electric vehicle charging stations on campus. Some you won’t … like biogas or other renewable energy contracts,” Mckinstry told the Guardian.

According to the UCSD website, biogas is already implemented on See COOL, page 3

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UCSD Plans Longitudinal Study of Over 10,000 Adolescents

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Called the ABCD program, the study will analyze brain development in children across the nation for over 10 years.

BY OMKAR MAHAJAN

Staff Writer Last week, UCSD announced that it will lead a study to discover more about the developing adolescent brain. Led by UCSD professors, the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development program will be a longitudinal study that will observe over 10,000 children from the ages of nine to 10 over the next 10 years.

The study aims to discover the biological and behavioral factors that put some youth at an increased risk of mental dysfunction. Additionally, this study will focus on the effects of drugs and substance abuse on the developing adolescent brain.

Terry Jernigan, the director of the UCSD Center for Human Development and one of the study’s principal investigators, explained to the UCSD Guardian why there was a need for such a large sample size and how the ABCD study differed from previous studies.

“Although much important work has been done in recent years to help us understand the adolescent mind and brain, some limitations are that the studies are often too limited in size or scope to assess the roles of the many factors that are probably important for understanding something as complex as the fast-

developing adolescent mind,” Jernigan said. “This study promises to be the most definitive study to date of a period in the development of the mind and brain that is, for many people, the time when they develop a trajectory that leads to growing independence, productive creativity and personal resilience.”

Additionally, Jernigan described how some serious neuropsychiatric conditions may develop during this period of adolescence.

“Unfortunately, it is also a period of great risk,” Jernigan said. “The earliest manifestations of many serious neuropsychiatric conditions occur during this period of development — mood and anxiety disorders, dependence on damaging substances like drugs and alcohol or behaviors that hijack otherwise promising minds — and some youth experience academic and economic disengagement.”

Jernigan further described how the study was designed and how it could lead to the discovery of factors that contribute to intellectual development and prosocial behaviour, as well as adverse outcomes.

“Our team of researchers has done as much as possible, within the limits we were given, to design a study that will be useful to the entire developmental-cognitive neuroscience community — to study

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these and many other aspects of late childhood and adolescence,” said Jernigan. “Furthermore, because we will study a cohort drawn from all parts of our society, we can look much more closely at what factors predict intellectual engagement, a sense of well-being and purpose and prosocial behavior — as well as what factors may contribute to adverse outcomes.”

Susan Tapert, another one of the study’s principal investigators, told the Guardian what the team plans on learning from this study and what could be done with the findings.

“We plan not only on learning how behaviors in adolescence affect brain development, cognition and outcomes into young adulthood — including risk behaviors like substance use — but also how protective health behaviors like getting good sleep, having positive social interactions and engagement with school might improve brain development,” Tapert said. “Our hope is that, in 10 years, we will have some very good advice for teens, parents, schools and even policymakers on how to make the most of the important life stage of adolescence.”

Eleanor Roosevelt College junior and neuroscience major Lori Mandjikian described the impact that this study will have for the field of neuroscience.

“With 10,000 individual children enrolled in the study, researchers and psychiatrists will have a great number of case studies to draw from when diagnosing, treating and potentially even preventing mental dysfunctions in the future,” Mandjikian said. “This is why ABCD is extremely necessary and worthwhile.”

Chancellor Pradeep Khosla also remarked on the effect that this study will have for UCSD in general.

“This landmark study reflects UC San Diego’s strength in multidisciplinary approaches to questions of national importance,” Khosla told the UCSD News Center. “These national leaders will coordinate a broad network of scientists around the country, all of whom are focused on new ways to understand and support successful development of our youth.”

The Collaborative Research on Addiction at the National Institute of Health, a group of institutes that focus on addiction research, will sponsor the ABCD study. The cost, distributed among the institutes, is around $150 million for the first five years. According to UCSD News Center, UCSD expects to receive $32 million in awards during this time period.

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Eleanor Roosevelt College senior and peer consultant Shaira Tuazon explained that the ultimate goal of the lab was to grow into a much larger facility.

“We’re trying to expand it into a full-on digital media scholarship center,” Tuazon said.

Newly appointed urban studies instructor Emily Verla Bovino said that, though she is not sure her USP100 students will be required to use 3-D-printing technology, she

intends to connect them with the lab’s resources.

“I would like to introduce students to the ways they can use things like 3-D printing, prototyping and animation software to visualize space differently, ” Bovino told the Guardian. “There is a design practicum in urban studies and planning, and they do a lot of work with sketch-up and [some work] with 3-D printing.”

Sixth College junior and peer consultant Crystal Nguyen encouraged students to use the lab.

“Everyone should take advantage

of it,” Nguyen said to the Guardian.

“Our goal is to make people aware that this technology exists and is available for students and staff to use.”

McAvoy added that another work in progress is a drone typography program, which would use drone technology to capture images of UCSD’s campus and then generate models of the architecture using the media lab’s 3-D printers.

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Campus Microgrid Directs Biogas, Saves $8 Million Every Year ▶ COOL, from page 1

campus through the university’s state-of-the-art microgrid, which saves approximately $8 million annually.

UCSD has a history of contributions to the global sustainability movement. Dr. Charles Keeling, a former professor at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, was the first to prove that atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were rising in 1961.

Teranes explained that all UC schools will be required to make big changes to their infrastructures to hit President Napolitano’s goals in time.

“We are going to have to shift quickly to renewable energy …

We’re going to have to rethink our transportation,” Teranes said. “These are campus-wide initiatives that have to be a part of the system-wide goals.”

Despite these high-level changes, Mckinstry stressed the importance of participation regardless of background or interests.

“We hope the Cool Campus Challenge helps us create a cultural shift on campus … Even if [you] don’t perform research or work on sustainability, what [you] do every day makes a difference,” she said.

Those interested in participating in the competition can sign up on the official website, coolcampuschallenge.org.

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Future UCSD Hackathons Could Take Place on Aircraft Carriers

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▶ HACKATHON, from page 1 learning to judge an applicant’s tone in a cover letter and the use of an Oculus Rift to make a virtual-reality model of the earth, a project that was done by Caltech students.

Though it didn’t win any awards, the music-based drink-mixing machine, named DrinkedIn, drew praise from several attendees, including Warren junior Andrew Huang.

“DrinkedIn isn’t the most

practical invention,” Huang told the UCSD Guardian. “But it’s certainly creative and one of those that really stood out in both appearance and technical prowess.”

Hill discussed the way that the different schools generally chose to cooperate rather than compete.

“One of the cool things about hackathons is that the students there don’t care so much about where people are from so much as what they’re building,” Hill said. “There’s a lot of pride that students have

about where they go to school, and I like that that comes off the table at these events.”

TESC plans to make it a yearly event, and it hopes to be able to admit more people in the future.

According to Hill, one idea that is being considered is to host SD Hacks on an aircraft carrier due to its size and unconventional nature.

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With the Oregon shootings as the latest incident in a perpetual string of gun violence, the UCSD Guardian’s Editorial Board considers the breadth of complex factors that gridlock our legislature from taking action from taking action.

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There’s been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon,” President Barack Obama said in a White House press statement.

It’s a sobering statement, and one that loses its efficacy each time. And this goes without saying that Obama is jaded: He’s made 15 statements and counting on mass shootings, with two statements just this past summer, one in Charleston, South Carolina and the other in Lafayette, Louisiana. Roseburg, Oregon now dots the map with a mass shooting at Umpqua Community College. It’s as if the debate over gun control ebbs and flows, gaining droves of support when incidents occur but losing all collective force to enact legislation when the news cycle hits reset.

The U.S. can’t seem to align its crosshairs with gun control. Maybe mental health is the overarching issue that not enough Americans are actually confronting. Or maybe mental health is a scapegoat public figures like to use as the reason why thousands of Americans die every year from gun violence. On a segment from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Oliver handily dismisses the notion that those with mental illnesses perpetrate the majority of gun violence. In fact, mentally ill people are less likely to commit violent acts, but do experience a disproportionate amount of violence against them. According to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health, just 5 percent of 120,000 gun-related killings between 2001 and 2010 were committed by those with a mental illness. Just 5 percent. Yet when a mass shooting occurs, talking heads pull from their armory phrases synonymous with “mental illness.”

Obama made a call-to-action in his statement, asking news sources to report on the number of civilian deaths from terrorist attacks versus gun-related violence. CNN, The Rolling Stone, Forbes, Vox and several more news outlets weighed in with strikingly similar charts and figures. The consensus? Approximately 3,000 victims of terrorist attacks have been killed from 9/11 onward compared to over 400,000 victims from See GUN LAWS, page 5

“Fair Work, Fair Pay Act”: This PR Stunt Doesn’t Help Students Less than 2 percent of UC employees will be affected by the university’s new minimum wage proposal — 1.6 percent to be exact.

And according to the UC Office of the President media representative Kate Moser, 1.6 is a serious, significant number.

The other 98.4 percent, however, will continue to be paid whatever wages their employers assigns them. A lot of these folks already make more than $13, which is great in itself.

However, the remaining 98.4 percent are those who will be paid less than this minimum wage because they work fewer than 20 hours every week, the “aha!” feature of UC President Janet Napolitano’s “beneficial” plan.

Oftentimes, if not most of the time, these workers don’t choose to work less. Instead, their employers don’t allow them to work more, or they are students who simply don’t have the time to do so.

Therefore, under the new “Fair Work, Fair Pay” plan, workers who are scheduled for the fewest hours will also likely earn less money per hour that the system allows them to work.

Despite this, UCOP considers

itself to be the top leader in blazing the wage-raising trails.

“With this change, the [University of California] is a leader in the national effort to establish a fair minimum wage,” Moser said.

This may have a grain of truth, but unfortunately you can’t really lead a fleet that hasn’t fully taken off, especially when your plane is cruising at the height of a two-story doll house.

Now, one might argue that we should be happy that someone’s getting a wage increase at all and that we’re taking one progressive step in the right direction.

Yes, genuinely, we celebrate for the 1.6 percent, the 3,200 employees who will deservedly reap the benefits of the $13-per-hour wage, just as Napolitano celebrates as she reaps the publicity benefits that the dozens of articles praising her misleading policy provide her. However, we cannot stop to celebrate every time administrators throw us a treat that only feeds a small number of us.

“We as students cannot allow ourselves to believe it is an ultimate victory for us,” A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Krystl Fabella told the UCSD Guardian. “The

wording of the policy and who it is applicable to explicitly excludes students and is an easy way out for President Napolitano to strike a national headliner.”

Indeed, once again, Napolitano gained lots, while the students gained naught.

In these instances, everyone always seems to demand that change and justice stroll in one minor step at a time, as if getting slapped more softly is less insulting.

“Moving forward means holding President Janet Napolitano accountable when she releases a statement that very explicitly and almost shamelessly states its priority of ‘becoming the first public university in the United States to voluntarily establish a minimum wage of $15,’” Fabella said.

Why aren’t we doing that — holding our officials accountable?

Though we should cheer for those who did receive a raise, we should simultaneously boo — loudly and uncompromisingly — at those who prevented the rest from getting it.

If we don’t, our pockets will continue to be empty, and our heads will continue to shake disappointingly at the fact that we’re not one of the 1.6 percent.

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We have a farming problem.

And by we, I mean nearly every country on Earth. The problem?

Small farms are unprofitable to the point where the vast majority of small farmers cannot make a living from farming.

This is clear no matter where one lives. In the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that 82 percent of farmers get the majority of their income from off-farm sources. In other words, the bulk of their money and living expenses don’t come from growing and selling food.

It’s just as true around the world: The United Nations reported that non-farm income in Asia and Africa provides the majority of income for rural families, and in Latin America and the Caribbean, only 10 to 20 percent of rural communities get more than threefourths of their income from on-farm activities.

This may seem irrelevant, but it’s not. Farms mean food, and with the global population at 7 billion and growing everyday, food security needs to be given higher priority. Although the problem is global, it manifests itself in different ways around the globe.

In Africa and Asia, it holds back economies and is a major source of poverty. In those two continents, most food is provided by small farms. In 2013, the Huffington Post reported that 80 percent of the farms in Africa and 88 percent of the farms in Asia are categorized as small — less than five acres. And those farms are poor.

According to Huffington Post, 800 million people living below the global poverty line work in the agricultural sector. If we want to work on raising the standard of living and eradicating poverty — which is a U.N. Global Goal for 2030 — we have to improve the conditions of small farmers.

Furthermore, loss of profit for small farms is causing many to close, meaning large farmers only grow bigger. The USDA reported that between 1997 and 2012, the number of large farms grew 120 percent while mid-sized farms fell 19 percent. The U.S. is in desperate need of workers in this field, but with small farms being unprofitable, the opposite is happening, leaving fewer people to grow food for the growing American population.

Although this affects areas around the globe, the solution is uniform. To help small farmers anywhere in the world, I suggest a three-part plan of attack.

First, we should make it cheaper and legally more accessible for small farmers to own the land they are farming. Many own the tools but not the land, resulting in higher costs and less profit. Second, we should subsidize agricultural methods that increase yield. This will make it cheaper for small farmers to bring in more profit (and food).

Lastly, we need more farmer’s markets around the globe. The more corporate ladders farmers must go through to sell their food, the less profit for them. With this plan, small farmers can have easier lives, and hopefully the rest of us will get more opportunities to eat their delicious food.

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The Government Repeatedly Fails to Take Action Against Gun Violence. ▶ GUN LAWS, from page 4 gun violence. And despite this stark difference in terrorist and gunrelated incidents, Obama stated that the United States has successfully poured trillions of dollars into counter-terrorism efforts but cannot get legislation off the ground to research ways to prevent gun violence.

Then there’s gun culture in the U.S. Many could — and would — argue that owning a firearm is a right and is clearly stated in the Constitution. Some pro-gun individuals, like National Rifle Association Board member Charles Cotton, would even argue that the

solution is to have more guns to protect us from guns. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump agrees, spewing that if the faculty at UCC had guns, the situation would’ve been dramatically different. But the truth of the matter is that 85 percent of Americans support background checks as a method of gun control, and 57 percent of Americans support a ban on assault-style weapons. These statistics, gathered by Pew Research Center, show that more than half of the American population would like there to be more gun control, if not at least more laws surrounding the purchasing of guns.

So there’s something deeper and more obscure than the debate over gun control. There are influences that have more gravity than public support. This simple truth causes many voters to develop a feeling of powerlessness on the issue of gun laws. According to the Washington Post, on average, 55 people die every day by their own guns and will continue to do so until there is a solution to guns in the U.S. And the scariest thing of all is that there is no solution. There is not one piece of legislation that can be passed swiftly and with unabashed bipartisan support. There is no smoking gun when we need one.

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Mark Emerson from “Phantom of the Opera” INTERVIEW BY YIDIAN HUANG // STAFF WRITER

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s an actor in “The Phantom of the Opera,” UCSD alumnus Mark Emerson introduces his view on the spectacular new production of the ever-popular Broadway classic that is currently touring across North America. The cast will be performing in San Diego from Oct. 7 to Oct. 18. Mark plays the Auctioneer and understudies Monsieur Andre, one of the principal roles in “Phantom,” and is a part of the male ensemble.

Guardian: This is a “spectacular new production” of “The Phantom of the Opera.” How is the production “spectacular” and “new”?

Mark: This is a different production than the previous one, which is the brilliant original production that’s on Broadway. It is in honor of the 25th anniversary of the [musical], and it’s still the same great score that everyone has yearned for and fallen in love with, but it [has] different design aspects and it’s got all the technology that’s been updated for 2015.

So the chandelier does some pretty spectacular things. And it’s being directed with a slightly different sensibility. It’s a little bit more naturalistic, and a little bit more toward today’s audiences.

Guardian: What is your favorite part of the show?

Mark: I feel really lucky that I have a pretty full part of the show that

I do every night. As the Auctioneer, I introduce and call in the chandelier, which is the iconic fixture in the show. You’ll see when you see the show that our chandelier sends from the ceiling and I get to be on stage when that iconic overture is played. That’s my favorite part.

Guardian: What kind of life experience has helped you portray your character?

Mark: I definitely couldn’t have done the show without my MFA training from UCSD, that’s for sure. I got my MFA in acting from the UCSD program and spent three years there. You know, it is one of the most renowned and highly regarded acting programs in the country. I spent three years studying acting, voice training, physical training and all of those aspects just prepare you for anything that’s thrown at you.

We do “Phantom of the Opera” eight times each week, every single week and I’ve done the tour for almost three years. So I have been trained in the show eight times each week, every single week, for three whole years.

This allowed me to have that endurance both vocally and physically. The training also brought me the artistic chops to find new things and to make it seem like you are creating these people and the circumstances in the moment. That is something [for which] I definitely got the tools in my UCSD training.

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Guardian: How’s working on “Phantom” compared to the things you’ve worked on in the past?

Mark: I mostly have been doing small plays around the country, plays in New York City, for friends and for almost no money. This is quite shocking, and [it’s a] blessing to be able to go across the country to all these truly spectacular theaters that have between 1,500 and 3,000 seats and different performance stages to perform on. It’s very different from my normal acting days in New York City. It’s being able to meet people, a lot of kids across the country. Many teenagers are very excited about Broadway shows coming to their towns — they can’t come to New York to see all the shows they want to see. They love theaters and musicals. Now they get their chance to see what they want to see. This is also the exciting part of touring.

Guardian: What inspired you to become an actor?

Mark: In high school I was always in the bands and the choir. One

year they did a musical and I was a drummer in the band. They needed someone to play the drums for the production of the musical. I watched everybody have fun every night. We got one line as the band to say in the show. The feeling of being a part of the show was exciting for me, and it made me want to audition for the next show that they had.

That got me into performing, and once I started doing it, I just felt it was a natural fit for me. It was fun to perform with my friends and to explore all these other characters. And then I went to undergraduate at Northwestern University, outside of Chicago. I was a theater major there. Just seeing the musicals in Chicago and having my mind broadened by what kind of different plays there are out there was really inspiring to me and kept me wanting to pursue acting.

Guardian: Do you have any specific advice for aspiring actors studying at UCSD? Mark: It is a great idea to get training as an actor, and they have great training at UCSD. It is the matter of trying out all the different tools that acting teachers can provide you with, and finding which ones are helpful to you. Try to get as much experience as you can, figure out what works for you, what doesn’t work for you, try to get as much work as you can, which is really, really difficult. Foster your relationship with people you are going to school with — a lot of them are the people you end up working with later on. I worked with a lot of UCSD grads in New York City and those relationships are really important.

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Every so often, UCSD students decide to venture out of Geisel Library and experience this thing called “nature.”

Never heard of it? Well, fear not — the UCSD Guardian is here to explain this incredible phenomenon and give you an inside look to the world outside.

Cedar Creek Falls (Devil’s Punch Bowl)

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If secluded waterfalls and the sharp angles of boulders are your personal aesthetic, Cedar Falls may be your cup of tea — or rather, your Devil’s Punch Bowl. Ramona may be remote and the hike may be quite the trudge, but the sight of San Diego’s few remaining waterfalls — aren’t we in a drought? — will inspire all kinds of experimental-memoir travel writing. An 80-foot waterfall pooling into a stream of cold water; a jagged arrangement of rocks and sediment; a quiet swim; a rope-swing, for the youthful at heart. While this earthly haven — complete with that crisp, nostalgic air of the days when nature wasn’t treated like a sandbox — seems like the perfect refresher, the hike to this waterfall is anything but a makeshift getaway. Buy a hiking permit online (www.recreation.gov), and bring plenty of water and enough vital spirits for a three-mile hike.

by Christian Gerard Gella//Senior Staff Writer

Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve

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The biggest misconception one could have about the Los Penasquitos hike is believing it is actually a hike. Ironically, the name Los Penasquitos translates to “little cliffs” in Spanish, but there is hardly any elevated terrain at all. In fact, other than a flat dirt road and some slightly raised rock formations about a mile and a half in, there’s really nothing more than the classic California chaparral landscape. Before we write off Los Penasquitos altogether, it is worth mentioning that about a mile from the trailhead, there is a charming little surprise: a very small waterfall cascading through volcanic rock. The waterfall area is full of small children and dogs frolicking around in the calm creek water. The trail is also largely dominated by cyclists and horseback riders, which makes walking along the trail a bit cumbersome, especially when avoiding the large mounds of horse poop and actively trying not to get clobbered by the cyclists giving loud and frequent reminders that they are “passing on your left.”

Situated between Sorrento Valley and Mira Mesa, Los Penasquitos is no more than a 20-minute drive from UCSD, making it an easy mini-adventure for beginning level cyclists. Parking is plentiful in the lot close to the northern entrance at the intersection of Park Village Road and Camino Del Sur in Rancho Penasquitos. Final thoughts: Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve is not really a trail for hikers. It is, however, a great trail for cyclists and families with young children looking for a bit of adventure on any given Saturday morning.

by Shelby Newallis//Senior Staff Writer

Three Sisters Falls

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When you hear the name “Three Sisters,” you might think of the play by the famous Russian author Anton Chekhov or a historic name for the three main agricultural crops of the native peoples of North America (winter squash, maize and climbing beans, duh). But because we live in San Diego, chances are you know Three Sisters to be a hiking trail located near the iconic pie stop, Julian. It’s no surprise that this hike is popular among drought-exhausted locals, since its final destination is a majestic cascade of three waterfalls, giving this trail its namesake.

Since you probably wouldn’t be happy hiking four miles in the heat just to find a few pitiful drops in place of the waterfalls, wait until the heat ends to pay Three Sisters a visit, particularly after a rainy day. However, the heat is not the only obstacle. Before enjoying the refreshing view, you will have to go through the proverbial mill — 45-degree slopes, slippery sands that make it difficult to stay sure-footed and rock labyrinths on the final stage of the hike.

Nevertheless, after conquering the desert, forest and mountains, washing off waterfalls of sweat in the highest pool of Three Sisters will feel like a priceless reward, so do not forget your swimsuit.

But the challenge isn’t over yet. You still have to come back after being totally worn out by the up-and-down trail that lies between two mountains. But don’t back out. Rest stops (taking one is not a defeat) and water breaks (grab a gallon per person) should successfully allow you to finish the hike with pride. After you are done — keyword “after” — complete the experience by reading some intimidating Yelp reviews of this 4.5-star trail to feel like a champion.

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lifestyle Co-Editor There is a new age in SoCal cooking. From Malibu to Hollywood, green juice bars, acai bowl stops and tofu-based goods are around each corner. Where a local diner might have once sold overglazed doughnuts or cheeseburgers dripping in high cholesterol, a new cafe serving matcha soy lattes and buckwheat pastries is now capturing the attention of the millennial lifestyle. No longer is this artisan way of eating restricted to the elite yogi or celebrity pre-Oscar trends.

Instead, it’s dominating and fabricating a new way to live and eat.

And Lemonade is a capitalist mastermind doing just that. This upscale cafeteria that once appealed

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to the locavore in Santa Monica has now become a chain of hotspots to get your fix of all things locally sourced. With a new location situated in UTC, Lemonade has strategically incorporated its health-conscious philosophy into the stomachs, hearts and Instagrams of La Jolla residents and students. However, what allows Lemonade to withstand the rising competition among organic eateries is its ability to market a once-exclusive lifestyle as familial and inclusive.

This Ikea-esque style of dining is not intimidating — it’s inviting.

Behind a glass emporium of colorful foods, a crusade of smiling staff cheerfully serves homemade, healthy meals that satisfy vegans and carnivores. What first catches your eye is the marketplace of salads and

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side dishes that complement flavors of the day and change with the seasons.

For about $3 a portion, one can taste everything from couscous mingling with plump raisins to roasted cauliflower and warm curry spices to a bright red beet salad topped with crunchy walnuts and spicy paprika.

While the uncommon ingredients and flavors can seem daunting at first, the newfound palette that exists beyond your usual salt and pepper will make you reconsider your ways. If you’re searching for something with a heartier edge, five dollars can get you a succulently poached salmon dressed to the nines in a delicate lemonbased marinade or their famous poke — unlike any tuna salad you’ve ever had and tossed with the flavors of the tropics.

Further down the line is an array of stews with both exotic and familiar combinations of meat and vegetables, like the red miso beef short rib braised in a unique blend of spices — just like your hip grandma used to make.

But before you wind up at the cash register, a glorious display of desserts beckons your attention like a siren call. I know what you’re thinking, what in Beyonce’s vegan name, is a cupcake doing in the middle of this healthy haven? But fear not, these cupcakes, pies, macarons and custards, while incredibly decadent, still carry on Lemonade’s mission. Baked with coconut oil and raw sugars, these desserts satisfy in a way no 100-calorie pack can. To complete your order, make sure to snag a glass of this cafe’s namesake. Feeling traditional?

Grab a refreshing cup of oldfashioned lemonade or an Arnold Palmer. Feeling feisty? Sip on the guava limeade or watermelon rosemary lemonade.

So for a fraction of the price of boxed coconut water at Whole Foods, you can get the entire experience of localized Southern California cuisine.

I’ll admit, I was a bit skeptical trying out a restaurant that wasn’t just selling food but an overly popular lifestyle; it was Lemonade’s ability to balance seasonal, good-for-you food with an atmosphere that mirrors the warm and sunny SoCal vibe that might just make Lemonade an ultimate response to life when it gives you lemons.

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The black-metal/shoegaze/post-rock/whatever darlings stretch laterally without compromise.

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RIMAC Fields Hike Difficulty Level: Easy

Life at UCSD can be rough. Have you ever gone to a career fair, only to be told to take a hike? Does your attention keep trailing off in Monday lectures? Do you ever feel like there’s nobody rooting for you? Have you felt the need to get your life back on track?

Do you ever wonder if there is something more?

There’s a simple resolution. Just east of RIMAC fields lies a set of interconnected pathways spanning the area between Earl Warren College and Genesee Avenue. Easy to access from across the Hopkins parking structure, this region is home to UCSD’s Challenge Course — an impressive edifice of redwood, rope and wire and the Par Course, a fitness trail interspersed with drills. Beyond that, one can find a sweeping view of the cacti, eucalypti and shrubs that compose UCSD’s wilderness.

Most of the canyon is hard to traverse, but the small maze of available pathways can be ranged in an afternoon.

During the day, expect a mixture of sun and shade. At night, prepare for spookiness. The paths never leave campus, so one can wander without worry of getting lost. While these trails probably won’t satisfy a hiking enthusiast, they’re a perfect place to take a few steps to improve your day.

by Adam Fisher//Staff Writer

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he warmth of the sun can only be appreciated in relation to the chill of a dark winter night.

Few bands have exhibited this wisdom as well as Deafheaven did on its 2013 release, “Sunbather.” A swirling combination of soaring and brightly atmospheric guitars and harsh blackmetal vocals, the album roared to critical success while upsetting some of the old-guard of metal.

Its latest release, “New Bermuda,” seems intent at first on dispelling any notions that Deafheaven can’t do true black metal. The opening song, “Brought to the Water,” immediately launches into a frenzy of blast beats and grating minor chords darker than anything in the rest of the catalogue.

But it becomes clear soon enough that this isn’t merely a journey back into black metal, as the attack of “Brought to the Water” gives way to jangling guitars reminiscent of Sixpence None The Richer’s “Kiss Me.” If “Sunbather” was a careful combination of shoegazey post-rock and black-metal, “New Bermuda” is a jagged beast, intent on stretching the band into as many directions as it pleases. And it surprisingly works, with its interplaying lighter sections making its sudden pulls back into metal all the more imposing.

Aggressive sections are also directly aided by some unique choices, like the use of a wah-wah pedal on the solo of “Baby Blue.”

This constant variance also complements vocalist George Clarke’s lyrical themes. If “Sunbather” presented the young yearning and uncertainty of the band reaching for success, “New Bermuda” deals with the aimless continuity of life in success’ wake, and its maze of influences deftly mirrors this confusion.

This chaos does present a problem, though. Except for the song “Luna,” the album never quite settles into itself to exert the same type of gravitational pull a song like “Dream House” did, with its 10-minute-long steady build toward ecstasy. And constant transitions make the rough edges of “New Bermuda” all the more apparent.

The sloppy piano fadeout of “Brought to the Water,” and the puzzling ending of “Baby Blue,” featuring traffic delays being read over ambient noise, exemplify how much the album is straining to keep itself together.

Yet when that straining is carefully harnessed, few bands can achieve what Deafheaven does here. The ability to perfectly transition the buzzing guitars and shrieks of “Gifts for the Earth” into an ending that recalls Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova” is not a feat to be taken lightly. Yes, New Bermuda can get quite messy. But what an interesting mess it is.

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the martian Ridley Scott is one steely-eyed missile man.

Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor Rated PG-13 Release Date Oct. 2

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n recent years, the space genre has taken off with films like “Gravity� and “Interstellar.� When news first came out about “The Martian,� directed by Ridley Scott (“Alien�, “Blade Runner�) and starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain, there were plenty of jokes comparing the film to “Interstellar.� In reality, this film is no joke. “The Martian,� adapted

by Drew Goddard from the novel by Andy Weir, tells the story of astronaut Mark Watney. During a Martian sandstorm, Watney (Matt Damon), is struck by debris. The crew, thinking Watney died, leaves Mars. The film follows Watney’s lonely struggle for survival on Mars and NASA’s relentless

efforts to bring him home. It is difficult for a film about isolation and survival to be both fun and thrilling, but “The Martian� is exactly that.

One of the this film’s best elements is its humor. For a story about an astronaut stranded on a planet with little hope of survival, “The Martian� is surprisingly light-hearted and funny.

Despite his desperation, Watney is probably the most optimistic human in the universe. Damon plays this character brilliantly, bringing a unique charm to a realistically portrayed astronaut. With that said, the film is not all laughs. Early in the film, we experience pure Ridley Scott suspense as Watney needs to surgically

pull shrapnel out of his body. “The Martian� is full of real terror and desperation. There are moments where we see that Watney is near his breaking point, and again, Damon plays the role to perfection, making his best performance in years.

With “The Martian,� Scott shows his mastery as a visual storyteller. At times, you will remember that the film was not filmed on Mars. Every mountain, crater and barren plane is convincingly Martian. The open landscapes of the Martian terrain are sublime and seeing Watney’s lone rover in a sea of red Martian sand impactfully conveys Watney’s isolation, contrasting with the astronaut’s humor and optimism.

The pacing of “The Martian� should also be praised. Despite its run time, the film neither seems to drag nor feel rushed, despite the long chronology and complex narrative.

This is largely due to the fact that the

entirety of the film does not take place on Mars. The story cuts back and forth between Watney, the rest of his crew aboard the spaceship Hermes and the heads of NASA working on their plans to save Watney. The latter two elements are in fact very important and entertaining parts of the story, which make “The Martian� more than a simple one-dimensional survival film. There was, however, a stretch of time which exclusively focused on the work of NASA back on Earth.

Although it was a fascinating part of the story, the film slightly lost focus during those scenes, since Mars is the main setting of the film.

Aside from director Ridley Scott, writer Drew Goddard deserves incredible praise. The film is not only very funny, but dramatic and visceral. The latter is a testament to the exceptional storytelling, as “The Martian� has no villain — just a series of realistic circumstances working

against both Watney and NASA. Goddard’s script manages to perfectly balance humor and suspense while keeping the focus on the fascinating story. The attention to scientific accuracy also plays a large role in the film. Goddard has stated that he wanted the film to be a love letter to science. He wrote the script in such a way that, even for a layman, the technical talk is easy to follow and the science of surviving on Mars is intriguing. “The Martian� was able to take all of its unique elements and combine them to form a fascinating film.

Goddard and Scott created a visually beautiful film that blends the sciencefiction and survival adventure genres.

The film succeeds because of its performances, sense of humor, smart writing and extraordinary visuals.

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Tritons to Host Two More Conference Games This Weekend “We have many leaders, and we all look to each other to pick us up when we feel down,” Sierks said. We look forward to keep improving as the season goes on and are working to mov[e] forward past these three heartbreakers.”

Triton sophomore libero Amanda Colla had eight service aces, the most for a Triton since Nicole Courtney had nine against the same opponent back in 2006. She had four straight and six total during a 10-point run in the beginning of the second sets. On top of her eight aces, she also had a game-high 23 digs.

“I think to rebound this weekend, we need to focus on the positive aspects of our team and our team’s talents,” Sierks said. “Just because we

▶ W. VOLLEYBALL, from page 12 advantage over the Tritons. UCSD saved one match point at 14–11 but could not deny Cal Poly Pomona the win after a kill from freshman middle blocker Kristen Hamlin sealed the deal for the away team.

UCSD hit .217 (58–22–166) over the game with Cal Poly Pomona ending slightly upward of that at .220 (58–22–164).

UCSD’s junior outside-hitter Meagan Wright had 25 kills and 27.0 points, both match highs and career bests for her. Sierks had a team-leading 10th double-double of the season after her 50 assists and 15 digs, while McNeely hit an impressive .500 (8–0– 16) and totaled four blocks.

have hit a rough patch doesn’t mean we are bad players or a bad team. It will be important to maintain confidence in ourselves and the other 12 girls on the team. Playing each match point by point will really help us to keep our focus during long matches. Because our squad is a small, 13-person roster, each girl is vital to the success of our team.”

UCSD has now lost all four of its five-set contests in 2015. UCSD hosts two CCAA opponents this week, Cal State East Bay on Oct. 9 and San Francisco State on Oct. 10, with both games starting at 7 p.m.

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Game Two The Tritons rebounded from their loss on Friday and took a stunning last-minute win against reigning West Region champion and current CCAA leader Cal State Los Angeles on Sunday.

Though the Golden Eagles came away with a 12–8 advantage in shots, a spectacular goal by the Tritons in the final three minutes of regulation play ended the game on a 1–0 UCSD win.

Junior midfielder Nick Palano volleyed a cross from sophomore midfielder Zachary Lagotta straight into the back of the net in the 88th minute to clinch the critical victory for the Tritons.

“That was just a great goal [by Palano],” Pascale commented. “Zach [Lagotta] put a deep cross to the far post, and Nick [Palano] hit a firsttime volley out of the air back across the goal. It was a difficult shot, but he had great technique and did everything right.”

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Despite a last-ditch effort by the Golden Eagles to equalize, senior forward Herbert Biste’s corner kick missed the goal in the game’s final seconds.

“We’ve been dealt a couple of tough blows, and it was great to see the team respond and react and make a great play on the road,” Pascale added. “It was pouring rain most of the first half, and it was a grind-it-out game all the way. I thought we battled them well

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oming into the weekend on a two-game win streak, the UCSD women’s soccer team split its first conference road games of the season, defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills 4–2 on Friday night with the help of a four-goal performance from freshman forward Mary Reilly, but suffering a disappointing 1–0 loss two days later to Cal State Los Angeles after giving up a penalty kick at the 74th minute.

Game One The Tritons were shorthanded in their frontline Friday night as then-reigning CCAA Player of the Week sophomore forward Katie O’Laughlin and her fellow forward, freshman Megumi Barber, were both inactive due to the one-game suspension for red cards they received in last week’s hardfought victory over Cal State Stanislaus. Freshman midfielder Summer Bales got the nod for her first collegiate start as left wing, while redshirt junior co-captain Kiera Bocchino shifted back to a forward position.

Reilly’s first goal came unassisted at the 18-minute mark. Just 13 minutes later, sophomore midfielder Jordyn McNutt assisted Reilly for her second goal of the game. Two minutes out of the half, Reilly delivered yet again with the hat-trick goal, giving the Tritons a comfortable 3–0 lead. The last time a Triton scored a hat-trick was Shelby Wong, almost four years ago, in a 5-0 landslide against Humboldt State.

Despite the scoring outburst from Reilly, Head Coach Brian McManus also credited the team for giving her the easy looks.

“You’ve got to give Kiera [Bocchino] a lot of credit up top,” McManus said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “She was holding the ball, drawing players and leaving Mary [Reilly] one-on-one a lot of the time. When you leave Mary [Reilly] one-on-one in the box, with her speed, she’s going to beat you.

The Toros netted two goals themselves, one in the 54th minute and what seemed like an impossible goal in the final 14 minutes. However, Reilly would strike again with her fourth goal in the 68th to put away the Toros.

The last Triton to score four goals was Megan Dickey in an 11–0 home trumping of Central Washington over a decade ago. With the four goals, Reilly’s total number of goals in the season now rests at seven, surpassing O’Laughlin’s six to lead the Tritons. “[Associate Head Coach Kristin Jones has] been working with Mary [Reilly] to use both feet and get out of the habit of going to the near post so much,” McManus added. “Her first two goals tonight were both left-footed to the far post. She had four good goals.”

Game Two Two days later, the Tritons traveled to Cal State Los Angeles, where they fell to the Golden Eagles 1–0 in a grind-it-out game. With O’Laughlin and Barber back in the lineup after their one-game suspension, the Tritons looked to extend their win streak to four.

Coming off her dominating four-goal performance, Reilly struggled to find the target as Cal State Los Angeles held her shotless until the 66th minute.

The two teams were gridlocked for the majority of the game. In the first half, both teams combined took only five total shots. The game saw more action after intermission, as UCSD upped its number of shot attempts to nine.

Freshman forward Mary Reilly scored four goals in Friday’s win against Cal State Dominguez Hills, the highest tally since former All-American Megan Dickey scored four on Sept. 8, 2005.

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The 0–0 tie was finally broken in the 74th minute when a UCSD defender was called for an infringement in her own penalty box. Cal State Los Angeles’ junior defender Danielle Telles was able to net the ensuing penalty kick, giving the Golden Eagles the late 1–0 lead.

Telles’ goal marked only the sixth goal of the year for Cal State Los Angeles. With a little under 16 minutes remaining, the Tritons had three good opportunities to equalize but were unable to convert on any of the attempts.

“In the first half, we played well,” said McManus. “We could have put the game away, but we didn’t. We came out complacent in the second half, bad passing, poor decision-making and that led to silly free kicks, corners and eventually the penalty kick that decided it. A win today [could have put us at] second in the conference; now we’re tied for sixth.”

Coming out of the weekend, the Tritons are now 3–3 in conference play and 7–4 overall. UCSD returns to the pitch this weekend at home when it faces off against Cal State Monterey Bay (0–5) on Friday at 4.30 p.m. and San Francisco State (2–1–2) at 11.30 a.m. on Sunday.

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Tritons Go One and One UCSD Struggles Against CCAA Rival UCSD takes one against West Region Champ CSULA. Triton women suffer third straight five-set loss at home against Cal Poly Pomona.

By Katie Potts

Editorial Assistant The UCSD men’s soccer team hit the road this week in two California Collegiate Athletic Association matchups against Cal State Dominguez Hills at Toro Stadium and Cal State Los Angeles at Jesse Owens Track. Despite a disappointing 1–0 loss to Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday evening, the Tritons returned with a vengeance on Sunday, snatching a 1–0 win in the final minutes of the game against Cal State Los Angeles.

The Tritons now stand at 4–4–3 overall and are currently sitting in fifth in the CCAA with a 3–2–1 league record.

Game One UCSD fell to Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday night, marking the first time since the 2012 season that the Tritons have lost two straight matches. Cal State Dominguez Hills overwhelmed UCSD on offense, dominating the

stats with a huge 17–2 advantage in shots. Freshman forward Andy Sartor and junior midfielder Riley Harbour notched the Tritons’ lone attempts to score in the 39th and 74th minutes, respectively, but both efforts came up short of success.

The Toros struck gold in the 62nd minute when sophomore midfielder Brian Chavez scored off a pass from sophomore forward Ali Nazari, sealing the Toros’ 1–0 victory.

“It wasn’t as bad as the stats made it look,” UCSD Head Coach Jon Pascale told the UCSD Athletics Department. “They were the better team for sure, but we didn’t play well, particularly on offense. We gave the ball away far too much, and to beat a team like that you have to be sharp. We weren’t tonight, and we have to be better going forward.”

The Toros remain undefeated in their last nine matches, holding a 7–1–2 overall record and sitting at 3–0–2 in league play.

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By Marcus Thuillier

Sports Editor After last week’s two heartbreaking losses against Sonoma State and Humboldt State, UCSD women’s volleyball was back at home, trying to end their losing streak. Alas, another close five-set game ended in a disappointing fashion when the Tritons could not capitalize on a twosets-to-zero advantage and finally lost to CCAA rival Cal Poly Pomona.

UCSD now occupies the seventh place in the CCAA with an even 8–8 overall record and an equally even 4–4 league record, while Cal Poly Pomona moved up to 10–6 and 6–2, good for second in the conference.

UCSD dominated the two first frames, hitting an impressive .322 over the two sets and .379 in the first set alone, which led to easy 25–15 and 25–16 set wins and a commanding 2–0 advantage heading into the third set.

However, UCSD’s hitting percentage fell back a notch after the second set which allowed the Broncos

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to get back into the game. The Tritons only hit .167 in the remaining three sets, and the Broncos took the third set 27–25 and the fourth set 25–21, a set in which they hit over .200 for the first time in the game.

“I would say the area we can improve on the most is our consistency with our mental toughness,” senior setter Heidi Sierks told the UCSD Guardian. “We have all the talent in the world, but we are our own biggest enemy. If you ask me, that’s a good

problem to have.”

Cal Poly Pomona would not look back after tying the game at two sets apiece. The Broncos hit .611 in the final set and overwhelmed the Tritons with 12 kills and only one error in 18 attacks.

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