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VOLUME 49, ISSUE 1

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

WWW.UCSDGUARDIAN.ORG

WELCOME WEEK

SAN DIEGO

FANS RAVE: CIRCA WAVES PHOTO COURTESY OF CONTACTMUSIC.COM

UC Regents Appeal SD Superior Court Ruling Judge Joel Pressman ruled that university officials mishandled a campus sexual assault lawsuit this past July.

The UCSD Guardian sits down backstage with indie-rock band Circa Waves to talk genre, hometowns and musical influences ahead of their San Diego performance at The Loft. A&E, PAGE 6

PANIC! AT THE CLOCK

Student arrestED FOR CLOCK OPINION, Page 4

BACK IN ACTION

BY Andrew Chao

Staff Writer

FORECAST

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-HOW-TO-GURU OPINION, PAGE 4

INSIDE C.H.E. SAVED? ............ 4 RESTAURANT WEEK ... 7 15+1 FRESH TIPS ....... 9 CALENDAR .................10 M. WATER POLO ....... 12

See NONRESIDENT, page 3

See LAWSUIT, page 3

CAMPUS

Administration Proposes to Fund C.H.E. Cafe Repairs By SHERMAN ALINE CONTRIBUTING UCSD administrators and the C.H.E. Cafe recently came to an agreed upon resolution regarding the future of the facility. After meeting with collective representatives earlier this month, Chancellor Pradeep Khosla rescinded the university’s threat of eviction and instead proposed allocating school funding for several necessary facility repairs. The two parties reached an agreement after negotiations with the C.H.E. passed from Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez to Khosla and includes funds for four improvements to the cafe building. These include a new fire suppression sprinkler system, a fire alarm pull system, tempered glass windows and a “travel/exit path evaluation,” all of which are to be paid for by UCSD. Past negotiations between the C.H.E. cafe collective and university administration failed to reach any resolution. An email between collective member and Muir College senior Raquel Calderon and Executive Assistant

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to Vice Chancellor Gonzalez Sean Selvey showed the friction between collective members and administrative officials. “C.H.E. collective members have met with the vice chancellor before, and meetings were unproductive. Unless Vice Chancellor Gonzalez is planning to tell us in this meeting about how and when he is going to stop the eviction, we decline the offer to meet,” Calderon said in an email to Selvey in June. “If we have to wait to speak to Chancellor Khosla, we will.” In July, many members of the C.H.E. Cafe considered the inclusion of Chancellor Khosla into negotiations the turning point in the fate of the historic cafe and music venue. Since the initial meeting with Khosla, the threat of eviction has been rescinded, allowing for better negotiations with Gonzalez. Subsequent meetings regarding repairs to the C.H.E. Cafe have been directed to Gonzalez. C.H.E. Cafe supporters continued to share their

See CHE, page 3

VERBATIM PRO TIP: THERE’S NO POINT IN EDITING OUT THE RED CUPS IN YOUR PHOTOS. EMPLOYERS LIKE TO SEE PROOF THAT YOU POSSESS THE SOCIAL SKILLS TO FREQUENT NETWORKING EVENTS. WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW THEM THAN TO FEATURE PICTURES OF YOURSELF CHUGGING A KEG ON YOUR PROFILE?”

admissions site. The Great Recession in 2007 prompted the most recent iteration of the UC system’s funding cuts when state budgets crumpled. This was coupled with a 32-percent increase to in-state tuition in 2009. Nathan Bostrom, the University of California’s Chief Financial Officer, explained to sources that increasing nonresident enrollment, and by extension increasing tuition revenue, has been viewed by the administration as a way to offset the loss of funding. “Nonresident enrollment is one revenue source to help with the shortfall,” Bostrom told the San Francisco Chronicle last month.

Thurgood Marshall College won the Golden Shoe at the annual UnOlympics at RIMAC Field on Tuesday. Photo by Jonathan Gao/UCSD Guardian.

Soccer opens CCAA schedule Sports, Page 12

The UC Board of Regents appealed San Diego Superior Court Judge Joel Pressman’s ruling earlier this month after the judge ruled that UCSD mishandled a sexual assault case this past summer. The case involved two UCSD undergraduate students, referred to as John Doe and Jane Roe in court documents. Roe filed a sexual assault claim against Doe in June 2014 and a Student Conduct Review Panel initially ruled that Doe receive academic suspension for one quarter. After Doe appealed the decision, university provosts extended the term of his suspension to five quarters. Pressman reversed the school’s suspension on the grounds that the university did not handle the lawsuit in a fair manner and that no explanation was given as to why Doe’s suspension was increased after sending in an appeal. “While the Court respects the university’s determination to address sexual abuse and violence on its campus, after reviewing the Administrative Record, the Court finds that in this particularly case, the hearing against petitioner was unfair,” Pressman said at the July hearing. The pair had consensual sex on the night of Jan. 31, according to the lawsuit. The next morning, Doe made unwanted sexual advancement towards Roe but stopped after hearing her protests. On Feb. 2, the two again had consensual sex in her apartment. Four months later, Roe reported the Feb. 1 incident to the UCSD Office for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment. Following Roe’s report, UCSD investigators found Doe to be in violation of sexual misconduct. Pressman’s ruling stems from the fact that Doe’s capacity to challenge his accuser was limited. Pressman stated that cross-examination was crucial in this instance and that Doe was only able to ask nine of 32 questions in his defense. Moreover, Pressman stated that the investigators’ findings were not supported by substantial evidence that the sexual activity was not consensual. Doe’s lawyer Mark Hathaway told the San Diego Union Tribune that he was unsurprised by the UC Regents decision to appeal Pressman’s ruling. “I know there are significant legal issues that were raised in Judge Pressman’s decision that would apply statewide,” Hathaway said. “It’s not surprising they would want to appeal it.” Hathaway added that his growing caseload regarding sexual assault among college students is representative of a shift toward more

UC SYSTEM

Nonresident Enrollment Rises at UC Campuses Over 25 percent of the students at UCSD, UC Irvine and UC Davis are from out of state. BY Josh Lefler

Contributing Writer This year’s UCSD freshman class experienced a significant increase in the number of out-of-state and international students, compared to numbers from the previous year, according to data released in June. This nonresident growth follows a system-wide trend that has proven to be controversial as Californians worry about their own spots in the UC system. According to the UC system’s preliminary headcount of intended freshman, nonresidents comprise about 33.3 percent of the incoming freshman body at UCSD, up from 27.4 percent last year. UC Irvine and

UC Davis also experienced surges in the proportion of nonresidents, from 20.3 percent to 27.1 percent and 17.1 percent to 26 percent, respectively. The enrollment of out-of-state and international students has been used as a tool to counteract the loss of public funding granted to the school by state legislators, as evident in a 2010 UC Commission report recommending that “the [University of California] allow campuses to increase the number of undergraduate nonresident students … to sustain current instructional capacity and quality.” Nonresidents pay an extra $24,024 on top of the $12,200 tuition that Californians pay, according to the information on the University of California


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