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Jacobs School Hits Record Enrollment Numbers Jacobs plans to hire 16 faculty members this year to reduce its student-to-faculty ratio, which is currently 31-to-1.

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and information for students in the Migrant Education Program.

This guide has been praised by many as a step in the right direction when it comes to helping the nation’s undocumented students. Jessica Munoz, the Undocumented Student Services Coordinator at UCSD, explained the importance of the U.S. Department of Education reaching out to serve this demographic and why this resource guide is beneficial to both students and educators in a statement to the UCSD Guardian.

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Board of Regents Considers Redefining Anti-Semitism

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he UC Board of Regents held an open forum at UCLA to discuss proposed changes to the University of California’s Statements of Principles Against Intolerance and to address anti-Semitic behavior on UC campuses on Oct. 26.

The proposed policy changes seek to adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism regarding Israel when such speech demonizes, sets double-standards against and/or delegitimizes the nation. This can include speech that draws comparisons of Israeli policies to Nazi Germany or denies Israel’s right to exist among others.

The proposed changes are a result of a petition submitted in May by twenty-three different organizations and over 500 UC alumni to UC President Janet Napolitano calling for her to redefine anti-semitism, The reasoning behind such policy changes comes at a time when some Jewish organizations say that the current policies against intolerance are not enough to address the spike in anti-Semitism across the UC system. For example, in February, vandals defaced a Jewish fraternity house at UC Davis with anti-Semitic graffiti and symbols.

Zionist Organization of America’s West Coast campus coordinator Leore Ben David argued that the UC system

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UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering reported a record total enrollment of 8,923 students for the Fall Quarter 2015, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.

The 49-percent increase of undergraduate engineering majors over the past 10 years has prompted more faculty employment for the Jacobs School as well as a growth in student engineering organizations.

Jacobs School of Engineering Dean Albert Pisano explained how the increased enrollment rates result in a disproportionate student-faculty ratio.

“Over the next five years, we would like to see a gradual decline in enrollment so that we can reduce the student-faculty ratio to 20-1,” Pisano told The San Diego Union-Tribune.

“Right now, it is 31-1.”

Nineteen new faculty members were employed in 2014 and another 16 are set to be hired this school year.

According to the Jacobs School, undergraduate enrollment dropped from 6,849 students in Fall Quarter 2014 to 6,677 students in Fall Quarter 2015. However, the number of master’s and doctoral students grew by 116 students.

Jacobs School representatives associated this annually consistent growth with an increased interest in solving problems using specific engineering methods.

“Many students want to use engineering and computer science majors as a way to help people, humanity and the world,” The Jacobs School told the UCSD Guardian in a statement. “Engineering majors offer students the ability to gain problemsolving skills, teamwork experience and technical expertise that empower them to address some of the most crucial issues facing humanity.”

Specifically, computer science and engineering major enrollment increased most significantly at UCSD. Its ranking escalated from the sixth most popular major in 2004 to the third most popular in 2014 after biology and economics. The electrical and computer engineering major followed closely with an increase from seventh to fourth most popular.

UCSD’s official enrollment for the Fall Quarter 2015 also broke records at 33,735 students, of whom approximately 27 percent are engineering majors.

Triton Engineering Student Council President James Natanauan attributed the expansion to the recent growth in recognition of UCSD’s engineering school.

“The Jacobs name is more prestigious now,” Natanauan told the Guardian. “We have participated

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needs to clearly define anti-Semitism if it hopes to combat the harassment of students.

“On a UC administrative level, I think more can be done,” David told the UCSD Guardian. “I think this is the exact way to do it by making a uniform statement about how anti-Semitism, specifically anti-Israel, demoralization, dehumanization and double-standardization are all not welcomed at the UC system.”

Supporters of the change claim that redefining antiSemitism will contribute to a more positive environment across UC campuses.

Assistant Vice President of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Daniel Juarez said that many UC campuses do not do enough to include underrepresented communities. Thus, he believes, adopting the State Department’s definition will result in progress toward making the UC system more welcoming.

“UC campuses across the state have continuously proven to foster a campus climate that is negative for underrepresented communities,” Juarez said. “I do think that the UC [system] needs to make sure that it is centering [around] those communities that are least represented and most marginalized by the institution. Combating anti-

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U.S. Releases Guide for Undocumented Students Students can use the resource guide to learn about their rights and available scholarships.

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staff Writer The U.S. Department of Education released a resource guide designed to help undocumented students navigate the secondary and postsecondary school systems on Oct. 20. This resource guide aims to ensure that undocumented youth are on a path to success regardless of their immigration status.

Deputy Education Secretary John King commented in a press statement that despite the challenges that undocumented students face, educators are capable of providing help and supporting them.

“Our nation’s public schools should

be welcoming, safe and supportive places where all students, regardless of their zip code or where they were born, are given the opportunity to succeed,” King said. “We know undocumented youth face unique challenges, and we also know that educators and other caring adults in schools and colleges can play a major role in helping all students, including undocumented students, to achieve at the highest levels.”

The guide includes specifics such as a summary of undocumented students’ rights, tips for educators on how to help undocumented students navigate the college admissions process, information on federal financial aid, scholarships for undocumented youth

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UCSD Introduces Microbiome and Microbial Sciences Initiative The initiative’s new Center for Microbiome Innovation will develop technology to apply research findings to humans.

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Contributing Writer UCSD launched the Microbiome and Microbial Sciences Initiative, a research program that will implement a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding microorganisms in order to benefit the environment and human health. The start of the program was announced by Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla on Oct. 29.

The initiative, which will be spearheaded by computer science and engineering Professor Rob Knight and biology Professor Kit Pogliano, will merge sciences, engineering, medicine and humanities together to improve the way microbes are studied.

Pogliano said the combination of the disciplines will allow the initiative to discern how to use microbes beneficially.

“The initiative will leverage our breadth in the quantitative microbial sciences and our collaborative culture to understand and ultimately control

how these streamlined cells and their dynamic communities impact our health and the environment,” Pogliano described in a press release on Oct. 29.

Microbiomes, as explained by Knight, are cells that are responsible for certain health conditions, such as obesity, autism and multiple sclerosis. More research needs to be done to uncover just how these microorganisms operate.

“Most of the microbes and their genes are unknown right now,” Knight told the UCSD Guardian. “We’re trying to discover this ‘dark matter’ within our own body and use it both to cure disease and promote life-long health.”

Until now, most microbiome studies have focused on mice. Knight believes that the initiative, with its new focused Center for Microbiome Innovation, can create the technology needed to study how microbiomes affect humans.

“Technology to read out our microbiomes has improved rapidly and has already told us a lot in a research

setting, mainly in mice,” Knight said.

“To translate these findings into humans, we need better technology to read out and control our microbiomes.

That’s what the Center will develop.”

Biological Sciences Student Association President Christian Javier thinks that the initiative makes use of the university’s multidisciplinary potential. “[The initiative is] important because it showcases what UCSD has to offer, which is the power to cross disciplinary borders so that we can approach subjects from more than one perspective,” Javier told the Guardian. “We’re able to take the resources we have to create research that will help us understand our environment and ourselves.”

Believing the initiative will benefit students in his organization, Javier plans to connect with the project leads to take advantage of this opportunity.

“As BSA President, it’s great news for us because it could allow a lot of undergraduates to get involved

in brand new research,” Javier said.

“My team will start facilitating communication between us and the heads of this project to see what we can do in terms of getting undergraduates on board.”

Revelle College senior and microbiology major Bruno Perthus imagines that the initiative will be key to solving a variety of health problems and is enthusiastic about the widespread impact the university’s research will have.

“This research will help identify the effects [of different diseases], and by identifying the effects, they’ll be able to find a novel way to change that effect to better the human body,” Perthus told the Guardian. “Knowing that research in this area will be discovered at UCSD makes me excited about what the school will offer to the world.”

Knight said that students can get involved in this research by contacting himself or Kit Pogliano.

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in many engineering competitions that have increased our visibility to prospective students.”

In response to the expansion of engineering interests, TESC supports 25 member organizations including

the Triton Rocket Club, which is working to be the first university team to send a rocket into space and the new Triton 3-D Printing Club, which hosted its first annual MakeA-Thon competition this past May. Other organizations include the National Society of Black Engineers

and Women in Computing.

Natanauan added that the community of engineering students created at UCSD focuses on achieving success as a group.

“UCSD’s engineering program is different than other universities’ [programs],” Natanauan said. “The

Jacobs School is competitive, but when you look to your left and right, those are the people that are going to help you succeed, not the people you need to compete against.”

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blackness, transphobia, misogyny, anti-nativeness, anti-undocumented practices and discourses needs to be at the forefront.”

However, critics of the proposed changes say that implementing the State Department’s definition will limit people’s free speech.

Eleanor Roosevelt College senior Hibah Khan voiced concerns that these changes would constrain people’s abilities to fully express their opinions.

“I think people should have the right to criticize Israel but not to the point where it becomes anti-Semitic speech,” Khan said. “I do have issues with Israel and the decisions it made to get where it is, and I feel like a revised policy would prevent me from stating my opinion.”

Khan thinks there is a difference between hate-speech and valid criticisms of Israel’s policies, and such a policy would undermine her ability to criticize the nation’s political actions.

“I don’t think criticizing Israel equates to being anti-Semitic,” Khan said. “Criticizing Israel is criticizing a country, not its religious inhabitants.

I might disagree with Israel’s policies or actions, but I don’t consider this anti-Semitic speech because I am not criticizing the religion associated with that country, but rather the country itself.”

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Furthermore, the Students for Justice in Palestine at UCSD argue that the proposed policy change goes further than simply limiting free speech by silencing voices on the other side of the debate, particularly proPalestinian sentiments.

“Any critique of Israeli policy, because of the nation’s identity as a Jewish state, would be labeled as anti-Semitic,” SJP said in a statement to the Guardian. “This policy is problematic for several reasons, including the conflation of Judaism and Zionism as well as the targeting and censorship of pro-Palestinian activists and academics.”

Additionally, SJP said that this policy change misconstrues any antiZionist activities as anti-Semitic.

“Anti-Zionist activity, such as that of SJP, strives to amplify Palestinian voices calling for their right to selfdetermination and their right to return to their homeland,” SJP said.

“This policy seeks to silence and censor these voices.”

Juarez is also concerned about the measure limiting valid criticisms, even though he supports the revisions.

“I think that there are ways to implement guidelines that foster inclusivity on our campuses without limiting free speech,” Juarez said. “In terms of Israel, I do not think that the university should be limiting students’ ability to be critical of a nation that is

engaging in unlawful practices under international law standards.”

While the debate continues, both Juarez and David are working to advocate for these changes. Juarez hopes to connect with different communities so that his work is representative of his constituency. ”I hope to engage with different communities to make sure that my work is reflective of what other folks and communities want out of my office,” Juarez said. “As for the UC [Regents], I think that they need to make sure that they are going to individual campuses, reaching out to individual student communities and listening to what it is they want out of the changes in the Statement of Principles.”

The Zionist Organization of America is using the support of coalition groups to advocate change.

“Making coalition groups is what we’ve been doing to make our voice heard,” David said. “A lot of organizations, student-run, proIsrael groups, Jewish groups, have come together regardless of different stances to agree that defining anti-Semitism and incorporating it into the UC Statements Against Intolerance is very important.”

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serving this often under-resourced group of students,” Munoz said.

“Resources like this guide can be an important tool, not only for students, but for the teachers and counselors who support them. Students benefit from written information, but they also benefit from caring, personalized support, which is what we aim to provide at the UCSD’s Undocumented

Student Services Center.”

In addition to providing resources for students and educators, the resource guide is expected to to help students using the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez expressed support for the resource guide because it could specifically aid DACA students.

“It’s been three years since we

unveiled the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, for those eligible young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children,” Rodriguez said in a press release. “We strongly encourage those who might be eligible for DACA to use this resource guide. We applaud the Department of Education for providing these resources to the undocumented young people in this country who can benefit from DACA.”

However, there are critics of this resource guide who assert that the guide is part of a political agenda.

Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform in Washington, D.C. explained in a statement that this guide is politically motivated.

“I think this is part of the [Obama] administration’s agenda to push the idea that if you’re in the country illegally, this is no big deal,” Mehlman

said to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

“That our immigration laws are inconsequential.”

The U.S. Department of Education plans on releasing another resource guide specifically geared toward undocumented students on the elementary school level in the next few months.

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UC President Janet Napolitano failed to include students in the conversation on carbon neutrality. This only serves as a reminder of her complete disregard for student voices.

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C President Janet Napolitano revealed two things during her visit to UCSD on Oct. 27: one, an unfailing dedication to climate issues and two, a complete disregard for student voices. Two days were set aside for Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown’s visit in which they met with the UC Climate Solutions group to discuss the UC Cool Campus Initiative and the promise of carbon neutrality. However, this summit may as well have been the Council of Elrond as far as students were concerned. No students were invited, and we were barely informed of this event despite the large stake and role that we have in issues of climate change. Napolitano did not even attempt to meet with student organizations during her visit to our campus, and then she left like a thief in the night.

This attitude is not unusual for this UC President. Just back in March, as half-naked students invaded a UC Regents meeting to denounce — loudly and proudly — the pending tuition hikes, Napolitano muttered to the regent sitting beside her: “Let’s go. We don’t have to listen to this crap.”

Our concerns are “crap” to the leader of our university system, whose salary we pay and whose power we grant.

However, she would never let us know how little we mean to her. She thought her microphone was off and that no one would hear. No; instead she puts on a face and listens only

to what she wants to hear. At an earlier point of the same meeting, she dishonestly insisted, “[Students] want to be sure that their voices are being heard, and I want to commit to them that their voices are being heard.” If it looks like a two-face, and it sounds like a two-face, it’s probably Janet.

The sad part is that Napolitano is not incompetent.

She has spent much of her life managing larger and more complicated systems than the UC campuses. Before stepping into her current office as the president, she had already been both the governor of Arizona and the Secretary of Homeland Security. And before that, she proved her academic intelligence as the first female valedictorian of Santa Clara University. In other words, she’s not a rookie. Furthermore, the duties allocated to the UC president are not educationoriented; rather they merely deem her responsible for running the UC system as efficiently as possible, which she may or may not do. The point is that Napolitano has the ability and power to do great things for the University of California. But she doesn’t.

Why? Because she values her role as a politician more than her role as a leader, leading her to pay more attention to finances than her actual constituents — students. Moreover, she lacks an understanding of the concerns of students, many of whom have yet to even reach the legal drinking

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Old, Buggy Email Server Anticipates a Long Overdue Update UCSD is a school that prides itself on its technological achievements, sometimes to a fault.

The computer science department ranks with some of the best in the world, and there are a myriad of students who are qualified or are working to become qualified at creating a quality user interface for software and web design, among other subjects. So it doesn’t make any sense that the UCSD webmail service is such a buggy 1995 throwback. Well, the pleasant news is that, according to the Academic Computing and Media Services staff, ACMS is finally moving its email hosting over to Gmail, and, in fact, freshman email accounts are already hosted through Gmail.

This is a positive move for students because of the vast technological improvement from the old email system to Gmail.

Even though many students just have their UCSD email forwarded to another main email account, it is a chore every time students access their UCSD email. For most upperclassman students, the current UCSD email is hosted through Squirrelmail, a company which, according to its website, last issued an update in 2013. Despite the relatively recent update, the user interface resembles that of a much older software.

There is a long list of problems with Squirrelmail, from its lack of a “Select All” option to its slow speeds and lagginess to its horribly inefficient way of adding attachments. Though it may be more trivial than these other offenses, one strong indicator of Squirrelmail being out of touch is the recent button-graphic update.

Instead of the old icons for “Inbox” and “Compose” and others, the programmers seem to have gone out of their way to add an update that moved from ugly pictures to the sort of cheesy, glossy button designs last seen in 2008 popup ads. It’s a perfect example of “too little, too late.”

Switching over to Google’s email hosting service can only be better in terms of graphics and user interface, especially since Google, alongside Apple, has been one of the pioneers of user-friendliness and simple design. In fact, there appear to be few tangible reasons why ACMS has waited this long for an update. Though it would be hard to know exactly what happened in ACMS to prevent this long-overdue update, it’s very likely a mix of laziness, red tape and lack of resources.

According to Quyen Tran, an Instructional Technology Support Assistant who works with ACMS,

one of the main reasons for the slow update is the challenging task of changing web hosting for over 20,000 email addresses. ACMS has been moving undergraduate emails from Squirrelmail to Gmail in batches of about 4,000 and plans to be done by roughly the end of this quarter. It has created a team specifically for this task to ensure that there aren’t any hiccups.

Another difficulty that Tran mentioned with moving over to another email server is data security.

Since Google is well known for data mining and selling personal information to companies for advertisement targeting purposes, talks with Google about moving over to Gmail have included making sure that students’ data is secure. It’s likely that this is one of the concerns that slowed down the move to Gmail, since there are UC policies in place that prevent such data gathering.

Since ACMS has apparently been able to secure such a deal, students are finally able to take for granted that their email looks like something that was designed in the last five years. And they should be able to.

We go to a school that prides itself on STEM fields and cutting-edge research. Now that the student email doesn’t look like a total joke, UCSD can live up to that reputation just a bit more.

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hen you think of countries with the worst rates of rape, the United States is probably not your first thought. More likely, India tops that list or is at least on it. But this is very wrong. The U.S. is actually the worst country globally for rape cases — a lot worse.

To really get a sense of how much worse it is in the U.S. than it is in India, let’s look at the facts.

In 2011, out of a population of 1.2 billion — with a “b” — 24,206 rapes were reported. That same year, the U.S. had 83,425 reports of rape even though our population is 300 million, according to More.com.

The amount of rape cases that go unreported wouldn’t make a difference either, as the percentages of these cases are roughly equal for both countries: over 60 percent in both cases, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) estimates.

To make matters worse, the U.S. has a measly conviction rate as well.

The conviction rate is determined by the percentage of rapists that are put on trial and convicted for their crimes. Time Magazine reports that in India, the conviction rate is 24 percent. Yet, in the U.S., only 2 percent of rapists will get convicted for their crimes, RAINN reports.

Despite India’s new laws about rape — including harsher punishments for perpetrators and more resources for rape survivors — the differences between India and the U.S. are arbitrary.

Rape is a serious global issue that needs to be addressed in all locations equally. When looking at the symptoms of rape in a society, it’s largely the same no matter where you are.

For example, in both the U.S. and India, the vast majority of rape victims knew their rapists before the crime — 98 percent in India and 82 percent in the U.S., according to Wonderslist and RAINN. In both countries, rape predominantly happens to women, victims are negatively stigmatized and shamed and physical and mental health consequences are the same.

I could continue on and on. No matter how it’s cut, the issue is the exact same. Arguments about India being more rural, or that more rapes in the United States happen at drunken parties or such, are rooted in false biases that only serve to convolute the issue.

There is positive side to this: the solutions. The solutions taking place in the U.S. largely work in India as well: treating the crimes as serious criminal offenses, encouraging accurate reporting on the issue, educating citizens on the effects of victim blaming. These are all programs that yield positive results which are happening now both here and there.

And we should implement India’s solutions, like adding more female police officers into the force.

Ultimately, this is not just an Indian issue or an American issue. It’s an international issue that also applies to a local level. Only by working together, with other cultures and countries, can we make the world safer for our women, everywhere.

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age. This is very unlike her former constituency in Arizona, where there will soon be as many people over the age of 60 as there are under 17. While she certainly is an expert on the elderly, as showcased in her 2005 Arizona brief, “Plan for an Aging Population,” Napolitano is not the right leader for our college campus, let alone 10 of them. She has never dealt with such a high concentration of angry, debt-ridden and stressed college students. Even her experience in the Department of Homeland Security was limited

to mostly older white men. The DHS employee makeup is more than half white, two-thirds male and two-thirds 40 or older. In contrast, of the 238,000 UC students, Asian, white and Latino/ Chicano ethnicities are almost equally represented, and 93 percent of the student body is under the age of 25. We are not a demographic she is used to, but rather than seeking to bridge ethnic and generational gaps she does not want to listen to our “crap.”

Look, it’s not that we think she wakes up each morning cackling and seeking new ways to harass students. We don’t think

she’s evil, maniacal or vindictive.

But as long as she continues to snub her constituency in favor of headline-grabbing initiatives, we will continue to strip half-naked and march against her superficial policies until she decides to invest emotionally in our struggles and financially in our needs. If we could afford tuition and govern ourselves, we would. However, this is not the case. Instead, the UC president is appointed to lead us. But Napolitano has done neither, and she has not indicated any genuine intention to do so. And that truly sucks. Because as much as Janet needs our support, we need hers.

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The Beauty Inside

Baek Jong-Yeol’s “The Beauty Inside” (2015) is a meditation on love and identity; a surrealist waltz between romantic drama and high-concept sci-fi. Based on Intel and Toshiba’s 2012 social film, “The Beauty Inside” revolves around furniture designer Woo-jin (portrayed by an array of actors), who wakes up every day in a different body, ethnicity, age and gender.

Struggling with a constant sense of loneliness and an inability to maintain relationships, Woo-jin immerses himself in his work in order to find meaning in his life. When he meets Yi-soo (Han Hyo-joo), a furniture sales agent, Woo-jin falls in love almost immediately. The film follows their developing relationship as he takes to increasingly desperate measures to stay in the same body, afraid that if he changes, he’ll never be able to see her again. What follows is a moving story tinged with humor and shaded in emotional depth. “The Beauty Inside” is unusual in its premise but complex in its oddity; a truly bittersweet exploration of love.

— DEREK DENG Contributing Writer

Made in Japan

Documentaries are best suited to digging up hidden nuggets of gold that have been glossed over by the years. The story of Tomi Fujiyama is such a treasure; one that has finally been brought to light. The truth is, she was Japan’s first female country-singing star in the 1960s. Yes, it’s no joke. She grew up singing western music, began performing in Las Vegas and finally reached the pinnacle of her career at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. She stood on the same stage as the likes of Johnny Cash, receiving a standing ovation on a night that would forever be emblazoned in her mind. This is the account of her return to that hallowed ground over 40 years later. It’s not an easy road, but along the way Tomi wins us over with a smile that lights up the room and a true ART BY ELYSE YANG passion for music that few others can claim.

— TYNAN YANAGA Senior Staff Writer ART BY JENNA MCCLOSKEY

An

The impatient and downhearted middle-aged owner of a “Dorayaki” (Japanese pancake) shop is looking for an assistant, and a 76-year-old lady comes to apply for the job. Adept at making extraordinarily tasty “An” (red bean paste), the lady is hired despite her age and crippled hands. The new and much better taste of An soon attracts an unprecedented amount of customers, yet a surprising turning point of the film comes along. Will they be able to continue working together and maintaining the business?

As the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes, “An” is a tender and scenic film that discusses the meaning of life and the relationship between humans and nature. Sceneries of sakura blossoms, close-up shots of Japanese pastry and the philosophy of respecting everything (including red beans) all contribute to the uniqueness of the story. It is a warm movie that leaves you misty-eyed, contemplative and empathetic.

— YIDIAN HUANG Staff Writer

Time flows like an unending river and our ability to cope with it determines whether we float or sink. “Mountains May Depart” forces your hand with this realization. To director Jia Zhangke and many in China, the passage of time has passed by at too swift a rate. Instead of setting this concern in the forefront, Zhangke anchors us in late 1999 with Tao (Tao Zhao) and two friends vying for her attention, poor miner Zhang Jinsheng (Yi Zhang) and pro-capitalism Liangzi. The ensuing drama is spread over decades and destinations, letting a family networked with long-standing memories of grudges and debts steadily unravel. The daily processes of life are always captured by the wary camera of Jia Zhangke, often straying away and focusing on the minutiae in life that we often use as no more than reference points. Thirty years pass and the only constants left standing besides time are actions. Humans are creatures of habit, passing on the same recipe and bringing up the same stories, generation after generation. It’s not complacency after a certain point — it’s comfort.

— SAM VELAZQUEZ Editorial Assistant

Out of My Hand

Who would have ever thought a small Liberian film would be featured at a premiere Asian film festival?

And a film with such an understated power, ruminating on the American Dream. This is the case with writer/ director Takeshi Fukunaga’s “Out of My Hand” — an incredible film chronicling the journey of Cisco, a Liberian rubber tapper struggling to escape the sufferings of a prevailingly hostile world.

Bursting onto the cinematic scene with his first narrative feature, new talent Fukunaga films with such sure-handed instincts that he might as well be a master veteran. The film’s cinematography, brimming with quietly gorgeous images, is perhaps only outdone by Liberian non-actor Bishop Blay in his restrained yet nuanced leading role performance. Winner of Los Angeles Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize, “Out of My Hand” may still be a lesser-noticed film at SDAFF, but it’s a hidden gem you will not want to miss.

— BRANDON YU Contributing Writer

ART BY CHRISTINA CARLSON

Taxi

ART BY JENNA MCCLOSKEY

Mountains May Depart

“Despite my heartfelt wish, this film has no credits.” Thus concludes Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi.” The words are disturbing. They should be. Panahi, banned in 2010 by the Iranian government from directing any films, has, yet again, responded with a beautiful “fuck you” that is both a celebration and an accusation. To start with the latter, “Taxi” is itself an act of political dissent. The film follows Panahi himself pretending to be a taxi driver, conversing with a number of passengers as he drives across Tehran. Panahi exposes Iran’s repressive law of “distributable films” by laughing at it. Indeed, “Taxi” should be seen as a reductio ad absurdum of Panahi’s ban and persecution. After multiple arrests, a six-year jail sentence, and being prohibited from leaving the country, he’s still there: dressed as a cabbie, making movies with a smile in his face. “Taxi,” with its passionate social criticism, turns into a celebration of art and the will to rebel. The film has no credits. Who cares? The point is that it exists.

ART BY CHRISTINA CARLSON — MARIO ATTIE Senior Staff Writer

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hat should I put on a resume? — Anonymous Unless you’ve undergone an inconvenient case of amnesia, always put your name in neat print at the top. If you haven’t learned from the second grade core curriculum, forgetting your name can lead to disastrous events, such as the appearance of rogue copycats or existential questioning of the nomenclature system. And avoid Times New Roman: It signals a case of the “I’m a job-seeking android,” and it’s far from fashionable.

Besides, you might want to try out some cool, hip new fonts, such as Helvetica (to show you love Tumblr) or Courier (to show that you’re the definition of au courant).

Here’s what you should avoid on all resumes: two spaces after a period. There is no exception to this rule. Using two spaces is every indicator that you are too ancient for new-age technology, such as an iPad, or that Saturn has moved into your third house and is causing emotional turmoil. Farhad Manjoo is screaming.

Abiding by the golden rule — only put what information is relevant to your application — is, quite frankly, asinine. If you are one in 1,000 applicants for a job at Google, stating the fact that you’re an avid connoisseur of phytoplankton consumption and a regular fanatic of anthropomorphic fursuit construction could be the deciding factor in your big break. Employers, in an idealistic world, want to see the true you — perhaps not the Tumblr side of you, but they want to know that you possess a fully functional brain and not a computer algorithm.

If you’re looking to be modest, twist all of your life experiences into the qualifications necessary to show that you are a passionate person. Vocabulary and jargon are everything. For example, if you’re applying to be an intern at a nonprofit, it might be useful to bring up the fact that you “spearheaded a campaign designed to advocate for the cognizance of internalized trauma from colonialism on our societal model during your matriculated tenure” or the fact that you’re a “team player who knows how to get colleagues going!”

Need any advice on acclimating to UCSD? Struggling with a nasty case of the break-up? Need better ways to burn a tuna melt sandwich? Reach out to us at lifestyle@ucsdguardian.org with your questions and your anonymity, if wanted, and we’ll answer as many as we can!

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he story of Warby Parker started in 2010 at Wharton, the business school of University of Pennsylvania. Since then, the word about Warby has spread across the country, from New York, Austin, Seattle and San Francisco to other major cities.

Now, much to its fans’ delight, Warby Parker has settled down in San Diego.

If you have never heard of Warby, you might have prematurely concluded that it is a person. The truth is, Warby Parker is a brand of prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses that recently opened its store at Westfield Shoppingtown UTC. “We are a literary-based company,” said the store leader of the San Diego location, Anthony Velazquez. Indeed, literature is a leitmotif of Warby Parker’s history and brand culture. The business itself is named after two Jack Kerouac characters — Warby Pepper and Zagg Parker. The story of the company also started like a novel — Dave Gilboa, Warby Parker’s co-founder and co-CEO who grew up in San Diego, once went on a camping trip where he lost his glasses. That was when he realized that buying a new pair of frames (a vital accessory for many) every time you lose them was too expensive due to an eyewear-market monopoly. This understanding motivated him to come together with his fellow students to start an eyeglasses business within the Venture Initiation Program. Rooted in the simple desire to help people read, Warby Parker rapidly grew into a prosperous brand with a $1.2 billion revenue. Sounds like an example from a “How to be a Successful Entrepreneur” book, doesn’t it?

But literary analogies do not end here, since Warby Parker actively collaborates with publishers to sell both classic and contemporary books chosen by the product team at its retail stores. UTC’s location currently features “The True Deceiver” (1982) by Swedish-Finnish author Tove Jansson, contemporary art journal “Paper Monument,” literary magazine “n+1” and other reads that customers can purchase together with or instead of glasses. In addition, books sorted by cover colors serve as decorations on minimalist shelves with frames. San Diegans will also find a custom mural of two people lying on a swimming mattress shaped as a book, created by Jean Jullien exclusively for the store.

While one can find Warby Parker’s history and aesthetic to be truly poetic, the brand got its reputation for being affordable, practical and sustainable. Many know Warby Parker for its unique home try-on service that allows customers to ship five frames to their door, try them on at home, then chose the glasses that best fit and send the other four pairs back. But as

the company is extending its offline presence, San Diegans should take an advantage of having a retail location nearby. At the store, Warby Parker keeps it simple: When you come into the shop with your prescription, the store adviser will ask you questions to decide which frame would work best for you.

Unlike the associates at the majority of multi-brand eyewear boutiques, Warby Parker advisers are not interested in pushing a certain brand line because it is more expensive. Lifestyle-oriented, they will make sure that your new glasses match your everyday life and, obviously, your face. Because someone should honestly tell you this cute frame does not work well with your oval face shape. The fact that all employees wear glasses themselves (big secret — some of them have plain lenses) only adds to the feeling of their professionalism.

After you choose your ideal frame — don’t forget to try on Robinson sunglasses, designed especially for San Diego — Warby Parker will send your order to one of the six labs throughout the country. Unless you are buying sunglasses that can be immediately picked up at the store, it usually takes seven to 10 business days for a lab to process a standard prescription glasses order. The company not only offers frames with standard lenses but also produces “progressive” lenses that combine multiple lens powers for all viewing distances, which allow a person to wear the same pair for reading, working on a computer and living a high-resolution life. You can also replace the glasses with the free “no questions asked” guarantee in case something feels wrong within the first 30 days.

However, what truly distinguishes Warby Parker from any other eyewear brand is that all services are available for lower prices. By avoiding intermediaries through designing, producing and selling its own glasses, it maintains the product’s’ affordability.

Price policy seems to perfectly match the needs of San Diego population — students can purchase glasses for only $95, and wealthy members of La Jolla community can spend up to $395 on their customized Warby Parkers.

“Really, we are just thinking about how we can do good for the most people possible in this location,” Velazquez added, summing up the main goal of Warby Parker in San Diego.

Before Warby Parker came to San Diego, loyal customers had to drive to Los Angeles to partake in the brand.

Now that Warby Parker has successfully become a part of the UTC retail family, it has all the chances to win the hearts of San Diego community. In the end, we have already forgotten what used to be there before Warby Parker opened its doors.

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FILM REVIEW

burnt While occasionally bursting with flavor, “Burnt” fails to deliver a three Michelin star experience.

Directed by John Wells Starring Bradley Cooper, Daniel Brühl, Sienna Miller Rated R Release Date Oct. 30

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f you want fantastic service in a restaurant, come in with a friend, order water and half a bottle of wine and place a fork on the ground.

This is, according to “Burnt,” what Michelin agents do when judging a restaurant. In “Burnt,” Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) has been waiting his entire life to impress these agents. He had squandered his talent and destroyed his career on drugs, alcohol and women years earlier.

But after years of penitence, the chef travels to London to redeem himself

by opening a restaurant that can receive the coveted three Michelin Stars, the most prestigious award in the culinary world. What could have been a compelling redemption story is unfortunately bogged down by unwelcome cliches and a script that was far too easy to come up with.

Although “Burnt” finds success due to its excellent cast of characters and stunning displays of culinary mastery, the film’s lackluster storytelling keeps the film from being great.

Bradley Cooper is infectiously

likeable as Chef Adam Jones. Even when he is less than noble (yelling at his staff or flipping chairs), it is hard not to root for the chef ’s success.

Cooper expertly portrays both Chef Jones’s calmness in some moments and his intensity in others. Daniel Bruhl’s acting talent is also on display as he portrays a restaurant owner who gives his kitchen away to Chef Jones.

The chef ’s kitchen staff is a crack team of stock characters, including an ex-con, a motivated but amateur cook, a talented single mother and an old friend done wrong. All of these characters were shaped with a cookie cutter, but the ensemble works well. Aside from a rich cast, the film features slick shots of kitchen equipment, culinary technique and strange but wonderful-looking food.

At one point in the film, Chef Jones mentions that the problem

with fast food is that it is too consistent and that a chef ’s job is to find new and unique ways to make food that would otherwise be generic.The redemption story is one that is often told in a film, but “Burnt,” not taking Chef Jones’s own advice and does not find a unique way to navigate between its simple three-act structure.

While the cast and characters keep the story engaging, the film is predictable and contains far too many cliche elements. For example, a single mom starts working closely with Chef Jones. Could this end in anything other than romance?

There is a reason people watch “Top Chef.” It features not only delicious food that we have a small chance of ever trying but also the high octane process by which the food is made. This is the recipe

“Burnt” uses successfully, as a great deal of this film takes place inside the kitchen. However, despite the amount of food Chef Jones cooks up, he is never convincingly portrayed as a culinary genius. Walter White is believable as a chemistry genius because he broke down chemical reactions and utilized his vast scientific knowledge. Chef Jones is meant to be the culinary Walter White, but he is never portrayed as being such. In the end, we are made to believe that Adam Jones is a brilliant chef because he gets angry and throws plates against the wall. Unfortunately, no amount of cliche chef anger could save “Burnt” from simply being unremarkable.

— Naftali Burakovsky

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FILM REVIEW

Our brand is crisis “Our Brand Is Crisis” neglects its A-list cast and a pertinent theme for a feeble portrayal of an election.

Directed by David Gordon Green Starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie Rated R Release Date Oct. 30

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ur Brand Is Crisis.”

The title itself reflects the sophistry that goes into getting a candidate elected. The attempt to sputter out a story was fettered to mediocrity by its own script, following in the footsteps of any good politician by making empty promises. All too unfortunate is the fact that there were opportunities to delve into underlying issues surrounding both the fictional and the actual 2002 presidential election in Bolivia.

Although the film focuses on a

2002 election in Bolivia, the message and themes are applicable to our elections, to say the least. Released a little over a week after the first Democratic debate, the film takes us behind the scenes and into the chaotic, intricate realm of the electoral market. The 2015 fictional political satire is based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary with the same title, illustrating how the then-presidential candidate Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada hired a team of American political consultant masterminds, including Bill Clinton’s former

campaign manager Jim Carville, to win the presidential election. Castillo represents Lozada in the 2015 film and appropriately alludes to the former president’s icy, disconnected persona. Yet, “Our Brand Is Crisis” fails to explore Castillo’s character beyond the fact that he’s a reticent, rich businessman who is disconnected from reality. Spoiler alert: Castillo is an asshole. But why were people so vehemently opposed to him initially?

That still remains unclear. The scant details surrounding Castillo’s firstterm in office and the minimal context regarding the constant protests bar the viewer from appreciating Bodine, and thus Bullock’s sublime efforts.

Nevertheless, Bullock embraces Bodine’s road to redemption, portraying her brilliance, her raw but energizing imperfections, and shows us how to win a plural election, step by step. She is able to

couple the self-assured, bombastic personality of Margaret Tate (“The Proposal,” 2009) with the resolute yet gracious Leigh Anne Tuohy (“The Blind Side,” 2009), which won her the Oscar for best actress that same year. Bullock’s persona gives us the most insight into the electoral market along with the few exchanges between her and her arch nemesis Pat Candy, played by Billy Bob Thornton. We don’t get much else besides that, since the scenes jump quickly between protest scenes, strategy sessions and an occasional camera shot alluding to social iniquities within Bolivia. In terms of elections, we are told that candidates are created, polished and advertised to the public. And we leave with a superficial understanding of the process which could have taken fewer than 15 minutes to explain.

Furthermore, screenwriter Peter

Straughan incorporates Spanish into the script but, again, teases us and fails to deliver. Castillo alternates between Spanish and English, which makes sense considering he hired American consultants, yet he speaks English to his Spanish-speaking campaign volunteers and practices speeches written for the Spanishspeaking Bolivian populace in English. Not only is this awkward, but it once again demonstrates how, even on a micro-level, “Our Brand Is Crisis” made critical errors.

With a theme that is close to home and with a solid cast, one cannot help but have high expectations. However, in spite of Sandra Bullock’s performance as Jane Boudine, political consultant extraordinaire, the film itself is a crisis.

— Tina butoiu

Managing Editor

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Written by Brittney Lu // Lifestyle Co-Editor Art by Irene Luu usty lunch boxes, peacock-shaped brooches and Zooey Deschanel. Just a few of the many eclectic items and people we might associate with the word “vintage.” And at San Diego’s annual Vintage Flea Market, hosted in the eccentric and whimsical neighborhood of North Park, anything goes when vintage expands from an object (or an actress) to a lifestyle. For those of us with whom “American Pickers” deeply resonates with, North Park’s Vintage Flea Market is a must in order to get your fix of the quirky, the classic and the unconventional.

It’s hard to classify this emporium of goods — everything, from retro vinyls, 1950s kitchenware and Mark Rothko replicas to handcrafted vanities, refurnished loveseats and antique game boards, can be bought and sold in this Mr. Magorium-esque “flea for all.”

With 72 vendors and counting, this flea market is bound to be the place to satisfy all your bargain and discount desires. Need a perfectly destroyed rocking chair to fit your Anthropologie-based living room? Check out F & H Salvage Co. for traditional furniture pieces repurposed with a rustic aesthetic. What about a smart wardrobe, with bold prints and muted neutrals, all inspired by the 1940s? Well, look no further than La Femme Moderne

ALBUM REVIEW

wiped out!

by The neighbourhood Release Date Oct. 30

The Neighbourhood’s newest album strives to capture new sounds with a mixed success.

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lending psych, R&B and pop, The Neighbourhood’s second album, “Wiped Out!”, invokes beachy vibes in a laid-back, soulful manner. The Southern Californiabased band’s second album maintains the distinct tone of its first, while developing a darker sound through edgy, moody lyrics.

Formed in 2011, The Neighbourhood rose to fame with its 2013 single “Sweater Weather.” With the band’s monochrome aesthetics, mellow vibes and original music, The Neighbourhood is reminiscent of The XX and more upbeat music, creating a unique sound that attracts a wide range of listeners. Its much anticipated second album, “Wiped Out!”, released on Oct. 30, maintains the same moody, atmospheric feel while attempting to incorporate grittier and more substantial lyrics.

“Wiped Out!” provides a more high energy feel than “I Love You,” but it maintains the same minor, bittersweet tone of the first album.

“Wiped Out!”, the album’s title song, most resembles the tone of its first with lyrics such as “lost and afraid … I don’t wanna be alone.”

The heartbeat-like rhythm conveys the deep emotions present in the song, successfully honoring the band’s core sound. “Greetings from California” also harkens back to the band’s Southern California roots, pairing ukulele background noises

ours: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

with beach recordings. The haunting echoes of “What’s in the water?” effectively accentuate the song, conveying the relaxed vibe that The Neighbourhood does best.

Tracks like “Ferrari” and “Baby Came Home 2” attempt to add dimension and diversity to the album’s style, yet underwhelm.

“Baby Came Home 2” combines the low key “ooh ahs” predominant in “I Love You” with a quick yet melancholy beat that gives the song a minor tone for an initially upbeat song. This fails to pair well with the overall beachy tone that persists throughout the song, resulting in a disjointed and fragmented piece.

“Ferrari” begins with loud, strange noises meant to mimic the sound of a revving engine, yet it doesn’t manage to do much else musically.

It’s a song meant to intrigue; while one can appreciate the creative effort, the grating sounds come off as trying too hard to change the band’s musical presence.

Despite the songs that fall flat, the album successfully captures listeners’ interests through mellow vocals juxtaposed with more lively beats. In “Wiped Out!”, The Neighbourhood preserves an airy, emotional sound, despite attempts to diversify it in an ultimately mediocre album.

— Chandra Couzens

Contributing Writer

— a boutique of epic Parisian proportions. Or maybe horticulture is where your heart lies. Make sure to stop

by The Perfect Plant for succulents and cacti housed in anything and everything, from seashells to terracotta pots to household kitchenware.

And if absolutely none of this intrigues you, at least go to support a charitable cause. This year, the market is sponsored by Lionel’s Legacy Senior Dog Rescue and is accepting any donation, from unopened cans of food to clean blankets and toys. So bring your pup and your cash to this Sunday San Diego tradition that’s as classic as its merchandise.

Colony House Rocks The Loft Concert Date Oct. 21

Indie rock band Colony House is bringing back old-school rock’n’roll, invigorating crowds nationwide with powerfully energetic live shows.

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uieting the room as he tunes his guitar, Caleb Chapman jokes with the audience and explains their Tennessee roots, welcoming all to sing with him.

Headlining a tour for the first time, the alternative rock band pulled out all of their new tricks at their show at The Loft on Oct. 21st. With a backlit bass drum broadcasting their logo and gramophone lights on either side of the stage, the up-and-coming trio performed their full debut album, “When I Was Younger,” and rewarded the audience with some new material.

In the hazy fog of mid-tour exhaustion, the group discussed their lifestyle on tour and what can be expected from the band in the upcoming months.

Colony House has experienced no pressure while adjusting to the life of traveling musicians.

They spoke of “breaking down walls” and establishing immediate close friendships with other groups while opening for Sir Sly and KONGOS on a national tour earlier this year.

“Eighty percent of touring is ‘the hang’ with other acts,” Chapman, the guitarist and lead singer explained to the Guardian, “making connections with the bands is important for the tour to go well.”

Caleb explains that part of the fun involves raiding the stage during a supporting artists set to add vitality to the show and play along with the song.

“It started organically,” he told the UCSD Guardian. “It’s fun for the bands and I think it’s fun for the crowds. It’s also something you can’t get anywhere else except at that venue at that moment in time.”

Facing the challenge of filling larger rooms than they ever have before, Colony House has ramped up the

energy and intensity of their live show.

“They were bigger venues than we’re used to,” Caleb Chapman noted.

“We were excited about that, because it was new territory for us.”

The band showcased their versatility with softer acoustic folk tunes, like “Moving Forward,” and heavy, blues-influenced rock jams.

There’s no doubt they brought classic, old-fashioned power when they filled The Loft with their wild rock sound, easily stepping into the shoes of a headliner. Given the spotlight, the band demonstrated their full range of

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capabilities, bringing the energy level down with quieter folk songs and raising the roof with a raucous outro of “2:20” that stimulated the crowd into a headbanging, fist-pumping state of unified action.

Colony House finds its inspiration in its journey, approaching lyrics almost biographically.

“This is our life,” Caleb Chapman said. “These are the things that happen in our life. We’re just journaling it…

We don’t have an agenda, we want to be transparent with the lyrics.”

Its first album, “When I Was Younger,” clearly delves into old relationships and events, hinting at important memories in “Silhouettes” and “Waiting for My Time to Come.”

In fact, the band name Colony House originates from an apartment complex in their hometown of Franklin, Tennessee, which has played an integral role in the personal lives and relationships of each of the band members.

When asked about songs that have influenced them and that they currently cover, the trio immediately came back with classic jams.

“If the subject matter wasn’t what it was, I still think it would be really fun to do ‘Pretty Woman’ by Roy Orbison. Because it’s awesome, it’s got a great riff,” Scott Mills, the lead guitarist, admitted.

“We love Roy Orbison,” Caleb chimed in. “We rock out to Roy Orbison. We’re fans of old-school.”

The band also threw out The Ramones’ rendition of The Beach Boys’ “Do You Wanna Dance” as a goto cover song they jam out to together.

After finishing up their brief road trip, the band will head back to the studio to put together their upcoming album. Chapman has indicated that it will feature the powerful rock feel that they have developed in their live performances, but still emphasize lyrical depth and purpose. Excited by the responses from crowds and looking forward to the prospect of putting together a new album, Colony House has embraced the “new territory” they have found themselves in and adapted to the spotlight of a band on the rise.

— peter mcinnis

Staff Writer

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just shy of getting an NCAA qualifying mark, earning a 248.63 for the onemeter board and 244.58 on the threemeter board.

Watkins, Heale, Sin and Abrantes were all winners of a pair of individual events, with Watkins placing first in the 200 free, Heale in the 100 free, Sin in both her events and Abrantes in both diving events. Senior Colleen Daley was able to win a pair of individual events as well in the sprints (24.21, 52.90), and she was joined by sophomore Julia Toronczak who won the 100 (58.38) and 200 backstroke (2:07.73), junior Zachary Yong who won the 200 breaststroke (2:05.62) and 200 individual medley (1:56.48) and freshman Alejandro Ortiz who won the distance races (9:43.50, 4:42.13).

[Coach Marko Djordjevic] knows what to do to train me the right way,” Watkins told the UCSD Athletics Department. “Getting that confidence in practice really helps me get motivated. I actually broke my ankle over the summer, so that was another setback that made me that much more motivated to come back and do better.

Individual event winners for UCSD included junior Julian Jacobs (100 back, 50.74), junior Michael Cohn (200 back, 1:50.93), senior AJ Zaval (100 breast, 58.23), sophomore Angie Phetbenjakul (100 breast, 1:06.50), senior Maddy Huttner (200 IM, 2:08.87), sophomore Jayna Wittenbrink (100 fly, 57.67) and freshmen Lily Maxfield (200 breast, 2:22.32) and Garrett Tse (100 fly, 50.30).

Toronczak, junior Jaimie Bryan, Wittenbrink and Daley were the fastest women’s 200 medley relay (1:47.68).

The women’s 400 relay, which consisted of Daley, junior Catherine Woo, freshman Reagan Eickert and Huttner, placed first. For the men, senior Michael Leung, Zavala, Tse and Heale formed the fastest men’s 200 medley relay (1:32.51). Sophomore Samuel Lee, sophomore Austin Takeda, Leung and Heale formed the men’s 400 free relay and concluded the meet with a 3:07.39 time.

As this was the UCSD swimming and diving season opener, it was the debut of many Tritons and the start of their sport careers here at UCSD. The Triton freshmen who made

their college debuts on Halloween included Abrantes, Eickert, Maxfield, Ortiz, Tse, Victoria Adee, Delainey Carlin, Eishlee Jasa, Will Knox, Emily Lambert, Lindsey Miller and Patty Sullivan. Transfers Johnny Bloom, Aaron Clancy, Alex Rodman and Kawei Tan were also able to make their first appearances as Tritons at their home pool.

“I think [the coaches] set us up, they put a lot of pressure on our shoulders for us to rise to the challenge. ... They put the challenge out there for us to swim our best,” Heale told the UCSD Athletics Department. “I’m loving this year. Our team is meshing really well and everyone — men and women — are getting along fantastically.”

This was the eighth year in a row that UCSD and NCAA Division-III enemy Claremont-Mudd-Scripps have competed against each other.

The Tritons remain unbeaten in all of these matchups.

The Triton men’s and women’s swimmers will next compete in dual meets against Division-I rival UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Nov. 7.

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The three Tritons in the singles competition main draw could not get past the round of 32. Zhang, after his remarkable run through the qualification draw fell to University of Southern California’s sophomore Thibault Forget in two one-sided sets, 6–1 and 6–1. Tseng won the first set 7–6(1) against UCLA’s sophomore Austin Rapp but could not muster anything else during the game, losing in three sets, with final scores of 6–0 and 6–1 for the second and third sets.

Bouillin took on top-seeded USC senior Max de Vroome in the round of 32. The Triton pushed his opponent to the brink of defeat, but de Vroome ultimately prevailed, winning on a third-set tiebreaker 7–5, 3–6 and 7–6(5). De Vroome went on to be the winner of the singles draw.

Bouillin and Boyd entered the doubles draw together but were defeated by Cal Poly Pomona’s Kolachalam and Rafael Lenhard 6–5.

Miaule and Richard Han could not do much better against Loyola’s Smith and sophomore Alexander Bourgeois,

losing 6–3. Tseng and Zhang fought valiantly in their game against UCSB’s freshmen Chase Masciorini and Cody Rakela but were ultimately defeated 8–7(2).

With the fall season now concluded, the Tritons will look ahead to their first game of the winter schedule against University of San Diego, which starts on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 1:30 p.m.

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deficit to two. It was Palano’s second goal of the season; he had tallied the first in the Tritons’ last matchup against Cal State Los Angeles on Oct. 4.

“We made a couple of little mistakes, and [Cal State Los Angeles makes] you pay,” UCSD Head Coach Jon Pascale told the UCSD Athletics Department.

“The first half was pretty even. We were playing well in the second half but gave up an unnecessary free kick, and they converted on what was kind of a freak deflection. We had an unbelievable chance right after and couldn’t convert.

It was there for us. They were able to put it away after that.”

UCSD is 2–6–2 in eight CCAA championship appearances. This marks the third straight year that the Golden

Eagles have ended the Tritons’ season — they downed UCSD in the first round of the NCAA Championship in 2014 and denied UCSD the CCAA crown in the league final in 2013.

The Tritons have no seniors on their roster this year and will return to the field in 2016 with a seasoned group of players to vie for the CCAA title once again.

“All in all, I’m happy with what this team was able to accomplish,” Pascale commented. “We are a young team that battled through some adversity. A lot of guys played a lot of minutes and got some good experience. We beat some really good teams along the way.”

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being outshot 10–7 by the Broncos, the home team had superior accuracy.

O’Laughlin nailed a shot into the upper right corner of the net off a cross from freshman forward Mary Reilly in the 13th minute, then Reilly herself hit the target in the 26th to push the Tritons to a strong advantage.

Mere minutes after start of the second half, UCSD’s offense struck again. Sophomore midfielder Jordyn McNutt fired a goal home off a pass from Martinez to increase her team’s lead to three; O’Laughlin scored her second goal of the game just two minutes later to drive in the knife.

Cal Poly Pomona’s offense finally broke through with just over 32 minutes left to play. Senior midfielder Rachel Killigrew used a free kick to pass to senior defender Reanne Macon,

who then sent a shot just wide of senior goalkeeper Kelcie Brodsky’s reach to notch a point for the Broncos. However, the Tritons’ menacing lead proved too much for the Broncos to overcome as UCSD cruised to an easy win and a spot in the conference semifinals.

“We knew we were going to have to fight against Pomona,” O’Laughlin said.

“We played them last year, and they knocked us out, so we came with a fire and we came with a plan.”

The Tritons will travel up to Cal Poly Pomona this Friday to take on top-seeded Sonoma State in hopes of advancing to the CCAA Championship final against the winner of the other semi-final between second-seeded Chico State and sixth-seeded Cal State Stanislaus.

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First-time tri-captain senior Cole Heale was named the Pacific Collegiate Swimming and Diving Conference NCAA Division-II Male Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 26 through Oct. 31. He swept the sprints, winning both the 50 and 100m freestyle events.

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The UCSD men’s soccer team ended its bid for After a lightning the California Collegiate Athletic Association crown delay on Tuesday on a disappointing 3–1 loss in the first round of the evening, the UCSD league tournament at Cal State Los Angeles this past women’s soccer Tuesday. The Tritons managed to creep into the CCAA team returned to tournament as the lowest seed after last Saturday’s game the field Wednesday between Chico State and San Francisco State ended in a afternoon to take on 1–1 overtime draw. With the loss, the Tritons effectively Cal Poly Pomona in end their season at an even 6–6–6 record, while Cal the first round of the State Los Angeles improves to 12–3–2 and moves on in California Collegiate the tournament to face Cal Poly Pomona this Friday.

Athletic Association The teams stayed at a scoreless deadlock for the first Championship.

The 45 minutes of Tuesday’s play. Junior defense Samuel Tritons played with Kersh then broke through for the Golden Eagles in a vengeance and the 52nd minute, hitting the target off an assist by routed the Broncos INFOGRAPHICS BY SOPHIA HUANG senior defense Kaan 4–1 to advance to Gultoprak.

Cal the semifinal this Friday. Their record now stands at an State Los Angeles impressive 13–5–1, while the Broncos ended their season continued its run at 9–7–2. in the 76th minute After waiting out the storm Tuesday night, UCSD as senior midfielder took to the field just after 8:30 p.m. and snagged the lead Eduardo Almaraz after sophomore midfielder Elisa Martinez scored in the sent a shot home and 29th minute. At the half, the weather took a turn for the increased its lead to worse — lightning flickered across the sky once again, three as Gultoprak and officials mandated yet another 30-minute delay. The fired one in at 82:18. match was considered a no-contest and subsequently The Tritons postponed to Wednesday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. barely avoided a “We knew we still had it in us,” sophomore forward shutout when junior Katie O’Laughlin told the UCSD Athletics Department. midfielder Nick “We knew we had it, we knew we were still fresh and we Palano shot the ball knew we could take it to them.” into the back of the The Tritons took control with ease in the first 45 net off an assist by sophomore forward Uly de la Cal in the 87th to decrease the minutes on Wednesday, scoring two goals within 26 minutes of play. Despite See M. SOCCER, page 11

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Tritons Dominate in Season Opener Tritons Close Fall Season Men and women take dual-meet victories over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at home.

BY Gurkirat Singh

Senior Staff Writer On this past Saturday, Halloween day, the men’s and women’s swim and dive teams started off their 2015–16 season on a positive note as both teams emerged from Halloween without fatalities and with dual-meet victories over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at UCSD’s Canyonview Aquatic Center.

The Triton men’s squad came through with a big win as their season opener ended with a final score of 203–95. Not to be outdone, the Triton women’s squad pulled through with an even bigger victory margin as they ended their season opener with a final score of 242–49. The day ended for the Tritons with a decisive victory for both squads.

The UCSD swimmers and divers were able to win 28 of the 32 events

that they competed in on Halloween, and they took the maximum amount of points with placements in the top three or two positions in 14 of 28 individual events and three of the four relay events.

UCSD was also able to come away with four NCAA provisional qualifying marks. Sophomore Stephanie Sin swept her distance freestyle races with times of 10:25.05 in the 1000m and

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5:05.87 in the 500m, landing two of the NCAA provisional qualifying marks.

Senior Dari Watkins was also able to produce a mark as she went 2:04.88 in the 200m butterfly. Senior Captain Cole Heale also earned a provisional qualifying mark as he sprinted 20.80 in the 50m freestyle. Needing a score of 255, freshman Brooke Abrantes was See SWIM AND DIVE, page 11

Three Tritons make round of 32 in singles at UCLA. BY marcus thuillier

Sports Editor Just like the women did a week before, the UCSD men’s tennis team completed its fall schedule this past Saturday. The Tritons competed at the 59th Annual Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, hosted by UCLA from Wednesday through Saturday. Three Tritons made the round of 32 in the singles competition: sophomore Justin Zhang, sophomore Eric Tseng and senior Axel Bouillin.

Zhang’s performance is especially notable, as he battled through two qualifying rounds to make the main draw. Both Tseng and Bouillin had high enough rankings to make the main draw without playing qualifying matches. In his two qualifying matches, Zhang got the best of Cal

Poly Pomona’s Sreyas Kolachalam in three sets (6–3, 4–6, 10–4) before defeating UC Santa Barbara’s freshman Riley Scott in the final round of qualification in three sets, 6–7(3), 6–3 and 10–5.

Two other Tritons reached the final level of qualifications but could not make it to the main draw. Junior Alexandre Miaule got a first-round bye after his opponent withdrew with illness, but he could not overcome Loyola Marymount University’s sophomore Errol Smith, falling in two sets, 6–1 and 6–3. Junior JP Boyd escaped Azusa Pacific University’s Marnix Pluim in three sets in the opening round of qualifications (4–6, 6–4 and 10–7), but he was no match for Loyola’s sophomore Jamie Thorp in the last round, falling 6–1 and 6–2.

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