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GETTING PHYSICAL

Forum Seeks to Address Sun God Concerns ASCE and ICRA confirmed that the changes are a result of health and safety issues as well as a budget deficit.

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AT MAIN GYM, UCSD STUDENTS CAN LEARN TO SHAKE OFF THE STRESS WITH DANCE LESSONS, IN ADDITION TO CRAFTS AND BREWING CLASSES. STUDENTS CAN ALSO SUGGEST THEIR OWN CLASSES. Features, PAGE 6

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an amount of energy that UCSD previously did not.

“UCSD does not currently generate 100 percent of the electricity needed to meet campus demand,” Dilliott said. “We have been purchasing the imported electricity from a non-San Diego Gas and Electric provider since 1998. Now, UCOP is that third-party provider.”

When asked what other energy options UCSD is exploring, Dilliott answered that, along with UCOP, the university is actively exploring using biogas sources to offset fossil fuels and natural gas.

Last year, the UC system became a registered Electric Service Provider to allow its Wholesale Power Program

Associated Students Concerts & Events discussed some of the changes being made to this year’s Sun God Festival in a Sun God Open Forum, which was held on Jan. 14 in the Great Hall at I-House.

Major changes confirmed by the forum include a change in date of the concert, a shift to a daytime festival, a policy of no re-entry accompanied by increased security at the entrances and increased attractions on RIMAC Field.

The forum, coordinated by the Inter-College Residents’ Association, aimed to inform residents of the Sun God Health and Safety Task Force’s goals for this year’s festival and to address residents’ reactions to proposed changes, allowing members of the Task Force and ASCE to answer any questions and make clarifications concerning any of the changes.

The Sun God Festival organizers’ rationale behind many of the changes is not only due to concerns about student health and safety, but also largely because of the budget deficit that ASCE is currently working with while planning the concert. It took a financial hit last year after losing the revenue that would have come from the nowbanned guest ticket sales.

Jordan Coburn, festival coordinator and ASCE representative to the Sun God Task Force, wants students to still be excited for the lineup that ASCE is putting together for the event and said that the shortening of the festival could actually mean better talent depending on negotiations.

“It will be an awesome lineup,” Coburn told the UCSD Guardian.

“Essentially, we’re going to have less acts, and as a result, because we’re using the same talent budget from last year, we’ll have less slots with more money used for each.”

Furthermore, students are being offered an extended Midway section this year in which there will be games, rides, entertainers and other activities as alternatives to the bands.

Other activities will be occurring on campus during the weekend of Sun God 2015, including the Fourth Annual Good Life Festival put on by Student Health & WellBeing. Last year’s festival featured a climbing wall, henna artists, prizes, healthy food and other attractions.

Karen Calfas, Executive Director of Student Health & Well-Being and a member of the Sun God Task Force, explained that the Good

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Professor Alberto Diaz-Cayeros addresses attendees at the Security and Human Rights Conference held on campus last week.

Photo taken by Cory Wong/UCSD Guardian.

EDUCATION

UCSD Hosts Security and Human Rights Conference

By Jacky To

HEATING UP

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BY Brynna Bolt

Scholars and policymakers gathered at UCSD to discuss the human rights issues attached to the unprecedented violence in Mexico and Central America during a two-day conference on Jan. 15 to 16. The conference — “Citizenship, Security and Human Rights in Mexico and Central America” — is the first major one of its kind to take place since the 2014 Iguala mass disappearance and President Obama’s recent announcement on plans for immigration reform.

The Center for U.S. — Mexican Studies at the IR/PS and Eleanor Roosevelt College’s Human Rights Programs organized the conference. International House, the Center on Global Justice, Blum Cross-Border Initiative and Scholars Strategy Network also co-sponsored the conference.

It began on Jan. 15 by showcasing student work regarding the issues, which included fieldwork and poster presentations. The event then transitioned into a discussion about security at the intersection of citizenship and human rights in Mexico.

Following that, the conference hosted a book panel to examine the politics and communities of violence and

Staff Writer crime in Latin America. The two main subtopics were extralegal violence and its justifications and crafting criminals to legitimize violence.

Authors and scholars Pablo Piccato (Columbia University); David Carey, Jr. (Loyola University Maryland); Gema Santamaria and Luis Herran (The New School for Social Research) served as panelists. Associate professor of history at Boston University Jeffrey Rubin moderated a questions & answers session with the panelists directly after.

The first day of the conference ended with a roundtable discussion in Spanish, focusing on the consequences of the 2014 Iguala incident in which the criminal organization Guerreros Unidos abducted and allegedly massacred the students, likely in coordination with local government and police forces. The speakers discussed how the incident has produced an overwhelming civil society response in Mexico and across the world, calling for an end to impunity for the violators of human rights.

Carlos Vilalta (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas) moderated the discussion with Maria Teresa

See CONFERENCE, page 3

UC System

UC Will Become Electrically Self-Sufficient Electricity will be supplied directly to UC campuses and medical centers this month.

BY Jacky TO

Staff writer The University of California will start directly supplying electricity to its campuses and medical centers throughout the month of January.

A statement was released on Jan. 13 by the UC Office of the President announcing that the UC system will no longer be using a third-party electric supplier.

The University of California’s Chief Financial Officer Nathan Brostrom said that the change is part of an initiative to become the first research university to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.

“The University of California is committed to being a leader in

sustainability and this brings us another step closer to achieving carbon neutrality,” Brostrom said in the press release. “Making this switch will give UC more control over the type of energy it buys and provide our campuses and medical centers with more price transparency.”

The UC system hopes that entering into its own long-term contracts will help it control electricity costs. UCSD’s Associate Director of Electricity & Utilities John Dilliott said that this would happen primarily by reducing overhead and profit margins that third parties have charged.

Dilliott explained to the Guardian that though UCSD is already partially self-sustaining in terms of energy, the UC system will now supply

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The Festival Will Not Be Cancelled If Students Choose To Receive Detox Treatment ▶ SUN GOD, from page 1

Life Festival was moved from the Thursday of Week 4 to the Saturday before Sun God 2015 in an effort to involve students and make them better aware of how to live a healthy lifestyle.

The Sun God Festival itself is being moved to the Sunday of Week 5 during Spring Quarter as well.

Student Health & Well-Being is also involved with the educational component of the Sun God Festival, including the Sun God Festival Floaties program.

Floaties receive instruction in special Bystander Intervention Techniques, which teach how to intervene when friends are making unsafe choices, and alcohol education, which teaches how to recognize when someone is too intoxicated, among other things.

When asked why changes were

continually to be made to the festival, Director of Student Life and Task Force member Alex Kushner emphasized that health and safety concerns were not only rooted in the number of students historically needing to enter detox facilities, but in the detrimental effect that the high number of hospitalizations was having on the San Diego community as well.

A new component of the detox centers, level two detox, which was monitored by medical professionals, was introduced in an effort to occupy less hospital beds and reduce the adverse effects of the festival on local medical centers.

However, Kushner revealed that the number of students going to the hospital, when added to the number of students going to level two detox, was ultimately the same as the number of students hospitalized in the past.

“We haven’t successfully changed the culture of the festival,” Kushner told the forum. “Our students continued to engage in risky behavior that resulted in a need for medical aid.”

However, the Task Force went on to say that it hoped to dispel the myth that the festival would be cancelled if students still went to detox for treatment.

ICRA President William Hsu attended the first Task Force meeting of this quarter prior to the forum and told the Guardian that he is happy to see the committee moving forward and creating new solutions.

“I do want to make sure that there’s safety, but I also want to make sure that the different aspects of student life offered to our residents on campus are satisfying,” Hsu said.

ASCE Festival Director Shawn Kennedy addressed transportation

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concerns for students living off campus by saying that the organization is attempting to renegotiate with the transportation service Uber to gain coupon codes for students during Sun God 2015.

Last year, ASCE was one of the first groups to secure such codes for students who were already using the service.

Other members of the Task Force present at the conference included Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Director of Resident Life Reynaldo Guerrero, Chief of UCSD Police David Rose, and representative Blanka Pentek. A lso in attendance was Associated Vice President of Concerts and Events Seraphin Raya.

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LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday, Jan. 9 4:05 p.m.: Medical Aid A young adult female was possibly having a miscarriage in 1 Miramar Building 2. Transported to hospital.

8:51 p.m.: Unknown Trouble Screaming was heard from a male and female subject in the Revelle Apartments. Checks ok.

Saturday, Jan. 10 12:13 a.m.: Smoke Check A community service officer reported a fire alarm sounding and white smoke coming from a building in the North Mesa Apartments. Checks ok.

Sunday, Jan. 11 1:59 a.m.: Disturbance A couple was arguing outside the Marshall Apartments West. One subject transported to hospital for detox.

6:39 p.m.: Injury An adult male was found lying on a bench by Sun God Field and had hit his head previously but didn’t remember how. Transported to hospital.

Lights and Sirens is compiled from the Police Crime Log at police.ucsd.edu.

Tuesday, Jan. 13 5:12 a.m.: Discharging a Firearm A male and female subject reported hearing three gunshots by the Student Center Building A. Unable to locate.

4:40 a.m.: Vandalism An unknown object was used to smash a Town Square water fountain, resulting in $1 million in damages. Report taken.

7:43 p.m.: Disturbance A subject in the Matthews Apartments was reportedly under the influence of drugs and fighting with roommates. Transported to hospital.

Wednesday, Jan. 14 9:24 a.m.: Suspicious Person An adult male and female subject were reportedly going into dumpsters

by Regents Road. Unable to locate.

4:26 p.m.: Medical Aid A Price Center employee fell and burned herself with hot food.

Transported to hospital.

Monday, Jan. 12 10:49 a.m.: Suspicious Person A non-affiliate adult male was watching pornography on a public computer in the Price Center. Stay Away Order issued.

7 p.m.: Petty Theft A gym bag containing miscellaneous items was stolen from RIMAC, with an estimated loss of $678. Report taken.

9:40 p.m.: Welfare Check An adult male reportedly requested medics, stating he had shingles and was depressed. Gone on arrival.

Panelists Focus And Examine Who Experiences The Most Violence ▶ CONFERENCE, from page 1

Sierra (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropologia Social), Abel Barrera Hernandez (Tlachinollan Human Rights Center of the Montana), Alberto DiazCayeros (Stanford University) and journalist Marcel Turati (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas) serving as speakers.

Dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies Peter Cowhey thinks Latin American citizens are becoming increasingly desperate for the violence to cease.

“Increasing crime in Mexico and Central America has made life in these countries more precarious and inse-

cure, causing citizens to become more willing to approve the state’s use of force and even to take matters into their own hands,” Cowhey said.

On the conference’s second and final day, a panel gathered to examine human rights and transnational violence, focusing on those who have borne the largest brunt of the violence.

The panel also discussed the gendered, generational and racial nature of violence in response to the trends of femicide and domestic violence, as well as the discoveries of mass graves of Central American migrants and the continued detention and deportation of youths.

Associate professor of sociology David FitzGerald delivered an intro-

duction and moderated a questions & answers session with the panelists — Lynn Stephen (University of Oregon), Shannon Speed (University of Texas, Austin) and UCSD associate professor of communication Elana Zilberg.

The conference ended with a roundtable discussion debating transnational policy responses. Everard Meade moderated the discussion with Rafael Fernandez de Castro (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico) and Maureen Meyer (Washington Office on Latin America) serving as speakers.

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UC Solar Energy Purchase Will Be Largest Amongst Universities ▶ ELECTRICITY, from page 1

to serve as the primary energy supplier to UCSD, UC Irvine, UC San Francisco and its medical centers, as well as for UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced and a number of other areas throughout the UC campuses. A

governing board with representatives from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Merced, UCSD, UCSF and UCSC will oversee the university system’s Wholesale Power Program.

Also, the University of California announced plans last September to sign two power purchase agreements

with Frontier Renewables — the largest solar energy purchase by any U.S. higher education institution — to secure solar energy for the UC system for 25 years.

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Thursday, Jan. 15 11:24 a.m.: Medical Aid A young adult female in Price Center Theater felt dizzy and collapsed.

Transported to hospital.

4:04 p.m.: Hazard Situation According to Facilities Management, a large amount of blood was found in the women’s restroom at the Humanities & Social Sciences Building. Referred to Environment, Health & Safety.

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Suis-je Charlie?

The Roots of Global Islamophobia

Taking advantage of freedom of speech should not be synonymous with foregoing all common sense.

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any readers of this paper are probably aware of the terrorist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, but here’s the gist anyway: 12 dead and 11 more injured — primarily satirical journalists and cartoonists, targeted on Jan. 6, apparently for depicting the Prophet Muhammad without sufficient respect in their magazine. There is no ambiguity in these facts.

The latest edition of Charlie Hebdo, of which 5 million copies have been printed and distributed worldwide (by comparison, its average circulation is around 50,000), again displays Muhammad very prominently on its cover. It is selling for over a $1,000 a copy on eBay, as reported by Time magazine. The surviving Charlie Hebdo staff could not have ignored the phenomenon the magazine had become in less than a week and were obliged, surely, to maintain their stance. As an unapologetic publication, running under the tagline “journal irresponsible” and one that will never be scrutinized and appraised so closely again, this issue of Charlie Hebdo had to act as an advertisement for everything that it has come to embody: the right to offend whosoever we choose to offend, uncowed journalism, a publically secular France.

But as principled and remunerative as all that might be, one has to question whether any of it is wise. A leader of the Yemeni

branch of al-Qaida took responsibility for the attacks last week and warned that there is more coming to the unbelievers. Every impulse is to defy that man, to parade threatened freedoms brazenly, but in doing so, there is surely the possibility that the most basic right to life will be put at risk.

The unwritten code beneath the First Amendment to this country’s Constitution must dictate that if freedoms are to be acted upon by all men equally, they must be practiced within bounds of common sense. The same applies to the laws of all other nations that enshrine free speech and religion (France, of course, among them). Consider that, in the last 15 years, Charlie Hebdo has depicted aspects of Islam on its front cover more often than any other religion, and one can tell a Muslim in a Charlie Hebdo cartoon because he will always wear a turban and a beard. The first terroristic response to this was in 2011, when the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris were firebombed. After that attack, the editor commonly known as Charb said that he had no dependents and that he would rather “die standing up than live on [his] knees.”

That may well be so, and it is his right to say so, but he was not the only one to die when the terrorists came again: Along with Charb and the cartoonists, two police officers and a building maintenance worker were also killed.

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QUICK TAKES

TIFFANY & CO. RECENTLY RELEASED AN AD CAMPAIGN WHICH FEATURED A GAY COUPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE COMPANY’S HISTORY, FOLLOWING A GROWING TREND AMONG RETAILERS.

Tiffany’s Ad Is Retail Gimmickry, but Is Also Representative of Progressive Political Climate

Beacon of Romantic Gift-Giving Follows String of Other Popular Retailers in Strategic Corporate Move

Tiffany & Co.’s same-sex engagement ring advertisement is clearly just a publicity stunt, but the fact that the company is centering a marketing campaign on gay couples shows what kind of fundamental political transformation has taken place in America over the past few years.

Since the 2013 Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor, American has been taken by a storm of same-sex marriage legalization, and it only seems natural for the winds of change to continue until all 50 states approve. But even just 10 years ago, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender politics were out of the mainstream. During the 2004 presidential election, same-sex marriage bans passed by overwhelming margins in 11 states. Even true-blue California would do the same four years later. Furthermore, then-Senator Barack Obama said while campaigning, “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman … I am not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage.”

The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 started the political mandate that the LGBT community has today. Almost five months later, a Gallup poll recorded, for the first time in history, that a majority of Americans approved of marriages between same-sex couples as being recognized by the law as valid and having the same rights as traditional marriages. The next year, Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to openly support same-sex marriage. Then, during the summer of 2013, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Anthony Kennedy wrote his famous majority opinion about the dignity in striking down the Defense of Marriage Act — and the rest is history.

Today, Tiffany targets same-sex couples for a sales grab. Tomorrow: who knows? There might be something more substantial, like a gay president.

Tiffany & Co. is the latest company to join the trend of retailers featuring same-sex couples in their advertisements, with a recent Tiffany ad showing a real-life gay couple sitting by their apartment. It was a pleasant, nonchalant depiction of the LGBT community, apart from the men’s ridiculous good looks.

When Tiffany & Co. was founded 178 years ago, this ad campaign would have been unfathomable. Corporations have gradually realized that supporting same-sex marriage is crucial for their popularity among young adults. Tiffany’s ad is part of a positive trend among retailers that will improve the company’s popularity and increase public compassion for the LGBT community out of the realm of politics.

Various businesses have already publicized their support for same-sex couples. Last year, Amazon supported gay marriage with a Kindle commercial in which a man and a woman lounge on the beach while both of them talk about their respective husbands. Other popular retailers that have utilized same-sex couples in ad campaigns include Gap, Banana Republic, J.C. Penney and J. Crew.

According to a Gallup report, support for same-sex marriage among Americans has reached an all-time high of 55 percent. With about eight in 10 young adults approving of gay marriage, it is vital that retailers adapt to their preferences.

Although Tiffany & Co. is simply reacting to the current cultural expectations, the company still deserves credit for altering its classic definition of romance to something a little more diverse. A spokeswoman for Tiffany & Co. said that “true love” occurs in many forms. For ages, this jeweler has molded public perceptions of romance and love. As it opens its doors to the LGBT community, it also opens the minds of Americans.

— JORDAN UTLEY-THOMPSON Staff Writer

— CASSIA POLLOCK Editorial Assistant

ate crimes against Muslims in the United States have always been tied up to the tragedy of 9/11. In the months following the terrorist attacks, there were about 700 reports compared to only 100 complaints beforehand, and the number went back down to 115 only in 2007, based on data from the American-Arab AntiDiscrimination Committee. This number is pretty staggering, considering Muslims only make up about 1 percent of the American population. In America, the ghost of 9/11 looms large, and Arabs, Muslims, Sikhs and anyone with brown skin have suffered for it. But while America’s hate is somewhat explainable (although not excusable), hate crimes against Muslims in France make a little less sense.

France has the largest population of Muslims in Europe, by far, with 7.5 percent of the total population in France in 2010 — about 4.7 million people, according to a Pew Research Center study. Hate crimes in France are not only growing but have existed for a long time, even longer than the American anti-Muslim sentiment, as they stem from France’s colonial past. Nothing quite explains the exponential rise in recent years, though.

We can observe peaks in years when France was discussing laws against wearing the niqab in school (2004), debate on national identity (2009) or another law against the veil (2010).

Whenever Islam got national attention, hate crimes targeting the Muslim population increased.

There has been a stunning incline in the last five years: The number of Islamophobic crimes went from 188 to 691 (368 percent increase) between 2010 and 2013 (data by le Collectif contre l’islamophobie en France), which coincides with the rise of the National Front, a right-wing extremist party, in recent elections.

Again, the crime rate increase is somewhat understandable in America in the aftermath of 9/11, but the Islamophobia in France has deeper roots. Also, France really does not make as much of an effort to integrate Muslims into the population.

Given that they are of the majority ethnicity, a Christian candidate is way more likely to find a high-paying job than a Muslim counterpart, says the Washington Post. On top of that, criminality among Muslims hits a very high rate in France, and the number of inmates who are Muslim is about 60 to 70 percent, also according to the Washington Post.

Looking back now at the Charlie Hebdo tragedy, this incident might seem like a random, isolated hate crime to Americans, but the French realized the horrific reality behind it.

This terrorist act has much deeper roots in anti-Muslim sentiments that have long existed before the U.S.’s and continue to be perpetrated in France. It comes from the increasing isolation of Muslim populations in France, and the global feeling of uneasiness toward this topic is something that Americans have never experienced before. These factors indubitably led to the terrifying attacks that sparked the biggest wave of unifying protests against terrorism in the world since 9/11.

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No Party Is Without Fault in the Current Fight Against Terrorism ▶ CHARLIE, from page 4

So in many cases, this common sense is not present in the judgment of precisely those that should be most judicious, namely popular media outlets, and in service of the story they create and perpetuate the most damaging misconceptions: 2014 Ipsos MORI polls found that “on average, people in France think 31 percent of the population [is] Muslim, when the actual figure is only 8 percent.”

As a result of this hysteria, the gradual spread of Islam is seen in Europe as a flood to be fought against frantically. Far-right parties are thriving on that terror; in France, Marine Le Pen’s Front National, a party entirely opposed to immigration,

topped the polls in last year’s European elections. Human mobility has never been so great, and to oppose immigration is to deny the age. This is not the way.

Nor is it sufficient, however, to dismiss the growing trend: In each of the most high-profile instances of terror in the world today — Charlie Hebdo, Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Islamic State group in its burgeoning caliphate — the source, if not the final justification for murder, is a common Islam. It is understood that terrorists are radicalized and unrepresentative of the religion as it usually manifests in a person. Behind the dreadful rhetoric and superimposed hatefulness, though, the kernel of a terrorist’s inhumanity must lie somewhere in the religion he

once followed. To kill a man for lines on a page is not human.

After the 2005 London terrorist attacks, the U.K. Prime Minister at the time, Tony Blair, identified the single greatest priority for life afterwards: “Above all, we act to maintain our way of life.” As far as that goes, this just is not a credible stratagem any more, if it ever was.

When it comes on the news that the “terror alert” has been raised, as it recently was in the U.K., despite there no being “no credible threats,” the government itself is telling its citizens to be scared. What can be done in the face of that?

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Protecting the Learning Environment Students and staff come together to create the ideal classroom setting.

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CSD prides itself on consistently being ranked in the upper tier of public universities for a variety of academic measures. But recently, the university has been taking steps to make sure that it excels in areas other than academics.

This past week, UCSD held its second Teaching Diversity Conference, which aspires, as stated on its website, to “explore, identify and develop student-centered pedagogy and practices with an aim toward building a more inclusive campus environment.”

Attendees of the conference — primarily students, faculty and interested community members — were given the opportunity to choose between a variety of panels and guest speakers to hear from.

The event was held in the Price Center, with three shifts of six or seven sessions at a time in various locations in 75-minute increments.

Any inquisitive student (and there were quite a few) who wandered into the Eleanor Roosevelt Room between 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. would have witnessed the Leadership and the Classroom Experience Panel, wherein current undergraduate students interning at the Campus Community Centers discussed their experiences working with other students inside and outside of the classroom setting.

Other seminars, such as “Embodied Physics: A Partnership Between Physics, Art, Dance and Cognitive Science to Address Learning Barriers in Physical Science,” took a less traditional approach. One session was titled “A Plea For Laughter: Comedy for Oppositionists and Others,” and featured UCSD professor of ethnic studies K. Wayne Yang leading an intriguing discussion on how standup comedy can serve as a way to explore social issues for students of different backgrounds.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Shari Saunders of the University of Michigan, an expert in creating classroom environments conducive to learning for students from multiple backgrounds. Saunders’ expertise as a member of the National Advisory Committee of the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education makes her one of the most respected voices in her field.

“You must ask yourself,” Dr. Saunders said, “where are you in terms of readiness as individual instructors or students to handle the demands of the discussion of the topic of diversity?”

Saunders went on to discuss the importance of teachers, students and faculty members working together to create an inclusive

classroom setting. Although her speech had the highest attendance of any event, with almost 100 audience members present, the rest of the sessions had very solid turnouts as well.

Sarah Schneewind, a professor of Chinese studies here on campus, told the UCSD Guardian that she attended the programs throughout the day to gain more insight into the campus issues facing not only Chinese students, but underrepresented AfricanAmerican students as well.

“It’s difficult when you get a class of 200 students, like many of mine, where there is only one black student. The black student has to repress his or her individuality and take on the role of spokesman for the black race,” Schneewind said.

Schneewind added that it’s important to make the campus a more comfortable environment for minority students in order to facilitate retention of more of these students on campus.

“It’s easy for students to show up to campus and look around and say, ‘There’s no one else like me here. I don’t belong here,’” she said. “We need a diverse population on campus here in order for people to think correctly, regardless of their race. Our pursuit of truth cannot be complete without diversity; that’s just how the world works.”

She was glad to hear from Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Suresh Subramani in his opening remarks that efforts are being made to make minority students feel more at home.

“It’s unfortunate that I only get three hours a week for 10 weeks to work with my students and I don’t get rewarded for working with students — I get rewarded for my research,” Schneewind said. “It’s hard for me to help students adapt to the culture here, especially when I have hundreds of them in each class that I teach.

It’s promising that Chancellor Khosla, Vice Chancellor Subramani and the rest of the faculty are working to get smaller classes and consistent advising for minority students.”

Judging by the continued large attendance throughout the day, the event will likely remain popular among UCSD students and faculty, especially once word spreads to others who couldn’t make it this time around. According to co-chair of the conference, Edwina Welch, and Muir College Provost John Moore, the plan going forward is to continue hosting the event on a biannual basis.

Regardless of when the next time is, events like this are bringing the campus closer to achieving the ideal learning environment for students of all backgrounds.

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With the start of a new quarter comes 10 more weeks of grueling morning classes, five-page papers, and a never-ending onslaught of midterms and finals. However, UCSD also offers many chances for students to relax and release stress in the form of various recreation classes.

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fter a long day of sitting in class, students can sign up to shake off stress and learn some new dance moves at Main Gym. This quarter, classes such as Nia Dance, House Dance, Afro Caribbean Dance and Line Dancing will be available. Hip Hop Commercial Dance, based on energetic jazz dancing that is quickly gaining popularity, will be taught by Hector Fletes, who has previously taught at Disneyland. Tai Chi for Dancers, taught by Janice Montgomery, will be based on Tai Chi Exercise Form 28 and Universal Form 24 and is great for those who are looking to strengthen their bodies and increase their flexibility.

For the food lovers, Tamale Trio and Super Bowl a la Mexicana will give chances for students to learn how to make delicious Mexican dishes and eat them afterward. These classes will be taught by Carmen Bernard Baca, a chef found through Craigslist because of the department’s desire to provide Mexican cooking classes for students. Baca also teaches about Mexico’s diverse culture and the background of the many dishes students will be learning to create.

Associate Director of Rec Classes Laurel Dean expressed her excitement about these classes.

“People not only get to learn how to make the tamales, but they get to eat all these tamales the same day.” Dean told the UCSD Guardian. “[Baca] brings in these little things about Mexico and about the culture, what’s behind the food — those sort of things — so you learn an awful lot as you’re watching her cook.”

Mexican cuisine is not the only way to experience dining at the recreation center; Home Brewing 101 is also an option this quarter. This workshop will be available as a three-hour class on the process behind making beer.

“You don’t have to be 21 to take [Home Brewing 101] because it’s not about drinking beer; it’s about learning the process, the technique behind making beer — all the chemistry and science,” Dean said.

Those wanting to learn a new talent or hobby can try out Intro to Harmonica, Beginning Guitar or Beginning Ukulele. Students can also show their more creative side in Learn to Sew, which will focus on machine stitching; Needlecrafts, which will teach knitting and hand embroidery; Figure Sketching, a class aimed at fashion figure drawing; and even How not to Suck at Improv (Fundamentals of Improv), in which Vanessa Anton will teach students to handle nervousness when put on the spot.

For anyone with more of an itch to move, an introduction class for almost every sport will be available. Basketball, boxing, archery, golf, volleyball,

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continued from page 6 fencing and many more classes are perfect for beginning athletes. Badminton will be taught by Jacky Zhang, a former player with the national Chinese badminton team and now a UCSD student. For those tight on money, a free racquetball workshop will be held in the RIMAC courts during the winter quarter.

The Bootcamp Training in the Gym: Strength and Flexibility Training class can be taken by athletes or by anyone else generally focused on staying fit and healthy. Aerial Silks Acrobats can provide starting experience as a member of the incredible Cirque de Soleil. Learning a type of martial arts such as Aikido, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Tae Kwon Do will be beneficial for self-defense.

All recreation classes are taught by hired professionals, UCSD’s own staff members or even students.

A few classes, such as Intro to Harmonica and Aerial Silk Acrobatics, were started as ideas first proposed by students who wanted to offer their knowledge to others. Aerial Silk was started three years ago by a student who offered to teach the class based on his previous experience, and who is now studying in France for his senior year. “[Aerial Silk Acrobatics] happened because a student came when he was a freshman. He stood at my doorway here and said, ‘I took a silks class in high school and we don’t have it here. Would you be interested in starting it? I’ll teach it.’” Dean said. “So that’s an example of a student coming who’s interested in [teaching] something.”

Dean also said that she would be happy to try out new and interesting classes in an ongoing effort to

find something that would interest everyone on campus. In the past, there have been a number of unique classes on beekeeping and on how to raise chickens in a backyard.

“We’re here for the students. So if the students want something, we’re happy to make it happen,” Dean said. “If I don’t take [the class], I try to duck in and watch a lot of them, just to see how much fun all the students are having.”

As an integral part of our campus, UCSD Recreation offers more than just different recreation classes.

It will also be hosting a campuswide trash pick-up day on Feb. 21. Pollination Protection Agency members and volunteers will spend the day beautifying the campus, receiving a free milkweed plant for participating. In many ways, cleaning can be a form of stress relief as well.

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“I think we have a very smart basketball team and they understand what they need to do in order to be successful,” VanDerveer said.

“I thought we did a great job to take away a lot of their favorite things.”

For UCSD, Shokoor had her ninth double-double of the season with 15 points and an amazing 18 rebounds. Dana Webster again contributed with 11 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Beth Mounier provided a spark off the bench with 11 points,

including three three-pointers.

“We did a great job finishing the game especially on the back end of a back-to-back,” VanDerveer said. “Especially after you didn’t bring your A-game, and then you need to go against an excellent team. [UCSD knows] they can reach a higher standard and we showed that in our second game.”

Despite the loss to Los Angeles, Saturday’s victory proved crucial, as the blue and gold trail Cal State Dominguez Hills by one game in league standings. UCSD is now in a tie for fourth place with Cal State San

Bernardino, while the Toros are tied with Cal Poly Pomona for second.

Only Humboldt State University remains unchallenged at the top with a flawless 10–0 conference record.

The Tritons will have a perfect opportunity to move up in the standings as they return to RIMAC Arena this week for a tough and hugely important pair of games, facing Cal State San Bernardino on Friday and Humboldt State the next day.

Both games will tip-off at 5:30 p.m.

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free and 10:23.96 in the 1000-free.

Sophomore Austine Lee improved her NCAA consideration qualifier time by nearly a full second with a 1:04.04 first-place finish in the 100-breaststroke.

“My strengths are in my underwater, so I took a really strong pullout,” Lee said. “I just knew I had to drive forward and really close my feet.

That’s just what I thought about the whole race, and it got me through.”

Lee, Daley, freshman Angie Phetbenjakul and sophomore Catherine Woo teamed up to finish with the top time of 1:35.93 in the 200-free relay.

Woo was also a first-place winner in the 200-free with a time of 1:54.34.

Prior to the meet, a total of 11 graduating Tritons — eight women and three men — were honored, including co-captains Galvan and Summer Bennett.

“It’s just great to see all of the seniors swim really well and make it through all four years because I know

it’s tough,” Lee said. “UC San Diego is such a great school and it’s hard enough in academics, so it’s great to see them finish strong [in the pool].”

With the conclusion of Saturday’s meet, the Triton men will begin preparing for the postseason, with their regular season over, while the Triton women have one more dual meet remaining against San Diego State University on Saturday, Jan. 31 at home.

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movement on offense.”

Klie had another double-digit scoring night with 11 points and also had a game-high six dimes.

Dyer finished with 10 points of his own.

UCSD’s bench provided solid contributions throughout the game, outscoring the Toros’ bench 25 to eight. Junior forward Zach McMillan finished with five points and a game-high 11 boards, leading the Tritons to a 42–23 advantage on the glass. Buaku posted eight points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes of play. After a quiet night against Los Angeles, Pepperdine transfer Jeff Van Dyke hit 3-4 from three for 11 points.

After being predicted to finish ninth in conference, the Tritons are beginning to prove their worth after a rocky start to the season. The Tritons are currently in a three-way tie for second place in the California Collegiate Athletics Association standings. Only Cal State Stanislaus is ahead with an 8–2 conference record.

The Tritons look to extend their win streak to six and seven this coming Friday and Saturday when they return to La Jolla for their twogame homestand against Cal State San Bernardino (6–4) and Humboldt State University (4–5). Both games will tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

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ith the winter season now in full swing, the UCSD men’s basketball team (7–3) finally appears to have shaken off its woes of inconsistency. The Tritons extended their win streak to five games this past Friday and Saturday, defeating Cal State Los Angeles 67–56 and Cal State Dominguez Hills 70–50, both on the road. UCSD is now on the longest win streak since the 2008–09 season.

“Any road win in this league is a good win,” UCSD head coach Eric Olen told the UCSD Athletics Department.

The Tritons’ road win against Los Angeles (5–5) could be largely attributed to the discrepancy between the two teams’ free-throw shooting. Cal State Los Angeles could not seem to find its stroke from the charity stripe, making just eight out of 22 free throws, good for only 36 percent from the line. The Tritons, on the other hand, converted on 16–23 from the line.

Furthermore, the Tritons were stroking it from the deep as well, converting on 45 percent of their three-pointers, five of which came from junior guard Aleks Lipovic, who scored a game-high 15 points and also corralled four rebounds.

With the teams going back and forth early on, the score was tight in the first half. The Tritons went into the locker room with a slim 24–20 lead.

In the second half, Los Angeles’ missed free throws began to take a toll on their team, as the Golden Eagles could not string points together for any offensive momentum and committed six turnovers in the final six minutes of the game.

With the Eagles struggling, everything seemed to go the Tritons’ way offensively.

In what seemed like a broken play and turnover, junior forward Drew Dyer corralled the loose ball and was able to find freshman guard George Buaku off a spin for the wide-open three to increase the lead to nine.

A late free-throw from sophomore forward Adam Klie gave the Tritons the largest lead of the night at 15 and ultimately sealed the win.

Klie finished with 13 points and a game-high six rebounds, while junior guard Hunter Walker scored 11 and dished out a team-high four assists.

The Tritons continued to ride on their momentum the following night, defeating Cal State Dominguez Hills (0–10) and keeping them winless in a 70–50 decision.

Unlike the previous night, UCSD came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, taking a 10-point lead halfway through the first half and holding a 12-point advantage going into intermission.

The team improved its deep ball shooting from the night before, hitting an impressive 13–27 from the three-point line. For the second straight night, Lipovic drained five from beyond the arc and finished the night with 15 points and four rebounds.

Despite a brief effort to get back in the game, the Toros simply could not keep up with the Tritons in the second frame.

“I thought we played with a lot of energy and toughness for the second game this week,” Olen said. “We completed defensively and had great balance and ball See MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 9

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Triton Women Split League Road Games Men, Women Sweep CBU UCSD falls in final seconds at CSULA, bounce back in crucial win over CSUDH.

Swim and Dive record strong results on senior day.

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Cal State Los Angeles (5–5) broke UCSD’s five-game winning streak in a 65–63 win in the California Collegiate Athletic Association road play on Friday, Jan. 16. However, the Tritons returned to their winning ways in their 60–55 victory over host Cal State Dominguez Hills (8–2) the following day. With this weekend’s results, UCSD improves to 7–3 in conference and 9–6 overall.

Junior forward Farrah Shokoor and senior center Dana Webster combined for the team’s first nine points to give UCSD an early 9–6 advantage on Friday night. CSULA, on the base of a spectacular shooting performance in the first half — going 64 percent (9–14) from three-point range — answered back with a 13–0 run to take a 19–9 lead. However, UCSD responded quickly, tying the game up at 26–26 after a Webster lay-up.

The back-and-forth first half concluded with a slight Golden Eagles’ advantage, as the Tritons entered intermission trailing 35–31.

After halftime, UCSD came back strong with a 9–3 run to reclaim a 40–38 edge. The two teams traded leads early on until CSULA ultimately gained a permanent advantage. The Tritons were never far, though, and pulled within two points after a pair

Senior day was successful for the UCSD swimming and diving teams this past Saturday, as both the No. 7 Triton men and the No. 4 women defeated visiting California Baptist University at the Canyonview Aquatics Center. The women won by a decisive 167–133 score and are now 8–3 on the season, while the men took a 180–120 victory and improved to 6–3 overall.

“It was a great meet for us,” UCSD men’s head coach Daniel Perdew told the UCSD Athletics Department. “It was an awesome result. Obviously a win is nice, but they brought it from the first event. The energy was here.”

Facing off against the No. 16 Lancers (2–2), the Triton men took nine out of 16 events to secure their win. The biggest highlights of the day came appropriately via senior co-captain Jack Galvan, who raced in his final home meet in memorable fashion.

Galvan took the top spot in both the 50-freestyle and 100free with finishing times of 20.98 seconds — a season best — and 45.81 seconds, respectively. He also anchored a first-place 200free relay (1:24.04) effort and led a spectacular comeback victory in

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of layups from Shokoor and Webster brought the score to 65–63. However, with four seconds left on the clock, Shokoor could not sink the game-tying layup as the Tritons fell to the Golden Eagles by the bitterly narrow margin.

“CSULA is a very good team and I think maybe we weren’t as sharp as we needed to be, especially defending their three-point shooters,” UCSD head coach Heidi VanDerveer told the UCSD Guardian. “Obviously, we did a good job trying to come back but in the end, it wasn’t enough.”

Webster had her third doubledouble of the season, with career bests of 20 points and a whopping 16 rebounds. Shokoor also had a double-double of her own with 11 points and 16 rebounds.

On Saturday, UCSD came out with a higher level of intensity and

grinded out Cal State Dominguez Hills 60–55. The Tritons established a 19–9 lead halfway through the first frame after a Shokoor and-one play capped off a 13–3 run. The Toros answered to cut the lead to five, but another strong 8–2 run gave UCSD a 32–23 edge entering the half.

After the intermission, the Toros slowly cut the Triton lead to make it a three-point game at 41–38 after a Tayler Champion basket with 10:26 left in the game. As the Tritons looked to pull away, the Toros continued to battle and eventually cut their deficit to one at a 56–55 score with just 54 seconds left in play. However, UCSD stood up on defense, shutting Dominguez Hills out in the final seconds to secure the 60–55 victory.

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the 400-medley relay (3:24.09) to earn yet another first-spot finish.

“Jack has been getting faster and faster with each dual meet we’ve had,” Perdew said. “It’s great to see him get under that 21-[second] and 46-[second] barrier in dual meets. It’s something that I don’t know that we’ve ever had on the men’s sprint side.”

The rest of UCSD’s men’s squad held their own, with Tritons sweeping the podium in the 100-fly, the 100-backstroke and the 500-free.

First-place finishers were senior Sean Malley in the 100-fly (50.94), sophomore Julian Jacobs in the 100-backstroke (51.39) and junior co-captain Paul Li in the 500-free (4:41.27).

As for the longest distance, UCSD’s junior Kyle Nadler was the first to touch the wall in the 1000-free with a time of 9:41.08.

On the women’s side, the Tritons also took nine out of 16 events against the No. 7 Lancer counterparts (2–2). Junior co-captain Colleen Daley was the top finisher in the sprints, winning first in the 50-free (24.01 seconds) and the 100-free (52.50 seconds).

Freshman Stephanie Sin continues to impress in spite of her age, sweeping the long distances with times of 5:03.83 in the 500See SWIM/DIVE, page 9