Spring 2019, Issue 4 by The Bottom Line (UCSB)

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WALKING WITH SURVIVORS Last Thursday, Apr. 25, the Masculinities Project marched across campus to raise awareness for how promoting healthy masculinity can help contribute to a safer campus culture.

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WALKING WITH SURVIVORS: THE MASCULINITIES PROJECT KYLE DENT

ast Thursday at noon, the Masculinities Project, an organization that seeks to educate people on and bring awareness to interpersonal violence, led a march from Storke Tower to the Student Resource Building (SRB), ending with a bake sale to raise funds for survivors. The Masculinities Project was started this school year by a coalition of UCSB faculty and staff. It aims to promote a healthier culture of masculinity in the hopes of reducing interpersonal violence and increasing the report of these crimes when they occur. A few of the founding members include Don Lubach, Associate Dean of Students, and Seth Goradietsky, a psychologist at the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Gaucho Support Center. The event began with a few speeches by some of the faculty members behind the project, one of which came from Lubach. Lubach discussed the group and its works towards a campaign “against power based, gender violence.” He went on about the lasting, rippling effects of interpersonal and sexual assault, and said that the project “is in no way trying to condem masculinty,” but to open discourse about it, and how to engage with it healthily. The Masculinity Project wants men to understand that healthy masculinity has nothing to do with dominance or having power over others, which is the cause of much domestic violence in America. Additionally, their reasoning behind promoting healthy masculinity is twofold; not only to stop domestic violence, but to get more men to report when they themselves are victims. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in

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four women and one in nine men experience “severe intimate partner physical violence,” and one in 10 women have been raped by a significant other. However, no such data exists for men, which is symptomatic of men’s disdain for appearing “weak” by being assaulted. The Masculinity Project hopes to reverse that. After the speeches, 40 marchers began walking through campus, holding signs distributed by the organization. One such sign described “The three D’s,” different approaches to intervening during a potential crime: using subtle distraction, delegating others to intervene, and directly calling out the perpetrator. The march proceeded to the SRB, where a bake sale selling doughnuts, Woodstock Cinnabread, gift cards for restaurants in Isla Vista, and cookies baked by members of The Masculinities Project greeted participants. Goradietsky, the main organizer of the march, explained how the bake sale would benefit survivors. “We’re donating the money to an organization that provides resources to survivors. We’re still narrowing it down, but we’re fairly certain we’re going to give it to a rape crisis hotline in downtown Santa Barbara. We want to keep it local.” April 24 is also “Denim Day,” where allies wear denim jeans and jackets to show support for survivors of sexual assault. Hosting the march on this specific date was no mere coincidence, according to Don Lubach; the organization hopes to make this a yearly event that grows as time goes on. However, Goradietsky mentions that it’s important for everyone, and

men especially, to keep these conversations going, and not just acknowledging these crimes and their survivors once or twice a year. “You see this in the news all the time, and just recently with the…Kavanaugh hearings. We need to open up discussions when we so blatantly have a crisis… discussions between men and women, on how to offer support, on what consent is... it’s such a tricky concept, it needs to be talked about.” According to Lebach, UCSB students and staff report more domestic and sexual violence than any other UC. However, he emphasizes that we can continue to do better, and that awareness about how incredibly often these offenses occur, and the long term effects they have, is integral to stopping interpersonal violence (IVP). Studies also show that there is a link between IVP and depression and suicide, signalling the importance of crisis hotlines that the bake sale donations are going to. The Masculinities Project hopes to start a website and allow community members to join the organization, but in the meantime, there are other ways for students to get involved. Goradietsky recommends participating in a “Green Dot Training,” which teach participants how to safely and effectively intervene in potentially violent scenarios, with methods such as the aforementioned “3 D’s” For those trying to become more knowledgeable on the subject, there is Tristin Bridge’s class on the culture of masculinity in the sociology department. If you are a witness to or a victim of IVP, Goradiestsky recommends talking to the UCPD’s Detective Kovena Avila, UCSB and Isla Vista’s dedicated interpersonal violence investigator. She can be contacted at (805) 893-3446, kovena.avila@police. ucsb.edu.

UC-HBCU Initiative Aims to INCREASE African American Representation in UC Graduate Programs JACOB WONG | NATIONAL BEAT REPORTER

his summer, a cohort of 26 students from across the country will come to UCSB as participants in the UC-HBCU Initiative, a partnership between the UC system and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The purpose of the initiative is to give HBCU students the opportunity to work and research with faculty and graduate students in the UC system. The program was established by UCOP in 2012 to address the university system’s historically low representation of African Americans in graduate and professional programs. Between 2013 and 2017, the five-year average for enrollment of African Americans in UC academic doctoral programs was three percent. “UC’s commitment to research excellence means we need to attract the top graduate

students from throughout the U.S.,” stated UCSB Linguistics Chair Mary Bucholtz in an email statement to The Bottom Line. “But because most HBCUs are in the southeastern part of the country, a lot of their students don’t even consider UC for grad school.” If the lack of HBCU representation in UC graduate programs was on the minds of UCOP when it founded the initiative, the returns five years later seem to indicate that the program has so far been successful in addressing that concern. According to UCOP, the program has resulted in UC hosting over 480 scholars across nine campuses. Although the program only encompasses a summer internship, it also serves as an entry point for many HBCU students into UC graduate programs.UCOP data also indicates that around 44

percent of the program’s participants have gone on to enroll in UC graduate programs, five of whom have successfully completed their degree. This summer, the UCSB program will host HBCU students in four different departments: linguistics, classics, English, and chemistry. Internship experiences will vary across each field of study — while participants in the chemistry and English departments will primarily be conducting research on campus, the classics department will travel to Greece for two weeks. Bucholtz will be hosting the linguistics students along with Professor Charity Anne Hundley in a program called the UCSB-HBCU Scholars in Linguistics Program. The students will spend the first four weeks of the eight-week program at the 2019 Linguistic Institute at UC Davis before returning

to UCSB to conduct further research. For Bucholtz, the goal of the summer will not just be to showcase UCSB’s academic resources, but also to help the participating students prepare for graduate school while gaining a taste of student life in Santa Barbara. “Our main goal is to prepare students for graduate studies in whatever field and at whatever institution is the right fit for them... And of course we also want them to have fun, to get to know UCSB students and faculty, and to explore what Santa Barbara has to offer,” Bucholtz stated. While the UC-HBCU Initiative provides one UCOP success story of increased African American representation in its institutions, Bucholtz believes that campuses such as UCSB, five percent of whose student body was composed of

African American students last year, still have a lot of room for growth in accommodating the historically underrepresented UCSB demographic. “UCSB is definitely moving in the right direction in a lot of ways, but there’s a lot more we need to be doing,” stated Bucholtz. “All departments should be working to develop more inclusive curricula and to provide meaningful retention and support systems for our undergrad and grad students of color.” Bucholtz added, “I’m inspired every day by the work of students on this campus to advance social and educational justice, and it’s their leadership that has done more than anything else to make this university a better, more inclusive place for learning.”

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UCSB Reads 2019: “The Best We Could Do,” an Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui MINH HUA | Campus Beat Reporter

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memoir writing. After a brief introduction from Antelman, Bui took to the stage amidst waves of applause from the audience. “I just want to say thank you so much for coming here tonight,” said Bui, “and I’m sorry if my book was required reading for one of your classes.” The first half of Bui’s talk was a live reading of her book. As a former high school teacher for 10 years in New York and Oakland, “participation was highly important” to Bui. Consequently, a few Gauchos, some alumni, and a little girl in the audience stood in as voices for the book’s characters, helping Bui bring to life her family’s harrowing journey to the United States. After 40 minutes of reading, Bui shifted her lecture to a Q&A section, taking questions from 10 or so audience members. The first audience member asked Bui her motivation on choosing a comic book narrative. Bui’s background in art played a key factor. “I nearly flunked out of my MFA sculpture program ... I went back to drawing with comics because I wanted to tell a story,” said Bui. “Not everybody can afford an expensive sculpture but almost everyone can afford a book,” continued Bui. According to Bui, although the book takes an average of two hours to read, its completion took 12 years of hard work, careful consideration, and learning. Next, an audience member reflected on how Bui’s portrayal of her stressed relationship with her father in the book reflected their own relationship with their father. “Working on the book was a form of therapy for both of us,” said Bui.

“Mental health is an issue for the Asian American community but it isn’t talked about; it is considered shameful to have a doctor for your mind. As a result, we did our own therapy by talking to each other.” Since “The Best We Could Do” is a memoir, the bulk of the narrative relied on Bui’s interviews with her parents. In response to her motivation for tackling the 12-year-long project, Bui said that she wanted to correct misrepresentations of Viet people during the Vietnam war. For example, she referenced growing up with movies like Full Metal Jacket, a film that follows a platoon of U.S. Marines from their training to them fighting in the Vietnam War, where the only Vietnamese character in the movie was a prostitute. “This book is my revenge,” said Bui. In addition, addressing an audience member’s concern that the younger generation is losing touch with their Vietnamese culture, Bui offered, “The younger generation is not missing anything — they are the custodians of Vietnamese culture. Whether or not they can speak Vietnamese does not matter because they are carrying on the Vietnamese tradition in their DNA.” After the conclusion of the Q&A section, audience members got a chance to meet Bui up close and have her sign their books. Currently, Bui is engaged in “Nowhereland,” her next graphic novel narrative about Southeast Asian Americans and the United States’ deportation regime. Interested Gauchos can find more about her work at her website, https://www. thibui.com/.

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Whether or not they can speak Vietnamese does not matter because they are carrying on the Vietnamese tradition in their DNA.– Thi Bui

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hi Bui, author of the 2019 UCSB Reads book “The Best We Could Do,” visited Campbell Hall last Thursday, April 25, to talk about her memoir and to interact with UCSB students, faculty, and fans. Speaking on her motivations and writing process behind the memoir, Bui weaved a compelling narrative about her family’s immigrant experience to address the common issues facing Vietnamese immigrants. According to the UCSB Library website, UCSB Reads started in 2007 with the intention of bringing “the campus and Santa Barbara communities together to read a common book that explores important issues of our time.” This year’s book “The Best We Could Do” was the first graphic narrative to be selected, chronicling generations of Bui’s family history in Vietnam, including her birth during the final months of the Vietnam War and her parents’ escape to, as well as their early years in, the United States. Campbell Hall was completely packed when the lecture started at around 7:35 p.m. with Gauchos (current and alumni), faculty, and members of the Santa Barbara community waiting for Bui’s talk. According to University Librarian Kristin Antelman who opened the event, Bui was born three months before the end of the Vietnam war in 1975 and emigrated from Vietnam in 1978 as part of the boat people, refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War. Offering praise for “The Best We Could Do,” Antelman commented on the book’s exploration of the power of origin stories and alternative forms of

TASA NIGHT MARKET ANNIE HUANG | STAFF WRITER

n Friday, April 26, UC Santa Barbara’s Taiwanese American Student Association (TASA) held their fourteenth annual night market. Invoking feelings of nostalgia and awe in visitors, TASA organized the sale of traditional and mainstream Asian cuisine; held performances by multicultural dance teams; and hosted fun carnival games for attendees. The event was inspired by Taiwan’s famous “night markets,” in which cities would organize events spanning entire streets, selling cheap and delicious food to the public. While Taiwanese street markets usually happen in front of temples, TASA held their night market in front of Storke Tower, which had the same effect for UCSB students — mirroring the effect of having the night market at an important “center” of the community. TASA brought in a lot of popular dishes that is traditionally sold at Taiwanese night markets, such as Taiwanese sausages, minced pork rice, green onion pancakes and jasmine milk tea. The popcorn chicken was especially popular; even after most of the other stands had closed, there was still a long line of people at 11 p.m., eagerly anticipating their serving of the piping hot, crunchy, juicy snack.

TASA also sold dishes that are uncommon outside of communities familiar with Asian food. For example, one stand sold Chinese tea eggs — cracked eggs boiled in tea, sauces, and spices, taking on a marbled appearance. Another dish, oden, a type of Japanese soup with fish cake and tofu skewers, piqued the interest of many visitors as it was a steaming hot drink during a cold night. In addition, wintermelon tea, a sweet drink which is as popular as boba milk tea in Taiwan but relatively unknown in the United States, was also being sold. While TASA itself contributed to selling a lot of the food at the night market, it also invited many of the other Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities such as the Taiwan Student Association (TSA), Korean American Student Association (KASA), Hong Kong Student Association (HKSA), Vietnamese Student Association (VSA), Japanese Language Cafe (JLC), and Kapatirang Pilipino (KP) to participate in the event. Each organization sold food that was culturally connected to the communities it represented. For instance, HKSA sold Hong Kong Egg Waffles, a crispy and lightly sweetened egg-shaped waffle snack. JLC sold Japanese Yakisoba, a dish made

Many other organizations were welcomed to table at night market, and each culture club served a traditional food representative of the street food cuisine native to their community.

of fried buckwheat noodles with a sweet yet savory sauce. Seoul’d Out, UCSB’s K-Pop club on campus, sold Korean hotteok, sweet pancakes with a dark brown sugar filling. While people ate their food, they had the opportunity to enjoy popular Taiwanese music coming from the speakers, socialize with their fellow market-goers, or watch performances at the stage. The audience cheered for multicultural hiphop dance team Black Reign, K-Pop dance team SS805, and the Chokis, a Chinese Dance team, as each performed routines to popular music among the API communities. Attending the night market and enjoying the performances was completely free of charge. While TASA sold presale tickets during the two weeks prior to the event, the line for ticket sales was still quite long, indicating success in drawing in curious Gauchos. By the end of the evening, every food stand was completely sold out, serving as a testament to the event's success.

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Yo-Yo Ma demonstrates on the cello for Thomas. Photo by Ashley Jiang | The Bottom Line

Yo Yo Ma: on Playing Cello and Being Human SAMUEL YANG

ello virtuoso Yo-yo Ma delivered a beautiful cello class to three UCSB students at Granada Theater last Saturday morning. Thanks to UCSB Arts and Lectures, the public had an opportunity to sit in on this once-in-alifetime opportunity for free and bear witness to one of the most renowned artists of his generation enlightening others with his thoughts on music and the human condition. Through his music, Ma encourages harmony in a world filled with strife and seeks to share this altruistic attitude with as many as possible. One of the foremost cellists in the world, Ma’s influence on music cannot be overstated. Born to Chinese parents in Paris, he was raised in New York and studied at The Juilliard School before graduating from Harvard. After playing his first public recital at five years old, he debuted at Carnegie Hall at nine years old and he went on to earn 18 Grammy Awards. Since then, he has begun connecting his music to the world at large, promoting harmony among cultures through his Silkroad ensemble and blazing new trails through the field of fo-

rensic musicology. Lines formed in front of the theater as early as 7:45 a.m. as many in attendance were ecstatic about the opportunity to meet Ma at 10 a.m.. A hush fell over the audience as the first cello student, Katrina Agate, began playing her piece, Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major” alongside Natasha Kislenko on the piano. The two performed a stunning rendition, drawing out applause aplenty from the crowd. Following the performance, Ma made his first appearance and immediately began connecting musical energy to electrical energy. “It’s all about conditioning. Condition the audience to believe this is a top, that the energy level cannot go any higher… And then blow it out of the water,” Ma announced. He then segued into discussing the concept of musical roadmaps and proposed a challenge for his student to play and count at the same time. Likening it to patting one’s head and rubbing the stomach at the same time, he encouraged the audience to empathize with the difficulty of the task and injected a much-need-

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ed levity into an otherwise nerve-wracking experience. When asked about this challenge in an interview with TBL, Agate offered, “I feel like with anyone else it would have been a lot worse, but the way he phrased it… He makes sure the audience knows how difficult it is, and he makes it fun… It wasn’t so bad.” The audience shared her joy upon witnessing Agate accomplish what she could not at the beginning of the class and cheered as she walked off the stage, nervous but proud. “Like the great jazz players. [Timing] is a freedom, not a constraint. They can play around it and make it their own,” Ma continued. Thomas Lin Jr. followed the performance with Bach’s “Cello Suite No.3 in C Major.” Emphasizing the necessity of improvisation and the importance of inserting joy into music, Ma focused on how one might evoke emotions through music. The audience laughed along as he brandished a series of silly faces and whacky noises while he discussed happiness. “Focus on the variety—there is no dull joy. Everything is interactive. Allow your-

self variety and improvisation… Why is a sunset interesting? Why is a tree interesting? Because it’s like no other tree.” With a few brief comments on Lin’s stiffness during playing, he encouraged Lin to transform the cello from a safe zone to a danger zone, and with that, he instilled a life into Lin’s playing that the audience felt on a visceral level. He wrapped up this talk with a vastly insightful comment, “Music is not a product. It’s not a transaction. It’s actually an interaction.” Upon hearing this, the audience instantly exploded into applause. When asked about his takeaway in an interview with TBL, Lin said, “It’s about finding the joy in music and putting that into the music.” The last student, Chenoa Orme-Stone performed Brahms’ “Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in F. Major” with Natasha Kislenko on the piano. As the crowd’s cheers faded, Ma could only comment on their beautiful playing and how their notes wove between each other seamlessly. It was immediately evident that he was overcome with emotion upon hearing their music as he expressed, “It’s not about piano

or cello playing. It’s about making music.” Afterwards, Orme-Stone, in an interview with TBL, stated, “What’s so inspiring about Ma is with everything he does, he makes it about so much more than the music… unlike a lot of cellists who give a lot of masterclasses… he makes it about how we treat other people and the story of our lives.” Not only is Ma an outstanding cello player, he –as demonstrated in this class–is truly a citizen of the world. He simultaneously encourages others to empathize and experience new perspectives and offers invaluable insights through his music, words, and actions. For anyone interested in similar events, UCSB Arts and Lectures has invited David Sedaris, one of America’s most celebrated humor writers, to speak at Granada Theatre this Friday. For the musical enthusiasts, the Bell-Isserlis-Denk Trio will be performing on piano, violin, and cello at Granada Theatre on May 7.

Art Exhibition Photo by Juan Gonzalez | Photo Editor

Exploring the Lives of Muslim Americans Through Owise Abuzaid's Photography JEREMY LEVINE

nstagram-famous Egyptian photographer Owise Abuzaid challenges UCSB students to consider the everyday lives of Muslim Americans with his art exhibit “Diversity of Arab and Muslim Diasporas in the U.S.” Having opened Monday, April 8, the exhibit — consisting of a written statement and 10 framed photographs — will be on display in the Multicultural Center Room throughout spring quarter. Inspired by photographs taken from 11 mosques across New York City during Ramadan, the exhibit includes scenes from the typical lives of American Muslims. At a glance, each image appears strikingly normal. A woman rests on a bench tapping away at her phone; a man, backlit by

a street lamp, cups the flame of his lighter to a cigarette; another man sits immaculately dressed in a navy blue suit and fedora, which is contrasted by a bright red pocket square and tie with a gold clip. However, a unifying theme binds all of the photos: The woman wears a glittery yellow chador and full-body dress; the man smoking wears a plain head cap; and the suited man, although sporting no visible markers of his religion, is a member of the controversial Nation of Islam. Each photo contrasts traditional Islamic imagery with elements of American culture. Writing for the statement associated with the photographs, Abuzaid cites his personal struggle “sustaining the balance be-

tween the ideas [he] grew up with in Egypt versus the different ideas or social norms [he] was being exposed to all the time in the U.S.” In a phone interview with The Bottom Line, Abuzaid discussed the kinds of conflicts he experienced coming to the U.S. from Egypt and how photography helped him understand those issues more deeply. He struggled to navigate between conservative Egyptian Islam and the liberalism of many American mosques, where imams often preach a more flexible interpretation of the religion than their Middle Eastern counterparts. More importantly, Abuzaid said he wants to lead the Muslim community in reclaiming the representation of Islam in

America from American media; he passionately described how American media often inaccurately portrays the religion. He presents a different vision: “I have no implication of what is wrong and what is right, but ... everyone has their own Islam within them.” Although the photographs don’t convey an explicitly religious message, some include progressive Islamic ideas. One photo shows a man shielded from the street by newspaper boxes as he prostrates on a prayer mat, his head brushing a plastic grocery bag. For Abuzaid, that image represents “a sign that god sent me that’s like, ‘hey, you can actually connect with me at any form, at anywhere, wherever you go.”

By showing Islamic people engaging in aspects of the typical American lifestyle, the exhibit demands viewers consider that the photos are actually quite ordinary — the inclusion of diverse Islamic imagery need not be considered separate from the average American experience. During the next Ramadan, Abuzaid intends to visit a new mosque every day, further highlighting the breadth of the diversity and inclusivity of the Muslim experience in America. See Owise Abuzaid’s exhibit in the MCC Room throughout spring quarter. Quotes have been lightly edited for clarity.

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Develop Software Skills with Collaborate Workshops ANNIE HUANG | Staff Writer

Workshop Schedule

Wednesday, May 1

Python I

Thursday, May 16

Excel I (Basics and Budgeting)

Thursday, May 2

RStudio

Wednesday, May 22

Photoshop II (Design)

Wednesday, May 8

Python II

Thursday, May 23

Excel II (Analysis)

Thursday, May 9

Jupyter Notebooks

Wednesday, May 29

Illustrator (Logo Design)

Wednesday, May 15

Photoshop I (Editing a photo)

Thursday, May 30

Illustrator (Designing for Merchandise/ Apparel)

ollaborate of the College of Letters & Science have started hosting their quarterly software workshops for the spring quarter. The workshops are held in the Social Sciences and Media Studies (SSMS) building every Wednesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a different application being taught each day. For example, last week Collaborate offered workshops for LinkedIn and Microsoft Word, two necessary applications for any student looking to join the workforce. In upcoming weeks, Collaborate will be hosting workshops in programming through Python, RStudio, and Jupyter, image editing and graphic design with Adobe Photoshop and Ado-

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be Illustrator, and budgeting and data management with Microsoft Excel. The workshops are beginner friendly, require no prior reservations, and are free of charge for all UCSB students. Due to limited seats in the lab, students are encouraged to arrive early in order to attend the workshop they desire. Collaborate workshops aim to give students access to in-person support while getting accustomed to the basic tool set of common applications that they may not get the chance to learn elsewhere. For instance, if a student wanted to learn Python (the world’s fastest growing and one of the most popular coding languages,in a classroom setting,

they would have to try to get into CS08 here at UCSB, which is limited to specific majors on top of having only a small class size. With Collaborate workshops, however, students can gain some basic scripting skills and knowledge of how to work the program’s user interface to kickstart learning on their own. Likewise, R is used in the statistics class PSTAT10, but students who aren’t statistical science majors who are still interested in learning how to use R to analyze their data can come in to the Collaborate workshops to get face-toface instructions on how to use the program. Furthermore, students can make their visual ideas come to life with Collaborate workshops

on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, two of the most popular programs when it comes to image editing and graphic design. Learning the basics of Photoshop can give a student the tools to enhance their photos for social media, promotions, and infographics.Learning Adobe Illustrator can give students the ability to design logos, stickers, and even t-shirts and apparel. Not only can these graphic design skills be taken advantage of for personal use, they can help enhance and professionalize the image of a brand or organization that a student is passionate about. Microsoft Excel’s spreadsheets also have a lot of capabilities that many students are not aware of, or simply do not know how to

use. The Collaborate workshops aim to teach the everyday student how to budget with Excel, a skill that will help students see their financial activity transparently. A workshop will also be hosted for those who want to use Excel for research or other data management situations. Collaborate workshops allow students to be exposed and get a good foundation for the applications they want to learn so that students can have an easier time furthering their knowledge on their own. The applications of the workshops are versatile and beginner friendly, ensuring that everybody that participates will come out of it with a new, useful skill in technology that can be applied to their own lives.

Dive Into Plant-Based Sustainability With These Easy Recipes RAYMOND MATTHEWS | Staff Writer

dds are at some point you’ve had the misfortune of meeting the fearsome, self-righteous, super vegan that you thought only existed in your kale fueled nightmares. The super vegan is anything but subtle and can usually be spotted grazing in your local field, singing to their flock of forest friends with a vaguely Snow White like disposition. However, the moment said super vegan spots you, prepare for battle. One look at your double double and animal fries and they’re sure to launch into a list of carnivore shaming tactics designed to convince you that your cheese-loving, meatasaurus ways are destroying the planet. Their arguments may include statements like: “Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.” “Animal Agriculture is responsible for 20 to 33 percent of all freshwater consumption in the world today.” “One to two acres of rainforest are cleared every second due to animal agriculture.” “Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction.”

Unfortunately, the super vegans are actually right about all of those things. While the super vegan’s approach may be off putting and abrasive, they’re very aware of the damage that meat and dairy consumption are doing to the planet and, for the most part, they’re just trying to do what they think is best for the environment. Speaking as a run of the mill vegan, I definitely understand the super vegan agenda, but I think that the intensity of some pro-vegan arguments drive people away from plant based diets all together. There are a lot of harsh realities about the dangers of animal products that can scare one into veganism, but, more often than not, this fear based approach isn’t enough to make people stick to a sustainable plant based diet for very long. So, rather than launching into a scary anti-carnivore tyrade, I think it’d be more productive to provide some legitimately edible, inexpensive plant based recipes that you can easily incorporate into your diet. These recipes can serve as staples in a transition to a fully plant based diet, or just some healthy new additions to the diet you already have, either way I encourage you to try them out for yourself!

Cauliflower Hot Wings

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Mushroom Fajitas

Cinnamon Vanilla French Toast

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OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING

is the Future XANDER APICELLA | STAFF WRITER

n Feb. 28, the UCs canceled their subscription with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, to pursue Open Access (OA) for all of its scholars. OA literature is published on the internet, free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. There are OA journals for new research and OA repositories to store published work. By allowing anyone with an internet connection to read and learn from a work, its impact is maximized. I believe anything less is a muzzle on academia, a blindfold taut across the eyes of the citizens of the world. UCSB, along with the majority of the UC system, has embarked on a journey to fight this restrictive norm. On Apr. 22, UCSB announced that the library administration had signed Max Planck Digital Library’s OA2020 Expression of Interest, along with a smattering of other U.S. college campuses. OA2020 is an initiative to concentrate the push for OA. It seeks to morph current sub-

scription based journals to OA, channel the money once used for subscriptions to the creation of OA business models, and encourage institutions of scholarship everywhere to join in this transition to make the world a better place. Though it provides a Roadmap, it is a dynamic document built for the pursuit of myriad paths, each tailored to the scholarly community it serves. This is important because service to their populations is becoming one of the primary reasons universities are going OA. The number of subscription-based journals and databases behind paywalls is too high for any of these institutions to get access to all of them. The impact of research cannot be felt if only a select few read and understand it. The paradox built by our current system, however, is that scholars feel like their work will receive less recognition if published in an OA journal. We are in a changing time, one where the majority of well known publishers — companies

like Elsevier — are not OA. These publishers are perceived as having the most impact and prestige. Impact and prestige are then used to extrapolate the quality of a journal. As a result, OA journals are seen as inferior in quality, despite the primary difference only being that they are newer. Another major concern is money. The amount of money generated by subscription-based models is rationalized as a necessity for their methods of peer-review, display, and distribution of the works they take in. Individuals like Eileen Joy are fighting to prove that OA can work financially. Joy is a local champion of OA and an example of its powers. She runs punctum books, an OA publishing company that seeks to publish the cast-outs of what she perceives as a misguided system. According to an article in The Bottom Line published in September 2018, Joy experienced rejection in her early career as an academic on the basis that her work took too many risks.

Her publishing company, in response to criticism from those with these failures of imagination, strives to prove that there is no such thing as too many risks. In taking in works of all kinds, punctum books embodies the ideals of OA as a concept — that all the musings and small breakthroughs of the active mind should be explored an shared with anyone interested. UCSB’s recent actions reflect this — it has forged a partnership with the publishing company. This partnership sets up the Davidson Library as a headquarters for some of punctum books’ operations, beginning a two-year pilot program with two goals. The first is building an effective structure for punctum's digital catalog in conjunction with OAPEN Library, an OA site that works with publishers to quality-control and collect OA materials. The other component of the pilot program is the development of a funding model for punctum, a publisher that does not charge authors to publish their work.

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The program is considering a supporting library membership, where institutions can subscribe to support punctum, and individual reader donations. If these initiatives prove successful in the two-year period, the UCSB library and punctum books will consider a merger — punctum books would be part of UCSB, its official OA press. In breaking free from Elsevier and working closely with groups like punctum, the UC system made a statement that other schools can follow. Knowledge is the most valuable tool in humanity’s possession. This newfound push for OA is knocking down the gilded gates that kept knowledge trapped; hidden from public gaze. The paywalls inherent to today’s world contradict the foundations of learning — that innovation can be pursued by any that desire it. Through this democratization of learning, the scholars of UCSB will have more leverage to impact Earth, and create a future better than our past.

EARTH DAY IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER XANDER APICELLA | STAFF WRITER

arth Day was Monday, April 22. Previously a very celebrated holiday (at least for me and my friends), it seems to have lost its luster in some places. As a society, the number of people celebrating Earth Day is dwindling every year, and we should think about the factors that influence celebration of the holiday, as well as why people don’t celebrate at all. Earth Day seems to be a thing of the past, with some exceptions. According to Fox News, CBS recently resurfaced a video from 1970 in honor of Earth Day, urging people to “act or die.” While it seems extreme now, one can only imagine how alarming it must have sounded nearly four decades ago. I am repulsed by the amount of litter I see on campus and often feel the urge to pick up other people’s trash. We shouldn’t have to worry about litter or other forms of waste so much, which is why Earth Day is important to celebrate now more than ever. As important as it is, many people don’t consider Earth Day worth celebrating. More often than not, our mode of “celebrating” as college students is posting pictures online of different landscapes and urging people to take care of the environment. But I wonder if this is enough. Does commemorating the day on social media count as enough, or should we go out and actually make changes happen? One day might not simply be enough to

celebrate. I have seen many captions on social media that say “every day is Earth Day” and I agree. One day doesn’t seem fitting for some to take care of the earth and we should be doing our part every day to ensure our world is safe and fit for survival. Here’s an analogy that describes how we need to treat our earth: If you desperately need a good grade in your class and you only study for one day, it won’t make a huge difference; the same goes for taking care of the earth. We need to be consistent in our actions, and one day doesn’t mean much, although one day is admittedly better than none. I was surprised to find that many people in my hometown didn’t celebrate. When I asked my mom about it, she said that Earth Day was the only holiday her work did not have a noteworthy celebration for. Her company is very environmentally aware, but she wishes they could have more events for this day. It also surprises me that Santa Barbara doesn't celebrate more, when a crucial event that occurred here — the 1969 Oil Spill — was a catalyst for increased environmental awareness state-wide. You would think that a place with such rich history surrounding Earth Day would celebrate it, so imagine my shock when I didn’t hear of many events or even get asked about my plans for the day. Admittedly, this might be because there is a lack of events catered specifically towards college

students or because the information isn’t widely disseminated, but this is more reason to focus heavily on publicizing these events. Whether people choose to celebrate the holiday is their choice, and I agree that every day should

be grounds for taking care of the earth. With that being said, we should take the opportunity Earth Day provides to reflect seriously on our human impact upon the earth. We all want to maintain our home, but it never hurts to be re-

minded once in a while! Illustration by Esther Liu | The Bottom Line

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THE ADVOCATES Photos by Docean Park | Web Editor

The weekly Noon Storke Show series recently featured The Advocates, a band formed last summer in Isla Vista by keyboardist Kota Rieb and bassist Shiona Davene. Their soulful, rock sound drew an enthusiastic audience to the plaza and later left audience members calling for an encore. The band performs mainly in Santa Barbara, yet has started to branch out to areas in Ventura as well as Los Angeles. For those that missed the show or are hoping for more, The Advocates will be performing at SOhO in Santa Barbara today and Mercury Lounge in Goleta this Saturday.

1 Bassist Shiona Davene looks across to her bandmates as they perform. 2 Keyboardist Kota Rieb sways along to the music as she performs.

3 Guitarist Ben Seilhamer studies music at UCSB; he came into the band shortly after it was formed by Rieb and Davene in the summer. 4 Drummer Charles Kernkamp, a first-year environmental science major at UCSB, joined the band early fall of last year.

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