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David J. Peterson’s WORDS ▶ FOCUS OF HONOR The Guardian interviews David J. Peterson, the linguist who created the Dothraki language for HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” BY MARGARET YAU Managing Editor
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avid J. Peterson is good at what he does. That’s why the former UCSD graduate student beat out 40 other professionals to snag a highly coveted role in the production of HBO’s hit fantasy series, “The Game of Thrones.” His job: to create a functional, legitimate language for a tribe of nomadic horselords called the Dothraki. It would be a tough job for any language creationist, but it’s made even more difficult by the fact that the original book series canon was so small — author George R.R. Martin originally only came up with a few See GAME OF THRONES, page 6
“Game of Thrones” is set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, where the leaders of ancient powerful houses battle for control of the Iron Throne. A tribe of nomadic horselords called the Dothraki live outside of the fray, but their leader, Khal Drogo, marries into the political arena.
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UC Regents to Rally in Sacramento BY NICOLE CHAN Associate News Editor The UC Board of Regents will rally alongside students, staff and faculty at the state Capitol in May, chair of the board Sherry Lansing announced at the Jan. 18 Regents meeting. “We are really happy that the Regents have decided to work with us to put pressure on the state,” Vice President of External Affairs Samer Naji said. “It shows that our activism last year really had an impact.” The Board of Regents will hold its May 16 and 17 meeting at the Sacramento Convention Center in order to participate in the rally and to address effects of cuts in state funding to the UC system. “The truth is, this university was founded by and for the people of California,” Lansing said in a statement released after the meeting. “Unless our elected representatives start funding us at a realistic level, UC’s ability to serve the state and its citizens will be at serious risk. UC is the best investment in California’s economic future that our state leaders can make. It’s up to all of us to remind them of that.” Lansing met with students from UCSD See Regents, page 3
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Dalai Lama to Visit San Diego Universities in April By Aimly Sirisarnsombat Staff Writer UCSD, SDSU and USD announced on Jan. 19 that the XIV Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso will come to San Diego for a two-day symposium on April 18 and 19. UCSD Executive Vice Chancellor Suresh Subramani, San Diego State University Provost Nancy Martin and USD Provost Julie Sullivan assembled at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego for a news conference to announce the Dalai Lama’s spring visit. While the Dalai Lama has traveled to more than 62 countries, this will be his first trip
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to San Diego. The two-day symposium, entitled “Compassion Without Borders,” consists of three public events. The symposium was arranged by faculty members from the three participating universities in the form of organizing, public relations and fundraising committees. Funds raised through sponsorships and ticket sales will be used to cover the expense of the events. Because the Dalai Lama does not charge a speaking engagement fee and will not profit financially off of the visit, surplus funds from the event will be donated to charitable organizations under
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the advisement of the spiritual leader. UCSD will host the first event on April 18 at 9:30 a.m. at RIMAC arena. The Dalai Lama will mediate a panel discussion entitled, “The Global Impact of Climate Change: Balance through Universal Responsibility, Compassion and Human Consciousness.” Subramani, Scripps Institute of Oceanography Research professor Richard Somerville and UCSD Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Sciences Veerabhadran Ramanathan will comprise the panel. “I am confident we each will learn
Students Protest Regents Meeting at UC Riverside By Rebecca Horwitz Associate News Editor Protestors interrupted a Jan. 19 Regents meeting held at UC Riverside, resulting in a closed meeting and police violence. A large group of students and a few faculty members attended the beginning of the meeting, which had a 20-minute public comment period. Regents Board Spokeswoman Sherry Lansing extended the comment period for another 20 minutes. When that time period ended, the students gave a speech about how they felt the regents were not representing the interests of students or workers at the University of California. The students were upset because they were only given one minute of speaking time during the public comment session. “It’s very patronizing and paternalistic the way they do it; they actually allow only one minute to each speaker and there is a timer that goes off promptly at one minute,” Ethnic Studies Ph.D. student Alborz Ghandehari said. At the end of the public comment
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Police Use Batons and Riot Guns to Control Crowds at Regents Meeting Protest at UCR ▶ Protest, from page 1
session, 18 of the students linked arms and invited the regents to hold a general assembly with them. The regents quickly walked out of the room before the students had finished speaking. Lansing stayed for a few more minutes to speak to the general assembly. She said their disruption had hindered the regents’ ability to devote attention to university problems. Lansing also asked the police to clear the room of the protestors. Several feet away, about 30 police officers surrounded the protestors. “Sherry left after her comment, and it just showed that the regents really had no intention of listening to student voices,” Ghandehari said. “And that when confronted with an actual public forum and an actual opening of dialogue they decided to leave — they actually conducted their meeting in another room and closed that meeting to the public.” The protestors continued their meeting for 45 minutes, discussing their potential solutions for creating revenue, including a general agreement that they endorsed the millionaire tax initiative. Ghandehari said it was important that students realize that tuition increases are unrestricted funds. “What happens then is that these increases can be spent on increasing administrator salaries — for example — what happened at the last regents meeting,” Ghandehari said. “They increased the
salaries of top administrators at the UCs who were already making over $250,000 a year and they used our tuition money to do that because it’s unrestricted funds.” Outside of the HUB where the meeting was being held, 200 student protestors blocked the building entrances to stop the regents from prematurely exiting. Warren College third year David Aronson said there were police lines everywhere. “I’ve never seen so many cops at a protest in my entire life,” Marshall College fourth year Iris Loughran said. The sheriffs arrived with more officers at 1 p.m. “Because of the sheriff ’s arrival, we followed them to the new police line like we had done for every other police line, and I guess this line was not prepared for us,” Aronson said. “They just began attacking students.” The officers used batons and riot guns that were firing paintball rounds. “The police responded pretty brutally,” Loughran said. “I saw one cop, he had his hand on the trigger the entire time.” After watching the Berkeley and Davis protests, the UC Riverside coalition came prepared for police violence. They brought shields to protect themselves. Loughran said the police tried to break through the protestors but were unable to because of the shields.
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Protestors blocked the campus roadway when university and regents staff tried to leave for the day. Some even climbed on top of cars to prevent the regents from leaving. Officials waited for two hours to avoid confrontation. The police had to escort the staff out on foot through the exit with the least amount of protestors gathered. They had the hold area blocked off and vans were waiting to take the regents back to their hotels. Two demonstrators were arrested for crossing police lines. A few officers maintained minor injuries from protest signs. Protestors were primarily concerned with accountability and representation on Jan. 19. The topic was the main concern during the public comment session in the morning and the general assembly that followed. “If you look at the regents, you’ll see that many of them are super rich, hedge-fund owners of real estate companies and that they really have no credentials in education or the administration of education whatsoever,” Ghandehari said. “Why should we expect that these regents, that these top administrators are actually going to represent students and workers and faculty at our university?”
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UCSD Student Leaders to Organize March and May Rallies
LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday, Jan. 13 1:41 a.m.: Medical aid ▶An adult male was having chest pains at Village East Building 1. Transported to hospital. 1:28 p.m.: Suicide attempt ▶The subject left the VA Hospital making suicide threats. Subject transported back to VA Hospital. 5:20 p.m.: Disturbance VA group of teenagers were playing in a stairwell in the Revelle Apartments. Gone on arrival. 6:00 p.m.: Citizen contact ▶The reporting party was elbowed in the face during a basketball game on the Muir basketball courts. Information only. 11:49 p.m.: Medical aid ▶A young female had a cut on her knee at Price Center. Transported to hospital.
Monday, Jan. 16 ▶The subject complained of a suspicious person at Earl’s Place. Unable to locate. 4:27 p.m.: Fire alarm ▶Burnt food caused the fire alarm to go off at Rita Atkinson Residences. False alarm.
Saturday, Jan. 14 12:51 a.m.: Welfare check ▶There was excessive alcohol use in Central Mesa Apartments. Transported to hospital. 12:51 a.m.: Citizen contact ▶Someone was urinating at the Northview information booth. Field interview administered. 5:32 p.m.: Information ▶A taxi driver whistled and “made [an] uncomfortable comment” to a passerby near the La Jolla Playhouse. Information only.
Wednesday, Jan. 18 1:45 a.m.: Alcohol contact ▶Someone at Tioga Hall was intoxicated. Transported to detox. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Petty theft ▶Someone’s prescription drugs were lost at Sixth College Residential Halls. Report taken. 2:04 p.m.: Prisoner ▶A student was caught shoplifting from the Bookstore. Closed by citation. 10:45 p.m.: Assist other agency A residential advisor was making marijuana contact at Sixth College Apartments. Cited.
Sunday, Jan. 15 1:37 a.m.: Drunk in public ▶Someone was drunk in public at Pangea parking structure. Transported to hospital. 11:43 a.m.: Citizen contact ▶An apartment resident at Discovery Way complained that people were “barbecuing too close to apartments.” Field interview administered.
Tuesday, Jan. 17 12:44 p.m.: Noise disturbance ▶There was “loud pounding” at Asia Hall. Will cooperate. 2:41 p.m.: Medical aid ▶A young female passed out at York Hall. Referred to other agency — San Diego Fire Department. 8:53 p.m.: Medical aid ▶An adult male fell and hit his head on a curb at a Mobil Station. Referred to other agency — San Diego Fire Department.
Thursday, Jan. 19 7:03 a.m.: Suspicious person A transient was sleeping in the men’s restroom at Stein Clinical Research Building. Subject left. —Compiled by Sarah Kang Staff Writer
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on Jan. 17. She said she intends to meet with students from all UC campuses in order to insure student participation in May’s rally. Sixth College junior and activist Sean Estelle said that students from the Public Education Coalition are meeting Monday to discuss logistics for the Week of Action, planned for March 1-5. According to Estelle, organizers will also discuss the possibility of arranging at UCSD presence at the May rally. “We are by no means the only organizers,” Estelle said in an email.
“There are many different orgs, groups and coalitions that will be dedicating their time and effort to this, I’m sure.” Estelle said he wasn’t able to talk to Lansing when he went to UCR for the Regents’ Jan. 18 meeting. “I was listening on a speaker outside until the meeting got shut down, though,” Estelle said. “She did not sound happy at the public input.” The UC system faced $750 million in state budget cuts during the 2011-12 fiscal year — a 25 percent decrease from last year, according to the article, “UC
Merced Officials Hope Capitol Rally Will Move Legislators,” published Jan. 18 in the Sacramento Bee. “One thing I’m convinced of is that we all want the same things for UC, whether you’re a student, a parent, a faculty or staff member, an alumnus or a regent,” Lansing said. “We all want highquality and accessible academic programs, modern libraries and research facilities, safe and inviting campuses, good student services and affordable tuition.” Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu
Dalai Lama to Give Public Speech at UCSD, USD and SDSU ▶ dalai, from page 1
something valuable from their conversation on global climate change and the need for humanitarian values and universal responsibility in recognizing and responding to the impacts of this change on communities and ecosystems,” Subramani said in the Jan. 19 press release statement. On April 18 at 1:30 p.m., the Dalai Lama will give a public speech at USD entitled, “Cultivating Peace and Justice.” At this event, USD will award the Dalai Lama with the University of San Diego Medal of
Peace. “The Dalai Lama’s public talk, Cultivating Peace and Justice, will address the struggles facing our world due to escalated violence in society and among nations,” USD Provost Julie Sullivan said in the Jan. 19 press release. “His Holiness will explore alternatives to violence and the shared core human values that can lead the way to peace, justice and happiness.” The Dalai Lama’s last public speech, entitled, “Upholding Universal Ethics and Compassion in Challenging Times,” will take place at San Diego State on April 19
at 9:30 a.m. “We look forward to hearing His Holiness’s views on upholding ethics, practicing forgiveness and tolerance and coping with the challenges found in today’s society,” San Diego State Provost Nancy Marlin said in the Jan. 19 press release. Starting Feb. 22 at 10 a.m., UCSD students will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the panel discussion, taking place in RIMAC Arena. Readers can contact Aimly Sirisarnsombat at tsirisar@ucsd.
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OPINION A New Threshold Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a new budget that raises minimum GPA requirements for Cal Grants — a move that is not worth the disqualification of thousands of students.
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ov. Jerry Brown proposed a state budget for 2012-13 containing provisions that would make Cal Grants more difficult to obtain for students. The most controversial provision is an increase in the minimum grade point average (GPA) requirements needed to qualify for two of the awards. These specific measures will close the budget shortfall by $131 million dollars and there are other propositions aside from Cal Grants that aim to raise funding for higher education overall. Yet, these financial pros are outweighed by the decreased accessibility to education for underprivileged students. The two types of awards affected are meritbased Cal Grant A and income-based Cal Grant B. The proposal would take the current GPA requirements for Cal Grant A and raise it from a 3.0 to a 3.25 and similarly raise Cal Grant B’s GPA requirement from a 2.0 to a 2.75. There is also a proposed increase to community college transfers’ qualifying GPA — from a 2.4 to a 2.75 GPA. For the upcoming fiscal year there is a projected $9 to $12 billion budget shortfall in California, so the Governor’s proposed budget
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changes are progress towards a solution. Brown suggested a raise in the GPA requirement to further ensure that grants are going to students most likely to earn their degree. But this measure could impact over 26,000 students in the UC, Cal State and community college levels next year. The alarming thing is that any GPA requirement changes would take place after the March 2 deadline for financial aid. Many students would be awarded provisional grants, only to have them rescinded once the budget passed. As more students lack the ability to pay for school, this could create an overflow of students moving from private to public universities. This is also due to a provision that would lower the award amount for students attending private non-profit schools to the Cal State level — a difference of over $4,000 dollars. This measure is introduced despite the fact that on average in California, private universities are 1.5 times more expensive to attend than UC schools and over two times more expensive to attend than Cal State schools. The Jan. 15 article in the Los Angeles Times, “Budget plan
ike everyone else, I like to be right — but in a sickening twist on this universal desire, I especially like to be right about my (many) pessimistic predictions. Thus, I felt both gleeful and grim upon discovering research supporting a comment I made years ago about how “Breakfast Club” is a lie and my time at UCSD would not consist of connecting with fascinating strangers. The year was 2009, and my longsuffering best friend, trying to make
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Microsoft recently filed a patent for a new GPS feature, nicknamed the “ghetto app,” that directs users away from crime-ridden areas.
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icrosoft’s “Pedestrian Route Production” patent presents the next step in navigation system technology, creating routes that keep people out of danger whether they are driving or walking. The new feature sends alerts to users when they are headed into neighborhoods with crime statistics that reach below a predetermined safety threshold. The app is a smart addition to the market, as it would keep unwitting tourists — as well as people who are merely venturing outside of their local topography — at ease while out on the town. Although derisively dubbed the “Avoid the Ghetto app,” its purpose is far more complex. The feature collects and analyzes data from crime statistics, weather reports and maps to create routes away from unsafe neighborhoods, bad weather and difficult terrain. The app furthermore takes rape statistics into account, making the feature especially useful for women who are traveling alone. This would also quell parents’ worries when their newly-licensed teenage drivers are out maneuvering the streets on their own. The app is designed to also help unsuspecting tourists avoid questionable neighborhoods, a feature that would have saved the lives of British tourists James Cooper and James Kouzaris. In April 2011, the two vacationers were shot and killed while walking back to their hotel in Sarasota, Florida. Being unfamiliar with the streets, they strayed into the city’s Newton district — which is infamous for its high rate of violent gang activity, drug-dealing and rape. With this new GPS app, instances like this can be avoided. The pedestrian-friendly app guides users away from high-crime areas, just as do other apps for highway construction or traffic jams. With this feature, accidentally wandering into the “sketch” areas of town can become a fear of the past.
new app by Microsoft helps drivers bypass high crime rate areas. Some people are worried the app will use racial stereotypes to identify unsafe towns, and have nicknamed the app “Avoid the Ghetto App.” Sarah Chinn, author of Technology and the Logic of American Racism, even goes so far as to claim that this application uses statistics in a way that defines danger in terms of race and class identity. However, Microsoft reserves the right to put a product on the marketplace for the use of others, no matter what flaws it may have. According to the United States Supreme Court, Microsoft has the right to sell controversial products, despite public outcry. In 2011, the Supreme Court struck down a California law that would have banned selling “violent” video games to children. Justice Antonin Scalia explained that the law overstepped the First Amendment rights of people who think violent video games are a harmless pastime. Consistency demands that Microsoft’s app also be protected under the First Amendment, since some people may view “ghetto” cites as dangerous. People that dislike the app don’t have to use it. Microsoft may not have the perfect strategy for driver safety, but imperfection is not grounds to remove a product from the marketplace. Ultimately, the consumers who purchase the applications need to use their own discernment in purchasing products. The general public is at liberty to view the Microsoft app as a racist social commentary or simply as a helpful device.
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Science Explains Why Mixers are Useless
here are many things wrong with Microsoft’s newly-patented GPS add-on. One of its biggest problems stems from its unofficial name — the “Avoid the Ghetto App.” The add-on is harmful because it reinforces assumptions about crime and race that are not true — something that is a product of the way crime statistics are calculated. Several third-party studies conducted in the 1990s and the 2000s found that both of the major crime statistics gathering programs, Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), were susceptible to significant racial biases. The kinds of crime that are committed in mostly-white, middle-class neighborhoods are vastly different from the kinds committed in poor minority neighborhoods. Both the NCVS and the UCR focus solely on urban and street crimes. This focus causes them to over-represent crime rates in poor urban neighborhoods — which, incidentally, is where African-Americans tend to live. Reliance upon crime statistics that have known racial biases will only strengthen longstanding assumptions about the interrelationship of race and crime. Though the idea that one’s racial makeup can somehow predict one’s propensity for crime has been roundly dismissed by the scientific community, it is difficult to remove from popular discourse. The Ghetto App is a step backward in race relations in that it supports the idea that certain neighborhoods are to be avoided entirely because they are fundamentally unsafe. It oversimplifies the reality of crime distribution by glossing over the long history that has created today’s demographic conditions, as well as the fact that these conditions continue to change. — Ayan Kusari Staff Writer
me feel better about being headed to UCSD, remarked that our 30,000 enrollment would expose me to new and interesting friends. Nope, I replied, I hated parties. I was scared of people. I would not meet “lots of different people” at a big school. Sheer experience has proven my theory true, as I spend 90 percent of my time with the same group of stressed-out Vonnegut lovers who won’t stop playing Sporcle games. But it’s not just me; Ingram and Morris at Columbia University used electronic name tags to track the conversation at a mixer, and concluded that people do not mix. No matter how much people claimed that they were there to “meet new people,” they ended up talking to people they already knew, or those who are most similar, especially in terms of occupation. In other words, I shouldn’t expect that my experience at a kickback on Saturday — during which I spent most of the time talking to the one friend I brought — will change as I enter the work force. Ten years from now, I will attend professional mixers and the main difference will be the height of my heels and the length of my skirt. Though this phenomenon is depressingly consistent across the population, research by Bahns, Pickett and Crandall at the University of Kansas shows that UCSD’s large enrollment actually makes it easier for us to stay socially isolated. Bahns et. al approached random students at five schools — the 25,000-enrollment University of Kansas, and four rural colleges with a median enrollment of 525 — to ask about their beliefs, politics and social networks. They found that the larger the school, the more likely each person was to have extremely similar friends. Small colleges force people to be friends with, essentially, whomever is around, and these friendships are closer and last longer despite the differences. In contrast, those at the University of Kansas, and us here at UCSD, use the choices offered by the large populations to find the exact people who are just like us. So it turns out that all those freshmen events and RA mixers don’t matter much, as people simply gravitate toward their mirrors, and this holds true for everything from high school clubs to partisan politics. It’s intuitive, it’s easy, but it’s also sad, because by staying within the same social circle, we’re reinforcing our own values, and missing out on the potential of what else is out there.
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Quite Frankly By Lior Schenk
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
CLICS is for Students, Not A.S. Council
GPA Increase Can Drive Students to Easier Majors ▶ cal grant, from page 4 would raise the bar for Cal Grant financial aid” reports that this could “drastically reduce opportunities for low-income students who are accepted by private schools” and that if these students opted to go to public schools instead, that “state expenses could increase” in order to subsidize those students. If state expenses did increase, then more cuts in education would inevitably follow, creating a destructive pattern that harms students. Not only will these requirements create a sense of uncertainty, but they will also have an effect on students who are already struggling to overcome the achievement gap. This might force students to either drop out of school or choose majors that are less competitive in order to maintain a high GPA. Kevin Rask, an economics professor at Wake Forest University, reviewed the records of over 5,000 students who graduated from an unnamed “elite” liberal arts college from 2001 to 2009 and found that
the age-old humanities-slacker myth is true — some majors yield higher average GPAs than others. Chemistry and math majors have a GPA average of 2.78 and 2.90 respectively while education and English majors have a GPA average at 3.36 and 3.33 respectively. These new changes could force desperate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) majors into majors that they would otherwise not consider just so that they could afford a degree. The government needs revenue, therefore the state should continue with Brown’s other proposed measures such as an increase in sales tax and tax on high-earning Californians which the state claims will increase funding to higher education by 4 percent a year. However, those who are underprivileged and pursuing an education should be put first, thus student funds are not where cuts should be made. Readers can contact Aleks Levin at alevin@ucsd.edu
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Dear Editor, I really like how the students were able to take back CLICS last quarter. CLICS has now been opened, with mainly volunteers putting forth their time and effort to keep the place running. CLICS had always been a convenient place to study, and now with no computers, it brings total silence in the area. It’s insanely quiet in there and I can actually study without being distracted, unlike Geisel Library. I feel irked to read in the most recent article about the A.S. Council opting to turn CLICS into a lecture hall-like style. A.S. Council, when did you actually care about the wellbeing of CLICS? I give you some credit for putting forth the effort in trying to save it. But it was mainly the students who took the initiative to reclaim it for their own studying purpose during finals week. As quoted from the article, “The meeting closed with Wing’s unveiling of the first draft of the new CLICS facility. The layout includes a large lecture hall in the middle, an entryway with standing work bars similar to those in Price Center East and three study areas to hold approximately 130 seats.” Excuse me? CLICS was closed down because the school couldn’t afford to keep it running, and A.S. council is suggesting we add stuff to the so-called “new CLICS facility?”
When did CLICS become a new facility? When did people suddenly show interest in renovating CLICS after it closed down? Oh yeah, when students actually took action. While going for Division I sports? In a time where student costs are rising? That’s A.S. Council for you. You can totally count my vote for Division I sports, I would love to someday have an additional $500 added to my billing statement just so I can brag to the world that UCSD is in the level of UCLA and Cal. I totally agree that the reason why there is less school spirit is because we don’t have a football team. Because sports clearly make the difference, not one’s mindset. We are all here in this school for a reason, to succeed personally and contribute to the greater good of our future and community. Not to say we got a fancy library and that our school is in Division I sports. I wish A.S. Council would stop focusing on such trivial matters and genuinely care about the students. —Crystal Chen Sophomore, Warren College ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers. All letters must be addressed, and written, to the editor of the Guardian. Letters are limited to 500 words, and all letters must include the writer’s name, college and year (undergraduates), department (graduate students or professors) or city of residence (local residents). A maximum of three signatories per letter is permitted. The Guardian Editorial Board reserves the right to edit for length, accuracy, clarity and civility. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject letters for publication. Due to the volume of mail we receive, we do not confirm receipt or publication of a letter.
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Words of Honor While the “Dothraki” may just be a made-up tribe from “Game of Thrones,” UCSD’s Dav i d J . P e t e r s o n speaks their language. By Margaret Yau / Managing Editor Game of Thrones, from page 1 Dothraki words. But Peterson’s experience speaks for itself. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, he first found his foothold in linguistics while taking several language courses including Russian and Arabic. It was there he discovered the small but exciting field of language creation and created the first language and writing system of his own, based roughly on Arabic. “And I went from there, and I’ve been at it ever since,” Peterson said. After undergrad, Peterson applied to graduate schools in linguistics — UC Santa Barbara and UCSD in particular. But before he even received a response from either, Peterson was contacted by Eric Bakovic, a professor of linguistics at UCSD, who presented him with a very attractive offer. “[He] contacted me and said that he was trying to get a class funded that would be introductory linguistics through the medium of language creation,” Peterson said. “And I was like, holy smokes.” He didn’t need to think twice — and chose UCSD. Peterson was drawn to UCSD in particular because of the warm attitude the linguistics department had toward the field of language creation, a field often scoffed at by linguist colleagues. “There are linguists who look down on
people who create languages as being frivo- branched off into a Language Creation lous, as being crazy,” Peterson said. “One of Conference, held in Berkeley in 2007. “It was a place where we got a bunch of the things that was so nice about the UCSD linguistics department was that everyone people together who liked creating languages there was completely supportive. This was an in a conference-style setting, where we could present feature length presentations about extremely lovely environment.” Peterson credits what he calls a “trans- things in the field of language creation, help formative” graduate morphology class with out the community, things like that,” he said. It was his pursuits outside of the classprofessor Farrell Ackerman for his language room that landed Peterson yet another, creation skills. In fact, he felt even more attractive offer. “Game of that the class was so imporThrones” producers Dan Weiss and tant that he took it twice, David Benioff contacted the Language passing both times. Creation Society, looking for some“It’s going to sound sort one to create a language to help add of cliche, but there is one There is one another level of authenticity to the professor [at UCSD] that professor [at show. Happy to oblige, and not about completely changed the UCSD] that to pass up the chance of a lifetime, the way I looked at language completely Language Creation Society quickly got thereafter and fundamenorganized and set up a definitive applitally changed the way I went changed the cation process. They spread the word about creating languages,” way I looked at to several listservs and bulletin boards, he said. language thereincluding an Auxlang mailing list, But Peterson’s interest an Elfling mailing list and a Zompist and dedication in language after.” Bulletin Board and, in the end, the creation wasn’t bound to the classroom. During his time David J. Peterson pool of applicants swelled to 40. UCSD Graduate According to Peterson, the applicaat UCSD, he also helped tion process was rather simple. Each found an online language applicant was expected to submit a community in the form of an email listserv. The “con-lang” list — proposal as to how they would go about named as a shortened version of the phrase creating a Dothraki language. A panel of “constructed languages” — consisted of a respected language creators who chose not vibrant and active community that grew to apply served as the judges, and the entire process was double blinded. After the first formidably. Peterson also helped create the Language See peterson, page 7 Creation Society in 2006, which later
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wanted to find a single platform to reach as many people as possible — and they found the key right at their fingertips. “We know that cell phones are something that cross social strata — poor or rich people have cell phones,” Acting Interim Study Coordinator Angelica Barrera-Ng said. “Everyone has this at their reach as opposed to personal consultants which cost more resources. We will provide them with motivational tips, easy and practical, that are incremental in a noninvasive way.” To ensure the program is universally efficient while remaining specific to each individual, the developers must take into consideration a variety of differences that must be addressed in the text messages. This may include presenting the information in a different way or altering a separate selection of recipes in order to address the social circumstances that differ from an English speaker. All of these details are directly in line with ConTxt Coach’s hypothesis that health is not only an issue concerning biology, but that the main factor to a plan’s success is its relevance and workability into one’s specific lifestyle. However, they are fully willing to take on this challenge if the study proves to be a success. “With any public healthy study, there is always that ultimate goal of extending it to the general public,” Barrera-Ng said. “We are working for them, and simply want to counterbalance and attack this wide problem of obesity. Hopefully someday we may implement it somehow into public policy, but for now we just want to see what happens with the study.”
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UCSD Graduate Student Creates Fictional Language for HBO’s “Game of Thrones”
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▶ peterson, from page 6 round, the pool was narrowed down to five applications — Peterson’s included. Following a second round of revisions and input from the producer of the show, Peterson’s application was chosen. Surprisingly, Peterson actually hadn’t been a fan of the series before landing this job. “I had heard of it, but I hadn’t actually read the books before,” he said. “Now I’ve read up to Book Five. I’m a big fan.” Though the series had a limited view of the Dothraki language (the books only provided about 30 or so existing Dothraki words), Peterson still relied heavily on the books in order to understand the Dothraki world, which would in turn help him develop a cohesive language. From the books, Peterson gleaned inferences to the Dothraki experience, from their way of travel (marching distance by horseback) and the types of flora and fauna they encountered, to their surroundings (the Dothraki sea is literally waves upon waves of grain). “George R. R. Martin puts a lot of detail into his work,” he said. “I had to figure out what it was supposed to be like, to live like a Dothraki person, and to flesh out the vocabulary that way.” Part of understanding the Dothraki lifestyle includes understanding exactly what they do or don’t experience. For instance, the Dothraki would not understand a word like “armor,” because the concept of protective covering is entirely foreign to them — the
Dothraki do not intend to get hit. The Dothraki’s lack of literature is also an example of this. Though they have a rather extensive spoken language system, the Dothraki have no sort of written form of the language, yet Peterson did eventually come up with a word for “write,” a modification of the preexisting word “to tattoo.” “It was all kind of a learning process, where you really kind of forget what you have in your own culture and think about what it would be like if this was what you had, if this was what your life was, if all of these concepts were foreign,” he said. As for real world language influences, Peterson mainly drew from Russian and Swahili. Russian influences shaped the way the Dothraki language worked — Peterson especially liked the lack of articles and the fact that the basic feminine noun form is actually a plural. And while the sound and shape of the words were formed by the preexisting words in Martin’s books, the grammar was actually influenced by Swahili and Zhyler, a language Peterson had created earlier. Currently, the Dothraki language’s word count totals nearly 3,262, with more to surely arrive as Season 2 progresses. When asked if a possible Dothraki-English dictionary was in the works, Peterson was more than open to the idea. “If there is a publisher interested, we’re available, I’ll just say that.” Readers can contact Margaret Yau at m1yau@ ucsd.edu.
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THU1.26 8am EDUCATION IN ACTION: MOBILIZING THE NEXT GENERATION FOR SOCIAL REFORM, AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CONFERENCE This conference will explore the ways experiential learning can better prepare citizens for an increasingly complex global community. We invite individual and panel submissions from faculty, staff, students, and community. Proposals due 11/17/11. Contact Diane Forbes: (858) 822-5953, eduinaction@ucsd.edu
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This exhibit provides an opportunity for visitors to browse Library books on the topic of penmanship and cursive writing. Visitors will also browse literature outlining the etiquette of letter-writing (particularly ''thank-you'' notes.) While supplies last, visitors are encouraged to write a letter at the exhibit site using stationery and pens provided. A free, live event is hosted at the exhibit site: a penmanship expert, local educator Sylvia Rubin, will give quick pointers on how to improve your handwriting. Under this supportive supervision, and with stationery and pens provided by the UCSD Arts Library, visitors will write a neat, tidy letter on-the-spot. At the writer's request, the UCSD Arts Library will have that very letter delivered to the addressee via the U.S. Postal Service. Contact Scott Paulson: (858)822-5758, spaulson@ucsd.edu
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By the time he was twenty-five years old, Jacob Marateck had been a Jewish officer in the notoriously anti-Semitic Russian army during the Russo-Japanese War, a revolutionary who sought to overthrow the Czar, and sentenced to death three times. After avoiding the firing squad for the final, unlikely time, he escaped from a Siberian forced labor camp. Contact Marlayna Christensen: (858) 822-3373, mkchristensen@ucsd.edu
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American composer Steve Reich is recognized internationally among the most legendary composers of our time. In honor of Reich’s 75th birthday, New York’s eclectic chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars team up with the composer himself, as well as USCD’s Steven Schick and red fish blue fish to perform Reich’s era-defining masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians. Scored for strings, percussion, woodwinds and voices, the piece “is one of the handful of late twentieth-century works that can rightly claim to have altered the course of Western music.” (K. Robert Schwartz). Contact UC San Diego Box Office: (858) 534-8497, artpower@ucsd.edu
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Men’s Basketball Team Set to Cotinue Conference Play Next Week on the Road Hulking 6’9” Lumberjack guard Kyle Baxter scored a game high 23 points. With his height, relief for senior forward Christian Hatch, who Baxter was easily able to either post up against was playing with an injured wrist. Sophomore smaller guards or get around the Tritons’ slowguard MacKenzie McCullough — replacing er forwards. With a clean jumper to boot, junior Ryan Peters, who suffered from a con- Baxter was clearly the best player on the floor. cussion in the previous game against Monterey With 15 minutes left in the game, the Jacks Bay — also played well down the stretch, scor- still held an 11-point advantage, leading 39-50. ing eight points while pulling down a team- But Triton shooter McGrath started lighting high seven rebounds and two assists. up to keep the Tritons in the game, hitting Once more, in the waning minutes the four three-pointers down the stretch. Tritons looked to Brue and Coming down to the wire, McGrath McCann, who had 13 and hit the three-pointer that started 18 points, respectively. Brue to turn the tide with five minutes pulled down seven rebounds remaining. Wheeler pulled down to match McCullough, a great rebound in the next poswhile McCann threw three session, making way for a McCann assists to make the score three-pointer off the resulting fast 60-50 with just under break with two minutes remaining. three minutes left to play. McGrath then hit two free With a 10-point cushion, throws, keeping the gap at four, the Tritons relaxed, allowing until senior Mike Meza sunk a the Seawolves to cut the lead long corner three-pointer to bring down to one with 24 seconds the Tritons to within one point. remaining. With the score 64-65, the Tritons In their one-point loss James McCann had the ball with only 11 seconds last weekend, the Tritons let SOPHOMORE GUARD remaining. McCann inbounded the slip another 10-point lead ball, going coast to coast for a jumper with mere seconds remainwith two seconds left for the win. ing on the clock. The attempt rattled out, but McCullough had But this time, McCann hit his free throws to a chance to put it back up, though the shot fell put the Tritons out of harm’s reach as they took out as the horn sounded to end the game. the 63-62 victory. “We need to work on closing games,” Saturday against Humboldt State, the McCann said. “We lost two of our last four in Tritons took the early lead going 16-13 after very close games, but [we] have had good practhe first 10 minutes of play. tices throughout [the past few weeks].” But showing fatigue, Carlson fell to digging In the past few games, the bright spots for into his bench. With McGrath the only starter UCSD have come from the bench, who McCann left on the floor, the Lumberjacks took the lead said, “have really stepped up, even though we and never looked back, taking advantage of the have some guys hurt.” flagging Triton starters and the inexperienced “The next step is getting [a win] on the road,” Triton bench to take a 25-34 lead. McCann said. “We haven’t had one yet, but I’m Humboldt relied heavily on their post-play, really excited about this weekend’s games.” with 6’9” 265 lb junior center Matt Lipski takThis coming weekend the Tritons go on the ing up space in the key, limiting the effective- road to face Cal Poly Pomona next Thursday, ness of both Hatch and Wheeler, who had only followed by bottom-of-the-conference, San four points and one point, respectively. Four Francisco State on Saturday. of the starting five for the Lumberjacks were taller than 6’5”, with the exception of 5’5” point Readers can contact Nick Howe at nshowe@ guard D.J. Broome. ucsd.edu.
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Howe: Division I Athletics Referendum is a Lasting Investment for All Students ▶ howe, from page 12 2005 USES report, and was further confirmed in more recent student surveys conducted by A.S. Council. Perceived benefits include a boost in the pedigree of a UCSD degree, a legacy to come back to and greater school spirit. The pros and cons are obvious. Opponents point to the cost of making the move, while supporters argue the tangible benefits of a stronger athletic department and the increased national visibility such competition would bring. The difference is all too clearly illustrated by the disparity between UCSD and UCLA. At UCSD, groundbreaking research and increasingly bright undergraduates propel the university up college rankings, but out-of-towners all too often mistake us for San Diego State. Bruins never have to worry about ‘rebranding’ or being confused with Cal State Los Angeles. We are competitive in terms of faculty and educational value, but Berkeley and UCLA still top us in the number of applicants. Name recognition is the key to really impressing employers. The employer’s pathological response to recognizing a school is, “Hey I know this place, I feel good about knowing it, I feel good about this job candidate.” Being a Division I school will get UCSD’s name out there, competing against big-name schools like Santa Barbara, Stanford and Cal, and helping the degree be perceived as worth more than it is at present. What is it? The initiative is for a $166 per quarter raise in student fees. This would bring the athletics budget to around $8 million, a middle-of-the-road number similar to other teams in the Big West. Moving to Division I is only possible if we have a conference. If the referendum passes, UCSD has until 2014 to be invited into a conference. Until then, there would be no change. Once invited, UCSD will have one transition year before moving to Division I — a necessary provision considering we currently offer the minimum amount of scholarship money permissible in Division II, which is several million less than what is required in Division I. In this transition year, the student fees would allow the Tritons to meet the minimum Division I requirement. Theoretically, the move would follow this
timeline. After the referendum passes Winter Quarter of 2012, UCSD is invited to the Big West Spring Quarter 2013. Fees would increase for the 2013-14 school year, in which time athletic and non-athletic scholarships would increase. In the 2014-15 UCSD would compete in Division I as part of the Big West Conference. Paying for It Current freshmen will be take the brunt of the cost due to the likelihood is that we will not be invited to the Big West for several years. In addition, 29 percent of all student fees return to finanical aid. Are we ready? The baseball field needs lights and flushing toilets, but other than that and a few other small projects, the UCSD facilities are already better than all the other teams in the Big West. RIMAC’s indoor facility and our track are far better than anyone else except for San Diego State’s basketball arena, for obvious reasons. Repairs to current facilities are already underway, by using purely team-by-team fundraising initiatives that cost the students nothing. From a coaching standpoint, almost all our coaches have experience at the Division I level. Basketball coach Chris Carlson was at UCLA, Track and field coaches Tony Salerno and Darcy Ahner were at Air Force and Arizona, respectively, and most other coaches are already at the Division I level, like the head women’s and men’s swimming coaches Corrie Falcon and Matt Macedo. UCSD has outgrown the level of competition of other CCAA schools. We dominate in most Division II sports we take part in, despite the fact that we are at the minimum level for athletic scholarships in Division II, against fully funded D-2 programs. UCSD won the Chancellor’s Cup — given to the school that the most conference titles and accolades of any school — four of the last five years. If the referendum doesn’t pass, UCSD will probably never go Division I. “This referendum is vital to our success in the future,” Athletic Director Earl Edwards said. If the referendum is blocked, the Big West will be even less inclined to consider UCSD.
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UCSD’s precision shooting proved crucial in the win against the Seawolves, with nine of the Tritons’ next 11 points coming from behind the arc and 10 three-pointers to Sonoma’s two. As has been the pattern for the majority of the Tritons’ matches thus far, UCSD flourishes in the second half, capitalizing on its opponents’ tired legs. The closest the Seawolves would come to the Tritons for the remainder was 11 points. Although both Elliott and Feder felt that the defense on the night wasn’t up to par, UCSD found a way around it by continuing to run the court. “[Sonoma’s] very well-coached,” Elliott said. “They tried to slow the game down, and play a half-court game. But we kept pushing tempo and I felt like our transitioning made the difference.” Junior guard Emily Osga ended the night with 19 points and six assists. Senior guard Chelsea Carlisle — who was named the CCAA player of the week for the second time in the 2012 season — recorded 17 points along with an even more impressive 12 assists. The two-time AllAmerican leads the conference in dishes, with 117 in conference play. With their perfect season intact, the No. 1 Tritons faced fourth in conference Humboldt State on Saturday, Jan. 21. UCSD outscored the Lumberjacks 13-4 at the start. With a 13-point cushion by the seven-minute mark, Elliott brought on her reserves. Humboldt capitalized, going on a 7-0 run before the half, leaving the score at 30-25 by the end of the period. At the start of the second period, Humboldt’s Bree Halsey — who recorded a game-high of 16 rebounds — picked up a quick steal, which was converted by forward Whitney
Howard. With the game tied at 30, the Tritons reclaimed the lead with a clutch three-pointer from Carlisle. The Lumberjacks remained close for the next few possessions, as both squads decided to press high. But as the game wore on, the Humboldt defense began to deteriorate and the Tritons were able to pick apart the holes for a few easy buckets. “In the second half, we started picking things up defensively,” Elliott said. “I started making a few substitutions. [Natalie Luzar] came in and gave us a tremendous spark at the time. [Humboldt] missed a couple shots and we did a great job of transitioning to get a couple easy baskets.” The Tritons ran away with the lead, going on a 25-4 run to end the game. The Lumberjacks weren’t able to muster a response and finished the night with 19 turnovers on 28.5 percent shooting. The Tritons went 45.3 percent from the field and recorded six of their 10 three-pointers in the second half for a sublime 60 percent from behind the arc. UCSD was dangerous all over the court, as four Tritons recorded in double figures. Feder led all-scorers with 20 points on nine rebounds. Carlisle contributed 14 points, sophomore forward Erin Dautremont chipped in 13 points and senior forward Lauren Freidenberg recorded 10 points. The Tritons now head on the road to take on Cal Poly Pomona on Thursday, Jan. 26 and San Francisco State on Saturday, Jan. 28. “We finished the first half of conference, we’re 0-0 now, that needs to be our mindset,” Elliott said. “We got to go on the road and we’ve got to try and steal them, because no one’s going to give you a game on the road.” Readers can contact Rachel Uda at ruda@ucsd.edu_
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UNDEFEATED The UCSD Women’s Basketball team is 18-0 behind wins against Sonoma State on Friday and Humboldt State on Saturday.
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fter a total of 18 games, facing all 12 CCAA conference teams, the Tritons remain undefeated in their 2012 season. With an 18-0 record, UCSD was named the No. 1 team in Division II Women’s Basketball for the first time in school history. “It’s just a testament to these kids and the effort that they’ve been putting out every single day,” head coach Charity Elliott said. “But tonight we learned that it’s never going to be easy.” On Friday, UCSD met with 5-9 Sonoma State at home. The Seawolves, who allow a conference low of 53.9 points per game, raced out to the lead at the start of the half. Sonoma kept the advantage midway into the first half — leading by as many as six points — until back-to-back three pointers from freshman sixth man Natalie Luzar and senior shooting guard Daisy Feder tied the game. With seven minutes remaining in the half, Elliott brought her starters back onto the court, who scrapped together a three-point lead by the end of the half. With a slight three-point margin, the Tritons went on a 7-0 run off of five consecutive points from Feder, who led UCSD with 23 points on the night. UCSD had a difficult time penetrating into the key, as Sonoma’s forwards dominated on the blocks, recording 17 second chance buckets to UCSD’s six. Nonetheless, the Tritons did well to adjust by picking up their points from the perimeter. “It was frustrating, because we wanted to get the ball inside and Sonoma plays a sagging defense, so that made it a little more difficult,” Feder said. See W. BASKETBALL, page 11
The women’s basketball team achieves its first No. 1 national ranking
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Second half 3PP recorded by the women’s basketball team against Humboldt State.
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The No. 1 UCSD Women’s Basketball team continues its undefeated streak, behind the leadership of senior guard Chelsea Carlisle.
women’s basketball #5 emily osga Junior Guard Finished with 19 points on eight of 17 shooting agiainst Sonoma State. #11 Daisy feder Senior Guard Led the Tritons in scoring in both of the Tritons’ weekend match-ups. #15 chelsea carlisle Senior Guard Recorded in double figures in both games, while tallying a game-high 12 assists against Sonoma.
#34 erin dautremont Sophomore Forward Didn’t score against Sonoma, but picked up 13 points on top of six assists against Humboldt. #2 natalie luzar Freshman Guard Came off the bench for the Tritons, recording sixpoints for UCSD against Humboldt. #21 megan perry Sophomore Guard Recorded five points in her 16 minutes in the game against Sonoma.
Men’s Basketball Tops Sonoma, Falls to Humboldt Six of the first eight Seawolves’ points came from above the rim, as the Tritons MEN’S BASKETBALL struggled to defend the more The Triton Men’s Basketball athletic Sonoma squad, with team came off this weekend the Seawolves surging ahead in the same position as the 2-7 in the first two minutes. week before, going from 2-7 to UCSD adjusted, locking 3-8 over the weekend. UCSD down the low post and forcing remains third from the last in Sonoma to take lower percentthe CCAA’s 12-team age outside shots. league. guard W. WATER POLO Senior Friday’s game Justin Brue and Pick up the against Sonoma State Guardian on sophomore guard began poorly for Thursday, 1/26 for James McCann the Tritons as the led the Tritons a preview of the Seawolves’ freshman on a 13-point run UCSD Women’s Justin Herold ran to make it 15-7 backside and caught Water Polo team. by the 11-minute an alley-oop, slammark. ming over two Triton defendWith six minutes left in the ers for the opening points of half, UCSD pushed forward, as the game. The Tritons traded the players gapped the Wolves points in the following posses- 25-13. sion, attacking Sonoma’s 2-3 The advantage pushed zone defense with an overload Sonoma into a full-court man offense. By Nick howe
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defense in an attempt to stop the Triton post-play, led by senior forward Ryan Wheeler. Wheeler — who has seen a dramatic increase in his minutes in the past few games — played well coming off the bench, nabbing nine points and two rebounds. But the Tritons struggled to break the press and went scoreless to the end of the half (with the exception of one jumper from junior guard Tyler McGrath). After blowing a 12-point lead, the Tritons ended the first period down 29-26. In the second half, the Seawolves pressed on and off as the Tritons dropped the tempo and continued with their motion offense. Wheeler remained dynamic on the boards, as he subbed in as See m. BASKETBALL, page 10
117 Number of assists senior guard Chelsea Carlisle has logged in conference play.
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The UCSD women’s basketball team’s record in the 2012 season
Proposed Division I Referendum: How Should We Vote? Midway into this quarter, you, the student body, will be voting on the initiative to move UCSD to Division I.
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It’s a move that could be financially burdensome to an already heavily taxed student body. But the move will have only positive effects for the university. The initiative began in the A.S. Council as a response to student requests dating back to the See HOWE, page 10