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Large Grant Will Help Fund Struggling Theatre & Dance Department BY Sarah Moon

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Las Vegas Cancer Center to Shut Down BY Emily pham

The Molli and Arthur Wagner Dance Building is one of several venues named for the long-time supporters of UCSD Theatre and Dance. The Wagner Family recently pledged a mutlimillion dollar gift to help the struggling department.

he Wagner family has pledged a $2.2 million donation to UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance in response to budget cuts and concern over professional training opportunities for theatre students. The donation is a lead gift in establishing the UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities’ Student Production Fund. Founding chairman of the department Arthur Wagner and his wife Molli Wagner will serve as co-chairs of the Student Production Fund, which aims to achieve a $7 million endowment to ensure and support student performances. “It’s very important to have a source of guaranteed funding, especially in a time when state fund-

The Wagner family, which has been involved with the Department of Theatre and Dance for two decades, has pledged a $2.2 million gift to fund student productions.

ing is so unpredictable,” Theatre and Dance Department Chair Jim Carmody said. The Wagner gift will be used exclusively towards the department’s undergraduate and graduate theatre and dance productions. Funds will cover sets, costumes, sound, lighting and projections for shows, as well as provide a guaranteed funding source for department necessities. “The gift will not allow us to start producing more elaborate shows, but it will allow us to plan next year’s season and those that follow See Wagner, page 3

ACADEMIC Affairs

Major Changes for Administrative Personnel in 2013 Heads of Scripps Institution and Jacobs School departing marks year of administrative turnover. BY Mekala Neelakantan

senior staff writer This quarter, UCSD will face various changes in faculty across different departments and affiliated institutions. These incoming and outgoing faculty shifts will include a new provost for Muir College, the first-ever Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, a search for the new Director of Scripps Institute of Oceanography and a new Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering. According to Muir Provost Search Committee Chair Dr. Barbara Sawrey, Muir College’s newest provost will be announced during the

middle of this quarter. Susan Smith, the current Provost, announced her intentions to retire at the end of the 2012 calendar year, after heading the position since 2005. After retirement from her post as provost and as faculty within the department of Visual Arts, Smith plans to spend time in Northern California, completing a book on women in medieval art and beginning a project on 19th century popular photography. The Muir Provost Search Committee is comprised of Dr. Sawrey, Muir College Dean of Student Affairs Patricia Mahaffey, Warren College Provost Steven Adler, several other professors, an alumni representative and student representatives Elizabeth Garcia and Kit Wong. The committee is currently in the process of conducting interviews with over 30 applicants for the position. “The staff and students…would love a Provost who embodies the theme of celebrating the independent spirit and is committed to preserving the things that make Muir

College so special,” Garcia, who was not at liberty to discuss the committee proceedings thus far. Beginning Jan. 1, Dr. Linda S. Greene of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will begin her position as UCSD’s first ever Vice

UW-Madison. As VC-EDI, Greene will work with Chancellor Pradeep Khosla, Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Suresh Subramani and various departments and UCSD Programs to promote equal opportunities and inclusiveness and intro-

linda greene

tony haymet

frieder seible

Incoming vice chanellor for equity, diversity and inclusion

Outgoing director of scripps institution of oceanography

Outgoing dean of jacobs school of engineering

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Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Dr. Greene was chosen for the position in September 2012 after a nationwide search by the UC Board of Regents and comes to UCSD after completing her affairs as Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at

duce associated strategic initiatives. Dr. Greene, who had been preparing for her position as VC-EDI after the winter break, was not available for comment by press time. See faculty, page 3

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UCSD administrators announced their decision to close the Las Vegas Nevada Cancer Center after struggling to keep the 142,000-foot center open for almost a year. In a Dec. 12 announcement, officials said the small conglomerate of independent oncology practices, which UCSD bought out of bankruptcy in Jan. 2012 for $18 million, had failed to compete against other companies in Nevada due to an unsteady patient referral base. UCSD’s short-lived involvement with the center was the first time in history any University of California had purchased and operated an outof-state clinical practice. In early November 2012, UCSD attempted to keep the center afloat by entering negotiations to lease onethird of the center to three Nevada cancer companies, including the main partner, the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN). But the pending partnership fell apart when an unnamed CCCN hospital operator refused to approve a deal that denied for-profit doctor groups from occupying the center, according to the U-T San Diego. “At the 11th hour, we were notified that they were not going to sign the waiver for the land-use covenants.” UCSD Dean of Clinical Affairs Tom McAfee told the U-T San Diego in Dec. 12 article, “UCSD shuts down Nevada clinic, expansion disrupted.” “It leaves us in a very uncomfortable situation of not being able to complete the lease.” Throughout the year, attempts to restore the center’s withering patient referral base were unsuccessful in the midst of higher Californiamandated taxes and the challenges of new management. McAfee wanted to keep the center non-profit as per the agreement UCSD had made with the Nevada Cancer Center during the purchase, but UCSD simply could not sustain the center without a partnership and decided to close its doors. UCSD’s original goals to expand its clinical trials for the Moores Cancer Center, establishing an out-ofstate academic program and offering specialized procedures to Nevada’s residents, according to McAfee, have been delayed. “Had we known it would turn out this way, we probably wouldn’t have gone forward in the first place. We didn’t go into Las Vegas to get into the real estate business,” McAfee said in the U-T San Diego. As a result, 350 cancer patients were notified in December to find a new oncologist and an additional 75 Nevada Cancer Center employees received layoff notices the same day that UCSD announced the decision to close the center. Plans to expand have been disrupted, but UCSD plans to approach the idea of a partnership with another similarly non-profit oncology group in the future.

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BY SEAN NAM, Staff Writer a heart valve replacement surgery last month. Along with his influence on the Beatles and world music, his achievements include five Grammy Awards, the Praemium Imperiale (akin to a Japanese Nobel Prize for music) and the prestigious appointment as Regents’ professor at UCSD.

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children from a moving vehicle in the Philippines, may have beaten cancer. The dog faced serious injuries to her muzzle after jumping in front of a speeding motorcycle, saving her owner’s daughter and niece, who were crossing the street. Karen Kenngott, a nurse from Buffalo, N.Y., helped raise the necessary money for surgery through an online campaign. The dog, hospitalized at UC Davis, will also need to be treated for the heartworms in her arteries before she receives the necessary cosmetic surgery.

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students were charged with killing an exotic bird in a Las Vegas casino. Justin Teixeira was charged with felony killing and felony torturing of an animal, while Eric Cuellar has been charged with the misdemeanor of instigating, engaging in or furthering an act of animal cruelty. Video surveillance shows Teixeira and Cuellar chasing a 14-year-old helmeted guineafowl into a group of trees at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino, and witnesses reported the pair leaving with the corpse. If convicted, the two men could face up to four years in prison and a $1000 fine.

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▶ UCSD Researcher Mana Parast, MD, Ph.D, was awarded a $3 million grant by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to continue her research for treatments of preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and abnormal kidney function. The condition affects 5 to 8 percent of all pregnancies, leads to a significant number of maternal deaths, and is the main reason for premature delivery. Parast’s work focuses on the trophoblast stem cells that make up the placenta, the temporary organ that connects a mother to her unborn baby. Her lab has successfully created the first human trophoblast cell model that can be used to study the developmental stages of the placenta.

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Gift Will Help Struggling Theater and Dance Department

Lights & Sirens Wednesday, December 26 4:14 p.m.: Welfare Check ▶An adult male was sitting on the ground of Lot 352, possibly drunk. Unable to locate. 4:39 p.m.: Medical Aid ▶An adult female at the Shiley Eye Center had acute abdominal pain. Transported to Thornton Hospital. Thursday, December 27 11:12 a.m.: Vandalism ▶There were scratches on the door to the Biomedical Sciences Building. Information only. 3:29 p.m.: Disturbance ▶A large group of skateboarders was at Scholars Drive North. Will cooperate. Friday, December 28 4:42 p.m.: Medical Aid ▶An elderly male at the Health Sciences Drive Infusion Room had a bad reaction to a blood transfusion. Transported to hospital. 8:16 p.m.: Suspicious Vehicle ▶Two juveniles were consuming alcohol in Lot 103. Closed by citation. Saturday, December 29 2:25 a.m.: Suicide Attempt ▶A subject in Miramar Building 4 made a suicidal comment to a friend online. Transported to hospital. 4:11 a.m.: Disturbance, Vehicle ▶The subjects were yelling “pig,” out of a vehicle window. Closed by adult arrest. Sunday, December 30 2:07 p.m.: Possession of Stolen Property ▶The reporting party believed he saw the subject on a bicycle with his cell phone that was stolen two days before; he had previously not reported his cell phone missing. Unable to locate.

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▶ Wagner, from page 1

with some confidence,” Carmody said. Arthur Wagner has served as a UCSD faculty member for almost 20 years and continues to support the department by donating gifts with his wife, Molli. In 2008, a performance space in Galbraith Hall was renamed the Arthur Wagner Theatre as recognition of his support. “It is time to launch a fundraising effort that will sustain the future quality of theater at UC San Diego, one of the top programs in

the nation,” Wagner said in a UCSD press release Dec. 10. “We need to ensure that the show goes on for students.” Camrody says the UCSD Theatre and Dance Department’s high reputation rests on foundations of excellent faculty, outstanding students and a high level of professionalism during production season. “Without these production opportunities, we cannot have a highly-ranked program,” Camrody said. “To that extent, the Wagner gift is an investment in the continuing and future excellence of the department.”

The department’s professionally produced shows are performed in theaters shared with the La Jolla Playhouse, a prominent professional theatre. UCSD’s theatre program is ranked as one of the top three in the country, next to Yale’s and New York University’s. UCSD’s Department of Theatre and Dance celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. “It has been our true life’s passion to build and to nurture theatre and dance at UC San Diego,” Wagner said in the Dec. 10 press release.

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New Vice Chancellor of Diversity Began Working Last Week ▶ faculty, from page 1

After six years as Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences and Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), Dr. Tony Haymet retired from his administrative positions on Jan. 1, 2013. He will remain a Distinguished Professor of UCSD as well as Vice Chancellor-Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the Graduate Program in Marine Sciences, Emeritus. Professor Catherine Constable of the Scripps Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics will be serving as Acting Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of SIO, and Dean of the Graduate School of Marine Sciences from Oct. 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013. According to Dr. Constable, Chancellor Khosla has already made several recommendations, and a search committee for the next Vice Chancellor and SIO Director is currently being constructed. As Vice Chancellor, Dr. Haymet focused on improving the Scripps budget, assembled a five-point plan of people, infrastructure, vessels,

outreach and teaching and recruited over 44 very talented faculty members. Haymet established the first institutional postdoctoral program at Scripps, as well as a Marine Biology undergraduate major during Fall 2012, and also co-founded CleanTech San Diego in 2007, a nonprofit organization advocating clean technologies and sustainable industry practices. “We had a good six years with Dr. Haymet,” Dr. Constable said. “And I am looking forward to the results of the international search for his successor”. Dr. Frieder Seible, Dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering for two terms, and 30-year faculty member of UCSD, will be retiring from UCSD in April 2013. Dr. Seible will remain an emeritus faculty and collaborator at UCSD, but will be the Dean of Faculty of Engineering and University Academic Vice-President of Monash University. Dr. Juan C. Lasheras, Stanford and Beverly Penner Professor of Applied Sciences at the Jacobs School, has been appointed Acting Dean since Dean Seible’s Fall

quarter sabbatical and will remain so until the selection of a permanent Dean. Dr. Seible, Dean of the Jacobs School since 2003, is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, chairman of the California Department of Transportation Seismic Advisory Board, and serves as a structural engineering consultant with over 600 papers and reports to his name, among many other accomplishments. As Dean he was instrumental in the construction of the Structural and Materials Engineering building, the founding of the departments of Structural Engineering and NanoEngineering, the Institute of Engineering in Medicine and various student programs. An international search for Dean Seible’s successor will begin this month after the creation of the search committee and recruitment search firm. Dr. Lasheras was unavailable for comment by press time.

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Democrats Need to Shift Focus to Jobs Crisis

No Go for the UC Logo

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The new UC logo received much flack, but the backlash could have been avoided if university adminstration had more effectively solicited student feedback in creating the monogram. BY Aleks levin

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hen images of the new University of California logo began popping up on Facebook in early December, a UC-student outrage unseen since the Alexandra Wallace fiasco was unleashed. However, there were many misconceptions regarding the logo’s use and purpose. While it was commendable that the UC system responded to the backlash by suspending further use of the new logo, the public outcry could have been prevented if there were greater efforts to receive student feedback in the logo’s creation. Designed by an in-house design team, the new logo featured a blue U-shaped figure with a fading yellow ‘C’ at the bottom. The main designer was a UC graduate, whose parents both taught at the UC system. Administration had high hopes for the new logo, but the monogram was not received well by the public. In the comments section of any online news source, from the L.A. Times to the Huffington Post, people made comparisons to a flushing toilet, a loading wheel, a banana sticker and a generic corporate logo — the comparisons were endless. After 55,000 people signed an online petition to have the logo removed, along with spirited input by Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, the UC system relented. The removal of the new monogram has already begun on a digital front, and while the UC system will not throw away materials with the new logo, it

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will cease to create materials with it. However, many people erroneously believed that the logo would completely replace the historic UC seal created in 1895 by Tiffany & Co. The logo would not have replaced the official seal on diplomas, letterheads or other official documents. Instead, it would have served to bring a more modern feel to websites, fundraising publications and recruiting and public affairs campaigns. The redesign was meant to convey how relevant the University of California is to the state, be eye-catching and reproduce well digitally and in small spaces. Critics who complained that one could not tell that the logo had anything to do with the UC system were unaware that the words ‘University of California’ would still accompany the new logo. While the logo was not entirely created without student direction, the UC system did not do the transition in a manner that See UC Logo, page 5

In response to the recent tragedy at sandy Hook, attorney Tom Horne is pushing for a new law that would allow each Arizona Public School to Train and Arm one faculty Member.

Public Schools Need to Hire Security Guards, Not Arm Educators

Arming School Faculty May Be Only Economically Feasible Option

Instead of More Guns, Support for the Mentally Ill Must Improve

Tom Horne’s proposed plan to have educators hold on-campus firearms is counterintuitive to promoting safety — security officers with years of tactical training are the only personnel who should be allowed to wield handguns around children. Costs may be high, but hiring professionals who are trained to be level-headed during shooter situations is ultimately the best option to protect schools. After 9/11, the nation proposed many different methods to stop future terrorist attacks. One of the most effective changes was the increased hiring of Federal Air Marshals (FAMs), who enforce from the air and rank among federal law enforcement officers with the highest in handgun accuracy. Though highly expensive (costing an estimated $3,000 per flight and $12 million per year), FAMs have been effective in decreasing terrorist attacks. According to the Heritage Foundation, a thinktank dedicated to the research and promotion of conservative public policy, FAMs have helped foil at least eight terrorist plots since 9/11. Just as the federal budget was adjusted to accommodate more FAMs in 2001, states should adjust their budgets to meet the costs of hiring more school security officers. Armed officers at the scene instead of a phone call away could save numerous lives. Specific school safety grants, cost-sharing partnerships and the reallocation of state money could all assist in making more funds available for protection. A police officer or ground-equivalent FAM is worth the extra cost over having an educator go through gun training. No budget or other monetary impediment should stand in the way of protecting the nation’s children.

The recent horrors in Newtown, Conn. may make certain school faculty members feel the need to not only carry pencils and binder paper to school, but fully loaded firearms as well. Although inconvenient to teachers and potentially alarming to students, arming staff may be the most efficient and economically feasible approach to ensuring a safe learning environment for kids. While hiring trained security guards at each school would be ideal, state budgets are tight. The Washington Post averaged the yearly cost of supplying all public schools with a security guard at $2.5 billion dollars. Combine this with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report that Arizona will cut $183 million from K-12 spending this year, and it’s conclusive that training the teachers themselves would be a more realistic solution. After 9/11, America took direct action against preventing armed threats with the Federal Flight Deck Officers program. Similar to equipping teachers, this allowed commercial airline pilots to become certified to carry guns on board planes. At a fraction of the cost of hiring security professionals, this program quickly addressed the looming safety threat and can easily be replicated by staff in public schools. There is no more hiding from such catastrophes because, frankly, school is no longer safe. Ensuring that teachers are prepared and armed to protect the children they teach 180 days a year is an important issue that needs to be addressed.

The undeniable rise in mass shootings in the past couple decades has given the United States good reason to change its gun control policy, but creating a law that increases the presence of firearms in schools is not the proper way to approach the issue. The U.S. should change the counter-productive manner in which the media covers these tragedies as well as improve support for the mentally ill in the US, not depend on fantastical acts of heroism from school teachers. A 2012 survey by Mother Jones, a nonprofit news organization, reports that of the 62 mass shootings since 1982, not one has been ended by an armed civilian. The argument for hiring more school resource officers in schools also falls apart given the presence of armed security during the Virginia Tech and Columbine massacres in 1999 and 2007, respectively. Moreover, both Mother Jones and a 2000 survey by the New York Times reported that at least half of shooting massacres are committed by the mentally ill, including paranoid schizophrenics and the suicidally depressed. The problem is not how to confront a crazed shooter — who can legally obtain more than what is necessary to overpower an armed principal — but that these individuals require special attention that society does not sufficiently provide. A step in the right direction should not be to arm more people, but to increase access to mental health providers, oppose the social stigma against recommending and seeking help and to avoid sensationalized coverage of these incidents by the national media.

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he U.S. unemployment rate for December remained unchanged from November — a dismal 7.8 percent. While it is important to not read too much into a single jobs report, the overall picture remains stark. The average monthly job gain for 2012 was 155,000, which was no different from 2011. At this rate, we won’t even reach pre-recession levels of employment by 2025. Youth unemployment levels are even direr at 11.5 percent. The levels for communities of color are even higher, with Hispanic youth at 12.2 percent and African-American youth at a staggering 22.1 percent. Employment at this age is necessary to hone skills for future jobs, so losing opportunities can jeopardize future potential earnings. Unfortunately, Washington remains focused on the debt rather than the more pressing jobs crisis. Part of the blame falls on the House Grand Old Party (GOP) members who refuse to pass any bill that will stimulate the economy. President Obama attempted to spur job creation last year by encouraging teacher rehiring and funding infrastructure projects. But this bill was killed upon its arrival in Congress. Another significant setback for job creation this year is the lapse of the payroll tax cut. For 2012, the rate was 4.2 percent for employees instead of 6.2 percent. This represents a tax hike on most working Americans, causing another blow to the recovery. J.P. Morgan estimates this will reduce disposable income by $125 billion and consequently downgrade the GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of 2013 to just one percent. Even worse, though, is that 2013 does not look like a year Congress will bother to deal with the unemployment levels. Due to gerrymandering by Republican state legislatures in 2010, House Republican members are more likely to suffer defeat from more conservative primary challengers than Democrats in their districts. Hence, there is no incentive for the Republicans in the 113th Congress to compromise or accept the Democrats’ job proposals. As for solutions offered by Republicans and Democrats, both parties claim tax reform could help create jobs. But the adjustment of individual and corporate income tax will have much greater effects on longterm growth than the current jobs gap. This is simply because corporations and high earners (who would be most affected by tax reform) would not necessarily spend their increased income immediately and may save for when the economy is more prosperous. More dangerously though, Republicans continue to advocate cuts to government programs which in turn will decrease jobs for government workers. At a time when unemployment is already high, this would be a poor move. Instead of focusing on the deficit, Democrats must shift the national conversation back to jobs. In the next battle over the debt ceiling, they should demand recovery programs and targeted government spending in concession for entitlement reform later. The jobs deficit now could lay waste to a generation of workers bringing much greater harm than any future debt. Congress must act quickly to prevent this.

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Solve For X By Philip Jia

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Previous Issue’s Letter Contained Factual Errors

Poor Publicity by the UC Contributed to Misunderstandings ▶ UC logo, from page 4 effectively got the message across to the public. According to Steve Montiel, media relations director for the university president’s office, students, parents, alumni and chancellors did provide input in the design of the logo. The UC Office of the President commented on its Youtube channel that the creation was a collaborative process, and that the UC system’s aim was to build off of the traditional seal while demonstrating the UC’s strong tradition of pioneering innovation, for which they had generally received positive feedback. Despite these statements, the vast majority of students did not

get the memo that a new logo was in the works while it was being designed. Most found out after-thefact from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, which largely contributed to the misunderstanding that the logo would completely replace the traditional UC seal on students’ diplomas. The UC wrongly focused its energy on making a “cool” and modern video which attempted to explain the thinking behind the creation of the new monogram, which was reminiscent of Facebook’s failed October chair video. The video was filled with imagery, allegory, and metaphor while failing to explain why or how the logo would be used. It is the UC system’s job to properly

inform students that the image of the university might potentially change. In the future, the administration should more effectively convey any intended changes to students. Harvard has redesigned its seal over half a dozen times since its inception in 1650, but it always included certain recognizable hallmarks such as their shield. The UC system may want to go the Harvard route and incorporate elements from the old UC seal. The good news is: This incident shows that administration does listen and respond to criticism from the students.

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Dear Editor, In the last issue of the UCSD Guardian a letter co-authored by two literature professors called for cutting military aid to Israel. Beyond factual errors and omissions, the rhetoric tools that the professors employ are worth noting. As experts in Marxism and psychoanalysis, they adopted methods of recruited and drafted art to deliver hidden messages to brainwash their subjects. Let us give examples of some of these techniques: False imagery — the authors call Gaza “an open air-prison,” invoking associations on enforced incarceration, ignoring the fact that the restrictions on Gaza imports are primarily designed to prevent weapons smuggling that brought to thousands of missiles bombarding civilians inside Israel. But the authors conveniently omit this detail. Another tool is false causality — the authors mention Israel military action first and then say, “In response, Hamas sent multiple rockets into Israel.” This is blatant lie since Israel operation was conducted after years of Hamas bombardments targeting Israeli civilians. Similarly, the use of words like “apartheid” or “occupation,” when Israel has left Gaza many years ago, has nothing to do with reality and are used here purely as propaganda messaging. One can only wonder then about the professors’ commitment to factual truth. The use of superlatives like “rain death” and “murder” applied to Israel are no other than a tool for evoking extreme imagery to create repulsive gut responses that blind thought and reason. The fact that terror can be inflicted by very

primitive means, not to mention advanced missiles provided to Hamas by Iran, are not mentioned. The arguments of inequality in the number of casualties on both sides conveniently omits the facts that Hamas militants hide their rockets and ammunition in the midst of civilian population, using Palestinians as human shields in a win-win situation — if Israel does not retaliate, Hamas wins in war, and if innocent Palestinians are killed during military action, Hamas wins in propaganda. But aren’t academic arguments supposed to be balanced, contextual and factual? Not the professors’ letter, which makes one more use of another main propaganda technique: counterfactual thinking — the final manipulation once the imagery and emotions are set in place. What if Israel is stripped of its military might? Wouldn’t the world be a better place? The authors imply this, but their argument remains hidden, while the rest of their writing leaves no space for constructive arguments. When does art, literature and even research cross the lines into shallow activism? Too often, according to a recent report by the National Association of Scholars that warns against the corrupting effect of political activism in the University of California. The professors’ letter is a clear example of this. It is a personal opinions that abuses academic culture by using a studentrun newspaper to run blatant propaganda disguised in academic pretense. So if you do not learn it in the classroom please remember from now on — excessive imagery, false causality and counterfactuals — you are being recruited (or manipulated). —Shlomo Dubnov Department of Music

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FEATURES

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human element

A look at promising research at UCSD that went under the radar in 2012

The Up and Coming Papers BY ayan kusari

A team of UCSD researchers, led by Navin R. Mahadevan at the Moores Cancer Center, found that nearly all tumor cells increase production of proteins used in growth and division through a mechanism called the unfolded protein response (UPR). In normal cells, proteins are folded, clumped together, and bent into different shapes in an intracellular structure called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). When a cell is overworked, unfolded proteins pile up inside the ER and trigger a molecular signaling cascade that increases the overall activity of the cell, placing it in a stressed or “hyperactive” state. Mahadevan and his colleagues found that nearly all cancer cells, which divide much more quickly than normal cells, use external signaling pathways to artificially trigger the UPR. Their work was published in the Nov. 18 issue of PLOS ONE, to little fanfare. However, on Jan. 4, a pharmaceutical company called Amicus Therapeutics announced that it had successfully tested a chaperonin-enzyme therapy for certain tumors. Chaperonin is one of the key proteins involved in the unfolded protein response, adding weight and importance to the UCSD team’s findings.

Enzymatic Explanations in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia In early February 2012, a team of researchers headed by Michael Savona from UCSD found that a class of drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) was effective in treating chronic myeloid leukemia — cancer of the blood. Their findings were published in Volume 8 of Nature Reviews Cancer, and generated slight interest, having been cited six times in the following months. However, this is likely to change in 2013. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are a general class of compounds, and therefore can carry severe side effects. In a paper published in the Dec. 24 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, another team of UCSD researchers, led by Catriona Jamieson, M.D., Ph.D., reported that they had found the precise enzyme that is targeted by TKIs in chronic myeloid leukemia patients. This enzyme, an adenosine deaminase named ADAR1, is being characterized by the research team. More specific TKIs can be engineered to suit this enzyme, leading to more viable therapies for leukemia patients, a fact that has already begun to make these two research teams’ work more widely featured on the web. As the specific ADAR1 inhibitors are developed in the coming year, the UCSD research teams’ work is likely to generate additional interest.

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ayan kusari akusari@ucsd.edu

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In the world of science, it happens every year. A new study is published, full of meticulously gathered data and groundbreaking, game-changing results. Researchers and reviewers around the world are given access. Everything is set up just right for a conceptual revolution, and — nothing happens. Countless stellar papers go unrecognized every year, only to be “discovered” months later, or more. Here’s a look at some of the research from UCSD that was undervalued in 2012 — and why that will change this year.

The Unfolded Protein Response

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Keeping HIV in its Latent Phase When a human being is infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, he or she can go for years without contracting acquired immunodeficiency syndrome — AIDS. There are a variety of reasons for this: the large number of white blood cells in the immune system and antiviral defense mechanisms in the bloodstream are both crucial. However, the most intriguing reason for the delay between HIV and AIDS may be the fact that for years, the HIV virus can replicate in the bloodstream in what is known as “latent phase” — a distinct structural form of the virus. Last year, a team of researchers that included UCSD professor Leor Weinberger published a paper in the February issue of Cell Cycle outlining a possible mechanism for latency in HIV cells. These researchers found that BET bromodomain-targeting compounds, which are widely found in certain plants and microbes, are capable of activating transcription of DNA in HIV. At the time, however, their findings did not explain how and why HIV becomes activated in the human body and thus did not generate a particularly huge amount of interest. However, the situation has now changed. A team of researchers at Hoffmann–La Roche, a pharmaceutical company, has found that BET bromodomain-targeting compounds are in fact secreted by mammals in small quantities in cells that have undergone a process known as acetylation in certain regions of their DNA. Acetylation activates genes, and the La Roche researchers found that those that code for BET bromodomain-targeting compounds were found to be activated in certain fibroblasts, the tiny, oftenoverlooked cells that secrete the extracellular matrix, the glue that holds larger cells in a tissue together. Given the new finding that BET bromodomain-targeting compounds are indeed secreted by human cells, the mechanism of HIV activation proposed by earlier by the UCSD research team now seems more likely. As such, the work is a good candidate to generate more buzz in 2013.

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housands of years before Christmas was a holiday — and many hundreds more before we began dropping balls in Times Square — the Romans began their years by making resolutions to Janus, the god after whom January is named. In the United States, the top three things Americans resolved to do in 2012 were (1) become more physically fit, (2) get organized and (3) spend less and save more, according to a study published by researchers from the University of Scranton in the Dec. 20, 2012 issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology. These resolutions reflect a subtle but significant change in the nation’s priorities for the new year. In 2002, the same team of researchers found that the top three resolutions were (1) lose weight, (2) improve non-romantic relationships (e.g., friends, coworkers and neighbors) and (3) change or improve career situation. In the past ten years, the country has been through a lot of changes. Americans have been forced to plow their way through a double-dip recession, two drawn-out conflicts and persistent unemployment. Resolutions 2 and 3 from the 2002 dataset reflect optimism and determination in the public’s approach to climbing up the ladder in the workplace. Resolution 3 from the 2012 dataset, the only one about economics, indicates that a difficult decade has caused Americans to hunker down and focus on spending less rather than earning more. It’s not all bad news, however: According to a review article published in the Sep. 2012 issue of Mayo Clinic Magazine, American media has become far more inclusive of different body shapes and sizes. The review article also stated that most Americans (more than 50 percent) are now able to distinguish between health and physical appearance better than ever before. This shift is reflected in difference between the top resolution for 2002 and 2012: Now, the emphasis is on being healthy rather than losing weight. Furthermore, it appears that difficult times have brought a new sense of urgency to New Year’s resolutions. The researchers found that in 2012, 18 percent of Americans who made resolutions were “moderately to fully successful” in fulfilling their New Year’s resolutions, compared to just 8 percent in 2002. Organization — the 15th most popular resolution in 1992, one of the first years that the survey was administered — has been climbing the charts since that year and finally entered the top three in 2012. In these 20 years, Americans have acquired more and more gadgets: smartphones, MP3 players or tablets are now owned by over 80 percent of American households, according to a 2012 statistics released by Consumer Reports. Furthermore, the average number of “smart” mobile devices owned per person, like the three noted above, exceeded 2.0 for the first time last year. As Americans See resolution, page 10

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