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Regents to Discuss Tuition at Meeting

Al Gore Strategic Planning Open Forum Draws Feedback from Undergraduates Will Speak on Campus Next Month

Students were spared fee hikes after Prop. 30’s passage but new increases may be on the table.

BY Sarah Moon Staff

BY Zev Hurwitz News

Writer

Two months after Proposition 30 passed in the Nov. 6 election, the UC Board of Regents will hold a threeday meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus to discuss potential fee increases. The regents will also continue their November discussion about state funding and the UC budget plan at the meeting.

As a result of Proposition 30’s passing, the UC Regents confirmed that there would be no systemwide tuition increase for students during the 2012–2013 school year. In November, the regents discussed new ways to generate revenue, and confirmed their 2013–2014 academic year budget during a three-day meeting. Tuition and fee increases were recommended to aid the budget plan. The board requested a budget increase of $267 million from the state.

By increasing funding, the board hopes there will be higher enrollment and higher quality programs.

“Given the extraordinary decline in state funding, UC’s quality has not been prioritized as it should be,” the UC Budget for Current Operations for 2013–2014 states.

According to the UC 2013–2014 budget plan, UC system administrators plan to focus on increasing graduate student support, reducing the student-faculty ratio, closing staff and faculty salary gaps, as well as libraries, building maintenance and instructional equipment and technology.

At the November meeting, the UC Regents discussed the possibility of a 6 percent increase in tuition as a result of the regents’ budget strategy. The meeting focused on increasing state funding to avoid higher student fees.

The regents predict tuition will increase for the 2013–2014 school year if further state funding is not provided. At the Nov. 13 to 15 meeting, Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov, Gavin Newsom claimed that additional state funding to the UC system is unlikely.

“The budget is unrealistic,” Newsom said at the meeting. “I’m concerned that the default to this plan is going to be to raise tuition to levels worse than what we were afraid of if See MEETING, page 3

Executive Vice Chancellor Suresh Subramani, left, listens as IFC President Kevin Guiang, right, shares his thoughts on possible improvements for the university on Tuesday. The town hall event was part of a larger recently-launched Strategic Planning inititive.

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BY Heidi kim

Senior staff writer & Daniel Song Staff writer

everal hundred UCSD students and faculty attended the first of several town hall forums this year on Tuesday, as part of the administration’s efforts to coordinate a campuswide strategic planning process.

The meeting opened with Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla presenting background on the strategic planning process. Afterward the attendees were asked to participate in a brainstorming session with Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Suresh Subramani to address predicaments that the uni-

versity is facing, such as the high student to faculty ratio of 31-to-1 and its relatively low rate of alumni giving compared to peer universities.

“I am a strong believer in shared governancwe, and this strategic planning process is about working together to develop shared goals and a unifying vision for the future of UC San Diego,” Khosla said in a statement about the town hall meetings.

When asked about the strengths of UCSD during Tuesday’s brainstorming session, students responded with the organization of the six-college system and a balanced com-

photo by Brian Monroe munity. The topic of how to improve the academic and social experience on campus resulted in various ideas, from creating bike paths to increasing transparency between administrators and students.

Raquel Morales, president of the University of California Student Association and UCSD undergraduate, mentioned her concern about the growing use of online education throughout UC campuses.

“Online education may be good for the UC system, but it might not be the best for SD students,” Morales See FORUM, page 3

Editor

Former Vice President Al Gore will visit the UCSD campus in February for a discussion and book signing. The Nobel Prize winner will speak at the event, which will take place Feb. 10 in the Mandeville Auditorium, and will be followed by a question and answer session.

Gore’s speech at UCSD is part of a national book tour for his newest work, “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change.” The event will be hosted by La Jolla bookstore Warwick’s and is being co-promoted with the San Diego Law Library.

Warwick’s has hosted other speakers on the UCSD campus in the past.

In September, Warwick’s hosted author Salman Rushdie in conjunction with the Revelle Forum.

“Warwick’s has a history of hosting high profile speakers,” Warwick’s Director of Events Julie Slavinsky said.

“It’s remarkable any time a university can host a speaker of this profile.”

Gore previously spoke at UCSD in 2007 to present his Academy Awardwinning film “An Inconvenient Truth” in RIMAC Arena.

Tickets for the Gore speaking engagement are available to the public online through Warwick’s website and range in price from $35 to $50. The price of a ticket includes a copy of Gore’s book.

science & technology

UCSD Microgravity Team Wins National Contest The group will send a five-member “flight team” on board a reduced-gravity NASA test flight in July 2013.

BY SEAN NAM

STAFF WRITER

The UCSD Microgravity Team has won the chance to take part in a NASA test flight in a recent contest. A team of 12 engineering students won the proposal portion of the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program and will send five members onto NASA’s Weightless Wonders aircraft in July to perform an experiment in a reduced-gravity environment to understand the droplet burning characteristics of bioethanol and biobutanol. The judges, a committee of NASA employees at the NASA headquarters in the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, announced the winners on Dec. 5.

The team’s proposal was an experiment to better understand

biofuel combustion rates and compare the results to previous experiments that determined the combustion rates of fossil fuels and nonplant-based alcohols.

“An improved understanding of the combustion of these biofuels may lead to improvements in ground-based vehicle engines and fire safety aboard spacecrafts, among other possible innovations,” UCSD junior and flyer Sam Avery said.

The five members of the “fly team” are students Jack Goodwin, Victor Hong, Josh Sullivan, Daneesha Kenyon and project manager Sam Avery. They will go on two flights, each with about 25 parabolic maneuvers that give the team a 20-second window of near-zero gravity to perform their experiment.

The experiment begins with a semi-automatic process that starts when the microprocessors sense the plane is entering microgravity. A syringe will release a droplet of the

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We are helping to build a name for our school by accomplishing something real and professionally.”

- Nico Montoya UCSD Microgravity Team

biofuels onto a wire held tightly across a box. The team will ignite the fuel and record the diameters of the

droplets using special cameras. They expect to perform the experiment at least 30 times to ensure accuracy.

A reduced gravity environment is void of buoyancy — caused by gravity — that affects the shape of the droplets and could lead to inaccurate data.

“It is very difficult to obtain accurate burning rate data of spherically symmetric droplets under normal gravity conditions,” Avery said.

The plane creates the necessary reduced gravity conditions through continuous arched shaped flights. At the height of the parabola, weightlessness is felt, similar to the effect of a rollercoaster.

Part of the proposal also included an Outreach to Kids program. The See FLIGHT, page 2

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team members will visit underrepresented schools in the San Diego area and carry out various demonstrations, experiments and activities for students in grades K-12.

According to its website, the purpose of the program is to “inspire young, underrepresented students to pursue an interest in STEM fields and show them that the possibility of doing so is achievable.”

Avery was inspired by the research of UCSD mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Dr. Forman A. Williams in the study of flames in microgravity, and wanted to conduct a combustion experiment that hadn’t been done before, leading to the use of biofuels.

UCSD was chosen as one of the 14 winners among the more than 50 universities nationwide that entered the contest. NASA chose winners based on the quality of the research proposals and design of their experiments.

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UCSD’s Microgravity team has won an opportunity to take part in a NASA reduced-gravity test flight this summer. Twelve students worked on a proposal for an experiment to better understand biofuel combustion rates and five students will board NASA’s Weightless Wonders aircraft in July.

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Council Discusses UCAB Referendum; Works Catwalk Festival Open Forum scheduled for As my first coverage of A.S. Council, today’s meeting was certainly Jan. 11, as well as a new event series at Home Plate. Kicking off the series will an eye-opener; I was not expecting it be Level 2, a nightclub-themed event to be nearly as entertaining, but I am that is free for all UCSD students. definitely not complaining.

Question time was the big winner After reports of members and of the night, with council announcing public input were concluded, UCEN Biological Sciences Senator Jonathan members, including chair Albert Cheung as “facTrujillo, started off tor of the week,” special presentanews business and then breaking tions on a serious mekala neelakantan out in a catwalk note, reviewing the mneelaka@ucsd.edu competition after University Centers Revelle Chair Budget Overview Meena Kaushik announced the and its current deficit. The deficit upcoming Catwalk Fashion Show. Six was said to have happened because council members were nominated on of the 2008 fee increase, maintenance the spot, and participated in a spontarepairs, construction and staffing neous showdown, with AVP Concerts expenses, with expenses continuing and Events Eric Babajanian and VP to increase because of work including maintenance issues, computing servic- Student Life Cody Marshall winning the most votes. es and the programming of The Loft.

Council moved to new busiUCEN has already reduced expendiness, revisiting the ongoing co-op tures in various aspects, and UCAB discussion. A.S. President Meggie Le will be stepping in to help, presenting moved to enter a new council resolua UCEN fee increase referendum in tion for the General Store Co-op, the near future. after a previous resolution from fall “I appreciate you coming here quarter’s Week 8 council meeting to explain the UCEN budget, and I was withdrawn after the Graduate would like to extend my office’s serStudent Association concluded that vices for any of UCEN’s needs”, AVP the resolution included Master Space Environmental and Social Justice Agreement regulation violations. Le Vanessa Garcia said. and A.S. Director Heather Belk will AVP Student Services John Weng meet with the heads of MSA and GSA concluded special presentations with to amend or draft a new MSA to keep an extensive presentation on Triton the co-ops afloat.

Activities Planner, highlighting its “Even though we are taking back importance and saying it is required the previous resolution, we are still on by organizations when preparing for events, and must be completed accord- the side of the co-ops,” Le said.

Council ended quite early today, ing to TAP rules and regulations. after a short open forum announcDuring reports of members, AVP ing Muir Senator Hope Czbas’s BSU Concerts and Events Eric Babajanian Culture Show planning and a round released the results of the Sun God of applause for the Fashion Show survey, announcing that hip-hop and Top-40 are tied in the top music genres models. At least now they’ll have some extra time to work on their runfor this year’s Sun God performances. way walks.

He also announced his Sun God

Administration will Follow Up with Focus Groups, Meetings ▶ FORUM, from page 1

said. “The faculty needs to research before implementing these ideas.”

The administration is currently in the beginning phases of collecting information that began in November and will finish in February. All the information provided by faculty, staff, and students will be presented to the senior administration and the vice chancellor’s cabinet to be analyzed. Reappearing suggestions will be added as a part of a final vision statement that will be released in early April.

The first town hall meeting was open to all students and the next town hall meeting will focus specifically on graduate and professional students and will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. tonight in the multipurpose room on the first floor of the Student Services Center.

Also in the meantime, the administration has created a variety of focus groups for specific topics.

These focus groups will help address broader issues, such as diversity, student experience or research and educational experience.

After solidifying five to 10 topics, smaller groups of people, such as department chairs, faculty, and student organization leaders will be invited to represent broader communities.

Each unit will discuss with its respective vice chancellor its vision for a variety of criteria and what

A sizable group of students turned out fot the Open Forum event Tuesday and provided administraors with input on topics including diversity and athletics.

the measurable metrics are to determine whether the vision have or will achieve success.

Once the final vision statement is released, the administration will begin the final phase of implementing the key aspects of each division.

“Ultimately, it’s about the allocation of resources,” Subramani said.

“We need to take the highest priorities and try to fund those first.”

Subramani thought that overall, the forum was successful in garnering student input.

“The range of issues covered was huge,” Subramani said. “Many students were not afraid to speak. There were students representing student leadership — president of this or that organization — so I feel like they’re speaking on behalf of the community at large, not only for themselves.”

Hundreds of faculty and staff joined the chancellor and other administrators during the first town hall meetings last quarter on Dec. 6 and Dec. 10. University officials are seeking assistance from the campus community to tackle the challenge of increasing the quality of education and the impact and influence of UCSD with decreasing funds.

“The planning process that we’ve initiated is bottom-up, inclusive and collaborative. Everyone will have an opportunity to share ideas and give input,” Khosla said. “Whether you attend a town hall meeting or you submit a comment online, I encourage all students, faculty, staff and alumni to get involved.”

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Student Fees May Rise If State is Unable to Increase Funding ▶ MEETING, from page 1

Proposition 30 didn’t pass.”

Gov. Brown will propose a UC budget for the 2013–2014 academic year. According to their November

meeting, the regents are in the process of coming up with alternative strategies to increase funds if Brown does not approve additional state funding for the UC system. The regents plan to increase the enroll-

ment of non-resident undergraduate students to gain more revenue and improve campus quality.

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OPINION

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Time to Change Up Greek Charities

What We’re Wishing For in 2013 Chancellor Pradeep Khosla created town hall forms to ask what students would like to see change at UCSD. This inspired the Guardian’s Editorial Board to compile a list of things that we want this year.

A Sun God lineup that includes names that we actually recognize.

A.S. funding has understandably taken a blow over the last few years, but not all good musical acts are too expensive to book. We’d like this year’s Sun God Festival to exhibit a range of more interesting new artists in favor of mid-level starpower (less weak one-hit rappers and inexplicable early-2000s emo bands).

Modest tuition hikes.

Jobs for us when we graduate.

UC students scored a big victory when Prop. 30 passed in November, effectively blocking a $2400 spike in tuition costs this year. However, with the state budget forecasting more cuts to education, future hikes are inevitable. We hate to see any sort of fee increases in 2013, but if costs do go up, we hope the increases are minimal and do not affect the ability of many students to afford a UC education.

Many of us will be graduating in 2013, and with youth unemployment rates at a dire 11.5%, it’s a shaky time to be entering the job market. While it might be nice to chill at mom and dad’s house for six months after graduation, losing opportunities to hone skills needed for future jobs could cost graduates a great future entirely. We’d like to see Washington focus more on creating jobs, and less on the national debt in 2013.

Bro's eye view

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Better dining hall food.

Every UCSD student looks forward to Triton Day — and not just because they get to adopt worthierthan-thou attitudes toward the newbies. Once parents and prospective students enter a five-mile radius of campus, all dining halls scurry to hide the questionable “pho” and bring out the gourmet New York steaks. If only every day was like Triton Day. illustration by eunice ho /Guardian

Improved logo or better yet, we wish we didn’t have to be wishing about a logo.

No more “mullet clothing.”

The mullet clothing trend started in festivals and somehow spread to infect women’s everyday wardrobes. You know what it is: those skirts and dresses that look like an elegant floor-length, until you realize that the entire front of the skirt is missing. You think, maybe it got caught in a door, or maybe that girl can’t afford a complete skirt — but really it is just a dumb trend that we hope will die in the same manner that Crocs were ostracized.

The new UC logo spawned a student backlash unseen since…never. Tears were shed. Feelings were hurt. Either the UC needs to stop trying so hard to be “hip” in designing its next logo, or people just need to stop throwing hissy fits about things that don’t really matter.

No more jizzing in food and soap dispensers.

illustration by elyse yang /Guardian

A catchy song that’s not “Call Me Maybe.”

Yes, “Call Me Maybe” (one of our songs of the year — pg. 7)brought a slew of delightful YouTube videos, memes and group-singing at parties, but it is time to move on. “Gangnam Style” would have been a good substitute except that most people can’t pronounce the lyrics.

People to be informed while following social movements.

Far too many UCSD Confessions revealed strategic and frankly appalling hiding spots for human semen (including guacamole at Goody’s and soap dispensers in Price Center). Regardless of the factuality of these confessions, we think it’s a reasonable request to ask that we never have to worry about our food or sanitation tools containing any bodily fluids. Seriously.

Between the short-lived KONY 2012 fiasco and the UC logo uproar, 2012 somehow became the year of the misguided hacktivist. The internet offers a rare opportunity for worldwide dialogue and mobilization, so this year let’s not squander that resource on half-baked bandwagoning and trendy propaganda. illustration by jessica chee/Guardian

No more Lip Dub.

The inconvenient thing about pulling all-nighters is the glaring fact that you still need to eat. We’ve gained serious, albeit small, headway last year with Geisel finally opening a 24-hour study space. Now all we’re missing is a convenient spot to grab coffee and a sandwich at any hour of the night. We wish UCSD had a Denny’s Free Express like CSU San Bernardino.

Dozens of student organizations (including The Guardian) were humiliated for several hours last Spring when they were asked to participate in A.S. Council’s promotional “Lip Dub” event. Not only was the finished product embarrassing (to say the least), but a parody version of Katy Perry’s “TGIF” rhymed “Planning for Hullaballoo” with “Shooting hoops with Penny Rue.” We hope 2013 is as Lip Dub-free as possible.

Higher turnouts at athletic events. And more free giveaways.

Regardless of what side you took in the Division I debate last year, it’s undeniable that the athletes on our campus put in hours upon hours of hard work to compete for our school. We should reward them by filling out the stands during games.

The Athletic Department should host more Spirit Night-type events and have more UCSD “swag” giveaways to foster larger crowds at athletic games.

To not have to pay for unpaid internships.

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More 24-hour places on campus.

With fewer jobs comes more competition, making internships completed during college increasingly important. The problem is that many students cannot afford to pay for expensive summer units in order to work for credit. Getting school credit during the school year is admittedly more feasible, but not everyone has the privilege of spending 10-20 hours a week working for free.

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eal talk — most sororities throw some variant of the same philanthropic event every year. Don’t get me wrong: I think annual charities are a necessary cornerstone for every Greek chapter. Yet you probably feel that buying a ticket to some buzzkill performance in the Price Center ballrooms a dozen times a year gets old fast. But more consequentially, due to the administration’s funding rules, A.S. Council can no longer provide necessary funding for charitable events that charge admission. Think about that.

Ticketed PC ballroom philanthropies have definitely served their purpose. But instead of doubling down on donations and raffle tickets to raise money at the same kind of events, the new funding changes mean that we should finally shift away from hosting philanthropies that only engage Greeks. The ability to host an event that can pack a PC ballroom with wildly cheering students, including otherwise checked-out upperclassman, is something that Greeks should be proud of. This is especially true given that it’s Greeks who are out showing a commitment to charity — not to mention how few other campus communities can rally this kind of attendance without the use of copious student-fee-funded swag. But many students outside the Greek system don’t know how big of a deal Greek philanthropies really are. Greeks should use the momentum they can build up around charitable causes to start new annual philanthropies that engage students who otherwise wouldn’t interact with this side of Greek life.

Staying real here, there are a lot of bro-haters on campus who just straight-up don’t like the idea of Greek life. Just look at the incisive comments on Confession #794, which is a complaint from a frat bro that he’s tired of partying with the same sororities. I’ve found that, generally speaking, people who are against Greek life are people who don’t get it. Interacting with Greeks in a philanthropic context will combat stigmatization far better than flame wars on Facebook.

You’d be surprised, but philanthropies are actually more than a competition to see how many pitchers the judges can crush before the event. UCSD Greeks raise tens of thousands of dollars a year for charity. Though given that there will no longer be A.S. funding for ticketed charities, if UCSD Greeks want to keep raising the same amounts of money for charity, there’ve gotta be changes.

New annual philanthropies can still be see-and-be-seen events for Greeks. Like at Bear Garden, there are ways to do that without leaving out a big chunk of the campus. True, each chapter will need to get creative to come up with its own engaging and high-publicity charity. It’ll also take a lot of impetus and guts to convince an entire sorority to move away from an event it’s been putting on annually for years. But for better or for worse, revenue from ticket sales is no longer available. We might as well use this change to add a little more oomph to student life at UCSD while helping the student body see what our Greek life is all about.

What's your song of 2012?

DID YOU LISTEN TO ANY NEW MUSIC IN 2012?

I already made my list, man!

YES

No

“Backstreet Freestyle” Kendrick Lamar

Yes, but they don’t fill the gaping hole in my soul “super rich kids” frank ocean

WHICH IS THE BETTER SPICE GIRL? scary

baby

no

DO YOU HAVE BITCHES?

Yes. Wifey, girlfriend and mistress

“Call Me Maybe” Carly Rae Jepsen

“Everything is Embarrassing” Sky Ferreira

ARE YOU INTO FEMALE EMPOWERMENT?

PBR&B OR JUST PBR?

pbr

no

yes

WANNA GET HIGH?

“oblivion” grimes

“werewolf” fiona apple

“Only In My Dreams” Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

“Mercy” Kanye West

“Cheap Beer” FIDLAR

The

Best

pbr&B

no

yes

Posh

“& it was u” how to dress well

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Holy Motors By Ren Ebel Leos Carax’ “Holy Motors” is a film about the death of film. But, ironically (and to Carax’ credit), no other recent film has more fully embraced the philosophy and potential of digital cinema to such a shocking and spectacular degree. The film takes place in some loosely-defined alternate reality — the near future, perhaps — where actors act out their “scenes” in public spaces, without cameras. But “Holy Motors” can hardly be confined to any sci-fi subgenre, as it functions more as a collection of beautiful and loosely-connected film scenes, each acted out by the film’s single protagonist (a chameleon method actor in this cameraless universe who is carted from assignment to mysterious assignment in a white limo). One scene follows a hitman who murders his doppelganger, while another recounts a bizzare fantasy about a flower-eating, sewer-dwelling troll. And these are simply two pitstops in a seemingly endless string of scenes — each of which play with film conventions and the possibilities of digital intervention by way of green screen and motion capture effects. Carax has created a timeless classic, as well as our generation’s answer to “Singin’ In The Rain.” “Holy Motors” even has enough sheer ambition, humor and transgressive cynicism to match (musical show-stoppers included).

2.

The Master By Sebastian Brady

The main character of “The Master,” Freddie Quell — brilliantly played by a haggard, sickly Joaquin Phoenix — introduces himself by way of frantically dry-humping a sand model of a woman. When we meet Lancaster Dodd, Phoenix’s co-star Phillip Seymour Hoffman, he describes himself as “above all a man” and not, as he later explains, part of the animal kingdom. For the rest of “The Master,” director Paul Thomas Anderson (“There Will Be Blood”) explores the interaction between Quell’s carnal animalism and Dodd’s humanistic refinement.

This exploration takes place in the frame of a thinly veiled rehash of Scientology’s history, set in 1950s America. We see Quell chafe under any authority or attempt to bind his animalistic nature, while Dodd needs Quell’s devotion, if not his complete conversion, to continue his cause. Shot in visually astounding 65mm, “The Master” again proves Anderson is capable of getting amazing performances from his actors and crafting them into a complete masterpiece.

3.

Django Unchained By Jacey Aldredge

When the title character has his own original theme song, either you’re watching Nickelodeon reruns or something is seriously about to blow your mind. Quentin Tarantino likes his films the slow-burning, meticulous way, but when he finally does knock out one of his long-awaited works, it throws a helluva punch.

“Django Unchained” in no way escaped this habit, utilizing every necessary element — lush dust-blown sceneries, rich dialogue, enduring characters — for a shoot-‘em-up classic in the making. The film tackles America’s touchiest subject with anything but grace and sophistication; violence, vulgarity, and vengeance drive home this cowboy blood battle in traditional Tarantino manner, armed and ready with his swashbuckling, outlawed heroes and villainous southern gents of a cast. Quentin Tarantino brought the fire; Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kerry Washington fuel it with fury.

Not since “Pan’s 4. Beasts of the Southern Wild By Jacey Aldredge Labyrinth” has a movie exploded with such cosmic strength and clarity so sharp it cuts right into your heart. The little engine that could, “Beasts” tore through film festivals all year (winning at Cannes, Sundance and NYIF, to name a few), a bitingly original fable of post-Katrina Louisiana and the small-but-mighty Quvenzhane Wallis who carries this robust, idiosyncratic film with a poise and electricity unheard of in girls of only six years old. Her relationship with Dwight Henry, the erratic and drunken father who just wants his girl to survive, is so heartfelt it’s hard to believe they were acting at all. Ah, and that is the rub.

5. Moonrise Kingdom By Arielle Sallai

You gotta hand it to the haters: Wes Anderson makes relentlessly quirky comedies. Stylized to a T, Anderson’s body of work is instantly recognizable — and divisive. Yet when his films are as outstanding as “Moonrise Kingdom,” the haters don’t stand a chance.

The film’s dreamy setting of 1965 New England served the director’s quirky style well, making the over-stylization appear era-appropriate and not like style for style’s sake. A wistful look at a pair of 12-year-old runaways — an orphaned “Khaki Scout” (Jared Gilman) and an eccentric bookworm (Kara Hayward) — and the ragtag group of adults who set out to find them (including Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, and Bill Murray), “Moonrise Kingdom” packs a ton of heart and a ton of humor.

The portrayal of the kids’ blossoming, first-time love is tender without being creepy, while the unpredictable shenanigans that ensue keep the laughs coming.

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6. The Comedy By Ren Ebel Of all the films to come out this year, none felt as

urgently relevant as Rick Alverson’s poignant hipster deconstruction “The Comedy.” The scowling, apathetic slackers at the center of the film are as completely unlikable as they are familiar. As we follow the dull group from one numbingly sarcastic conversation to the next, the inherent sadness beneath the facade becomes frighteningly transparent. Just as admirable, is Tim Heidecker’s (“Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job”) turn as the never-serious, yet clearly depressed Swanson.

7. Lincoln By Jacey Aldredge

In a year full of films portraying life as it could be, or life as it is, “Lincoln” split the Red Sea with a life as it was, catapulting to fruition the construction of a country trying to build itself from the ground up, and the man who championed a battle-born American dream. It’s an origin story everyone should take the time to experience, if not for Tony Kushner’s rich storytelling (he forged a script so natural you’d think he brought it back from 1865 himself), then for Daniel-Day Lewis’s resonating, under-the-skin transformation into a man we never thought would walk the earth again.

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8. Silver Linings Playbook By Jacey Aldredge

It’s always the quiet ones that have the most to say. “Silver Linings” didn’t garner much talk prior to its release, but once it hit theaters, the story of the batshit-crazy couple and the town around them couldn’t get out of anyone’s head. And why should it have to? Writer-director David O. Russell transformed an already-riveting novel into a concoction of smart dialogue and unsettlingly honest situations. He provided a refreshing spin on the overused themes found in recent romantic comedies, replacing cliche kisses in the rain with unfiltered, late-night runs down the streets of Philly. “Dinner and a movie” made way for “dinner and broken dishes.” Though Russell’s script was brilliant on its own, the playbook that brought it all home were the actors who brought life to the insanity. It’s a hard task to evoke both empathy and laughter out of an audience for the same moment, but this cast, from Bradley Cooper to Robert DeNiro to Jennifer Lawrence, achieved just that.

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9. Skyfall By Jacey Aldredge

Up until this most recent 007 adventure, Ian Fleming’s original superspy (and his Aston Martin) and the grounded depths of character held within him went mostly avoided, if not forgotten. Sam Mendes’ broke this convention with “Skyfall”, a crisply designed homage to smart thrillers and the always-classic car chase. “Don’t cock it up,” trilled Judi Dench’s M, and they certainly do not. Though Mendes and his writing cohorts traveled back to Bond’s roots, they weren’t afraid of teaching the old dog new tricks, bringing originality and spunk to their villain (a delightfully treacherous Javier Bardem) and paving the way for an alluring new road of Bond with the introduction of Ralph Fiennes, the new face of M16. Amid all of these adjustments, Daniel Craig continues to impress as the steely faced, smirk mouthed Bond; if the 24th installment is anything like its predecessor, the future is looking quite bright indeed.

10. This is 40 By Jacey Aldredge

What was supposed to be a “kind-of sequel” to Judd Apatow’s “Knocked-Up” has turned into a testament to the middle class, middle-aged people of America — cupcakes, creepy body trainers, sneaking cigarettes and all. “This is 40” throws out brash, slapstick humor in favor of the much more realistic qualms that life throws our way, full of more “that totally happens” moments than reality television could ever spit out. Floppy-haired Paul Rudd and quick-witted Leslie Mann are a pleasure to watch on screen as they maneuver their way around children, financial distress and surfacing daddy issues, only to find their way back into the chaotic normality known as getting old. Apatow has a knack for stringing together reflections of the blemished and battered trials of life in a way that makes hard-knock humanity all the more appealing, but not since “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” has he gotten relationships more right.

ALBUMS 1. "Channel Orange" - Frank Ocean by Sebastian Brady

Frank Ocean is patient. He spent years in record label purgatory before releasing his debut album “Channel Orange” last summer. Given the album’s universal acclaim, it seems Ocean’s turn as an R&B superstar has finally come.

Judging by the album, his wait wasn’t easy. The emotions that Ocean tackles make “Channel Orange” feel like a 17-track private therapy session set to music. He is disillusioned and suicidal on “Super Rich Kids”. He plays a shamed, destitute crack addict on “Crack Rock.” In “Bad Religion,” the album’s emotional center, Ocean laments unrequited love, choking out “I could never make him love me” in a plaintive falsetto. All of this is described in lyrics that are minimal yet evocative and powerful.

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"The Idler Wheel" - Fiona Apple By Ren Ebel

With her hoards of quirky, bespectacled followers, Fiona Apple has been responsible for some pretty obnoxious music.

But there is a striking quality that separates Apple from the Michaelsons and Spektors whose tooth-rotting sweetness has soundtracked every Mac commercial of the last decade. She’s goddamned ferocious. And her latest and greatest achievement, “The Idler Wheel” strikes with devastating force. It is an album about sex and self-loathing. It’s a fantastic breakup album for the ages, but it’s also one of the most uplifting of the year. While much modern pop is dependent on ultrasleek production, an album like “The Idler Wheel” can get lost in the shuffle. But if you’re looking for transcendence, you can find it in the simple playfulness of “Hot Knife” or the goose bumpinducing one-line timewarp that occurs on “Anything We Want,” as childhood friends go from playing hooky in middle school to facing the awkward and messy realities of a first sexual encounter. If anyone has a chance of rekindling the importance of raw songwriting, it’s Fiona Apple.

3. "Good Kid M.a.a.d. city" - Kendrick lamar By sebastian brady

The subtitle of Kendrick Lamar’s massively successful “good kid, m.A.A.d city” is “A Short Film By Kendrick Lamar.” It makes sense. Lamar does not rap so much as he tells stories. And “good kid, m.A.A.d city” is his story. Lamar turns Rosecrans Avenue, Compton’s main thoroughfare, into Memory Lane, driving us through how and where he grew up. We see him pursuing women, committing robberies, getting jumped and mourning his friend’s murder. At the same time, we see an innocent child falling victim to peer pressure and violent circumstances.

The album is so personal it’s uncomfortable.

But none of this would work if Lamar weren’t a gifted rapper. He switches tempos, rhyme schemes and subjects seamlessly, and he has a keen ear for beats. While the term “instant classic” was thrown around as soon as “good kid, m.A.A.d city” dropped, it’s too early for that. All we can say for now is that it’s a brave, vulnerable, shameless, poignant offering from one of the best young rappers of his generation.

4. "Swing lo magellan" - dirty projectors By andrew whitworth

After mastering complex, Talking Heads-style funk pop on 2009’s classic “Bitte Orca,” Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors found themselves facing monumental expectations on their followup, this year’s “Swing Lo Magellan.” Somehow, the Projectors, under the command of eccentric songwriter David Longstreth, managed to more than meet these expectations, crafting what might be the year’s most thoughtful, forward-thinking rock album. Spanning everything from Os Mutantes-baiting psychedelic guitar dirges (“Maybe That Was It”) to off-kilter R&B (“See What She Seeing”) and heartfelt folk-pop (the restrained, hummable title track), “Swing Lo Magellan” proved to be one of the year’s most endlessly replay-able albums.

5. "Mature Themes" - Ariel Pink's haunted graffitti By ren ebel

Ever since Ariel Pink brought his home-recorded pop-rock masterpieces to the studio, his wildly experimental approach to traversing AM radio, ’60s pop, ’80s pop and psych rock has reached a wider audience. But where Pink’s classic “Before Today” tamed some of the songwriter’s more selfindulgent explorations, the epic, concept-driven “Mature Things” does not hold back. The album loosely follows the exploits of an L.A. rock star (Pink), and the album’s fantastic songs seem divided between those that Pink’s character is performing on stage, and those that reflect his inner rockeron-the-edge turmoil. But “Mature Themes” is never anchored by the concept. Like “Before Today,” “Mature Themes” is, above all, a collection of tremendous and wholly original songs. From the jubilant golden-era homage of “Only In My Dreams” and the title track, to the unmistakably Pink originals like “Schnitzel Boogie” and “Symphony of the Nymph,” “Mature Themes” has confirmed Pink’s place as one of our most inventive and talented modern songwriters.

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"backstreet freestyle" - Kendrick lamar by Sebastian Brady

Kendrick Lamar usually eschews traditional brag-rap for more serious storytelling, so when he gets playful (over a Hit-Boy-produced beat, no less), it’s worth listening to. Whether spitting lines like, “I pray my dick get big as the Eiffel Tower/ So I can fuck the world for 72 hours,” or implicitly comparing himself to Martin Luther King, Lamar shows that even when he’s joking, he isn’t afraid to think a little bigger.

"Call me maybe"- carly rae jepsen By andrew whitworth

2012 was a good year for pop radio. With Hit-Boy continuing to produce sonically ambitious rap anthems and artists like Miguel and Kendrick Lamar slowly infiltrating Top-40 airwaves, the radio continued to seem like a more and more inviting place. One factor in this transition was Carly Rae Jepsen’s genius pop anthem “Call Me Maybe.” At times coming across more like a lost late-’90s French house track than the work of an aging Canadian pop singer, “Call Me Maybe” is full of subtle disco shimmer, lending a subtle forward momentum to that epic chorus. Just listen to that chorus.

"cheap beer - ridlar By taylor hogshead Los Angeles punk-rock quartet FIDLAR, also known as Fuck-It-Dude-Life’s-A-Risk, has braved the grimy abyss of the underground scene to release its anticipated self-titled LP in 2013. Their last year’s single “Cheap Beer” positioned the group as the current forerunners in the craft of anthemic slackerdom. The tune’s mantra is as simple as it is unbearably catchy. “I drink cheap beer/ So what?/ Fuck you!” can come off as an unwarranted stance of aggression, yet in the ear of the right beholder, it stands as cry for solidarity. If you’re particularly interested in joining FIDLAR’s eternal struggle for good times, check them out at the Che Cafe on Jan. 25. "everything is embarrassing" - sky ferreira By sebastian brady

“Everything Is Embarrassing” starts off sounding downright peppy, opening with an upbeat drum kit that would fit perfectly on a Wham! track from the ’80s. From there, though, everything darkens. A somber piano joins in the otherwise pop-heavy track. Once arriving to the chorus, a synth wails as Sky Ferreira groans “Maybe if you tried/ then I would not bother.” Even though we end up in a dark, self-conscious place, the descent is gorgeous.

"mercy" - Kanye West sebastian brady For the first four minutes, “Mercy” is a good rap song, with impressive verses from Big Sean, Pusha T and Kanye West over a great beat. However, when you hear someone bellowing “TWO CHAAAAYYYNZ,” you realize something bigger is happening. Ninety seconds later, with lines like “I’m drunk and high at the same time/ drinking champagne on an airplane” ringing through your head, you grasp that you’ve just been introduced to 2 Chainz, and that things will never be the same. "oblivion" - grimes By arielle sallai Claire Boucher’s breakthrough single, “Oblivion,” paints a fairly incongruous image. On the one hand, the artist (better known as Grimes) sounds like a 15-year-old girl doing a Mariah Carey high-note impression. On the other hand, lumbering, one-note synth and lyrics tinged with violence give the track a much deeper impact.

It’s virtually every woman’s story, as Boucher demonstrates by explaining why she can’t walk alone after dark (“Someone could break your neck/ Coming up behind you and you’d never have a clue”). This reference to sexual abuse is made even clearer in the music video — a montage of the artist surrounded by displays of overt masculinity (a crowd at a football game, a locker room, a mosh pit of shirtless bros, et cetera).

Still, with good-natured melodies that aren’t ashamed of their bubblegum influence, “Oblivion” is more catharsis than doom and gloom. Watch Boucher bop around gleefully in the video and you’ll see — it’s the obvious girl-power anthem of the year. "only in my dreams" - ariel pink's haunted graffitti By ren ebel

6. "Total loss" - how to dress well By andrew whitworth

Rarely does a band’s debut come out as fully formed as Evans the Death’s. The self-titled album sounds like the new project of a late- ’‘80s indie-pop great, not like the work of a troupe of freshfaced Londoners.

Comprised of short, sweet, melody-driven songs lush with whirling guitar jangle, “Evans the Death” is the perfect pop album. What’s more, lead singer Katherine Whitaker’s Chrissie Hyndeesque belt steals the show, making droll lyrics about hating children and watching a TV docudrama reach Morrissey-esque levels of melodrama.

7. "evans the death" - evans the death By arielle sallai

Perfectly representing the Southern California social commentary angle of Frank Ocean’s outstanding “Channel Orange” (see also: “Sweet Life,” “Pilot Jones”), “Super Rich Kids” accomplishes with a speak-sing chorus and loping beat what Randy Newman spent most of the 1970s trying to achieve. Add Earl Sweatshirt’s genius verse (where else would you find a line like “brash as fuck/ breaching all these aqueducts”) and you have one of the year’s most exuberantly critical hip-hop tracks.

Of the legions of young musicians trying to escape the chillwave-witch house-PBR&B axis of genre limitations, none have done so as effectively as Tom Krell, the Chicago songwriter behind How to Dress Well. Drawing in equal part upon R&B, late-’90s neo-soul and elegiac hip-hop in the vein of Clams Casino, Krell uses “Total Loss” to document the process of grieving he experienced when several people close to him died last year. Across beautiful, aching tracks like the Steve Reich-indebted “Say My Name Or Say Whatever” or the cuddly neo-soul of “Running Back,” Krell examines themes of isolation, hope and, of course, loss with brutal efficacy.

Rarely does a band’s debut come out as fully formed as Evans the Death’s. The self-titled album sounds like the new project of a late- ’‘80s indie-pop great, not like the work of a troupe of fresh-faced Londoners. Comprised of short, sweet, melody-driven songs lush with whirling guitar jangle, “Evans the Death” is the perfect pop album. What’s more, lead singer Katherine Whitaker’s Chrissie Hynde-esque belt steals the show, making droll lyrics about hating children and watching a TV docudrama reach Morrissey-esque levels of melodrama.

8. "oshin" - diiv By arielle sallai A lot of great indie-rock records came out this year, but none were quite as dazzling as DIIV’s “Oshin.” It’s a slow burner — not as immediately loveable as, say, the retro grooves of Tame Impala’s “Lonerism” or the Husker Du-esque throwback of The Men’s “Open Your Heart.” Instead, “Oshin” succeeds in a different way: It was’s 2012’s most atmospheric album.

These are songs composed entirely around ambling guitar lines, much like those of Real Estate’s or Beach Fossils’, the band DIIV’s Z. Cole Smith sometimes plays guitar for. Coupled with moments of shoegaze-esque walls of sound and sparse, frequently unintelligible lyrics, the loose guitars immediately recall the rise and fall of — what else — the ocean (or should we say “oshin”?).

Take this one to a cold beach.

9." fin" - john talabot By andrew whitworth With artists like Grimes and The xx occupying the cultural ground formerly held by acts like Feist or The Shins, the last year provided an opportunity for forward-thinking electronic producers to exhibit their work in pop-dominated spheres. At the head of this movement is Barcelonan house magician John Talabot, who began 2012 with only a couple of relatively unknown 12-inch records under his belt and ended it opening massive venues for The xx on their recent international tour. This rapid ascension is easy to understand when listening to “Fin”: tracks like “Destiny” combine melodically forward indie pop with more floor-friendly structures while songs like the devastating “So Will Be Now...” infuse cerebral house with a romantic attitude.

10. "bish bosch" - scott walker By ren ebel Scott Walker has had no difficulty defying the expectations of his fans and horrified onlookers over the course of his totally bizarre career. Once a suave — if occasionally eccentric — pop crooner in the 1960s, Walker more recently came out of hiding to completely reinvent his music with a string of three devastating and darkly sparse avant-garde works. But nowhere other than “Bish Bosch” has this master of unrelenting darkness been so much fun. There are horn sections, dog barks and towering string crescendos.

There’s a nearly 20-minute song whose lyrics disintegrate into bad stand-up comedy jokes. And quite possibly for the first time in music history, there are musical farts that can only be appropriately described as haunting. But always, Walker’s dark Poe-toned stories blister beneath his restlessly inventive scores.

"super rich kids" - Frank ocean By andrew whitworth

"werewolf" - Fiona apple By arielle sallai On the surface, it might not seem like Fiona Apple has changed much since she debuted as a teenager back in 1996.

Now 34, she’s as emotionally volatile as ever, spending most of “The Idler Wheel…” switching unpredictably between minor-key piano flushes and more aggressive pounding. On album highlight “Werewolf,” however, Apple laments the former, providing a level of selfawareness she once seemed too earnest to embrace.

The usually scathing Apple saves the harshest criticisms for herself, comparing an exlover to a werewolf while admitting she “provided the full moon.” Comprised of mostly just piano, with the unusual addition of a recording of children screaming near the end, the track conveys a feeling of acceptance rarely seen from someone so proudly temperamental.

“Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key,” she sings in the somber closing refrain, finally realizing that sometimes a sad ending is better than none at all. "& it was you" - How to dress well By andrew whitworth

Though How to Dress Well’s 2012 release “Total Loss” was packed with highlights, none managed to stick with the listener like the sprightly “& It Was U,” likely the album’s most popfriendly track. The most immediately noticeable part of “& It Was U” is that, yes, it literally contains no instruments other than drum machine. Rather than being alienating, as one might imagine, this decision allows Krell’s vocals to achieve a kind of rhythmic agility that a more cluttered instrumental wouldn’t allow. Coupled with the song’s impeccable melody, this willingness to be bold in both structure and presentation made “& It Was U” one of the year’s most satisfying pop moments.

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Restaurant Week Guide Restaurant Week is one of San Diego’s signature bi-annual events —a six-day, foodie frenzy that accommodates all palates and budgets, where over 160 restaurants offer some of their best dishes to the public for a price that won’t break the bank.

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527 University Ave. San Diego, CA 92103

When too many visits to Hi Thai have left one bored, an easy drive to Taste of Thai can spice things up. Taste of Thai doesn’t fool around with authenticity or prices — for $10, lunch goers can get two courses, and choose from favorites like Tom Yum and Pad Thai. For a $20 dinner, guests can get three courses, and might be torn over menu highlights such as Pork shanks sauteed with Thai herbs spices, chili, green peppercorns, garlic, kachai, lemongrass and lime leaves, and Grilled Salmon topped with Choochi curry sauce and shredded kaffir lime leaf. Dessert is simpler with either the choice of Homemade Non-dairy Coconut or Green Tea Ice Cream.

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2910 cannon st. San Diego, CA 92106

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The Prado

1549 El Prado, Suite 12, san diego, CA 92101

Balboa Park isn’t complete without The Prado: The restaurant’s Spanish styled design is one of the city’s prettiest spaces, and its Californian menu a local favorite.

Lunch goers can start with choices like the Prado Caesar and pair it with a dish like the Sliced Smoked Neuskes Turkey Breast, together for $15. The dinner menu will feature starters like Spicy Calamari Fries, entrees like Lemongrass Scented Skuna Bay Salmon, and desserts like a ChocolateHazelnut Mousse bar that comes with marshmallow ice cream, a three course meal for $30.

Tip: Don’t miss the priceless after dinner stroll around the park.

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875 Prospect, La Jolla, CA 92037

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whisknladle

1044 Wall St, san diego, CA 92037

The La Jolla gem Whisknladle is famous not only for its trendy vibe, but also for its taste fusions that borrow ingredients from all over the globe. It doesn’t stop with Restaurant Week, where they’ll serve a $40 dinner that can include dishes like Roasted Cauliflower & Curry Brown Butter soup and Venison Pithivier with Celery Root Puree, roasted parsnips, shiitake and venison jus. Not intense enough? Try one of their equally daring handcrafted cocktails, such as the Durazno, a mix of Jalapeno Tequila, white peach and thyme ($9).

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Bleu Boheme

4090 Adams Avenue, san diego, CA 92037

Kensington’s Bleu Boheme is serious about French cuisine, but visitors don’t need to fear the onslaught of French names that fill the menu. The rustic interior is inviting and brings guests closer to the kitchens in Provence. Menu items scream French comfort food, and dinner goers can have a three-course meal for $40 that includes traditions like Moules Provençales, Boeuf Bourguignon and Crepe au Creme Brulee. The ambiance is satiating in itself; expect to sit on wooden tables, soak in warm lighting and find French words on chalkboards covering the room’s brick walls.

Flavor Del Mar

1555 Camino Avenue, del mar, CA 92014

A good meal always tastes better with a nice view. Flavor Del Mar’s sleek interior hosts wide windows that lets guests look out onto a Del Mar street view and the Pacific Ocean and complements the sophisticated moderncontinental menu. Lunch goers can pay $20 for two courses, can choose starters like Mexican Bay Scallop Ceviche, and to follow, entrees like a Double Double Prime Beef Burger topped with aged white cheddar, arugula, caramelized onion, tomato confit, ketchup and mayo within a brioche bun.

For $40, an extra dessert course is offered where diners can indulge in sweets like a Butterscoth Budino, which consists of Italian pudding, caramel, whipped creme fraiche, and maldon sea salt. Every menu item is paired with an optional wine choice.

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This well-known date spot (yes, there will be cutesy string lights and an outdoor patio) is making date night a lot less stressful. Though Point Loma isn’t the quickest of drives, it beats defaulting to The Bistro for taking out that special someone. Even the pickiest of dates like eating Italian, and for only $30, one gets three courses with a variety of Italian classics to choose from, like Pesto Caprese salad, Chicken Florentine and Tiramisu. If an earlier meal sounds better, a two-course lunch is only $10 and features comparable items like Walnut Gorgonzola and Lasagna.

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Any restaurant with its own “Buddha Room” is worth giving a try. For those harder to convince, the Asian inspired menu can speak for itself. Dim Sum plus a Mini Mongolian Pulled Pork Sandwich is one possible $15 lunch pairing, while dinner for $30 further excites with dishes like Crispy Jidori Chicken with Apple Puree and Persimmon Crisp with Pumpkin Gelato on the list to choose from. For those not in the mood to sit in the “Buddha Room,” diners can opt to sit outside at the chic covered patio, which allows for relaxed gazing out onto downtown La Jolla’s Prospect Street.

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Cafe Coyote

2461 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, CA 92106

Cafe Coyote is one of Old Town’s most bustling spaces, with senoras effortlessly luring people in by cooking fresh tortillas outside, and two stories of dining space to accommodate more than enough tourists and locals.

Watch out for Taco Tuesday — the joint can get extra packed because of its deals, so go early.

They will continue the generosity throughout Restaurant Week by serving a $10 lunch, where visitors can select two courses like Empanadas de Queso Rajas and Famous Old Town Carnitas, while dinner for $20 allows for two courses plus a dessert, like a Mousse de Chocolate y Chile.

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D Bar

3930 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103

The almost all glass exterior of D Bar adds curiosity enough for first time visitors, but the names of the menu items might add even more. Dishes like their Coca Cola Braised Short Ribs and the d = mc^2 dessert stray from the ordinary. For $15, diners can choose one “Savory” and one “Sweet,” and for $30, a starter is included for a complete three-course meal. Guests might also get to see co-owner and Executive Pastry Chef Keegan Gerhard, seen often on the Food Network during his off-camera time.

fter a long overdue winter break in my hometown of Hollywood, I returned to San Diego with a few thoughts on dating as an undergrad. In my first two years as a student everything was still sort of confusing and now that I’m a junior, it seems as if everything has fallen into place — except dating. I’ve gotten my own apartment, a job, semi long-term life plans etc. but if there’s anything my Jewish mother reminded me of over break, it was that I have no boyfriend. Don’t get me wrong, it would be nice, but it’s not something I’m actively seeking at the moment.

But as all my friends and I approach our infamous 21st birthdays, our dating lives are going to surround bars rather than frat parties (fine by me) but it will undeniably be different.

I’ve only spent a brief amount of time at La Jolla dive bars. There’s really only one (London’s West End), and the crowd there is questionable to say the least. I have spent my fair share of time at LA bars, which is pretty much a straightforward douchefest, but I can’t help but keep going back.

The thing I like most about San Diego is its straightforwardness. For some reason, I’ve gotten a sense that beach people are more honest than city people (or at least LA city people), There are a few types of people you will meet at a hip Los Angeles bar (i.e.

Harvard & Stone in East Hollywood), none of which you’d want to bring home to Mom. There’s the aspiring actor/musician/yogi. There’s the guy who looks constantly bitter because he thinks he’s above the bar scene yet he seems to be there every night.

There’s a plethora of guys that want to hit it and quit it. There’s the guy you gave your number to last time and end up avoiding the whole night.

And once in awhile there’s a guy that you have good conversation with that seems legitimately interesting until you drop the bomb that you’re on winter break and have to return to college in just a few short weeks.

All of the above should be pictured with facial hair and/or a douchey hat.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to hipster shame (there are few things I appreciate more than a good looking hipster guy), but just going out to bars on a Saturday night sets a tone for one’s experience in itself.

But now that I’m back in San Diego and I’ve put my bi-city lifestyle to rest for awhile I’m curious what’s in store for the next quarter. Will I eventually find a fun bar in San Diego?

I’ve been meaning to check out Seven Grand, the whiskey bar in University City. Will I have to give OkCupid another shot? I hope not, but I’ve seen so many good relationships come from it that it’s almost tempting. And what I’m most curious to find out, will I actually miss the LA bar scene while I’m here? After spending some quality time making small talk with real live adults, it makes it hard to take talking about “kickbacks” seriously.

Having a taste of the 21+ LA life has given me this sense of urgency to graduate on many levels, but I know it’ll only take an hour after receiving my diploma before I start freaking out about post-grad life. I wouldn’t be shocked if I immediately started talking about how I wish I was still in freshman Dimensions of Culture classes (okay not really). I’m no optimist but spending winter break in LA has sort of made me realize that I need to milk these last five quarters of college and enjoy being an undergrad.

Once I graduate, I’ll have all the time in the world to chat up questionable people over $14 cocktails.

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Eureka! Gourmet Burgers and Craft Beer

Haute La Jolla Nights

BY Vincent Pham

Location 4353 La Jolla Village Dr. recommended Eureka Truffle Fries, Napa Burger with Panko Crusted Onion Rings

BY Joelyn Suarez

Staff Writer

Eureka! Gourmet Burgers and Craft Beer is putting a sophisticated twist on the classic American favorite.

Jonny Barr, Eureka! whiskey connoisseur, considers the restaurant to be a family business, with the same four owners wildly expanding to seven locations in just three years. The newest home for Eureka! is set in the newly renovated University Town Center, conveniently close to campus and students who may be craving a hand-picked whiskey after class.

The eatery boasts 40 craft beers on tap, 15 of which are constantly changing, as well as all-natural beef from 100 percent vegetarian fed, hormone and antibiotic free cows. All of the sauces are made in house to assure freshness. The restaurant features a clean-contemporary style enveloped with dark wood, which gives the place a cozy feel. The intimate bar is separated from the dining area by a partial divider, while the dining area connects to the outside patio, creating a large open environment.

For Starters!, as the Eureka! menu enthusiastically shouts everything with an exclamation point, the Eureka Truffle Fries platter ($7.75) is the french fry made decadent, infused with truffle oil, layered with melted havarti cheese and garnished with green onions. The truffle oil and mild cheese create a balanced flavor to the saltiness of the potato and is the essential choice for starters. For the

meat lovers, the Osso Buco Riblets ($8.95) may be the more appropriate appetizer, with juicy Red wine braised pork tossed in a firecracker aioli. The menu also includes a unique selection of salads, like the Your Mama’s 80’s Style Taco Salad ($11.25), topped with unexpected “old school” Fritos, and the San Diego Caesar Salad ($15.25), which highlights San Diego’s close proximity to the ocean with blackened jumbo scallops, crunchy green apples and croutons finished off with shaved parmesan.

The Eureka! Burgers are influenced by various places, such as the Catalina Bison Burger ($14.95), paired with charbroiled tri-peppers and Bermuda onions, smoked mozzarella and a savory bacon infused jalapeno jam. The Napa Burger ($11.25) is joined with oil and vinegar marinated oven-roasted Roma tomatoes, havarti, pesto aioli and arugula topped with fried pancetta — a must try for those who can appreciate a double serving of meat, with beef and salt cured pork belly. For the self-indulgent, the side of signature Kennebec potato fries may be substituted for Sweet Honey Cinnamon potato fries or Panko Crusted onion rings (additional $1.25). The Panko crust provides a satisfying bite. Eureka! also caters to the health nut or vegetarian patrons by offering turkey or veggie patties in lieu of beef, as well as a Naked Burger — the option of a bed of arugula tossed in lemon vinaigrette rather than a fresh-baked bun.

Barr let UCSD students in on a few tips to enjoying a nice glass of whiskey during a private tasting for The Guardian. Barr describes the varieties of whiskey to be like the wine family, from Bourbon to Wheat, Single Malt, Wry, Unaged, Corn, Irish and Scotch. Barr advised that the best way to capture the complex flavors is to take a tiny sip, let the whiskey slowly move to the back of the tongue, then open to exhale the different notes of the liquor.

All of the whiskeys at Eureka! have been hand-selected from a small batch of American distilleries across the nation. Eureka! has meticulously chosen a vast array of whiskey to satisfy any palette. The Four Roses bourbon is one of the oldest whiskeys and carries a strong and spicy flavor. Then there is the Rasputin Hopped whiskey, which bears more of a piney flavor.

For the whiskey newcomers, Barr suggests the Chatoe Rogue single malt that delivers a lighter taste and is also referred to as the “American Jamison.”

Barr’s beverage of choice is the OldFashioned, which is composed of Wry, bitters, orange zest and a sugar cube.

Eureka! is a great place to splurge after a stressful exam. The food creates a decadent escape from other casual, greasy burger joints, and their whiskey selection is a nice change from the many San Diego restaurants, which feature beer and wine.

However, beware of becoming too self-indulgent, otherwise the pricey tab will certainly add up.

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Imagine this: a yellow bike. And four wheels. Now think teamwork like a tandem because you just added 16 passengers, and everyone is pedaling. But there is a table in the middle so the passengers are facing inward, and still pedaling. Put a roof over everyone’s head and give them barstools as seats. Maybe even a drink or two because, hell, you have a table in front of you. Voila, the Dutch Social Cycle. If this is not reason enough to check out the Haute La Jolla Nights, remember that most of everything in this string of three nights is free. Yes, free, and this does not entail waiting in line for over an hour to get a sad piece of brown that they call “burger,” because this is La Jolla, the bougiest place on earth.

The nights of Jan. 24 to Jan. 26 have become a demonstration of the culture and lifestyle of native La Jollans. Live music from 20+ bands amp up the streets of the Village of La Jolla. Art galleries open their arms and doors and welcome guests to new collections. Past artists like renowned Graffitist Jesse James Reno have come out for a live demonstration of mural painting. Local shops decide to

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stay open past sunset and whip out their creativity in exhibits showcasing the owner’s talents. Adelaides has floral arrangement demonstrations, Geppetto’s host arts and crafts for those who cannot legally drink, and Warwick’s makes it’s very own “Beerimisu”. What is a Beerimisu?

Heaven. Or sultry tiramisu infused with rich, dark craft brews.

Coinciding with the Farmers Insurance Open, the Haute La Jolla Nights come as the after party to a day out on the range and closes the golf tournament. Reflecting other towns’ events, the La Jolla Village Merchants Association created this annual event to make La Jolla one of those “nightlife hotspots.” Festivities begin at 4 p.m. and rage on until 9 p.m. Despite the current weather of what some Californians refer to as “cold” and despite the fact that this event is not exactly walking distance from campus, Haute La Jolla Nights is an iconic scene. The atmosphere becomes alive as people explore shop to exhibit to eatery and ambient music accents this journey. And who knows, maybe you can slip a glass of champagne to top off the night because there is nothing like staying classy in San Diego.

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1/12 Let’s face it: We could all use a little more culture.

A visiting German soloist, Viviane Hagner, is playing Mendelssohn’s Concerto, one of the standards of classical violin, along with other classical pieces.

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“The Dark Knight Rises” is not as good as its predecessor.

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Join NO15 Magazine for their party celebrating the release of their fifth issue.

Dress to impress and come ready for a crazy dance, music and art with San Diego’s upcoming performers, Melted Toys and DJ NaturaLee. Make connections with UCSD’s most fashion forward crowd while finding out about UCSD’s internationally recognized magazine.

Orion: Music Under the Stars

Acoustic Music Festival. sun god lawn / free Orion Acoustic Music Festival is back and better than ever. Teaming up with Kuncocshun, FAS Promotions bring the musical event of the year as they feature artists including, but not limited to, Headway, From Here to L.A., The Broken Record and UCSD’s very own artists. Bring a blanket and friends to enjoy live music, a free raffle and free food and drinks as you cozy up in the warmth of blankets and heat lamps under a starlit night sky.

1/13 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. free

Take a break from studying and get some fresh air while volunteering at Roger’s Community Garden, just south of the Che Cafe and just east of the Wagner Dance Building, UCSD Theater District in Revelle College.

As a student-led project, the garden strives to support the community that support the students.

There are volunteering sessions every Sunday where you can learn about growing herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables and facts about various plants.

Keane

House of Blues / $36-$46 / Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

Keane brings its brand of British alternative rock to one of San Diego’s best venues. Even after 15 years of making music, Keane still manages to keep things new and interesting.

Barbarian & Parquet Courts Soda Bar / Free / 8:30 p.m.

San Diego psych/surf locals Barbarian will continue their Monday night residency at Soda Bar with Texas-bred, New York-based Parquet Courts — a particularly exciting up-andcoming band that recalls 70s/80s post-punk groups like Gang of Four and Wire.

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The Loft / Students $10 / Doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m.

“An American Story”

Birch North Park Theatre / $58 / Show at 8 p.m.

Maybe you thought “Lincoln” wasn’t that great. (Don’t worry.

I didn’t either.) If you’re still itching for an Honest Abe fix, try this out. “An American Story” recounts Lincoln’s final hours, as well as the story of the man who first reached Lincoln after the shooting.

Based in Los Angeles, Sea Wolf is the creation of indie-folk rocker Alex Brown Church. His band blends his strong songwriting with a relaxed vibe, perfect for a weeknight at The Loft.

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Halcyon Days By Christie Yi

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Recent Letter Presented Skewed Version of Events

If Those Wishes Weren’t Ambitious Enough, Here Are A Few More ▶ Wish List, from page 4

A.S. Council to be more accountable for how it spends its money.

A.S. slashed student org funding from $500 to $100 over the course of one year. Although A.S. has stopped spending an entire year’s worth of tuition on the printing of single magazine issues, it still has a way to go before digging itself out of debt.

Greek housing and more fun at UCSD in general.

Greek housing is not an outlandish request — it is actually absurd that we don’t have something so fundamental to the college experience. This will lead to more fun on campus because suddenly it won’t feel like such a disjointed ghost town (thanks, six-college system).

Replace Cafe Roma with another coffee place.

Cafe Roma serves you exactly what you brew up in your dorm microwave, except next to a lovely set of wooden

tables. Rumor has it that it is on the way out, so we hope for a Starbucks or a Peet’s Coffee — or really anything with quality control.

More love for our co-ops.

Soon, Price Center will open a salon. While convenient for those unwilling to step foot off campus for a haircut, the prospect of building a social community around a giant shopping mall is a bit dismal, particularly considering the poor financial condition of our beloved co-ops.

Last but not least, more reader feedback for The Guardian.

As you may have noticed, we’ve been making a lot of changes to The Guardian, both in terms of the content and visuals. For example, we started a new section, Weekend, and redesigned the front page. While we’re happy with the direction the paper is going, we always want more feedback from our readers. Let us know what you think of these changes and more by emailing opinion@ucsdguardian.org.

Dear Editor, In a recent letter to the Guardian, Professor Rosaura Sánchez (Literature), Luis Martin-Cabrera and Charles Thorpe (Sociology) stated: “Last week, Gaza was subject to eight days of bombardment. In response, Hamas sent multiple rockets into Israel and killed five Israelis.” The eight days of bombardment referred to the operation “Pillars of Defense,” which Israel carried out between November 14-21 in response to unrelenting rocket attacks from Gaza by the terror organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad, both of whom are openly committed to eradicating Israel. Sanchez et al., provide no evidence for their cause-and-effect version of the violence, which is not surprising since none exists outside perhaps a parallel universe where time flows in reverse.

If readers want to know which version of events is accurate, they need only Google the keywords “Gaza” and any date just prior to the start of Israel’s eight-day campaign and they will find an ample amount of news reports of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and Israel’s warnings to Hamas to cease and desist. For example on Nov. 12, Reuters news service reported “Gaza militants launched 10 rockets into southern Israel by midday Monday… The barrage ramps up pressure on the Israeli government to stage a largescale operation aimed at stopping the persistent attacks.” A press release by the French government stated, “France strongly condemns the firing of rockets from Gaza targeting the population of southern Israel.” So how could Hamas’ rocket attacks be in response to Israel’s 8-day operation, as Sanchez et al. claim,

if they were occurring before the start of that operation? In fact, in the 10 months leading up to Israel’s Nov. 14 military operation, over 800 rockets had been fired into Israel. Here is President Obama’s take on who started the violence from his press conference on Nov. 18, 2012: “Let’s understand what the precipitating event here was that’s causing the current crisis, and that was an ever-escalating number of missiles that were landing not just in Israeli territory but in areas that are populated.” He added, “[T]here is no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. So we are fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself from missiles landing on people’s homes.”

Likewise, leaders of Canada, UK, Germany, France, the EU and just about every other democratic country supported Israel’s operation as a legitimate act of self-defense.

Sanchez et al. also decry Israel’s blockade of Gaza but ignore the fact that it was implemented in 2007 only after the takeover of Gaza by Hamas and subsequent attacks on Israeli citizens launched from Gaza. They also claim it is illegal but a recent UN investigation concluded that it was, in fact, perfectly legal under international law as “a legitimate exercise of the right of self-defense” (see UN Palmer report). Shame on Sánchez, Martin-Cabrera and Thorpe for trying to alter facts to fit their well-known political views on the Jewish state.

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Tritons Look for Help at Home The UCSD Men’s Basketball is set to face Chico State and Cal State Stanislaus at RIMAC this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 10-11.

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UCSD Volleyball: Small Fish in Big Pond queen of kings

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1. Cal State San Bernadino................6-0 2. Cal Poly Ponoma..............................5-1 3. Chico State.........................................4-2 4. San Francisco State.........................4-2 5. Cal State L.A.......................................3-3 6. Cal State Dominiquez Hills...........3-3 7. Somona State................................... 3-3 8. Cal State East Bay............................ 3-3 9. Cal State Monterey Bay................. 2-4 10. Humboldt St....................................1-5 11. Cal State Stanislaus ......................1-5 12. UC San Diego..................................1-5 photo by BRIAN YIP /Guardian FILE

This weekend, Jan. 10 to Jan. 11, the UCSD Men’s Basketball team will face CCAA opponents Chico State and Cal State Stanislaus for the first time this season. UCSD goes into this weekend with a 1–5 record in conference, a 2–7 record overall, needing a win to pull itself out of from last place, where it sits tied with both Humboldt State and Cal State Stanislaus.

Cal State Stanislaus Cal State Stanislaus has fallen into a midseason slump. The Warriors have lost their last three games, falling to San Francisco State and Sonoma State by singledigit margins, after getting blown out by Chico State 48–86.

“Stanislaus is another team that’s very well-coached, and they always do a very good job of scouting and figuring out what you’re going to do,” Carlson said.

“I think we need to set a tone early on and establish a presence, and force them to play our speed and our style.”

Although Stanislaus carries the same 1–5 record, the Tritons may have trouble matching up with the much larger Warrior lineup. Stanislaus touts a number of forwards well-past 6-foot-6, who may prove to be a problem for the smaller Triton roster. Look for senior shooting guard Tyler McGrath to produce from the perimeter. The guard is UCSD’s top-scorer, averaging 16 points a game.

Chico State Chico State, picked to win the conference in the annual CCAA Preseason Coaches Poll, is currently tied for third in the CCAA standings, with a 4–2 CCAA record and 7–3 overall record. The Wildcats will look to continue their four-game winning streak this Friday against the Tritons.

Last season, Chico State was crowned the regular season champion, during which it finished 25–8 and made its first appearance at the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in five years. This season, the Wildcats return junior guard Damario Sims to run the point. The guard earned All-CCAA honors along with All-West Region honors and is sure to push the UCSD backcourt this Friday.

“Sims is very good, and he will pose problems for us this weekend,” UCSD head coach Chris Carlson said. “He’s athletic, well-coached, and he’s on a team that’s always very well-prepared.”

The Tritons went up against Chico State twice last season, losing once in early January and again in February. “[Chico] always does a good job defensively,” Carlson said. So we’re going to work hard on getting open and not turning the ball over so that we can give ourselves chances to score. I think in our last couple games we have been turning the ball over a lot, and that’s been a big problem for us.”

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UCSD Guard Osga Records 1,000 Career Points BY rachel uda

sports editor

Senior guard Emily Osga was unaware of how close she was to hitting the 1,000-point milestone going into the game against Humboldt State last Saturday, Jan. 5.

“I made a jumper, and my parents were going crazy. I just thought it was because we were winning, and then they told me that I had hit the 1,000 mark,” Osga said. “I thought that was pretty cool.”

Osga, a biology major whose humility kept her from speaking much more on her 1,000-point achievement, has started at the 2 position for the Tritons for the past three seasons. The senior should be considered one of UCSD’s most dangerous all-around players, big for a guard and yet still fast, with a reach that makes her a presence on the boards and hard to get past on the dribble.

Despite the strength of her allaround game, Osga says she would still like to become better on the defensive end. “I’d like to work on getting more done on defense,” Osga said. “I want to be a defensive stopper.” In her senior season, Osga has logged the most minutes and steals on the squad and is averaging over five rebounds a game. She is the second-highest scorer behind fifth-year senior Daisy Feder, who also reached the 1,000-point mark

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earlier this season. The two seniors lead the team in all categories: steals, points, three-pointers, rebounds, blocks and assists.

“I’ve come a long way as a player and as a person,” Osga said. “But getting to play with Daisy [Feder] for another year is a blessing, though, she does so much for the team.”

The Tritons currently sit behind Chico State in the CCAA standings, in which they are tied for second place with Cal State Los Angeles.

UCSD is scheduled to face No. 6 Chico State this Friday at 5:30 p.m. at home.

Osga says the team is ready to take on the undefeated Wildcats

later in the week.

“This year, [Chico’s] the undefeated one, and we want to break their streak,” Osga said. “We know they’re gonna come to play, and we just need to play hard.”

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UCSD head coach Kevin Ring is well aware that to bring a knife to a gunfight is ill-advised. Of course, he has no choice in the matter, as UCSD Men’s Volleyball, after season, remains the only DivisionII team in a Division-I conference.

Competing in the 12-team Mountain Pacific Sports Federation among schools that count expenditures in the tens of millions, UCSD’s presence in the conference may seem like an odd clerical error left uncorrected, but it’s just the byproduct of a sport left underrepresented. There are 22 NCAA Division-I men’s volleyball teams in the country, 13 NCAA Division-II teams and 47 NCAA Division-III teams. Compare that to the 347 NCAA Division-I men’s basketball teams and the 358 NCAA Division-II men’s basketball teams. When looking at those numbers, the first thing that stands out is the obvious discrepancy in size. But the second is that men’s volleyball bucks the trend of increasing the number of programs at the Division-II level, notable because a small-budget sport like men’s volleyball should seem appealing to small-budget schools.

In any case, this leaves schools like UCSD at a major disadvantage, as organizers have chosen to lump Division-I and Division-II teams together. The decision may provide Division-II teams with a regular season, but hardly ever lends itself to Division-II postseason appearances. In 2005, the UCSD men’s volleyball team went 2–24, fell to 2–27 the following year and has made steady improvement since, topping out at 13–15 in 2009.

Needless to say, the men’s volleyball team has never qualified for the conference finals, but it has shown marked improvement within the past four seasons or so. Credit UCSD’s program, which seems to have figured a way to recruit talent that goes unseen by their big Division-I competitors. Junior starting middle blocker Sebastian Brady acknowledges the difficulties for a program with very little money to offer potential athletes.

Brady figures the coaching staff makes do by looking outside of regions well known for talent (like Los Angeles and Orange County), instead picking up players who may fly under the radar, like Garrett Dempsey (Illinois) and Kevin McGinnis (Missouri).

Ever the underdog — the Tritons were picked to finish dead last in the MPSF this season — UCSD seems to have the cut of a team that could break above .500, or even make a playoff run.

Brady believes UCSD may play the spoiler in 2013, with every player from last season’s roster returning, including Vaun Lennon and Carl Eberts, two players acknowledged at the national level for their performances in 2012.

If for nothing else but the chance to see another upset like UCSD’s win against UCLA last season, I would sneak a men’s volleyball game in this season.

Everyone likes an underdog, and nothing says underdog like UCLA’s 66 million dollars to UCSD’s 7.3 million.