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.S. President Dominick Suvonnasupa announced that A.S. Council will be proposing a referendum during the Jan. 20 council meeting for UCSD’s advance to NCAA Division I athletic standing. Suvonnasupa made the initial announcement during last Wednesday’s council meeting. Suvonnasupa told the UCSD Guardian that a move to Division I could help UCSD catch up to other UC campuses. “We compete with Cal and LA academically in a lot fields and best them in some fields, [which is] amazing considering we’re much younger than they are,” Suvonnasupa said. “I think what Division I would do is let us catch up to them in other ways.” Eleanor Roosevelt College junior, student athlete and member of the Triton Athletic Council Shane Beamer told the Guardian that virtually all student athletes would welcome the move. “We’re pushing the edge of [Division II] and some of our sports teams are becoming part of Division I leagues,” Beamer said. “[However], in order to fully compete in a Division I level, there’s a need for our school to actually obtain Division-I standing.” Beamer continued to explain that since UCSD does not give out athletic scholarships as a Division II school,
some student athletes are forced to work part-time jobs in addition to attending classes and training for sports. “Student athletes would be eligible for scholarships and could therefore put more time toward academics because they wouldn’t have to worry about working long hours to pay tuition in addition to the demanding training schedule,” Beamer explained. The last time students voted on a Division-I referendum was in 2012 when nearly 60 percent voted against the move. According to Beamer, some of the dissenting opinions that the Triton Athletic Council has received include concern that the accompanying increase in student fees would finance the tuitions of student athletes without benefiting the rest of the student population. However, as Sixth College senior Julia Kirkland pointed out, the move to Division I athletics would help rally alumni support. Currently, out of all the UC campuses, UCSD annually receives one of the lowest amounts of alumni donations. “The move to Division I would allow our school to become more nationally recognized,” Kirkland told the Guardian. “This would gain more support from UCSD alumni, which would in turn benefit all aspects of
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Former ECE Professor Charged with Grant Fraud Homayoun Karimabadi faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. BY MING-RAY LIAO
Former UCSD Research Professor and Chief Executive Officer of SciberQuest Inc. Homayoun Karimabadi was charged on Jan. 7, with fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars in government grants and contracts by making false statements to government officials. Karimabadi is scheduled to enter a deferred prosecution agreement on Jan. 15 in which he may serve up to 20 years in prison and be fined a maximum of $250,000. SciberQuest and Karimabadi agreed to jointly forfeit $180,000. According to the corporation’s plea agreement, Karimabadi applied for and received grants from the National
Science Foundation, United States Air Force and National Aeronautics and Space Administration through both UCSD and SciberQuest. Administrative Coordinator for the UCSD Office of Research Affairs Patrice Lock stated that the university provided investigators with the information they requested but emphasized that UCSD was not involved with his fraudulent activities. “Our understanding is that the case focused on Dr. Karimabadi’s lack of full and accurate disclosures on grant proposals to various federal agencies which were made through his private company, SciberQuest, Inc,” Lock told the UCSD Guardian. “No University grants or funds were implicated in the activities of Dr. Karimabadi or SciberQuest, Inc. The actions by the former university researcher
were committed through his private company, and are not a reflection of UC San Diego researchers or our research administration processes.” Karimabadi failed to disclose all of his current and pending grants, thereby overstating the time he and SciberQuest could devote to said projects and failed to mention his fulltime employment at UCSD. From 2005 to 2013, Karimabadi received over $1.9 million in salary from SciberQuest due, in part, to the fraudulently obtained grants and contracts, prosecutors said. SciberQuest was awarded 22 grants worth approximately $6.4 million, eight of which were Small Business Innovation Research grants. The NASA SBIR program funds the research, development and demonstration of See FRAUD, page 3
The University of California will receive $3.41 billion in state funding for the 2016–17 school year — $356 million more than the previous year — according to the budget proposal Gov. Jerry Brown announced last Thursday. The Governor’s Budget Summary proposes additional funding for all state campuses. Proposition 30, which would temporarily increase taxes from 2012–2018 to fund higher education, was passed in 2012, and since then the state has worked on an investment plan for public universities. The public university system has seen an increase in funding of about 30 percent during 2015–16, with funding for the UC system increasing by $761 million since 2012. Kate Moser, media specialist at the UC Office of the President, told the UCSD Guardian that the plan includes a stipulation for onetime funds that will go towards deferred maintenance and pension funds; UCOP supports Gov. Brown’s continued support of education. “The University of California appreciates the continuing support for higher education in Gov. Brown’s 2016–17 budget proposal,” Moser said. “State support is crucial to allowing us to keep tuition for California students at its current level for six consecutive years and ensuring that we maintain access, affordability and quality for our students.” A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Krystl Fabella informed the Guardian that most of the funds will be going towards programs that do not affect students. “Although there is increased funding, it’s important to understand where funds have been allocated and that it is not exactly being streamlined for per-pupil funding, but to cover a lot of liabilities and costs, like deferred maintenance and pensions,” Fabella said. “There will be no alleviation or decrease in attendance costs like we would hope for, especially in light of UC-wide housing and food insecurity crises, but it will help alleviate a lot of debt the UC has been running off of.” Fabella also stated that an important part of the proposed budget is the addition of new students. She also told the Guardian that UCSD itself is unofficially required to increase new student enrollment by about 750 students and the entire UC system is expected to increase enrollment by 10,000 students in the next school year. According to Fabella, the increased number of students adds an extra burden onto the student body. “All we know right now is that there isn’t the infrastructure to take in 750 more students at the UC without, See BUDGET, page 3
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Researchers to Conduct Aerial Analysis of Atmosphere Scripps oceanographers hope the data will help them evaluate the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide. BY Josh Lefler
Researchers at Scripps’ Institute of Oceanography will participate in a series of airborne expeditions over the Southern Ocean to better gauge the region’s ability to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide this month. The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean study, funded by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, will be led by SIO alumnus Britton Stephens. Over the course of several flights, researchers will collect atmospheric samples from the remote Antarctic region. Upon the study’s completion, ORCAS team member and SIO Professor Ralph Keeling will perform an analysis of the samples with an emphasis on measuring carbon dioxide levels. According to ORCAS team member and SIO post-doctoral candidate Eric Morgan, carbon dioxide is regularly exchanged between the atmosphere and the ocean; the group hopes to gain insight into this exchange process. “The point is to better understand
the carbon-cycle processes that affect CO2 levels in the atmosphere,” Morgan told the UCSD Guardian. “Aircraft measurements afford the opportunity to characterize a larger region [of water] … we can use this to estimate how much CO2 is being released or taken up by the ocean.” The Southern Ocean is of particular interest to Keeling and his team because it absorbs carbon at a much faster rate than it is released due to the mixing of deep and shallow water in that region. “The Southern Ocean is a major conduit between the atmosphere and the [deep] ocean,” Keeling told the Guardian. “[Elsewhere] the ocean is capped with water that isolates the deep from the surface. It just sits there. In the Southern Ocean the waters mix freely.” Because of the interaction between the deep and shallow water in the Southern Ocean, carbon captured in shallower parts can be pushed downward to open up space on the surface for further CO2 uptake. The deep ocean — depths greater than 1000 meters — serves as a “huge
reservoir of carbon” and is capable of storing excess CO2 to slow down the accumulation of greenhouse gases. According to a 2015 paper released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Southern Ocean has absorbed approximately 40 percent of all manmade CO2, despite only making up 29 percent of the planet’s total ocean area. But as the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increases, researchers are unsure if the process of CO2 uptake will maintain its current speed or slow down due to oversaturation. “As levels of CO2 rise in the atmosphere, the Southern Ocean should absorb increasing amounts, although this hasn’t always been true in the last couple of decades,” Morgan said. “The extent to which this region will continue to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere in a warming climate is an important question.” However, predicting just how the Southern Ocean will react to rising CO2 levels may be a challenging task. “[Our understanding of ] the Southern Ocean comes from existing observations — which
are sparse, both in space and time — and computational numerical models,” Keeling explained. “But those models have a lot of flaws … they show different things.” Because there is not a lot of existing data on the Southern Ocean, Keeling believes analysts tend to extrapolate on whatever small patterns they can find to build their predictive models. With the data gathered from ORCAS, researchers may be able to at least reach a consensus on how to model the short-term carbon cycle more accurately. “We’ll be in a position to take these models apart and say which models are better and which models are worse,” Keeling said. “We won’t know what’s going to happen in 100 years, but we should at least be able to get the seasonal changes right.” Keeling disclosed that the first flight in the ORCAS study takes off next week.
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innovative technologies by small businesses of 500 or fewer employees or non-profit organizations. In one instance with the NSF, Karimabadi only disclosed about three months of employment per year when he had actually committed a total of over 19 months of work per year to various agencies. NASA Inspector General Paul Martin denounced individuals who abuse research programs like SBIR, which awarded Karimabadi and SciberQuest with grants on eight separate occasions. “Individuals who fraudulently obtain federal research funds earmarked for small businesses deprive others of an opportunity to pursue meaningful technological discoveries,” Martin said in the press release. U.S. Attorney Laura E. Duffy said in a federal press release that grant fraud is detrimental to places that have a large research presence like San Diego. “Federal research funding is an important stimulus to local
economies, especially in San Diego, which has a large research university presence,” Duffy said. “Fraud in the award process threatens to undermine confidence in the continued federal funding of research and innovation.” George Fuller, director of the Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences and physics professor at UCSD, indicated to the Guardian that the incident is unlikely to have a negative impact on the university. “I don’t think [the grant fraud] will have any effect for UCSD,” Fuller said. “Asides from it being only one individual, it seems to have a lot more to do with the private company he started.” At the time he was charged, Karimabadi was employed as a research professor at UCSD in the electrical and computer engineering department and was active as the group leader of the space physics plasma simulation group. Karimabadi could not be reached for comment by press time. MING-RAY LIAO
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student life.” Eleanor Roosevelt College junior Andrew Moore also noted that national broadcasting would further contribute to the UCSD’s fame. “[Division I standing] would enhance the national notoriety of the school because we would be able to compete with other
Division I schools that nationally broadcast their games,” Moore said. “This would make it easier for all graduates to get jobs after school.” Suvonnasupa said that A.S. Council wants to remain neutral and let students decide by presenting the information to them in a clear and concise manner. “We would love to hear what students think,” Suvonnasupa said.
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at the least, strategic planning for more residential halls, TAs, parking spaces and more,” Fabella added. The University of California Student Association is advocating for an increase in the state’s percapita contribution to UC student tuition as well as other plans that will benefit the student body. “[Our demands] include full funding for the newly-enrolled students and to ensure that a student fee increase will not shoulder the costs,” Fabella said. “We are also demanding fund allocation for affordable housing initiatives, commitment to support the Global Food Initiative, expanding graduate enrollment, tier-one mental health services, public transportation stipends, reduced class sizes, and
wages and benefits for on-campus service workers.” UCSA President Kevin Sabo stated that while the UCSA appreciates additional funds, the budget plan needs to account for the influx to the UC system. “Another part of the conversation that is left out by the governor and the university is that you can’t just add more undergraduate students without any consideration for who’s going to teach these students,” Sabo stated. “One of the biggest glaring omissions in the budget plan is a solution for food and housing security. Something that we’re really concerned about is the lack of housing affordability and availability as well as access to food.” The leaders of UCSA suggested that students should get more involved in the decision-making process.
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El Nino Casually Strolls into Class After a week of fire alarms, flooded classrooms, clogged stormdrains and storm warnings, it is clear that UCSD must actively work to prepare its facilities and students for future rainfall. ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID JUAREZ
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ast week’s storm left many out in the cold — literally. Despite news of the impending storm and continued hopes for an El Nino season to quench the drought, the UCSD administration left us unprepared. Lecture halls flooded up to four inches, according to NBC7, leading to the now viral image of Professor Kenny Barrese teaching vector calculus while standing in a puddle of water. Many saw this as an example of dedication, but the underlying issue is that UCSD facilities lack necessary safety measures for the upcoming storms. Even the Bookstore ran out of umbrellas, forcing people to use UCSD Guardian newspapers as flimsy rain covers. The apocalypse, the El Nino of the century, is here to drown us all. Five years in a drought and nine since a strong El Nino season and we’ve forgotten what it means. The term El Nino does not refer to a storm but rather a warming trend in the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean. This generally causes increased precipitation in the southwest, particularly California, and this warming is followed by a cooling trend called La Nina, which forms a cyclic pattern of temperature change. El Nino weather patterns are slated to last through the winter months. A severe El Nino event in 1983 caused $1.8 billion in damage across the state. Previous events in 1983 and 1997 had an average of two degrees of warming above average but some projections set this year at three degrees above the observed normal. Although there is debate over the
magnitude this El Nino season, it is clear that we are gearing up for a wet one. The Climate Prediction Center released a report in November calling this El Nino event “strong” and “mature” — like an older sibling who occasionally dunks you in the pool. With that knowledge, the Guardian Editorial Board implores the university to begin extensive preparation. Last week we had a taste of water for parched lips, but flooding in classrooms and parking lots loses novelty when car engines are ruined and lecture halls have lasting water damage. Next it might be flooding in dorms or on-campus apartments, many of which in Warren College and Sixth College lie in depressions or lower areas with little drainage. Just because we aren’t used to severe rain doesn’t mean that we should rely on Noah to build an ark for our school. This doesn’t happen to other schools in areas that get 10 times the amount of rain, such as in areas of Washington that get 100 inches of rain a year. Our drainage systems, which worked for 2014 when we had 5.06 inches of rain (49 percent of the average), won’t hold up for this year when we could number far above average. In 1997 in the Los Angeles area, seasonal rainfall was 110 percent above normal. To begin, the university should water-proof and seal doors where possible. As for the underground levels of parking lots, there needs to be efficient draining systems to reduce the accumulation of water. Outside, in the various banks of dirt and eucalyptus trees,
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Chargers’ Departure Would Allow City to Spend Public Funds on Education Chargers President Dean Spanos is playing hard-to-get with the people of San Diego, but this flirtation with the Bolts isn’t enough to get people out of bed in the morning. Especially UCSD students who probably have their more successful home teams to root for. The past few days have put the Chargers in limbo. The resolution of whether they leave for Los Angeles or not is that the team will stay in San Diego for another year. Maybe. When Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner, hosted a press conference this past Tuesday with Spanos regarding the state of the Chargers, a San Diego Union-Tribune reporter asked Spanos if he “expected to try to remain in San Diego.” Spanos, the suave businessman he must be to own the Chargers and have his family fund facilities at UCSD, made this statement of confidence: “... I’m going to look at all our options. I’m going to take a little bit of time here. But, you know, we do have some options.” And here we have it: NFL teams play little mind game with the city as to whether or not they will stay. Professional sports teams can build civic pride and put a city on a map, but those shouldn’t be the only reason a community should
back and finance construction of new stadiums. In fact, stadiums are more detrimental financially than they are beneficial for the ethos of a city. According to a video segment from “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” stadiums are funded with public money and keep the profits. After all, these teams are owned by individuals. Furthermore, teams tend to receive their property free from rent and taxes. Last September, Mayor Kevin Faulconer and Supervisor Ron Roberts made a $1.1 billion proposal for a new stadium in Mission Valley. The stadium would entail $350 million of public money, the rest coming from the NFL and Chargers themselves. That $350 million would not be returned to San Diego taxpayers — in fact, taxpayers would be paying even more if they wanted to attend Chargers games. Daniel Stewart, president of the American Institutes of Architects, stated that a proposal for a new stadium could cost the public $10 million per year for 10 years in lost tax revenue. Add that $100 million to the proposed initial $350 and that’s $450 million that could have actually gone toward public goods that the public actually wants.
Educational facilities are a good example of that. Stewart explains that, instead of building a new stadium in the Chargers’ proposed downtown East Village site, the land could be used for education and economic clusters (i.e., living space). Education and economic clusters are “sticky capital,” or investments that don’t move despite exogenous changes. Educational institutions, like universities, have been proven economic powerhouses. Just look at UCSD, San Diego’s largest employer. Institutions such as universities do not benefit the Chargers, which is a business looking for profit. The Chargers have been in San Diego since 1961. There’s a legacy, sure. But UCSD was established in 1960 and San Diego State in 1897. There’s no reason why San Diego can’t be known for its worldrenowned universities or the beaches that have been around even longer. Local San Diego artist C-SICCNESS rapped “San Diego makin’ money / So put it back in our city” in his Chargers anthem “Save Our Bolts.” San Diego should absolutely reinvest in our city, but in something that will return to it opulence in more ways than a win, loss or tie.
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With the recent rise of Daesh, more commonly known as ISIS, it’s hard to be an American and not have an opinion about Islam and Muslims. If you are anything like my friends, you have many questions and nobody to ask. As Huffington Post points out, only a quarter of Americans have a Muslim friend. Here’s where I come in. My name is Ayat and I’m going to try and answer all your questions about Islam, Muslims and Middle Eastern politics as best I can. My father is a devout Muslim, while my mother is a wildcard. I do not identify as a practicing Muslim, but I am part of the Muslim community. My aim is to promote better understanding of Islam and the Middle East overall. Since the emergence of Daesh, the hatred and fear of Muslims in America has worsened. Hate crimes against Muslims in America have risen threefold, specifically since the San Bernardino attacks, according to NBC news. These aren’t abstract crimes happening far away. They are happening right here in San Diego. On Nov. 20, a Muslim student at San Diego State was assaulted in the school parking lot when a man pulled off her headscarf while calling her a terrorist, reported the San Diego Union-Tribune. On Nov. 13, posters appeared at multiple locations on UCSD’s campus calling the Muslim Student Association and Students for Justice in Palestine “terrorists,” according to a student’s Facebook post. These incidents occurred even before San Bernardino, which resulted in an increasingly unsafe environment for Muslims in America. Muslim students explained in a co-written letter that prior to the posters, Muslim students were still subjected to harassment from other groups and bullied via social media, where their pictures are frequently taken without consent, posted online and labeled “terrorists.” Defaced posters are only the tip of the iceberg. My family and friends are afraid of retribution for being Muslim. However, it’s important to note that combating Islamophobia would be beneficial to more than just Muslims. Dalia Mogahed, who works for the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, went on the Jan. 7 episode of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” explaining how the same politicians that are against Muslims also support policies that harm blacks, Latinos, women, labor movements and gays. Donald Trump is a clear example of this. On its website, ISPU has a time-worthy data visualization supporting this statement. In addition, hate crimes against Muslims often target “Muslim-looking or Arablooking” non-Muslims as well, such as Sikhs, Latinos and Arabs of Christian and Jewish faiths. This in itself demonstrates a deeper level of misunderstanding regarding the very diverse communities of Muslims. Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding the banning of Muslims entering the United States promotes a deeply problematic intolerance. While many oppose Trump’s remarks, some have echoed his prejudice. My goal is to fight hate with understanding. It’s hard to hate a human you can empathize with. I’m not here to convert you. I’m here to befriend you.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the editor:
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sandbags or more permanent solutions should be installed to funnel water to appropriate drainage areas. That way we can establish channels of water away from walking areas or rooms. As for our warning systems, the Triton Alert works well to warn students of hazards. However the constant blaring of the fire alarm after the tornado warning last week is not acceptable. We should be able to handle possible situations with calm preparedness, not the haphazard panic that exhibited itself across campus last week.
The Editorial Board urges the university to address campus emergency preparedness by educating students with a routine protocol, which allows them to calmly and safely respond to severe storms. Instead of remaining silent, the Department of Campus Emergencies and Safety should take this time to teach students proper disaster protocol while encouraging individual preparedness. While the department’s website is exhaustive, few students or faculty know about emergency procedures. The site includes information on possible tornados and earthquakes, but lacks information about flash
floods or mudslides or information about where they could occur on campus. Flash floods can occur almost anywhere after a few days of consecutive rain. Students should also be prepared with general essentials, like shoes that aren’t flip flops and maybe an umbrella if they want to be dry. Despite the fact that San Diego normally doesn’t have water, the sheer lack of preparation on this campus is astounding. Luckily, there has not been any major flooding so far and even a monstrous El Nino rainstorm doesn’t signal the end of the world, but it’s likely to be a wet, stormy quarter. Better buy an umbrella and boots.
I recently read the UCSD Guardian’s Nov. 2 article, “Scholars Discus Climate Change Solutions at Summit,” and was encouraged to find that the University of California takes climate change so seriously. UCSD’s Sustainability Manager Sara McKinstry noted how students had more power than they thought. We really can change the world, one step at a time. Can you guess the biggest contributor to climate change? I was sure that it was the transportation industry and was baffled to discover that I was wrong. While transportation is responsible for 13 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, animal agriculture is responsible for a whopping 18 percent, as announced by the UN back in 2006. We can take steps on campus to help remedy this. UCSD Dining already does a wonderful job of bringing in other initiatives to reduce our impact on the planet, from perma-ware china (to reduce waste) to slowly eliminating the sale of bottled water by offering hydration stations to refill water bottles. But what if we could make a single alteration to our food that saved one million grams of carbon emissions, every single year? Colleges including UC Berkeley,
University of Connecticut, University of Wisconsin and Yale have partnered with a food technology start-up based in Silicon Valley called Hampton Creek. Hampton Creek’s mission is to bring healthier, more sustainable and affordable food to everyone, everywhere. By producing versions of common food products that are inherently better for the planet (specifically Just Mayo and Just Cookies), Hampton Creek has prevented billions of grams of carbon emissions, while saving massive amounts of water and land that conventional food production would otherwise have required. What’s the key? Pea protein and sorghum flour. Removing the link to animal agriculture. It’s time we at UCSD join the masses and eat our way to a sustainable future. We are lucky to have a dining services department that is extremely receptive to student feedback, so please join me: On your next visit, request Just Mayo and Just Cookies in your dining hall! - Tatiana Freiin von Rheinbaben Revelle College, Senior
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f you have been itching to put on that million-dollar outfit you purchased two years ago but never had a chance to wear, lunch at The Westgate Room, located inside the Westgate Hotel, is your time to shine. For SDRW, the executive chef Fabrice Hardel has prepared a two-course meal with a choice of two appetizers and a meat or seafood entree. Chandeliers, gold-plated columns and Victorian chic at a four-star hotel modeled after the Palace of Versailles in France is an experience you can rarely get for only twenty dollars.
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Italy, which offers a plethora of authentic Italian restaurants, like Monello. Serving the best quality of everything — fresh pasta, imported olive oil, the whole nine yards — Monello can be a bit pricey, even for Restaurant Week. It’s recommend to opt for the $20 lunch special, which offers an appetizer, main course and dessert. Suggested dishes: Tortino di Cavolfiore Viola (purple cauliflower souffle with raspa dura cheese sauce) and the Gnocchi di Zucca (homemade butternut squash dumplings).
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LOCATION:
8650 Genesee Av
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By Shelby Newallis Senior Staff Writer
A student looking for cheap sushi and sake bombs at its better-known neighbor, Sushi Ki. If pollonia has a relatively modest exterior that’s easily overlooked by the average UCSD
you’re looking to try a different place, but don’t want to go too far, Apollonia is a great option. Located in the Costa Verde Center, it’s accessible by bus, car or walking, if you’re ambitious. The restaurant week offerings are a good value and include three courses with Mediterranean offerings like spanakopita, kebab and a popular dessert, galaktoboureko, phyllo dough with a custard filling.
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Argentina: PUERTA LA BOCA By Brittney Lu Lifestyle Co-Editor
LOCATION:
2060 India Street
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ome to tango and muse for a Madonna ballad, Argentina never fails when
just as iconic. At Puerto La Boca, Argentine classics stand out boldly among the ristorantes and espresso bars of Little Italy, emphatically demanding to be seen and tasted. Traditional fare, from empanadas and chorizo to regional favorites like molleja sweet bread sauteed in a jerez wine reduction and freshly marinated pulpo, or octopus, are just opening acts to the prized possession of Argentine cuisine — el bistec. So if you ever find yourself a little displaced in Little Italy, Puerto La Boca might just give your palate a new home.
MEXICO: BLIND BURRO By Ian Le Tran Contributing Writer
LOCATION: 639 J Street
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L both Baja Californian and Mexican cuisines, specializing in street-style ocated in the corner of Gaslamp Quarter, the Burro brings the best of
corn dishes, grilled fish, and bottomless mimosa cocktails among other quality selections. From housing eccentric coastal vibes to its location just steps from the San Diego Padres home stadium, Blind Burro not only cements its place as a convenient hangout, but as an escape for those looking for casual bites, drinks, and live music at its outdoor bar. With incredible San Diego weather, back-to-back bars, and a vibrant city atmosphere especially at night, the Burro surely can’t be missed.
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9700 N. Torrey Pines Rd
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I with a fireplace, the moon and the stars. Add delicious modern Spanish foods: duck magine an elegant outdoor venue inspired by Spanish haciendas, romantically lit
enchiladas, blackened salmon tacos, shrimp and scallop ceviche. Then plant this dream of a restaurant conveniently near the UCSD campus and you have Mustangs & Burros, a La Jolla hidden gem. Take a break from studying and warm yourself up with their truffle cauliflower soup or make it your next Friday night venue and enjoy their meatier entrees, like the bone-in pork chop or the cumin-crusted skirt steak.
iran: BANDAR By Christian Gella Senior Staff Writer
LOCATION:
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B culture it represents. For connoisseurs of feng shui, a coronal divide separates the
andar’s sleek interior design is the interface of modernity, especially of the Persian
restaurant into two distinct atmospheres. A sophisticated downtown palette of scarlet and oak sets a dim nightclub vibe for its bar; sharing the same ecology, its restaurant is a contemporary black-and-white draped in beige textiles and romantic candlelight. This tonal juxtaposition, while seemingly jarring, showcases Iran’s contemporaneity in the global sphere — whether it’s the welcoming neon from the bar or the fashionable cloth that droops from the ceiling. Bandar specializes in kebabs, whether they’re curated with fresh filet mignon, lamb or chicken.
Thailand: TASTE OF THAI By Olga Golubkova Lifestyle Co-Editor
LOCATION:
15770 San Andres Drive
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T the few non-bar eateries ready to cater before or after your night out. It is a perfect place to
aste of Thai is one of Hillcrest’s classics. Surprisingly enough, open until 11 p.m. it is one of
get your juices flowing late at night with its extensive variety of dishes and affordability during Restaurant Week. With a filling two-course $10 lunch special and three-course $20 dinner special, it will surely satisfy your craving for a healthy yet familiar Thai meal.
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San Diego Restaurant Week is a perfect example of a local initiative that became a city’s tradition. Supporting the local economy, it brings together 180 restaurants ready to serve lunch and dinner to each and everyone. The price range of SDRW meals is also wide enough to give even students some options. While the majority of one-price menus are beyond the college understanding of “affordable”, one can definitely find some solid lunch options under $20. So why pay more to participate in this San Diego ritual? For the poor and the posh we looked at one of the cheapest options of San Diego Restaurant Week worthy of attention, lunch at Caffe Primo, and one of the priciest offerings, dinner at Searsucker.
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Located in a rapidly developing district of San Diego, Caffe Primo is not, in fact, San Diego’s very own — inspired by European simple style and ambience, it first came to Los Angeles and only later extended its a la Italiana business operations in the San Diego area. The cafe does not pretend to be something it is not — its interior is just as straightforward as its food. Metal chairs, wooden tables and an outdoors seating area: Is there anything else you need to serve food to the people? Salads, lasagna, pasta and pizza: Are there any other dishes you have to serve at an Italian eatery? Caffe Primo’s affirmative answer to these rhetorical questions is no, and that is what allows this restaurant to bring familiar, good-quality Italian cuisine for a truly democratic price. Caffe Primo’s San Diego Restaurant Week prix-fixe menu lunch costs as much as you would like to pay for it — nothing more and nothing less, leaving you with a feeling of overall satisfaction. Giving this modest place a try over SDRW may be turn out to be a brilliant idea, as Caffe Primo successfully proves that sometimes no surprises is a good surprise.
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On the other hand, for a pretty penny, wine (if you’re of age) and dine your way into a gilded meal fit for Queen Elizabeth herself. Nestled in the crux of Gaslamp, Searsucker is every college student’s nightmare dressed like a daydream. With lofty ceilings, Anthropologie-esque wooden fixtures, perfectly mismatched furnishings and plush seating all illuminated in the glow of strategically placed rustic chandeliers, Searsucker draws you in for the ‘gram alone. But this picture perfect eatery comes at a hefty cost, even during SDRW. Ranging from forty to fifty dollars, the prix-fixe dining experience boasts a two or three course menu crafted with artisanal and often unpronounceable ingredients. While you may begin internally hyperventilating and looking for the nearest Chipotle, the gastronomical fare at Searsucker appears to be well worth taking out a federal loan to pay off dinner. With items like seared halibut paired with fennel reduced in a beurre blanc, beef tartare crowned with a raw egg or farrotto dusted with pecorino and baby kale, Searsucker doesn’t just skirt around Americana classics, but reinvents them with a European flair. Retrospectively, where it lacks in fiscal consciousness and student accessibility, it makes up for in sensory triumph and palatal pleasure.
Nearby Nibbles PACIFICA DEL MAR By Christian Gella Senior Staff Writer
LOCATION:
1555 Camino Del Mar
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Maximizing the “beach town”-vibe is Pacifica del Mar’s specialty; one glance out the window allows one to watch the moonlight slide over the ocean’s canvas. With award-winning seafood, this ocean-side restaurant is a short bus ride North — just take Oceanside 101.
BEAUMONT’S By Ian Le Tran Contributing Writer
LOCATION:
5662 La Jolla Blvd
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With live music Sundays, state of the art cocktails, and a flavorful menu, Beaumont’s won’t disappoint those seeking for atmospheric quality. A hidden gem in the Bird Rock seaside community and an award-winning restaurant, Beaumont’s eatery has served locals for years.
SHIMBASHI IZAKAYA By Maria Manalang Staff Writer
LOCATION:
1555 Camino Del Mar
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The creme de la creme of Japanese cuisine in Del Mar, Shimbashi Izakaya, satiates any sushi or sashimi craving with fresh and quality ingredients. Many of their dishes are delightfully authentic with just the perfect amount of gusto, like their Hokkai Roll, ochazuke and thinsliced seared beef with yuzu ponzu.
HERRINGBONE By Olga Golubkova Lifestyle Co-Editor
LOCATION:
7837 Herschel Avenue
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Use Restaurant Week as motivation to visit Herringbone, one of La Jolla’s culinary staples. With its truly impressive ethereal interior and “daily happenings,” it is an ideal place to try meat and seafood any time of the day. Just don’t think of the SDRW menu as a discounted offer; you will spend just as much any other week of the year.
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Release Date Jan. 8
Could you by Baynk Legend goes that Kiwi youngster Jock Nowell-Usticke uploaded his new single to Soundcloud shortly before losing his laptop on a week-long surf trip. Returning home, he found that “Could You” had gained the music industry’s attention and his upbeat, genre-defying track was on its way to becoming the song of the summer. With a lack of lyrics that calls attention to bold trumpets and intoxicating beats, his dance track stands as an striking debut — one that’s landed him coveted spots in some of New Zealand’s most highly anticipated festivals. So what if his laptop was left in a hotel and he doesn’t surf? Baynk’s legend is one worth believing in. — By Karly Nisson A&E Editor
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fter nearly a decade’s musical absence, David Bowie reappeared in 2013 with the release of “The Next Day.” If that album gave the lasting impression that Bowie came back to comfortably sit on his rock-god throne, this latest, and final release, proves it absolutely wrong. Released on his 69th birthday it depicts Bowie not as deity but as contemporary innovator, delivering one of his best avant-garde efforts. With Bowie succumbing to liver cancer merely two days after its release, it also serves as a bittersweet, final farewell. The album’s titular opening song immediately pulls the listener into the last direction Bowie explored: electronicsoaked jazz fusion. The 10-minute long spastic space epic showcases layers of atonal electronics and synths built up over skittering drum’n’bass beats, with Bowie’s ominous chants growing in intensity, his somber vocals illuminated by a nervously dancing saxophone line. Yet before the song gets overwhelming, it pulls back to an echo of the Bowie we grew up with: beautiful crooning over sweeter and simpler melodies. But it’s merely a temporary lull, with the sound submerging deeper and deeper into the otherworldly. The end result is almost like Bowie applying his cut-up technique — rearranging sentences to form new lyrics — to his sound as a whole, with fragments of old Bowie found arranged over a new experimental blueprint. Bowie’s status as the chameleon king of the strange has always been based around his lyrics and the riot of characters he’s adopted over the years. But “Blackstar” also serves as a keen reminder of how adept he was at melding his artistic visions with the talents of others. Bowie’s voice here knows when to take second-stage to the crisp electronics and jazz instruments ranging around him, treating saxophonist Donny McCaslin as a duetting vocalist. This collaborative feat achieves its apex with the song “Lazarus.” Cryptic lyrics are accented with electric guitars that crash like thunderstorms. It builds up to Bowie at his theatrical best, passionately tugging on
KEEPING YOUR HEAD UP by birdy Birdy emerges from dark and brooding folk ballads with a bright, up-tempo track that shows off her powerful vocals with newfound electricity. The 19-year-old singing prodigy captivated audiences with her rendition of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love,” but now leaves the mournful melodies of her piano for synthesizers and percussion. Birdy introduced her new single by saying, “It’s a side to me you haven’t heard before,” and donning a flashy, colorful gown in the single’s cover art to emphasize her departure from more somber songs. “Keeping Your Head Up” not only reflects a defiant break from her melancholic style and lyricism, but showcases a change of pace and energy for her upcoming album. — By Peter McInnis Staff Writer
100 million by charlie hilton Sorry Charlie Puth, but there’s a new Charlie in town with smooth vocals of her own. From Portlandbased band Blouse, lead singer Charlie Hilton goes solo in her latest single “100 Million.” Hilton possesses a charm that is a mix of Lana Del Rey’s soul and Bethany Cosentino’s raw vocals. Teaming up with indie songster Mac DeMarco, the guitar-based track brings a soothing melody that talks of sandy oceans and everlasting love. Toward the end, a mashup of both singers’ heartfelt vocals creates a graceful harmony that is aurally stimulating and sincere. It’ll make one long for more collaborations. — By Melissa Palafox Contributing Writer
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Released just two days before his passing, “Blackstar” is both a bittersweet farewell and a savory, tight experimental effort.
heartstrings as he sings “this way or no way, you know I’ll be free.” But then he rests, letting saxophone take over and push the final minutes of the song into ecstasy. “Blackstar” closes with a song featuring a harmonica theme from his 1977 song “A New Career in a New Town,” about leaving the past behind and moving on. Despite hiding his illness so well from the public, Bowie knew he was facing the final act of moving on, and this is his last chance to address his audience. Bowie’s cries of “I can’t give everything away!” linger, echoing into space, simultaneously representing his wish to prolong his performance and his acceptance that he has offered the world as much of himself as he can. It’s a glorious swan song of farewell, as the Starman ascends to his pantheon in the sky.
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With its thought-provoking songs and a memorably grandiose stage presence, Muse treated San Diego to a performance like no other.
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use does not disappoint. With “Drones” as the seventh installment into an impressive discography, Muse goes back to what it does best — playing instruments. This, coupled with the band’s elaborate live performance, gave the packed Valley View Casino Center reason to love Muse all the more. The audience was enveloped in utter darkness. Floating UFO-like spheres outlined in colored LED lights descended from above as Muse opened with the title track to their latest album. Ensconced in the ethereal, one by one, drummer Dominic Howard, bassist Chris Wolstenholme and finally leading man Matt Bellamy appeared on stage to break the symphonic “Drones” with the heavy bass riff of “Psycho.” Muse didn’t just sing their skepticism of drone warfare and the disconnection between advanced military interventions and human lives — they showed it, too. The drill sergeant in “Psycho” wasn’t just another audio component to the song, but a visual stimulus. The 360-degree center stage ceiling screens were jammed with a drill sergeant yelling right at the audience. “The Handler” was complemented with Bellamy and Wolstenholme positioned in front of drop-down screens showing light projections of puppeteer hands. With some impressive body tracking, the strings “attached” to Bellamy and Wolstenholme followed their movements as Bellamy sang out “I have been programmed to obey/ And
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now/ You are my handler/ And I/ I will execute your demands.” It’s an impressive visual and an eerie reminder of the narrative behind Drones. Interspersed between the newer tracks were singles of Muse’s past. “Plug in Baby” began with a slow, distorted build up of Bellamy’s guitar. The track eventually brought Bellamy to his knees, shredding away at his guitar until his forehead touch the stage and resembled a prostrating figure. “Supermassive Black Hole” and “Starlight” came right after another, the ground floor being illuminated with a cosmic orange hue and images of the galaxy projected on the overhead screens. As Bellamy broke into the well-known chorus of “Starlight” and big black balloons came down on the crowds, he grabbed one of the aerial cameras and put the mic to it, cueing everyone to sing “My life/ You electrify my life/ Let’s conspire to ignite/ All the souls that would die just to feel alive.” The band’s stage eccentricities varied from a literal remotecontrolled Reaper drone floating from one end of the stage to
another during “The Globalist” to Bellamy and Wolstenholme being lit with (visualized) flames during “Undisclosed Desires.” And, of course, there was a little bit of guitar tossing and dragging by Bellamy before “Time is Running Out.” As a member of a band that skips the schmoozing and goes straight to doing what it does best, Bellamy briefly took to the mic towards the end of their nearly two hour set and said, “We got a treat for you guys coming out today.” Closing with “Mercy” and the grandiose “Knights of Cydonia,” human-shaped confetti filled the airspace and Bellamy sweetly closed with “You and I must fight for our rights/ You and I must fight to survive.” A fitting embodiment of their latest album, a fitting message to show that Muse’s work transcends the temptation to cater to radio airwaves but commits to creating meaningful songs that will stand the test of time.
— Vincent pham
Staff Writer
illagers, an Irish indie folk band characterized by its involved arrangements and eerie vocals, is distinguished as one of the genre’s top artists. In their newest release, “Where Have You Been All My Life?,” they made the bold decision to produce an album consisting entirely of their previously released music that they’ve reinterpreted and simplified. So simplified, in fact, that the entire album was recorded in one day, with each song only needing one or two takes. Villagers lead singer, Conor J. O’Brien, is no stranger to the unusual. In his previous band, The Immediate, members were known to switch instruments throughout a performance, with each person equally sharing bass and guitar duties. Though O’Brien separated from the group in 2007, he retained its quirky sound and affinity for the unconventional. In his new band, he draws inspiration from alternative, indie and folk genres, creating his own brand of music. Over the past five years, Villager’s music has migrated away from its alternative ties to fully embrace O’Brien’s folk inclinations; “Where Have You Been All My Life?” recreates previously upbeat tracks in a muted, mellow light, hinting at the final stage in the band’s evolution. The most apparent evidence of the evolved sound in “Where Have You Been All My Life?” is seen when
comparing it with the band’s oldest album, “Becoming A Jackal.” Tracks like “Set The Tigers Free” and “That Day,” which originally featured a faster tempo and a steady beat, give way to a softer sound and lighter instrument use in their newer reprisals. O’Brien’s voice, originally firm and steady, is traded in for a less substantial, smooth, melodic tone, allowing him to attach more emotion to his words. However, tracks from their more recent releases like “Hot Scary Summer” and “Soul Serene,” both from the 2015 album Darling Arithmetic, are not altered nearly enough in “Where Have You Been All My Life?” to warrant an entirely new recording. The instrumental arrangements are only subtly different, and O’Brien’s voice is virtually indistinguishable between the two tracks. These releases hardly earn the label “new,” and taint an otherwise imaginative album. Despite the album’s shortcomings, its fresh perspective and authentic, matured sound make it an invaluable component of Villagers’ repertoire. The band is very much in its element as it returns to its simpler folk roots, and will undoubtedly impress audiences in the future.
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UCSD W. Fencing Takes Gold in St. Louis Event
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Women’s saber earns gold medal at North American Cup.
The UC San Diego fencing team had a great showing in St. Louis at the North American Cup, Jan. 8 to 11, starred by a gold medal performance by the women’s saber squad. A trio of freshmen saber competitors, Lillian Chu, Leanne Singleton-Comfort and Savanah Tiffany combined to take first place in the women’s saber senior team event. UCSD edged out the Jiangsu Fencing Team, 45–44, to earn gold. Singleton-Comfort was UC San Diego’s top placer in junior women’s saber and Division I women’s saber, finishing 10th and 24th respectively. Chu took 41st in Division-I women’s saber with Taylor Walsh finishing 83 and Tiffany taking 84th. In junior women’s saber, Chu finished 58th and Tiffany 88th. In Division-I men’s foil, sophomore David Hadler tied for 11th in a field of 196 competitors. Hadler eventually lost to Olympian and 2013 world champion Miles Chamley-Watson after winning three consecutive direct-elimination bouts. Chamley-Watson would go on to take silver in the tournament. Stanford’s Alexander Massialis, an Olympian, won the event. Hadler also performed well in junior men’s foil, finishing eighth of 173 competitors. He earned a No.
15 seed in the direct elimination round’s seed by going 6–0 in pool play. Hadler won four straight bouts after having a bye in the opening round. He would eventually lose to Canada’s Daniel Gu, the event’s silver medalist. Freshman Thejas Gulati and Evan George finished 21st and 62nd, respectively, in junior men’s saber. Among other results, UCSD finished 22nd in the men’s epee senior team bracket with a team composed of Sean Callaghan, Alex Okamoto and Scott Phillips. In Division I men’s foil, Hadler, Brian Howard and Mitchell Shulman finished fifth out of the nine teams. Drew Dickinson, George and Gulati took sixth out of 11 in men’s saber senior team; Dickinson and George also finished in the top hundred fencers in men’s saber Division I. The Tritons play on Sunday, Jan. 17, as they host the West Invitational at RIMAC Arena. The event will also serve as the Western Fencing Conference Team Championship. The UC San Diego women won the conference last season, while the men placed second. Along with UCSD, the WFC is comprised of the Air Force Academy, Caltech, Incarnate Word and Stanford.
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Tritons Up to No. 14 Written by Alex Wu Photos by Megan Lee The UCSD men’s basketball team’s stellar play continued without any issues last week, following their upset of the previously undefeated Cal Poly Pomona and crushing San Francisco State and Cal State Los Angeles. The No. 14 Tritons are now 12–2 overall and 7–1 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play heading into the last two games of their four-game road trip. Game One To say the Tritons did well against the San Francisco State Gators on Thursday night would be an understatement. From the start of the game, the Tritons absolutely dominated the Gators, scoring at will against a Gator defense that couldn’t stop a bloody nose. By the end of the half, the Tritons already held a 15–point lead over the Gators, leading by as many as 21 points earlier in the game and never trailing. Credit is due to the spectacular Triton offense, as they shot a stellar 54.5 percent from the three-point stripe and 55 percent overall in the first half. Junior guard Aleks Lipovic lead the first-half charge with two three-pointers and nine points total. On the flip side, the Gators couldn’t get anything going on offense, only hitting 25 percent of their first-half shots and shooting an abysmal 18.2 percent from the three-point line, clearly stymied by the tough Triton defense. The Tritons’ success did not change in the slightest during the second half. While the Tritons allowed the Gators to climb within 12 points, UCSD continued to blow the Gators out of the water, eventually winning by 73–48 at the end of the night. “It was great to get a conference win on the road,” UCSD Head Coach Eric Olen told the UCSD Athletics Department. “Offensively, we shot the ball well and got contributions from a lot of guys.” Leading all scorers with 16 points was Lipovic, also contributing four rebounds. Junior guard Adam Klie continued his impressive play with a line of 12 points, five assists and five rebounds, while sophomore guard Grant Jackson also played well, scoring 10 points and grabbing five rebounds. “I thought we did a good job on defense, but I’d like us to rebound better,” Olen told the UCSD Athletics Department. “Overall, I’m pleased with our effort.” The UCSD men’s basketball improved to 11–2 overall and 6–1 in conference play, while SF State fell to 7–5 overall and 1–5 in conference play.
Game Two While Saturday night’s final score would indicate the Tritons had an easy time at Cal State LA; the first half of the Tritons’ road game against the Golden Eagles was a close affair. With six lead changes and two tie scores, the Golden Eagles challenged the Tritons far more than the Gators had a few nights before. But that wouldn’t last long, as the Tritons found their groove by the end of the half, where a three-pointer by senior forward Drew Dyer put the Tritons up seven. And after that, the Tritons never looked back, dominating the Golden Eagles effortlessly. “We are excited to grind out a road win tonight,” Olen told the UCSD Athletics Department. Dyer was hot out of the gate, hitting his first five out of six shots and scoring 14 points in the first half. Klie contributed 10 more points off of similarly efficient shooting, hitting five out of seven shots. While the Tritons weren’t shooting as well as they had in the first half, their 44-percent shooting percentage was enough as they were able to hold the Golden Eagles to 33.3 percent, increasing their lead to 14 by the end of the game, winning 78–64. Dyer finished with a team-high 20 points and eight rebounds with Klie close behind with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists. Freshman center Chris Hansen shot an efficient 7–9 on the way to scoring 16 points, while Lipovic brought in another 10 points, even when his three-point shot wasn’t falling. The team shot 50.9 percent overall, marking it their tenth game shooting over 50 percent. “We did a good job on the defensive end in the second half,” Olen told the UCSD Athletics Department. “Offensively, I thought we were able to score in several different ways and we limited our turnovers.” The Tritons handed the Golden Eagles their 12th loss of the season, making them fall to 2–12 and 1–6 in conference play. The Tritons will continue their road trip when they head to Cal State East Bay on Jan. 15.