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UC Regents Hit With Disability Lawsuit UCSB student claims system discriminates against hiring those with disabilities. By Laira Martin Associate News Editor Alexander Stern, a fourth-year student at UCSB, is suing the University of California after he was unable to receive a job at the university due to his disability. The lawsuit Andrew Stern V. Regents of University of California prevents disabled students under the Disabled Students Program from receiving university jobs. In response to Stern’s lawsuit, UCSB officials announced that the DSP has modified its policies to aid disabled students in receiving jobs. “As of January 26, student clients of DSP will join all other undergraduate and graduate students in being able to immediately access the department’s online applications for the student note-taker and test-proctor positions at DSP,” UCSB News Director George Foulsham said in a statement. According to a Jan. 25 article in The Bottom Line, Stern said that the director of the Disabled Students Program Gary White claims that hiring an individual with disabilities creates additional liabilities and his job is to minimize potential liabilities. Although the 1990 American Disabilities Act made job discrimination against individuals with disabilities illegal, Stern claims that the uni-

DIVISION I NEW CONCERNS OVER COUNCIL’S NEUTRALITY

leaked email spurs d-i debate

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By Nicole Chan Associate News Editor

.S. Vice President of External Affairs Samer Naji admitted to showing a letter, supposedly written by a student athlete, to students before it was leaked to Facebook. The letter, which began circulating Wednesday night, alleges collaborative efforts between A.S. Council and the Athletics Department towards securing the Division I referendum vote. The referendum was approved by Vice Chancellor Penny Rue Feb. 2 and first passed by A.S. Council during Week 3. “If students are doing this alone, it’s fine,” Naji said of the letter. “If campus administration was trying to skew the vote, there’s a big problem with that and I think that’s something worth looking at.” Naji said he first saw the letter posted in A.S. Council’s private Facebook group. According to Naji, an unnamed A.S. councilmember received the letter and then decided to share it with A.S. Council. “I don’t think there was the willingness of A.S. [Council] to look into administrative influence on the election, so I figured students should look at it,” Naji said. See D-1, page 2 photo illustration by arielle sallai /GU ardian

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Davis Spent $100K on Crisis Consultant

UC administrators reportedly spent six figures on a media crisis consultant to assist with UC Davis’s response to the infamous pepper spray abuse incident last November. UC spent $100,000 to hire a consultant to help with damage control after a UC Police officer doused a line of “Occupy UC Davis” protesters, damaging the university’s image and angering many people worldwide. According to the Davis Enterprise, the consultant — a senior member of Marsh Risk Consulting — arrived on campus several days after the video of the incident surfaced and helped the university plan

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a response to the issue. UC Office of the President’s Associate Vice President of Communications, Lynn Tierney, suggested that UC Davis hire the consultant because the university was hit unexpectedly with the issue. “In that situation, when you have the kind of worldwide attention they had at Davis, it would be easy to put out misinformation if it wasn’t well-contained,” Tierney told the Enterprise. “We wanted to make sure we got the most timely information to the right audiences.” Some students at UC Davis were bothered by the fact that funds were used to preserve the UC Davis image rather than applied toward other areas. “I would have rather the money go towards

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UC EAP Receives Federal Grants Nearly $1 million is awarded to the Education Abroad Program.

Student leaders question the feasibility of the D-I referendum after an anonymous email surfaces.

By zev Hurwitz Associate News Editor

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education,” UC Davis protester David Roddy told CBS Sacramento. “I think it just reinforces the position of the protesters here that the administration is willing to throw money around as long as they don’t face the actual problems that are facing students.” CBS also reported that the money used to cover the consultant’s fees came out of a fund reserved for insurance costs. UC President Mark G. Yudof had previously announced that former LAPD Police Chief William Bratton would lead a full investigation into the incident. The full report will be released Feb. 24. Readers can contact Zev Hurwitz at zhurwitz@ ucsd.edu.

Studying abroad will now be cheaper for some UC students due to over $800,000 in new federal grants. The UC Office of the President announced Jan. 19 that 215 Gilman Scholarship students from across the UC system would each receive up to $5,000 from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to earn units while studying abroad as part of the UC Education Abroad Program. “The success for UCEAP students results in a significant financial contribution to the University of California and is a testament to the quality of the UC education system as well as the students themselves,” Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of UCEAP Jean-Xavier Guinard said in a UCOP statement. According to its website, Gilman Scholars must be UC students, already receiving a Federal Pell Grant and planning to study abroad for at least four weeks. Applicants go through an application process, which includes submitting an essay. This academic year, 34 UCSD students were named Gilman Scholars. According to the UCSD Program’s Abroad Office, approximately 1,200 UCSD students are expected to study abroad in some capacity in 2011-12. UCSD Programs Abroad Office Director Kelly O’Sullivan said the federal grant would help many students with financial troubles that may otherwise have prevented studying abroad. “We are extremely appreciative of the State Department’s commitment to the Gilman Scholarship Program, especially in light of the fact that 40 percent of UC San Diego students who study abroad rank as High Need for financial aid eligibility,” O’Sullivan said. “Our office has increased the number of Gilman Scholarship information sessions and scholarship essay writing workshops to improve the competitiveness of our UC San Diego students’ applications.” Readers can contact Zev Hurwitz at zhurwitz@ucsd.edu.

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▶ Assistant Vice Chancellor Mounir Soliman headed a UCSD delegation to meet with Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Dr. Nassar M. Shaikh at Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University in Saudi Arabia. The two parties discussed a continued future relationship between the two schools, which would include combined research activities and academic exchange programs. ▶ Last Tuesday, UCSD officials announced that the purchase of the Nevada Cancer Institute was finalized. UCSD spent $18 million in the deal that will create the first UC-owned medical property outside of California.

▶ Eight Navy sailors were discharged over the weekend following a hazing incident that occurred on an assault ship based in San Diego. The sailors had assaulted and choked a sailor who was new to the department last month as part of an initiation ritual. ▶ A Sunday morning fire caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to a house in San Diego’s Fairmont Park neighborhood. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation. ▶ The San Diego office of Susan G. Komen for the cure received death threats after deciding to cut funding for Breast Cancer Screenings at Planned Parenthood. The Komen Foundation has since reversed its decision.

A.S. Council to Enact Neutral Education Campaign Until Two-Week Voting Period Ends ▶ D-1, from page 1 Naji, who ran as a member of A.S. President Alyssa Wing’s “Board the Wing” party, said he does not support a move to Division I sports because of the potential effects of added student fees. “Personally, as a student, I am against the move to Division I right now, just because I don’t think a lot of people can afford that fee,” Naji said. “When the economic situation gets better, I think we should consider it.” A.S. Council will enact a neutral education campaign starting today through the voting period. According to Wing, the A.S. election committee decided to expedite its education campaign in a response to student inquiry and last week’s

leaked letter. The election committee, which is composed of representatives from each of the six colleges, will work with the advocate general to educate students on the special election and the referendum itself. “That message that was ‘leaked’ was completely unaffiliated with A.S. Council, or anyone who is involved with any campaign or the athletics department,” Wing said. Wing said she did not try to keep the letter private, but said she wanted to investigate it before bringing it to the student body’s attention. “The VP External decided to go public with it and started publicizing all over Facebook,” Wing said. “That’s where there’s definitely miscommu-

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A.S. President Denies Council’s Connection to Anonymous D-1 Letter

LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday, Jan. 27 1:04 p.m.: Disturbance ▶ A male passerby was trying to “start a confrontation” with another male at RIMAC field. Field interview administered. 4:54 p.m.: Welfare check ▶ An “intoxicated and combative” subject was at Student Health Center. Transported to hospital. Saturday, Jan. 28 1:22 a.m.: Quiet hours contact ▶ Marijuana was “confiscated” at The Village Building 4. Marijuana confiscated. 2:13 a.m.: Noise disturbance ▶ Students were “playing ping pong” at Muir Apartments. Information only. 11:56 a.m.: Reckless driving ▶ A student received a citation for reckless driving at Price Center. Closed by adult citation. Sunday, Jan. 29 12:18 a.m.: Vandalism ▶ A store associate drew graffiti and caused $100 in damage to Che Café. Closed by adult citation. 11:06 a.m.: Disturbance ▶ Three “juvenile BMX riders” were riding at Price Center Plaza. Will cooperate. 12:30 p.m.: Injury ▶ The subject fell at the pool at Natatorium and injured his or her left leg. Transported to hospital. Monday, Jan. 30 10:50 a.m.: Stolen vehicle ▶ A UC cart was missing at Marshall Provost Office. Information only. 12:22 p.m.: Suspicious package ▶ A possibly hazardous package was left at Leichtag. Checks OK. 4:05 p.m.: Hazard situation ▶ A syringe was found at the Faculty Club. Referred to other agency EH&S. 7:32 p.m.: Medical aid

▶ A young adult female was dizzy and lost consciousness at Price Center. Refused medical treatment. Tuesday, Jan. 31 6:42 a.m.: Hazardous situation ▶ A stalled vehicle was blocking traffic at the intersection of Villa La Jolla Drive and La Jolla Village Drive. Referred to other agency - VA Police. 7:25 a.m.: Injury ▶ An adult female tripped and fell on the cement ground at VA Hospital. Report taken. 8:46 a.m.: Citizen contact ▶ The reporter at Pines Dining Hall has been having a “continuous problem finding piles of [burnt] toilet paper” in the men’s restroom. Report taken. 1:37 p.m.: Welfare check ▶ Two adults were seen sitting too close to the edge on the south side of Student Services Center. Unable to locate. 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.: Grand theft ▶ Someone stole $1,000 from Roots in Muir College. Online report. Wednesday, Feb. 1 3:48 p.m.: Suicide attempt ▶ The subject attempted to commit suicide at Engineering Building Unit 3B. Transported to hospital. Thursday, Feb. 2 6:37 a.m.: Suspicious person ▶ The subject was “sitting by the front door of Internal Medicine Group Building 4 while brushing his hair.” Unable to locate. 1:21 p.m.: Suspicious person ▶ A male subject was “handing out flyers” at Library Walk. Will cooperate. 6:11 p.m.: Citizen contact ▶ The subject at University Extension Complex kept showing up for class without having paid. Checks OK. — Compiled by Sarah Kang Staff Writer

▶council, from page 2 trators,” Wing said. ”I’ve heard from many athletes that they are appalled that someone would write something like that.” Approximately 110 students have responded to the Division I debate by organizing a Facebook group called “UCSD Students Against the D-I Referendum.” Thurgood Marshall College senior Kevin Quirolo, who drafted “D-I: Not Now” for the Facebook group, said that current efforts to inform students about the referendum have been the main response. “I don’t think [the letter is] representative of A.S. [Council] or athletics necessarily,” Quirolo said. “It’s just really hard to really say how authentic it is, who really wrote it, or what their interests were. I’m just trying to ignore it. It doesn’t have to do with whether I should vote for something.” Quirolo said that although there has not been an organized effort against Division I yet, students are focusing on getting information and

educating others on the potential effects of the referendum. “I’ve talked to two people who are athletes who supported D-I,” Quirolo said. “But when they started looking into it more and asking themselves what entailed in this particular referendum, they changed their minds about it. For me, it says it’s an issue of how much information people have.” According to a March 2011 university feasibility study by Athletics Staffing & Consultants, UCSD would need to increase the athletics budget by approximately $12 million in order to be competitive in the Big West Conference. The study recommends for the university to find new sources of funding; such as institutional support, out-of-state tuition waivers, a new student assessment and game guarantees. Guarantees are money paid by other universities in exchange for UCSD teams to play at their campus. Both Quirolo and Naji said student awareness of the referendum is the most important issue.

“I think not enough people even know there’s going to be a vote on this issue,” Naji said. “As of now, I just thought it would be good for students to see the letter and what’s in the background.” Wing said last week’s events are evident of general misinformation on the referendum and hopes that the educational campaign will help students make informed votes. “Our strategy is to increase voter turnout, not to impede on the fair and free election process,” Wing said. “We want to make the election go smoothly, that the new election code is followed and that students have the information necessary to make an educated vote.” Voting on the Division I referendum will begin Monday, Feb. 27 and continue until Friday, March 9. Athletic Director Earl Edwards and AVP of Athletic Relations Aurora Lopez could not be reached for comment as of press time. Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu.

Student Filed Lawsuit After Being Denied a Job Due to Disability ▶ laWSUIT, from page 1 versity application process does not inquire about the skills of a disabled individual. “They have an extremely wide and broad definition of disability and you can see that very easily because if you just simply go to their site, press one button indicating that you might have a disability, that’s when the flagging process starts,” Stern said. “And from that point on is when you’re denied the jobs.” Stern pursued the lawsuit after he discovered that he could not be hired due to his disability. Under this policy, someone who has cancer would face the same job discrimina-

tion as Stern or other disabled yet qualified applicants. According to Stern, a disabled veteran or cancer patient could be denied a position despite being qualified. “A disabled veteran or a cancer patient would be refused so much as consideration for one of these jobs.” Stern said. “One such job is the ‘test proctor’ position, which merely requires the employee to monitor one or a few students to see if they are cheating. Clearly, not each of the 54 million Americans with a disability should be deemed presumptively unqualified for this type of job.” Stern filed the lawsuit in October 2011. The University of California

is asking the judge to eliminate Title II of the American Disabilities Act, which states that public agencies cannot refuse to hire someone based exclusively on a disability. “I’m not asking for affirmative action,” Stern said. “I don’t believe that anyone with a disability should be automatically entitled to a job, nor do I think that they have any more right to that job than a nondisabled person. I simply requested that they not look at one single word tied to their identity: disabled.” Stern and White could not be reached for comment as of press time. Readers can contact Laira Martin at lmm002@ucsd.edu.

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Unlimited Free Time Won’t Make Us Happy

Google plans to track user information across 60 of its Web services beginning March 1, a move that will threaten the privacy of its users. By Revathy Sampath-Kumar • Staff Writer

atch what you put in your search bar, because “Googling” a popular Jersey Shore episode could result in ads for tanning salons clogging your Web pages and emails. This is because Google has recently announced that starting March 1, it will be aggregating information from users across 60 of its web services including Gmail, Google+ and YouTube in order to “better serve its users.” This shift, which will literally track anything you watch or search, is expected to enhance user experience. Although the changes may seem positive, the new policy is causing major controversy due to its invasion of user privacy. This recent decision appears to be contradictory to Google’s “don’t be evil” founding philosophy. “Don’t be evil” has been Google’s informal motto since its founding in 2004, and is a central idea of its 10-part business philosophy. In writing, Google’s founders described the statement as, “We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served...by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains.” With this noble proposal, Google was able to gain the trust of users — but now it seems that the company is using private information for profit. In the grand scheme of things, Google’s actions are

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Facebook began changing profiles to a mandatory Timeline format On Jan. 31, generating Privacy concerns and worries about information oversharing.

New Format Draws Traffic to Other Sites at User’s Expense

nothing new in the world of online mega sites. The popular social networking site Facebook has been tailoring ads to suit individual users for years. Since its founding in 2004, Facebook set itself apart from other sites like Myspace by collecting user information to bring a personalized advertisement experience to its users. Facebook has made its advertising methods transparent and even has a user friendly Q&A section detailing the use of information such as current city, sex, age, relationship status, jobs, school, interests, pages, groups and posts to tailor ads. That’s a long list, but Facebook is only using the information users provide — not watching every click of the mouse. What sets Google apart is that the data recorded spreads across a range of popular websites, and the information chronicled is a lot more detailed. It is as personal as the movies you’ve been watching, the emails you send, or the things you’ve been searching for on the Internet. This comes as a shocker users, and has sparked a war of words between Google and its long-time competitor, Microsoft. Microsoft released a “Gmail Man” ad mocking Google’s privacy changes, in which a mailman walks around reading people’s mail. Last week, Microsoft also put ads in major newspapers that slammed

very time Facebook forces radical change on its users, news feeds overflow with status updates demanding a return to its previous format. Timeline, a new Facebook design that displays a user’s entire history in reverse chronological order, is generating more backlash than simple grumbling comments. Easier accessibility to a user’s history means that privacy on the site is becoming increasingly obsolete. By allowing access to a user’s entire history with a few simple clicks, Timeline raises many privacy concerns. A poll of 4,100 Facebook users done by security research firm Sophos revealed that over 50 percent of users are worried about the new format. Although users can change privacy settings to keep profiles solely viewable between friends, settings tend to reset each time Facebook alters their layout. This renders once-private information public without users realizing it. Also troubling is Timeline's ability to publish a user's activity from other websites without the user realizing it. People may simply be poking around different Yahoo news articles or listening to songs on the music streaming site Spotify, not knowing that a digital trail of their online activity is unfolding on their news feeds. This is a shameless ploy by third parties to create traffic on their sites. Although Facebook is pushing Timeline as a way to preserve memories and the chronicle of life, not everyone wants every little detail from the time they joined Facebook to be so easily accessible. Now young college graduates attempting to enter the professional world need to worry not only about the pictures posted from last night’s party, but also the pictures from that party freshman year. The implementation of Timeline means that people’s entire pasts — including their less-than-proud moments — are up for judgment by anyone. — Chelsey Davis Staff Writer

Timeline Prompts a Movement to Other Networks

he Facebook Wall will be gone soon, replaced by Timeline. The new feature has been available to users since December, but some chose not to activate it then due to discomfort with its design or worries about privacy. The Timeline reveals to us just how much of our lives are broadcasted online. But with numerous social networking alternatives rising up to the level of Facebook, we need not fear that our days of wall posts, events pages and stalking our friends’ photos are over. New changes include the end of the Facebook Wall, a cover photo, over 60 new apps which track what users do on other websites and an activity log which shows everything the user has done on the website since joining it. Timeline gives users a healthy reality check by showing them just how much about themselves they are revealing online — and how they should think twice before agreeing to use an app, posting a photo or comment or linking an organization's page. However, if Facebook stops being attractive to users, users can abandon it for other social networking websites. In just under a month after its July 2011 release, Google+ became the fastest social network to reach 25 million users. Today, the website already has over 100 million users and continues to grow quickly. There is also a trend towards more specialized networks: LinkedIn for the networkers, Tumblr for the young crowd, Flickr for the artists and Twitter for those who prefer the simple layout. Facebook is quickly regressing to become merely a tool to converge all of these other networks. The Timeline will soon be mandatory for everyone on Facebook, but that will not stop disgruntled users from leaving the website. Without users, Facebook loses its value. — Arik Burakovsky Senior Staff Writer

t’s that time of year — the worst time of year: February has rolled around. Everyone is either complaining about Valentine’s Day or complaining about the people who complain about Valentine’s Day. And I am caught in the threestep psychological maneuver that I experience every fifth week. First, I glance nervously at my upcoming exams and papers and start to feel nauseated. Then, I rationalize that a

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“seven-to-eight-page paper” won’t take too long. Finally, I go back to my true love: doing nothing (all the while perfectly aware that a research thesis won’t write itself and soon — so very soon — I will pay). In other words, welcome to college and — judging from the results of a 2010 study by Christopher Hsee at the University of Chicago — welcome to everyday life. In Hsee’s study, researchers gave participants the choice of dropping off a package at either a location nearby or one 15 minutes away. Regardless of the final choice, the participant would receive a piece of milk chocolate. Unsurprisingly, few people cared enough about a piece of chocolate to pick the more taxing option. Then Hsee really switched things up, offering milk chocolate for staying put and dark chocolate for trekking to the farther location — and not only did the majority of people take a walk, those who did were happier than those who stayed put. The results were the same when the chocolate choices were switched around, so it’s not just the seductive properties of 80-percent cacao that lured this sudden spike in activity. The participants simply needed to trick themselves into creating an incentive — even in the form of the false choice of “I would rather have dark chocolate” — to spring into action. Or, as the study’s authors put it, “It’s as if people understand that being busy will keep them happier, but they need an excuse of some kind.” Hsee’s study about physical idleness is both complemented and contradicted by a study on mindwandering by Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert at Harvard University. Here, the researchers used an iPhone app to prompt users to report what they were doing, what they were thinking and how they felt. Apparently, we spend nearly one-half our conscious hours thinking about something other than what we’re doing, and using time-lag analyses, Killingsworth and Gilbert concluded that a person’s mind-wandering is usually the cause of present unhappiness. The specific results are more confusing though: People are unhappiest when they’re on the computer, resting or — contrary to Hsee’s theories — working. In conclusion: People are unhappy when they’re idle, they’re unhappy when they’re working and they’re unhappy when they’re not thinking about what they’re doing, which is mostly resting or working. Happy February.

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Quite Frankly By Lior Schenk

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Editorials Should Support Student Orgs

Privacy Changes Raise Constitutionality Concerns

▶ Privacy, from page 4

Google, and urged users to jump over to Hotmail and Bing. Microsoft has managed to harp on Google’s controversy, but only to face critques from viewers who find the whole feud catty. More credibly, groups in the UK and members of the U.S. Senate have also expressed their disapproval. Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) stated that Google officials were not "very forthcoming necessarily in what this really means for the safety of our families." The Article 29 Working Party, an independent European group that deals with issues of personal data protection, similarly expressed concerns about Google’s policy changes and the effect it would have on the protection of personal data across 29 European countries. Google’s new policies coincidentally came out the same week of the Supreme Court case United States v. Jones, which serves as precedent for the site’s infringement of privacy. The court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the FBI to keep GPS tabs on criminals without a warrant since

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this is in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Ironically, in the “Information Sharing” section of Google’s new policy, it is stated that user information will be shared with third parties in an instance of certain governmental requests. This is clearly unconstitutional, as users do not present their private information to Google with the assumption that they are waiving their rights. In the days that remain before March 1, users who feel violated by this new policy should sign out of their Google accounts before using Google, or permanently change their settings to limit their personal information. This is the only way for users to protect their privacy aside from refraining from using Google sites altogether. It may be disturbing that websites are tapping into user’s data to make money, but frankly people will be “Googling” things regardless of where their information is going. Readers can contact Revathy Sampath-Kumar at rsampath@ ucsd.edu

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Dear Editor, Our primary goal is to defend public education by engaging and empowering students. We are not the out-of-touch idealists featured in your article and editorial on Jan. 26. The renovation of CLICS was not announced in response to the reclamation last quarter. It was announced in an A.S. Council press release on September 30, 2011. Last year the council killed an $8 student fee to save CLICS, but now it wants to pass a $165 fee for Division-I sports. Although students have taken responsibility for running CLICS, we have not set its hours, we did not know or plan for it to be open and University Centers closes the building every night. The administration did not “invite student input” about re-opening CLICS. They re-opened CLICS without communication or negotiation, and only afterwards did they email students. For a student-run newspaper, your editorial board is surprisingly cynical about student-run organizations. The $370,000 you said it would take to run old CLICS is irrelevant to whether students can run a 100-seat study space in the new “Galbraith Hall” (named for Chancellor John S. Galbraith and his lifelong commitment to libraries which have lost 16 percent of their budget to UCSD). Running CLICS costs $450,000 annually, but renovation will cost $6.7 million to run CLICS about 15 years. We urge the Guardian to be a voice for students and support student movements in the future. We invite students, faculty and staff to help us reclaim public education on

Mondays at 7 p.m. at CLICS or email MarchforMarch2012@gmail.com to get involved in mobilizing for the international day of action on March 1 and the walkout and reclamation of the capitol in Sacramento on March 5. —Kevin Quirolo Senior, Marshall College —Patrick Saris Senior, Sixth College —Sean Estelle Junior, Sixth College —Nikolai Smith Graduate Student, Department of Sociology

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Musician, philanthropist and now a pageant queen — UCSD’s Van Pham brings some Triton glory to Miss San Diego. By Stacey Chien • Staff Writer

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arren College junior Van Pham is all too familiar with the glamorous world of pageantry — a far cry from the laid-back campus of UCSD. On Jan. 22, the economics major was crowned Miss San Diego 2012, which came with the added bonus of a $1,000 scholarship. Before Miss San Diego, Pham competed in Miss Teen California and is currently also Miss Arizona Collegiate. But she was especially drawn to the Miss San Diego pageant (a scholarship pageant under the Miss America Organization) as it wasn’t like any of the other pageant systems that she’s competed in before; the possibility of winning a scholarship to help pay for the ever-increasing cost of tuition and books was an extra incentive. “I was stunned when my name was announced,” Pham said. Though astonished by the results, she had prepared diligently for the pageant. Pham worked to improve her talent piece (a piano solo), physical fitness and interview skills — making it a habit to tune into the news daily so as to avoid drawing a dreadful blank under the glaring spotlight and public scrutiny when asked about current events. Pham may not agree with the superficial light that the media often portrays the pageant world in, but appreciates what she believes pageants really stand for. “For me, pageants teach a girl how to walk and poise with grace, to eat healthy and exercise and it shows the importance of thinking on your feet and being able to articulate your opinion,” Pham said. “Because of the interview skills

I’ve learned through the Miss America Organization, I have nailed every job interview I have ever applied for, including an internship at a social media and PR agency and I know this skill will come in handy when I apply for graduate schools. Lastly, it gives me a chance to perform and play piano onstage.” Pham managed to impress the judges with her piano performance — a component that accounted for a substantial chunk (35 percent) of the overall score. She has been playing the piano since she was five (she also plays the guitar and flute), and music has always been a big part of her life. “Growing up, my parents showed me the importance of music and how it can be a positive force,” Pham said. “After high school, I worked at a children’s music studio helping to teach piano and guitar lessons. It is such a rewarding experience to be able to share my passion for music with others; not only did I get to work with kids, but I was surrounded by something I love every day.” The pageant queen is now pursuing a minor in music and will also be able to continue to work with kids through her childcare platform, Little Fingers, Helping Hands — a cause that she hopes to promote during her reigning year. “Back in my hometown [in Marin County], I created a daycare center at the local homeless shelter, where a group of volunteers and I took care of the children biweekly,” Pham said. “The program was a great success and allowed parents to have time away from their kids in order to look for jobs and proper housing.”

Pham, now serving as San Diego’s official hostess (she has and will be attending many appearances and events throughout the year on behalf of charities and sponsors), even has hopes of starting a childcare program in San Diego and said that her goal is to get the program up and running by this summer. She will be competing in the Miss America Collegiate national pageant in March but said she is most exited about competing in the Miss California pageant in June, the official preliminary to Miss America. As a Miss California hopeful, she is currently preparing a new piece on the piano and is also working closely with the Miss San Diego pageant committee to further improve her interview skills and advance her platform. “I can’t wait to compete at Miss California,” Pham said. “I am excited to have this opportunity of a lifetime to attend the state competition in Fresno with all the other inspiring titleholders.” But being sure not to get too caught up in all the excitement, Pham has kept her sights on her educational goals; she hopes to attend graduate school to obtain an MBA after graduating next spring. In the meantime, she is enjoying her time at UCSD. “It’s impossible to dislike a school located in San Diego; not only is our campus beautiful, it’s a short distance from the beach,” Pham said. Readers can contact Stacey Chien at stchien@ucsd.edu.

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ike most college students, Nicole Wyrick became homesick for the comforts that college life could never provide. For her, the missing piece to life at Roosevelt College was freshly-picked food. “I really enjoy cooking,” Wyrick said. “At home I have a garden so I can go outside and get what I need, and I missed that convenience when I came to college.” With that in mind, Wyrick and several other ERC students launched Ellie’s Garden, a new community garden on the Roosevelt College campus. Ellie’s Garden, located between Africa and Asia Halls, will provide free access for students to pick their choice of the herbs, flowers and fruits that EGERC club members plan to plant and harvest this quarter. But the group has a greater mission than simply to spice up the diet of ERC students. “We wanted to have a way to understand where our food comes from, and learn about creating a sustainable lifestyle,” EGERC treasurer Tiffany Lin said. “We want to show students that you don’t need to resort to artificial foods and flavors in order to live and eat well.” According to Wyrick, EGERC vice chair, Ellie’s Garden was inspired, in part, by Earl’s Community Garden in Warren College, an on-campus site where students can own individual plots to foster plants of their choice. But the founders of EGERC wanted to create a garden that would be accessible for all students, even to those who do not participate in building the garden and maintaining its plants.

“The garden is a free access garden, so any student can come and take what they need to create a meal or season something,” said Lin. What’s more, Wyrick said that having the garden completely open and accessible will help to foster a sense of community across ERC. “Our goal is to incorporate every aspect of the ERC community, to connect freshmen to second and third years and the International House community,” Wyrick said. “Community building was a big part of our inspiration.” Students laid out plots for the garden earlier this month. So far, EGERC club members and ERC students have planted mint and several fruit trees, including guava, fig and lemon. By the end of the quarter, they plan to finish with herbs and move on to more fruits and vegetables, Wyrick said. EGERC board members say that the plants will be ready to harvest within a few weeks. They plan to organize a harvest feast for students in the spring. Students interested in contributing to the project can attend gardening sessions every Monday at 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 2 p.m. “We’re doing a lot of our own research now on plants and sustainable growing,” Wyrick said. “We welcome anyone who wants to learn about gardening.”

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with our defense and the shots started coming in the second half,” Elliot said. In the second half, the Tritons adjusted their game by attacking inside, instead of relying on their perimeter play. Compared to the 22 three-point attempts in the first half, UCSD chanced just six in the second half, sinking two buckets. At the same time, the Tritons were more prudent with their possessions, putting away 17 of their 27 field goal attempts for an impressive 63.0 percent from the field. Outscoring the Golden Eagles 35-49 in the second half, strong play from Dautremont made a huge impact on the match down the stretch. Dautremont — who had a difficult time matching up against the heavier Ramon and went without a bucket in the first half — finished the game with 12 points. The Triton forward came out aggressive in the paint, attacking Ramon to get to the free-throw line

on three occasions, while also nabbing five rebounds and two crucial steals. From there, the Tritons ran away with the game, with senior forward Lauren Freidenberg finishing with a double-double, 17 points on 10 rebounds. Junior guard Emily Osga recorded eight points to go along with eight rebounds and a team leading five assists. Senior guard Chelsea Carlisle also contributed 16 points. When asked about how the Tritons manufactured a 15-point lead coming out of the half up by just one, Carlisle said UCSD was just determined to get the win. “It’s always what we do,” Carlisle said. “That’s just what this team’s about. We shot terribly, we’re never going to shoot like this again, but we fought and we knew that we’re resilient and we knew that we were going to win.” On Saturday, the Tritons took another 15-point win, beating Cal State Dominguez Hills 77-52.

Unlike the day before, the Tritons had no problem taking the lead. In the first half, off of 14-29 shooting, the Tritons ended the first half with a 21-point lead. The 3-20 Toros never put up much of a resistance, as all of UCSD’s bench saw significant minutes. Osga led UCSD with 19 points, while Feder went 4-for-4 from behind the arc to chip in 14 points. With six games still remaining in CCAA play, the Tritons are the only team in the conference to have secured a post-season conference berth. UCSD will continue its homestead this weekend. On Friday, Feb. 10, the Tritons will face off against middle of the pack Chico State and on Saturday, Feb. 11, UCSD will host bottom of the conference Cal State Stanislaus. Readers can contact Rachel Uda at ruda@ucsd. edu

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“When you have a shot blocker like that, you just got to keep going after him,” McCann said. “You just keep taking it to him.” Despite their height disadvantage at the postposition, the Tritons kept attacking in the paint, out-rebounding the Golden Eagles by four while also shooting four percent better from the floor. Leading the assault along with McCann was junior guard Tyler McGrath, whose streaky play from the perimeter has earned him the name “The Light Switch.” But tonight, McGrath was totally on, shooting six of seven from the floor and draining three of three from behind the arc. Down the stretch, the Tritons had trouble breaking the press after McCann was taken out at 15:37 for a quick breather. With McCann out, Cal State Los Angeles jumped on the Tritons, out-rebounding UCSD to get four put-backs on one possession. The following Triton offensive attempt was

thwarted as the Golden Eagles soared to block three Triton shots in a row. The CSU Los Angeles full-court press resulted in no less than five turnovers in the four minutes McCann was out. Only “McCannCan” break the Los Angeles press, and so Carlson put McCann back on the court. The guard immediately ripped through the press to set up a McGrath three-pointer — swinging the momentum back in the Tritons’ favor. Up 57-52, the Tritons let the Eagles back in the game with an easy dunk and two clutch free throws by senior Eagle forward Leland Jones. Thankfully, the Eagles failed to capitalize on the last shot as the Tritons took the game 57-56. On Saturday, the Tritons faced Cal State Dominguez Hills, who is currently tied for first place in the CCAA and had just lost the night before to Cal State San Bernardino. In the game, the Triton defense held the usually explosive Toro offense to just 46 points. UCSD took the win to the tune of 48-46. Again the Tritons saw a hard-fought game that came

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down to the wire. McCullough had a career high of 16 points, five rebounds and two assists. He scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half before the Toros locked down their defense and marginalized the deficit in the last two minutes of play. Coming down the stretch, McCullough put in his last two points from the free-throw line to give the Tritons a 45-34 lead. The Toros woke up and scored twelve points in just two minutes after a scoring drought that lasted most of second half. Dominguez used a full court press much like LA had the night before to cause the Tritons problems on defense. They went on a 10-1 streak to make the game 46-44. McCann had the chance to put the game in the basket, but missed one of two free throws, which were followed by a Toro layup to make it a one-point game at 47-46, with only 14 seconds left to play. Getting the ball in to Hatch, the Toros fouled the lowest percentage free-throw shooter on the Triton starting lineup, who sank one of two to push the lead to two.

Instead of going for overtime, the Dominguez Hills went for the win. Toro guard Everett Brown shot a three, only to have it ricochet off backcourt as the horn signaled the end of the game. Unfortunately, McGrath suffered a concussion early in the bout and had to leave the court bleeding. The injury is the second concussion of the year for the Tritons, who are still down a man in junior guard Ryan Peters — who was injured earlier in the season against Cal State Monterey Bay. Both players are expected to make full recoveries and return to the court in a few weeks. The dual wins over the weekend have given strength to an otherwise defeated Triton team, which is now within three games of making the CCAA tournament with six games remaining in the regular season. The Tritons play Chico this Friday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at RIMAC. Readers can contact Nick Howe at nshowe@ucsd. edu

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Tritons Take Two Weekend Wins, Remain Perfect

Tritons Upset TopRanked CSULA and CSU Dominguez Hills

By RACHEL UDA Sports Editor

By nick howe Associate Sports Editor

oming off a three-game losing streak, the Triton Men’s Basketball team came away with two wins over the weekend — the first weekend double the team has captured this season. The Tritons came in to Friday night’s game fired up. The huge student turnout for Spirit Night added fuel to the team’s fire, especially because the Tritons — ranked second-to-last in the conference — were the obvious underdogs against second-ranked Cal State Los Angeles. “The crowd really played a huge role in [making] a difference for us tonight,” sophomore guard James McCann said. The Tritons took the tip and the first two points when their motion offense opened a lane for McCann to drive in for a teardrop over the Golden Eagles’ Carl Hoffman, a 6’9” junior that tips the scales at nearly 280 pounds. Hoffman, who outweighs Triton center Christian Hatch by 30 pounds, largely contained the Triton points-per-game leader, who ended the night with just eight points and seven rebounds. The Eagles proved more athletic than the Tritons, as they successfully utilized a full-court press to pull out a 7-4 lead in the first few minutes. But UCSD Head Coach Chris Carlson cut deep into his bench to minimize fatigue. The quick changes worked, as McCann was able to break the Los Angeles press time and again off the dribble. Cal State Los Angeles countered by removing its big man, Hoffman, in favor of junior center Jordan Richard. Richard went on to have a field day, blocking shots in the paint and pinning them high off the glass to finish with eight blocks, a conservative count.

aking two wins at home this weekend, the No. 1 UCSD Women’s Basketball team protects its top ranking by remaining undefeated in the 2012 season. On Friday, Feb. 3, the Tritons faced Cal State Los Angeles — the second ranked CCAA conference squad. With 2,296 people in attendance, UCSD sought its 21st season win at Spirit Night. The 13-5 Golden Eagles shot out to an early lead as 6’0” senior forward Lacy Ramon overpowered the Tritons’ sophomore forward Erin Dautremont to score eight of Cal State Los Angeles’ first 10 points. Trailing 10-5 with Triton senior shooting guard Daisy Feder 1-for-5 in just the first five minutes of play, UCSD head coach Charity Elliott called for the timeout, replacing Feder with freshman shooting guard Natalie Luzar. The change proved crucial as Luzar drew a charge from Ramon in the next possession and then hit a three-pointer to get the Triton offense going. Down 24-19 with five minutes remaining, the game had yet to fall into tempo. The well-conditioned Tritons executed their typical run-and-gun offense while the Golden Eagles kept pace the entire half by cutting deep into their bench, fielding 12 players out of their 14-man roster. With the first period coming to a close, Elliott put her starting line-up back on the court. UCSD went on a 7-2 run, with Feder sinking a three-pointer to put the Tritons up before the half. “That first half was about as poor as we could play and shoot the ball offensively, and I’m just so proud that we stuck See W. BASKETBALL, page 11

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UCSD Men’s Tennis Dominates in Home Opener By Rebecca Horwitz Staff Writer

he No. 10 UCSD Men’s Tennis team started its season last Saturday, defeating Hope International University and the University of Redlands. The Tritons had a few close sets against Hope International in the morning but overall they dominated the Royals, beating them 9-0. Senior Jason Wall led singles, winning in straight sets of 6-0 and 6-0 while sophomore Max Jiganti won 6-2 and 6-1 and junior Austin West won 6-1 and 6-2. Seniors Chapman Chan and Sam Ling, and junior Junya Yoshida also won their respective matches 7-5, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 and 6-4, 6-3. The doubles team of Wall and freshman Kona Luu won 8-0, while Ling and Yoshida won 8-1, and West and sophomore Devin Sousa won 8-5. Later that evening Tritons defeated Redlands 8-1. Yoshida had an intense singles match, losing the first set 4-6 and coming back to win the second set 6-1. Yoshida won the tiebreaker 15-13. Ling also had a close match, winning 7-6,

7-5. West, Jiganti and Luu won their singles matches 6-4, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-0. Chapman was visibly upset during his singles match, losing the tiebreaker — 6-7, 6-2, 7-10. The doubles teams took hard-fought wins. Sousa and West played the longest match, finally winning 9-8. By the time they finished their match, every player from each team was watching and cheering for their respective sides. “I think they were really competitive,” Sousa said. “Me and [West] held high — that helped us to put it out in the end.” The doubles teams of Luu and Wall, and Chan and Jiganti also won their matches, 9-8, 8-6. The UCSD Men’s Tennis team returns to the court against Concordia Irvine Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. The Concordia Eagles are currently ranked No. 11 nationally in the NAIA Coaches’ Preseason Poll. Readers can contact Rebecca Horwitz at rahorwit@ ucsd.edu