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A.S. Council Launches Education Campaign Led by President Meggie Le, the new initiative seeks to spread awareness of TPS changes. BY SARAH MOON

Staff writer Members of A.S. Council are taking action to inform and involve UCSD students in their ongoing education campaign about recently announced changes to transportation services. Last month, UCSD Transportation and Parking Services announced changes in transportation for the 2013–2014 school year due to its budget deficit, including the discontinuation of the Nobel and Arriba shuttle services, which will be absorbed by MTS. Other changes include an increase in student parking permit prices and the dissolution of the free UCSD Bus Zone sticker. A.S. Council’s recent efforts in its campaign against these changes include a student transportation survey and presentations to 31 student organizations. With over 6,000 members, the student-run Facebook group “UCSD Students Against Transportation Changes” has allowed students to become involved and discuss solutions to the proposed changes. A.S. President Meggie Le said she believes the biggest issue to address regarding the transportation system is its funding model. By presenting to student organizations and talking with students on Library Walk, Le plans to inform students about the model and the council’s plan to fix it. “What it comes down to is the funding model and how unsustainable it is,” Lee said. “If we fix it, then we’ll be able to balance our transportation system.” Members of A.S. Council will meet with Vice Chancellor Gary Matthews this Friday, Feb. 8, to discuss problems surrounding the funding model. “A lot of it will be us pressuring him [Matthews] to get his staff members to create this sustainable model,” Le said. TPS is a completely self-supported department without state funds or student fees for services. This year alone, TPS faces a $2.1 million deficit. “The department works hard to provide innovative and sustainable commute options and support the overall effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the campus,” Director of Auxiliary Business Services Robert Holden said. Holden says that the cost of subsidizing 100 percent of the Bus Zone has surpassed incoming revenue to TPS. See INITIATIVE, page 3

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Patrons at OceanView Terrace in Thurgood Marshall College enjoy lunch Feb. 6. Housing and Dining Services recetnyl announced that the dining hall will revert from its current “all-you-care-to-eat” system back to the a la carte system currently found in all other campus dining halls.

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OVT to End BuffetStyle Dining Next Year

The Marshall College Restaurant will return to a pay-per-item system in 2013-2014. BY mekala neelakantan

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ceanview Terrace will revert to its a la carte-style dining beginning next year, according to Housing, Dining and Hospitality Services. OVT has been operating as an all-you-can-eat buffet since the start of the 2012–2013 academic year, but after student feedback and an organized petition, the Thurgood Marshall College dining hall will discontinue its buffet. Marshall Senators Mariko Kuga and Dalena Nguyen noticed a dislike for the buffet during Fall Quarter 2012 and decided to take action by organizing a petition and encouraging constituents to voice their opinions during the senators’ office hours.

Last quarter, Kuga and Nguyen met with A.S. President Meggie Le and drafted a petition over Thanksgiving break, planning to release the petition after it underwent the necessary checks by A.S. Council and the Thurgood Marshall College Student Council. The petition was formally released on Change.org during Week 1 of Winter Quarter 2013, but by that time, HDH had already decided to discontinue OVT’s buffet. According to minutes from the Jan. 10 HDH meeting, Assistant Vice Chancellor Mark Cunningham and HDH Director of Dining Steve Casad stated that for the 2013-2014 school year, OVT will no longer be an “All-You-Care-To-Eat”, and will turn back into a retail-based unit. “Just before releasing the petition, Dalena and I sat down with Mark Cunningham, the head of HDH,” Kuga said. “He informed us during that meeting that HDH had already decided to change OVT back … as they had noticed that it wasn’t that popular with the stu-

dents.” Nevertheless, the short-lived petition garnered 224 supporters on Change.org. “The feedback we have received has been positive — although small — since the petition seemed somewhat unnecessary to students since HDH announced the buffet style would be discontinued,” Kuga said. Regarding the entire protest process, Kuga and Nguyen said that students should not be afraid to voice the concerns they have for HDH issues. “Students are the customers, and if they are not happy about something, [they should] voice concerns either directly to HDH or through college council,” Kuga said. “If they are unhappy, they should make it heard.” OVT manager James Johnson was not immediately available for comment.

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Writing Center Expands Operation The pilot program, now in its second quarter, provides assistance for students in all colleges. BY helen hejran

contributing writer Students requiring assistance with writing assignments can now seek help from peer mentors at the new, centralized UCSD Writing Center. The center opened at the beginning of Fall Quarter 2012 in the Mandeville Center as a campuswide writing assistance outlet for students. Last year, the Council of Provosts, consisting of academic leadership from all six colleges, decided to institute a campuswide service that could provide writing assistance for stuSee CENTER, page 3

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UCSD Chemists Discover Meteorite Sample from Mars BY SEAN NAM

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UCSD chemists have discovered that a meteorite sample recovered in Northern Africa is from Mars. The team was able to analyze the composition of the meteorite sample using isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry Mark Thiemens, graduate student Morgan Nunn and Dr. Robina Shaheen worked with a team of scientists from the University of New Mexico and the Carnegie Institution of Washington to study the rocks. The samples were obtained from University of New Mexico meteorite curator Carl Agee. The rock is one of 110 known meteorites from Mars and is from the recent geologic epoch on Mars called the Amazonian that occurred approximately 2.1 billion years ago. “This is the oldest meteorite from Mars ever,” Thiemens said. The particular rock sample was

found to have nearly ten times the amount of water as other Martian rocks. Scientists said its composition of cemented fragments of basalt mixed with feldspar and pyroxene suggests it came from the Martian crust. Its unique composition also gives insight into the ancient surface and environmental conditions on Mars. The scientists used isotope-ratio mass spectrometry and UCSDdeveloped technology to determine the composition of the sample. Isotopes are atoms with a different number of neutrons. Thiemens and his lab heated the meteorite sample to release water, which is collected in a vacuum system and then analyzed it using a mass spectrometer for isotopes. The carbonates and sulfates released in water were then reacted with acids, which were also analyzed using a mass spectrometer for isotopes. Comparing the isotopes of oxygen, water, carbon dioxide and sul-

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fates in the sample to known isotopes from other rocks from Mars and samples remotely collected by Mars rovers revealed characteristics unique to this particular rock. “The interesting part is that the minerals have shown that [the rock] is unlike any other Martian sample ever

measured,” Thiemens said. “Many of the theories about the history of Mars and its origin are [being] called into question now.” Some theories being questioned are the origin of Martian water and See meteor, page 3

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clusterfuck in creating the under.S. Council meetings just graduate health plan, students wouldn’t be complete withare now facing increased fees and out talk of fee increases, potential cutbacks to temper the and last night was no exception. It’s UC system’s $49 million debt. beginning to wear on my soul. Mayeda informed council that Marina Garrett, representwith a March 1 deadline to make ing Students Saving the Crafts a decision, the Center, came new business news of such an back tonight to enormous deficit briefly comment aleksandra konstantinovic was shocking. on the UCAB akonsta@ucsd.edu “This was a referendum that surprise,” Mayeda said. “This deficit will increase student fees to alleis not the students’ fault, and we viate some of UCEN’s debt. She should not be responsible for it.” pointed out that the referendum’s We sicklings at UCSD accrued language doesn’t actually guarantee 27 percent of the overall debt — any money will go to reopening the most, by far, of all the camthe Crafts Center, and argued that puses due to a benefits plan that students should know exactly what was priced too they’re getting for low. Mayeda also their money. Hey, reported that there there’s a thought. are several options VP Student This deficit is not to reduce the debt, Life Cody the students’ fault, including one that Marshall later makes each UC added that the and we should not be campus responsible referendum has responsible for it.” for its percentage been changed of the deficit. from a $13 - Matthew Mayeda Nuth and increase to an A.S. Campuswide Senator Mayeda will be $11 increase with back with more 3-percent CPI, information at a future council as per the recommendation of the meeting. Graduate Student Association. A.S. President Meggie Le reportSOVAC also made an encore ed that she would post a petition to appearance to talk to council about a project in the works — Organized encourage ideas for the transportation issue. Transportation Services Voter Access Link, or OVAL — will also host a town hall meeting which will provide an anonymous, next Tuesday, with more informaonline outlet for the student body tion to come. to weigh in on A.S. Council referAVP College Affairs Leonard endums. Bobbitt provided a superb concluCampuswide Senator Matthew sion to this column as he was disMayeda and Co-Chair of the Wellcussing the potential complications being Cluster Student Advisory of an event he is sponsoring. Board Pauline Nuth concluded “I don’t know how rain works,” special presentations with a muchhe said. “It might rain tomorrow, anticipated overview of future changes to SHIP. Due to a complete too.”

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Transportation Services Will Hold Town Hall Forum Next Week ▶ Initiative, from page 1

TPS conducted a survey during spring 2012 that sought input from students, faculty and staff regarding campus transportation services. Sixtyfive percent of the respondents preferred a solution that would replace the MTS and Bus Zone program with a user fee-based system. “Transportation Services greatly values the input of UC San Diego students,” Holden said. “The department

believes that it is important to allow everyone on campus the opportunity to learn and share ideas about the planned transitions.” TPS will hold a town hall forum on Feb. 12 at 3:30 p.m. in Price Center Theater to answer questions from students and to discuss the proposed transit changes. “They [TPS] have made a lot of admirable changes and cuts; I don’t think they’re out to be the bad guy,” Le said. “They’ve been trying for the past

few years to make cuts that wouldn’t hugely affect us, but now they don’t know what else to do.” A.S. Council plans to send out a petition this week to students that will be shown to Vice Chancellor Matthews to emphasize student involvement and passion toward the transit issues. “My very, very last approach to this would be a protest,” Le said.

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New Writing Center Assisted 844 Students in Fall Quarter ▶ CENTER, from page 1

dents regardless of the college they belonged to. The Council of Provosts decided to launch a three-year pilot project in the new UCSD Writing Center. Previously, each college had its own writing assistance program. After the three-year pilot period, UCSD will decide if it will permanently provide funding for the Writing Center. “We’ve been very successful so far. In Fall 2012, our first quarter of operation, we saw 844 different students for individual sessions and group workshops; many of them

returned for multiple visits,” Dr. Madeleine Picciotto, director of the Writing Center, said. “Our level of busyness varies — we’ve been absolutely packed at peak periods, but on most days students can still get sameday appointments.” There are currently 29 peer writing mentors from all six colleges working at the center. Peer mentors help students develop their papers at a variety of stages, from brainstorming ideas to revising rough drafts. “The Writing Center is really helpful when I’m trying to get my ideas together — the tutors serve as a sounding board and help me make sense of my ideas,” freshman Priya

Bisarya said. Students may go to drop-in hours on Monday through Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students may also enroll in a free 30-minute appointment or various free writing workshops online There are several program and course workshops currently available at the center. A workshop on communicating with professors and others in a university setting called “Academic Communication” is coming up on Feb. 28.

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New Discovery is of Oldest Meteorite Sample from Mars To Date ▶ meteor, from page 2

how the planet has changed over the past two billion years. The discovery has raised discussion and interest in the scientific community on the isotope measurements, as this is the first time these certain characteristics were present in a meteorite sample from Mars. Thiemens said the next step is to

measure and compare another more recent meteorite sample. Last April 22, a 100,000-pound asteroid broke apart as it entered the atmosphere and flew over the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Scientists recovered 77 pieces near Sutter’s Mill, the site of the 1849 California Gold Rush. He described the sample to be analyzed as a “CM-type carbonaceous chondrite,” a rare pristine meteorite

known to contain a rich mix of complex organic compounds like amino acids. “The evolution of these species traces the origin of Mars’ atmosphere, [which] is a critical part of understanding the [possibility] of life on Mars,” Thiemens said.

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The new pension plan going into effect this July will place an unfair financial burden on UC employees. As students who see the hard work of these workers firsthand, we should support workers in the protest.

nited under the same mission, protests across all 10 UC campuses took place last week in objection to the proposed pay and pension changes for UC employees. While those at the top of the UC system will receive six-figure pensions, those at the bottom will now have to pay more of their salary to receive poverty-level payments after retirement. The culprit? A need to generate $24 billion to fund the pension program. The UC system needs to crunch the numbers again to come up with a more sustainable and fair pension plan. The new UC pension reform plan was approved in 2010 and will go into effect this July. The plan requires that current workers contribute 6.5 percent of their paycheck for each pay period,

and new employees hired after July 1 contribute 7 percent per paycheck. According to the AFSCME Local 3299 union, this will be the equivalent of a $2.70 per hour pay cut. Not only is this a large amount of money to take out of every paycheck, but this also won’t set UC employees up for a comfortable retirement. After working for the UC system for 20 years, the average worker receives a $19,000 pension annually. To put a further financial burden on workers is irresponsible, as it essentially passes off the UC system’s financial problems on those living paycheck-to-paycheck. With the UC system’s financial system in dire straits and enrollment rates steadily increasSee PENSION, page 5

Council Needs to be More Expedient in Deliberations

ith election season underway, A.S. Council needs to ensure that issues are dealt with in a timely manner. First things first: A.S. Council still has not voted on whether to put the University Centers’ referendum to raise student fees $13 per quarter on a ballot, even though they were supposed to last spring. Like many other campus institutions (shout out to Transportation Services), UCEN is in poor financial shape. Due to rising operational and maintenance costs, UCEN has already cut Price Center East’s hours to midnight from Fridays to Sundays, left many facilities vacant and closed the Crafts Center for the 2012–2013 school year. A November 2012 University Centers Advisory Board survey of 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students found that most were in favor of raising student fees $13 per quarter to support the upkeep of UCEN. This beat out the option for further cutbacks to Price Center and Student Center with no fee increases. Council is only being held back by having to negotiate with the Graduate Student Association over the referendum’s wording. Council needs to set its foot down and not let GSA

demand unfairly large concessions for grad students so that the UCEN referendum can stand a chance of being on the spring ballot. While getting it to a vote on the floor is important, Council also needs to go further and ensure that undergraduates will receive a good return for hiking up tuition. Concessions from UCEN should at least include giving their undergraduate advisory board more power, promising not to bring another referendum for a decade and guaranteeing that there is a 24-hour space in Price Center. If put on the ballot, students should vote in favor of the referendum because if UCEN doesn’t get additional funding, further cuts may include closing the Crafts Center permanently, shutting facilities over the weekends, taking away event and concert funding, decreasing the number of computers in computer labs and further delaying building maintenance. Increased funding would not only help upkeep UCEN as it is now, it would also assist it in expansion. Council also needs to be more proactive in reforming its slates. On Jan. 23, Campuswide Senator Brad Segal proposed an amendment to the election code that would separate college council elections from cam-

puswide elections. In the past decade, joint A.S. Council and college council slates, or superslates, have monopolized elections: The bigger the slate, the higher its chance of winning. This is especially unfair to students who aren’t currently affiliated with A.S. but want to run, since they have no chance of putting together a slate that can compete with an A.S. Council insider’s superslate. TIDE, the election slate that current A.S. President Meggie Le ran on last year, won 60 of the 92 positions that it campaigned for in part due to its sheer numbers — the more people on a slate, the more money it is allowed to spend. Reform is necessary to shift students’ focus more on the campaigners’ ideas and less on the name of the slate. Unfortunately, A.S. Council once more wasted time in enforcing change. While most councilmembers were on board with the proposal at first, many changed their minds after Campuswide Senator Caesar Feng suggested that it take effect for the upcoming election. Slate politics may have played a part, because many of the councilmembers who voted to table the amendment are running in the upcoming election and would have been negatively affected.

When both the UCEN referendum and slate reform are discussed again, A.S. Council should stop squandering time and strive to make decisions efficiently.

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s a fifth-year undergrad, I’ve seen our campus go from the UCAB free speech debate to the Compton Cookout to the CLICS’ reclamation and subsequent re-reclamation. A week ago, our taxed A.S. president boldly declared that the raging transportation “crisis” could change “student life as we know it.” To be honest, it won’t. Rabble rousing may help a referendum pass, but it won’t stop mostly-palatable cuts from going into effect. More than the service changes, the thing that has caught my attention was my expectation that A.S. Council would somehow avert the whole situation. After all, we’ve known for quite a while that Transportation Services has been slowly rolling toward a financial collapse. Twenty of our 28 elected A.S. Council members were voted in on a slate platform centered on resolving the transportation issue. The real question is how and why the Facebook group “UCSD Students against Transportation Changes” still exploded to nearly 7,000 members. Presumably, there should never have been the need for the UCSD Guardian to run a front-page article titled “Protests on the Horizon.” My take is that despite lofty campaign promises, Council often can’t live up to students’ expectations. Council can’t lower tuition, reinstate one-pass enrollment or bring back Tupac. Instead, council is only given voting power to amend internal bylaws, hire staff internally, pass budget allocations, put forward nonbinding statements, sign contracts and approve referendums. That’s not a trivial list, but with the way A.S. Council is situated within the university’s bureaucracy, it can’t call most of the shots we wish it could. In her campaign, our A.S. president promised to “proactively” collect student input to help resolve the transportation budget crisis with a student-friendly solution. Yet Transportation Services isn’t directly under A.S. Council’s control, so regardless of whom we elect to council, Transportation Services is going to make its own decisions to sort out its budget — even if that means sparking student outrage. To be clear, I’m not conducting one of the many bands in the “A.S. sucks parade.” A.S. Council isn’t destined to fail at doing what we elect it to do. Real impacts on student life can be made using A.S. Council, and changes made to improve the body are easily institutionalized. Hell, look at the potential from the Division-I vote Alyssa Wing brought forward. Yet what an A.S. candidate promises by no means implies they’ll succeed if they’re promising initiatives outside council’s control. Our student body should be more skeptical of A.S. candidates with murky promises like political activism or a non-lame King Triton statue outside Price Center. The most substantial changes are only made by administration. But if someone is serious about reforming A.S. Council and streamlining the budget, he or she might actually have a shot of using the institution to be effective. Until election rhetoric is toned down — or until the administration returns services like transportation to student control — council will only serve to fuel student indignation at the university.

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UCSD Had Impressive Increase in Applications

UC System Must Prioritize Funding Toward Worker Pensions pension payments only compounds the challenges of the jobs. Amid these protests, union leading, each campus has the smallest ers have pointed to the high salaries possible number of workers doing and pensions of top UC executhe maximum amount of work to tives. While UC President Mark G. ensure efficiency. This new penYudof, who will be stepping down sion plan puts additional pressure in August, will receive an annual on the workers, which will likely $230,000 pension, executives like lead to more turnover and general him should not be painted as the discontent on campuses. Many jobs enemy. This pension plan is set on UC campuses are strenuous, across the board, and it affects those and some even involve exposure with an average salary of $30,000 to harmful chemicals due to the the most because that group makes high level of sanitation needed in medical centers according to Marcos up the huge majority of the UC employees. According to UC spokesJimenez, a union representative person Shelly Meron, a pension like for the University Professional and Yudof ’s comprises less than half Technical Employees Union. These a percent of the expenses the UC employees need to be highly valued GAPCOM_UCSD_1_2013_Layout 1 1/28/13 10:00 AM Page 1 retirement plan is slated to spend for their work, and increasing their ▶ PENSION, from page 4

on benefits for current employees. These executive salaries are only a small part of the much bigger financial crisis that the UC system is in, and therefore, bigger reforms need to be made rather than slimming down executive pensions. The UC system must make it a priority to put funding towards worker pensions. As students who see the results of the work UC employees put into our campuses firsthand, it is important that we support those who make UCSD a functioning, thriving and enjoyable place to be. Those who feel strongly should support the protests and show appreciation to the UC employees who work so we can learn.

Dear Editor, UCSD may well gloat over the statistics quoted in the UCSD Guardian (Feb. 4, 2013 issue) about its rank “in the top five nationwide” for undergraduate applications. On average, in-state students applied to 3.8 UC campuses. New York University — the private school that admits the most undergraduate students — has two early decision periods plus a regular admission period. According to Kiplinger’s best values in public colleges, UC Berkeley ranks eighth in terms of both in-state and out-of-state tuition (UCLA’s ranks are one-anda-half higher); UCSD ranks 10th for in-state students, while UC Santa Barbara, at 16th, ranks one place higher than UCSD for out-of-state students. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor ranks in the same range for value as both UCSD and UCSB. However, University of Virginia ranks 2–4; and the College of William and Mary ranks 4–6. The University of North Carolina remains at 1–2 for enduring value, according to Kiplinger. A record-high 174,767 students applied for admission to the University of California for fall 2013. All nine undergraduate UC campuses saw gains, ranging from an 8.1-percent overall increase from last year at UC Berkeley to 14.8 percent at UC Santa Cruz. The number of transfer applications is essentially flat — at UCSD alone — down 1.2 percent from last year. Among California students who applied for admission as freshmen, UC campuses experienced an increase of 6.2 percent over last year, with the total number of applicants growing to 99,129. All campuses saw gains, ranging from 4.8 percent to 16.5 percent.

There were also increases in the numbers of domestic non-resident (from 19,128 to 21,970) and international (from 13,873 to 18,659) applicants for freshman admission. About one-half of the freshman class this year was filled through early admissions at Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford. Plus, their freshman classes are much smaller than flagship state universities such as UCLA. Still, the number of freshman applications at UCSD did increase to 67,403 from 60,819 last year. While bested by UC Berkeley’s total of 67,658 — the rate of increase from 61,661 was somewhat less at Cal — (UCSD’s increase of 10.83 percent exceeds UC Berkeley’s 9.73-percentage increase by a flat 1.1). The previous surge in freshman applications at colleges and universities across the United States has gone missing. Here are the most impressive gains this season: Lehigh University (Pa.) to 12,548 from 11,543, Tufts University (Mass.) to 18,120 from 16,378, University of Chicago (Ill.) to 30,369 from 25,307, University of Rochester (N.Y.) to 17,146 from 15,847 and Vanderbilt University (Tenn.) to 30,870 from 28,348. And now for The Yield... drum roll ...Go Tritons! Go Bears! — Richard Thompson Alumnus ’83 ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers.

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ast quarter, UCSD students and faculty enlivened the Mandell Weiss Forum with their performance of “In the Red and Brown Water.” Young track star, Oya, named after the wind goddess, must choose whether to follow her dreams or care for her ailing mother. As she grapples with the consequences of her decision, her husband, Ogun, struggles with their relationship and Oya’s barrenness. But it is in “The Brothers Size” that the full scope of Ogun’s character is shown. Tarell Alvin McCraney’s heralded “The Brothers Size” is a rhythmic exploration of the meaning of brotherhood and overcoming adversity. Oshoosi Size has just been released from prison and now seeks out the guidance of his older brother, law-abiding car shop owner Ogun Size. The brothers’ bond is rivaled by the enigmatic, possibly homosexual romantic connection between Oshoosi and one of his old prison mates, Elegba, whose return appears to threaten Oshoosi’s chance at a new life (or newfound sexuality). “The Brothers Size” is the second work in McCraney’s “Brothers/Sisters” trilogy, which chronicles the lives and struggles of young African-Americans living in the contemporary American South. Actor Joshua Elijah Reese, playing Ogun Size for the fourth time in his career, provided telling insight into the jazz play. According to Reese, Ogun exemplifies hope and love to his younger brother Oshoosi. The old trick of having the protagonist torn between the “good” and “bad,” represented by the two characters, is an overused but surefire way of creating conflict. Whether “Brothers” employs this successfully, and if it breathes new life into the “devil-on-my-shoulder” dilemma, remains to be seen. Interestingly, the characters’ names are borrowed from West African mythology. Elegba shares his name with the Yoruba god of doors and passageways, Ogun is the god of iron and Oshoosi derives from the hunter god. Adding to the African theme, primal drumming and other music is used throughout the play The Guardian: How did you respond to the music, the drum-

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ming and the dancing? Joshua Reese: It’s very cool, because I’ve never been part of a production that had live accompaniment. So that extra energy on the stage is interesting to play off of because it’s unfolding right before your eyes every night, and there are some moments that are going to happen that are unexpected. Not only [am I] sharing that moment with the other two actors, but also with the drummer, Jonathan Pratt — who is phenomenal, by the way. It’s just one of those things where we’re all listening to each other and we’re all feeding off of each other, and so that force on stage has been really unique. Ripe with humor and pulse-pounding drumming, the play intends to incite energy. Reese has experienced audiences that laugh along with every joke as well as ones that aren’t amused. However, plays that deal with modern issues of homosexuality, African-American youth and poverty project a universal theme within a progressive context. The vehicle may have become more modern, but the message of togetherness is timeless. Reese also asserts the play’s value to younger audiences. G: So would you say this play is for a younger crowd, then? JR: Yes [laughs]. It definitely has some language to it, that’s for sure. But once you are able to sift through the language, you see this wonderful love story between two young guys who have been placed in extraordinary situations way too early in life, and so I think that a younger crowd would definitely benefit a lot from it, in terms of 14 or 15 years old on up. I think that there are some really interesting questions raised in this show that can maybe affect their lives and [help them] see things that they maybe would not have looked at in a certain way before. G: So, the “Brothers/Sisters” plays borrow from West African mythology; how would you say that’s significant in a modern, Louisiana town setting?

here’s a period of time during my freshman year of college that I particularly attribute to my decision to change my major from Communication to Visual Arts. Every Thursday evening after our section meeting, I’d get high with my then-Arts & Entertainment editor Arielle, and we’d head to our one mandatory Comm film class to experience the next in a weekly lineup of miniature raptures. As unreceptive oafs scanned their Facebooks in the dark, I had my first encounter with Godard (“Weekend”), witnessed for the first time that inexplicable miracle at the center of “La Jetee” and bore the fullon existential catharsis that is “The Passion of Joan of Arc.” It was also during this time that I first saw Jacques Tati’s “Playtime.” I wouldn’t necessarily go as far as UCSD’s celebrity filmmaker/alleged corporal punisher Jean-Pierre Gorin and call aspects of contemporary film theory — particularly the notion of “the gaze” in a feminist context — “pathetic,” but I have often been confused by the way many of my peers read film. The focus always seems to fall almost exclusively on the content rather than the form, the on-screen action rather than the constructed illusion. I’ve often heard students dismiss a film simply because they didn’t like one of the characters — not the way in which these characters were developed by the style or narrative, but the characters themselves (as if they were real people that we had to grudgingly tolerate in order to enjoy the rest of the movie). I often connect this seeming disinterest in the visual construction, the sound and the edit to a change in the function of the moving image. I recall watching “The Office” with a friend back in high school who would always gossip about the characters as we were watching the show. Each time Steve Carell’s oblivious Michael Scott would do something poignantly immature or misogynistic, she’d turn to me and say something like, “Can you believe it? He would do that!” I thought this was totally weird, but I also began to realize that while I derived my pleasure from witnessing snappy and smart dialogue and phenomenal improv character acting, she was hav-

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Redfish Bluefish: UCSD’s Beat Fleet Stephen Schick’s percussion ensemble perform at Mandeville this Thursday, Feb. 6. BY andrew whitworth

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his Thursday, Feb. 7, UCSD contemporary percussion ensemble redfishbluefish are playing a free show at Mandeville Auditorium. Founded in 1991 by UCSD professor Steve Schick, redfishbluefish is composed of UCSD graduate music majors.

The Guardian recently spoke with Stephen Solook, one of the ensemble’s members. The concert this Thursday consists of a performance of Gerard Grisey’s “Le Noir de l’Etoile,” a piece that involves six percussionists playing from within the crowd. Solook, who claims that the piece is “one of the greatest works for percussion sextet,” says that the idea to perform ‘Le Noir de l’Etoile’ has

been talked about for years here at UCSD, and I feel very honored to finally be able to play it with such great musicians in such a compelling musical presentation.” The piece uses its unconventional performance setup to examine pulsars, radio waves emitted by massive, disintegrating stars. “By placing the percussionists around the audience,” says Solook, “there becomes very trackable musical ideas that

travel around the audience. This is just a representation of pulsars spinning.” Don’t let that description intimidate you; Solook promises that “As part of the performance, there is some text that gives some information about pulsars,” and that though “it is very difficult to be able to present this work in an ideal situation … we have done a fair amount of work to give an experience that is

unique to live performance that one can not get from a recording.” Redfishbluefish, for those unfamiliar with it, is an exceedingly successful group. This is likely due to the fact that, according to Solook, “One of the biggest strengths of the ensemble is its ability to not only play on a high level, but also to conceptualize works to a level very few See redfish, page 8

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The Guardian got a chance to check out the new Salon 101 on campus. Here’s what we thought.

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CSD has given us one more reason never to leave campus with the recent opening of Salon 101 last Tuesday in Price Center East. The salon is owned by husband and wife, Tony and Claude Azur, who also run another salon called “Salon de Claude” near Bernardo Village, San Diego. “There was much competition with other salons in the area,” Claude said. She attributes the Azurs’ success in gaining the contract with UCSD to their prior experience at Salon de Claude. It is clear that the salon is still rather new — there are no curtains in the room at the back, where intimate waxing takes place. “UCSD is a liberal place but perhaps not to that extent,” Claude said.

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Price Center East was the only designated area for a salon on campus, so Claude did the best she could with the area, using every structure — even setting up shelves with nail polish in between two large pillars. There is an extensive array of services ranging from haircuts, facials, waxings, pedicures and highlights for both men and women, and they will be adding more services. “I didn’t want the salon to be really cheap or really expensive,” Claude said. “I think it is very reasonable — it should do OK.” The grand opening was buzzing with both male and female students who received tours of the salon, signed up for future appointments and entered into a raffle. See Salon 101, page 8

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ith the stress of midterms looming over your head, the realization that spring break is over a month away, and the fact that Coachella tickets are sold out already, there’s not much to look forward to during winter quarter. Not to mention that UCSD’s reputation for its lackluster dating scene has left you sexually frustrated. However, finding a date just got a lot easier. The Triton Engineering Student Council will hold a date auction on Feb. 11 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The auction will be held in the Henry Booker Room inside of Jacobs Hall on Warren Mall. Proceeds from the event will benefit the San Diego Science Alliance charity, an organization started by scientist-turned-teacher Bill Bosworth in 1990. Bosworth’s goal was to spark interest for children in kindergarten through eighth grade to participate in math and science — through science fair presentations and experiments — before they entered high school.

Students have a choice to bid and win a date with any of 10 men and 10 women. Admission is free and open to everyone, engineers or not. Anyone is also welcome to volunteer to have themselves auctioned off for charity whether or not they are in TESC; applications are available on the TESC website, tesc.ucsd. edu. Auctionees fill out a survey about their personal interests to better help bidders find a suitable match. The auctionee and the bidder will then plan their date together. TESC hopes that the participants will plan dates at local San Diego restaurants to support, independent businesses in the community. Do not go into the auction in the hopes of buying someone who will do your Math 20C homework for the day. This year you can beat the winter quarter gloom by meeting new people and possibly finding a love connection, all while giving back to the San Diego Science Alliance.

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he Home of the Beat Generation, the gay capital of America and the heart of the “Summer of Love.” It’s no wonder that from our first visit, we fell in love with San Francisco. We had heard Berkeley’s liberal atmosphere and vibe stands in direct contrast to UCSD’s pristine and modern environment, due to the richer history and culture that San Francisco offers in comparison to San Diego. We had heard a lot about the crazy extremism of Berkeley’s students, so we were excited to spend two nights in Berkeley’s biggest co-op, Cloyne. Home of the “hipster,” “stoner” and new-age spiritualist (who tried to persuade us to come with her to a “cuddle-party.” For those of you who have never visited a co-op, it is a very eye-opening experience. Cloyne has recently been under a lot of pressure from the press following a student heroin overdose — the student’s mother is currently suing the co-ops for their implicit involvement and lack of regulation. We felt intimidated as we approached the smokers outside wearing fur coats, stroking their pet lizards and drinking beer out of glass jars. It is a peculiar squat. The walls are covered with murals, general words of “wisdom” and provocative graffiti. Completely student-run, it stands as a testament to the fact that most students need to improve their cleaning techniques. We were lucky enough to witness the quarterly “room bids” ritual during which new arrivals are asked to pair up, draw cards from a hat and bid for the remaining rooms in the house. There is a strong sense of hierarchy in Cloyne; the old “clones” undoubtedly run the show. We couldn’t help but feel compassion for those clueless newbies, dreading pulling the lowest card, in case they would be forced to live in a room called “The Bacon.” This four-man room houses the two top dogs in Cloyne, (also described as sociopaths and evil geniuses) and had two more spaces in the communal bed. Four boys in a bed and home to wildest parties, “The Bacon” is infamous in Cloyne. Other rooms include “The Pharmacy” and “The Hotbox.” We met one resident who, after nearly burning down the whole wooden building due to a lit cigarette, was evicted. This was a rare case of authoritarian regulation in Cloyne, but she found a way to work the system nonetheless. A true hipster, she now lives in a van she bought. Perhaps a little skeptical to begin with, we were persuaded by Cloyne’s charms when cooking breakfast in the huge communal kitchen. Residents and guests can help themselves to any of the bountiful, organic food in the cupboards and walk-in fridges and freezers. Cooking is a bonding experience and some people even cook naked. Let us explain. Every Cloyne must spend a certain amount of hours working but if you do them in your birthday suit, this halves your shift. Coming back to I-House, we couldn’t help but comment on the cultural differences between UCSD and UCB, as well as between San Diego and San Francisco. Clearly, the liberal atmosphere fosters liberal attitudes. Berkeley is a place so associated with the cultural revolution and breaking the “status-quo” that the free-minded people it attracts seem almost too desperate to continue to bring this heritage alive. Maybe if we had gone to Berkeley, just like the friend we were visiting from home, we too may have had a “sexual revolution” and a crazy hallucinogenic spiritual awakening.

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ensembles ever have the time to do. While some groups need years to be able to start to approach their repertoire beyond note accuracy, this ensemble consistently gets beyond that benchmark with both new and traditional works.” In recent years, redfishbluefish has premiered several significant compositions, such as Roger Reynolds’ “Sanctuary” and James Dillon’s “Nine Rivers.” In

addition, they’ve released recordings (including a 3-CD set celebrating the career of Iannis Xenakis), performed pieces by Steve Reich and John Cage with Eighth Blackbird in New York City, and played at the John Cage Centennial Festival in Washington, DC. Their concert this Thursday is free to students and represents a wonderful opportunity to examine one of the finer groups in the world of contemporary classical percussion.

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ing an experience more similar to a scandalous party with a group of close friends. “The Office” strikes me as a particularly good example because it’s representative of an almost styleless style — the high-def, handheld aesthetic that has come to define a majority of movies and, maybe more importantly, television shows. When you remove or significantly downplay

other fundamental elements of filmmaking in favor of an as-close-to-reallife illusion, the content (the dialogue, the character interactions, the story) becomes the only residual concern. Perhaps this kind of media has become so ubiquitous and expected that most people are less interested in how it’s made than they are in consuming more of it. But the best way to tell a story is with words — and while film may not always have the potential to do more

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ailing from Glasgow, Frightened Rabbit is proving itself to be Death Cab for Cutie’s trans-Atlantic counterpart with its latest release “Pedestrian Verse.” Not unlike Ben Gibbard’s band’s darker explorations on “Narrow Stairs,” Frightened Rabbit’s album manages to achieve new lyrical and musical perspective. Just as its name suggests, “Pedestrian Verse” is an album depicting average — including (or especially) the most negative — aspects of day-to-day life. It is not solely a collection of songs, instead operating as a distinct narrative whole. Starting with the plaintive “Acts of Man,” the album begins with quieter, more reflective instrumental gestures. The album’s highlight is undoubtedly the cathartic, upbeat recent single “The Woodpile.” The following

track, “Late March, Death March,” is surely its lyrical rival, a theologically focused song that echoes the sincere folk-rock of Edward Sharpe. The remaining songs are bookended by two one-minute tracks — both entitled “Housing” — that add to the cohesiveness displayed by the album as a whole. It is a difficult balance to strike between being both musically multifaceted and achieving a sense of voice in one album, but Frightened Rabbit has achieved just that in “Pedestrian Verse.” Though the album's arrangements are often forgettable, the songs themselves are song, and are likely to bring the band to a great audience. For now, though, you can catch the band supporting the album at Solana Beach’s Belly Up Tavern on March 12.

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Shoegaze titans return after more than two decades.

irst things first: Let’s revel in the fact that this actually happened. Until its abrupt unveiling last Saturday on the band’s website, “m b v” was widely considered an elaborate inside joke by the group’s fans. My Bloody Valentine’s infamous leader Kevin Shields found himself pegged as the music industry’s most prolific wolf-crier as he made countless promises over the course of two decades while slaving away at the follow-up to the game-changing 1991 shoegaze masterpiece “Loveless.” My Bloody Valentine don’t waste any time reminding listeners that they are, in fact, the originators of their genre of music. The visceral growl of Shields’ guitar on opener “she found now” references their instant classic “Sometimes” in a fashion that countless dream pop bands have attempted to emulate, with varying success, in the

years since “Loveless.” Hauntingly familiar sounds are reexamined throughout the record, as illustrated by the signature swirling fuzz nosedives on “who sees you” and the unmistakable combination of Belinda Butcher’s penetrating whispers and lucidly melodic harmonium on “new you.” The last third of the album is particularly excellent, blending the unwavering intensity of their first LP “Isn’t Anything” and the cerebral euphoria of “Loveless” faultlessly. The sharp-yet-sweet “in another way” and the throbbing interlude “nothing is” lead into closing track “wonder 2.” That track’s uncanny break-beat explorations, bewildering devolutions and subsequent upheavals operate concurrently as a deft update of the band’s sound.

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than words, it certainly has the potential to do something entirely different. “Playtime” accomplishes this to the 10th degree; often there are literally ten or more silent films going on at one time in the same frame. Tati develops the most elaborate collection of setup-releases crucial to silent film (bodies moving through and interacting with Tati’s massive environment) and then leaves little else. There’s no protagonist, no real plot or conflict and the dialogue is extremely minimal. By today’s standards, it sounds like an unwatchable film. Tati spent his ludicrously inflated budget not on A-list celebrities (for his purposes, this would’ve been pointless), but on his true stars of the film: the massive, vaguely sci-fi sets that personify Paris as some colorless future/parallel state. Here, he stages a city-scale dance — an elaborately choreographed Rube Goldberg machine made of bodies and sets, which Tati sets off in the first few minutes — and then allows us to simply observe as it churns and shape-shifts over the course of a single day in the city. Depending on where you look, “Playtime” is at any moment slapstick or beautiful (usually both). What’s more is that Tati is always hyperaware of the fact that, while the advent of sound may not have ruined cinema, as many purists claim, it certainly made things more complicated. So while “Playtime” operates much like a silent film, in the way Tati’s equally brilliant preceding masterpieces did, it is also completely reliant on sound to further play with our expectations and construct the fantasy world. Silence is replaced by the ceaseless drone of city sound, and the distinguishable sound effects that punctuate this chaos serve not to provide any specific message but rather to contribute to an atmosphere that — like the film’s iconic lobby computer — blinks and buzzes with the organized hysteria of a human nervous system.

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Having spent my last class picking split ends, I jumped on the bandwagon and booked a “shampoo, cut + blowdry” for the discounted price of $32 (usual price $40) for the following day. My friendly hair stylist, Lauren Champion, was very chatty and accommodating to my long locks. According to Claude, the salon employs 14 stylists and is looking to take on more. None of them knew each other, an idea which “allows a clean slate,” Champion said. I was captivated by Lauren’s blow-drying skills,

which involved endless flicking of round brushes, spraying a plethora of products on my head and having me slouch down in my chair due to the added challenge of my height and my hair combined. Lauren is often asked how she tones her arms, and she just replies: blow-drying. I can see why. Student reaction to the opening of the salon has been mixed. “I think it’s a little pricey, but it’s a brilliant idea that helps those out on campus who don’t have a car,” Roosevelt College sophomore Vivahni Shashtry said. On the one hand, the convenience

of the salon is undeniable, and the location is perfect, but perhaps it merely encourages the idea of the campus bubble for the laziest among us. “I get to be lazy and get my hair done between classes,” Muir College junior Jasmine Chu said. But others did not see the future as bright for the salon. “Students at UCSD aren’t rich to begin with,” an anonymous student said. “It’s not going to go well.” Other students are angry that there is even a salon on campus when other places have been shut down — such as the crafts center — and been replaced

with private businesses, turning UCSD into a private university with a public name. If you can afford it, or simply want to treat yourself to a haircut, pedicure or an array of bodily waxes between classes, Salon 101 may be a good option. “As long as they can do my cornrows, I’m down for it,” Warren College senior Tracy Brittner said. Perhaps Claude needs to think about adding this to her repertoire.

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Actor Joshua Reese Chats About West African Mythology in ‘The Brothers Size’ ▶ size, from page 6

JR: I would say it’s significant because the mythology builds with the gods and the goddesses, and the thing about playing a god is that it is very, very, very, very hard … The thing that one must do in order to be successful and for it to engage the audience is to approach it from the most human emotional standpoint, the most universal standpoint, and that is what all the gods present anyway … the story lies [in] that you have these gods, but they have ordinary character traits, ordinary human emotions and … you’ll see the gods blow through that in the show when we deal with the extraordinary circumstances that we go through. I think Ok [Okieriete Onaodowan] and Antwayn [Hooper, who plays Elegba] do beautiful work onstage, and it is easy to feed off of that, and that is what gives me the strength that Ogun, the warrior god, possesses — just being present with the other gods, just doing fantastic work onstage.

G: Speaking of how you work with the other actors, this play is very minimalistic in nature, as are the other “Brothers/Sisters” plays — so how do you approach that as an actor with only yourself to bring this out? JR: [I] just rely on all the tools that I have been able to acquire as an actor, using my body as an instrument, whether it [is] physical or vocal or emoting on stage … [With] very little props, very little set, you have to be able to still tell a full and complex story, so you basically just rely on tools you have acquired from actually being out there, doing it and just listening. That’s the biggest tool that I utilize — just listening to what is happening, whether it is from the other actors onstage, whether it is from an audience member opening a piece of candy, answering a telephone call — hopefully, that doesn’t happen — but you have to just listen and be present in each moment onstage. The deliberate minimalism that “The Brothers Size” exhibits appears to be even more engaging. Without elaborate scenery, the audience will

have to imagine the car Ogun is working on and the doors the characters open just like the actors must, placing both parties in the same position of having to construct the story’s context, and thereby uniting them in the practice. G: It sounds like there are a lot of elements to this play, and it sounds like it’s always moving and very dynamic. JR: Yes, but even though that dynamic is there in terms of the intensity of the show, it is also very specific to a certain realm — a certain world, if you will — and from that specificity comes this universal story that everybody can relate to. There are some wonderfully touching moments. There are some humorous moments; it is all live, so I think that it is so unique, because there are very few shows that show three black men on stage trying to find ways to communicate with each other and love each other. There are very few shows that have such a cast and such a dynamic as that without any female characters; [“The Brothers Size” has]

just three masculine guys, but you’re still getting such a wide range of emotion from the whole performance. G: Would you recommend we playgoers see “In the Red and Brown Water” and “Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet,” the other plays in the “Brothers/Sisters” plays trilogy? JR: I would definitely recommend it, but it is not “required.” These plays … are standalone pieces. They are great evenings of theater all within their own right. Much praise has been poured on McCraney and his plays, which focus on community and personal development among African-Americans and homosexuals, two groups that continue to be marginalized in the present day U.S. McCraney has transposed West African mythology into a modern context, proving that even though stories may pass through different voices, different gestures and different sounds, good storytelling is timeless. Catch “The Brothers Size” at the Old Globe Theatre until Feb. 24.

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Tritons Jump to Second Place in CCAA Osga scores career-high 28 points in the Tritons’ fifth straight CCAA conference win. UCSD will face Humboldt State this Friday, Feb. 8 for Spirit Night. BY RACHEL UDA

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After a patchy start to the season, the UCSD Women’s Basketball team has put together its fifth straight win. The Tritons took a 63–52 win over CSU Dominguez Hills last Friday, Feb. 1 and topped CSU Los Angeles the following day. On Friday, the Tritons won against CSU Dominguez Hills on the backs of UCSD’s Big Three: senior guards Daisy Feder and Emily Osga and junior forward Erin Dautremont. Dautremont led the Tritons in the attack, finishing with 18 points, going 8-for-11 from the field and 2-for-3 from behind the arc. Osga recorded 16 points on top of four assists, while Feder, who struggled with her shot last Friday, going 3-for-22 from the field, was able to contribute eight rebounds and five assists. UCSD led for the majority of the game against the Toros (6–8 in the CCAA), but loosened the reins only briefly midway into the second half. “For 40 minutes, we were very competitive, and we had a lot of poise,” UCSD Head Coach Heidi VanEerveer said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “We made

big plays both offensively and defensively down the stretch. We got big shots from Erin Dautremont, and Megan Perry did an excellent job on defense.” Jockeying for position at the top of the table, the Tritons took a crucial win from CSU Los Angeles, solidifying UCSD’s second place rank and pushing the Golden Eagles down to fourth place. Osga — named the CCAA Player of the Week — recorded a careerhigh 28 points to lead UCSD to the win. The senior went a stellar 6-for9 from behind the arc, along with seven rebounds and five assists. “It was cool to score a career high against [CSU Los Angeles], but the more important thing was that we got the win,” Osga said Starting point guard Miranda Seto put away 11 points, in just her third conference performance recording in double digits. “[Seto] got us going by pushing and getting different people involved,” VanDerveer said. “When she’s aggressive, which she was, she really sets the table for our shooters.” The Tritons never relinquished the lead to the Golden Eagles during

the game, stretching the lead to as many as 20 points in the second half. The win marks UCSD’s fifth straight win, as well as its third straight game winning in double digits. Now that UCSD (11–3) has the luxury of playing six of its last eight games at home, just one game behind, it will look to challenge Chico State for the No. 1 rank. “I think lately, we’ve been able to get more in a rhythm,” Osga said. “We can still pick up the pace a lot more and run the floor by getting rebounds and transitioning.” The Tritons will face Humboldt State (5–9) this Friday, Feb. 8 at home on Spirit Night. The last time the two teams faced off, UCSD came away with a 71–54 win. The following day, UCSD faces Cal Poly Pomona, when it can expect a much tougher battle against the 9–5 Broncos. “We’re so excited to be back home after three weeks away and we’re hoping to keep our winning streak going,” Osga said. “We’re really looking forward to playing at home, especially for Spirit Night.”

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output of the season. The Triton zone limited Cal State Los Angeles’ top-scorer James Tillman to just five points — 10.5 points below his season average. “We had a fantastic collective effort this evening,” UCSD head coach Chris Carlson said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “Our group did a marvelous job in the zone and making adjustments all night.” In the same way that Porter came up big against the Toros, freshman guard Hunter Walker had a big night against the Golden Eagles. Walker scored 14 points, going 3-for-5 from the three-point line. McGrath — UCSD’s top scorer — finished with 12 points and three rebounds, while in the paint, Porter picked up eight points along with nine rebounds. “[Cal State Los Angeles] has a lot of talent inside. And so what we tried to do was play man on the miss and zone on the make,” McGrath said. “It was really a defensive battle, and it was a good call by the coaches to switch up the defense. Porter played great defense, and held the second-best shot-blocker in the nation to under his season average. And Hunter coming off the bench and giving us that spark just really gave us what we needed to get the win.”

Of the 12-team conference, the Tritons are currently tied for fourth place, with a 7–7 CCAA record. UCSD is tied with Chico State and Cal State Los Angeles, although with both teams performing poorly as of late, the Tritons may have a chance to piggyback their way up through the standings, particularly with the schedule they’ve been dealt to end the season. “The younger guys have started to figure things out, and they’ve really started to step up,” McGrath said. “But sometimes things just take time. We’re peaking late, and we all kind of felt it going into the season when we were losing the close games. It’s hard to point to any one thing that we’ve done to get the results that we have, other than being focused, coming to work every day and listening to the coaches.” The Tritons will play six of their last eight games at home. This Friday, UCSD will host Humboldt State at 7:30 p.m. for Spirit Night. The following day, UCSD will face No. 4 nationally ranked Cal Poly Pomona (13–1 in CCAA, 17–1 overall). “We’re really looking forward to coming home, and we’ll really need the crowd to be loud for us on Friday,” McGrath said. “Humboldt’s a good team and we’ll need the help.”

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No. 23 Tritons Take the Field BY MATT SMITH

ConTRIBUTING WRITER

PHOTOS by nOLAN THOMAS AND BEATRIZ BAJUELOS

he No. 23 nationally-ranked UCSD baseball team opened up its 2013 season with a series win over No. 20 Colorado Mesa University this past weekend. UCSD opened up the series with a win on Friday, but had to bounce back from a loss on Saturday to take the final game and the series on Sunday. “We overcame adversity, and that was kind of good to see. It was fun to see our guys compete,” UCSD head coach Eric

Newman said. The series win is another positive step to begin the season for the Tritons, who went 2–1 in their exhibition games this preseason. “It’s definitely a great win for the team. We’ve been working so hard all fall and coming into this new year,” senior first-baseman Richard Seigel said. “To get this [series] win over a team who is ranked ahead of us, that was just huge.”

GAME 3 - UCSD 8, colorado mesa 4

GAME 1 - UCSD 6, colorado mesa 2

The Tritons took the final game of the series Sunday behind an offensive outburst. UCSD struck first in the bottom of the fourth, scoring three runs and didn’t relent for the remainder, scoring in the next four innings. Starting pitcher Trevor Scott went five innings, allowing two earned runs, but had plenty of support from his lineup, as the Tritons answered every run put on the board. Freshman second-baseman Troy Cruz picked up his first collegiate hit on Sunday, going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Junior third-baseman Garrett Tuck went 4-for-5 in the game, adding an RBI and a run scored. Seigel missed the cycle by a single, going 3-for-5 with a home run in the fifth inning and adding two runs scored. The Tritons will now set their sights on another non-conference team, Grand Canyon University. “From what I hear, they have a lot of good players. They’re well coached, they’ll pitch well, [and] they’ll play good defense,” Newman said. “We’ll come out and try to have a good week of practice to prepare for that.”

Junior Mya Romero doubled for three RBI, putting UCSD up 4–0 at the start of the game. UCSD picked another two runs in the bottom of the third as Brown doubled. With Brown on third and Sepulveda on second, junior Dyanna Imoto singled to left field to score two runners. Evola came up big for Western Oregon again in the fifth inning, scoring two runners on a double to right field, but UCSD sophomore right-hander Kayla Hensel did well to limit the Wolves offense. The Triton starter went six innings, allowing just five hits and recording four strikeouts en route. Edwards brought in to finish, giving up just one hit in the seventh.

GAME 2 - ucsd 2, colorado mesa 5 The second game of the series was primarily a pitching duel, and was closely contended until late in the game. For the Tritons, sophomore starter Dan Kolodin battled through early adversity and kept his team close, going four innings while only giving up one unearned run. Colorado Mesa was carried behind the strength of their starter, Matt Williams, who pitched six innings, only surrendering two runs and striking out seven. Justin Rahn again played solidly, pitching two scoreless relief innings and also homering in the sixth to give his team the temporary lead. Rahn finished the series 8-for-14 overall for an impressive start to his season. The Tritons let the game slip away in the eighth, as Colorado Mesa second baseman Braden Box tripled to score a run and a perfect RBI squeeze bunt was laid down by outfielder Austin Kaiser. Tritons pitcher Scott Zeman balked in the third run of the inning, and that score held for Colorado Mesa, 5–2.

GAME 1 - UCSD 6, colorado mesa 2 Player SUSDORF, Danny cf WIRTA, Corbin rf RAHN, Justin lf LA FACE, Nick dh SEIGEL, Richard 1b TUCK, Garrett 3b/2b MOYER, Dillon ss LEVY, Brett c CRUZ, Troy 2b/p

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GAME 2 - ucsd 2, colorado mesa 5 Player SUSDORF, Danny cf WIRTA, Corbin rf RAHN, Justin lf LA FACE, Nick dh SEIGEL, Richard 1b TUCK, Garrett 3b MOSSHOLDER, James lf MOYER, Dillon ss CRUZ, Troy 2b

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7 r 1 0

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GAME 3 - UCSD 8, colorado mesa 4 Player SUSDORF, Danny cf WIRTA, Corbin rf RAHN, Justin lf LA FACE, Nick dh SEIGEL, Richard 1b TUCK, Garrett 3b/2b MOYER, Dillon ss LEVY, Brett c CRUZ, Troy 2b/p

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3 so 2 0

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Basketball Wins Third Straight Game Tritons end six-game road trip with wins against CSULA and CSUDH. BY RACHEL UDA

Sports editor

The Tritons broke even this weekend, with two more wins on the road. UCSD beat Cal State Dominguez Hills 69–62 last Friday, Feb. 1 and took another win against Cal State Los Angeles the following day. On Friday, five different Tritons finished in double digits to take a well-deserved win. Junior point guard James McCann finished with

16 points, while sophomore forward Colin Porter recorded a doubledouble. Porter, filling a hole in the starting lineup since senior forward Justin Brue has been out with an injury, picked up 12 points and nabbed 10 rebounds. But in his third game back, Brue came up big, scoring 15 points on top of two blocks. “Porter has been working really hard for the past four seasons, and he played great in both games

last weekend,” senior guard Tyler McGrath said. “Without him, I don’t see us winning either of those games.” Down by two points at the beginning of the half, UCSD went on a 9–0 run to start the second half and cement the win. On Saturday, UCSD upset Cal State Los Angeles, beating the fourth-ranked team 50–34 — the Golden Eagles’ lowest conference See MEN’S BASKETBALL, page 11 photo by NOLAN THOMAS /Guardian FILE