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SHIP Costs May Double The UC health insurer may be forced to raise premiums 93 percent to close a growing deficit.

BY Aleksandra Konstantinovic

$ 1,156

Current annual cost of SHIP premiums for UCSD undergraduate students

$ 1,782

Current cost for one year of SHIP coverage for UCSD graduate students

$ 2,231

Approximate cost for SHIP premiums for undergraduates in 2017-2018 with proposed increases

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Transportation Changes Postponed Indefinitely Cuts to shuttles and increases in parking costs will not be implemented in July as previously announced.

BY Zev Hurwitz and mekala neelakantan

News Editor and Associate News Editor

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series of changes to transportation services will not take place this July and have been put on hold indefinitely, according to a letter released Wednesday Feb. 13.

A letter from Vice Chancellor of Resource Management and Planning Gary Matthews to A.S. President Meggie Le and UC Student Association President Raquel Morales, dated Feb. 8, said that the administration would seek to establish a committee to discuss alternatives to proposed changes to parking prices and shuttle and bus accessibility.

Last month, UCSD Transportation Services announced an increase in parking costs in on-campus parking structures and for all permits. Additionally, the free Bus Zone sticker system will be discontinued, and students will need to purchase a partially subsidized pass from San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Furthermore, the UCSD

Arriba and Nobel shuttles would be integrated into a more frequent MTS SuperLoop line.

“To insure that we explore all viable options and provide positive review of suggestions contained within your petition and many heard at recent Town Hall meetings, I have asked Robert Holden Director of Auxiliary Business Services to postpone the implementation of any changes until we have had additional time to discuss alternatives,” Matthews wrote in his letter to Le and Morales. “The planned implementation in July will not go forward.”

Le said she received the letter via email on Feb. 11, and the Guardian obtained a copy of the letter Tuesday, Feb. 12.

After TPS announced the new policies last month, See TPS, page 2

Obituary

Sixth College Senior Dies of Heart Attack

BY Rebecca Horwitz

Associate News Editor Alireza Moaddel, a Sixth College senior, died of a heart attack early this week. He was found unresponsive by his roommate the evening of Sunday, Feb. 10. Moaddel was an electrical engineering major and a theater minor.

He attended Mt. San Antonio College before transferring to UCSD. His funeral was held Tuesday, Feb.

12 in Westminster, Calif. Friends created a Facebook page in his honor on Monday, Feb. 11, and 784 people had joined the page by Wednesday, Feb. 13. Moaddel was a member of UCSD’s Muslim Student Association. A family friend, Ehsaan Mesghal, said the family decided not to conduct an autopsy. They do not suspect foul play.

Moaddel was a spoken word poet. Mesghal said Moaddel was planning to perform at the MSA

West Conference 2013 at UCSB this weekend, Feb. 15 to Feb. 17. They are working on using his allotted time as a memorial in his honor.

“Ali was an excellent spoken word poet and always used his time onstage to shed light on injustice around the world and the plight of others,” Mesghal wrote in an email to the Guardian.

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$ 3,440

Approximate SHIP costs for UCSD graduate students in 2017-2018 with proposed increases

$ 49 million

Total combined debt to SHIP from all UC campuses

$ 13.3 million

UCSD’s share of the total UC SHIP debt; roughly 27 percent

Student Health Insurance Plan premiums will soon increase, and certain benefits, such as dental and vision care, may be cut in order to finance a UC-wide SHIP deficit of $49 million.

SHIP was estab- OPINION lished in 2001 for SHIP rates undergraduates and were too low in 2009 for gradu- to stay afloat ate and professional and now students. Prior to we’re paying switching to the the price.

UC-wide system, PAGE 4 UCSD maintained its own student health insurance. In a Sept. 1, 2001 letter, the University of California Office of the President expressed hope that a unified health insurance plan would allow all students access to medical care at an affordable cost.

Under the current plan, UCSD undergraduates pay $385.46 per quarter, while graduate students pay $594 per quarter. Students also have the option to waive SHIP by demonstrating equal insurance coverage from an outside source.

But at the Feb. 6 A.S. Council meeting, Campuswide Senator Matthew Mayeda and co-chair of the Wellbeing Cluster Student Advisory Board Paulina Nuth explained in a special

presentation that UCOP will need to raise SHIP fees beginning in the 2013– 2014 academic year. The SHIP deficit is partially the result of miscalculations by an outside consulting firm that priced UCSD students’ benefits at too low of a premium.

The total debt for all UC campuses is $49 million. UCSD owes more than any other school, with 27 percent of the debt.

Mayeda contended that the high price had nothing to do with abuse of the system on UCSD’s part.

“Our old insurance already had fairly generous benefits,” he said. “Our committee advised that we stay out of SHIP, but we were pressured by UCOP to join in.”

UCOP discussed three primary options to alleviate the debt. The first option establishes a percentage of the debt that each campus is required to manage each year. Under this plan, students will see a 93-percent increase in SHIP premiums over five years.

A second plan makes each campus responsible for its debt, and a third equalizes premiums for all UC students with the plan.

Nuth warned council that none of these plans were best for students.

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a Facebook group uniting students against the impending changes quickly grew to more than 7,000 student members. A similar initiative, Project Sumo, was launched to organize a protest against the changes for sometime later this year.

Le and Morales, who is also an undergraduate student at UCSD, met with Matthews, TPS Assistant Director Todd Berven and Director of Auxiliary Business Services Robert Holden on behalf of UCSD undergraduates to express a list of demands, which included paving over Torrey Pines Gliderport near Eleanor Roosevelt College to create studentonly parking spaces and keeping the Bus Zone sticker in effect.

Le said that postponing the implementation of any changes is good for students because it will allow more time for other options to be considered, but she warned that changes might still be on the horizon.

“This is not necessarily the end of fee increases,” Le said. “We’re trying to figure out how to reduce the impact on students, staff and faculty as much as possible.”

TPS has said that it has a multimillion dollar deficit and will run out of reserve funds and collapse in three years. The changes to buses and parking that were scheduled for July would have helped TPS close holes in its budget. A transportation workgroup, made up of students and members of Matthew’s staff, will be formed to address how to make changes that benefit both TPS, which operates without external funding, and students.

Le is a sitting undergraduate representative on the Transportation Policy Committee but says she has not always been able to propose ideas and has instead served more of an advocacy role. She said she hopes to be able to introduce and implement alternative ideas in the new Transportation workgroup.

One such solution is the Triton Transit Pass, which would give all students access to all of MTS bus and light rail services but would require all students to buy into the program.

The cost per student per year for the Triton Transit Pass, which would need to approved by way of a student referendum, would likely range from $100 from $140 a year, while the sub-

sidized MTS passes would cost $360 for a September-to-June pass.

To gather student input and spread awareness on the now-tabled changes, Transportation Services held a student town hall meeting on Feb. 12.

Holden led the meeting, and a panel of TPS administrators was also present, including Principal Planner Robert Clossin and Berven. Approximately 55 people attended the meeting, composed of staff, faculty, students and A.S. Council. Several campus police officers were also present for crowd control.

Most of the meeting consisted of a PowerPoint presentation by Holden, during which he talked about the proposed transportation changes and the importance of feedback related to these changes. Holden emphasized the need for feedback during these transitions, saying that Transportation Services is looking to engage people and give them all opportunities to voice their concerns.

“There is no final decision, and that’s why I’m here,” Holden said. “I want to really try and find out what people are looking for. We’re not looking for a for-profit situation; we’re looking to make sure we have what we

want in the future.”

Holden also stated that TPS is looking for other sustainable alternatives, including research grants for electric buses that can act as battery buffers for the campus and the incorporation of an electronic chip in ID cards to track usage of shuttles to eliminate unnecessary spending or abuse; there was mention of a possible trolley system in the future as well.

Students and faculty also had an opportunity to direct questions toward the panel, with many of their questions concerning the absorption of the Nobel and Arriba shuttles by MTS and TPS’s current efforts to service the large number of students along those routes.

“What we need to guarantee is that we can follow up with MTS to make sure that they are able to absorb the routes,” Holden said. “One of the groups that we met with suggested that we put up cues.”

Another town hall event for faculty and staff members will take place Feb. 21.

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if somewhat depressing, infographic t last night’s A.S. Council regarding how student fees are distribmeeting, my editors walked uted between the various clusters of into the Forum just as I student life. was inhaling chow mein goodness.

And just when I thought Bobbitt Whoops. I promise I usually work had concluded his weekly words of while I’m here.

Public Input opened with an Ethio- wisdom, he came back fighting during reports of committees. pian-Israeli speaker who came at the “We had our dodgeball event last request of several councilmembers to weekend, which talk about growing Muir College won,” up in Israel. She new business he said, and withwas addressing the aleksandra konstantinovic out missing a beat, tensions brought alkonsta@ucsd.edu continued, “And I on by VP External believe all students Affairs Olamide should be equal in the eyes of the law.”

Noah’s controversial video, shown A.S. President Meggie Le reported last week, depicting the alleged forced that she received a letter from the sterilization of Ethiopian immigrants Anti-Defamation League regarding living in Israel.

Noah’s video. She and Noah will write Ben Hass, president of Tritons separate replies to the letter. for Israel, also spoke on the issue, Le also announced that a meeting condemning the video as malicious with Transportation Services resulted and bigoted. in quite a victory for students — the Can we please just go back to talkchanges to transportation scheduled ing about fee increases? for July will no longer happen this Triton Lobby Corps kicked off Special Presentations with an overview summer. So for the time being, our shuttles, bus passes, and permit prices of its plans for the coming year. The fairly new organization will be holding will stay put. Major kudos to Le and her committee. biweekly meetings with district repreAlso in the realm of fantastic sentatives to discuss student interests, news, Campuswide Senator Matthew such as transportation. I hope this Mayeda reported that the deadline means that they will shortly procure to submit fee increases for UC SHIP, saddled kangaroos for all students.

During the Lobby Corps’ presenta- originally slated for March 1, will now be pushed back to April. tion, Campuswide Senator Caeser “The quick-and-dirty about Feng passed me a note from AVP healthcare is that one side wants to College Affairs Leonard Bobbitt that try and help everyone, while the other simply said, “You should quote Leonthinks we should only help ourselves,” ard Bobbitt. <3 Leonard Bobbitt.”

Mayeda said. “We’ll be hosting a town I probably would’ve quoted him hall meeting Tuesday from 5 to 6:30 eventually, “irregardless” of the note. p.m. to inform students about what’s You’re hilarious, Leonard! going on.

Sean O’Neal, representing the And finally, Caeser fed me blueStudent Fee Advisory Commitberry yogurt pretzels, and the meeting tee, continued presentations with a was over by 7:59 p.m. This was the best Mario-themed Prezi regarding SFAC’s A.S. Council meeting ever. role on campus. He showed a helpful,

New Permanent Seats, Video Scoreboard Officials hope the new equipment will increase odds of hosting tournaments.

BY Daniel Song

Staff Writer

New improvements to the Triton Track and Field and Softball Stadiums may help the venues to become future hosts to more major events, such as tournaments and NCAA post-season events.

Plans to install a massive new scoreboard for the Track and Field Stadium first came in 2009 when news of the death of alumni and two-time NCAA discus throw and shot put champion Shannon Quigley Runningbear first reached those in the UCSD track and field circle.

Not long after that, pole-vaulter Leon Roach died in a tragic polevaulting accident during practice.

The tribute to Runningbear was temporarily suspended as Roach’s family coordinated family, friends and members of the track and field community to create a new terrace by the pole-vaulting area, made

entirely through volunteer effort at no cost to the students.

Now, four years later, with 90 percent of the funds raised through donation, the 20-by-15 foot scoreboard has been completed. The addition of the scoreboard, estimated to be worth nearly $400,000, will allow athletes and audience members alike to view race results immediately, giving UCSD a better chance of hosting more major track and field events.

“We’re hosting the Cal-Nevada championships, which is 30 to 40 schools in March, and it’ll have nearly all the Big West teams,” men’s track and field Head Coach Tony Salerno said. “Hosting Division-II nationals is on the horizon; I think it’ll happen in the next few years.”

Softball coach Patti Gerckens led the charge in the campaign to add new, permanent seats to the softball stadium in the seating bowl area

behind home plate.

With a $250,000 donation from alumna Dana Chaiken, the softball stadium was renovated with new dugouts, a netted backstop and a fencing and press box in 2010. Last week, 313 chair back seats were added to the seating bowl. The chairs will be funded by a campaign that allows people to purchase seats and have their names engraved onto the seat backs.

“It really adds to the look and feel of the facility — it’s already a first-class facility, but it just takes it to another level,” Senior Associate Athletic Director Ken Grosse said.

“It allows us to give a much better fan experience, and it’ll give us an opportunity to attract high-level tournaments like NCAA regionals and nationals.”

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Cuts to Vision and Dental Coverage May Prevent Some Fee Increases ▶ SHIP, from page 1

“Not all UC campuses offer the same medical options,” she said. “With any of these plans, we lose our autonomy over our own insurance.”

Mayeda added that one of the best solutions included making it more difficult for students to opt out of SHIP, thereby ensuring a lower cost through a larger population. Nuth recommended eliminating vision and dental care to prevent further price increases.

A secondary problem in the UC

SHIP system is the presence of lifetime caps, which will be phased out under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Penny Rue stated that it would take a minimum price increase of $30 per student per quarter to lift the lifetime caps on UCSD’s current plan.

Rue also supported students who rely on SHIP. “It is the stance of all the vice chancellors that students should not have to take on all this debt,” she said. “It was

an institutional mistake.”

UCOP will make its final decisions about SHIP premium costs and file changes in April of this year. Nuth and Mayeda claimed that the announcement of the deficit and its quick turnaround time was surprising.

“This process has always been rushed, and there was no transparency,” Mayeda said. “It was kind of a bomb dropped on us.”

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Move Over, Carpe Diem: It’s Time to YOLO

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n Feb. 25, UC Office of the President will finalize its plan to combat the UC-wide Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) debt, and UCSD students will be left to pick up the pieces. The SHIP deficit of $49 million was caused by institutional mistakes and has affected all UC schools, but UCSD owes the most — with over 27 percent of the debt on its shoulders alone. UCOP has recently proposed possible ways to help offset the debt — from cutting dental and vision plans from SHIP, to making it even more difficult to waive SHIP in favor of an alternate health insurance plan.

Another proposition would be to double the price of SHIP premiums over the course of only five years.

And all of this should leave UCSD students — particularly those who rely on SHIP benefits — with the same questions: What do we do now, and how did we get here in the first place? The answer to the first question is, at least partially, certain: SHIP prices will increase. Whether it’s by 97 percent over the next five years according to one proposed plan or the next two years as yet another plan proposes, the comfy price of $385.46 a quarter for undergraduates and $594 for graduates will be no more. While these plans may be more fiscally reasonable than the admittedly cheap SHIP premiums, the price increase does raise problems.

First, if the premium increase is in conjunction with cuts to benefits such as

dental and vision care, students will be paying significantly more money for significantly less coverage. Thus, student SHIP holders would be held accountable for mistakes made by the school.

Similarly, if students have to jump through administrative hoops to prove that one has sufficient health care coverage (opting out of SHIP is already inconvenient enough), UCSD would essentially be strong arming students into the SHIP program, which is now, again, less worthwhile than ever before.

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Students, Make Good Use of the Delayed TPS Changes Just two weeks ago we wrote an editorial encouraging UCSD Transportation Services to consider other options and especially student input before proceeding with the proposed shuttle cuts. Now, things have changed (Such is news, right?).

A.S. President Meggie Le announced yesterday that Vice Chancellor for Resource Management and Planning Gary Matthews has asked Director of Auxiliary Business Services Robert Holden to postpone the implementation of any changes so that we may have the time to discuss alternatives. Simply put: The shuttle cuts planned for July will not be happening. Yet. But before you start hugging your shuttle driver and taking victory laps on the Arriba shuttle, realize the fight isn’t over. TPS’s debt hasn’t changed, and we still need a solution.

For those evidently living under a rock: Last month, TPS announced a series of changes in response to the service’s multi-million dollar deficit, including an increase in parking costs in on-campus parking structures and for all permits, the discontinuation of the free Bus

Zone sticker system and the integration of the Arriba and Nobel shuttle lines into a more frequent MTS SuperLoop line.

A Facebook group was then formed to unite students against the changes and quickly grew to more than 7,000 members. After examining the concerns expressed by students on this group, Le and UC Student Association President Raquel Morales met with Matthews, TPS Assistant Director Todd Berven and Director of Auxiliary Business Services Robert Holden to share a list of demands which included paving over the Torrey Pines Gliderport for student-only parking, creating “S” parking spots by The Village, maintaining the current price for “S” parking permits and continuing the full subsidized MTS Bus Zone sticker program, among others.

In response to the demands introduced by Le and Morales, Matthews said the changes will not be put into place — instead, the administration will seek to establish a committee to discuss alternatives.

That’s where the town halls and similar forums come into play. We

need to turn the aforementioned demands into real, concrete solutions we could potentially initiate.

Though the changes are delayed, the threat of their implementation is not gone.

Le is already a sitting undergraduate representative on the Transportation and Parking Committee but has served in more of an advocacy role. We hope that in this new subcommittee, she and other students will actually be able to introduce and implement alternative ideas.

Furthermore, we should also be thankful for Le and Morales’ leadership during this time — they represented the student body’s needs so that we wouldn’t have to resort to protests, and they were clearly successful in doing so. The 7,000 members of the Facebook group — and the rest of the student body that these changes would affect — should make this delay worth the costs to TPS’s budget by attending future town hall meetings and remaining active in any online discussions of realistic alternatives. Only 55 people (approximately) attended Tuesday’s meeting, including A.S. Council.

Unless we turn that number up, there’s no guarantee your ideas will be represented by Le and the others in the subcommittee.

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ver since Drake shot the infamous “YOLO” motto into pop fame, it has been used as an excuse for nearly everything: neglecting to study, pier-jumping, intoxicated driving … the list goes on and on. “You Only Live Once” certainly has mixed results — shy kids have become more enterprising, but the less fortunate have been killed in blind pursuit of this hedonistic maxim. So why are we so inclined to live life on the edge?

Research by Vanderbilt University professor David Zald has shown that thrill-seekers (the YOLO types) exhibit lower inhibitor counts for a certain neurotransmitter chemical than do average people.

This chemical, called dopamine, rewards us with a physical sensation of satisfaction every time we do something we enjoy, like eating chocolate, going skydiving or getting a good grade. As a result of their inhibitor deficiency, the YOLO-ers’ brains experience unusual spikes in dopamine levels when they do something exciting. This causes that primal “on-edge” feeling when taking risks and teetering on the brink.

Our desire to “YOLO,” as used in its recently coined verb form, can also stem from less impulsedriven desires. Take the “pursuit of happiness,” for example, as advocated by the Declaration of Independence.

Sometimes, this happiness may mean flopping on our beds and doing absolutely nothing. On the whole, though, the feeling that we are taking full advantage of our ultimately short time on Earth is always gratifying.

Furthermore, we are raised with the notion that innovation and accomplishment come from risks — an idea substantiated by the success of everything from NASA’s moon landings to Mark Zuckerberg’s creation of Facebook. So while we probably shouldn’t jam forks into toasters, as YouTube sensation Jimmy Tatro does in his YOLO-themed video, there is a prevalent idea that pushing the boundaries of convention can lead to amazing things. Though most of us associate YOLO with reckless Red Bull-chugging idiots trying to rationalize poor decisions, the success of those who use the phrase to achieve great things gives the acronym more reputable meaning.

But before we throw caution to the wind in pursuit of precarious endeavors, we must consider the idea that if we only get one life, we should do everything possible to preserve it. This concept recently surfaced in comedy rap trio The Lonely Island’s “YOLO” parody music video, which changes the acronym to stand for “You Oughta Look Out.” The three prance around a nightclub with Adam Levine, paranoidly donning ear protectors and rapping that their “friends will be sorry when they can’t hear.” While the hashtag-friendly Twittersphere’s “live fast, die young” idea of the phrase is rather different, there is still the question of whether we should spend our life by playing it safe, or pushing the limits. Modern mindsets tend to choose the latter.

So when your irresponsible friends take you bungee jumping in Baja, consider that dopamine rush and decide what YOLO means for you. While you’re standing atop a cliff mulling that over, I’ll be busy scrutinizing my heater for gas leaks.

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ove over, bloodsuckers.

This is the year of the caster.

“Beautiful Creatures” is a new movie based on the best-selling novels, “The Caster Chronicles,” by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

With a cast of both new and seasoned actors (Viola Davis, Jeremy Irons and Emma Thompson, to name a few), “Creatures” attempts to fill the paranormal void that the cultural phenomenon “Twilight” left behind. Stars Alice Englert and Alden Ehrenreich sat down with the Guardian to discuss their take on the film, its message and what it means to be a witch in a very mortal world.

Alice Englert is a poised 18-yearold Australian actress who’s been exposed to the industry all her life.

Alden Ehrenreich is a 23-year-old NYU alum who was discovered by Steven Spielberg at age 14. With this movie set to be their first bigbudget film, a lot rides on the way in which they face this typically overwrought genre. Although “Beautiful Creatures” may sound like a shoddy “Twilight” remake, both actors recommend not making hasty assumptions about the cliched synopsis like they initially did.

“We both passed on it when we just heard the brief without reading the script — that was literally the kind of brief we got … Once we both read the scripts, we really wanted to do it,” Englert said.

Apparently, the writers weren’t too impressed either. Even the film’s title ended up on the cutting room floor. “‘Beautiful Creatures’ references a line that got cut from the movie, but it’s in the book, and it actually references human beings,” Englert said. “Jeremy Irons talks about how human beings are such beautiful creatures because they have faith

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with no reason, and he finds this baffling and also endearing.”

Both actors speak fondly of the allure and importance that the main characters, Lena Duchannes and Ethan Wate, bring to the film. “[Lena is] a young girl on the verge of her 16th birthday … she’s traveled around, she’s had not-great experiences, she’s pretty cagey and she wants to just stop for a second; she wants to know, she wants to be human, she wants to be normal, she doesn’t even know how to be normal — there’s a total gap between what she wants and the reality of where she can go with it,” Englert said.

While attempting to find normality as a witch in a mortal-dominated world, Lena finds Ethan.

“I’m a young guy in this small town who’s just dying to get out of

this town and has these romantic visions of what he wanted — the kind of life he wants for himself — and when I meet Lena … she embodies all those, all the excitement and all the adventure that I have been thinking I needed to leave the town to find, and we fall in love and then have to fight against these supernatural forces of her family to stay together,” Ehrenreich said.

Several renowned, awardwinning actors are also part of this production and take a page from the dark side to do so. “[The supernatural forces come] in the form of Emma Thompson and Emmy Rossum, who are the naughty, bad side of my family and who are very keen to make Lena dip over there … I thought that was really great, the way Richard brought

that work to the family aspect … a supernatural sort of mafia in a way, getting pulled into the gang,” Englert said. “I think a lot of families want their children to live the way they lived, because they’re afraid that if they live a different way, it undermines the way they lived their lives … I think that was really exciting for me, seeing Lena have to break away from that.”

The banter between the two actors is extremely casual, and the friendly in-person chemistry between the two translated well to the screen. Their candid relationship allowed for a certain self-awareness when comparing themselves to their characters.

“I moved around a lot when I was

are our brothers and Elegba is the shady face from our own past. As the action progresses, the complexity of the different relationships is revealed and we begin to understand why Ogun and Oshoosi’s brotherhood is so strained.

Pratt’s drumset is a force to be reckoned with. Appropriate dings and pounds punctuate an eyebrow raise or a smile in a rather cartoonish fashion, making for some humorous moments.

Tempo and volume also aide to build emotion in several scenes, imitating the physiological process of both

the audience and actors, simulating quickening heartbeats and heavy breathing. Both the actors’ and Pratt’s timing are effortless. On a few occasions, a rhythmic underlayer accompanies the actors’ rich voices, turning monologues into a slice of song that drives home the angst, joy, and frustration the characters feel.

The unflinching juxtaposition of comedy and tragedy is bold. Some of the older audience members seemed uncomfortable with certain moments

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the brother's size Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “The Brothers Size” shakes up the Old Globe stage.

Playing at Tommy Wirkola release Date January 17th

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storm of drums fills the theater. Jonathan Pratt, the play’s composer and exposed percussionist, delivers pulse-pounding beats that makes finding your seat fantastically epic. Suddenly, we see three men. They are the Brothers Size — the protagonists and namesake of the second in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s “Brothers/Sisters” series and a continuation of his focus on community and family.

Elegba’s (Antwayn Hooper) throat produces angst-ridden song as he dances around Oshoosi (Okieriete Onaodowan) whose body writhes on a bed of rocks. There are no props; the only evidence of the shovel in Ogun’s hands are his exasperated gestures and the stage directions, which he dictates aloud. There is no scenery to indicate that the characters live in an impoverished, modern-day neighborhood in Louisiana. Ogun (Joshua Elijah Reese) finishes his shoveling, picks up his bucket, and circles Oshoosi, the sand from his perforated bucket forming a ring around the younger Size brother.

The dramatic introduction is a mere sampling of some of the striking, occasionally overzealous mysticism intertwined in this otherwise realistic and gritty story.

Oshoosi Size has just been released from prison and takes up residence

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with his older brother, Ogun. Ogun, the hard-working mechanic, pries his brother to get up, get going, and get a job. As expected, Elegba is the bad influence external to the family, the residual of Oshoosi’s time in prison and the looming possibility of future poor (or maybe just a little confused) choices.

In almost every scene, Elegba and Ogun stand opposite with Oshoosi in the middle. It’s the tried and true formula of placing one character between two others, one representing the polar opposite of the other.

The dream sequences were just an excessive conveyance of this familiar plot device. However, too few times have such circumstances been captured in a modern setting on the stage and through creative use of stage directions and sand, McCraney makes classic story devices compelling again. Elegba, erotically drawn towards Oshoosi and his “siren voice,” teeters outside the sand circle, enticing Oshoosi to breach its bounds and come outside of it with him.

The characters may take their names from the Yoruban gods but they play familiar figures. The southern vernacular slides smoothly off their tongues. Okieriete, Joshua, and Antwayn are flawless in their dialogue and it feels as if Ogun and Oshoosi

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t the risk of sounding like a caricature of myself, I was wary of writing this column. Somehow, “Dodging the Horizon” has turned into “Arielle Rambles About Feminism and Music” and seeing another 600 or so words telling people how awesome and underrepresented female artists are might scream “Groundhog Day” to some readers. While I don’t think we can ever exhaust the feminist music criticism cannon, my column is supposed to be about pop music, and there are plenty of men doing that well too these days. (Frank Ocean won a Grammy! Justin Timberlake has a new song that sounds like an old R. Kelly song!)

With that said, there’s something more important in my life I need to talk about, and it’s all about pussy.

“PU$$Y P0PPIN” is the name of a radio show on KSDT that I’m cohosting with my friend Mina. We go by the names DJ Minamator and DJ Ari$ha, and play nothing but female hip hop from 4 to 5 p.m. every Friday.

Mina approached me with the idea for the show over winter break, and I couldn’t resist immediately making a sprawling Spotify playlist of lady MCs and agreeing to the gig. Since then, I’ve discovered more incredible artists than I could have possibly imagined.

Last week’s theme of “up and comers” and this week’s theme of “female rappers from around the world,” forced me to delve deep into the pockets of the Internet to pull out women that I probably wouldn’t have been exposed to otherwise.

I see plenty of people who claim to be fans of rap who don’t listen to a single female, and those that do often pit them against each other, sexualize them or treat them like a gimmick.

Let the following artists be a taste of what female rappers really have to offer, and listen to PU$$Y P0PPIN every Friday for even more girl power.

Kitty (formerly Kitty Pryde) On her new release “D.A.I.S.Y. Rage,” Kitty goes where few female MCs have gone before, rapping about wetting the bed, her relationship with her mother and even twisting Wu Tang’s C.R.E.A.M. into a confessional about anxiety rashes. Unlike artists of the old guard like Lil Kim and Foxy Brown, sex isn’t her central premise.

Kitty doesn’t shy away from the topic either, but it’s merely one facet of her complicated experience as a teenage girl — a group that ordinarily gets objectified by the mainstream media.

The 19-year-old’s delivery is subversive by traditional hip hop standards. As she giggles mid song, and delivers her rhymes like a truth or dare confession, it’s easy to see why a hip hop traditionalist might write her off as a disrespectful wannabe.

Admittedly, the Kitty Pryde project did start as a bored joke on Kathryn Beckwith’s laptop, but once she found fame with her video for “Okay Cupid” there was no turning back. Pretentious (male) hip hop heads shouldn’t discount her merely for speaking in a voice they can’t relate to.

The U.K. Ladies For years, British hip-hop and its dark, twisted child, grime, have been completely dominated by men like Tinie Tempah and Dizzee Rascal, with the most successful women (such as Lady Sovereign), falling by the wayside almost as soon as they appear.

Fortunately, there’s now a group of badass ladies leading the charge in the UK, including Lady Leshurr, Amplify Dot, No Lay and Shystie.

Lady Leshurr has an intricate, lightning-quick delivery reminiscent See HORIZON, page 7

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identity thief McCarthy and Bateman steal more time than scenes in this blundering cross-country comedy.

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dentity Thief ” looked promising, but looks can be deceiving. Family man and financial officer Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) has not only become victim to a stolen identity, but his boss and terrible friend Casey (played by the clearly much younger John Cho) has no understanding whatsoever for this very common, very real crime. He gives Sandy a week to prove that he is not purchasing jet-skis and missing court dates in Florida. Sandy then makes the kind of decision only permissible in comedy movies and resolves to travel across the country to wrangle a potentially dangerous criminal and drag her back to Denver. After he convinces the identity thief to come with him, he realizes that they cannot get on a plane while sharing the same name and they are forced to make a longer, much more hilarious trip back home.

“Identity Thief ” is a road-trip comedy that had the guts to go to new places but fell disappointedly short of its potential.

As Diana the identity thief, Melissa McCarthy is not only the driving force of most of the film’s big laughs, but a beauty as well.

Diana’s metallic makeup and bright outfits are an extension of her bubbly personality. She is a thief and an unscrupulous spender, but

she comes across as charming and resourceful — especially next to Sandy, who assumes the role of the uptight, average Joe. Moreover, Diana is not shy about expressing her healthy sexual appetite. This made for some raunchy moments, but it was a progressive change from her role in “Bridesmaids” in which McCarthy’s aggressive sexual expression was supposed to be funny because she is a large woman. In “Identity Thief,” the humorous irony stems from Diana’s fearlessness and street smarts which make her more competent at achieving Sandy’s goal than Sandy himself.

While other critics lampooned the film’s sentimentality, learning about Diana and watching her vacillate between unabashed confidence and resigned insecurity was one of the more interesting subplots. This was a great opportunity to have Diana clearly express how she felt about herself at the end of the film, thereby fully developing the character and resolving this conflict. Sadly, “Identity Thief ” could not decide how it felt about its most interesting character.

In one pivotal scene, Diana is in a high-end salon, gaily trying on products when she realizes the trendy, slim makeup artists are laughing at her. They look away,

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ashamed that they have been discovered, as does she. When she turns on her heels and makes a B-line for the shallow ditzes, it seems an intense tell-off scene is about to ensue. Instead, Diana meekly declares, “I need help.” The ditzes turn Diana into an Adelelook-alike, clad in a black dress and neutral tone makeup which causes her to fade in the background, where Hollywood apparently feels the larger women belong. This infuriating scene was the worst transgression of the film but certainly not the only one.

Diana is a wanted woman. An imprisoned crime lord appears (for fifteen seconds) to order her death because he clearly cannot prioritize. The protagonists are pursued by the gang leader’s underlings

(Genesis Rodriguez and T.I.) who become the subject of a bad joke about “traditional neighborhoods” because of their ethnic identities.

A skiptracer (Robert Patrick), hired by an inappropriately relaxed female voice (whose owner is never revealed), also seeks out Diana.

While “Identity Thief ” was for the most part a predictable comedy movie, it dodged other holes.

Bateman executed some of the humor on his own, and there’s an underlying commentary on the bureaucratic process somewhere.

But if such a message is in the film, it is buried under the goofy missteps and occasional comic suckerpunches.

— Raquel Calderon

staff writer

of Busta Rhymes. To start, listen to her vocal gymnastics on the title track of Orbital’s comeback album, “Wonky.”

Meanwhile, London’s Amplify Dot drops punch line verses over maniacal club bangers with vocals that are indisputably hard. Give her glitchy throwdown “Semantics” a spin at the gym. Fellow Londoner No Lay falls on the grimier side of the spectrum, with a delivery that’s sometimes reminiscent of the wild tone changes of Nicki Minaj in her prime. (Check “Below Zero” for the best example.) Finally, Shystie is probably the most similar to the Queen, Missy Elliot, toting the same high-throttle energy and shoutalong choruses. (“Feel It” sounds alarmingly like “Work It”-era Missy.)

Salome MC Salome MC is the first female hip hop artist in Iran, which denounced the genre back in 2007. Despite the evident restrictions of a regime that controls the release and performance of music, Salome hasn’t been discouraged from recording tracks privately in her bedroom and releasing them online. The poetic nature of Farsi, coupled with her forceful delivery, makes for an instantly compelling sound — even if you can’t understand a word that she’s saying.

Fortunately, the Internet can help.

“I haven’t seen the revolution, but my rap is revolutionary; This pen is my weapon, and I got my burial shroud in my backpack,” reads the translation of a verse in last year’s single “Drunk Shah, Drunk Elder.”

Now, if that’s not badass enough to pique your interest, you don’t deserve to be graced by the PU$$Y.

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The 5 Kinds of Valentine’s Day Dates

BY Vincent Pham

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’m going to be honest with you guys — I am undeniably single. And yet I’m writing about the most romantic holiday known to Hallmark, and you’re probably questioning my credibility. Let me tell you a little something. This singleness? It only drives my fuel for romance and for wanting happiness in my life — so much so that I want happiness in your life. If I can’t be happy, it doesn’t mean anyone else can’t. I’ve channeled all this excess love into this article so that maybe on the Feb. 14, you won’t be so down and out. Here we are on a voyage of love.

The Long Distance Date

The Freshman Date

How to Get to There: Two Words: iPhone Parachute The “You’re the Best Factor”: Gather single friends, and use them as your Cupids The Alternative: Hold it off.

The Most Romantic Place on Campus: You guessed it, the Bistro Places You Can Reach on Foot (for him/her): Sprinkles Places You Can Reach on Foot (as a couple): The Cliffs/Glider Port You’re a freshman, she’s a freshman, and somebody wants to get laid tonight.

You want to impress her but you’re also cheap because you bought all of your textbooks brand new, and you figure dining dollars isn’t really money. You go ahead and book yourself a table for two at the Bistro for the 14th. What? It’s booked?

I guess it’s just another casual dinner at the next best dining hall on campus — Pines. And before all of this, you’re going to walk your ass on over to Sprinkles and pick her up an aphrodisiac cupcake (chocolate) as you sit on the Cliffs or Gliders Port and scarf it down for a chilly night of hand holding and smooching.

The Table for One Date

The Best Friend Date Social Activity: UltraZone Live Action Laser Tag, 3146 Sports Arena Blvd., Suite 21, San Diego, CA 92110 Dinner: Stacked, 7007 Friars Road, San Diego, CA 92108 The more the merrier. Get all of your friends who share your lack of a Valentine, and enjoy each other’s company. Bash the “holiday,” and mock couples who are supposedly “in love” for your own enjoyment.

Head out to a few rounds of laser tag, or even the San Diego Zoo, and then finish off your adventures with a stomach filled with your very own customized burger at Stacked. People tend to joke about those long walks on the beach at night. But have they ever done it? Probably not. So you will — with all your friends. Pack up some warm blankets, firewood, s’mores and your closest companions for a memorable night at La Jolla Shores in the middle of February. Nothing ignites love like the obligatory cuddle in the cold weather.

Alternatively, for all you single ladies: Galentine’s Day. Nothing says strong, independent women like you and your closest girlfriends drinking some wine and eating chocolate while you tell your funniest stories. Want better? Male Stripclub. Having a bromantic Evening? Try s’mores at the shores.

Self Appreciation Let’s face it: A lot of us didn’t expect to be alive in 2013, so you broke it off with your significant other before Doomsday. You’re single, and you don’t have a Valentine this year while all your friends do. There is a chance you might be alone, but don’t fret. Keep in mind many less popular date hot spots will be to your disposal, and you will have the true freedom of a single person. Go out on a hike, read a good book, and sip on a cup of coffee.

The day is yours.

The chances that you’ll be able to fly/ train/drive over to your significant other isn’t always the most plausible option (because Valentine’s Day decided to test your love by putting itself in the middle of the quarter and in the middle of the week), but technology now a days proves effective nonetheless.

What’re you going to do? Get your friend who knows your girlfriend to parachute down an iPhone (that is secure in the most advanced cushioning; think “Egg Drop” from your Physics class) while you’re on it, FaceTiming, for you to surprise her. Does it get better? You bet your ass it does. If your significant other is in an area where you have a fair amount of friends, have them bring the date to her — candlelit dinner and roses will be fine here.

Don’t know his/her friends? Order some local take out and send it over, and Skype over the meal.

If this planning is a little too much for short notice, there is nothing like postponing the date until a more convenient time.

The Classic Date Venue: Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 The Aphrodisiac: Kous Kous, 3940 4th Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 The “Aw” Factor: Skip the roses. Go for creativity.

If you’re fortunate to have a car, you have all of San Diego at your disposal, and you don’t want to be that guy who says the Bistro is your idea of romantic.

A cute date would be soaking in some culture and leaving your mark all over the art in the museums at Balboa Park and then heading over to Hillcrest for an intimate dinner at the Moroccan Kous Kous.

Roses and jewelry may imply you didn’t have any ideas for a sentimental gift, so instead put some thought behind it.

Spring for something like an inside joke between the two of you — the creativity and cute laughs will be something that’ll you’ll cherish much more.

If you’re stuck to strictly La Jolla...

The More Accessible Idea: Eat at Brockton Villa Restaurant (1235 Coast Blvd., La Jolla, CA 92037), and head over to La Jolla Cove or Mt. Soledad for a romantic sunset.

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bjectively, Valentine’s Day is just another day in the week. There is no religious affinity; there is no great tragedy or victory we are to commemorate. If you really want to be sweet, genuine, sincere and all that good stuff that everyone would fall for, treat Valentine’s Day as just another day of you expressing your affection — and keep the love coming daily, nightly and ever so rightly. Because everyday can be Valentine’s Day, and it’s up to you to make it happen. Keep it clean, keep it real, and keep it fresh, because your lover only deserves the best.

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u Ask him/her to be your Valentine. Like, don’t goof it up. u Do something involving an inside joke. Be personal, and show your lover you put time and effort into the day. u His/Her gifts? Only if they’re matching onesies. u Snuggle with her. Hard.

u Break up with him/her. Unless you have a sick sense of humor and get back with him/her the same day.

This is similar to breaking up with someone on their birthday. u Take him/her to McDonald’s.

Although, this could be the premise to a more fabulous date. Or you really are that cheap, and I hope your significant other considers cutting some ties.

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“her pleasure” after all) I found them terrible in practice. In fact, we had to stop part way through and change to something more standard in order to allow me time to recover. Even at slow speeds, all those dots work like sandpaper on your insides, and I can’t be the only person that doesn’t enjoy being gutted by my prophylactics. I’m sure there are people that disagree and power to them, but for a Valentine’s night, I wouldn’t recommend taking the risk.

Next is one of the high points though: ribbed condoms. I have to admit I was a little hesitant; feeling it (with my hands, mind you) as I put it on my partner in this research project, it seemed like it had the potential to be as unpleasant as the dotted texture. But this was something I was excited to be wrong about. Of all the textured condoms

we tried, the ribbed variety was far and away the best. Be sure the ribbing is wide, in order to avoid that awful scratching feeling that the narrower bands and the “dots” from above can cause. This type definitely hit highest on the pleasure scale for me, and I found I was able to reach orgasm the most quickly with it. If you try nothing else, try these.

We also picked up a few flavored condoms. I went for strawberry, mostly because I was concerned that grape or cherry might end up tasting like cough medicine. These are flavored to improve the experience of performing protected oral sex (as I have yet to meet someone that can taste with their genitals). While I’m in a monogamous relationship, and we’re both free of STIs, I decided gamely to give them a shot anyway.

(For science!) Bottom line: It still tasted like latex with strawberry smeared on top. But it’s definitely

better than having a regular condom in your mouth, and having a few of these on hand for unexpected fellatio can’t hurt.

This next one was something we were both excited to try: Trojan Fire & Ice brand condoms. They had those commercials that made it seem like wearing this condom was akin to riding a roller coaster, so they had to be good. Unfortunately, like the dotted ones, these were also a dud, and I felt betrayed by advertising once again. They definitely got hot, but it wasn’t a thrilling sensation at all — just burning in places that I firmly believe should not be burned. My partner was less perturbed by it than I was, but he said it didn’t add much for him either way. We were willing to give them another try — because I wanted a roller coaster experience damn it — but the results remained the same.

Internet reviews seem torn between

my side of the fence and the lucky folks that made it on the thrill ride, so use at your own risk.

The grand finale, the ones that I had spent most of my time looking forward to: glow in the dark! They did not disappoint. They came in clear packages so they could be left under a light for a few minutes in advance (built-in foreplay time).

Then lights out and boom — light saber. Functionally the same as a regular lubricated condom, they added an element of silliness that I’m fond of. And he appreciated that they afford a very unique visual even when the room is completely dark. Highly recommended.

Most all of these condoms should be available wherever a variety are sold, though some — like the glow in the dark — might be easier to find at an actual sex shop. Mix and match to try something new this Valentine’s, for cheap.

This Weekend’s Coronado 10K Shows Your Date You’re Athletic and Charitable ▶ Valentine’s RUN, from page 10

because at the end, everyone will be drinking a lot of free beer. The founder, Ben Vaughan, created this event in view of the fact that this is a strictly fun and funding event. Head out with a partner, with family or go single.

Either way, your contribution will be greatly appreciated by the Islander Sports and Stephen J. Wampler Foundations. By participating in the

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Coronado 10K, not only will you be contributing to great causes, you will be showing your sweetheart your charitable side.

“A lot of races don’t put quality to the event but we do,” Vaughan said.

All participants will receive a T-shirt, a finisher’s medal, a water bottle and a booklet of coupons including $30 off at Skydive San Diego and many more savings at local businesses.

“The coupons will alone pay for

your ticket to participate,” Vaughan said.

So join your fellow San Diegans on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8 a.m. by registering online. Importantly, be one of the first 50 students to use the code “UCSD” at checkout and save seven dollars. The cost to participate will vary by age but don’t forget, the top three male and female winners will be awarded with a cash prize. On top of that, if you are of legal age, there will

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be a post-race party, which will be held at McP’s Irish Pub and Grill with live music by Mystique, where beer by Gordon Biersch will be provided to satisfy your running needs. Let loose, and enjoy the Coronado 10K, because after all the fun and alcohol you’ll be having, your Valentine just might turn into something sweet.

readers can contact NAIRE TER-GALSTYAN

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Pink Kiss The Guardian asked bartender Jef Cummings from Hillcrest’s Babycakes bar to recommend a Valentine’s Day drink. This was his choice.

Despite the hard liquor, this drink stays sweet and pink, with a refreshing hint of pineapple. Make a Pink Kiss, drink a Pink Kiss, and who knows — maybe by the end of the night, you’ll get a kiss.

Ingredients 1/2 ounce light rum 1/2 ounce vodka 1/2 ounce gin 1/2 ounce tequila 1/2 ounce triple sec Then splash it up with sweet and sour mix, pineapple juice and grenadine to sweeten the deal.

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Sushi Mura Hours M - F: 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Saturday 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m Location 2816 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 106 San Diego, CA 92106 recommended House Garden Salad, La Playa special roll, Southern Tataki special roll

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he dark wooden furnishing of Sushi Mura is fitting of the cozy feel of Liberty Station. The restaurant is not cluttered with traditional Japanese artwork or cheesy, framed photos of sushi rolls — which isn’t as uncommon as one might think. Instead, the place is tasteful, with a single image of two Koi fish hanging toward the back and a flatscreen television angled in a corner to face patrons. The tables are clean with black cloth napkins folded into a pocket to hold a set of smooth chopsticks. The soy sauce is not in an easily accessible bottle placed at each table. Apparently it is not the ordinary Kikkoman, because it is poured personally into a small ceramic plate.

The special concoction taste very similar to any other soy sauce, but it has a slightly muted flavor of less salt.

Like the restaurant’s decor, the menu is simplified into one page, front and back. The appetizers are separated by serving temperature of hot or cold. Some of the items

are typical of any sushi eatery, for example: edamame ($3), gyoza ($5), mixed tempura ($8) and fried calamari ($6). However the Crispy Tuna Tartare ($15), tuna tartare topped with soft shell crab and drizzled with a spicy ginger sauce or the Salmon Tartare ($13), served with caviar, jalapeno and fried, sliced lotus root (also known as renkon chips) call for a more sophisticated palette. The more common House Garden Salad ($5) is composed of mixed greens, a pile of grated carrots and tomatoes dressed with a light ginger vinaigrette. The dressing was just the right amount of tangy flavor, although the tomatoes were too sparse in the bed of lettuce.

On the back of the menu, the sushi is also divided between classic and special rolls. The classic rolls range from $6 to $13 and include favorites like the Shrimp Tempura Roll ($7), California Roll ($9) and Rainbow Roll ($13). Out of the six special roll options, five consist of spicy ingredients, whether it is a

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sauce or the addition of jalapenos.

The Southern Tataki ($16) is filled with shrimp tempura, imitation crab, cucumber and avocado and topped with seared tuna, jalapeno and a garlic ponzu sauce. The lightly breaded deep fried tempura shrimp in addition to the crunchy jalapeno delivers a satisfying crunch. The seared tuna adds a nice smoky flavor that compliments the spiciness of the jalapeno.

The La Playa ($14) is made up of salmon, cream cheese, imitation crab, cilantro and of course — more jalapeno layered with avocado, renkon chips, eel sauce and spicy mayo. The renkon chips also creates a nice bite to the typically softer texture. The cilantro carries a bright flavor with hints of citrus to play off the thick sweetness of the cream cheese. Both the Southern Tataki and La Playa rolls are thoughtfully balanced with unexpected ingredients. The specially crafted soy sauce concoction works well not to mask the other flavorful elements. The waiters were prompt

and made sure that the cool cucumber water and special soy sauce were always filled.

In addition the menu offers several chicken, beef or salmon entrees that are served alongside rice, miso soup and salad ($8 to $18). There are also two udon noodle options that both include mushroom, sweet tofu and fish cake ($10). Due to the concise menu, Sushi Mura is not recommended to the non-sushi lovers — because there’s just not much else to choose from. However, for those who can appreciate raw fish, Sushi Mura is definitely a place worth trying out. The Liberty Station area exudes a quiet charm that is perfect for a relaxed dinner out. The food at Sushi Mura is thoughtfully composed of bold flavors, unique textures and fresh ingredients, while the service is friendly and attentive.

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Coronado 10K Valentine’s Day Run

BY Naire Ter-Galstyan

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mpress your beau this Valentine’s Day weekend, and UCSD will provide the discount. Run, contribute to charity, and spread some love at the third annual Coronado 10K and one mile fun run. The first 50 students to register will receive seven dollars off of the admission fee. Grab your loved one, and head out to Tidelands Park in Coronado on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 8 a.m. Put on your best Valentines Day get up, and don’t forget to grab some free beer at the after party.

Let’s admit it, not everyone can run 6.2 miles as easily as we can chug a beer. At the Coronado 10K, nobody cares what your level of athleticism is

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t’s Valentine’s Day, and as a result That’s What She Said is here to try and add a bit of variety to your sex life. I wanted to come up with something that would help people celebrate the famous day of love, but that wasn’t going to break the bank or be subject to any delays, seeing as there would be no time to wait by the mailbox consumed with lust.

As a result, I had to throw out commentary on anything battery operated that might (or might not, if you have bad luck) be arriving in discreet packaging. To that end, I settled on something you can purchase in person and on a college student’s budget: condoms.

There are approximately two bazillion different types of condoms, and they all offer something different. Well, to a degree, considering at the end of the day they’re all around to prevent the making of babies and the spreading of germs — but the forms they take are many. For those out there who are tired of the same ol’ Lifestyles (helpfully sold on campus), there are wide horizons ahead for those willing to head somewhere off campus to find a wider variety of condoms. Sex shops usually have buckets of mix-and-max deals on condoms available, and I took a few of each in order to conduct my research. And now, for the breakdown.

The first is the baseline: ordinary, run-of-the-mill lubricated condoms.

They’re the easiest to find and generally the cheapest. They come in the super-thin variety too (but being totally honest, a condom’s a condom and thin or not, you’re going to know it’s there). I can’t personally recommend going for the unlubricated variety, even though the pittance of a price might be tempting. It always helps to have something extra to smooth the way.

In my daring field research, my partner and I decided to try the “dotted” texture condoms first of the lot.

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"Honeys"

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"Holy Fire"

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release Date February 12

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6/10 Grungy Philadelphia hardcore group resist change.

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he name really says it all. With a moniker like Pissed Jeans, anyone familiar with rock music could guess that this Philadelphia band has a hardcore punk sound, and on their new album Honeys, their approach hasn’t departed at all from the angry chaos of their previous work.

Right from the start, Honeys is full of dirty, grimy guitar, screeching feedback, and a steady banging drum beat. Opener “Bathroom Laughter” is actually a lot of fun for the first minute, but after only changing the droning guitar note once in its nearly three minute run-time, the end of the track can’t come quickly enough.

This is generally the case with most songs on Honeys — interesting and varied riffs are few and far between.

Some parts stick out though, like a nonsensical, grungy noise jam called “Something About Mrs. Johnson,” which gives a glimpse

of an ominous sense of humor.

Likewise, the rusty guitar solo on “Teenage Adult” and the fun, shifting guitar riffs on “Cathouse” were highlights that were missing in most parts of the album.

The lyrics are often undecipherable, but the verses that are audible prove interesting if not creepy, like the opening lines in “Chain Worker”: “I am a jaywalker/caught in an infinite loop/ like a skipping compact disc.” Nearly everything is screamed or shouted, and Matt Koslof, the lead vocalist, has a voice that fits the band’s harsh, punk sound.

On Honeys, there’s an odd mix of music that is genuinely angry, rough, black, and driving, while at the same time being monotonous and a little boring. For those into hardcore punk rock, it might be worth a listen.

— Kyle Somers

contributing writer

5/10 UK math rockers veer closer to the mainstream.

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oals came to prominence as a band due to their ability to walk the fine line between mass appeal and catering to underground crowds. They achieved this balance perfectly on their 2010 release “Total Life Forever,” a dance rock album capable of both introspection and exuberance.

On their newest release, “Holy Fire,” Foals attempt to recreate the success of their previous album, but in their ambitious drive to do so, they end up lacking the focus necessary to craft memorable songs.

Instead, Foals seem intent on channeling their blend of eclectic rock into a sound intended for festival stages — a bold move, but without tact or nuance.

On “Holy Fire,” Foals commit to just enough melodicism on each song to hook the listener in, but they often fall into a reliable dance rock formula, with buzzing guitars

and synthesizer lines dragging the listener along. The unnecessarily dense and sometimes flat production is saved only by a frantic and pounding percussion section.

The lyrical content echoes the lack of commitment on the band’s part. While Foals have always placed a greater importance on instrumentation than lyrics, too often on “Holy Fire” abstraction is attempted when a more personal narrative would be a better fit. Nowhere is this more apparent than in “Late Night,” when he sings: “I'm the last cowboy in this town/ Empty veins and my plastic, broken crown.”

In the end, there’s nothing offensively wrong with the new Foals album, but there also isn't anything right, and perhaps that's a worse fate.

— Dieter joubert

contributing writer

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‘Brothers Size’ Gleams With Humor, Emotion and Beauty ▶ brothers, from page 7

such as when Oshoosi masterfully simulated sex for a good minute or two, leaving no gesture or position undemonstrated. The jokes and the liberal use of racially charged words rendered some spectators rigid but eventually there was little choice but to relax and laugh — the beautiful result of McCraney’s nuanced writing and the committed acting.

There are moments of overpowering emotion which are especially heart-wrenching for someone who has never seen a serious play and is witnessing all these cries and accusatory finger pointings in real time, right before their eyes. The hard reality that his actions affect more than just himself is inescapable to Oshoosi.

The truth of things as they are, and how they must be, hits not only the characters, but resounds and reverberates into the audience like the sound wave that comes after the bang of a drum.

The Stars of ‘Beautiful Creatures’ Talk Preparing for Roles and Aspirations for Best Kiss Nomination ▶ CREATURES, from page 6

younger … I really understood the feeling that this is not permanent, there’s nothing … I’m just here for a moment, and now it’s gonna move on … keeping up the barrier — I understood that very well,” Englert said.

Drawing on one of the author’s intended themes, Alden relates to the eager drive his character por-

trays.

“I think for me, it was the kind of restlessness and the desire for something more out of life and reading a lot, and kind of thinking of your life as this journey towards something bigger ... In other stories of this genre, the guy is always this aloof, kind of cold jerk to the girls, and they wanted to write a story that shows that nice guys are good too — You know, nice guys can be smart,

and guys could read books and guys can be polite … I see my character as sort of an update of a classic southern gentlemen.”

When asked if they see themselves holding an Oscar anytime soon, they aren’t as assured.

“Yeah, I don’t know, I can’t imagine. We’ll see. I think we’re both in a little bit of denial, but I also think that’s a good problem to have because that means the film did well,

and that’s the most important thing: that the movie does well and people respond to it and connect to it,” Ehrenreich said.

“We just want to win best kiss,” Englert said.

They probably won’t even win that with the shadow of the “Twilight” finale following them to MTV. But for now, “Beautiful Creatures” is their focus — and if this movie does well, we’ll probably

be seeing much more of Englert and Ehrenreich in the near future.

There’s a definite possibility of success if the film can manage to crawl out from the pit of its vamp-counterpart’s reputation. Who knows — maybe lovesick witches will fill the void in every tween’s heart that was once occupied by a glittery vampire with abs. But are more screaming pubescents necessary at all? Only time will tell.

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Toubab Krewe

Ra Ra Riot

2/14 The loft / 8:oo-9:00 p.m. / $6 students Mali and the southern United States are pretty far apart in every sense. In the music of Toubab Krewe, though, the two regions are sonically combined. The band plays a weird combination of African music with rock from the American South. Sound odd? Well, it still sounds better than staying home on Valentine’s Day.

In case you missed them at Sun God last year, or just don’t remember them because you were passed out on a stranger’s couch in I-House, Ra Ra Riot is back in San Diego.

The band is bringing its signature brand of indie rock to Belly Up in Solana Beach. The band’s studio album, “Beta Love,” was released in January, so there’ll be plenty of new material.

Third Avenue and J Street, Downtown san diego / 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. /free

Celebrate and welcome the Year of the Snake by checking out this Food and Cultural Fair, hosted by the San Diego Chinese Center. It is the center’s 31st time hosting the event. The fair offers an essay contest, samplings of various Asian cuisines, lion dancing, a dragon and lantern parade, martial arts and an Asian story theater, to name a few.

2/18 Graveyard

If on-campus job fairs have proved unsuccessful, or if you’re just someone who never stops networking, here’s an opportunity worth taking. This job fair will include dozens of employers, some of the best in the area, who are seeking employees for hundreds of positions. Beat the unemployed college student blues and maybe find the right job for you.

Rapper Juicy J will probably never win a Grammy. But he already has an Oscar — as far as I know, he’s the only person to accept the award with a grille on — so it’s fine.

On top of that, he had one of the biggest hits of 2012 with the endearingly ungrammatical “Bandz A Make Her Dance.” Plus, we don’t have school the next day, so get trippy, mayne.

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For all those celebrating Singles Awareness Day, ASCE and Home Plate have got you covered. Mingle with other singles, dance to music and grub on Home Plate sliders for $1.50 each—no obnoxiously expensive Valentine’s Day dinners to worry about. Who knows—there’s always a chance to find a last-minute Valentine.

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Singles Night

the casbah/ $10-$20 I’ve never really understood why Scandinavians are so into hard rock. It seems to be so contrary to their usual painfully polite and proper demeanor. Regardless, the rock band Graveyard has come all the way from Sweden to see the sun for the first time in months and rock the Casbah.

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Laser Tag ERC Green/

Salvador Santana The Griffin /

4 p.m. - 8 p.m. / Free

8 p.m. / $10-$12

All transfer students are invited to free games of laser tag, organized by Villagers in Programming.

Pluses: You don’t have to leave campus, and there’s also free food. Take this opportunity to meet A.S. Council Transfer Senators and learn about resources and organizations available to transfers.

Being a musician when Carlos Santana is your father must be difficult.

Perhaps partly because of this, Salvador Santana has shied away from the guitar.

Instead, he is a talented keyboardist. His music is influenced by his father’s, but he also incorporates hip-hop and electronic music.

“Classical Melodies in Balboa Park”San Diego Youth symphony and conservatory rehearsals

casa del prado/ 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. / Free

The public is invited to watch and listen to the rehearsals of the San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory; it is not only an opportunity to hear beautiful music but to also support some of the city’s most gifted musicians (ages 8–25).

The rehearsals are located in Rooms 205 and 207 in Casa del Prado.

TUES.

WED.

“The Brothers Size”

MEKLIT HADERO

2/19 the OLD GLOBE THEATER/ 7 P.M./ $60 “The Brothers Size,” set in Louisiana, is a play about two brothers — one of whom is being pulled away by another man — and the difference between biological and spiritual ties. Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has a gift for language that is on full display here.

ART HISTORY LECTURE SERIES

ATHENAEUM MUSIC AND ARTS LIBRARY / 7:30 p.m. / $12 MEMBERS, $17 NON0MEMBERS

One of the Athenaeum’s most popular speakers, art history lecturer Linda Blair, is back to speak about a new series, Impressionism Plus Two. Her lecture will discuss the historic context, personalities, theories and techniques of the art movement, Impressionism.

2/20 THE LOFT/ DOORS OPEN AT 7 P.M., SHOW 8 P.M./ $11

Meklit Hadero is a truly cosmopolitan artist. She was born in Ethiopia but came of age in San Francisco’s vibrant arts scene. Known for her thoughtful, rich lyrics — along with a smooth but poignant voice — Hadero is also a TED Global Fellow. All of this results in a style of jazz that is both new and powerful.

OPINION

Be Mine By Jeffrey Lau

letter to the editor

Regulations on Gun Sales Must Be Increased

Despite Good Intentions, Cheap Prices Led to Fiscal Problems ▶ Ship, from page 4

What’s more is that, seeing as each UC administrator’s plan is slightly different, goading students into SHIP reduces their autonomy when it comes to selecting a plan that fits one’s own specific medical needs (such as, for example, if a SHIP holder wanted to visit a dentist every once and awhile). At last week’s A.S. meeting, UCSD Vice Chancellor Penny Rue even voiced the opinion that having current students take on the SHIP debt singlehandedly would be unfair.

As for how these debts were accumulated, UCSD simply offered SHIP premiums for too low a price to begin with. In 2001, UCSD switched to SHIP from its own student health insurance plan — a move that

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Campus-wide Senator Matt Mayeda told the Guardian was a direct consequence of pressures from UCOP to join. At the time, SHIP premiums seemed outstandingly cheap. This is precisely because they were cheap — far too cheap, in fact.

This isn’t the first time UCSD has paved a road to debt with good intentions. The SHIP deficit is particularly aggravating given that we’re facing a very similar problem with UCSD transportation services. After accumulating over $2.1 million in debt this year alone, UCSD transportation services are now attempting to offset the damages. Now, parking rates have increased, and instead of receiving a free bus zone sticker at the beginning of the year, students will have to pay $36 per month to ride the busses.

This massive increase has left many students furious, and organizations like the anti-transportation fee group Project Sumo are being formed in protest. It is more than likely that the changes in SHIP could elicit a similar student reaction, and the last thing UCSD needs is more campus protests.

The bottom line is that students would have willingly paid more at the onset (both for SHIP and bus transportation), but the endless bait-andswitch of pricing is both frustrating and unfair. UCSD needs to learn that, despite the good intentions, offering students cheap alternatives that are convenient yet ill-planned and fiscally irresponsible will inevitably result in serious financial problems and a subsequent blow to campus morale.

Dear Editor, “They deserve a vote,” stated President Obama in Tuesday’s State of the Union address, referring to the many parents who lost their children to gun violence at schools.

The latest massacre at Sandy Hook reminds us that our children need protection from the tragic gun violence that continues to rise in our nation.

Unfortunately, political parties do not seem to be taking this issue too seriously as they fail to make efforts towards effective gun control. Perhaps it is because they are too detached from their fellow Americans whose children are suffering the consequences of lenient gun legislation.

Whatever the reason, this is proof that we need to increase regulations on gun sales to keep them out of the hands of criminals or violent people.

As citizens who care about safety, we support the president for encouraging bi-partisan change that is needed to control the reckless use of guns.

The problem of gun violence can no longer be swept under the rug to protect those claiming their second amendment right as an excuse not to take action to improve gun policy.

The lives of our youth are of more value than the right to bear arms alone. The right to bear arms was not created to give people the freedom to use guns to harm others, but with the intent to protect, which clearly shows the ineffectiveness of current policy.

Guns must be taken out of the hands of those who wreak havoc and pain on others through the misuse of guns.

Please do your part as a caring citizen and take action by standing up for gun control reform and encourage your congressperson to vote for gun safety to protect innocent lives.

— Jennifer Allen Cynthia Lopez Herrera Annie Ng California State University, Long Beach School of Social Work Master’s students ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers.

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Tritons to Open Conference Friday, Feb. 15 Encouraged by Weekend, Tritons Head to Irvine Invitational ▶ BASEBALL, from page 12

Tuesday, Feb. 12 UCSD vs Point Loma Nazarene The Tritons then had to pack up and prepare to play again on Tuesday at home against Point Loma Nazarene University. The marathon game started at 6:00 p.m. and lasted four hours and thirty-seven minutes.

The team proved resilient and won a thriller in extra innings. The win brings the Tritons to 5-2 on the season and 3-1 at home.

UCSD 6, Point Loma Nazarene 5 Throughout the game, Point Loma gained leads, but the Tritons kept fighting back to even the score.

Point Loma scored first in the second, but UCSD caught up with a basesloaded walk to Seigel in the third.

Point Loma again regained the lead in the fourth, but UCSD battled back in the bottom of the inning with a RBI

by Danny Susdorf.

The Tritons changed the tide and surged ahead in the seventh on the strength of Susdorf, who singled, stole second and third and scored on a wild pitch. Susdorf finished 3-for-5 for the game, scoring two runs and

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adding a RBI. It was Point Loma’s turn to battle back, and scored twice in the eighth and once in the ninth.

UCSD trailed going into the ninth but refused to go down and scored twice in the ninth to tie the game.

Point Loma allowed the Tritons to come back, giving up runs on a wild pitch and a walk to Nick La Face.

Junior Sean Rowan pitched two solid innings to shut out Point Loma, striking out three and allowing the Tritons to take the game in the eleventh. Susdorf walked to lead off the inning and later scored thanks to a throwing error by the Point Loma pitcher Stewart Kellen on a sacrifice bunt by Rahn.

After an encouraging four games, the Tritons open up a four game series Feb. 15 through Feb. 17 against Cal State Stanislaus, including a doubleheader on Saturday. The upcoming series is their first against a California Collegiate Athletic Association conference opponent. The games are home at Triton Ballpark, with the first pitch this Friday, Feb. 15 at 6 p.m.

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GAME 1 UCSD 8, Loyola Marymount 7 The Tritons took the first match against Loyola Marymount 8–7 last Saturday, Feb. 9. The match remained competitive, as neither team had more than a two-goal lead for the duration of the match. Sophomore Rachel Brooks — last season’s WWPA freshman of the year — scored the first goal at the end of the second quarter.

In the second half, the competition stiffened as both squads recorded four goals each. The Triton defense worked hard to defend against the Lions, with Lizotte scoring the gamewinner with just three seconds of play left in the match.

GAME 2 Arizona State 10, UCSD 4 Against Arizona State, a close first quarter was followed by an ASUdominated second period as the Sun Devils came out with five unanswered goals. Though the two teams went goal for goal in the third and fourth quarters, the Tritons were unable to gap the deficit in the end.

Kirkland ended the first day of the tournament, with five goals, while Lizotte finished with three.

GAME 3 UCSB 12, UCSD 11 On Sunday against UCSB, the Tritons started with a steady 2–1 lead with goals from sophomore Jolene Guiliana and freshman Lauren Finwall. But the game heated up in the fourth quarter when UCSB took the lead at 7–5, the largest lead of the game. Kirkland rallied and brought the Tritons to a tie with three goals in the fourth to bring the score to 9–9 and the game into overtime. Both teams scored a goal each in overtime, but UCSB took the game 12–11 with just 50 seconds remaining in overtime.

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GAME 4 Cal State Northridge 9, UCSD 7 The Tritons started strong against Cal State Northridge, leading 4–3 with goals from Lizotte, Finwall and Guiliana. After the half, Lizotte scored again, but Northridge took a 7–5 lead after the third quarter. In the fourth, Guillana and Wieseler netted two more goals, but it was too little too late as the Matadors took two late goals to cement the 9–7 win and seventh place in the tournament. In day two of tournament play, Wieseler and Lizotte both had three goals apiece, Finwall and Guilana scored two each, and freshman goalkeeper Courtney Miller had 25 saves — 38 over the course of the weekend.

Though the weekend ended on a somber note, Kreutzkamp was excited about his team’s weekend performance.

“We would go 3–1 in the losers bracket, and now we are going 1–3 in the winners bracket, and we got way

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more out of this tournament than we did before,” Kreutzkamp said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “They are competitors, and that’s what we are looking for: people who want to play, compete, and who are gamers, and we have those — we just need to fix the mistakes. We’re young.”

With the team fairly fresh and many members new to the program, many more factors come into play when thinking about the rest of the season.

“We are all adjusting really well, the older girls and the new ones,” Lizotte said. “The younger girls are still learning the way we play at UCSD, so it’s just a matter of them adjusting to this type of program, and the older girls are doing a great job of integrating them.”

The Tritons now have two weeks to get ready for a road tournament next weekend, Feb. 23 and Feb. 24 at the UC Irvine Invitational.

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BASEBALL

STARTING STRONG

The Tritons went 2-1 against Grand Canyon University and took an extra-inning win against Point Loma last weekend heading into CCAA play.

BY MATT SMITH

STAFF WRITER

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he No. 21 nationally ranked UCSD Tritons continued the hot start to their 2013 season, taking their last three of four games played. The Tritons played a three game set in Phoenix, Arizona against the non-conference Grand Canyon University Antelopes. UCSD clinched the series by winning the first two games, and narrowly missed

a series sweep, falling just short in the final game.

“We’ve won two series against two quality teams, with this one in a tough place to play,” UCSD Head Coach Eric Newman said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “We took the first two games here, and were in a position to win the third. That shows me a lot.”

GAME 1, FEB. 8 - UCSD 10, Grand Canyon 5 The opening game of the series featured UCSD’s ace and NCBWA West Region pitcher of the week, senior Ryan Goodbrand. Goodbrand was dominant, pitching six scoreless innings and striking out five. He carried a no-hit bid into the sixth.

While Goodbrand kept the Antelopes off the board, the Tritons were adding runs, scoring once in the second, third, fourth and fifth for run support. Freshman Corbin Wirta recorded his first career extra-base hit, doubling in the third to bring a runner home.

Goodbrand left after six with the Tritons up 4-0, and they continued to add to their lead behind a two RBI triple in the eighth by first baseman Richard Seigel, who finished 2-for-4 with three runs, two RBI and a walk.

The Tritons needed all the runs they could muster, however, as Grand Canyon came storming back with a five-run eighth inning, featuring a three-run homerun by the catcher Paul Swingle. UCSD pushed two more insurance runs across the plate in the top of the ninth to cushion their lead and held on for a 10-5 victory.

GAME 2, FEB. 9 - UCSD 8, Grand Canyon 7 In the second game of the series the Tritons had to battle back from an early deficit. The Antelopes got on the board early with a RBI triple by Derek Mendoza off UCSD starting pitcher, sophomore Dan Kolodin. UCSD had a triple of their own, as junior Scott Liske tripled in the third, and was hit in by center fielder Danny Susdorf, who finished 3-for-5 with two RBI. Nevertheless, the Tritons trailed 4-2 entering the eighth. In the eighth the Tritons exploded for six runs, starting with a two RBI homerun by senior Seigel. Susdorf added a RBI single and junior Justin Rahn drove in three runs with a double to left field, as the Tritons jumped out in front 8-4.

Grand Canyon mounted a comeback in the ninth with a pair of RBI singles by Michael Pomeroy and Mendoza but ultimately fell short. The Tritons held on to take the second game and clinch the series.

GAME 3, FEB. 10 - UCSD 6, Grand Canyon 5 In the third game of the series, the Tritons jumped out ahead with a two-run first inning. Rahn singled in the first run of the game after a double by shortstop Dillon Moyer, and third baseman Sam Michaels walked to bring Moyer across. UCSD scored twice again in the fourth inning behind a two RBI single by Rahn and took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth.

In the bottom half of the inning, Triton pitcher Trevor Scott, who had no difficulty in the first three innings, ran into trouble by giving up an RBI double and five straight singles. Junior transfer David Hart came on to relieve Scott but gave up two more RBI. In total the Antelopes scored six runs on seven hits and one error and took the lead.

Grand Canyon later scored once more in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Panaccione. The Tritons attempted to come back, scoring twice in the eighth. Seigel singled in a run, and an error by the third baseman allowed another to cross, but the Tritons failed to push across another and dropped the final game of the series. photo by nOLAN THOMAS /Guardian FILE

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WATER POLO

Women’s Water Polo Goes 1-3 Against Division-I Competition Tritons take a win against Loyola Marymount before falling to Arizona State, UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge.

BY LEAH PERRI

STAFF WRITER

UCSD women’s water polo took eighth place among 16 teams competing in the Triton Invitational last weekend, Feb. 9 and 10. The No. 19 nationally ranked Tritons played four matches over the course of the weekend, with one exciting 8–7 win over Loyola Marymount University, before losing to Arizona State University, UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Northridge (10–4, 12–11, 9–7).

“There was a ton to like today; this is a tournament where we are usually playing in the loser’s bracket and playing teams that don’t really challenge us,” UCSD Head coach Brad Kreutzkamp said to the UCSD Athletics Department. “It was our goal to play teams that challenge us and we did — we didn’t back down one time. We made mistakes but those mistakes can be fixed. I think the team is in a

good spot right now.”

Players like freshman Julia Kirkland and junior Sarah Lizotte both had great performances, with Kirkland scoring 11 goals and Lizotte with seven.

“I think the tournament went fantastic,” Lizotte said. “It was good weekend despite the 1–3 score, which doesn’t sound good, but it’s really good for us for the beginning of the season.”

Two weeks prior at the UCSB Winter Invitational, the Tritons went 3–1, losing just one match to Cal State Northridge 19–17.

“We had two weeks off to really study what we were doing and we made some adjustments on our defense and it’s really improved,” Kreutzkamp said. “Now we have to fix the offensive side.”

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