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from the UC Berkeley community, Choudhry resigned from his position at the university. Choudhry’s case was mentioned in a report released last week by the UC Berkeley Office for Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination regarding sexual harassment investigations. It was revealed that 19 staff members were involved in sexual harassment disputes over the last seven years. None of the offenders were sanctioned with anything more severe than a suspension. At UCLA, graduate students Kristen Glasgow and Nefertiti Takla in June 2013 accused history professor Gabriel Piterberg of sexual

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HIDING UNIVERSITY HISTORY

A.S. Council announced a pilot program in partnership with Uber on April 19. Students are now able to sign up for a single, one-time use Uber promotional code valued at $10 until June 3, 2016 or until supplies last. This program supplements the UCSD’s free shuttle service provided by A.S. Safe Rides, which registered undergraduate students can use for up to three free rides per quarter. Students can redeem the Uber code for rides from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. and must start or end within a threemile radius of campus, as outlined in an A.S. Council email sent to students registered for Safe Rides. If the ride costs less than $10, the entire transaction is paid for. Otherwise, the student must pay the difference. Uber will also offer discounts for the Sun God Festival. A.S. Concerts and Events will be providing more details closer to the date of the festival. Associate Vice President of Enterprise Operations and Student Services Johnny Lee told the UCSD Guardian that the partnership is a result of the poor performance and increasing costs of the existing ridesharing program. “Safe Rides takes 45 minutes to an hour for a shuttle to pick you up, and then they still have to pick other people up,” Lee said. “It’s inefficient, and the cost is high because they charge by the hour. Less students use it, and the cost per student gets higher.” A.S. Council has allocated funds in addition to its existing budget for transportation for the pilot program, but Lee anticipates that with the success of this program, the funds for A.S. Safe Rides can be shared or re-allocated to the partnership with Uber. “If this program [is] deemed viable [from] student response and opinions, we would look forward to a transition to Uber,” Lee said. “It’ll service more students, [and] it’s a better service. You get more bang for the buck.” Lee explained that he immediately began working on developing a program to improve transportation for students. “I started this right away [when the school year began] because of the process that it takes,” Lee told the Guardian. “It takes a lot of time, especially when you have multiple

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tudents gathered on Library Walk last Tuesday to demonstrate against the pro-Trump and antiimmigrant statements found written in chalk across campus on April 8. The event, titled Chalk Back, began at 11 a.m. when students gathered in front of the Silent Tree. For three hours, organizers encouraged students to voice their thoughts and feelings about the statements and the administration’s response to racial incidents in general. Toward the end of the event, faculty members, including Professor Dennis Childs and Professor Rosaura Sanchez, joined the students and voiced support for the cause. At the demonstration, student representatives from Movimeniento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan and Migrant Rights Awareness announced that they had a list of 33 demands that students sent to UCSD administration before inviting them to the day’s protest. Eleanor Roosevelt College junior and MiRA representative Sonia Garcia Avelar told the UCSD Guardian that the demands are based on the collective needs of underrepresented groups and are within the scope of the administration’s power. “This is a list of demands that is really encompassing

of our communities, which are very broadly defined [to be] historically underrepresented and underprivileged,” Garcia Avelar said. “We were very careful about the things we were asking for. [Within these] demands are very sensible and tangible [requests], things that the administration can definitely do.” Garcia Avelar also emphasized that, though MEChA and MiRA hosted the meeting to draft the demands and the demonstration, over 200 students from various groups on campus contributed significantly to the process. The incident in question is part of a larger event that is known as “The Chalkening” during which university students across the country used chalk to write slogans in public areas endorsing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. In addition to these political statements, antagonistic messages directed towards the Latinx, Chicanx and undocumented communities were found written around campus, including in front of UCSD’s Raza Resource Centro. Administrators did not respond to the chalking incident until five days later with a brief email denouncing the content of the messages, stating that the chalkings “[ran] counter to [the] campus values

See CHALK BACK, page 3

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WE SHOULD HOLD THE UC AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING UNIVERSITIES’ REPUTATION BY ADMITTING THEIR MISTAKES AND COMMEMORATING STUDENT PROTESTS INSTEAD OF CLEARING UP THE GOOGLE SEARCHES.”

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UC Berkeley Provost Resigns Amid Controversy Claude Steele stepped down after allegations that he mishandled cases of sexual harassment. BY kevin santos

staff writer UC Berkeley and UCLA administrators are facing criticism for their handling of recent sexual misconduct cases involving staff. Most recently, a UC Berkeley executive vacated his position amid uproar for his allegedly soft sentencing of a faculty member on April 15. Students and faculty across the UC system contend that the disciplinary measures taken against the alleged offenders were too light and insufficient. At UC Berkeley, Tyann Sorrell, the executive assistant to UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Sujit Choudhry, submitted allegations last month against him for inappropriate

sexual behavior. As a result, UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele docked Choudhry’s pay by 10 percent and required him to attend counseling, which is being criticized as insufficient punishment. Following the public outrage, Steele resigned from his position for reasons he claims are unrelated to the sexual harassment case. Although administrators deemed Choudhry’s punishment appropriate, UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks acknowledged the objections against their treatment of the case. “The initial decision not to remove the dean from his position is the subject of legitimate criticism,” Chancellor Dirks said. As a result of the backlash

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Founder of Queer Palestinian Group Speaks at Global Forum Haneen Maikey’s Tuesday lecture is part of UCSD’s annual Out and Proud Week, hosted by the LGBT Resource Center. By MARIA SEBAS AND JACKY TO

The UCSD Critical Gender Studies Program, in partnership with The Global Forum at International House Global, hosted Palestinian queer community organizer Haneen Maikey on Tuesday, April 19. Maikey, who co-founded the national Palestinian LGBTQ organization alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society in 2001, delivered a lecture to UCSD students and faculty titled “Queer Organizing in Palestine Today” as part of the university’s annual Out and Proud Week. In addition to Maikey’s lecture, the week will feature several other events that celebrate the achievements of the

LGBT community and raise awareness about issues it currently faces. “While historically this week has been called Out and Proud Week, experiences of Pride movements and narratives of coming out need critical examination,” the UCSD Out and Proud Week website stated. “Not everyone is out nor wants or needs to be, coming out is not a single action and is different around sexuality and gender identities and expressions, and for many coming out and expressions of pride may not be safe. We appreciatively challenge what being Out and Proud means and honor the diversity within our community.” To kick off the celebration, students gathered together on Library Walk next to the rainbow balloon arch

to eat their lunches and to make the LGBT community and its allies as visible as possible. On Wednesday, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation hosted an open meeting at the Cross Cultural Center to discuss how it can best carry out its goal of “promoting a welcoming and inclusive UC San Diego campus environment.” An “Artists of Color” panel also took place that night at the Huerta-Vera Cruz Room to consider the topic “Beyond the Rainbow: More Than Single Issue Lives.” Later that night, students partook in a community vigil at the Triton Statue Steps — organized by Queer Sixers United and Sixth College resident assistants — to reflect on

events that happened over the past year and stand in solidarity with each other. The Raza Resource Centro will then host a Joteria Loteria game night on Thursday and will offer small prizes. The LGBT Resource Centro will also be offering anonymous HIV testing and holding an intergenerational dialogue between students and faculty. 2016 Out and Proud Week will close out with an event called “Holla Back, I Got Your Back: Friends Supporting LGBTQIA Survivors,” organized in collaboration with CARE at the Sexual Assault Resource Center, as well as “Queer-aoke” at the Sixth College Dogghouse. jacky to

UCLA Professor Allowed to Return to University Following Sexual Harassment Allegations ▶ RESIGN, from page 1

harassment between 2008 and 2013. According to the settlement made between Piterberg and UCLA in March 2014, Piterberg was charged with paying a $3,000 fine, suspended without pay for one quarter and required to attend sexual harassment training. He was still given the option to return and teach at UCLA. Glasgow and Takla, dissatisfied with Piterberg’s sanctions, took legal action in June against the UC Board of Regents for allowing Piterberg to

return and teach at UCLA. Michael Porcello, the attorney representing the students, told the Los Angeles Times that allowing Piterberg to continue teaching at UCLA would spark outrage and place the campus community in danger. “Piterberg’s continued presence on campus poses an ongoing threat to those students and faculty given past complaints of harassment against him by members of the UCLA community,” Porcello said. Students gathered together at UCLA in March to protest against

the administration’s decision. In addition, the UCLA history staff wrote a letter speaking against the settlement that allows for Piterberg’s return. “His actions were not only deeply injurious to the specific parties involved, but have poisoned the academic community,” stated the letter. “[Permitting Piterberg’s return] will signal that an effective climate of tolerance for harassment persists at UCLA.” UCLA Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Jerry Kang

responded to complaints and indicated that further means of handling Piterberg’s case are still being considered. “My fundamental commitment is to [building] an equal and working environment for all, and the letters I have received demonstrate how Professor Piterberg’s return threatens to undermine that environment,” Kang said. “We are thinking intensely and creatively about solutions.”

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companies to deal with in addition to assessing legal risk and liability.” Similar programs with Uber are active at the University of Southern California and the University of Florida. Lee told the Guardian that he hopes the financial and safety

benefits of this new partnership will draw support from administrators. “Because of the financial constraint, we couldn’t satisfy everyone’s needs,” Lee said. “Given this program’s success [at UCSD], like other schools in the country, the campus administration, not A.S. [Council], will see an incentive to

subsidize a program like this for the safety of the students and the campus. If they want a safer campus climate for students to prosper in, this is something that they really do have to invest in.” lisa chik

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of equity and inclusion.” The emails then went on to reaffirm the university’s commitment to upholding principles of diversity. Sixth College senior and co-chair for MEChA Aimee Nava told the Guardian that she was dissatisfied that the email was sent to faculty and staff before it was sent to students and that the university’s response to the chalkings is insufficient. “That to me was a little offensive because I feel like students were the ones most affected by [the chalkings] and we’re the ones who make up this university in terms of numbers,” Nava said. “Also when it was sent out, it was two paragraphs. That is nothing. That is invalidating our experience and invalidating the hurt that our communities were feeling.” Nava also emphasized that the protest was to call attention to the fact that administration does not

appropriately address incidences of racism. “[The Chalkening] was not an isolated event,” Nava said. “This has been happening for years. In 2010 we had the ‘Compton Cookout,’ which was a direct attack on our black community. This has become a problem because it’s never addressed.” The “Compton Cookout” is an event that occurred in February 2010, where one of the campus fraternities encouraged students to dress “ghetto” and eat watermelon as a means of mocking Black History Month. Later that same year, a pillowcase was found on the head of the Dr. Seuss statue resembling the hood of a klan member and a noose was found in Geisel Library. In response to these events, UCSD established the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion requirement in 2011. Muir junior and MEChA co-chair Elizabeth Uribe believes

that the university should meet with representatives from all of the communities affected by incidents of racism all at once, rather than separately. “Administration really haven’t reached out to us [collectively],” Uribe told the Guardian. “The only people they’ve reached out to [are] MEChA and MiRA … it’s not just about our student org … [because] it doesn’t just affect the latinx or chicanx communities … We’re going to push for other folks to meet with administration [and for administration] to meet with us all together collectively. In the end, we all intersect and we’re all connected to this problem. So we’re gonna push it, and if they don’t respond, we’re going to take it up higher.”

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UC Davis’ allocation of $175,000 toward minimizing the prevalence of the 2011 pepper spray incident on Davis-related web searches demonstrates a clear lack of transparency.

Last week, a Spotlight-esque public records request from the Sacramento Bee led to the disclosure of several private contracts totaling over $175,000 that UC Davis administrators used to eradicate “references to the pepper spray incident in search results on Google for the university and the Chancellor.” In case you need a refresher, or if the hired companies carried out their task effectively, the November 2011 incident constituted two UC Davis police officers pepper spraying students who were peacefully participating in an Occupy Movement protest. The incident was, to the university’s dismay, caught on camera and shared online for the world to see. And it seems now that UC Davis administrators want the public to forget the incident ever happened. They want only their achievements in research to be recognized and their faults and blunders to be forgotten. From a pure publicity standpoint, this should not be surprising. Any sensible business that aims to gain prestige and recruit the best would try to project as positive an image of itself and its products as possible. The problem is that public universities are not businesses and education is not a product. It’s understandable that UC Davis wants to look as respectable as possible so that it can continue recruiting world-class students, but these actions cross ethical boundaries. As financiers of the university, we have a right to know everything the university is doing, and we should hear it from the university itself. We should not have had to find out about the pepper spray incident through a viral spectator video. We should not have had to learn of the university’s attempts to hide these videos through a public records request. There should be a clear and accessible record of all of the university’s major actions for all UC students and California taxpayers to see. Then we would know when our dollars are being used to pay for

unethical, history-editing practices, and we could address them. The problematic nature of the campaign designed to suppress negative Google search results has not been the only administrative issue that faced vigorous disapproval of UC Davis students in the past months. In March, it was revealed that Chancellor Linda Katehi had taken positions on two corporate boards, revealing the conflict of interest and jeopardizing her credibility as the chancellor of UC Davis. Especially alarming was her decision to accept a position with DeVry Education Group, a forprofit organization sued by the Federal Trade Commission for providing misleading information about the employment and earnings of its graduates in a series of advertisements. Acting as a person of business once again, Katehi made a decision to resign from the board of DeVry to appease public interest groups, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, the authorities outside UC Davis who criticised the chancellor for failing to serve the university, students and taxpayers. The resignation was nothing but a necessary measure to fix the damaged reputation of Katehi herself and the image of UC Davis. However, the criticism of student protesters calling for Katehi’s resignation does not seem to be considered as important as that of advocacy groups. The voices of protesters, who continued to express their opposition to the chancellor’s activities and the university’s attempt to push out negative search results, have been silenced. According to the protesting students, the administration does not initiate direct dialogue with protesters, instead choosing to talk with the student government. Such behaviour not only demonstrates the officials’ inability to maintain a direct conversation with the students, but can also be perceived as an attempt to disregard the role

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Need for Stricter Policies Highlighted by Berkeley Faculty’s Sexual Misconduct UC Berkeley’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele’s announcement of resignation this past Friday revealed an alarming trend in the handling of sexual assault cases regarding faculty. Of the 19 cases recently disclosed, non-professorial employees tended to receive punishment as expected while tenured professors and men in positions of power received little to no punishment. It is vital that the university — and the UC system as a whole — addresses entrenched power dynamics within academia and the effects it has on all members of the community. Two high-ranking faculty members brought particular fervor toward UC Berkeley’s handling of sexual misconduct in regard to staff. Famed astronomer and professor Geoffrey Marcy stepped down from his position last October after increasing pressure from students and faculty that he should be punished for his violations regarding sexual misconduct. More recently in March, Dean of Berkeley

Law Sujit Choudhry resigned from his position but still remains a faculty member at the renowned law school. Choudhry’s action and UC Berkeley’s inaction resemble similar allegations to past Berkeley Law Dean John Dwyer, who in 2002 resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. Adjunct faculty member Howard D’Abrera, who eventually resigned, did not face any punishment despite documentation of unwelcome sexual advances through email. And a more recent case that is still pending regards tenure-track assistant professor at the department of south and southeast Asian studies Blake Wentworth, who has had one graduate student and one instructor file sexual harassment complaints to the state against him. The treatment of male faculty members at UC Berkeley is clear and unsettling. If the individual in question is male, if the individual in question has a position of power or prestige at UC Berkeley, then that person will go unpunished and the university will turn a blind

eye. Why should it be that a Cal Dining general manager Jeffrey Topacio and university massage therapist Alan Wong are terminated for use of a homophobic slur and sexual assault on students, respectively, while Choudhry walks away from his position and into a new one? All members of the UC Berkeley community, as well as all the UC campuses, should be held to the same standard with no exceptions. That faculty are dismissed for reasons far less concrete and damaging than sexual misconduct only emphasizes what exactly constitutes termination, in the eyes of university officials. The termination earlier this year of lecturer Alexander Coward — known, according to The Guardian, for an impassioned and “lyrical” teaching style that led his superiors to scrutinize him — illustrates that faculty members who do not subscribe to conventional lecturing methods have faced perhaps more pressure than faculty members committing sexual misconduct. Should this trend continue, the

promotion of unwelcoming spaces and a disconnected community will only manifest negative sentiments toward university administration. Rather than covering up or making sexual assault and harassment cases opaque to the public, the university should take full acknowledgement and ownership of the injustice done to specific members of the community. That would be a more effective means of promoting dialogue than pretending it never happened. UC President Janet Napolitano is requiring new rules to expedite the process of these drawn-out investigations — a complaint that led to faculty members remaining able to work despite having allegedly violated sexual harassment policies. This is a step in the right direction and, hopefully, one that is followed. Otherwise, the continual treatment of sexual harassment and misconduct as something other than a punishable offense will further the protection of male professors who abuse a position of power.

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of student agency in universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision-making process. By trying to suppress the negative Google searches that have to do with the pepper spraying incident and Katehiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moonlighting activities, UC Davis administration is attempting to rewrite the history of the university by pretending that nothing negative has ever happened. By making a conscious effort to forget its past mistakes rather than use them as a stimulus for future positive changes, the university is failing to serve the interests of its student population â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something that needs to be done to create a truly

positive image of an educational institution. Such an approach not only disadvantages current students, but also does not allow future students to choose a school based on truthful information. Potential applicants should be equally aware of the academic and scientific achievements of the university of their choice and its campus climate, as both of these factors influence the experience students have throughout their college career. Not all UCSD students are aware that in 1970 a UCSD student, George Winne, Jr., set himself on fire at Revelle Plaza to protest the United Statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; involvement in the Vietnam War. The noticeable memorial in honor of student

activism for peace inspired by Winneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s act was established only 44 years after the protest thanks to the effort of a group of students in Thurgood Marshall Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dimensions of Culture program. This case illustrates that the administration is rarely interested in talking about protests on college campuses. It is even easier to ignore the history of student protests, when university authorities have a right to limit our access to information about those incidents. Therefore, we should hold the UC authorities responsible for maintaining universitiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reputation by admitting their mistakes and commemorating student protests instead of clearing up the Google searches.

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MONEY ON MY MIND

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To the average five-year-old kid, $100 might as well be synonymous with a gold mine; to the average college student — who, let’s be honest, has the tendencies of a toddler — $100 gets no more than a textbook, a few packets of Top Ramen and maybe some toothpaste — or the Kylie Jenner lip kit, if one’s lucky enough. So the Guardian decided to test whether or not $100, whether it be dining dollars or the real deal, is sufficient to allow the typical student to survive through one week, with one Lifestyler spending normally and the other strategically budgeting to make it seven days without needing to sell an organ to pay for dinner. Spoiler — $100 is about as valuable as chump change.

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et’s be honest, as a college student paying for housing, tuition, parking, books, coffee and pizza, I expected to get through $100 easily and quickly — a depressing, brutal pill to take. So by spending “normally” for the week, I expected to be penniless by the morning of Day Three — and this was being incredibly optimistic with the estimate. Surprisingly, the first few days passed with my leftover rations at a prime $60. Considering having to pay for each meal, occasionally covering for the needy friend who lives off-campus, and for the necessary boba to get me through a night of regret following a day of procrastination, I felt rather positive that I would be a survivor — that I would make it through the week, and importantly, I could tell Ma I made it. The trick was knowing that I only had $100 to spare for the week was enough to curb spending tendencies in an everstringent manner. Even though I had free reign over how I spent, with my only assignment being to record what was purchased and noting when I was officially over-budget, the mere thought of having only so much to sustain myself loomed over every fiscal decision I made. Hopefully, approaching the end of the week, I could see the finish line, a glorious indication that my survivor skills were sharp and intact. However, a deadly combination of a clean-clothes shortage, a book I forgot to order on Amazon and a much needed scoop of mint chip pushed me over the edge, and by Day Six, I was in the negative. Wrapping up the week, I began to realize that, as promising and as exponential as $100 may seem to the broke college student, it forces one to live day-by-day, constantly fixated on the question of whether or not you can afford to do that laundry (a must) or to pay for that chai (probably not). Regardless of whether or not spending power is unrestricted, a capped resource value is enough to say “no” to an unnecessary trip to Trader Joe’s and force one to prioritize what is necessary to spend on and what should be passed by, no matter how enticing the purchase may seem.

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Budgeting: Bud, Get In (On It)

udget leaves a bitter aftertaste: Like an Oriental concoction of herbs and tea for a cold, budgeting is intimidating and hard to swallow, yet so necessary and helpful. As one who likes to roll with the punches rather than plan, I expected the experiment to be somewhat challenging, but nonetheless good for my bank account’s health and happiness. With the $100 budget for the week, $70 was rationed for food while the rest went to gas and other necessities. The progression of the week was similar to a New Year’s Resolution commitment. Until Wednesday night, it seemed promising. Up until then, I minimized the amount spent by cooking meals and limiting market trips. But once I caved to the boba temptation, the front of self-control fell to the dominating desires of my taste buds. Food was the proverbial devil on my shoulder, with this milk-tea drink as the gateway drug to further eating out. I had saved enough at the start of the week that my budget was able to take the blow of the next few days, but the spending reached a dark crescendo Sunday night — with an easy swipe of a card, I spent $56 on Korean barbeque and was well over the budget. I don’t see the experience as lacking a happy ending (Korean barbeque excursions always result in happy endings), but instead one that brought to light my own spending habits and struggles. But budgeting, like making doctor appointments or filling out taxes, is major aspect of adult-ing that will eventually be necessary and eternally beneficial. It requires sufficient self-control, a characteristic that then flows into and nurtures other facets of growing up — for example, planning how to go on about paying for student loans.

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want to learn how to use my money better. What are some of your own strategies or philosophies? Thanks! — Anonymous I never thought a day would come when someone asks me for financial advice. Let me tell you straight up: I have no idea why waiters ask to toss your salad. Perhaps it’s a ranchy and raunchy pick-up line. I also hope that anything I say will not be used to save a sinking ship on the cusp of capital crisis — unless, surprise, it’s a battery-powered submarine. What I’m trying to say is that Taurus and Virgo do not appear in my chart and my Capricorn is only represented in the generational signs. Theoretically, if you want to save money then don’t spend it. Unfortunately, that is just about one of the most impossible feats of the universe as simple luxuries such as coffee — yes, coffee is a luxury, and you are not entitled to caffeination fueled by labor exploitation — with its creme creme au balsamic vinegar espresso are sinkholes for the green. And unless you’re planting an oak tree, you don’t want to do the daily devil’s deed in the pit of sin: Find out what you don’t need in your life and cut it out. It is very telling if you’re not just dependent on liquid beans, but you also begin to glorify the sounds of the steamy exhaust from the coffee press and how the coffee shop is your life. An occasional cup of caffeine is fine, but you can survive without it. Conversely, money as an institution is made to be spent and exercised. And under the neoliberal model, it also is something to be hoarded so it never circulates back into the economy, thus destroying any semblance of “trickle-down economics” and creating a polarizing disparity between the upper and working classes. I’m sure you’re aware of this from your classes and are either hyper aware, snapping your fingers or choosing to ignore this reality and rolling your eyes in apathy. Well, whoever you are, you shouldn’t be afraid to spend money, whether that’s on your apartment rent, groceries, Netflix or a book — one that you actually want to read. Be confident in whatever you invest it in and know that paying bills, while groan-worthy, enables you to have shelter and groceries to eat. Don’t forget that having money gives you the privilege to do these things that others might not, so appreciate and own it. Need any advice on acclimating to UCSD? Struggling with a nasty case of the break-up? Need better ways to burn a tuna melt sandwich? Reach out to us at lifestyle@ucsdguardian.org with your questions and your anonymity, if wanted, and we’ll answer as many as we can!

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How Much Is a Night Out in SD? Written by Shelby Newallis//Lifestyle Senior Staff Writer

t seems so far away, and then one day, it comes. Finally allowed to party with the big kids — buying $12 cocktails, paying for Lyft rides to and fro. Yay? Paying for a night out is one of those things conveniently forgotten about during the pre21 era, but cannot be evaded as a 21 year old. Living in SD is also tough, because “hub” areas for going out are all relatively pricey and either require paying for an Uber or Lyft to get there, or require someone “taking one for the team” as the designated driver — more colloquially referred to as the D.D. of the night. For example, from the UCSD University City area, one can expect to pay $6 to $7 each way (during hours that aren’t prime time) to the Gaslamp area. *Pro tip: pre-game the night out with a couple of drinks at home, pre-Uber or Lyft pick-up. A couple of drinks in, and we all become slightly more irresponsible versions of ourselves. This usually

leads to buying more drinks, costing anywhere from $5 to $15, depending on the drink, location and how many drinks are consumed. *Pro tip: assign someone to be your financial fairy godmother and voice of reason — someone who is trustworthy enough to keep it real and mention closing rather than re-opening that tab. A night out wouldn’t be complete without the inevitable, end-of-the-night munchies. In downtown, a slice of pizza on 5th (conveniently located next to The Tipsy Crow) can cost anywhere from $3.50 to $5, with extra toppings. All in all, assuming that drinks, end-of-the-night pizza and any Ubers or Lyfts were paid for, expenses average anywhere from $20 to $35, and doing this on a weekly basis, is virtually impossible for most, since the average 21-year-old person’s hourly wage often does not surpass $12. *Pro tip: reserve going out for special occasions and take advantage of house parties.

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BUDGETING APPS: MINT by: Ian Le Tran//Lifestyle Senior Staff Writer

nter a time machine, travel back to the early 2000s, and anyone would be surprised to find an app, let alone a smartphone, that would help create personalized, convenient budgets for the sake of financial health. But rest assured, we can now celebrate knowing that there exists Mint, an app that helps manage finances in an incredibly simple way. And here’s the catch — it is completely free to use. Considered by many tech gurus to be one of the best budget apps to equip one’s life with this year, Mint is a personal favorite because of its simplicity and user-friendly interface. Not only does the app securely use your bank accounts and transactions to show where you stand, but it also makes recommendations that can only help save more by analyzing checking, savings and credit cards, to name a few. Along with custom tips every now and then, Mint also sends notifications whenever a transaction is made in real time. At first glance, it might be easy to quickly doubt the credibility of any money-management app, but it’s just as important as to acknowledge Mint’s triple-layer security and direct affiliation with Intuit. In the end, the app’s many features from investment tracking to easy

budgeting can only help individuals with their finances. Regardless of what critics think, Mint is an app for anyone with money looking for an organized overview. And trust me, your wallet or purse will be grateful in the long run.

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Directed by Richard Seer Written by Nick Payne Starring Christian Coulson, Victoria Frings Runs April 9 – May 8 A Location The Old Globe

constellations Through the scope of a conceptually ambitious multiverse, “Constellations” explores the dynamics of a relationship between a beekeper and physicist.

ith an intentionally nonlinear and disjointed narrative, “Constellations” gives an unforgettable rendition of the classic tale of boy-meets-girl. Using the lens of quantum multiverses, “Constellations” elevates a classic romantic story by presenting a play that appeals to a key part of human nature: the tendency to wonder “what if?” The play opens to a scene of Roland, a beekeeper, meeting Marianne, a physicist, at a barbeque one day. After an awkward meeting, the scene backtracks like a broken record, replaying the same scenario, with different exchanges of words and different levels of interest between the two. As the play goes on, the audience sees various snippets of their relationship at different stages. The scenes are not spliced together chronologically, but still make sense when one considers the overarching theme of quantum theory that guides the play. Early on in their relationship, Marianne describes this quantum multiverse, saying, “every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in an unimaginably vast

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ensemble of parallel universes.” The play is shaped and guided by this principle; it presents only a few scenes, but reimagines them through the lens of this theory. Part of the intrigue of the play is in splicing together the various scenes and taking each scene as a distinct possibility. “Constellations” leaves viewers to fill in the blanks on their own and let their imagination wonder. Presenting various versions of the same situation, the scenes convey images of missed opportunities, regrettable fights, deadly diseases, painful breakups and happy endings. Though each scene alone is short and simple, together, the jumbled versions of all possible outcomes come together to encompass a full range of human expressions and experiences in a poignant and clever play. One might understand if actors had some difficulty transitioning from starstruck lovers to a couple breaking up in a matter of minutes. However, Coulson (“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”) and Frings (“Tales from Red Vienna”) successfully convey a wide range of emotion in a short amount of time, creating scenes that are funny, PHOTO COURTESY OF ACESHOWBIZ

awkward and heartbreaking, one after another. The acting is further highlighted by the stage, a circular space encircled with twinkling lights, reminiscent of constellations. As the stage shifts to each separate “reality,” the lights dim and an extraterrestrial noise is made, an homage to the scientific roots of the concepts, and clearly delineating an otherwise confusing plot. The audience is focused solely on the two actors, who remain on stage for the entire hour- and 15-minute show. With few props and an intimate staging, the viewers feel incredibly involved with the actors and the plot, creating a magnetic and riveting show. Between the acting, staging and screenplay, “Constellations” manages to seem utterly real, despite the blurred realities it presents and the questionable outcome of the play. But perhaps that’s the point: It doesn’t matter what really happened, only that the possibilities are endless. “Constellations” tells a mesmerizing story about love, opportunities and the impact of each individual decision, no matter how small.

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Directed by Lorene Scafaria Starring Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne Rated PG-13 Release Date April 22

In time for Mother’s Day, Susan Sarandon and Lorene Scafaria deliver a touching and relatable mother/daughter movie.

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he Meddler” plays on already developed stereotypes for motherdaughter movies. Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) is the overbearing, overly involved mother who knows no boundaries. Lori Minervini (Rose Byrne) is the ungrateful and troubled daughter trying to wrest her life away from her mother. The movie follows Marnie two years after her husband’s death from cancer and her daughter’s decision to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in screenwriting. Marnie’s hobbies, after her husband’s death, include calling Lori every couple of minutes or so and shopping at Crate and Barrel. The film has two catalysts: Marnie’s decision to stop by at one of Lori’s friend’s to babysit and Lori’s move back to New York City for a couple weeks to shoot her pilot (the television kind, not the airplane kind). Despite constant mention of a serial killer targeting young women in Los Angeles in the background, there is no closure

or explanation. However, this isn’t the only part of the film left underdeveloped. The most underdeveloped aspect is Marnie’s character arc. Marnie is a complex character; she’s not just an invasive mother — she is a grieving widow and a generous woman. Like other motherdaughter films featuring an invasive mother (think “Because I Said So”), her advice is often misguided and her help often results in more problems. Marnie has room to grow emotionally in the movie, but she doesn’t. At the beginning of the film, Marnie obsessively calls her daughter, walks into Lori’s house without asking first, checks her daughter’s search history and offers unwanted help. At the end of the film, Marnie is obsessively involved in the lives of many other people, not just that of her daughter. Instead of constructively moving forward from the death of her husband, she just shifts the focus of her meddling from her daughter to a couple of other people she meets along the way.

Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Neel Sethi and Idris Elba Rated PG Release Date March 25

Favreau’s updated jungle adventure refines the cartoon classic.

ven a boy raised in the wild does not belong in the jungle. In this stunning revival of the classic animated film, Jon Favreau brings a new relevance to “The Jungle Book,” deftly fusing Kipling’s stories with the beloved ‘60s cartoon to craft a coming-of-age tale that will charm both those who grew up with Mowgli and those about to embark on his adventure for the first time. Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a 10-year-old orphan adopted by wolves, wants nothing more than to live in the jungle with the pack and panther who raised him. But he struggles with following “the wolf way,” relying on “tricks” that allow him to keep up with his canine siblings but mark him as an obvious outsider. When the tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) picks up on Mowgli’s scent, he vows to kill the mancub. BAnd so the panther, Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), vows to return Mowgli to the man village, safe from Shere Khan’s claws and back to where he belongs. Mowgli’s journey is a series — rachel novotny of episodes, each capable Staff Writer of standing alone, melded

Her meddling is funny without being over the top throughout the film. Marnie befriends Freddy, her local Genius Bar staffer whom she adopted from the Apple store. When Freddy’s estranged brother leaves pot in her car, she eats it so Freddy won’t get into trouble with the approaching security officer. While high out of her mind, Marnie runs into retired cop Zipper (J.K. Simmons) and his cop friends and proceeds to spend the night with them. In particular she bonds with Zipper and agrees to meet his family, which is a flock of chickens. Zipper gives his chickens more consideration, respect and privacy than Marnie gives her daughter. Even though her mother can be invasive, Lori still loves her mom and grows to appreciate the odd things her mom does for her. It’s funny and feel-good, but it’s not worth $14.

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together by Bagheera’s soothing narration. Though the plot could benefit from smoother transitions between scenes — Mowgli’s exchange with the enormous rock python Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) is a less-than-subtle look into the boy’s past — the episodic structure shrewdly presents Mowgli’s story in the form of chapters as a fitting homage to Kipling’s famous pages. The film doesn’t achieve the same success in incorporating scenes from the 1960s musical, however; “I Wanna Be Like You,” King Louie’s famous serenade, is misplaced as one of the only songs in the 2016 version of “The Jungle Book.” That’s not to say Christopher Walken does a disservice to the infamous monkey king. Rather, his voice casting — and that throughout the film — is a perfect match. Like Walken, whose villainous vocals lend an unnerving tone to King Louie’s demands, Johansson mesmerizes as the hypnotic Kaa. Kingsley and Elba enthrall with deep, English accents as the intimidating big cats Bagheera and Shere Khan. But what fully brings

the characters to life is the pairing of these castings with photorealistic aesthetics. Favreau’s tale takes place in a downtown LA studio overlooking the 110 freeway, and the towering cliffs and trees that litter his jungle are no more than green screen apparitions. Aside from Mowgli, the film consists solely of computer generated imagery and the result is a jungle that looks realer-than-real. Mowgli is again an outsider, visually standing out against the overlylifelike jungle creatures. The details are immaculate: Each hair on the wolves wind-blown coats is well-defined and the powerful, lifelike gates of the big cats rival those captured on the Discovery Channel. Despite a misplaced song and disjointed structure, “The Jungle Book” is a continuation of Disney’s success in reviving old classics; Disney succeeds because it layers rather than rewrites, modernizing and refining the beloved stories we’ve grown up with.

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Starring Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess and Carol Kane Runs Entire season available on Netflix B+ Created by Robert Carlock and Tina Fey

The unbreakable Kimmy is back for another shot in the Big Apple.

he bubbly comedy from Robert Carlock and Tina Fey debuted its second season April 15 on Netflix. After facing Reverend Wayne (Jon Hamm), Kimmy (Ellie Kemper) puts her life in the bunker behind her and moves forward with her life in the usual, quirky style that Carlock and Fey are known for. The blind optimism and naivete that compromise Kimmy is less believable this season. She has been living in New York City for about a year, and the idea that she hasn’t learned some things, like therapybased talk shows, tv brands or that Jacqueline (Jane Krakowski) is using her, isn’t as believable, especially when even Captain America can use an iPhone. This season had the ability to delve deeper into Kimmy and her issues from the bunker, but the writers waited too long to start tackling that. While it was nice to see a role based on helping Kimmy and Fey not losing the court case against the reverend who held Kimmy captive for 15 years, it was another scenario where Kimmy helped someone out

and put their needs before her own: something that Fey, as Kimmy’s psychiatrist, is supposed to help her stop doing. But Kimmy is getting better at putting her needs first, and her friends are growing as well. Titus (Tituss Burgess), a caring friend but sometimes terrible roommate, grows in his relationship with Mikey (Mike Carlsen) and learns to put someone else’s needs before his own, even if that means putting his auditions at risk. Jacqueline Voorhees — whoops, White — was less shallow this season. Given her insensitive “Real Housewives” persona last season, this was not hard to accomplish. Having characters from diverse backgrounds is integral in media but having Krakowski play a woman who turned her back on her Lakota Sioux heritage is a little hard to swallow at points since she is so damn white. This background gives her a purpose this season, now that she is trying to raise money for her tribe. Her generally selfish money-centered behavior somehow becomes excusable, because it’s for a good cause.

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” doesn’t shy away from social issues and uses its platform to talk about gentrification and the medication of children through zany scenarios. For example, Jacqueline takes her son Buckley (Tanner Flood) to the doctor to get something to calm him down. The doctor tells her there is nothing wrong with her son and, instead of parenting, she can give him “Dyziplan” (pronounced as discipline). The drug turns her son into the ideal child, but after taking one herself, she sees that the pills make the world monochromatic, which she is unwilling to subject her son to. With Kimmy moving past her life in the bunker, the challenges she faces are different but the humor doesn’t change. Quirky as ever, the second season provides some character growth and one of the best season finales that will get viewers excited for the already green-lighted third season.

— Rachel Novotny

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better call saul Starring Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn Release Date February 15 b+ Created by Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould

During Season 2, Jimmy McGill edges further toward the moral gutter.

he second season of “Better Call Saul” opens with a flashforward to Jimmy McGill’s unfortunate post-”Breaking Bad” days working at an Omaha Cinnabon under the name “Gene.” After everyone has left, Jimmy is left alone to finish cleaning and taking out the trash. Jimmy, however, accidentally locks himself in the garbage room. From the onset, “Better Call Saul” reminds us why its grip is so tight: It is humorous, suspenseful, eccentric, smart, and dramatic. Before Jimmy, or Gene, is liberated from the garbage room the next morning, he leaves a scribble on the side of wall. It is small and faint, but it will never be erased. It reads “S.G. was here,” reminding us that no matter his situation, Jimmy McGill will always be Saul Goodman. And even though we know how Jimmy’s story ends, it is still a thrill to watch. Aside from telling the story of Jimmy’s budding legal career, the season closely follows both Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), Jimmy’s close friend and love interest, and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), the reserved former cop working as a parking lot attendant at the Albuquerque courthouse. Yet even for

the impressive and gripping stories of both Mike and Kim, “Better Call Saul” remains an exploration of Jimmy McGill: his relationship with his brother Chuck, his career, and his doomed struggle to break good. Season two of “Better Call Saul” picks up right where season one ends, vowing to give up his straight-edge life once and for all. But fortunately for Jimmy and the audience, he isn’t ready to break bad so fast. This is in part thanks to Kim Wexler, who helps Jimmy secure a honest job, which he finds suffocating. Jimmy once again finds himself in a balancing act between his desire to be a professional lawyer and a con artist. He learns to be more cunning and willing to break far bigger rules than in season one, lying to cops and committing forgery. Although Jimmy hasn’t yet transformed into Saul Goodman, he quickly transitions from misunderstood protagonist to devious antihero. We know that Jimmy is destined to be involved in the criminal world, but “Better Call Saul” makes it impossible to know when and how Jimmy McGill will become the infamous Saul Goodman. Unlike season one in which Mike plays a somewhat ancillary role, either

helping Jimmy or enforcing payment on a drug deal, Mike comes into his own and becomes submerged in the criminal world during season two. Mike’s dealings with the cool-headed “Nacho” Vargo lead him into dealing with members of the drug trade that are far less gentle. This is where “Better Call Saul” effectively integrates fan service into the overall narrative. Season one of “Better Call Saul,” while still heavy with tie-ins to “Breaking Bad,” established itself as an independent show. In its second season, “Better Call Saul” is no longer a spinoff, but rather a well-written drama which combines crime, law and family conflict. Like the character it follows, the show is eccentric and unpredictable. While showrunners Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould could have cashed in after the success of “Breaking Bad,” giving fan favorite Saul Goodman his flashy encore, they instead took the Jimmy story seriously and took the time to meticulously craft this utterly compelling character.

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Other Acts Nadim Azzam Date April 14 Location Sun God Lawn

Matisyahu, the “Hasidic Reggae Superstar” talks musical inspiration, religious shifts and growth as an artist in light of his collegecampus tour promoting coexistence.

atthew Paul Miller is a Jewish-American singer/ songwriter who goes by his Hebrew stage name, Matisyahu. Growing up in New York as a Reconstructionist Jew with a passion for hip-hop already separated him from his community. He then started experimenting with drugs and dropped out of high school when he was a teenager. At a wilderness program in Oregon he subsequently finished high school and learned to control his drug abuse. There he was known as “Matt, the Jewish rapper kid,” and shortly after high school returned to New York to really discover his sound. While he spent time developing a reggae hip-hop fusion sound, he became increasingly religious and eventually Hasidic. The “Hasidic Reggae Superstar,” as he refers to himself in some of his songs, was born. If a rapping religious Jew was not enough to peak your interest, Matisyahu would undoubtedly still draw your attention: With gray hair at only 36 years old, and standing at a lean 6 foot 4 inches, his presence is powerful even before he opens his mouth on stage. Still, it is his eclectic musical style that really steals the show. Fusing together elements of reggae, alternative rock, hip-hop, rap, beat-boxing and biblical psalms, he is able to produce unique sounds and convey powerful messages. “Sometimes I write the lyrics first, other times the music and melody,” Matisyahu told the UCSD Guardian. “It’s a little bit of both and it just depends. I don’t confine myself to one thing. Musical times are changing and I like to pull from what’s out there.” Matisyahu’s first album was released in 2004 and launched his musical career. His second, more mainstream pop rendition of “King Without a Crown” became a U.S. Top 40 hit in 2006. Since then he’s produced well-known hits such as “One Day,” which was remixed to feature Akon, as well as “Sunshine” and “Jerusalem.” In 2011 Matisyahu shaved off his infamous beard and began his transition to more modern orthodoxy, embracing a less strict lifestyle and disappointing many of his fans. “The way my fans reacted hit me hard,” Matisyahu told the Guardian. “It made me kind of lose faith in my fans. It wasn’t just a shaving of the beard, it was a shaving of the outer layer of fans- the not-so-real fans.” Matisyahu is connected to the fans who have followed and accepted him throughout his journey. Although there was a religious shift in his music, his songs are as soulful and spiritual as ever before. “The music, just like myself, is always changing and growing,” Matisyahu described. His newest album, “Akeda,” is in part a response to the backlash he received from fans and friends. But, it also alludes to general themes of struggle and pain, as well as love and appreciation. While “Akeda” is Matisyahu’s most raw and open

album yet, in Hebrew “Akeda” actually means “tying” or “binding.” If the album was meant to portray vulnerable themes of growth and acceptance, why not name the album “liberating” instead? “That’s a good question, it's kind of a double meaning, could be both,” Matisyahu said. “It’s a lot about being free and freedom in the music. But I’ll have to think about that more.” Then he added, comedically, “Let’s take five and think about it … meditate on this one.” Matisyahu performed some songs from “Akeda,” such as “Confidence” and “Surrender” this past Thursday on Sun God Lawn. Opening for him and joining him on stage was acoustic hip-hop singer/songwriter Nadim Azzam, whose father is an Egyptian Palestinian and whose mother is a Jew from Detroit. Nadim, only 20 years old, was born in America and raised on ideals of social justice. Matisyahu and Nadim Azzam have purposefully gone on tour together to promote peace, unity and empathy in light of the larger Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The college-campus tour was a response to pro-Palestinian protests by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement at Matisyahu’s concert in Spain a year ago. “It’s short but we covered a lot of ground,” Nadim Azzam said. “Charlottesville was one of my favorite shows; I got to meet Soldier too so that was cool. It was exciting. I [also] loved the show in LA. They were just into it. You know I like when people listen and care (laughs).” The college-campus tour, sponsored by Hillel chapters, in association with other Jewish and Muslim student organizations, has promoted unity among students as well. With over 1,000 tickets sold, the concert was packed. Students seemed to be drawn by the sound and lighting, their eyes remaining fixed on Matisyahu, but their bodies generally stagnant. The front few rows, on the other hand, fed off of his reggae hip-hop sounds, dancing and cheering, especially when he freestyle beat-boxed. Matisyahu seemed to enjoy letting his band rock out, turning his back to the audience and bobbing his head along with the drummer and bassist. He often let the band string out songs, standing off to the side and smiling, as if to admire the sweet sounds produced. To those who know his music and style well, this was expected and enjoyed, but most of the crowd was waiting for the few hit songs and encore that never came. “I know my top songs have been popular and gotten me this far so I am grateful for them,” Matisyahu said. “But I don’t have a setlist really. I play what I feel. I don’t like being told what to do. I’m not going to change the way I perform — this is me.”

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Season Ends at CCAA Championships UCSD achieves a pair of top 15 individual finishes but tie for eighth out of nine. BY Sam Glantz

Senior Staff Writer The UCSD men’s golf team tied for eighth with Cal State San Bernadino at the California Collegiate Athletic Association tournament this past Monday. For day one, all nine CCAA teams competed at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California for the full 36 holes. The top four finishers, Chico State, Cal State Stanislaus, Cal State East Bay and Sonoma State, advanced and will move on to day two of the tournament. On day two, the semifinals of the tournament, third-seeded Cal State East Bay took down second-seeded Stanislaus State and fourth-seeded Sonoma State dominated Chico State, the top seed, in 18-hole matched. With its defeat on Tuesday, Cal State

Stanislaus will not complete the threepeat. Although Cal State Stanislaus was the reigning CCAA champion, in the most recent National Coaches Poll, Chico State is ranked No. 1, Cal State Monterey Bay is No. 8, Cal State San Marcos is No. 22 and Sonoma State is No. 24. There was some shake-up after day one of the competition, with only Chico State and defending champion Sonoma State reaching the semifinals out of all the ranked teams. UCSD shot a 296 in the opening round combined with a 302 in the second round, resulting in a final score of 598. The Tritons were 26 strokes over par as the par was 572 over 36 holes on a 6,813 yard course. Senior Triton golfers Jeff Roseth and Daniel Yang tied for 15th, shooting a 148, +4; Roseth shot a 72 and 76 while Yang shot a 75-73. Other Tritons in the tournament

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included freshman Jake Haselden and senior Clayton Yamaguchi, who also placed in the top 40. Haselden went 77–74, earning him the 28th spot as Yamaguchi placed 33rd, shooting a 73–79. Freshman Drew Robbins finished 41st, on par-5 holes, with a 4.50-stroke average, which tied him for best in the tournament. Out of the 45 players competing in the tournament, only six shot under par. “We came here to play good golf, and we did so for 33 holes,” Triton head coach Jim Ragan told UCSD Athletics after the team’s elimination from the tournament. “Up until the last three holes we were right in there and right in the mix … And we simply just didn’t finish well, and I know the guys were really disappointed.”

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scored off of Dipoto. “It’s really important to get off to a good start on the mound,” Newman said. “A couple of really good at-bats put us in position to win that game. Credit goes to the players; they’ve put in a lot of hard work to get those results.” UCSD tied it up in the fourth, with a lucky bounce allowing Leung to get a double, which eventually produced an unearned tying run. The Tritons continued to push in the bottom of the the sixth, with Hearn and Larsen leading off with singles. Plantier then grounded out, and Hearn was able to score, putting UCSD in the lead. However, the Gators tied things up again at the top of the eighth, as Hearn opened up the bottom of

the eighth for the Tritons with a single. But Larsen had a sacrifice fly, advancing Hearn to second and eventually to third through a flyout by Plantier. That’s when Leung stepped up to the plate and drilled a single to right field, bringing in Hearn for the game-winning run. “JD’s worked really hard,” Newman said. “He’s making adjustments and stuck with it. Even when he was struggling he stayed up and stayed ready.” With the three wins, UCSD still stands a game behind Cal Poly Pomona for the lead in the CCAA South Division. The Tritons face a tough test next week, heading up north to face Cal State Monterey Bay, the leader of the North Division. First pitch for the first game is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 23.

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muster for the rest of the game and close out the shortened game with an easy 13–3 victory. When the score looks like it might have come out of a football game, the offense is probably doing all right. Clewett had a field day with three RBIs, two hits and two runs on the game, while Abeyta had three hits and a run to her name. Maday, Sanders and sophomore third-baseman Rachel Phillips all had two hits apiece to contribute to the team’s 16 total hits. Edwards had the win attributed to her name as she only allowed seven hits and three runs for three innings. Game Four But when a new game starts, everything starts over. Clearly out for retribution, the Coyotes refused to be humiliated for the third game straight. Allowing just six hits for the entire

game, the Coyote defense tightened up against the Tritons, stopping them from getting out to the early leads they were used to. Despite not being entirely more efficient than their previous games, the extra breathing room meant that the Coyote offense only needed four runs to take a stranglehold on the game. The Coyotes would have the last laugh on the Triton’s Senior Day, as the game culminated in a 0–4 shutout. “That’s been our challenge this season,” UCSD head coach Patti Gerckens told the athletics department. “Finding the consistency.” After the four game stretch, the Coyotes are now 28–13 overall and 19–17 in conference play. Next up, the team will finish up their series with Cal State San Marcos on April 20.

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ed by junior infielder JD Hearn, this week’s California Collegiate Athletic Association player of the week, No. 16 UCSD baseball swept San Francisco State in three games on Saturday and Sunday. All games were one-run contests, with UCSD coming up clutch in all three games. The Tritons now hold a 26–13 overall record and 16–11 CCAA record while San Francisco State is at 16–17 overall and 9–13 in the league. Game One: UCSD 6, SFSU 5 (11 innings) UCSD head coach Eric Newman continued to trust his crop of freshmen pitchers, sending out right-hander Kyle Mora to the mound to start the first game, which featured a nail-biting finish, with the Tritons winning in walk-off fashion in the 11th inning. Newman’s strategy almost backfired, when Mora allowed a season-high four hits and one walk in four innings. He was relieved by redshirt senior right-hander Alon Leichman, who pitched 4.2 innings, giving up a run in the fifth but shutting out San Francisco State for the remainder of the game, even retiring eight Gators in the seventh and eighth inning. UCSD struck first in the third inning, scoring two runs on the Gators with junior infielder Tyler Howsley opening up the inning with a single and scoring shortly thereafter on a triple by Hern. Sophomore infielder Tyler Plantier then hit a single, scoring Hearn to make it 2–0 at the bottom of the third. San Francisco State answered in explosive fashion at the top of the fourth, scoring four runs on the Tritons, which led to Leichman coming in relief for the fifth. Down 2–4, UCSD took the lead back at the bottom of the fourth, bringing in three more runs, as junior infielder Vince Mori was brought home on a flied out by Howsley. After redshirt junior outfielder Brandon Shirley walked, Hearn came to the plate and delivered once again with a double to left field, scoring Shirley and redshirt sophomore outfielder Justin Flatt. The Gators leveled the game at the top of the fifth, and the score remained the same after the ninth, bringing the game into extra innings. UCSD finally broke through in the 11th inning as Howsley singled to open up the inning and stole second on a wild pitch. After Shirley grounded out and Hearn walked, Howsley took advantage of a throwing error by the Gators’ third baseman to score the winning run out from second base. “We showed up to practice this week on a mission and did stuff with conviction today,” Hearn told the athletics department. “The first half of the season was kind of a hit and miss for me but I’ve been working on stuff in the cage and that has really been the key

for me lately.”

Game Two: UCSD 8, SFSU 7 Freshman left-hander Preston Mott got the start for the second game of Saturday’s double-header. “We have a lot of young pitchers and they’re really progressing as the year goes on,” Hearn said. “We are very young but we are also getting really mature and it’s going to help us out in the end.” The Tritons offense was steady and consistent, scoring in every inning but the fourth and ninth. UCSD opened a 2–0 lead after Hearn scored in the first and Flatt scored in the second. San Francisco State answered in the third with one run of its own. However, Larsen managed to score for the Tritons in the bottom of the third. Hearn and Flatt scored their second runs of the day in the fifth and sixth, bringing the score up to 5–1. Things heated up in the seventh, when San Francisco State finally got its offense going, scoring two runs. However, UCSD answered through Larsen (unearned) and Plantier on a wild pitch. UCSD thought it had put the game away after the eighth inning, having put up another run and leading 8–3. However, the Gators attempted a furious comeback in the top of the ninth and UCSD had trouble closing the game out, after getting the two first batters out. On an error by the Tritons, the Gators scored three on an inside-the-park home run. San Francisco State brought one more runner in, putting the heat on the Tritons, but UCSD managed to get the last Gator batter to fly-out, closing out the two-game sweep of the double-header on a 8–7 score. Mott pitched for seven innings in his team-leading 10th start and allowed three runs combined with a season-high nine hits and one walk. Game Three: UCSD 3, SFSU 2 The third game of the series was another tight one, as UCSD needed a single by junior outfielder Christian Leung to win the game after it was tied 2–2 until the eighth inning. Hearn continued to be on fire with his third consecutive three-hit game, scoring UCSD’s final two runs. Freshman right-hander Tim Nelson got the win in relief, bringing his record up to 7–1, putting him at the top of the CCAA for the category. Meanwhile, freshman right-hander Jonah Dipoto earned his first collegiate start. Both the Gators and Tritons got runners on base, but nobody scored until the top of the third, when San Francisco State See BASEBALL, page 11

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Tritons Suffer From Inconsistency and Split Series Softball suffers defeat in game one of the series but rebounds to crush San Bernardino in games two and three. BY Alex Wu

Senior Staff Writer Riding in off of a bounce-back victory against Cal State San Marcos, the UCSD softball team was looking forward to starting a new winning streak. Alas, the Tritons fell short, dropping their first and last games of their four-game homestand against Cal State San Bernardino. After the weekend, the Tritons came out at 31–19 overall and 21–15 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. Game One Looking to start their final home stretch of the season on a good note, the Tritons got on base and scored almost immediately afterward, thanks to a triple by senior outfielder Taylor Abeyta in the first inning. Then, thanks to a wild pitch from the Coyote’s pitcher, Abeyta was able to find her way home to put the Tritons up 2–0. Unfortunately, the lead would be brief, as the Coyotes came storming back at the top of the second inning with runs of their own. A few Coyote hits wound up tying the game for them, putting the score at 2–2 at the top of the second inning. But just as it looked like the game might turn into a shootout straight out of the old west, both teams’ defenses kicked back into gear and only allowed a combined total of one hit until the top of the sixth inning. UCSD’s defense

would eventually stumble, however, as the Coyotes scored the tiebreaking run in the top of the sixth. The Tritons would not be able to score for the rest of the game, losing 2–3 to the Coyotes. Senior left-hander Lexi Edwards was credited with the loss, allowing three runs and seven hits for the game. On the offensive side, Abeyta had an impressive night with two hits, one run and one RBI, while second basemen Kendall Baker scored the team’s only other run for the game. Game Two Any offensive woes committed by UCSD in the first game were immediately rectified during their second game against the Coyotes on Friday afternoon. After scoring in the first inning, the Triton offense caught fire in the third inning, scoring three more times to effectively double their output from the previous game. Despite entering the fourth inning with a strong 4–0 lead, the Tritons kept their foot on the gas, producing four more runs throughout the rest of the game to keep pace with the Coyote’s three runs. The Tritons earned a brief moment of redemption, winning 8–3 to close out the night. Freshman right-hander Lauren Brown was credited with the win, allowing only four hits and three runs against 22 batters. Sophomore catcher Lauren Sanders also had a remarkable night with three RBIs, while sophomore

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outfielder Kelsi Maday had no trouble on offense with two RBIs, two hits and one run to top it all off. Game Three Immediately following the team’s Senior Day celebration, the Tritons looked to put on a show in their final doubleheader on Saturday. In the first act of the doubleheader, the team did exactly that by completely annihilating the Coyotes in the game’s opening innings. After leaving three players on base at the end of the first inning, the Tritons were determined to fix their offensive shortcomings. With a player

on base, senior shortstop McKenna Clewett hit one out of the park to put two on the board. But instead of feeling satisfied with a one-point lead, UCSD just kept on scoring. After what was likely an eternity for Cal State San Bernardino, the Tritons finished the inning with a ridiculous 11 runs. Despite the rest of the game essentially being a formality, the Coyotes tried to at least reduce the deficit. But in the end, even that proved to be futile. The Tritons would match the two measly runs the Coyotes could See SOFTBALL, page 11

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