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Che Cafe Closes Doors for On-Site Renovations
Center for Wearable Sensors Set to Open Non-invasive sensors will monitor the patient’s cholesterol, blood glucose and heart rate in real-time. BY Justine Liang
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Health Frontiers in Tijuana, a UCSD medical school program, utilizes medical student volunteers to provide free healthcare to underserved individuals in Tijuana, Mexico.
fulfill their 100-hour global health field experience requirement. During the academic year, these student interns volunteer every other week at the health clinic. During the new summer program,
The UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering is creating a new Center for Wearable Sensors, officially scheduled to launch in June or July 2014. Jacobs School of Engineering Dean Albert Pisano and nanoengineering professor Joseph Wang are leading efforts to create the center. The goal of the center is to increase collaboration between researchers and faculty while supporting the local economy through the development of wearable sensors that monitor medical conditions in real-time. “We want to recognize the talent of our engineering faculty and support the education and technology development in California and globally because of our unique combination of experts from across multiple disciplines,” Wang said. The center consists of roughly 15 to 20 faculty members from multiple disciplines such as nanoengineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science. Wearable sensors can include sensors on clothes, temporary tattoos, patches or even implants. One of the goals is to make these wearable sensors and electronics as low-powered and energy-efficient as possible. Professor Patrick Mercier, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, leads one of the research focuses. “We want to make sensors so low-powered that they don’t need to be recharged,” Mercier said. “We have been looking into various ways to harvest energy, whether it’s through body heat, motion, sweat or radio waves.” According to Mercier, the research hopes to build technology that betters people’s lives and will accelerate the development of sensors so that multiple sensors can be combined and streamlined. “Here’s a car analogy: 20 years ago, cars didn’t have sensors, and you wouldn’t know that it was broken until smoke came out. Now, vehicles have over 100 different sensors, of which many alert for major issues before they actually happen,” Mercier said. “That’s the same concept as wearable sensors.” The sensors would be worn at all times and constantly read out values of blood glucose, cholesterol, or heart rate. These vital signs would then be recorded and sent to doctors in their offices, allowing for quick diagnoses. “All this data brings about the major issue of privacy,” Wang said. “We must address the fact that the data must be protected as needed.” Most public concern is rooted in the rapidly advancing technol-
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University Centers plans on spending over $800,000 during the 2014-15 Fiscal Year to ensure that the Che Cafe facility is compliant with safety standards. Improvements include adding a fire alarm system and fire sprinklers. Photo by Taylor Sanderson/Guardian.
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CSD’s Che Cafe will be closed during the next academic year while the building undergoes infrastructure renovations. University Centers Advisory Board Chair Sammy Chang told A.S. Council during its May 7 meeting that the facility need the constructural changes to be in compliance with safety regulations. During the renovation, the Che Cafe Co-operative — the current tenant of the Che Cafe facility and responsible party for planning events and maintaining operations at the cafe — will still organize events which will take place at Porter’s Pub over the next year. “We need to try to balance the reserves. University centers started accumulating all these random projects, so now we’re running a deficit,” Chang said at the May 7 meeting. “The fire marshal will close down the Che Café if the school doesn’t comply with all the expenses.” According to the facility report, the renovations will cost $1.5 million to complete in one fiscal year. University Centers spent $43,210.75 in the 2013–14 fiscal year on additional exit doors, outlets, signage (such as for exits, capacity limits and smoking), lock replacements and so forth.
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University Centers plans to spend $854,212 toward the Che Cafe during the 2014–15 fiscal year on restroom renovations, fire sprinklers and alarms and operational expenses. Operational expenses are expected to cost $15,000 annually. A draft of survey data on the priorities and use of University Centers resources showed that 83 percent of responders answered that they never attend shows at Che Cafe when they visit Price Center or the Student Center. Thirty-nine percent voted operating the Che facility as “very low priority,” while 37 percent selected “low priority.” Opponents of the Che Cafe closure launched a change.org petition on May 13 called “Save the Che from Closing!” The petition had 2,775 supporters at press time and proposed that Che Cafe remain operating until the university has enough funds to renovate the cafe. “The proposal to relocate the Che Cafe was given without underlying proof and documentation that the space is unsafe,” opposers claimed in the petition. “The repairs cited have been in their current condition without any health and safety incident for years, with the University never mentioning it until now as a reason to shut down even after the 2010 Facilities Report.”
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STUDENT LIFE
Mexico-Based Health Frontiers Internship Extended to UCSD Undergraduate Students for Summer 2014 UCSD-operated free health clinic in Tijuana offers summer internship to students of all majors and an internship to students in the global health minor during the academic year. By Gabriella Fleischman
news editor The UCSD-operated free health clinic, Health Frontiers in Tijuana, will offer two seven-week undergraduate summer internship ses-
sions open to students of any major. The HFiT program began offering undergraduate student internships in Winter Quarter 2014; however, these opportunities during the academic school year are only open to students pursuing global health minors, who can use the program to
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▶ Word Choice Affects Responsive of Children: A new study suggests that adults who use nouns rather than verbs when talking to children are more likely to prompt those children to act. UCSD, University of Washington and Stanford University researchers collaborated to complete the study, according to an April 30 UCSD News Room report. The study consisted of two experiments with about 150 children, ages 3 to 6, from different ethnic, racial and economic backgrounds, both in which the adult talked to the children about helping. However, in one group, the adult referred to helping with a verb such as “help,” and in the other group, the adults talked about helping by using a noun such as “helper.” The results showed that children were significantly more likely to help with certain tasks when adults talked to them about being “helpers” rather than “helping.” Moreover, when the adult experimenters used verb wording with the children, they were no more likely to help than the children who weren’t talked to at all about helping. “Using the noun ‘helper’ may send a signal that helping implies something positive about one’s identity,” UCSD assistant professor of psy-
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chology Christopher J. Bryan said. “[This] may in turn motivate children to help more.” ▶ Burn Victims Hospitalized at UCSD Medical Center: Two burnt Chinese fishermen were transported to the UCSD Burn Unit in Hillcrest for emergency treatment after their vessel caught on fire in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, May 2. Officials said that of the 17 total sailors, six were missing and four were badly burnt, with only two surviving their injuries. The remaining sailors were in good condition and are set to be return home.The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center received an emergency rescue request at 5 p.m. on Friday and deployed the 563rd Rescue Group under Maj. Sarah Schwennesen at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to conduct the rescue mission. Schwennesen told NBC 7 San Diego that the distance to reach the sailors was the most challenging. The rescue aircraft was dispatched from the Arizona Air National Guard in Phoenix, Arizona and took approximately 11 hours to fly across the Pacific Ocean.
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A May 5 article regarding the 2014 U.S.-Israel Social Entrepreneurship program incorrectly stated the dates of the workshops. The workshops will take place on April 13, April 27, May 4, May 11 and May 18 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A May 5 news article incorrectly stated that the newly designed campus ID cards would have students’ emergency contact information printed on the back. The cards will, in fact, feature the UCSD campus’ emergency numbers, including CSOs, SARC and CAPS. A May 5 baseball team photo in the sports section was incorrectly credited to Nhan Nguyen. The photo should have been attributed to Kelsea Bergh. The Guardian corrects all errors brought to the attention of the editor. Corrections can be sent to editor@ucsdguardian.org.
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11:30 p.m.: Disturbance Subjects threw water balloons at patrons in Stewart Hall. RSO report taken.
Lights and Sirens is compiled from the Police Crime Log at police.ucsd.edu. Sunday, May 4 7:47 p.m.: Medical Aid A subject in the Matthews Apartments broke out in hives for unknown reasons. Transported to hospital. Monday, May 5 3:33 a.m.: Suspicious Person There was a reported sleeper in the Kathmandu commuter lounge. Checks OK. 2:17 p.m.: Information A motorist almost hit a cyclist near Voigt Drive. Referred to other agency. 4:48 p.m.: Disturbance A possible psychotic male subject was hitting himself near Villa La Jolla Drive. Transported to hospital. Tuesday, May 6 10:09 a.m.: Stay-Away Order A subject with a current stay-away order was reported at the Biomedical Library and had possibly been drinking. Will cooperate. Wednesday, May 7 1:31 a.m.: Assist Other Agency UCSD officers worked with the San Diego Police to locate subjects that were possibly involved in a domestic violence incident. Unable to locate. 10:10 a.m.: Injury A UC employee struck a utility box and suffered a head injury near Nierenberg Hall. Transported to hospital. 11:24 a.m.: Reckless Driving A speeding motorist was reportedly driving erratically near Gilman Drive. Unable to locate. 11:45 p.m.: Suicide Attempt A subject made suicidal threats in the Sixth College Apartments. Report taken.
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Privacy Is a Major Public Concern With Wearable Sensor Data ▶ SENSORS, from page 1
ogy and ease at which personal information can be accessed online. According to Mercier, it is definitely something that the people designing the sensors are concerned about and will take into account. Dr. Larry Smarr, the founding director of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, shares some of these concerns.
“Fundamentally, you have to start with the realization that there is a very large societal good that is served by sharing your data,” Smarr said. “Because to understand your values of heart rate, staphs, anything, you need to understand what the variation [of it] is in the human population. Getting populationwide sharing of data is essential for interpretation for the individual.” Smarr feels that sharing the data is necessary and essential, but that
protective measures must be taken in terms of laws and regulations. Laws that protect the individual must be created and maintained to create a safe place for the mass sharing of data. “It’s [sharing data] like anything in life; things are always a tradeoff,” Smarr said. “You get some value, but you must take some risks.”
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Undergraduate Student Interns’ Primary Job Is Keeping Records ▶ CLINIC, from page 1
the undergraduate student interns will be expected to travel to Tijuana to volunteer at the clinic every week. According to Student Coordinator Daniel Yee, the undergraduate student interns primarily take care of record keeping. “The program has been very successful,” Yee said. “It’s still going through growing pains, but it’s helped so much for the records. We’re capturing a lot more information than before. It helps out with the quality of
care we can have at the clinic because [we] don’t need to worry about [the] administrative side.” Additionally, the interns take patients’ vitals and participate in consultations if space permits. Currently, there are 12 undergraduate student volunteer interns, and unless the clinic grows, there are no plans to expand the undergraduate internship program. “[The student interns have] definitely shown a high level of commitment,” Yee said. “It takes a lot of time to get to the clinic, and coming back
you have to wait at the border which can sometimes take a few hours. The students are volunteering their time. They’re very passionate about healthcare for the underserved, and they’re willing to give up their entire Saturday to volunteer at the clinic.” Applications to the 2014 HFiT summer sessions will be accepted until the end of Week 7 of Spring Quarter 2014 and can be found at meded.ucsd.edu.
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The development of new wearable technology represents an industry shift from convenience and leisure to more productive applications.
cientists, researchers and engineers — some of whom hail from our very own campus — are ready to serve up wearable technology that might change the world as we know it. Instead of simply including the usual text messaging, email reading or websurfing capabilities that can be found on the average smartphone, scientists have developed interesting devices that can significantly affect treatment for those with diabetes and high blood pressure or those recovering from wounds. With innovative devices in the development pipeline, these new types of wearable smart technology have the rare opportunity to improve public health and the lives of many. The technology industry may just be headed toward the most innovative, game-changing line of inventions since Steve Jobs created the iPhone. With far more benefits than the convenience of having one’s iPod and cellphone morphed into one, the industry’s shift toward creating personalized, wearable smart devices with health in mind is its best move yet. Wearable technology has much more to offer than the typical heart rate meters or step-counting pedometers. In fact, last January, Google announced that it’s in the process of developing a line of smart contact lenses that can help individuals living with diabetes. The lenses use a tiny, wireless chip to determine the glucose levels in the wearer’s tears, allowing more accuracy in monitoring blood sugar levels. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have
charted an upward trend of Americans diagnosed with diabetes, nearly quadrupling from 5.8 million diagnoses in 1980 to 20.9 million in 2011. If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, these smart contact lenses could improve the health of many diabetics by offering them a better, more consistent way to monitor their glucose levels, as well as potentially ending the inconvenience of pricking fingers to test blood levels. The benefits of wearable smart technology can even extend to the armed forces, athletics, and power generation. Over recent years, UCSD faculty, researchers and students have made significant strides in demonstrating how wearable smart devices can be utilized to advance a diverse amount of fields and professions. A lab overseen by UCSD nanoengineering professor Joseph Wang has made many accomplishments through its research and projects which involve integrating sensors into temporary tattoos, Navy SEAL wetsuits, “smart” bandages and even saliva-analyzing mouthguards. The lab’s team of nanoengineers found that its temporary tattoos can generate electricity from sweat and monitor fetal heart rates, while the electrochemical sensors integrated onto Navy SEAL wetsuits can detect water contamination or nearby explosives. According to a recent San Diego Union-Tribune piece, the team has also developed bandages that can be used to determine how quickly a wound is healing and mouthguards that can detect both stress and hydration
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THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION HAS RECENTLY BEGUN MOBILIZING RESOURCES TO ERADICATE MALARIA AND SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES THROUGH RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
Resources Should be Used to Target Underlying Causes of Illness
Vaccines Are the Most Effective Method to Eradicate Malaria
Mosquitoes Must be Exterminated in Order to Prevent Further Casualties
Mosquitoes kill 725,000 people a year worldwide by transmitting diseases like malaria and yellow fever. So, when a billionaire and international philanthropist like Bill Gates is spending millions on mosquito awareness and research towards cures and eventual eradication of these diseases, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea. However, the resources funneled into these programs should be devoted to alleviating the underlying causes of these illnesses. Access to water is a severe problem, with approximately 3.4 million people worldwide dying each year from associated diseases. And, if the deaths from diseases not being properly treated because of a lack of clean water are included, that number steadily grows larger. For someone trying to bring down a high fever or perform an emergency procedure, clean water can be the difference between life and death. Additionally, United Nations Emergency Fund statistics show that 22,000 children die every day from poverty-related health issues. It’s quite clear that most who die from diseases like malaria are at increased risk due to substandard living conditions. Undoubtedly, the Gates Foundation and its benefactors have an honorable mission. A private donation to better the lives of the less fortunate shows rare compassion. Gates’s initiatives to increase awareness of mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit are a great start, but future efforts would be better served by trying to solve what is at the root of so many international problems. — CHARU MEHRA Staff Writer
While malaria isn’t prominent in the U.S., it is a leading cause of death in various developing tropical countries. Although efforts to address this disease have been able to curtail casualties, it is imperative that research for vaccines is continued. Malaria is caused by a parasite commonly found in mosquitoes and transmitted by mosquito bites. According to CNN’s Matt Smith and William Hudson, current efforts to prevent malaria are centered on active protective measures, including the use of pesticides and nets. Yet malaria still manages to kill more than 600,000 people a year. Many travelers are also especially prone to being affected by this disease if it isn’t endemic at home. However, according to an article in the New York Times, clinical trials treating over 15,000 patients with a GlaxoSmithKline vaccine have shown a 46-percent decrease in cases of malaria for infants 5 to 17 months old at the time of vaccination. Regardless, the vaccine, which may be implemented as early as 2015, illustrates a significant step toward the possibility of avoiding this deadly disease, taking passive preventive steps to prevent altogether the need for treatment later on. Some may believe that eradicating mosquitoes is the solution; however, as the Gates Foundation states, with the source of malaria being the parasites themselves, eliminating the carriers would not suffice. Vaccinations attempt to prevent parasites from thriving and may provide the ultimate solution to eliminating malaria. — SHANNON KANG Senior Staff Writer
Humankind has historically been locked in a struggle to eradicate mosquitoes as disease transmitters, and efforts to wipe out these pests are certainly needed in every continent. Mosquitoes are a problem everywhere in the world because they are one of the most common vectors of disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 114 deaths were reported from the mosquito-transmitted West Nile Virus in the United States in 2013. Americans still live in the shadow of mosquito diseases, even though we may feel insulated from the problem. Developing nations, most notably in Africa, have had extreme difficulty in trying to eradicate diseases, including malaria. According to the World Health Organization, half of the world’s population is at risk of infection; there are 207 million cases of malaria worldwide, and 607,000 of these cases have resulted in death. Although malaria-related deaths have decreased by 42 percent since 2000, attempts to eradicate the mosquito altogeth er can eliminate pathways for the transmission of various diseases. While the United States has done a good job of suppressing malaria, the myriad other diseases mosquitoes cause are a huge problem in the developing world, as new mosquito-borne diseases can evolve and cause even more devastation. It is important that although United States may not feel like they have a stake in the war against mosquitoes, we have just as much of a duty in this globalized society to prevent these diseases from spreading. — HUGO WONG Contributing Writer
here is no one on Earth able to inspire such feelings of affection, jealousy, competition and pride as only a sibling can. They irritate us, steal our Legos, steal our attention and somehow we still like them at the end of the day. It’s rare in human relationships to be able to get away with so much mischief and still be the object of so much endearment. But somehow, they do it. Siblingship is quite a paradoxical relationship, given that siblings are, by nature, both our truest allies and our fiercest competitors. In a sense, they are a reflection of us: In genetics as well as in spirit, they tend to share the biological and environmental influences that define who we are. Though there may be a few minor differences, at the end of the day, they are essentially the closest thing to ourselves that we will ever find. Evolutionarily, as is seen in other animals, siblings have always been an adversary in trying to claim parental resources and attention. We are, of course, not inclined to share with them — we fight over the last taquitos at the dinner table, shove them during backyard soccer and willfully try to outdo them in front of our parents. But with this competition comes a transformative experience. From the moment we lay our wondering eyes on them, they force us to realize that we are not, in fact, the center of the universe — that there’s a bigger or littler “me” out there, someone who presumably sees us as either an older confidant or a younger protege. Despite the natural competition, whether in foot races or spitting contests, only a brother could remain friend number one for so long. Through all of the fistfights and property destruction, the means of forgiveness that only a sibling could employ or elicit is amazingly powerful, preventing us from ever holding a grudge. Perhaps it’s because we know we’ll be stuck with them anyway and see them the next day. Or maybe it’s because we’re able to connect with them more than with anyone else — able to vicariously experience their pain and their happiness. Regardless, any kicking and scratching and the simmering silence that follows is inevitably broken by a resigned attempt to restart a conversation and sheepish grins on both sides. As a result of this essentially unbreakable dynamic, this relationship is an interesting case study in power psychology. Younger siblings learn over time to endure the typically unbalanced hierarchy of strength, but look up to their older siblings over time, often emulating their affectations and opinions. Older siblings are more or less free to lord it over our younger counterparts and often exploit this. And yet they are so fiercely protective and so inseparably attached, ready to obliterate at a moment’s notice anyone other than themselves accused of harrassing their sibling. Although I’m over two hundred miles away from my best friend, eternal tormentor and first legitimate ‘bro,’ we still share a special connection. I may not have always appreciated having a brother, but it is truly a wonderful and special privilege.
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Parking Crisis Needs Eco-Friendly Solutions
Smart Devices Show Promise for Diverse Set of New Applications ▶ SENSORS, from page 4
levels of its wearers. In light of its innovative success, the Jacobs School of Engineering announced its future plans to create a Center for Wearable Devices during its Research Expo in April 2014. With more facilities for research, people are only expecting more breakthroughs from the San Diego community. The future opportunities for these technologies are endless and will be worth quelling the fears that current wearable smart devices have created. When people today think of wearable smart technology, Google Glass is usually is the first thing to come to mind. Glass has made numerous headlines and
sold out its limited units at $1,500 apiece in mid-April, but has received little praise and a fair share of criticism. Due to the limited privacy that Google Glass’ audio and video recording options and built-in camera may permit, many people are rightfully concerned that Google Glass can be invasive. However, it’s important to keep in mind that all wearable technology is made with different goals and purposes. People fear wearable tech for many wrong reasons, likely because they are unaware of its different kinds of benefits. The privacy concerns from Google Glass are not at all representative of what all wearable smart devices are or should be. And while people probably should
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not jump ship to support every new piece of wearable tech, there are reasons to be optimistic of this industry and what is to come. The ability to personalize wearable devices will ultimately allow society to integrate technology in a way that isn’t cookie cutter for the masses. The health benefits that these cutting-edge devices offer can herald a new era for technology and an increasingly helpful integration of different machines into our lives. It’s time to look past reinventing the smartphone and focus more on improving smart technology on other fronts as well.
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Dear Editor, At UCSD, parking for students has become a huge problem due to the lack of parking structures. I have been told that this lack of accommodating parking is part of a process to “go green.” I completely support a movement to “go green.” However, I do not believe that this is a reasonable way to look at the problem. In an area like San Diego, transportation by car is extremely important in order to enjoy everything that it has to offer. Therefore, I propose alternative ideas. First, I believe that the school should offer varying parking prices determined by the efficiency of each car. This would give an incentive to everyone to drive more fuel-efficient cars — or even start a greater movement toward electric cars. If we were to put a heavy price on parking passes for gas-guzzling cars, then we would be able to get people to move away from these vehicles. I know that one issue would be figuring out how much should be charged for each different type of car, but this shouldn’t be impossible to handle. With a computer science department as great as the one here at UCSD, I couldn’t imagine this problem being that hard to fix. Information about car efficiency is easily accessible and students already have to declare what kind
of car they have in order to receive their parking pass. If we could write a simple computer code that would weigh different types of fuel efficiency with other factors that contribute to being environmentally friendly and have it output a price that correlates, we could create a better incentive to “go green” than the way we are now. Simply restricting parking is unfair and does not offer students incentives to buy fuel-efficient cars that will be used outside of school. Secondly, I believe UCSD needs to offer more opportunities for electric cars and start a greater movement toward solar power. We need more electric charging stations for cars that could be powered by solar energy. If we were to build more parking structures to finally accommodate the amount of students enrolled in this school, it would be a great idea to engineer these parking structures in a way that would take advantage of solar power. We could place solar panels on the top that would power the electric cars and all the lighting needed for a parking structure. These two proposed ideas actually give students incentives to use more fuel-efficient cars inside and outside of their college experience. I believe we can do better at going green than just limiting student parking to the point that they have to park miles away from campus and hope that they aren’t late for class. - William Fields Junior, Muir College
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ne in every 125 people aged 15 to 49 are affected by HIV in Tijuana, Mexico, according to a study conducted in 2006 by Dr. Kimberly Brouwer of the Division of Global Public Health at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. Health Frontiers in Tijuana is a free health clinic run by UCSD faculty and medical students dedicated to providing basic healthcare to underserved populations to combat widespread health issues such as HIV. Each year, HFiT offers an internship at
their Tijuana health clinic to graduate medical students at UCSD and this year, for the first time, undergraduates will be offered the same opportunity for hands-on clinical experience. The expansion, says Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences Steffanie Strathdee, is beneficial to both students and the public. “There is such a great need for global health training opportunities all across the campus,” Strathdee said. “[With] the launch of UCSD’s global health minor, and a new global health major that is about to begin,
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Bridging Health and Diagnostics AJ Cawood and Nathan Klarer discuss BridgeCrest Medical, a mobile platform for monitoring employee health in high-risk industries. BY RAQUEL CALDERON
staff writer Over a year ago, Eleanor Roosevelt College fifth-year senior Nathan Klarer came home excited to tell friend and roommate, class of 2011 alumnus AJ Cawood, about an idea he had been incubating. Klarer, a bioengineering major, had a new idea — a health monitoring interface that he intended for industry use — that Cawood believed had great potential in hazardous industries. Last February, they launched their very own company, BridgeCrest Medical. This past March, they made a deal with their first, major international client. BridgeCrest is a digital platform that runs diagnostics from medical devices connected via Bluetooth and displays the data on a tablet or other mobile device and stores the data for analytics. The platform is Bluetooth compatible with certain monitors used to measure health data, including blood pressure, lung function, hearing loss and drug use. “BridgeCrest is designed to go out to remote locations where there isn’t any existing health infrastructure,” Cawood said. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires industries to take preventative measures in the workplace. BridgeCrest adds to this preventative mindset. “[Companies] can catch different health trends before they become problematic and make sure that the workers at the site have the highest quality of health,” Klarer said. Though the new company remains a small team of 11, mostly software engineers, it has progressed quickly.
BridgeCrest has already secured a big client in Africa whose name could not be released. This connection puts them closer to their goal of reaching more countries. Next month, they plan to reach out to other countries in South America and Africa, in addition to North America. Cawood claims that their solution received a cascade of positive feedback at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention, a large mining convention that was held in Toronto, Canada of March this year. This was where they met their international client. “There hasn’t really been any major mobile technology [in medical diagnostics],” Cawood said. “[Companies] are pretty excited that the tablets that they’re used to can provide this kind of insight.” They credit their success to a network of contacts in the medical and business field. BridgeCrest features a board of directors whose purpose is to consult on the latest in medical technology. Dr. Steven Steinhubl, director for Digital Medicine at the Scripps Translational Science Institute, is only one of the many board members. “We partner with the top mobile device experts in the world,” Klarer said. “The makers of these [diagnostic] devices come to Scripps to have their devices validated because Scripps is really the leading institution in the world for mobile medicine … The devices that Dr. Steinhubl likes he will recommend to us, and then we decide if we want to incorporate that technology into the platform or not.” Cawood and Klarer have come a long way from the days when they had to juggle both coursework and the founding of their company. When
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asked about how they handled their obligations between their education and their company, Klarer and Cawood laughed, noting that they squeezed as much work as they could into their spare time. As for future plans, Cawood and Klarer are set to conduct a study in South America where they will be employing and integrating wearable
devices with their platform. They hope to direct their platform toward nonprofit purposes. “We want to take what we have done [in the mining gap] and direct it into the nonprofit sector,” Cawood said. “This concept not only has value in the corporate sector but also on world governments, nonprofit groups like the Red Cross and Doctors
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the demand from undergraduates was compelling. Our team is happy to involve more students as that means we can offer more educational opportunities but also more free care to Tijuana’s poor.” Dr. Strathdee, who leads an HIV prevention research program in Tijuana funded by the National Institutes of Health, has been working for over 10 years with sex workers and intravenous drug users. “Since these populations are so marginalized, they often come to us for medical care, which we cannot provide as a research study,” she said. “That has always bothered me.” About five years ago, a group of medical students and faculty at the UC San Diego School of Medicine suggested a graduate course that would be designed around a free student health clinic in Tijuana, the very place in which Strathdee’s team had been conducting research for several years. After three years of processing to get the course approved as a pre-clinical elective for medicine and pharmacy students, HFiT was established in April 2011. Open every weekend from 10 a.m. to about 2 p.m., the walk-in clinic is a collaborative project between UCSD and the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, with medical students from both universities volunteering at the health clinic. Strathdee notes the example that UCSD sets for other universities in the realm of global health. “HFiT is now run by a binational team of physicians, researchers, students, and NGO partners,” Strathdee said. “As I am the associate dean of global health sciences at UCSD, I see HFiT as a real binational model, one that other universities are interested in replicating.” The clinic is located in the Zona Norte area of downtown Tijuana near the red light district. The student
volunteers treat many patients who are sex workers, especially those who are female and transsexual. Also nearby is the Tijuana River canal, which is a sewer canal that becomes home to many Mexican deportees who don’t have any form of ID and thus cannot get access to Mexico’s universal health care. Medical students treat many of these homeless deportees for HIV and other intravenous drug-related diseases, Student Coordinator Daniel Yee said, a recently graduated Masters student in biology. He explained that because drugs that are trafficked
through the canal to the U.S. are often left in the canal, they become readily available to individuals living there, causing an increase in drug use in the area. Currently, there are 12 undergraduate student interns that see around 30 patients total every weekend. Due to limited funding, all interns are volunteers and all medical supplies are donations. Yee discussed his experience with the program’s lack of funding and its consequences. “We’re not well funded right now,” Yee said. “It’s hard sometimes. A
patient will come in [seeking a certain medicine] but maybe we’re out of it. The best thing we can do is write them a prescription. Most of them are very impoverished, [and] writing them a prescription doesn’t necessarily mean they can get the meds.” Dr. Strathdee agreed that the lack of funding is problematic, suggesting that increased funding for equipment and a more regular staff would allow the project to become much more widespread, both in its opportunity for student clinical experience and in its health care
provision to underserved individuals in Tijuana. “We would love to expand the program but resources are scant,” she said. “We now have set the clinic up as a charitable organization and have received modest funds, but there is only enough funding to keep the clinic open a few days a week. With greater institutional support, we could expand much more broadly.”
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“He got me earlier in my previous at bat,” La Face said. “I got behind, and he caught me looking on a slider [in the earlier at bat], so I was just looking to get on a fastball early. If I got one, I was going to take a good hack at it, so that’s all I was thinking.” UCSD entered the championship game in a rematch against Chico State on Saturday night. It looked like the Tritons would cruise to the tournament crown after racking up a 6–0 edge after five full innings. However, in an incredible turn of events, the Wildcats rallied for a whopping seven runs in the top of the sixth to take the lead. Cruz allowed five runs, and senior right-
hander David Hart allowed two more in relief. The Tritons still appeared unphased, batting in four runs over the following three innings to shut out the Wildcats for a win of 10–7 to take the championship. Sophomore right-hander Justin Donatella earned the win after pitching through 3.2 scoreless innings in relief and a basesloaded situation in the seventh. UCSD head coach Eric Newman expressed pride in the Tritons’ ability to consistently string together comeback wins in big moments. “Our players believe in our system,” Newman said. “We’ve put it in play, and they’ve done a great job all year long. As [coaches], it’s up to us to trust the players to go out there and do what we talk about, and they
did a great job of that.” With the 2014 CCAA crown, UCSD has now won the title in five of the last six seasons. La Face also earned the tournament’s Most Valuable Player award, recording six hits in 13 at bats and tallying the ever-crucial walk-off double against Cal Poly Pomona. The Tritons will next look to make a mark at the national level as they prepare to host the NCAA West Regionals in the number one seed. The Tritons will face sixth-seeded Sonoma State at Triton Ballpark in the first round on Thursday, May 15. Regionals will run Thursday, through Sunday, May 18.
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UCSD Concludes 2014 Season with 27–13 Overall Record
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faced Indiana University for seventh place, but ultimately fell in a hardluck 9–8 loss. The first quarter had both squads totaling seven goals as the Tritons trailed 4–3 entering the second. Indiana University put in two more goals in the second period, while the Tritons scored one. Down by two entering the second half, the Tritons outscored the Hoosiers 4–3 in the final two quarters but failed to get
that one extra goal needed to knot the game up. With the three losses, the eighthplace Tritons failed to improve from last year’s sixth place finish. Wieseler led UCSD with 10 goals throughout the tournament. Four graduating seniors — center Melissa Bartow, 2MD Allison Delgado, utility Leah Gonzales and Lizotte — concluded their collegiate careers. Lizotte, who scored a total of eight goals, finishes with 26 goals scored in the NCAA Champion-
ships, only four goals short of the NCAA record of 30 set by Stanford University’s Lauren Silver. She also leaves as the all-time leader in goals and assists for UCSD. “It’s very sentimental when you have to play the last game of the year,” Kreutzkamp said. “We had a good senior class and it was tough to lose a tight game, [but] we have tons of talent returning.”
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holes left,” junior Jay Lim said. “We were never in that situation before, so it was a really good experience to know how it was like. [At] the end, we just fell apart a little bit, collectively.” UCSD head coach Jim Ragan noted that having such a young team played a large role in the third round’s collapse. “There were a number of factors, but I think inexperience was one, so I think we can grow from that,” Ragan said. ”We were playing good enough to get one of those late-tee times along with the leading teams, and we just didn’t handle the wind very well.” Yang was the top finisher for UCSD, placing 32nd out of 108 individuals and hitting a 227, 11 over par. Following closely behind was Lewis and sophomore Clayton Ya-
maguchi, both of whom finished 42nd, swinging 13 over par. To round off the lineup, sophomore Jeff Roseth tied for 96th while Lim finished tying for 104th. The incredibly competitive South Central/West Region includes seven of the nation’s top 25 teams. No. 18 St. Edward’s University took first place, while California Collegiate Athletic Association squads No. 5 Chico State and No. 3 Cal State Monterey Bay finished second and fourth, respectively. With four of the five players who competed in Regionals returning next year, the Tritons look toward the coming seasons with optimism. “They’re used to being here [now],” Ragan said. “Second time around with us being in the mix to advance, they see what it’s like. At least they saw what you had to do in the final round to actually push through [and]
make it through, and I know that will help us out in the future.” The Regional Tournament capped off a solid, albeit inconsistent, season for the Tritons. After starting the season off strong, UCSD hit a midseason slump but ended on a high note with a third-place finish at the CCAA championships. Despite the on-and-off season, UCSD has gained newfound confidence for next season. “We have the talent to compete,” Lim said. “I think we’re far better than what it says on paper, and I think that’s definitely a confidence booster moving onto next year. No matter what the numbers say, I think we definitely have a great shot at winning the national title next year.”
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On May 13th, 2014, UCSD's First Annual Social Benefit Concert will be hosted by 9 distinct campus organizations, ministries, and local churches. This is a significant moment where, for the first time in our school's history, we are rallying together to engage students in the fight for social justice. We invite you to join us in this ground-breaking event by enjoying a free night of music, visual performances, and food. Come meet, connect, and partner with your campus organizations.
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5pm POLICING SEXUALITY: WOMEN OF COLOR BODY POLITICS – CROSS CULTURAL CENTER, LIBRARY Join us as we explore the topic of women of color and body politics with Professor Jillian Hernandez. The program will address questions of racialization, sexualities, embodiment, girlhood, and the politics of cultural production among others. Light refreshments will be served. For more info,contact: Sandy Garcia at smg006@ucsd.edu
7pm FLYING SAMS CONCERT W/ ANDREW GARCIA – PC THEATER Flying Sams is very excited to host its very first Benefit Concert! All donations collected at the event will go to our FREE CLINIC and ORPHANAGE in Ensenada, Mexico. Come join us for a night of free entertainment with boba drinks and good company! A variety of talented artists will be performing throughout the night including our headliner Andrew Garcia! Contact: y1duong@ucsd.edu
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7:30pm TREND MAGAZINE SPRING/SUMMER 2014 LAUNCH PARTY – THE LOFT, PRICE CENTER Fashion friends... It's that time of the year again. UCSD's Trend Magazine is releasing their Spring/Summer 2014 issue with a launch party at The Loft! Join us on Tuesday, May 13 to grab your very own copy while enjoying yummy bites and drinks from Zanzibar. FREE ADMISSION for everyone! Dress to impress, grab a free magazine, and mingle with our creative staff. We will also be featuring talented DJs from UCSD's DVC: Deejays & Vinylphiles Club. Doors open at 7:30 PM with FREE goodie bags to the first 10 arrivals courtesy of ASOS. We will also be raffling off Triton Outfitters swag as well as other great prizes. Contact: ucenmarketing@ucsd.edu
7:30pm WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL: CHASING THE SONG – LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE A new musical from the creators of the Tony Award-winning 'Memphis'. Elegant Edie's team of ambitious hitmakers are upended by the arrival of the newest aspiring songwriter Edie's daughter Ginny. As Ginny strives to earn her place in the male-dominated world of the early 1960s music scene, American rock 'n roll finds itself under siege from the incoming British invasion. $10 tickets available to all performances for UCSD students with the promo code TRITON. Subject to availability. Contact: agoodman@ljp.org
8:30pm MOON GOD FULL MOON 5K RUN – IN FRONT OF THE OUTBACK SURF SHOP ON LIBRARY WALK Run past moonlit bears, giant snakes, falling houses and the Sun God; some of UCSD's giant outdoor art pieces. Join us for a full moon dash at one of San Diego's only night runs. This Moon God 5K is open to everyone. Great prizes for top finishers. Proceeds support student leadership programs at UCSD. Signup online, in person at the Rental Shop or Surf Shop, or call 858-534-0684. UCSD students/rec card holders $17. Others $24. This event brought to you by Outback Adventures and UCSD Recreation. Questions? Tom Rottler: trottler@ucsd.edu
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THE FITNESS ZONE: ZUMBA DANCE – THE ZONE, PRICE CENTER PLAZA Zumba Dance is a special Zumba class to prep you for SunGod! Led by FitLife instructor Hector Fletes. Contact: zone@ucsd.edu
1pm MALE AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE IN HUMAN ORIGINS – DE HOFFMAN AUDITORIUM, SALK INSTITUTE Join CARTA for this FREE symposium, which will explore evidence that male violence has played an important role in shaping behavior in the human lineage. The frequency and nature of such violence varies widely among populations, which raises questions about the factors responsible for such variation. The aim of this symposium is to take a fresh look at the causes and consequences of variation in aggression, both between and within species. The expert panel of speakers will critically examine and represent the available evidence from multiple sources, including comparative ethology, ethnology, archaeology, political science, and evolutionary neuroscience. Admission/Registration: Admission is free but registration is required (see website for details).
OH YEAH, SUN GOD FESTIVAL IS TODAY! =)
IICAS - The Institute for International, Comparative and Area Studies presents: 'High and Low Tech Solutions that Improve Health and Combat Climate Change in South Asia'. Register at: http://iicas.ucsd.edu/lecture-series/registration.html. Panelist: Nithya Ramanathan (President & Co-Founder, Nexleaf Analytics; Assistant Research Professor, UCLA): 'Using Low-Cost Wireless Sensors to Improve Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in India'. Panelist: Alex Zahnd (Founder, Rural Integrated Development Services-Nepal; Visiting Scholar, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCSD): 'Holistic Community Development and Energy Access: Contextualizing the Cooking Stove in Rural Communities'. Co-sponsored by the Center on Global Justice and the Dept. of Anthropology. More info: http://iicas.ucsd.edu/lecture-series/south-asia-studies.ht ml. Event questions: iicas-events@ucsd.edu
2:30pm DE-STRESS W/ BIOFEEDBACK – THE ZONE, PRICE CENTER PLAZA Come de-stress with the CAPs Wellness Peers! Measure your psychological stressors and learn more about what makes you most stressed, how it affects your well-being and how to keep your stress levels down! Workshops are all free. Space is limited and is first come, first served. Hosted by the CAPS Wellness Peer Educators.
3pm #DOITFORTHEJOB: PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION – CROSS CULTURAL CENTER, PRICE CENTER EAST, LEVEL 2 This workshop will help prepare students for today's competitive job market. Whether it's a face-to-face conversation or a professionally written e-mail, establishing a connection can leave a very powerful impression. This workshop will help you to develop an engaging professional communication style by discussing interviews, workplace etiquette, and portfolios. If you require special accommodations or have additional questions, please contact Porsia Thomas, pothomas@ucsd.edu
5pm GREEN ECONOMY IN CHINA: ACTIONS, EFFECTS AND CHALLENGES – SANFORD CONSORTIUM, ROTH AUDITORIUM The IR/PS Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies (EmPac) is hosting an event titled 'Green Economy in China: Actions, Effects and Challenges' by Xia Guang, Director General of the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, China Ministry of Environmental Protection. Although China has made progress to slow environmental degradation, it still faces mounting challenges to maintain a clean environment while keeping its economy growing. Dr. Xia's talk will discuss the policy instruments and obstacles on developing a green economy. Read full bio and event information online. Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 5:00 PM. Sanford Consortium, Roth Auditorium. 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive. Presented by the Graduate School of International Relations/Pacific Studies. Free to attend, but registration is required. Register at: https://us-pakistani-relations.eventbrite.com. Contact: lisalee@ucsd.edu
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MITO WALK AND ROLL – NTC PART AT LIBERTY STATION IN POINT LOMA (2455 CUSHING ROAD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92106) The 2nd Annual MITO Walk and Roll 5K will support the Mitochondrial Research Fund, benefiting the Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center (MMDC) at UC San Diego. Every 30 minutes a child is born who will develop mitochondrial disease by age 10 and only half of them will live past their tenth birthday. We can change this, but we need your help. Whether joining us for the 5K, visiting any of our vendors and game booths, or simply enjoying the live entertainment, this promises to be a fun, family-friendly event that will fund crucial research needed to combat life-threatening mitochondrial disease. Questions? Contact Nikisha Belt, 858-246-1230, nbelt@ucsd.edu
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Reclaiming The Title
The No. 18 Tritons recorded three stunning victories en route to winning UCSD’s sixth ever CCAA Championship this past Thursday through Saturday in Stockton, California.
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ate game heroics and clutch play propelled the No. 18 UCSD baseball team to a perfect California Collegiate Athletic Association tournament record as it reclaimed the conference title this past Saturday in Stockton, California. Led by six All-CCAA Team members, the third-seeded Tritons went 3–0 through the championship series. Their top performance earned UCSD the number one seed and homefield advantage for the NCAA Regionals. In the tournament opener on Thursday night, the Tritons faced off first against No. 9 Chico State. With junior left-handed pitcher Trevor Scott on the mound for UCSD, the second-seeded Wildcats took an early 1–0 lead in the bottom of the first. After the first frame, both squads went scoreless until the fifth inning, during which the Tritons tallied two off of four walks and a single run batted in from senior shortstop Garrett Tuck. However, the Wildcats responded with two runs of their own in the other half of the fifth to regain the advantage. Though down a run, UCSD drove a score in during the eighth, forcing both squads to enter the ninth inning tied at three. With two outs in the ninth, Tuck came up in the
clutch, knocking in a two-run double to ultimately give UCSD the win. “I tried not to make it that big of a moment,” Tuck told the UCSD Athletics Department. “We were tied, and I knew if I got out, nothing terribly bad was going to happen. We were just going to keep playing, so I just took it as another at bat, and it went my way.” On Friday night, the Tritons continued their impressive, last-minute play as UCSD recorded an extra-inning, walk-off victory against No. 19 California State Polytechnic University Pomona. The Tritons took a 1–0 lead in the third, only to have the Mustangs plate two runs of their own in the fifth to flip the advantage. UCSD had a big inning in the seventh as four straight walks doomed the Mustangs, allowing the Tritons to take three runs. Despite the 4–2 lead, the Mustangs responded in the top of the ninth with two runs, ruining senior right-handed pitcher Scott Zeman’s potential save. With two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning, junior second baseman Erik Lewis drew a walk to reach base. Then, senior catcher Nick La Face took to the plate and knocked in an RBI double on his second pitch to give UCSD the walk off victory.
See BASEBALL, page 11
W. WATER POLO
GOLF
Tritons Finish Eighth Place at NCAAs UCSD Falls in Final Round UCSD goes 0–3 at nationals, loses to UCLA, UC Irvine, Indiana to conclude season. to Finish 16th at Regionals sports editor The No. 12 UCSD women’s water polo team traveled to Los Angeles this past weekend to take part in the NCAA Championship but failed to keep up with the rest of the pack. Finishing in eighth place, the Tritons dropped games to UCLA, UC Irvine and Indiana University to conclude its 2014 campaign with a 27–13 overall record. UCSD was quickly eliminated from national title contention after losing 12–8 against No. 2 powerhouse UCLA in the first round of finals play. While the Bruins jumped to a quick lead with a pair of goals, the Tritons finished the opening quarter with a close 2–1 score as sophomore attacker Julia Kirkland responded, placing UCSD on the scoreboard. In spite of the first quarter’s tight result, UCLA broke out in the second frame. The Bruins netted three goals while shutting the Tritons out, ending the half with a 5–1 score. “In order to beat that type of team, we have to come out playing relaxed,” senior utility Sarah Lizotte told the UCSD Athletics Department. “I’m not sure we did that early, but we did coming out of halftime, and the early part of the third quarter was probably our best stretch.” The Tritons entered the third quarter with two quick goals from
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sophomore 2MD Alexis Wieseler and junior attacker Jolene Guiliana to cut the deficit to two at a 5–3 score. However, UCLA fired back with three unanswered goals to extend the lead to 8–3 at the end of the third quarter. A high-scoring final frame did little for the Tritons, who ultimately fell 12–8. Lizotte and Wieseler both finished with a hat trick each. “We wanted to make sure we gave everything we could and make them work for anything they got — I think we did that,” UCSD head coach Brad Kreutzkamp said. “We didn’t play mistake-free, but we never quit. I was definitely happy about the effort out there today.”
After the Tritons were relegated to the tournament’s losing bracket, UCSD faced UC Irvine on Saturday. Though the Tritons took an early advantage from a Wieseler goal, the No. 6 Anteaters would score three goals in response and retain the lead for the rest of the match. UCSD entered the fourth quarter trailing by only two at 11–9 but UC Irvine broke out in the final period, scoring six goals to win 17–11. Wieseler finished the match with five goals, while Lizotte and Guiliana each had a pair of goals. In their final game of the tournament and of the season, the Tritons See W. WATER POLO, page 9
associate sports editor The UCSD men’s golf team wrapped up its season Wednesday, May 7 in its third consecutive NCAA South Central/West Regional Tournament appearance, placing 16th of 20 schools in the three-day tournament at Grey Rock Golf Club in Austin, Texas. Shooting for a spot in the top six places in order to qualify for nationals, the Tritons were tied at sixth early in round one but failed to maintain their standing as they dropped to 11th at the end of the day. Sophomore Daniel Yang had the best first-round performance of UCSD’s lineup, hitting a 74, two strokes over par, highlighted by a chip from behind the
green to eagle the 17th hole. The Tritons improved by eight strokes during day two. Senior Lewis Simon was the only Triton to score under par, hitting a 71 on the par-72 course, allowing the Tritons to climb up to the eighth spot at the end of round two. The final round was disappointing for the Tritons as they hit a team total of 317, 20 strokes behind their round two total. UCSD’s 317 was the highest score of its round and the second highest of all three days, only behind St. Mary College’s first-round score of 323. The Tritons fell to 16th and were ultimately disqualified from the National Championships. “We were right in it with nine See M. GOLF, page 9