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UC Regents Hosts Last Imagination Center Holds Symposium Meeting of the Year The new UCSD center for human imagination formally opened Tuesday, May 14.

As part of a two-day meeting, the Board of Regents met to speak about education policy and fiscal budgets.

BY sarah moon

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BY sean nam

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The new Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UCSD formally opened Tuesday May 14 with a public symposium titled “Visions of the Future.”

The symposium, one of several opening events, discussed what the world might be like 33 years from now, in a fashion similar to that of late British science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, who published his book, 2001: A Space Odyssey, discussing the future of the world 33 years from 1968.

The center itself will largely focus on imagination, analyzing how it works and its impact on our daily lives. Thinkers from multiple disciplines as different as technology, sociology, politics, medicine and literature will be involved in the research projects and public lectures

that the center has already begun to plan.

“This is the outcome of imagination,” UCSD media arts professor and center director Sheldon Brown said. “We need a more thoughtful, deliberative approach to understanding how it works.”

According to creators of the center, this symposium and others to follow are just the beginning steps of a larger exploration of how problem solving, creativity and education can be improved with a better understanding of the imagination.

Tedson Meyers, chairman of the Clarke Foundation, said many universities responded to the foundation’s request for a permanent home of the Center for Human Imagination, but UCSD was the best suited.

“Its top flight research resources, facilities and academic excellence

in multi-disciplinary collaborations within the UC system and beyond are ideally suited to approach the potential of human imagination from a wide range of perspectives,” Meyers said in a statement.

Brown said the center would also include well-known science fiction authors and UCSD alumni such as David Brin and Kim Stanley Robinson and UC Irvine physicist Gregory Benford.

The center’s second major symposium titled “Starship Century” will be held on May 21 to May 22 when some of the world’s brightest writers and scientists — including Peter Schwartz, Neal Stephenson and Robert Zubrin — gather at UCSD to discuss the possibility of space travel in this century.

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Genesee Interchange Project Begins Construction breaks ground after a CTC approval of $8 million in starting funds.

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he University of California Board of Regents met on May 15 and 16 at the Sacramento Convention Center to discuss the fiscal budget, educational policy and campus building plans. The UC Student Association hosted a press conference on the first day to reveal its official UCSA 2012–2013 Higher Education Report Card for individual California state senators and state assembly members.

The May 15 meeting featured a 20-minute public commenting period, an update on the 2013– 2014 budget and a report from UC President Mark Yudof regarding the state of the University of California and a discussion of academic performance indicators.

The meeting comes the day after the release of Governor Jerry See regents, page 3

The Genesee Avenue Interchange Project will begin construction fall 2013, following a California Transportation Committee vote approving $8 million in preliminary project funding.

The $94 million plan was initially proposed by Caltrans as part of the San Diego Association of Government’s 2030 Regional Transportation Plan in 2007, a fully funded collaboration between Caltrans, SANDAG, the city of San Diego and local businesses.

According to Caltrans I-5/SR 76 Corridor Director Allan Kosup, the project — a component of the larger

North Coast Corridor Program — will reduce congestion along La Jolla’s Genesee Avenue with the replacement of I-5 highway overcrossing, the addition of auxiliary lanes and the widening of I-5 access ramps.

“Several years of planning and collaborating with the community has resulted in this exciting project that will improve mobility and provide better access for travelers in the [University City] area,” Kosup said in an email to the Guardian. “We look forward to breaking ground on the project this fall.”

The proposal also includes plans for the addition of three miles of bicycle paths from Roselle Street to Voigt Drive, providing links to UCSD, hospitals and employment centers.

“Prior to and upon the start of construction, SANDAG and Caltrans will be coordinating with UCSD to reduce construction impacts and encourage carpooling, biking to campus and other methods of transportation,” Kosup said.

The Genesee Avenue Interchange Project is slated for completion in spring 2016. In addition, the $6.5 billion North Coast Corridor Program will begin several other projects over the next 40 years, including an expansion of the SuperLoop Rapid Bus Route and the extension of the San Diego Trolley to service UCSD and University City.

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Council Discusses Patient Care Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Record Heights Strike; Prepares for Sun God science & technology

BY helen hejran

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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere recently surpassed 400 parts per million, marking the highest level reached in human history.

The NOAA recorded this reading on May 9, receiving a reading of 400.03 ppm from their station in Mauna Loa, Hawaii. UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography recorded a reading of 400.08 ppm during that same 24-hour period.

“That increase is not a surprise to scientists,” NOAA senior scientist Pieter Tans said in an NOAA release. “The evidence is conclusive that the strong growth of global carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is driving the acceleration.”

Scripps has been providing updates on the Keeling Curve, a record of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. American scientist Charles Keeling produced the Keeling Curve in 1956 to measure carbon dioxide. In the last reading, from May 12, the carbon dioxide concentration was 399.41 ppm. It is estimated that the carbon dioxide level has not reached such levels since the Pliocene epoch, around

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3.2 to 5 million years ago.

“The 400-ppm threshold is a sobering milestone and should serve as a wakeup call for all of us to support clean energy technology and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, before it’s too late for our children and grandchildren,” Scripps oceanographer Timothy Lueker said to UCSD News.

Scripps geochemist and Charles Keeling’s son, Ralph Keeling, predicted that if the carbon dioxide levels continue to increase at this

pace, the levels would hit 450 ppm in a few decades.

“There’s no stopping CO2 from reaching 400 ppm,” Keeling said in an NOAA release. “That’s now a done deal. But what happens from here on still matters to climate, and it’s still under our control. It mainly comes down to how much we continue to rely on fossil fuels for energy.”

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Outgoing AVP Concerts and Yes; you guessed it. Aleks is sick.

Events Eric Babajanian and Designate However, she will be back. Until we Sarah Harley made a short appearance find a new columnist, that is.

Today’s meeting was fairly low key, to present about the upcoming plans for A.S. Concerts and Events, includand around 7 p.m., I found myself ing the production of more revenuenodding off to the calming voice of the A.S. Advisor and Daily Operations producing shows and improvements in visibility for A.S. Manager Babajanian also menHayley Ryan new business tioned the addition of as she read roll mekala neelakantan the “T.O. Experience” call each time mneelaka@ucsd.edu at Sun God Festival a resolution 2013, a Tritonamendment Outfitters sponsored tent that will feawas proposed. ture a photo booth, merchandise and Fortunately, I found a snack. artist signings.

That, coupled with VP Finance Sean During New Business, council O’Neal’s colorful outbursts, kept me voted unanimously to stand in soligoing for the rest of the evening. darity with UC patient care workers The meeting began with special during their impending strike on May presentations, with the A.S. Women’s 21 and 22, passing a resolution titled Commission speaking about their goals for next year, hoping to continue “Resolution in Support of the May 21 and 22 American Federation of State, their “Take Back the Night” sexual County and Municipal Employees awareness event and urging council 3299 Patient Care Workers’ Strike.” to become more involved with their Way to go, council. initiatives.

The meeting was adjourned Council then reordered to extershortly afterward (shout-out to A.S. nal news for exactly two minutes. I for promoting the Guardian’s Sun God watched as council watched a oneBlock Party), following an announceminute video clip titled “One-Minute ment that Starbucks will replace Cafe BBC News,” complete with a oneRoma in the near future. minute advertisement for Chevron, Perhaps I will purchase some of which they saw to completion. that Starbucks the next time I cover Council, invest in AdBlock, please. the A.S. council meeting.

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Brown’s revised 2013–2014 state budget.

“We all appreciate the priority given to higher education and the interest the governor is showing in the university,” Regents chair Sherry Lansing said. “At the same time, there are still additional unmet needs that we feel are critical to our students’ success into achieving long term financial stability for [the] UC [system].”

Regents discussed financial goals, including the increase of state

reinvestment, administrative cross savings and new revenue streams as well as addressed the issues surrounding the recent threat of strike

by UC medical care employees.

“First I want to assure the members of the UC community and the public that the university administration is working to avert a strike,” Yudof said. “Beyond that, the university seeks a legal injunction in the hopes of minimizing any effects on patients and their families and to let no one in this room be unaware that this is a threat to the safety of the patients.”

UCSA’s press conference featured the presentation of this year’s grade for each member of the California State Legislature. UCSA’s first annual Higher Education Report card grades legislators on their votes for UCSA sponsored bills and studentfriendly legislation.

The conference was led by UCSA President Raquel Morales, an undergraduate student at UCSD. UC student leaders from UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz were also present.

“UC students are excited to introduce our 2013 Higher Education Report Card,” Morales said in a

UCSA press release. “The report card will assign a letter grade from A to F to all state senators and assembly members based on their support for higher education. The public should know who in the legislature has stood with students and supported higher education.”

Thursday’s meeting included a closed session by the special committee to consider the selection of a president who will succeed Yudof after his end of tenure this August.

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Congress needs to find a compromise to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling on July 1.

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he stories of indebted college graduates unable to marry and start families, let alone buy houses or start businesses, have become all too common. Second only to mortgages, student loans comprise the largest debt of U.S. households — after aggregate auto loans, credit cards and homeequity debt balances. The numbers are sobering: According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the average debt for graduating seniors is $26,000, and national student debt has tripled in the past eight years to surpass $1.1 trillion. It gets more grim: On July 1, interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford student loans is set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, costing the average student an additional $1,000 per year.

Many lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum agree that the looming interest rate hike is senseless and avoidable. For any progress to be made, however, House Democrats and Republicans must translate this sentiment into compromise. Congress needs to attack this political football and set a longterm solution before last year’s rate extension expires.

A bill introduced by House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) last Thursday could serve as the basis for a plausible solution.

Kline’s legislation, called the Smarter Solutions for Students Act, supports President Obama’s 2014 fiscal request to set student loan rates based on the financial market, but differs in that it sets a cap at 8.5 percent for Stafford loans and 10.5 percent for PLUS loans to calm fears of runaway rates. The

bill would apply to all federal student loans (except Perkins loans) and would base student loans on 10-year Treasury notes. The resolution falls in line with Obama’s budget proposal, demonstrating a growing agreement that a market-based approach is more reasonable than allowing Congress to continue setting interest rates. Keeping rates subject to campaign promises is shortsighted because it creates uncertainty for student borrowers in the long haul.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Smarter Solutions for Students Act would save the government $990 million over five years and $3.7 billion over 10 years. This proposal ensures that students can take advantage of lower interest rates when available, and furthermore protects against overly-inflated rates by enforcing a ceiling.

Under the current law, most borrowers are saddled with high interest rates that do not reflect low interest rate periods in the economy. Market rates are expected to rise over the next five years, with the 10-year note expected to increase to 4.9 percent in 2017. With the 2.5-percent add-on as set in Kline’s proposal, the rate would theoretically rise above the doubled rate of 6.8 percent and land at 7.4 percent — but the cap would help stabilize federal loan programs. If this proposal became law, college graduates could also opt to take out a consolidation loan, which would allow them to lock in the same interest rate for the life of the loan.

The bill ends temporary reprieves and will provide stability to low- and middle-income students

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See Debt, page 9

UC Medical Systems Must Reform Pensions to Prioritize Patients Thousands of frontline workers at all five University of California medical centers will strike at the end of this month as a last resort response to the UC medical centers’ refusal to pay a fair wage and provide livable benefits. Negotiations have been going on since September, and the UC medical centers must resolve the gridlock. UC administrators need to reallocate funds to resolve wage inequality and put patients first.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 has been campaigning for better wages for hospital technicians, vocational nurses and service workers. The UC Health System previously proposed the union annual wage increases of up to 3.5 percent for the next four years, on top of unspecified health

and pension benefits, but these offers aren’t enough. For a union member who has worked in a UC hospital for 20 years, the grand total of these allowances amounts to a paltry $19,000 annual pension — not including further deductions for health care premiums.

This cavalier treatment of hospital workers is a stark contrast to the generous salaries of the highestpaid UC executives who take home $300,000 annually. In an ironic twist, 36 of these executives even had the audacity to threaten to sue the UC system in 2010 when UC President Mark G. Yudof wanted to cap their pensions at $183,000.

Examples of this irresponsibility can be found elsewhere. Under the same deficient oversight that has granted an extra $100 million to executive salaries since 2009, the

UCSD Student Health Insurance Plan has operated at a yearly loss and has accrued a staggering $57 million debt.

Finances are not the only issue, though. With the UC medical centers’ unwillingness to negotiate an agreement and nurses and technicians out on the picket lines, patient health is jeopardized.

The mudslinging over this issue has already commenced, with the UC medical centers accusing AFSCME of using patients as bargaining chips to avoid the real issue of pension reform. However, AFSCME has already proven its willingness to forego traditional lines in the sand with a patient protection task force that will tend to patients’ emergency needs during the strike.

The union has also committed to giving a 10-day notice before the strike, which will allow medical cen-

ters time to find replacements.

In contrast, the UC medical centers have not shown such concern.

The medical centers have a history of laying off career workers and replacing them with temporary workers who have far less experience, but also cost much less to have on board. Until the university hospitals can demonstrate that their hiring practices are in the best interests of their patients, and not the money in their pockets, they have no justification to accuse others of jeopardizing patient care.

Back in February, UCSD students joined a group of AFSCME workers in protest of the low wages that the UC system doles out to the workers who take care of patients. These students should be commended for recognizing this injustice, and more students should voice their support on May 21 to May 22.

s most exam takers can attest, the paralyzing feeling of cluelessness on consecutive “impossible” problems is perhaps the most diabolical punishment one can endure. When we casually think “I’ll save this one for later” on a midterm question and proceed to the next one only to do the same thing, the world suddenly begins closing in on us. Our body heats up, our feet start shifting uncomfortably, and an icy sweat envelops us. The feeling of debilitating anxiety caused by that very first stumper problem effectively blocks us from thinking clearly on all of the rest, and we spiral into a stage of testinduced depression.

Studies in 1967 and 1975 by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman attribute such despair to a condition called “learned helplessness.” Seligman theorized that exposure to events or challenges beyond our control (such as that seemingly impossible question 13) leads to a decrease in learning ability and abject despondency. When faced with a quandary that all our hours of study can’t solve, we subconsciously conclude that our best efforts have become futile. As a result, we are less inclined to try to our full capacity on the following problems and rapidly dive into a rut of despair usually manifested as ceiling staring.

This gloomy attitude of helplessness and resignation was initially seen during Seligman’s experiments, in which two groups of dogs were exposed to electrical shocks. The dogs in the first group were given control of their situation through the ability to press a button and thus stop the shocks for both groups. Those in the second group, though, had to rely on the first group’s button-pressing to avoid discomfort. When later given a basic learning exercise, the dogs of the first group solved the problems faster.

Those of the second group, however, whimpered and flopped on the ground, convinced that any effort on their part would be worthless.

As we are inveterate despairers, our lives are often plagued by similar situations. And unfortunately for us, the mentality of relative impotence has far-reaching consequences, even beyond the demoralizing stretch of missed answers on the Scantron.

Many health challenges such as sedentary lifestyles or dieting problems are hard to overcome because people have no faith in their ability to improve.

Similarly, students who have had difficulty with certain subjects (cough, cough calculus) establish a mental block in their minds and struggle to learn that subject in the future, even when attempting easy problems.

It is certainly easy, and even somewhat gratifying, to succumb to the forces of despondency. This is especially true when camped out at a desk in the middle of the night attempting to decipher some inscrutable concepts. As we laze about feeling sorry for ourselves because of one lapse in understanding, we are all too ready to give up and resign ourselves to bittersweet defeat.

But rest assured, there’s a simple way to evade this morass of anguish: Heed the words that the California Standardized Testing and Reporting Test instructions have had every year since the 2nd grade. Just do the easy ones first. You’ll stare at the ceiling a lot less.

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Do party right. You should be done by midnight.

Do get a room.

Do go to the back of the crowd and dance like crazy — there’s no room to dance all the way in the front.

Do fill up your Brita filter in the morning and put it by your bed so you have water the next morning.

Do find as many friends as possible and take as many pictures as you can so you can look back and remember the events of the day.

Do lose your “group” at least once. That’s how you know you’re having fun.

Do stay hydrated, “hydrated” and “high-drated.”

Do afterparty. This is the one time everyone on campus is up, and you should take advantage of that.

Do make a list of artists’ set times. It’s likely that the main headliners’ performances will overlap, so try to decide which tent you want to go to beforehand.

Do go with friends. If you can’t go with friends, make new ones. Do remember the new friends you make.

Do have a “re-hydration” station. Ironically, the Village and ERC are very “far” locations from RIMAC field, due to inconvenient fencing. Ideal locales include I-House or the Marshall Uppers.

Do have a sober/non-Sun God-attending friend drive to Vallarta Express. Carne Asada Fries go well with the occasion.

Do have some “protection” on you or get ready to be deployed.

Anything goes during Sun God. Do be prepared in case you get separated from the crowd; wear a lanyard with a card with your name and an emergency contact’s phone number.

Do drink coconut water. Even though it tastes like booty sweat, it is good juice for hangovers.

Do all your homework due for this week and the next week by Thursday night, so you have nothing to worry about for the weekend.

Do have a secret knocking system for invited guests. It will maintain your safe haven from RSOs and campus police.

Do remember that shuttles stop running at 12:30 a.m. if you live off campus.

Do find some mode of transportation if you’re off campus since buses tend to be pretty packed.

Do remember the best way to get rid of a Sun God hangover is ... to keep drinking.

Do have a set meet-up point in case people get separated, because cell phone reception at RIMAC field is terrible.

Do be aware that there will be increased police presence monitoring the area for a six-mile radius checking for DUIs. Do know we will have new special drug recognition police officers, so if you’re passed out on drugs, there will be people who can recognize those drugs and deal with it appropriately. (But this also means a higher risk of you just getting sent straight to jail.)

Do be careful. The lady in charge of detox will be stricter about sending people straight to the hospital if she’s worried about their health and also sending people straight to jail if they’re going to be belligerent.

Do start early, finish late. Go. All. Out.

don’ts

Don’t get too messed up early in the day. It’s not a sprint — it’s a marathon.

Don’t lose your friends for the entire day.

Don’t pass out on the lawn or sit by the fence and look terrible. They will arrest you.

Don’t yell “Idaho” — it’s bad grammar.

Don’t sit on someone’s shoulders, a security guard will tell you to get down.

Don’t stand directly next to a speaker; you’ll risk permanent damage to your ears.

Don’t lose your dignity — or try hard to retain at least a semblance of it.

Don’t take a nap. You probably won’t wake up.

Don’t party with red wine. You’ll get worse hangovers that way.

Don’t use beer as a chaser. Whatever you ate that morning will come back up the exact same way it went down.

Don’t be preoccupied with texting ... your phone will die, and you’ll be stuck at a charging station.

Don’t send drunk texts.

Don’t do anything stupid. You’re here to have fun, not to have your head lined with stitches after slipping and hitting your head in IRPS. Don’t stand still — jump around and dance.

Don’t assume that the main headliners are the only reason to go! There’s a reason why each artist on the Sun God lineup is chosen.

Don’t skimp on the plastic bags.

Don’t forget to stock up on Gatorade and Advil.

Don’t forget your name and where you live. It could help the people helping your drunk self.

Don’t leave a belligerent drunk friend in a crowd. You might not see him or her for a couple of days.

Don’t forget to eat a hearty breakfast. You want to last the entire Sun God. It’s barf prevention.

Don’t remember anything. Except the great time you had.

Don’t fall in love. Sun God relationships aren’t real.

Don’t leave your suite door open, and cover your windows with paper bags. If you need fresh air, go out one at a time but don’t be loud.

Don’t try to real-talk a security guard.

Don’t find yourself without Clorox wipes, a mop and plastic bags on hand. Go to Ralph’s or CVS the night before to prepare for post-Sun God cleaning.

Don’t walk around with a giant duffle bag ... we all know what’s inside of it.

Don’t forget to bring cash for the food booths.

Don’t be that person who only knows “Swimming Pools” by Kendrick Lamar.

Don’t get lost (yes, it’s RIMAC field, and no, you can’t REALLY get lost).

Don’t let your friends go home with a stranger.

Don’t sneak kegs and stuff into your apartment the day of. There are going to be new security cameras installed in North Campus, focusing a lot on the Village.

Don’t perform oral sex on any of the artists.

Don’t use your fake I.D. to buy alcohol at local stores. They know when Sun God is and they will be on alert.

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sun god Artists 2013 Porter Robinson

Hailing from North Carolina, 20-year-old Porter Robinson has already achieved more than most EDM artists do throughout their career. Inspired at age 13 by video game sounds from “Dance Dance Revolution,” Robinson taught himself how to mix as he slowly built an online following via his releases on Beatport. In 2011, during his senior year of high school, he signed a deal with Skrillex’s label, OWSLA, and his first single “Language” brought him near-immediate success in the electronic scene.

Robinson kicked off his career as a touring musician in 2011 by playing for huge crowds at esteemed festivals, including Electronic Daisy Carnival and South by Southwest. While touring as the opening act for Tiesto later that year, Robinson remained level headed despite his newfound success,

managing to play house parties on tour as chronicled in a mini-documentary on YouTube.

Showing no sign of slowing down, Robinson tackled the European scene in 2012, playing for audiences abroad at Tomorrowland in Belgium.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., he became a staple artist in the electronic scene, which earned him a prominent spot at Coachella.

Robinson has dubbed his fresh blend of electro house as “complextro” due to the massive amounts of cuts, skips and transitions in the music.

Utilizing hundreds of sound clips and effects, it coalesces into a heavy beat that keeps the crowd going but has enough melodic and harmonic content layered on top to please more sober concertgoers.

If you’re not convinced of this youngster’s prowess yet, this might

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do the trick: Robinson was booted last month from Matador Music Festival, allegedly because his music was inciting the crowd to riot.

Get ready, UCSD.

—dieter joubert

Staff Writer photo by khanh nguyen /Guardian

Kendrick lamar

Portugal. the man Imagine an Alaska without Sarah Palin, and you’ll see many other nice things, particularly the beautiful landscape, giant king salmon, igloos and the unapologetic style created by the boys of Portugal. The Man. By synthesizing the cooled-off steel drumming sounds of the Beach Boys, heavy guitar licks a la Jane’s Addiction and lyrical poetics akin to Bon Iver, Portugal. The Man is hard to pigeonhole, whether it be through style, delivery or work ethic.

Having already released six albums since their 2006 debut (along with a 13-minute short film that uses the songs “Sleep Forever” and “Got It All” as narration to a haunting tale set in the Alaskan tundra) PTM has a flair for grandeur.

While present-day pop might have laid waste to eardrums everywhere, Portugal. The Man — though swept up by big business Atlantic Records — has maintained its offbeat, unique sound while still being accessible to mainstream listeners.

Co-founded by John Gourley (vocalist/songwriter) and Zach Carothers (bass player/vocalist), Portugal. The Man soon moved out of the wilderness and into the hipster’s homeland of Portland, Oregon, gaining members Kyle O’Quin, Noah Gersh and, eventually, Kane Ritchotte.

Their latest album, “Evil Friends”

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youngblood hawke Just as it did with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, UCSD has likely booked another act that is just about to become an international hit. After two years of constant rehearsing, songwriting and reputation-building, Youngblood Hawke is positioned to explode onto the music scene in the next few months. “Wake Up,” the band’s debut album, climbed to 58th place on the Billboard 200 after its debut on April 30, and lead single “We Come Running” can be heard regular-

(out June 4), certainly maintains the band’s knack for spectacle.

After news that producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton (heralded for his work with Gnarls Barkley, The Black Keys and Cee Lo Green) was interested in collaborating, Portugal. The Man scrapped over 10 songs and two weeks of recording time to work with him. The result retains PTM’s varied sounds and loner lyrical themes (i.e. “Creep in a T-Shirt”) while incorporating radio-friendly (and blunt-friendly) hip-hop and hook-heavy elements (“Hip-Hop Kids” and “Purple Yellow Red and Blue,” respectively), making PTM a band that can appeal to fans across genres.

That’s the rub, really. Whatever style Portugal. The Man aims to ly on modern rock and pop stations.

The attention is well deserved — Youngblood Hawke spent years honing a warm, poppy sound worthy of commercial success. Their music is heavily layered, containing overdubbed vocals, bright synth sounds, acoustic and electric guitar, grand piano and even children’s choir and xylophone as heard in “We Come Running.” The result is a sound that, while very densely arranged, remains clear, straightforward and beautiful.

Most of the songs by these Echo Park natives sound vibrant and upbeat even when the lyrics can be somber or heavy. According to lead singer Sam Martin, this is what comes to them most naturally.

“Sometimes, we’ll have some darker lyrics, and we like to balance that happy music in the background,” he said in an interview with the Guardian. “It’s just fun for us to perform that style of music, and it’s what we’re attracted to. I don’t think we set out specifically to sound really positive and upbeat, but that’s just what makes us feel something.”

Though their music fits somewhere within the modern pop and rock genres, their influences and favorite acts range from Radiohead to classic rock and roll.

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infuse — be it pop, electronic, hiphop or blues — their strange delivery stays prevalent in their work. It’s why they’ve gained such a loyal clan of followers, from their northeastern stomping grounds to Europe to our own sunny California. At a Sun God that will be writhing with drunken, sweaty tomfoolery, what better way to close the evening off than with a heavy dose of that cool Alaskan breeze reverberating through the air?

—jacey aldredge

A&E Editor “[If I could work with any artist], I would like to work with Mick Jagger,” Martin said. “To work with him back in the day would be a dream come true.”

Martin is also excited to be one of the bands opening for Sun God headliner Kendrick Lamar. “[‘good kid, m.A.A.d. city’] is one of my favorite albums,” he said.

“I really like his lyrics. They’re very intelligent and storytelling-driven, and I love it.”

With such a diverse appreciation for music, it makes sense that Youngblood Hawke defies fitting neatly into a genre.

“I think we all kind of have individual styles, and I think we’re all really close,” Martin said. “I think the thing that we want to get across is that we’re a really tight-knit group of people who are insanely passionate about creating music together.”

This attitude is precisely what has helped Youngblood Hawke advance in terms of sound and popularity, and it will likely help them become one of the most popular bands in modern rock.

— kyle somers

Staff Writer

It makes sense to have a west coast rapper headline Sun God. The sun is out. It’s basically summer.

Sun God has all the makings of a day like Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day.” It’s a break from school’s usual oppressive monotony, a celebration of dodging tests and essays instead of bullets and police. But for the past decade or so, west coast rap has been pretty dormant. For those who still prostrate themselves on the altar of the California scene, the 2000s were a rough time. You can only play “Gin and Juice” so many times before it gets old.

Luckily for all these poor nostalgic souls, the West is back at Sun God. In fact, the West in general is back, mostly due to the impressive efforts of our beloved headliner, Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper received the west coast torch from Dr. Dre and has infused the otherwise stale subgenre with a vitality that’s been missing for years.

Lamar’s major debut, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City,” put this vitality on full display. Released in October 2012, the album has received accolades from just about everyone.

The album has gone gold, topped numerous “Best of ” lists (including Pitchfork’s and the BBC’s), and came in second on Billboard’s annual best albums list.

While some of this acclaim is due to the hype from Dre publicly anointing Lamar the future of the West, most of it is because Lamar

is talented. His raps are clever. He shifts tempos, rhyme schemes and personas with ease. He raps about conflicting impulses. He talks about shooting people and partying and then bows into a prayer without betraying any insincerity. Even “Swimming Pools (Drank),” which on the surface seems like a lighthearted celebration of alcohol, subtly explores the darker parts of drinking and alcoholism. “Some people like the way it feels/ Some people wanna kill their sorrows/ Some people wanna fit in with the popular/ That was my problem,” he rhymes, turning an ostensible party anthem into a meditation on the art of peer pressure — and making “Swimming Pools” an appropriate anthem for Sun God. What helps Lamar discuss these topics without sounding preachy is his storytelling ability. He couches what would otherwise be moralistic preaching in personal narratives.

In fact, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City” is such a cohesive narrative that it’s almost hard to listen to individual songs. This autobiographical touch lends his work a poignancy that makes it all the more powerful.

All of this makes Kendrick Lamar a great Sun God act: He brings a lot of emotional power to the stage while still being a dope enough rapper to not kill anyone’s vibe.

—sebastian brady

Staff Writer

dj Geo-D In the wake of a “plug-and-play” DJ plague that has inspired a new breed of DIY house music, good ol’ classic turntables would seem like a dying art. Not to Geo-D though.

Fresh out of San Francisco, DJ Geo “Geo-D” Del Carmen gets back to basics, rooting his style in nowvintage turntablism to create some of the best progressive electronica this side of the Mississippi. Working from age 13 without leaning on the play button other artists so frequently depend upon, Geo-D has made a name for himself by honing a heavyhitting house style comprised of complex rhythms and breakdowns that will make even the biggest dubstep fans swoon.

In 2012, Geo-D left his mark on the industry after he participated in Macworld’s first DJ contest in San Francisco, “RISE,” and earned praise for his back-to-the-roots turntabling.

Having played alongside electronic greats such as Ferry Corsten, Apl. de.Ap and Will.I.Am of the Black

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Eyed Peas, Geo-D has built himself a clear path into the spotlight. Now remixing and producing his own tracks, Geo-D’s musical artistry and track selection during his live sets reflect the crowd’s higher-than-life reaction to the music.

The point is: DJ Geo-D was made to make you dance, and Sun God was made for dancing. So get to it.

— jacey aldredge

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Andrew mcmahon A man of many titles, pianopop artist Andrew McMahon has remained beloved in an industry notorious for its wavering taste in artists. After selling millions of records as the former frontman of piano-rock bands Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, McMahon is now trying his own name out for size. With the addition of his alternative pop inspired solo EP “The Pop Underground”

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danny brown A piece of lore is stewing out there about Danny Brown: He received oral sex on stage during an April 26 show in Minneapolis and kept on rapping, making him either a disgusting pig or an unexpected victim of sexual assault, depending on your opinion.

It’s easy to see why people would rush to consider the former, though, since Danny Brown is more of a character than a real man, and unsolicited

to an already booming catalogue of rock music, McMahon is showing no signs of slowing down.

“It’s endless, I guess,” McMahon said to the Guardian. “I’ve been doing it for so long. I’ve been on the road for 11 to 12 years now.”

McMahon recently completed an extensive 25-date U.S. tour and will follow it up by a tour in the U.K. Since Something Corporate’s inception in 1998, McMahon has invented and reinvented his identity and music in line with the developing tastes of his fans.

This transition from band frontman to solo act shows through in McMahon’s newest tracks. Songs like “After the Fire” exhibit a shift from the piano-rock era into far more upbeat synth-inspired pop that brings the summer heat out early in time for Sun God. “As far as this record goes, I think there was a lot of joy in its creation, and there was a lot of freedom in sort of cutting loose of some heavier subject matters,” McMahon said.

Despite having lived on the east coast until eighth grade, southern California represents what McMahon calls his “promised land.” Orange County is home to

both Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin and the inspiration for songs like “Miss California” where a “boxcar on the beach” is where the real fun resides.

“You hear quite a bit of regular references to southern California and living by the beach, and, for me, I pull a lot of my personal inspiration and creative inspiration from the Pacific Ocean,” McMahon said.

And with over a decade of material to pull from, nothing is off limits come Sun God. “You can expect a pretty balanced set list between what we’ve been doing out on the road this past month or so — a pretty good amount of Jack’s, Something Corporate and also music off this new EP,” McMahon said.

With an abundant set list that transcends several genres, McMahon encourages fans to feel the music as much as they hear it.

“For me, I think I like the way for people to hear my music is to relate to it as personally as possible,” he said. “I think connection is sort of my biggest goal.”

With a mysterious background and a musical resume spanning various genres, IndO’s presence at Sun God will be a chance to catch a rising artist in one of his first live performances.

IndO first began making music at the age of 7 and spent his childhood mastering classical pieces on the piano.

The NorCal native then crossed musical terrain to become a rock guitarist.

IndO enjoyed success touring with Versus Us and shared the stage with acts such as Amber Pacific, Sherwood and Quiet Drive. He then wrapped up rock and jumped genres again, arriving at the EDM scene.

IndO set to work for months, training in his home studio to perfect music production. In 2012, his hard work paid off when he won the

Insomniac Discovery Project’s remix contest and premiered at Nocturnal Wonderland electronic music festival.

His feel-good dance single “W.L.I.F.A.” earned him a record deal with Manufactured Music. IndO’s sound strikes a similar chord as Daft Punk (such as in “I Wanna”). His heavy use of bass synthesizer and rapid build-ups are deliberate, focused hits of energy that, while aggressive, are more measured in comparison to acts like The Bloody Beetroots. Having finished his EP, “Eviscerate,” IndO is heading down to San Diego to enliven RIMAC field with driving beats and ferocious soundboarding.

From Coachella’s Sahara Dance Tent to the grounds of UCSD, we welcome Prinz Adrian Johannes Hynne, a.k.a. Adrian Lux — someone especially appealing to the raver crowd.

This Swedish-born producer and DJ is famous for singles “Strawberry” and “Teenage Crime,” both of which integrate light, catchy beats with underlying themes of love and death quite akin to the styles of Kaskade and Crystal Castles.

Raised by a punk rocker and a filmmaker, Lux was exposed to music early on. But it wasn’t until the age of 17 that he truly took to music with Jamaican dancehall music and the hip-hop group Dipset as his two major obsessions at the time. After a trip to Brazil, though, Lux’s style drifted away from these reggae and rap subgenres to the sentimental EDM and cool electronic pop that he is famous for today.

Lux’s flamboyant beats have been gracing European clubs for the past three years. A mix of indie, electronica and house, Lux has been shaped by (and is now shaping) Sweden’s thriving music scene from Calvin Harris to Avicii.

Lux has already gathered an admirable group of supporters in the DJ world from David Guetta to Tiesto, and his recent American tour will no doubt bring in thousands more fans.

Bridging the gap between cutting-edge pop and rush house, Lux touts a vibe unlike any of the other artists set to play Sun God. Great things are expected from this rising star: Don’t be a fool and blackout before this Swedish sensation.

chicks grabbing dicks lies squarely in the sphere of fantasy.

Consider the way he looks, — tongue out, skinny jeans, cartoonishly choppy hair sprouting in every direction — he seems like precisely the type of guy to respond to public falatio from a stranger with nothing but a gap-toothed grin. Of course, sexual assault victims come in all shapes and sizes (and races and genders), and it’s never fair to make assumptions about them. Regardless, the incident may turn Brown’s Sun God set into a spectacle of curiosity that will make his cutthroat performance all the more shocking to those uninitiated to his crew, the Bruiser Brigade.

Danny Brown is, after all, an off-kilter playboy. Screaming about fucking while “higher than Swizz Beats’ hairline,” his music is both sexual and substance-abused and his voice is the same: a highpitched, nasal yelp bred from a heavy diet of Adderall and women.

His most recent album, 2011’s “XXX,” is a hedonistic trip through

the streets of his hometown of Detroit, Michigan, at once exposing the trappings of the crumbling city and the vices it supplies. On album highlight “DNA,” he admits over plaintive horns that addiction is “in my D.N.A., cos my pops used to get fucked up the same way.” On “Fields” he takes on Detroit itself: “We living in the streets where options is limited / Because there’s burnt buildings instead of jobs and businesses,” — making it clear that the drugged-out bravado of much of the album (the pinnacle of which is “I Will,” a salacious ode to oral sex over a pitched-up female vocal sample) is a failed means of escaping the sludge of the Motor City.

Yet us hardcore Bruisers know: Despite Danny Brown’s raw background, the 32-year-old rapper is a gleeful performer. Though much of his crotch-grabbing ego is tonguein-cheek, he’s the perfect man to command the beer-soaked, horny masses of Sun God.

— pablo valdivia

Staff Writer

— Raquel Calderon

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“Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” Kendrick Lamar “Teenage Dream (Geo-D Dutched Out Rework)” Katy Perry “Purple Yellow Red and Blue” Portugal. The Man “Hollywood” RAC feat. Penguin Prison “All I Ever Wanted” Adrian Lux feat. Joakim Berg “Kush Coma” Danny Brown “We Come Running” Youngblood Hawke “Crush It” IndO “Trying to Be Cool (RAC Remix)” Phoenix “Synesthesia” Andrew McMahon “People Say” Portugal. The Man “Grown Up” Danny Brown “Eviscerate” IndO “Sieben” DJ Geo-D “Damaged” Adrian Lux “Swimming Pools (Drank)” Kendrick Lamar Listen to the mix @ Soundcloud.com/ucsdguardian/sets/sun-god-festival-2013

RAC

— lara budge

Staff Writer

— arielle sallai

Staff Writer

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In a music scene dominated by synth-based pop music and autotuned vocals, RAC keeps it simple.

Otherwise known as the Remix Artist Collective, the group consists of a trio of members devoted to remixing, mashing and reinterpreting the work of other artists. Adding previously nonexistent melodies and complexities to some of today’s greatest hits, the group has evolved over time from a dorm-room hobby to a major force in today’s music industry, taking on anything from indie bands like The Shins and Penguin Prison to more mainstream fare such as Ellie Goulding, Radiohead and Lady Gaga.

An underdog college success story, the group was founded from the ground up through the talents of then-sophomore Andre Allen Anjos who eventually joined up with fellow classmate Karl Kling and New York remix artist Andrew Maury.

Beginning as just a musical passion, the “collective” drew the attention of big-name artists and recording companies after scoring their first big break remixing the song, “Sleeping Lessons,” for indie rock band The Shins.

“Remixing was just something that came pretty naturally,” frontman

Andre Anjos said in an interview with the Guardian. “I just started college really not thinking about a career or what I’d be doing in life, and all of it kind of happened… It’s all been a big deviation from the original plan. It’s just pure luck to find something that sets you apart, and that’s what we did.”

The group’s music focuses less on David Guetta-like robot beats and utilizes a more equal combination of instrumentals and synth.

“Honestly, our goal is just to make these songs better – jumping around genres and adding the RAC sound,” Anjos said. “It’s all about trying things out, never really planning anything, and it’s exciting to just see where things go.”

And where things are going is the Sun God Festival, where the former college musician will be playing for a crowd of thousands of UCSD students.

“San Diego has always been a cool place for us to hang and play music,” he said. “Ever since our days playing at the El Dorado, we’ve always had a special connection, and we can’t wait to try some new stuff at Sun God.”

— nick yang

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working to finance college. By sweeping the student interest rate problem off the table, Congress can focus more attention on streamlining federal student aid programs.

The fate of this measure, though, depends on whether Democrats’ skepticism can be dispelled so that the bill can enjoy broad bipartisan support in the House. Some Democrats on the House Education Committee are concerned that basing rates on the market would actually increase the cost of education in the coming years. Others are concerned about whether Congress could use the savings from terminating a decreased rate to give low-income students

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While House Republicans and Obama are seeking a long-term fix, many Democrats in the Senate are clamoring instead for a short-term extension of the current 3.4-percent rate. As total student loan debt continues to climb, public university tuition has risen 27 percent over the past five years, and meanwhile, median household income has decreased. In California alone, inflation-adjusted tuition more than doubled in public two-year community colleges, and it increased by over 70 percent in four-year public colleges. The issues raised by each senator can be debated when the House Committee on Education

and the Workforce considers amendments to Kline’s bill before sending it to the House.

If these trends continue, postsecondary education will become even more unaffordable for a majority of students. The debt problem needs to be mitigated not just now, but in the coming years as well.

Hundreds of thousands of college graduates are further delaying buying big-ticket items such as cars and homes, stifling economic growth.

An entire generation should not be stepping out into their professional lives mired in irresolvable debt.

Obama promised to prevent student loan rates from skyrocketing in his 2012 reelection campaign. Let’s ensure that his words translate to actions.

Dear Editor, Justice in Palestine Week is upon us once again. Without adding to the often inflammatory rhetoric tossed around, I would like to pose a simple question: Why not “Justice in the Middle East” Week? I’d like to think that’s an event everyone on campus could support.

Israel is certainly far from perfect, but it is a robust democracy, which struggles as every democracy has. Israel is the only country in the region where there is full freedom of religion for Christians, Jews, and Moslems, Druze, Baha’i and numerous others. It has a free press and a parliamentary government with freely elected Arab and Jewish members.

Meanwhile, the government of Syria, which has long imprisoned and tortured dissenters, continues to slaughter its own people. Saudi Arabia severs the hands of thieves, executes those charged with “sorcery” and punishes rape victims with imprisonment. In Egypt it is still common for women to be harassed as they walk the streets and openly declaring homosexuality is unsafe. Jordan’s Black September, which ended with violent suppression of the Palestine-Liberation-Organization-led uprising, is not yet a distant memory.

Iraq, formerly home to a brutal dictatorship is now home to internecine religious and territorial bloodshed. Surely these injustices and scores more also warrant our attention?

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times summed it up concisely when he said, “Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction — out of all proportion to any other party in the Middle East — is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest.”

— Jonathan Sapan Graduate Student, Center for Magnetic Recording Research

Dear Editor, I understand President Obama’s plan is to have all of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

As a lifelong U.S. citizen for over 54 years, I would like to say the following about these two wars, Iraq and Afghanistan, and how they relate to our nation’s history.

I truly believe that fighting World War I and World War II was absolutely necessary to our nation’s security. I truly do not believe that fighting in Korea, Vietnam, Kuwait, Iraq nor Afghanistan was necessary to the security of our nation.

If my understanding of the history of these wars is correct, Korea and Vietnam were fought to prevent the spread of Communism to South Korea and South Vietnam. The war in Kuwait was fought to drive Saddam Hussein out of a country that he wrongly invaded. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were because of 9/11. Considering these five countries are so far from the U.S., I do not, again, I do not see how these wars were even conceivably or remotely fought to protect our nation’s security.

Now the overpaid, underworked, and clueless government officials in Washington, D.C. are continuing to force tens of thousands of American troops into harm’s way for absolutely no good reason. The term “nation building” has been used to describe both Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I was of the understanding that this was viewed as wrong for a country to get involved in.

It is well past time for our socalled “government officials” to stop being war mongers and bring all of our troops home to safety and their families where they all belong!

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Early Exit UCSD Softball eliminated early from NCAA Division-II Sub Regional.

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The UCSD softball team will not continue on to the NCAA National Tournament. This will be the first time in three seasons that the Tritons will not advance to the eight-team College World Series.

UCSD ended its season at the double elimination West Subregional, where they lost to Humboldt State 7–1 in the tournament opener and Grand Canyon University 8–3.

The Tritons lost both matches in similar fashion, falling into a five-run deficit early in the game that would prove to be too deep a hole to emerge from. In the first game against reigning California Collegiate Athletics Association champions, first-seeded Humboldt State, the Lumberjacks scored five runs in the first inning on three hits, including a two-run homer.

Senior right-hander Michelle Escamilla (3–12) walked three men and gave up two hits and five runs in just 0.2 innings pitched. Her relief, freshman Alexis Edwards, fared better over her 4.1 innings but gave up back-to-back single-run home runs in the fourth.

Possibly in an effort to preserve their arms, UCSD head coach Patti Gerckens sent out her big guns in game two against Grand Canyon University.

Junior Jennifer Manuel (11–4) started for the Tritons, giving up five runs on five hits in the second inning. Similarly, after the second inning, Edwards was summoned, this time surrendering a two-run double in the sixth.

Poor pitching — or, rather, poor pitching relative to that of last season’s All-American ace Camille

Gaito — has been UCSD’s Achilles’ heel in 2013. The lineup has not changed much since last season, with the exception of now-absent All-American center fielder Kris Lesovsky. UCSD retained All-West Region selections junior Caitlin Brown and senior Nicole Spangler.

The Tritons returned All-CCAA selections juniors Mya Romero and Kristin Willmon, brought on freshman Callie Grant and brought back All-CCAA selection redshirt sophomore Taylor Sepulveda from the disabled list, but it seemed like the formula that took the Tritons to back-toback national tournament title games was just a little bit off.

Without Gaito — who recorded an unheard of 0.75 ERA in her 2011 season — to hide behind, UCSD’s small-ball tactics couldn’t hold up, particularly against conference champions Humboldt State, which leads the nation in home runs per game (107 in 62 games played).

Regardless, the Tritons (33–25 overall, 24–12 in the CCAA) still came away with some good results. UCSD ended regular season play in second place behind Humboldt and placed seven Tritons on the All-CCAA conference team. The Tritons also took the silver bracket title at the Mizuno Tournament of Champions held back in the beginning of April.

Furthermore, UCSD will only graduate three from its lineup — Spangler, Escamilla and Dyanna Imoto — with the core group returning and ready for next season.

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Season Finale

UCSD finishes the season sixth at NCAA Championships.

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BY MATT SMITH

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he UCSD women’s water polo team had a rough finish to the end of its season this past weekend at the NCAA championships, hosted by Harvard University from May 10 to May 12.

The Tritons entered the event as the No. 5 seed but were ousted by No. 4 University of Hawaii.

Subsequently, UCSD moved into the consolation bracket, beating Pomona-Pitzer before losing to sixth-seeded Princeton University in overtime to place sixth.

“Harvard put on an amazing display of our sport. It was very professional,” UCSD team captain and Western Water Polo Association Player of the Year Sarah Lizotte said. “They did an amazing job, and we were really lucky they were able to host that for us.”

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UCSD 6, Hawaii 13

UCSD 15, Pomona-Pitzer 8

UCSD 10, Princeton 12

UCSD opened up the tournament against the Big West conference champion squad from Hawaii. Hawaii got off to a hot start behind two goals from Zoe Respondek. A goal from junior Melissa Bartow kept the Tritons close at the end of the first quarter, but subsequent 5–1 periods with Hawaii on top in the second and third quarters put the game out of reach.

“Quite frankly, we just weren’t prepared,” Lizotte said. “We weren’t prepared for the physicality. They came out harder and stronger than we did, and they just outplayed us in every aspect.”

UCSD was able to outshoot the Rainbow Wahine 3–1 in the fourth frame, but the game was well out of reach by that point, and the Tritons were sent to the consolation bracket. Hawaii went on to lose in the next round to the eventual NCAA national champion USC and finished fourth overall.

In the consolation bracket, UCSD came out strong.

The Tritons jumped all over Pomona-Pitzer and never let them into the game.

“I think after our first performance, we really wanted to turn it around,” Lizotte said. “We came out with more fire than we did on Friday.”

Lizotte herself came out hot, scoring five goals for the Tritons in the first half, propelling UCSD to a 10–5 halftime lead. Bartow had three goals, and sophomore Rachel Brooks added two in the first half to round out the scoring.

In the second half, UCSD continued to pepper the net. Brooks picked up another goal. The Triton freshmen took control of the remainder as UCSD head coach Brad Kreutzkamp utilized his bench to manage minutes.

Alexis Wieseler threw in two goals, while Julia Kirkland and Emma Sasson grabbed one each.

With the win, UCSD moved on to face Princeton University in a challenge for fifth place.

Despite getting off to a great start, the Tritons couldn’t maintain their momentum and lost to Princeton in overtime. The Tigers scored the first goal, but three straight goals from the Tritons put UCSD on top.

The game was tied at 7–7 going into the fourth quarter, but two quick goals from the Tritons and another goal from Bartow with 5:39 remaining gave UCSD a 10–7 lead.

Princeton refused to give up, however, and the Tritons were unable to maintain the lead. UCSD gave up three goals in a three-minute span to bring the game into overtime.

“We came out in the first half ready to play,” Lizotte said. “We went up by three, and it kind of spun downward from there.”

Princeton added a point in each overtime period and came away with the victory. UCSD failed to build much momentum on offense, as fatigue increasingly began to show on the Tritons’ side. Early-game foul trouble caused the Tritons to play on shortened rotations, and the extra minutes slowed them down in the overtime periods.

Despite the result, the Tritons had a very successful season, earning their highest-placed finish in UCSD history at sixth in the tournament. UCSD also had five tournament titles on the year, and with the full team returning for next season, the Triton squad is poised to perform well again in 2014.

“We’re coming back next year with a full squad, and that’s really good for our program,” Lizotte said. “It’s exciting, and it’s something to look forward to. This was a great season, and I’m really proud of my team, and I’m really hopeful for next season.”

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