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Students Send List of Demands to University Student groups MEChA and MiRA called for changes to the DEI requirement and for community-specific housing. BY BECCA CHONG
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WHAT I’VE GAINED FROM THIS FORAY IS THAT WE, PARTICULARLY HETEROSEXUAL CISGENDERED MALES, SHOULD NOT TAKE OUR PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY AT FACE-VALUE.”
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University Officials Shut Down Display on Library Walk By jacky to UCSD administration ordered the removal of a display from the Silent Tree area in front of Geisel Library last Wednesday, citing concerns regarding pedestrian safety. A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Krystl Fabella, whose office was responsible for putting up the display, aimed to use the display to engage students and promote “critical, necessary dialogue about race, oppression, and inequality.” UCSD Communications Manager Christine Clark explained to the UCSD Guardian that was not safe for enough to be placed in such a populated area. “The Silent Tree location where the display was installed is not a reservable space for free-standing displays, stages and events,” Clark said in an email. “More importantly, this display, which consisted of 7 large boards, was not affixed to a stable supporting structure and were susceptible to being blown over. Measuring over 6 feet tall, the boards posed a safety hazard in an area used heavily by pedestrians, skateboarders and cyclists. Had the display been reserved through the proper channels, then measures could have been taken in advance to ensure they were safely installed.”
news editor After being alerted that the display threatened student safety, Fabella and her office immediately took the display down. However, though she admitted she did not complete the full procedure required to reserve the space, she disclosed to the Guardian that a university official inappropriately shouted at her in public for the incident. “There was nuanced protocol that I was made aware of that I missed, to which I took responsibility for immediately, but I was proceeded to be verbally attacked, yelled at, and patronized by an admin figure in public, accused of being disruptive and defiant,” Fabella said. “I walked him through the good-faith effort of procedure I did, describing where I might have missed authority to pass through to use the free speech zone (which is in itself so ambiguously defined) … [but] it’s frustrating, the undermining that admin takes to students in our good faith efforts of activism, the bad intentions assumed in what should be a learning grounds and a learning institution where marginalized community issues continue to be stifled.” Furthermore, Fabella revealed that the university official
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track positions. Both sides also agreed to a media blackout, during which neither the administration nor faculty and students will make public statements regarding the protests and subsequent resolution for the rest of the current academic year. Andrew Jolivette, Chair of the American Indian Studies Department at the College of Ethnic Studies, told NBC that the students’ actions have helped to strengthen the College and ensure that it continues to expand. “Their sacrifice was a selfless act that make us all proud of them,” Jolivette said. “This is a huge step in advancing the healthy growth of the College of Ethnic Studies, and I look forward to the next phases of planning to bring the
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HOW INEQUITIES ARE PERPETUATED OPINION, Page 4
In response to the recent chalking incidents at UCSD, the student groups Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan and Migrants Rights Awareness created a list of 33 demands in collaboration with several other student organizations and campus entities. The demands are aimed at addressing the administration’s lack of response to the incidents as well as more widespread issues of racism and xenophobia in the San Diego and UC communities. The lists encompasses a variety of issues, including the well-being of the student population, changes to the diversity, equity and inclusion graduation requirement, the creation of more community-specific housing, increased representation of minorities among faculty and staff and an increase in accountability throughout the hiring process of upper-level administration, among others. Eleanor Roosevelt College junior Sonia Garcia Avelar, the chair of MiRA and one of the signers of the demand list, emphasized that while the list addresses the recent chalking incidents, it is meant to be proactive rather than reactionary; she explained how the demands are grounded in realistic expectations that are meant to be a starting point for improving UCSD. “We felt like we signed off on things that are very feasible and tangible, things that have already been ‘worked on’ by administration, or things that have been brought up consistently,” Avelar told the UCSD Guardian. “Ideally all 33 demands would be met, but we also have to acknowledge that [the creation of this list is] taking steps forward to make this a more diverse, equitable and inclusive university, [while] also acknowledging the fact that the foundation of the university was never meant for underrepresented communities or people of color.” Rosaura Sanchez, a professor of Latin American and Chicano literature, offered her perspective on the proposed changes to the university’s Diversity, Education, and Inclusion requirement: first changing the course to a mandatory letter-grade, adding a second course, making them more accessible to non-American students and
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SFSU Agrees to Increase Ethnic Studies Funding The settlement ended a 10-day student hunger strike protesting proposed cuts to the department. BY MARIA SEBAS
NEWS EDITORIAL ASSISTANT After a 10-day hunger strike, four San Francisco State University students reached an agreement with SFSU President Leslie Wong to provide additional funding for the university’s College of Ethnic Studies on May 11. As part of the settlement, the administration will allocate an additional $482,806 to the ethnic studies program. The students — Hassani Bell, Julia Retzlaff, Sachiel Rose and Ahkeel Mestayer — initiated the hunger strike in response to proposed budget cuts to the College of Ethnic Studies and demanded that the university invest $8 million in the college. The hunger strikers call themselves “the Third World Liberation Front 2016,” which takes its name from
the 1968-69 protests against the neglect of indigenous peoples and people of color within the university’s curriculum and programs. These protests laid the groundwork for the establishment of the College of Ethnic Studies. In addition to further investment in the College, the students and protesters voiced support for the ethnic studies faculty’s demand that the university hire two fulltime faculty members for the department of Africana studies. Although the department approved the two candidates last fall, the administration decided last week that the department did not have enough funds to hire them. The administration will use nearly half of the promised funds — $213,120 — to satisfy this demand and to secure the two new tenure-
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According to the World Health Organization, 3.6 billion people are at risk of contracting Dengue infection, one of the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral diseases in the world. Of these individuals, 390 million will develop the disease and 24,000 will die from it each year, a likely consequence of the difficulty in controlling mosquito populations and the increased global movement of people and goods. With half the world’s population vulnerable to the disease, researchers at UCSD’s Shresta Lab are currently studying the immunology of Dengue virus (DEN) to further the development of new antiviral therapies and vaccines. While descriptions of DEN outbreaks date as far back as 1779, the disease only became a worldwide problem in the 1950s after severe cases manifested themselves in Thailand and the Philippines. Researchers have understood its cause and means of transmission since the early 20th century, but their efforts toward vaccine development have been met with a unique challenge: DEN is not caused by a single virus, but by four, and immunity to one virus does not provide immunity to the others. In fact, infection by one of these
serotypes — variations of dengue — significantly increases the likelihood of an individual developing a much more severe form of DEN if he or she later contracts any of the other three serotypes. The four viruses share only 62 to 67 percent of their amino acid sequences, and are more similar to other viruses, like West Nile, than they are to each other. These disparities complicate the development of a common DEN vaccine; there’s no single target. Symptoms of DEN fall into a spectrum ranging from mild to potentially fatal. The most mild manifestation of the virus is Dengue Fever, a symptom-free disease for most of the individuals who contract it. The one in four who do show symptoms, however, will exhibit flu-like conditions: fever, muscle and joint pains, rash and headache. Hemorrhaging and leakage of fluid from blood vessels accompany the more severe Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; shock resulting from this fluid leakage along with intestinal hemorrhaging lead to the potentially fatal Dengue Shock Syndrome. Whether or not individuals develop severe infections depends on their race, genetic factors, age, sex and nutritional status. The greatest risk factor for
developing DHF or DSS, however, is previous infection by one of the other three serotypes. This discovery prompts the obvious question: Why are individuals who have had one form of the virus more prone to severe infection by another? It seems counterintuitive that someone who has built immunity to one type of the virus wouldn’t possess the antibodies capable of defeating an infection by a similar one. The answer to this conundrum lies in the virus’ interaction with host antibodies. If the host possesses low levels of anti-DEN antibodies and contracts the virus, the host is far more likely to develop a severe infection. Individuals who’ve had another form of dengue may be producing low levels of this antibody because they’ve either been infected with another serotype or have inherited antibodies from their mother. The virus is capable of using the antibodies to gain increased access into cells, where they can proliferate and elicit an immune response. This only works, however, when the host has subneutralizing levels of antibodies; that is, not enough to defeat the virus, but just enough to help it spread and reproduce. This concept, entitled Antibody Dependent
Enhancement, was proposed nearly 50 years ago and only recently confirmed in 2010. ADE transforms a mild infection into a severe disease and presents a problem for traditional vaccine design, which relies on an individual’s production and retention of immune cells in response to a dead or weakened virus. These immune cells, or memory cells, remember how to defeat the virus; when the person comes in contact with the real thing, their memory cells can quickly produce the necessary antibodies. In the case of dengue, the initial antibodies produced by these memory cells assist the virus, and what was once a symptom-free infection becomes potentially fatal. The Shresta lab is studying the mechanisms of the immune system in response to DEN, an understanding necessary for the development of denguespecific treatments and vaccines. Additionally, the lab is focused on identifying the specific components of the virus that determine the severity of the infection. While the first dengue vaccine was just approved in Mexico in December 2015, there is still a long road ahead for researchers hoping to curb the spread of the re-emerging infection.
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a specific focus on issues of the black community. She praised the proposal’s inclusion of many communities but recognized the reality of the university as a public institution with many interests. “The changes proposed [to the DEI] are striking in their inclusion of a broad segment of the UCSD student body … [if] their demands [were] implemented, they would undoubtedly benefit the student body as a whole,” Sanchez wrote to the Guardian. “A shift in attitudes and behavior, however, can come only with the elimination of ignorance, bigotry and racism. Unfortunately, this campus is more concerned with bringing in wealthy foreign students than in recruiting more underrepresented California students … the administration’s focus on money and on pushing students through in four years is having an educationally negative impact, keeping students, in many cases, from taking courses outside their STEM majors.” The list includes a demand for the guaranteed existence of ethnic and cultural education programs including the Chicano/a~Latino/a Arts and Humanities Program, African American studies minor and the ethnic studies program, regardless of enrollment. Erin Suzuki, a professor of Asian American and Pacific Island literatures who holds an advisory role in selecting coursework for the Asian American studies minor, reflected on the importance of serving the needs of a community that comprises 54 percent of UCSD’s
campus and a large portion of campuses across California. “[Asian American studies programs are important by] the nature of the institution [of UCSD] itself, an institution that serves the public of California, an institution that has a very predominant population of Asian American students on campus,” Suzuki said. “I think we have a responsibility to reflect the needs and academic interests of the student body. All of our peer universities [e.g., UCLA, UC Berkeley] have very flourishing Asian American studies programs as well, so it would not be out of place for [UCSD’s] to grow.” ERC senior Raahima Shoaib, the programming director for the Muslim Student Association, shared her own experiences of how UCSD does not adequately accommodate Muslim dietary restrictions and religious customs. “All these demands are important for the Muslim student body … because they help facilitate our belief and make our experience at UCSD a better one,” Shoaib told the Guardian. “In my experience, eating and praying on campus is made a lot more difficult ... [because] many Muslims observe strict dietary laws (not unlike Kosher guidelines) and cannot eat any sort of meat that isn’t prepared properly. Because of this, being on campus for any extended amount of time becomes difficult.” The list of demands closes with a statement asking for online signatures and widespread sharing within communities. becca chong
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who ordered the removal of the display told her that the images on her office’s display were “abrasive” and “offensive,” which she found ironic considering the administration’s response to other demonstrations that have happened on Library Walk and around campus recently. Incoming A.S. Off-campus Senator Azze Ngo, who was present during the incident, told the Guardian that students were disappointed they were prevented from engaging with the exhibit. She also criticized university administration for their reaction to the display erected by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform erected in January, which juxtaposed images of genocide victims and the lynching of African-Americans with those of dismembered fetuses. “Students were very upset that they
weren’t able to participate in dialogue surrounding the murals, but this didn’t seem to be of any concern for administration,” Ngo said. “I can’t help but notice the discrepancy between how quickly administration removed murals in our free speech zone that critique American politics and how hands-off they were with graphic images of aborted fetuses on Library Walk that disturbed and upset many students. Policies and procedures aside, allowing one event to happen over the other further stifles activism on our campus when our campus climate needs it most.” Clark, however, clarified that the organization responsible for the antiabortion display put up in January went through the proper channels and procedure to reserve their space on Library Walk and that the university does not look at the content of a display when deciding whether or not to allow
it to be placed on-campus. “The sponsor of the display in January did make a reservation,” Clark told the Guardian. “Reservations are made on a content-neutral basis. That means the content of a display is not a factor in deciding whether a sponsor of a display gets a reservable space.” The day after the display was erected and removed, Christian evangelists appeared on Library Walk to preach their faith. One of the preachers, Brother Aden, who was holding a nearly 10-feet tall sign that said “MUHAMMAD IS A LIAR, FALSE PROPHET, CHILD RAPING PERVERT!” and “HOMO SEX IS A SIN,” told the Guardian that he did not contact any university officials before coming to UCSD and faced no opposition from administration. jacky to
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students demands into fruition in the coming years.” UCSD ethnic studies department Chair Curtis Marez told the UCSD Guardian that though his department has not faced funding cuts, the deterioration of the SFSU College of Ethnic Studies would greatly harm the effort to educate students about inequality. “Ethnic studies at UCSD has not faced the same threatened cuts as San Francisco State, but the program there is so foundational to the field that its demise would be a troubling precedent, speaking to the devaluing of public education about inequality,” Marez said. “[This] is troubling
because we already face similar kinds of devaluation at UCSD, not only due to the recent racist Triton Day graffiti on campus that partially target ethnic studies, but also because of larger forms of structural inequality on campus.” Marez continued by pointing out that the ethnic studies department is disproportionately responsible for diversity education on campus. “Every year, a thousand [undergraduate students] meet their DEI requirements with an ethnic studies course,” Marez said. “Unfortunately, UCSD does not always support such contributions, and so, ironically, a department devoted to studying and overcoming inequality bears an unequal burden
for the campus.” Graduate students and faculty from UCSD’s ethnic studies department sent a letter to President Wong and Provost Sue Rosser on May 9 to voice their support for the SFSU ethnic studies faculty and staff. In the letter, they acknowledged that the field of ethnic studies promotes understanding of diversity and inequality and that its absence could greatly hinder college campuses. “Graffiti-writing racists and other reactionary enemies of democracy and informed critical thought are only emboldened when administrations defund and devalue Ethnic Studies,” the letter noted. maria sebas
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A CALL FOR EQUITABLE EDUCATION
As educational inequality affects more and more schools nationwide — some recent cases occurring in the state of Kansas and the city of Chicago — policy makers have begun to prioritize equity in public schools. But while students and educational staff await the changes to be made based on state and national decisions, poorer districts continue to struggle amid the consequences and disadvantages produced by unjust funding appropriations. Ultimately, funding policies for schools need to be corrected nationally in order to limit the disadvantages present between schools in poorer districts and those in more affluent districts. According to The New York Times, Kansas made a hasty decision in 2015 to shift its school budget policies from a per-pupil formula to a block grant system. In doing so, the state’s schools began to receive uneven shares of the education budget, systematically providing wealthier schools with larger funds and leaving poorer schools scrambling in the dust to make up for the lost funding. After recognizing this injustice, in February 2016 the Supreme Court ordered Kansas to once again to change its budget system in order to more fairly balance funding and assure that poorer school districts will not be neglected in receiving adequate support from the state. The misproportioned funding allocations for Kansas’s schools, moreover, have left poorer districts with a far smaller percentage of the state’s education
Kansas state government’s recent decision to fund public schools with block grants rather than per-pupil funding is one of many moves contributing to the persistent issue of education inequity. ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTINA CARLSON
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budget. According to The Kansas City Star, the block grant system left poorer school districts short by 54 million dollars. Likewise, the block grant system leads to a reduction of $127.4 million in school district funds, according to Educate Lawrence, so the quality of education begins to face difficulties in all areas unless the local districts can better fund the schools. This remains highly unlikely for schools in poorer areas. California currently allocates its education budget based on a Local Control Funding Formula, which essentially provides uniform base grants to school districts and enacts revenue limits while giving districts freedom to allocate the funds based on where they deem fit, according to the California Department of Education. Although the state designed this budget system in order to promote equity among districts in terms of funding, schools still face inequality issues. According to the Southern California Public Radio, foundations have been formed throughout the state to raise more funds for schools in their respective districts. Yet the foundations receive far more support in wealthier areas, thus poorer districts continue to receive less money and ultimately a lower quality of education. Other states’ schools and education funds have similar issues of unjust budget allocations. For instance, since July of 2015, Chicago State University has received no funding from the state although it generally relies on Illinois
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ALLEGATIONS OF A FORMER FACEBOOK NEWS CURATOR THAT THE SITE’S TRENDING NEWS SECTION SKEWS COVERAGE HAVE ELICITED DEBATES REGARDING BIAS. AS A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE, IS FACEBOOK RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING UNBIASED CONTENT?
As A Large Distributor of News in the Age of Social Media, Facebook is Obligated to Provide Unbiased and Fair News
Given That News Sources Are Inherently Biased, Bias in the Curation of Facebook’s Trending News is Acceptable and Just
Earlier last week, the design and tech blog Gizmodo released allegations from a former Facebook employee that the company’s Trending News section routinely suppresses conservative news. According to the anonymous informant, the section is not generated by an automatic algorithm, but manually by so-called “news curators” who pick and choose stories from the actual numbers-based trending list. While the author of the Gizmodo article pointed out that this “curation” of news functions exactly like a traditional newsroom in that stories are subject to the institution’s biases, Facebook has the technology to move beyond these old-fashioned restrictions. In fact, if Facebook plans on acquiring legitimacy as a news source, it has an obligation to present unbiased content to its consumers. It is becoming an undeniable fact that Facebook is where a growing number of people get their news, in a way that traditional news outlets could never match. According to a Pew Research Center survey on journalism.com, 61 percent of millennials get their political news from Facebook. Further, Wired Magazine writes that 600 million people see a news story on Facebook every day. While major newspapers earn their legitimacy through transparency and adherence to broader guidelines of journalistic ethics, Facebook’s recent rise as a new kind of distributor means it hasn’t been shaped by these norms yet. According to NPR’s code of ethics, any conflict of personal interest, real or perceived, affects the institution’s credibility as a servant of the public. Last Tuesday, in response to a Senate GOP inquiry into these allegations of conservative news suppression, Facebook stated that it is “deeply committed to being a platform for people and perspectives of all viewpoints.” While this seems to be in line with the general ethics of journalism, the fact remains that Facebook is primarily a social media website, not a news institution, and is therefore more concerned with user experience than journalistic integrity. One solution to this controversy would be for Facebook to replace news curators with a basic algorithm like Twitter’s, yet as the internet giant acquires an even greater monopoly over distribution, its neutrality will be even harder to maintain. With one corporation being able to dictate content, even the integrity of traditional news outlets will be compromised. We need to start taking a more critical look at Facebook’s ever-increasing power over journalism.
With allegations that Facebook has been suppressing conservative news and promoting liberal news, some users have begun calling for reform. However, Facebook has no legal obligation to do so. News sites implicitly engage in a form of censoring and promoting certain topics and issues when their writers or editors decide which issues are worth investigating, writing about and publishing. The sheer amount of news that occurs around the world forces media organizations to filter and prioritize certain issues above others. While Facebook’s filtering may be explicit, Facebook is making the exact decisions those news media organizations have been doing since the advent of publication — deciding which news events to highlight in the Trending module. In a media landscape that constantly perpetuates racial stereotypes, it’s good to hear that Facebook is promoting issues such as the Black Lives Matter movement. For example, Color of Change reports that local news stations in New York “exaggerate the proportion of Black people involved in crime—on average, by 24 percentage points.” Media has historically catered to a white audience and brushed aside issues pertaining to minorities. While opponents of Facebook’s filtering of the trending topics may argue that media is meant to remain impartial and unbiased, it is untrue to say that media has ever been impartial or unbiased. Every article, title and word in a publication service caters to a certain audience and raises concerns for a certain group — with the selection of which group’s voice to publish comes the exclusion of other voices. Facebook’s curation and collection of news is no more than the same bias that other news media have been exhibiting through topic selection, etc. Media coverage has been and always will be biased. For example, the extensive media coverage of Donald Trump has no doubt propelled him to the forefront of the GOP primary, and this coverage has hindered national conversations about real issues. If the only source of news for someone is the Trending tab that occupies a tiny corner of the screen, there are much larger problems than the filtering of a few news topics. Furthermore, the fact that individuals can “like” the news sites of various publications and read through their choices of news through their newsfeeds seems to counteract any negative criticism of the Trending tab.
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Why I’m Choosing To Be A Feminist boy, interrupted
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I set out writing this column after some banter in the UCSD Guardian’s office. I was talking about how I do these traditionally feminine activities, like cooking and cleaning, and genuinely like it. I was originally planning to write about “female” activities I partake in, normalizing the idea of self-identified males doing said activities. I would be accepting — not questioning — these societally constructed notions. Reflection led to a new angle. Rather than writing about my experiences with “female” activities, I wanted to explore what made them “female.” I wanted to explore further what led to anything being determined feminine or masculine and how those binaries were created, cultivated and continued. In the end, I wanted to challenge the commonplace perceptions on gender. What I’ve gained from this foray is that we, particularly heterosexual cisgendered males, should not take our patriarchal society at face-value. Just because it is the status-quo does not mean it should be. And knowing that should precipitate more than passive discontent — it should encourage the active commitment to recognize gender inequalities and challenge systems that unfairly advantage some over others. A way men might go against patriarchal structures is saying they are feminists. It’s a start, but I believe the impact is beyond identifying as a buzzword. Rather, it’s understanding what type of feminist you are and what you do about it. The website everyday feminism classifies feminism under two categories: feminism as a movement for and about women, and feminism as a movement for gender justice. The latter, which I identify with, addresses how the patriarchy not only adversely affects women but how it similarly affects men. Although women are more systemically oppressed by the patriarchy, it is equally important to acknowledge that as long as women are oppressed, men are also shackled to specific gender constructs. Furthermore, identifying as a feminist should be followed with the understanding of intersectionality. Other factors, like ethnicity and socioeconomic status, are integral aspects of identity which makes gender more nuanced and unequal for some. This more holistic understanding of gender and its complexities was the result of my own research, conversations with women who have varying intersectionalities in gender, ethnicity and fields of study (thank you, friends and faculty of UCSD) and curiosity. At the beginning of this, I was naive and unquestioning. I did not see myself as having any special privilege or advantage over others and none in particular over women. I did not think that identifying as female, or just being seen as one, carried with it so many experiences I would never encounter or truly understand. I did not think that in the lottery of genders, I actually came out on the luckier side (while acknowledging that being a heterosexual cisgendered male, Vietnamese in ethnicity and middle class in income plays a large role into my privilege). Because of all these stark realizations, I am actively choosing to be a feminist, to think critically about how my privilege has gotten me to where I am today and to purposefully have conversations that will gradually dismantle the established patriarchy and diminish gender inequality. And so should other men who choose to remain silent on their privilege and actively oppress others, even if by doing nothing at all.
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for 30 percent of its budget, according to The New York Times. As a school serving predominantly AfricanAmerican students, the university’s student body consists mainly of minorities. The New York Times also mentions how budget cuts in Illinois have left “the smallest and least prestigious schools financially stressed.” Although schools such as these remain in the most need for support for funding, the state continues to neglect the needs of the poorer communities and less affluent school districts. In other nations, such as Finland,
the government publicly funds all schools — thus no private or charter schools exist. In providing education in such a way, all Finnish students have an equal chance for receiving a high-quality education, despite the location they live in or from what socioeconomic background they come. The lack of competition and comparisons between Finnish schools also promote the nation’s education equality. And, as cited by Smithsonian.com, “[93] percent of Finns graduate from academic or vocational high schools ... and 66 percent go on to higher education, the highest rate in the European Union. Yet Finland spends about
30 percent less per student than the United States.” As education inequity continues to persist across the United States, it remains a vital duty of the national and state governments to enact policies that will limit the discrepancies present between wealthy and poor schools and regions. Whether officials create policies similar to those in Finland or simply design stricter guidelines for education budget allocations, the United States must begin to prioritize promising equal education for all students, no matter their backgrounds. EMILY COLLINS
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With many contract cheating companies boasting their services, college students have fallen victim to the tempation of cheating. The Guardian investigates this trend in cheating and the steps UCSD faculty is taking to combat it.
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wenty pages of writing in one night. Yes, many students have unfortunately hit this stage, but they like to think of it as mastering the art of procrastination. Yet all who reach the point of having to physically hold their eyelids open eventually ask themselves, “Is this really worth it?” To some students the answer is “yes,” but to others the answer is “no,” and this is where the problem begins. Whether due to procrastination or plain temptation, cheating in college is omnipresent. “UCSD is not unique,” Bertram Gallant, the director of the Academic Integrity Office, told the UCSD Guardian. “The kinds of cheating that we work to prevent here are universal — students copying assignments or exams from other students, plagiarizing, using unauthorized aids during exams and contract cheating.” Contract cheating involves paying a person or company to fulfill the requirements of an assignment. Specifically, these companies target millennial college students through endorsements from Vine stars and ads on social media streams; with a quick Google search, today’s students have access to a myriad of services dedicated to completing entire assignments. “The International Center for Academic Integrity, of which UCSD is an institutional member, is extremely concerned that these contract cheating companies are devaluing the meaning and usefulness of college degrees,” Gallant told the Guardian. “[This] then erodes the educational system and negatively impacts a society that places great value in the attainment of highereducation degrees.” However, these contract cheating companies are not the only ones creating the problem. Students, who are failing to report instances of not only contract cheating but cheating in general, also contribute to the problem. “Students are co-creating a culture in which cheating is the norm and integrity is the exception,” Gallant explained to the Guardian. “Students who are silent are helping to devalue their degree and are helping to create the next professional and executive who can’t be trusted. Thus, the member institutions of ICAI believe it is absolutely critical that students speak up and out for integrity.” Although all forms of cheating are condemned, Gallant emphasized the severity of contract cheating, which is considered fraud. Students caught contract cheating are suspended for a year at the very minimum; more often than not, they are dismissed entirely. In order to prevent expulsion from happening, the ICAI has taken on a massive international project to diminish contract cheating. “The main goal is to prevent students around the globe from falling victim to these contract cheating companies who posit their use as ‘normal’ or ‘acceptable’ because students are busy and do not have time to do their academic work,” Gallant told the Guardian. “Our other goals are to help educational institutions prevent this type of cheating and detect it when it occurs.” The ICAI was not yet ready to closely discuss the work it’s doing or success it has had thus far. Nonetheless, Gallant noted that UCSD’s Office of Academic Integrity is excited about the international project and commented on how the ICAI is making changes at UCSD to prevent cheating. “Our ‘excel with integrity’ campaign reminds our campus that we can only achieve academic, research and athletic excellence with honest, fair, trustworthy, responsible, respectful and courageous behaviors,” Gallant told the Guardian. Recognizing the moral character and courage it takes to maintain your own as well as others’ academic integrity in the face of external pressures, the ICAI has provided students with an anonymous online report form. PHYS 040B. General Physics (5). This way, students and administration can work together in order to uphold Session 1, Session 2. Lecture 3 hrs, discussion integrity and stop cheating whenever possible. One such company, MyPaperWriter.com, has a feedback page filled with 1 hr, lab 3 hrs. Thermodynamics, mechanical reviews on the “quality” of work it does. and sound waves, elasticity. “I read the dissertation that they wrote for me and researched on internet PHYS 040C. General Physics (5). thoroughly to check that it is genuinely written from scratch,” one reviewer Session 2. Lecture 3 hrs, discussion 1 hr, said about his recent experience with MyPaperWriter.com. “And, the results were positive. Even if I had written it myself, the dissertation would not have lab 3 hrs. Electricity and magnetism, eleccome out like this. Now I know that the experts of this company work up to tromagnetic oscillations; dc and ac current; the expectations of the clients, in fact more than they expect.” circuits. Still, students are attracted to the ease and security of contract cheating, which companies promote through misleading and enticing reviews that Humanities promise an easy A. PHYS 037. The Origins (4). “So there’s this pressure, and its driving a lot of people to do this; They’re Session 1. Lecture 3 hrs, discussion 1 hr. not doing it because they’re bad people and they just love cheating, right?” The Origin of the Universe, Origin of Matter, Kiri Hagermann, who teaches in the Making of the Modern World writing program, told the Guardian. “They’re doing it as an easy way to make that First Generation of Stars and Galaxies. grade that seems so important.” Many students see only the benefits of contract teaching, and not the negatives of the deal: Companies like MyPaperWriter.com do not help students advance their intellectual abilities. When students look at their assignments, it can be tempting to see only the requirements, the deadlines and ultimately the grades. However, teachers and administrators want to Summer School Registration: stress that an assignment can be more than just a grade. “It’s disappointing to me because I really believe that it’s not really May 16-June 15 these grades that matter, and they seem [to] matter in the short term Session 1: June 20-July 23 because you want your GPA to be high, and you think that will get [you] a job. But in the long term, failing your way through a few papers will Session 2: July 25-August 27 be way better for you, because you’re actually going to learn, right?” For more information, consult the Hagermann said. Writing classes can impart valuable skills that can be used in any UCR Catalog or contact (951) 827career, and a student who uses contract cheating and doesn’t do the work 5332 for assistance. ▶ See CONTRACT CHEATING, page 8 3/9/16 12:37 PM
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Will Work For Ramen: On-Campus Job Opportunities for Students UCSD offers a variety of jobs for students who need to make a little money on the side. The Guardian talks to student employees about their work and day-to-day lives. BY Oliver Kelton // Alvin Chan // Senior
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Besides midterms, finals and a lack of sleep, what else does spring quarter involve? A broke college student. Although the academic year is almost ending, it is never too early for students to think ahead and to make sure they can pay off their loans before starting to pay for graduate school or that new car. Here are a few jobs to consider. UCSD Shuttles Perhaps underappreciated for the work they do, shuttle drivers provide a vital service to UCSD students. Whether saving students a 15-minute walk to class in the morning or bringing drunk partygoers safely home at night, they are always present in campus life, getting students where they need to go. The job isn’t without its perks either: with trainees’ salaries at $10.50 per hour and licensed drivers’ salaries at $15 per hour, shuttle drivers are well compensated for their work, which, for those who love driving, can hardly be called “work” at all. Eleanor Roosevelt College junior Hunter Smothers has been driving for UCSD Shuttles since Fall Quarter 2014. With more than two years of experience under his belt, Smothers knows the ins and outs of his profession — particularly which routes are the best to drive. “My favorite route I would say is probably either the Hillcrest route or Sanford shuttle,” Smothers told the UCSD Guardian. “The Hillcrest route because for each of your shifts they are usually about three hours
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long and for CMC [Hillcrest], the route is so long that you only do two loops per shift, so it’s not just getting monotonous with constant loops. And on that route you usually get quite a bit of downtime.” According to Smothers, shuttles offer a very flexible work schedule that allows for a good work-life balance. Shuttle drivers choose 12 hours of permanent weekly shifts at the beginning of each quarter, which they can plan to fit their classes. Furthermore, though UCSD Transportation Services wants drivers to work 12 hours each week on average, drivers are free to drop shifts and take other drivers’ shifts throughout the week. “The nice thing about this job is that as long as there are people who are willing to pick up your shifts you usually don’t have to worry too much about getting things covered if you have a midterm to study for or a final or something like that,” Smothers said. “There has been an issue over the last year or so of just not having enough people, so there are a lot of shifts that don’t get picked up, and sometimes people will have to offer $5 or $10 over Venmo to get their shifts picked up if they really, really need it picked up.” When comparing his job to those of Metropolitan Transit System bus drivers, Smothers is thankful that he can rely on his passengers being an orderly, polite bunch. “[UCSD students] are usually all polite, even when they’re drunk — yes, we get quite a few of those people too,” Smothers said. “Sometimes they’re just funny — some people can be disruptive,
but we usually don’t have many problems with that. I can probably count on one hand the times that anyone I know has had to tell someone on their bus to leave.” RIMAC Summer is approaching, and for most students, that means pumping those weights and fixing their diets. For those who enjoy going to the gym and prepping for that summer body, staying around the gym outside of working out can be good motivation. Main Gym and RIMAC offer several student job opportunities as concessions workers, facility supervisors and pool- and ground-maintenance crew members. ERC junior Omkar Mahajan recently started working as a weight room attendant this quarter. He decided to take this job because of his passion for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and his love for the gym. “It’s great to see people coming to the gym striving to be more healthy,” Mahajan told the Guardian. “After all, a healthy body equals a healthy mind. Also, I’m doing something I love and that’s the most important thing in any job.” Mahajan’s main role is operating the front desk in the weight room at RIMAC, making sure people have their towels as well as their IDs and are following weight room rules. In addition to that, he keeps an eye out for broken equipment and thinks it’s important that people put their weights back after they’re done. He finds the job convenient because it’s on campus and close to his apartment. “I live on campus, so it is more
convenient for me, and I don’t have to worry about transportation,” Mahajan said. “Also, UCSD Recreation and UCSD itself are very reliable employers. On the other hand, there’s always the risk that if you work somewhere off-campus, you may not know what you’re getting yourself into.” Mahajan plans to stay at his job until he graduates. One thing that never fails to amuse him is the number of familiar faces he sees. “I’ve seen some of my TAs and even professors come here to work out at the gym — it’s amazing.” Scripps Institution of Oceanography UCSD’s main campus is not the only location for close jobs convenient for students. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is dedicated to carrying out research on the ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences. Apart from offering careers for oceanographers, assistant professors and biologists, the center offers undergraduate programs and jobs for students. ERC junior Sean Pfeifer is a student assistant for the Scripps Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography Business Office. His job includes purchasing orders, writing journal vouchers, making reimbursement payments and running errands. He works in the office six hours per week and at the county for 14 hours more each week. Pfeifer decided to switch from a different on-campus job because he felt this one better suited his goals for the future. “My first job on campus was working for the special events
parking operations department, but toward the end of freshman year I thought I’d better get a job featuring more marketable skills, so I decided to apply for a few office positions,” Pfiefer told the Guardian. “CASPO called me first; I had a brief interview and got started in September of my sophomore year.” Pfeifer typically takes a short shuttle ride from campus to Scripps after class and then goes back to campus for discussion sections or to study, which is easier than getting to his county job in Kearny Mesa that requires a 10- to 15-minute drive. He likes staying on campus as employers are more familiar with the university schedule, which helps him plan time off. He also enjoys the job itself and the diversity within his workplace. “I enjoy being in a different atmosphere while in office,” Pfeifer says. “Most of my co-workers are full-time and live lives very different from us college students — midterms, for example, mean nearly nothing to them. It all combines to give me some perspective on what to stay focused on, and what to avoid stressing too much about.” The university offers many jobs for students beyond the ones featured here in places such as the UCSD Bookstore, Geisel Library and the parking office. Though many of these jobs may not seem pertinent to students’ majors, they can provide a helpful salary as well as invaluable experience for building a proper work ethic.
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Professor Vanesa Ribas: Studying Sociology in the Wild
mong the books lining the office of Vanesa Ribas, a sociology professor here at UCSD, is one of her own, entitled “On the Line: The Working Lives of Latinos and AfricanAmericans in the New South.” The book chronicles the race relations between the Latino and African-American workers she observed at a Southern meatpacking plant following a recent surge in Latino immigration. The book examines Latino immigration and its effect on the social dynamics of the workplace. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Ribas moved to New York at the age of 18 to attend Sarah Lawrence College. Here, she developed a passion for social justice and decided it was a path she wanted to pursue, regardless of which professional track it took her on. After leaving college, Ribas searched eight months for a full time job before eventually finding work at the Legal Aid Society of New York. There she practiced welfare law, helping clients who were having trouble with welfare get the social service she thought they deserved. Vanesa represented clients who needed to be on welfare or were having issues with welfare and argued their case. After a few years working with the Legal Aid Society, she attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina, where, during her fifth year, she began to carry out her dissertation fieldwork in rural North Carolina. She took a job at a meatpacking plant to study race relations in what she refers to as the “New South.”
“The South that I remembered from being little and the South that I was now in, in grad school, were completely different,” Ribas told the UCSD Guardian. The change came in the form of a relatively recent influx of Latino immigrants, drastically affecting the Southern workforce demographic. After working in the factory for a year and a half, Vanesa observed that racial tension between Latino and African-American workers came from the Latino workers’ belief that they were oppressed, leading to some antagonism against the African-American workers. However, little tension came directly from the African-American workers. “People are working 12 to 15 hours a day; they have to make it work one way or another,” Ribas explained. Her interest in social dynamics was fueled by her own family dynamics, having a white American mother and a Puerto Rican father. “Growing up in these border areas in terms of your identity or your status made me very perceptive, aware, or observant to dynamics…” says Ribas. Ultimately her hard work and willingness to truly invest herself in her fieldwork yielded a highly acclaimed sociological work. Her curiosity and passion are evident in her writing as well as in the eagerness and warmth with which she speaks.
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Tritons Baseball Season Ends; Lose Two Of Three Games In Stockton After rallying in the ninth and walking off against Chico State, UCSD can not get back to winnning ways against number one Cal Poly. BY Anthony Tzeng
UCSD baseball participated in its third-straight California Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament this past weekend at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Tritons would go on to win one and lose two in the double elimination tournament, ending their season well over .500 with a 31–21 overall record. In the tournament opener, UCSD’s late rally proved insufficient, as it lost 11–7 to Cal State Monterey Bay. However, the team would then go on to win in walk-off fashion against No. 6-seeded Chico State by 7–6 to stay in the tournament. Nonetheless, the Tritons would end up outplayed by No. 1-seeded Cal Poly Pomona 9–6 in what became their final game of the season. Second-game rival Chico State would notably go on to play in the CCAA Championship. Game One — Cal State Monterey Bay 11, UCSD 7 The Tritons fell to the No. 3-seeded Otters Wednesday evening, in what came to be the highest combined scoring game of the tournament, as Cal State Monterey Bay’s high-powered offense, shelling out seven runs in just the first inning, proved too much for freshman starting pitcher Jonah Dipoto. Two-run homers by senior first-baseman Kevin Davidson and sophomore catcher Hayden Duer catapulted the Otters to an early lead. In fact, it wasn’t until five hits and one walk that Dipoto managed to record his first out of the game, which was followed by three more singles, boosting Cal State Monterey Bay’s lead to 7–0 at the conclusion of the first. The Otters got to their greatest lead, 9–0, after the third, following a two-run dinger of the game by senior outfielder Chris Blanton. However, the Tritons finally got the offense rolling in the fourth inning after a hit by pitch and a walk; junior outfielder Brandon Shirley doubled down the left-field line. Senior first-baseman Zach Friedman added a run with a runs batted in single, but the inning ended when Shirley was called out at the plate. UCSD then loaded the bases in the fifth inning following senior
designated hitter Gradeigh Sanchez’s walk, junior third-baseman JD Hearn’s second single of the night and another walk to junior right fielder Jack Larsen. Sophomore catcher Steven Coe then hit a two-run single on a 3–2 count; a third walk and a hit by pitch brought in another run, making it a six-point game.
which was a wise move as Mori also singled to bring two runners on with no outs. Sanchez then hit a sacrifice bunt and brought both runners into scoring position. Following a pop up, Hearn, who was 4–7 in the tournament, hit a game-tying double to left center. Chico State then intentionally walked Larsen to
junior right-handed pitcher Steven Baker, however, got the loss and moved to 4–6 after giving a run on a hit and a walk in the ninth inning. UCSD escaped with a victory and moved on to play its second elimination game Friday night against the No. 1-seeded Cal Poly Pomona.
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In the ninth inning, UCSD was only able to gain two more runs on three hits. This, along with the the loss in the tournament opener, brought the Tritons one more loss away from an elimination. Game Two — UCSD 7, Chico State 6 Coe was 0–4 on the night. He had been called out four times on fly balls and left three runners on base so far. Things weren’t looking well, but when it mattered most, Coe delivered. In what would’ve been UCSD’s final game of the season, the Tritons managed to garner a three-run ninth inning, highlighted by Coe’s walk-off single, to stay in the CCAA Tournament. The bottom of the ninth started with the Tritons trailing 4–6, when sophomore first-baseman Justin Flatt led off with a single to left field and his second hit of the night. To counter the Wildcats senior lefthanded pitcher AJ Epstein, head coach Eric Newman chose junior infielder Vince Mori to pinch hit,
bring up Coe and make a force out easier. The Wildcats underestimated Coe as he produced a clutch, gamewinning single up the middle. However, UCSD’s victory can’t be credited to a single athlete, as the Tritons worked together to power hit and patiently bat, allowing them to bring in the first four runs that kept them in the game. In the first inning, after Hearn had a two-out walk, Larsen homered deep to right field on the first pitch. The Triton then loaded the bases in the fifth inning, following a couple of singles and Hearn working the count for a walk. Junior righthanded pitcher Dalton Erb then threw a wild pitch against Larsen, advancing the runners and driving in Sanchez. Deja vu struck in the eighth inning, as Larsen hit his second homer of the game and sixth of the season deep to right field. Triton senior left-handed pitcher Eric Moersen was able to earn his first win after pitching 0.1 innings, having faced only one batter. Wildcat
Game Three — Cal Poly Pomona 9, UCSD 6 UCSD had previously beaten Cal Poly Pomona in four of the five times they met during the regular season. Unfortunately, in what was the most important matchup of the season, the Tritons were unable to follow tradition and, instead, their season came to an end as they were eliminated in the CCAA Tournament by the Broncos Friday night. Nonetheless, they put up an admirable fight as they came back from a 5–0 deficit, only to be defeated 9–6 in the end. For the fourth game in a row, the Tritons allowed an opposing team to score in the first inning. Cal Poly Pomona was aggressive, to say the least, with at-bats contributing to the team’s four-run first and overall nine-point game. The first inning started with senior outfielder Jared James leading off double to left center and advancing to third, following a sacrifice hit. Triton freshman left-handed pitcher
Preston Mott then proceeded to walk junior infielder Jason Padlo on four straight balls, giving senior infielder Caleb Romo a double to drive in two runs but was called out at third. This was followed by a single from freshman infielder Nic Hernandez and a home run by senior outfielder Daniel Pitts that left UCSD down by four runs. Even though the Broncos tacked on another run in the second on an RBI single by Romo, UCSD was still able to tie the game, as it put up a fifth run during the fifth inning With runners on first and second, sophomore second baseman Tim White singled on a 1–2 count to drive in junior shortstop Tyler Howsley while Sanchez, who had advanced to third, scored on a wild pitch from sophomore pitcher Ryan Alswoth. Coe, who was brought up following a strikeout and walk, doubled to left field to bring in White as Flatt drove the final two runs in with a two-RBI single. The tie was quickly forgotten; however, since Cal Poly Pomona added four more runs via a two-run homer, a solo dinger and an RBI single between the fifth and sixth innings. The Tritons counted their final out of the season in the ninth on sophomore infielder Tyler Plantier’s line out and hope glimmered in the ninth even though UCSD was down 9–5. UCSD was able to score Larsen on an error and advance runners to the corners. However, the Tritons counted their final out of the season when Plantier lined out to second base. Freshman right-handed pitcher Tim Nelson gave up four runs in 3.2 innings to get the loss and move to 7–2. Bronco sophomore relief pitcher Peter Beattie, in turn, managed to withhold the Tritons after the five-run rally, improving to 5–1 after facing 20 batters and striking out only one. UCSD baseball concluded the season with an overall record of 31–21 and finished its 12th appearance at the CCAA Tournament. Prior to the tournament, the Tritons had only allowed, at most, one homer per game. They will, therefore, have to look to next year to earn another over-0.500 season and to compete in the CCAA Championship. Anthony Tzeng
TRACK & FIELD
Tritons Finish With A Strong Showing
Sophomore Matt Bowen earns first place in the triple jump after qualifying for NCAA’s. BY DANIEL HERNANDEZ
SENIOR The stakes were high on Saturday at the Westmont All On The Line Open, as the meet provided the Tritons’ track and field team a final attempt to claim a spot in the national championships, which will held two weeks from now. Junior jumper and thrower Savanna Forry gave herself the best chance to qualify for the national championships as she went on to improve her provisional qualifier on the high jump from 5’7.25” to 5’7.75” to win the high jump event. Senior teammate Kristen Daugherty placed third in the high jump with a mark of 5’5”, while on the men’s side, senior Sean Cook (6’6.75”) and sophomore Raymond Silver (6’2.75”) finished sixth and eighth, respectively. The women’s 4x400 relay team of sophomore Meghan Fletcher, juniors Jackie Chalmers and Marisa Padilla and senior Ellexi Snover slightly improved its provisional
mark by a bit over half a second with a time of 3.47.45, while the men’s 4x100 relay team of freshman Andrew Dirks, sophomores Justin Hunter and Paul Doan and junior Emmanuel Elijah finished with a time of 41.22. Sophomore Matt Bowen, who already qualified for the NCAAs, went on to win the triple jump with a mark of 49’0.75”. In the women’s javelin competition, senior Haley Libuit (135’2”) placed second while attempting to improve her qualifying time, but missed the mark. Snover, however, was able to to take third in the event with a throwing distance of 129’1”. In the men’s javelin, senior Travis Vandegriff (193’2”) was the sole Triton and made UCSD proud by putting up a solid performance, finishing second among a field of eight. Senior Daniel Franz nearly turned in a personal-best performance in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:16.62 but was off the mark by just four seconds.
Meanwhile, relay team member Fletcher participated in the 400meter hurdles, finishing sixth with a time of 1:03.32. Next up, junior Chrissi Carr aced the pole vault event by finishing at the top of the event with a clearance of 12’2.5”. Meanwhile, sophomore Nick Famolaro (1:56.18) finished 10th in the 800-meter race in a field of 16 individuals. The Westmont meet brings the curtain down to a brilliant season for some Tritons, but for a select few, the chance at glory will take place at the NCAA Championships in Bradenton, Florida from May 26 to May 28. The Triton champions will be looking to put in two solid weeks of training in order to make a statement at the national championships. The national qualifiers will be announced on May 17 on NCAA.com via press release. daniel hernandez
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The Guardian took a look at the rankings of five of UCSD’s sports teams (two men’s, three women’s) over the past 10 years to see how they were performing. Here’s what we found. Written and compiled by Ayat Amin // Data Visualization Editor
This year, the women’s basketball team had a stellar game where they won by a record 58 points. Graph by Miguel Sheker
Only in the years ‘08, ‘13, ‘14, and ‘15 was the men’s basketball team’s point differential positive. Graph by Miguel Sheker
The red line indicates the margins which women’s volleyball won games by; the higher it is, the better the win. Graph by Dieter Joubert ports at UCSD are in good shape. For all the teams mentioned here, more games were won than lost in 2015. Men’s soccer has won games at a consistent and competitive rate over the past 10 years. While the ranking for men’s basketball team fluctuates from year to year, 2015 was a uniquely high-performing year. The team won 70 percent of their games this season, and had a record high point differential from the past 10 years. However, the real stars of the show are UCSD’s women’s teams. The women’s soccer team has consistently won at least half the games they have played over the past 10 years. Similarly, the women’s basketball and the women’s volleyball teams both scored more points overall during the season than they conceded. In addition, both women’s basketball and volleyball won a minimum of 60 percent of their games each year over the past 10 years. Overall, the data shows that athletic teams at UCSD, especially the women’s teams, are competitive enough to go D1. However, it is up to students to decide if the campus is ready for the commitment.
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