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VOLUME 47, ISSUE 9

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013

KILL YOUR DARLINGS

A.S. BUDGET SHORTFALL

Harry Potter's New Role

COUNCIL PINCHES PENNIES

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BUDGET BUZZ Following budget discussions, A.S. Council plans to release its final budget for this year on Monday.

All following figures are preliminary allocations.

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UNIVERSITY CENTERS

CHE CAFE COLLECTIVE FAILS TO MAINTAIN NONPROFIT STATUS

$29,400 Projected amount A.S. will be under-budgeted with enrollment of 23,805*

$120,000 Projected amount A.S. must cut with a 22,800 enrollment

$75,000 PHOTO BY BRIAN MONROE /GUARDIAN

Total budget for Hullabaloo concert and festival

$78,000 Total budget for all five Bear Gardens (including Senior Sendoff)

$550,000 Sun God Festival allocation

$105,860

Following a unanimous vote by UCAB, the collective now has 30 days to regain its status or face an effective shutdown.

BY mekala neelakantan

Total budget for 16 student org tradition events

UCSD’s University Centers Advisory Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to hold the Che Cafe Collective in default for failing to maintain their status as a non-profit organization.

Established in 1980 as a retail cooperative along with the Food Cooperative, Groundwork Books and the UCSD General Store, the Che Cafe hosts concerts, movie screenings and other events throughout the year.

“The Che Cafe will have 30 days to regain nonprofit

$27,000 A.S. Safe Rides Program

$0 Stipend for AVP Environmental and Social Justice Affairs

$33,570 College council backfunding for all six colleges 13.5 percent of total backfunding

$50.69 Total amount each UCSD student pays per quarter $15.21 paid back to financial aid * Official enrollment information released on Oct. 23.

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status or provide documentation that a substantial effort to do is moving forward,” UCAB Director Sharon Van Bruggen said.

The requirement for all cooperatives to maintain nonprofit status is stipulated in the university’s Master Space Agreement. Should the Che Cafe fail to regain its status or show attempts toward financial improvement, it will effectively be shut down.

Due to a large amount of financial issues, the cam-

See CAFE, page 3

CALIFORNIA

Community Colleges May Offer Bachelor’s Degrees Proposal would support students in areas without access to four-year institutions.

BY Anna parkhurst

contributing writer The California Community College system is exploring the possibility of offering four-year degrees at campuses that currently only offer two-year degrees.

Legislation is needed in order

to authorize junior colleges to grant four-year, or baccalaureate, degrees.

Michigan and 21 other states have already instituted baccalaureate programs in areas such as maritime technology and culinary arts.

California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice Harris assembled a 16-member panel comprised of administrators, faculty members, a

student, a college trustee and representatives from the UC and CSU systems in order to discuss the possible law.

The panel is scheduled to present to Harris and the Board of Governors by the end of the year.

Supporters of the law argue that the availability of four-year degrees to two-year students would help remedy

shortages in the workforce and benefit students in rural areas who do not have access to four-year institutions.

In 2005, California passed a state law that established partnerships between two-and four-year colleges, such as enabling community college students to transfer to UC and CSU See PROPOSAL, page 3

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Rising Cigarette Prices May Affect Smoking Behaviors

BY Justine Liang contributing writer

Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine revealed new findings that explain how high cigarette prices, in conjunction with smoke-free homes, have the potential to reduce smoking behaviors among lowincome individuals.

Principal Investigator John P. Pierce, Ph.D., professor at UCSD School of Medicine and director of population sciences at the Moores Cancer Center, and his colleagues found that a high state cigarette price — $4.50 a pack — was linked to lower consumption across all income levels.

“The significance is that the cigarette price increased to a range that we studied in this paper to be effective in reducing cigarette consumption in both low and high income smokers,” primary author of the study, “The Effectiveness of Cigarette Price and Smoke-Free Homes on Low-Income Smokers in the United States,” Maya Vijayaraghavan, M.D. and assistant clinical professor in the department of

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family and preventive medicine, said.

Using the 2006–2007 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, a monthly national cross-sectional survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, Vijayaraghavan and researchers aggregated cigarette prices by state and compared the association of cigarette price and smoke-free home effects. A smoke-free home constitutes a home with smoking restrictions — no one is allowed to smoke at any time.

The key difference in this study is that it employed self-reports on income, cigarette prices, home smok-

ing restrictions and smoking behaviors.

“The self-reported price is the actual price people are paying for cigarettes, as it accounts for price-minimizing behavior, for example, if people get cigarettes from the discount store or other avenues,” Vijayaraghavan said.

Through this association, researchers found that, while low-income people were less likely to live in smoke-free homes, those who did and lived in high cigarette priced states were more likely to reduce cigarette consumption.

While there is an established asso-

ciation with price increase and smoking tendencies, researchers found that, solely, high cigarette prices were not associated with successful quitting.

There was not a statistically significant effect of price on quitting — in contrast, Vijayaraghavan’s association study suggests that smoke-free homes hold higher potential in successful quitting compared to prices. High prices may reduce consumption, but one of the consequences is the increase of the financial burden on low-income smokers. To alleviate this stress, cessation programs along with the implementation of smoke-free homes may aid in successful quitting.

“Having smoke-free homes help in reducing consumption, but more importantly, it prevents relapse in smoking in just 90 days,” said Vijayaraghavan. “If there was intervention to increase adoption of smokefree homes, it will help lower-income smokers quit successfully.”

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Che Cafe Had Previously Been Faced With Shutdown in 2012 Council Talks Royal Baby, Starbucks and Transportation ▶ CAFE, from page 1

Writing this article late on a sive-sounding goals, such as fossil Wednesday night, I understand why fuel divestment and making a more no one else volunteered to be the new comprehensive composting system.

A.S. columnist. Even the promise of However, the most exciting goal by far menial compensation won’t get me — for all of us who still haven’t bought back the past few hours, nor the many, a Brita filter — is the plan to make a much-longer Wednesday nights ahead hydration station map.

The most exciting news of the of me.

After a few words from A.S. night for council came at the end of Graphic Studio promoting their ser- a BBC news clip: the royal baby has seven godparents. vices and an open Cue gasps. position, SOVAC My interExecutive Director news business gabriella fleischman est was sustained Kyle Heiskala gfleisch@ucsd.edu up until a debate advertised for sevover appointments eral events. This for representaincludes noble attempts at bringing mayoral can- tives of the ASUCSD Ad Hoc Special didates to campus, with, admittedly, Committee to Increase Academic no strong confirmations. Apparently, Opportunities that Promote Student sexual offenders are easier to bring Empowerment and Retention. While to campus than more PG candidates various objections and rescinding of The deadline to register for the debate objections led the motion to be tabled until next week, the most entertainis Nov 4.

Council then continued with a few ing part of the debate was the general desperate pleas for various event vol- confusion about when a motion needs unteers, also announcing two pieces to be seconded.

AVP Local Affairs Alysson Osorio of positive news: the ASUCSD Moves transportation commission was announced that Local Affairs computpassed last night, and Triton Outfitters ers had been hacked, and new passis now selling new merchandise (new words would be put in place. In other affairs, council continually referenced designs, same high prices).

Afterward, the Student attendance problems. Campuswide Sustainability Collective made a spe- Senator Jordan Coburn acknowledged cial presentation promoting their that those present at the meeting were main campaigns for this year. Perhaps not the issue but nudged council to the most riveting words of the night encourage everyone else to show up.

President Andy Buselt also urged came from Director of Food Justin Dewaele in response to a proposed council to continue promoting the contract to bring a Starbucks to Price transportation survey as the Keep It Moving, We Decide, Let’s Ride camCenter.

“Starbucks is a large monopolistic paign is in its final week-and-a-half.

“This survey is, by no means, the company that we don’t like,” Dewaele said. “It does not abide by fair trade. end of this story,” Buselt said. “I want We want to make sure we don’t have to get as many students informed at the beginning of the year as possible.”

Starbucks on campus.”

That’s all for now. Until next week My heart goes out to Frappuccino … and the week after … and the next lovers everywhere.

SSC announced broad, impres- … indefinitely.

pus cooperative — located near the Arthur Wagner dance facility in UCSD’s Theater District — has been unable to remain a nonprofit organization for the past several years, according to a member of the Che Cafe.

“We have been consistently trying,” the member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. “There have been a lot of financial issues.”

Members of the Che Cafe cited significant miscommunication with UCAB as a reason for the failure to comply with the Master Space Agreement.

“We have been keeping up with the administration and have constantly been giving them information,” the member said. “The university doesn’t like us very much.”

The Che Cafe was previously in danger of being shut down in 2012, after it faced issues with paying its annual insurance premium. The cooperative was able to raise the necessary money through concerts and benefit blogs.

Currently, core members of the Che Cafe have no definite new plans geared toward reinstating the organization’s nonprofit status. However, they hope to continue ongoing efforts, including hosting concerts and shows.

According to Van Bruggen, the Che Cafe will be allowed to continue to operate during the allotted 30 days.

Van Bruggen and the rest of UCAB expect to meet with Che Cafe members in the coming weeks for further discussions.

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Supporters Cite Workforce Changes as Reasons for Legislation ▶ PROPOSAL, from page 1

schools with ease. So far, the state has failed to pass a law authorizing two-year schools to grant baccalaureate degrees.

Scott Lay, president of the Community College League of California, acknowledged challenges to the program.

“One reason that community colleges don’t have many such programs now is that the current accrediting standards for community colleges limit such programs to one degree,” Lay said. “That’s one of the issues that the chancellor’s task force is looking at, and we’re happy to have two college district chancellors, including San Diego’s Constance Carroll, representing us on that task force.”

In 2011, Sen. Marty Block (D-Calif.) proposed a pilot program that permitted the Grossmont-

Cuyamaca Community College District and the San Mateo County Community College District to grant baccalaureate degrees in fields where workforce needs are high, such as in nursing, physical therapy and education.

In the pilot program, students paid established community college fees for the first two years and a higher fee for the upper division courses required for the baccalaureate.

Opponents of such a move include universities, private colleges and some community college faculty.

They argue that the proposed legislation would neglect the traditional mission of the two-year system outlined in the California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960, which designated community colleges for career and transfer students, while the four-year universities focus on research and higher degrees.

Critics and supporters alike wonder how such a program could survive in an education system beset with budget cuts.

Beth Smith, a math professor at Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif., cites changes in the workforce as a challenge to the proposed legislation, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We want to continue to address our original mission as well as we can before we tackle new ways to serve students,” Smith said. “It doesn’t mean there aren’t important reasons to investigate this topic. It’s a challenge for us because the situation of our students has changed, particularly in the case of career technical programs and nursing, where an associate’s degree used to lead to employment, and that’s no longer the case.”

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The Tablet Trend Is Not Worth the Hype

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A.S. Council needs to make smart decisions to help close a potential $30,000 gap in its annual budget.

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finalized A.S. Council budget is in the works, though we’re far from being comfortable with the outcome.

Each of the six college councils will finally receive the student fees owed them by A.S. Council for the first time since 2006. A grievance filed by three former A.S. Council members last spring yielded a June Judicial Board decision mandating that funding to college councils, toward which students pay $0.65 quarterly, be reinstated and back-funded for the seven years for which funds were unallocated.

And so, your money is coming back to a student council near you. The most recent revision of A.S. Council’s Preliminary 2013–2014 budget shows that the full funds owed from this year will make their way to the college councils (the total will likely be around $46,000 based on newly released undergraduate enrollment numbers), while an additional $33,570 in back-funding of the enormous $248,144.85 owed to the colleges has also been preliminarily allocated.

While, of course, this money has to go back to the councils, it’s frustrating that, at this rate, it will take another seven years before the councils are fully reimbursed. Because of higher-than-expected enrollment numbers released Wednesday, Oct. 16, Council is only

facing a potential budget gap of around $30,000 for this year (which could have been as high as $120,000), but the debts owed to the college councils still make closing the gap difficult.

It’s entirely unfair to blame the current council for the drastic missteps taken by the 2006 A.S. team, as the current council has its hands tied by the requirement that they pay six years of back-funding. However, it does become the current council’s responsibility to make smarter budget decisions that can help prevent future mistakes or debts from accumulating.

Year after year, there are talks about the feasibility of a student referendum to raise fees. Once again, we see a year where “the climate is not right” to ask students to pay a little more money to their Campus Activity fee, which is currently holding at $50.69 a quarter. A.S. Council is not working with a diamond mine of fee money to fund student organizations, the college councils and their marquee events — especially once the 30-percent return to aid (mandated with all student-approved fees) is factored in.

A rise in these fees seems unlikely to garner support this year — or any year, really — and once again, council is left See BUDGET, page 5

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A Growing Greek Community Could Improve Campus Climate Bid Day for UCSD’s sororities and fraternities came and went this month, and it’s safe to say that the vast majority of us didn’t really notice.

However, with an influx of undergraduates translating into more interest than ever in joining campus Greek life, it’s time for sororities to finally carve out a real presence on campus.

UCSD saw a record pool of over 82,000 freshman and transfer applicants for the 2013–2014 school year, enrolling 7,932 undergraduates.

More interest in our fabulous school is great, and we certainly have the academic gravitas to match any of the other “Public Ivies.” But no matter how stellar our engineering department may be or how many tears have been shed in the name of an A in o-chem, our reputation as a school depends equally on our campus climate. And that includes harboring a robust Greek life.

With so many students enrolling, it isn’t surprising that sororities represented by the Panhellenic Council saw a huge jump in rushing. About 650 Triton ladies initially registered for Panhellenic recruitment, significantly more than last year’s 513.

As they move through the pledge process, some women are released, meaning that they weren’t chosen by any of the sororities they applied to.

This year, 63 women were released, compared to only 13 last year. At first glance, this looks like straight-up rejection from an infamously exclusionary community, but the reasoning behind the rejection is simply a numbers game.

In the past, sororities left fewer people out simply because there weren’t as many applicants, and they wanted to grow as organizations. This year, sororities finally had enough applicants to be able to choose

women that better meet their mission statements. And while sororities and fraternities are admittedly selective organizations, it’s a deliberate selectivity based on who will mesh well with the organization’s culture. Every student organization, every department and every university wants to choose members whom they see as potential contributors to the organization’s value.

In an interview with the UCSD Guardian, the Panhellenic Council explained that they’ve already invited another sorority to join our campus this year, and it will begin its preliminary recruiting process during winter quarter. Potential sisters who were released during pledge week have already been notified of the new sorority, and it’s expected to have a full pledge class alongside the other sororities next fall. This opens up another opportunity for women

who wish to rush, with another set of values to better match up with more rushees.

With their growing presence on campus, it’s high time for the Panhellenic Council and the InterFraternity Council to begin the push for Greek housing. While this is an expensive proposal in the midst of transportation cuts and the construction of the new UCSD Jacobs Medical Center, it would be a creative solution to UCSD Housing, Dining and Hospitality’s current woes. Instead of stacking freshmen in temporary doubles and triples and asking others to give up their singles, HDH could see some relief as some Greek brothers and sisters could choose to move into their organization’s housing.

A growing Greek community can be a great influence on our campus climate, but for now, we’ll just have to wait and see.

veryone and their moms (even mine) may have a tablet computer, but I’m not buying into the craze. Despite the fact that they are fun, lightweight and convenient, tablets are luxury products that are too often marketed as student “essentials” for education.

Since 2011, the tablet market has skyrocketed, and analysts even predict that the tablet market will exceed the personal computer market by the end of this fiscal year.

Marketed as powerful and portable devices, tablets allow users to read their books, check emails, take notes for classes and play games with a few swipes of their fingertips.

Tablets seem to offer much flexibility and efficiency to their users, but I still can’t accept them as anything more than toys to many of the students that use them. While I do like tablet computers, their place in some educational settings is just unnecessary. The real practicality of having a tablet depends on the individual student’s needs; we shouldn’t treat them as educational staples when they are not.

I first noticed the tablet takeover at UCSD while taking COMM 10 last fall. About one in three people took notes on a tablet, and I instantly felt estranged for not having one. I even considered using the leftover funds in my sad college student bank account to buy an iPad over the holidays. But now I’ve re-evaluated the hype and left those misguided notions behind. At this point in my college experience, I just don’t need a tablet for school.

Having a tablet does make sense for some students. Art students and graphic design majors need tablets to draw assignments, while others use them to read digital copies of textbooks. But for the majority of college students, tablets are simply an alternative to writing in a notebook or paying attention in class.

And still, tablets offer less or the same capabilities of those students’ laptops at home or the smartphones in their pocket.

Until tablets become an utmost necessity, we also shouldn’t start pouring federal education funding into the tablet market. In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the public school system distributed over 50,000 iPads to their students and teachers to use for homework and classwork, at a hefty tag of $678 apiece. The Los Angeles Times reported that these students quickly outsmarted the system and learned how to bypass the educational software to download applications and games. We should embrace new technologies that can significantly improve students’ quality of education, but we shouldn’t spend funds on expensive tools just because we can.

While it’s easy to get caught up in new waves of technology, we shouldn’t overvalue them. Students should decide for themselves whether investing in a tablet would significantly improve their educational experience. I, for one, will continue taking notes in the red notebook I bought from Target for $0.50. The fact of the matter is this: A tablet is still a superfluous luxury, not a necessity in education.

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Trimming Funds From Events Can Help Ease Budget Shortfall ▶ BUDGET, from page 4

with the dirty task of cutting budgets.

However, the preliminary budget shows room for cuts to big events that will save A.S. cash, fast. A.S. should cut the frequency and cost of the Bear Garden events that are held during the academic year. This year’s budget allocates $14,500 for each of the first four Matthews Quad events (complete with two free beers for the 21-plus crowd) and another $20,000 for the final senior send-off event for a whopping total of $78,000. Trimming this expenditure by either consolidating multiple events or cutting an entire event would be an easy way for Council to ease its budget gap woes.

Meanwhile, the autumn Hullabaloo concert and festival is allocated

$75,000, a figure that can stand to be clipped a little to save cash.

While revising their budget to close the gaps, A.S. Council needs to protect the top two interests for students: student organization funding (including the 16 tradition events planned for this year) and the Sun God Festival. Council is planning to spend $530,000 on the Sun God Festival this year, and using a little common sense, Council should not approach the Sun God budget with a fifty-foot pole.

The most recent budget allocation also indicates that only one of over 30 paid councilmembers will fall on their sword and not receive a stipend this year. AVP Environmental and Social Justice Jillian Du is the only A.S. council

member with a zero next to her position on the budget. While we didn’t entirely agree with the council candidate slate One Voice’s plan not to accept any stipends if elected as a mandate for the council forever, we wouldn’t mind seeing more of an effort on the current councilmembers’ part to reduce their hefty stipends (which total over $70,000).

Student organization operation funding was cut last year from $500 to $100, and organizations that rely heavily on A.S. money to exist can’t afford deeper cuts. Hullabaloo and Bear Garden are great for A.S. Council’s image, but as student organizations suffered last year, it may be time for A.S. Council to bite the bullet this year to spare the expenditures students need the most.

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Karaoke 101

7578 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

Mon. - Thurs., Sun. 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Fri. - Sat. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Tues. - Thurs., Sun. 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Fri. - Sat. 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Simple, tasteful and a little bit of an accent — Vietnamese cuisine just how you want it. Phuong Tran will give you what you want at a good price and in a timely manner. All you need to do is come hungry and with an open mind to try more foreign menu items, like bun bo hue (beef vermicelli noodle in spicy broth) and ca kho (catfish sauteed in fish sauce).

Don’t lie to yourself — singing while slightly (or extremely) intoxicated is the best. And karaoke is the perfect place to do it. Karaoke 101 can accommodate large groups (people have had parties of approximately 50). Guests can bring food and drinks from home (so minors won’t have to be as discrete and money can go towards other things). Karaoke 101 has may English-friendly on the songs. If those aren’t the cues you need to get you to belt out to One Direction, karaoke might not be your thing.

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Red Moon Noodle House 4646 Convoy St.

Mon. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tues. - Sat. 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Sun. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

If you like Panda Express’ take on Chinese food, you’ll love the authenticated version. Slightly overlooked for the plaza that it’s in, Red Moon will still serve you quality food from a family-owned restaurant. The menu is short, which makes choosing easy, but it is noted that the dumpling soup is not listed (and yet very good). Also look out for Singapore-style noodles, xiao long bao and the milk tea, which is much stronger and more flavorful than what you’d pick up at a local tea shop.

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Koon Thai Kitchen 3860 Convoy St.

M.I. Tea Express

7655 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

Mon. - Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The location is fairly small, and the red-and-white counter where you order draws memories of In-N-Out, not really a place where you would buy a favorite tea. But the boba is what you’re there for, and that’s exactly what you get. Escape from the codependent relationship you have with TapEx in Price Center and make M.I. Tea Express your mistress. She has a variety of different flavors to try (Mojito Green Tea, Golden Matcha, Ocean Breeze) and even a drink with rose petals (Rose Blossom) that TapEx does not have to offer to customers looking for something new.

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Kogi BBQ

5447 Kearny Villa Road

Sun. - Thurs. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Fri. - Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Mon. - Fri. 5 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Sat. - Sun. 12 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Koon Thai has your obvious dishes — curries, pad thai, tom yum — but extends well beyond that. The diverse menu of over 50 dishes will keep your palate busy. Notable menu items are the thai chicken jerky, goong sarong (fried shrimp wrapped in egg noodle), yum mama (noodles mixed with chicken, shrimp and topped with chili and lime) and the rad na (flat rice noodle with Chinese broccoli, Thai gravy). Koon Thai is also paired with a traditional live singer on Friday and Saturday evenings. Koon also has a remarkably inexpensive lunch special ($1.50 appetizers, entrees start at $5.45) offered every Monday through Friday.

Although Manna may be the place to go for anyone’s Korean barbeque fix, Kogi does it just the same and at less inconvenience for yourself. A little more under the radar than its popular — and pricier — contemporary, waiting to sit down at Kogi will surely not exceed some wait times of 45 minutes at Manna. Kogi has side dishes that most other Korean barbecue joints don’t offer, among them cheese corn, kimchi pancakes and kimchi fried rice. If you can wait late enough to eat, you can take advantage of Kogi’s $15.99 happy hour special, offered every day from 9 p.m. until closing.

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Zion Market

7655 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sun. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Take a step back from Ralphs and Trader Joe’s and do grocery shopping Korean-style. Zion Market has the basic groceries that American produce markets carry (although not name-brand) in addition to hordes of Korean fare, fresh and preserved. They’ve got instant noodles you’ve never heard of and cookies that are like Oreos with strange fillings flavored like tea and fruit. The meats section carries products you’ll find served at Korean barbeque restaurants, making those particular cuts and marinated meats accessible for consumption at home. And although Zion may be a further drive for most UCSD students, the change of pace in products may be well worth it.

Italian

The Godfather Restaurant 7878 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

Mon. - Thurs. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Fri. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Sat. 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Sun. 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

If you need an excuse for a posh restaurant, The Godfather is the place to go. The fact that there is a courtyard, a fountain, potted plants and benches brings it a step up from a typical restaurant. As you enter the double wooden doors, employees dressed in formal attire will greet, seat and serve you. The menu stays true to Italian cuisine in an American context, so it won’t feel too familiar or too foreign. A memorable part of your dinner will be the complimentary fried zucchini appetizer, far more exciting than a basic bread-and-butter starter.

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senior staff writer

Canadian visual artists Cardiff and Miller explore time and perception in this retrospective exhibition at the MCASD La Jolla.

It was hard for a movie like “Memento” to successfully toy with time and the way it’s perceived. But it’s even rarer to find a visual art piece to accomplish the same. “Lost in the Memory Palace,” the current exhibit at the La Jolla branch of the Museum of Contemporary Art, does just that. According to the press release, “Lost” is a series of installations “where time slows down and is altered.” And that’s one way to look at the survey of multi-media works by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, two Canadians that have been collaborating since the 1990s. It’s definitely a valid perspective, too. The entire installation — a flood of visual and sonic stimuli — is a look at the artists through time: The pieces collected here range from 1995 to 2013. Just walking through the exhibit is to see snapshots of the artists’ careers and, simultaneously, larger progressions over time.

The individual installations lend themselves to this kind of interpretation as well. Two of the pieces are constructed as in-use living quarters, though the human detritus that fills them makes it clear that the inhabitants are a neurotic bunch. So the experience of these pieces is, on the one hand, that of a snapshot and of seeing the flow of these invisible individuals slowed to absolute zero. At the same time, these pieces, through the use of various pre-recorded narrations, expand into stories and throw you back through time.

“Road Trip” lends a visual aspect to the phrase “time out of joint.” It’s a 15-minute loop of a slideshow depicting a man’s road trip across Canada paired with a recording of a conversation between (seemingly) the man’s grandson and a female companion. At one point, the Janet Cardiff & George grandson complains Bures Miller, Dark that the slides from Pool, 1995, mixed the road trip media, audio-videoare out installation, approx 10m x 7m. Installation View. Courtesy of Kunstammlung Nordhrein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf. Photo:Paolo Pellion

of order. The woman rearranges the slides; in front of the audience, the artists are rearranging time itself.

But one thing that makes the whole exhibit really impressive is that there are entirely different lenses to view the exhibit through. One of the more interesting of these is a phenomenological exploration of the separation between perceiver and perceived.

Even ignoring the most obvious separation — that the audience is just seeing the artist’s image of some reality, not that reality itself — most of these pieces have perspectives layered on perspectives layered on perspectives. The subject of “Road Trip” is the road trip itself. What the audience experiences is not that, however. They see two people looking at slides that are themselves mere representations of the trip. Keep up here: Between you and the subject, there are two whole layers of interpretation (still ignoring the additional layer of the artist).

This same separation is true of “The Dark Pool,” another mixed-media piece that is a combination bedroom/workshop holding other recorded narratives. The subject of this piece is a mysterious body of water. Were it not for the title, though, one might miss that. The subject is addressed by various indirect means: a diorama, the recorded narratives, a rudimentary chemistry set. The layers are myriad here as well. Take the diorama, for instance, which depicts the mysterious pool. It is a representation created by the person who ostensibly lives in the room.

The person who lives in the room is the interpretation of the artists themselves. The audience sees this interpretation through appropriately dim lighting.

Again, the audience is separated from the subject by layers of interpretation. And then, at the same time as the audience is interpreting all of this, the security guard escort that is required for this exhibit is watching you see the exhibit. You are no longer the allseeing eye of objective interpretation; you are being interpreted yourself! (That last layer might not have been the intention of the artists, but was too interesting to leave out.)

There are other pieces whose layers of audiencesubject separation deserve similar deconstruction, but those are probably best

parsed by the reader at the museum itself.

At this point, unfortunately, the one piece that doesn’t fit into either of the previous perspectives must be reprimanded. “Experiment in F# Minor” is chiefly a sonic piece. It is a room containing an old folding table covered by some 30 speaker cones. The quality and fullness of the music these speakers emit is, as one might expect, astounding. Standing alone in the room feeling the music smothering the air around you (and thus you along with it) is a powerful experience.

But, at least to the musically untrained author, there was no apparent cohesion between this piece and the rest of the exhibit. The exploration of time and the relationship between observer and reality was nowhere to be found. Perhaps this is some Schopenhauerian commentary on how music is the one medium where separations are stripped away, forcing the observer to experience reality as it is. That might be too much of a stretch, though.

So, while “Experiment” itself is a strong piece, it inserts a slight air of confusion into the experience of the entire exhibit (although that might be the point — the artists are probably much smarter than your author).

That being said, “Lost in the Memory Palace” is still an intriguing aesthetic study in phenomenology, as well as a powerful look at the audience’s perception of time. The mixedmedia platform serves the artists well, and the audience (probably) cannot avoid leaving the exhibit without considering how they themselves interact with the time and space around them.

Readers can contact Sebastian Brady at sebrady@ucsd.edu

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Experiment in F# Minor, 2013, interactive mixes media installation with audio, 72 speaker. Courtesy of the artists, Luhring Augistine Gallery New York, and Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo.

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FILM REVIEW

"Guilt Trips"

by Ryan Hemsworth

Kill Your Darlings Film reignites the life force of the Beat Revolution.

Directed by John Krokidas Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Dane Deehan, Michael C. Hall Release Date Oct. 17 There are few films out there that feature a drunken Jack Kerouac rolling down the hillside in a wooden barrel. But up-and-coming director John Krokidas takes his chances and does the job in his character-driven film, “Kill Your Darlings.” This film pulls the curtain back on the personal lives of the original founders of the Beat movement, a writing revolution born in the 1940s and continued to the ࣭60s. Krokidas shows us early interactions between these “beatniks” — Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs — as they come together to counteract censorship and embrace taboo. It’s any avid reader’s dream come true. However, for those who are not mystified by Kerouac’s “On the Road” and Burroughs’s “Naked Lunch,” this film may not be such a crowd pleaser.

Either way, most viewers will appreciate a pale and serious as ever Daniel Radcliffe (who by the way, hits the nail on the head with the American accent) playing the rather shy Allen Ginsberg. We meet Ginsberg just as he enters Columbia University, long before he writes his widely acclaimed poem “Howl.”

Radcliffe does a thorough job of portraying the naive soon-to-be poet, as he gallops through the social expectations of 1940s New York, exploring drugs, alcohol and homosexuality.

But it is somewhere in the fiery core of Lucien Carr (played by the statuesque Dane DeHaan) where the film finds pulse. Immediately drawn to this mysterious, blue-eyed daredevil, Ginsberg follows Carr up the rusty fire escapes of Greenwich Village and orbits in his drug-spun universe. The hypnotic quality of this chase can be attributed to the cinematography of Reed Morano.

In some scenes, he employs a shaky camera angle. In others, he moves to the next scene with no transition, save a blinding white flash.

The film becomes a series of clips strung together in the best possible way. This choppy imperfec-

Release Date Oct. 22

The Canadian electronic producer crafts excitingly peculiar and surreal sound in his first solo album.

tion compels us to feel Ginsberg’s obsession with Carr, as we spiral deeper into self-destructive love.

And suddenly, it is clear how Carr lit matches inside these writers and sparked the Beat movement.

However, Krokidas could have really thrown us into the film (or Carr’s bed) if he hung on to those shaky scenes when it came time to explore the murder of Carr’s creepy stalker David Kammerer (played by the devilish Michael C. Hall from “Dexter”). Instead, he hands us a stale breadbasket of summarization and flashback. And while the See DARLINGS, page 8

What does one expect from an artist whose tweets include such nonsequiturs such as “damn bruhbruh ya boy forgot how tight blowing bubbles was #summerhehe” or “WHAT’S BETTER THAN CUDDLING?” Or from an artist who has mashed up A$AP Rocky with Britney Spears?

Well, you’ll probably get something like “Guilt Trips,” the unabashedly idiosyncratic debut album from Halifax-based producer Ryan Hemsworth, probably best known for his slew of remixes (“Manhattan” by Cat Power and “Thinkin Bout You”

by Frank Ocean).

With influences as far ranging as K-Pop and contemporary Shlohmo’s homespun take on downtempo R&B/hip hop, Hemsworth crafts chill, dreamlike beats most often categorized as “cloud rap” — airy, ambient hip-hop productions — with a strong penchant for pop stylings and structure, bringing us to “Guilt Trips,” a wonderfully fun album chock full of bright, colorful beats, melodies and vocal snippets.

There’s a sort of childlike sense of wonder expressed throughout, characterized through bright synthesizers layered with tight, sporadic beats and eccentric samples. Take album highlight “Avec Vous,” which manages to seamlessly blend a sample of a creaking door with Hemsworth’s

usual set of beats and synths.

However, the songs with guest features lose a bit of Hemsworth’s distinctive sound as they tend to generally take precedence over the productions themselves. It works best on “Against a Wall” featuring rapper Lofty305, whose vocals act in tandem with the song rather than serve as the focal point. But “Still Cold,” which features Baths — an electronic artist that makes similar dreamlike music — just sounds like another Baths song. It’s not a bad song by any means, but it doesn’t sound like Ryan Hemsworth’s usual collage of eclectic sounds.

Fortunately, the problems with the featured guests are not enough to detract too heavily from the album.

We don’t get songs like “Colour & Movement,” a more solemn, downtempo affair from 2012’s “Last Words” but instead a more lively, upbeat set of tracks made more for dancing than introspection. It’s a cohesive patchwork of vibrant and engrossing sounds. “Guilt Trips” finds Hemsworth comfortable in his own space, highly informed by popular culture and current trends in electronic music but his own brand of bright yet ethereal R&B/hip hop.

— Ethan Fukuto

contributing Writer

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ALBUM REVIEW

"Let's be still" by the head and the heart

"calamari tuesday" by feed me

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The indie folk rocker’s highly anticipated sophomore album fails to live up to its full potential.

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ake The Lumineers, plop them in Seattle, add an extra musician, and you’ve got The Head and the Heart. Nowadays, plugging in to musicians who have been turning the Americana genre on its head (see their “Ho Hey” cousins and Britain’s beloved Mumford and Sons) is akin to drinking espresso out of a Mason jar: Aside from the gritty, country-laden exterior, you have something genuinely sophisticated.

The Head and the Heart fell squarely into this category with its self-titled debut of 2011, scoring such hits as “Down in the Valley” and “Rivers and Roads” (which fans of “Chuck” and “How I Met Your Mother” may be familiar with). With a strong start to its career, the bar was set with high expectations for the band’s follow-up album, “Let’s Be Still.”

The majority of its tracks do not disappoint. The opener, “Homecoming Heroes,” welcomes listeners back to the tunes that made The Head and the Heart famous, with frontman Josiah Johnson’s gravelly voice accompanying a cozy, lush tune. And in case we’d forgotten the erudition the band exhibited in its debut, the strong first track is followed by “Another Story,” a thoughtprovoking reflection on the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

Johnson sings, “Every time I hear

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another story/ Oh the poor boy lost his head/ Everybody feels a little crazy/ But we go on living with it” as a haunting chorus repeats, “Can we go on like it once was?” Likewise, nostalgia and melancholy wrap around the twangy, intelligent ballad tune of “Josh McBride,” capturing our Mason jar conundrum perfectly.

Aside from these stellar tracks, “Let’s Be Still” has its shortcomings.

Had a rookie produced the album, these weaknesses could have been easily overlooked. However, The Head and the Heart has already shown what feats it can accomplish, yet it largely fails to match its previous successes.

Even the aforementioned tracks don’t live up to the beauty of its debut, and songs like “Springtime” and “Summertime” are awkward fits with their overly polished 80s pop sound.

Unfortunately, this results in an album that is, as a whole, rather disjointed.

Luckily, the poetry and resounding, raw folk melody of the final track “Gone” ties a neat bow at the end of a jumbled album of hits and misses, giving listeners the hope that the band’s next offering will captivate us again with a certain charm and quality missing from “Let’s Be Still.”

— Jacqueline Kim

A&E Editor

Contagious enthusiasm and excellent production offset mild consistency issues in electronic musician’s first full-length offering.

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hrough some de facto law of electronic music and the Internet-fed demand for instant gratification, it seems that many DJs and producers rarely amass enough new material all at once for an LP. Case in point: Although he’s been releasing electro house music as Feed Me since mid-2008, “Calamari Tuesday” is actually producer Jonathan Gooch’s first studio album.

While this might seem somewhat underwhelming, Feed Me’s work is all about substance over size. If everything before were mere appetizers, then “Calamari Tuesday” is the allyou-can-eat meal, and Gooch keeps the fare deliciously vivid.

A cornerstone of Feed Me’s sound is his zeal for warping various styles to suit a house music template.

“Calamari Tuesday” embodies this to the teeth, tearing into cuts of every-

thing from laid-back trap to bubbling funk. These flavorings are subtle, awash with infectious synth lines, stomping bass and fleeting rhythmic shifts. Despite already having been released on SoundCloud, “Lonely Mountain” in the new album still shines brightly; it builds slowly from mournful piano and racing synths into contagious house, only to drop abruptly into bombastic half-time and a ride of dubstep ripples down and out. This kind of tasteful variation is met with a similar diversity in vocal content, though of a more unreliable quality. “Ophelia” establishes a soft reggae sway, only to mar it with histrionic crooning and listless lyrics.

This diversity of styles (whether they nail it or not) might appear to be a little cluttered, but what rests at the heart of Feed Me is an unabashed appetite for catchy composition.

Specifically, “Calamari Tuesday” is dance music, and each track bursts with enthusiasm and a genuine love of the craft. More often than not, cuts like “No Grip” will get your hands up even when you’re alone at a desk — every song owes this personality to Gooch’s unrestrained gusto.

No, it doesn’t break down the barriers of electronic music as we know it. Yes, it has small inconsistencies and slight missteps that one might expect from a fledgling full-length. But what really sticks about “Calamari Tuesday” are moments in a track like “Fiasco.”

The strut and stamp of the beat slows into a classical piano crawl, and an ethereal sampling of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” swells to the fore.

It’s sublime, stirring and so utterly Feed Me.

— jonah yonker

Staff Writer

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murder scene is not intended as the focal point of the film, it sticks out like a sore thumb. The knife is drawn; Kammerer steps towards Carr; Carr steps towards Kammerer. This feels scripted — too perfect for a film that thrives on imperfection.

On top of the unsatisfactory subplot, Krokidas leaves us with a few black holes in the main plot.

Of course, we all adore watching “Ginsy” (Yes, Carr goes there) write poetry on Benzedrine, but at times, there is a desperate need for a little more meat when we hit World War II, which had a pivotal influence on the Beat Movement.

Krokidas hurries through it quickly, as though he’s afraid to keep it out past curfew. One minute, Carr is

eager to grab a front row seat to the liberation of France, and the next minute, Kerouac is listening to a farewell recording sent by his dying army buddy. This will leave those who are not as familiar with the Beat movement wondering why on earth Krokidas brought the war into the mix.

The music score is something akin to a car ride through the tunnel of time. Beginning with the Jazz Age and ending with rock and roll, we are chucked out the back window, nauseous. And while this is a sin worth repenting for, screenwriter Austin Bunn’s incorporation of Ginsberg’s poetry saves the day. Each line is woven artfully throughout the film.

It’s a wonder how Bunn didn’t succumb to the master himself, the way Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

did in their 2010 film “Howl,” where they incorporated the entire poem into the script. Of course, the duo proved successful (perhaps even more so than Krokidas) when they paired it with an animated tale of Ginsberg’s writing process and the censorship trial that followed.

Overall, “Kill Your Darlings” is a breeding ground for creative outbursts, which arrive without introduction or conclusion, and in no particular order — much like the writings of the Beat Generation. For the most part, Krokidas remains true to the intentions of the movement by making an experimental film, which will be appreciated by those who enjoy cracking boundaries with ballpoint pens.

— nilu Karimi

contributing Writer

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Monster Bash

Dlush

Don’t miss the tricks and treats of Halloween in SD.

CEO Jeffery Adler prepares to open a new cafe and hang-out spot in Price Center.

BY avi salem Contributing writer

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ith the promise of extra spooks and scares for this year’s partygoers, two great events have collaborated for San Diego’s 13th annual Zombie Crawl and Monster Bash Saturday, Oct. 26. Both are taking place within San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. The San Diego Zombie Crawl offers premier access to 22 different clubs and bars in the Gaslamp Quarter. The Monster Bash has a lineup of 17 DJs playing at three different clubs and also boasts a costume contest of epic proportions, giving out a $5,000 prize to the best dressed. With sections of the Gaslamp closed off completely for the event, the Zombie Crawl and Monster Bash are sure to be one of San Diego’s most promising Halloween events.

You don’t have to be dressed like a zombie to partake in the Zombie Crawl, but you may need the relentless stamina of one by the end of the night. Of the 22 venues included in this pub crawl, 15 include a complimentary welcome shot upon entry.

All located conveniently up and down Fifth Avenue, bars like Analog, Frauds & Swindlers, and RA Sushi all offer great food and drink deals to zombiecrawlers. A detailed map, provided upon entry, allows guests to follow one of the many prearranged routes or allows them to devise a unique

route of their own. The pre-party starts at Frauds & Swindlers at 5 p.m. and branches off to the other venues throughout the night. The event officially runs until 2 a.m.

For those who are still alive and kicking by sunrise, tickets to the crawl include access to one final hurrah: a Crack of Dawn after-party at the Side Bar Lounge from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Conveniently located a couple blocks away, Monster Bash covers eight blocks of downtown with three separate stages for music, food and drink.

Some of the acts featured on the Gaslamp Asylum Main Stage, Birds of Prey Stage, and Masquerade Stage include DJ Dani Deahl, Kids at the Bar, G-Roy, Von Kiss, and DJ Beatnick. Be sure to get in line for the shuttles on your way out, because free rides are offered before 12:30 a.m. and included in the price of each ticket.

The Zombie Crawl and Monster Bash cost $60 and $35, respectively, or $80 if bought together as a combined ticket. Although $80 might seem a bit steep for a college student, a ticket to the Zombie Crawl includes alcoholic beverages along with unlimited access to great music and food — it’s worth the splurge for an unforgettable Halloween experience.

readers can contact Avi Salem

AVSalem@ucsd.edu

BY hillary dakin senior Staff writer

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pening in mid-November, Dlush should soon be a delicious alternative for those looking to eat, drink and relax in Price Center.

The construction site on the first floor of Price Center, beside the Sunshine Market, is by now a familiar sight for many. With a banner cheerfully proclaiming the arrival of the newest location of Dlush, students have a lot to be excited about.

Dlush is a “luxury beverage joint,” in the words of CEO Jeffery Adler.

It serves iced drinks, like Strawberry Kiwi Tea, hot drinks and blended drinks — like the cookies ‘n’ cream drink, allegedly a favorite of the San Diego Chargers. Even though Dlush has built its reputation on its beverages, its new location at UCSD will foray into fresh food to be served alongside the drinks. The menu is slated to include shareable openfaced sandwich melts in both savory and sweet varieties — with such flavors as Mac ‘n’ Cheese and PB&J. There are also self-proclaimed “fresh, funky salads,” like Thai Papaya and the BLT Wedge.

In a tour of the construction site, Adler explained that students would order food and drinks in line and gradually move down the line toward a register to pay. Dlush will also have a separate express line for those look-

ing to purchase only a drink.

And although the site is currently walled off for construction, don’t expect it to remain that way forever.

Dlush is slated to be an open area lounge that will be integrated with the rest of Price Center. Because Dlush is designed to encourage interaction between students and the company, it will include seating for those looking to stay nearby, and a social media wall is planned for students to add their own messages.

Dlush does not plan to end its expansion once it opens its location on campus. In partnership with UCSD, San Diego State University and the University of San Diego, Dlush is launching the Dare to Dream Foundation, which is aimed at helping community groups, especially youth-oriented ones, in the San Diego area. For every drink purchased at the university locations, the foundation will donate one drink to a community event through a Dlush distribution team.

The goal is to provide positive experiences that will bring the community together and encourage participation in the events put on by local groups. Students also benefit, as the foundation is engineered to provide student volunteers with valuable work experience and insight into good business practices alongside a Dlush coordinator.

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The UCSD location marks a new beginning for Dlush. Not long ago, the flagship operation in Westfield UTC Mall did not succeed. It was a disheartening experience for the company, but UCSD offers a place to start anew.

“When I first moved to Southern California, I wanted to open Dlush on this campus,” Adler said.

At the time, unfortunately, the university wasn’t open to the idea.

Now, years later and after working with Associated Students, Adler is finally achieving that goal. It’s a good time for students and Dlush alike.

readers can contact

Hillary Dakin

hdakin@ucsd.edu

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Tritons’ Postseason Hopes on the Line

UCSD soccer falls to Cal State Dominguez Hills, ties with Cal Poly Pomona BY dylan thompson

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contributing  writer Every game is now a must-win for the UCSD women’s soccer team as it heads into the final two weeks of its season.

The result of a winless weekend, where UCSD was shutout by Cal State Dominguez Hills 2–0 on Friday night and drew with Cal Poly Pomona 2–2 on Sunday, the Tritons have been knocked out of playoff position.

Against the Cal State Dominguez Hills’ Toros on Friday night, UCSD had what was easily its worst performance of the season. “That is probably the worst first half performance that I have ever seen from a UCSD team,� head coach Brian McManus said after the game. “The second half there was a little bit more but still nothing like the intensity needed. Dominguez Hills came in with all the intensity. They were willing to put their bodies on the line, and we weren’t able to do that.�

Not even the advantage of playing most of the second half a man up — after Dominguez Hills’ Gabrielle Pena was issued a red card — could shift the momentum to the Tritons. “We’re looking for some composure and some leadership on the field, and unfortunately it just wasn’t there tonight,� McManus said. “Tonight, we didn’t look anything like we looked last weekend.�

The Tritons managed just four shots on goal from freshman Jamie Benedetto, to Dominguez Hills’ 18 shots on the night.

The draw on Sunday allowed UCSD to gain a much-needed point, and while no team emerged victorious, McManus was happy with the team’s

improvement from the previous game. “The first half was disappointing,�

McManus said. “We scored a good goal, then we let in a soft goal, but credit to the kids. At halftime, we told them the desire to win has to come from within them. They have to want it. They have to grow up. They have to get that desire and want it, and it was epitomized in the second half. In the end, we’ll take it; it’s a great result.�

Benedetto and junior Cassie Callahan — who McManus raved about after the match — scored goals for the Tritons. . “Give all credit to Pomona; their second goal was made by two players chasing down what was a bad pass and turning it into a goal,�

McManus said. “Then to our credit, Cassie, the one person on the team who shows real desire and bravery to go in the box with the same desire as they had, matched it and got the equalizer for us.�

Junior captain Izzy Pozurama also credited Benedetto for her outstanding performance on Sunday. “It was obvious that Jamie was putting everything into the last bit of the game when everyone else was tired,�

Pozurama said. “She did a great job of

beating players on the outside and getting crosses into the box.�

With just four games left in the regular season, the Tritons are currently ranked third in the CCAA South Division. To qualify for the four-team CCAA Championships in the beginning of November, UCSD will need to jump second place Cal State Los Angeles, who the Tritons will face in their last conference game. “The lucky thing is that we get to play those teams so our fate is in our own hands,� Pozurama said. “If we win our last four games, we will have a spot in the CCAA playoffs.�

UCSD now must prepare for another tough weekend at home.

They play San Francisco State at 4:30 p.m. on Friday,, and Cal State Monterey Bay comes to Triton Stadium at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

CSUMB is one point ahead of UCSD in the CCAA standings.

The Tritons — the former NCAA National runner-up — will have no shot at advancing into the national tournament without winning the conference tournament.

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have it any easier, competing against No. 7 Chico as well as No. 25 Cal State Stanislaus. “Chico is a real strong program, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say we weren’t going to try to win the meet,� said Garcia. “We are optimistic that we have the squad to qualify out of regionals and can finish top five to advance on to nationals.�

Garcia has posted several regional appearances over the last few years and is looking forward to another one this season.

“We are confident that we have the people necessary to come out strong and place high this year.�

Confidence is key this weekend according to Acton. “Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on racing more confidently and adjusting how I’ll approach the next few championship races,� he said. “If each of our guys runs to their potential, then we should be able to compete against anyone in the conference.�

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head coach Jon Pascale — issued four yellow cards, two penalty kicks in a 110-minute bout, as well as a red card in the following women’s soccer game. “I was in a dark place leading up to [our penalty kick] and certainly had a number of conversations with the referees,� Pascale said. “But it’s a great feeling to watch your team battle back.�

CSU Dominguez Hills’ Alejandro Covarrubias took the penalty, putting the Toros up 1–0. The Tritons earned the equalizer with five minutes left in regulation time on a penalty. UCSD’s Andisheh Bagheri scored low in the bottom-left corner against 6’4� goalkeeper Markus Dickerson.

Bagheri has taken and finished all four of UCSD’s penalty kicks this season.

When asked how Pascale picked his penalty takers, the five-year ten-

ured head coach said there was no decision to make when sending Bagheri to the mark. “There’s no decision making — it’s all Bagheri, all the time,� Pascale said. “He stepped up early on in the season, and he’s been good from the spot since.�

On Sunday, Oct. 20, the Tritons earned their ninth shutout of the season, winning on another Bagheri penalty granted in the 38th minute.

With the win, No. 18 UCSD, who will play three of its last four games at home, improves to 8–2–2 in conference and 10–2–2 overall.

This Friday, UCSD will face San Francisco State at 7 p.m. and on Sunday will take on Cal State Monterey Bay. “They’re two good teams,� Arsht said. “Every team in the conference is good, and there’s not one game that you can expect to have handed to you.�

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ith the postseason around the corner, the UCSD crosscountry team is looking to step up its game in order to edge out the competition.

With a season of strong finishes for both the men and women, the Tritons head to Chico for the California Collegiate Athletics Association championships this weekend to kick off the postseason.

Most recently, both squads finished second in the Triton Classic to reigning CCAA conference champion, Chico State, who came out victorious.

“The men lost by a pretty big margin [in the Triton Classic],” UCSD head coach Nate Garcia said. “But we will try to close the gap on them this time. On the women’s side, it was closer but with a couple of adjustments we’ve been working on, we hope to come in and beat them at their place.”

Sophomore Scott Acton crossed at seventh overall and was top finisher for the Triton men. Top spot for the women went to sophomore Marie Diaz who took third overall. Both Acton and Diaz were named CCAA Freshman of the Year at last year’s CCAA meet.

“We’re excited where both of them are in their second year,” Garcia said of Acton and Diaz. “We anticipate them to be real successful in the championship meet and for them to match with the other teams in the conference.”

To beat the Wildcats in this weekend’s CCAA meet, however, the Tritons will need strong performances from all of their runners.

“In order to beat Chico, we’ll have to be both physically and mentally prepared,” Acton said. “Chico has established themselves as one of the best Division II schools in the nation.”

Both Acton and senior standout Kellen Levy have been leading the charge for the Triton men, both having placed top 10 at the Triton Classic.

The women have posted some solid team performances the last couple of meets, most recently at the Triton Classic with Diaz, sophomore Chandler Colquitt, junior Michelle Le Roux and sophomore Paige Hughes all having finished in the top 10.

Competition will be tight for both squads this weekend. The men will be competing against two nationally ranked programs, No. 5 Chico and No. 17 Cal Poly Pomona. The women won’t See CROSS-COUNTRY, page 11

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Golf Places Third at Monterey Invite UCSD in Playoff Position The UCSD golf team wrapped up its fall season with a The third-ranked Tritons are in place to third-place finish at the Cal State Monterey Bay Invitational. qualify for the CCAA championships.

BY Daniel Sung contributing writer

The UCSD men’s golf team finished its fall season in fifth place last weekend at the Cal State Monterey Bay Invitational in Seaside, Calif.

The lineup included some fresh faces for the Tritons. Junior transfer Jacob Corbin, sophomore Jeff Roseth and senior Ryan Rankin all got the nod to make their first appearances of the season. Sophomores Clayton Yamaguchi, Daniel Yang and senior Lewis Simon rounded out the lineup.

“Golf lineups are always fluid, and our roster is pretty deep this year,” Yamaguchi said. “Anyone can readily contribute. Also, Jay [Lim] decided not to travel for health reasons, so Ryan Rankin was able to come as well.”

The Tritons ended day one shooting a two round total of 595, placing them fifth in the standings.

After hitting a 306 (+18) in the first round, the team was able to rebound in the second round with a 17-stroke turnaround, scoring 289 (+1).

“We got off to a slow start this morning and, outside of Ryan’s solid

72, I felt like we were not very sharp,” first-year head coach Jim Ragan said to the UCSD athletics department. “However, the second round was a different story. Jacob and Jeff played well, both having under-par rounds, and Clayton and Daniel also improved their scores.”

The team maintained its position in day two, shooting a 302 and a tournament total, 33-over 897.

First year Triton, and former all-state selection from Santiago Canyon College, Jacob Corbin had a solid debut, scoring a pair of birdies and tying for 20th place with Yamaguchi, who both shot 8-over 224.

Roseth tied for 30th (79¬-7177--227, +11), while Daniel Yang placed 39th (78-74-77--229, +13), and Ryan Rankin came in at 63rd (72-84-82--238, +22).

The Tritons had a strong performance as a team, finishing ahead of several nationally ranked teams, including No. 6 Chico State, No. 10 Cal State Stanislaus, No. 15 HawaiiHilo, No. 20 Western Washington

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and No. 24 Cal Baptist.

Host school Cal State Monterey Bay –– the only team under par –– came in first place with a score of 854. Following the Otters were No. 1 Barry University, who took second place, scoring 17-over 881.

With the conclusion of the fall season, Yamaguchi says the team will take some time off to work with coach Ragan and look to develop their overall game until their next tournament in 2014. During the critical off-season, the players aim to improve their physical fitness and also hope to find a course they can call home for the upcoming year.

“Coach has a plan for us to improve during the off-season,” Yamaguchi said. “He’s convinced us that the stuff we will work on will have dramatic results. We’re also working on finding a home course to practice at. Once we find that, we will be able to use the facilities to really improve our games.”

If the UCSD men’s soccer team can manage to win three out of its last four games, the Tritons will make their first postseason appearance since 2005.

The Tritons currently sit in third place in the 12-team conference, with 26 points, one point behind second place Cal State Los Angeles and two points behind first place Chico State. All three squads come from the California Collegiate Athletics Association South Division — barring any latebreaking developments from the North Division — will qualify for the tournament.

When asked if he has started to think about the CCAA Tournament,

senior captain Alec Arsht says the team is still trying to focus on taking each game as they come.

“We’re not really worried about the postseason right now,” Arsht said. “We’re trying to take it one game at a time and think about the playoffs when they come, I guess.”

After snapping a seven-game win streak, the Tritons followed up with a 1–1 tie against South Division opponent Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday, where both squads scored off penalty kicks.

In the 65th minute, center referee Gil Beanland issued Brett Sampiere a yellow card in the box. Beanland and company — whose officiating was called into question by UCSD See MEN’S SOCCER, page 11

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