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TORREY PINES BUS COULD BE ELIMINATED Transportation Committee discusses budget constraints, possible plans to eliminate Campus Loop shuttle. By NICOLE CHAN Associate News Editor
Berkeley police make headlines nationwide for using batons, pepper spray on student protesters. By Laira Martin Associate News Editor
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fter initially siding with police, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has condemned the police brutality toward students that took place at an “Occupy Cal” protest last Wednesday,
Birgeneau initially sent an all-campus email on Nov. 10 stating that he supported Berkeley police in their efforts to control civil disobedience. “It is unfortunate that some protesters chose to obstruct the police by linking arms and forming a human chain to prevent the police from gaining access to the tents,” Birgeneau said in the statement. “This is not non-violent civil disobedience.” Birgeneau retracted this statement on Nov. 14 in a second all-campus email in which the
UCSD Parking and Transportation — faced with a $5-million deficit — is considering consolidating various campus shuttle routes, including Hillcrest, Torrey Pines and Campus Loop. The proposal to combine the Hillcrest/ Campus and Hillcrest/Old Town shuttles has drawn concern among students and community residents. The suggestion — which is expected to save $150,000 annually — is among 15 to 20 different solutions UCSD Transportation Services is considering in order to work within its budget constraints. “Transportation Services currently has a four million to five million annual operating deficit that must be reduced,” Acting Director of Transportation Services Brian DeMeulle said in an email. According to DeMeulle, funding both the Hillcrest/Campus and Hillcrest/Old Town routes amounts to $850,000 annually. Approximately 10 members of the public met with UCSD Transportation Services to discuss a proposal to consolidate the two shuttles in an open forum held Nov. 13.
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Nov. 9. Campus police in riot gear used batons to violently beat several protesters who had supposedly broken the university’s rule on “no encampments,” he said. UC Berkeley sophomore Zoe Weiss said she felt that students were unfairly treated by the administration and campus police. “While it is true that setting up tents on the Berkeley campus is illegal, beating unarmed, non-violent college students with batons because they refused to move from their encampment is horrible and inexcusable,” Weiss said.
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Regents Cancel Meeting Due to Violent Threats By zev hurwitz Contributing Writer
Student leaders have condemned the UC Board of Regents’ decision to cancel its meeting scheduled for Nov. 16-17 on the UC San Francisco campus. The Board of Regents announced in a Nov. 14 press release that the meeting was cancelled due to credible threats that there were plans for violent confrontations at demonstrations outside the meeting. Law enforcement at the Mission Bay campus of UCSF warned the Regents about the threats and recommended that the meeting not take place this week. “From various sources they had received information indicating that rogue elements intent on violence and confrontation with See threats, page 3
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Kawasaki Disease Linked to Wind Currents By MICHAEL CHANG Staff Writer Scientists have found that wind currents may worsen Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes inflamed blood vessels. If further research confirms this, Kawasaki disease would be the first documented illness in which long-range wind transportation plays a significant role in creating infections, giving researchers a breakthrough on a 40-year-old medical mystery that has confounded even genetic studies. Kawasaki disease is an autoimmune illness that commonly affects children from infancy to five years old. Blood vessels in the body become inflamed and cause a persistent fever along with rashes, red eyes, lips and tongue, swollen hands and feet with peeling skin. The disease may cause damage to the coronary arteries and if left untreated, it will result in serious, sometimes fatal, heart problems during early adulthood. The study was led by Chief and Professor of Pediatrics Jane Burns, who
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is also a specialist in Kawasaki disease. A decade ago, Burns first started to examine the idea of wind currents triggering the disease with researcher Dan Cayan, who is a part of the Climate Atmosphere Science and Physical Oceanography Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “There have been all sorts of theories, from cleaning your carpets that might release some kind of germ into the air, to human-to-human transmission, to so on and so forth,” Cayan said. “One of the clues that led us to believe there was an environmental trigger was that it’s quite seasonal.” Research has shown that the disease is most active from November until March. In addition, during April 1979, May 1982 and March 1986 — the three times when the disease reached its highest peaks in Japan — there was a significant northwestern wind from central Asia blowing across the country. A low amount of cases were reported when currents came from the south. The strength of the wind also
affects the amount of cases. Winds from the northwest are strongest during the winter. During the other seasons, the current is often weaker or in another direction. Currently, the scientists are investigating two hypotheses regarding why the relationship between Kawasaki disease and northwestern winds exists. One is that the wind carries an infectious agent. The other is that pollutants in the wind may play a significant role in causing swells of the illness. “There may be some aircraft sampling and true biological germ hunting that will try to determine whether there are germs that are residing on these air currents that occur high above the earth’s surface that could be transported,” Cayan said. “There will be more focused work to try and understand whether the biology, if it is found, has some kind of biological connection to what they find in Kawasaki patients.” Readers can contact Michael Chang at mac005@ucsd.edu.
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Council Reveals New Loft Program, Debates D-I Sports Armed with A.S. spirit and a banquet of chips, cookies, candy and soda, A.S. Council was prepared to lure in constituents to this week’s public meeting in Price Center Ballroom East. At first, the turnout seemed promising, especially since the results for all-council outreach week’s college council Natalie Covate competition from ncovate@ucsd.edu last week were announced, with ERC in first place. But it turns out that some members of the public weren’t involved with college councils. “My father told me to never say no to free food or free beer,” Muir College transfer student Hiten Shah said. That definitely explains it then. Other attendees included people like Revelle College senior Nolan Weber, who came with a purpose. Weber felt that the music selection at the most recent Bear Garden was unacceptable. “For God’s sake, we’re a university,” he said. “’Fill me with your poison, I want to be a victim, ready for abduction.’ What is this, ‘have sex with me and you own me?’” Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Mac Zilber reported that the Zanzibar Café has approved the “Loft with a Prof ” program. This will basically be a more casual Dine with a Prof — a program through council that allows students to take their professors to lunch at the Faculty club for free — at Zanzibar Café. President Alyssa Wing
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presented a much-anticipated update on the progress of moving UCSD into Division I athletics. “Since we are already at the top of D-II, it’s a natural progression in our pursuit of excellence to move to D-I,” she said. T h e referendum, which will be presented to council for a vote on Nov. 30, will include a $165-perquarter fee increase to students. This will help fund the scholarships, coaches and support staff, among other things, necessary to remaining competitive in the Big West Division I conference. Many councilmembers were excited at the prospect of moving to Division 1. “Think of athletics as an investment,” Engineering Senator Parminder Sandhu said. “It took a lot of courage to move from D-III to D-II, and now we need to be brave an make the jump to D-I.” Not everyone was supportive of the referendum, however. “I personally work three parttime jobs to afford college, and there are tons of people dropping out because they can’t afford it,” Associate Vice President of Student Organizations Lynne Swerhone said. “Let’s take a couple of seconds here and just think about what we’re doing.” Remember, council, passing the referendum only opens it to student vote. If you shut it down, your constituents will not have the opportunity to make their own decision.
Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau Initially Supported Cal Police Involvement ▶ POLICE, from page 1 chancellor said he was out of the country at the time and had not seen footage of the police brutality when he sent the initial email. “It was only yesterday that I was able to look at a number of the videos that were made of the protests on Nov. 9,” Birgeneau wrote in the Nov. 14 email. “These videos are very disturbing.” In the second email, Birgeneau stated that the former UC Berkeley Dean of Law Jesse Choper will immediately review and assess the incident. Weiss said that Birgeneau has since granted amnesty to those arrested. “We believe that we can best move forward by granting amnesty from action under the Student Code of Conduct to all Berkeley students who were arrested and cited
solely for attempting to block the police in removing the Occupy Cal encampment on Wednesday, Nov. 9,” Birgeneau wrote. “We will do so immediately.” Weiss emphasized that protest tactics have visibly changed since the Nov. 9 incident. “A lot of protesters have shifted their attention from their original goals to that of the police violence,” Weiss said. “Obviously, these acts need to be addressed and dealt with, but I think that it’s also important to keep in mind that, as students of the UC system, budget cuts and tuition increases directly affect us, and that message needs to remain strong within the protest.” UCSD Vice President of External Affairs Samer Naji said that he believes that the administration and UC Board of Regents need to be held accountable for last Wednesday’s
incident. “It’s absolutely unacceptable,” Naji said. “There is no excuse to justify what police did to peaceful students.” Naji added that he believes this will spur additional activism at all UC campuses. “Any time police attack protesters, it galvanizes the movement,” Naji said. “I know we surprised the administration this year with the amount of activism that’s present at UCSD. I don’t see the activism going away anytime soon. It’s only going to increase. It’s only getting stronger. Naji proposed a resolution to A.S. Council condemning the police brutality at UC Berkeley. The resolution passed on at council’s meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 11. Readers can contact Laira Martin at lairamartin@ucsd.edu.
Board of Regents Had Planned to Discuss 16-Percent Fee Increase ▶ THREATS, from page 1 UC public safety officers were planning to attach themselves to peaceful demonstrations expected to occur at the meeting,” the Regents wrote in the press release. UC student leaders were angry at the decision to cancel the meeting because they had planned to use it as an opportunity to voice opposition to proposed fee hikes and advocate for an end to systemwide cuts. “We do understand the concerns about public safety, yet the Regents also have a responsibility to the students and people of California to hold open meetings that allow for public access and participation,” UC Student Association President Claudia Magana said in a Nov. 14 UCSA statement. UC Student Regent Alfredo Mireles Jr. stated that he too under-
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stood the reasons for the meeting’s cancellation, but said that stuJust because dents should still exercise the meeting non-violent isn’t assembly. happening “We would doesn’t mean support finding the work here a way for student attendees is stopping.” to exercise their constitutional LESLIE SEPUKA and moral right UCOP to protest while Spokesperson excluding nonstudent elements that raise the specter of violence and vandalism,” he wrote. The Regents had planned to discuss systemwide financial plans and
was expected to weigh in on a proposed annual tuition hike of 16 percent for the next four years. According to a Los Angeles Times article, UC President Mark G. Yudof announced on Nov. 8 that he planned to scrap the tuition increase plan. Instead, he hopes to receive increased funding from the state government in order to increase UC enrollment by 1 percent. UC Office of the President spokesperson Leslie Sepuka declined to comment on the specific reasons for the meeting’s cancellation. She said that the meeting will be rescheduled, though the new date is unsure. “Just because the meeting isn’t happening doesn’t mean the work here is stopping,” Sepuka said. Readers can contact Zev Hurwitz at zhurwitz@ucsd.edu.
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Transportation Services Assistant Director Todd Berven, Supervisor of Shuttle Operations Don Riddle and Training Manager Chuck Quisenberry administered the Monday morning meeting, held at Thornton Hospital. Members of the public in attendance included two graduate students, four staff members and five students. According to Berven, the Old Town shuttle costs about $150,000 annually to run, which averages $8.44 a ride per person. Comparatively, the Hillcrest shuttle costs an average of $3.67 per trip. Consolidating the two routes would lower the cost to $3.27 per passenger trip, DeMeulle said. In order to compensate for the increased amount of passengers, DeMeulle said that the Hillcrest/Old Town routes will have 60-passenger buses. The Old Town shuttles, which currently seat 22 passengers, will be reassigned to other routes. Berven said that two-thirds of Hillcrest shuttles during 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. would still go directly to campus. UCSD Parking and Transportation funds the Old Town shuttle through parking citation revenue. The medical center provides half of the funding for the Hillcrest shuttle; the rest is provided by parking citation revenue. According to Berven, the UC Office of the President requires Transportation Services to use parking citation revenue to fund the shuttle services provided by the university, but funds from parking and transportation currently provide enough to fund only one-third of these programs. Therefore, service changes may take effect as early as April. “We are also considering consolidating campus loop and getting rid of Torrey Pines [shuttle],” Berven said. The Transportation Policy Committee — which is comprised of Vice Chancellor of Resource Management Gary Matthews,
DeMeulle and approximately five undergraduate and graduate students — plans to discuss the Hillcrest shuttle consolidation proposal at its January meeting, Berven said. Once the proposal goes through the committee for a vote, it will be submitted to Matthews for final approval before its implementation, which is set for April 2, 2012. At the meeting, graduate student and Hillcrest resident Britt Flaherty suggested providing free bus sticker passes for hospital patients in order to maintain the shuttle’s current route. Flaherty said that people using the Old Town shuttle can use the MTS 10 bus route, which provides a similar route. Although this idea was previously considered, it poses potential conflicts, Quisenberry said. “Once it changes, it becomes a public transit organization and anyone can ride it,” Quisenberry said. “I know many staff, including myself, prefer to ride UCSD buses.” The proposed route would add about five to 10 minutes to the campus commute, Berven said. “Our goal is to not inconvenience people coming from Hillcrest,” Riddle said. “We want to utilize our assets in the most efficient way possible.” Flaherty brought up the idea of students funding these services directly. “UCSD is a leader of green transportation,” Flaherty said. “If the shuttle services are being cut, shows that this may not be sustainable. We have to be creative — I’m willing to pay for these services.” Transportation Services wants to work with the community on a solution, but alternatives are limited by the cost of fuel, Quisenberry said. “A full bus is a good bus,” Quisenberry said. “If it’s not [full], it’s a wasted trip.” According to DeMeulle, Transportation Services will hold more forums in early January. Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ ucsd.edu.
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OPINION Hipsters and Hunger: the Other Food Truck Race
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A Funding Fantasy Yudof ’s promise to stave off tuition increases and request $400 million from the state might have the right intentions, but it’s a proposal that holds no air.
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ast Tuesday, University of California President Mark G. Yudof announced a bold plan: No more tuition hikes — at least for the coming year. Instead of the purported 16-percent tuition increase for the 2012-13 academic year, he plans to ask the state for a $400 million budget increase, a solution that, if implemented, would fill the UC system’s budget deficit. Hold your applause though. This brash statement will soon be clarified in a postponed UC Regents meeting that was supposed to happen this week, a meeting that would clarify the logic gaps of this rather improbable plan. Whether this plan will work or not, this $400 million increase proposal has good intentions. Yudof hopes to use $36.6 million of the $400 million to increase student enrollment by 1 percent, or 2,100 students. This increase in students would allow the UC system to fulfill its master plan’s goal of admitting all eligible students, thought it would cause a great deal more competition for classes. In addition, $310 million more would be
used to smooth over the damages — smaller class sizes, professor and staff layoffs — caused by budget cuts in years past. But the state of California can hardly afford to fund Yudof ’s whimsy. It is, after all, facing a $5-to-8 billion dollar deficit. UC funding from the state has dropped $650 million this year already, and if the mid-year budget doesn’t line up (and let’s face it — it won’t), the UC system will see its funding further cut by $100 million dollars this coming winter. The sobering reality of these numbers puts the feasibility of Yudof ’s proposal in practice — few in Sacramento will respond warmly to this request. This year, the UC system received $2.4 billion after budget cuts, in comparison to $3.25 billion in 2007-8. And now, Yudof is asking for $2.8 billion for 2012-13. According to Vice President for Budget Patrick Lenz in the San Francisco Chronicle article, “UC expected to ask state for
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Off-Campus Shuttles Projected to Make Their Biggest Stop in April
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s the academic year rolls on, it is becoming increasingly obvious that student transportation must face cuts. In an effort to reduce costs, a plan was proposed by UCSD Transportation Services to consolidate the Hillcrest/campus and the Hillcrest/Old Town shuttles into one route by April 2012. According to the Assistant Director of Transit Operations, Todd Berven, the shuttles do not have enough riders to remain financially stable — the Old Town shuttle costs UCSD over $8 a person per trip. But this new plan will not only double students’ time to get to school from Hillcrest; it also abruptly disadvantages students mid-year. The shuttle consolidation affects students who live in Hillcrest, North Park, Mission Hills, City Heights and other neighboring areas — all of whom can’t exactly pick up and move in the middle of the year. When students moved to Hillcrest, an area neighboring downtown San Diego, they chose their location with the knowledge that there would be public transportation to campus. Therefore, to avoid the high prices of parking permits and gas-guzzling search for parking, these students are dependent on the shuttle system.
The current commute is about 20 minutes on the bus, according to Muir College senior Nena Eichelberger, but with the new transportation system a trip could take up to an hour in La Jolla traffic. Combined with a 133-student parking space reduction last fall and the climbing cost of parking permits to $732 annually, this consolidation further compounds the already existing disadvantages of public transportation. And, despite the fact that the two routes are merging, the buses will not arrive more frequently — further limiting time flexibility and increasing crowding. The last bus arrives at 9 p.m., which ignores the possibility of late night classes and club meetings. If UCSD consolidates the two shuttle routes, the buses need to arrive more frequently and run until a later time. Ramin Hashemi, a senior who depends on the shuttle system, started a Facebook campaign and petition to save the route in response to student frustration. Students also attended meetings about the shuttle consolation this week to contribute their ideas. Students should use the student representatives in the Transportation Policy Committee as a resource to get more information and get more involved. It is important that students support the
cause and voice their opinions, since student passengers dominate the Hillcrest/campus route. While the reduction of the shuttle route may be inevitable, UCSD should at least let students finish out the year with the two bus routes so that they have the summer to figure out their living and transportation situation. Inevitably, cuts will be made, whether it be funds from MTS shuttles, elimination of campus loop or increasing fees in other areas. UCSD can take other actions, such as imposing a $25-per-quarter transportation fee, a proposal that failed in 2010. Currently, it costs UCSD about $3 a person per trip on the Hillcrest shuttle, a trip funded by revenues from on-campus drivers though the purchase of parking passes. As a last-ditch effort, UCSD could look to further increasing the price of parking permits. For students with cars, keeping the shuttles could mean more fees and higher permit costs. But if students without cars lose the shuttles, they will have to move from Hillcrest to a more expensive and more local residence in areas like UTC. Whatever changes are made, students should have ample time to prepare for changes made.
the winner of course being the person who ate at the scary “authentic” ethnic one. But screw the haters — I have them beat. Because the only thing better than taking a lunch break at a hard-to-find food truck is getting a Food Network-sponsored free sandwich at the said truck. Food trucks are already well integrated into our cultural lexicon, but they also have an awesome tendency of promoting free giveaways on Twitter in an attempt to expand their fanbase. Religiously following local food trucks on social media sites will eventually yield great dividends — a fact I know to be true. It definitely doesn’t hurt if the aforementioned food truck just happened to participate in The Great Food Truck Race over the past summer. My coworkers and I spent weeks rhapsodizing over Devilicious food truck’s tasty menu (butter-poached lobster grilled cheese, anybody?), and our moment of glory came when their twitter feed announced a 100-person strong free sandwich giveaway. The kicker? It was eight minutes away from our office. After giving an embarrassingly hasty explanation of my sudden departure to my boss, my friends and I hightailed it out of the office. The impending threat of a cafeteria lunch was too great — we could not fail. Several close disastrous driving encounters later (we were in a rush), we arrived at the tweeted location. Actually, they were a little more cryptic than that, but their riddle about Katy Perry did not hold up against two arts and entertainment interns. But despite it all, despite the fact that we were less than ten minutes away from their location, despite the fact that we left early, or that you know, we were speeding, we were #47, 48 and 49 in line. And nobody ahead of us in line even looked like they stumbled out of the stores in the surrounding area — these were bona fide hungry hipsters. Even though we had snagged a free sandwich, we just got told. The food, of course, was fantastic. It’s pretty hard to top a fried soft shell crab club sandwich slathered in thousand island, fresh greens and pickles on sourdough bread — oh, and for free. Especially after six hours of a desk job that mainly consists of staring at a screen and furrowing at letters to the editor. Life lesson: Food trucks inspire fanatical levels of devotion. Free food — even more. And no matter how quick you think you are, people will (eerily) be faster. Getting free food is a competition — there is no time for helpful Facebook groups that clog up free food events with awkward jostles for the last potato skin.
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The Mental fishbowl By Alex Nguyen
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Bullet Train Can Thrive in Recession
Prepare for a Worst Case Scenario; Tuition Hikes ▶ Funding, from page 4 $412 million boost,” and the state hasn’t given the UC system its requested funds since the early 2000s. Given this previous track record, Yudof ’s plan is looking less and less inspiring. Most notably, the 2011-12 budget cuts have rocked the system this past year. This marks the first year that student tuition paid more into UC income than support from the state of California — in-state tuition was raised 18.3-percent this year, a $1,900 increase. Tuition aside, state budget cuts have shortened library hours (or shut libraries down altogether), cut class offerings and led to innumerable faculty departures. Yudof hopes to at least reverse some of these problems with his state budget proposal. It’s a worthy cause, to be sure, but UC officials have readily acknowledged that this proposal is more of a “wish list” than a demand. After all, these demands happen nearly every year around this time — the UC system
calculates the amount it needs to continue running and tells lawmakers. And every year, like clockwork, the state refuses to up the budget and UC officials are forced to consider, again, the possibility of tuition raises. But Yudof isn’t without a backup plan. If the funds from the state do not materialize come March, he will revisit the idea of raising student tuition. In a controversial announcement in September, tuition would increase between 8 to 16 percent every year until 2016. At the end of this tuition hike, students would end up paying more than $22,000 just for basic in-state tuition. The fallout from this announcement was immense. Several days later, the Regents distanced themselves from the plan, saying they wanted nothing to do with it. They hoped that the $1 billion gap would be bridged elsewhere — apparently, this is their solution. But if this is the best bridging plan the UC Regents can come up with, then students might as well brace themselves for an onslaught of tuition hikes come March.
Dear Editor, State Controller John Chiang’s office reported last week that tax receipts are about $1.5 billion lower than state budget architects anticipated through the first four months of the fiscal year. “I think we’re in for a rough ride for the next couple of years in terms of the budget, but we are going to promote investments in the state because I think they’re crucial,” Gov. Jerry Brown said. Even though the cost of the California Bullet Train has doubled, Brown said it is manageable over the 23-year construction period. With no apology to the editors of the Guardian, Gov. Brown will formally request that the legislature approve billions of dollars to start construction of the California bullet train next year. He will work hard to persuade skeptical lawmakers that the project is critical to the state’s future. Brown said that he anticipates there will be a broad need for the system in the long term and that it represents a significantly cheaper alternative to additional highway and commercial aviation investments. “Where the hell is the High Speed Rail going to come up with $100+ billion?” the Guardian asks. By now Gov. Brown has answered wisely — “President Abraham Lincoln came up with the dough-rey-mi to build the transcontinental railroad during the Civil War, and we built the Golden Gate Bridge during the Great Depression.” What I want to know — as a UC San Diego ‘83 alumnus — is
how did Japan, flattened during World War II by multiple saturation bombings, and two nuclear bombings, come up with the wherewithal to build The Tōkaidō Shinkansen in time for the ‘64 Tokyo Olympics? The bullet train carries over 150 million passengers a year. Moreover, it has transported more passengers (over 4 billion, network over 6 billion) than any other highspeed rail line in the world without a single fatal accident. Shinkansen service was an immediate success, increasing new traffic demand: It reached the 100 million passenger mark in less than three years, and one billion passengers nine years later. Sixteen-car trains were introduced for Expo ‘70 in Osaka. The Tōkaidō Line’s rapid success prompted an extension westward to Hiroshima and Fukuoka (the Sanyō Shinkansen), which was completed in 1975. The rail construction wouldn’t destroy businesses, damage farms and displace homes along the route. I always enjoy watching Mt. Fuji whizzing past. But if the industrial arts building at Bakersfield High School can’t be moved 300 feet or so, a slight diversion could be introduced. —Richard Thompson Alumnus ‘83 ▶ The Guardian welcomes letters from its readers.
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favorite Deschanel (sorry Emily), I did so with caution. I tried not to judge too hard, not to flare my nostrils every single time Jess tried to dance or attempt to pronounce the word “penis.” And in the end, I made up my mind: “New Girl” isn’t the worst show in the history of television. For one, the supporting characters actually make me laugh from week to week. Schmidt (Max Greenfield), the overconfident, rarely successful lothario of the “boys” nails every line while never losing a straight face. And Schmidt’s foil, the almost-characterless Winston, provides much needed filler dialogue between Schmidt’s douchey rants and Jess’ fleeting bouts of insanity. The final two characters don’t fare as well. Jake M. Johnson, who plays the puppy dog, down-in-luck Nick, whimpers and generally acts pathetic in front of his ex-girlfriend. Of course, he is predestined to eventually get together with Jess — every episode acts as a horrible sort of relationship foreplay for the pair. First, Jess learns how to act like an adult in front of a restaurant. Next, Nick learns how to act like an adult in front of a wedding. Then, Jess sees Nick naked and learns how to say the word “penis.” I imagine great things in the future for the two. I just don’t want to see it. And Zooey Deschanel, well, she’s “New Girl”’s crowning glory, the reason behind a thousand hipster dreams. For some fans of the show, she is utter perfection — her big blue eyes and eccentricities keep them entertained far more than any joke on the show could. But for me, when I watch Deschanel on screen, I just see an actress trying way too hard to play a role that isn’t even enjoyable. She is simply an overgrown child in an Anthropologie mannequin’s body, trying her best to say the darndest things at the quirkiest times. In fact, the more I watch Deschanel prance on-screen, the more I enjoy the “30 Rock” version of the character, Liz Lemon. Tina Fey does everything Deschanel tries to do, but in an actually entertaining fashion. Lemon is a character that basks in her intelligence, yet lacks the social skills to meander through the terrible lifelong challenges of finnicky writers, insane boyfriends and her impending midlife crisis. Her fantastic repartee with her bossmentor, Jack Donaghy, is a type of social interaction that Jess lacks on “New Girl.” Instead of giving her direction, her brood of man-boys propels Jess to never-ending levels of stupidity and awkwardness (Singing “I Had the Time of My Life” in the middle of a crowded restaurant comes to mind.) But still, the show actually makes me laugh from time to time, though usually when Zooey Deschanel is off-screen — a fact that is unfortunately not enough to keep me watching.
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MURS hip-hop, human rights and philanthropy: L.A.’s murs has big plans for us.
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urs (L.A.’s Nick Carter) is no ordinary West Coast rapper. Greatly respected yet remarkably down to earth, he is a character who bubbles with infectious enthusiasm and ambition. Murs’ current tour coincides with the release of his latest album Love and Rockets Vol. 1: The Transformation. Gone are his recognizable dreadlocks, but his unique delivery and storytelling style remains characteristic of the music. Following a brief spell at Warner Brothers, Love and Rockets Vol. 1 is released on BluRoc — a label, Murs admits, with an entirely different philosophy to his previous partner. “There was definitely a more familial atmosphere,” he said in an interview with the
Guardian. “There were lots of creative people getting their tasks completed in a very chaotic way. It was like a reality show with 18 brothers or sisters living in the same house — but with added weed! It was certainly an interesting change of pace.” Murs has been praised for his willingness to tackle issues from which the vast majority of modern rappers tend to shy away. Accordingly, “Animal Style,” the last track on Love and Rockets Vol. 1, directly confronts homophobic attitudes through a touching narrative chronicling a tragic homosexual relationship. Murs attributes this sentiment to personal experience. “I have friends and family that are gay, or that I feel are gay and leading an ‘alternative lifestyle,’ that haven’t come out or feel uncomfortable,” he said. “As an artist I want to be an advocate for gay and lesbian teens across the world and help empower them.”
And love is a reoccurring theme on the record, though not always from the romantic’s point of view. Clearly articulated is Murs’ passionate love for California and for true hip-hop, most clearly demonstrated on “Eazy-E,” a heartfelt homage to the West Coast scene. But Murs attests that his influences are limited neither by region or genre, citing anyone from Curtis Mayfield to Vampire Weekend and Jack White as personal favorites. “This morning I’ve been in awe of Redman,” he said. “I know every song he has done and the words to every skit.” Now an experienced and successful fixture in hip-hop, Murs is eager to do what he can to pass down his understanding of the music business. In the long run, this aim involves plans to branch out into management and label See murs page 7
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ownership, but for now he continues to aid the development of young talent through Paid Dues, his annual independent hip-hop festival in San Bernardino. “Last year was our biggest year: We had an attendance of over 10,000,” he said. “Organizing the event can be very frustrating, but when I walk the grounds and I see the kids that have come and they’re happy and having such a good time — it definitely makes it worth it.” Despite his undoubted love for hip-hop, it is when conversation turns from music that Murs reveals his true enthusiasms. Emphasizing the importance of education, he speaks passionately about his desire to develop the projects he has already begun in poverty-stricken Ethiopia. “We want to help older children help their communities in ways that they see fit, listening to them instead of telling them what they need or dropping food from the sky,” he said. Closer to home, Murs dedicates time to volunteer work with disabled children. “It was indescribable,” he said of time spent at an autistic summer camp earlier this year. “I cried a few times and laughed a lot. All of them are just so pure and loving and positive and funny in their own ways.” Murs plans to release an installment of the Love and Rockets series annually, and also has plans to produce free mix tapes, “just for the fans,” every six months. It is the reward of his humanitarian projects, however, which appear to explain his relentless enthusiasm for making music. “I want to keep entertaining and making a lot of money because when people buy my records, it all goes to someone — adopting more kids, sending kids to school or donating to autism research,” he said. “These are things that keep me inspired.” As a key player in an industry wrought with extravagance and self-interest, it is clear that Murs is an artist assured of a unique legacy.
Dad hunts homewrecker in ‘Descendants.’ Arielle Sallai • Managing Editor
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t’s hard to imagine George Clooney the descendants as the working class man. For one, Starring: George he’s the spitting image of the leading Clooney man — tailored suit, arm-candy, pearly 115 min. Rated R whites and all — but, more importantly, he B+ acts like one. His role as a charming and emotionally-detached businessman in 2009’s “Up In the Air” fits him like a glove, allowing the actor to play with his own cool persona rather than attempt to create someone different (and probably less interesting). Which is why it’s initially hard to imagine the eternal bachelor as one of Alexander Payne’s lonely grumps in the family drama “The Descendants.” Payne’s films (“About Schmidt,” “Sideways”) are about men forced to confront a lifetime of regret. Never younger than middle age, these men spend most of their respective films dealing with the recent loss of a wife (through either death or divorce) and the ineptitude they’ve earned with age. “The Descendants” is no different. Clooney plays workaholic Honolulu lawyer Matt King, the self-proclaimed “back-up parent” to two daughters — sassy 10 year old Scottie (Amara Miller, with the award for biggest pout of the year) and acerbic 17 year old Alexandria (Shailene Woodley) — who has to learn to take center stage when his wife Elizabeth gets into a water skiing accident that puts her in a coma. At the same time, King’s got a big decision to make. His great-greatgrandmother was a Hawaiian princess who married a white banker and left her descendants a fat chunk of pristine island real estate. As the primary beneficiary of the land, King must choose whether to sell the land to developers or keep it untouched. Then, as he finally seems to get it together, he gets a double dose of bad news: His wife will never wake from her coma, and she was cheating on him before her accident — a piece of news which sets King and his family on an island-hopping trip to find his wife’s lover. It almost sounds like the recipe for a tearjerker of a Lifetime movie, but Payne is no sentimentalist. The script — an adaptation of a 2009 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, co-written by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash — is rife with dry humor. The sad is always balanced with the funny, as if the tragedies of life have a peculiar kind of comedy to them. Even the most emotional moments — King yelling at his wife’s unconscious body in the hospital — bring the kind of laughs that sting and linger long past the initial scene.
And the actors nail the tragi-comedy. Clooney is surprisingly convincing as the sad sack father, giving the kind of emotionally raw performance you’d never expect from the red carpet silver fox. The kids are just as committed too — Woodley (TV’s “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”), in particular, gives a performance that stands up to Clooney’s star power. But what’s made Payne’s other films such cutthroat, hilarious gems is the fact that his characters are total assholes. Jack Nicholson’s widower in “About Schmidt” is seriously unpleasant, while the two friends in “Sideways” are selfish jerks. But here, even the neglectful husband and unfaithful wife seem like good people thrown into terrible situations. “The Descendants” is then the sweetest we’ve ever seen Payne — and a refreshing development for the director. Too bad he works better with the overpowering taste of the sour.
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ESPN to broadcast UCSD Men’s Basketball MEN’S BASKETBALL — The UCSD Men’s Basketball team games will soon be available on your radio dial. For the first time, the Triton basketball games will broadcast over the airwaves of ESPN Radio 1700AM. Starting this Tuesday, Nov. 22, every home game for the rest of the season and four road games will be announced by voice of TritonTalk, Creg Elsten and Executive Producer at XX Sports 1090 and ESPN 1700, Jack Cronin. Elsten will handle the play-by-play, while Cronin will handle the color commentary. Chris Carlson, who enters his fifth year as UCSD head coach after a stint with UCLA, was happy to finally have his team’s games broadcast. “We’re very pleased that fans in San Diego will be able to listen to our broadcasts this year,” Carlson said. “We play in one of the best Division II conferences in the country and I think people will be genuinely pleased with all that UCSD Basketball and the CCAA has to offer.” Associate Athletic Director Ken Grosse was just as excited. “It was an opportunity that, you know, I just couldn’t pass up” Grosse said, “I think it’s a great opportunity.” The first game to be broadcast will be the Tritons’ home matchup against Cal State San Bernardino in their CCAA opener on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Readers can contact Nick Howe at nshowe@ucsd.edu
▶ UDA, from page 12 as well as defend, but middle-of-the-pack defenders at the international level (and definitely at the collegiate level) usually just need to be disciplined, big-bodied or quick. Clubs have figured this out. Covering the goal with defenders has allowed some low-salary, third division squads to remain competitive. And although the game is ugly — the play is stagnant, the players interchangeable — at least they’re losing games 2-0 and not 6-1. Collegiate soccer coaches have followed suit. Last Sunday night, the box score credited Chico State with five defenders, four midfielders (who rarely crossed into the attacking third after they took the 1-0 advantage) and only a single forward. The five back system is not unheard of, but it’s rare in the U.S., where the 4-4-2 system of play has been entrenched in American youth soccer. There are obvious advantages to the system if you’re lacking attacking power or offensive flare, but the trade-off (at least from the point-of-view of the fan) is a total loss of the intricate ballwork and creative move-
ment that I love about soccer. This worries me for two reasons. One, it creates a market for bigger, stronger, physically superior players with less skill or creativity. Two, it will endanger the popularity of the sport by making a game that a lot of Americans already find too slow, even slower. But, not all soccer coaches at the collegiate or international level are focusing on defense. In fact, most teams are opting for the Spanish adaptation of the Dutch Total Football — a style of play where every player is dangerous because every player poses a threat to goal. Credit UCSD’s head coach Brian McManus, whose squad plays a brand of soccer that rewards creativity and flair. With their defenders pushing all the way into the attacking third and their forwards pushing all the way back to defend, the system is sturdy, yet also dynamic and exciting to watch. Unfortunately, on Sunday, Chico’s defense won out over McManus’ flare. For the sake of American soccer, I hope that’s a trend that doesn’t continue.
Crew Rows Strong at Mission Bay
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By Rachel Uda Sports Editor WOMEN’S CREW — The UCSD Women’s Crew team closed out its fall season at Mission Bay in the San Diego Fall Classic on Sunday, Nov. 13, where the Tritons competed against Division I University of San Diego. UCSD fielded boats in both the Collegiate Eight and Novice Eight divisions in a time trial format. The novice eight boat finished first with a time of 22.44.0, a minute in front of both of USD’s boats — which cut the course buoys and were given a penalty. The varsity eight had a strong performance, finishing the course in 22.17.0, taking second
place behind USD who clocked in at 21.3.0. “We raced well and were able to hold off USD’s B and C boats,” varsity eight rower Ashley Travaglione said. “We were within range of their A boat, which is really good for us considering they have an extra month on the water than we do.” The Tritons will continue their season in the spring, with their next meet slated for Saturday, March 3 in Newport Beach. “It was a good way to end the fall season and now we are working towards getting better shape and becoming more technically sound for spring,” Travaglione said. Readers can contact Rachel Uda at ruda@ucsd.edu
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By Rachel Uda Sports Editor MEN’S WATER POLO — The No. 11 nationally ranked UCSD Men’s Water Polo team finishes the regular season with a 14—9 overall record. Now heading into the postseason, the Tritons will play host to the WWPA Conference Championships, with the second seed. The 12-team tournament will take place at Canyonview Pool from Nov. 17 to Nov. 20. On Tuesday, the All-Conference WWPA teams were announced, with five Tritons awarded with all-conference honors. Senior goalkeeper David Morton — UCSD’s current record-holder for career saves with 1,033 — and junior utility John Butler received firstteam honors, while seniors Graham Saber and Brian Donohoe were named second-team
selections. Two-meter Matthew Michalko was also named to the All-Freshman team. In his 32nd year as head coach, Denny Harper was awarded the conference coach of the year for the 16th time in his career. The top four seeds — first-seed Loyola Marymount, second-seed UCSD, third-seed Santa Clara and fourth-seed UC Davis — received a first-round bye. The Tritons’ first match is slated for this Friday, Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the quarterfinal round. UCSD will face the winner of the first round bout between seventh-seed Claremont and tenth-seed Whittier. UCSD has only faced Claremont and Whittier on one occasion apiece, taking commanding wins over both squads. With a 12-3 conference record, the Tritons’ only three losses were dealt by the first-seeded Loyola Marymount Lions. In their 23rd game
season, the Tritons have faced off against the Lions four times, topping Loyola only once on Oct. 2 in the SoCal tournament 9-5. The two programs have been the only winners of the WWPA Conference championships for the past 11 years. Unfortunately, the Tritons enter the postseason on a two-game losing streak, after dropping to No. 1 nationally ranked UCLA 4-9 and No. 5 Irvine 11-15. However, with their five All-Conference team selections as well as conference coach of the year Denny Harper, the Tritons seem poised to perform well in the WWPA Championships. UCSD will look to win the 12-team tournament in hopes of receiving the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II National Championships. Readers can contact Rachel Uda at ruda@ucsd.
UCSD to Face Grand Canyon in NCAA’s By NICK HOWE Associate Sports Editor WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL — Yesterday, the women’s volleyball team headed to Cal State San Bernardino to play in the West Regionals of the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year. The 64-team field is split into West, South, Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, Southcentral and Southeast. Each region is represented by eight teams. The Tritons will be making their 11th appearance in the national tournament. The Tritons are seeded No. 2 in the West with a 21—5 overall record, ranked behind No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino, who will host the West Regionals. Sonoma State receives the third seed in the West, despite beating the Tritons in regular season play. BYU-Hawaii receives the fourth seed, Seattle Pacific gets the fifth spot, HawaiiHilo is ranked No. 6, Grand Canyon at No. 7 and Alaska Anchorage seeded No. 8. Seventh-seed Grand Canyon — which will make its first tournament appearance since 1995 — would seem to be an easy target for the Tritons, but the Antelopes have had an impressive season. Grand Canyon finished the regular season with a 22—6 overall record after a stunning 14-game winning streak, good for second place in the Pacific West Conference. UCSD has fought through two nine-game winning streaks, disrupted by Sonoma and CSUSB, respectively. Senior outside hitters Roxanne Brunsting and Hillary Williamson will play today after garnering All-CCAA First Team honors for their standout seasons. Both Tritons finish
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their regular seasons with over 1,000 career kills apiece — Williamson with over 1,000 digs. Senior Katie Condon also received AllCCAA honors with a Second Team nomination. Comparatively, San Bernardino had three First Team spots and two Second Team selections. The ‘Lopes are no easy prey, and if the Tritons want to win, they will need to play together to hide their own weaknesses and play up their strengths. If the Tritons can secure a win in the first round, they will face Sonoma and CSUSB at some point, both of whom have beaten the Tritons in the past. However, UCSD did manage to beat Sonoma last year in the quarterfinals of the
regional tournament, and if they can beat No. 1 nationally ranked San Bernardino, UCSD will likely be looking at a real shot at a national title this year. The farthest into NCAA National Tournament the women’s volleyball team has gone was the Sweet 16, round four of postseason play. This was back in 2007, when they defeated then-ranked No. 4 San Bernardino in the finals of the regional tournament to move on to the National Championship round, where the Tritons lost in the first round to (1—3) to No. 2 Minnesota Duluth. Readers can contact Nick Howe at nshowe@ ucsd.edu
Does the Beautiful Game Need a Makeover?
Defense-minded soccer won’t help the sport’s popularity in the U.S.
Last weekend, the UCSD Women’s Soccer team fell to Chico State 1-0, and was escorted (prematurely) out of the NCAA National tournament.
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The Wildcats scored just 20 minutes into the match, giving UCSD plenty of time to equalize. But with 70 minutes remaining in regulation, Chico had largely given up the attack and was focused on double-teaming the Triton forwards. As a fan of our women’s soccer team, it was a hard game to watch, with UCSD floundering after finding itself a goal down. But as a fan of the “beautiful game,” it was just plain ugly. Ugly — not in head-butting Zinedine Zidane terms (I don’t mind a good skirmish on the pitch) — but in the way in which that 2006 World Cup final played out, with Italy and France playing to a timid 1-1 draw. Granted, the Italians are infamous for stockpiling their backline, hoping for a goal on a counter and then hunkering down to protect the lead. While this “wait-it-out” strategy has proven effective for the Italians, it certainly isn’t as exciting as the dynamic Brazilian style or the fluidity of the Dutch. But in the schema of international soccer, defense is simply cheaper. In the 2009-10 season all five of the top paid players were flat-out sublime goal-scorers. Cristiano Ronaldo sits at the top of this list, setting Real Madrid back a cool $132 million. Obviously, goal scoring is a much more expensive skill set, requiring superior field vision, pace, foot skills and striking ability. Defense, on the other hand, can be fudged. Field vision: preferable but not necessary. Foot skills: negotiable. Certainly, top-class defenders are brilliant readers of the game and can attack See UDA, page 11