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VOLUME 49, ISSUE 18

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015

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ResMed, Inc. Donates $5 Million to University The University of California donated $500,000 in additional funding for a new sleep apnea research program. BY Karly Nisson

THE FIRST QUARTER AT UCSD CAN BE A WAKE-UP CALL. STUDENTS OFTEN STRUGGLE WITH ADAPTING TO COLLEGE. LEARN ABOUT THE FIRST AND TRANSFER YEAR EXPERIENCE PROGRAM YOU WISH YOU HAD. Features, PAGE 6

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FORECAST

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Members of the UCSD community showcased a variety of cultures at the annual International Fashion Show and Cultural Festival at the International Center last week. Photo by Geoff Palomino /UCSD Guardian

issues and cultural significance the film touched upon would improve the viewing experience. “The issues presented in this film are complex, and we want to ensure that we deal with them justly by investing time and energy to bring them to light,” ASCE wrote. “We believe that investing time and energy into planning this event in an educational format is a tangible way for us to work toward that goal.” Associate Vice President of Concerts and Events Christian Walker explained to the UCSD Guardian how this decision was partly influenced by students and faculty members. “The decision was made after receiving feedback from several members of our campus community,

Medical device company ResMed Inc. donated $5 million to the UCSD School of Medicine on Oct. 29. The gift, presented in honor of Peter C. Farrell, Ph.D., DSc., founder of ResMed and chairman of the board, will go toward furthering sleepmedicine research and developing new therapies for sleep apnea. ResMed Inc. is a global company that specializes in the development of medical devices and treatments that target chronic respiratory diseases. The company’s $5 million gift will establish both the Peter C. Farrell Sleep Center of Excellence and Peter C. Farrell Presidential Chair in Pulmonary Medicine. Atul Malhotra, director of the Sleep Medicine Center at UCSD Health and division chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine, told the UCSD Guardian that the $5 million will be allocated to program development. “There are two components to the $5 million dollar gift: $1.5 million goes toward endowed chairs,” Malhotra said. “The Office of the President of the University of California matched it with $500,000, so it’s a total of $2 million toward an endowed chair, which we’ll use to support current faculty or recruit new faculty with expertise in sleep medicine. The other $3.5 million we’re going to use to develop new programs; we’re still discussing what those might involve.” The endowed chairs are presented to those individuals who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship through groundbreaking accomplishments in their field. Funding will be provided for the chairholders’ academic endeavors and contribute to graduate and postdoctoral fellowships. In addition, funding distributed to the endowed chair will also help recruit a world expert in sleep medicine. The $3.5 million allocated to new programs will support studies associated with sleep apnea, a frequently undiagnosed condition affecting 30 million people in the United States. Increased blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes and depression have all been linked to sleep apnea. Malhotra explained to the Guardian that new programs may focus on chronic diseases connected to sleep apnea. “We’ve got some interest in perioperative medicine and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and how they are affected by sleep apnea,” Malhotra said. “We have some global health initiatives here; we’re trying

See ASCE, page 3

See SLEEP, page 2

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

A.S. Council Votes to Cut Funding for Student Media BY julie yip Editorial

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embers of A.S. Council voted to defund all campus media publications receiving money from student fees on Nov. 18. Assistant Vice President of Equity, Diversion and Inclusion Daniel Juarez proposed to remove Section 2.4 D, E and F from the A.S. constitution regarding financial support to UCSD media publications. A.S. Council’s discussion included arguments that A.S. Council is partially responsible for all publications they fund, whether negative or positive, and that other universities do not fund media. Though a number of A.S. Council members initially opposed this motion, the final standing vote was a 22-3-0 roll call vote in favor of Juarez’s proposal. The Koala’s editor-in-chief Gabe Cohen disagreed with A.S. Council’s decision and believes it is an overly authoritative decision that stems from differences in opinion. “The A.S. vote to cut all media funding, which came a day after the administration’s statement denouncing The Koala, is troubling,” Cohen said. “Part of attending a university is learning through considering opinions and voices that differ from your own, which you might not agree with. Cutting funding to print media is a slippery slope in the direction of anti-intellectualism and paternalism that should have no place on this campus.”

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A.S. President Dominick Suvonnasupa declared that this vote does not infringe on First Amendment rights. “One thing we talked about [was] how does this work with freedom of speech,” Suvonnasupa stated. “We still encourage all of our students to express their opinions and find outlets, say what they want to say, share their ideas. However, we just didn’t think it was the best use of our resources to be funding that.” However, Cohen remarked that he believes A.S. Council’s vote has greater implications and that, overall, their decision silences student voices. “The decision sends a dangerous message to the campus which is essentially, ‘if we don’t like what you’re saying, we’ll do everything we can to shut you up, even if that means harming innocents in the process,’” Cohen said. Hours before A.S. Council’s meeting, the UC San Diego administration publicly denounced The Koala, a publication the administration referred to as “profoundly repugnant, repulsive, attacking and cruel.” The public statement asked students, faculty and other members of the community to also censure The Koala. Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez read the statement at the A.S. Council meeting approximately an hour before the vote. In addition, Deliantra Alcauter of

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VERBATIM

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Film Screening on Hold After Web Controversy A.S. Concerts and Events will no longer be showing “Straight Outta Compton” Monday. BY andrew chao

Staff Writer UCSD A.S. Concerts and Events announced last Wednesday that they will postpone their Nov. 23 screening of “Straight Outta Compton” until the upcoming Winter Quarter 2016. ASCE explained that the delay will allow enough time to properly add an educational dimension to the screening. In their Nov. 18 press release on Facebook, ASCE said that they wanted to create a safe and welcoming place for students who come to their events, and thus felt that the postponement will enable them to do so. ASCE’s decision to postpone the screening originated from a thread on their Facebook event page on

which a student proposed adding an educational discussion portion to the event. This sparked a heated debate over whether or not ASCE should implement the idea. Opponents of the proposition think that adding a discussion portion to an event meant originally for entertainment is superfluous and that students should be capable of digesting the cultural significance and impact of the film on their own. However, supporters of the idea think that adding a discussion will help students examine perspectives they may not have considered before and will bring awareness to the struggles minorities and marginalized communities face today. After considering the feedback from that thread, ASCE decided that a dialogue discussing the various

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