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THRIFTY THURSDAY

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ALL THE RIGHT NOTES

Researchers Find New Asthma Trigger

Certain type of white blood cells were demonstrated to be an important component of allergy-induced asthma.

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SORORITY PARTIES

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BY Teiko Yakobson

Features Editor

The event also featured live bands Wasted Days and Odakota, based out of UCSD student-run radio station KSDT. Refreshments were provided by Peet’s Coffee and Tea. Associated Vice President of Environmental and Social Justice Affairs Sierra Donaldson, a junior from Revelle College majoring in environmental systems, hopes that Thrifty Thursday will promote a culture of sustainability among UCSD students.

“Buying new clothes uses a lot of materials, energy and water, which we don’t have a lot of right now,”

A new biological mechanism related to an immune response that triggers asthma was discovered by UCSD researchers in collaboration with scientists from Korea University and the University of Aberdeen. This mechanism, if selectively controlled, could be a focus for future treatments that would reduce asthma and other allergic diseases.

In a study published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers demonstrated that dendritic cells, a type of white blood cell, are a significant player in the overall biochemical pathway leading to asthma as an allergic response.

The concentration of a molecule called cyclic adenosine monophosphate in these cells was found to control the response. When levels of cAMP in DC reach an extreme, a class of immune cells called T-helper 2 cells is signaled in such a way that they induce allergic asthma.

The relationship between DC and T-helper cells is of particular interest to researchers. While asthma is one type of disease that is specifically linked to T-h2, there are a number of other allergic diseases induced by other T-helper cells, which are signaled to act as a result of cAMP levels in DC. Understanding this relationship in depth would then open the door to developing treatments that could maintain an appropriate level of cAMP in DC and prevent allergic diseases, either through drugs or therapy.

Dr. Paul Insel, co-author and professor of pharmacology and medicine at UCSD, told the UCSD Guardian that developing a drug to control cAMP levels in DC would be the next step in asthma research.

“There aren’t any drugs [currently] that can control the levels of cyclic AMP, and those drugs would be a logical approach for treating the dendritic cells and raising the cyclic AMP levels so that we wouldn’t see [the development of asthma],” Insel said.

“And we’re testing that in experiments now. The kinds of drugs that [control cAMP levels] are widely used, but we don’t know which ones to use in the dendritic cells.”

Another significant feature of this study was that the genetics of the mice used, which led to a missing protein that was speculated to regulate the cAMP levels, did in fact result in the mice contracting asthma spontaneously, much like humans do.

Dr. Eyal Raz, principal investigator and professor of medicine, told the Guardian that this was a major advantage of this study.

“One problem that the scientific community has [with asthma research]

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See ASTHMA, page 2

Wasted Days and Odakota, based out of UCSD student-run radio station KSDT, perform at the first Thrifty Thursday. Photo taken by Siddharth Atre/UCSD Guardian.

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Regents Table Tuition Increase For March Meeting By zev hurwitz Senior

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The future of tuition increases remains uncertain after a University of California Regent proposed a repeal of the controversial annual 5-percent hikes.

Former Assembly Speaker John Perez, who was appointed to the UC Board of Regents in 2014, moved to put the regents’ proposed tuition plan, which could increase student fees by 28 percent by 2019, on the agenda for the March meeting of the governing body.

Perez explained Wednesday that a budget gap between the UC system’s projected spending and the governor’s proposed budget could only get worse with tuition increases.

Raising tuition on the over 240,000 students who attend UC schools would only generate $100 million, though California Gov. Jerry Brown has promised to increase funding levels by $120 million on the condition that tuition does not go up. Therefore, says Perez, the problem is only exacerbated.

“We would be worse off,” Perez said Wednesday at the UC Regents meeting at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus.

The two-day meeting did not yield any major changes in spending or systemwide policy, though a proposal from UC President Janet Napolitano to tie athletic coaches’ salaries to academic performance of their athletes was shot

down in a full session of the regents.

Napolitano’s plan would have prevented athletic directors and coaches from receiving bonuses from teams that perform well in tournaments and playoffs while those teams maintain poor enrollment and classroom evaluations of student-athletes.

The policy, as the San Francisco Gate described in a Thursday article posted online, would review athletic programs on a four-year basis with the criteria of athletes’ academic eligibility and opting to stay in school. Faculty would have been evaluated using the Academic Progress Rate, which assigns each student a score less than or equal to 1,000 based on their academic eligibility for their team and whether they stay in school. To be deemed ineligible for bonus pay, a coach’s team would need a four-year average APR below 930.

Additionally, the policy also allows each campus to offer its coaches and athletic directors financial incentives based on the overall six-year graduation rates of their student-athletes.

Prior to this policy, which would have applied only to athletics staff whose contracts were new or recently renewed, bonuses were only attached to athletic performance. Therefore, coaches had no financial incentive to

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CAMPUS

Thrifty Thursday Promotes Green Shopping Council worked with student vendors and local thrift shops to encourage sustainability.

BY Brynna Bolt

Staff writer This year’s first Thrifty Thursday, an event series meant to encourage sustainability on campus through thrift shopping, was held on Jan. 22 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Price Center Plaza and featured thrift shopping and live music. The event, which was held by the Associated Students Office of Environmental Justice Affairs, is estimated to have attracted between 75 and 100 students to the function.

Thrifty Thursday began last year in Fall Quarter 2013 and at first

consisted of sellers from local San Diego thrift stores. The event later changed to feature student vendors for the 2014 Winter and Spring Quarters, and those students who have since participated have been able to keep the funds that they themselves raised.

This year’s first Thrifty Thursday was similarly student oriented. The event was largely advertised by a Facebook page created by Thurgood Marshall College sophomore Moon Thevada, who is majoring in environmental engineering, and was available to any students willing to fill out a vendor form and manage a table.

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Scientists Experimented On Mice That Developed Allergic Asthma Similarly to Humans ▶ ASTHMA, from page 1

is that you have to work very hard for the mice to develop the asthma,” said Raz. “And then people say [the study] you have [done] here has nothing to do with human disease. Here [in our study], [the mice] developed spontaneous asthma.”

Insel added that these proteinlacking mice resemble the clinical

conditions of human patients more closely than any others used in any other study before.

“There’s a long list of studies that has been done in mice that have not panned out when the studies were transferred to patients,” Insel said. “And we believe that this model appears to be much more closely matched to the human disease, so these mice might actually turn out to be a lovely system

for testing new asthma therapies and other conditions.”

For Insel’s group, the next immediate step will be to look for receptors that can activate the protein involved in producing cAMP for DC in order to direct drug research toward possible receptors to target. They expect to obtain the results of their next project quickly.

“We’re hoping to advance [our

research] within the next year,” said Insel. “We’re waiting to hear about getting some federal funding, and if we do, that will really accelerate this project. So we’ve got our fingers crossed.”

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LIGHTS & SIRENS Friday , Jan. 16 9:12 p.m.: Citizen Contact A cushion was reported missing, suspected stolen. Police contacted.

12:37 a.m.: Suspicious Vehicle A female was found passed out in the back of a vehicle. Residential Security Officer requested assistance. Three citations issued for consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Saturday, Jan. 17 2:29 a.m.: Assist Other Agency San Diego Police received a report of kidnapping in the Thurgood Marshall College Upper Apartments. Passengers were initiating new roommate. Vehicle matching description was stopped and checked OK. 3:43 a.m.: Information Police reported sounds of gun shots and people running. False alarm.

Sunday, Jan. 18 1:39 a.m.: Petty Theft A box of bread was found to be missing from truck. Information noted.

2:07 a.m.: DUI Community Service Officer reported unconscious passenger inside running vehicle. DUI issued.

3:40 a.m.: Citizen Contact Residents in Marshall residence halls were causing disturbances.

There was a report that they may have been throwing chairs.

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Monday, Jan. 19 10:51 p.m.: Information Two males were reported to be pointing lasers at other apartments

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at 1 Miramar Building 4. Males were gone on arrival.

6:57 p.m.: Information A person reported that they felt they were being followed after the person engaged with another party in a road rage incident. Information noted.

8:05 a.m.: Gas/Water/Sewer Leak A nitrogen tank was found to be leaking in the Inflatable Building.

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Tuesday, Jan. 20 Unknown — 10:21 a.m.: Fraud Reported stolen credit card information. Suspect(s) caused loss of $850.85. Report taken.

2:13 p.m.: Indecent Exposure Adult male found to be masturbating inside vehicle in Parking Lot 408. Field interview taken.

6:45 a.m.: Indecent Exposure Victim was asked for instructions and asker exposed his genitals.

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Wednesday, Jan. 21 1:01 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Employee whose job was terminated refused to leave Price Center. Report taken.

Thursday, Jan. 22 10:39 p.m.: Hazard Situation A vehicle was found parked in the middle of the roadway near Cuzco House. Information noted.

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Board of Regents Rejects Napolitano’s Proposal For Coach Bonuses ▶ REGENTS, from page 1

prioritize students’ academic success or lack thereof.

However, some opponents of the policy, including the governor, lieutenant governor and Perez, believe that the standards in place under Napolitano’s proposed policy would be too low to have any meaningful effect.

“We’re doing almost nothing here under the illusion that we’re doing something,” California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said during the meeting.

The SF Gate reported that in 2013, UC Berkeley’s football and basketball teams had the worst graduation rates of 72 top athletic schools in the country. Napolitano’s proposal, which passed the regents in a smaller committee before being rejected by the full board, was composed in partial response to the UC

Berkeley graduation issue.

UCSD Director of Athletics Earl Edwards said that implementation of the policy would have had little effect for Triton athletes due to pre-existing academic guidelines for athletes.

“We’ve just recently started utilizing traditional athletic scholarships, and all of our grants are tied into a GPA requirement of 2.6 or better which is a higher standard than you’ll find at the vast majority of institutions,” Edwards said.

In an email to the UCSD Guardian, Edwards added that he felt that the policy would really have only changed guidelines at one UC campus and that enforcement of the policy could have negative implications.

“Tying bonuses to something that’s somewhat required already by the NCAA and being reached by nearly every institution could be perceived as a reward for doing something you’re

▶ THRIFTY, from page 1

Donaldson told the UCSD Guardian.

“When clothes are thrown out, they just become part of the landfill.

Instead, you can refresh your wardrobe by thrifting.”

A total of 14 student vendors sold primarily second-hand clothing, shoes and accessories. Other miscellaneous items, such as video cameras and roller blades, were also available for purchase.

Muir College junior Lauren Tran, who is majoring in international studies, was among those selling items and told the Guardian that the event was a practical way to put her clothes to use.

“It’s really useful and really convenient,” Tran told the Guardian.

“Otherwise we’d have to sell stuff online or go to a thrift store and sell it. Here, it’s right on campus.”

Besides being economically friendly for students, Donaldson believes that thrifting is a way to reduce our overall consumption.

“The average lifespan of any given piece of clothing is a year and a half, which is a tragedy,” Donaldson said.

“If we bought clothes that lasted and we bought clothes from each other, then we could reduce our energy and material consumption a lot.”

Donaldson hopes that the event will continue next quarter and beyond her term on A.S. Council.

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Right now she is focused on laying a foundation for her successor.

Donaldson would like to see the event held next quarter in Matthew’s Quad at the same time as the ASCE’s Bear Garden during Earth Week. It is also her aim that future events will experience an increase in vendors, possibly bringing back more from outside thrift stores.

“Ideally, we would get the number of vendors up and bring in some outside vendors,” Donaldson said. “I would love to have it become more of a fair.”

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already supposed to be doing,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to this discussion, since it was tabled at the Regents Meeting, to see what other proposals may arise,” he said Separately, the UC Board of Regents finalized a plan that would have Napolitano and Brown work together as a two-person team to work on improving the UC system’s finances.

“As the sole committee members, UC President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown plan to exchange ideas that will be informed by reports and testimony from external and internal experts and stakeholders, including UC faculty and students,” a statement on the UC Office of the President website posted on Thursday said.

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The Right To Party

BY CASSIA POLLOCK EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

The case for allowing sorority houses to host parties is strong, and points towards a safer, more empowered future for many young women around the country.

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icture a college party designed by women, chaperoned by women and monitored by women. Perhaps it would just be another one of those claustrophobic parties with all the guests dancing closely together over a sticky linoleum floor in somebody’s basement. Or, perhaps it would be clean, well-decorated and pleasantly aromatic. It’s hard to say, but the Greek community intends to find out. Sorority women across the nation are advocating for permission to host their own house parties instead of passively depending on the fraternity houses, as is common across college campuses.

Sexual assault is a constant issue on college campuses, and Greek life is directly correlated with a number of scandalous affairs.

As reported by the National Institute of Justice, about a quarter of sexual assault victims were members of sororities, and over half the assaults against college women occurred at off-campus parties. Since women have grown aware of their increased risk as members of sororities, they are trying to change the system for the better. Allowing women to have more control over the social scene seems like a simple idea, but it has the potential to be incredibly effective.

Sorority house parties will ideally create a safer, more female-friendly social scene for the Greek community at various universities.

Previously, sororities avoided hosting events involving alcoholic beverages in an effort to keep insurance fees low, as mandated by the National Panhellenic Conference. At a glance, it may seem chivalrous of fraternities to cover the party costs, but they are actually causing women to pay the price in less transparent ways. A study at the University of Oregon revealed that Greek women on their campus were more likely to have experienced rape or attempted rape, than nonGreek women. Sororities are no longer content to put up with the laid-back safety regimens at frat houses, which have resulted in the sexual violation of so many women. The implementation of policies in California such as the “Yes Means Yes” law are part of the overall movement of women being encouraged to actively and assertively pursue their share of social power.

Some may argue that allowing women to host parties to prevent sexual assault is like trying to solve a drinking problem by adding more alcohol. After all, it is not as though fraternity men are all fiendish booze-swilling monsters, while sorority girls are all responsible models of sobriety. The problem is that the current system shifts the balance of power unfairly in the direction of men.

A sociology professor from the University of Connecticut, Matthew Hughey, who studied the history of Greek organizations, suggested that only letting

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QUICK TAKES American Sniper Oversimplifies the Complex Events Behind the Iraq War

CLINT EASTWOOD’S MOST RECENT FILM, AMERICAN SNIPER, HAS GARNERED COPIOUS OF PRAISE AND CRITICISM ALIKE FOR ITS PORTRAYAL OF THE AMERICAN IRAQ WAR VETERAN, CHRIS KYLE.

Film Fails to Properly Recognize Positive Efforts of Iraqi Community

Clint Eastwood Created a Biographical Film, Not Iraq War Propoganda

Chris Kyle is an American hero for some, a terrific soldier and sniper for others. However, he did not fight terrorism. He fought a regime, one that supposedly possessed weapons of mass destruction, maybe even nuclear ones.

Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, was already on the White House’s list of people to watch when President Bush took office in 2000. After 9/11, Afghanistan was clearly the key target in an attempt to fight al-Qaida, after the attacks on the U.S. in 2001. Yet, when the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, it dispatched the Iraqi army and provided easy and well-trained targets for al-Qaida recruitment. This invasion was meant to salvage American interests in the region, especially oil, nothing more. Al-Qaida in Iraq was only founded in Oct. 2004, says the Center for Strategic and International Studies Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, “American Sniper,” has sparked controversy because it is trying to convince the public of the opposite. It jumps from images of 9/11 to Chris Kyle on the ground in Iraq. It completely ignores the parts of the conflict when many Iraqis rose to fight the terrorists in their backyards. In the movie, every Iraqi is displayed as a potential threat, menace or terrorist.

Eastwood cannot expect to get away with depicting a war against terrorism that didn’t occur in Iraq until after the American invasion.

“American Sniper” is a farce made of American patriotism and execrable historical accuracy. It very wrongly depicts a war that had, at first, everything to do with American interests and nothing to do with 9/11.

“American Sniper” inaccurately portrays history by erasing the negative roles American troops played and the positive roles the Iraqi civilians played in the U.S. 2003 invasion of Iraq, thus cementing itself as an American propaganda war film.

Take, for example, the U.S. goal of trying to eradicate the al-Qaida terrorists in Iraq. As Vox points out, al-Qaida did not actually have a large presence in Iraq until after the U.S. troops invaded. The U.S. invasion created anger among civilians and chaos in the streets, which in turn made Iraq a fertile ground for al-Qaida operations to become successful. The American presence essentially brought the terrorists that the Americans citizens feared into Iraq. This was a mistake by the Americans that damaged Iraq greatly.

Trying to remove the al-Qaida presence in Iraq limited success as well, and it wasn’t until the Anbar Awakening that the tides turned for the better. The Anbar Awakening was an Iraqi civilian-led revolt against al-Qaida in the province of Anbar, where al-Qaida was the strongest at the time. A war report written by the Understanding War Organization cited the importance of the Anbar Awakening because it highlighted the large effect of local Iraqi support in expelling enemy forces.

“American Sniper” plainly ignored this part of the history of the 2003 U.S. invasion, making it conveniently easy for the Iraqi civilians to be portrayed as one-dimensional villains and for the American troops to be portrayed as righteous heroes. “American Sniper” is a movie depicting a one-sided, glorified history, thereby making it straight propaganda.

Americans should know better than to fall for such tricks.

“American Sniper” is no propaganda piece.

Director Clint Eastwood doesn’t have a right-wing agenda or even a left-wing ax to grind. It’s simply a story about the late Chris Kyle and troops just like him.

Vox news writer Zack Beauchamp jumps to biased conclusions in his disingenuous analysis, the main one being that “‘American Sniper’ is a dishonest whitewash of the Iraq war.” Not surprising coming from a former editor for ThinkProgress. However, critics like Beauchamp have greatly misunderstood the film. They’re viewing things from a bird’s-eye view, when they should be looking through a microscope.

“American Sniper” isn’t about the geopolitics surrounding the Iraq War. “There’s no Dick Cheney, no Colin Powell at the [United Nations],” cries the confused Beauchamp. The thing is, this isn’t the story of Dick Cheney or Colin Powell — this is Chris Kyle’s story. Not only that, but it’s a veteran’s story. “American Sniper” could have been about any war, but because this is a biographical drama, the setting happens to be in Iraq.

Bradley Cooper put it best: “We need to pay attention to our vets. It doesn’t go any farther than that. It’s not a political discussion about war.”

Not every film is going to be a “Platoon” or an “Apocalypse Now.” In fact, that’s exactly what “American Sniper” political critics despise — that it is not those films and is instead apolitical.

Eastwood simply chose to examine one man’s life on the front lines and his struggles back home, and that has made the Michael Moores of the world froth at the mouth.

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— JORDAN UTLEY-THOMSON Staff Writer

ith Week 4 off to a warm start, midterm season is officially in full swing.

And while a lot of us have tests to cope with, the rest of us have long, tedious papers to write. If you’re super unlucky, you have both. If that’s your situation, refer back to last quarter’s “How to Fail Your Midterms” guru for further advice.

First and foremost, when embarking on the path to a successful paper, it’s important to have your priorities straight. Life is short, and there’s no guarantee you’ll have access to Netflix later on. Take advantage of your superb time-management skills by setting a 30-minute timer to alert yourself when the study break has finished. Once it rings, go ahead and push that reset button three or four times. After consuming hours of soap operas, reality shows, and cartoons, your brain will absorb a plethora of witty anecdotes that will prove to be highly useful for your essay. Just be sure to change all the characters’ names to alter the plot slightly.

Before you write a paper it is also crucial to expose yourself to a diversity of other cultures. This can be achieved by mingling in coffee shops and wandering aimlessly through campus. Get out of your comfort zone and smile at the first person who dares to make eye contact with you.

The confidence you gain from building social skills will inspire a charming tone for your paper. Ask strangers questions, such as where they are from, and try to find out an interesting fact about their hometowns. This broad understanding of society will definitely make your writing skills stand out. Try not to think about that paper too much, though. Experience the present moment. Breathe deeply and fully observe the subtle nuances of your environment.

Perhaps you will discover something you’ve never known before, like the philosophical purpose of Geisel Library or “Fallen Star” in Earl Warren College. Or you may happen to glance upon the nude female statue behind the Biomedical Library whose hands shoot fountains of water for some grand artistic reason. Spend a couple hours meditating, reflecting and softly pondering the inspiration for these aesthetic choices.

Meditation is an essential process for developing the critical thinking skills that your teaching assistant and professor value so highly. Fortunately, there are a variety of ways to hone these techniques. Meditate on the 201 to Westfield Shoppingtown UTC. Meditate as you slowly window shop

by Macy’s and See’s Candies. Buy a box of pre-Valentine’s Day chocolates for yourself and meditate as you eat them, slowly sinking your teeth into the cocoa ganache filling.

You may be tempted to rush home to get started on the 20-page essay your professor assigned. Resist this urge. Find out how many different places you can visit using public transportation and really get acquainted with San Diego. As you leave UTC, do yourself a favor and get on the wrong bus. By the time you finish figuring out how to get home, you’ll finally be ready to take a nap. And after the simple refreshment of 10 hours of rest, that paper will basically write itself.

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Parties Run by Females Will Balance the Scales of Gender Inequality â–ś SORORITY, from page 4

fraternities host the parties has created a structural form of gender inequality. This has limited the social opportunities for sororities to gain cultural respect. Facilitating sororities to host their own parties will help to restore a fair balance of power that will make women less vulnerable to systematic abuse.

Since men hold all the authority to choose which guests are valuable enough to gain entrance to their parties, this results in female guests being exclusively selected based on whether their appearance aligns with male preferences. Of course this fosters an intensely competitive, superficial vibe among the female

attendees who all want to look hot enough to get in. That in turn may make women less likely to look out for each other. Michael Kimmel, a professor of sociology and gender studies from Stony Brook University, argued that you can detect the hierarchies of power based on who has dressed up for whom. The fraternity men often dress very casually compared to the women at frat parties, donning flip-flops while the women wear high heels.

Certain benefits of sorority houses hosting their own parties and being the gatekeepers to social events include establishing their own standard for attendees. Men may be encouraged to dress more formally and maintain a certain gentlemanly

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standard of conduct to enter and remain at a sorority-hosted party. If a man gains a bad reputation through word-of-mouth or ill treatment of any woman, the sororities may decide to ban him from their events. These sort of precautions build a much safer environment for women.

There will always inevitably be some chaotic events at parties because mistakes are bound to happen. But ultimately, both sexes deserve the opportunity to contribute their strengths and weaknesses to the cultural dynamic. Sororities hosting their own parties is one step in the right direction.

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STEPPING INTO THE SPOTLIGHT January will be ending in a week of the arts, colored by the onset of showcases and competitions hosted by UCSD’s own performing arts organizations. Take a couple of minutes to find out what it’s like to prepare for the big stage, as recounted by the student leaders of the Daughters of Triton, the Tritones, and the Identity Project.

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t’s likely that if you were to mention a cappella to college students, “Pitch Perfect” may be entangled with their responses.

That’s a start for tapping into the sonorous world of a cappella, but hearing contemporary mashups of songs by talented, young vocal artists is much closer to home. In fact, it’ll be as close to home as Mandeville Auditorium. With the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella West Quarterfinal approaching this Saturday, Jan. 31, the UCSD Guardian was able to sit down with the qualifying UCSD Daughters of Triton President Mikaela Oen and the host for this tournament, UCSD Tritones President Aleesha Anderson.

Overlooking the setting sun from the Rady School of Management, it was compelling to ask if Oen and Anderson matriculated before “Pitch Perfect” — they did. Although I, myself, might have hopped onto the a cappella bandwagon post-“Pitch Perfect,” Oen and Anderson had been rooted in music long before college.

“For me, I never really sang in high school, but I did piano. When I was in college, I decided to try singing, and it turned out that I got into DOTs and really, really loved it,” Oen said.

Anderson, on the other hand, had been involved in her high school choir and wanted to transition into another singing community when she entered university.

Growing indifferent to the less contemporary music of traditional choir, a cappella was her serendipitous combination of more freedom and being able to sing songs she wanted to sing.

From their freshmen year tryouts that brought an air of calm to Oen and only the “good kind of nervous” for Anderson, both are now their respective group’s leaders, which, in Anderson’s case, came as a surprise.

“I never expected to be president. Tritones has been such a big part of my undergraduate time — I don’t know if I’ve spent an equal amount or more time on Tritones or classes,” said Anderson, laughing. “A lot of people graduated, and I felt it was my responsibility to step up and start giving back … because I’ve gotten a lot out of my past three years. It’s a lot of work, but it’s rewarding.”

Oen laughed at the possibility of becoming president as a freshman but was actually determined to make it happen all along.

“Yeah, I knew I really wanted to get ready for the role and contribute the most I can to the group while I’m here … I just feel like I want to give as much as I can to this group while I’m here because four years is really short,” she said.

Of course, commitment doesn’t always come easy, and it was thanks to a few key leaders and mentors who kept Oen and Anderson in a cappella.

“DOTs are such good female role models. We had a really strong president [when I joined] who was really strict but who could also relate to the girls while being gentle. It was a really good balance. I was thinking when I get older, I really want to be like her. She’s such a strong, inspirational leader, and now I’m president,” Oen said.

For Anderson, that sense of support came from former Tritones President Amy Williams.

“When I got into the group, I was the only freshman,” Anderson said. “And you need someone to take you under their wing and say, ‘This is how everything works.’ … [Williams] was the one who brought me into things. And I still talk to her about Tritones and [say] ‘Man, this is happening, what should I do?’”

Gigs and other performances through their years motivated and inspired their singing as well. As a freshman, Anderson’s choir performances didn’t compare to a university-level a cappella. “[They] brought us to different places all over San Diego, and it was super exciting. I felt like we were professional entertainers.”

Oen found that her freshman year experience of Take Back the Night, an event hosted by UCSD as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, reminded her why she joined music.

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Continued from pg 6 “We have a chance to really affect people and give voice to others who might not be able to speak up or who aren’t ready to speak up,” said Oen. “For me, that was one of the most memorable events. As a freshman, I was like ‘Wow.’ It’s not just a cappella. It can be fun but also really moving.”

Through experiences such as these, a cappella has matured more than just the vocals of these brilliant performers. Both developed a sense of consciousness of their own actions, reflecting on the a cappella’s driving force — the group. Oen grew more confident and aware of herself through leadership roles, balancing the roles of keeping her vocalists on task but also “prioritizing the group’s happiness” and always maintaining their motto: “You get what you put into it.”

“Being an officer is just completely different from being a member of the a cappella group,” Anderson added. “But [a cappella] has been a stable part of my life that has been constant for all four years. You get to form close bonds with [the group] ... and it’s not because you’re getting a grade or making money … it’s because you really like what you’re doing. I’m really grateful to have that sort of thing in my life.”

As Oen and Anderson move onto the next scores of their lives, reminiscing about the impromptu street singing or Snow White-esque breakfast making on retreat, the two are coming to a close on a high note.

“I can’t imagine not having DOTs in my college career,” said Oen. Anderson added, “I just feel like [Tritones] is a necessary part of my life.”

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or most of us, college is a time of finding our identity. While checking a box next to a preferred choice out of a long list of majors available at UCSD may or may not have seemed definitive at the time of filling out college applications, it has, in fact, taken a large part in shaping each person’s collegiate identity. If it hadn’t, then the answer to every icebreaker initiated in class, in student organization general body meetings and even at parties wouldn’t begin with the same statement: “Hi, my name is … and my major is …” It’s clearly one of the attributes that UCSD students consider and identify themselves with most frequently, but does it need to be the only one?

In case the thought of a campus where the only quality that mattered about you was your major sounded repulsively dull — or, perhaps, needlessly rigid — rest assured that you are not bearing this thought alone. For Whitney Zhu, founder of the Identity Project, the realization that her major alone was insufficient to completely describe her came in the middle of her fourth year at UCSD. “I felt like you choose your major, and that major becomes you,” Zhu recalled. “Or you always have a label: Either you’re a scientist or an artist or you do this or you do that, but oftentimes you’re more than that. Identity shouldn’t be about only those things.”

Like many students, Zhu was heavily dedicated to extracurricular activities — namely dance —that she felt contributed to her overall identity as much as her academics. While classes provided innumerable opportunities to express herself academically, the chance for Zhu to indulge in her creative passion to the same degree seemed to lay far and in between. Dance practices helped as an outlet, but Zhu took issue that the dance community, although fit with friendly and enthusiastic individuals, lacked a platform to promote intermixing between groups and getting to know one another.

“For different dance teams, we knew they existed, but we didn’t really see them or know who their members were,” Zhu, a member of the female hip-hop crew 4N01, said. “We wanted to host an event for the dance community to actually get together and get to know each other.”

What our campus needed, and seemed to lack, was a shared platform for artists and performers to celebrate the diverse facets of their individual talents and build a closer community together. To answer that need, Zhu created the Identity Project.

The Identity Project, although born from within the UCSD dance community, has since branched off to take all artists under its wing. The ultimate goal, as Zhu puts it, is to “change or touch peoples’ lives through the medium of entertainment.” In their first year alone, the group has already brought a wide variety of events to life on campus, from mini festivals to a “Free Hugs” campaign on Library Walk.

A major focus of their organization, however, is the arrangement of multiple student performance showcases held throughout the year.

Members of the Identity Project, who welcomingly include just about anyone who shoots them an email declaring interest, work for months fiddling with budgets, scheduling performers and implementing marketing plans to hold these events for the thrill of both student performers and audience members alike.

Their next showcase, which will be hitting the Mandeville Auditorium this upcoming Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m., is their sequel to a similar event held last year in Price Center Plaza called Art Counts. Several UCSD-bred dance teams and musical acts are scheduled to take the stage as well as popular YouTube star JR Aquino.

“We want to have [a] platform for people to perform and to bring different creative individuals out and give them an opportunity, an atmosphere and an environment within which they can connect with different people,” Zhu said.

Diverging from the first rendition of the event, this year’s Art Counts will encompass the theme “Breaking Free.” Zhu expects this theme to add another layer of dimension to the event by reminding both performers and attendees alike to leave behind anything restraining them from actively pursuing their dreams.

“Oftentimes, the biggest person who holds us back is ourselves,” Zhu said. “So it’s like ‘Breaking Free’ from ourselves as well as from the standards other people set for us.”

After Art Counts, the Identity Project’s next goal is bringing back the Dream Festival. Last year the festival looked like a “mini Sun God” with 18 performers, 15 vendors and over 1,000 attendees. Although funding seems to be a force working against it this year, Zhu expressed that the Identity Project will try to do what it can to pull another festival together.

As for those with the ambition to start the next big movement on UCSD’s campus, Zhu had a few words of advice gathered from the upbringing of the Identity Project.

“If you want to start something, you have to get used to being uncomfortable,” Zhu said.

“Uncomfortable asking people for help ... or trying to make new friends that can help you. There’s a lot of rejection that’s involved. You don’t have to be completely OK with it, but you need to get used to the idea of people say ‘no’ and you’ll be forced to go out of your comfort zone. Don’t let ‘no’ be your final answer; that’s a big part of it.”

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“It seemed like we were making charges, and then we would turn the ball over and they would make a basket,” Carlisle said. “I think it was more than that. I don’t think defensively we did well, we didn’t stop them at all and offensively we didn’t convert.”

Junior guard Jamie Katuna was the only Triton in double figures with 11 points as Cal State San Bernardino limited breakout star junior forward Farrah Shokoor to only six points and seven rebounds.

Back in action after missing four games, sophomore guard Haley Anderson and senior guard Miranda Seto (eight points, nine rebounds) combined to go just 5–20 from the field in the losing effort.

On Saturday, UCSD took on the CCAA’s No. 1 squad in Humboldt State. The Tritons put up a great fight but ultimately came up short in the 67–64 defeat.

After the lack of effort in Friday’s game, UCSD came out with intensity and dominated the early part of the game. They built up a 22–20 lead while holding the conference leaders in check.

However, a quick 8–2 run by the visitors brought the score to 28–24 for Humboldt State at halftime.

“In the first half, I think we had some opportunities, but we had some turnovers and didn’t get some defensive stops,” UCSD head coach Heidi VanDerveer said. “We had momentum.”

Humboldt State came back after halftime and backed their 11–1

league record to build a six-point lead. But UCSD persisted and took a 56–55 lead with 4:44 left in the game.

UCSD pulled within two with three seconds remaining on a three-pointer by sophomore guard Beth Mounier, but it was too little too late for the Tritons who had to surrender.

“We made a great run just down the stretch; we made some plays but not enough to win and they did [make plays],” VanDerveer said.

Senior forward McKennan Bertsch finished with 14 points, while Seto and Mounier scored 12 points apiece. Senior center Dana Webster had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. It was another tough game for Shokoor who was surprisingly held in check for the second consecutive game.

Humboldt State had a determining advantage on the free-throw line, shooting 28 to UCSD’s 16.

“This was probably the first weekend that we’ve been healthy, and we’re trying to figure out different lineups who play well together, so I think ‘out of sync’ is a good [phrase to describe the situation],” VanDerveer said. “We have to play with a greater sense of urgency, play with better rhythm and better tempo.”

Next Friday is Spirit Night at RIMAC Arena as UCSD hosts Cal State East Bay at 5:30 p.m. The Tritons then play Cal State Monterey Bay at home on Saturday, with tipoff also at 5:30 p.m.

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15–11. The Trojans continued to build upon their lead, and a service error gave them the set 25–16 In the third and final set, the Tritons put up much more of a fight to pressure USC. Despite an early Trojans’ edge, a four-point swing from the Tritons featuring a double block from Syftestad and redshirt freshman middle blocker Bryan Zhu, as well as kills from Syftestad and sophomore outside hitter Ian Colbert, brought the teams level at 7–7. Once again, however, the Trojans managed to push away from the Tritons to take a 15–10 lead.

UCSD looked to stage a late fight by taking three points a row featuring Syftestad’s 10th kill of the match, bringing the scores to 22–18, but ultimately USC proved their worth and powered through to take the set 25–19 and a deserved match victory.

It was a similar story as UCSD travelled to California Baptist University on Friday. The Tritons started the better of the two sides taking a 5–1 lead thanks to a threepoint service rotation from junior outside hitter Kirill Rudenko, which included an ace. However, three attacking errors in a row in the middle of the set from UCSD gave CBU their first lead at 14–13. The Lancers kept the lead for the rest of the set, eventually triumphing 25–21.

In the second, the Tritons faced an early uphill battle, falling behind

dramatically at 9–1. The Tritons found it nearly impossible to get back into the game after this, and a six-point surge at the end of the set helped CBU take the second set at a 25–13 score.

The third set proved to be a replay of the second as UCSD quickly fell behind 5–1 much due to three aces from the Lancers’ Rocky DeLyon. The momentum stayed with CBU who dominated proceedings with flourishes of unanswered points, quickly building up a 16–4 lead. Kills from outside hitters redshirt freshman Calvin Manchenko and freshman Luke La Mont looked to spark life into the Tritons’ offense but proved to be of no avail as CBU took the set 25–11 and left the Tritons 1–5 overall and 0–4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

Ring attributed the tough start to the season to a lack of experience for a team that features 16 freshmen.

“Our inexperience and knowing how to play in a match like this, to struggle and how to pull yourself out of it [are] challenging as well,” Ring said.

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he UCSD men’s basketball team extended its win streak this past Friday night at RIMAC Arena, defeating Cal State San Bernardino (6–6) 74–52 but saw its hot hand end the following night in a 83–73 home loss to Humboldt State (6–6).

UCSD now stands at 10–6 overall and 8–4 in California Collegiate Athletic Association play.

The victory on Friday night was a rare feat for UCSD, as it was the first time the Tritons had defeated Cal State San Bernardino (6-6) since 2009.

“A couple of guys were talking in the locker room [about] how my class [hasn’t] beaten [Cal State] San Bern[ardino],” sophomore guard Aleks Lipovic said. “So [the win] is huge.”

Sophomore guard Jeff Van Dyke scored 16 points in his best performance thus far as a Triton, and UCSD slowly built and maintained a lead against Cal State San Bernardino to hold on for the 74–52 victory.

Lipovic finished with 11 points and three rebounds while Walker scored 13 points and grabbed three rebounds. Lipovic’s three-pointer late in the first half triggered a 13–2 run that gave the Tritons a 12-point halftime lead.

In the second frame, UCSD made an impressive 60 percent of their shots and hit 43 percent of their threes. The Triton bench contributed a solid 31 points, outscoring Cal State San Bernardino’s bench by 16.

Despite their brilliant offensive display, the Triton’s defense played a larger part in the victory. UCSD held the Coyotes to only 35 percent from the field and 3–14 from beyond the arc. UCSD also outrebounded the Coyotes 36–26. The Tritons were able to put the Coyotes away halfway through the second, with the lead climbing up as high as 24 points.

“It starts on the defensive end,” UCSD head coach Eric Olen said. “Our ability to shoot the ball and make some threes, coupled with an improved defense gives us an ability to separate a team.”

The Tritons had a promising start in their game against Humboldt State the following night, starting the game firing on all cylinders.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, the Tritons shot 5–7 from three and were able to create a quick 12-point cushion.

However, the Tritons lost all momentum from that point on. UCSD was outscored 24–9

in the final nine minutes of the half and went into intermission trailing by three.

“We had a little bit of foul trouble,” Olen said. “We kind of lost our energy and focus for a little bit. They are a good team; they made a run and were able to take the momentum in the middle of the first and take that into halftime.”

Humboldt was able to ride the momentum going into the second half and increased the lead to 14 with about four minutes left in the game. While everything seemed to go the Lumberjacks’ way, the Tritons could not seem to find an open shot and missed on all eight of their three-point attempts in the second half.

After having a string of good shooting nights, Lipovic struggled to find the bottom of the net, missing all of his six attempts from the field.

While Walker finished with 17 points, 12 of those came in the first 10 minutes of the game. Van Dyke also scored eight early in the game but, however, remained scoreless for the remainder of the game.

The Tritons have been stellar defensively during the six-game win streak, holding opponents to only 54 points per game during the stretch, but Humboldt State managed to score 83 against UCSD, a season worst score for the Tritons.

“We just didn’t get it done on the defensive end of the floor,” Olen said. “We’ve had some success recently, and a lot of that been to due us being able to get some stops and we weren’t able to get that done tonight.”

The six-game win streak tied the team’s longest since moving to NCAA Division-II back in 2000. Despite the recent hot surge, Saturday’s loss pushed the Tritons out of a fourway tie for first in standings, putting them one game back from the top and into fourth place.

“This is a marathon,” said Olen. “There are 10 more conference games. The team that is most consistent is the one that’s going to be there at the end.”

The Tritons will host Cal State East Bay this Friday on Spirit Night at RIMAC Arena before playing Cal State Monterey Bay the following night. Both games will tip-off at 7:30 p.m.

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Shut Out in Home Debut Tritons Lack Rhythm Over Weekend Young Triton squad swept in pair of MPSF matches. UCSD suffered back-to-back losses to CSU San Bernardino and Humboldt State.

BY liam leahy

staff writer The drought continues for the UCSD men’s volleyball team who recorded back-to-back losses this past week, falling in three sets in both encounters. The Tritons were defeated 25–14, 25–16, 25–19

by No. 5 University of Southern California on Thursday night’s home opener at RIMAC Arena before falling to California Baptist University by scores of 25–21, 25–13, 25–11 at Van Dyne Gym the following night.

“Our guys are working hard, but there’s another level that we need to get to with our vision and adjusting to the speed of the game,” UCSD head coach Kevin Ring told the UCSD Athletics Department.

“There are some athletic teams [that we are facing] who are running a fast offense.”

Thursday’s match began with USC proving their esteemed ranking as the side produced a triple block to grab the opening point and

another block from outside hitter Alex Slaught to double their lead.

Despite a quick visitor lead, the Tritons fought back, producing five kills to bring them within one point of the Trojans at 9–8. However, USC picked up the next six points, which featured three attacking errors and a service error on UCSD’s part to allow a commanding lead at 15–8. From there on out, the Trojans maintained the upper hand to take the set 25–14.

In the second set, it was the Tritons who opened up the scoring with a block from freshman setter Milosh Stojcic. UCSD built off their momentum to take a 5–3 lead thanks to a kill from freshman opposite hitter Tanner Syftestad. However, the advantage was short-lived, as the Trojans went on to take the next nine points leaving the Tritons trailing 12–5. Once again the deficit proved too great to overcome, as the closest UCSD came to closing the gap was within four points at See M. VOLLEYBALL, page 9

BY Marcus Thuillier

editorial assistant The postseason picture is only getting narrower for the UCSD women’s basketball team after this weekend’s pair of losses in crucial conference games. The Tritons were defeated 64–56 against Cal State San Bernardino and 67–64 to Humboldt State to bring them to 9–8 overall and 7–5 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, good for a tie for fifth place in league standings.

It was a tight game early on Friday evening, with the Tritons taking an 8–7 lead after five minutes of play. However, UCSD began to accumulate turnovers, and Cal State San Bernardino took the transition opportunities to build a 21–13 lead.

UCSD never got into an offensive or defensive rhythm and went into halftime with a 36–27 deficit.

“They came out and played harder than us,” UCSD assistant coach Chelsea Carlisle said. “They did what they do really well, and

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we didn’t really play our game or match their intensity or energy in any way.”

UCSD had to play catch up during the entire second half. They pushed hard and made runs, even coming within three points at 44–41 with 14 minutes remaining.

However, indiscipline on defense cost them dearly, as Cal State San

Bernardino got the ball inside for easy baskets in the paint.

The offense also stalled, as Cal State San Bernardino did a good job to keep the Tritons in front of them and deny access to the paint. Every run seemed to be contained as Cal State San Bernardino went on to See W. BASKETBALL, page 9