VOLUME 48, ISSUE 28
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015
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SARC Unveils New Name in Systemwide Initiative Chancellor Khosla announced a new name for SARC: Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education in an email last week.
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Editorial assistant Doctors from the Union of American Physicians and Dentists stage a strike on Library Walk over negotiations with the UC System. Photo taken by Siddharth Atre/UCSD Guardian.
Doctors Protest in One-Day Strike Across UC Campuses
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Doctors from the University of California Medical Centers held a strike against the UC system on Jan. 27, demanding that its administrators bargain with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists according to standard and legal labor practices. This is the first time that any union of doctors has held a strike against a U.S. employer in 25 years. The strikes at all 10 campuses commenced at 7:30 a.m. with UCSD’s located on Library Walk in front of the Student Health Services Center. Protesters handed out informational flyers to passersby. Protesters began picketing in the center of Library Walk at 9 a.m. when traffic increased. Amol Doshi, a physician at UCSD, who is one of four members of the union’s bargaining team, and was present at the protest, told the UCSD Guardian that approximately 150 physicians and dentists across the UC campuses participated in the strike, which over 90 percent of UAPD’s doctors voted to authorize to pressure the university into bargaining fairly. “I have spent 43 days of the last 12 months in Oakland — away from patients here at UCSD, away
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from my family — to try to reach an agreement on our first contract as a physician union with the UC Office of the President,” Doshi said. “We haven’t been able to make progress at the bargaining table, and so we organized this strike to draw attention to these unfair labor practice charges that are preventing us from bargaining effectively.” After nearly a year of negotiating with the UC system, UAPD has filed multiple unfair labor practice reports against the university for allegedly failing to negotiate in good faith. According to the FAQ for the strike, the UC system illegally increased the pension contribution of physicians and dentists without negotiating. The UAPD also claims that it has requested information about the chancellor discretionary funds and a breakdown of how student registration fees are spent and other financial information, but UCOP has denied its requests. Doshi argues that it has a right to the information and needs it to determine how to allocate funding better toward student health.
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Artificial turf will replace grass at Muir Field The project will cost over $2 million and will affect intramural schedules through Fall 2015. BY Brynna Bolt
Staff writer The UCSD department of recreation made the recent decision to move forward with the installment of an artificial turf on Muir Field, an area located west of Main Gym and commonly used by UCSD sports teams. The installation process is expected to last until the end of Spring Quarter 2015. The estimated total cost of the project is $2.15 million, which includes the pricing of new sports lighting and safety netting. The renovation also includes plans to remove some of the eucalyptus trees on the north side of the field. The new, artificial turf will primarily be used by the UCSD men’s lacrosse team, the women’s lacrosse team and the field hockey team. Additional club
sports teams will be able to use the field as needed. Intramural sports will not have access to the field until Fall Quarter 2015, as the project will not be completed until the end of Spring Quarter 2015, and intramurals do not convene over the summer. The university has considered replacing the natural grass on Muir Field for the past two years. According to UCSD Director of Recreation Dave Koch, the recreation department supported the change since the idea was first presented as a possibility. “Recreation has been supportive of this change from the initial conversations regarding the change,” Koch told the UCSD Guardian. Don Chadwick, director of facilities planning and management at the Office of the Vice Chancellor, explained that the decision to go through with the project was due in large part to the
amount of wear and tear sustained by the field. “The number of teams and related hours of play have exceeded the amount of wear and tear that the natural fields on campus can accommodate,” Chadwick told the Guardian. “When finished, we will be able to accommodate more hours of practice and competition.” Koch added that the new field will benefit all teams and players at UCSD by providing a consistent surface to use when others are closed due to maintenance or rain. “This will also allow us to practice and compete when we normally would have had to cancel due to rain or wet field conditions,” Koch said. As a part of the project, several trees on the north end of the field will need to be removed, though trees on other parts of the field will remain. According See TURF, page 3
UCSD’s Sexual Assault and Violence Prevention Resource Center has changed its name to Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education as part of the UC Office of the President’s initiative to standardize sexual violence advocacy programs across University of California campuses. The transition was officially announced in an email from Chancellor Pradeep Khosla on Jan. 21 after UCOP issued a press release detailing the milestone goals the task force met this month. Like SARC, CARE offers confidential counseling and crisis intervention services at no cost to registered UCSD students. However, CARE Director Nancy Wahlig told the UCSD Guardian that the center has expanded its free services to aid staff and faculty who are affected by sexual violence or misconduct as well. “Until now, we’ve only served students who were victims,” Wahlig said. “We would always do education all across campus for faculty and staff to help students who identified that something had happened to them. But, now, we provide comprehensive services to faculty, staff and students. We still think that students will probably be the majority of those individuals who are seeking services, but we’re open now to everybody.” According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, there are over 293,000 victims of sexual assault every year. RAINN studies show that these victims are statistically more likely to suffer from disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Wahlig said that CARE is determined to prevent as many cases of sexual violence as possible by raising awareness on campus. “This is a problem that happens whether you’re on a college campus or whether you’re in the community,” Wahlig said. “It’s really something that we all need to address. The effects of being a victim of a crime, whether it’s sexual assault or relationship violence or stalking, can impact someone for a very long time.” CARE has been counseling UCSD students and promoting sexual violence awareness for the past 25 years. The advocacy office for sexual, gender-based violence and misconduct received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice last October, which has been channeled toward working collaboratively with community law enforcement officials and improving the program’s services overall. Wahlig added that the shift from SARC to CARE has been in progress for over See CARE, page 3