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Students Participate In Annual Hijab Day Challenge Female students received free headscarves and described their experiences at the Islam Awareness Week event that was held in PC later that day.

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UCSD SOFTBALL SWEPT SF STATE THIS WEEKEND, DURING WHICH HEAD COACH PATTI GERCKENS EARNED HER 600th CAREER WIN AS THE LEADER OF ONE OF THE TRITONS’ MOST SUCCESSFUL ATHLETICS PROGRAMS EVER. sports, PAGE 12

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60 micrometers per second. The motors then lodge themselves into the “viscous layer” of the stomach. They are subsequently dissolved by the stomach acid and disappear within a number of days, leaving no trace of toxic chemicals. Researchers believe these motors are promising for gastric drug delivery in particular due to their acid-powered propulsion. The selfpropulsion of these motors has led to an improvement in retention of their “payloads,” the substance that is administered into the lining of each mouse’s stomach by the micromotors. “It’s the motor that can punch into this viscous layer and stay See MICROMOTORS, page 3

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

UC Health Insurance CyberAttack Exposes Client Data Anthem Inc. — the University of California’s health insurance provider — announced that it was the victim of a highly sophisticated cyberattack on Feb. 5. Anthem informed the university that the hackers accessed the information of its 80 million members, including UC faculty, staff, students and retirees. The hackers obtained names, member identification numbers, multiple Social Security numbers, birth dates, street addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and employment information. They were not able to access the Social Security numbers of UC students, however, because Anthem does not collect that information. Director of global security response Katherine Keefe, who works for Beazley Group, which offers insurance for businesses against data breaches,

Staff writer told National Public Radio that even though they are not working with Anthem, this data breach is hugely significant in the healthcare world. “It’s probably the largest healthcare breach that we’ve seen and maybe that the government has seen,” Keefe said. U.S. Open Data is a non-profit organization that works with governments to help companies understand, store and share data. Its director, Waldo Jaquith, told NPR that there needs to be federal legislation that addresses these security issues. “We can no longer pretend that what happens on the Internet isn’t real life,” Jaquith said. “We need requirements in place to ensure that a minimum level of security is in place to protect crucial data about everybody’s lives.” According to a UC press release, Anthem’s

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VERBATIM

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOCIALISM WITH A BIG, RED “S.” SOCIALISM IS BACK IN EUROPE, MORE THAN 20 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE USSR.” MARCUS THUILLIER & AYAT AMIN

The Muslim Student Association at UCSD hosted an event titled “Hijab: The Elephant in the Room” as part of Hijab Day on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Hijab Day was part of the organization’s Islam Awareness Week. The event began in the morning on Library Walk. Members of the MSA invited students of all backgrounds to take the Hijab Challenge and wear a hijab for a day. Those who participated were invited to share their experiences at the event on Wednesday night. The night began with a prayer for the three Muslim students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who were murdered on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The talk then transitioned into a discussion about the hijab and the difficulties Muslim women who wear the hijab face, which included speeches from Mamoon Syed and Marwa Abdullah. Abdullah spoke about her experience as a Muslim woman in the U.S. and recited a poem about why she wears the hijab. After the speeches, girls who had participated in the Hijab Challenge shared their experiences of wearing the hijab for a day. Each of the participants described having a positive experience and reported experiencing a difference in the way others perceived them. Revelle College junior Kacia Cameron, who participated in the challenge, told the UCSD Guardian that people treated her differently while she was wearing the hijab. “I did notice a difference,” Cameron said. “[People] were either avoiding eye contact with me or they were staring.” A Q&A session with Ismahan Warfa, an MSA alumna, and Syed followed the Hijab Challenge participants’ testimonials. At the end of the event, Ramsha Shakil, another member of the MSA, told the Guardian that the goal of the event was to raise awareness about what being a Muslim really means. “I know a lot of people have misconceptions based on what the media says,” Shakil said. MSA president Sammay Azhand told the Guardian what outcome he hoped for from Hijab Day. “Just like in the name: to raise awareness because there are a lot of people on campus who really don’t know anything about Islam at all other than what they may have heard in the media,” Azhand said.

Fatima Haghi, vice president of UCSD’s Muslim Student Association, helps Hijab Day Challenge participant Hibah Khan put on a headscarf. Photo by Nadah Feteih / UCSD Guardian.

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Science and technology

Scientists Test Zinc-Based Micromotors In Mice

This marked the first time the micromotor technology was tested on a living organism. BY Maria Sebas

Contributing WRITER On Dec. 30, 2014, researchers at UCSD published a study detailing the first test of stomach acid-powered micromotors in mice. The testing of these tiny zinc-based micromotors has notable implications for the future of medicine, including a more efficient method of drug delivery and biopsies of tumors. Professors Joseph Wang and Liangfang Zhang of the Nanoengineering Department at the Jacobs School of Engineering are the first to show that these motors can be safely used in a living organism. The researchers previously tested similar models of micromotors

and fuel systems that can travel in water, blood and other bodily fluids; however, this is the first time that they tested micromotors in a living organism. “We thought it was the logical extension of the work we have done to see if these motors might be able to swim in stomach acid,” Wang said in the Jacobs School of Engineering press release. To begin the experiment, the mice were orally administered small drops of solution containing hundreds of micromotors. The zincbased motors quickly reacted with the stomach acid of each mouse to propel the motors toward its stomach lining. They can selfpropel within the mouse’s stomach for up to 10 minutes, at a speed of

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STARS Program Expands To Include Non-STEM Students

UCSD Ranked Fifth For Research and Development Expenditure The National Science Foundation ranked UCSD as the fifth best university in the nation for research and development expenditures for fiscal 2013 with $1,075,554,000 in total expenditures. UCSD is the highest University of California school on the list, with UC San Francisco ranked sixth, UCLA ranked 10th, UC Berkeley ranked 24th and UC Davis ranked 25th. The data for this year show a slight increase in expenditure compared to the $1,073,864,000 spent in fiscal 2012. The four universities ranked higher than UCSD were Johns Hopkins University, the University of Michigan, the University of Washington and the University of Wisconsin.

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The Frontiers of Innovation Program at UCSD is allocating additional funding to expand the Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences. STARS is a campuswide program led by Vice Chancellor for Research Sandra Brown and Dean of the Graduate Division Kim Barrett and other university faculty members. The summer academy recruits prospective graduate students from community colleges and HispanicServing Institutions in California and consists of eight weeks under the mentorship of prominent UCSD faculty. While it was primarily targeted to students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, the additional funding from The Frontiers of Innovation will help make the program accessible to students from various academic disciplines.

UC San Diego Hospital Fined For Preventable Death

Geisel Library Exhibits Dr. Seuss’ Personal Hat Collection

UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest was one of nine California hospitals that were cited for preventable incidents of death. The hospital was responsible for the death of 58-year-old Thomas Vera, a disoriented man who walked out of his room and managed to leave the medical center while still in his gown. Officials found his body in a nearby canyon five days later, and the hospital received a fine of $100,000. According to a state investigation, one way the incident could have been prevented is if the panic button in his room had been operable.

Geisel Library will temporarily be featuring an exhibit of 26 hats from Theodore Geisel’s personal collection as part of the author’s annual birthday celebrations on campus. Called “Hats Off to Dr. Seuss,” the display inside the Library’s Special Collections & Archives area will be open to the public from Feb. 24 to March 22 during the hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Dr. Seuss’ official birthday party on March 2, which will also feature free cake and musical entertainment by the Teeny-Tiny Pit Orchestra.

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LIGHTS & SIRENS

Lights and Sirens is compiled from the Police Crime Log at police.ucsd.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 4 1:32 p.m.: Indecent Exposure A male was found walking around the Rady School of Management with his genitals sticking out above his pant’s waistband. Report taken. 6:28 p.m.: Minor Injury Accident A former couple was having an argument in Lot 17, leading to a domestic violence incident. The female subject stated that her arm was caught in the car window as the male drove away, leading to minor injuries. No disposition taken.

check. Total loss: $3,354.62. Report taken.

Thursday, Feb. 5 10:30 pm: Non-injury Accident A UC cart was damaged when it was driven over a cinder block at a shuttle trailer. Report taken.

Sunday, Feb. 8 2:43 a.m.: Disturbance — Argument Person reported an intoxicated roommate yelling and throwing things. Transported to hospital for evaluation. 5 a.m. to 5:17 a.m.: Burglary Subject reported an adult male that climbed up on balcony and entered an apartment in 1 Miramar Building 1 through sliding glass door. Burglar fled when resident yelled. Report taken.

Friday, Feb. 6 11:21 am: Information A report was received of a bleeding coyote at the South Mesa Apartments. Police were notified that animal control would not come as the animal was still mobile. Information only. Unknown: Forgery An unknown suspect took a university check and forged an employee’s name and cashed the

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Saturday, Feb. 7 8:47 a.m.: Welfare Check Police contacted by female, stating that her sister has not been taking her medication. Subject stated that she doesn’t know her sister’s whereabouts or how to get back to her dorm. Checks OK. 11:42 p.m.: Information A vehicle was driving on Scholars Drive North with skateboarder hanging behind. Information only.

Anthem Notified UC System of Phishing Scam Related to Breach ▶ INSURANCE, from page 1

investigation as of Feb. 16 indicated that the data breach did not target or access the banking, financial or medical information of its members. Anthem also advised the university that there is no indication that the attackers have misused any of their employees, retirees or students’ personal information. Furthermore, Anthem informed the university that it will provide any of its members who enrolled in 2004 or later with identity repair services and information on how to enroll in free credit monitoring. The health insurer will notify the affected members via U.S. Postal Service mail.

of the Law. It only provides vision insurance for UC Irvine undergraduates and UC Davis students. Additionally, Anthem provided health insurance to UC employees, retirees and all of their dependents from 2003 until Jan. 1, 2014. According to UCSD’s student health website, every quarter that a UCSD student enrolls in classes, the campus automatically enrolls them in UC SHIP and charges them the corresponding fee. Students, however, may opt out of UC SHIP and waive the fee if they already have an insurance plan and apply for a Health Fee Waiver.

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Motors May Lead to More Efficient Medication Delivery Techniques ▶ MICROMOTORS, from page 1

there,” Zhang said in the press release. “Which is an advantage over more passive delivery systems.” To test the payload retention of these micromotors, researchers used vacuum infiltration to load the

micromotors with gold nanometers. They found that the motors delivered 168 nanograms of gold nanoparticles per gram of stomach tissue, as opposed to 53.6 nanograms per gram of stomach tissue delivered through the previous methods. This study, titled “Artificial

Micromotors in the Mouse’s Stomach: A Step toward in Vivo Use of Synthetic Motors,” was published online on Dec. 30, 2014 in American Chemical Society Nano.

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MSA Event Sought to Address Misconceptions About Islam And Gender ▶ HIJAB, from page 1

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In addition to the data breach, Anthem notified the university on Feb. 6 of a phishing scam related to the cyber attack. The phishing scam consisted of emails that use the Anthem logo and included an offer to sign up for a year of credit card protection. Anthem also has created a website — http://AnthemFacts.com — dedicated to providing information regarding the data breach, such as a list of FAQ. Anthem is currently the network provider and claims administrator for the UC Student Health Insurance Plan at UCSD, UCLA, UC Irvine (for graduate students only), UC Santa Cruz, UC Merced, UC San Francisco and UC Hastings College

Azhand mentioned that Muslims have the tendency to think that others think badly of them. “But during this week, I’ve seen personally

that there’s plenty of people who are super nice and honestly just don’t know,” Azhand said. “If you inform them a little bit, they get happy and they learn something.” The MSA also hosted “Meet

a Muslim” on Thursday, Feb. 12, and a sermon titled, “Umma Means Community” on Friday.

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Wrongfully Exposed

Perpetrators and distributors of revenge porn should be fully prosecuted, but more protective legislation needs to be created for the victims. ILLUSTRATION BY ELYSE YANG

BY CHARU MEHRA & SASHA POLLOCK OPINION EDITOR & ASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR

evenge porn is a topic that evokes strong emotions from the public at large. It’s also very easy to imagine that this situation is one that only strangers will find themselves in. Despite the constant public display of personal information on popular media platforms, no one likes to consider the fact that they may be vulnerable to this terrible exploitation from a significant other. The worst possible betrayal by a previously intimate partner is demonstrated in these cases of mortifying public exposure and personal manipulation. A 2012 Pew Research Center study reports that “one in four adults aged 18 to 24 have received sexts — suggestive photos or videos.” Additionally, “nearly one in three adults aged 25 to 34 has received sexts. Among all adults, 15 percent say they have received nude or nearly nude photos or videos of individuals they know.” This shows that a lot more people are vulnerable to the injustice of revenge porn than society generally takes notice of. With cases like that of Kevin Bollaert — the 28-year-old man convicted of posting nude photos and addresses of women to common porn websites and then extorting them for hundreds of dollars — taking place right here

in San Diego, revenge porn has never been a more prevalent issue. Creating legislation to protect victims of revenge porn is a vital step that the government must take to prevent future abuse. For many college students, sexting is not an issue that they view as something that could bring them potential future harm. But based on the aforementioned Pew statistics, 25 percent of people who are of a collegiate age have received “sexts” and have likely sent them too. 71 percent of Snapchat users are under 25-years-old. And while only 2 percent of college students use Snapchat to send sexts, according to Business Insider, that number still amounts to tens of thousands of racy photos, not including those sent via other mediums, like texts or private Facebook messages. Snapchat generally advertises the nature of its photos as temporary pictures that disappear after a second’s glance. For this reason, many users are oblivious to the potential privacy risks of this application. Photos may be stored on Snapchat’s servers temporarily, and there are ways for recipients to save these supposedly momentary photos. In the digital communities of modern society, it is vital that legislative safeguards are established

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WITH THE SKYROCKETING POPULARITY OF PODCASTS LIKE “SERIAL,” WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS MORE OFTEN. THE OPINION SECTION WEIGHS IN ON ISSUES SURROUNDING THE TOPIC, NATIONWIDE.

Independent State Agencies Are Crucial For Monitoring Government Justice Systems

State, National Focus Should Be on Decreasing Prison Funding, Increasing Graduation Rates

According to the University of Michigan National Registry of Exonerations, there have been over 1,549 exonerations in the United States since 1989. Unfortunately, this is not surprising considering the fact that the U.S. justice system relies heavily on the exhibition of criminal evidence by trained lawyers, arguing to protect only their own client, or their government. Furthermore, the Sixth Amendment gives individuals accused of a crime the “right to a quick and speedy trial.” While protecting individuals accused of a crime from remaining in court-system limbo, critical evidence is sometimes overlooked or neglected. Another sadly predictable statistic is that most of the individuals who were wrongly convicted were African-American, illustrating that biases still exist despite a supposedly fair system, The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission is a government agency that examines cases in which claims have not been heard in a post-conviction hearing or trial and, where valid, potentially conclusive evidence exists. Since the Commission is neutral, it does not defend or condemn an individual but rather ensures that cases have been thoroughly and justly analyzed. Thus, unlike prosecutors or lawyers representing defendants, it does not have an incentive to convince a judge or jury, allowing the evidence to speak for itself. Because the Commission is a state agency, it has the authority to subpoena witness testimony, whereas other organizations with similar goals do not. According to an investigation performed by the Better Government Association and the Center on Wrongful Convictions, based at the Northwestern University School of Law, exonerations based on wrongful convictions cost the state of Illinois over $214 million during the 1989–2010 period. However, because evidence analysis is costly and Congress failed to pass the Justice for Reauthorization Act, which funded the agency and those like it, programs like the one in North Carolina may eventually be cut. In an imperfect justice system, it is imperative that third-party agencies like the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission continue to exist and receive funding because, not only do they save lives, but they save states millions of dollars in post-conviction trial proceedings.

Prison is often associated with malevolent criminals. Unfortunately, this fantasy of evil thugs fails to accurately represent America’s prison population. According to The Innocence Project, a nonprofit legal organization that specializes in exonerations, 2.3 to 5 percent of prisoners may be incarcerated due to wrongful convictions. If 1 percent of inmates are innocent, that represents a minimum of 20,000 people. Also, don’t forget the sheer amount of nonviolent lawbreakers in prison for minor drug crimes. In a country with the highest incarceration rates in the world, it’s not surprising that California invests more in prison than education. Sometimes we pay to keep innocent people behind bars. To address these concerns, the University of California Student Association’s student-run campaign Invest in Graduation Not Incarceration, Transform Education is fighting for change. This challenges the school-to-prison pipeline. For the last couple of decades, spending for prisons has skyrocketed, while education has faced a plethora of cuts. Scott Graves, the research director of the California Budget Project, claims that California is currently planning to invest over $62,000 per prison inmate, as opposed to the mere $9,200 spent per K-12 student. And California is only part of the problem. Despite representing only 5 percent of the world’s population, the American Civil Liberties Union states that the U.S. has managed to account for 25 percent of the world’s overall prison population. This shows that the country drastically needs more programs like IGNITE to be available in every state, to prevent the continued expansion of a prison industrial complex. Society as a whole would benefit if California closed funds for prisons and opened doors for students. A report by the Alliance for Excellent Education found diminished levels of education may increase crime rates. In contrast, expanding the high school male graduation rate by a mere 5 percent could save the nation $18.5 billion from yearly crime expenses. Funding for programs advocating for rehabilitation and preventative alternatives to incarceration are important to implement throughout the nation. The IGNITE campaign aims to wake up California, as taxpayers realize that they’re getting what they paid for.

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— CASSIA POLLOCK Associate Opinion Editor

Greece Sets Out on Road to Recovery Across the globe Marcus thuillier// Ayat amin

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reece, more than two millennia after bringing us democracy, is once again opening our eyes to issues that need solutions, especially for the youth. We are talking about Socialism with a big, red “S.” Socialism is back in Europe, more than 20 years after the fall of the USSR. In a context of conservatism, austerity, recession and the saddening rise of racism in Europe, what is happening right now in Greece could not be better for the Greek people and for concerned youth all over the world. The radical left party in Greece, Syriza, announced it would tackle the issues full on. They will oppose Europe and re-negotiate the debt, reboot the public sector and work toward youth employment. Syriza’s program and promises will look to set a new precedent in re-negotiating the gravity of its debt against the “Troika” (the three organizations with the most power over finances in Greece: the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank). “The northern European bondholders, investors, central bankers and Euro bureaucrats that are the true faces behind the Troika, whose policies directly represent their interests, are confronted by a serious democratic challenge by the new Greece and Syrizan government. A challenge that could spread like political wildfire throughout Europe if not contained,” reported Telesurtv, an online news organization. Recent demonstrations in Spain, and maybe soon in other countries, who suffered from austerity show that this is a big step for people from financially oppressed countries. The new Greek ideals will change and save a European policy of austerity that has failed. However, rest assured that this does not represent a threat to the U.S. Greece itself has the third-highest debt in the world, at twice as much as the U.S., and currently has a 24.3 percent-rate of unemployment. Greece’s economy was growing until they went into a recession in 2007. After Syriza was elected, the Euro stock went down to an 11-yearold low. Recent troubles have made the euro plunge, and, while that means a direct trade partner is in the gutter, the U.S. gets the better end of it. The situation sounds terrible. But Greece will stay within Europe while pursuing its interests. The recent events change nothing for the relationship the U.S. has with Europe. However, the U.S. and especially the Greek youth should rejoice at the idea of having a more socialist government in Europe. Syriza wants to address youth unemployment in Greece. We, as college students, should take notice of that. A job is not something that is given to us when we get out of college, and in a country like Greece, people our age are suffering. The youth in Greece took action by electing Syriza, a left wing party that fights for the people. More socialist policies are a benediction for the youth. Socialism presents an ideal in which the people actually have a voice, where the government fights for the people against big corporations and businesses, like those that govern us here in the U.S. Syriza is the first domino on the countries that still suffer from the crisis of 2008 — the crisis our banks and our capitalist system here in the U.S. put us though. Most of all, Syriza symbolizes hope, and hope is what will always attract and fuel the power of youth.

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Awareness Must Be Raised About Consequences of Revenge Porn ▶ REVENGE, from page 4

securely to support individuals whose privacy is infringed upon. When times are good, people often choose to share these revealing photos during the trusting peak of a romantic relationship. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of a breakup this confidence is frequently destroyed in a ruthless fashion. According to McAfee, one out of 10 ex-partners have threatened to expose scandalous pictures of their past partner on websites. The study found that about 60 percent of these threats are followed through. Preventative measures should be implemented to increase

awareness and also provide more resources for victims. Currently, 80 percent of revenge porn victims will not receive protection under the Cyber Civil Right Initiative’s proposed Senate Bill 255 that excludes individuals who chose to photograph themselves. The exploitation of pictures taken under intimate circumstances should not be allowed under any conditions. Even though individuals may choose to take a risque selfie, this does not provide consent for the public distribution of their personal photos. There is but one silver lining to the disgusting circumstances involving Kevin Bollaert and revenge porn, and that is to raise

awareness for the importance of protecting victims of sexual cyber abuse. The San Diego UnionTribune reported Attorney General Kamala Harris as saying, “Just because you’re sitting behind a computer, committing what is essentially a cowardly and criminal act, you will not be shielded from the law or jail,” in a statement released after Bollaert’s conviction. California has been the first state to prosecute for the criminal actions regarding revenge porn. If other victims are to be treated in a just and compassionate manner, this prosecution will not be the last.

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few weeks ago, a hooded man concealed in a black mask snuck onto our campus. Armed with a sledgehammer, he took to the fountain next to the Student Services Center and what was once a prized piece of the Stuart Collection became nothing more than shattered granite. The reason for the vandalism remains unknown, but the loss of Michael Asher’s untitled fountain can be felt publicly by the display of a construction sign and two orange sandbags now standing as its temporary tombstone. The Stuart Collection, the university’s official collection of sculptures and monumental art initiated by James Stuart DeSilva in 1981, has both made UCSD its home as well as added unforgettable visual impressions that allow students and staff to distinguish their “home” from other college campuses. As a force of 18 different modern art pieces that thrive on their ability to both blend in with and accent their location, the collection has stayed true to DeSilva’s original vision of peripheral art. “I wanted art to be accessible for casual visitation, without any ... obligation to the passerby to look at or think about it, let alone treat it with reverence,” DeSilva wrote in his founder’s statement in “Landmarks,” a book about the collection. “My personal experience told me that living with art, casual repetitive exposure to it, can lead to understanding and appreciation, if not passion and possessiveness, even among those who profess to dislike art.” But whether “understanding and appreciation” has been achieved in the minds of students and staff across the board is questionable. For Thurgood Marshall College fifth year Kevin Huynh, who is studying art history and human biology, the magic of the artwork, in part, comes from the names of the artists behind them, most of whom are celebrities in the art community. “All of the artists who are doing the pieces, you see them in museums, like the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla … and the [Museum of Contemporary Art] in Los Angeles,” Huynh said. “Having [these artists’ works] here is like we have our own contemporary art museum on campus. It’s super cool.” Mary Beebe, who has been the director of the Stuart Collection since its establishment, says that bringing exceptional artwork from emerging, highly praised artists to UCSD is her utmost goal. One recent example is Do Ho Suh, who created the house sitting crookedly on top of the Jacobs School of Engineering in Earl Warren College known as “Fallen Star.” Beebe first encountered Suh’s work in New York in the late ‘90s, and he has since exploded onto the contemporary art scene. Beebe stands behind the Stuart Foundation Advisory Committee, a credible group of art professionals who are experts in judging art to be of noteworthy concept and quality. The committee includes directors from several Californian art museums, the dean of Yale School of Art, a former art curator of MIT and one faculty member from the UCSD visual arts department. The group provides its opinion on the artistic merit of proposed artists; however, the final decision to move forward with a project is made by the UCSD chancellor.

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“It’s a very distinguished board,” Beebe said. “So when somebody says to the chancellor, ‘How can you call that blue fence [in the eucalyptus grove] art?’ The chancellor can say, ‘Hey, I’m a chemist. What do I know about art? But I have this art board of people who have spent their lives thinking about these things, and they tell me that it’s not only art but it’s good art.’” For some students, like Huynh, each piece of the Stuart Collection presents a uniquely creative approach to decorating the UCSD campus, but other students find difficulty in connecting with the abstraction of their cryptic artistic messages. Dr. Jorge Mariscal, a Spanish and Chicano literature professor, has found this to be true of many students he encounters from underprivileged backgrounds. “I think the students who come from — for lack of a better term — urban areas or even inner-city areas, always tell us, ‘I don’t really get [the Stuart art pieces]. They’re kind of funny, but they don’t really have any connection [to me],’” Mariscal recounted. “They’ll say, ‘Where I grew up in South Central L.A., everyday I walked down the street and there were murals, community and student art — all kinds of things.’” The situation improved, Mariscal says, when the Chicano Legacy 40 Anos Mural was created and put up over the wall of Peterson Hall in 2011, one year before Do Ho Suh’s “Fallen Star”. Originally, it was meant to be temporary, but after the racially controversial “Compton Cookout” event in 2010, students demanded the mural be allowed to remain. “Finally, those students were very happy, and they said, ‘Now I feel like home when I walk by that area,’” Mariscal said. “And we’ve even had students, since then, say that one of the factors they chose UCSD [for] when they were accepted and looking at campuses is that they came here and saw that mural and they saw their family in that mural, whereas the [Tim Hawkinson] teddy bear can’t do that.” Mariscal would prefer to see the Stuart pieces supplemented by work from a more diverse group of artists, including more women and ethnic minorities. Beebe says that she is continuously trying to reach out to black artists whom she admires, but so far their proposed projects

haven’t worked out for various practical reasons, including financial ones. “We have an artist I want to get through next who’s African-American, but his work is nothing about being African-American. You would never know looking at the work that it is by an African-American, but he’s a really important artist,” Beebe said. “Really good African-American artists don’t necessarily want to be known as African-American artists. They want to do their thing and be famous in their own right.” Beebe emphasized that the Stuart Collection does its best to contact artists who are well-recognized in the art community — regardless of their background — and that art pieces are not picked for any reasons other than merit and how well they will work on campus. “People will respond differently [to the collection], and that’s part of the whole thing … to figure out if you have a relationship with one of these pieces or not. And I know that because they’re abstract, it takes a while longer,” Beebe said. “One [student] told me, ‘When I first came to campus, I thought that blue fence just might be art.’ That’s the kind of thing that makes my heart go pitter-patter, to open your eyes and think that something different — that you’ve never seen before — just might be art, that there might be some intention behind it.” This intention, however, seems to be lost on many students. Mariscal, who teaches in Marshall’s Dimensions of Culture program and lectures on the Stuart Collection when discussing the privatization of public universities, feels that the abstract nature of the collection makes it difficult for some students to see the pieces as art. “If you look at the Stuart Collection, they don’t seem to be predisposed to [collecting] ‘representational art,’” Mariscal said. “Like the blue screen through the [eucalyptus] trees, most people … think it’s like something to protect the birds or something, right? It’s very abstract, which, to a lot of working-class people, doesn’t speak to them.” To Marshall junior Diane Yoong, the Stuart Collection serves as a reminder of the privatization of the university. She views the collection’s relationship with UCSD as a type of business transaction and wants students to have more opportunities to influence what

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art goes on campus. “I wish there [were] more input from the students and more works by students on campus,” Yoong said. “I want to see work that is relevant to the history of this campus and the land that we are on to remind students about the efforts made by those before us and hopefully inspire more work for the future.” As for including students on the collection’s advisory board, Mariscal believes that the Stuart Collection has always been resistant. He feels

that, though the Stuart Collection always consults the visual arts department when commissioning art pieces, its process should be more democratic and include staff and students, who spend a considerable amount of time on campus. “[The committee] is a very narrow range of people, not only in terms of diversity, ethnic diversity but also gender and all kinds of things and clearly class,” Mariscal said. “Some people will hear what I’m saying and say, ‘Well, let’s just fix the Stuart committee; let’s

make that more democratic,’ [but] I don’t think that’s going to happen.” While Beebe said that the Stuart Foundation Advisory Board is unlikely to add undergraduates, a visual arts graduate student will be joining it. Additionally, she said that the international advisory committee is diverse, with several members who are women or of different ethnic minorities. Most board members were picked by DeSilva in the early days of the Stuart Collection, and, aside from adding new members to replace those who have passed away, they are not looking to expand the committee. Additionally, any new board members must be approved by the chancellor before their appointments. Progress toward student involvement on the board may come soon, but commissioning students for artwork faces additional challenges entirely. One is a lack of funding; another

is Stuart’s strict fixation on sculptures alone. Beebe says that UCSD, while abundant in artists from various media specializations, has yet to produce a sculptor who could be considered for the Stuart Collection. Consequently, none of the Stuart artists are UCSD alumni. Beebe has, however, encouraged student artwork on campus apart from the Stuart Collection. She says the collection only holds jurisdiction over large monuments, but paintings and murals are beyond its scope. Even modest works of art, such as the shining mirrors that one student discretely placed around the eucalyptus grove, are advocated by Beebe. The major concern with bigger pieces, she says, is being able to meet university restrictions. “They have to go through the campus,” Beebe said. “It has to meet codes because if it doesn’t pass the grounds, then people will just take it down right off the bat.

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[Bigger monuments] really need to be secure.” The mirrors in the trees, which can be found by peeking into the forest next to Peterson Hill, are one of Beebe’s favorite student projects because it requires attention, an idea that resonates with the larger works of the Stuart Collection. “The whole idea of these works is to open your eyes and allow you to think about something that you hadn’t necessarily seen or thought about before,” Beebe said. “So it’s a little bit about permission to do that, and it’s a little bit about challenging yourself. It’s not as much about whether you like things or not, [it’s about] what [students] think. It’s very easy to say ‘I don’t like that one.’ Okay, why don’t you like it? Or ‘that one’s my favorite.’ Great, why is it your favorite? I think that’s what a university is about, really, is sort of learning to think in those kind of ways.” readers can contact TEIKO YAKOBSON

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lead at the end of the first. In the third inning, the Tritons tallied up five more runs. With the bases loaded, Maday produced a single to put in Schneider and freshman second-baseman Kendall Woken. Sophomore first-baseman Ashley Chestnut then hit a two-run double with the bases loaded once again. A sacrifice fly from Phillips gave UCSD its final run en route to an impressive 8–0 shutout victory. It was a near-perfect game for Duarte, who earned another win off five scoreless innings, allowing only three batters to reach bases. The final game between both squads was a tighter affair than

the previous ones, with only one run being produced by either side. Junior pitcher Alexis Edwards started on the mound and managed four innings with no runs, three hits and a walk. Senior pitcher Mo Omori came in to pitch a perfect inning in the fifth and was replaced by Duarte, who pitched no runs, no hits and one walk for the rest of the game. The lone run of the game came from Clewett, who scored on a wild pitch. The Gators came close to levelling the game, but, thanks to a great throw from Maday, UCSD took the out at home base to win the contest 1–0. “We’re really coming together as a team, and we’re really starting to gel,” Maday said.

Such is evident, as the Tritons, who proceeded to win their next two games on Monday against Adelphi University, have won eleven straight contests since opening the season with only a single loss. Despite a completely new and younger lineup this season, UCSD appears to already be coming together as a top CCAA squad and NCAA contender. The Tritons will next embark on the road in a four-game league series against Cal State Stanislaus, with the first game slated for 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20.

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overs in the first half — 11 in the entire game. UCSD converted on only four of its 18 shot attempts in the first half, yet remarkably managed to take a one-point lead going into halftime. The second half was a back-andforth contest between the two teams. The lead changed six times throughout the game, five of which came late in the final frame. With the Tritons down two and only a minute remaining left in the game, freshman guard Grant Jackson stepped up to knock down the clutch threepointer that gave the Tritons the final lead change of the night. Klie struggled early in the game but still managed to score 11 points

and bring in seven rebounds. After having a quiet night against San Francisco State, junior guard Hunter Walker finished with 10 points and four rebounds. Both Tritons also finished with two steals each. The 50 points scored by the Tritons was the second-lowest output of the season. On the other side of the court, the Tritons’ strong defense was key in the victory, especially late in the game. UCSD forced 11 Seawolf turnovers, all of which were steals, and were able to outscore Sonoma State 13–7 in points off of their takeaways. “We weren’t at our best, but we found a way to win,” Olen said. “We didn’t shoot the ball the way we normally do, but we defended well and gave ourselves an opportunity. The

guys stepped up and made winning plays down the stretch.” After the weekend split, the Tritons have lost three of their last four games and are now in a four-way tie for third place with Humboldt State, Cal State Stanislaus and Cal State San Bernardino in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. With only four games remaining in the CCAA season, the Tritons return to La Jolla next week for their final homestand of the season against Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday and Cal State Los Angeles on Saturday. Tip off for both games will be at 7:30 p.m.

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of Miranda [Seto] and [senior guard] Steph[anie] Yano who played exceptionally,” VanDerveer told the UCSD Guardian. “I was really pleased about Taylor Tanita, who came in and who statistically had a great weekend. … And we have consistency in Farrah Shokoor; she averaged a double-double this weekend.” On Saturday, UCSD came out in a dominant effort to take a 79–55 win against Sonoma State. UCSD suffered another slow start as it fell behind early 11–5. However, a 22–6 run highlighted by four three-pointers gave UCSD a 27–17 lead with 5:49 left in the first half. After another shot from long distance, the Tritons took a strong 41–26 advantage into halftime. The lead kept on growing in the next half as the Tritons rode a hot offensive night and an outstanding defensive game to win by a whopping 24 points. The Tritons shot 47.4 percent (27–57) from the floor and 50 percent (11–22) from behind the arc while holding the Seawolves to 28.3 percent (17–60) shooting and 23.5 percent (4–17) from threepoint range. Eleven players got on the scoring

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board for the Tritons as the Triton bench had a terrific game, outscoring the Seawolves’ bench 47–18. Shokoor had her 12th double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds. Webster added 13 points from the bench and sophomore guard Haley Anderson had 11 points, going 3–4 from three-point range. “I think we have quality depth at really every position, and it is important because every game we have players really step up to play and consistently,” VanDerveer said. “We saw it especially on Saturday in such a win that everyone gets quality minutes.” UCSD now sits in sole possession of fifth place in an ultra-competitive league that only allows the top-six squads into the postseason. With the season winding down, the Tritons hope to maintain their hot streak as they return home to RIMAC Arena to face Cal State Dominguez Hills (16–2) on Friday, Feb. 20, and Cal State Los Angeles (8–10) on Saturday, with both tipoffs at 5:30 p.m.

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in 600 came on a flawless weekend for head coach Patti Gerckens. The UCSD women’s softball team managed to pull off a clean sweep of the season’s opening California Collegiate Athletic Association series against San Francisco State on Friday and Saturday at the Triton Softball Field, during which Gerckens earned her 600th career win as UCSD’s shot-caller. “Winning four games against San Francisco State is really great for us” Gerckens told the UCSD Athletics Department. “To be able to say that I’ve been here at UCSD, I’m proud of that. I’m proud that I have worked with the athletes for so many years.” On Friday, the Tritons took both games by scores of 4–1 and 5–3, respectively, and repeated their success on Saturday without conceding any runs, winning 8–0 and finally 1–0. Counting another pair of wins on Monday, UCSD is now 11–1 overall on the season and, with the recent series sweep, opens with a 4–0 record in the CCAA. In the first game on Friday, UCSD looked dominant from the outset. In the bottom of the second inning, freshman catcher Lauren Sanders and outfielder Kelsi Maday and junior outfielder Taylor Abeyta loaded the bases before freshman third-baseman Rachel

Phillips and junior shortstop McKenna Clewett stepped in and claimed an RBI each for the first runs of the game. That score was doubled in the sixth inning. With the bases loaded again, sophomore utility Bianca Devoto hit a single to take in two more runs and secure the 4–1 final score. Junior pitcher Hannah Duarte (3–1) took the win, recording five strikeouts and allowing only one run on five hits. In the second of Friday’s games, Devoto first got the Tritons on the scoreboard, sliding across the plate after an RBI single from Sanders. In the second inning, UCSD demonstrated its enormous batting power, taking four runs from five hits. Devoto hit a sacrifice fly to give the Tritons the first run of that inning. Sophomore firstbaseman Emma Schneider then hit a double, running in Phillips and Abeyta. The offensive onslaught was finished off with an RBI double from Sanders to bring the Tritons to a 5–0 lead. Though San Francisco State attempted a comeback with three runs in the seventh, UCSD ultimately took the game 5–3. Saturday’s first game saw the Tritons continue to make easy work of the Gators. A home run from Schneider put in herself and Clewett, and a solo shot from Maday gave the Tritons an early 3–0

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Entering the weekend on a twogame losing streak, the UCSD men’s basketball team continued to be caught in an offensive slump, falling to San Francisco State (7–11) on Friday night but escaping Sonoma State (8–10) with a much-needed victory the following day. The Tritons (11–7) just could not get it going offensively on Friday night’s 65–56 loss against San Francisco State. UCSD was held to only 36.7 percent from the field, its third-lowest shooting performance of the season, and a subpar 8–32 from three-point land. UCSD’s sloppy ball-handling also led to 13 turnovers, 11 of which were stolen by the Gators. San Francisco State was able to turn their defense into offense, scoring 19 points off of the Tritons’ turnovers. “We didn’t play well enough to win,” UCSD head coach Eric Olen told the UCSD Athletics Department. “It is difficult to have success on the road, and we need to play at a higher level in order to get back on track.”

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The Tritons’ only lead came halfway through the first period at 13–10, but they quickly lost the advantage after a 10–3 run from the Gators. The home team led 33–24 going into intermission. Despite the team’s recent slump, sophomore guard Adam Klie continued his terrific offensive stretch. He finished the night with a teamhigh 15 points and five rebounds on an efficient 5–9 from the field. Klie is averaging a league-best 62-percent shooting from the field. Junior forward Drew Dyer also added 10 points and four rebounds.

With San Francisco State hitting 47 percent of its shots, the lead would grow to as much as 14 in the second half. The Tritons’ sagging performance continued into Saturday’s matchup against Sonoma State. Despite their poor shooting, the Tritons were able to come out with the crucial 50–46 victory through their strong defensive efforts. The Tritons were again sloppy with the ball, committing nine turnSee M. BASKETBALL, page 11

Editorial assistant The UCSD women’s basketball team now holds a three-game winning streak after defeating San Francisco State (0–18) 76–65 on Friday and Sonoma State (4–14) 79–55 on Saturday in California Collegiate Athletic Association matchups. UCSD has taken full possession of its postseason destiny, winning five of its last six games for a 14–9 overall record and a 12–6 record in the conference. The Tritons got off to a slow start on Friday night and quickly trailed 13–7 with 14:32 left in the first half. UCSD responded in time, pushing back to take a 29–21 lead. However, San Francisco State managed a 17–6 run to lead UCSD 38–35 with 10 seconds left in the period before junior forward Farrah Shokoor got a tip-in off an offensive rebound to bring the score to 38–37 at halftime. The game remained tightly contested through the first 10 minutes of the second half. A mid-range jumper from senior guard Miranda Seto gave the Tritons a 55–53 lead with 9:50 remaining in the game. The game

opened up from there, with UCSD building a commanding eight-point lead at 74–62 before securing the win. “I think that every time you play on the road — and this might sound cliche — but every team in our conference plays at a high level,” UCSD head coach Heidi VanDerveer said. “I think that our depth really makes a difference. The stadium was packed, and they played a very good game. We got stops, and once we establish our defense, it really helps our offense and that allowed us to get the separation we needed to get the win.” The Tritons gained a 32–23 advantage on the boards en route to the victory. Senior forward McKennan Bertsch had a team-high 14 points while shooting 58.3 percent (7–12) from the floor. Shokoor compiled 10 points and nine rebounds against her former team. The Tritons had an impressive six players score in double figures, with Seto, senior center Dana Webster, redshirt freshman guard Taylor Tanita and junior guard Jamie Katuna also going over the 10-point mark. “We can count on our backcourt See W. BASKETBALL, page 11