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AROUND CAMPUS

HOW UCSD GETS DOWN

After observing a group of adolescents over several years, researchers found that drinking can affect brain development.

WHAT IS UCSD’S ATTITUDE ABOUT PORN? A SURVEY OF OVER 500 STUDENTS REVEALS PREFERENCES AND THOUGHTS ON THE CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF WIDESPREAD CONSUMPTION.

BY Omkar mahajan

Staff writer

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OUR FOND FAREWELL

2015 Senior sendoffs OPINION, Page 4

JUSTIN DONATELLA sPORTS, Page 12

The United States Water Polo team competed against the Serbian men’s national team at Canyonview Pool earlier this week.

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VERBATIM ANDREW AND TAYLOR, IT’S BEEN AN HONOR TO WATCH YOUR EVOLUTION FROM SWEET RAYS OF POSITIVITY INTO THE SNARKY, BITTER SOULS YOU ARE NOW.”

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Study Shows Impact of Alcohol on Teen Brains

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Senate Approves Health Care for Undocumented Residents

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By BRYNNA BOLT SENIOR

he California Senate passed a proposal to expand health care to people living in California without legal immigration status on June 2. The proposal is the first of its kind within the nation.

Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) created the bill, titled Senate Bill 4, which passed through the Senate with a 28 to 11 vote.

The bill proposes allowing undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance on the state exchange under the United States Affordable Care Act, following the state’s receiving of a federal waiver. The bill also allows California residents under 18 who lack legal immigration status to access full health coverage under the state’s Medi-Cal program.

The measure does not provide a state subsidy for undocumented immigrants, as it does for U.S. citizens and legal residents who qualify based on their income. However, it does make it so that unauthorized

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immigrants 19 and older who cannot afford health insurance can sign up for a program that would eventually guarantee them full coverage.

“We are talking about our friends, we are talking about our neighbors and our families who are denied basic healthcare in the richest state of this union,” Lara said during the Senate meeting.

An earlier draft of the bill proposed allowing all undocumented immigrants living in California to qualify for Medi-Cal, but Gov. Jerry Brown suggested that the bill would be too expensive. The exact cost of the amended bill is still unknown, but according to Lara’s spokesman Jesse Melgar, they are examining the costs.

The bill will now be sent to the Assembly Rules Committee for approval. The committee is expected to vote on the issue before the end of the state’s legislative session in August. If the bill is passed, it will be sent to the various Assembly health and appropriations committees.

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UCSD researchers recently conducted a study analyzing how alcohol affects the teenage brain, including its impact on test performance. Their findings were published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Lead author, Professor Susan Tapert, told the UCSD Guardian that unlike previous research on this topic, this study observed a bigger pool of subjects for a longer period of time.

“This study was a little bit larger than previous studies since it started out with 130 adolescents before they had tried any alcohol and followed them over several years,” Tapert said.

Over time, some of those adolescents started to experiment with alcohol, and some even became heavy drinkers.

Tapert also mentioned that the teenage brain is still developing and that alcohol can affect the development process.

“Adolescent brains are still developing even into their early 20s, and alcohol can harm how the brain develops,” Tapert said.

Tapert further elaborated about the maturational developments of the teenage brain in an interview with NPR. “First of all, the adolescent brain is still undergoing several maturational processes that render it more vulnerable to some of the effects of substances,” Tapert said.

The team did not find any gender differences in terms of brain structure from the results. However, Tapert did note that there were several gender differences in terms of how alcohol affected boys and girls when performing tests.

“Girls went downhill on visual spatial tests, whereas boys went downhill on attentive abilities,” Tapert said.

Tapert further specified how alcohol affected girls in an interview with NPR. “For girls who had been engaging See ALCOHOL, page 3

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UC Board of Regents Announces Nomination of Incoming Student Regent-Designate From UC Riverside A University of California Board of Regents committee nominated UC Riverside graduate student Marcela Ramirez to be the Board’s 2016–17 student regent.

Ramirez currently studies higher education administration and policy and is the graduate student representative of the UC Office of the President LGBT Advisory Committee. She is also a former member of UC Riverside’s Undocumented Student Task Force, the founding director of the Middle Eastern Student Center and Dean of Students Office’s diversity initiatives coordinator.

In a Tuesday press release from the UC Office of the President, Ramirez stated that her goals are to improve diversity and accessibility across the UC campuses.

“As a member of the University of California community, it’s important to me to affect growth and change in a positive way,” Ramirez said. “I’m here to serve. I want to hear what students’ concerns are. I want to build a bridge of communication between students, staff, faculty and the board.”

Ramirez also explained that she is qualified for the position because she knows first-hand how difficult it is to be a student.

“I understand the hardships one must overcome to stay in school and the trials and tribulations that come with pursuing an academic degree and establishing yourself,” Ramirez said. “I’m in tune with student concerns and challenges across the system.”

The regents created the student regent position following a UC Student Association campaign to increase student representation

in the Regents. According to UCSA’s Tuesday press release, the student regent typically works very closely with the student organization.

UCSA President Jefferson Kuoch-Seng expressed in the press release his desire to collaborate with Ramirez during her term.

“We welcome Marcela to join us in our work to advocate for quality, affordability and accessibility for UC students,” KuochSeng said. “Student Regents are a crucial voice during key decisions on student fees, financial aid and admission, among other student priorities. We look forward to working closely over the next two years.”

Ramirez graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a master’s degree in counseling with an emphasis in student development and higher education and received bachelor’s degrees in economics and French from Cal State Fullerton. She expects to complete her UC Riverside graduate program in June 2017.

The Regents will vote on whether or not to approve the committee’s nomination during its July meeting at UC San Francisco campus in Mission Bay. If confirmed, Ramirez will serve as a regent-designate for the next year and then gain full voting privileges in July 2016.

UC Berkeley social welfare major Sadia Saifuddin is the current student regent, and UCLA economics major Avi Oved, the current regent-designate, will assume her role on July 1 for the following year.

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UCSD HEALTH SYSTEM

UCSD Brings Medical Services to New Regions Health system officials plan to expand management programs beyond San Diego County.

BY Raahima Shoaib

Contributing Writer UCSD Health System recently expanded its facilities to the Coachella Valley and Palm Springs areas in order to extend its influence as well as enhance healthcare for patients in the region.

UCSD settled a hospital management deal with El Centro Regional Medical System and is currently in talks with Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.

While the plans are not set in stone, UCSD Health System CEO Paul Viviano foresees the revamping of programs in El Centro as well as an extension of clinical trials and an overall increase in ratings.

ECRMC Interim CEO Tomas Virgen discussed the overall goals for the expansion in a recent press release

and hopes the outcome is an increase in patient care.

“In addition to providing important operational and clinical support, our relationship with UC San Diego Health System will help local patients gain greater access to a comprehensive continuum of care in El Centro and San Diego, including an array of specialized medical and surgical services,” Virgen said. “Additionally, our employees will have direct access to the best practices and expertise of the region’s top-ranked health system.”

Currently, the UCSD Health System supports Imperial Valley hospitals by providing specialized care for specific areas, including cardiovascular diseases, angioplasty, stroke consultations and more.

These areas will soon expand to include support in endocrinology, allergy and immunology, cardiology,

rheumatology and nephrology.

According to Viviano, the health system plans to expand beyond the two deals already mentioned. Further expansions, however, will not include the university purchasing facilities, as the plan is strictly to supplement existing policies and resources with UCSD’s own resources and expertise.

Viviano explained that the longterm goal is to work with external programs to broaden the reach of the health system.

“We think we can collaborate with Rady and Scripps and Sharp and Kaiser and with hospitals and doctors outside San Diego, cobble that together with our academic mission and distinguish ourselves,” Viviano told the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Results Confirms Alcohol Affects Short-Term Memory, Attention Span ▶ ALCOHOL, from page 1

in heavy drinking during adolescence, it looks like they’re performing more poorly on tests of spatial functioning, which links to mathematics, engineering kinds of functions,” Tapert said.

Tapert’s team also discovered how alcohol affects the teenage male brain.

“For boys who engaged in binge drinking during adolescence, we see poor performance on tests of attention — so being able to focus on something that might be somewhat boring, for a sustained period of time,” Tapert said to NPR. “The magnitude of the difference is 10 percent. I like to think of it as the difference between an A and a B.” Although Tapert did note that

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they need to perform more research regarding how it affected the teenage brain, the study did find some areas affected by binge drinking.

“Teens who frequently drank performed poorly on thinking and memory tests,” Tapert said. “Areas of white matter and grey matter also decreased as well.”

Aaron White, an assistant research professor of psychiatry at Duke University, also agreed that teenage drinking impairs cognitive function.

“There is no doubt about it now: There are long-term cognitive consequences to excessive drinking of alcohol in adolescence,” White said in an interview with the New York Times. “We definitely didn’t know five or 10 years ago that

alcohol affected the teen brain differently. Now there’s a sense of urgency. It’s the same place we were in when everyone realized what a bad thing it was for pregnant women to drink alcohol.”

Scott Swartzwelder, a neuropsychologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Durham, N.C., also explained how alcohol harms the teenage mind.

“Teenagers can drink far more than adults before they get sleepy enough to stop, but along the way they’re impairing their cognitive functions much more powerfully,” Swartzwelder told the New York Times.

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This is the last thing I’ll ever publish in the UCSD Guardian. Let’s let that thought sink in for a second. Since my freshman year, I’ve spent my Sundays and Wednesdays in this little corner office in Original Student Center, and after I lock the door this Wednesday night, I will be (happily and confidently) turning the paper over to someone else.

During my tenure as Editor in Chief, my staff has been the most dedicated, determined, capable, intelligent and entertaining group of people I could’ve asked for. Your tremendous strength and never-ending sass are the reasons we’ve had two incredible quarters, and you should all be very, very proud of yourselves.

Zev, you are occasionally a pain in the ass (case in point: your sendoff). That being said, you were also the catalyst for my journalistic career, as well as a stellar boss, editor and friend.

Thank you for two years’ worth of edits, for dragging me up the ladder at the Guardian and for being in my corner when things got tough.

Andrew and Taylor, it’s been an honor to watch your evolution from sweet rays of positivity into the snarky, bitter souls you are now. You’ve both been incredible managers who simultaneously took care of the details while helping to perpetuate the shenanigans. We couldn’t have put out such a stellar paper without you.

To Vincent, Rosina, Tina and the Guardian staff that’s staying on board for next year: Treasure every second that you’re overworked, underpaid and stuck in the office until the wee hours of the morning. It was easy to complain about those never-ending days, but before I knew it, I was wrapping up three years of Sunday and Wednesday productions and wondering what on earth I will do with all my free time. You guys have some amazing ideas for the paper and I can’t wait to see where you take it.

I will miss you all tremendously. You’ve been my dearest friends (and practically my roommates) for the past three years. Best of luck, much love and stay classy, UCSD.

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ZEV HURWITZ

Editor In Chief // Managing Editor // News Editor

Even though most of you have graduated and won’t see this, I want to give a huge shoutout to UCSD’s chemical engineers. All of you are so much smarter than I could ever dream to be, and my love for you is real. We’ve been through too many years of GBMs, crepe fundraisers, study groups, conferences, Hertz, senior design all-nighters and Pacific Beach nights for me to think of you as anything less than family. Iza Samek, Erica Fung, Avital Slavin, Kimi Csanadi, Oliver Molina, Daniel Chillin and Donald De Leon: we’ve been through the good, the bad and the stress-crazy together. Adil Saleh, Brian Zhou and Christianna Lininger, you are the only reason I made it through senior design.

Vincent Li, you should be a life coach because I probably would have dropped this major if you hadn’t been there to convince me that I have what it takes. And everyone from the class of 2014, we have a bond that will never break (I thought about making a chemistry joke there, but decided I’d save you the eye roll).

Another shoutout to the next generation of Chem-Es: Bao Vo Ngo, Rachel Patron, Sarah Diaz, Michael Cerdino, Melissa Nguyen, Michael Yuen, Giselle Bang, Jonathan Hall, Mio White, Darren Anthony, Kimberly Nguyen and everyone else at AIChE. It was a pleasure watching you all grow up from your freshmen years and achieve so much, all while making time to grow the org into a foundation for lifelong friendships, just like your own. I’m excited for your futures!

I don’t know how I could possibly fully express this in print (I would probably have to use Wingdings), but I am so grateful that I was placed in an apartment with Joyce Kim and Jennifer Shih at the beginning of freshman year. I admire you both so much for always saying what I think in my head but don’t say out loud for fear of judgment and for not judging me when I do say those things so that I can learn to live fearlessly. I’m equally grateful for Ephraim Lu and Edward Nguyen, two more of my best friends who have seen how I’ve evolved over the years. All of you have inspired me to not only accept myself but to wear my colors as proudly as you do.

And lastly, my newest set of friends, but friends whom I hold so close to my heart nonetheless: the UCSD Guardian staff. Even as the oldest kid in the lot, I’ve learned so much from all of you. Our adventures this year have been crazy for all of us, but we stuck together and came out on top each time. If I had the extra space, I would shoot off a paragraph for each of you about how you’ve changed my life, but I’m just going to hope you know how much you mean to me and that I can’t wait until you guys come join the New York Times with me!

Please understand that I am not here with a bucket to collect my tears.

Already, I stepped down as Editor in Chief back in December and haven’t been a student at UCSD since the school had Porter’s Pub and a University Art Gallery.

Despite my already substantial break from the UCSD Guardian, I’m grateful for the opportunity to say my goodbyes in a final piece. Reaching the top post at the Guardian was a dream of mine since my first quarter in La Jolla, but there was no way that I could have gotten there without the help of my mentors and colleagues throughout my first three years at UCSD. Even when I took on the job last March, my title and purpose would have been pointless had not been for the great co-stars and their countless hours put in at the office.

So now that I say farewell, I must admit to myself that I simply do not have the space on this page or in any entire volume of the Guardian to do justice in thanking all who deserve it.

I am so grateful to those who paved the leadership roles before me with their leadership and guidance. Consequently, I am also very blessed to have worked with those who followed behind me and picked up where I left off.

Knowing I would not have room to even mention everyone’s name, I’m taking the cheap way out and not attempting to mention everyone.

Anyone whose name ever appeared in an issue on a byline, photo or art credit or as a productionday staffer, I thank you for every moment you gave to this operation.

I will make but one personal thank you. Aleksandra Konstantinovic has been the fearless warrior who took over for me at a critical point in time and who really got the paper back on track. As she signs her name to her final paper, I am honored to have known such a wonderful student journalist, friend, mentee, mentor and partner. As a parting gift, I direct Ms. Konstantinovic to review the first 10 sentences of this piece and put the first letter of each sentence together as my final message to her as EIC. To Aleks and my former bosses, trainers, trainees, friends, co-workers, supporters, readers, associates, ex-girlfriends, writers, artists, photographers, editors, copy readers, designers, business managers, advertising representatives, social media gurus, developers, columnists and people who just seemed to hang around the office whom I was privileged to meet and work with through the Guardian, I thank you for the entire experience.

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JaCqueline Kim Arts & Entertainment Editor

Am I really writing my very last article for the UCSD Guardian? After this, I won’t really know what to do with myself. It’ll be weird not having to write a review for deadlines each week.

But it’ll be even weirder not seeing my beautiful, fantastically talented, down-to-earth Guardian family every week. I came here in search of a community — and eureka! The gifts that you have given me are priceless, and I will carry your treasures with me for the rest of my life.

Everyone I have worked with has been outstanding, and I look up to each of you. But because of this darned word count, I can only send a shout-out to a few individuals: Laira, Zev and Jacey: You’ve all long moved on, but you have no idea how grateful I am that two years ago, three brilliant people put so much faith in me and welcomed me as an editor.

Allie, aka the Crispiest One: The office isn’t the same without Her Randomness! Thank you for being the first person to welcome me into the Guardian.

Aleks and Taylor: If I could be half as fabulous as the two of you, I would consider myself fortunate (and an honorary member of your time-bending family).

Kyle, aka the Walking Pandora Station: Thank you for your help, enthusiasm and creativity — and for always generously covering for me when I had wacky schedules and for being our custodian/paperboy/writer of everything!

Vincent: It wasn’t long ago we were planning Weekend or ranting about MMW, and here you are: EIC of the whole freakin’ paper! Your enthusiasm and work ethic is exactly what the G’s next generation needs, and I have no doubt the paper will flourish during your tenure.

Tina and Karly: I could not be happier that A&E will be left to your capable hands — and this is coming from a total control freak.

My A&E staff: You are the real heart and soul of our section. I constantly learned from your endless curiosity and creativity. I am so proud A&E has such talent, and you can bet I’ll still be reading for years to come!

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Let’s just be clear: I don’t do the words around here. As former Photo Editor, and manager of the visual side of the UCSD Guardian, I would much rather just put a photo here of me waving goodbye than spend time writing a send-off. Nevertheless, my three years here (is it only three years? It feels like my whole life ) merit a proper goodbye to the amazing people who I’ve worked with.

This weird group of misfits who sometimes, somehow spits out a newspaper has completely changed my college experience. Somewhere in between the absurd brackets, the office pranks and shenanigans I gained practical experience, confidence in myself, memories that will last the rest of my life and my closest friends. Without the experiences I had in this office I would be a different person (a better person maybe but who cares.) Maybe it was when we taped Zev’s belongings to the ceiling, maybe it was when we stood together against censorship or maybe it was when we all piled into a photobooth at once. But at some point we became friends. I want to thank all of you for giving me the memories that make up the best of my time at UCSD. To all the babies who are just now joining the Guardian, do not be afraid. For me, it all began with a random flier posted on a wall in Sixth College. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Working at the Guardian can be difficult, infuriating and time consuming. But it can also be endlessly entertaining, supportive and fun. I am so thankful for the opportunity to have worked here, and I will, in a weird way, miss it as I leave UCSD and go off into the real world.

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SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW 2015 he best male strippers this side of the Mississippi return in this sequel to Steven Soderbergh’s 2012 masterpiece.

However, because of Soderbergh’s retirement from directing, it will instead be the familiar hand of Gregory Jacobs (assistant director on all Soderbergh films) pointing the camera at the impeccable stage routines and glistening muscles of modern Adonis, Channing Tatum.

This time around, the boys are on a road trip to a Myrtle Beach stripping convention in search of purpose and parties after the events of the first. The first film was a meditation on the perils of industry and greed, a timeless tale told under the burnt Florida sun and through the exploitative managerial tactics of southern charmer, Matthew McConaughey’s aptly named Dallas.

If the trailer is a fair indication of what we can expect, then we’re in for a disturbingly dark view on American capitalism and a visceral experience this July. Get ready for repeated viewings, because you’ll want to come again.

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Directed by Gregory Jacobs Starring Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello Release Date July 1

ust when we thought having a talking tree for a superhero couldn’t get weirder, Marvel Studios brings us yet another off-the-wall protagonist: a dude who shrinks. Admittedly, there are a lot of logistical issues that arise from this kind of setup (like, isn’t a small person at a disadvantage when taking out the big bad guys?) — but who cares about logic? This is a comic book movie, after all.

Yet the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a force to be reckoned with, a colossal juggernaut stronger than the Avengers’ strength combined. And “Ant-Man,” the final film of Phase Two, seems to be no exception compared to the vast stories already told about other (full-sized) superhumans. With Paul Rudd as the underdog protagonist Scott Lang and a self-awareness of having such an unconventional hero, “Ant-Man” is guaranteed to up the comedy in the comic book genre. If anything, it’ll be worth it to see how a showdown involving Thomas the Tank Engine goes down.

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n a generation often bloated with unoriginal ideas, Pixar has thankfully been one of the prominent fountains of creative inspiration. Pete Docter has always been a master-class storyteller (“Monsters, Inc.” and “Up”), and “Inside Out” finds him at perhaps his most innovative yet. Not just any animator would be audacious enough to make his or her latest film on the inner workings of the human psyche. The plot focuses on the personified emotions, positive and negative, that course through us all on a daily basis: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and most certainly Disgust. It looks like a veritable comedic field day for voice actors like Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling. Pixar also persistently has an intuitive, almost uncanny, ability to tell stories in the most human of terms whether the subject matter happens to be fish, superheroes, cars or even emotions.

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Directed by Pete Docter Starring Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader Release Date June 19

panish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar has never made a bad film. Despite what clearly confused critics thought about his last ambitious effort (“Agora”), Amenabar has now written and directed five brilliant motion pictures.

This is an objective truth — a scientific fact if there ever was one. Using sports lingo, we can say that he remains undefeated. “Regression” promises to add another gem to his oeuvre. The film marks Amenabar’s return to his cinematic home: the psychological thriller. The plot follows a father (Devon Dencik) who is accused of abusing his daughter (Emma Watson) but has no memory of the crime. Judging by the trailer, “Regression” aims to blend the sheer terror of “Tesis” with the philosophical mind-fuckedness of “Abre los Ojos”. If the product is half as good as any of those, we will be looking at another remarkable work by a guy who simply lacks the ability to make a bad movie.

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The inimitable Ian McKellen plays the gumshoe, 93 years old and coming to terms with the fact that his brilliant mind is faltering from age. Nevertheless, he is determined to find the solution to one last case as he struggles to recall his peak years, told in a series of flashbacks. Considering that Oscar-winner Bill Condon has brought together his frequent collaborators McKellen and Emmy winner Laura Linney, who plays Holmes’ housekeeper, there is no doubt that the Academy will buzz over the talent of this thought-provoking period drama.

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conic, controversial and “straight outta Compton,” Niggaz Wit Attitudes is one of the most compelling acts in music history. The film, helmed by “Friday” director F. Gary Gray, follows the group’s members — living hip-hop legend Dr. Dre, the late Eazy-E and a “crazy muthafucka named Ice Cube” — and their complicated rise to fortune and fame.

The largest concern with this project, as with any Hollywood biographical drama, is that the subject matter will get watered down and sanitized for the mainstream audience. However, the film’s first red band trailer made it clear that it is more concerned with truth than politics.

“Our art is a reflection of our reality,” Ice Cube confidently declares to a reporter who accuses the group’s songs of glamorizing gangs and drugs.

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ith colorful button-down shirts and a hi-top fade haircut, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) strives to balance academics and romance with survival as a “‘90s hip-hop geek” in the ghettos of Los Angeles. Writer and Director Rick Famuyiwa, known for “Talk To Me” and “The Wood,” looks to bring ‘90s classic style via a nostalgic soundtrack and an unmistakably bright wardrobe together in a coming-of-age story. Three geeks with big dreams for college take a step in the opposite direction by attending a party with the wrong people and finding themselves with a backpack full of drugs.

The young cast, including Zoe Kravitz (“Divergent”), Tony Revolori (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”) and Blake Anderson (“Workaholics”), brings great timing and energy that propels “Dope” to comedic success. An immediate hit at the Sundance Film Festival, wait for Malcolm, with his geeky ‘90s flair and determined ambition to be a summer favorite.

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lmost from the beginning, “Fantastic Four” has been plagued with negative rumors and fan outrage over things like black actor Michael B. Jordan cast as Johnny Storm (oh, the horror) and the villain Dr. Doom (Toby Kebbell) changed into a blogger. “Fantastic Four” has been fighting an uphill battle, but after the first trailer hit, all the naysayers shut up. After surprising audiences with his 2012 debut film “Chronicle,” “Fantastic Four” is director Josh Trank’s massive follow-up that looks and feels like a horror movie, a new take that Marvel comic fans should be excited about. Filled with young, talented actors, including Miles Teller and Kate Mara, and a ton of spectacular effects, Trank’s darker and grittier version of this superhero story will have no problem separating itself from the silly and cartoonish 2005 version.

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Students indulge in sexual fantasies with great relish, and porn brings them to life. To uncover the world of porn for UCSD students, we conducted an online survey of 537 undergrads (319 identifying as males and 200 as female) who attend our school.

The survey purposely does not define “porn” for the participants, since today, thanks to the Internet, pornographic content comes in all shapes and sizes, literally and proverbially. However, the questions mainly focused on video pornography, as it remains one of the most popular forms of pornography. Now, let’s see what people think.

First things first: 86 percent of respondents do watch porn (74 percent of females, 95 percent of males), and 90 percent of those who took the survey agree that watching people have sex on camera is absolutely normal. It’s no surprise that Yik Yak folks often blame XXX-video fans for ResNet’s slow Internet connection, while Tritonsnap captures students

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Around one-fourth of UCSD students do not feel comfortable talking about pornography with their friends. But, hey, 65 percent of respondents are totally fine with sharing links and telling each other what they would rather witness on their computer screens.

Meanwhile, the choice of pornographic content directly depends on how the actors please one another, as 66 percent of people said that they care a lot about the type of sexual acts performed in porn. Not only do students want porn performers to be a certain sex, but they also expect them to look certain ways (66 percent), be a certain age (48 percent) and have a particular sexual orientation (45 percent) and race (41 percent). At the same time, UCSD folks are significantly less picky when it comes to details such as the plot, setting or background music. Remarkably, a significant number of respondents confess that they prefer other forms of pornography, such as written pornography, gif-porn and images to video porno. But no matter what content students choose, it is very unlikely that they pay for it, with only 5 percent of students claiming to purchase pornographic content. Sorry, Brazzers, $30 per month is almost four meals at Pines or 24 laundry loads.

While the majority of UCSD students do watch porn (and rather often) they are not oblivious to the fact that pornography is a very controversial phenomenon. While our respondents recognize that it can be a great way to explore yourself, relieve stress while masturbating and strengthen your relationship with a partner, some also acknowledged that pornography can also create false impressions about sex, promote non-consensual or unsafe sex, normalize objectification of women, fetishize certain sexual orientations or races and even turn people into porn-addicts.

The data presented by Stoppornculture.com demonstrates that 88.2 percent of top-rated porn scenes contain aggressive acts. Of pornography containing sexual violence, 70 percent of the time, a man perpetrated the aggression and 94 percent of the time the act is directed toward a woman. Despite these statistics, we were happy to find out from our survey that UCSD men and women are equally aware of the objectifying quality of pornography. It is a good reason to believe that in an educated community, like UCSD, even those who are not damaged by socially problematic images displayed in porn are ready to recognize the perpetuated inequalities and fight against them. No matter the race, gender or sexual orientation, students — who account for a third of all consumers of pornogrphy in the U.S., according to Pornhub — should take responsibility for what they watch and always keep in mind that pornography has an influence on our lives, and the influence it has largely depends on us.

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USA Downs Serbia at Canyonview Pool In the first matchup of a four-game series against the number two team in the world, Team USA came out on top with goals from John Mann and Bret Bonanni.

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sports editor This past Tuesday, Team USA played the Serbian national team in front of a sold-out crowd at Canyonview Pool. USA water polo, led by John Mann from the New York Athletic Club and Bret Bonanni from Stanford University, defeated the Serbians 12–10 after a thrilling finish.

The designated home team, Serbia, scored first through Strahinja Rasovic on a superb deviation in front of the goal to beat USA goalie Merrill Moses.

Team USA equalized shortly after in the first quarter on a five meter, but Serbia took a 2–1 lead into the second quarter on a goal from Zivko Gocic.

In the second period, the No. 2 team Serbia extended its lead when it netted another goal, putting the score

at 3–1 in its favor. Team USA finally settled down and dominated the rest of the period. Serbia led 4–2 when Team USA scored four unanswered goals to end the period. Mann got on the board and back-to-back goals by Bonanni gave the United States a 6–4 lead going into halftime.

Dusan Mandic scored at the beginning of the third period to make it a one-goal game, but Team USA pulled away with three more unanswered goals — netted by Mann, Bonanni and NYAC‘s Tony Azevedo, respectively — to take a commanding 9–5 lead. Although Serbia scored a goal before the end of the period to reduce the deficit, the damage was done.

In the final period, the U.S. took a 10–7 lead on Mann’s fourth goal of the game. Serbia was not done,

however, as it made a final push for the game and got within one goal of its opponent with three minutes remaining. With a slim 11–10 lead, Team USA once again relied on Mann, who delivered with his fifth goal of the game to seal the deal. The defense and Moses, who had eight saves in the game, shut out the Serbians in the final 3:03 of play.

It is the first time Team USA defeated the Serbian national team since the Olympic semifinal in 2008.

This game was only the first of a fourgame series that will continue today in Riverside, California, at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California on Sunday and will finish next T uesday in Chicago.

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FIFA’s Leaders Accused of Corruption ▶ THIS WEEK IN SPORTS, from page 12

indictment of the FIFA officials, the U.K. joined it in criticizing FIFA’s functioning and ethics.

Several FIFA officials and analysts were quick to notice that the U.S. and the U.K. had failed bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, bids that went to Russia and Qatar, respectively. Think about this for a second: The next two World Cups will go to Russia — one of the most corrupt states in the world that surprisingly also hosted the recent Winter Olympics in Sochi (which didn’t turn out that great) — and Qatar, a country ranked so low on the Universal Humans Rights Index that I am still searching for it. Qatar also has a very large income inequality gap and an approximate 4,000 migrant workers expected to die building the World Cup’s stadium.

If that is still not enough, the games would have been played in a 120-degree heat, which forced the Cup to be pushed back to the middle of November when the temperatures are more bearable, which, you know, is just when the national leagues start to play real soccer. The FBI announced yesterday that they would also investigate the process that awarded these World Cups. Everything is so

perfectly imperfect, and the marriage between FIFA and these countries is just too great.

One final point is to be made here: FIFA is the first international sports body in history to be shaken up with such a scandal. Money in the world of soccer is flowing in from everywhere, especially from Qatar, and is slowly changing the face of soccer. Historic soccer powers are no longer making the calls at the international stage, and now FIFA is calling the shots, a “non-profit” organization that made no less than $4 billion this past year with the World Cup in Brazil. That in itself is spectacular, but the audacity with which most officials rebutted the accusations is even worse. One of the former vice presidents of FIFA, Jack Warner, presented an article by the satirical site The Onion to prove his point that “if FIFA is so bad, why is it that the United States wants to keep the World Cup that will start May 27 of this year?” Yes, I know.

Pierce concludes, “It is incorrect to refer to FIFA as being ‘fraught’ with corruption or ‘riddled’ with crime. FIFA is itself a corrupt act.

FIFA is itself the crime.” With Blatter stepping down, the fight against crime is just starting.

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ustin Donatella has already made history at UCSD. In the past year alone, he’s knocked down singleseason records for ERA, strikeouts and opposing batting average; he led the California Collegiate Athletic Association during the regular season in multiple pitching categories and had an incredible 0.78 ERA leading into the postseason. He was recognized for a handful of awards for his stellar performance on the mound: He was named the CCAA’s Most Valuable Pitcher and was the consensus vote for West Region Pitcher of the Year, as well as All-American.

Donatella’s story wasn’t always one of massive success; rather, it was one of pure determination and rock-solid work ethic. The 6-foot-6-inch right-hander out of Saugus High School in Simi Valley, California, started out in baseball like any other kid. He started playing at age 5 and, gradually, baseball morphed from “just a game” into something that defines his life. He came into the recruiting game as a junior with a modest 3–5 record and a 3.74 ERA. Although this record didn’t make him highly sought after by big Division-I programs, UCSD Head Coach Eric Newman saw potential.

“He was a big, athletic kid,” Newman told the UCSD Guardian. “He had a good arm; he just wasn’t necessarily a good thrower by Division-I standards at that time. We saw there was a good chance that he could improve and do well on our team, though.”

Coming in to UCSD, Donatella knew that it could be the right fit — and not just because of baseball. With two parents involved in education, going to a school with a good academic reputation was a no-brainer. After a visit to the campus, he knew it would be the right choice.

From the get-go, he was “locked into the UCSD experience,” according to Coach Newman: He maintained his academic standing and put effort into his classes. He took care of his grades to hang on to his eligibility and to be able to achieve athletic and academic success.

The right-hander had committed to becoming something great, and he wasn’t going to let go until he had reached his goals. However, as is typical for many freshmen recruits, the pitcher had

significant work to do on the field to establish himself as a dominant feature in collegiate baseball.

“Coming in, I was just another freshman,” Donatella told the Guardian.

“I struggled. You learn from all of the struggling, though. By the last week or so of my [freshman] season I knew I wasn’t going to play much more, but I took what I had a hard time with [during the season] and just worked on it. I still worked out; I went to the gym with one of my buddies every day, I worked on throwing … [and] just got in any extra practice I could.”

It wasn’t long before he hit his stride.

After the typical bumps and bruises of his freshman experience, Donatella began to step into the limelight.

“He made a significant jump his sophomore year,” Newman said. “He got stronger; he threw a little harder. He started pitching in the upper 80s to low 90s and started looking like he was going to be a top pitcher for our league.”

He didn’t disappoint. His sophomore campaign was just the start of something great, but his junior season was what really turned heads. Coaches and MLB scouts alike were noticing Donatella’s experience and “maturity” on the mound — the payoff of countless hours of extra work outside of practice. “The ultimate goal for me was always to win a national championship,” Donatella said. “I wanted to be the ‘Friday-night guy,’ the ace of the staff. It helped for me to just put in that extra work and to talk to my coaches.

They can give you an outside perspective, and it helps you learn what needs work.”

Now, after a stellar junior season, the pitcher has some major decisions to make.

MLB scouts caught wind of Donatella’s success, and they liked what they saw. “I know we had scouts at almost every game he pitched this year — he has a good opportunity [to go pro], but he ultimately will be the one to decide if he’s ready to take that next step,” Coach Newman said.

Donatella is just shy of a week before he has to make his decision: to ink a professional contract or to stay another year at UCSD. Both coach and parents agree that, regardless of when he chooses to go pro, his schooling will be most important.

Whether it’s now or later, it seems the general consensus is that his academic

history will play just as important of a role in deciding Donatella’s future as baseball will. Newman — a junior signer himself — knows that it will ultimately be about finishing his degree and having a solid academic history behind him, despite his talent and professional potential.

Whatever his decision, he will surely have a bright future ahead of him. “Even if he [doesn’t] sign this year, I’m sure he’ll get the opportunity again next year,” Coach Newman commented. “He’s got a great work ethic and good athleticism; he’s been working and developing all three of his pitches. He’s worked a good change-up and slider, and he throws a good fastball.

He’s going to do well whenever he decides to [play professionally].”

Donatella, like many other baseball players at every level of play, knows that playing MLB is the ultimate dream. “If it all pans out, I want to pursue that [dream], but I could very well be back playing for UCSD next season, too. My parents will be in on the decision, too; I’m just waiting to see if it’s all going to line up.”

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Charles Pierce, a writer for the online sports website Grantland, rightfully titled his article about the recent FIFA scandal “Zurich Is Stained: FIFA and the Sports Crime of the Century.” Maybe even the word “setback” is too nice for the rotten, corrupt and disgraceful organization that FIFA has become.

It was about time that someone came down on FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his colleagues.

These someones are the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI, assisted

by Swiss investigators, who went up to the hotel where the FIFA officials resided to arrest them this past week on charges of fraud and corruption.

Let’s take it back a notch. FIFA has been corrupt for at least the past 20 years, which basically spans the time Blatter has been in charge.

The system is rotten and favors small countries, like Andorra and Liechtenstein, which have the same power as soccer’s major powers, like Spain and Germany. The voting system is “one vote for one country,” and a total of 209 votes are counted to elect the president. This means one thing: As long as Blatter and his henchmen do well by smaller and poorer countries, they will give Blatter their undisclosed support. One example of this is that the revenue from FIFA for World Cups is split equally among all the countries, to ensure the support of the smaller countries. Liechtenstein gets the same amount of money as the United States, which is appalling.

Also contributing to the appalling system, this past week, some of the high-end officials who took advantage of this system got arrested on several charges of fraud and corruption. Even Blatter, who had been sitting comfortably on his throne atop the world of football and just recently extended his reign for a fifth consecutive mandate as voted last Friday, had to step down following the pressure he faced.

We cannot make rash judgements, and the judicial process will take time, but as the New York Times recently pointed out on Monday, “Federal authorities believe that Sepp Blatter’s top lieutenant at FIFA made $10 million in bank transactions that are central elements of the bribery scandal engulfing international soccer,” according to U.S. officials and others briefed on the case. Come on, there is no way Blatter hasn’t taken some of that bribe money for himself.

Nate Silver from fivethirtyeight. com reports in his “How To Break FIFA” piece that “Michel Platini, president of the European football federation UEFA, said its 54 countries might quit FIFA if Blatter is re-elected as FIFA president.” For now, these may be meaningless threats, but they paint a bigger picture in which the whole world of football is shaking. After the U.S. released the report that led to the See THIS WEEK IN SPORTS, page 11