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divestment resolution Scrapped By laira martin • associate news editor Photo Illustration by Andrew Oh

fforts stalled Wednesday to pass an A.S. Council resolution that called for the UC system to divest funds from non-neutral corporations currently providing technology to the Israeli Defense Forces. This is the second year the resolution, proposed by Students for Justice in Palestine, has been brought before council. Last year’s version called for divestment from all companies that profit from human rights violations,, and did not explicitly mention Israel. TFI members claimed they were excluded from the drafting of last year’s resolution and felt alienated on campus, which led to contention with SJP. A.S. Council voted 13-10-4 to create a committee on the topic before moving forward, but the issue dropped after the committee failed to reach a consensus. At the same time, the UC Berkeley A.S. Council passed a resolution 16-4 to divest funds from Israel, but the resolution was later vetoed by then-ASUC President Will Smelko. Conflicts originally ensued after SJP announced its plan to present a resolution at the April 13 council meeting, but the respective organizations then planned to pursue a joint resolution for the 2011-12 academic year that reflected the beliefs of

both sides. The orgs planned to announce this effort on April 27, but TFI withdrew support hours before the Wednesday council meeting. Both Social Sciences Senator Rena Zuabi, a supporter of the resolution, and TFI Executive Board member Michael Yadegaran described the collaboration as “risky.” “It’s been an emotional roller coaster,” Yadegaran said. “Something like this [collaboration] on campus is unprecedented. Any cooperation between SJP and TFI [in the past] has been forced by A.S. and it’s only happened once and it was a complete failure.” A.S. Council had planned to vote on the resolution at last night’s council meeting, but in light of the failed joint resolution, the issue has been tabled, with SJP stating its intention to move forward with the divestment efforts. “Some TFI members said they have big big problems with the wording and the basic ideas that were put forth and agreed upon before,” Zuabi said. “We were told we can’t release this statement. TFI didn’t want to include ideas of neutrality in investments. SJP wanted to keep this basic [tenet] of the original resolution.” TFI Vice President Daniel Friedman expressed disagreement with specific clauses of the joint resolution.

“TFI is firm in its stance that A.S. is not the place for a specific groups of different political views to [have dialogue],” TFI Vice President Daniel Friedman said. “Especially with divestment, which is bigger than just an Israel issue. The resolution had multiple identical clauses from last OPINION year’s [resolution]. Ultimately, we can’t support something One step forward that damages our university’s and two image and effectively punishes steps back. the Israeli defense forces for PAGE 4 defending its citizens.” The original draft of the resolution stated that UCSD is currently invested in the stocks of both General Electric and Northrop Grumman through the endowment and retirement funds. According to SJP, both companies are connected to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict because they supply the Israeli army with helicopter parts and weapons to use against the Palestinian army. “The [original] resolution was only targeting Israel,” Friedman said. “It was an attempt to demonize the state and effectively collect punishment.” Both Zuabi and TFI President Lior See divestment, page 3

UCSD Joins UC-Wide Student PARKING CITATION AMOUNTS ROSE Health Insurance Plan to Save Money A CLOSER LOOK

BY $15 AT BEGINNING OF 2011 By Regina Ip News Editor

Parking citation amounts have increased by $15 since Jan. 3, after the Transportation Policy Committee approved the increase on Dec. 6. The citation amounts increased in response to increased state surcharges, which went from $9.50 to $12.50 on Dec. 7. As a result, the transportation service department must offset the additional surcharges. According to the committee meeting minutes, Transportation Services Associate Director Todd Berven presented scenarios that increased parking citations by $3, $5, $10 or $15. Management and Planning Communications Director Rex Graham said in an email that the committee was considering other possible increases that ranged from $0 to $100. “Some wanted to increase the fees by considerably more than [$15],” he wrote. “$15 was the middle ground for the proposed fee increases. I cannot speak to why the committee chose $15.” The committee — an advisory board of six faculty and staff members, two undergraduates and one graduate student — voted 5-2 for approving the citation increase, which passed. A.S. representative Adam Powers and UCSD Healthcare representative Ray Osborne were absent from the Dec. 6 meeting. The individuals who voted against the fee increase were Student College Council Representative Karleen Ronsairo and staff representative Paul DeWine. Vice Chancellor of Resource Management and Planning Russell Thackston, who was present at the meeting, then approved the increase.

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Citation amounts for 20 of 25 types of violations went up by $15; these citations include not having a parking permit — which now costs $65 to pay off, as opposed to $50. If the fees are not paid within 21 days, the fee is doubled, so the possible total is $150, compared to last year’s $120. The citation amounts that remained the same include $450 for having no placard, $450 for parking in a disabled zone, $450 for misusing a disabled person parking placard, $150 for a boot fee and $20 for a non-sufficient funds fee. Graham said the increases are a way to address the department’s financial situation, since A.S. Council rejected a $25 student fee referendum last year. Faculty Welfare committee representative and psychology professor Timothy Rickard agreed that the increase was for revenue reasons. “The reason it’s at the level that it is our parking citation fees having been previously below what the case is at, for example, UCLA and, some other UC schools that we use for comparison,” Rickard said. “[It is one] of many decisions that will need to be made to make revenue for the parking services overall that just brings us in line with what is the case at other universities that we use for examples.” UCLA’s website states that the fine for not displaying a ticket is $58. Their highest fine is $508 for an invalid or misused disabled placard. “The citation fee increase was not implemented to help TS’ financial situation,” Graham wrote. The UC Berkeley’s website states that revenue from citations on UC campuses cannot be used to build parking, but they can cover enforcement costs.

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plan — which will go into effect Aug. 15 — aims to give students more pharmaceutical and treatment benefits and provide a dependent-plan option for families. It aims to reduce student coverage fees, but they were not lowered at UCSD. With a campuswide plan, the UC system negotiated a better rate with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. “It is clear that savings have been achieved, but there is no hard number yet,” UC Office of the President spokesperson See health, page 3

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Researchers Monitor Fatigue in Brain With Cell Phone By Sarah Smith

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UCSD researchers have figured out how to detect fatigue by monitoring the brain with a headset, which transmits signals to a cell phone. In the past, brain-computer interface systems were used to treat nervous system disorders, but Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience Associate Director Tzyy-Ping Jung and his team focused on fatigue in people’s everyday lives — particularly for professionals such as air traffic controllers and truck drivers, for whom a lapse in concentration can be fatal. “Most research in this area is trying to develop research for [a] patient’s nervous system, like patients who are paralyzed with no control over their muscles,” Jung said. “We’re trying to target a larger goal. Even healthy people suffer impairments such as falling asleep while driving, and we’re trying to detect and prevent that.” Working with the Brain Research

Center at the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, the researchers used a headset to monitor the electrical activity produced by the firing of neurons in the brain. The electroencephalographic (EEG), or neural, signals were then relayed to a Nokia N97 cell phone, which was programmed to monitor any fluctuations. When the EEG spectrum rises above a certain level, indicating that the subject is getting drowsy, the phone produces an alert to wake the user. Another difference in Jung’s approach is that the brain is continuously monitored with a portable phone as opposed to a more traditional off-site location, where subjects are monitored on a large EEG machine in a laboratory. Jung said the cell phone was chosen for its popularity in Taiwan and its portable size. As a result, the platform can continuously monitor and analyze brain activity at any place and time. The first step of the onsite research

was developing a smaller headset, according to Jung. “A typical EEG system is very bulky, with dangling wires and an amplifier connected to a computer,” Jung said. “It is not very practical in real-world applications because no one is going to wear it in real life. We needed to develop technology that can enable EEG monitoring outside laboratories.” One study involved 10 subjects wearing wireless EEG headbands and looking at computer screens with numbers arranged to mimic a phone touch pad. The subjects’ goal was to dial a phone number by looking at those displayed on the screen, which flashed at different rates. When a subject looked at a number, the signal from the visual cortex was transmitted through Bluetooth technology. The phone received signals, entered the numbers and placed the call. There was a 90-percent accuracy rate among most participants.

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Student Orgs to Collaborate for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Council Denies Funding for APSA’s $9K Graduation Banquet

his week’s meeting was held in Price Center East Ballroom in anticipation of the divestment resolution, which, if passed, would have asked the UC system to divest from companies providing the Israeli Defense Forces with military technologies used Rebecca Horwitz rahorwit@ucsd.edu in attacks on Palestine. Initially, the public half of the ballroom was about a quarter full. Most of the public slowly filed out after Social Sciences Senator Rena Zuabi announced that the Students for Justice in Palestine and Tritons For Israel worked together to create a joint statement. However, not every member in TFI felt comfortable with the new draft, so the groups will not be pursuing the resolution until next year. TFI President Lior Abramson apologized to those affected by the change. She said the intention was for the two groups to find a common ground but, in the short time period they had, they didn’t have the means to find it. The next issue presented came from the Asian and Pacific Islander Student Alliance. APSA Vice President of Finance Thai Do and Social Programming Chair Allan Castaneda asked council to reconsider their request for funding their graduation banquet — which is projected to cost $8,778.71 this year — that has occurred for 24 years, and relied on council funding for the last few. The location of the venue was a problem because it was off campus and not within a five-mile range of campus, creating liability issues.

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However, APSA members brought up how council funded other other off campus events. The biggest problem was that APSA had signed a binding contract with their venue before receiving funding, and the org would still be required to pay the venue full price even if the group could not use it. The vote on whether to fund APSA the full amount was 15-15-2, so it did not pass. VP of Finance and Resources Andrew Ang and AVP of Student Organizations Carli Thomas gave APSA the option of an underwrite. Ang said that student organizations that fail to make the payment on time make a presentation about the ways they attempted to raise funds and council can choose to forgive the debt. But Do and Castaneda were hesitant to agree to it without talking to their members first. They were also reluctant because the underwrite would go under one of their members’ names, and that student could be charged the full amount if APSA failed to raise enough money by their deadline; he or she also wouldn’t be allowed to graduate until the payment was received. Do and Castaneda asked council if they could have more time to discuss the option of an underwrite with their board. Council tabled the decision until next week. The meeting ended shortly after the discussion while a student played with Campuswide Senator Deyna Robinson’s energetic son in public seating.

▶ divestment, from page 1 Abramson commented on the progress of the two organizations at the April 27 council meeting. “I do think that this should be the beginning of a story of cooperation and not the end of a resolution,” Abramson said at the meeting. Zuabi explained why there was not going to be a presentation

anymore.“There was a draft statement created last night to express commitment to that effort based off of original agreements,” Zuabi said. “Members of TFI are uncomfortable and contested current ideas.” The two organizations have put their collaborative efforts on hold and are pursuing alternative ways to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“We both had good intentions with this,” Zuabi said. “I don’t think TFI is ready to work on this dialogue yet. [SJP] plans on moving forward with divestment next year.” Additional reporting by Natalie Covate. Readers can contact Laira Martin at lmm002@ucsd.edu.

Webpage Indicating New Citation Amounts Not Available ▶ parking, from page 1 The transportation budget is facing a $3-million funding deficit that is mostly caused by repair costs to the Arbor Parking Structure at the Hillcrest Medical Center. The structure is expected to collapse within the next five to 10 years, unless it is rebuilt with an estimated $30-to-$50 million. “Transportation Parking Services department only has so many ways

they can adjust to make up for budget deficits,” Powers said. “They can either cut services, which means shuttles away, or they can raise rates, which means raising parking permit rates and raising parking citation rates .” Graham said the citation increase has not helped with Transportation Services’ financial situation. The webpage for citation penalty amounts for 2010 were taken down during

the week of Jan. 3. The new penalty amounts have not been displayed online since January. Graham said there would not be any potential increases in the near future. TPC chair William Trogler and DeWine could not be contacted at press time. Readers can contact Regina Ip at rwip@ ucsd.edu.

UC-Wide Insurance Plan Covers 90 Percent of Travel Vaccines ▶ health, from page 1 Leslie Sepuka said. UCSD Student Health Services Director Regina Fleming said the costs are lower because they do not have an insurance broker, not because of premiums. Fleming said she does not have numbers for UCSD because they are not medically relevant and are based on numbers from a consulting firm. The committee first suggested opting out because the current plan had the same premium and offered a more comprehensive coverage for students. As a result, UC-SHIP representatives, who negotiate with insurance companies, contacted Fleming in February in hopes of reaching an agreement with UCSD. “The initial decision was not to join the UC-wide plan,” Fleming said. “We were contacted by the [UC] OP and discussions continued at a

higher campus level. There was a huge incentive for UCSD to join because as time went on, all other campuses joined [UC-SHIP].” During negotiations, UCSD was provided the option to opt out of certain benefits, like full vision and dental coverage that were 40 percent more expensive under UC-SHIP. “[UCSD was] provided the flexibility to maintain their local arrangements for dental and vision coverage to ensure the most costeffective plan for students,” Sepuka said. Furthermore, Graduate Student Association Vice President of Finance Taylor Bright said costs for dental coverage and experience claims looked too high, so he asked UCOP to recalculate them. The recalculated plan provides lowered premium rates. Before recalculations, UCSD students

would have to pay an eight-percent increase for UC-SHIP, from $290 to $315. But an increase would have occurred regardless, because the insurance companies increase the premium every year, Fleming said. UC-SHIP allows UCSD students to keep the same dental and vision benefits, but receive better immunization and pharmacy co-pay coverage. Under UCSD’s current plan, students would have to pay $25 for some vaccines and full price for others. Under UC-SHIP, all vaccines except those required for international travel are free. UC-SHIP also covers 90 percent of travel vaccines that students need for certain study abroad programs. This benefit is not available under UCSD’s current plan. Readers can contact Anqi Chen at anc028@ucsd.edu.

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www.ucsdguardian.org/OPINION Props to Ricky Gilleland, a Virginia high school junior who created the only digitzed record of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at Arlington National Cemetery. Flops to Sony for releasing the personal data of tens of millions of its customers, who registered for the PlayStation Network, after hackers gained access to their database.

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After another divestment resolution stalls on the A.S. Council floor, two student orgs will have to cooperate in the interest of constructive dialogue.

hen I was little, my mother was always quick to remind me: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” What she meant, of course, was that the best deals in life come at a price — whether you accept some stranger’s favor and become their mob bitch (a la “The Departed”), or end up being paid by your roommate to tell embarrassingly tepid jokes in front of her 200-person class so that she can get extra credit.

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But when I entered college, I couldn’t really afford to be so choosy. My wallet got a little tighter and my appetite for OVT’s disgusting selections plummeted. (Why, “Meatless Monday?” Why?) My friends and I instinctively began to seek out what college students love best: free food. We quickly realized that one of the simplest ways to snag a free snack (as close to free as I can get, Mom) was through Sprinkles Cupcakes’ Twitter feed. Every morning at around 10 a.m., the trendy (read: expensive) cupcake shop updates its Twitter feed and Facebook page with a new “secret” phrase of the day. The first 50 people to whisper that phrase in store get a free cupcake — usually an exclusive flavor of the day that you can brag about to your uninformed friends, like chocolate cake filled with marshmallow cream topped with peanut butter frosting. (Actually, that one was disgusting.) For those too lazy to sprint to Sprinkles at a moment’s notice, it’s also possible to comment on Sprinkles’ Facebook update, where five people get chosen at random for a free cupcake coupon. Of course, with 500-plus people commenting every day and only five lucky winners, I really can’t be bothered. I have better things to do with my time, like looking up adorable pug videos on YouTube. Recently, early morning lines at Sprinkles have been short to nonexistent, other than the occasional junkie purchasing her daily dozen hogging up the line, but it was an entirely different story when the store first opened back in January. The endless quest for my first Sprinkles cupcake was tainted by three-hour lines wrapping around the store. Very little (besides a cupcake) could soothe my raging anger at the hordes of morose, sugardeprived patrons. Why did they feel the need to pay $3.50 for a designer cupcake? I wanted to pay $3.50 for a cupcake. In due time, the lines waned, and my tally of free cupcakes has reached six. I can now get a free cupcake in less than 10 minutes (driving time included!), and I’m no longer interested in paying three dollars for one. Though I will sometimes go out of my way, I only do so on occasion, and when I actually have time to go. That way, I don’t feel quite so crazy for checking their feed every morning. It’s easier to seem normal when you’re not foaming at the mouth for Irish cream frosting.

n the span of 24 hours from Tuesday to Wednesday, two divided campus communities made an unprecedented step toward compromise — and then took it all back. On the heels of another IsraelPalestine divestment resolution, members of Students for Justice in Palestine and Tritons for Israel — the student orgs that have supported and opposed the petition in the past, respectively — met last Friday, April 22, to discuss the controversial issue, which is brought like clockwork before A.S. Council each spring. But a

few hours before Wednesday’s council meeting, members of TFI withdrew their support of the joint statement after hearing dissent from members of its community. And now the two groups are back at square one with no agreement and no compromise, only a promise on the part of SJP that the group will pursue divestment again in the coming year. A refresher: This is the second year SJP has introduced its divestment resolution, a resolution that, last year, packed the council’s Forum and produced 5 a.m. meetings with tempers running

According to October 2010 CUNY reports, transfer students spend $72 million in tax dollars annually on courses that eventually high on both sides. This year, just two speakers lead themaddressed to farcouncil during public input, taking up exceed theof120 only a fraction their allotted 20 minutes. units necessary for The resolution calls for the UC system to take a neutral stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict by stopping its investment in companies such as General Electric and Northrop Grumman, companies that currently build parts of the helicopters used in the Middle East. Although UC President Mark G. Yudof has already stated that the university will not divest

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GUEST COMMENTARIES

A Leap of Faith Fell Flat Unfair Bias Halted Talks By Students for Justice in Palestine Executive Board

his quarter, UCSD Students for Justice in Palestine was organizing a “Resolution to Divest from Companies Profiting from Violent Conflict.” The resolution addressed General Electric and Northrop Grumman, two companies that provide parts of Apache helicopters that have been documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to cause civilian deaths in the Palestinian territories. The resolution was originally set to be presented on April 20, 2011. In respect to those students observing Passover, specifically those connected with the resolution, SJP leadership agreed to postpone the presentation until April 27, 2011. On April 22, 2011, five days before the resolution was to be presented, an unaffiliated third party council member arranged for representatives from Tritons for Israel and SJP to meet. In this meeting, SJP conditionally offered to include certain proposals put forth by TFI in a new draft of the resolution. There were certain

core elements of SJP’s mission statement and the resolution that could not be negotiated upon. The representatives of TFI agreed to those terms and the process of outlining a new project continued. Though members of SJP had spent over two years working on the resolution (in addition to the two years of research done by students at UC Berkeley), SJP agreed to work with the group for the betterment of campus climate. Moreover, despite numerous failed attempts at a joint resolution in the past, SJP took a leap of faith in the spirit of putting forth a more inclusive effort. After being informed that the board members of TFI were unanimously behind this joint project, representatives of the organizations worked until the early morning of April 27 to draft a statement defining intentions and mutual goals. SJP expressed its unwavering intent to include the companies stated in the original resolution as well as other corporations profiting from the perpetuation of ongoing violent conflict. Furthermore, SJP agreed to the recommendation of supportSee sjp, page 5

By Tritons for Israel Executive Board

t is with a heavy heart that I begin this piece for publication. Recently Students for Justice in Palestine authored a resolution asking the Associated Student body to call upon the UC Regents to divest the investments of the pension and retirement funds from two American companies because they did business with the Israeli Defense Forces. We heard at a special presentation how this year’s divestment resolution was “a brand-new resolution” and had nothing to do with last year’s resolution, when in truth 11 of the clauses are exact quotes from last year’s divestment resolution. We were told that this was not meant to target the State of Israel, but rather it was focused on the region as a whole. Sadly this too was not true, as the State of Israel was the only sovereign country to be mentioned in the resolution, and it was “mentioned” over 17 times.

We even heard about how the resolution was meant to foster dialogue, when the only dialogue created around the event was done so by the A.S. President-elect, and not by the proponents of the resolution. Despite the blatant attack on the State of Israel, and consequently the Israel, and pro-Israel communities at UCSD, Tritons for Israel extended a hand in peace to the leadership of Students for Justice in Palestine in the hopes that some sort of dialogue and compromise could be reached. Two representatives from Tritons for Israel worked tirelessly, despite the Jewish holiday of Passover, to reach a middle ground and bridge the gap between our two respective communities. On the brink of a historic opportunity, Students for Justice in Palestine retreated to their original talking points, and even failed to recognize the need for cultural cooperation, or the necessity for ensuring the security of both Palestinians and Israelis. That, however, has become a See tfi, page 5

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Joint Resolution Failed Due to TFI’s Priorities

The Mental fishbowl By Alex Nguyen

Failed Attempt Shouldn’t Deter Orgs from Collaboration ▶ resolution, from page 4

from the two companies, the divestment issue remains a important symbolic gesture that SJP members have compared to the move to divest from South Africa in the 1990s. UCSD isn’t alone; last year, the UC Berkeley council debated a similar resolution and passed it 16-4, but that decision was vetoed by thenASUC President Will Smelko. Petitions have been started at Harvard and MIT, among other schools. Last year, the resolution failed again and the issue remained stagnant, despite A.S.-enforced attempts for the two groups to work together

in a committee. The failure of last year’s effort makes this willing outreach on the part of the groups’ executive boards all the more commendable, and we hope that the executive members of next year’s boards are equally open to collaboration. But despite the optimistic beginning, poor communication has again prevented these two groups from reaching a consensus on an issue so important to both and perhaps alienated them once again. Given the 11thhour withdrawal of support from TFI members, the group’s position may be hampered next year; worse, with this failed attempt, the two

With an issue so fraught with tension and history, a weekend won’t be enough to come to a satisfactory conclusion.

groups may write off compromise altogether. With an issue so fraught with tension and history, and one that is so regularly discussed, a weekend, even with the best intentions, won’t be enough to come to a satisfactory conclusion. The two orgs should start a dialogue on the resolution earlier in the year, and both executive boards should be clear on their goals and duties. This time, TFI withdrew due to last-minute internal disagreements; should there be a similar problem next year, both orgs should be clear on how they want to determine their positions, be it according to its executive board, or through the wishes of its larger community. Once both organizations decide how they want to address the issue, they can hopefully work together to move forward.

▶ SJP, from page 4 ing companies that develop both Palestinian and Israeli society. This statement was intended to increase cooperation and communication between members of each community. On the afternoon of April 27, a few hours before the council meeting, TFI informed SJP that they would not be supportive of the joint statement because the core elements originally agreed upon became widely contested in their community. By this time, SJP informed the larger community that a new joint project would be pursued and the current resolution would not be presented. The last-minute nature of TFI’s retraction has demonstrated to the campus community that this level of critical dialogue is not a priority for their organization. Further negotiation on this issue with a group that has disregard for the fundamental aims of the original resolution for corporate responsibility and neutral investments will prove futile. It is evident that SJP’s mission statement of “organizing in accordance with democratic principles to promote justice, human rights and the right of self-determination for the Palestinian people” is also not a priority for the leadership of Tritons for Israel. Above all, the unanswered call for institutional neutrality on the UCSD campus demonstrates a blatant indifference towards the Principles of Community and the moral standards set by this university. SJP at UCSD expresses their full intention to move forward with divestment in the 2011-12 school year. All members of the UCSD community are welcome to take part in this process.

Coexistence Can Only Result From Mutual Respect ▶ TFI, from page 4

moot point. The question we must ask ourselves is, where do we go from here? We may never come to an agreement about divestment, but should we allow that to prevent a greater dialogue from happening? Call me an idealist, but I firmly believe that the things which divide us pale in comparison to those which can unite us. If a compromise cannot be reached surrounding divestment, I feel we should respect each other’s positions, agree to disagree, and search for the common ground we all share. Has there not been enough suffering on both sides? Now is the time to end this fighting, both on campus at UCSD and in our respective homelands. Tritons for Israel has always and will continue to stand for peace, dialogue, and justice. Divestment is not the way to a durable peace. Only by speaking to one another can we achieve a true understanding, and build the bridges necessary for a sustainable coexistence. Tritons for Israel hopes that we will someday have a willing partner in the struggle to achieve a sustainable end to the conflict, both in the Middle East and here on our campus.

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his year’s Kuncocshun — Sixth College’s contribution to the spring quarter festival mayhem — is made for the ladies. Brown-eyed heartthrobs you’ve probably heard on your favorite TV melodrama (i.e. “Grey’s Anatomy” and “One Tree Hill”) will be headlining the event this Friday, and within steps of the stage you’ll find free chocolate, sorbet and cotton candy — the perfect recipe for a lonely heart.

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t the end of “Fight For Your Right (Revisited),” the new music video “sequel” to the ’87 MTV classic “Fight For Your Right (to Party),” a young version of the Beastie Boys (with Elijah Wood as Ad-Rock, Seth Rogen as Mike D and Danny McBride as MCA) face off against their future selves (played by Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Jack Black, respectively) in a NYC street danceoff — culminating in a piss-off (literally) and arrest by the real Beasties. It’s a video comically befitting the trio’s contradictions: They’re grizzled veterans, yet blissfully juvenile — and prepared to take urine in the face with stride. But the Brooklyn natives have owned this identity for years. Youth has ruled Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Adam “MCA” Yauch and Michael “Mike D” Diamond since their debut Licensed to Ill. But alongside juniorhigh humor, hip-hop swag and a hardcore energy, they’ve also touted an instantly legendary appeal, with their taste for genre-bending more influential than their punk-ass ‘tude implies. Their latest release Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is no different, marking a return to adolescent-oldtimer form since 2004’s more hip-hop focused To the Five Boroughs (we’ll forget their ’07 instrumental throwaway The Mix Up). Like the group’s ’98 hit Hello Nasty, the album marries the Beastie’s sometimes divergent interests in hip hop and punk. Unlike earlier albums that traded off between the two genres, jittering samples and head-nodding beats are layered over heavy guitar wail (most evident on the Black Flagriffing “Lee Majors Come Again”) like an imaginary collaboration of Henry Rollins and LL Cool J. Though they’ve become less hedonistic since their youth, they’re still rebellious as ever. Lead single “Make Some Noise” opens up the album with a bang (and some cow-bell), as MCA chants that they’re “gonna party for the motherfucking right to fight!” Their guests join in on the spirited, DGAF attitude. Nas is at his top form in MC battle royal “Too Many Rappers,” while Santigold plays it cool on reggae summer jam “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win.” But the best part about the Beasties, made gloriously evident on Hot Sauce, is that they just don’t care. Hip-hop trends elude them — their innovation comes from the fact that they are trying to one-up each other and, of course, themselves — making them sound a helluva lot fresher than any “sucka MCs” who have yet to reach middle-age. So when Ad-Rock spits “I’m about the best and if you diss then that’s wrong,” on “Make Some Noise,” there’s no reason not to believe him. —Arielle Sallai Hiatus Editor

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From his tame, fedora-toting scruffiness to his catalogue of affecting radio ballads, Greg Laswell has devoted himself fully to his brand of Chicken Soup for the Soccer Mom’s Soul acoustic rock. Songs like “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” a solemn, piano-driven re-imagining of the Lauper classic, sound as though they might reinforce a tearful goodbye on any number of television melodramas. And they have. The San Diego native has gained increasing critical attention since 2007 as his bittersweet melodies have graced the soundtracks of TV’s premier romdrams, including “The Hills,” “True Blood” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” as well as some feature films such as “My Sister’s Keeper” and “Confessions of a Shopaholic.” With only four studio albums under his belt, Laswell has clearly met unprecedented success in establishing himself as a decisive singer/songwriter to watch.

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The CW sure likes its music. The network hocks indie rock finds at the end of every episode, its characters vomit references to their favorite bands and its stars ditch their respective melodramas for music careers of their own (Taylor Momsen’s the Pretty Reckless is the worst of the bunch). The seemingly never-ending “One Tree Hill,” however, has one pretty face with a voice worth mentioning. Tyler Hilton, who once played the cocky singer-songwriter Chris Keller on the teen soap, was an artist before he landed the CW job in 2004. After 16 episodes he ditched the show to focus on his music career — and land a part as Elvis Presley in the Oscar-winning “Walk the Line.” For his headlining gig at this year’s Kuncocshun, expect the heartthrob to grace Warren Field with his brand of pursed-lipped crooning. With a penchant for heart-melting melodies and acoustic plucking, Hilton’s often compared to fellow singer-songwriters Howie Day and Ryan Adams.

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June 12. The show will follow Coco and T’s unconventional relationship (seriously, though, who pairs tea and cocoa?), and, as the surely hope, bring the pair to the national spotlight. Honestly, it’s almost surprising that it’s taken this long for a network to snap this idea up (T’s schedule busting heads at NBC’s “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” must be particularly taxing), though the two are the perfect match for the reality show grind. It’s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” tits and ass (Coco) rolled into “Hogan Knows Best”-esque gruff grit (Ice-T) dashed with the same “The Simple Life” absurdity that will keep us wondering how our protagonists have managed to stay out of jail — or upright (Ice-T and Coco’s tits, respectively.) Add in the fun that the producers must have had devising a moniker for this primetime gem — T with a side of Coco?, Some T in your Coco?, Iced Coco? (The drink combinations are endless) — and you have a real ratings ball-buster (they decided to call it “Ice Loves Coco,” which is a little low on the kitsch scale for true E!-tards). But with such an overabundance of reality on television today, it’s hard to pinpoint what niche the new chocolate Ice-love will fill. Bravo’s got everything from weeping brides to top chefs, E!’s made millions making the untalented and unemployed rich, and for a little mid-week pick-me-up, viewers can turn to MTV’s plethora of sob-stories — “16 and Pregnant,” “Teen Mom” or “True Life.” But screw the naysayers. The show’s going to be a smash, due in large part to the cultural image the duo has pioneered — Ice-T (despite his outrageous “eat a bowl of dicks” commentary) is still one of the grandfathers of hip-hop, a genre that’s only further exploded this year; Kanye West’s latest album topped most critics’ top 10 lists last year, and Coachella’s lineup featured more rappers than ever (Nas, Odd Future, Wiz Khalifa and Tinie Tempah, to name a few). Plus, model/“Playboy” alum Coco is the original curvy boss bitch that’s started to flood the mainstream in recent months. Nicki Minaj could be her niece, and Wiz Khalifa’s beau Amber Rose is a Coco in training. After all, you gotta have a heap of swag if you’re hanging with OG Ice-T, and a heap of ass to back that swag. Coco comes stacked, conveniently, with both. It’s a match made in primetime heaven. So, while some are dooming the new endeavor to poor ratings and a floundering first season, T and Coco represent what the masses (well, maybe just me) have come to want most in a basic cable man-and-wife union: a washed-up legend and his bodacious better half. I’ll drink to that.

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f you want brains, “Fast Five” — the latest installment in the “Fast and Furious” series — isn’t for you. As expected, the flick is set on mouth-gaping action, though with a fun heist premise and a colorful setting, it proves to be a gripping addition to the FAST FIVE franchise. Starring: The movie begins where Paul Walker & the fourth installment, “Fast Vin Diesel & Furious,” ended and before 02:10 “The Fast and Furious: Rated PG-13 Tokyo Drift” begins, with the B street-racing crew coming together for “one last job” (of course, with a sequel already in the works, it’s obviously not). We’re still following the fast and furious drivers we met 10 years ago — Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker), Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) — along with some newbies from the more recent installments (Tyrese Gibson and Ludacris

reprise their roles from “2 Fast 2 Furious”; Sung Kang from “Tokyo Drift” is featured as well). This movie gets down to basics: money, violence and cars. They’re going to steal every cent that belongs to Rio de Janeiro’s highestranking crime boss, thereby ensuring some kind of peace for the Brazilians (maybe) and getting revenge for this or that personal injustice. Though the crime has gone from stealing cars to stealing money, don’t expect “Ocean’s 14”: These criminals live by the motto of “go big or go home,” and they don’t plan on going home anytime soon. Brian, Mia and Dom also have to escape some pesky law enforcement (cue a really useless performance by The Rock as a DSS agent). This is where the moral message of the story gets a little skewed. (Yes, it’s hard to believe, but there is a moral here — or there was, at some point.) Dom wants to buy their freedom in the first half of the film, but in the second, he

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stresses that they can’t run just away from what they started. The blindingly bright cross gracing his neck doesn’t seem to give him clarity, but it does remind us that, gosh darn it, he’s a good Catholic boy through and through. The lines of morality blur a little here, but the audience can judge for themselves whether these are good people with bad impulses or criminals to the core. And in typical “Fast and Furious” style, the movie’s riddled with crazy awesome car chases and races, often with creations that you’re not entirely sure fall under the category of “car.” (Special effects sure have come a long way since the franchise’s 2001 debut.) “Fast Five” boasts all the strengths that have allowed the series to endure the past decade — and as long as you’re not expecting depth of plot and serious character development, the explosions have more than enough testosterone to keep your blood thumping.

ne of last year’s most critically overlooked records was Mare, a collection of world-leaning pop music recorded by Michigan-based ethnomusicologist Julian Lynch. Though that record is often unassuming (wispy, cyclical guitar lines and barely-there vocal melodies), it possesses a degree of warmth and amiability rare in contemporary indie rock. Follow-up Terra certainly retains that lived-in, old sweater comfort, but also finds Lynch exploring increasingly wider instrumental ground in a way that’s both developed and ambitious. By about 45 seconds into the title track, it’s clear that Lynch has learned a lot since Mare. Though the song opens with an common, though gorgeous, saxophone solo, it blossoms to reveal ambling ethnic percussion and Byrds-style jangle guitar. The Eastern atmospherics and psychedelic backdrop are still present, but the final product consistently sounds more like Fleetwood Mac than a Sublime Frequencies release. While none of the other compositions on the album are quite as pop-minded as “Terra,” they still possess a sense of focused lucidity that sets Terra apart from the rest of Lynch’s oeuvre. The piano riff on “Fort Collins,” for example, sounds as though it could have been pulled from a lost mid-decade Coldplay single. Also outstanding is closing track “Back.” With winsome acoustic strumming and the kind of gentle melody that sounds tailor-made for warm, lazy evenings, the track seems destined for “Summer ‘11” mixtape glory. Like Mare before it, Terra has its share of jammy, psychedelic atmospheric tunes — but Lynch has also clearly begun to transcend the circle of hazy East Coast artists with whom he got his start, crafting catchy, pop-minded, yet relentlessly innovative folk music. —Andrew Whitworth Senior Staff Writer

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a result of the ban from Athletics, he instead set the European 60-meter dash record free of steroids in 2009. His genes are just better for running than mine. Period. I will never be that fast, no matter how many drugs I take and how sterile I become. On the other hand, steroids would make a one one-hundredth of a second of a difference for him and give him the edge he needed. One part of me wants to see the pinnacle of human innovation and skill, the balance of drugs and training combined in every aspect of making us better as a species out there on the field. How incredible it would be to see

an eight-second 100-meter dash, a 700foot home run, or a dunk from outside the NBA three-point line. The other part of me loves the simple man, with no added benefits, just being genuinely better than everyone else. The latter part always wins out. I want to work harder than everyone else, and if they beat, me, I assume they are better than me and I need to work harder to beat them. If I win like that, I know it is me winning, not science. I would rather be better than every competitor naturally than know my life and work was a lie, or could be claimed more rightfully by someone else.

Triton Men Get Bye as Top Seed in West Region ▶ TENNIS, from page 12 ry. Elliott and West won their doubles match in thrilling fashion 9-8, while Armaun Emami and Jiganti pulled out a victory 8-6. In the singles, Chapman Chan came back to win 0-6, 6-3, 6-4, while West and Jiganti added victories to seal the match 6-4, 7-6 and 6-1, 6-0, respectively. Top singles player and senior Erik Elliott lost 6-3, 7-5 for the first time in several weeks. In the season finale, the Tritons captured the perfect season by easily defeating Sonoma State University 8-1. The Tritons swept the doubles matches, as Elliott and West won 9-7, Chan and Jason Wall won 8-6 and Emami and Jiganti cruised 8-2. In the singles matches, Elliott won 6-3, 6-3 to finish the season 18-3 from the No. 1 singles spot. Elliott’s win was followed by victories from Chan, Sam Ling, Jiganti and Jake Fellow. “I am really happy and proud of the guys,” head coach Erik Steidlmayer said. “We had a ton of close matches and to win them all is

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truly remarkable. It was absolutely a team effort all season long and we’re excited for the next step.” The team finished 20-0, ranked No. 10 in the country and first in the NCAA West Region. The Tritons now have the NCAA Championship Finals May 11 to 14 in Altamonte Springs, Fla. UCSD received a bye in regionals and advances directly to nationals. The Tritons will face the team that comes out of the second Southeast Regional site. It will be the Tritons’ first appearance in the championships since 2007, when they lost 5-1 to Valdosta State in the semifinals. On the women’s side, the Tritons finished up their season with a loss against Concordia Irvine and a victory over Sonoma State, and did not receive a bid to the NCAA West Regionals. The Tritons fell to Concordia Irvine 7-2, with the lone bright spot coming from Samantha Yeung, who won her singles match in a super tie-breaker 6-7, 6-4, 10-1. Yeung also won her doubles match with Roxanna

Pourmirzaie 8-5 to give UCSD their two victories of the day. In the season finale, the team cruised to a 7-2 victory over Sonoma State. Cindy Dao, Haley Perrotte, Yeung and Jacquelyn Davis provided the singles victories, with Davis winning 6-0, 6-0, and Perrotte gaining the victory by winning an exciting tiebreaker 6-1, 6-7, 10-6. The Tritons swept the doubles side with victories from Taskeen Bains and Perrotte, Dao and Davis and Pourmirzaie and Yeung. These were senior Dao’s last regular season matches, and she won her singles match easily 6-1, 6-0 and her doubles match with Davis 8-6. The Triton women finished the season ranked No. 17 and with a record of 10-8. The team was ranked fourth in the West Region, and only the top three were selected to compete in regional championships and the opportunity of advancing to the national championships. Readers can contact Jonathan Kaslow at jkaslow@ucsd.edu.

Sacramento Loves its Kings, But Can They Keep Them? ▶ UDA, from page 12 ten serious about the team. Johnson has already gathered $10 million in donations from local businesses to show support, billboards have gone up and regional authorities have begun drafting plans to build a new arena to be funded by the region. Comparisons have been drawn between the situation in Sacramento and the departure of the Supersonics a few years back. A big fuss was made in both cases, but the difference is that Seattle still has the Mariners and the Seahawks. Seattle is still consistently ranked amongst the most livable cities in the country, while Sacramento has already lost its WNBA team two seasons prior, is hemorrhaging jobs and probably has one of the most unfortunate nicknames ever: “Sac-town.” The Kings won’t be a .500 team next season and, with no prospects in the upcoming draft, may not even have hope for improvement. But it seems now that Kings fans have begun to realize that if the team is going to stay, it will need to be by their pocket. No matter how much we may try to deny it, the team is a part of Sacramento, and Sacramento without the Kings would not be the same.

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Can’t Rely on Morals and Principle to Keep Out PEDs

hen should you cheat? The immediate answer is “never.” This is especially the case if your mom or teacher is in the room, but cutting corners can be deadly in any situation: When you cheat, you are not who you say you have worked to be. When people find out, they question you, the school you went to and the teachers that taught you. Your life can become a lie.

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Jackson called Sacramento a “cow-town,” Sacramentans rallied and cowbells were handed out at the front door. The cosmopolitan roster — replete with a center from Serbia and a shooting guard from Turkey — personified a city known as one of the most ethnically diverse in the country. Arco Arena, criticized by David Stern for being the oldest and smallest arena in the league, is to most natives intimate and full of character — a venue where you’re just as likely to see your next-door neighbor as you are your high school history teacher. In the same vein, unfortunately, it may be that the flight of a failing club is the result of the decay of the state’s capital amidst the economic downturn. The last Kings game I attended, I paid $15 to sit in the upper level and, because the seats were empty, was able to sneak my way down to within five rows of the court. It was also $1 Beer Night, one of the most desperate arena gimmicks I’ve ever been witness to. But since then, the city seems to have got-

In sports, we have seen this all over the board. Jose Conseco laid all the gory details out in a book. Mark McGwire looks as if he’ll never get into the Hall of Fame despite his homeruns. Marion Jones was stripped of five Olympic medals. Barry Bonds was indicted for perjury. BALCO ruined many lives and tore down many a childhood poster. These people cheated and their lives became lies to not only themselves, but to millions everywhere. Their coaches are humiliated, their families ashamed and their reputations are more shot than Mrs. Robinson’s. So the big question, if you should never cheat, is why these athletes choose to cheat. For example, English sprinter Dwain Chambers — European Record Holder and Champion in 2002 — received a two-year ban from athletics and a lifetime ban from the Olympics for testing positive for THG in 2003. THG is an anabolic steroid that binds to the androgen receptor in cells and changes how gene traits are expressed. However, on top of being banned, this drug also leads to infertility, adding to the mystery of why he would take it in the first place. In his book, “Race Against Me,” Chambers says he took THG to get an edge, that one onehundredth of a second that can be the difference between gold and silver. He estimates that half of the athletes at the Beijing Games in 2004 were taking banned substances. Why? In many cases, the athletes genuinely don’t know. They are given a regimen by their “nutritionist” and are expected to follow it as they follow their training regimen: with exactitude. It’s their job to do so and, by doing so, to win. This leads to the next point of sustaining a living. Without their wins, the athletes don’t get paid. If everyone else is doping and you’re not, you are likely to lose. But how can the world of sports expect athletes to stay away from drugs when the very thing every athlete strives for — that little edge over the competition that lets you scratch and kick by to victory — is so ingrained in their minds? That restraint is probably supposed to come from some sense of morality. The purity of building strength and skill over time in an individual is the only allowable building block for greatness. Cheating to get a better base leads to life and success being a lie. What strikes me, though, is that none of us are really equal. I said it. When you were young you were probably told you could be whatever you want to be if you work hard at it. Frankly, that’s a lie. Physically, if you are under 5’6”, you will not be an NBA player. If you do not produce as much testosterone as the next guy, you will not be a weightlifting champion. If you are over 6 feet tall, you will not fly fighter jets for the USAF. I’m sorry if I burst your bubble. If no one is equal, why not allow there to be a leveling of the playing field? Why not let those that those who work hardest and have the best technology get the greatest gains? Pure strength is an attribute, but there is a limit to how much that strength will help you swing a baseball bat or shoot a basketball. Skill is still a valuable asset that, in most cases, cannot be beaten by adding more muscle. As a javelin thrower, I know

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UCSD men’s tennis finishes the regular season undefeated, while the women’s team just misses the postseason.

he UCSD men’s tennis team completed a perfect regular season on Saturday, taking down three opponents in a busy week to finish an unblemished 20-0. Playing in the Sonoma State Invitational, the No. 10 Tritons defeated Hawaii Hilo and Grand Canyon by the narrow margin of 5-4, but then finished the season with a strong 8-1 defeat of Sonoma State. On Thursday, the Tritons took on Hawaii Hilo, and after losing two of three doubles

matches, seniors Erik Elliott and Vincent Nguyen led the way in the comeback victory. Elliott won the No. 1 singles match 6-2, 6-3, while Nguyen won 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Austin West (6-3, 6-0) and Max Jiganti (6-2,6-1) also won their singles matches to clinch the match for the Tritons. On Friday against Grand Canyon, the Tritons once again pulled out a narrow victoSee TENNIS, page 11

Anti-Royal Sentiment in California’s Capital

t’s been an interesting few weeks for the 24-58 Sacramento Kings. The team has been on the brink of a move to Anaheim for the past few years — from Chris Webber shedding tears on TNT to rumors about a potential buyout from a mysterious billionaire who is friends with Bill Clinton. But for those of you who haven’t been keeping up (and here in Lakers territory, I’m assuming that’s the majority), here’s a breakdown of the situation in the capital city, and why you should care. The Maloof family, the owners of the

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team for the past 10 years, has been toying with the idea of a move since its bid for the construction of a new arena was blocked by the city a few years back. NBA commissioner David Stern backed the new arena in its early

stages — when the Kings were still over .500 — but has since dropped support for both the arena and for Sacramento. When the Maloofs began negotiations with officials in Anaheim, the city of Sacramento galvanized in 11th-hour desperation. Grassroots efforts to fill the stands cropped up, while the mayor, a three-time NBA All-Star, spearheaded the effort to keep the Kings. Now, the league’s deadline to announce plans to move has come and passed, and it looks like the Kings will stay in Sacramento for at least one more season. Considering falling attendance numbers, the team’s abysmal performance in the past few years and the difficulties of the smallmarket franchise, it really is doubtful that the team can turn itself around in one year’s time. Pundits agree. Lakers fans and Golden State fans alike, agree. I would agree too, if I didn’t know first-hand the love affair between the team and the city. More than any NBA franchise, the Sacramento Kings are an embodiment of their city. In the Chris Webber era when Phil