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VOLUME 47, ISSUE 15
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013
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Partners
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Center will provide data
management to local
companies via the cloud.
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and former Tritons behind
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Employees 3299 workers, who plan
to strike at UC campuses on Nov. 20.
UAW may join them in solidarity.
UAW members claim that their
annual pay, purportedly an average of
$17,000, is not nearly enough to live
on without taking a second or third
job. Like AFSCME workers, UAW
representatives believe that the UC
The
UCSD
San
Diego
Supercomputer Center created the
Industry Partners Program last
week, a collaboration between the
center’s researchers and small businesses. The high-performance computers, or “supercomputers,” offered
by the SDSC are used by several
tech-based companies in the San
Diego area.
Built primarily for academic
researchers, the SDSC rents out
space on its large cluster computing
systems to local businesses, which
use the computing power for activities such as managing data and
running simulations. According to
the announcement, SDSC provides
quarterly workshops, private meetings with researchers and an annual
review of recent research projects to
members of the Industrial Partners
Program. The center charges member companies between $10,000 and
$25,000 each year for these services. The pilot program held its first
annual research review on June 12
of this year.
The Supercomputer Center’s
resources are used largely by manufacturers, who create intricate simulations to test designs for their products. For instance Hunter Industries,
a manufacturer of water-efficient
irrigation products, has used the
SDSC’s computers to update its line
of sprinklers; the high-performance
computers allow the company to
simulate the movement of water
through the sprinklers, aiding in the
creation of a prototype.
Hunter Vice President of
Marketing Gene Smith explained
that his company would rely more
on high-performance computers in
the future.
“HPC [high-performance computing] will certainly be a valuable
tool for us going forward as we
increase our reliance on CFD [computational fluid dynamics] simulation to reduce costs and time associated with prototyping and design,”
Smith said in a UCSD News Center
press release.
The services SDSC currently
offers to small and medium-sized
businesses have been made possible
by the advent of cloud computing,
which allows the Supercomputer
Center to offer computing power
on demand over the Internet.
Traditionally, high-performance
computers have only been accessible
to large corporations, mainly in the
automotive and aerospace industries, which have the resources to
buy and maintain their own supercomputer units.
SDSC’s Director of Industry
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here for one
purpose, it’s to take a dump on
everything you love. And that’s
exactly why I am giving it the
Triton Side-Eye.”
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LIFESTYLE, PAGE 9
INSIDE
New Business ................. 3
Break-Up Sex ................. 6
Letter to the Editor .......... 5
Sudoku ......................... 10
Sports........................... 12
UC PRESIDENT NAPOLITANO
PROPOSES TUITION FREEZE
Tuition for UC undergraduates may remain constant for the third
consecutive year as the Board of Regents discusses alternatives.
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niversity of California undergraduate tuition
may be frozen for the third consecutive year,
according to a recent policy plan proposed by
UC President Janet Napolitano.
The plan was discussed at yesterday’s Board of
Regents meeting in UCSF — if approved, it will
keep the current undergraduate California resident
tuition rate at $12,192 in annual systemwide fees.
In her first meeting with the Board of Regents
this year, the newly appointed UC president
explained that she hopes the proposed policy will
provide enough time for administration to create a
more sustainable and stable tuition setting for all
UC campuses.
“We need to figure out, in the real world
in which we live, how to bring clarity to, and
reduce volatility in, the tuition-setting process,”
Napolitano said in an address to the Board of
Regents. “It’s time for the university to collabora-
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tively come up with a better way.”
Napolitano mentioned the idea of “cohort
tuition” — in which freshmen enter college with
the expectation of a stable four-year tuition price
— as a possibility for a new UC policy, although
she also emphasized the need for the Regents to
explore a variety of options.
“We will also look at expanding our other
revenue possibilities: grants, public-private partnerships, joint ventures, philanthropy,” Napolitano
said. “These revenues must all be harnessed if we
are to continue to be the world-class university we
are, while being as low-cost as we can.”
While speaking about reasons for past tuition
hikes, Napolitano cited overall economic difficulty
and decreases in state funding and described the
current importance of increasing cost-efficiency
within the UC Office of the President.
In addition to campus-wide cost of opera-
See TUITION, page 3
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Student Labor Union Authorizes Strike
TAs, readers represented by UAW protest UC administration’s intimidation tactics.
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A union representing student
workers throughout the UC system
has authorized its members to go on
strike following a unionwide vote
that passed with 96 percent support.
United Auto Workers Local 2865
includes 12,000 teaching assistants,
graduate student teachers and readers
who now have the authority to strike
in protest of alleged intimidation tactics used by the UC administration.
The vote comes a week after the
union’s no-strike clause expired in
its contracts with the University of
California. UAW has expressed support for the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal
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SDSC Study Finds American Media Consumption Rising
Nearly two thirds of Americans’ daily routines may be spent interacting with digital media by 2020, the new study finds.
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Americans may be exposed to an
average of approximately 15.5 hours of
traditional and digital media per person per day by the year 2015, according to a new report from San Diego
Supercomputer Center researcher
James E. Short.
In Short’s report, “How Much
Media? 2013 Report on American
Consumers” created in conjunction
with University of Southern California
Institute
for
Communications
Technology Management, he examines
how the relative growth and total volume of media changed from the years
2008 to 2012 and the years beyond.
According to his report, media consumption grew at just over 5 percent
a year, and, averaged across all media
sources, media delivered in bytes
grows at a rate of 18 percent per year.
The report defines media consumed as flow of data delivered to
households and people. It does not
account for multitasking and attention
to or consumption of media. Media
consumed at work such as using work
email or taking notes in class is not
included; the study focuses strictly
on entertainment-orientated media
including social media browsing.
“For me, it is important to know
the volume of media that is delivered,”
Short said. “[It is] important that people know that this number [15.5 hours]
is what you get if you add everything
up — and it’ll go over 24 hours in a
media day very soon.”
By 2015, the report estimates that
Americans will consume a total of 1.7
trillion hours each year of traditional
and digital media. That is equal to
6.9 zettabytes — according to Short’s
study, if 6.9 zettabytes of text were
printed in books and stacked across
the United States, including Alaska
and Hawaii, the pile would be almost
14 feet high.
The volume of media was examined through a baseline study of 30
media types including satellite radio,
tablet computers, smartphones and
mobile video. The report takes data
from public sources such as Neilson
and ComScore, media company disclosures and analysts. Surprisingly, traditional media such as TV and radio
remains responsible for the highest
levels of daily media consumption,
contributing 60 percent of the hours.
Mobile computers are a growing sector
— in 2008, it accounted for 3 percent
of all bytes, which increased to 10 percent in 2013.
The report says that the 15.5 hours
is requested from media services and
providers, but it does not mean that it
is the amount of information a person
actively attends to. The study indicates
the growth in volume but not actual
attention or comprehension of media.
“The simplest example is when you
go home and turn on the TV to watch
a football game but walk out of the
room,” Short said. “This means that
what people are requesting and what is
being delivered by providers is increasing, but consumptive time is not. It
is flat.”
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In the Oct. 24 issue “Site Seen”
Lifestyle article, the sentence
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for Dlush. Not long ago, the topperforming flagship operation in
the Simon Mall at Fashion Valley
lost its lease upon renewal. It was
a disheartening experience for the
company, but UCSD offers a place
to start anew.”
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students. While informing the stuTo begin with, hat week was
dent body is important, it might be
forgotten by all but three members
even more important not to overload
of A.S. Council, whom I presume
them with far too many Listserv
might have been dressed for the
emails to delete.
occasion by accident.
AVP Concerts and Events Sarah
In similarly grim news, speakers
Harley revved up excitement for
during public input announced that
this Friday’s Hullabaloo festival by
campus service workers — including
TAs — would be going on strike next announcing that the event will feature the first portable zip line to ever
week. Council was encouraged to
be present at UCSD.
join the strike in
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included promadvertised for her
ises of free pizza,
event to support student education
the presence of a band, and Edna
Montserrat’s claim that “It’s gonna be on fair trade; it includes free fair
trade ice cream and bananas. Free
a really fun strike.” Fun is the point
food? Count me — and most other
of striking, after all.
students — in. I wish I’d heard her
In a special presentation from
say the date.
the Transportation Task Force that
Revelle Senator Soren Nelson
was established earlier this year, the
announced — again — that there
results of the Keep it Moving, We
are still no applications for the open
Decide, Let’s Ride campaign survey
position of Revelle College Senator.
were publicly presented to council.
Best of luck filling the position. It’ll
“More than 60 percent marked
happen. If you’re reading this, apply.
either support or strongly support a
Please. Do it for council.
fee referendum, and so that was sort
VP Finance Sean O’Neal tried
of our go-ahead to continue with the
referendum,” Revelle College Senator to give $2,700 to PARSA, but, when
asked what PARSA is, hesitantly
Soren Nelson said. “We’re confident
said, “Well … they’re a student org
that we have a lot of support behind
on campus.” However, after a more
the referendum.”
eloquent description of the organiAlthough the details of the referzation, which turned out to be the
endum have not yet been finalized,
Persian Association for Rendering
council voted on a resolution simply
Science and Art, the motion was
declaring their support for moving
ultimately passed.
ahead with the referendum. This led
Finally, council got excited
to an inevitable debate — not over
the actual context of the referendum, for Campuswide Senator Jordan
Coburn’s Nov. 20 event at The Loft
but whether it was relevant or necesfeaturing a panel of adult entertainsary — but the resolution eventually
ers. And, since this event begins at
passed 18-5-1.
8 p.m. and council plans to attend,
Campuswide Senator Jordan
next week’s meeting will end at the
Coburn recommended that a
blessed time of 7:55. Thank you,
campus-wide email be sent out with
council, for the promise of a lessthe survey’s results and proposals,
aiming to greater involve and inform than-two-hour-long meeting!
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State of California Plans to Increase Funding for UC System
▶ TUITION, from page 1
tion reductions, Napolitano urged the
state of California to actively participate in stabilizing tuition rates,
mentioning that such a partnership
would be crucial in creating an effective tuition policy.
“The State of California must do
its part,” Napolitano said. “The university needs additional funding for
UC Retirement Plan and enrollment
growth.”
This increase in state funding for
the 2014–15 university budget plan is
set to be discussed at today’s Regents
meeting, with a proposed $64.1 million toward the UC Retirement Plan,
$21.8 million for enrollment growth
and $35 million for “reinvestment in
academic quality,” according to the
UC Regents Committee on Finance
agenda.
“The fight for low tuition — a
hallmark of a public university —
is something all of us have a stake
in,” Napolitano said. “I know we can
create the clear, predictable tuition
policy our students and their families
need and deserve.”
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Supercomputer Services Available for Manufacturer Simulations
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Relations Ron Hawkins appreciates the research collaborations the
Supercomputer Center has fostered
with small businesses in the San
Diego area.
“While designing and operating
leading-edge HPC systems for academic researchers is SDSC’s core
mission, high-tech businesses have
realized the benefits of leveraging
the center’s services and expertise
for their own needs,” Hawkins said in
a press release. “In addition to having a potential impact on the local
economy and the competitiveness of
U.S.-based companies, we appreciate the interactions and potential for
developing deeper research collabora-
tions with our industrial HPC users.”
The Supercomputer Center
is offering an eight-part webinar series for IPP members in the
upcoming months; the first, entitled
“Demystifying the Data Scientist,” will
be held on Dec. 5.
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UC Administration Negotiating Contracts With Several Unions
▶ STRIKE, from page 1
administration acted unlawfully when
it asked union members if they were
planning to go on strike.
The union published a report titled
“Towards Mediocrity” that outlines
how undergraduate and graduate success is tied and how quality education
depends on both.
“We are the front line teachers
and researchers in the UC system
[...] we have observed a decline in
educational quality and accessibility
at the UCs,” the report read. “When
an introductory class in the sciences
has 300 students and one Teaching
Assistant, students struggle. So does
the TA. Even heroics on the part of the
teacher can’t keep 1/4 of the class from
failing out.”
The UC system has been nego-
tiating contracts with several of the
unions that represent its workers in
addition to UAW, including AFSCME,
University Professional and Technical
Workers and the California Nurses
Association.
According to UC officials, CNA
will strike in conjunction with
AFSCME this month. UPTE-CWA,
which represents research and technical employees in the UC health system, agreed not to participate in any
strike activity and will instead return
to contract negotiations.
University of California Vice
President for Systemwide Human
Resources and Programs Dwaine
Duckett released a statement on
AFSCME’s planned strike.
“Given the hundreds of millions of
dollars in state funding cuts UC has
absorbed over the past five years, we
must be fiscally prudent,” the statement read. “University leaders have to
be mindful that large, programmatic
increases in pay and benefits for these
workers drive up the cost of services
they provide.”
UC officials believe that an
increase in employee pay will inevitably result in fee hikes for both students
and patients across the system’s health
centers. However, AFSCME alleges
that students have already seen fee
increases to offset six-figure salaries
for the system’s top executives.
AFSCME’s last strike in May cost
the UC system upwards of $20 million, and a UAW strike could mean a
major academic labor loss as TAs and
readers go on strike.
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NATHAN FLETCHER
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Though not endorsed by the Democratic Party, Fletcher
offers promising plans for San Diego jobs and education.
W
ith our endorsement for Democrat
Nathan Fletcher as San Diego mayor, the
Guardian Editorial Board is doing something we haven’t done in a long time — challenging the endorsement of the Democratic Party,
which supports Fletcher’s fellow Democratic
candidate David Alvarez.
The Nov. 19 Special Election for San Diego
mayor finds San Diego’s Democratic Party in an
interesting — and perhaps troubling — position. When the non-partisan special election
to replace sex scandal-plagued Democrat Bob
Filner was announced this past August, Fletcher
was presumed a de facto front-runner. But the
Democratic Party endorsement of San Diego
City Councilmember Alvarez in late September
introduced a second strong Democratic candidate
— and with him, the risk of splitting Democratic
votes and handing the election over to Republicanendorsed Kevin Faulconer.
Fletcher’s move to the Democratic Party on
May 4 marked his second party switch in just
over a year — he switched from Republican to
Independent in March 2012, when the Republican
endorsement went to Carl DeMaio. Because
Fletcher is a newly minted Democrat, we can
understand the motivation behind the Democratic
Party’s decision to endorse Alvarez, a longtime
registered Democrat who grew up in Barrio
Logan and attended college at SDSU. Aesthetically,
Alvarez is a candidate that the Democratic Party
can safely present to its stable voter base, but
Fletcher’s platform objectives better suit our — and
San Diego’s — interests.
Fletcher’s education plan pushes the Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or
STEM, initiative, which aims to enforce educational programs in those areas. The focus on STEM
makes sense for San Diego, whose rapidly growing technology sector provides an opportunity for
schools in the area — UCSD included — to gain a
competitive edge.
And since Fletcher has close ties to tech industry
leaders such as Qualcomm CEO and Jacobs School
of Engineering namesake Irwin Jacobs, we expect
that he’ll be able to make real headway in partnering with businesses to advance STEM in schools.
His other plans for San Diego prioritize job creation
— he has pledged to bring 130,000 new jobs to San
Diego by 2020 — and repairing city infrastructure
to improve struggling neighborhoods.
Alvarez’s education plan as mayor focuses
mostly on bringing culture, arts and career education to the K-12 system — a goal that, while
admirable, does not capitalize on San Diego’s
growing tech industry. Alvarez, born and raised
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For the second time this year,
UC health and maintenance workers
are going on strike after months of
unsuccessful negotiations with UC
administrators. The 24-hour strike
to improve working conditions
will be held on Nov. 20, including a walkout and picketing at UC
campuses and medical centers.
Last May’s two-day walkout cost
the UC health system an estimated
$20 million, an amount we cannot
spare again. This failure to agree has
resulted in 96 percent of the union’s
approximately 13,000 members voting to execute their last resort plan.
Although discussions have been
less than amicable on both sides, a
decision needs to be made before
students and patients of the medical
centers take on the burden of the
dispute and are hurt further.
Workers from the American
Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees 3299 have
spent the last year negotiating pen-
sion terms with the UC system.
A UC administration mandated
pension contribution increase of
5 percent to 6.5 percent is leaving
workers with a smaller take-home
paycheck. The union has filed an
official complaint with the Public
Employment Relations Board claiming that the UC system is using illegal tactics, but PERB has not made
a ruling on the matter. According to
union president Kathryn Lybarger,
the prevailing belief among union
members is that after a year of
respectful and thoughtful negotiations, the UC system has resorted to
“bullying” workers.
Like any large bureaucratic institution, the top-down hierarchy of
the UC system often pushes those
that are already at the bottom to the
wayside whether they be students
or low-wage workers. Although the
typically apathetic student body
may roll their eyes at another fight
for funds, any disregard for the
“invisible worker” may ultimately
affect them, as any effort to compensate for funding gaps may result
in higher premium costs for students enrolled in the Student Health
Insurance Plan. It is not AFSCME
that has predicted such an issue, but
the UC system itself. According to a
university statement, the UC system
will not allow more fees to fall on
students; although surprising, this
is appreciated.
This strike comes at a politically advantageous time for the
workers. With new UC President
Janet Napolitano having only been
in office for six weeks, workers are
making their demands to a vulnerable audience. Napolitano knows
that she must swiftly react well to all
requests as she is under the scrutiny
of many skeptical constituents.
AFSCME does not necessarily
want such costs being pushed onto
students, but an alternative funding
source has not been clearly defined.
An increase in SHIP premium costs
is unacceptable given the already
sorry financial state of the program.
Following the bureaucratic suit of
most UC issues, finances are stealing the spotlight of this contentious
debate but it’s the patients who will
ultimately suffer.
In a game of “he said/she said”
(read: white collar/blue collar), it’s
difficult to determine who is in
the right. We may not know who
is right, but we know what is right.
UC health and maintenance workers
need appropriate retirement packages, and the financial turmoil should
not fall on students. Someone needs
to take action prior to the costly
Nov. 20 strike that will be hurt the
university greatly. And of course, it
is imperative that all parties involved
keep patient care in sight. For a
university that teaches such liberal
concepts, it is hard to watch the university system’s practice contradict
what it preaches.
W
hen a celebrity gets
a haircut, it becomes
front-page news on both
sides of the Atlantic, and Yahoo
News writers break their keyboards
in excitement. Last week, “The
Hunger Games” actress Jennifer
Lawrence became the latest in a
growing number of celebrities to
go short and get a pixie. As much
as I am loath to suggest following
Hollywood trends, I wish more people would similarly ditch what’s safe
and comfortable and experiment
with different hairstyles. If there’s
ever a time to see if you can rock
hot pink hair dye or a half-shaved
head, it’s now, before you graduate
and actually become accountable
for looking like what the job market
deems a respectable adult.
According to health and beauty
psychologist Vivian Diller, hair is
one of the top three features —
alongside height and weight — that
people use to describe others and
is prominently remembered after
social interactions.
Unlike other physical features,
you can readily alter your hair
through cutting, dyeing and highlighting and control its appearance
through straightening, curling and
styling. The way you present your
hair immediately sends cues to
others about your character and
personality. Wealthy men during
the American Colonial times wore
white powdered wigs to project
wisdom and sophistication. Diana
Ross channeled disco diva with her
voluminous ‘fro. Carrot Top would
only seem half as neurotic without
his bright-red, curly hair.
If you’ve been hiding behind
the same curtain of hair since high
school, consider trying a new look.
Most women balk at the idea of venturing outside of their comfort zones
and shearing off all of their locks.
I took the plunge myself two
summers ago on a whim, when I
went in intending to get the usual
noncommittal trim and ended up
leaving eight inches on the salon
floor. It was 105 degrees Fahrenheit
that day, and I would have honestly been happy going for a Sinead
O’Connor.
At first I hated my new, chinlength bob. I was convinced I
looked like a boy. I would tug on
the ends of my hair in a futile
attempt to stimulate follicle growth.
When I woke up in the mornings,
I would look weirdly retro, because
the ends of my hair would flip
outward. I tried curling what hair I
had left to see if it would look more
presentable that way (it didn’t —
instead of Flo, I looked like Shirley
Temple). But I just had to give it
some time: I started to appreciate
not having the same mid-backlength hair as every other girl, and
I’ve kept my hair short to this day.
A little switcheroo won’t kill
you, and you might even be pleasantly surprised by the results. For
me, the next step might be trying
cheetah print hair dye (just kidding, I would be judged pretty
hardcore at work). If you’re curious but afraid, make a change now
as the weather gets colder — if
the results are disastrous, you can
always cower under a knit beanie
for the next few months; everyone
else will be none the wiser.
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in Barrio Logan, has made waves on
San Diego’s city council with his plan
to revamp the historically troubled
area by bringing in developers, making divisions between residential
and industry areas. Alvarez’s plan is
ambitious, but it has faced criticism
from opponents who say that it will
push out, rather than support, lowincome communities in the area.
Additionally, as only a third-year city
councilmember, he lacks the track
record that might otherwise show
success in enacting his plans.
By contrast, Fletcher’s demonstrated ability to “get things done”
despite partisan differences has earned
him the endorsements of Gov. Jerry
Brown and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom,
both staunch Democrats who have
been strong advocates for the UC system. Brown authored Prop 30, which
passed in November 2012 and hiked
taxes on the rich, and prevented over
$500 million in cuts to state colleges.
The point is that even though
Fletcher hasn’t been a Democrat
for long, his plans indicate a commitment to values we can support.
When we endorsed Democrat Bob
Filner for San Diego mayor in
November 2012, we called him the
“lesser evil” against Republican Carl
DeMaio. Filner got our endorsement as the only candidate who
supported the Prop 30 — and Carl
DeMaio’s questionable economic
plan pushed us over the edge. When
Filner won the election, he became
the first elected Democratic mayor
San Diego had seen in 20 years since
Democrat Maureen F. O’Connor was
elected in 1992. Fletcher’s detractors
anchor their complaints with the
argument that Fletcher is a “flipflopper,” but these criticisms come
out of a rather unwarranted fear that
any candidate that isn’t party-bred
cannot be trusted.
Though Democrats have been
hesitant to embrace Fletcher, we
don’t feel that his recent switch to
the Democratic Party will marginalize his efficacy. In fact, his transition
assures us that he won’t merely serve
as an institutional puppet for the
party machine.
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Dear Editor,
There are five women in this cafe.
We probably have much in common,
something to look forward to, stress,
a hurt we wish would heal. The grim
reality is that one of is also, statistically, the victim of a sexual assault.
According to a comment that
ran in the Guardian, that person was
probably lying. This is a demonstrably
false claim that violates our Principles
of Community and must be corrected.
The Department of Justice
claims 20 to 25 percent of women
will graduate having experienced a
sexual assault. When our Principals
of Community claim a commitment to “decency toward all,” it is
hypocritical, cruel, and unfair to
print the false statistic that these
women are probably lying. The
citation used is an incorrect interpretation of data originally printed
in an online publication. Doing so
invalidated and re-victimized our
sexual assault victims by bringing
their experiences into question for
literally no reason at all.
“False Rape Accusations..,”
by Wendy McElroy, appeared on
FOXNews.com in 2006. McElroy
is not a social scientist, which may
explain her incorrect interpretation
of a 1996 report by the National
Institute for Justice. In her article,
she claims that DNA evidence has
invalidated 25 percent of rape accusations. It has not. It has invalidated 20
percent of convictions referred to the
FBI for reinvestigation.
The National Crime Victimization
Survey tells us there are 237,868
sexual assaults every year. 40 percent are reported to the police, and
3 percent of perpetrators serve jail
time. The study McElroy references
investigated convicted rapists from
the “mid to late 1980s” which, let’s
say, is a five-year period. If 3 percent
of rapists are imprisoned each year,
that’s 35,680 people. Of these, only
10,000 were referred for reinvestigation. 2,000 were found to rule out the
perpetrator based on DNA evidence.
2,000 instances out of 35,680 is not 20
percent. It is 5 percent.
In a five-year period, about
1,189,340 people were sexually
assaulted. Forty percent, or 475,736,
reported the crime to police. Two
thousand of these accusations were
later overruled by new DNA evidence, which is .4 percent of all rape
accusations. In other words, of all
the accusations of rape that were
made in a five-year period, less than
half of 1 percent were found false.
The data McElroy uses to support
her claim that false rape accusations
are common not only fails to support
her argument, it actually demonstrates the opposite: DNA evidence
shows no statistically significant rate
of false rape accusations.
20 to 25 percent of women surviving sexual assault means, if you have
four or five close female friends, you
will know a survivor. While some may
never tell anyone what happened to
them, some survivors will. They may
even tell you. If you are trusted with
that information, remember that the
NIJ found less than half of 1 percent
of rape accusations to be false. Your
friend is not lying. It is up to you to
believe her.
— Whitney Russell
UCSD PhD Candidate, Anthropology
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CLAIRE DE LUNE COFFEE LOUNGE
2906 UNIVERSITY AVE.
OFF THE RECORD
Pass on your typical cup of Starbucks and take
a drive over to North Park’s Claire de Lune
Coffee Lounge. Not only will they pump you
full of jitter inducing espresso, they’ll also
serve you a fat bagel sandwich. The breakfast
bagel sandwich ($5.50) comes with a generous amount of egg and is topped with cheeses, tomato and onions. After 11 a.m.,
Claire de Lune switches from bagelwiches to regular sandwiches and freshly made
soups — though it might be hard to think about an actual lunch when beautiful
cheesecakes are staring back at you from inside Claire de Lune’s crystal case.
Claire de Lune doesn’t just do coffee and food; it also showcases San Diego talents
on the weekends. Recent performances have included ZZYMZZY Quartet and
folk rock singer Whitney Steele. With a room full of leopard couches, Claire de
Lune’s quirky, homey decor makes for an excellent study break. Grab some friends
and give your study group a nicer view than Geisel’s gray tabletops. Heck, if you
really fall in love with the place, you and your partner can one day get married at
Claire de Lune’s indoor venue, the Sunset Temple.
Off the Record isn’t a music place that
just happens to have some vinyl, it’s a
vinyl place that happens to have CDs.
One thing we students seriously lack in La Jolla would be thrifty music shops.
Luckily, Off the Record is only a short drive and can cure our cheap music
withdrawals. Not only does Off the Record keep older music in stock from
Iron Maiden to Janet Jackson, but also some of the CDs are priced as low as
one dollar. Nothing feels better than finding a CD you’ve “needed” for years,
but haven’t found at a good price. Don’t feel bad about spoiling yourself with
Amy Winehouse’s “Lioness” because now you won’t have to keep it on a loop
on Spotify. Not only is Off the Record great for a broke student’s wallet — in
comparison to buying it from that wretched Amazon — but it also supports
small, local businesses. Win-win situation.
Mon. - Thurs. 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Fri. 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sat. 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sun. 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Mon. - Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
SIPZ
3914 30TH AVE.
Sipz started out as a small coffee
and boba place, and now is a mustgo for San Diegans, vegetarians and
meat eaters alike. Sipz’s menu is huge
and draws from Vietnamese, Thai,
Chinese and Japanese cuisine, with dishes such as sweet-and-sour soup and
vegan sushi. If you find yourself in need of a break, Sipz has happy hour all
day on Tuesdays. Most appetizers are either $3 or $5, and all beer or house
wines are $3. Don’t forget to grab a dessert. Spoil yourself and try the sweet
rice with mango ($5.95).
Fri. - Sat. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sun. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
RANCHOS COCINA
3910 30TH ST.
When I hear about restaurants that
call themselves vegetarian “with vegan
options,” I imagine a measly three
vegan entrees and terrible faux cheese.
But at Ranchos Cocina, you’ll find that vegan-friendly “V” markings cover the
menu. If you find your wallet near empty and your stomach grumbling, don’t
fret: Ranchos Cocina makes three, huge, delicious pancakes that will fill you up
for only $6. And while you’re waiting for them to arrive, you can snack complimentary chips and salsa, made in house. Ranchos Cocina serves Mexican cuisine
made traditionally and modified to suit vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan diets
(there are vegan pancakes on the menu, too). Although Ranchos was busy, the
surrounding customers and staff won’t bother you. Lighting that’s easy on the eyes
and a friendly staff make Ranchos great for a lunch break when you can escape
the dining halls on campus.
HEAVEN SENT DESSERTS
The only issue with Heaven Sent desserts is that their cupcakes are too
pretty to eat. These are the cupcakes
you skip lunch for because God only
knows how many calories live inside
them. They make the Chocolate Banana Cupcake ($3.50) with chocolate devil’s
food cake filled with banana mousse with bananas inside and top it with a
healthy amount of frosting. Their Chocolate Pumpkin Pie ($6.25) is a single
serving of pumpkin pie with chocolate whip on top and a slab of thin chocolate
– probably just to make it look artsy. I’m pretty sure everyone deserves to spend
a fiver on a single cupcake, and Heaven Sent is the place to do it.
Mon., Sun. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tues. - Thurs. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Fri., Sat. 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
VEG-N-OUT
3442 30TH AVE.
Take a short drive off of
University Avenue, and you’ll
find Veg-N-Out, the “original veggie burger spot.” Walk
through the turquoise accented door and grab a menu, because you’re going to
want to stay for lunch — or at least a bowl of their natural acai sorbet. Their menu
is packed with creative burgers (made of plant proteins) like the Juanito ($9.25)
with feta and jalapenos or the Western burger ($9.75) piled with onion rings. If
you’re looking for something a lighter, then go for a sandwich. The Very Vegan
is definitely enough for two because, while it might be a regular sized sandwich,
it’s dense. Veg-N-Out makes the Very Vegan with Follow Your Heart cheeses (a
vegan cheese alternative), vegenaise, avocado, tomato, sprouts, onions and — get
this — apples. Take a walk down the veggie side and see all that it has to offer.
Mon. - Thurs., Sun. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
NORTH PARK FARMERS’ MARKET
3150 N PARK WAY
Nothing makes a person feel holier than buying fresh produce from local farmers. Plus, the
North Park Farmers’ Market has fun specialty
food vendors like Bitchin’ Sauce and their almond based sauces; or Baba
Foods’ many different hummuses, like kalamata olive and pesto. Food wise,
you can’t go wrong with PubCakes – beer plus cupcakes, really – or Pho
Realz?! take on Southeast Asian street food. Chances are, if you’re craving
it, then you can find it at North Park Farmers’ Market.
Thurs. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Good,
the Bad and
the BreakUp Sex
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inform you that not all is well
with your beloved columnist
as of late. During this past month,
I had to end my relationship with
the person I have been dating for a
while. Some of you may be familiar with him because he has been
mentioned a good couple of times
in the history of this column, and
mostly in a good way. Now, it was
a thing that needed to be done
because of lots of reasons no one
has paid me to list, so we won’t go
over those.
What we will go over, however,
is breakup sex.
I’d like to start by saying that it’s
not something for everyone. In fact,
I’m pretty sure it’s not something
that’s for me either, but maybe that
will be something we can discuss
next time around when I’ve ironed
things out a bit more.
Anyway, there are people out
there that will say breakup sex is
the most “mind-blowing” sex you
can have. (Why is good sex always
called mind-blowing? I’m sorry, I’m
irrationally angry.) This is an argument that has some merit. There
are a lot of reasons people will tell
you this. Now that the commitment
is gone, so are any inhibitions you
might have harbored. You’re finally
free to be as crazy in bed as you can
be because you no longer have to
worry about scaring your partner
away.
For me, I think the flare comes
from the fact that both of you
know that you’re moving on, and
there’s a mutual understanding
that since this is the final note, it
has to be good. You want to go out
with a bang — so to speak — not
a squeak. And so, you pull out all
the stops. Maybe there’s something
to that no-more-inhibition thing
after all. I also did a little research
to see the man side of things, but
I stopped when one of the reasons
breakup sex was said to be awesome was because semen chemistry
will change to cause spontaneous
ovulation. Not once have I had my
mind blown by ovulation, so that’s
off the table.
The thing is, for most people
at least, breakup sex cannot remain
all by itself in a vacuum of intense,
uninhibited sensations. There are
all kinds of emotions tangled up
in there, for both people involved.
Sure, you can tell yourself, “Of
course I can do this no strings
attached — I made my choice, and
I’m sticking to it and this is just for
fun!” But you probably won’t mean
it. Unless you are far more badass
than me — which is entirely possible because I am not very badass
when it comes to being emotionally
uninvolved — I’d say our attempt at
fun was, at best, pretty misguided.
It opened up a lot of issues that I
had hoped had finally been closed
and drew out the process of breaking up to even more painful levels.
I guess what I’m getting at here
is that I don’t recommend having
breakup sex. Sure, it’ll be “mindblowing” (maybe), but all the lingering doubts and all the questions
it’ll raise for you afterward just
aren’t worth it.
LIFESTYLE
WORLD TOUR
El Salvadoreno
E
l Salvadoreno, an authentic Salvadorian
restaurant, is a pleasant surprise
wrapped up in a tough exterior. It’s
located in Grant Hill, a working-class neighborhood near National City, and the outside
of the restaurant looks more like an abandoned warehouse — complete with bars barricading the windows and doors — than the
quaint, homey, family-owned atmosphere
you’ll find inside.
The restaurant’s specialty is its pupusas
($2.25), stuffed corn tortillas made with
quesillo cheese that come filled with beans,
meat and vegetables and topped with curtido
(pickled cabbage). This dish is great for college students on a budget: It’s cheap, and it
fills you up quickly. Meat lovers will enjoy
the pupusas de chicharron (pork), or, if
you’re vegetarian, try the pupusa y jalapeno
or the pupusa y loroco (an edible flower
stem). For dessert, the platano frito con
crema ($4.50) — fried bananas covered in
sugar, with a sour cream dip on the side —
won’t disappoint.
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Hours Mon. - Sat. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Location 2845 Imperial Ave., San Diego, CA 92102
Recommended Pupusas
The problem with many restaurant’s
pupusas is that the food is either too greasy
or not cooked long enough to melt the
cheese. El Salvadoreno’s pupusas have a
slight crunch on the outside and a gooeycheesy inside, minus the stomachache
later in the day. Salvadorian food is heavy.
Although the pupusas are good, and you’ll
want to stuff your face, limit yourself to two
or three, especially if you’re going to order
dessert. The platano frito con crema comes
with just three bananas cut in half and fried,
but what the dish lacks in quantity, it makes
up for in denseness.
The ensalada (pineapple juice and fruit
chunks) and the horchata salvadorena are
great drinks, so don’t waste your time with
water. If you get the horchata, be warned
that Salvadoran horchata isn’t the watery,
and over-sweetened Mexican horchata
that most San Diegans are familiar with.
Salvadoran horchata is thick, grainy and
delicately sweet.
When you enter the restaurant, you
might not be greeted or seated right away,
as the restaurant has a small staff. If you’re
Hispanic, be prepared for the waiters speak
to you in Spanish, but don’t worry, everyone’s fluent in English as well. The menu
is written in Spanish, but there are English
translations below, along with a photo of the
dish to give you a better idea of what you’re
about to eat.
Driving all the way to Grand Hill for
some food may be too much for some, so
make the most out of your trip. Chicano
Park, a nationally recognized Mexican heritage park located in Barrio Logan, is right
next door.
If you want to explore San Diego and
experiment with foods from new cultures,
El Salvadoreno is the place to go. From its
cheap prices to its hearty dishes, it’s great for
college students who’ve had to tighten their
purse strings without sacrificing quality.
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Three former Tritons and
current filmmakers
discuss their success in
the industry.
BY NATHAN COOK
STAFF WRITER
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PHOTO COURTESY OF WONG FU PRODUCTIONS
T
he San Diego Asian Film Festival hosts a great many interesting and powerful films from directors across the world — Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, the
Philippines, even Iran. But sometimes it hosts films from much closer to home:
Nearly a decade ago, San Diego-based Wong Fu Productions premiered their first
feature film at this very festival. An online video production company, Wong Fu has
produced dozens of videos and even a couple of feature films through the partnership
of three men: Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang. The studio started right here at
UCSD when the trio met as undergraduates during a video production class. Years
later, and with many successful projects under their belt, the trio came back to campus
for the San Diego Asian Film Festival. We sat down with them and asked them a few
questions.
Guardian: You three have very much operated outside of the traditional, stereotypical
norm of Hollywood and American filmmaking in general. Do you all feel that this was
just a method of operating that worked for your situation, or is this the beginning of a
new standard in filmmaking?
Ted Fu: I think filmmaking is about pushing the envelope, finding new ways to
describe something, finding different ways to tell a story. Filmmaking, for the most
part, runs parallel with technology and innovation. YouTube, or online streaming, is
one of those innovations that caught on; it works well and is accessible to millions of
people and, for the most part, free.
Philip Wang: I think at the beginning we really had no idea what online video was;
we just knew that it was the only way we could get our work out there. Technically, we
started making videos before YouTube was even around. We had our own website, and
we bought bandwidth, and we uploaded our stuff to a server, and people had to download it. When YouTube came along we just thought: “Oh wow, free bandwidth.” And
then it just so happened that community was forming, and people were finding us primarily through YouTube first. And now, it’s grown to be like the norm for consuming
media throughout someone’s day, and I think that’s why it’s become this new direction
of where filmmaking and creating content is going. We were just early adopters out of
necessity; now we kind of see that, yes, this is the future.
Wesley Chan: I think ... a new standard was developing, and that’s why streaming
video was just beginning to get really big and popular. And also, the technology like
smaller cameras, affordable cameras, equipment that was leveling the playing field for
a lot of student filmmakers, amateur filmmakers ... was becoming available to everyone.
G: In the past, you had some trouble with the idea that a film starring a male Asian
lead wouldn’t be profitable. Have you run into this attitude elsewhere? How do you
respond to people that hold that attitude?
PW: I think an Asian male lead now can be much more accepted than it was even
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“Dev” Hynes is a chameleon.
He started off in 2004 as a member of the noisy post-punk group Test
Icicles but soon transformed into the
adorably bespectacled troubadour
of his melody-driven folk project,
Lightspeed Champion. Shortly thereafter, Hynes decided to change direction once more, revealing the hipper
Blood Orange sound rooted in indie
R&B with a lush pop sensibility. This
constant metamorphosis has made
Hynes one to keep an eye on.
A follow-up to the 2011 Blood
Orange LP “Coastal Grooves,” his
sophomore release, “Cupid Deluxe,”
bears many sonic similarities with
the previous album. The avantgarde hooks, dreamy vocal layers,
warped synthesizers and funky beats
three to four years ago. If you just look at media now and what’s on TV and the number of Asian roles and how Asians are portrayed, [it] is much more positive than it
was. There’s a lot more opportunities — because we kind of say “being Asian is kind of
cool now,” and that hasn’t been a concept that we haven’t heard in a while.
WC: In terms of mainstream Hollywood, there’s still a long ways to go for any Asian
— the work is tough out there in the mainstream. But technology has created niche
markets, and it’s allowed people to find what they want to support, and it’s allowed the
creators to find an audience. So now we have an audience that’s very open to us and
wants us to have Asian leads, and so now we can say, “Yeah, we’re going to make a
movie that has that, and we don’t have to abide by the rules of mainstream necessarily”
like we did with “Sleep Shift,” when someone else was producing it. Now we’re going
to produce it ourselves; we’re going to make those decisions — and I think this is the
beginning of a future of that happening more often — as more filmmakers and more
creative people are going into places of power, we can basically call the shots that we
want.
PW: We try to diversify the stories that we have, and […] we want to work with people
that have a similar attitude as us [who] just want to tell a good story and be colorblind
to the characters.
G: You’ve returned to UCSD for a homecoming during this year’s San Diego Asian
Film Festival. Your first major, feature-length film debuted here seven years ago. That’s
almost a decade. Would your younger selves at that festival have believed you if you
told them where you’d be now?
TF: My younger self would quickly move on to more important questions after he
realized that I’m from the future: He’ll probably ask me what stocks to invest in and if I
remember any lottery numbers. Come to think of it, I think I’m going to try to memorize at least one jackpot number in the event this happens one day.
PW: It’s been a long time since our first submission to the SDAFF, and it played a
huge part in our development, and it was a huge stepping-stone for us. I think if my
younger self [was] to hear where we are now, it’d just be like, “Good job, you’ve kept it
going, and you’ve grown.”
WC: Yeah, we’ve never been comfortable with where we are. Even now, wherever we’re
at, whatever “success” we’ve achieved, we’re still not comfortable, and we want to move
forward. So hopefully there’s a seven-years-older version of us that’s asking, “Are you
proud of where we took you guys in seven years?” and hopefully we can be proud of
them, too. But I think it’s awesome that we get to come back to really the place where
it all began, and I remember going to that first festival and sitting at that table and
watching the awards being given out and thinking “wow” — it’s pretty crazy, for sure.
PW: It’s been a very long and exciting journey, and we’re happy that we’ve had our supporters and our fans — to even say that we have fans is still weird to me now — but to
say that we were on this journey with them is something that I’m really happy about.
recall the standout tracks “Sutphin
Boulevard” and “Champagne
Coast” from the first album. (In a
tongue-in-cheek throwback, “Time
Will Tell” even mimics the line
“Come into My Bedroom” from
“Champagne Coast.”) However,
“Cupid Deluxe” showcases a higher
level of precision and expertise from
Hynes, making it feel more substantial. Perhaps out of all of his previous
musical phases, this is the one he
feels the most comfortable with.
The excellent opening track
“Chamakay” is a duet with Caroline
Polachek of Chairlift. It bridges the
gap between a subtly sexy, indie-funk
sigh and a sweet pop lamentation
of heartache. Complimenting the
synthesizer echoes and soft drums is
something that sounds like marimba
(or “a giant kalimba,” as suggested
by Rolling Stone). An unpredictable
saxophone adorns the instrumental
break, teasing the listener with its
smoky, retro sound. The melange of
Hynes’ and Polachek’s harmonies is
feather-light, complimenting each
other beautifully. “You’re Not Good
Enough,” featuring Samantha Urbani
of Friends, puts forth the catchiest chorus on the album. The track
features a smooth nouveau 80s
production as an homage to an era
of glistening pop songs, funky bass
licks and groovy rhythms, bearing
similarities to Hynes’ recent production work with Solange (“Losing
You”) and Sky Ferreira (“Everything
Is Embarrassing”). “No Right Thing,”
a collaboration with Dave Longstreth
of Dirty Projectors, is another standout track. Heavy on soulful vocals
and stuttering guitar licks in the
verses, the song propels itself forward
in a lush arrangement in the chorus,
demonstrating a skillful interplay
between major and minor melodies.
In a video biography posted on
his YouTube page, Hynes states that
his primary position is to create
music for others. Although he possesses impressive versatility, it is difficult to overlook the fact that he is
strongest in collaboration with other
artists on “Cupid Deluxe.” He is
certainly successful with this album
because he is able to evoke sounds
of the past — traces of the soulful
groove of Michael Jackson, the nervous energy of the Talking Heads
and the colorful pop of Madonna
— while still making them sound
new and fresh. “Cupid Deluxe” can
thus be regarded as a throwback that
is both contemporary and forwardthinking. However, the solo tracks
feel somewhat disjointed and lack
the precision and refinement of his
previous production work and collaborative efforts.
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whole other level, and I avoid it
at all costs, with only two notable exceptions. One, I occasionally feel
like taking surprise selfies with the
crazed Christians; two, I am regularly
in the mood to watch someone fall
to their death from one of those tiny
Penny skateboards. Like, if you’re
going to live by a stupid trend, I may
as well get to watch you die by it. At
least the people who choose scooters
as their mode of transportation know
they aren’t cool.
Anyway, Library Walk. Given
how decentralized UCSD is, Library
Walk is essential in providing it with
some unity. I do love Library Walk in
principle, yet the trek through it on
a busy day is just too horrifying. My
friends tell me that “The LW” is one
of the best parts of our university. But
if I’m here for one purpose, it’s to take
a dump on everything you love. And
that’s exactly why I am giving it the
Triton Side-Eye.
We are meant to be enriched by
all the activities and groups making
themselves known, but I feel like a
character on “The Walking Dead”
whose storyline is about to be cut
short. The heartbeat of our campus is
too busy pumping out cheap cupcakes
and frat events to keep us alive. Every
organization understands how the
space works, and they all aim to use
it in exactly the same way — white
noise. Methinks there is little coincidence in this behavior happening
next to the commercial entity of our
campus. The treats may sell, but the
ideas don’t.
The environment of Library Walk
is a concerted effort to erase uniqueness in the name of superficial togetherness, despite UCSD’s six-colleges
inviting us to embrace individuality. If
I can see that through my gin-slashlemon-slash-olive oil-slash-gin cleanse
induced stupor, so can you. We are
lucky we don’t study somewhere that
defines school spirit with face paint
— we aren’t six years old. The centerpiece of student traffic deserves to be
a stage for specific groups and interest
to shine instead of assimilating into a
meaningless block of nothingness.
Occasionally, Library Walk does us
right. During one week each year, it
converts into a positive display about
the Israeli/Palestine conflict. Speaking
of attempted cleanses, I’m now being
told that while this gin is lifting my
mood, I have apparently mistaken
“jam” for “gin” and that it was meant
for topical application (explains why
I’m not getting the glow I was promised...whatever).
When we are lucky to have something great, there is invariably going
to be some other all-to-typical display
distracting from the magic: groups
that can only entice with free food, a
hoard of homosexuals crying out for
people to “Hug a Gay Person,” as if letting people know it’s safe to touch us
is an effective form of activism. Quick
side note that hugs are a real problem
on Library Walk. I couldn’t even register to vote last week without being
accosted with free hugs and biblical
hymns. A bit much, to be honest.
My point: Library Walk is generally an instrument to overbear us with
strategic mass appeal. It all seems
rather empty for what many consider
the heart of our campus. It plays into
what I see every day: thousands of
people who seem hell bent on presenting themselves to the world by slipping into the anonymity of UGGs and
a sweatshirt. If the place we traverse
most can’t live us out of that, then the
UGGs have won, god dammit.
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instead choosing to relish in self-indulgence.
Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem
Rated R
Release Date Oct. 25
C
onsidering Cormac
McCarthy’s fame following
the success of 2007’s “No
Country For Old Men,” comparisons will inevitably be drawn
between it and “The Counselor,”
McCarthy’s first proper screenplay. And why shouldn’t it? Both
films focus on a mysterious cast
of characters circling a drug deal
gone wrong, somewhere along the
Mexico-U.S. border. Unfortunately,
any similarity in quality that might
be expected stops short at the films’
general subject matter.
Regular ranchers and drug
dealers are abandoned in this film.
Instead, the mystery and halfrevealed details center on a cast of
characters seemingly drawn from a
melodramatic action blockbuster,
most of them rich and petty drug
lords enjoying a lavish lifestyle that
includes Bentleys and pet cheetahs.
Into this world steps the mysterious “counselor,” played with quiet
confidence by the excellent Michael
Fassbender. With his new wife
(Penelope Cruz) in hand, he dips
his feet deeper into the drug trade
to give her a better life. Predictably,
as he awaits his plans to come to
fruition, he is betrayed by a mysterious acquaintance. The counselor’s
position as middleman for an
unseen — yet omnipresent — drug
cartel puts him in a dangerous
position as they come seeking retribution.
The cartel is the overwhelmingly evil presence that lurks right
around the corner, paralleling
Anton Chigurgh in “No Country
for Old Men.” But because the
cartel is a mostly off-screen entity,
viewers aren’t drawn into the dry
and dangerous landscape the film
depicts. Instead, we wait patiently
for the danger to arrive.
Consequently, the plot can be
summed up as one hour of talking
and half-veiled threats, followed by
another hour of slow degeneration
into bloody chaos. It’s a thriller
with no riveting drama or narrative, lacking a hook or a payoff. The
only thrilling thing this film has
going for it is an innovatively gruesome execution and a bizarre sex
scene involving just Cameron Diaz
and the windshield of a Ferrari.
The main weakness of “The
Counselor” is crystallized in a scene
towards the end of the movie. With
the death toll rising, a new character
drops in to deliver a monologue about
the medieval poet Antonio Machado,
who was willing to sacrifice all his
talent for just one more hour with his
deceased lover. It’s a beautifully written scene, but with no proper plot and
character development leading up to
it, we simply aren’t invested enough to
care. “The Counselor” is strewn with
scenes like this one, which appear
grandiose and deep on paper, but
feel hopelessly out of place on film.
Whereas McCarthy’s trademark has
always been his bleak and post-modern view of the Western genre, here he
has apparently abandoned any attempt
to string a proper plot together, and
instead spent many dialogue-heavy
scenes waxing philosophical to an
uncaring audience. As such, “The
Counselor” feels more like a postmodern theatre than Western.
FAQ ADAM DEVINE
I
magine being paid to live in a
mansion and throw the most
insane house parties imaginable.
That’s how “Workaholics” star Adam
Devine felt when Comedy Central
gave him the opportunity to launch
his new show, “Adam Devine’s House
Party.” The show takes place inside
the house, and each episode features a
house party with an outdoor standup
comedy act. The series shows college
students that they haven’t truly partied
until they’ve been to parties like these.
see them make appearances throughout the show?
AD: A little bit. They make cameos
in the show, but it’s really a separate
project. I didn’t want it to be behindthe-scenes “Workaholics,” but rather
highlight up-and-coming standup
comedians.
Guardian: How do you feel to have
your own show for the first time?
Adam Devine: You know it’s a surreal experience, a show with my name
on it!
G: So do you have any real house
party stories of your own that perhaps
inspired the plot?
AD: Oh, yes. For the filming of
“Workaholics,” Blake and I actually
lived in the house that the show was
filmed, which was a blast. One time,
Blake jumped off the roof during a
party and broke his back. That was
pretty hilarious.
G: Congratulations! Do you miss having [“Workaholics” co-stars] Blake
Anderson and Anders Holm on the
set with you, and should we expect to
G: Tell us a little more about the format of your show, as it has a mix of
party scenes and on- stage stand up
performances.
FAQ BYRON Q
A
fter directing, producing
and self-distributing his
award-winning debut “BANG
BANG,” UCSD alumnus Byron
Q developed a close friendship
with Tiny Raskal Gang member
Vanna Fut. Fut’s life story became
the focus of Byron’s latest effort,
a documentary entitled “Raskal
Love,” which was featured at the
San Diego Film Festival.
Guardian: What drew you to
Vanna’s story?
Byron Q: Just the struggles he had
to go through at such an early age
and still having, you know — if you
meet him, he’s the most humble
person you’ll ever meet and just
very genuine and very loyal and
very committed to what he’s doing.
When I grew up, I also was raised
by a single mom and shared that
type of family environment of
a broken family. So a lot of that
also drew me towards the story.
Something I could relate to.
G: You introduce the film with the
line, “Get ready for a true story.”
Why do you feel it’s important to
tell true stories or stories rooted in
reality?
BQ: There’s a greater amount of
illusion to truth with the coming
of reality TV; most of it’s false and
really fabricated, but it’s given to
you in form of truth. And I think
the media, too — you know, when
you watch news and read articles,
everything has a false spin to it.
I’m not saying this documentary
doesn’t have its own objective or
point of view, but that’s kind of the
whole exploration of this project —
a search for truth and a search for
something that’s authentic.
G: What does the term “Raskal
Love” mean to you?
BQ: “Raskal Love” basically means
just brotherly love and family. I
think that’s something I got through
making the documentary, and that’s
something that’s actually a real term
that the TRG [Tiny Raskal Gang]
members use. It’s not something
that I just came up with for this; it’s
something that had already been
there. They take that as when some-
AD: I thought that it would be a really
cool idea for the audience to get to
know and see a lot of these comedians
on and off the stage. They get to know
the comedians just outside of their
performance at a giant house party.
It provides a story for the standup
within the context of giant house parties and shows they are more than just
people who can stand in front of a
microphone and tell jokes.
G: Do you have any last words you
want to leave us with?
AD: I love to party — spread the
gospel!
Be sure to check out “Adam Devine’s
House Party,” airing Thursdays at
12:30 a.m. on Comedy Central.
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take care of them. You do whatever
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protect them — what it really comes
down to is family.
G: What do you want people to take
away from “Raskal Love”?
BQ: My idea for “Raskal Love” and
what I want people to get out of it is
a different perspective on the whole
gang culture. I think we’ve seen the
portrayal of gangs as something
negative — all gangs are just bad and
just violent. But our society is based
on gangs. The gang is a family, so to
destroy gangs is to destroy the concept
of family. Our society, the government, the CIA, organizations: All of it
is based around a gang essentially. The
idea of a gang as a family — [Vanna]
wanted to use that to empower [the
members] in a positive way, like,
“Why don’t we help each other, help
members of the community, as a gang,
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This lack of immersion is only
exacerbated by lines of dialogue
that seem to be written directly
for the audience as commentary,
rather than for characters interacting with each other. Not even Javier
Bardem’s role as a drug dealer with
spiked-back hair and gaudy sunglasses can bring enough charisma
to the dialogue to make it work.
Worst of all is that the most
terrible lines are delivered by
Cameron Diaz. As an actress not
particularly well-suited for serious drama, she sorely sticks out
here against the performances
by Fassbender, Bardem and Brad
Pitt. She orates her lines meant to
underscore the Darwinistic struggle
surrounding her with such sophomoric emphasis that it feels like one
is watching a high school production of Shakespeare, not a film by
some of the most renowned talent
in the business today.
It’s uncertain whether the blame
ultimately lies with a shoddy script
by McCarthy, since this is his first
foray into scriptwriting, or with
poor execution from Ridley Scott,
whose recent track record hasn’t
been too stellar (see “Prometheus”).
Suffice to say, if you’re a fan of
either, simply stay home. This is
“No Country for Old Men” with the
thrill replaced by a bloated sense of
self-importance.
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The sophomore computer science
major has recorded some solid times
this season — placing 20th at the conference championships and 22nd at
the Annual Triton Classic — nothing
that would indicate Alwafai would be
the first Triton to run amongst the
top in the nation in five seasons. To
the casual observer, Alwafai’s qualifying time may have come as a bit of a
shock but not to UCSD head coach
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work is finally paying off.
“Alwafai’s done a real nice job
of adapting to the collegiate training regimen,” Garcia said. “He had
a good year last year and continued
to work over last summer. He’s just
started to develop and mature as an
athlete, and he’s put in a whole lot of
hard work.”
Come Nov. 23, Alwafai will be
back on the Plantes Ferry Sports
Complex course in Spokane, which
Alwafai said should work in his favor.
“I’m really comfortable at the course
up in Washington,” Alwafai said. “It’s
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a pretty straight course — not a lot
of hills or turns, just pretty much flat
grass land. It’s solid and fast, which
I like.”
Running without teammates —
in an individual sport where running alongside confederates can be
a huge advantage — may set Alwafai
back. But Garcia said one of Alwafai’s
strengths is his ability to pick a pack.
“He’s the type of guy who is able
to put himself into a fast moving pack
and manage that stressful environment well — to take anxiety and turn
it into motivation,” Garcia said.
Alwafai said he hasn’t considered
tactics just yet, but that he plans to
try and stay close with his CCAA
conference opponents from Cal Poly
Pomona — a squad that just edged
the Tritons in the conference championships.
Alwafai will be flying back up to
Spokane, Wash. next Saturday. The
course will be open for practice Nov.
21 and Nov. 22 before the Nov. 23
meet at 11:30 a.m.
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the All-CCAA first team honors, and
Cohen also won the CCAA Best
Defensive Player of the Year award.
Senior Taylor Wirth, who sustained
an ankle injury that may see him
sidelined for the remainder of the
postseason, was named to the AllCCAA second team. Pascale was
awarded the CCAA Coach of the
Year for the second consecutive season.
“It felt pretty special to win it,”
Pascale said. “There are a lot of great
coaches in the league, and being recognized by them felt great.”
This Thursday, if No. 3 Chico
State wins, UCSD will face the
Wildcats for the fourth time this
season. The Tritons are 2–1 with
Chico State, and Pascale said that
the two teams match up against one
another well.
“We like that matchup,” Arsht said
of a potential bout between the two
CCAA powerhouses. “They definitely like to bang around the field a lot
and have a lot of heavy hitters, but
I think we can definitely hang with
them.”
Of course, if Seattle Pacific bests
Chico State Thursday, the Tritons will
go up against a school they haven’t
faced since their 2007 season.
Given either scenario, Pascale is confident that the Tritons will perform.
“I told all my guys to make sure
they leave their mark on the program,” Pascale said. “I think they’ve
done that, but I don’t think this team
is done yet.”
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March. “The positives are that we
have a little bit of succe ss to build
off of in this long winter we have
coming up,” Attaran said. “We
can build on our fitness and get
some of the new guys on board to
carry through to the race season in
March.”
While the Tritons will not row
again until March 1, at their next
event in Long Beach, they have little
plans on slowing their roll.
“Our team goal this year is to
make the national championships
and to do better than we have done,”
Johnson said. “We really need to
focus on not just winning but making sure we’re fast enough to compete at the highest level.”
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All-CCAA First Team
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Coach of the Year
t was announced last Monday, Nov. 11, that the UCSD men’s soccer team would live to play
another game.
After falling to Cal State Los Angeles in the California Collegiate Athletic Association championships last week, the Tritons earned their first bid to the NCAA Division II national tournament since 2003. UCSD will go into the regional with the No. 2 seed, behind No. 1 seed Cal
State Los Angeles and in front of No. 3 Chico State.
Beginning this Thursday, the Tritons will host the NCAA playoffs for the first time in
program history, when No. 3 Chico State will face No. 6 Seattle Pacific.
UCSD will play the winner between Chico State and Seattle Pacific this Saturday at 7
p.m. at RIMAC field.
“We’re definitely excited to be going to the tournament and even more excited that
we’re hosting,” senior defender Alec Arsht said. “I think there’s definitely a bit of a bitter taste in our mouths after losing to Cal State Los Angeles — we thought we definitely
dominated the game, but hopefully, that’ll just motivate us more this weekend.”
UCSD took on Chico State in the semifinal, beating the Wildcats 2–1 on an overtime
golden goal by freshman Malek Bashti. The goal was Bashti’s first of the season and came
just one week after he was sent to the hospital for a cardiac arrhythmia.
“What a moment for Malek, to score his first goal on a game-winner in overtime,”
head coach Jon Pascale said. “It was great to see that kind of swing for Malek; I couldn’t
be prouder.”
On Sunday, UCSD fell to No. 1 seed Cal State Los Angeles 1–0, in a game
where Pascale said the Tritons dominated the opening half and
Arsht said UCSD was the better team.
“The first half of the final was probably the best we played
all year. Unfortunately, we put one just wide,” Pascale said.
“In the second half, the game was a bit more even, and they
capitalized on an opportunity to late, but I still thought it was
some of the best soccer I’ve seen all season.”
Five Tritons earned All-CCAA honors this season.
Seniors Andisheh Bagheri, Josh Cohen and Arsht earned
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Crew Competes at Mission Bay Meet
Tareq Alwafai Earns
Ticket to National Meet The men’s and women’s teams ended their preseason at the San Diego Fall Classic.
Alwafai is the first Triton who has qualified since 2008.
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Next week, sophomore Tareq
Alwafai will return to Spokane,
Wash. — the site of his 14th place
finish at the West Regionals — to
compete in the NCAA national meet.
The first Triton to qualify for
Nationals since 2008, Alwafai finished the 10,000-meter course last
week in a program record time of
32:27. Placing 14th overall, the sophomore was one of just 40 individual
runners to be selected from across
the country to compete in the national meet next Saturday, Nov. 23.
The UCSD men’s cross country
team — placing sixth in a field of
18 teams — was just 18 points shy
of qualifying for the NCAA meet as
a team.
“I was really excited to hear that
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I’d be going out to Spokane again,”
Alwafai said. “But it is a real bummer that my teammates, who have
helped me out all season and helped
get me to Nationals, won’t be coming
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The UCSD men’s and women’s
crew teams continued into their second and final event of preseason
competition at the San Diego Fall
Classic, held this past Sunday at
Mission Bay.
The Tritons competed against
rowing squads from Arizona
State University, San Diego State
University, the University of San
Diego, UC Davis and UC Santa
Barbara.
The Triton men dominated
throughout the day, taking first
place in both events they rowed in,
while the UCSD women had a more
difficult time in its home port.
In the Men’s Open 8+ race, the
Varsity 8 squad claimed victory with
a time of 14:58. The Triton Junior
Varsity 8 team placed a respectable
fourth, clocking in at 15:57 and
ahead of UC Davis’s Varsity group
(16:16). In the Men’s Open Novice
8+ race, the Triton men won handily
with a time of 15:44, well ahead of
fellow competing squads.
“The idea for us is to win every
time we go out, and we did that,”
UCSD men’s head coach Zach
Johnson said. “Especially considering we started a month later than
the teams that we were competing
against, it’s a good sign.”
While the Triton men felt satisfied with their performances this
Sunday, they know much work has
to be done beyond these victories.
“Results really weren’t that paramount,” senior Zack Attaran said.
“Obviously we wanted to win and
we did that. It was more like a good
finish to the fall season, and we
have things to look forward to and
work on.”
While UCSD’s men’s crew teams
found success at Sunday’s Fall
Classic, the Triton women struggled
more throughout the day.
In the Women’s Open 8+ event,
the Triton A team finished ninth
with a time of 18:31. Behind them,
the Triton B team placed 11th
(18:55), while the Triton C team
placed 14th (20:19). The Women’s
Open 4+ race provided little consolation, as UCSD’s A team, led by
senior captain Olivia Knizek, placed
10th (21:27), and the C team followed soon after in 13th.
However, in the Women’s Open
Novice 8+, the Tritons rowed well,
finishing in third with a time of
19:20, behind USD (18:01) and
SDSU (18:30).
The Fall Classic marks the end of
the fall preseason schedule. Neither
team will return to the water until
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