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! e students involved in last year’s nationally recognized pepper-spray incident at the University of California Davis reached a settle-ment with the UC Regents on a fed-eral class-action lawsuit on Sept. 26, about 10 months a" er campus police sprayed the Occupy UC Davis pro-testors who remained seated when asked to clear the quad.

! e $1 million settlement in-cludes $30,000 for each of the 21 students and recent alumni who were sprayed, $250,000 for legal fees and a reservation of $100,000 to compen-sate others who may join the class-action lawsuit by proving they were arrested or pepper-sprayed.

According to ! e Los Angeles Times, the UC’s self-insurance pro-gram, with $600 million in reserves, will be used to pay the pending settle-ment, which must be # nally approved in federal court.

! e settlement’s terms are not restricted to monetary compensa-tion; Chancellor Linda Kathei will write an apology to each student, the UC Regents will o$ er assistance to students whose grades su$ ered as a result of the events and the American Civil Liber-ties Union will work with UC Davis to revise dem-onstration and protest policies.

According to the ACLU, the $20,000 they will receive will fund “its future work with the Uni-versity on these policies to protect free speech and free expression on cam-pus.”

Some students who were pepper-sprayed have publicly weighed in on the events of Nov. 18, 2011 and the lawsuit that followed. ! e SF Gate cited Enosh Baker, who was arrested that day.

Sawyeh Maghsoodloo and Ale-jandro “Alex” Rodriguez, two students at the University of California Santa Barbara, are running together in the Nov. 2012 election for the o% ces of Director of Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District. Maghsoodloo is run-ning for a two-year term while Rodri-guez will be running for a four-year term. If elected, Maghsoodloo and Rodriguez hope to better represent university students and the Isla Vista community and meet their needs more e$ ectively.

“! e Isla Vista Recreation and Park District is a # ve-member board of elected Isla Vista residents that man-age all 22 parks within Isla Vista’s one mile radius,” says ivcommunityalliance.org in the “What is IVRPD?” section. IVRPD is the only way the speci# c community of Isla Vista is represented, Maghsoodloo says. Its jurisdiction in-cludes beach accesses and trails in addi-tion to the parks. ! e board facilitates recreational programs such as youth activities, cultural enrichment, a fam-ily fun and # tness program and even a hiking and exploration club.

Maghsoodloo, a third-year po-litical science major at UCSB, has had over seven years of experience in stu-dent government, including serving on the UCSB Senate of Associated Stu-dents for the 2011-2012 school year. She runs alongside Rodriguez, also a political science major, who begins his second year at UCSB. ! ey are run-ning with Pegeen Soutar, who was a member of the board from 1996-2004, and Je$ rey A. Bessmer, who has sat on the Board of Directors of six commu-nity businesses according to his state-ment of candidate found on sbcvote.com. If elected, it will be the # rst time serving on the board for Maghsoodloo, 20, and Rodriguez, 19.

Both Maghsoodloo and Rodri-guez include better park maintenance in their agenda and cite water short-age as a major issue for the parks in IV. ! ey hold water conservation as the key to keeping our community parks’ natural beauty alive.

“I would push for water con-

servation with night time sprinkler programs, host Community Park clean ups and keep community gardens a$ ordable,” said Rodriguez. Additionally, Maghsoodloo argues that abandoned plans for park renovations need to re-sume. She uses the vernal pools located in the De-vereux Slough watershed as an example, which are cru-cial for sustaining wildlife in the area. Water supply to these pools was recently shut o$ by the board, and the surrounding wildlife has since su$ ered. Lastly, according to Maghsood-loo’s statement of candi-dacy, she plans “to rejuve-nate some of the Del Playa beach access points that are overgrown with shrubbery and le" abandoned.”

Aside from environ-mental improvements, Maghsoodloo and Rodri-guez advocate using the parks to bring the IV com-munity closer together. Also in her statement of candidacy, Maghsoodloo proposes “reach[ing] out to local artists to increase art in our parks” as well as increasing the number of concerts by “encouraging bands to play on weekends via lower concert fees and more lenient decibel ordi-nances.” Rodriguez agrees that such activities will bene# t the community and bring more diversity to IV. He said, “If our budget al-lows us, we can host more recreational activities such as concerts or BBQs, which foster participation from all members in our community.”

Soutar, who is a UCSB alumnus and raises her family in IV, said about the candidates, “! ey have lots of great ideas and enthusiasm, and I’ve enjoyed working with them on the campaign.”

Maghsoodloo, Rodriguez, Sou-

tar and Bessmer are endorsed by the Democratic Party of Santa Barbara County, Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County, Local SEIU 620 and UCSB Campus Democrats.

Students are encouraged to visit ivcommunityalliance.org and ivparks.org to learn more, and may email saw-yehmaghsoodloo@gmail.com and a_rodriguez02@umail.ucsb.edu for further information.

by JOANNE HOWARD

UC Regents and Pepper-sprayed UC Davis Students Reach a Preliminary Settlement of 1 MillionBaker, though pleased with the

outcome, expressed disappointment with the fact that former Lt. John Pike, the man who can be seen spray-ing students at close range in the viral video, was cleared in Yolo County of

illegal use of force. Another protestor who was

pepper-sprayed, Fatima Sbeih, called the settlement “a step in the right di-

by EMMA BOORMAN rection,” but also brought up a sense of trust UC Davis still needs to re-store in its students.

Ian Lee, who was pepper-sprayed as well, said he protested to show his concern about the increas-

ing cost of tuition and felt “silenced” by the university. He is still a UCD student and has stated he will use his settlement money to pay for school.

Michael Risher, an attorney for the ACLU of Northern Califor-nia, hopes the Univer-sity’s he" y loss will be a “wake-up call for other universities and police departments.”

UC Regents and the ACLU are aiming to form an ef-fective relationship that will ensure the prevention of potential violent episodes during future protests at any

[ ]UC. A UC Davis task force report that became public April 2011 indi-cates discussions about how to peace-fully handle campus protests have already taken place.

Cruz Reynoso, former associ-ate justice of the California Supreme Court and current professor of law at UC Davis, chaired the task force, which established a report that ad-mitted the events in Davis “should and could have been prevented.” In addition, the report elaborated on Lt. Pike’s “objectively unreasonable decision to use pepper spray on the students,” even though he was later cleared of charges, and the Chancel-lor’s “primary responsibility for the failure to communicate her position that the police operation should avoid physical force.” U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez will decide what constitutes justice for all parties involved when the settlement is sent to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

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Capps and Maldonado Debate in Pollock ! eatre

A # ght broke out on the 6600 block of Abrego Road early Sunday morning, Oct. 7, leaving two stabbing victims in Goleta Valley Cottage Hospi-tal and three additional assault victims in other local hospitals.

Santa Barbara County o% cers and deputies arrived at Goleta Valley Cot-tage Hospital at approximately 12:40 a.m. on Sunday morning to investigate reports of the two stabbing victims, but have not yet apprehended a perpetrator.

Santa Barbara County Public Information O% cer Mark Williams explained that while the victims have been released from the hospital, police are still looking for the person behind

the crime.“My understanding is, through

the deputies Sunday, that all the victims have been released and they’re all in good shape,” said Williams.

One suspect who was seen leav-ing the scene of the # ght was described as a Hispanic female, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, between 140 and 150 pounds and 22 years old. Her hair was black and pulled back into a ponytail. She exited the scene in an unknown direction, and police are still working to track down leads regarding the # ght.

According to Williams, Isla Vista Foot Patrol o% cers are trying to obtain follow-up interviews from the victims and witnesses but have not yet gath-ered any new leads. Williams explained that cases such as this are never truly

“dropped,” but that due to the sheer volume of crimes a case with no new evidence may be put on hold pending further revelations.

“A" er a certain point if we run out of leads, a case gets suspended,” ex-plained Williams. “If new information comes forth then we continue down that path.” we continue down that path.”

Stabbing in Isla Vista Leaves Victims Woundedby THOMAS ALEXANDER

Isla Vista Beat Reporter

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Congresswoman Lois Capps faced o$ against challenger Abel Maldonado in a debate on Tues-day night.

! e candidates spoke before a sold-out Pollock ! eater at Uni-versity of California Santa Barba-ra, and still more people watched from home using live streams pro-vided by the Santa Barbara Inde-pendent and UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center.

! e debate, moderated by UCSB Political Science Profes-sor John Wooley and Santa Bar-bara Independent reporter Chris Meagher, was notably attended by a large and vocal contingent of Campus Democrats—Capps supporters # lled the courtyard outside the theater and chanted the candidate’s name as she walked onto the stage.

Capps, a Democrat from Santa Barbara and the current rep-resentative of the 23rd Congres-sional District, is in the midst of a heated battle with Republican and Santa Maria resident Abel Mal-donado for representation of the newly-drawn 24th Congressional District. ! e district will encom-pass Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, and a slice of Ventura County.

Maldonado spoke out against the current state of a$ airs in Con-gress, casting himself as a Washington outsider who will work to establish bipartisanship and to represent the people of District 24.

“I love this area. I’m a local boy. I was raised in this district,” Mal-donado explained. “! at’s why I’m running for Con-gress, because I think I can # x Washington.”

Capps, try-ing to cast doubt

upon her opponent’s anti-Washington rheto-ric, brought up the fact that Maldonado’s cam-paign received funding from the uno% cial Su-per PAC of Republican House Speaker John Boehner.

Both candidates spoke extensively about tuition and education funding. Capps dis-cussed her experience as a nurse and educa-tion advocate, while Maldonado cited his position as a parent and small-business owner.

Maldonado brought up his child-hood as the son of an immigrant and claimed that education got him to where he is today.

“Education was my way up and my way out,” explained Maldonado. “I won’t bail out banks, I will help out schools.”

Capps made the point that UC tuition nearly tripled during her op-ponent’s stint as Lieutenant Gover-nor under Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Maldonado lambasted Capps’ poor record with small business owners. Both candidates stressed the importance of creating jobs to support students who are graduat-ing.

“Education is so clearly tied to jobs,” said Capps, “and we want to make sure that these students here, when they graduate, we’ll have a job for them.”

Other topics included full disclosure of campaign funding, defense spending cuts, health care, and the 2010 repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”

Maldonado’s past experience includes work as a small business owner and a stint as the mayor of Santa Maria, and he most recently served as California’s Lieutenant Governor under Schwarzenegger. Capps worked as a school nurse and education advocate for more than twenty years, and has represented Santa Barbara in the U.S. Congress since 1998.

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Pictured Above: Candidates Sawyeh Maghsoodloo and Alejandro Rodriguez

by THOMAS ALEXANDERIsla Vista Beat Reporter

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! e 2012 Presidential De-bates, featuring Democratic can-didate President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Sen. Mitt Romney, began Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the University of Denver, Colorado. ! e Hub welcomed any students with an interest in the up-coming election to sit among their peers to watch the fi rst of three presidential debates.

“! e student body fl ooded into ! e Hub for the presidential debate,” said Ian Wikle, a second-year chemistry major who attended the event.

He also recalls that students were “cheering on Obama into his second term, and taking all avail-able practical seating options. It was quite crowded.”

! e crowd showed great attentiveness to the broadcast; around the room, the masses had their heads turned toward the debate.

Debate moderator Jim Leh-rer posed questions pinpointing a variety of aspects of the economy to the two candidates, including their plans for fi xing the economy, increasing the number of jobs avail-able in the United States, improv-ing the national debt and handling Medicare.

Questions involving revenue and taxes took precedence. Each candidate came up with di" erent budget plans outlining their goals and focuses, encompassing who would receive higher tax rates, who will be allowed tax breaks, and who will receive government funding—military, alternative sources of en-ergy and numerous government programs.

! e debate also touched on other topics, including federal regu-lation and healthcare (with an em-phasis on “Obamacare”). Despite di" erent strategies and outlooks, both candidates displayed a desire to improve America’s economy.

! e candidates continually

exceeded Lehrer’s given available times to answer the questions. Both candidates were to blame for pushing the time limit; Romney continually countered Obama’s statements, and at one moment in the debate, Obama told Leh-rer, who had attempted to cut the President’s statement short, “I be-lieve I had fi ve seconds left before the interruption,” and proceeded to orate for three additional minutes.

University of California San-ta Barbara’s professor of political science, Eric Smith, who received his Ph.D from UC Berkeley with an emphasis in American Poli-tics, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Environmental Politics and other areas of political science explained that most who watch the debates are decided voters who view the debate with bias toward their candidate. Taking it a step further, he explained how undecided voters typically do not educate themselves on economic, tax and revenue plans and would not be able to follow the content of the fi rst debate.

“I think the debate was somewhat of a wash…I doubt it will have any signifi cant e" ects on the polls,” said Smith. Still, some of Obama’s supporters were disappointed due to his apparent lack of enthusiasm and his dis-play of uncomfortable irritation throughout the debate—a con-trast to the confi dence and poise he has shown as an orator in the past.

“I was really disappoint-ed with my homeboy, Barack Obama,” said Virginia Wong, a second-year political science ma-jor. “Romney just interrupted him left and right, and Obama just let him. I was really impressed with Mitt.”

As the election draws nearer and voters cement their opinions, Obama and Romney will continue to discuss their platforms as candi-dates in the next two weeks when the Presidential Debates continue on Oct. 16 and 22.

by LUC REEDSta" Writer

Presidential Debate Draws Crowds to the Hub, Leaves

Students Dissatis# ed

! e Associated Students Senate discussed Proposition 30 and the role of the Student Ad-vocate General at the most recent AS Senate meeting on Oct. 3.

! e senators de-bated an amendment that removes the Stu-dent Advocate Gen-eral’s ability to pursue “political advocacy on behalf of the student body” after worries arose over the SAG stance on Prop 30. ! e amendment failed to pass with two-thirds majority with 11 for, nine against and two abstaining. ! e amend-ments prompted an hour and a half long debate on the politi-cal roles the SAG and members of AS were allowed to pursue.

Yoel Haile, the UCSB Student Advo-cate General, defended his perceived right to promote Proposition 30 and the e" ects it would have on stu-dents. ! e Student Advocate General provides guidance and advice to UCSB students involved in the campuses judicial processes. Haile said that his position as a defender of students includes supporting Proposition 30.

“Non-partisan does not mean not political,” said Haile. “My o# ce will always remain non-partisan and objective...! at does not mean we have to stay neutral in instances that a" ect a lot of students...A huge amount of students will be directly a" ected if Prop 30 doesn’t pass, myself in-cluded.”

! e senators were severely split on the issue. O" -Campus Senator Corey Wheeler argued for the amendment, stating that since not all students support Proposi-tion 30, it was not within Haile’s right as SAG to advocate for it.

“I do think the Student Gen-

eral should be there for any stu-dent that needs it,” said Corey. “I can appreciate your desire to reach out to students, but I don’t think that the student advocate general o# ce should be an activist role. I think that it should be there to represents students, but not go out and try to fi nd all of these prob-lems. ! at expands the o# ce more than what I think it needs to be expanded to.”

Other Senators agreed with Wheeler, including Jonathan Ab-boud, Collegiate Senator and the author of the bill proposing the

amendments.“No where in the bill of

rights does it say the Student Ad-vocate General is supposed to be political,” said Abboud. “Political is di" erent than advocation for students for campus policies...! e Student Advocate General has no

place to say ‘this bill in the state legislature will help students and I’m advocat-ing for it’ because that’s not what the purpose of the position is.”

Letters and Sciences Senator Ashkon Rahbari disagreed with Abboud and said every stance AS makes is a political deci-sion.

“We have to ac-knowledge the reality that thousands of students are going to be a" ected by certain policies and Yoel advocating for that only helps,” said Rahbari, “Everything is political. We can’t draw that line. All we can say concrete objectively what he can-not do. Can he endorse a candidate running for o# ce? No. But can he advocate on behalf of the students against certain policies? Yes.”

AS President Sophia Armen questioned if the Senate was us-ing its time e# ciently by arguing what “political” meant in relation to the SAG.

“You have fi nite time here,” said Armen. “You can sit here and talk about the word ‘political’. Is that it? Is that what’s the issue?”

“AS in my opinion is on a tipping point about what are we, what do we want to do? And you know what, this work is going to get done whether or not it’s on paper...We’re all here because we have good intentions...You all de-cide what AS is.”

by CHEYENNE JOHNSONAS Beat Reporter

Associated Students Debate Advocacy for Proposition 30

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[ ]- Jonathan Abboud, Collegiate Senator

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For members of El Congreso, Indig-enous Resistance Week (Oct. 8 through Oct. 13) is more than an attempt to celebrate and embrace “la raza,” an individual’s roots and ethnicity; they see it as an opportunity to help others refl ect on the social and political implications of Columbus Day.

“His landing marked the beginning of the pillage, theft and plunder of a continent and its people…all in the pursuit of wealth and power,” said Miguel Albarran, a fi fth-year sociology major, Latin American and Iberian Studies minor who is participating for the second time in the movement. “Sadly, many indigenous and working class communities are still being pushed aside today to maintain structures that only benefi t a few and push forth a neoliberal agenda, aspects inherited from colonialism.”

! e events planned throughout this week of awareness are not only meant to bring consciousness, but to provide context for an issue that continues to a" ect peasant communities.

“It’s unfortunate that we are still be-ing fed this lie about Columbus ‘discovering’ the Americas,” said a fi lm and media stud-ies fourth-year student who asked to remain anonymous. “We’re trying to dismantle those inaccuracies to tell the truth about what he really did.”

! e week of events kicked o" on Mon-day, Oct. 8, and ends on Sunday, Oct. 13.

! ese events range from a tent display to screenings, art, music, dance and workshops, “where [we’ll] unveil the myths behind Co-lumbus and connect it to the state of the world today,” as described on the event page.

“One essential aspect of these workshops is to give voice to the voiceless,” said Ismael Illescas, a fourth-year sociology major. “To bring to light the injustices indigenous com-munities all around the globe have dealt with for hundreds of years.”

As an activist Chicano/Latino student organization, El Congreso annually orga-nizes this program in an e" ort to maintain the legacy of the Chicano/Latino movement. While this group is composed of sub-com-mittees that focus on similar areas of interest, the collective organization’s goal is to provide a platform in which gender, racial, economi-cal status and other superfi cial boundaries are eliminated in an e" ort to unite its members and the larger community.

“To ignore how the past has shaped our present will only perpetuate the evils of the past without providing a chance to challenge and really create ‘Un Mundo Donde Que-pan Muchos Mundos’—a world where many worlds fi t,” said Albarran in closing.

Indigenous Resistance Week strives to establish just that—the notion that another world within a larger unconcerned society is possible; an alternate dimension thar, like the smaller groups housed under El Congreso’s roof, facilitates a space in which people of dif-ferent backgrounds and ideals can peacefully co-exist.

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When I started packing for college, I hesitated the longest over one thing. Holding my trusty bike helmet in my hands, I deliberated whether or not it should join me at University of Califor-nia Santa Barbara, where bicycling was sure to be a part of my daily life. ! e an-swer was obvious. It was the only thing between my skull (which, as I’ve learned in my # rst week of Introduction to Psy-chology, is the main protector of my brain, yet not as hard as I thought it was) and the concrete. Why is it so di% cult to put it on, click the straps together, and proceed comfortably? “I would think that people here would know how to use the bike lanes, but there are a surprising amount who don’t. I’m not scared to ride my uni-cycle around, but I know people who won’t bike right now just because of all the freshmen crashes,” # rst-year Jackson Hranek said. UCSB is an ideal location for bi-cycling for a number of reasons: it is & at, everything is relatively close together, and routes and paths are clear and main-tained—not to mention the view. How-ever, these become hard to appreciate when the rider has to focus on not crash-ing or face-planting. Aside from the lack of helmets, the very behavior of riders around campus puts everyone in danger, shown by the numerous crashes and even greater number of close calls every day. “Since bikes replace cars, there’s just as many rules, but I feel that I don’t know them nor do the other students here,” fourth-year Brittany Daley said. It is completely normal to witness these hazards at any time in the day, es-pecially in “rush hours,” the peak times of traveling to and from class at the end of mid-day hours. On crowded paths no more than a few feet in width, riders move dangerously fast in order to reach their destination on time, avoid others

UCSB Bike Culture is Vibrant, But Unsafe

by TARA AHI

by LUCI TRAFECANTY

by EMILY LITTLEWORTHAS Bike Committee

on the path, get past the growing clus-ter of pedestrians at the edge of the path or all of the above. As a freshman, I can personally point out the harassment you are sure to receive if you slow down even slightly on a bike path, even if it is not your fault. It is easy to assume that the answer is the same as the one that explains most poor judgment on a large scale—people go with the & ow. However, this “when in Rome” attitude a$ ects reckless and inno-cent bike riders alike. In fact, the National Highway Safety Administration reports that 70 percent of biking fatalities are due to head injury. ! at helmet should not look too bad now—according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion, a helmet (properly worn) helps re-duce this risk of head injury up to 85 per-cent. On another note, alcohol-impaired driving or riding was involved in over 40 percent of the accidents that included fa-talities in 2009 (Edgar Snyder & Associ-ates). “It’s really bad when people are drunk and bike—it’s better than driving but still dangerous… I’ve had friends who have crashed into cars and messed up their faces,” Daley said. Riding a bike at UCSB is like driving anywhere else (yes, you can get a BUI!). Stop signs, roundabouts and designated-direction lanes are there to help students get to where they need to go as safely as possible, as long as the rules of the road are followed. ! at being said, there are also probably a few things that people can do to avoid (justi# ably) angering others. Never take up a whole lane; leaving room to pass ensures that the other person won’t have to resort to dangerous maneuvers. Simple guidelines like the ones listed here can help make the campus both bike-friendly and bike-savvy. Incidentally, I did bring my helmet and hung it by the bed. It has since been shoved into upper storage.

Wearing a helmet can reduce your risk of head injury by 85 percent. With the amount of tra% c you will go through daily, it is a great idea to invest in a helmet to protect yourself.

Use hand signals before turning. Numerous bike accidents are caused by con-fusion on the bike paths. It is easy to run into people when they do not signal that they are turning. ! ese bike accidents cause injuries to students and damages to bikes.

Pass with caution on the le" and alert the people around you that you are passing them. Say “on your le" ” loud enough so the cyclist in front of you can give you enough space.

Ride single-# le. When people ride next to each other, tra% c jams occur. Wait until you get o$ your bike to talk to your friend about the quiz you just took or how great Carrillo lunch was.

Honor yield and stop signs. ! is is very important at round-abouts. Remember that the cyclists in the roundabout have the right-of-way and you should slow down when approaching.

Use caution when approach-ing pedestrian crossings. Even though people on the sidewalk need to be aware of bicyclists, they will sometimes overlook them.

Walk bikes on sidewalks and in other pedestrian areas. If you violate this law, you will pay a # ne and it will probably make a large dent in your wallet.

Lock your bike in a bike rack. Dur-ing peak times, an available parking space may be a minute or two away from primary bicycle racks. Take the time to # nd an appropriate space and you’ll save yourself the stress and expense of having your bike impounded. (Improperly locked bikes are subject to impound fees of up to $30.)

Ride at a safe and reasonable speed. Con-sider the & ow of bicycle tra% c and other bike path conditions.

Avoid the conges-tion of peak travel times (during change of classes) whenever possible. You’ll # nd the bike paths enjoyably empty during class time!

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Ansberto Martinez, 22, JuniorPsychology major, minor in Anthropology

Q. What made you want to become a Gaucho?A. Since my # rst trip to UCSB I knew this is where I belonged, and that this was where I wanted to obtain my education from. Today I’m glad I was able to make it a reality, plus it is close from home, Los Angeles, therefore I can always go back and visit my friends and family.

Q. Before you transferred to UCSB, what had you heard about it? A. Before transferring to UCSB I heard that it was a very challenging school, but at the same time a pleasant learning environ-ment.

Q. If you could turn the life of a regular UCSB student into a reality show, what would it be called? Why?A. “On the Go,” because a college student is always busy.

Q. What would you say your mantra for this year is? A. Work hard, and enjoy the process!

Q. How about your song of the year?A. Justin Bieber’s “As long as you love me.”

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New Businesses Doing IV a Flavor?How New Establishments Change the IV Food Scene

! e Loop stands out in Isla Vista like a businessman in a suit stands out in a group of surfers fresh from the ocean. It stands tall, shiny and new amidst the old-er, quainter establishments of Isla Vista.On the ground level of ! e Loop, Crush-cakes & Café has opened, and Pizza My Heart will be opening within the next ten days. Crushcakes is best known for its gourmet cupcakes, but also sells breakfast, lunch and dinner items. Pizza My Heart is a New York-style pizza place that hails from northern California. Both Crush-cakes & Café and Pizza My Heart add new wrinkles to the expanding food scene in Isla Vista. Not every student is enthusiastic about these new additions to Isla Vista. “I don’t really think ! e Loop adds any-thing except for big commercial build-ings, and I guess some good food,” said Stephanie Sims, a third-year comparative literature and French major. ! e Loop stands out from most of the surrounding buildings. It is more modern, and rises higher than almost all

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of them.! e vibe that Crushcakes & Café gives o$ is decidedly more modern than other Isla Vista businesses. It maintains a clean, urban feel, with modern alternative music playing in the store. “! ere was a lot more local stu$ be-fore in IV. It’s # ne, but it seems like they’re trying to make it more of a downtown scene, but we have a downtown,” Sims said. “I don’t think we need that here.”Other students don’t mind the downtown feel as much, though, and enjoy the food. “! e cupcakes at Crushcakes are good, a bit overpriced, but what isn’t in IV,” said Arianne Caudal, a second-year biochemistry major. At the same time, residents of Isla Vista residents are not rushing to abandon their local places. “I feel like local businesses have a pretty good selection of things you can’t get anywhere else but IV. ! e Loop just adds another section that’s more modern and chic.” ! ough Pizza My Heart has not opened yet, it is already igniting buzz from many Northern Californian students. Pizza My Heart will bring something new to Isla Vista, according to store manager Beau Patania.

“Everybody has their own niche, and we’ve got by the slice pizza with fresh made salads every day, and you can get in and get out in # ve or ten minutes no problem,” Patania said. “! is is a really nice place to sit down, do your homework with free Wi-Fi and get some good fast pizza,” added Patania. Pizza My Heart also # ts into Isla Vista’s culture of family-owned businesses, as it is one itself. “We’re very laid back, and we enjoy what we do, and we don’t get caught up in that corporate attitude. We don’t answer to anyone but ourselves,” Patania said. Isla Vista also welcomed a new Chase Bank branch, locally-owned Bu$ alo Wing joint Angry Wings and Sorriso Italiano inside Plaza Lo" s, and will soon be welcoming Santa Barbara-born burger chain ! e Habit Burger Grill.

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Pizza My Heart

Crushcakes

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It’s nighttime. You walk down an empty street by yourself, when suddenly you hear something rustling o$ to the side. You glance over and see a family of three rummaging through a garbage bin. When they notice they are being watched, they immediately stop and stare back at you until you move on. It’s a fam-ily of raccoons and they live o$ people’s gar-bage.

! e next day you come by the same gar-bage bin again. ! ere is another family rum-maging, but this time, it’s three people staring back at you.

! e place is Isla Vista. Like many other American cities, the college town has not escaped the recent downturn in the global economy. Among the town’s 23,000 residents, eight percent are o% cially unemployed, while around 10 percent do not have U.S. citizenship or a working permit, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. With conventional job oppor-tunities scarce, many turn to the never-ending & ood of empty beverage containers the town can o$ er.

Scavenging, can collecting or “dumpster diving” is a means of survival for some individ-uals without other sources of income. Among the most frequent collectors are undocument-ed immigrants, students and homeless people looking to supplement their income, a county o% cial said. ! ey use strollers, trucks and bike trailers to gather what the college town deems disposable.

Annette Pinto, a formerly homeless woman, said she has collected bottles for two years. Rummaging through IV’s garbage, the 42-year-old, who dreams of owning a café, has managed to get herself o$ the street.

“A white female digging through other people’s trash, it’s degrading,” Pinto said. “But you do what you gotta do in these times to sur-vive.”

A" er she # nished high school in New York, Pinto said she became self-employed and traveled across the United States in her trailer. When she reached the Paci# c, she found her-self with empty pockets.

“When I arrived in San Diego, I had no savings, and so I o% cially became homeless,” Pinto said.

Broke and without any job opportunities, Pinto moved to IV in early 2010 and became a bottle and can collector.

“A friend told me about the recycling op-portunities and I would # t in here since I’m independent,” Pinto said.

IV is an ideal place for scavengers like Pinto, according to Carlyle Johnston. He is the

project leader for the Santa Barba-ra County Recy-cling and Waste M a n a g e m e n t Division, which aims to increase the county’s recy-cling rate.

“Isla Vista has a very high population den-sity: I can go 20 feet and hit 20 trash cans,” Johnston said. “And there are 14,000 students who drink lots of beer.”

! e weekly beer sales at Keg-N-Bottle, IV’s biggest alcohol retailer, roughly equals 5,600 beer cans, according to a K’n’B store clerk. ! e town’s ev-e r l a s t i n g thirst has resulted in what John-ston called a “trash p r o b l e m .” He referred to the mas-sive amount of broken glass on the street, empty cans on the beach and in the bushes and overloaded dump-sters that one witnesses when walking down the streets of IV.

However, what’s unattractive for the eye and environment helps some people to earn a living. “When I started collecting, I was making about 320 bucks a week,” Pinto said. “Slowly, I was building up small savings and could buy some food.”

Pinto and other collectors make money o$ recyclables by taking them to the town’s only buyback center. ! e owner, Tomra Paci# c

Inc., pays collectors the California Redemption Value in exchange for cans and bottles. ! e gathered recyclables are then re# ned, reprocessed and # nally sold abroad, according to William Campbell, who works at the IV buyback center.

“! e buyback centers are an incentive for people to recycle their own trash,” Campbell said.

In the recent past, the California Re-demption Value rewards have attracted a larger number of people to collect. “Ever since the economy has gone downhill, I have seen a huge increase of undocumented collectors, especial-ly from Central America,” Campbell said.

In light of new undocumented immi-grants, Pinto saw her income dwindling. “I used to make 40 to 60 bucks a day, but sud-denly it was only about 25 bucks,” she said.

Faced with decreasing revenues, Pinto changed her collecting habits. “When I saw that the Mexicans begin to dominate the busi-ness,” she said, “I learned how they collected and started doing the opposite.“

Doing “the opposite” meant that, like many other collectors, Pinto turned from a re-cycler into a dumpster diver. “Most of the con-tent in the dumpsters are bottle & uids, spit and puke,” she said. “It made me gag and grossed out at # rst, but in this weird country right now, some of us have to take what we can get.”

However, dumpsters are not only gross, but can also be dangerous. Pinto’s two-foot-long scar on her right leg reminds her of that fact every day. “I jumped into a dumpster once, put my right leg through a mirror which slit me all the way up,” she said. “I also picked up many staph infections and other diseases, and I have seen families putting little kids into these dumpsters.”

Pinto pointed to IV’s low recycling rates as the cause of her dumpster diving. “I’ve gone through each one of these dumpsters and no-body is recycling,” she said.

According to Tuyen Nguyen, UCSB re-cycling coordinator, the majority of students are ignorant about separating their waste be-cause of IV’s “culture of dependency.”

“Many students don’t care about recy-cling because they know that the bottle collec-tors will do it for them,” he said.

! e service provided by IV’s collecting community not only helps local residents, but also the global environment. In one week, the collectors take roughly 1000 pounds of alumi-num to the Tomra buyback center, according to Campbell. Recycling only 2.2 pounds of aluminum saves 17.5 pounds of bauxite, the raw material out of which aluminum is gained, 8.8 pounds of chemical products and 14 KW of electricity, according to a study conducted by the Transylvania University of Brasov in Romania.

No wonder that IV’s collectors are some-times referred to as “can fairies.” But o" en times, these fairies lack legal documentation, like Augusto. Born in Oaxaca, he is one of the Mexican immigrants who, according to Pinto, dominate the local collecting business. Like many other seniors, the 82-year-old came to Southern California to enjoy his old age.

“Life is better in the United States than in Mexico,” Augusto said. “! ere are no bad people here, you can enjoy life.”

While many elderly residents on the Pa-

ci# c coast collect Social Security, the undocu-mented immigrant and his 75-year-old wife collect empty beverage containers. “I don’t walk very fast, so I have to work eight to 10 hours a day, Augusto said. “I spend the entire day walking. Cada día.”

Augusto said he illegally entered the United States in 2004. Before that, he was working on a Mexican farm until his employer was driven out of business.

“In Isla Vista, I make $15 to $20 a day,” Augusto said. “It’s not much, but it’s more than in Mexico, where I could not earn enough money to feed my family.”

Augusto is only one among an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants who live from hand to mouth on American soil, according to a Princeton study.

“! ey don’t want to give me documents,” Augusto said. “I’m old. I cannot read. I don’t speak English, so collecting is the only real thing I can do.”

With the slow American economy and debates continuing about immigration issues, there are no easy answers as to what reforms might better the lives of bottle collectors in IV. But for Pinto, making the town safer for recy-clers is not a hard task. “I think that if we can educate people on how to recycle,” she said. “We dont have to go through dumpsters.”

However, educating residents presents di% culties because IV is a town of transients. “UCSB runs programs that inform students on how to recycle,” Tuyen said, “but most resi-dents only live here during their four years of college, so it’s almost impossible to convince all of them to recycle.”

Another helpful change for collectors and the recycling e$ ort, according to Pinto, would be for the county to replace the recycling bins that comingle paper, plastic and cans with in-dividual bins for each speci# c recyclable.

But, for Johnston, such an approach would only hurt the collectors. “All that sepa-rate recycling does is make the recyclers’ job easier because they can just pick the bin with the bottles and cans,” Johnston said. “! is would certainly lead to another increase in the number of scavengers.”

It seems that in a community where re-cycling has become a means of surviving for some residents, the safety of the scavengers is not the authorities’ # rst priority.

“Why would we think of the bottle col-lectors when making policies?” Johnston said. “It’s illegal anyways.”

With largely indi$ erent local residents and authorities, all IV’s can fairies can hope for is the recovery of the global economy, or reforms of policies, like NAFTA, that resulted in many Mexicans losing jobs in their own country.

Regardless, Augusto and other IV’s bot-tle collectors are still out there, cada día, trying to survive on what residents have thrown away. And when the scavengers rest, the town’s trash might belong solely to the raccoons.

Annette Pinto has found a home—through recycling. Although she seems happy about her own fate, she doesn’t see a bright fu-ture for America.

“If things don’t change in this country, it’s not going to be uncommon even for Amer-icans to be digging through other people’s trash,” Pinto said.

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Have you ever been caught cheating, or know any-one who has? Let’s be honest, no one wants to admit to cheating on an exam—but when you get caught, you can’t lie. But who has more to lose? You, or a student athlete? Harvard University’s basketball team became one of the nation’s top 25 teams and made it to the National Collegiate Athletic Association a" er 66 years, only to be overshadowed by a cheating scandal. Not only does this scandal bring the question of academic in-tegrity and pressures into question, but it also arouses the question of whether or not athletes are given aca-demic leni-ency and p r i v i -lege.

Harvard Cheating Scandal: Are Athletes Given Unfair Privileges andAdvantages?

Out of 269 students, 125 students at Harvard are be-ing individually investigated for cheating on a take-home exam, and over half of the 125 are allegedly var-sity basketball, baseball and football players. Harvard’s

policy regarding cheating can result in a year’s withdrawal from the school, and

for athletes that means a year o$ the team, time that is vital to making

history. Some athletes involved in this cheating scandal, like the basketball team’s co-captains Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, volun-tarily withdrew from Harvard to protect their athletic careers, an action they were advised to take.

! e Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper,

publicized an internal email

that showed the secre-

tary of H a r -

v a r d ’s A d -

ministrative Board advising athletes involved in the scandal to consider taking a leave in order to preserve their eligibility and to minimize the consequences of their cheating. Athletes that withdrew voluntarily, like Casey and Curry, may be allowed to come back for the 2013-14 school year, but if they had been punished a" er registering for classes, they could have been prohibited from playing on the team entirely. Other non-athletic students involved in the scan-dal did not receive advice from the administrative board regarding the best actions to take to avoid the serious consequences. ! e actions taken by Harvard are a prime example of a school’s favoritism for athletes, especially Division I stars. ! is is not to say that all athletes always are giv-en and take shortcuts. Many athletes are educated and honest, dedicating their lives to a sport while balancing academics, social life and family—some of who perhaps worked their way from the bottom up. However, there should never be exceptions or privileges in regards to dis-honoring a school’s standard guidelines because of a stu-dent’s status or desirability. Harvard never should have sent out emails regarding the athletes, or even thought to do so. Too many times a person of status slips in be-tween the cracks of the law or is unjustly over accommo-dated all because of what they have to o$ er. ! eir worth is not elevated over that of another just because of their commitment or value to a sport. Certain privileges are justi# ed for athletes, espe-cially because of game schedules and their sacri# ce for a sport, but when do these privileges stop? When do they become extremely unfair in regards to other students, students that spent just as many hours studying as an athlete practicing?

by DEANNA KIM

by MATT MERSEL

by CAMILA MARTINEZOpinions Editor

I was in the eighth grade when I got my # rst cell phone. My eyes had been green with envy since the sixth grade, all because my best friend had her very own & ip phone. But my time came, and I was graced with a beautiful, albeit girly pink Razr phone from Verizon. I loved it. By the time I was a freshman in high school, people already had phones that could connect to the Internet, such as T-Mobile’s Sidekick and a few Verizon phones that had touch screens and could play music. I still had my lovely pink Razr. Very cool, right? Needless to say, the evolution of phones exploded in a matter of years, and has reached what I might say is the climax of technological innova-tions in terms of communication and navigation. ! e iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy are all the rage nowadays, and I can’t blame people for wanting what’s hot. It’s capitalism. It’s human nature to want the best of the best. It’s pro-vided countless new ways for sharing ideas, funny cat videos and seeing those family members that live halfway around the world. But is it too much? ! ey say only love will kill you, and aside from my intimate relationships—or lack thereof—I think smart phones may bring just as much bad as good into the 21st century. To begin with, the amount of text messaging people—especially young adults—engage in is ominous. I’ll be sitting in lecture while the person next to me has their face glued to their iPhone, group messaging their friends about what happened last night. What happened to genuine conversations, hanging out with people in person, rather than asking how they are through a message? I still have what might be called a “stupid phone,” one that doesn’t con-nect to the Internet or have cool apps. Trust me, if I had a smart phone, I would be on Tumblr and Reddit more than I already am. ! e truth is, I like my stupid phone. It serves a basic function: to call people when I need to. Way back when I was a pre-teen, my parents gave it to me so that they could always reach me, in case anything were to happen. And while my hormonal pubescent self probably put them through hell, I now admire the simplicity of my parents’ reasoning. Why would I want to text, call or face time someone—who I’m close enough with to have their number—if I can hang out with them? Smart phones give people a way to be “close” to their friends, but have also made people weary of the idea of connecting with someone in person. For lack of a better word, they allow people to be close, but not too close for comfort. I don’t burn the midnight oil: I do have a Facebook, I use Tumblr and Skype. But I refuse to exchange the authentic experience of hanging out with someone in person, be it over co$ ee or just watching trash television in their apartment, for a relationship over impersonal texts. Communication through phones, especially texting, robs every person of the most human thing: relationships. What really takes away from our human abilities though, is the virtual constant connection to the Internet. If you have a 4G phone or one that gives you wireless Internet wherever you go, be weary. ! e Internet is a massive virtual world that you can lose yourself in—and having it at your disposal, all day everyday, can be dangerous. I see people on their iPhones on Facebook all the time, spending hours on Pinterest and tweeting everything they are learning while in a lecture (trust me, I’ve seen this). ! is access to the web creates, or feeds into the restlessness we humans have: a near addiction to be doing something all the time. Now try taking all of that freedom and power away. People will become bored, even more restless and maybe a little bit paranoid. Smart phones have become a crutch for people. And when you take that away, people have noth-ing to aimlessly scroll through while they’re waiting for something. Don’t tell me you don’t reach for your phone # rst thing in the morning. I suppose you could make the argument that each generation has had their own kind of smartphone—the television, walkie-talkies and without a doubt video games. I do not deny or oppose the groundbreaking develop-ments in technology, but we are dangerously close to the edge of losing our human qualities that de# ne us. Henry David ! oreau saw this coming a long time ago when he said “men have become tools of their tools,” in the 19th century. So, have we?

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Once upon a time, a company by the name of Microso" ruled the technological landscape. Each new edition of the revolutionary Windows operating system was hotly anticipated, and its O% ce so" ware changed the manner in which we all communicate on a business and personal level. It seemed that Microso" could essentially claim the throne as king of the elec-tronic space. ! is was the magical, far away time of 1998. Not even 15 years later, there is a new undisput-ed leader: Apple. Every update to OSX is hotly antici-pated, the iPhone and iPad have changed the manner in which we all communicate— Well that sounds sort of familiar, doesn’t it? ! e iPhone 5 recently hit the market, and pre-dictably, every single available unit was sold. How-ever, there has been a notable amount of outcry sur-rounding its release. Common criticisms of the phone include a lack of true innovation, an altered connector size (rendering many peripherals now useless) and the abysmal Apple Maps. ! is is turning out to be the last straw for some consumers. Is Apple about to fall? Before we answer this question, there are some points that need to be looked at. Columnist Joe No-cera of ! e New York Times posits that the end of Microso" ’s reign stemmed from a change in the mind-set of the company. Once about technological innova-tion, a" er the phenomenal success of Windows and O% ce, they shi" ed their focus to simply protecting their lo" y place above all other companies. ! eir plat-forms became closed systems, and they attempted to basically trap consumers within their product cycle. Nocera puts it bluntly: “It is the nature of capi-talism that big companies become defensive, while newer rivals emerge with better, smarter ideas.” And with the magic of Steve Jobs now lost, it seems un-likely that someone could ever truly # ll the giant shoes of Apple’s CEO. So is this iPhone 5 debacle the begin-ning of the end for Apple? Not yet. Apple may indeed be in somewhat of a holding

pattern, but at the end of the day, consumers buy the products because the framework is excellent. One of the reasons Apple is the company it is today is that they pride themselves on intuitive and simplistic de-sign. ! ere’s something very & uid and e$ ortless about using MacBooks, iPhones and iPads. Ultimately, nothing works quite like an Apple product, and this is what will keep customers from completely abandon-ing the company. But couldn’t that argument have applied to Mi-croso" less than two decades ago? Yes, it could have. However, my argument is that the iPhone 5 does not spell the end for Apple. Inter-preting the blasé reception as a death knell is a touch dramatic. What this situation does, however, is signal that Apple is at a crossroads. Steve Jobs is gone. Con-sumers are growing anxious for a bold new step. ! is is where the company must distinguish itself from Microso" . It must innovate. It’s the only thing that can save it. And it can be saved. It is not inevitable for Apple to become too de-fensive and be overtaken. While Microso" was unable to recover, there have been examples of companies breaking themselves out of a slump. Just look at the video game industry; last decade, Nintendo’s Game-Cube was released and has sold 21.6 million units. Sony’s PlayStation was released as its competition and has now sold 154.4 million units. ! e industry lamented the demise of Nintendo, which was suppos-edly being usurped by a new contender. So how did Nintendo respond? By releasing the Wii, which has sold over 100 million units. ! e Play-Station 3 is set at roughly 64 million. Nintendo rolled the dice and innovated with motion controls and new peripherals, and it became king once again. Apple isn’t done. Not yet. ! ey have an enor-mous consumer base, a time tested product and a lot to lose if they fail to live up to the high standards that they themselves set. All that is necessary to satiate their customers and reassert their dominance is one more big innovation. And even without Steve Jobs, it is incredibly possible. ! ey just need to roll those dice.

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Have you ever been caught cheating, or know any-one who has? Let’s be honest, no one wants to admit to cheating on an exam—but when you get caught, you can’t lie. But who has more to lose? You, or a student athlete? Harvard University’s basketball team became one of the nation’s top 25 teams and made it to the National Collegiate Athletic Association a"er 66 years, only to be overshadowed by a cheating scandal. Not only does this scandal bring the question of academic in-tegrity and pressures into question, but it also arouses the question of whether or not athletes are given aca-demic leni-ency and p r i v i -lege.

Harvard Cheating Scandal: Are Athletes Given Unfair Privileges andAdvantages?

Out of 269 students, 125 students at Harvard are be-ing individually investigated for cheating on a take-home exam, and over half of the 125 are allegedly var-sity basketball, baseball and football players. Harvard’s

policy regarding cheating can result in a year’s withdrawal from the school, and

for athletes that means a year o$ the team, time that is vital to making

history. Some athletes involved in this cheating scandal, like the basketball team’s co-captains Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, volun-tarily withdrew from Harvard to protect their athletic careers, an action they were advised to take.

!e Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper,

publicized an internal email

that showed the secre-

tary of H a r -

v a r d ’s A d -

ministrative Board advising athletes involved in the scandal to consider taking a leave in order to preserve their eligibility and to minimize the consequences of their cheating. Athletes that withdrew voluntarily, like Casey and Curry, may be allowed to come back for the 2013-14 school year, but if they had been punished a"er registering for classes, they could have been prohibited from playing on the team entirely. Other non-athletic students involved in the scan-dal did not receive advice from the administrative board regarding the best actions to take to avoid the serious consequences. !e actions taken by Harvard are a prime example of a school’s favoritism for athletes, especially Division I stars. !is is not to say that all athletes always are giv-en and take shortcuts. Many athletes are educated and honest, dedicating their lives to a sport while balancing academics, social life and family—some of who perhaps worked their way from the bottom up. However, there should never be exceptions or privileges in regards to dis-honoring a school’s standard guidelines because of a stu-dent’s status or desirability. Harvard never should have sent out emails regarding the athletes, or even thought to do so. Too many times a person of status slips in be-tween the cracks of the law or is unjustly over accommo-dated all because of what they have to o$er. !eir worth is not elevated over that of another just because of their commitment or value to a sport. Certain privileges are justi#ed for athletes, espe-cially because of game schedules and their sacri#ce for a sport, but when do these privileges stop? When do they become extremely unfair in regards to other students, students that spent just as many hours studying as an athlete practicing?

by DEANNA KIM

by MATT MERSEL

by CAMILA MARTINEZOpinions Editor

I was in the eighth grade when I got my #rst cell phone. My eyes had been green with envy since the sixth grade, all because my best friend had her very own &ip phone. But my time came, and I was graced with a beautiful, albeit girly pink Razr phone from Verizon. I loved it. By the time I was a freshman in high school, people already had phones that could connect to the Internet, such as T-Mobile’s Sidekick and a few Verizon phones that had touch screens and could play music. I still had my lovely pink Razr. Very cool, right? Needless to say, the evolution of phones exploded in a matter of years, and has reached what I might say is the climax of technological innova-tions in terms of communication and navigation. !e iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy are all the rage nowadays, and I can’t blame people for wanting what’s hot. It’s capitalism. It’s human nature to want the best of the best. It’s pro-vided countless new ways for sharing ideas, funny cat videos and seeing those family members that live halfway around the world. But is it too much? !ey say only love will kill you, and aside from my intimate relationships—or lack thereof—I think smart phones may bring just as much bad as good into the 21st century. To begin with, the amount of text messaging people—especially young adults—engage in is ominous. I’ll be sitting in lecture while the person next to me has their face glued to their iPhone, group messaging their friends about what happened last night. What happened to genuine conversations, hanging out with people in person, rather than asking how they are through a message? I still have what might be called a “stupid phone,” one that doesn’t con-nect to the Internet or have cool apps. Trust me, if I had a smart phone, I would be on Tumblr and Reddit more than I already am. !e truth is, I like my stupid phone. It serves a basic function: to call people when I need to. Way back when I was a pre-teen, my parents gave it to me so that they could always reach me, in case anything were to happen. And while my hormonal pubescent self probably put them through hell, I now admire the simplicity of my parents’ reasoning. Why would I want to text, call or face time someone—who I’m close enough with to have their number—if I can hang out with them? Smart phones give people a way to be “close” to their friends, but have also made people weary of the idea of connecting with someone in person. For lack of a better word, they allow people to be close, but not too close for comfort. I don’t burn the midnight oil: I do have a Facebook, I use Tumblr and Skype. But I refuse to exchange the authentic experience of hanging out with someone in person, be it over co$ee or just watching trash television in their apartment, for a relationship over impersonal texts. Communication through phones, especially texting, robs every person of the most human thing: relationships. What really takes away from our human abilities though, is the virtual constant connection to the Internet. If you have a 4G phone or one that gives you wireless Internet wherever you go, be weary. !e Internet is a massive virtual world that you can lose yourself in—and having it at your disposal, all day everyday, can be dangerous. I see people on their iPhones on Facebook all the time, spending hours on Pinterest and tweeting everything they are learning while in a lecture (trust me, I’ve seen this). !is access to the web creates, or feeds into the restlessness we humans have: a near addiction to be doing something all the time. Now try taking all of that freedom and power away. People will become bored, even more restless and maybe a little bit paranoid. Smart phones have become a crutch for people. And when you take that away, people have noth-ing to aimlessly scroll through while they’re waiting for something. Don’t tell me you don’t reach for your phone #rst thing in the morning. I suppose you could make the argument that each generation has had their own kind of smartphone—the television, walkie-talkies and without a doubt video games. I do not deny or oppose the groundbreaking develop-ments in technology, but we are dangerously close to the edge of losing our human qualities that de#ne us. Henry David !oreau saw this coming a long time ago when he said “men have become tools of their tools,” in the 19th century. So, have we?

Why I Still Have a

‘Stupid’ Phone

Once upon a time, a company by the name of Microso" ruled the technological landscape. Each new edition of the revolutionary Windows operating system was hotly anticipated, and its O%ce so"ware changed the manner in which we all communicate on a business and personal level. It seemed that Microso" could essentially claim the throne as king of the elec-tronic space. !is was the magical, far away time of 1998. Not even 15 years later, there is a new undisput-ed leader: Apple. Every update to OSX is hotly antici-pated, the iPhone and iPad have changed the manner in which we all communicate— Well that sounds sort of familiar, doesn’t it? !e iPhone 5 recently hit the market, and pre-dictably, every single available unit was sold. How-ever, there has been a notable amount of outcry sur-rounding its release. Common criticisms of the phone include a lack of true innovation, an altered connector size (rendering many peripherals now useless) and the abysmal Apple Maps. !is is turning out to be the last straw for some consumers. Is Apple about to fall? Before we answer this question, there are some points that need to be looked at. Columnist Joe No-cera of !e New York Times posits that the end of Microso"’s reign stemmed from a change in the mind-set of the company. Once about technological innova-tion, a"er the phenomenal success of Windows and O%ce, they shi"ed their focus to simply protecting their lo"y place above all other companies. !eir plat-forms became closed systems, and they attempted to basically trap consumers within their product cycle. Nocera puts it bluntly: “It is the nature of capi-talism that big companies become defensive, while newer rivals emerge with better, smarter ideas.” And with the magic of Steve Jobs now lost, it seems un-likely that someone could ever truly #ll the giant shoes of Apple’s CEO. So is this iPhone 5 debacle the begin-ning of the end for Apple? Not yet. Apple may indeed be in somewhat of a holding

pattern, but at the end of the day, consumers buy the products because the framework is excellent. One of the reasons Apple is the company it is today is that they pride themselves on intuitive and simplistic de-sign. !ere’s something very &uid and e$ortless about using MacBooks, iPhones and iPads. Ultimately, nothing works quite like an Apple product, and this is what will keep customers from completely abandon-ing the company. But couldn’t that argument have applied to Mi-croso" less than two decades ago? Yes, it could have. However, my argument is that the iPhone 5 does not spell the end for Apple. Inter-preting the blasé reception as a death knell is a touch dramatic. What this situation does, however, is signal that Apple is at a crossroads. Steve Jobs is gone. Con-sumers are growing anxious for a bold new step. !is is where the company must distinguish itself from Microso". It must innovate. It’s the only thing that can save it. And it can be saved. It is not inevitable for Apple to become too de-fensive and be overtaken. While Microso" was unable to recover, there have been examples of companies breaking themselves out of a slump. Just look at the video game industry; last decade, Nintendo’s Game-Cube was released and has sold 21.6 million units. Sony’s PlayStation was released as its competition and has now sold 154.4 million units. !e industry lamented the demise of Nintendo, which was suppos-edly being usurped by a new contender. So how did Nintendo respond? By releasing the Wii, which has sold over 100 million units. !e Play-Station 3 is set at roughly 64 million. Nintendo rolled the dice and innovated with motion controls and new peripherals, and it became king once again. Apple isn’t done. Not yet. !ey have an enor-mous consumer base, a time tested product and a lot to lose if they fail to live up to the high standards that they themselves set. All that is necessary to satiate their customers and reassert their dominance is one more big innovation. And even without Steve Jobs, it is incredibly possible. !ey just need to roll those dice.

Apple May Save Itself From Growing Rotten

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The present state of Haiti’s health and development, as well as what lies ahead in its future, were two overarching themes of the event “Haiti Today,” a free event put on by The University of Cali-fornia Haiti Initiative (UCHI) and Direct Relief International on Oct. 4.

The moving and informa-tive event, held at Campbell Hall, included an opening and closing panel of experts who discussed the issues Haiti is facing today and a showing of the film “Baseball in the Time of Cholera.” The event was described by Sierra Griffin, the current chapter director of UCHI at UCSB, as “a unique opportu-nity for the UCSB community to interact directly with those living and working on the front lines of

Haiti Event Informs and Inspires, Calls for Actionby FRANCESCA KENTISH placed at 316,000 by the Haitian

government in 2011, and the Inter-national Organization for Migra-tion estimated that 634,000 people were living in camps as a result of the disaster. Conditions in these camps led to a cholera epidemic, and evidence points to Nepalese UN troops as the ones who brought the strain into the country. The ep-idemic has affected approximately one in every 20 Haitians and 7,000 have died, despite the fact that the disease is very preventable and treatable. It was in this context that “Baseball in the Time of Cholera” was set.

The film won the Short Docu-mentary section of the 2012 Tribe-ca Film Festival. The documentary begins with a frantic montage of the outbreak of cholera before cut-ting to a humorous and uplifting scene of boys playing baseball; the two scenes sharply contrasted for

dramatic effect. This dichotomy—the conflict between sweet simplic-ity and anxiety—runs consistently through the film. The documentary centers primarily on Joseph, whose love of life and baseball is infectious and inspiring when death and pover-ty surrounds him. Mario Joseph, the man The New York Times hailed as Haiti’s most respected human rights lawyer, also makes an appearance in the film and threads in the impor-tance of justice in Haiti.

Joseph was also one of the pan-elists at the event, alongside Bryn Mooser, the director of the film and Country Director for Artists for Peace and Justice. Joseph en-couraged audience participation at one point, asking, “If it [cholera] was brought to the US, what would you do? Or Canada? Or France? Why Haiti? That is the question we should all ask ourselves.”

His words left the audience

thinking of the appalling injus-tices brought upon the Haitian people, provoking people to ask what they could do to help. All the panelists advised the audience not to underplay the importance of social media in keeping aware-ness and forcing pressure on the US government.

Based on the feedback from both patrons and coordinators, the event was a resounding success that left people both appalled and inspired. Thomas Tighe, the mas-ter of ceremonies and the Presi-dent and CEO of Direct Relief, described the event as having “an amazing turnout.” When asked af-ter the event what was the impor-tance of the case overall, as well the ideas presented at the event, Joseph responded, “UN account-ability. Then with the money, bet-ter water, better schools, a better life for the Haitian people.”

health and human rights in Haiti.” UCHI was co-founded by

Nicolas Pascal, who started the UCSB chapter.

“[We believed] that if prop-erly organized, the University of California could be one of the most effective clusters in the world,” said Pascal.

Based on their work thus far, “effective” is a word arguably ap-plicable to UCHI. After the dev-astating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, they managed to raise $50,000 to support those affected.

The event began with the presentation of the UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership to Griffin. Following the presentation, the film “Baseball in the Time of Cholera” screened, demonstrating that the problems after the devastating earthquake have not lessened for Haiti. The death toll from the earthquake was

Two thousand fans, young and old, of the # rst openly gay primetime news host queued excitedly and hap-hazardly in front of downtown Santa Barbara’s Arlington ! eatre on Sun-day.

Waiting in line before the show was University of California Santa Barbara’s own hyperventilating Su-sanne Kanavel, a # rst-year dance and communications double major. Self-identi# ed as Maddow’s “number-one fan,” Kanavel joined the Maddow following a" er discerning that the MSNBC host “tells it how it is” and Maddow is the “best person to get the news from.”

Dressed in sneakers, belted slacks and a pinstriped blazer, Mad-dow admitted to being overwhelmed by the size of the theater and the sheer volume of her audience. Being accustomed to addressing few in a television studio, she felt more com-fortable when the many attending the event were shrouded in shadow. Maddow remarked on how the Ar-lington stage was three times the size of the set of her show.

During the talk, Maddow fo-cused on the topics discussed in her new best-seller “Dri" : ! e Unmoor-ing of American Military Power.” A" er 45 minutes, she answered questions from professors as well as undergraduate students in UCSB’s Global Peace & Security Program who inquired a" er Maddow’s opin-ions on such issues as the current state of gay rights, media bias, and the outcome of the upcoming presi-dential election.

Referencing one of the main points in her book, Maddow re-peatedly referred to the “wussiness,” coupled with partisan nature, of Congress in their waxing and wan-ing interest in maintaining the war powers given to them in the Consti-tution. She revealed her frustration at how comfortable America has be-come with the notion of war.

“[! e change in the] mechan-ics of war politics [has] gone towards making war easier and ending exist-

‘An A! ernoon with Rachel Maddow’ Provokes " ought, Ovation from Over# owing Arlington " eatre

by EMILY OGLE ing wars harder,” said Maddow.

While answer-ing the questions, Maddow roamed the stage, crouch-ing and gesticulat-ing energetically as she considered each topic carefully. She said that she would not tell the ques-tioners how to vote and coyly predicted a 50/50 chance of either candidate win-ning the presidential election. As for last week’s debate, Mad-dow hailed Big Bird as the true winner and reassured the Democrats in the au-dience that “there are more debates—don’t worry!” In terms of the upcoming elec-tion, Maddow said that “the message is more important than the man.”

Roman Bara-tiak, Associate Di-rector of UCSB Arts & Lectures, described her talk as “thoughtful, in-formed, funny and serious.” Maddow responded to a list of pre-submitted questions explicitly and with a depth of insight that led her to “[receive] a standing ovation at the conclusion of the event,” Baratiak said.

Maddow also le" her audience with a sobering thought. A question from a UCSB student inquiring a" er her political aspirations prompted cheers and applause from the audi-ence of over 2,000 patrons. Howev-er, Maddow quickly answered with a resounding no. While she humbly thanked her fans for the support, she addressed the reason behind the cheers. She suggested that the audi-ence applauded because they agree with her ideas regarding politics and America’s growing comfort towards war. Maddow then asked her fans why they don’t run for o% ce if they

agree so emphatically with her ideas and beliefs, and why it needs to be her. ! e ensuing silence was telling.

Rachel Maddow has hosted her own Emmy award-winning Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC since 2008. Described by Barrett Sheridan of the Stanford Magazine as having a reputation for being “the sharpest knife in the le" -hand drawer,” Mad-dow got her start in radio as what Sheridan calls “the le" ’s answer to Fox News.” Among her bevy of hon-ors for her work in news, Maddow holds a Bachelor’s degree in public policy from Stanford University and a doctorate in political science from Oxford University.

With no wish to become any-thing other than what she is, doing what she calls the “best job in the world,” Maddow serves as an ex-ample of this very idea through how unabashedly, eloquently and stead-fastly she stands by her own message and opinions.

Pair of Art Exhibitions Explore Human Body, Ruins

by EMMA BOORMAN glimpse into certain art trends from a multiplicity of places and times. “! e Stumbling Present” fo-cuses on the recurring image of ruins in art. ! ough ruins have been pres-ent in art throughout history, Elyse A. Gonzales, the curator, has selected modern artists to feature. Her inter-est in the “dark sensibility that in-corporates ruins” in art during the last 10 years drives the mood of the exhibition. ! e artist’s relationships to ruins are as varied as their back-grounds, but there is no denying the daunting, dark feeling many of the pieces inspire. Gonzales aims to present this ever-present theme in a variety of modern mediums. ! e diversity of the pieces makes this exhibition an exciting one. Rob Voerman’s instal-lation, certainly the highlight of the show, draws the audience away from highly organized, functional architecture into a scattered, more adventurous structure that inspires imagination. It is di% cult to tell what “A Permeable Body of Solitude” actu-ally is, but museum-goers will # nd de-light in viewing the piece inside and out (yes, you can actually crawl in and out of the tiny building). His silkscreen print, “Pressure,” o$ ers a darker, provocative perspec-tive on the human relationship to ruins. Seeing buildings collapse, explode, and morph in Voerman’s works and the works of many other talented international artists is an evocative reminder of the imperma-nence of everything human being can possibly create. To kick o$ “! e Stumbling Present,” a free opening reception and gallery talk will take place on Friday, Oct. 12, at the museum; the exhibition itself runs from Oct. 12 to Jan. 20, 2013. “Figure in Flux” opens on Oct. 13 and runs until Jan. 20 as well. Considering the convenient location of the museum (it is located right next to the UCen) and the caliber of the work displayed, I would highly encourage students and art en-thusiasts to visit it.

Starting Oct.12, art enthusiasts at University of California Santa Bar-bara will have twice as many reasons to visit the UCSB Art, Design & Archi-tecture Museum. Two must-see exhibitions are making their debut. ! e # rst is “Fig-ure in Flux: Selected Gi" s From the Drs. J. W. and Sue Colin Collection,” curated by recent UCSB graduate Maeve Coudrelle, which aims to ex-plore the changes of the human # gure throughout art history and features works from the J. and Sue Colin col-lection. ! e other is “! e Stumbling Present: Ruins in Contemporary Art,” which o$ ers visitors a chance to view images of ruins presented in a variety of mediums, with pieces from an array of artists who utilize ruins in thought-provoking ways. “Figure in Flux” will be held in the student gallery of the museum. ! is gallery o$ ers students with an in-terest in curating a chance to plan and set up an exhibit. ! e room is small, but students have managed to make good use of the space. Coudrelle’s vision is simple but e$ ective. She o$ ers the viewer a handful of pieces from di$ erent eras and places that depict the human body. ! e result is an educational view of how the human body in art constantly & uctuates from realistic to abstract. ! is show is perfect for both seasoned art bu$ s who would like to revisit the idea of the human # gure and art history newbies who would like to familiarize themselves with the prevalent topic. As an outsider to the art world, I was slightly intimidated by completely abstract images of the body such as Hans Burkhardt’s “Biomorphic Study,” a painting of mere shapes and colors that are supposed to constitute a body, or perhaps multiple bodies. However, not all the pieces are as abstract as Burkhardt’s. Some more obvious por-trayals of people can be admired by viewers who are put o$ by abstraction. Regardless of how you prefer your bod-ies, all of the pieces o$ er a worthwhile

Reminiscing on Flying Lotus’ Coachella set at the Gobi tent earlier this year and on last week-end when he opened for Animal Collective at the Hollywood Bowl, I assumed that the third time had to be the charm. Right? Right.

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! e Bottom Line | | Health & Lifestyles

First Health Arts & Lecture Series to Infect Campbell Hall

Free Friday Feasts for the Struggling Student

As a new school year kicks o$ , so does a fresh and exciting Univer-sity of California Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures lineup. If you’ve never attended an Arts & Lectures show, know that this isn’t some stu$ y mu-seum art or wordy lecture that leaves you drowning in hastily scribbled notes. ! e Arts & Lectures program brings the community a slew of charismatic and entertaining speak-

! e image of the starving college student is one that is o" en glori# ed, but the truth is that many students genuinely struggle to get by. To address this issue, Univer-sity of California Santa Barbara’s IDEAS (Improving Dreams, Equal-ity, Access and Success) and St. Michael’s Episcopal Church have collaborated to create Café Picasso. Established winter quarter 2012, Café Picasso o$ ers free dinners ev-ery Friday for students.

by LAUREN MOISSIY

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by VI LE “As a college student and an undocumented student, having a space like Cafe Picasso makes a huge di$ erence and li" s a weight o$ of my shoulders,” said second-year environmental and global studies major and intern at Café Picasso, Gloria Campos. “I know the feel-ing of skipping meals because I’d rather save that money for school. Students on this campus, both documented and undocumented, # nd themselves having to choose between eating a full meal and sav-ing money for rent and paying a

quarter’s tuition.”! e goal of Café Picasso is

to provide assistance in the form of meals to any student in need of them. Whether it be a student who is struggling to a$ ord groceries or one who doesn’t have the time to cook a proper meal for him- or her-self, Café Picasso o$ ers its services.

“Cafe Picasso was originally created to meet the needs of undoc-umented students who were unable to use the AS Food Bank as a result of deferring their enrollment from UCSB while they saved enough

money for another quarter’s tuition. ! e Cafe is open to all students and this past year we tried to create a space where students felt comfort-able and were able to # nd a home away from home,” said Campos.

Café Picasso’s weekly dinners are served from 6-8 p.m. at 6586 Picasso Road. Beyond just the din-ners, Café Picasso’s pantry is open to students any time during the week and events such as cooking work-shops and study nights are held. Upon request, the space is available for personal use as a study space.

“It’s a space that I think is really needed by students because I know personally, I can’t go to the library because it’s just too far away from my dorm or there are too many peo-ple there,” said second-year political science major, Linda Gonzalez. “I

ers and performers from a variety of backgrounds to open the doors to a smorgasbord of topics.

Arts & Lectures Associate Di-rector Roman Baratiak was excited to introduce an Arts & Lectures # rst: a health lecture series aptly called, “Speaking of Health.” ! e # rst lec-ture in the series will be on Oct. 21, with presenter Sanjay Gupta. Well-known for his appearances on CNN, Gupta will discuss personal health as well as the relation between medi-

cine and the media. Seeing as health care is a hot topic in national politics, especially the upcoming presidential elections, Gupta’s talk will be quite applicable to students.

“[Health care] is confusing,” said Baratiak. “Important legislation is coming up and the role of the me-dia is incredibly important. Di$ erent politicians paint di$ erent images of what the health care reform really is. I hope students are concerned about what’s happening with health care re-form, because we all will have to deal with it at some point and level.”

Students with little to no sci-ence background will still be able to enjoy the series because of the care-ful selection of the panel, according to Baratiak.

“! e speakers are selected be-cause they are excellent presenters, not doctors who have never done this. ! ey know how to commu-nicate and keep people engaged,” said Baratiak.

Let’s face it—getting back to school is di% cult. ! ose unhealthy, borderline-hedonistic summer lifestyles that we create for ourselves need to be changed; it’s time to establish a fresh, balanced routine that promotes health and well-being while eliminating stress.

Luckily, the solution is easier than one might expect.

College life centers on cre-ating a balance between three important components: the academic, the personal and the social. It becomes a challenge every day to get up early for class or practice, complete home-work assignments, hold down a job, hit the gym, hang out with friends and signi# cant others and still leave time for a hobby. As such, many students # nd that they give one of these three spheres priority over the others.

A policy that every college student should embrace is the “Rule of ! irds.” Basically, students should aim to divide their time equally between their academic, personal and social lives. One area shouldn’t take precedence over any of the others. For example, academic stress may seem like the most signi# cant obstacle, and the one that should always be tackled # rst. However, it is important to remember that interpersonal relationships and physically un-

by MATT MERSEL healthy habits are some of the top stressors for college students. Lisa Schwartz, chair of the University of California Santa

Barbara Commission on Student Well-Being, em-braces this policy.

“We encourage students to incorporate a holistic ap-

proach when creating their routines,” said Schwartz.

“! e Rule of ! irds program is a great

goal for students to have, as it puts them on the path to being a good, healthy person.”

If you # nd yourself spend-ing # ve hours on

a paper in one day and have no im-

mediately pressing assignments due, take

a few hours to go to the gym, listen to some music,

check up on friends and gen-erally relax. Alternatively, if you

completely ignore your academ-ics, that will only cause more stress

in your life. Maybe going to a party on Wednesday night isn’t the best call if you’ve been at it all week; put down the Rolling Rock and crack open a textbook. Additionally, if you feel like you have no time for any of your hobbies, don’t feel bad about closing yourself o$ for a while for

some “me” time. Your friends will understand.Schwartz has some additional advice for students look-

ing to adjust their schedules and work towards being healthier and stress-free.

“Do something healthy, like go for a run or do yoga. Exercise is incredibly important for college students,” said Schwartz.

A study by the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service found that “there is a direct link between college stu-dents’ health and their academic achievement.” In other words, the healthier a student is, the better they will perform academ-ically—and the better they’ll feel in general. Staying healthy is really useful when it comes to reducing stress.

Some students on campus have already implemented this system in their own lives. Amanda Stansell, a second-year math major, explained how she found her balance.

“I’ve been looking at joining a new club like the Triathlon Club,” said Stansell. “I’ve made sure to keep up enough with my classes so I don’t fall behind, though, and so I feel like I have enough time when I go out with friends. Each part balances out the others.”

Nika Burnett, second-year theater major, has also utilized this policy in a very creative way.

“I created a routine very early on [in which] a lot of friends are incorporated into my required classes and my work. It still means I have to sacri# ce going out sometimes, but having my friends with me makes up for it, and I still feel balanced,” said Burnett.

Going back to school may take careful planning to ensure health, relaxation and productivity. However, with a policy as simple as the Rule of ! irds or just adding a little bit of exercise into a day, this seemingly daunting task can become that much easier to tackle.

In response, students revealed their eagerness to listen to speakers whom they could comprehend with-out having extensive background knowledge of the topics.

“I’m excited to attend at least one of these lectures. …I’m not a health science major, but knowing that health is such a pertinent issue in today’s world, I am interested to learn about the subject especially from someone who has been able to present the issue to so many peo-ple worldwide,” said Eva Kerner, a fourth-year political science major.

UCSB Health Professions As-sociation’s president, Nicolas Kahl, is excited to share the news of the lectures series with the members of HPA.

“! is is de# nitely something that our members would be excited to attend,” said Kahl.

! e next lecture in the health series is Zoobiquity, a program that explores what animals can teach us

when it comes to understanding humans’ own diseases. Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz will share her experiences at the UCLA medical center and work at the Los Angeles Zoo, while Kathryn Bowers, a well-known science writer, will bring the explanations to light.

In winter quarter, the series brings us Pauline Chen, who has an online blog for ! e New York Times where she discusses end of life issues, coming from the perspective of a sur-geon who has dealt with transplants and faced these issues. ! e rest of the 2013 talks range from presenta-tions by cancer specialists, discussion of doctor-patient relationships and the importance of touch, a global health-based presentation of dis-eases including malaria and the shar-ing of new # ndings on Alzheimer’s and the brain.

Baratiak said the ticket prices will be relatively cheap for those with a student ID card.

think having Café Picasso is a really good resource for students like me who just want a space away from the environment of school.”

Despite being such a great resource, Café Picasso is still very much under the radar and isn’t uti-lized as much as it could be. Atten-dance at dinners is particularly low.

“Unfortunately it isn’t as many as we would want to go. I remember last time I went we were about 10-12 people. Even though we’re con-stantly promoting, not that many people go,” said Gonzalez.

Café Picasso is run solely on grant money, donations and on a volunteer basis, giving the program much potential to grow. As more students start to take advantage of this resource, Café Picasso hopes to get more and more recognition.

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! e Bottom Line | | Technology

by FRANCESCA KENTISH

by NATHALIE VERA

Samsung wasted no time a" er the launch of the iP-hone 5 to # le a patent infringement lawsuit. On Sept. 25, only four days a" er Apple’s US release date, Samsung threatened to sue if the iPhone 5 uses Long Term Evo-lution, or LTE, which is part of the development of 4G mobile systems. ! e iPhone 5 does indeed use LTE, and Samsung is suing over two standard patents and six feature patents. Reuters reported that Samsung stated, “We have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights.” ! is is just the latest development in the tense con& ict between Apple and Samsung over which com-pany will dominate the technology arena. On Aug. 24, Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages when Sam-sung was found to have violated patented technology in the iPad and the iPhone with their own tablet, the Galaxy Tab. A ban on the tablet was consequently insti-tuted in June. ! e ban, however, has since been li" ed. US District Judge Koh, who has been presiding over the hearings in Northern California, li" ed the ban as the jurors concluded that the speci# c design patent on which the injunction was solely had not been violated. Apple believes the ban should not have been li" ed, as the Galaxy Tab did violate other patents that arose in the case. An analyst company, Localytics, issued a report claiming that Apple’s lawsuit helped the rise in sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. During the period when the cru-cial verdict was reached, from Aug. 21 to 27, sales for the Samsung Galaxy S III rose by nearly 16 percent. Localyt-ics suggests that this is due to a number of reasons. One reason put forward was the increased press for Samsung and the image of Apple forcing other companies out of business. Another reason was that the number of compari-sons with the iPhone showed customers that the Samsung Galaxy S III was a viable alternative. ! e report uses these # ndings to hypothesize that consumers may not be as loyal to brands as previously thought and may be more willing to look around before making a purchase. ! e lawsuits do not end here. Samsung may be # l-ing their own suit, but they are also under attack by LG Display, who recently # led a patent infringement suit in a South Korean court. LG claims that Samsung has violated its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens in mo-bile devices. ! is follows Samsung’s lawsuit against LG for using Samsung’s patented technology in OLED television screens. With so many major companies angling for domi-nance in the market, it seems unlikely that these lawsuits will stop & ooding in any time soon. Companies have every right to protect their intellectual property, but there is a feeling that the companies are also getting some satisfac-tion from “sticking it” to one another.

Samsung Sues Apple

Over iPhone 5

by SARAH GOOD

! e University of California Santa Barbara O% ce of Student Life is pushing to promote Org-Sync, a web platform for organizing registered campus organizations, to all students. OrgSync (https://orgsync.com/) allows o% cers and members to communicate with one another. Each organization’s page includes meeting times, a calendar and an events list that everyone can view. O% cers can edit these lists in ad-dition to accessing administrative forms, a dues sheet and other help-ful tools to help them manage their organizations. ! e website allows students to create their own user account and

then to choose to create a new club page or join an already established club page. ! e features are syncable for all of a user’s clubs. For instance, if a user is part of three di$ erent clubs that are registered on Org-Sync, that user’s calendar will show the events from all of their clubs. Events’ to-do lists can also be made. If a club has a major event coming up with many things that need to get done, they can create a master to-do list and assign tasks that members can check o$ as they do them. OrgSync makes it simple for students to connect with organiza-tions. “! e average student can

browse the di$ erent organizations. ! ey can do it by category or by interest, and see what types of cam-pus organizations exist,” says Katya Armistead, Associate Dean of Stu-dents of Student Life and Activities. Students can also # nd organizations by searching. Di$ erent levels of access can be granted for each club’s page so that an administrator has complete control of the club’s page, o% cers can contribute content and mem-bers can view whatever has been made visible to them. While a potentially useful tool for all club members, it is especially designed to make things easier for o% -cers. Instead of having multiple accounts (such as Facebook, Gmail, etc.) to pass down to new lead-

ers every year, OrgSync makes it a simple transition with just a quick change of access granted to new leaders. It also makes it possible for club leaders to keep important club documents, forms, information and to-do lists all on the account. Anything they want kept pri-vate can be hidden so only other o% cers or only the administrator can see it. Students can also create an e-portfolio to keep track of and show-case their involvement and achieve-ments on- or o$ -campus. ! is includes academics, employment history, recommendations and any relevant documents. Later this year, OSL will add the co-curricular transcript,

which will also allow students toshow their involvement more cer-ti# ably. Parts of the transcript will require approval from sta$ and faculty to be considered valid. In the past year, OSL adopted the platform and focused on estab-lishing its organizations on it before promoting it to all students. Now, OSL is encouraging all students to use OrgSync as well. “! is year we held workshops during Week of Welcome and we got hundreds of students come to them to learn about how to get involved on campus and we rolled out OrgSync,” says Armistead. “We’re going to be doing di$ erent advertising campaigns throughout the year, especially when we roll out the co-curricular transcript.”

U-Mail is now being replaced by an innovative email plat-form to change University of California Santa Barbara students’ virtual communication engagement. ! e new server is Micro-so" O% ce 365—an electronic mailing service designed to pro-vide ample storage, easier address book management and better support for smartphones. O% ce 365 is a secure electronic mailing platform hosted by Microso" . It features a 25 GB email account, calendars, O% ce Web Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), instant messaging and # le sharing, among others. ! e up-grade is expected to facilitate students’ emailing experi-ence by providing more organizational tools and an up-to-date service. ! e change is set to gradually occur over the course of fall quarter 2012. First, an account is selected for upgrade. A message is then sent to the individual’s U-Mail, notifying them that their ac-count is being replaced by O% ce 365. ! e user’s messages and mail folders will begin to be duplicated into the new account. Any messages sent to their U-Mail account will then be auto-matically forwarded to their new inbox. During this process, the user will still be able to send and receive messages from their original U-Mail account. Once the transition is complete, O% ce 365 will be ready for use. From then on, any incoming messages will be exclusive-ly sent to the new account. ! e student will still have access to their former U-Mail, but the new O% ce 365 account will be the university’s default email service. ! e time period that each transfer will take is not yet spec-i# ed, but students should be assured that no emails or informa-tion will be lost in the process. ! e U-Mail Student Collaborations Services Website explained the choice of O% ce 365 over Google mail, in a pre-meditated response to any students wondering. “In our evaluation of the two products, both were found to meet both the business and technical requirements for UCSB’s student communication and collaboration needs,” reads the U-Mail Student Collaborations Services Website. O% ce 365 triumphed for two big reasons. ! e program had already been selected as the main com-munication and collaboration platform for sta$ and faculty. Expanding the service to the student body seemed like a rea-sonable option, as it would allow for a better communications system between students and their professors. Secondly, about a third of UCSB’s students forward their U-Mail messages to a second party—their Gmail ac-counts. By switching to Gmail, the university would have created an inconvenience on these users rather than a bene# t.

UCSB Decides to Eliminate U-Mail

“We discovered that Google’s handling of multiple logins (e.g. being simultaneously logged in to a personal Gmail account and an edu Gmail account) was cumbersome at best,” explains the website. “Instead, those customers who prefer to use Gmail can continue to forward their U-Mail to their personal Gmail accounts.” Indeed, many of those who have a Gmail account can tes-tify of this nuisance –the server usually only allows users to be logged into one account at a time. Besides these two main reasons, the Information Technol-ogy Board also based their decision a" er evaluating the feedback of 129 students in a poll conducted over Spring quarter of 2012. ! ese students were the # rst to be submitted under the “migra-tion” process; their responses were recorded a" er their U-Mail accounts were successfully transferred into the new server. While there were mixed reviews, the majority of par-ticipants seemed to favor the new program. ! e aspects of O% ce 365 most widely accepted include its selection of color, its “cleaner” look, exchange integration with outlook and a split screen which enables users to read an email on one panel, while an adjacent panel displays the rest of the inbox. Stu-dents also agreed on that O% ce 365 provided better tools for email and folder management, as well as powerful organizational aids. ! e faithful Gmail supporters, however, were not as satis-# ed. A variety of respondents considered O% ce 365 to be more sophisticated than U-Mail, but the new virtual environment brought confusion with its multiple tools and features, lacked a customizable background and color scheme like Gmail, and in an almost unanimous opinion, was inferior to the U-Mail ad-dress book set-up. “I think that doing Gmail would have been easier and cheaper,” said third-year, Global Studies major Norma Orozco. “It has all the same things and most people are familiar with how to use it and already employ tools like Google docs for sharing and organizing. I know other universities link their emails with Gmail, too.” Other students may # nd the change altogether unnecessary. “I don’t hate [U-Mail], but I just feel like I never really needed it because I already have a primary email account,” said Abril Carrasco, a fourth-year Spanish and sociology double ma-jor. “Switching to a new service will only put me through the hassle of setting up automatic forwarding to my Yahoo! account from the new platform this time. But I’ll probably also use it as rarely as I used U-Mail.” O% ce 365 is soon on its way to wipe out and re-place U-Mail with its re# ned electronic mailing services. UCSB students will be forced to adapt or perish…or many will simply keep forwarding their mail into their personal email accounts.

OSL Expands OrgSync

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