I’M WITNESSING THE DEATH OF A GREAT INSTITUTION. We have yet to deal with it in an open and honest way. Every time there’s a budget shortfall, the student-fee increase is on the table. We have no choice but to raise fees and we sit around, wring our hands and worry about it. I don’t think the response ought to be just increase fees and nothing more and hope next year will be better. We look at this every year as unique, but it’s not unique. Are we giving up on affordability and accessibility?’
EDDIE ISLAND
UC REGENT
‘Regents Raise Student Fees by 9.3 Percent’
May 11, 2009
AFTER WE WON IN VIRGINIA, everyone was smiling in the streets, and you knew why. Just to feel the excitement again is going to be really cool.’
SEAN QUIRK
UCSD COLLEGE DEMOCRATS PRESIDENT
‘From the Trees to the Hill:UCSD Welcomes President Obama into Office’
January 20, 2009
HISTORICALLY, students have been viewed as politically apathetic, but that’s changed with this election. We’re going to have a huge impact. Jus tin the UC system alone, we made half of what California’s national numbers are. Over 40,00 new registered voters is a huge feat. Legislators and campaign managers are becoming more aware of the UC system as a base of power.’
LISA CHEN
A.S. VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
‘More Than 40,000 Students Registered to Vote’, UCSA Reports
October 30, 2008
WE SEE THIS huge increase in youth registration and turnout because we have this candidate who is clearly different. [Obama] is closer in age and appeals to the younger demographic. His positions may be similar to others, but he looks different and talks different.’
THAD KOUSSER
POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR
‘Political Fever Sweeps Campus’
November 6, 2008
TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO you couldn’t get coffee every two steps on campus. We were the coffee place, and it was still kind of an exotic thing to go and get a cup of coffee. But now, every two steps there’s a coffee cart. They’re all over the place.’
AUTUMN HAYS
STUDENT MANAGER, GROVE CAFFE
‘Is This the End? A.S. Council Debates Closing Grove Caffe’
April 20, 2009
WE’RE POURING student fees into the Grove right now. It’s over $120,000 in debt. If we continue to run the Grove then we’re basically subsidizing it.’
DONNA BEAN
A.S. PRESIDENT
‘Is This the End? A.S. Council Debates Closing Grove Caffe’
April 20, 2009
WE NEVER GET ANY FUNDING from them. We’re $0 on their budget. So even if we just had $5,000 a year, I wouldn’t be using a 1968 freezer that gets us marked off on our health inspection every time.’
THOMAS FRANK
STUDENT MANAGER, GROVE CAFFE
‘Is This the End? A.S. Council Debates Closing Grove Caffe’
April 20, 2009
IT’S IMPORTANT TO STATE CLEARLY that the reductions contained in this budget will be felt by students, by faculty, by staff an
d ultimately by people across California who have benefitted in their daily lives from the university’s work. Lower spending for higher education ultimately erodes student opportunity, innovation, health care and medical research and economic growth for California.’
MARK G. YUDOF
UC PRESIDENT
‘State Budget Eliminates $115M from UC Funding’
February 23, 2009
OUR DECISION to conduct the meeting telephonically is to ensure we do not divert the attention or resources of the campus ad they work to keep the campus community safe and prevent any health issues related to the H1N1 flu. We thought it best to meet our legal and operational obligations and conduct the meeting by phone, without asking the campus to stretch resources better applied elsewhere during this challenging time.’
RICHARD BLUM
CHAIR, UC BOARD OF REGENTS
‘Regents Cancel Campus Visit, Cite Swine-Flu Outbreak’
May 4, 2009
WE HAVE BEEN TESTING STUDENTS who have flu symptoms as well as fever, and all have tested negative.’
GINA FLEMING
SHS MEDICAL DIRECTOR
‘Campus Still Unaffected by Nationwide Flue Epidemic’
April 30, 2009
I’VE NEVER FELT SO marginalized as I do right now. How are we supposed to express public input when students are being silenced and cut off?’
LISA CHEN
A.S. AVP OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
‘Regents Raise Student Fees by 9.3 Percent’
May 11, 2009
THE UC CONTINUES to disrespect the taxpayer, students and their low-wage workers and faculty. The UC administration and regents continuously violate the public trust by catering to the university’s elite rather than serving the students, faculty and workers they are appointed to represent. The public deserves better.’
LELAND YEE
SEN., D-SAN FRANCISCO/SAN MATEO
‘Regents Approve $1M in Admin Pay Raises, Executive Appointments’
April 2, 2009
THIS PROPOSED FEE INCREASE is nothing more than a $662 a year tax on every student at the University of California. On Friday, thousands of future UC students will start receiving their acceptance letters to UC colleges. Unfortunately, as a result of the recently enacted budget, 2,300 qualified high school seniors will not enter California’s universities, and those who do will face even higher tuition. WE have failed to invest in California’s future.’
JOHN GARAMENDI
LT. GOV. OF CALIFORNIA, UC REGENT
‘New Round of Student-Fee Hikes on the Horizon’
March 12, 2009
NO ONE WANTS to curtail the opportunity [for admission], but how do we keep absorbing 5,000 more possible students when no one is giving us the money to pay for them?’
MARK G. YUDOF
UC PRESIDENT
‘Regents Drop Fee Increase from Budget Proposal’
November 24, 2008
IF YOU DO the minimum required, you don’t know what will happen. Thousands of people will be denied and they won’t know why. The move from clarity and transparency to uncertainty and ambiguity is bad public policy.’
PATRICK HAYASHI
RETIRED UC BERKELEY ADMISSIONS OFFICER
‘UC Defends Admissions Overhaul Before Lawmakers’
April 2, 2009
IT’S NOT A MATTER OF GREED. We are paid 25 to 30 percent less than other workers in San Diego, but it doesn’t have to be this way. [Relyea] understands our struggles, but we want to make sure he understands the crisis: UCSD is one of the lowest-paying UC campuses. We want him to do something we can see, to step up to the plate and put money and power to his words.’
JORGE OLVERA
UCSD GROUNDSKEEPER
‘Campus workers Demand Face Time to Settle Wage Feud’
October 6, 2008
IN THE PAST, the university was just able to say, ‘Here are your new rates for health care.’ Now the workers have the final say.’
LAKESHA HARRISON
AFSCME LOCAL 3299 PRESIDENT
‘University, Union Reach Tentative Wage Agreement’
October 28, 2008
IF THIS REFERENDUM does not pass, there will not be a Sun God festival this year ‘mdash; at least not one that continues a 27-year-old annual tradition.’
UTSAV GUPTA
A.S. AVP OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
‘Council Taps Students for Referendum Support’
January 8, 2009
WE COULDN’T BE happier with the lineup right now. We have diversity, we have big name acts ‘mdash; we think we really have something for everyone. It should be pretty phenomenal.’
GARRETT BERG
A.S. AVP OF CONCERTS AND EVENTS
‘N.E.R.D, Girl Talk To Headline Sun God’
April 6, 2009
[THE UNIVERSITY IS] taking a really artificial approach to enhancing student life. The main thing we need for student life is students, and we have them. People here think they need to be entertained, instead of entertaining themselves.’
YUKI MURAKAMI
FOOD CO-OP CORE MEMBER
‘Loft Continues Search for Permanent Funds’
February 23, 2009
THEY’VE BEEN paying off debt for years when they could be expanding to offer new services. We decided to forgive the debt. We really support the co-ops.’
KATIE HALL
REVELLE COLLEGE SENATOR
‘A.S. Council Absorbs Debt for Campus Cooperatives’
November 3, 2008
IF YOU’RE TRYING to rattle cages and shake people up, you’re not expecting them to necessarily love what you’re doing. Questioning their orthodoxies, challenging the belief systems ‘mdash; you shouldn’t come out of that experience expecting to be loved.’
PETER JOHN
CAT PROFESSOR
‘Pedaling Against The Grain’
November 17, 2008
ALTHOUGH this may violate some moral principles or historical principles, the bottom line is it is something that will benefit students, and looking out for students is my first priority as an elected A.S. official.’
JOHN CRESSEY
SIXTH COLLEGE SENATOR
‘Council Split on Loft Funding’
November 3, 2008
YET AGAIN,’ the administrators were not responsible and, yet again, they’re trying to get us to foot the bill. The Loft is asking for an extension of the Price Center expansion activity fee that students are already paying.’
DONNA BEAN
A.S. PRESIDENT
‘Council Split on Loft Funding’
November 3, 2008
THIS IS YOUR BASIC bureaucratic nightmare, but there is more than regular bureaucracy here. The lack of communication makes everything worse. We feel frustrated and demoralized.’
OUMELBANINE ZHIRI
CHAIR, CANCER-CLUSTER COMMITTEE
‘Admin. Increases Public Access to Cancer-Cluster Findings’
February 9, 2009
THEIR GOAL was not for their rights, it was to deprive me of my rights. It’s easy for the adversary to lable someone who disagrees with him a racist, murderer, embezzler or a criminal.’
JIM GILCHRIST
MINUTEMEN PROJECT FOUNDER
‘Minuteman’s Lecture Draws Crowd of Dissentg’
October 20, 2008
IN MYTHOLOGY, THE SHELL, when blown loudly, creates a sound so fearsome that the Triton’s rivals imagine it to be a roar of a mighty beast and take flight.’
MANUELITA BROWN
SCULPTOR BEHIND THE TRITON STATUE
‘University, Alumni Reveal Price Center Guardian’
October 20, 2008
IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS where it’s hard to describe how [t
he no-hitter] happened. There were one or two really nice plays on defense. … All of the pieces of the puzzle just fell into place.’
TREVOR DECKER
STARTING PITCHER, BASEBALL
‘Tritons Reel off Nine Straight Victories’
April 2, 2009
AS FRUSTRATING as it is, we will get over this loss. We have to. Even though we’ve made it much more difficult on ourselves, we will enter regionals with the fire and the faith that we can do anything. We just have to bring it every second of every game from here on out. It’s do or die.’
MICHELLE OSIER
FORWARD, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
‘Eighth-Seeded Coyotes Shock Tritons With First-Round Defeat’
March 5, 2009
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, women’s head coach Darcy [Ahner] and I have to do a reality check. We have to appreciate how far we’ve come as getting this many athletes to nationals is impressive.’
TONY SALERNO
HEAD COACH, TRACK AND FIELD
‘Fifteen Tritons Headed to Track and Field Nationals’
May 21, 2009
THE CROWD WAS AMAZNG. I feel like they led us to victory today. ‘hellip; We love the fans and hopefully they got a good show tonight.’
ALAN HUSTED
GUARD, MEN’S BASKETBALL
‘Tritons Hold on for Spirit Night Victory’
February 23, 2009