STUDENT LIFE AND SPORTS ON CAMPUS

When the Smoke Clears
Some students went home to escape the thick, ash-filled air. Others took advantage of the mid-quarter break to relax. But many students used their week off to help evacuated San Diegans wherever and however they could.

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Bear Gardens
The Thank God It’s Friday parties of the 1980s consisted of kegs on The Hump next to the Student Center and Main Gym. And as of October, 2006, the TGIFs are back.

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Grove Update
Just weeks after our September issue was published, the Grove Caffe story (“Operation Save The Grove”) changed. The A.S. Council dissolved its Grove Caffe partnership with the Rady School of Management and, citing the need to have stable management, hired a full-time external manager who began in the fall.

SPORTS SHORTS

Shutout Star: For the eighth year in a row, the UCSD women’s soccer team captured the California Collegiate Athletic Association South Division Championship and has qualified for the NCAA D-II tournament. Ranked fifth in the nation, Jessica McGovern, Revelle ’09,
pictured at left throwing the ball, won both All-CCAA and All-West Region awards for her 0.39 goals- against average and 10 shutouts and steered her team to a 12-3-2 record during the regular season.

Cool Runnings: In his first year on the job, head coach Nate Garcia, ’00, has led the men’s cross country team to the NCAA National Championships after its third-place finish at the NCAA Division II West Region Championships in early November. Accompanying them is the women’s team, which qualified with a fourth-place finish at the West Regionals. UCSD's top runner at the National Championships, Jesse Morrill, Sixth ’10, pictured left, and Diane Dunn, ERC ’08, earned NCAA D-II All-West Region honors
for their performances.

Close Call: The UCSD women’s volleyball team went to their 26th NCAA Postseason Tournament with a 19-7 regular season record. Sylvia Schmidt, Marshall ’10, pictured right, helped lead the Tritons to a thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind victory against No. 2 Cal State San Bernardino on October 27.

Paper Trail A selection of fall quarter Guardian headlines. MORE