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Division I special election: From today until March 9, students can vote on the future of ATHLETICS and $495 in STUDENT FEES by logging onto TritonLink with username and password.

▶ UCSD alumni have the eighth highest salary potential of all public schools nationwide, according to a PayScale study released this week. The study also wrote that UCSD graduates with two years of experience average a $48,200 starting salary, and that the average salary for alumni who worked for 15 years exceeds $96,000.

▶ UCSD will celebrate Dr. Seuss’s 108th birthday on Friday, March 2. A celebration will be held outside of the Geisel Library, and will coincide with the feature film release of “The Lorax,” based on one of Seuss’ books.

▶ March 1 will be a national day of action to defend public education. There will be mobilization on campus, starting with a walkout at 11:30 a.m. and a rally on Library Walk.



▶ San Diego County house sales jumped nearly 5 percent from last month, according to La Jolla-based DataQuick. The median price of a home in San Diego County rose by $1,000 to $305,000.

▶ A stabbing at a house party in Escondido resulted in the death of one man, and the critical injury of another. Police have not made any arrests.

▶ A noxious odor coming from the women’s bathroom of a Denny’s in Mission Valley on Saturday caused an evacuation of the restaurant. A hazardous material team found traces of chemicals found in pepper spray.

▶ A Poway attorney who pled guilty to “baby-selling” charges was sentenced this week to five months of federal custody and another nine of house arrest.

▶ An 11-year-old Long Beach girl died after fighting with a classmate on Friday. The girl died despite an emergency surgery several hours after the fight. She had been feeling unwell after school when she was rushed to a hospital The actual cause of death is unknown and no arrests have been made.

Friday, Feb. 17
12:17 a.m.: Citizen contact
▶ The subject at Village Place and Market needed assistance on finding a place to plug in an electric vehicle. Information only.

On a grainy, halting live feed streamed from a small gym in Arcata, Humboldt, the Guardian staff watched senior guard Daisy Feder muscle her way into the key. With 9.9 seconds left, the shooter gave the then-undefeated Tritons a tenuous one-point lead as Humboldt head coach Joddie Gleason called for the timeout. The Lumberjacks returned to the court to inbound the ball from their baseline. Ninety-four feet separated them from the Triton basket, but UCSD elected to throw out a sloppy, undecided press.

MEN’S BASKETBALL —The Tritons dropped both their road games last week to close the 2012 season, losing four of their last five games. 

The 2015 addition of social science and critical thinking sections to the MCAT is a well-intentioned move to make admissions more holistic, but the changes will put too much emphasis on non-medical topics.