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- VOLUME LXXXXVII • ISSUE 4
September 18, 2013
AFTER GOING
completely defeated
last year in their debut
Division I-AA season,
the SF State rugby
team hits back with a
vengeance.
This season, the
Gators will focus on getting more wins
against division rivals like Stanford,
Chico State and San Jose State, but has
its sights set on an even loftier goal: to
make rugby SF State’s
big-ticket, spirit-rallying
contact sport.
“We’re missing a
big-time sport here,”
said rugby player
Tristan Hayter. “We see
ourselves as a potential
spirit-bringing sport.”
Rugby’s appeal, he
said, comes from its
fast pace and hard hits,
similar to football, but
without the padding and
helmets. With the Gator
football team depart in
1995, the rugby team is
looking to become the
go-to spectator sport
that brings fans to the
bleachers — much like
football does at other
universities across the nation.
“We want to get word out as a rugby
playing school,” said player Jameel Mad-
anat. But one obstacle stands in the way
of the team’s goal: recognition.
The team, which formed eight years
ago, is not part of the SF State athletic de-
partment, and only gets a yearly stipend
of $250 from campus recreation. The rug-
E\�WHDP�LV�DQ�RI¿FLDO�FOXE�RQ�FDPSXV��VR�each member must pay $150 per semester
to the team for travel expenses, referees,
DQG�¿HOG�UHQW��$6,�KDV�\HW�WR�DFNQRZO-edge and fund the team — and this means
the Gators can’t host tournaments and
train like their competitors do.
“San Jose State has physical therapists
RQ�WKH�¿HOG�DQG�FKDUWHU�EXVVHV��DQG�ZH�drive ourselves.” said Madanat. “All the
schools (in our division) have alumni and
money and we’re scraping the bottom of
the barrel.”
The rugby team joined the Division
I-AA league to compete at a higher talent
level — a step the players said could
make them a bigger name in the college
level rugby world and, therefore, on the
SF State campus.
“Those programs are well established,
and we’re looking to build SF State and
work with the University to establish our-
selves in those rankings,” said head coach
Dean White.
UNIVERSITY
Police Depart-
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campus and
surrounding
areas may
soon carry
electroshock weapons.
These devices, common-
ly known by the brand name,
Taser, are designed to generate an
electric current that can disrupt
a person’s muscle control. The
University Police Department is
drafting plans for their use after
the California State University
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Thursday, Sept. 12. The next step
is a review of the proposed policy
by the University president’s
cabinet.
“Since that program proposal
has not yet been presented to cab-
inet, and cabinet has not yet had a
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dates, unit cost and the number
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Rachel Beck uses a jack to shape a piece
of glass work in the Fine Arts Building. SF
State’s College of Extended Learning glass
class, created in 1972, is the third oldest
continuous glass program in the U.S. The
Dean of the Arts Department three weeks
ago announced its termination after Fall 2013
because of spatial complications, its low art
majors enrollment and high materials’ fees for
VWXGHQWV�ZKLFK�FDQQRW�EH�FRYHUHG�E\�¿QDQFLDO�aid. Instructor Nate Watson appreciates the diversity his students which makes for a dy-namic experience. “!ere’s so much learning. It’s not just about art. !ere’s a high level of teamwork. Having older experienced people paired with younger makes for a challenging process.” A Save SFSU Glass rally will take place at Malcolm X Plaza Sept. 18 at 2 p.m. Check out goldengatexpress.org for coverage.
Glass program’s end spurs rally
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Trey Songz, ‘Say Ah’R&B Artist performed free concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland for college students
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GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG NEWS 09.18.132 |
SF STATE
SPEAKS OUT
AARON VILLANUEVA, 22 ENGLISH MAJOR
Cleaning up throw up from the sink.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST AWKWARD
ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE?
Photos by: Benjamin Kamps Reporting by: Jasmin Taylor
CATHERINE GAYALDO, 19 BUSINESS MAJOR
My roommate spraying on too much Victoria’s
Secret perfume before she leaves.
SHAQUILLA SHIVERS, 19 JAPANESE MAJOR
Walked in on my room-mate masturbating, we made a schedule
afterwards.
MORGAN ALEXANDER, 21 COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR
I lived with a priest and he overheard my intimate
time with my boyfriend during his priest meeting, he never looked me in the
eye again.
In a neon orange beanie and customized
duct tape shoes, Eco Students President
Tyler Wescott tenderly tucks lettuce into
the earth of its new home with a blanket of
straw to help keep the moisture in.
Wescott leads the effort to rebuild and
replant the community garden hidden be-
hind a wall of bushes near Mary Park Hall
and Font Boulevard, for future Gators.
“I got involved in the garden because
growing organic food and teaching others
how to do it too is my passion,” said Wescott.
“People can watch a seed grow into a plant, I
think that’s an eye-opening experience.”
The garden, established in 2008, was
soon forgotten when the founding group
failed to pass on their work for returning
students to maintain. The club, which is
an offshoot of the environmental studies
department, said they won’t let this happen
again and they plan on reaching out to new
students as a way to help guarantee the
garden’s future at SF State.
Students are using the garden to grow
a variety of plants including kale, romaine
lettuce, spinach, snap peas and violas, but
there are plans to extend the variety.
“The main goals are education, awareness
and community building,” said Wescott.
To educate the community about local
gardening, they plan to place signs on each
of the planters showing pictures of the fully
grown plants along with a description. They
also want to host community seminars on
how to plant a garden at home and how to
maintain a garden like the one on campus.
For most people living in an urban envi-
URQPHQW��KRPH�VFDOH�JDUGHQLQJ�LV�GLI¿FXOW�to do, according to junior Michael Todd, a
newcomer to Eco Students.
“I like gardening but I don’t get to do it
at my place, there’s no space,” said Todd
That’s exactly why Eco Students was
formed, according to Wescott. The group
wants to give people a place to grow their
own food.
“I love gardening and helping people
become more sustainable,” said freshman
Samantha Duna, another Eco Students
newcomer. “Since I’m new here I’d love to
keep it going and it to be a community thing
and expand.”
It’s not just the students who are helping
to make the garden work.
Chartwells, the dining service at SF
State, plans to promote the garden by post-
ing information about it for students on its
website. They also support Wescott’s idea of
hosting a catering event where Chartwells
will use vegetables provided by the Eco
Students’ garden.
Eco Students has applied for ASI fund-
ing and are now waiting for the response,
but in the meantime they’ve turned to
6FUDS��D�6DQ�)UDQFLVFR�EDVHG�QRQSUR¿W�DUWV�and crafts organization which has every-
thing needed to build the garden at little or
even no cost.
Founded during the 1970s, Scrap now
VHUYHV�PRUH�WKDQ��������QRQSUR¿W�JURXSV�“We are here to inspire creativity, divert
ZDVWH�IURP�ODQG¿OOV�DQG�HGXFDWH�´�VDLG�Shuai Chen, Scrap executive director. “We
want people to rethink materials they would
normally throw away.”
They receive nearly a ton of material ev-
ery day, meaning there will be no shortage
of supplies for Eco Students to use.
Even though Eco Students have a facul-
ty advisor, they are run entirely by students.
Anyone can get involved in Eco Stu-
dents or the garden by contacting them at
[email protected] or on their
Facebook page.
UNIVERSITY
KRXVLQJ�RI¿FLDOV�increased security this
semester, adding a
24-hour door monitor
to check all individuals
prior to entering resi-
dence halls at SF State.
The previous policies set by Residential
Life required residence halls’ receptionists
to check keys and IDs after 10 p.m. only,
which went into effect after the removal
and arrest of six non-residents from Mary
Ward Hall last May. The new regulations
will be enforced 24-hours a day, further
restricting resident and guest entry into the
SF State dorms.
“Guests must be registered and provide a
picture ID at the community desk no matter
the time of day,” said Dean of Students
Joseph Greenwell. “This was changed so
that in emergency situations the University
knows who is in the building.”
Residents speculate the 24-hour en-
forcement is a reaction to the arrests of the
six non-residents that spurred a series of
student protests on campus.
“Everyone knew the new security mea-
sures are tied to last semester’s arrests,” said
Larissa Petrucci, who lived in University Park
South last semester. “After those kids got
arrested there were way more cops around.”
Although administration did not com-
ment on what the new housing security
enforcement is directly related to, Green-
well said, “There have been a few changes
to policies this fall as they relate to the
on-campus residential community.”
Residents are now required to not only
show their key at building entrances, but
are restricted to one guest. Guests must
leave their photo IDs at the front desk
during their stay.
Furthermore, the Residential Life policy
states residential hall staff can choose to
deny a guest access if their behavior is in-
appropriate. Policy also states that residents
are responsible for their guests not only in
the dorms, but throughout school property
including nearby areas and during commu-
nity sponsored activities.
In previous semesters, these rules were
only in place after 10 p.m., and were loose-
ly followed according to students.
“Last year, the security was minimal,”
said Patrucci, a sociology major. “There
were barely any cops around and you could
sneak a bunch of people in and no one
really cared.”
In addition to monitoring entrances,
KRXVLQJ�RI¿FLDOV�DOVR�SDWURO�KDOOZD\V�WR�ensure students comply with policies, ac-
cording to new residents Cynthia Cervantes
and Maegan Folger.
“Some people sneak in guests, but are
often caught,” Folger said.
Although she feels the policy can some-
times be annoying, Folger said she feels
safe in the dorms.
A full review of current policies and
procedures can be found online in the
2013-2014 Community Living Standards.
Eco Students reopens green oasis to provide organic foods
Residential halls tighten security
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9/8 Medical AssistancePolice and medics responded to help someone who had chest pain and shortness of breath at University Park North. They were transported to UCSF Medical Center.
9/8 Medical AssistancePolice responded to reports of a man banging on residents’ doors near Serrano Drive. Medics responded after it was discovered that the man needed medical assistance. He was transported to San Francisco General Hospital for further treatment.
9/9 GunshotsGunshots were heard outside the Humanities Building. Police searched the area, but found nothing. 9/9 Public IntoxicationA man was taken into custody on charges of public intoxication after police responded to a panic alarm from the Village Market.
9/9 Car CampingPolice found a man sleeping in his car east of Lot 25. He was cited and released. 9/9 MarijuanaA student who was caught smoking weed in Mary Ward Hall was issued a citation by police.
9/10 Medical AssistancePolice and medics responded to a call for assistance from a woman after a bookcase fell on her. She was treated and released. 9/10 Medical AssistancePolice and medics responded to a possible spine fracture at the Student Health Center. The patient was transported to UCSF for fur-ther attention.
9/14 Medical Assistance, Alcohol RelatedA woman, not an SF State student, passed out on the stairway at the Towers at Centennial Square. A concerned citizen called police who came out to check on her. They determined she was only slightly drunk and let her go.
| NEWS09.18.13 GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG 3
SF State Crime Blotter
The University Police Department responded
to 27 incidents between 9/7 and 9/14. Here are
some of the highlights
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TRAYVON MARTIN SYMPOSIUM
The history department will be hosting a panel discus-sion on the racial tension surrounding Trayvon Martin’s death.
The symposium titled “The Death of Trayvon Martin: History in the Making,” will review race and law related events taking place in Sanford, Fla. over the past 18 months as well as a discussion on other historical race issues.
The event will take place Thursday, Sept. 19 at 9:30 a.m. in the Science Building, room 270 and is open and free to students and faculty.
VISTA ROOM
6)�6WDWH¶V�RZQ�¿QH�GLQLQJ�HVWDEOLVKPHQW��WKH�9LVWD�Room, reopened this Monday for lunch service.
The Vista Room began 20 years ago as a way to teach the basics of hospitality and food service management.7KH�UHVWDXUDQW�RQ�WKH�IRXUWK�ÀRRU�RI�%XUN�+DOO�LQ�URRP�����serves as both a lab for hospitality management students DQG�D�¿QH�GLQLQJ�UHVWDXUDQW��&KHI�'DQLHO�+RQDQ�VXSHUYLVHV�students preparing fresh California cuisine.
Special price tickets for $13 are available during this ¿UVW�ZHHN�RI�RSHUDWLRQ��6HDWLQJ�LV�DYDLODEOH�IURP�������D�P��to 12:15 p.m. and food is served until 1:30 p.m.
19TH AVENUE TRANSIT
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority will host a meeting on campus discussing 19th Avenue transit LPSURYHPHQWV�6HSW�����LQ�WKH�5LFKPRQG�5RRP�RI�WKH�7RZ-ers Conference Center from 6 to 8 p.m.
This will be the second meeting to study improvements along the M-Ocean View Line. Proposals include moving the M transit stop located at 19th and Holloway Avenues and creating a tunnel or pedestrian bridge across the street.
Other proposals include moving the M as it crosses 19th Avenue between St. Francis Circle and Broad Street DW�2UL]DED�$YHQXH��7KH�¿UVW�PHHWLQJ�ZDV�FRQGXFWHG�LQ�February.
DISASTER TRAINING
The annual fall semester Neighborhood Emergency Re-sponse Team training conducted by the San Francisco Fire Department is rapidly approaching. The on-campus event ZLOO�WDNH�SODFH�2FW�������DQG����IURP���D�P��WR���S�P��DQG�LV�designed to prepare students for disasters.
There will be hands-on search and rescue training as ZHOO�DV�GLVDVWHU�WULDJH��¿UH�H[WLQJXLVKLQJ�WUDLQLQJ�DQG�WLSV�on how to prepare for a disaster at home. The SF State 2I¿FH�RI�(PHUJHQF\�3UHSDUHGQHVV�LV�HQFRXUDJLQJ�VWXGHQWV�and faculty to participate in the workshop so they can better respond to an emergency or be a member of the neighbor-hood emergency response team.
CAMPUS CLUB REGISTRATION DEADLINE
The deadline for campus organizations to register for University recognition is Sept. 30.
Student organizations failing to meet the deadline can lose campus privileges, such as the ability to meet on cam-pus, university recognition and ASI funding. The president DQG�¿QDQFLDO�RI¿FHU�PXVW�DOVR�KDYH�DWWHQGHG�DQ�RULHQWDWLRQ�session and the annual Leadership Symposium. Every FOXE�PXVW�KDYH�DW�OHDVW�¿YH�VWXGHQWV��LQFOXGLQJ�D�SUHVLGHQW��¿QDQFLDO�RI¿FHU�DQG�D�FRQVWLWXWLRQ�
Analleli Gallardo, president of Feminism in Action, said she recruits interested members by visiting lecture halls and through social media.
“I knew I wanted to become involved to meet new like-minded people with similar interests, learn more about feminism and have a space to talk about what I learned in class at a more personal level,” Gallardo said.
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THE UNITED
Nations announced Monday, that the Human Rights Commission will be investigating the 14 chemical weapon DWWDFNV��WR�¿QG�ZKR�LV�
responsible for the war crimes.7KH�8�1��KDV�UHOHDVHG�DQ�RI¿FLDO�
report that shows “indisputable” evidence that chemical weapons were used against civilians, according to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The U.N., howev-HU��ZLOO�QRW�FRQ¿UP�ZKR�XVHG�WKH�ZHDS-ons, but states that whichever side used the weapons “violated U.N. protocol” and will be accused of war crimes.
Last Wednesday, six SF State pro-fessors discussed their thoughts on the turmoil in Middle East that has come at the end of the “Arab Spring.”
7KH�FRQÀLFW�LQ�6\ULD�DQG�WKH�LQFUHDV-ing probability of a U.S. military interven-tion there weighed heavy on everyone’s mind. Although each of the six professors KLJKOLJKWHG�D�VSHFL¿F�0LGGOH�(DVW�LVVXH��WKH�LGHD�RI�WKH�6\ULDQ�FRQÀLFW�DQG�KRZ�to handle it was present in all of their speeches.
“I have a feeling we will be talking
about the Syrian War at next year’s forum,” said Lucia Volk, co-director of international relations.
Since last week, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad agreed to hand his chem-ical weapons to the U.N. for destruction. This idea was presented by Russian presi-dent Vladamir Putin and was also backed by Obama. Its effectiveness has been widely criticized by other world leaders, including former presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz).
For the last two weeks, Putin has introduced a new political obstacle in the 6\ULDQ�FRQÀLFW�E\�URXQGLQJ�ZRUOG�OHDGHUV�to support putting a halt to U.S. mili-tary intervention. So far, that has been successful. As history professor, Anthony D’Agostino said, “It looks like Russia gets to write the last chapter of the Arab Spring,” as Putin has taken center stage as the world’s leading politician on the road to peace in Syria.
Russia has already had its hand in the 6\ULDQ�FRQÀLFW��DV�'¶$JRVWLQR�H[SODLQHG��and Eran Kaplan, professor in Israeli studies eluded to. Russia not only has a long history of selling weapons to Syria, but more recently sells weapons to Iran and indirectly, Lebanese Islamist Shi’a group, Hezbollah. Hezbollah is the rea-
son the tides of war have recently shifted in Assad’s favor.
D’Agostino explained that Putin “has let it be thought” that the Assad regime has Russian S-300 missiles in its posses-sion, which would be able to take out the destroyers the U.S. Navy would likely use to strike the Assad regime.
Volk, said the U.S. and Russian ten-sions showed that “the Cold War is alive and well.” Since last Wednesday, Putin’s plan of systematically destroying Assad’s chemical weapons stockpile has been disputed widely among world leaders.
The professors agreed that a clean end WR�WKH�6\ULDQ�FRQÀLFW�LV�EHFRPLQJ�LP-
possible, and that the current U.N. plan of destroying Assad’s chemical weap-ons stockpile is going to be extremely expensive and time consuming. Since the forum last week, Assad has agreed to the resolution.
A political resolution will likely be HTXDOO\�GLI¿FXOW�DV�'¶$JRVWLQR�H[-plained, Assad is going to “shoot them like dogs” if he gets the chance. Ac-cording to Kaplan, if we pay attention to history, the Assad doctrine is “shoot everything.” Lucia Volk said there is no reason for rebels to try and stop the civil ZDU�DW�WKLV�SRLQW��WKH\�PXVW�³HLWKHU�¿JKW�or die.”
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just the facts
TASERS:
Professors weigh in on possible US intervention in Syria
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!e latest models feature a nitrogen gas propulsion system that "res two darts from a maximum distance of 21 feet, at 200–220 feet per second.!e probes impact and penetrate one-fourth of an inch into clothing or bare
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Commonly referred to as non-lethal, the devices are often added to a police department’s arsenal as an option to prevent the use of deadly force.
UPD’s counterparts, the San Francisco Police Department, haven’t been so lucky.
SFPD applied for stun gun approval in 2004 and 2010 and was turned down by the police commission, which determines policy for the department, each time.
While these weapons have been associated with controversy wherever they’ve been deployed, the University isn’t the only campus to use them. Other state universities like Cal State Monterey Bay and Cal Poly Pamona have had them for the last seven years.
SF State Criminal Justice Studies Department Chair Jeffrey Snipes said he believes that as long DV�RI¿FHUV�DUH�SURSHUO\�WUDLQHG��WKH�QHZ�ZHDSRQV�should be deployed for use on campus.
“I think that after years of controversy surrounding WKH�HYLGHQFH�RQ�WKH�FRVW�EHQH¿W�HIIHFWV�RI�7DVHUV�LW¶V�pretty well established that it is better for law enforce-ment agencies to have them than to not,” said Snipes. “Provided the UPD is trained as such, I think it is ap-propriate for the department to have them. The SFPD should have them as well. To my knowledge it is the largest city that does not have access to them.”
Business administration major Shema Khidir agrees that stun guns are a step in the right direction.
³,�WKLQN�GH¿QLWHO\��83'�FDUU\LQJ�7DVHUV�ZLOO�make us more safe, if they’re used properly,” said Khidir, 24. “Especially for students who have night classes.
If used wisely — not recklessly, violently, or just because they have it— then yes, it makes us much safer.”
However, other students like sophomore Greg-ory Ruiz are against the idea of the UPD carrying VWXQ�JXQV��+H�VDLG�KH�EHOLHYHV�RI¿FHUV�VKRXOG�QRW�EH�allowed to carry the electroshock weapons.
“I feel less safe knowing UPD will have Tasers,” said Ruiz, 19. “I don’t see how they can be used in a helpful way.”
Ruiz referred to the arrests of the six non-res-idents from Mary Ward Hall last semester as an example.
“Just look at what happened in the dorms last semester,” Ruiz said. “Less harm could have been done to those people. It really doesn’t make sense for them to have Tasers when SFPD doesn’t.”
The safety of electroshock weapons has also EHHQ�TXHVWLRQHG�E\�VRPH�QRQSUR¿W�JURXSV�OLNH�Amnesty International which found that since 2001, 540 people in the United States have died after being struck by police Tasers.
Other groups like the American Civil Liberties Union also question the categorizing of Tasers as “non-lethal” weapons. In a brief from their Criminal Law Reform Project, the ACLU’s Rebecca McCray said that most training materials on Taser deploy-ment come from Taser International, the private company making the weapons.
The Xpress will continue to follow this story and provide updates as they become available.
Campus police sets sight on new weaponsNearly 10,000 police
departments in the United States have deployed the Taser as a less lethal force
alternative in some capacity.
5.4 percent of ECD* deployments prevented the use of lethal force. Lethal
force is avoided 5,400 times out of every 100,000 uses of an ECD by law enforce-
ment.
Suspect injuries reduced by 60 percent when less lethal
weapons are deployed.
Taser ECDs have saved more than 75,000 lives from potential death or
serious injury to date and that number continues to
grow daily.
Source: Taser International
* Electronic Control Device
At least 42 people across 20 states died a#er being
struck by police Tasers (in 2013), bringing the total number of such deaths
in the U.S. since 2001 to 540.
Tasers have been listed as a cause or contributory factor in more than 60
deaths.
Source: Amnesty International
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Library exhibit honors Cesar Chavez
THE J. PAUL LEON-ard Library at SF
State frames the life
of Cesar Chavez and
the members of the
United Farm Work-
ers with an exhibit
RQ�WKH�IRXUWK�ÀRRU�that brings to life the conditions of the
momentous 1975 1000-mile march to
unionize farm workers.
Sponsored by the Labor Archives
and Research Center, Marching Through
History with Cesar Chavez and the
Farm Workers is a compilation of pho-
tographs taken by Cathy Murphy that
documents the 1000-mile march.
Photographs from the exhibit depict
perilous conditions the farm workers
were in before Chavez informed them of
their rights, such as the lack of protec-
tive clothing from pesticides or farmers
performing back-breaking work in the
¿HOGV��&KDYH]�LQIRUPHG�ZRUNHUV�RI�WKHLU�rights after the Agricultural Labor Re-
lations Act was passed into law by Gov.
Jerry Brown.
“We wanted to do this exhibit to
honor farm workers as one of the key
unions in the country,” said Catherine
Powell, curator of the exhibit and direc-
tor of the Labor Archives and Research
Center at SF State. “In California, the
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ginal people.”
Initially, Murphy met with
Chavez for the sole purpose of
interviewing and photographing
him prior to the march, but after
the original UFW photographer
left, Chavez asked her to join as a
replacement.
Split up into four sections, the
exhibition takes the viewer through
D�VHULHV�RI�VLJQL¿FDQW�PRPHQWV�RI�the march, beginning from revealing
the conditions farm workers were
in and the struggles they encountered.
The second section highlights problems
concerning child labor with images of
children carrying food in pesticide cans.
The third section of the exhibit shares
some behind-the-scene photographs of
Chavez’s personal life and his family,
allowing the viewer to observe an inti-
mate side of him.
The exhibition ends with several
examples of how Murphy’s photogra-
phy was used during and after the UFW
march through posters that promoted the
union.
“I took my students to the exhibit be-
cause I wanted them to consider primary
sources when learning about the farm
workers,” said Phil Klasky, a professor
in the ethnic studies department at SF
State. “I’ve seen the excitement on my
students’ faces when they looked at this
exhibition, this is how students should
learn, education should be fun and en-
gaging and with these kinds of exhibi-
tions, students can have that.”
Professor Klasky also said that the
University needed to have more exhi-
bitions like this one and that it is highly
EHQH¿FLDO�IRU�VWXGHQWV�WR�DWWHQG�WKHVH�events. He plans to take another group
of students from his race, ethnicity and
power in America class to the exhibit on
its last day.
“If you’ve never heard of him, I
mean everybody knows the holiday in
his name, but I’m talking about the great
man, Cesar Chavez,” said Antonio Mon-
tesinos, a Latina/Latino studies major
at SF State who was a part of Klasky’s
class that toured the exhibition last
semester. “You should go take a peek at
the exhibition, it has some really cool
pictures of (Chavez), and you’ll learn a
little about his history too.”
Teresa Curillo, another professor
from the ethnic studies department at SF
State said, “The most common com-
ment I heard from my students was that
seeing the pictures was a very impactful
(sic) thing for them. They all felt that
you can talk about these issues intellec-
tually, but the images really put a human
face on farm workers and the exploita-
tion they faced.”
The opening day of the exhibit was
April 2, a day after Cesar Chavez Day,
however the exhibit will remain on
WKH�IRXUWK�ÀRRU�RI�WKH�-��3DXO�/HRQDUG�Library at SF State, until Sept. 30.
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R&B’S “MR. STEAL YO Girl,” otherwise known as Trey Songz, didn’t have to steal any young women at his back-to-school free per-formance. Still, Trey Songz managed to satisfy the mostly female audience with
a stellar performance that rivaled a paid show.Amazon Student and Pandora co-sponsored
the Aug. 15 event at the Fox Theater in Oakland. About 1,000 Bay Area college students were invited to enjoy the free show for those who used Amazon to rent or buy textbooks during the month of August.
SF State biology major Brittany Wilson had already seen Trey Songz perform live during the tour of his last album “Chapter V” last year. Sun-day’s concert was a chance for her to come back for seconds.
“He was elec-tric,” said Wilson. “The concert was amazing. He did it just like at the last show I saw him at.”
Several SF State students in at-tendance said they found out about the event through À\HUV�KDQGHG�RXW�on campus, and Twitter and Pando-ra ads that played between songs.
This was the ¿UVW�\HDU�$PD]RQ�launched its free Back to College concert series for students. Trey Songz performed another concert in the series Sept. 12 at the Electric Fac-tory in Philadelphia before coming to the Bay Area.
“This was a way to kick off the back to school season, do something fun and let people know what we have to offer students,” said Amazon Public Relations Manager Brittany Turner.
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NEW ART PROFESSOR AT SF State Michael Arcega exhibits his most recent work on a projected screen. Displayed is a world map molded together with pieces of spiced ham once used to feed soldiers during World
War II. His objective is to experiment with this form of meat as a means to create artwork.
“Our research as artists is different, it could be materials research,” said Arcega, new fac-ulty member of the University art department. “We can pick up a piece of material like, Spam OXQFKHRQ�PHDW��DQG�¿JXUH�RXW�KRZ�WR�FXW�DQG�manipulate it and transform and augment it to become art work.”
Arcega was hired with a tenure track title as a professor in the art department at SF State this semester. He brings with him an extensive background in teaching art at several schools including Stanford University, Virginia Com-monwealth University and at the California College of Arts. He also carries the prestige of being a Guggenheim fellowship winner.
“We have general guidelines that we have to hit in terms of what the curriculum is but we pretty much get there on our own way,” said Arcega. “Every art faculty member has their own strategies to get to these places and I have my own way of doing things too.”
Arcega chose to carry out research regarding Spam, because it was a World War II ration that spread throughout Asia and revolutionized how the United States fed its troops during that time.
“With the addition of Michael Arcega to the department, we move several steps closer to realizing our goal of aligning our curriculum more closely with current practices in contem-porary art making,” said Gail Dawson, chair of the art department. “Students will want to work with him because of his expertise in sculpture, and the innovative ways he approaches the me-dium in particular and art practice in general.”
Professors on the path toward becoming tenured are assessed on their progress at a two-year, four-year and 10-year mark of them teaching at the University. Department hiring FRPPLWWHHV�FRQGXFW�WKH�¿UVW�WZR�HYDOXDWLRQV��whereas the 10-year evaluation is broadened toward the University as a whole and eventual-ly leads toward a tenure title.
Some key examples of how teachers are as-sessed by committees include their progress in their respective research and their development as teachers.
“At SF State tenure is determined by meet-ing established guidelines for teaching effec-tiveness, professional growth and achievement, and service to the department, college, Univer-sity and community,” said Dawson.
The process of a candidate to obtain a tenure track title at SF State can be a strenu-ous process coupled with interviews that can last over the course of two days. In Arcega’s case, he applied for the position, and his strong UHSXWDWLRQ�KHOSHG�KLP�DGYDQFH�WRZDUG�D�¿QDOLVW�from among all the other applicants.
Arcega has already made a good impression RQ�KLV�¿UVW�EDWFK�RI�VFXOSWXUH�VWXGHQWV�ZLWK�KLV�communicative and affable teaching style.
“I like him a lot, he is very relaxed and that is a good thing,” said Oliver Lee, an exchange student from the United Kingdom who is cur-rently enrolled in Arcega’s sculpture 1 class at SF State. “If I can, I will take more classes with him.”
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As the lights dim in the auditorium, Alfredo Remulla strides across the stage and waits for the music to cue his performance.
Usher’s “You’ll Be In My Heart” begins to play throughout the venue and the audience watches as Alfredo’s frozen body starts to alternate between sporadic gestures and calculated movements.
Friday, the Student Life Activities Board hosted Streets SF in Jack Adams Hall. What was billed as a hip-hop showcase turned into a cross-cultural event, featuring a variety of talent from all differ-ent genres and styles, including group and solo dances, original rap songs and a variety of acous-tic performances including Sean Thompson, winner of SF State’s Got Talent.
The event is the brainchild of the SLAB Special Events Chair Tawnee Vallar who, as a dancer KHUVHOI��ZDQWHG�WR�PDNH�KHU�¿UVW�event something she was both knowledgable and passionate about.
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One group participating in the event was SF State’s FG Roll Call, a group of students that represent the University in the Friendship Games. The annual event, held in Fullerton, Calif., calls together Filipino student organizations from Cali-fornia, Nevada and Arizona to compete in friendly competition.
While the Friendship Games offer a variety of competitions, the dance competition holds a certain amount of precedence over the others.
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The raucous crowd didn’t disappoint, howl-ing along, quite literally on cue by Thompson’s urging, to his song “Wolves.” It was just
another example of the respect and enthusiasm the crowd displayed throughout the night for the variety of talents that were showcased.
“I didn’t think of it as a hip-hop showcase, even though I told people as a joke what it was,” said Thompson. “In all reality it was just a group of really good performers coming together for a good show.”
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R&B’S “MR. STEAL YO Girl,” otherwise known as Trey Songz, didn’t have to steal any young women at his back-to-school free per-formance. Still, Trey Songz managed to satisfy the mostly female audience with
a stellar performance that rivaled a paid show.Amazon Student and Pandora co-sponsored
the Aug. 15 event at the Fox Theater in Oakland. About 1,000 Bay Area college students were invited to enjoy the free show for those who used Amazon to rent or buy textbooks during the month of August.
SF State biology major Brittany Wilson had already seen Trey Songz perform live during the tour of his last album “Chapter V” last year. Sun-day’s concert was a chance for her to come back for seconds.
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“This was a way to kick off the back to school season, do something fun and let people know what we have to offer students,” said Amazon Public Relations Manager Brittany Turner.
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Amazon did give away Kindle Fire HD tablets to 20 lucky students at the top of the show.
“The goal is not to pack this place wall to wall; the goal is to get students to have a great experi-ence and have it be exclusive,” said Tommy Page, vice president of artists and brand partnerships.
According to Page, Pandora selected Trey Songz as the artist for the concert series after data from its music streaming app revealed that the artist had a large following in the Bay Area and Philadelphia.
During the hour-long set, an energetic Trey Songz beamed with a smile as he sang some of his sexy hits such as “Panty Droppa,” “Say Ah”
and “I Need A Girl.”
Throughout the night, Trey Songz had the ladies in attendance shriek-ing with excitement as he sang one affectionate love song after another. At one point, Trey Songz made the entire theater erupt with screams when he teased them with his provocative hip gyrations.
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Trey Songz closed the show with “Bottoms Up” as if to offer a toast to the women in the audience and let them know the night
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shirt causing the entire theater to explode with cheers. He then wiped the sweat off his body and tossed his shirt into the crowd for one lucky audience member to enjoy who perhaps thought the night was actually all about her.
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The men’s soccer team faced Sono-ma State in an evenly-matched game Friday afternoon that ended in a shutout and Gator loss.
In an intensely physical game where two SF State players had to leave due to injuries, a goal by Sonoma State forward, Brenton Frame, gave his team the only goal it needed in a 1-0 victory for the visiting team in the WZHQW\�¿UVW�PLQXWH�
The goal by Frame came on a cross by Aaron Glover, which Frame put into the upper-right hand corner of the net.
7KH�¿UVW�KDOI�ZDV�ODUJHO\�SOD\HG�RQ�WKH�6)�6WDWH�VLGH�RI�WKH�¿HOG�DV�Sonoma State was putting the Gators under constant pressure. The Sea-wolves outshot SF State 7-3 in the ¿UVW�KDOI��DQG�IRXU�RI�WKH�VHYHQ�VKRWV�were on target.
In the second half, SF State had a number of missed scoring opportuni-ties. One was a shot by defender Jorge Valadas in the seventy-second minute that went just high over the goal.
The CCAA rivals met this week expecting a tough, physical game.
“They’re certainly a rival, but it’s more about it being a CCAA game, especially the opener. Everybody’s a little keyed up,” said assistant coach Kelly Coffey.
Coffey said the game plan was to take a more physical approach, make ¿HUFHU�FRQWDFW�ZLWK�WKH�RSSRVLWLRQ�DQG�push harder for the ball. Since Sonoma 6WDWH�LV�NQRZQ�DV�D�¿QHVVH�WHDP��6)�
State wanted to take them out of their comfort zone and thereby increase the chances for victory, but the physical JDPH�SODQ�EDFN¿UHG�IRU�WKH�*DWRUV�
One of the injured Gators was defender Max Talbert, who just began
KLV�¿UVW�VHDVRQ�ZLWK�6)�6WDWH�DIWHU�WUDQV-ferring from Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Calif. While battling for the ball with a Sonoma State player,
Talbert fell to the ground hard and im-mediately writhed in pain. Talbert had to be helped to the sidelines and left the ¿HOG�VKRUWO\�DIWHU��+H�UHWXUQHG�ODWHU�LQ�the second half with his arm in a sling.
“I think he’s lost for the season, I
think he broke his collarbone,” said head coach Joe Hunter.
The other player injured was mid-¿HOGHU�DQG�GHIHQGHU�0DWLDV�5RGULJXH]��
a freshman from Temecula, Calif. De-tails about his injury were undisclosed by trainers.
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7KH�LQMXULHV�WR�7DOEHUW�DQG�5RGUL-guez add to the team’s past injury ZRHV��6RSKRPRUH�PLG¿HOGHU�DQG�forward Jared Magaoay tore a tendon in his elbow last week. Magaoay will probably be back this season, said Coffey.
“They’re a big part of the team and we really can’t replace them. But, we’re going to keep moving forward, so that’s not going to stop us and hopefully they’ll get better soon and get back on the ¿HOG�ZLWK�XV�´�VDLG�9DODGDV�
After this loss, the Gators fall to 0-1 in CCAA play and 1-2 overall. Sonoma State improved to 1-0 in conference play and 2-0-1 overall.
The 1-2 start for SF State isn’t the way the team wanted to start the season, but Valadas feels good about the team.
³:H¶UH�IHHOLQJ�SUHWW\�FRQ¿-dent,” he said. “We have a good team to move forward with.”
Despite the loss and injuries, Hunter will keep his team opti-mistic about the games to come. %XW��¿UVW��WKH�WHDP�PXVW�EH�UHDG\�to practice hard and concentrate.
“We’re not going to make any excuses about it,” said Hunter. “But we are going to make sure the guys that step up have to be ready and focused.”
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Injuries strike men’s team for loss to division rivals
Gators shut out in second-half meltdown
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FRIDAY THE 13TH proved to be unlucky for the SF State women’s soccer team as they fell to rivals Sonoma State 3-0 at Cox Stadium.
The Gators were WKURZQ�LQWR�WKH�¿UH�LPPHGLDWHO\�DV�they opened up the conference play against last year’s CCAA north division champions. Sonoma State ranked 18th in the NCAA Division II preseason poll before dropping out of the top 25 this week.
³7KHUH�ZHUH�GH¿QLWHO\�VRPH�nerves,” said starting forward Autumn )R[��³&RQVLGHULQJ�LW�ZDV�RXU�¿UVW�FRQ-ference game against a good team.”
$IWHU�D�VFRUHOHVV�¿UVW�KDOI��WKH�*D-tors unraveled in the second, allowing two quick goals from the Seawolves’ Lauren Fryer and Kristal Luna in the ¿UVW�WKUHH�PLQXWHV�RI�WKH�KDOI�
Sonoma State’s All-American Cara &XUWLQ�DGGHG�DQRWKHU�JRDO�¿YH�PLQXWHV�later. Curtin was the Seawolves’ scor-ing leader last year with 15 goals—a performance that won her the CCAA
Newcomer of the Year award.“Sonoma came out ready to go in
the second half,” said starting defender Stephanie Vanni. “Our mentality was not there for those seven minutes.”
Sonoma State was the aggressor early as they recorded nine shots in the ¿UVW�KDOI�DQG�&XUWLQ�FRQVWDQWO\�SXVKHG�the tempo.
“We knew they were a good team,” said head coach Jack Hyde. “We did ZHOO�LQ�WKH�¿UVW�KDOI��ZH�NQHZ�LI�ZH�could keep them from scoring we’d do okay, but unfortunately we had a bit of a mental breakdown in the second half where in a total of seven minutes they scored three goals.”
The Seawolves’ defense kept the Gator’s offense in check all game, SF State generated minimal scoring chanc-es and was held without a shot on goal until the 54-minute mark when Vanni’s attempt was turned away.
6)�6WDWH�ZDV�VKXW�RXW�IRU�WKH�¿UVW�time this season, managing only three shots on goal.
“We just couldn’t hold the ball up there,” Hyde said. “We were giving balls away, we just weren’t as quick to
react when we had the ball. Just looking at Sonoma, they are a better team than ZH�DUH��ZH�PD\EH�KDYH�IRXU�RU�¿YH�NH\�players and they’ve got about 12.”
Something had to give when these conference rivals matched up, as both teams came into the game without a loss. Sonoma State entered play with a 2-0 record, while SF State came in 1-0-1.
“They just do things better than we do,” Hyde said. “But that’s how you learn, you play in those situations, and hopefully we can learn from this and we can do better on Sunday and the games ahead.”
To add injury to insult, junior for-ward Lauren Floro was carried off the ¿HOG�ZLWK�OHVV�WKDQ�VL[�PLQXWHV�UHPDLQ-ing in the game holding her left leg.
The match against Sonoma State was a part of a grueling stretch of home games. The Gators tied Western Oregon Wednesday Sept. 11 and lost to Hum-boldt State 0-1 the following Sunday. 7KH�WHDP�ZLOO�KDYH�D�¿YH�GD\�UHVWLQJ�period before its next game against Cal State L.A. Sept. 20.
“We talk about mentally getting back,” Hyde said. “Being positive, it’s a new game, a new day; it could be a different result.”
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Gators expect successful season in Division I-AA
The past three years, the team has bounced back and forth between divisions. After placing third in its Division II bracket back in 2010, the team fell to Division III the following year, going undefeated and racking up a +198 point differential from competitors.
The team secured its spot in the DI-AA bracket in 2012 after University of San Francis-co forfeited its match against the Gators in the middle of a 67-0 rout.
³7KH�FRDFK�FDPH�RQ�WKH�¿HOG�DQG�WKUHZ�LQ�the towel,” said Hayter. “That’s unheard of in rugby.”
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“One was a concussion,” said Hayter. “Someone tried to save the point and got mowed.
His two front teeth were knocked in.”This year, he said, the team is healed and
ready to play.Though the team struggled last year in its
new division, its successful trajectory through the rugby ranks gives its players high hopes for the season to come and, ultimately, its status on campus.
“This year will really make or break our reputation,” said Madanat. “When the school embraces us fully, that will make a difference.”
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