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GOLDEN GATE XPRESS //STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER PROUDLY SERVING THE SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY SINCE 1927. 09.21.11 // VOLUME LXXXXI
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SHOOTING IN OUTER SUNSETA 22-year-old man was shot and killed in the Outer Sunset Saturday around 1:17 a.m. near 35th Avenue and Rivera Street. SF State police responded and aided San Francisco police in searching for possible suspects. No arrests were made. You can contact the SFPD Taraval Station with any information on the attack at (415) 242-9753.
BUMPER CARSWhile most people usually go to Disneyland to live out their dreams of ramming into other cars without the risk of car insurance skyrocketing, one fun-repressed individual chose to play this game in SF State’s Lot 20 parking lot, ramming into a woman’s car, and driving off without notice. Police responded and made a report of the incident.
TRAPPED IN THE ELEVATOR, PART TWOLast week several students trapped themselves in the elevators of Mary Ward Hall. Again on Friday two students were trapped in an elevator in the Towers. While it doesn’t seem it was of their own doing, the integrity of SF State’s elevators is looking questionable.
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sexuality.“We try to use the student fees to pay for the
services,” Coluzzi said. “We try not to charge students twice.”
Although all these programs are available to stu-dents, many do not know about the services that are provided.
“I think that not very many people are aware of the programs that are available on campus,” said Kathy Quintero, senior, and psychology major. “Maybe they need to let more students know about them.”
This is an issue ASI is addressing, as Coluzzi said that ASI wants the marketing department to work with Student Life to create a better community on campus. However, he said that they couldn’t do much with $100,000 in terms of marketing.
The new marketing and public relations department of ASI, established in the 2010-2011 school year has increased its budget from $108,761 to $145,700 for this year.
Of the $3.6 million budget that ASI had prior to the increase of student fees for this semester, $1 million dollars is slated to fund the operational costs for the ASI EXVLQHVV�RI¿�FH�DQG�VWLSHQGV�IRU�WKH�%RDUG�RI�'LUHFWRUV�
7KH�RSHUDWLRQDO�FRVWV�IRU�WKH�EXVLQHVV�RI¿�FH�LQFOXGH�$17,000 to provide telephone service to the different programs, $40,000 on periodic audits, and $195,000 on auxiliary business services, which, according to Peter Koo, executive director for ASI, go to the University for all accounting functions that need to be performed over the course of the year.
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According to ASI President Andrew Gutierrez, be-ing a part of ASI is no different than any other job, the responsibilities of which include attending two to three committee meetings per week that last two to three hours each, meeting with members of the administra-tion and student organizations, handling tasks that must be completed as a part of their committee duties and being accountable and available to the students of SF State.
“I’ve already talked to my board members and told them if you’re doing this for the money, it’s not worth it,” Gutierrez said. “I don’t feel like this pay that we get is comparable to the amount of work we have to do and the stuff we have to put up with. You might as well go get another job because they will pay you more and you won’t have to do as much work.”
Gutierrez also said that he has made it very clear to the board members that despite the increase in rev-enue, the stipends for ASI board members will not be increased.
In addition to the amount allotted for stipends, ASI also budgeted $18,000 in membership fees and $13,000 for in-state travel costs to send at least two members of the board to monthly meetings of the California State Students Association, held at one of the CSU campuses and for the ASI president to attend monthly meetings of
the Associated Students President’s Council.These membership fees are required for student rep-
resentatives to place a vote during the monthly confer-ences, according to Koo. Students may still attend the conferences, but they no longer have a vote. The CSSA takes on issues that affect all students such as increasing tuition fees or parking issues.
“When the president (of SF State) seeks student input he comes to ASI,” Koo said. “When the state level legislature or the Chancellor seeks student input they go to the CSSA.”
Among the proposed additions to the revised budget is the increase of student scholarships back to $30,000 or about $1,000 per student, according to Coluzzi. The funds for scholarships were cut in half to $15,000 a couple years ago as a result of the budget crisis.
Coluzzi also hopes to use the additional funds for additional Student Life events.
Another goal is to place student organization funding on the ballot for the election at the end of this school year. This would allow students to become more involved by being able to vote for which student organizations they feel should receive more funding, Gutierrez said. He hopes that this will increase student participation in ASI, while also providing the opportu-nity for ASI to get more things done, as he estimates to spend half his time listening to proposals for funding from different student organizations.
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Being a student athlete at SF State is almost like something out of a spy novel — these young men and women live double lives, weaving in and out of a society that knows little about them and understands them even less.
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Those challenges include keeping up with classes, staying healthy on the road and trying to maintain a semblance of a social life.
“You have to be really organized,” said basketball player Kaylaa Davis. “It keeps you on your toes. You have to be eligible, you have to go to class or you don’t play.”
The coaches understand the demands of a college education and encourage their players to focus on school.
“Coaches make sure we put class as a priority,” Chansky said. “(The coach) likes to say, ‘It’s a student athlete, so \RX¶UH�D�VWXGHQW�¿�UVW��DWKOHWH�VHFRQG�¶�They really put an importance on that.”
Most of them consider the relation-ship of student and athlete to be mutually EHQH¿�FLDO�
“To be a better athlete you’ve got to be a good student. It works together,” said Ryan Woods, a cross country runner.
Although they receive support from coaches and teammates, the gap between the athletes and non-athletes seems to
cause a large rift within the student body, with priority registration as the wedge between the two.
“A lot of other students are pretty furious about that,” said Lindsay Enright, a sophomore on the cross country and track teams. “I understand where they’re coming from, but I also feel like they’re naive in the sense that they don’t know how much time we take out of it.”
Priority registration is an incentive to keep playing, athletes said. Without it, they wouldn’t be able to plan their sched-ules around practice. The schedule is just the beginning, however.
Athletes have mandatory team study hours while they’re at home but they all have different ways of dealing with homework while on the road.
Some choose to power through and ¿�QLVK�LW�DOO�EHIRUH�OHDYLQJ��RWKHUV�OHDYH�it for when they return home, and some ¿�QG�VQLSSHWV�RI�WLPH�WR�ZRUN�EHIRUH�games or at night.
“I think it’s all about balance,” Enright said. “Sometimes you’re too much of a student and you’re not giving enough to your coaches or you’re giving too much to your coaches and not enough in your classes.”
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“The last thing you do want to do when you get home is try to study for a test or read. You sit down on your bed to do it and you’re instantly asleep,” Wood said.
Head trainer Bryce Schussel said he GH¿�QLWHO\�VHHV�PRUH�LOOQHVVHV�DV�D�UHVXOW�of being on the road.
“They’re in tight quarters, they’re sleeping in hotel rooms, and some-times they don’t get enough sleep,” Schussel said.
Schussel said that colds and other sicknesses are common be-cause sometimes it is hard for the players to get the proper nutrition and stay hydrated.
“I know other girls tend to get sick a lot during the season,” said Jenna Robertson, softball player. “When you’re really tired from all day general-ly you lay your head down on the pillow and you’re out,” she said, snapping her ¿�QJHUV�IRU�HPSKDVLV�
Joe Danahey, director of sports in-formation, sees all of the problems they face, day in and day out.
“People don’t realize with these guys, they’re all working too,” Danahey said. “They’re not just involved in their sport. They work for me, they’re at every game, they’re supporting the other teams. All of our athletes support each other. Our student athletes are a special breed here.”
“They care about each other,” he said.It’s good that they have a built-in
family on campus, because their sched-ules don’t leave any time for a more typical college lifestyle.
“We can’t go out and party, we can’t be a normal college student and stay up late,” Woods said. “We can’t be tempted with all that stuff. That’s probably the hardest part. We’re not normal people.”
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“They’re in tight quarters, they’re sleeping in hotel rooms, and some-times they don’t get enough sleep,”
other sicknesses are common be-cause sometimes it is hard for the players to get the proper nutrition
“I know other girls tend to get sick a lot during the season,” said Jenna Robertson, softball player. “When you’re really tired from all day general-ly you lay your head down on the pillow and you’re out,” she said, snapping her
Joe Danahey, director of sports in-formation, sees all of the problems they
“People don’t realize with these guys, they’re all working too,” Danahey said. “They’re not just involved in their sport. They work for me, they’re at every game, they’re supporting the other teams. All of our athletes support each other. Our student athletes are a special breed
“They care about each other,” he said.It’s good that they have a built-in
family on campus, because their sched-ules don’t leave any time for a more
“We can’t go out and party, we can’t be a normal college student and stay up late,” Woods said. “We can’t be tempted with all that stuff. That’s probably the hardest part. We’re not
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EVERY SPORTING FIELD IS BUILT FOR FAIRNESS. THE SIDELINES ARE ALL THE SAME LENGTH. The baskets
are the same height. The rules apply equally to all athletes. Most sports HYHQ�VZLWFK�VLGHV�RI�WKH�¿�HOG�GXULQJ�the game just to be sure that there is no advantage given to either squad.
There is, however, an inequity that drastically affects the outcome of many of the contests that SF State sports teams enter. Oftentimes, the Gators are playing from behind before they even lace up their shoes.
The disadvantage is money. There is a direct relationship EHWZHHQ�VFKRODUVKLS�IXQGV�VSHQW�DQG�ZLQV�RQ�WKH�¿�HOG��6)�6WDWH�teams lose a competitive edge because they have a short stack of scholarship money, according to many involved in the athletic program.
“We’re competing against teams that are funded at a higher rate, so they’re getting the best players,” said SF State women’s basketball coach Dr. Joaquin Wallace. “If you can’t get the re-sources to be successful, how can you be successful?”
Imagine you’re an athlete. Two coaches sit in front of you. One offers a fantastic education in a world-class city that will cost you about $65,000. The other offers a comparable or slightly in-ferior education in a much-less appealing location, but it will cost you nothing. SF State coaches are often the former in this situation when they go recruiting. San Francisco may be the most desirable option, but it’s often the most expensive.
“We’ve lost tons of players because, at the end of the day, they say, ‘yeah coach I want to come there. I want to play for you, but San Bernardino’s gonna give me a full ride.’ What can you do about that?” Wallace said.
Financial aid for athletes comes almost entirely from fundraising by the coaches and staff of the athletic department. The money comes from parents, alumni, local businesses and old-fashioned fundraising efforts by the athletic department.
“We even, to raise money, we sell hot dogs and pizzas… we’re out there hawk-ing stuff. We hustle and work all the time,” said Cathy McDermott, SF State athlet-ics development assistant director of external affairs and development.
According to U.S. Department of Education statistics, the SF State athletic de-partment gave out a total of $347,000 in grants to athletes for the 2009-2010 school year.
By comparison, Chico State distributed around $650,000. That difference is seen RQ�WKH�¿�HOG��%RWK�VFKRROV�MRLQHG�WKH�&DOLIRUQLD�&ROOHJLDWH�$WKOHWLF�$VVRFLDWLRQ�LQ�1998. Chico State teams across all sports have captured a total of 36 CCAA cham-SLRQVKLSV��6)�6WDWH�KDV�RQH���ODVW�\HDU¶V�ZRPHQ¶V�VRFFHU�WLWOH��)RXU�RI�WKH�WRS�¿�YH�HDUQLQJ�VFKRROV�LQ�WKH�FRQIHUHQFH�DUH�DOVR�LQ�WKH�WRS�¿�YH�IRU�&&$$�FKDPSLRQVKLSV�
“Let’s assume every school in the conference was equal (in money),” said SF State Athletic Director Dr. Michael Simpson. “Having an equal base doesn’t guaran-tee you’re going to win, but it guarantees you have a chance to win. But what if it’s unequal?”
Of the 12 schools in the CCAA, SF State ranks ninth in scholarship spending for 2009-2010, ahead of other struggling athletic programs like Cal State Monterey and Cal State East Bay.
The NCAA sets a maximum number of scholarships that any one team can have. The actual dollar number varies from sport to sport and is adjusted for cost of at-tendance at a given school.
1R�VFKRRO�LQ�WKH�&&$$�FRPHV�FORVH�WR�IXO¿�OOLQJ�DOO�RI�LWV�DOORZHG�VFKRODUVKLS�spending. Most hover around 50 percent, with the highest number at 65 percent. SF State only spends 27 percent.
For example, the Gator men’s basketball team’s faced Chico State in January 2010. SF State had $48,000 in aid split between its 11-member squad. The Wildcats spent more than $115,000 on their squad. The Gators lost by 12 points that night.
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program be successful.”So why is it that SF State
has such a smaller base of scholarship money to work with? It would seem that a school in a big city like San Francisco would be able to attract a lot more fundraising dollars than a school way out in Sonoma.
Location actually has the opposite effect. Sonoma State is almost 100 miles away from the nearest major university. It’s the only game in town. Without competition from neighboring schools, Chico State is able to attract an undivided share of the
booster money from the area.“Division II schools that do well have an unencum-
bered hinterland,” Simpson said.SF State, on the other hand, shares its market with
major programs like Cal and Stanford along with competitive programs like St. Mary’s, USF, UCSF and others. The Gators only see a fraction of the fundraising dollars that are earned in the Bay Area.
“This market is over saturated,” Wallace said. “When you’re a small player in an over saturated market, it’s hard to get people to buy your product or service. That’s the issue that we have right now.”
The economy is partially to blame as well. As companies scramble to stay solvent, they have less dis-cretionary income to funnel into sponsorships. Major
corporations that have the capital to survive the recession tend to put their money LQWR�WRS�À�LJKW�'LYLVLRQ�,�SURJUDPV�WKDW�GUDZ�WKH�PRVW�H\HV��6)�6WDWH�KDV�DOZD\V�relied upon smaller businesses.
“We used to have great sponsorships with say, Stonestown (Galleria), but as the economy has started to go, those sponsorships have gone with them,” McDermott said.
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“This (program) is a sleeping giant, or rather a slowly arising giant,” Simpson VDLG��³$V�ZH�DUH�DEOH�WR�LPSURYH�RXU�FDSDFLW\�WR�DWWUDFW�DQG�¿�QDQFH�RXU�UHFUXLWV��WKH�potential is to do very well in conference.”
This potential is highlighted by the SF State wrestling team, the school’s only sport competing in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Scholarship money is more even in the RMAC. The Gators have won 11 RMAC wrestling titles in 50 years in the conference.
There is one positive that comes from the low level of scholarship funds.“Most of the kids who do athletics do so because they really love the sport,”
McDermott said.No Gator is getting a free ride through college because of his or her athleticism.
Gators are students who also play sports, rather than athletes who also go to school. Members of SF State sports team consistently outperform the student body as a whole in academics.
“I’m not really concerned about the money. I’m here because I want to get a de-gree and I know that SF State can provide me a good education,” said Iris Tolenada, a junior setter on the Gator women’s volleyball team. “I do love volleyball. I do love this team.”
This situation may be improved over coming years if the economy rebounds from the recession. If SF State is able to solve its general funding problems, the DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ�PD\�¿�QG�URRP�LQ�WKH�EXGJHW�WR�VXSSOHPHQW�WKH�DWKOHWLF�GHSDUWPHQW¶V�funding.
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As the clari-net player in her high school march-ing band, Dianthe
“Dee” Spencer never thought she would be winning awards and shaping young minds to hopefully one day do the same, but now she plays a different tune.
This month, Spencer was honored as the Educator of the Year by the Golden Gate branch of the National Council of Negro Women, a group that supports local women of color through tools like monetary aid for public education and ac-knowledging women who show extraordinary passion. Spencer LV�RQH�RI�¿�YH�%D\�$UHD�ZRPHQ�to be honored this year.
Spencer is the current chair of SF State’s School of Music and Dance as well as a professor of jazz and other music classes. She is also an accomplished jazz pianist and has played all over the world, from Tasmania to China, although it is not her full-time profession to play.
“Teaching sort of picked me and I didn’t know I would teach… but turned out it was great,” Spencer said. “I can’t say all my life that I wanted to teach. It wasn’t in my plan at all.”
Spencer said that she tried to be a professional musician for a while, but in the end found that teaching brought her more MR\�DQG�¿�QDQFLDO�VWDELOLW\�WKDQ�constantly touring and playing live shows. She said that the life of a musician was not for her.
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“She backs us all up and brings the good vibe that jazz has into the classroom.”
Spencer has gone beyond teaching college and adopted the music program at Gateway High School, a college prep school in San Francisco, as her own personal project to support. She said it’s important to teach
this generation about music, especially in the electronic age.
“I want to take them off their iPods a bit so I can help them understand how that music was made and what’s an artist rather than ‘I download a track, put in my ear buds and here I go,’” Spencer said. “I want to show them there’s much more than that.”
Spencer accepted her award Saturday at a NCNW luncheon for all the winners.
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However, the project has to be approved by the site, and it doesn’t get any of the “pledged” money unless its goal is reached within a maxi-mum of 60 days.
The “all or nothing” rule is shaped to keep patrons from losing money on failed ideas, and to keep the entrepreneurs from biting off more than they can chew.
Each idea has to involve concrete goals, “something with a beginning and an end,” Kazmark said. In return, those who donate are commonly given memorabilia, products or a fun experience related to the project.
A proposal to fund a Sicilian vacation prob-ably won’t land on Kickstarter, but raising money to go to Italy to research a novel might. It did for Dan Stone earlier this year.
In about a week, he estimates, his goal of $2,000 was funded with $308 extra dollars in tow. The novelist, ex-teacher and editor was then off to Italy to trace the steps of the infamous Italian painter and scoundrel Caravaggio, surprised by how easy it was.
Stone is currently working on the novel, and is also working on his second Kickstarter venture. The project is a multifaceted magazine called Alibi, which will be “exploring relations between literature and rock and roll.”
“We’ve got subscribers in Australia, all over Europe, and they all found it over Kickstarter,” Stone said. “It links up with other social networks so word can spread pretty quickly.”
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