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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Department of Music & Voice brings

By ARTHUR MEDRANO Staff Writer

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he Department of Music and Voice presented “The Seven Deadly Sins” Feb..

5 and Feb.. 13 in the Performing Arts Recital Hall on the campus, as well as The Vine Theatre at the Bernardo Winery in San Diego.

Director Stacey Fraser, of the CSUSB Opera Theatre, presented Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s sung ballet, which struck a dramatic punch amongst the audience with their invoking stage presence.

The story shows us the toll the

prohibition era took as it compromises the life of Anna, who holds an internal divide preventing her to accumulate wealth for her family.

Having been a part of the opera herself, Fraser provides a stunning performance followed by her opera theatre students and fellow colleague Faith Jensen-Ismay.

I attended the event held in The Vine Theatre, a small venue fitted with 48 seats, where the light fixtures aimed towards all corners, putting each actor in their own spotlight.

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Arthur Mendrano | Chronicle Photo

7 Deadly Sins” Theory of Relativity proven “The

By JOEL CRUZ Staff Writer

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or the first time, scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have observed ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, confirming a major prediction of Albert Einstein's 1915 general theory of relativity.

The gravitational waves were spotted by two Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors located in Livingston, La. and Hanford, Wash, according to the LIGO discovery press release.

LIGO Scientific Collaboration, is a group of more than 1000 scientists who have joined in search for gravitational waves.

They have concluded that the waves were produced during the final fraction of a second of the merger of two black holes to produce a single, more massive black hole 1.3 billion years ago, according to the LIGO discovery press release.

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Two merging black holes produce gravitational waves.

Even though the event lasted only 20 milliseconds, the peak power output was about 50 times the output of all the stars in the known universe, according to an article on the LA Times.

The detection of these waves opens up the universe to new investigations and could offer a window on the Big Bang, according to the LIGO Collaboration international team.

"Our observation of gravitational waves accomplishes an ambitious goal set out over five decades ago to directly detect this elusive phenomenon and better understand the universe, and, fittingly, fulfills Einstein's legacy on the 100th anniversary of his general theory of relativity," said David H. Reitze, executive director of the LIGO Laboratory at a news conference in Washington D.C. "I think it's really cool that they discovered gravitational waves.

I think that space is such a mystery to us that even the smallest discoveries are major ones because they can lead to new understandings in the future," said student Devin Ramos.

Zika virus spreads

Internet tax banned

Staff Writer

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By ELLE CARLOS

The Zika virus outbreak, originating in Brazil, has spread to more than 30 countries. Continued on Pg. 3

Professors deserve higher pay, pg. 5

Access to birth control, pg. 9

By JORDAN MITCHELL

Seven states are now permanently banned from taxing residents for Internet access.

Continued on Pg. 3

Deadpool thrives, pg. 12

Softball splits with pioneers, pg. 15

News Reduce petroleum use Aliso Canyon gas leak plugged up Chronicle Page 2

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

By JENNIFER MARTINEZ Staff Writer

By KYLE RICHARDSON Staff Writer

Finally, after 4 months, the methane gas leak at Aliso Canyon has been plugged by work crews.

Estimated numbers showed that since the start of the leak up to January, the leak had spewed more greenhouse gases than 440,000 cars emit in a year, according to the LA Times.

The gas leak that many did not know about, has been releasing methane gas into our atmosphere since Nov. 26.

"The well is no longer leaking," said Jimmie Cho, senior vice president of gas operations and system integrity for Southern California Gas Co., to the LA Times.

Southern California’s Gas Co. Aliso Canyon gas storage at Porter Ranch provides gas to homes and companies all across Southern California; approximately 20,000 square miles throughout central and Southern California, from Visalia to the Mexican border.

After the leak was plugged, it was filled with a mudlike compound.

Concrete will soon be pumped into it for the final step to fully seal off the well, according to the LA Times.

The suspected leak was said to be at around 1000 feet deep in the well, though the workers had to drill 8,500 feet at the very bottom of the well to plug the leak, according to the LA Times.

Southern California Gas Co. will work with the regulating agency, the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources to confirm that the well leak is permanently stopped, according to PR Newswire.

As the leak has been plugged, there is still no answer for how the leak initially started.

The final amount of methane gas released into the atmosphere is still unclear.

In the beginning, 58,000 kilograms of methane gas

leaked per hour on Nov. 28, two days after the gas leak was first noticed.

That number was reduced to 18,400 kilograms per hour on Jan. 22, according to the LA Times.

Families evacuated from Porter Ranch have also been able to return home.

The total number of households relocated due to the Aliso Canyon gas leak was 4,645, and a little over 1700 of those households have returned home, according to PR NewsWire.

As the methane gas was released into the air, schools within 5 miles of Aliso Canyon were all given air filters for each classroom and office, according to the LA Times.

The same action has been taken upon Southern California Gas Co., as they have been delivering air filters to all the homes that families have returned too.

President of Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council Paula Cracium spoke for the residents on their return home.

"It changes from controlling the crisis to now navigating recovery," said Cracium to the LA Times.

"Homeowners have been injured. Property values have been injured. There's going to be a version of PTSD as they get a whiff of any odor in their home,” added Cracium.

The company Sempra Energy, who owns Southern California Gas Co., is expected to pay costs of $250 million to $300 million, though that number could possibly climb higher with the sealing of the well, according to The Weather Channel.

That number does not include the lawsuits filed against the gas company, where as many of 65 lawsuits have been filed so far.

Gov. Jerry Brown is planning to move forward with his goal of reducing California’s petroleum use in half by 2030, according to the LA Times.

Last month, Gov. Brown submitted a budget to the California State Legislature that proposed spending a third of the state’s cap-and-trade funds, which is approximately $1 billion. according to the LA Times.

Brown’s goal is to cut oil use by 50 percent and with the state’s funds, he would invest in public transportation, promoting electric vehicles, and other environmentally friendly programs.

“If you're not successful on the first go-round, it doesn't mean you abandon your principles,” said spokesman for Brown’s Department of Finance, H.D. Palmer.

In 2015, the SB-350 Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act (CERPA) was proposed, however there was much opposition from oil companies and their lobbyists, according to focus.senate.ca.gov.

The CEPRA establishes targets to increase retail sales of renewable electricity to 50 percent by 2030, and double the energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas end uses by 2030, according to legislature.ca.gov.

Gov. Brown has maintained his priority on reducing petroleum muse by addressing it in his 2015 inauguration Continued on Pg. 4

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Governor Jerry Brown wants to cut down on petroleum to help the environment.

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The Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) was passed by the Senate on Feb. 11.

"It was a big win for those of us who've been fighting to preserve net neutrality but we're going to have to stay vigilant on this," said Senator Al Franken of Minnesota.

The bill will force all states currently taxing Internet access to eliminate the taxes by the summer of 2020, according to US News.

While Congress has known about the ITFA, some members of the general public were not aware of its existence.

“I didn’t even know they taxed the Internet before. I don’t think it’s fair to tax Internet use. How can anyone measure the usage of it?" said student Angelica Gaubatz.

"It would really suck because our generation is always on the Internet and I am not sure if that would make a difference on how much we use it,” continued Gaubatz.

The bill was originally signed into law in 1998 as a 3 year moratorium, a temporary prohibition of an activity.

The bill, however, included a grandfather clause allowing states to continue taxation provided that the tax had been enforced before Oct. 1, 1998.

The Congressional Research Service reported that Congress passed multiple extensions of ITFA, a total of five times.

The law will also ban taxes on digital goods and services and will end the extensions of the tax prohibitions, according to NBC News.

"Net neutrality has been the architecture of the Internet from the very beginning. It's about all content on the Internet being treated the same," said Franken.

"Over 4 million Americans submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), more than double the number of comments that have ever been submitted to the FCC on any other issue.

Vast, vast majority for continuing net neutrality," added Franken.

Seven states currently taxing Internet use are: Hawaii, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin, making a combined $563 million yearly on the tax, according to US News.

Cleveland.com reported Ohio will lose $65 million annually in Internet taxes.

“While $65 million is not a huge amount in terms of the overall state budget, it certainly could pay for important services… think of how many teachers that would pay for,” said Zach Schiller, research director at Policy Matters Ohio.

Some people think cutting the Internet tax will force states, such as Ohio, to raise prices on Internet goods, causing shoppers to cut back on how much they buy.

"The only thing I can think about being a draw back is that the state of Ohio's residents will feel like it's too high and costly to buy things online,” said student Hazel Ceron.

“Financially, the suspension of Internet purchases can open up a different can of worms," continued Ceron.

The bill passed with a vote of 75-20 in favor of the ban, according to ABC News.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

30 thousand zika cases in Cuba 3 new monuments designated Continued from Pg. 1

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eanwhile, scientists look to determine The WHO reported that the vaccines would take a its connection to birth defects and a minimum of 18 months to begin clinical trials. vaccine.

Reuters reported the NIH vaccine to be similar to the According to the World Health Or- West Nile vaccine, while Bharat Biotech is scheduled to ganization (WHO), the potential link between the virus begin pre-clinical trials on animals. and neurological disorders, microcephaly and GuillainRecently named Brazil's most wanted criminal, the Barre syndrome, can be confirmed within weeks.

Aedes mosquito is known to carry the Zika Virus.

Microcephaly is a birth defect that causes infants to be “It will sometimes bite four humans in one feeding, born with abnormally small heads and developmental is- and therefore it spreads the disease quickly,” stated Sylvia sues. Guillain-Barre syndrome, is a neurological disorder Mathews Burwell, Health and Human Services Secretary. that causes paralysis.

The virus resided in Africa and the Asia-PaAs stated by the Center for Disease Concific, before making its way to Latin Ameritrol (CDC), symptoms for the virus include: ca in early 2015.

“It will sometimes fever, rash, muscle and joint pain, headBlood transfusions and sexual ache, and red eyes. transmission are also possibilities, albite four humans in "It seems indeed that the link though mosquito bites are the most one feeding, and with Zika (and microcephaly) is becommon form of transmitting the therefore it spreads coming more and more probable, so I Zika virus. think that we need a few more weeks Earlier this month, a man in the disease quickly.” and a few more studies to have this Dallas, Texas contracted the Zika Sylvia Mathews Burwell straight," stated Marie-Paule Kieny, virus after having sexual contact Health and Human WHO assistant director-general for with his partner who recently returned Services Secretary health systems and innovation, at a news from Venezuela. briefing in Geneva.

“Now that we know Zika virus can The Brazil health ministry issued a report of be transmitted through sex, this increases our 4,314 possible microcephaly cases in Brazil on Feb. 12. awareness campaign in educating the public about proOf those, 462 cases were confirmed and 41 showed tecting themselves and others,” stated Zachary Thomson, traces of the Zika virus in the mother or child, according director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, in to Reuters. a statement to the CDC. More than 30,000 Zika virus cases were reported in People are encouraged to take precaution by practicColombia, according to Reuters. ing safe sex and that pregnant women should refrain from Of those cases, 5,000 were pregnant women. traveling to a region with a Zika outbreak.

In a week, the total reported cases of Zika infections Reuters reported two cases of Zika infections through increased by 23 percent and 57.8 percent for pregnant blood transfusions in Brazil earlier this month. women, as reported by Reuters.

American Red Cross has asked that anyone who has Scientists from the U.S. National Institute of Health been to Latin America in the last 28 days not donate blood.

(NIH) and the Indian biotechnology firm, Bharat Biotech, According to CBS News, Zika has been detected in are the leading candidates for developing a vaccine, ac- saliva, breast milk and urine samples, although the CDC cording to Reuters. has not confirmed these as ways of transmission.

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President Barack Obama designated three new national monuments in the California desert to protect 1.8 million acres of landscape.

The 1906 Antiquities Act, which gives the president authority to set aside protection for historic landmarks and other objects of historic or scientific interest, was used by President Obama to proclaim to Mojave Trials, sand to Snow and Castle Mountains as national monuments, according to the National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior.

The designation was requested by Sen. Dianne Feinstein in an August 2015 letter, who fought to protect land that wasn't included in the 1994 California Desert Protection Act, according to the LA Times.

"I'm full of pride and joy knowing that future generations will be able to explore these national monuments and that the land will remain as pristine and as it is today," stated Feinstein.

Congressman Cook weighed in on the issue.

"I'm not opposed to national monuments. I'm opposed to the president creating national monuments through unilateral executive action, ignoring the legislative process," stated Cook in a news release.

"That's exactly what the president's done here in designating over 1.8 million acres of public land in San Bernardino and Riverside counties as national monuments," added Cook.

The areas are also home to a variety of wildlife that thrive despite the heat.

"Make no mistake about it, I'm committed to preserving our majestic landscapes for future generations to enjoy. That's why I'll continue working hard on my own legislative solution, HR 3668, the California Minerals, Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act," stated Cook.

"Preserving our natural desert landscapes is important to help keep endangered species away from extinction," said student Mireya Rodriguez.

"I live in the Coachella Valley, by the Palm Desert campus, and we hike all the time. A portion of a trail we hike is fenced off to protect the bighorn sheep living on the mountain," concluded Rodriguez.

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CCBriefs:

By CRYSTAL NORMAN Staff Writer

Boy buys flower for every girl at school (Feb. 14)

A 17- year-old boy spent $450 in order to purchase a carnation for every girl at Sky View High School in Utah on Valentine’s Day. “I would feel so special if I went to that school and received a flower from someone I didn’t know,” said CSUSB student Jessica Hernandez.

Hayden Godfrey worked as a dishwasher and cook at different fast food restaurants in order to purchase 900 carnations for girls at his school.

Unicorn hair the new black (Feb. 11)

The latest hair trend for 2016 looks a little like a unicorn horn coming out from your head, but that’s what’s in this year, according to Cosmopolitan Magazine.

The trend used to be a rainbow hue of colors within your hair, but this year the hairstyle has a “literal sense” to where girls are shaping their hair to look like a unicorn horn.

The new statement has hit social media sites and #unicorn hair has received 82,160 posts, according to inquisitr.com.

Never forget to pay your student loan debt (Feb. 15) The U.S. Marshals service in Houston is now arresting residents for student loan debt, according to Fox News.

Houston resident, Paul Aker was greeted by cops and arrested for his $1,500 student loan from 1987.

Aker was taken to court where he had to agree to and sign a payment plan for a loan that he took out 29 years ago.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Brown cuts down on oil Continued from Pg. 1

and constantly mentioning it since.

“Oil is the heart of modern prosperity, and yet it has the destructive impact that it's going to undermine that prosperity very quickly,” said Brown at a news conference. “So we have to move off it.”

Brown’s administration says cutting petroleum use in vehicles is a crucial part of its climate change strategy because transportation accounts for an estimated 40 percent of California's greenhouse gas emissions, according to arb.ca.gov.

The Air Resources Board said that going on with Brown’s goal will require Californians to decrease the number of miles they travel every year, continue improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency, and invest in fuel sources with lower carbon content.

This new budget proposal depends heavily on mass transit, proposing to add an extra $400 million of discretionary capand-trade funds, according to the LA Times.

An additional $500 million would go toward consumer rebates for electric vehicles and low-carbon fuels.

These proposed increments in spending are a combination of new cap-andtrade dollars and money left over from stalled negotiations in Sacramento from 2015, according to the LA Times.

California’s clean transportation policies will save over $8 billion on health

care costs due to fewer asthma attacks, cardiac hospitalizations, and premature deaths from poor air quality, according to focus. senate.ca.gov.

"If the governor is going to push these expenditures forward, he will need to demonstrate to the legislature, and the people of California, how proposed spending can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions," stated The Western States Petroleum Association in a statement.

Democrats have argued that voting for this budget proposal could hurt low-income and commuter-reliant communities, according to the LA Times.

Any action that Gov. Brown takes toward his proposal remains at risk of being dismantled once he leaves office in 2018, according to arb.ca.gov.

"I do remain of the strong belief that [defining petroleum targets] statutorily is the best way to do it,” said Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León.

Kathryn Phillips of Sierra Club California applauded the governor for finding a way around the political stalemate to work toward cutting gasoline use now, according to the LA Times.

"The administration is pressing forward with what they can do at this point, but everything they're doing is essentially consistent with that goal," said Phillips.

New Supreme Court judge needed

By CHERAE HUNT News Editor

New Orleans haunted mansion for sale (Feb. 12)

A New Orleans 1857 Magnolia Mansion home, rumored to be filled with ghosts, is up for sale, according to wfla.com.

James H. Calrow designed the mansion for Alexander Harris who died of yellow fever 11 years after the home was built; and the next owner John Henry Maginnis died after being struck by lighting.

“In a city famous for its fabulous food, art and ghost stories, New Orleans also has some of the most colorful homes in the world,” according to TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.

New York Judge arrested for getting lit in her whip (Feb. 15)

A New York judge was arrested on her way to court for drinking and driving, according to KLFY News.

Judge Leticia Astacio was on her way to “oversee criminal arraignments” in court, when she was involved in a car accident at 8 a.m. on Interstate 490.

Officers tried to give Astacio a breathalyzer test, but she then refused and was taken to jail and released the following day with her court day in March.

A few Supreme Justices are refusing Republicans would need to lose two to look at the nominees President Obama votes on the Senate Judiciary Committee is nominating for a new supreme court in order for Democrats to overcome the judge after the recent death of Supreme committee hurdle, because a 10-10 tie vote Court Justice Antonin Scalia. results in a failure to report the nominaObama vowed on Tuesday to name tion, according to thefederalist.com. an “indisputably” qualified Su“This is the Supreme Court preme Court nominee and and it’s going to get some lashed out at Republicans attention. We have to ask who he said demanded ourselves as a society, a a strict interpretation of fundamental question, the Constitution--exare we able to still make cept regarding his right this democracy work to propose a new justhe way it’s supposed tice, according to CNN to, the way our founders Barack Obama News. envisioned it?” Obama President On Tuesday, Sen. Ron asked in a press conference Johnson (R-WI) said that the in Rancho Mirage, California Senate “might” actually grant a Obama stopped short of tiphearing for Obama’s Supreme Court nomi- ping his hand in terms of who he would nee, even though Senate Majority Leader nominate. When asked whether his comMitch McConnell pledged not to hold a ments should be interpreted as suggesting vote. Johnson told radio host John Howell a moderate, Obama said, “You shouldn’t that while he probably wouldn’t vote yes assume anything about the qualifications on Obama’s nominee, he’s open to a vote of the nominee other than that they’re well either way, according to thinkprogress.org. qualified,” according to USA Today.

“This is the Supreme Court and it’s going to get some attention.”

Penguins stranded (Feb. 15)

Approximately 150,000 penguins have died after being stranded on an iceberg for six years in Antarctica, according to CNN News.

The animals had to walk 40 miles or more to find food leaving them landlocked.

The Rhode Island sized iceberg cut off the penguins’ food supply and majorly changed the landscape of their home.

Photo courtesy of CBS

President Obama wants to suggest a new supreme court judge to replace the judge that had just recently died .

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

CSU professors deserve raise There are 23,000 California State University (CSU) educators that have been fighting for a salary increase, and I believe they deserve it.

By MICHAEL ISBERTO

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ight for Five,” is the slogan the California Faculty Association (CFA) is using for their cause to fight for a 5 percent general salary increase for all faculty.

The CFA is an association representing many of our CSU educators.

Their website states, “We are a union of 23,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches who teach in the California State University system. In classrooms on the 23 CSU campuses, CFA members work hard to teach our students the criticalthinking skills, the technical know-how and the cultural insights they need to be thoughtful, productive and artistic participants in our society.”

The CSU system is offering an increase of 2 percent to educators instead of the proposed 5 percent the CFA is asking for.

But the union is standing strong, and have not accepted the terms. Members of the union have already voted to strike and walk out of classrooms in April.

If your favorite professor walked out of the classroom, would you follow him or her out the door? How important do you regard your education?

It is not breaking news. I think everyone knows that educators are underpaid.

I have heard it throughout my academic career when I was thinking about becoming a teacher. People warned me not to do it because it does not pay well.

But if most people are aware of this, why haven’t things changed?

The education system is important to everyone.

We are all looking to better ourselves and get a respectable job after we finish school.

But that’s the thing; we all need to go through school, learning from professors who feel unappreciated, and this has to change.

I think it has to start at the top. It seems as though administrators are living the good life while the rest of the faculty are struggling.

The LA Times reported, “More than half of CSU faculty make less than $38,000 in gross earnings.”

The Chancellor of CSU and the presidents are all making an average of $300,388.29 a year plus benefits since 2014, according to Transparent California.

So, while some our favorite professors are taking second jobs, and living off food stamps, there’s a chance we may see CSU administrators in fancy new sports cars.

I’m not saying they need to be paid the same, but I believe the income gap between administrators and faculty should be narrowed from what it currently is.

People talk about the disappearance of the middle class, that soon the world will only see very rich people and very poor people.

It’s a scary to think that it’s happening in our education system as well.

They need to give the professors what they deserve. If this matter is not settled and my professor walks out of the classroom in April—so will I.

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Classroom is no place for phones

By STEFFANIE MARTINEZ Staff Writer

Would you put your cellphone down if by doing so you could potentially improve your GPA? As college students, it seems impossible for us to go throughout the day without checking our phones multiple times.

I’ve seen it in all my classes; the students who sit in the back pretending to look at the professor, meanwhile they expertly text, or surf through their Instagram feeds without getting caught.

Richard Murphy and Louis-Phillipe Beland, two economics professors at Louisiana State University, measured the impact of mobile phones on student performance.

They surveyed 91 schools in four English cities before

and after strict cellphone policies were implemented.

“We found the impact of banning phones for these students equivalent to an additional hour a week in school, or to increasing the school year by five days,” said Murphy.

According to the results, low achieving students benefited most from the cellphone bans.

Their test scores increased by 14.23 percent.

It’s an issue that dates all the way back to grade school, hiding our cellphones from our teacher thinking we’re fooling them by putting it on our lap.

Back then, teachers would simply confiscate our devices.

Now as adults, the consequences aren’t as effective due to potential disputes.

Most classes I’ve had clearly state on the syllabus that cellphone use is not al-

lowed during class time.

However, there’s always that handful that don’t seem to care.

Many students text without consequences even after some professors threaten to confiscate phones if they saw them being used during class.

Maybe they are unaware that cellphones are actively being utilized.

Or maybe the consequence of them confiscating the student’s cellphone would become a bigger issue.

It seems like an innocent, bad habit, but cellphone use is a behavioral addiction with consequences.

Becoming dependent of this device not only affects your personal life, but it can also be detrimental to your academic career.

A recent study done at Longwood University found

significantly lower test scores for those who used their cellphones.

“The overall trend was that when cellphone use is higher, test scores are lower, for everybody, within each period before a test,” said Dr. Chris Bjornsen, a psychology professor who studied the relation between in-class cellphone use and academic performance in all of his classes during an entire academic year.

There are clear benefits to not using your cellphones in class.

While professors could easily come up with solutions to keep their students from getting distracted by their cellphones, I personally don’t think it is their responsibility to do so.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Clean water Zika, is it getting too much hype? essential

By NICHOLAS WHITT Staff Writer

By RACHEL RUNDENGAN Staff Writer

Water is of major importance to all living things.

Seventy percent of the human body is made up of water.

So you can imagine just how important water is not only for our health, but also our overall well-being.

Some of you might read this and think that these facts are common knowledge—facts we should have known in grade school.

However, the crisis in Flint, Mich. has shown just how incapable Michigan officials were in understanding the importance of water.

Residents of Flint, Mich. drank, cooked, and bathed with lead-contaminated water for the past two years.

For months, citizens of Flint could not get anyone to pay attention to the problems with their water supply.

“As a Flint citizen and as one of the activists who fought to raise awareness regarding quality in Flint, I witnessed firsthand a reluctance to address citizen concerns,” said Laura L. Sullivan, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, Michigan.

This crisis has been going on for two years, and it’s barely getting the media attention it deserves.

The reason behind this disaster was due to a financial strategy that would supposedly help with the city’s budget.

But screw making decisions off of financial concerns when people’s health are being jeopardized.

“As problems worsened, people from the community began attending city hall meetings and events with jugs of brown chalky water,” stated writer Timothy Regan.

“Despite clear evidence of contamination, officials continued to provide Flint Michigan with impure water,” added Regan.

Excuse my language, but how the hell does that make any sense?

How can anyone disregard such horrifying evidence?

This makes me question the veracity of this crisis.

Was the decision really made to stabilize the city’s budget, or did race and poverty factor into this water crisis?

“Between 2009 and 2013, some 41.5 percent of Flint’s residents lived below the poverty line, compared to just 16.8 percent of the rest of the state,” stated MSNBC national reporter Trymaine Lee. “A quarter of its families have an annual income of below $15,000 a year,” added Lee. Perhaps the decision that lead to the water crisis in Flint was made without any concern on account of its socioeconomic status.

“While the city is majority African American at 56 percent, whites make up 37.4 percent of the population,” continued Lee.

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Hide your kids!

Hide your wife!

Hide your husband!

A virus called Zika (just like Ebola and the swine flu) is coming to take us all away—or that’s what the media is telling us. However, I disagree.

The media is only using this virus as a means of getting traffic on their website because in fact, the virus is not a big deal—AT ALL—at least in the U.S. Within the past month there have been a total of 52 Zika virus cases in the U.S., all of them are from people traveling in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

There has not be a single case yet of someone acquiring it locally in the U.S.; so as long as you do not take a family vacation, you will be a’okay.

Zika is an RNA virus related to the West Nile, yellow fever, and dengue viruses, and caused by the bite of the Aedes mosquito, according to Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, dean of the

National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Furthermore, there is something different about Zika compared to the other terrifying viruses that were not a threat at all to the U.S. Common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain, or conjunctivitis (red eyes), according to the CDC. If you think about it, those are not severe symptoms at all.

Especially since people do not usually get sick enough to go to the hospital, and they very rarely die due to the Zika virus, according to the CDC. Pregnant women who have the Zika virus can transmit it to their unborn children, causing birth defects.

“We’re seeing illness when it strikes women who are pregnant, and it’s producing a horrific effect of Microcephaly,” said Hotez.

Hotez continued, “We don’t know when in pregnancy the consequences are greatest.”

Microcephaly may cause mental retardation, as well as delays in speech, movement, and growth, according to the Mayo Clinic.

EBOLA! SWINE FLU! MAD COW DISEASE!

Now, don’t worry.

I know this sounds very alarming, and you are probably thinking you must check if you have it before you and your significant other try to be adventurous.

Relax, take a chill pill.

Remember, there has not been a single reported Zika virus being locally borne in the U.S. The 52 cases are by means of traveling to the areas outside the U.S. that have it, according to the CDC. The virus was first discovered in 1947 in a rhesus macaque in the Zika forest in Uganda, according to Dr. Jennifer J. Brown in genetics at the State University of New York and senior editor at Everyday Health.

The virus has been known for more than 50 years and only now getting coverage.

Yeah, the U.S. is in a “real” state of emergency with this one.

One could argue that there is currently no cure available, but just like Ebola, there wasn’t until the U.S actually had an interest in even making a cure due to it hitting U.S. citizens— in my opinion.

According to Sarah Boseley, health editor of the Guardian, they had a potential cure that was successful in curing victims of Ebola more than a month prior to its recognition by the media.

If it was not for it being a little too expensive to freely give out, the virus most likely would have been contained before even being considered an epidemic.

The media knows this too, yet they still want to strike fear into everyone’s heart with this non-lethal, non-threatening virus.

“I went home for the presidents day weekend and all my family talked about was this stupid virus,” said student Jose Rodriguez.

Rodriguez continued, “the media needs to stop causing this much concern for the public when in reality it will never impact the U.S enough for this much coverage of it.”

The media needs to stop giving people more to fear about.

We have bills to pay and families to take care of—we do not need to worry about a virus that will not affect us at all.

WEST NILE!

ZIKA!

Sincere love imperative for growth

By SERENA GOMEZ Staff Writer

“I love you,” the three words and eight letters that so many people yearn to hear.

Love to many is an emotion and to others a state of mind that every human strives to have and is afraid to lose.

However, what they fail to realize is that there are two different types of love: healthy and unhealthy.

A healthy love is filled with support, faith, and care.

An unhealthy love is the exact opposite; it is consumed by jealousy, control, and obsessiveness—it is tainted.

“On average, 20 people per minute are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the United States,” according to the Center for Disease Control.

“When someone says they’ve fallen in love with you, it can be hard to tell if they love you in a healthy way, or if their love is tainted,” stated psychologist Kevin D. Arnold.

There are some relationships where a significant other will give gifts to make up for something they did when they hurt their partner.

Some relationships are based on one

person’s wants and needs rather than reciprocity.

Do not mistake control for caring.

If someone truly cares they will trust you to be your own individual self and will not force you to do things you do not want to do.

It is imperative to be strong by letting go of obsessive and abusive relationships.

It is hard to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy love. It is even harder to leave someone you have been with and known for so long, but you need to think about yourself first.

Instead of looking for another to love or be in a relationship with, focus on yourself as an individual.

Millennials feel as if their only purpose in life is to have a significant other. It does not matter who the other person is or how much you know about them.

When it comes to love, millennials seem to look for the wrong aspects of a relationship.

Instead of thinking about how compatible they are with another person, the majority think about: what kind of car does the other have? Do they have abs? Will we look cute together when taking pictures?

Just refer to the many dating apps

available.

Why are most of them filled with many pictures and shorter bios?

Thriving in a healthy, loving relationship is what makes living in this world filled with hatred and negativity, worth every single bad moment.

Healthy love is such a beautiful emotion. There is not one person in this world that could honestly say they would never want to be in love.

“Healthy love is a choice. It is something you give as a gift. It has conditions that shape the self and strengthen the other,” stated licensed marriage and family therapist John Kim. Everyone wants to know that there is someone else in the world that wholeheartedly cares about them and who they are.

Love is a good feeling to have; just be careful who you end up with.

“Love is patient, love is kind, love means slowly losing your mind,” stated Kevin Doyle in my favorite movie “27 Dresses.”

Do not go crazy over a person that does not want you for your true self. Be with the one that would not change who you are, but wants to complement their individuality with yours.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

New words to live by Lit

By HAECHEOL JANG

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“When something is turned up or popping.”

Urban Dictionary

ords are alive. Words change meaning during every situation.

Some words disappear and some words appear. Even the same words can have different meanings.

For example, think about the word "cool." Many people use this word to mean “great.”

However, some people use this word in its intended form, which means “proper low temperature.”

There is a lot of slang in this century.

Urban Dictionary is a useful source for people to understand what new slang words mean.

Traditionally, “lit” means the past tense and past participle of light, according to Longman Dictionary. How about the slang term of lit?

The most recommended definition is “when something is turned up or popping,” according to Urban Dictionary.

However, lit is mostly associated with drug use, as in I’m so f― lit.

It is easy to find the slang in songs. In the song “Black and Yellow”

by Wiz Khalifa, there are two lyrics related with lit.

"I’m a bumble bee lit up like a crima tree," and "the champagnes poured... the weeds lit."

Nas’s song “Daughters” also has a lyric with lit. "Don’t think I’m slow, I know you probably had that chronic lit."

Both of the two songs’ lyrics use “lit” in relation to drugs.

“Savage” is also an interesting word.

The original definition is very violent or cruel, according to Longman Dictionary.

However, this word is used as slang, meaning “bad ass.

Cool. Violent. Awesome,” according to Urban Dictionary.

In “Savages,” by Five Knives, there is a lyric related to the term savage.

"So let me go now, let’s burn our bridge down. Oh-oh, oh-oh eh-oh, we’re savages!"

How about the word “fire”? Fire has many meanings in Urban Dictionary.

Most people think fire is uncontrolled flames.

Do CSUSB students think fire is just fire? “Fire means really GOOD, and I often use this word when I feel great,” said student Keith.

It is easy to find the same meaning in the Urban Dictionary.

There are lots of meanings like “good herb,” “some f― good... weed,” “incredible,” “hot,” “crazy,” “nice,” and “the new word for hot.”

There are lyrics in a song “fire” by Gavin DeGraw. The chorus is, “We are the champions. Setting it off again. Oh we on fire, we on fire. Running our own campaign. Doing the whole shebang. Oh we on fire. We on fire.”

Some people say that slang is just bad, but slang allows for easier conversation.

It is common to hear slang in songs, movies and dramas.

Now, accept slang as part of the culture and enjoy it!

Dinner for one

Warm waters force sea lions ashore

By CHRIS CAUHAPÉ

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n Jan. 22 members of the Sea World San Diego Rescue team rescued a California sea lion pup that had climbed 43 steps to enter a La Jolla business.

Two weeks later, the team captured an emaciated, malnourished and dehydrated female sea lion pup at an upscale La Jolla eatery.

The animal had found its way into The Marine Room restaurant and spent the night in a cozy dining booth.

Sea World rescuers said that the 20 pound, eightmonth-old sea lion was 20 to 30 pounds under normal weight. The fact that the animal was dehydrated is no surprise, because although members of their particular zoological family can hydrate themselves by drinking seawater, their main source of hydration comes from what they eat.

At eight months, sea lions are unable to hunt or eat.

They depend on mother's milk for nutrition.

Sea lion milk is said to be 60 percent fat. Being that much underweight indicates the separation of mother and pup for an unhealthy amount of time.

What happened to the mother sea lion?

We are in an El Niño year. The San Diego coastal area has had very high tides and very low tides, along with extremely stormy weather which has upset the amphibious lifestyle of northern fur seals and California sea lions.

A storm may have separated the mother and pup or

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the mother could have been killed on a hunting expedition. Eastern Pacific Ocean sea lion prey consists of northern anchovy, Pacific sardine, market squid, rockfish, and Pacific hake. All of those fish species prefer cool ocean water for their habitat.

When the El Niño condition exists as it does this year, coastal California water temperatures are raised,

Photo courtesy of Bernard Guillas

A sea lion pup was found lounging in a restaurant booth in La Jolla, CA.

which causes food fish to seek colder water.

Colder water is found either too far from the coast for mother seals or at depths, which are beyond the diving limits of these carnivores.

The sea lion population is always hard hit by this weather phenomenon. The birthrate for sea lions in 1983, which was a particularly strong El Niño year, was 60 percent lower than the 1982 figure.

The species is not in danger. The peak California sea lion population has remained around 300,000 through many El Niño episodes.

El Niño is a highly unpredictable climate condition that is a result of a "warmer than usual" band of water that runs perpendicular to the coast of Chile. When El Niño occurs it effects weather conditions all across the world.

In the U.S., El Niño generally causes warm and dry winters in the northern states and cool,wet winters in the southern part of the country including California.

La Niña is the condition that exists when this band has "cooler than usual waters," which causes cold wet winters in the northern states and warm dry winters in the southern part of the country.

El Niño or La Niña conditions occur every two to seven years. El Niño episodes occur more often than their counterparts, and may last up to two years which is twice as long as the La Niña endures, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration El Niño webpage.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Racial Ambiguity

ave you ever been asked, “what are you?” Have you ever wondered about someone’s mysterious ethnic background?

There are times we cannot pinpoint someone’s race by their physical appearance. We call this “racial ambiguity.”

“Someone that is racially ambiguous does not possess the stereotypical physical attributes of his or her supposed racial category. It is the physical features that one notices first about another individual when trying to determine that person’s racial identity,” as defined by Cindy Veronica Vargas in the study, “What Are You? A Study Of Racial Ambiguity.”

“Skin color, hair texture, facial features are racial markers that people utilize when trying to identify race,” continued Vargas. Though we should not base someone’s physical traits in order to determine his or her racial background, we do it as part of our nature.

For example, we associate curly hair, full lips, and dark skin with Black people. Asians, on the other hand, are stereotyped as having slanted eyes, straight black hair, and “yellow” skin.

Some people might associate racial ambiguity with stereotyping; however, they are not entirely the same. Stereotypes mainly concern thoughts and behavior; while racial ambiguity is solely associated with physical appearances.

Stereotypes usually come from the person classifying others, while being racially ambiguous is someone on the receiving end of the classification—a noun, an ownership.

There are mixed feelings and opinions in regards to those whom are racially ambiguous. For the most part, most racially ambiguous people see their “differences” as an awesome thing.

Nora Turriago, a Colombian-Italian blogger, shared her experiences and opinions of being racially ambiguous in the article, “How To Know You Are Racially Ambigu-

ous.”

In her blog, Turriago stated that she enjoys people guessing her ethnicity.

“The reason why it’s so fun? Because you’re racially ambiguous, that’s why! Based on the answers I’ve received from this guessing game, I now know that I can pass for Native American, Cambodian, Brazilian, Middle Eastern, African American…Oh, and white with a “nice tan.” Pretty cool, huh?” stated Turriago.

“The best part is that with all these various possible ethnicities, it’s a guaranteed fact that the racially ambiguous were destined for travel! We blend, people, it’s what we do, so please respect our craft,” continued Turriago.

Though Turriago makes part of the group who embraces being racially ambiguous, there are others who view it as a not-so-good thing.

“You get called exotic, but somehow it seems like racism or talking about animals in captivity than a compliment,” stated Muslim-Jewish writer, Naima Karp, in the article, “18 Struggles of Being Racially Ambiguous.”

While there are people who embrace being racially ambiguous and others who do not, there are others who are still debating how they feel about it. They find themselves stuck between the “awesomeness” and the struggle behind the concept.

“I am Mexican-American, but I usually get asked if I am Middle Eastern. I love it. I think Middle Eastern women are beautiful,” said student Jiana Martinez.

“However, this one time in particular, a man at my job out of the blue asked me to ‘tell my people to stop terrorizing our country.’ It was the rudest, most weirdest thing I have ever encountered,” continued Martinez.

Breaking the mold and not fitting into any particular “physical stereotype” is something that should be embraced. Those who ask, “What are you?” mean no harm.

They are usually just curious.

“Most racially ambiguous people see their differences as an ‘awesome’ thing.”

Photo courtesy of Media Diversified

Empty shelves, empty stomachs Student food insecurity

By MARIA DE LOURDES CAMPOS

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t is said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What happens though, when that important first meal is skipped?

“Missing breakfast can have negative impacts on weight, hormonal health, memory, cognition and mood,” stated Dr. Shavon Jackson-Michel.

Jackson-Michel argued that one should make it a point to have a well-balanced diet that consist of oats, fruits, vegetables, and protein.

Balanced eating does not always happen at CSUSB. As a result, many students end up going hungry. They skip meals, because they simply can't afford to eat.

“The food here is really bad for you and it is expensive, so I don’t eat here,” said student Mayra Tejeda.

More and more students can’t afford to pay for meal costs, and as result, they find themselves hungry and stressed.

“We have seen indicators that suggest that about 48 percent of college students have had some form of food insecurity," stated the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

If you are a college student on a budget and find yourself confined to little or nothing to eat, come check out The Den food pantry on campus.

"The Den food pantry helps those students in need, when they don't have the adequate food supply," said student Aranya Huour, who works at The Den. The food pantry has various items, such as cereal, macaroni and cheese, and an assortment of snacks.

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The "hunger kit" includes water, food, and snacks.

Hunger kits are provided for students in need, to help the students get through their day without feeling hungry.

"A study revealed that over the past 30 days, 43%

of college students said that they couldn’t afford to eat a well balanced meal, while another 22% stated that they couldn’t afford food at the time they were hungry,” as indicated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

These statistics may be shocking, but well balanced meals and diets can be outside many students' budgets.

Going to the supermarket to pick up a few apples may seem like a cheap expense, but eating right can be more expensive than expected.

If opting for meals that are cheap, like fast food, be aware. The dollar menu may satisfy hunger, but processed food can have little to no nutritional value.

“48 percent of college students

have had some form of food insecurity.”

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The DEN helps students who face food insecurity on campus.

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Birth control without prescription

By CAROLYN SOLAR Staff Writer

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alifornia will soon be one of two states that grants women access to birth control over the counter, without a prescription. This change is said to be made in April 2016.

Some students argue that if men are able to go to the local drugstore and pick up condoms, why can’t women go to their local drugstore to pick up other forms of birth control contraceptives.

“If birth control does the same things that condoms do, then I don’t see why it is such a big deal for women to have easier access to it,” said student Jimmy Gonzales.

Up until this point, birth control has been prescribed by a doctor or specialist.

Soon, in the state of California, birth control will be available to women over the age of 18 at local pharmacies.

The patch, the ring, and the pill are all said to be available once this takes place.

California and Oregon are the first two states to allow for pills to be sold over the counter.

For some, going to the doctor is a task of its own.

Finding a child sitter, taking time off work or school, scheduling an appointment, and paying are all factors that come into play when going to the doctors, not to mention actually taking the initiative of attending your appointment.

Now women will be able to go to their local pharmacy and a pharmacist would simply inform them of the risks and let them be on their way.

“I do recognize that doctors provide us with more information, but for most of us it’s

Fading away: skin bleaching

By JAEYEON KIM Staff Writer

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eauty, the saying goes, is only skin-deep. But the importance of skin goes a lot deeper. Most of us think of skin as just our body's visible outer layer," according to rd.com.

Over time, cultural beauty standards dictate that paler skin is more beautiful, leading more people to want to lighten their skin.

Paler skin is also related with colourism. "Colourism refers to discrimination within communities of colour towards those with darker skin. The preference for white skin is so firmly entrenched, twothirds of Nigerian men saying they would prefer a lighter-skinned wife," according to afritorial.com.

Due to colourism, many cultures prefer paler skin.

"Colourism is oppression within oppression within oppression," according to afritorial.com.

Colourism is harmful because it can lead communities to discriminate against people based on their skin color.

Consumers may go to great lengths in order to obtain paler skin. They may be influenced by colourism, but this form of beauty can come with a heavy cost.

“With the recent increase in knowledge about sun damage and the risks therein, it’s becoming more and more fashionable to embrace your natural skin tone,” according to Refinery29.

"Skin lightening potions are remarkably popular in India, where nearly 61 percent of all skin-care products contain lightening agents, the Caribbean, China, “

Latin America, and among African-Americans," stated by afritorial.com.

Similar to India, China, Latin America, and other countries, in South Korea female and male celebrities alike seem to have very bright skin.

If one of the more famous celebrities uses a skin cream for brightening, the brightening cream becomes very popular.

Due to lots of people who want to get more bright and white skin, there are many products for obtaining bright and white skin. BB cream and CC cream originated in South Korea.

"The sensation of this cream in Korea began in the early 2000's as having a whiter, hydrated and radiant skin... is considered the true sign of beauty," according to FG Magazine.

BB and CC cream is one of the most popular products for getting brighter, whiter, and more radiant skin.

Etude House, Shiseido, Sulwhasoo, Laneige, Dr.Jart, Kiehl's, and many other popular cosmetic companies make a range of skin bleaching products, such as masks and peels, but are misleadingly referred to as 'brightening products.'

Brightening products are marketed worldwide, reaching a broad group of consumers.

The harmful effects of colourism can lead to underrepresentation of darker skin colors in media and biased beauty standards.

Even though the preference for pale skin evolved from colourism, people should embrace their diversity and all skin colors.

a matter of showing up,” said student Bridget Eriksen.

“Times are changing and this is something that needs to be accessible for everyone” said Eriksen.

"The easier it is for someone to access medication, the more likely they are to use it," said Sarah McBane, President of the California Pharmacists Assn. and a professor at UC San Diego to the LA Times.

In the state of California, 4 out of ten residents are living in or near poverty, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

Access to birth control may significantly reduce these risks of increasing the poverty rate by having unplanned pregnancies.

“Unintended pregnancies make up as many as half of all pregnancies nationwide,” according to the LA Times.

Critics argue that with this new method of receiving birth control, there is a chance that many women will avoid seeing their doctor and going in for pap smears, STD tests, and breast cancer screenings.

“I don’t think women will stop going to the doctors all together. For a lot of women, it’s a matter of taking care of yourself and just because this one thing is easier does not mean I simply stop caring about everything else,” said student Joanna Meraz.

Students on campus said that this is a great step in the California health care system.

As always, before beginning a new health care regime, it is important to talk to your physician and learn the risks associated, according to the CDC. It is important to understand that birth control does not prevent STD's.

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YEEZY “The Life of Pablo” in full effect

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By JARITZA MENDOZA Staff Writer

Kanye West dominated Valentine’s week with his album release, Saturday Night Live (SNL) performance, fashion show, and unenviable controversy.

West performed “Highlights” and “Ultra Light Beam” on SNL Feb. 13 alongside guest performers; Young Thug, Chance the Rapper, El DeBarge, and Kelly Price.

After performing the hiphop gospel crossover “Ultra Light Beam,” West announced his album “The Life of Pablo

Photo courtesy Saturday Night Live

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Kanye West sold out Madison Square Garden to premiere his much anticipated Yeezy Season 3 collection, with over two-hundred African-American models present on stage.

(T.L.O.P)” is officially available through Tidal.com.

“My album will never never never be on Apple. And it will never be for sale...

You can only get it on Tidal,” tweeted West on Feb. 15.

The album, which West described on Twitter as a gospel album, will stream for one full week before a wider release.

Days before he announced he will live stream Yeezus Season 3 collection and play the full album “The Life of Pablo” at Madison Square Garden (MSG), he also confirmed that Tidal subscribers will exclusively be able to view all of the madness at MSG in theaters around the world.

West continuously teased fans with surprise singles, snippets, and four title changes throughout the end of 2015 to present day, in a series of Twitter posts.

Within a four month span of Feb. through May, it was switched from “So Help Me Go,” “Swish,” and “Waves,” before becoming “T.L.O.P.” West also released his single “Real Friends” and a snippet of “No More Parties in L.A” on SoundCloud and posted a picture of a handwritten list of the “official” 17 track list.

Finding a West song on my playlist would be unlikely; however, his performance of “Ultra Light Beam” on SNL may change that. The song starts with a little girl’s voice saying, “We don’t want no Devil in this house/We want the Lord.”

The SNL stage gave a spiritual feeling with a colorful ceiling grid above a gospel choir dressed in white, while West sang.

The movements from the choir consisted of folding hands and bowing heads like in pray formation, as well as holding hands out to prayer over West. My take on the song is summarized in the lyric, “I’m trying to keep my faith but I’m looking for more, somewhere I can feel safe.”

Essentially asking God for peace and trying to keep faith while living in a world where devil resides nearby.

With its deep lyrics and spiritual influence, it easily became my favorite song in the album.

West, being no stranger to starting controversy, sparked some major issues this week as well. West reignited the flames of the infamous 2009 MTV Music Award incident where West interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for “Best Female Video.”

As “Famous” played during the fashion show, many were furious of one line that read: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/ Why? I made that bitch famous.”

West said he obtained Swift’s blessings; although, Swift’s representatives said that is untrue.

Through his mishaps, many fans still believe West’s creative mind is brilliant.

“I understand why people don’t understand Kanye, I don’t always either, but as far as an artist he has a madness to his method and you never know what your going to get,” said student Abel Berdusco.

In the course of one week, West managed to stay on top of entertainment news with his fashion show, performance, album and Twitter rants.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Adrian Gamboa aspires for greatness

By ESTEFANIA TORRES Staff Writer

Adrian Gamboa, also known as AG, has the key that leads to stronger success.

The aspiring rapper realized his talent for writing music in middle school when he created versus on MySpace.

However, it wasn’t until high school that he decided to take things a bit more seriously and compose his own music.

Sacrificing his lunch money, the Riverside native began to save up for recording equipment. He saved enough money to buy a microphone and initiated his journey to making music.

The rapper became noticeable on campus for his artist’s views. However, he took some time off to master producing and writing. Coming onto the CSUSB campus, AG decided it was time to make his music and love for the craft public again.

“For me, it’s always just the love for music, I like the feeling that I get when I make something.”

The aspiring artist collaborated with individuals that lead to friendships contributing their creativity to his project.

AG and a group of his fraternity brothers and friends joined together to form the eight-member crew “Not For Sale.”

“The whole meaning behind ‘Not For Sale’ is that we don’t sell out the integrity, yourself as a person, or your art for what other people want you to do,” said Gamboa. Once his crew was official and had a name to go by, the aspiring rapper knew it was the perfect time to release his first 14 track album called “Castles in the Sky.” The first track off the album, “The Arrival,” immediately hooked to the fast pace beats and clear, meaningful lyrics.

“I got my foot on the gas/ So take the break off/ I never take a day off/ I’m out here trying to take off.”

The production put into these tracks are infused with high quality sounds and all I kept thinking was, “Why isn’t this music on the radio yet?”

“What makes him different is the quality of his music and production...if I heard it on the radio I would think this guy is famous already, he has this unique flow and great vo-

cabulary that puts him over any other local artist,” said listener and fellow brother Abel .

When interviewing AG, I couldn’t help but notice how humble he is despite having opened for various big name artists like Action Bronson, Kid Ink, MGK, and 2 Chainz.

AG also collaborated with Philadelphia rapper Tayyib Ali for the song “All I Know” off his new album.

The musician started recording his second album and plans to perform at least once a month to gain a much bigger fan base.

However, having a bigger fan base isn’t as important to the rapper unless his music means something to the listener.

“To have people believe in the music, that’s the whole point, that’s all I want even if one person can listen to the song and feel something about it and feel happy then that’s all that matters,” said the 22-yearold.

“Castles in the Sky” is available on Gamboa’s website, Agofficial.com, and I highly recommend that all music lovers take a listen and support your local artist.

Opening for Action Bronson, Adrian Gamboa takes a moment on stage while performing “Letter to God” ft.

Indigo Caine at the Sante Ana Observatory.

Photo courtesy Sterling Hampton

So much hype and nothing to show

By CASSIE COUGHLIN Staff Writer

The king of fashion Derek Zoolander strut down the runway of the 2015 Paris Fashion Week, but his performance couldn’t prevent the film from flopping in the box office it’s opening weekend.

In a report by Rotten Tomatoes, the film gained a 34 percent like score from audience viewers, and a 22 percent Tomatometer score, which is the percent of critics who gave the film a positive review.

Even though the film didn’t do as well as expected, there was plenty of hilarious advertisement material leading up to the release.

Promotion for the film began when main characters Derek, played

by Ben Stiller, and Hansel McDonald, played by Owen Wilson, announced the future release of “Zoolander 2” by making a surprise guest appearance at Paris Fashion Week. According to an article by The Rolling Stones, the duo, who co-starred in the first film together, walked the runway during the Maison Valentino Fall/Winter Women’s wear show.

For some fans, the over-the-top advertisement, such as this runway walk, was no surprise. “The characters

in ‘Zoolander’ were really eccentric and had many funny phrases, so I’m not surprised they are promoting ‘Zoolander 2’ this way,” said student Erin Martinez. After their model appearance at fashion week, advertisement for “Zoolander 2” kicked off with commercials, trailers, and guest appearances by the stars in character.

In one instance, Ben Stiller reprised his role as Derek to partake in a mock video interview with Vogue Magazine. The video, which was titled 73 questions with Derek, was published on Vogue Magazine’s YouTube channel and was nothing short of hysterical, as it featured Derek walking through his house and answering random questions guided by the cameraman. In the interview, Derek was asked how often he takes the subway, in which he responded, “hardly ever, sandwiches are a gateway to cake.”

Derek wasn’t the only actor promoting the newest film in humorous ways.

Actress Kristen Wiig, who plays Alexanya Atoz, advertised the film by appearing as her character and releasing a fake commercial promoting a skin cream

called “Youth Milk.”

The fake commercial gives off a Frankenstein vibe with Wiig as Atoz speaking in a monotone deep voice, over the image of scientist working in a laboratory. The commercial is also ironic, because it is promoting a skin product targeting keeping the skin looking “young” and “beautiful,” while her own face appears quite old and wrinkled. This mock commercial is a great representation and promotional tool for the film, because it’s not only humorous, but it composes a bizarre theme and acting approach that was used in and so well-known from the original “Zoolander.”

Watching the film’s well-known actors and actresses’ in entertaining advertisement, commercials, and fashion shows, is bound to excite many viewers for the upcoming film.

“I’m planning on seeing Zoolander 2, because I enjoyed the first film and I think they have done

a good job in showing that the new one [film] will be just as good,” said student Chris Harris.

Although the film did not have much success it’s opening week, with a top rated cast consisting of Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrel, Owen Wilson, and Penelope Cruz, and based on the humorous advertisement released for it, the film is bound to at least leave you with a few good laughs.

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Arts & Entertainment MOVIE CRITIQUE

Deadpool

gets approved after six years

By JACOB COLLINS Online Editor

“Deadpool” hit the box office on Feb. 12, setting the record for the biggest Friday opening, and opening weekend for an Rrated movie.

A longtime favorite character of comic book readers finally has his own movie after the monstrosity that was “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”

The movie isn’t the typical superhero movie that Marvel fans are used to.

Unlike other characters on the silver screen, Deadpool is an anti-hero. While he isn’t an evil character, he certainly isn’t a goody two-shoes either.

The casting for the movie was excellent, Ryan Reynolds was prefect as “Deadpool,” I can’t see another actor doing as great a job as him. It’s like Robert Downy Jr and Tony Stark. The two were just born for these roles.

Accompanying Deadpool are two X-Men: Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand).

As well as Deadpool’s best friend Weasel (T.J. Miller) and a taxi driver named Dopinder (Karan Soni). Unlike the infamous “Green Lantern,” movie the “Deadpool” suit is not CGI, which is a decision that had fans excited right from the start.

The suit looks great and the added detail by having the eye’s be animated with CGI was an excellent addition.

In Deadpool, Wade Wilson, the man behind the mask, attempts to get his fiance, Vanessa (Morena

Baccarin) back after becoming disfigured by Ajax (Ed Skrein), a mutated villain with the help of two X-Men Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead.

While some say the plot isn’t anything ground-breaking, the plot isn’t everything that a movie has to offer. The execution of Deadpool’s story was stellar. The movie stayed mostly true to the story in the comic books and that good ole “Merc with a mouth” charm had everyone laughing through the whole movie.

Throughout the film, there are multiple references to pop culture in the form of jokes between characters or “Deadpool” directly telling the audience, breaking the fourth wall.

The length of the movie is just right. It doesn’t feel too short or too long; there is a plenty of action to complement the background of “Deadpool” and his origins.

If you are a fan of action mixed with plenty of raunchy comedy then you’ll love this movie.

Be warned. The movie is a “hard” R-rated film. This movie is not for kids, nor is the Deadpool character.

The production for “Deadpool took” off after test footage was leaked from an unknown source.

The test footage contained the freeway fight scene shown in the trailers for the film.

After fans saw test footage, Fox realized the demand for an actual “Deadpool” movie, which led Director Tim Miller to green light production.

A sequel has been confirmed which will feature Cable. The casting for the sequel is not yet known.

There are a few actors who have been named by fans as candidates for Cable, including Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, Dolph Lundgren and Mel Gibson.

Overall, I’d give the Deadpool movie a sold nine out of 10.

Photo courtesy Marvel Enterprises

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

POPPIN’ NEWZ

By JAYNENE MORENO Staff Writer

A Walking Dead Emergency AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has been the talk of the week. The midseason premiere has called a great deal of attention among fans, but these fans took their excitement a bit too far.

According to the New York Daily News, Great Falls Police Department in Montana received a 911 call reporting screams about a gun coming from a neighborhood home.

The cops arrived to the scene, only to find a typical family watching The Walking Dead in their living room.

“The Simpsons” are going LIVE It’s nothing new for TV shows to go live, it happens all the time but “The Simpsons” will be the first animated show to do so. Homer Simpson will be addressing his fans for the first time ever, after the show’s 27 season run.

The animated character will be answering questions live May 15, on an episode of the Simpsons. In this episode,Marge, Lisa, and Bart will turn the show over to him for the Q&A segment. If you’re a big Simpsons fan you can start submitting your questions on the first of May, by tweeting “#homelive.”

Panic! and the Sisqo perform “Thong Song” Panic! at the Disco paired with Sisqo on Jimmy Kimmel Live, transforming into Panic! At the Sisqo. They teamed up to perform the “Thong Song” on the show’s “Mash-up Monday” series. It started off with Panic’s lead singer Brendon Urie and his own version of Sisqo’s 1999 hit album “Unleash the Dragon.” He was then joined by the singer himself.

The mash up was something unexpected, but the two acts definitely got great feedback from the audience who happily danced along to the performance.

Drake received key to the city Rapper Drake now has the key to his hometown, Toronto.

Toronto’s Mayor John Tory presented him with the key on Feb. 12.

The ceremony took place at the NBA All-Star celebrity game.

“This is one of the greatest moments of my life; if not the greatest,” Drizzy said. “We have something extremely special in this place. I will never stop loving this city. I will never stop representing this city.”

He definitely defends his city.

Before receiving the key, he let actor Kevin Hart know that Philly was having a bad year when it comes to thinking city versus city.

No Doubt without Gwen Stefani No Doubt is getting back together without their former female lead singer Gwen Stefani.

According to a report from Billboard, AFI’s lead singer Davey Havok will be filling in for Stefani. Their sources said the group already has an album they’ve made and it’s ready to go.

It’s uncertain what No Doubt will bring without Gwen, but it’ll surely be something different without her beautiful voice.

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Arts & Entertainment

Acto Latino host third annual plays

By ANDREA JIMENEZ

Staff Writer The theater was filled with supporters, who were ready to experience this amazing interpretation of Luis Valdez’s famous plays.

“La Quinta Temporada” and “Los Vendidos” were brought to life in the San Manuel Student Union theater on Feb.12

by CSUSB’s “Grupo De Estudiantes Acto Latino Universitario.”

The purpose is not only to inform minorities about the “National Farm Workers Association” brought about by activist Cesar Chavez, but to encourage them to fulfill the dream that he fought for, with hard labor.

I arrived a few minutes late, as I was ushered to my seat the chant: “La raza unida jamas sera vencida,” quickly arouse in the audience, bringing forward an empowering atmosphere.

Everyone seemed to connect with the characters and the stories of struggle for under payed laborers, who work day by day in hopes to make ends meet.

The costumes were very detailed and fit every character perfectly.

“I did not expect a Mexican Elsa to pop up,” said student, Wendy Zavalza, after seeing Mayra Godinez Davila dance her way on to the stage in a long, blue dress and white braided wig, interpreting the winter.

The mustache’s, boots and sombrero’s are only a few of the many creative props that gave the play that extra Mexican ambiance.

“I wish I would’ve worn a mustache and brought my dancing boots!” Exclaimed Daniel Cuevas, who was sitting next to me.

I am sure that just like Daniel, more than a few had to fight the urge to get up on stage and dance along with the cast, as they formed a conga line and wobbled their way into the next scene accompanied by what should be the Mexican anthem, “La Bamba.”

The second play, “Los Vendidos,” although extremely humorous, connected me to my Mexican roots the most.

Sophomore, Jasmine Velazquez, seemed to agree with me. “I literally felt like ‘Pancha la Honesta’ could be one of my aunts from Mexico,” she said jokingly.

“Pancha La Honesta,” a brutally honest sales associate who sold cheap Mexican laborers to prestigious Americans, was

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Andrea Jimenez | Chronicle Photo

President Tomás D. Morales stands with the cast of “La Quinta Temporada” and “Los Vendidos” at the SMSU theater. played by Itzel Viramontes, this character’s charisma was my favorite, Viramontes engaged and brought this character to life in a magnificent way.

Throughout the plays, it was evident that this cast worked together not only to form a connection with the audience, but to make sure that the bond between them was also as strong.

At the end of the show Edgar Salazar, who played the role of “El narco” in “Los Vendidos” apologized for stuttering while reciting his lines.

“It was hard to keep myself together, since the stories I told during my monologue, were personal anecdotes,” he said.

This brought emotion to the audience,

a few stood up to speak and congratulated the cast on the wonderful job. I had the privilege to interview CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales, who was sitting among the audience.

“Both plays were great, their performances came from their heart, their stories were real, I was blown away, I just thought they were exceptional,” said President Morales, proudly.

“Follow your dreams, don’t forget where you came from, we have to be proud and give back to our community,” continued Morales.

I would definitely recommend these plays to anyone who wants to gain inspiration and motivation with a little laugh.

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An era of prohibition and sin

By ARTHUR MEDRANO Staff Writer

“Anna was somewhat desperate to get out of the small town in Mississippi to experience the rest of the world for a better chance at fortune,” said student Miguel Rivera.

As having watched the performance myself, it brought the emotions of every person in attendance and exhibits an astounding perspective of prohibition era history documented from our past.

“Anna was consumed by her lust in an attempt to do the right thing, but with all the wrong reasons. The men were her outside conscience in revealing to her the sins of the path she’s taken,” continued Rivera.

The stage was set, venue seating fit for a small group compared to the school’s recital hall, I was able to admire the intimacy between the actors as it seemed we were taken back in time watching the performance as it was intended to be when written.

Lights turned dim as Anna 1 and Anna 2 entered, played by Fraser and JensenIsmay.

The atmosphere played with the venture they would take as luggage—dismay and bickering revealed the hard times

Arthur Medrano | Chronicle Photo

faced for many when seeking a better life as America crumbled.

Financial crisis took its toll on the women while their travels across the nation, encountering the sins in each city, such as gluttony, envy and greed, would tear away in their hopes for a better life.

The San Diego-based dance company Mojalet Dance Collective and the l=Lotusflower New Music Project collaborated the same night to bring opera and dance as suspense and revelation do in this folklore.

The opera was a beautiful harmony between artists and music that was supported by live performances, featuring percussion and piano.

For those who admire ingenuity in the craft, theater is combining many art forms created for audiences to interpret the life, nature, and aesthetics from the writer to the script as found in “The Seven Deadly Sins.”

I hope to see many more performances

by Fraser and the CSUSB Opera Theatre in support for the innovative reality I experienced from being in the audience—a retreat away from home and a captivating story we would leave for only our dreams to play through.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

By KIARA PAUL Asst. Sports Editor

With the new season quickly approaching, Coyote Track and Field have been preparing for their best possible season.

Coyote Track and Field kicks off their season Feb. 27 in Claremont, California.

Track and field have multiple events that take place throughout day long competitions. The team is timed or measured based on which event they take place in. There are two ranks that the women are able to score in, the “A” or “B” ranks.

Last season, Coyotes statistics averaged; the highest placer in every category came in slightly below or just above the “B” ranking. The Coyote Chronicle broke down each section to shine a little light on the Coyotes who ranked the best for CSUSB in their inaugural season.

For the 100 Meters, the top five women for Coyote Track and Field were Sa’Cora Goodin with 13.05 seconds, Chinwe Nwankwo with 13.46 seconds, Witley Simpson with 13.75 seconds, Cecilia Patino with 13.96 seconds and Jayln McDermott with 14.14 seconds.

The “A” ranking for the 100 Meters was 11.56 seconds and the “B” ranking was 12.04 seconds, Goodin was only one second away from being in the “B” rank.

The 200 Meters, Goodin ranked first again, her time was 27.01 seconds, about 3

Photo courtesy of Ben Delgado Archived photo: The track and field team conditions for the upcoming season to improve stamina. This will be their second year at CSUSB since they replaced women’s water polo. seconds after the “B” rank.

Sabrina Sewell followed close behind at 27.15 seconds, Simpson came in with 28.12 seconds, Jade Turner ranked fourth with 28.25 seconds and McDermott ranked again in fifth with 28.54 seconds.

For the 400 Meters, Sewell came in first and topped the Coyotes chart with 62.94 seconds, McDermott followed with 63.82 seconds. Ana Avalos came in with 65.32 seconds, Sierra Marrero with 68.76 seconds, and Turner close behind Marrero with 68.96 seconds.

Marrero stated, “All the returning teammates have improved and we have some fast recruits, this year more of us should make it to the finals.” Eveyln De La Luz came in on top for both the 5,000

Meters and 10,000 Meters. Her time for the 5,000 Meters was 30 seconds past the “B” rank; she came in at 17 minutes 50 seconds. She did much better on the 10,000 Meters, but she missed the “B” rank by 2 seconds. Goodin also topped the Coyotes charts for high jump and long jump.

Kassandra Rico-Alvarez and Heidi Felberg placed at the top three for discus.

Rico-Alvarez was about 40 meters away from being the “B” rank, her discus throw at the distance of 104 meters Felberg placed first for Shot Put as well, her distance at 31 meters.

Most of the women who placed highest in the Coyote stats were only off by a small amount to be in the “B” rank.

The Coyotes have definitely been

putting in the hours to up their game this coming season. The Coyote Chronicle interviewed Shanna Shernaman, a new Track and Field team member, Shernaman gave a great insight as to what the Coyotes have been working on for this upcoming season.

“The coach has been working on a bond between all the team members, he wants all the women on the team cheering on other team members at their events,” said Shernaman.

She also shared the training and practice the team has been partaking in.

“We practice distance running at least six days a week and lift weights to build strength Monday and Wednesday, I personally practice the hurdles every Tuesday and Thursday,” said Shernaman.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Split weekend Coyotes take two

By JACKIE MONARREZ Staff Writer

Archived photo: Pitcher Cassandra Williams strikes out 15 against East Bay and earns wins number five and six.

Catcher Jessica Brown dominates

By LAUREN JENNINGS Sports Editor

The Coyotes softball team split their four game series against the Cal State East Bay Pioneers, winning two games and losing two. Games one and two of the series took place on Feb. 12.

In game one of the series, the Coyotes were shutout and only managed to get two hits over six innings.

Designated hitter Caitlyn Olan and shortstop/second baseman Taylor Ancona recorded the only hits of the game.

The Pioneers, however, scored one run in the third inning on a sacrifice fly, one in the fifth on an error, and six in the sixth, giving them eight runs total.

The Pioneers scored their six runs on a two RBI double, a single, a double steal of second and home, and another RBI double.

Cassandra Williams took the loss after going five and 2/3 innings.

The Coyotes’ luck changed in game two as they went on to win 7-4.

They started off the game by scoring three runs in the bottom of the first, all on fielder’s choice balls and one in the second on an RBI double by Jessica Angulo.

The Pioneers added a run to the board in the top of the third on an RBI single.

In the bottom of third, the Coyotes took back the run and added one more.

Catcher Jessica Brown hit an RBI triple and Monica Maddox hit an RBI single.

In the top of the fifth, the Pioneers scored their second run of the game courtesy of a solo home run.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Coyotes again lengthened their lead as Kaylee Gemmell reached on an error, allowing Angulo to score the seventh and final Coyote run of the game.

The Pioneers would take back two of those runs on a two-run home run, but that would be all they would get that day.

Williams pitched again in this game, pitching all seven innings and earning her fifth win of the season.

Games three and four took place on Feb. 13.

Game three ended in similar fashion to game one; this time in only five innings, as the Coyotes were again shutout 8-0.

The Pioneers came out swinging in the first, scoring three runs. Two from a tworun home run and one on an RBI single.

They scored two more in the top of the second on a two RBI base hit, bringing the score to 5-0.

In the top of third, they scored two more on Coyote errors.

Wrapping the scoring in the top of the fourth with a sacrifice fly to right field.

Coyote Gabby Walker took the loss, her first of the season, after pitching one inning.

The Coyotes got the last laugh in game four as they went on to win 12-7.

Williams got the start again, her third of the series. The Coyote offense backed Williams up throughout the game, starting in the bottom of the second.

Brown hit a solo home run to left field to start the scoring. Briana Quintana added on the second run of the day with an RBI single. Amanda Herrera hit a two RBI single to bring the score to 4-0 in the bottom of the third.

The Pioneers rallied back with six runs of their own on three singles and an RBI double in the top of the fourth, but the Coyotes were not ready to quit.

The Coyotes scored three more runs in the bottom of the fourth on a double and a single, and five in the bottom of the fifth on a wild pitch, a single and a Pioneer error.

The Pioneers scored one more run in the top of the seventh on a walk, giving them their seventh run.

Williams again pitched all seven innings, earning her sixth win of the year.

The Coyote baseball team took to the road, playing against the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos Feb. 12, then playing a double header Feb. 13 against the UC San Diego Tritons.

They ended their weekend against Texas-Permian Basin Feb. 14.

Coyotes split the weekend series, winning two games and losing two.

The non-conference game against the Broncos was an excellent match up having both teams’ best pitchers starting the game.

Junior Tyler Wells pitched five innings for the Coyotes striking out 10 Bronco players, but the Coyotes took an 8-2 loss.

When asked what Wells would have done differently in this game to possibly take the victory over the Broncos, Wells said, “I wouldn’t have done much different, other than trying to force contact on the ball earlier in the game.” He added that he “lacked execution” with some of his pitches.

Wells went on to say the game added more stress than usual to him “but knowing and trusting the team behind me put me at ease.”

In the game against the Broncos, the Coyotes got four hits off Cal Poly’s pitcher Ryan Olson.

Coyotes redeemed themselves when they won their first game against UC San Diego Tritons, scoring eight runs while the Tritons only scored two.

The Coyotes fell short in game two and lost to the Tritons 9-1.

In game one, Coyote Don Sullivan pitched the first six innings, allowing only

two runs while striking out three.

Sophomore Brian Conley entered the game to relieve Sullivan. Conley struck out two Tritons and went three innings with no runs.

When asked what helped them win this game against the Tritons, “playing inning by inning and not getting caught up in the big picture,” stated Conley.

Conley went on to say the team as a whole can improve on “making sure we come out ready to play in the first inning and continue to keep trusting the process and working hard.”

Senior Grant Buchanan contributed three runs for the Coyotes. One in the third, fifth and seventh innings.

In game two, Coyote Austin Casillas threw for four innings. Casillas earned two strikeouts.

The one run Coyotes earned was on an RBI by Senior Brian Lockey in the first inning.

The Coyotes ended the weekend by snagging a win in another non-conference game against UTPB 8-6.

Buchanan went three-for-five; he added a run for the Coyotes when he scored in the first inning.

Buchanan stated that “getting past the first few games of the year” and being “more settled in” and knowing “what to expect during the game” helped them take this win over UTPB. “We were more relaxed and settled in after playing [Cal Poly Pomona and UC San Diego] because of how good they were,” Buchanan stated when asked about the overall game against UTPB. Along with Buchanan, Damion Edmonds and Lockey got on base by each hitting a single.

The Coyotes are now 4-7 overall.

Archived photo: Coyote players are all smiles as they practice hitting and fielding drills to prep for games.

Lauren Jennings | Chronicle Photos

Sports

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2016

CSUSB Women bounce back

By ABDIEL AGUAYO Staff Writer

Kiara Paul | Chronicle Photo

Archived photo: Brianna Harden (33) and Adrianna Brodie (24) take their places on the court to try and get the ball.

Coyote women’s basketball wins the weekend! After losing five straight games, giving the team a record of 10-10, the Coyotes won two games in a row. One against Stanislaus State Warriors and the other against Chico State Wildcats. Both games were won by more than 10 points.

With three games left in the regular season, the Coyotes have a good chance at heading into the CCAA tournament on a high note. On Feb. 12, the Stanislaus State Warriors came to visit the Coussoulis Arena to play the Coyotes.

The Coyotes and the Warriors would have a close and hard fight through most of the game. After the close competition in the first half, the Coyotes would only be ahead by four points. In the second half, both Stanislaus and San Bernardino would score 20 points each. The score was still close at 50 to 54 in favor of CSUSB. However, the story would change dramatically in favor of the Coyotes.

At the 7:47 mark, the Warriors Cassidy Sanders-Curry would make a 3-point shot, which closed the lead to 60-59 in the Coyotes favor.

The Warriors would only make one more basket for the rest of the night.

The next time the Warriors did make a basket, it would be almost 7 minutes later.

By then, the Coyotes had already scored 15 more points.

With 49 seconds left, Stanislaus State would make a jump shot, 12 seconds later

the Coyotes would make one of their own.

That would be the last basket made to end the game with the Coyotes winning 77-61.

Four Coyotes had double digit points.

Two seniors on the team lead by example scoring more than 20 points each. Alexcia Mack led with 23 and Chelsea Austin had 21 points. They had help by two others, Brianna Harden finished with 12 points and Chelsea Barnes had 10.

The Coyotes shot 90 percent from the free throw line, taking advantage of the opportunities by making 9 out of 10.

Spot on shooting in the second-half helped pull the Coyotes ahead, making 60 percent of their shots and an even more impressive 75 percent of their three point attempts.

The Feb. 13 game for the Coyotes would be very similar to the previous night. Taking on the Cal State Chico Wildcats was no easy task.

The Coyotes would be out-scored through a large part of the game.

Once again, the Coyotes would rally together in the end. Down by eight points, it would take the Coyotes just over four minutes to take the lead back from the Wildcats and keep it the rest of the game.

At the 5:59 mark, Barnes made a jump shot to put the Coyotes up by one. She notably also had 18 points for the night, along with Adriana Brodie.

This would seal a victory for the Coyotes with a final score of 68 - 57. With this win, the Coyotes improve their record to 12 and 10 overall.

Men’s basketball splits at home

By KAILA MORALES Staff Writer

CSUSB Men’s Basketball gave their all against conference leader, Chico State Wildcats on Feb. 13.

The game went back and forth as there was a total of 13 lead changes and 11 ties throughout the game. The Coyotes never allowed the Wildcats to be up more than four points during regulation.

However, after a strong second half from the Coyotes, the Wildcats were able to pull through, scoring the first 10 points in OT to defeat the Coyotes 91-79.

Senior Juan Martinez was CSUSB’s leading scorer with a total of 19 points against the Wildcats.

Sophomore Darryl Adigwu earned 12 points and led the team with eight rebounds.

“We played really hard, and had a good game as a team, we just couldn’t make shots in overtime, I think I played okay, but I definitely could of done better defensively toward the end of regulation,” said Adigwu.

The first half started with a layup by Senior Keith Smith with the assist to Junior Everett Turner.

The Coyotes took their first lead 7-4 with Adigwu’s 3-pointer, but it was answered right back with a 3-pointer by Wildcat Corey Silverstrom.

At 10:26, Smith’s layup was able to gain the Coyotes a three point lead, making the score 15-18.

With five minutes left and the Coyotes down by four points, they were able to get three turnovers, two of the three to Turner, and the other to Senior Zeke DeBlase.

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Only being down by one, 30-31 at the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Coyotes struck back with more fire than the first.

Martinez gave the Coyotes their largest lead of the game at 41-34 with a jumper at 16:26.

The defense remained intact as the Wildcats finally gained a one point lead against the Coyotes at 11:24.

The game was tied a total of four times until the Wildcats took a four-point lead 72-68.

With only 33 seconds remaining, Martinez answered with a 3-pointer, but was quickly retaliated by Wildcats leading scorer Robert Duncan as he went to the line on a two-shot foul. Getting only the first shot, giving the Coyotes the rebound as Duncan’s second shot was missed.

Turner’s attempted 3-pointer was missed, but as DeBlase received the rebound, he returned the ball back to Turner, who was fouled.

Turner hit both free throws to tie the game at 73 with five seconds left, which gave the Coyotes the opportunity to go to overtime.

However, the Coyotes weren’t able to pull off a win in OT, as the Wildcats aggressively scored 10 straight points, to take the game, 91-79.

“We have definitely proven that we are capable of competing with the best team in our conference, the Chico loss was unsettling, but we must put forth effort to compete,” said Turner.

“Effort comes from the heart, How bad do you want to win, What are you willing to do in order to win,” added Turner.