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VOLUME LXXXXVII • ISSUE 11
San Francisco awakens Day of the Dead tradition San Francisco’s Mission District has celebrated Día de los Muertos for more than 30 years. Nov. 2 is reserved every year for the festivities. SEE PAGE
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Merger talks brush student center custodians aside
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Students, Inc. looms overhead leaving the custodians of the student center — and employs the custodians. However, the planned merger to create means their employer will no longer exist. “We want to speak to (the University) authorities face to ing member of Teamster Local 856 and former steward of the custodians. “We want a draft like they provided for the vendors.” The current proposal shows operations and programming in the building, and the University assumes the rest, including vendors. The plan, according to the University, is that the custodians will now be University employees, but that puts their jobs and will need to be represented by one of the University’s other employee unions that may have different agreements. However, no formal offer has been presented to the custodians.
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Teamsters is a nationwide union that represents about 1.4 million workers in labor negotiations. “Our members wish to maintain represented by Teamsters,” the facility for 22 years. “However, we are open to dialogue with the authorities, if and only if, our seniority, years of service, our desire to work in the same respected.” coworkers feel frustrated because they haven’t been treated the same as the vendors in the student center, who have already been presented with a plan — even though many of the custodians have worked for the student center for more than 20 years. They are especially worried they might lose their seniority — and possibly face layoffs — along with a loss of their ees have already vested in their pension plan, which means that their employer has contributed to their retirement plans. The custodians don’t know if they are going to have to opt out of that pension and start anew, nor do they know how many years it might take them to be vested in a new one.
Missed buzzer beater hands victory to Div. I St. John’s treyaw@mail.sfsu.edu
For the SF State men’s basketball team, Saturday’s preseason game against St. John’s University boiled down to a last second shot With the game on the line, the ball didn’t quite hit its mark, but the Gators ultimately proved to their Division I opponent and everyone else watching, that they are serious contenders this season. for the nationally televised match-up with St. tournament appearances coached by SF State alum and past Gator basketball player Steve Lavin. The Gators, undeterred by their own Division II status, came out looking less like underdogs and more like equals during the
closely-contested game. defense sides and led for a large part of the second half before ultimately losing. SJU won 82-80. “It was a great experience for us,” SF State coach Paul Trevor said. “Our guys came out and played hard. We have a lot of seniors and they really showed a lot of resiliency.” ing last year due to a broken arm. The guard’s team-high 23 points and 4-for-7 shooting from be“I was excited to play after being off for a whole year, and I wanted to win,” Perdomo
2 NEWS SF STATE SPEAKS OUT WOULD ONLINE CLASSES HELP YOU GRADUATE FASTER?
MILAN SUBEDI, 25 STUDIO ART MAJOR
I’m not a big fan of online courses. I would graduate earlier, but it’s just not my thing. I don’t learn anything.
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Custodians left with questions while merger proceeds Rosales attended the ASI Board of Directors meeting last week, along with two of his coworkers and their union representative, Liliana Cortez. Cortez questioned whether any of the students knew exactly what was going on with the merger after she spoke to some of the board members at the meeting. “Associated Students represents the student body, why is it the students are being told, ‘this is what’s happening,’ versus ‘what do you guys think about this?’ They are being pushed into a merger or whatever this is without anybody’s input,” Cortez said. “There are two boards that have enough power to question this sort of thing and these sort of decisions and that hasn’t happened and I don’t think even the students that are sitting in there know exactly what this is.” On July 31 and Aug. 1, ASI and the CCSC Governing Board passed resolutions to approve the “synergy” of both entities to combining duplicate services like Human Resources and Marketing, according to the Dean of Student’s website. Task force groups that consist of members of both ASI and CCSC departments have been created to help with the organiEnhanced Student Auxiliary. However, members of the ASI Board of Directors have said they feel their input in the decision making is not valued.
“It seems that we are not really given any say, any power, or anything, you’re telling us what to do....What power do students have in any of this?” Representative-at-Large Kenneth Collins said. Dean of Studetns Joseph Greenwell was unable to respond to many of the concerns. He said that although many of those issues presented might be a possibility, nothing
custodians. He did, however, reassure the board that their input was highly essential in the synergy. “I hope we don’t lose the big picture,” Greenwell said. “The enhanced auxiliary is still there and your voice is extremely important.”
JUSTIN ROSSI, 19 KINESIOLOGY MAJOR
I probably would graduate sooner. It would help me balance the load and it wouldn’t take so much time out of my week.
MELISSA JENNINGS, 21 COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS MAJOR
No. I don’t do well with online courses. I’m more of a hands-on person. If I were on the computer I would probably end up watching some type of YouTube video.
JAMIE MURILLO-MENA, 20 POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR
No. It would probably take longer. You don’t get the hands-on experience. You have to wing it on your own. Photos by: Ryan Liebrich Reporting by: Emilia Rosales
Taiwanese alumni establish scholarship fund for SF State students
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AIWANESE ALUMNI have joined forces with SF State to bring more Taiwanese students to the University. The Taiwan chapter of the SF State Alumni Association has established a scholarship fund to encourage international students from their native country regional scholarship established at SF State. President Leslie E. Wong proposed the idea to establish the scholarship fund when he met with 45 alumni in Taipei last December while on a trip to build relationships with graduates. So far, the alumni group in Taiwan has gathered $25,000, which will be available in scholarships for students from the island country in Fall 2014. “Us SF State alumni, we want to have a strong University. Whenever we mention we are a graduate of SF State, people say ‘Oh, you are great, congratulations!’ To make this happen, you need to make the University strong,” said Taiwan Alumni Chapter Secretary General Edward Chen. Chen graduated in 2002 with a bachelors and masters degree in general management, both acquired at SF State, and now runs an international textile machinery company. He said the University prepared him to succeed in a global market, so he gives back to the University so that it can produce more successful students. The Taiwan Alumni Chapter consists of more than 100 registered alumni, although the chapter said many more Taiwanese
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Us SF State alumni, we want to have a strong University. Whenever we mention we are a graduate of SF State, people say ‘Oh, you are great, congratulations!’ To make this happen, you need to make the University strong Taiwan Alumni Chapter Secretary General
have attended SF State. Prominent graduates of the University in that country are journalist Amanda Lee and President of Tamkang University, Flora Chia-I Chang. About 1,500 international students from 100 countries study at SF State and 59 Taiwanese students are enrolled this fall, according to the University’s website. Aside from paying regular tuition, international and non-resident students also have to pay an additional $372 fee per unit. Although no criteria for eligibility or number of awards have been established, the scholarships will help alleviate these
fees for Taiwanese students. “I think it’s very meaningful, to do this; sity,” said Wan-Lee Cheng, former SF State faculty member and advisor to the Taiwanese Student Association during his tenure. “First you’ve got your alumni engaged in supporting the university, their alma mater, secondly to get more international students from different countries and with them support study at San Francisco State.” SF State presidents like former president Robert Corrigan and current president Wong often meet with alumni throughout the world. President Wong said their support is a powerful asset to the University. “There is a clear emotional attachment to their alma mater as it was the location where they found themselves, found purpose and direction, they in turn want to give back,” said Wong. Alumni often provide letters of support for grant applications, licensing requests and government initiatives, as well as internship and job opportunities, said Wong. The SF State Alumni Association currently offers a variety of scholarships — with a few open to international students — based on major, year of study and other that has been developed and President Wong proposed that other alumni groups in Tokyo, Los Angeles, San Diego and Washington, D.C. establish similar scholarship funds. “It’s pretty amazing what alums do,” Wong said. “Our effort is to celebrate their connection, and not lose contact with them.”
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Online classes accelerate CSU students’ graduation rates
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ALIFORNIA State University students can enroll in online courses at college’s across the state under a new program this fall that looks to increase access to high demand classes and keep students on track to graduate. The CSU system’s pilot program known as Intrasystem Concurrent Enrollment includes 36 courses, three of which SF State offers. It is the public universities’ latest move to expand online learning to increase opportunities to serve students. “The idea is that if a student could not take a course at their university, a viable alternative would be to take that course online elsewhere rather than have to wait for it to be offered again,” said Mike Uhlenkamp, director of media relations and new media for the CSU system. Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2013-2014 budget for the university system allocated $10 million to fund the online program. Sixteen percent of students at CSUs graduate within four years, and this program is an attempt to raise that percentage, Uhlenkamp said.
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Students at their respective CSU campuses take priority to sign up for courses their university offers, while students from other schools must wait a few weeks before the term begins to enroll, Jo Volkert, interim vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at SF State said. This semester SF State offered introduction to the study of labor, know your work rights and American politics online. More courses may be added in the spring, Volkert said. CSU students can take only one course per semester and must have a minimum 2.0 GPA to enroll. In addition, students who are enrolled in universities on the semester system would be ineligible to take courses from schools on the quarter system. Six of the 23 CSU campuses operate on the quarter system. A regular or online SF State course must have a pass rate of 70 to 75 percent or better to be considered for the new program, although requirements according to Brian Beatty, associate vice president for academic affairs operations at SF State. “We will not offer the course online unless we have evidence that students
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are successful and that they perform better or not worse than in face to face classes,” Beatty said. The online courses offered to CSU students typically feature video lectures, online tests and quizzes and can sometimes require students to participate with classmates in online discussion boards. Although the online format allows for more students to enroll, some courses require smaller class sizes to allow professors to interact with students often via email and grade materials like writing assignments. The two labor studies courses can each hold about 1,000 students while American politics is capped at 100 students. According to Beatty about eight to nine thousand students enroll in online courses each semester or nearly one-third of SF State’s student population. Despite the large number of students enrolled in online courses SF State does not offer any online-only programs, Beatty said. “It’s becoming more and more rare to see students progress through their degree programs without taking at least one online course,” he said. Beatty said the program was largely
in response to proposed California Senate Bill 520 which hoped to enlist online course developers to solve the bottleneck problems plaguing the state’s university system. Last Spring, San Jose State University started to offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in a partnership with online learning provider Udacity, which offers online courses to thousands of students. However, San Jose State’s MOOC pilot program was quickly halted after more than half the students failed their classes at the end of the semester. Udacity later said that students in its pilot program, which included high school and community college students, were shown to be unprepared for the classes leading to the high failure rates. “What online learning does is that it places the responsibility on the learner. classes are usually independent learners,” Beatty said. “We (at SF State) serve students who are expected to be prepared for these courses.” a proposal for classes to be added to the upcoming spring schedule of the Intrasystem Concurrent Enrollment program.
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PALESTINIAN CELEBRATION Tomorrow, Nov. 7, will mark the sixth annual Palestinian mural celebration to commemorate the Palestinian-Arab educator Dr. Edward Said and honor Palestinian culture. The day-long celebration will begin at noon in Malcolm X Plaza and follow with a procession to the mural located in the North Plaza of the student center. The event, which is open to the public, will resume at 5:30 to 9 p.m. in Jack Adams Hall, where there will be a panel discussion titled “Stories of a Local Struggle,” and a speech from keynote speaker Ziad Abbas from the Middle for children’s rights in the Middle East. The mural, dedicated Nov. 2, 2007, by the General Union of Palestine Students at SF State, was painted by Susan Green and Fayeq Owei and contains seventeen different symbols that represent Palestinian culture such as an olive tree, City of Jerusalem and a dove. The Palestinian Cultural Mural United States. Source: General Union of Palestine Students at SF State President Mohammad Hammad
NEW LOCATION PLANNED FOR RECREATION AND WELLNESS CENTER Last month, the Cesar Chavez Student Center (CCSC) Student Governing Board made a motion to support the University in the proposal for an alternate location for the to-be-built Recreation and Wellness Center. The idea for the The Recreation and Wellness Center was approved in 2007 as a part of SF State’s master plan to improve the physical development of the University with a state-of-the-art weight and by the CCSC Student Governing board means the board will support the University to move the center from its original planned location on Winston Drive at Lot 25 to Lake Merced and Font Boulevards. The board agreed that the new location would be more accessible for students. The center is expected to be completed in 2016. Source: CCSC Governing Board Minutes
RACK-N-CUE QUALIFIERS TOURNAMENT The Rack-N-Cue, located on the recreation and dining level of the Cesar Chavez Student Center, will host a nine-ball pool tournament in partnership with the Association of College Unions Internationin the Rack- N- Cue. A winner from each division will recive an all expense paid trip to compete in the ACUI championship tournament, location to be announced. For registration information email JS@sfsustudentcenter.com
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Grant provides funds for five new sustainability courses
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State recognized the opportunity of the ‘Campus as a Living Lab’ Grant Program and told University profescourses, according to Caitlin Steele, director of sustainability and energy. The grant provides the University with funding to create courses that will explore sustainability concepts and theories. “I am looking forward to teaching freshmen and sophomores about environmental issues on campus in San Francisco, California, U.S. and internationally and to help them become informed global citizens,” said Barbara Holzman, professor of geography and environmental science. The addition of these new classes will make it easier for students to meet the new general education requirements that force incoming freshman to take a course with an environmental sustainability focus. Jason Henderson, professor of geography and environmental sciences, will be teaching one of the new courses offered called bicycle geographies. The course will focus on the theories and practices of sustainable transportation by analyzing bike routes for students and examining the political and economical impact of bicycling. Associate Professor of decision sciences Susan Cholette, will teach sustainable supply chain management, which will also be available this spring. Students enrolled in the course will model actual processes at SF State, determining the carbon
footprint and providing suggestions for improvement. “Environmental degradation is one of the most pressing concerns of the 21st century,” Cholette said. “If we can’t get students interested in solving this problem, then I guess it’s just left to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.” Cholette said she doesn’t want the course to be a large-format lecture because it loses the interactive aspects of a smaller course. Three other courses will begin Fall 2014. Professor of geography and environmental science Barbara Holzman will teach the introduction to environmental science course offered next fall. The course will introduce students to concepts of environmental science by investigating campus biodiversity, air quality, waste streams and other environmental concerns. “I have been thinking about teaching this course for a decade or
so and when the new general education requirements came around, I felt it was the perfect time to add such a course,” Holzman said. Until now there has been no environmental science introduction class at SF State, but it has been offered at community colleges in the area, including City College of San Francisco. Assistant Professor Tendai Chitewere and Associate Professor Xiao Hang Liu are collaboratively teaching future environment and geographic measurement. The future environment class will examine environmental issues on campus and the geographic measurement course will statistically analyze areas of improvement around campus. “The more people who understand the way the world works, what human impacts are, and how we can go about shifting to a more sustainable way of living, the better our planet will be, the healthier and happier we all will be,” Holzman said.
SF State Crime Blotter Between 10/30 and 11/5 the University Police Department responded to 26 incidents. Here are some of the highlights.
11/01 Weapon
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Source: Julius Shipman, Games Room Director
SO YOU WANT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER? The ASI Legal Resource Center, a service that provides free to low cost legal services to the campus community, will host a workshop for students interested in police department careers. The workshop guest speaker, Daly City Police Department Police Chief Manuel Martinez Jr., has had 29 years of law enforcement experience. He will review the event will take place in Rosa Parks Room E Nov. 14 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
10/30 Theft
Someone reported their $520 cell phone stolen from the gymnasium between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.
10/31 Suspicious
11/01 Public Intoxication ham Way and transported him to the county jail.
11/02 Hazard
inside his University Park North apartment.
residents sick when they discovered that residents in a Buckingham Way apartment had used paint thinner and
10/31 Fake ID
medics responded to treat the injured.
Park North and stopped to question them. One of them tried to use a fake ID and wound up getting a ticket. The other person also got a ticket for being drunk in public.
11/03 Fake ID ID. They cited and released her.
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Students bring humor to Day of the Dead festivities
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HE STILL Life Cabaret,” a comedic play coupled with song and dance, highlights
Gabel, sophomore, uses previous reality show audition experience, ‘The X-Factor’ and ‘The Voice’ to win school singing competition.
Written and directed by SF State professor Carlos Baron, the play focuses on a group of children who have passed away
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This year, the team presented the show
“Connecting with the ancestors in an active and collective way has been part of the pre-European tradition for many the dead among us today are more festive and inviting of the ancestors and the living, crackers are sent up to the sky to signal the route for the spirits, crying is frowned upon, because it makes the road slippery for the Carlos Baron presents a play every year for the Latino/Latina Teatro Workshop and Activities Funds to produce an original
Nicole Gabel wins SF State Voice 2013
the part of “The Hipster” in “The Still Life major at SF State, actor and makeup artist layering current issues that affect the LatiParticipating actors, musicians and backstage crew this year ranged from math, political science, creative writing, theater they celebrated and educated others and
This year, Baron covered modern topics trict and used the play to pay tribute to José
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comfort zone,” said grad student José Héctor Cadena, another actor who played
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Aside from students, Baron encourages local community artists to participate every a well-known Bay Area artist, to perform North and South American character is most commonly known as “The Weeping Baron also asked Adriana Sánchez, a teacher, performer and actress in San Fran-
working with Carlos for this class for over
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Mission District celebrates Día de los Muertos
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VERY YEAR, THE Mission District of San Francisco reserves Nov. 2 to celebrate life through the remembrance of the dead. The Día de Los Muertos parade, which marches down 24th Street, has been celebrated in the city since the 1970s. This year the candlelight procession began at 22nd and Bryant Streets at 7 p.m. as people, with their faces painted to represent skulls, danced in the streets to the constant beat of drums. The parade circled the streets of the Mission to end where it began. Altars were set up with candles and notes to celebrate the lives of deceased loved ones at 26th and Harrison Streets. The celebration lasted from 6 to 11 p.m.
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Social media, cell phone addiction are rooted in self obsession
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Many associate my generation with its strong love of technology and apparent inability to screen. This is a misconception though. My generation does have an obsession, but it’s not with the screens themselves — it’s what’s on them. When you see someone on their phone, they are checking Facebook, Instagram, email. We don’t have an obsession with technology, we have an obsession with ourselves. Smartphones and computers just make it easier to constantly check up on the latest in our lives. Of course, technology, especially the Internet, has brought us amazing things. We have become connected with our world in ways that no generation before us has ever experienced, and we don’t have to look very far back in history to see it. In late 2010, the Arab Spring took off in Tunisia and Egypt, propelled largely by social media and the Internet. According to Alex Scott an international relations graduate from SF State, the Internet and
social networking played huge rolls in these uprisings, and served as a catalyst to the eventual crumbling of the Tunisian and Egyptian governments. Earlier this month, Adel Iskandar, a professor at Georgetown University and author of “Egypt in Flux” spoke at SF State about his experience participating in and studying the Egyptian revolution and the Arab Spring. Shortly after those revolutions started, we had our own movement in the U.S. in 2011, under the Occupy Wall Street banner.
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During the time of U.S. civil disobedience in Occupy Wall Street, many backed changing the national norm of corporate greed and wealth inequality. The Occupy movement but the revolution in Egypt continued until the Egyptian government was successfully changed. As a room of about 100 students sat and listened to step-by-step instructions on civil disobedience, Iskandar spoke to a sea of backwards laptop screens and an audience submerged in Facebook, drowning in It’s not hard to see how we became this way. We all grew up being “special” and being “the best.” We were constantly being awarded for mediocre athletic accomplishments, less than impressive academic
achievements, and a work ethic that would make our grandparents sick. According to a study of millenials from the PEW Research Center, we are less likely to be employed by any given age than the previous generations before us. We are also more likely to still be living with our parents by the time we become adults. We suffer from an addiction to shiny things. Our parents stuck us in front of lit screens as children, to absolve themselves from the responsibility of asking about or days or telling us about the birds and the bees. One argument against cellphones is correct though: while they increase our connections with the world around us, they also destroy the personal relationships we write off in exchange for text messages and Facebook pokes. Eventually, the only faces we will see are those illuminated by an LED screen, and the only voice we will hear is our own, echoing in our head: “I am beautiful. I am awesome. I am special.”
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Using the word ‘slut’ is just as loose as its connotation
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HILE NOT quite in the double digits, the number of people I’ve slept with is relatively high for my age and gender. My name is Kristen Martz and I’m a slut — according to modern statistics. called “What’s Your Number?” was released. In case you missed it — the lead female is concerned because of an article claiming that women who have had more than 20 sexual partners will never be married, and her number is dangerously close at 19. While it made for a relatively terrible narrative sparked an age-old debate. One would think that now, in 2013, people are less concerned about sexual encounters and an individual’s quantity of experiences — but they aren’t. The Centers for Disease Control publications, have recently published data showing that people are still keeping track of their numbers. Roughly, it’s been reported that women aged 25-44 have a median
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Xpress staffer analyzes the disconnect between the definition of the word “slut,” and the meaning it carries. of about four partners in their life. Whether this number is accurate is the decision of the audience, but the CDC swears by it. If the average number of sexual partners for raging slut. Sorry, Dad. But according to a study published in the April 2013 issue of Sex Roles, people are still lying about their exact number. In the study, women who thought they were hooked up to a lie detector raised their numbers by one or two. Side note: men lowered their numbers by about one or two. How shocking. While the term “slut” usually has a tion implies a woman that has many casual sexual partners. Multiple surveys have shown that most of the human population doesn’t agree on exactly what number makes someone a slut, much less what even constitutes as sexual intercourse.
Sluttiness is in the eye of the beholder. If you’re one who believes sluts are a bad thing, there are probably two reasons that come to mind: STDs and becoming “loose.” It is true that having multiple partners increases your risk of picking up an STD, but safe practices can essentially eliminate the risk. A woman with 12 partners may use protection and never pick up an STD a risk any sexually active person takes any time he or she decides to get down. As for looseness, Psychology Today reveals that unless you’ve had multiple children or are well into your 40s or 50s, your vagina is not going to stretch or become loose. Similar to the elastic muscles of your mouth, your vaginal muscles will snap back every time. No one worries about their mouths getting stretched from performing too much oral sex; the same logic applies for vaginal sex. If you’re terribly worried, there are always Kegel exercises to tighten things up a bit. So here’s the thing — if you have a lot of sex, you’re a slut. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just the truth. As long as you’re not STDs all over the place, it shouldn’t matter. You go get yours, girl.
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Penis size matters, but not as much as you think
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T’S A QUESTION THAT has plagued the sexes for thousands of years since
you have at least two inches to work
appeared: does penis size
study published in The Journal of
Depending on who you
you fall on either side of that aver-
Yes: 37%
Women: bigger penis, when wielded properly,
“Penis size is everything,” or you I’ll break the news to you — by King’s College London reported dissatisfaction with their genitals average length or depth of a vagina is three to four inches, but when a journal Andrologia in October sugapplying pressure to the right spots is
about their neck size than their penis size when wondering if they’ll be
That’s not to say that a penis has are at a greater risk for developing G-spot is located only 2 inches within the vagina,” said Allyson Pugh, assistant director of Associated Students, “So if you can hit that spot, if you’ve
Keeping your partner sexually satChances are if you have a penis,
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different for every partner you have; but if you have a penis, its size is one
Men and women at SF State were asked in a random survey if they thought penis size was important for sexual pleasure.
Our bodies are covered in erogenous zones — the breasts, nipples,
Men:
By pleasuring these areas, there is less pressure put on the internal sensations
up for a lack — or perceived lack of
G-spot is notoriously elusive and can
Faculty Member
looking for a penis that’s not too big,
Does penis size matter?
can help ease this penis anxiety: penile penetration is not the only way or necessarily the best way to get
The G-spot, or the Gräfenberg Spot, is an erogenous zone locat-
Mitchell,
Let’s keep this in perspective though — too big of a penis can be painful and can tear the sensitive skin
out the kisses, licks and caresses, you’ll be able to get your partner to
No: 57%
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MEN’S BASKETBALL
Gators edged out in tough preseason loss against St. John’s As a team, SF State made 51 percent of Newcomers to the team also had a major impact on the game. Junior forward Udun Osakue added another 15 points,
three-point land – while holding St. John’s to only 41 percent shooting. The Gators
a Gator. The recent Fresno City College
“We credit San Francisco for playing a tough game,” said St. John’s leading scorer, point guard D’angelo Harrison,
a game plan, they executed it, and they played a great game.” The score remained close throughout leading or trailing. With less than two minutes left on the clock, the Gators were They couldn’t seem to connect, Harrison hit a jumper and a free throw half. As the clock winded down, SF
“We were all pretty mad that we lost
Although the Gators didn’t come ence during the trip. “We were hoping to use the experience as a platform to come together as a team, get to know each other on our strengths and weaknesses while said. “I think that we accomplished all those goals while performing pretty well against a highly touted St. John’s team.” starters, SF State is currently ranked third in the California Collegiate Athletic Association preseason poll. The team made
Perdomo said. “But (I think) it goes to show that later when we’re playing at
The Gators will open up their regular
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Final game for soccer seniors ends in a loss on home turf
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WO GOALS from two Cal State San Bernardino juniors spoiled Senior Day for the SF State women’s soccer team. The Coyotes put a dampseason game this Sunday with
State LA. “(I’m) a little disappointed in the way we played,” said head coach Jack Hyde. “We didn’t play well in all facets wrong.” The loss tarnished the last game for the Gators’ four se-
Harrington, Lauren Floro and Nicole Smith.
Smith said. “But we worked so hard and came so far that its accomplished for what we did.”
CCAA conference championship.
of the season it looked like we couldn’t do anything (we came Cal State San Bernardino
girls are my family.” It was a tale of two seasons for the Gators, who struggled to
leapfrogged six teams in the CCAA conference during their streak on their way to a top-six
They clinched the third seed in the CCAA playoffs with the win Sunday. This was the second year in a row that SF State has ended the season strong after a rocky start, as they started last year “You’re upset that we could
when literally no one thought that we could.” Floro said. “It
said. “But compared to last year this is miles ahead and I think this programs going to lift off, so disappointing in the moment
Men’s soccer falls short in final game A last-minute goal by freshman midfielder James Aguirre wasn’t enough to catch up to the Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes in a tough 1-2 loss. This was the final game for seniors Anthony Rodriguez and Chris Behroozian. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS ON GOLDENGATEXPRESS.ORG
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WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY
Runner thrives despite lingering foot injury
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VERY MORNING, ZULEIMA Bernal wakes up in pain. Once she’s up, she paces her room and hopes movement will quell the sharp strain in her right heel before she heads to morning training at Cox Stadium. Bernal has plantar fasciitis, an injury that kept the cross-country runner from competing alongside her SF State teammates for
the pain she is going through,” Bernal’s teammate Becky Parks said. “It’s amazing. It is easier said than done.” Plantar fasciitis, an injury caused by strained tissue in the foot’s arch and heel, can take a few months to a year to completely heal. Bernal bounced back big at her season debut:
tion, but the image of nationals keeps her running strong, and this month she’s back in the race. “When she’s racing, it seems like she is just on autopilot and focuses on the task at hand, not
overall to secure the Gators’ seventh place rank. “Coming off of a potential season-ending injury; to run 21:37 on our home course this season ranks right up with the top performances in school history,” head coach Tom Lyons said. “When Zuly is racing well, it is amazing to watch.” Her success is driven by a personal goal to reach nationals with — or without her team. If SF
WEDNESDAY Nov. 6
SF State v Sonoma State 7 p.m. The Swamp San Francisco
Oct.11 and won the CCAA Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week. At the CCAA Championships,
make it to the nationals individually by placing in the top two for SF State runners. “I’m trying to be in the top two so I can make sure I am going to (nationals),” Bernal said. “I’m going to be competing against the same people from conference and most of the people that beat me are going to nationals, but as a team.” But Bernal’s injury hasn’t completely healed, and constant pressure on her foot endured during According to SF State Head Athletic Trainer, Bryce Schussel, Bernal suffered the injury from wearing bad shoes — a common way athletes get plantar fasciitis. Schussel said they were able to catch Bernal’s injury early, which limited the amount of time she missed. Schussel said re-injury is plausible, but likely won’t jeopardize the rest of her athletic career. “If an athlete re-injures their foot it will prolong the healing process and may take longer before the athlete is back competing,” Schussel said. “In most cases they will be able to come back.” Bernal is exerting all her efforts into the home stretch, but for her the reward is worth the sweat and pain. “I can tell that Zuly has a positive outlook and, even in times of stress, manages to keep it under control,” Parks said. “She always says to me, and sometimes to the rest of the team, ‘Just remember all the hard work you put in every day, and don’t let the negative stuff get to you.’”
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
FRIDAY Nov. 8 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 7 p.m. Ed and Bertha Fitzpatrick Arena
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 7 p.m.
SATURDAY Nov. 9 MEN AND WOMEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL 7 p.m.
MEN’S WRESTLING
SUNDAY Nov. 10
9 a.m.
SCOREBOARD Men’s Soccer v Cal State Monterey Bay Nov. 1: lost 1-3 v Cal State San Bernadino Nov. 3: lost 1-2
Women’s Soccer v Cal State Monterey Bay Nov. 1: won 1-0 v Cal State San Bernadino Nov. 3: lost 0-2
Women’s Volleyball v Cal State Dominguez Hills Nov. 1: won 3-1 v Cal State Los Angeles Oct. 26: won 3-0
Men’s Basketball
TUESDAY Nov. 12
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 5 p.m. The Swamp San Francisco
v. St. John’s University Nov. 2: lost 80-82
Men’s Wrestling
21 and Under JC/College open Nov. 3: Jordan Gurrola placed 2nd and Travis Ino placed 4th in their weight classes.
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