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International students share their talents (Left to right) Sam Osborn on guitar, Eva Rastetter on vocals and Niall McCann on drums perform during the Study Abroad Fair, organized by the International Education Exchange Council (IEEC) at Malcolm X Plaza Tuesday, Oct. 15. Each country represented in IEEC had a table to show abroad. Represented countries had food, games and dancing. The IEEC is the organization for foreign students studying at SF State or SF State students studying in other countries. Photo by Benjamin Kamps / Xpress Photographer Benjamin Kamps is a member of IEEC.
Cross-country teams finish strong at home
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SF State’s Student Health Center announced last Thursday, Oct. 10 its approval as a health coverage enrollment entity by Covered California at the Health and Wellness Fair on campus. The approval entails two employees for the health center paid through a $1.25 million grant given to Cal State Los Angeles to educate students on health care options through the Affordable Care Act. The Health and Wellness Fair event was in partnership with Covered California, the California equivalent of the national health care marketplace, Kaiser Permanente, the NAACP and Assemblyman Philip Y. Ting’s Obamacare Enrollment Campaign, to educate students on the health care reform. Students and faculty could not enroll in health insurance pre-enrollment assistance forms and could later be contacted by a Covered California representative via phone to get indiof Covered California about 25 pre-enrollment forms were “Forty percent of the SF State community does not have health coverage,” said Assemblyman Ting at a press conference before the event. “We’re tabling here with Covered California, we want to educate everyone about the different options, and really to encourage everyone to sign up.” Covered California’s grant to the CSU system will fund the health exchange company’s Health Insurance Education Proj-
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FTER weeks of competing on the road, Gator cross-country teams hit home terrain and dominated most of the competition at the SF State Invitational last Friday, Oct. 11.
They came in second overall in the 15-team meet at Golden Gate Park’s Speedway Meadows. Among the teams racing were several top-seeded California Collegiate Athletic Association opponents like Humboldt State and Cal State Stanislaus, who won the men’s and women’s races respectively. “It was another tight battle
with Humboldt State (on the men’s side),” said head coach Tom Lyons. “They got out quicker than us, but our guys closed over the second half of the race. The women’s race was fantastic. It was good to have (Zuleima Jimenez) back and a lot of the other girls ran their best times.”
educational materials on health care coverage and hire a total of 30 students to serve as campus representatives who will lead the education process on their CSU campuses. The Student Health Center will hire two students, funded from the grant to help educate the SF State community about the Affordable Care Act and how it will affect them. “For now that’s all the funding we will be receiving, and they will be paid directly by CSULA” said Aimée Williams lead health educator at the Student Health Services Center. The $1.25 million grant was given to CSULA, because the Health Insurance Education Project is a joint project by the CSU system and CSULA, to educate CSU students, their families and campus staff about the new health insurance law.
2 NEWS SF STATE SPEAKS OUT WHAT CAN THE UNIVERSITY DO TO INCREASE CAMPUS SPIRIT THROUGH SPORTS?
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Conference to save City College brings students from across the state
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HIS weekend, City ColFrancisco will host the California
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Post more stuff around the school and spread the awareness because I don’t know what sports are going on at all whenever I’m walking around.
MAYA SCHUBERT, 19 CREATIVE WRITING MAJOR
Really getting involved with the students. They could do rally type things, and maybe activities at the sports games where they can go and participate in.
Union Conference, a two-day event, for college students across the state to support the from losing its accreditation. Union’s biannual conference is designed to unite University University and community college students and faculty by discussing the “war on education.” The conference will serve as a platform for students to discuss current issues in the California education systems, in light of the current investigation and a lawsuit brought by City Attorney nia Federation of Teachers against the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges for their handling of the community college’s accreditation review. “It’s a good example for unions to see how students work City College student. “What’s huge majority of the way community colleges are accredited.” The accreditation crisis facing the college developed over many years, but this past summer the ACCJC announced its plan to pull the school’s ac-
board’s decision and will remain open until a decision is reached. Another issue for the consigned Oct. 10, which implements a pilot program raising prices for summer and winter class at six overcrowded community colleges. Between accreditation and tuition increases to make up for colleges have faced some tough students also identify with. closure, but downsizing, aus-
The college has appealed the
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of economic and intellectual opportunity.”
time is about connecting with other organizers to take a statewide approach to these threats. “I think we’re facing a crisis in budget allocation. A huge participation in the student union will unite all universities,” he said. “If we stand together in a larger group, it’s much stronger.” Napolitano’s appointment to UC president that undocumented
students protested, citing her past immigration policies and limited academic background, will also be on the agenda. ence will start with a panel of breaking into groups and workshops to develop strategies to combat these barriers together and reach out to other students. knocking down the queen.” The conference takes place Oct. 18 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Oct. 19 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Room 140. For more information and registration, go to castudentunion.wordpress.com.
SF State Crime Blotter
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Well, it’s pretty much down to promotion, they have got to promote it. They gotta put fliers out or send emails or something about a really big basketball game or something.
Between 10/9 and 10/15 the University Police Department responded to 26 incidents. Here are some of the highlights.
10/10 Bike and Vehicle Collision
An individual reported a bicycle and vehicle collision that involved a University vehicle near Maloney Field. The bicyclist was knocked off their bicycle, and the driver refused to identify themselves or receive medical attention. CHRISTOPHER LEONG, 18 CINEMA MAJOR
Maybe a football team would help like you see on TV and stuff like that, you see the college students go crazy and they’re all together through. Photos by: Amanda Peterson Reporting by: Ayesha Rizvi
10/10 Stolen Car the area they determined it could not be found.
10/11 Arrest Warrant
After police searched a suspicious vehicle on Vidal Drive at 10:46 a.m. one of two people in the car were taken into custody for two outstanding warrants.
10/11 Underage Drinking
Police cited three minors for being in possession of alcohol while walk-
10/12 Cell Phone Snatch
A woman was robbed of her cell phone, worth 400 dollars, on 19th Avenue after a cab driver took it in belief that the woman was a fare evader. The cab driver was not found.
10/12 Drunk in Public
A man was taken to the hospital after he was found drunk and uncocalled to clean up the blood.
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Xpress sits down with new VP of development
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NNE Harris was recently hired to
associate vice president of development vacancy, a position responsible for overseeing fundraising campaigns for SF State. Harris has worked in the CSU system for the past 16 years, and most recently came from CSU East Bay. SF State is Harris’ fourth CSU. Xpress sat down with Harris and discussed her plans for the University.
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“Is this professor still there?” or, “Yeah, I remember this or that.” Having the students in the call center is essential, it also helps create a culture of philanthropy in current students. You were able to increase donations from the private sector by 40 percent at CSU East Bay, can we expect the same? My goal is to increase donations. I’m not here to maintain status quo. I want to rev things up, get a momentum going for us, then it’s just word of mouth. We need to raise the level of excitement.
What do you think is the most challenging part of getting contributions for SF State? I’ve only been here three weeks, but, I will say in general re-connecting with alumni is the hardest part.
How will you do that? We want to share our new programs with prospective donors: what students are doing, the success of graduates, our research successes. People like to give to organizations that are successful.
How do you see yourself overcoming that challenge? Staying in contact with alumni. We do that through mailings, phone calls. We have a student call center here who call alums and that’s really been the best way, is having students talk for us about the need. An alum can talk to a current student about,
How does President Wong’s strategic plan for SF State to become a destination school affect your role as AVP? The more we enhance the dents have to the school. And it’s great to bring back alumni, they can see the changes, and it gives them a sense of pride, it builds equity in their degree.
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It creates pride, to say “I am an SF State graduate,” and it will attract the best of students and faculty in the future.
Affordable Care Act rolls out to CSU system
What are your goals for SF State and your work here? We are working on a comprehensive fundraising campaign. This will mean all areas of the money would go to where the need is. Currently, where money goes is donor driven. An area of focus will be educating students about where money comes from, how much people are engaged with the University. What’s the strategy behind that? I started a program at Cal Poly that is student run (the Student Philanthropy Council), it’s about creating a culture of philanthropy. From the time students are freshmen they are educated about the philanthropy that has built the school, they understand where the money comes from that has built their school, it lays the groundwork for when students leave. I know last year SF State did a senior class gift, I want to coordinate something like that for the class of 2014. It creates a level of excitement, then students will pay it forward.
The Affordable Care Act, which was signed by President Barack Obama in 2010, requires all Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a yearly penalty fee. Californians can choose a health coverage plan through Covered California that 2013 through March 31, 2014. Open enrollment will be Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 of each year after. “Our goal is to get 6 million Californians insured in six months, so far, we’ve gotten about 16,000 Californians enrolled on Covered CA,” Ting said. Junior Nick Seibel, 21, who enrolled in Covered California recently, said its been one year since he had health insurance because it was too expensive to keep. “Personally I think we should
have socialized medicine (a system that provides medical and hospital coverage for all and uses tax dollars to do it), that’s what every said. “The penalty is stupid, the real punishment is something happening and you don’t have insurance to help pay for it.” Williams said that getting students enrolled in Covered California on campus will take some time to get operational. For now Williams is the only one that will be taking part cation process, after which students and staff can get individualized help getting enrolled. Up-to-date information about services the Student Health Center will provide is available on health. sfsu.edu
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News Briefs GATOR MADNESS The athletic department invites students to meet the basketball and wrestling teams Friday, Oct. 18, at 9 p.m. in the main gymnasium. Two audience members will be chosen for a chance to make a half court basketball shot to win free tuition for Spring 2014. The event, which is free to students and faculty, will also include a dance performance and giveaways. Source: Gator Athletics
LGBTQQI ALLY TRAINING The Queer Resource Center will host a queer ally training Oct. 29 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Rosa Parks rooms A-C. The workshop will help students recognize privileges based on sexuality, become an ally to the greater queer community and answer LGBTQQIA frequently asked questions. Source: Queer Resource Center Director Cassidy Barrington
MAYAN HEALER Mayan Healer, Gilberto Guarcax Gonzales, will guest speak at the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center, Oct. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. Gonzales’ presentation, which is open to students, will provide discussion on the indigenous Mayan culture and healing. Source: Napa Martinez, Richard Oakes Multicultural Center
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NOMINATIONS Friday, Oct. 18 is the deadline to nominate both honorary degree and commencement speakers for the Spring 2014 commencement ceremony. body at SF State. For more information on nomination guidelines visit http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/fall13/oct14.htm Source: SF State Campus Memo
ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENT CANDIDATES Wednesday, Oct. 16 students and faculty have the opportunity to meet the candidates for the open assistant dean of students position, a position to meet the candidates from 10 to 11 a.m. in room SSB 401 while students can meet the candidates from 2:45 to 3:45 in room SSB 304. Source: Assistant Dean of Students Connie Tellrico
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Transit talks threaten to strand Bay Area commuters
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F STATE students and faculty, along with the rest of the Bay Area, are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the BART negotiations as labor talks continue to drag on and commuters consider alternate transit options. Meanwhile, the University continues to make contingency plans for students caught in the middle of the transit labor struggle. “Knowing the experience with the unpredictability of the BART talks we were looking to aid students in the event of an eleventh hour decision,” said Corinne DaCunha, associate director of business continuity at SF State. The Parking & Transportation department sent out an email Oct. 9 advertising their emergency services in the event of transit strike, including the offer of overnight accommodations for students like 18-year-old biology major Khalil Lucas. “I would have trouble coming back home,” Lucas said. “Friday it would affect me going to school because I have to take BART to school on Friday and I take
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BART home every day.” The school is offering a mattress and linens in a community room from students affected by the strike. Additional parking locations, bus services from the East Bay and web conferencing are also being offered as contingency plans. Details on the locations are determinant on acceptance. “We’ve gotten good feedback,” DaCunha said. “The proof is that students have utilized it.” Tuesday night BART and union negotiators were still bargaining along with a federal mediator but remained deadlocked. The 60-day cooling off period preventing BART workers from striking expired last Thursday at midnight and workers have kept the trains running while negotiators from both sides have been engaged in marathon talks. The transit agency, which normally moves about 400,000 commuters a day, has been in negotiations with their unions since July over pay raises, pensions and health care contributions. a deadline of midnight
With the recent addition of nine free electric charging stations last July, faculty and students who drive electric or hybrid cars no longer need to be afraid their car will die on the drive home. According to Teresa Carrillo, Latino/a studies department chair, after heavy lobbying from her and a group of faculty members the nine free charging stations were installed on the second electric charging station manufacturer, donated the publicly available 240-volt stations that fully charge a car in four hours, giving it roughly a 40 to 100 mile range. For those who own an electric or hybrid car the price for a charging station can range from $500 to more than $2,000 with the price of a charging station similar to the one on campus, sold by ClipperCreek, costing more than $2,000. “I was overjoyed when they got (the charging stations),” said Carrillo. “When you drive these cars you go to mute is 25 miles here, 25 miles home and I used to run out on the way home.” While SF State paid nothing for the charging stations and installation, it did pay employees from the campus electric shop to set up an electrical connection to power the charging stations. “It’s awesome; it’s really great that the University recognized a need and did something,” said Leisl Zabelin, an
Tuesday to avoid a walkout. This was the fourth such deadline that has been set and ignored as both sides found common ground. SF State isn’t the only organization preparing for gridlock, however, as regionplanning on using additional buses and ferries to move Bay Area commuters. There is some good news, however, as students commuting from the East Bay probably won’t be forced to contend with an AC Transit strike as the governor is expected to institute a 60-day cooling-off period to stop a walkout. The bus line serving the East Bay has been in contract negotiations with their unions since March and their working contract expired in June. “We’ve been preparing managers to make sure that we were consistent with what’s available to us through CSU and through state employees and in trying to get people ready,” said SF State President Leslie E. Wong. “Our students, they’re going to make an A+ effort to make their exams, to get their papers in.” For more information, visit safety.sfsu.edu/content/ business-continuity
early childhood education grad student. Charging a Nissan Leaf for four hours uses about 26.4 kilowatt hours of energy, which costs the University about $5.80, according to Nick Kornator. Carrillo is not the only one who commutes from far away and depends on the charging stations to be able to make it back home. “I live 40 miles away, if I didn’t have this option I wouldn’t make it,” said Marcia Abbott, kinesiology professor. There has been some confusion about the amount of time users can park their car at the charging stations. There are signs above the charging stations that say the parking spot is limited to four hours, however Carrillo argues that her parking pass allows her to park on campus all day. The time restrictions were brought to her attention after she almost received a ticket from the University Police Department, for exceeding the four-hour parking limit. Carrillo explained that it can be difclasses back-to-back to move their car. Even with the confusion, hybrid and electric car drivers said they enjoy the new charging stations and the free cost. “The fact that these are here is amazing; the fact that I have it here at work is the best option,” Abbott said.
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BECA majors debut Tanzanian videos
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TWOsequence course called electronic media and social justice, or BECA 581, gave four students the opportunity to use the production skills they learned at the University and travel to Tanzania over the summer to create promotional videos for
Africa too, but I wasn’t able to
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“I just had to go back with them so I saved and I was able to purchase a ticket and go reasons I did that was because I see how important media is and how you can use it to showcase so many different issues in the As the doors opened for the and picked up a plate of authentic African food prepared by the student producers, and sat themselves before the big ence were also able to purchase colorful bags or shirts made from different African fabrics as they waited for the show to
crowd sat captivated, as they watched a video about a school in Tanzania, projected in They listened to primary school children talk about their love for education and what they wanted to be when they grew
“The videos produced by these students are extremely professional and we have been very grateful for all the work that they put into making them,”
“In the spring, the students work together to produce a organization, here in the Bay Area and then in the summer, they travel to another country and produce a video for a non-governmental organization or NGO in that country,” said Betsy Blosser, a broadcast and electronic communication arts
student, Brian Favorite, accompanied the team and assisted students with their productions,
promotional videos for them, alongside other students who were unable to take part in the second half of the course later
The team that traveled to Tanzania was comprised of four undergraduate BECA major; Kimberlee Walker, David Garcia, Kellen Balla and
Prior to traveling to Tanzania, the students worked with the Edgewood Center for Children and Families as part of their local project and produced two
Blosser teaches this class every spring and has taken groups to Ghana, India, Guatemala, Thailand, Peru, El -
of the Edgewood Center for Children and Families who was er and her team of students experiences they encountered as they set foot far outside of their comfort zones and landed halfway across the world in the and at that time they went to
The students plan to send the video back to Karatu to the people at Tumaini Junior School and the Lake Eyasi Girls Vocation Training Centre to student editor, David Garcia, video is complete they will
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SOMArts adds new rituals to old traditions shawnw@mail.sfsu.edu
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HE SOMArts Cultural Center was alive with people looking to honor the dead at the opening reception of this year’s Día de los Muertos art exhibition last Friday, Oct. 11. The event, titled “Imagining Time, Gathering Memory: Día de los Muertos 2013,” paid tribute to the recently deceased, as well as raised social awareness toward the way in which their subjects passed away. Installations honored Trayvon Martin, the civilian victims of Syria, and victims of bullying. Others deceased were featured alongside pieces of art for this year’s theme, honoring those whose lives have been affected by cancer. This year’s theme was chosen due to the alarming rates of deaths attributed to cancer in the Latino community. According to a report by the American
Cancer Society, cancer has now surpassed heart disease as the No. 1 leading cause of death among Latinos. This subject is one that co-curator René Yañez is, unfortunately, all too familiar with. Not only has Yañez’s partner been battling cancer for longer than a year, but Yañez himself was informed just four months ago that he too had the deadly disease. “It has a personal meaning; I’m hoping that it’s educational, but not preachy,” said Yañez about this year’s theme. “What I found out when my partner has cancer is the information is really not accessible. So I’m hoping that through going through the exhibit people can get some awareness.” Founder of Latinas Contra Cancer, and former KRON 4 News Anchor, Ysabel Duron was approached by Yañez to help further the amount of information available to guests of the exhibit. “Most people really don’t
want to face it unless it really slaps them in the face,” said Duron about the lack of education regarding cancer. “One of my mantras for my agency is talking about cancer won’t kill us, the silence will.” While genetics do heighten certain individuals susceptibility to cancer, Duron states that lack of education regarding environmental factors, an issue which particularly affects low-income Latinos, is an even bigger contributor to cancer. “They are actually the larger percentage,” said Duron about cases of cancer caused by environmental factors. “Genetics plays (a role in) only about 40 percent of the cancers that we know.” Denise Richards, who currently teaches instructional technology at SF State, was among the artists chosen to create an installation for this year’s event. Richards’ interest in the Día de los Muertos tradition was sparked while she was in the
bachelor’s degree in anthropology. After attending a cultural event on Día de los Muertos, which Yañez had actually organized as well, she became captivated by the traditions and meaning behind the event. “I began looking at Day of the Dead and kind of being interested in why people who weren’t Hispanic were adopting it. And what I realized is people in our society don’t really have a way to remember their ancestors,” said Richards. Richards, who has done seven previous projects for this event, chose to dedicate this year’s installation, entitled “Crossing Over” as a tribute to her dogs that have passed away. The piece pays homage to Aztec mythology, where dogs help their deceased owners cross one of the
nine perilous stages of the journey to Mictlan, the Aztec underworld. The installation features a paper mache dog sitting in a wooden boat that is suspended above a model river to signify the water the spirits must traverse. On one side of the wall is a picture of Richards’ deceased dogs, while the other side allows viewers of the exhibit to leave a message in memory of their own dogs. “I thought I could do a sculpture on the Aztec yellow dog, who is traditionally the type of dog who gets them past where they can drown in that water and never reach Mictlan,” said Richards. “And at the same time honor my dogs who have helped me across other kinds of treacherous shores in my lifetime.” The Día de los Muertos exhibit will be on display at the SOMArts Cultural Center from Oct. 12 - Nov. 9, admission to the gallery is free.
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Debt ceiling debate misses Americans’ needs
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raising the United States’ debt ceiling does nothing but kick an uncomfortable can down the road. The proverbial can in this sense is our over-consumptive spending. We have a country whose government spends more than it takes in. The Examiner reported this past April that the Congressio-
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have been promised (or are owed) its support. According to Jeffrey Dorfman, a contributor to Forbes, the United States can meet those obligations without a debt ceiling increase, and he shows how it’s possible using current tax revenues. “In simple terms, the government would have to spend an amount less than or
revenues of $2.7 trillion in taxes for 2013 — the most in the country’s history — yet $800 bilspending for the entire year. The average American isn’t exactly handling debt responsibly, either. An article by NerdWallet analyzed federal government data, and concluded the average American carries $15,185 in credit card debt. The data nets the cumulative debt of the American population at $11.13 trillion — about two-thirds of the $16.7 trillion our government owes. Regardless of how one feels about the growing national debt, the fact is that millions of Americans depend on Social
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The real discussion that should take place is how to curb the growing national debt,
equal to what it earns,” said Dorfman. “Just like ordinary Americans have to do in their everyday lives.” Though many Americans carry debt, cial decisions about what is most important. Whether that be comfortably feeding ourselves and our families, paying for transportation to work or school, or making rent on time — our necessities dictate If the debt ceiling is not raised, that is not the end of the world. In that event, the government should reallocate its funds to make sure benand other entitlements are taken care of. With millions of Americans depending on support many of them are owed, allowing that to fall through is not an option. Like any responsible individual who our government needs to get its act together and act on behalf of its people. In our places of employment, if we frequently fail our failure of our government to allow enough money to be spent on what it has already
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Millions of federal workers have already lost their income since Oct. 1 because of the government shutdown. It’s beyond time our government reopens it’s doors, end the debt ceiling debate, and
Fight for fair pay against gender gap There are many things students should understand before entering the workforce. The country’s gender wage gap is one of them. What’s the gender wage gap? In America, women earn roughly 77 cents to every dollar a man makes, according to a the census report. I would have checked the census for you, but the government shutdown meant no survey data. Bummer. Not all states are as low as 77 cents; for example, California has one of the lowest wage gaps; women make 84 cents for every man’s dollar, while other states have women who make as little as 67 cents for every dollar (hello, Louisiana!) according to Forbes’ “The Geography Of Earnings By State.” Wait a second, you’re probably saying. The highest you can get is 84 cents, not a whole dollar? Correct. The wage gap between men and women has made great improvements in the last century, but further improvement stalled out in the early 2000’s. Why is this? WSJ’s article Moved Much in Years” has a few insights. For one, women might be growing in education and earning graduate degrees, offer the highest wages. Women also tend to work less hours than men, many having other responsibilities outside of work. But the article also points out that discrimination is also still a factor.
So how does this apply to college students? The obvious effect is that ladies who study now will most likely make less than their male classmates in the future. Good thing is we’re all already in school; the wage gap between grads and non-grads is an entirely worse situation.
of wages on the account of sex, gender and national origin. be passed in Congress, but is supported by women’s groups and advocates seeking equal pay for women. Your employer isn’t held to this act since it has not passed, so ask if they support it and what their take on it is.
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they’re victims of the gender wage gap and receive unequal pay? Often companies enforce an employee wage nondisout what someone else makes can only be heard through the grapevine or off the record; not something you can go to your boss about. to go to your supervisors and discuss you and your coworkers’ abilities to discuss pay, and why you think it would be a positive thing for all employees. See if your workplace supports the discrimination in the payment
The issue isn’t entirely gender discrimination, or wage negotiation either. While women now outnumber men in U.S. universities, but Sarah Jane Glynn, associate director of women’s economic policy at the Center for Street Journal that while women are getting graduate degrees, they aren’t necessarily in the highest According to CBS, it’s “a chicken-and-the-egg problem” where women have lower salary expectations — 14 percent lower than men’s, according to their article. And sadly, women factor in the wage gap when thinking about their expected
salaries. Men, on the other hand, overestimate. Women and female students shouldn’t be afraid to both dream and demand big salaries. Men’s overestimates could be a factor in why 46 percent of men always negotiate their salary, while only 30 percent of women negotiate, according to Salary.com. The New York Times’ article, “How To Attack the Gender Wage Gap? Speak Up” said to stop the gender wage gap, women need to (obviously) speak up and be prepared to negotiate. According to the article, how a woman approaches negotiation is also key — readiness offer, and also the right attitude to negotiate. A person needs to demand, but not come off as pushy or unlikeable since that will count against her. The NYT article sites Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In,” and how understanding the dynamics of asking is the way to overcome the unfair situation. A lot of it falls to the assumption that this is the way make less. But that assumption is the very core of the issue. As college students and a new generation entering the workforce, we need to think forward and set better goals for women in the workplace to close the gap. A Type A overachiever, Nena Far-
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“It’s an interesting thing because knowing Decensae you would never imagine such a horrible thing to have occurred,” Trevor said. “I still don’t know much about it to this day, literally it hasn’t affected us at all. We’ve just gone about our business and we wish the best for him and his family, but we don’t touch on it too much.” The Gators will not be lacking in leadership as they boast a roster with seven
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returning players, including two fourth-year seniors, the veteran presence has the SF State’s men’s basketball team poised to make a run at the conference title. With these returning players, the Gators look to improve on a year, in which legiate Athletic Association conference, with a 13-9 record, and ranked tenth in the West Region. “It wasn’t good enough,” said head coach Paul Trevor. “They know it wasn’t good enough, we were better than that...so we got a lot of hungry seniors in there.”
including former Fresno State Bulldog Bennie Rhodes. “If you’re messing up, all the seniors are going to say something,” Perdomo said. “We know what we want, and it’s our last time to accomplish our goals— championships.” The early part of the team’s schedule will not be kind to the Gators as they open
Otiono returns for his senior season joined by fellow senior and second team All-
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said. “You’re also led by Max Fodor who is a four-year senior and Brandon Tatum who was your glue last year, so we
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we brought in, so we have a really good nucleus.” Perdomo rejoins a team that fell to just four points in the second round of the conference tournament. “I’m really excited about coming back,” Perdomo said. “I’ve been watching for a whole season, so I just learned a lot from watching and I’m just really excited to play.” SF State will be without last year’s leading scorer Decensae White, who graduated in the spring. White made news in the offseason after being arrested in connection with the murder of Atlanta rapper “Lil Phat.”
“Playing in big games is something a lot of teams don’t get to do,” Fodor said. “We had the opportunity to play multiple big games so that kind of gets us ready for dence to build so we know what to expect from a bigger crowd against a higher ranked team, so we aren’t going to come out shy or timid.” The Gators began practice Tuesday, Oct. 15 and will host a midnight madness event, open to SF State students from 9 11 p.m. Oct. 18 in the main gym, aka the Swamp to introduce the team to students.
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Senior Gators celebrate at home meet Jimenez, a senior, was out due to a plantar fascia injury and was unable to race until the meet last Friday. However, she made the most of her comeback, distancing herself
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ing second overall with a time of 21:37.1. She came close to
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SF State v Cal State East Bay 3 p.m. Cox Stadium San Francisco
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SF State v Cal State Monterey Bay 7 p.m. Otter Sports Center Seaside, Calif.
SATURDAY Oct. 19 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Santa Clara Invitational 10:30 a.m. Baylands Park Sunnyvale, Calif.
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Santa Clara Invitational 11:15 a.m. Baylands Park Sunnyvale, Calif.
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Courtney Anderson, a runner “I think (the race) went really well,” Jimenez said. “I was really excited coming back from an injury. Realistically, I wasn’t expecting too much. I just wanted to stay up in the front and hold on as much as I could, and it worked.” Jimenez’s teammate, Paxton Cota, rounded out the top clocking a time of 22:27.4. In the men’s race, SF State runners Bruk Assefa and Benji Preciado engaged in a tight contest with three of Humboldt State’s runners and a lone runner from San Diego Mesa in the top ten: Preciado placed sixth overall with a time of 25:32.5, and Assefa was right on his heels at 25:32.9. The San Diego Mesa runner, Steven 25:01.3 time. “It was a tough race, but as a team we did really well,” Assefa said. “It would have been nice to win the last home meet,
but things don’t always go as planned. It’s still early in the season and we’ll see how we do at (CCAA) conference.” The Gators had a brief ceremony after the invitational for the teams’ graduating seniors Bruk Assefa, Ryan Chio, Ryan Woods and Will Zentmyer, on the men’s side; and Kaylie Belk, Zuleima Bernal, Rebecca Nuñez, Becky Park, and Alica Trujillo, on the women’s. The ceremony, which included posters of the athletes and recollection of their personal achievements, was bittersweet for some. “It’s really hard,” Assefa said. “I feel emotional just talking about it. But, you know, life goes on.”
The season is far from over for SF State cross-country. With CCAA Championships two weeks away and nationals further down the road, the Gators will use next week as an opportunity to rest up before the crucial part of their season. The team plans to forego their next scheduled meet, the Santa Clara Invitational Oct. 19, to focus on practice. “We’re not going to race until conference, unless somebody needs a race,” Lyons said. “Otherwise, we’re just going to get ready, and actually, we’re really still a couple weeks away from what we really want to do well in, which is regionals and nationals.”
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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SF State v Cal State East Bay 7 p.m. Pioneer Gymnasium Hayward
SCOREBOARD Cross-Country SF State Invitational
2nd out of 10 teams. 2nd out of 7 teams.
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Women’s Soccer v Humboldt State Sept 27: won 1-0 v Sonoma State Sept. 29: tie 0-0
Women’s Volleyball v Sonoma State Sept 27: lost 0-3 v Humboldt State Sept. 28: lost 1-3 v Cal Poly Pomona Sept. 28: lost 2-3
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Point guard brings the heat this season
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FF THE court, SF State basketball player Calvin Otiono is known by his team, as well as his family and friends, for his upbeat, outgoing personality. But upon tip-off, the 6-foot-1 point guard is a force to be reckoned with. “He’s got a great personality, but at the same time, he’s a competitor, he wants to win,” said men’s basketball coach Paul Trevor. “He’ll beat you and smile at you while he’s doing it.” Otiono, a junior college transfer, joined the SF State team last year after sitting out a year in between schools. In his debut season, he drove the the California Collegiate Athletic Association and ninth place in the West Region. Individually, he led the CCAA in three-point 47 percent, while racking up His achievements stem from a lifelong zeal for basketball and dedication to perfecting his craft. As a kid growing up in Sacramento, he remembers getting hooked on the sport at an
early age. “(In third grade), I would ask my dad to take me to the park so I could get better and beat every kid in my class,” Otiono said with a laugh. His mother, Erica, signed Calvin and his two brothers up for basketball camp on the weekends to keep them busy, and quickly realized her middle child had a gift. “He was still very, very young,” she said. “But when he played, he stood out from the others.” Otiono led his Sheldon High team to a San Joaquin Division I Championship. His coach at the time, Scott Gradin, strongly believed he had the potential to play at the next level. Gradin connected Otiono with Brian Katz, head coach of the men’s basketball program at San Joaquin Delta College, a powerhouse among junior colleges. It was under Katz’s seasoned guidance that Otiono became a college-caliber player. “(Practice) was extremely disciplined, almost like we were in the military,” Otiono said. “We were running 100 percent at all times; we had to tuck in our shirts; we had to have eye contact with him while he was talking. I feel like (Coach Katz) just want-
ed to teach that discipline, that groundwork, to be a successful person. And with that discipline I think it helped (us) mature.” Along with his newfound discipline, Otiono left Delta with California Community College Athletic Association Final Four appearance under his belt, one of only two in the school’s history. His success there was enough to peak SF State coach Paul Trevor’s interest, and he reached out to Otiono during his quest to transfer. The two automatically clicked. “It’s really nice coaching Calvin, he never loses his com-
posure,” Trevor said. “You think you’re making a run at him, and he’s nice and relaxed. He’ll say a guy that brings that kind of calming effect to your basketball program. He has a unique ability to make the people around him better and to win.” With three returning all-conPerdomo, and William Overton, Trevor feels the Gators are in a good position to capture the CCAA conference title. For Otiono, who’s in his senior year, it would be the perfect way to
end his college career. “I just want to win,” Otiono said. “Our main focus right now is to put a banner up, get a CCAA championship. And I feel like we have the talent to do it. That’s really my only goal.” After graduation, Otiono, a sociology major, plans to get his master’s degree in business and hopefully continue his basketball career at the professional level. “I hope to play basketball for as long as I can,” he said. “If I can go overseas, that would myself playing over there. I just have to continue to work hard.”
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