Fall 2014 issue 11

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Faculty vote to merge dance with theater arts PETER SNARR

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Theater arts faculty members and two tenure track dance professors voted to move the dance program out of the School of Music and Dance and into the theater arts department last week, commencing the first step to official University approval.

The program’s move was approved in an overwhelming 18-0 vote, according to Interim Chair of theater arts Rhonnie Washington.

“We have been collaborating with dance for years,” Washington said.

“We invited dance to join with theatre arts several years ago when the dance department was looking for shelter in a larger department. They elected to go with music.”

The idea to merge dance with theater arts began a few months ago when the School of Music and Dance expressed interest in expanding their orchestra and wind faculty, as well as their recording program, but not in expanding the dance program, according to interim dean for the College of Liberal and Creative Arts Daniel Bernardi.

The two programs got together in mid-September to consider the idea, which resulted in a proposal to merge them into one department, Washington said.

With the dance program in the theater arts department, Bernardi said the program would have a better chance of developing and would be a better fit. “(It’s) one step toward our plan to grow dance,” Bernardi said.

With the faculty’s approval, the process of moving the program to the theater arts department now seeks approval from senior leadership which includes the Academic Council, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Sue Rosser and President Leslie E. Wong, though no date for the vote has been set.

Washington said all degree programs would continue if the merger takes place, which would be implemented beginning the Fall 2015 semester if approved.

The vote comes in the midst of University plans to consolidate the LCA. Earlier this semester, Xpress reported that the dance studio in the Fine Arts Building would be altered to make room for the University Museum, leaving dance students with only one space to practice in the Gymnasium.

“There are other moves in LCA like this,” Bernardi said. “Lots of good stuff.”

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SPONTANEOUS: An impromptu flash mob of dance students led by SF State junior dance major Matthew Mckines, center right, perform at Malcolm X Plaza Monday, Nov. 3 to inform passersby of the upcoming town hall meeting immediately following.

Dean to reconsider dance studio move PETER SNARR

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Tensions ran high at the packed town hall meeting in Knuth Hall Monday where the SF State community met to address the conversion of the Fine Arts dance studio into a campus museum.

“You’re taking away our church,” said dance major Becky Kalinowski. “(The dance studio) means that much to this program.”

Bernardi told the audience that McKenna Theatre was deemed suitable

Safety issues in McKenna Theatre prompt student concern as a temporary dance space for Spring 2015 when it was viewed by faculty over the summer, but students were not convinced.

After much debate about safety concerns, which included McKenna Theatre’s uneven floors and cold temperatures, Interim Dean of the College of Liberal and Creative Arts Daniel Bernardi agreed to reevaluate the use of the theater as a temporary dance space for the Spring 2015 semester.

“These are legitimate issues,” Bernardi said. “I need to look at McKenna (Theatre) and evaluate safety concerns.”

The LCA agreed to meet after dancers first received the news at the start of DANCERS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

World Series win infuses joy with chaos KYLE MCLORG

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For two days after the World Series victory by the Giants, San Francisco erupted in sometimes destructive celebrations, beginning with a latenight riot last Wednesday and ending Friday with a rain-filled parade.

Fans in the downtown area upheld their tradition of marching from the Civic Center toward the Embarcadero last Wednesday when the Giants won Game 7.

Certainly wary of how out of control past World Series celebrations have gotten, police on dirt bikes and in patrol cars lined Market Street at every turn, keeping chaos at bay for as long as possible.

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Dancers voice concern over proposed space Check out goldengatexpress.org for a video of Monday’s flash mob

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REACTION: (left to right) Interim dean of liberal and creative arts Daniel Bernardi, associate dean Susan Shimanoff, associate dean Todd Roehman and director of the school of music and dance Dianthe Spencer listen as dance major Leesha Zieber asks a question during a forum in Knuth Hall to discuss the future of the dance department’s studio Monday, Nov. 3.

October that the studio in the Fine Arts Building room 203 would be converted into a museum.

“I should have had this meeting sooner,” Bernardi said.

“That’s on me and I take full responsibility for that.”

The meeting featured a panel of associate deans Susan Shimanoff and Todd Roehrman, Director of the School of Music and Dance Dianthe Spencer and Bernardi.

The event began with a misunderstanding between students and Bernardi when it started 20 minutes ahead of schedule. According to the LCA website, the meeting was set at 6:30 p.m., which the dancers expected. Bernardi started the event at 6:10 p.m.

Bernardi said the consoli-

dation of the LCA sprung from a lack of space in the other departments, including the science department.

“Science classes are being held in portables,” Bernardi said. “I saw an opportunity to free up space for science, while simultaneously consolidating the College of Liberal and Creative Arts. Many departments are going through changes, including a 25 to 30 percent reduction of the journalism department, not just dance.”

Dance students disagreed with the decision and expressed that they didn’t want to pay full tuition while not having access to two dedicated dance studios.

Another concern about the proposed space was that rehearsals would be pushed to the afternoon because of previously

scheduled classes, according to dance instructor Wendy Diamond.

“McKenna (Theatre) holds classes in the morning,” Diamond said. “Dancers need morning space. They need to be adequately warmed (up) by the time rehearsals start in the afternoon.”

Many rumors were circulating among dance students that lecture curriculum would be cut in half. Bernardi dispelled those concerns when he said that in addition to the use of McKenna Theatre for rehearsals, classrooms that had previously been used as lecture classes would be available once again.

“I asked a question that was not answered adequately,” said Sadie Queally-Sammut, a music

Many departments are going through changes, including a 25 to 30 percent reduction of the journalism department, not just dance.

Daniel Bernardi, INTERIM DEAN, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL AND CREATIVE ARTS

major. “He dodged questions.”

By the end of the two hour session, some students felt that Bernardi was still not sympathetic to their situation.

“Since I stayed here longer I’m reluctant to do a second meeting,” Bernardi said. “I’m not sure this was productive.”

Earlier in the day, dance students and supporters coordinated a flash mob in Malcolm

X Plaza to draw attention to the event and garner signatures for a petition to urge the LCA to reconsider the conversion of the Fine Arts studio.

“We decided to do a flash mob, not only because we are dance majors,” said dance student Meagan Wells. “But to show (that dance) is something that is a part of our lives.”

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PHOTOS BY DANIEL PORTER / XPRESS

EDUCATE: (ABOVE ) Asian-American studies professor Grace J. Yoo introduces the first speaker during a workshop discussion at Burk Hall Tuesday, Nov. 4. (RIGHT) Assistant professor Eric Pido, Ph.D., talks to students about his personal experiences during a workshop discussion hosted by the Asian-American studies department at Burk Hall Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Student death prompts domestic abuse workshop IDA MOJADAD

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Prompted by the recent shooting death of an SF State student allegedly at the hand of her ex-boyfriend, the Asian-American studies department hosted a workshop Tuesday to confront the root causes of male violence.

Around 40 students and faculty attended the workshop to commemorate Cecilia Lam, who majored in Asian-American studies and advocated against domestic violence before her death

Oct. 10.

“There was so much attention around Ceci’s death,” said Asian-American studies assistant professor Eric Pido, who spoke at the panel. “Colleagues and faculty were overwhelmed by her passing. We wanted to open the opportunity to remind folks that this is a men’s issue.”

Pido joined Ramesh Kathanadhi of Men Stopping Violence and Yeon-Shim Lee, an associate professor in the school of social work, to analyze the way domestic violence’s societal impact and the discussions around it.

“Intimate partner violence is pan-cultural, but racial ethnic minorities tend to experience more,” said Lee, who added that one-fourth of women are exposed to the type of violence within their lifetime.

Kathanadhi and Pido narrowed the focus on the reasons behind the violence by illustrating males’ lack of accountability.

For instance, they told of a man who arrived late to class and vandalized the facilities in an attempt to enter, only to blame his wife for encouraging him to enroll in courses.

“Men use violence because they choose to, because it works and because they can,” Kathanadhi told the audience. “It’s against the code of manhood to call each other out. Male socialization matters.”

Kathanadhi and Pido asked female participants to write down ideas to elevate male behavioral expectations. In turn, they asked male members to step outside the culture of violence — from interrupting women to committing murder.

“I was very quiet when my abuses happened,” said health

education student Brenda Ramos, whose courses have raised similar conversations to those in the workshop. “But learning all this, my voice does matter.”

Kathanadhi brought the discussion back to his own faults and confrontations with men he knows, like his father, despite his experience as a speaker on the issue.

“I’m not one of the good guys, I have work to do like the rest of us,” Kathanadhi said.

“If we raise the bar, we can do better.”

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Activist’s journey promotes transgender rights

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ALMA VILLEGAS

s part of a global movement toward trans visibility, an internationally recognized transgender Latina activist paid SF State a visit last Thursday for the only Bay Area screening of a film documenting her story.

Students gathered at the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center to watch Dante Alencastre’s film “Transvisible: Bamby Salcedo’s Story,” which chronicles Salcedo from her drug addiction to becoming a leader for transgender rights.

Salcedo’s confidence in her male-to-female transition has inspired others in the transgender community to come out, resulting in increased visibility, according to the documentary.

“Yes, there is visibility, but we are not getting what we should get,” said Salcedo. “Those structures that govern our societies and our lives are not changing.”

Salcedo walked in at the end of the film and greeted every person in the room with a hug to thank them for attending before she took questions from the audience.

The gratitude was reciprocated with one student in particular, Itza Muñoz, who shared her experience with a high school friend who committed suicide. She attributed this to a lack of support and resources for transgender youth.

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“I had a friend who passed away three years ago, era una (she was a) Latina transitioning from male-to-female,” said Muñoz.

“Unfortunately I lost her due to self-violence since she committed suicide, and it hurts me so much because all these resources that I’m learning about now weren’t available to us.”

To present positive images of transgender youth, Salcedo initiated Angels of Change, an annual fundraising calendar.

“They are told for so much of their life that who they are is not okay, and to have an experience where they’re being celebrated for who they are is life-changing,” said Johanna Johnson, M.D. of the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles.

The National Transgender Discrimination Survey, the largest survey of gender non-conforming and transgender people to date, found attempted suicide rates are highest among transgender youth.

Transgender youth from 18 to 24 years old reported a 45 percent rate of attempted suicide.

Salcedo, who is currently a student at California State University Los Angeles, said the scarcity of resources catering to the transgender community deals directly with the invisibility of transgender people.

“We don’t know how many

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UNITY: Bamby Salcedo (left) entwines hands with Deziree Miller after a question and answer session with actvist in the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center Reading Room Thursday, Oct. 30.

trans people are in the world, in the United States,” she said.

One of Salcedo’s most recent contributions in policy regarding transgender rights was advocating for the 2010 We All Matter, We All Count campaign, in which the US Census Bureau agreed to start collecting and forming data inclusive of the transgender community.

“We need to focus on the dayto-day realities that affect queer and trans folks,” said Cassidy Barrington, founder of the former Queer Resource Center. “Every time you open Facebook or open the newspaper, another transgender woman — it’s usually a transgender woman — has been beaten or killed, or has been arrested because she was defending herself during an attack.”

Barrington graduated from SF State last semester, but not before she worked to change the name of the Queer Resource Center to the Queer and Trans Resource Center.

She explained that the term queer is generally a sexuality-related identity, whereas transgender is a gender-based identity.

“To not give (transgender) people a name of their own, to just subsume them into that umbrella is at the heart transphobic,” Barrington said.

The growing number of freshman students who identify as transgender and question their gender identity led to a weekly group called Gender Spectrum for transgender, gender queer, non-binary and gender questioning people, according to QTRC Director

Sebastián Francisco Ochoa-Kaup.

“I think here at SF State there’s a general theme of the school not seeing a need to having a QRC or QTRC because we’re in San Francisco,” said OchoaKaup. “There’s this idea that we’re more liberal, we’re more safe even though it’s not true at all. It ignores all the oppressive factors that are at SF State.”

Salcedo ended her talk with a personal piece of written expression called “Aquí Estoy (I am here)” and announced plans for a National Trans Lives Matter Day of Action Nov. 18 to demand comprehensive investigations of murdered transgender people.

“Stop killing us,” Salcedo said. “It is our given right to exist.”

Kink and Bondage workshop unbinds taboos PETER SNARR

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TIED UP: Professional kinkster Shay Tiziano (left) and her assistant, health education major Jade Taylor, demonstrate bondage techniques in the Rosa Parks conference room as part of the Educational and Referral Organization for Sexuality’s Kink and Bondage workshop Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Ropes, scarves and neckties awaited curious students in the Rosa Parks conference room at the Educational and Referral Organization for Sexuality’s Kink and Bondage workshop last Wednesday.

The 83 person crowd wasted no time engaging in the workshop as instructors Shay Tiziano, “expert kinkster” and education director of the SF Citadel, and Jade Taylor, a health education student, led the discussion.

“I’ve been tied so tight I’ve experienced some nerve damage,” psychology major Morgan Bockelman said proudly at the workshop as attendees shared their past experiences with bondage.

While the workshop was full of laughter and energy during knot tying demonstrations, the event addressed the larger issue of ethics and safety within the bondage community.

“I’m glad that she focused on awareness and safety,” said Fredrick Raie, a gender studies student. “I’m new to this so it was a good introduction.”

EROS is an Associated Students Inc. funded program that provides safe-sex materials, referrals to other organizations and resources, and hosts workshops like the kink and bondage event.

The program even has its own collection of pornographic movies that can be rented out to students.

“I know for a fact that there are two former students in there,” Heather Russell, the director of EROS said with a

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smile, although she would not say which titles.

The collection includes films that depict presentations of safe sex, are feminist in nature and are locally produced.

At the workshop, the demonstrations came to a climax when Tiziano asked Taylor to shimmy off her panties to be used as an impromptu mouth gag. Taylor, who has assisted Tiziano in workshops for over five years, said that it was a little different doing it in front of her peers and classmates.

“It was an interesting experience,” Taylor said. “It’s something I had never done before, so I was a little uneasy at first, but once the class got going it was great.”

While EROS likes to present sex in a fun, lighthearted way, their main purpose is education and talking about sexual subjects that have historically been taboo. “(The audience) was super great,” Tiziano said. “I never know if I’m going to get the deer in the headlights.”

Last month the group hosted a workshop on prostate pleasure that went beyond explaining how to reach the male g-spot and addressed straight males’ stigmas of prostate stimulation.

“Sometimes we never know what we’re going to get with a guest,” Russell, said. “(Tiziano) covered the nitty gritty while also addressing safety, gender issues, things that we try to promote.”

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Project refocuses 19th Avenue on bicycle safety TIMOTHY SMITH

tsmith@mail.sfsu.edu

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and local bicyclists came together Saturday to reimagine a more bike-friendly transportation corridor for 19th Avenue.

Representatives from the SFMTA invited local bicyclists to the J. Paul Leonard Library Saturday to discuss a proposed project that would realign the M-Ocean View Muni line to facilitate a growing population and alleviate traffic on 19th Avenue.

The purpose of the meeting was for feedback on designs before the agency begins the environmental review phase of the project.

“I like to think of this project as one that is pretty transformative for 19th Avenue because we would totally redesign the street to make it an easier place to cross,” said Liz Brisson, manager for the 19th Avenue/M-Ocean View Project.

In 2011, Parkmerced signed a development agreement with the city to construct roughly 5,600 additional housing units in the area.

Parkmerced also committed to investing $70 million in transportation infrastructure as part of the agreement, according to Brisson.

The SFMTA conducted a study for two years following the agreement, collecting information to determine feasible options for restructuring 19th Avenue to be

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PEDAL: Mark Dreger (left) and Janice Li (right) ride bicycles to prospective sites for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to improve cycling traffic Saturday, Nov. 1.

more transit-friendly.

Parkmerced and the city agreed to baseline improvements of the M-Ocean View line as part of their development deal, but concerns about transportation conditions prompted the SFMTA to explore other options, Brisson said.

The new proposal includes moving the M-Ocean View line underground at St. Francis Circle to eliminate street crossings that

cause major delays, using the new space to expand bicycle and pedestrian facilities.

“19th Avenue doesn’t work well for anybody right now,” Brisson said. “How can we possibly accommodate the people who are going to live in the 5,600 more housing units in Parkmerced?”

The project involves the construction of a station in Parkmerced and a bridge over Junipero Serra Boulevard to connect with

existing tracks on Randolph Street.

The earliest construction is expected to begin by 2020, according to the SFMTA’s final report following the feasibility study.

Mark Dreger, a former intern for the San Francisco Bike Coalition, grew up in the area and rides his bike and Muni through the 19th Avenue corridor on a regular basis.

“The M-Ocean View is chronically unreliable,” Dreger said. “I think anybody at SF State

or anybody here should realize that.”

Brisson said that the average speed for a light rail vehicle above ground is 8.5 miles per hour during peak times. More than 66,000 cars drive down 19th Avenue a day, and fully separating the train and cars would reduce travel time by 8 minutes per trip, according to a fact sheet provided by the SFMTA. Bert Hill chairs the San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee, which provides expertise to the city in its effort to reduce reliance on automobile transport. He said moving away from automobile-based transport would make the area much more livable.

“Anything we can do to eliminate the need for automobiles is only going to benefit the community,” Hill said.

Jason Henderson, a professor in SF State’s department of geography and the environment, said he encounters several physical barriers biking to campus every day. Henderson teaches several courses on transportation and land use, including bicycle geographies, which explores the cultural and political implications of bike infrastructure.

“We need to be thinking about bicycle connectivity that gets us to the 21st century, not just waiting year after year,” Henderson said.

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2014 Midterm Election

Local and state results recap 1974

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he Nov. 4 midterm election brought new and repeat voters to the three polling locations within SF State proximity, who helped determine local and statewide races and propositions.

Some campaigns encountered heavy competition, including the District 17 State Assembly seat that pit board of supervisors David Chiu and David Campos against each other and resulted in a victory for Chiu.

Incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown was approved for a fourth term after opponent Neel Kashkari conceded in the gubernatorial race shortly after polls closed.

Propositions swayed on the scale with the overwhelming approval of Prop 1 to aid the state’s drought problems while the local measure to impose a sugary-beverage tax failed to secure a two-thirds vote.

Below are unofficial projected results as of press time provided by the City and County of San Francisco.

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TRAFFICKING: San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu speaks during a debate with Supervisor David Campos at SF State’s J. Paul Leonard Library Wednesday, April 16, 2013. Chiu and Campos are both running for California State Legislature to represent San Francisco’s 17th assembly district.

DISTRICT 17 ASSEMBLY RACE District 3 Supervisor David Chiu, representative of the eastern portion of San Francisco, secured his seat in the California State Assembly winning 51.37 percent of the vote against District 9 Supervisor David Campos.

Chiu will leave his seat on the board of supervisors vacant to fulfill his role as the District 17 assemblyman. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who endorsed him last month, will have the power to find someone to fill Chiu’s seat until the 2016 supervisor elections.

State Propositions 2012

Proposition 1

David Chiu was re-elected to represent District 3 in a second term

Chiu was elected as president for the Board of Supervisors

2013

Voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 1, effectively allocating $7.12 billion in general obligation bonds for water supply infrastructure advancements in the state. The recent drought in California made the proposition particularly relevant, drawing a favorable 76.42 percent of votes.

Funds totalling $425 million will be reallocated from prior water bond acts for projects pertaining to water storage, supply management, treatment improvements, drinking water protection, ecosystem and watershed protection, water recycling and flood control.

The legislative analyst estimates the state bond repayment will increase to $360 million per year for the next 40 years, paid for by general tax revenues.

Local governments are predicted to save an average of $200 million per year over the next few decades.

Proposition 46 Californians rejected Proposition 46, or the Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Cap and Drug Testing of Doctors Initiative, to the tune of 65.23 percent of voters. If passed, it would have been the first law in the U.S. to necessitate random drug testing of medical practitioners.

The initiative proposed to raise the cap on medical negligence lawsuits to over $1 million. The original cap was set to $250,000 in 1975 and has never been adjusted for inflation.

Proposition supporters hoped the initiative would pass to assure fair compensation for victims of medical malpractice.

Proposition 47 2014

Brown is re-elected as California governor for a

Californians voted to pass Proposition 47 by a landslide 79 percent vote, which pushes the classification on some non-violent crimes down from felonies to misdemeanors. The offenses impacted include shoplifting, grand theft, fraud, forgery, writing bad checks, and receiving stolen property-- all up to a specified monetary amount.

The proposition reduces the sentence for personal use of most drugs and allows resentencing for prisoners serving sentences for the reclassified offenses. The initiative also creates a Safe Neighborhood and Schools Fund.

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Local Measures

Proposition A Voters threw support behind Prop A, the San Francisco Transportation and Road Improvement Bond, passing with 71.23 percent of votes. The proposition allocates $500 million to finance the construction and enhancement of infrastructure and public transportation services.

These transportation improvements will include building new escalators and platforms for the disabled, increasing pedestrian and bicycle safety and efforts to reduce travel time on public transportation, among other things.

Proposition E Proposition E pulled out a narrow 54.50 percent in favor, but failed to pass a two-cents-perounce tax on distributors of select sugar-sweetened beverages in San Francisco as it did not garner a two-thirds vote.

The funds collected would have gone toward health, nutrition, physical education and active recreation programs in public schools, parks and other entities in the city.

The measure deems a sugar-sweetened beverage as a drink that not only has added sugar, but is 25 calories or more per 12 ounces. Some beverages escape the tax even if there is sugar added Diet sodas, milk, infant formula, drinks that only contain natural fruit and vegetable juice, meal replacements and supplement beverages would not have been affected.

THE BREAKDOWN PROP A

Proposition C San Francisco approval of Prop C, which passed with 73.20 percent of votes, will extend funding for children and family programs like the Children’s Fund and Public Education Enrichment Fund.

Both programs provide services such as job training, child care and health services. The proposition also extended their funding for 25 years and 26 years respectively, according to this year’s Voter Information Pamphlet and Sample Ballot. The Children’s Fund will see annual bump to $65.4 million a year.

Coordinator for the San Francisco Child Care Planning & Advisory Council Erica Maybaum applauded the measure passage and said it was a victory for child care.

PROP J

PROP E

Proposition J

San Francisco voters approved by a 76.83 percent margin to instate a gradual increase in the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by July 2018, with further increases based on inflation.

The ordinance will begin the increases in 2015 at $12.35 per hour. The following year, the minimum wage would increase to $13 per hour, and increasing by $1 for the next two years.

The measure applies to private and public workers, and after 2018, annual cost of living wage increases will be implemented in the years to follow according to City Controller Ben Rosenfield.

PROP C

GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN Republican Neel Kashkari conceded to incumbent Jerry Brown, handing him a historic fourth term as the governor of California.

Brown served two terms as governor during the late 1970s and early ‘80s and again after winning the gubernatorial elections in 2010.

He captured more than half of the vote during the primary election, despite his limited media presence. Kashkari invested millions of his own money into his campaign according to the Secretary of State, but only received a projected 12.47 percent of state’s vote.

‘We’ve got some big, bold challenges,” Brown said outside the governor’s mansion in Sacramento. “I think the key for the next four years is to make the government do what it’s supposed to do.”

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JOE TUMAN SF State communications professor Joe Tuman came in fourth place, earning 12.39 percent of the vote in an election where incumbent Jean Quan lost her place as the Mayor of Oakland to Libby Schaaf, an Oakland City Councilmember. Tuman previously ran for the seat in 2010, garnering 12 percent of the city’s vote.

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Nothing can rain on this parade

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CELEBRATION: (ABOVE RIGHT) San Francisco Giants fans celebrate the third World Series victory in the last five years in the Mission District Wednesday, Oct 30. (ABOVE) Celebrating fans surround ignited rubble on Valencia Street after the Giants win the seventh game of the World Series, signifying their third win in the last five years Wednesday, Oct. 30. (BELOW) World Series Most Valuable Player Madison Bumgarner waves to the crowd during the Giants World Series Parade Friday, Oct. 31. (BELOW RIGHT) San Francisco Giants fans gather in Civic Center Plaza outside city hall to celebrate their 2014 World Series victory Friday, Oct. 31.

Authorities could not hold back the chaos at Union Square for long, though.

Hundreds gathered on either side of the street, flooding the sidewalk and the cable car turnaround before converging in the middle of the street and jumping around in ecstasy.

With traffic at a standstill, police eventually pushed the party east, only to see it converge around and on top of a Muni bus. Fans danced and posed for pictures while the helpless driver remained inside. One fan even hooked his sweatshirt around the livewire and swung from it like a zipliner.

After being pushed out again by the cops, the fans dispersed rather peacefully and marched from Third and King Streets, where AT&T Park stood dormant.

Mid-Market saw virtually no damage when compared to the celebrations of 2010 and 2012, but across town in the Mission District, things were not so benign.

“The second we got off of BART we saw a fight break out,” Collins said. He and his friends rode to the 24th Street station, where they were immediately warned to stay off of Mission Street. Using backstreets and alleys, they navigated toward 16th Street, avoiding cops firing tear gas and fans lighting mid-street bonfires along the way.

“It was for sure out of hand,” Collins said. “Some of (the rioting) was a bummer, but the kids need to get hyphy.”

Police in riot gear blocked off sections of the neighborhood, doing what they could to diffuse violence while watching helplessly as hooligans set fire to and defaced an entire neighborhood.

Along with fights, graffiti and bonfires, two people were reportedly shot, both in the Mission.

On Friday afternoon, San Francisco hosted its third World Series Championship Parade in the last five years, and the ceremony that followed exemplified what makes the Giants truly special.

“This is a once in a lifetime experience, we just got to have SARA GOBETS / XPRESS

three of them,” Giants fan Erik Adelman said as he waited for the celebration to begin.

Rain pounded San Francisco all morning, but it didn’t stop thousands from setting up shop at Civic Center Plaza early with chairs and umbrellas. Although the wet weather may have dampened some people’s day, it was a blessing for local roofer Randy Lee. “This is my first parade,” Lee said.

“Usually I work out here on the roofs, but it’s raining today, so I get to be here!”

The weather let up and the crowd thickened in the evening, where five Jumbotrons broadcasted from beyond as the San Francisco Giants parade made its final turn behind city hall.

Giants Public Address Announcer Renel Brooks-Moon opened the ceremonies before handing it off to radio play-byplay man Jon Miller, who handled player introductions.

Mayor Ed Lee led off with a highpitched “Yes! Yes! Yes!,” Larry Baer praised the team and Brian Sabean began his address by making a plea for a higher payroll.

“Before we start the ‘Sign Pablo’ chants,” Sabean mused. Then he turned to Baer and said, “I’m a little light, Larry.”

Hunter Pence poured fuel on the fire when he led his own “Yes! Yes! Yes!” chants and asked the crowd about their soon-to-be free agent third baseman Pablo Sandoval.

“Re-sign Pablo?” he shouted, and the crowd roared three yeses back at him.

It was caffeinated speeches from beloved players like Pence and heartfelt ovations from Mike Krukow

and Duane Kuiper that the soaked masses truly came to see.

“We’ve been praying for rain and parades for a long time, and we get ‘em on the same day,” Krukow quipped. “How cool is that?”

The long-time Giants color analyst, who recently intimated that he has a degenerative muscle disease called inclusion-body myositis, visibly limped to the stage with a cane in his right hand and his best friend on his side.

But there was no struggle in Krukow’s familiar voice when he yelled what has become his signature battle cry for fans all over the Bay Area. “We are the Giants!

We are San Francisco! And we are World Champions!”

Tim Hudson reminisced on dreaming that his sixteenth year in the big leagues would end in a parade up Market Street.

Veteran pitcher Ryan Vogelsong pulled the microphone from Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey to make tribute to recently passed actor Robin Williams by shouting, “Yes indeed!” And the usually soft-spoken Posey began by calling Vogelsong weird before eyeing Pence and warning him about the rolling cameras.

“Hey, Hunter — Live TV,” Posey ribbed. “Choose your words wisely.”

Both Bumgarner and Posey were met with raucous “M-V-P” chants from the sprawling Civic Center crowd. Bumgarner was brief and humble, but strong when he reiterated what has been said so many times over the last two days about his baseball team.

“This is a dynasty,” Bumgarner told the fans, “and there’s no way we’d be here without you guys.”

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BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Women’s basketball to start from scratch ELIZABETH CARRANZA ecarranz@mail.sfsu.edu

When the final seconds of the 2013 season ran off the clock, the SF State women’s basketball team headed toward a clouded future with no head coach and the loss of several players from last year’s team.

The season looked uncertain for the Gators, but newly hired Athletic Director Charles Guthrie put the team on the right path after hiring in late July the winningest active head coach in NCAA Division II women’s basketball.

Head coach Dennis Cox comes to SF State from Clayton State University with a 267-57 record and a NCAA Division II title under his belt. After arriving from Atlanta, Ga. in early August, Cox knew entering a new program meant overcoming new challenges.

Looking at the stat sheet from the previous season, he realized that the most experienced Gators from last season’s squad had either graduated or transferred to a new school.

As the start of the fall semester approached, Cox’s first obstacle was to create a full roster in two weeks.

“When I got here, there were only seven players on this team. We had tryouts and you don’t normally do that with a college basketball team,” Cox said. “There was a long time here where there was no leadership in this program.

There’s been some catching up to do.”

With the new additions on the roster, Cox went straight to work on evaluations and jotted down what the team needed to improve on. He created practices for conditioning and defense to overcome the size disadvantage the team

has to the other conference teams.

“This year, since we’re a really small team, one of the things we’re focusing is using our speed to have an advantage over other teams,” said co-captain Michelle Sutton. “We don’t have the size to play a half-court game, so we need to get steals and pressure the other teams a lot.”

Last season, the Gators ended with an overall 14-14 record and ranked tenth out of the 12 teams in the west region.

The team struggled on the road with a 4-10 record and was below .500 against conference teams.

“We want to be an uptempo, fast break, pressure defense style team. That’s what we want to build here,” Cox said. “Not everyone is necessarily

experienced with that, so it’s something that’s going to be a process. But I’ll tell you, since we’ve started our pre-season conditioning program about a month ago, we’ve really seen some progress.”

The team had an average of 38 rebounds, 2.8 blocks and 8.1 steals per game.

“Everyday we go through different segments,” said co-captain Leticia Galarza. “We’ll

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have an offense, defense and skill improvement segment.”

With the 2014 to 2015 season approaching, the team knows they are the underdogs among the tough CCAA competition. Undersized, losing half of the team’s key players and with a new head coach running the program, the Gators are ignoring the negatives and preparing to overcome any obstacle ahead of them.

“I think this is a group that wants to be challenged. I think the key is how well they come together,” Cox said.

“When you’re not the biggest, the most talented, you can overcome that with good chemistry because basketball is a team sport. If we all work together we can do more than any one of us can possibly achieve on our own.”

As he turned over to the whiteboard covered with notes on practices and players names, with a firm voice, Cox said the team can overcome anything that may be thrown at them and will surprise anyone who is setting them up for failure.

“With my 25 years of coaching, to pull through everything I know and have learned,” Cox said.

“I’m going to figure out what’s going to work for this group. I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself right now because I want so much to happen here.”

The Gators will tip off against University of the Pacific in a exhibition game Nov. 8.

“Our expectations are probably low, but as far as we’re concerned our goals for ourselves are high and we hope to exceed expectations this year. I just want us to do more than we or anybody else thinks we can,” Cox said.

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EBOLA

Paranoia is the real epidemic BRADLEY FOCHT

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ARUN UNNIKRISHNAN

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ass hysteria over Ebola has spread faster than the virus itself here in the United States.

Although Ebola is a serious issue in Africa and surrounding countries where the virus has destroyed communities, the United States has continued to stay relatively unaffected.

There has been only one American death since its outbreak, while six others who were diagnosed and treated now lead seemingly normal lives. Just this past week, a nurse that was infected abroad walked out of Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., asking the community to focus on those and the countries truly burdened by Ebola instead of those who have access to help.

With no vaccination and the spread of the virus through healthcare personnel, people have become overly worried. Ebola is a virus that is only spread through the contact of bodily fluids of an infected person. The symptoms begin as something similar to a cold or flu; with fatigue, a sore throat and muscle pain. But once Ebola has infected your body, you bleed internally and externally until eventually your system shuts down from blood loss.

According to the World Health Organization, Ebola is the deadliest of past epidemics, but is low in the number of deaths it has produced when compared with the AIDS epidemic, Influenza or Smallpox.

AIDS is a disease that has taken over 36 million lives since its outbreak and that’s a topic that shouldn’t be ignored. Millions of people across the globe struggle with HIV/ AIDS every day and people have become so acquainted to the fact that this disease exists, that some still don’t take the precaution to wear a condom showing just how ignorant we are when it comes to our health. If we’re going to talk about Ebola so much, let’s start highlighting the deaths from AIDS as well and how easy it is to contract that disease when there are hundreds of people living with it that don’t show noticeable symptoms.

We’re gullible, and for centuries the media has continued to exaggerate events to make them more relatable and newsworthy to the average citizen. As a journalist, I understand how the public can misunderstand words and information you try to deliver in an educational manner.

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But it also isn’t my responsibility to make sure the public is intelligent enough to use rational deductive reasoning skills to understand how hard it is to contract Ebola from a person you’ve never met or seen. It’s also the misuse of invalid information that freaks Americans out as well.

When the media says someone was tested for Ebola, that does not mean they have it. I think people really need to think twice before talking about something they know nothing about or clicking to share a link that has no factual evidence.

But it’s our job as members of the public to look at our resources and the recent cases of the Ebola virus and not react irrationally. Instead, take this media coverage and knowledge to educate yourself on the virus’ risks, how deadly it is and how it spreads.

Don’t use the media coverage to freak ourselves out or take it as a sign to shame people who travel abroad. There have been many incidents in states across the country where kids aren’t let back to school because they traveled abroad for a wedding or in New York where an African restaurant’s sales have plummeted because the average person can’t unlink Africa and the virus.

The way we have reacted as a nation is extreme. I know we should take precautions and protect our people with testing and certain quarantine situations but putting a nurse on house arrest after she already tested negative for the virus might be pushing the limits.

I believe we need to continue to live our lives and keep up to date with news, but also look to those not as fortunate as us and look into ways to help those truly affected by this virus.

With all the coverage and media we have sent over to Africa in the past month we can find a way to help those spending their last days here on Earth with medical supplies, well wishes and by keeping ourselves calm.

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Ebola can not be transmitted through water, air, coughing or sneezing.

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STAR: Emcee Element performs with his crew at The Depot Thursday, Oct. 29.

SELF-EXPRESSION

Bay Area rappers shine on the mic HANNAH MULLINS

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he Depot created quite a stir at SF State as quick-spitted words and deep beats echoed through the Cesar Chavez Student Center from a group of up-and-coming Bay Area rappers.

The group of diverse rappers graced the stage, showcasing their individual styles, talents and cultures in an event called “Turn Up!” last Wednesday.

Michael Jordan Payton, also known as M. Payton, is a local rapper who has produced his own website, music videos and production company. The 23-year-old broadcast and electronic communication arts major recently ended his reign at the KSFS radio station on campus, where he was the general manager. The Depot contacted him to piece together a hip-hop show with local artists, like he had done in the past.

“So I made a couple of phone calls and here we are,” Payton said with a smile as the first performer’s lyrics began to fill

It’s self-expression, poetry, inner feelings. it’s all about how you feel, but at the same time I say ‘groove,’ ‘turnt up and all that good stuff.

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the room at the event.

Haidar Abu Al Hasan is a 20-yearold BECA student who goes by Emcee Element when he takes the stage.

“It’s self-expression, poetry, inner feelings. It’s all about how you feel,” Hasan said in describing his definition of rap. “But at the same time, I say ‘groove,’ ‘turnt up’ and all that good stuff.”

Lights beamed across the stage, illuminating each of the rapper’s perspiring faces with an aura of emotion as they quickly expressed feeling, events and thoughts through words, beats and phrases.

A duo stepped up front early on in the night. Friends Rodrigo Williams and Bismark Navarro, known to their fans as

Roddy Picante and Stay Bizzy, illustrated how two different artists can collaborate to form an individual song and rap genre of their own.

“I said ‘let’s try and make something of this, we got too much talent between ourselves to let it go away and not try,’” Williams said. “It just comes natural and we have fun doing it.”

The duo does not currently attend SF State but works together with DJ Irry, who is currently enrolled at the University.

Christian Thomas, with a stage name of Chris O’Bannon, was one of the youngest rappers to clutch the microphone that night, and has many hidden talents beyond his notion of being a BECA student at SF State. Besides his stimulating rhythms

and tone, Thomas enjoys playing guitar and collaborating with other artists. His presence on stage was unlike any other, as he interacted and reached through to the audience physically and mentally with his performance. Thomas’ music was inspired by many artists but one stood out.

“I look up to Frank Ocean because his song writing is what I aspire to be,” he said.

Rap is no hobby here at SF State. To most of these artists, entertainment is their future and they have the online presence to show it. With local shows, YouTube videos and sensational lyrics, the University’s own have a lot to offer. Their albums and songs prove it.

Although stereotypes exist in music genres, many of these artists believe this mold was meant to be broken and that newcomers should be receptive.

“Just explore something, don’t judge a book by it’s cover,” Thomas said. “Go into it with a fresh mind. Until someone shows you they’re not good, don’t just believe they’re not good, you know?”