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BY ALVARO ALFARO| aalfaro@mail.sfsu.edu
HETHER THEY PROPEL a metal ball or their bodies through the air, three track and field athletes have managed to excel to the highest level of collegiate competition. Sophomore Keenya McDaniel and seniors Meagen Moiola and Luisa Musika represented SF State in three events at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II Indoor
Track and Field Championships last week in Mankato, Minn. Awarded to only the top eight, the athletes shared the goal of All-American status, an honorary feat only a handful of past athletes have accomplished. For seniors Moiola and Musika, the championship marks the final days of their careers as SF State athletes; for McDaniel the event highlights the start of a promising career.
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(TOP) SF State’s Meagen Moiola practices high jump at Cox Stadium, March 6. Moiola placed ninth at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in Minnesota. (LEFT) Keenya McDaniel practices triple jump. She placed third at the championships and earned an All-American title. (BOTTOM RIGHT) SF State’s Luisa Musika practices shot put. Musika placed twelfth at the tournament. Photos by Hang Cheng
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One year ago, SF State traded an eightcollege structure, two deans and two assistant deans for six colleges and a projected $1 million in savings. But a year after the fact, the merger still seems to be a decision with varied reactions among students and faculty. The merger was first proposed to soften the blow of a $650 million cut in funding to the California State University by the state legislature, intending to save the University $1 million over the course of one year. After many revised proposals, two-thirds of the faculty and administration voted to approve the six-college structure as it is known today. The Creative Arts college and the College of Humanities combined into the newly-renamed College of Liberal and Creative Arts, and the SEE MERGE ON PAGE 3
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Another backlash against budget cuts and sacrifices to the education system may hit campuses in the next several months if the California Faculty Association approves a strike in mid-April. CFA is currently asking members to pledge to vote yes on a potential strike. The CFA and California State University administration disagree on a renewal contract that expired June 2010. The two sides are currently in mediation of the bargaining process, in which an appointed mediator from both sides tries to negotiate a contract. “Imagine you’re at the flea market. If you offer the person a price she doesn’t want, she’s going to counteroffer. That’s the process that’s been going back and forth, and imagine one person won’t counteroffer and the other person is stuck or moving to impasse,” said SF State CFA President Wei Ming Dariotis. The next step after mediation includes a panel SEE STRUGGLE ON PAGE 11
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SF SPEAKS OUT WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR SPRING BREAK?
“I’m going to Puerto Rico. This is my first time and I’m going to go with my two best friends. I went on AOL.com and one of the articles said that Puerto Rico was the place for attractive and friendly people.”
ROSALIE RIVAS, 26
ENGLISH LITERATURE MAJOR
OPEN SEATS: Resident Assistants Maggie Manzano, Kristin Armfield and Megan Rapozo facilitate “Label Me Not,” an event geared toward LGBT discussion. Five residents attended, an amount characteristic of the activities. Photo by Gil Riego Jr.
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“I’m getting shoulder surgery and then I’ll probably just sit at home because it takes six months to recover, so I’ll probably just be on meds. I wrestle and I tore my shoulder wrestling, so I have to get surgery now to be eligible for next year.”
MAGI FRAZIER, 19 BIOLOGY MAJOR
“I’m going with my family to Italy and we’re visiting Florence and we’re going to be there for about a week . Then we’re going to France to visit Paris, so I’m pretty excited for that.”
ANDREAS SANCHEZ, 20
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Last May, Senior Resident Assistant Joviana Carrillo spent nearly a month planning a local area network party for students in the residence halls to play multiplayer video games. After renting out part of the dining hall to hold the event, borrowing ethernet cables, setting up the room to accommodate people’s systems and making fliers and posters to advertise, Carrillo was expecting more than 30 people to attend. Only seven did. Resident assistants spend hours planning and running programs in order to build a strong community for the nearly 2,500 students living on campus. Preparation for these events can take several weeks and often requires a compelling or fun subject matter, food and widespread advertisement. Despite all of this, the attendance for these programs tends to be low due to lack of student interest. Out of a survey of 105 campus residents, 100 percent said they are well aware of the programs RAs facilitated, but 58 percent said they had not attended a single program during the academic year. Approximately 31 percent of residents said they had attended fewer than five programs this academic year. “I’ve never had any interest in attending the programs,” said John Gehegan, a broadcast and electronic communication arts major who lives in the Towers. “They just don’t seem very fun. I don’t think I know anyone who likes to go to them.” There are about 65 RAs on staff in all of SF State housing. Each RA is required to put on one educational program and one social program each month for their residents. Educational programs include topics such as stress management, job interview skills and cooking. Social programs range from karaoke night to ice cream socials to movie screenings. Carrillo said that choosing the right time to put on a program can make a huge difference in attendance. Programs that take place during the week can often conflict with school schedules, but weekend programs sometimes have low attendance because residents have weekend plans. “I think what keeps people from attending is the knowledge that they have a low attendance rate,” said Shaena Spoor, a kinesiology major who lives in the Village. “I guess that kind of fuels the cycle.” Although many RAs put lots of thought and effort into planning programs, they don’t always take it personally when few residents attend.
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“I know I have a midterm essay due like right after Spring Break. I can’t really leave and go to Cancun or anything, so I will just hang out in the city.”
TARA MARSDEN, 21
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“I think that some residents just don’t want to be involved as much as others,” said Ariel Lite, a RA in the Towers. “As RAs we try to put on many different programs relevant to many different interests, but they aren’t for everyone.” Michael Combs, a political science major who lives in the Towers, makes a strong effort to attend as many programs as he can. Although he works two jobs and is often pressed for time, he has attended roughly 10 programs so far this academic year. “Sometimes the RAs bring their programs up last minute, and with the packed schedule I’ve got, I really have to plan for those things,” he said. “I try to go to them because I want to support the RAs since they’re my friends. They’ve all been pretty fun so far.” In areas like University Park South, it can be especially difficult to get residents to venture outside of their apartments to participate in staff programs. UPS Area Coordinator Shamina Harris believes the historically low attendance rates for the programs are partially due to lack of the indoor space to hold them. Still, she insists the UPS staff will continue to strive toward creating a strong sense of community for their residents. “Over the past year, the UPS staff has worked hard to re-vamp programming in hopes of reaching a broader audience,” she said. “These efforts include programming during the daytime hours, utilizing our busiest intersections and sidewalk areas to reach residents, and working on teams to organize and implement quality programs.” Carrillo, a current senior resident assistant who has worked for three years in both the Village and the Towers, said that although some of her more recent programs have had a higher turnout, she has arranged programs in the past where no residents attended. “It’s like throwing a party and having no one show up,” she said. “It doesn’t make you feel very good, but it happens.” She said that while having a large number of residents show up usually makes things a bit more exciting, she doesn’t believe a program’s success can always be measured by how many people attend. “Large-scale programs are great when you’re trying to raise awareness, but I think RAs should think about impact more,” she said. “Sometimes it’s better when you don’t have 30 residents come because you’re able to give the few residents who do come individual attention.”
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Mary Ward Hall had that latenight skunky aroma of marijuana March 7; but by the time University police arrived at the dorm room of the smokers, the inhabitants had blazed away the entire stash. The officers ended up confiscating all visible smoking implements to be destroyed later. All the while, the stoners used the Shaggy defense, which is used to deny an action committed despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Hey, who said potheads can’t be trusted?
The fifth floor vending machine of Thornton Hall received a visitor March 9 at 9 p.m. Apparently outraged at far too pricey flavored, carbonated water, the culprit decided to forgo purchasing anything in favor of covering the machine with graffiti and taking $700 in quarters from it. They probably ran away into the night, finally well-equipped to do years worth of parking and laundry.
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WHO WEARS PANTS ANYMORE? An inebriated female surprised some unsuspecting Mary Ward Hall dorm occupants by attempting to enter their room unannounced at 2 a.m. March 10, seemingly unconcerned with the fact that she wasn’t wearing any bottoms. Officers responded and escorted her to her own room, where she likely found other ways to work up a sweat.... Like giving homage to the porcelain god.
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Behavioral and Social Sciences college dissolved into several other remaining structures. Some critics believe the merger to be futile. “It was a smoke-and-mirrors gambit by President Bob Corrigan, who wanted to look like he was doing something,” said cinema professor Steve Kovacs. Although he had seen few changes in his department after its move from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences to the College of Liberal and Creative Arts, political science professor Robert Smith does not approve eliminating two colleges. “I think the merger was a terrible idea in terms of sound administrative principles and the intellectual coherence of the organization of the disciplines,” said Smith. Not everyone objected to the consolidation. music professor Roger Woodward was among those who supported the changes, and credited both the University president and CLCA Dean Sherwin for their roles in the merger. “Whichever way it is viewed, the historic merger is a very happy one, destined for greatness and a magnificent tribute to President Corrigan’s vision,” Woodward said. “Stability and a meaningful collegiality were restored by Dean Paul Sherwin.” The CLCA has become a sort of “super” college, housing 21 departments and 17 programs, the most of any college at SF State. While it absorbed all former creative arts departments, it also now houses the departments of anthropology, history, international relations and political science, which were castoffs of the former Behavioral and Social Sciences college. Some students, like liberal studies senior Judy Tran, did not even take notice of the reorganization. “I heard about the budget cuts, but I haven’t heard anything about a merger,” Tran said. According to many faculty members, the biggest challenge the merger has brought has been adapting to new administrative procedures. “Every college has their own way of doing things,” said Julia Lewis, chair of the psychology department. Lewis said with her move from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, tasks such as requesting lab equipment and new hires changed. “An advantage we had was we joined an existing college. The problem with the rest of the BSS was the new college itself has to figure out how to work.” Sherwin was a key figure in developing that new college system.
“We’ve more than doubled in size,” he said. I have been a dean for 28 years; there’s nothing I haven’t seen. But now there’s lot of learning for me to do.” Sherwin noted that he often stays up until 3 a.m. and works weekends and most holidays to maintain his work load. His responsibilities include managing enrollment, reading and writing faculty reports, retaining professors, interviewing new hires and going through grant and scholarship proposals. “I could give a five hour lecture on what a dean does,” Sherwin said. “It’s a lot of pressure.” Some feel that although the merger does not seem to have made a huge impact now, there will be future consequences. According to cinema professor Aaron Kerner, learning to cope with less support could result in long term administrative and financial neglect. “Infrastructural support, for instance, is squeezed and so I simply don’t rely on college support. I just fend for myself, so I take on more than I really need to,” Kerner said. Kerner described how he performs small administrative tasks—opening facility doors for students, fixing dysfunctional equipment, hand-delivering documents to avoid them getting lost—that aren’t part of his job description. “Perhaps not huge things, but we’re dying a death by a thousands cuts,” he said. Kerner worries his assistance will mask the severe shortage of hands lurking underneath the merged colleges. “If the administration looks around and says, ‘Well, you seem to be managing just fine...’ there will be no incentive to restore budgets,” he said. As for the $1 million that the merger was supposed to have saved, that remains to be seen. “No, if the point was to save money or divert money back to the department level, that hasn’t happened yet,” said Lewis. “I know it takes a while for these kinds of changes to take place.” Nonetheless, some faculty members question whether the ends of this merge will justify the means. “I think the entire reorganization process was flawed and any benefits in future savings will probably not compensate for the high levels of stress induced in the faculty of many departments,” said psychology professor Ken Paap. Regardless of the mergers cost or benefit, Sherwin anticipates circumstances will improve with time. “I think years two and three will be a lot easier,” Sherwin said. “I’ll have gotten to know everyone, and some of the changes I plan to make will make things easier.”
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Real streets to film reels COLE VALLEY Cole Valley isn’t the most bustling tourist attraction, and it doesn’t try to be. This tight-knit community is a diverse range of mom-and-pop restaurants and shops, minus the snootiness. Despite its modest exterior, this neighborhood has a vivacious personality that’s packed into a three-block strip along Cole and Carl streets.
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TOUGH BLOCKS: Filmmaker Kevin Epps stands by the mural depicting him on the outside of the United Playaz building in the SOMA District of San Francisco. Epps made his film “Straight Outta Hunters Point 2” to highlight problems and progress in his neighborhood. Photo by Melissa Burman
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BY DEVERY SHEFFER | dsheffer@mail.sfsu.edu able to acquire the skills he needed to make his EVIN EPPS GREW documentaries. up in the West Point He humbly takes the praise for his films and projects of Hunter’s hopes they contribute to the betterment of a comPoint. As a kid he munity in desperate need of help, in particular the youth. He hopes would look out his window at the spectacular view of the Bay Bridge and the ships that his films can inspire them to work hard for a better life. According to a recent survey by the Hunter’s Point Family, a cruised beneath it, fantasizing about where community youth organization, 100 percent of youth in the neighthey were going. borhood know someone who has been shot and another 83 percent Today, Epps has stamps in his passport from South America, knew someone who was killed. Canada and Europe. It was his first full-length documentary from “The children are the victims here but they are also the hope,” 2003, “Straight Outta Hunters Point,” that landed him in film fessaid Robert “Fleetwood” Bowen, who is featured in both of Epps’ tivals all over the world. Now, almost a decade later, Epps decided documentaries. “People are born into an environment that they it was time for an update. He filmed and produced “Straight Outta didn’t even ask to come into.” Hunters Point 2,” which premiered in June 2011 and is showing at In the first documentary, during a time when rappers were a the Roxie Theater in the Mission District until Thursday. primary force behind gang violence, Bowen appears as a hip hop Epps decided to do the film “Straight Outta Hunters Point 2” producer, and in the second he briefly comments on his gratitude because he wanted to highlight the positive changes that have hapthat he is still alive and out of prison. pened in the neighborhood, like the addition of a Muni rail and the Youth from elementary to high school age can been seen in community garden, while also bringing awareness to the problems both films smoking blunts, flashing guns and shooting dice with that still exist. But most importantly he wanted to give the people their older friends and neighbors who they look up to. Violence living in the community a chance to speak their minds. among them is a cycle that community organizations like United “I love doing what I’m doing, I love telling human stories. ElPlayaz are fighting to break with conflict management, after school ders, young people, I don’t discriminate,” said Epps. “Everybody’s programs and by teaching leadership skills. got a story, it helps me grow when people share their stories and The exterior of the United Playaz clubhouse in SOMA is experiences with me. I’m holly-hood, not Hollywood.” decorated with a mural the youth painted. It features the faces of Epps’s documentary portrays the harsh reality of what life is people who inspire peace such as Mother Teresa, Ghandi and Epps, like in this often overlooked neighborhood of San Francisco. who was voted to be included by the youth and other community Violence, drugs, gentrification and pollution are some of the members. most pressing issues facing the Hunter’s Point community, all of Rudy Valintino, executive director of the group, described which Epps witnessed firsthand throughout his childhood, teenage Epps as an unsung hero and a modern day prophet. He believes the years and as an adult. He was raised in a single-parent home, until “Straight Outta Hunters Point” documentaries can make a differhis mother became addicted to crack and he was forced to live on ence for the community. the streets. “His movie is educational and anything that educates the people “Coming from the concrete jungle, I was desperate. I didn’t know what I was gonna be, but I knew I didn’t want to be like that. about the truth is positive,” Valintino said. “When the people see and understand the truth about what’s really going on, it can help I seen ballers go to prison, I seen dudes die,” said Epps. “I just change the way things are ‘cause it inspires people.” never believed that was my destiny, to live and die in the hood like Since the success of the first documentary about his neighborthat.” hood, Epps has continued to do work behind the camera, including Through the power of education at various institutions, includa documentary about Alcatraz called “The Black Rock.” ing some classes through Project Rebound at SF State, Epps was
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LOCKED UP: Carlos Mendoza locks his bicycle alongside hundreds of others outside of the Humanities Building. San Franciscans will soon have parking hubs virtually anywhere in the city if the ordinance passes through the Board of Supervisors. By Nelson Estrada/Xpress Archive
s more San Francisco residents take to their bicycles as their main mode of transportation, there grows a greater need to provide owners parking that is more secure than a pole on the sidewalk. New legislation that will require commercial business owners to either provide secure designated parking or allow riders to bring their bicycles inside has been met with little opposition. Business owners have been cooperating with officials to negotiate a plan to ease into a new system. “More secure parking should be provided for the increasing number of bicycle commuters in the city,” said San Francisco Bicycle Coalition spokeswoman Kristin Smith. The bill is expected to get its final approval from the Board of Supervisors by this week, she said. With a 71 percent increase in cyclists in the last five years, an estimated 75,000 take to the streets of San Francisco every day, according to a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Bicycle Count Report. Legislation to accommodate those riders was imminent according to John M. Bozeman, manager of government and public affairs for the Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco. “This is a tenant-driven legislation because of the threat of getting your bicycle stolen,” Bozeman said. “There’s always caution when leaving your bicycle outside, but with this new bill it will help ease the tenant’s concerns.” SF State student Andrew Fouts currently works at the campus bike barn; he used to work in downtown San Francisco and, although they didn’t provide bicycle parking, they allowed him to store it in an
empty office. “I imagine a lot of people are going to be mad about bicycles taking up space in the workplace, but I think the new law is going to prevent a lot of bicycle thefts,” Fouts said. “It’ll feel good to go into work knowing your bike will be safe.” Smith said the new bill has received strong support from businesses because commercial office buildings have more tenants commuting with their bicycles and business owners are sure to see a positive impact on employee morale knowing their bicycles are in a secure place. “The new bill should encourage people to ride their bike in the city,” Bozeman said. “Riding your bicycle is just good all around. It saves the environment and most importantly, it helps you stay healthy.” Supervisor Carmen Chu was one of two supervisors to vote no on the bicycle access ordinance because she felt it would overwhelm city departments that already have their hands full. “I feel there is a need for more bicycle parking in San Francisco, but one of my concerns is that enforcing it would take staffers away from other needs in the city such as building inspectors that deal with illegal dwelling units,” Chu said. Gregory Speck who works at The Popular Workshop, an art studio on Sutter Street, said he’s been biking in San Francisco for six years and he’s happy about the new bill because bicycle theft can happen anywhere. “For years now I’ve been using about at least three locks on my bike and sometimes a 15 pound chain depending on the neighborhood I’m in,” Speck said. “To most San Franciscans, locking up can be quite an art if we want to protect our investment and our livelihood.”
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Union offers tenants support
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AN FRANCISCO IS ONE of the most expensive housing markets in the country. The limited supply of rental units coupled with a recent influx of wealthy tech professionals vying for those units has led some landlords to use unscrupulous methods to try to get rid of tenants who enjoy relatively low rents. “There was a landlord who owned a two-unit building and wanted to convert the units to condos,” said Ted Gullickson, director of the San Francisco Tenants Union. “He actually cut the support beams under the house, hoping the floor would collapse and he could get the tenants out.” That’s where the SFTU comes in. The nonprofit, which is run out of a Victorian in the Mission District, has been offering counseling to troubled renters in San Francisco for more than 40 years. “We’re trying to preserve affordable housing in this city for everyone,” said Gullickson. “We do that in two ways: We offer counseling, which has helped thousands of people who have questions about repairs or evictions, and we help craft policy legislation.” Although San Francisco is home to some very progressive tenancy laws, intense competition for housing means many renters face harassment and illegal evictions from landlords hoping to capitalize on the city’s costly rental market. “Our model here is self-help, which isn’t how your typical social service operates,” he said. “When people come in, we don’t open a file on them or anything; we provide them with information and sometimes a lawyer. It can be hard to gauge our results, but our feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.” Students are often vulnerable to landlord harassment due to their inexperience in dealing with housing issues. “Young people are often victimized by unscrupulous landlords because the landlords think that
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This housing rights organization encounters every scam under the sun and gives tenants peace of mind in difficult situations. young people can be easily manipulated or harassed,” said Gullickson. Senior citizens also are frequent victims of harassment, according to Chris Rivest, a philosophy major at SF State and volunteer counselor at the SFTU, because many of them enjoy low rents due to San Francisco’s rent control policies, which the SFTU also helped to reform. “Seniors are probably the most vulnerable, because if they are in a rent-controlled apartment and they get evicted, they’ll have nowhere to go,” said Rivest. “There certainly isn’t anything they can afford in this city.” Counseling at the SFTU is provided by a staff of more than 50 unpaid volunteers who can answer almost any question relating to San Francisco’s confusing housing laws. “People come in with questions and get to sit down with real people, for as long as they need to,” said Chris Ferguson, a health education major at SF State and intern at the SFTU. “It’s great to see the information get relayed to people and the sense of empowerment it gives them.” Patricia Bossler, an Alamo Square resident for the past 22 years, turned to the Tenants Union when her landlord served her with an illegal three-day eviction notice. “It was fantastically nerve-wracking,” Bossler said. “I had become a member (of the Tenants Union) and I had their book, which was a great resource. The book lays out what’s legal and what isn’t from the tenant’s point of view.” Counselors from the SFTU eventually referred
Bossler to the Eviction Defense Collaborative, who helped guide her through the mediation process, during which her landlord dropped the case. “It can be a little inconsistent because some counselors aren’t as aggressive as others, but it’s a wonderful nonprofit. If you need help for free, they’ll give you help for free,” she said. Becca Gourevitch, who coordinates volunteer efforts of the SFTU, said the volunteers are thoroughly prepared and have a wide range of expertise. “We have a pretty rigorous training process for our volunteers. They usually train for six months to a year,” said Gourevitch, who is one of two paid staff members. “Many of our volunteers have been with us for years, and a lot of them are lawyers.” Many renters who come to the SFTU end up becoming members, which entitles them to free counseling for a year, access to over-the-phone counseling and an all-inclusive tenant’s rights handbook. Membership ranges from $25 for low-income tenants, to $55 for middle-income households. Tenants with mid-level incomes are asked to pay a $20 fee for drop-in counseling services. Those with low-incomes are offered a discounted rate of $10 per visit, though Gourevitch stressed that incomes are not verified and nobody gets turned away if they can’t afford to pay. “We have different rates for low, medium and high income, but we don’t verify that kind of stuff,” Gourevitch said. “We don’t turn anyone away. We’re able to do what we do because of our volunteer staff.” Beyond offering counseling to troubled tenants, the SFTU also plays an active role in crafting protenant legislation. “In the 90s we helped get rent increases tied to inflation,” said Gullickson. “It’s saved San Francisco renters literally billions of dollars. There are around 200,000 units in this city and the average rent is around $2,000. If you add all that up, it’s a lot of money.”
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Owl Paws reaches out to swoop up success BY KIRSTIE HARUTA | kharuta@mail.sfsu.edu
Local band of buddies makes moves to accelerate the group’s music career by teaming up with an indie label, perfecting recordings and dreaming big.
IN FLIGHT: Owl Paws during a recent show at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco. The band has linked up with local indie label Urban Scandal Records and is putting finishing touches on an EP to be released this summer. Photo by Nelson Estrada
Fresh out of the recording studio, the local indie band Owl Paws is setting itself up for a summer breakthrough. The five musicians, who bonded over a love of the local indie scene, an appreciation for inside jokes and the original 151 Pokemon, are beginning to make tour plans as they wrap up work on their new EP. While they’ve been happy to take local stages from McKenna Theater to Bottom of the Hill, Owl Paws is now seeking a wider audience. “We’re at this point where we’re trying to rise out of the local scene and be recognized, but we’re not at the point where we’re like a super well-known band,” said Owl Paws singer and guitarist Derek Schultz. “You’re trying to be more professional than just like a local band, but you can’t fill the Great American Music Hall.” Even so, the band is trying to build a lineup solid enough to fill a venue that large for its EP release show during the summer. For now, the band is working on putting the finishing touches on the upcoming release. “It’s been mostly mixed. There will probably be a couple of tweaks to the mix, and then we send it in for mastering,” said guitarist Colin Hayes. One recent evening Schultz, Hayes, bassist Tim Vickers and drummer Lucas Siobal sat in Schultz’s bedroom listening to their newly-recorded tracks, discussing how much more work would go into their unnamed EP while waiting for singer and keyboardist Brooke Dabalos to arrive so they could begin their weekly practice. “I feel like if it weren’t for this band, I wouldn’t see most of these guys on a regular basis,” said Hayes. “We all have so much stuff going on constantly.” Somewhere between shifts at the Whole Foods Market on Haight Street, gigs with
other bands and Schultz’s broadcast and electronic communication arts classes at SF State, Owl Paws came together with Urban Scandal Records, who announced the band’s signing Feb. 13. “I had the idea of starting a record label for a while before it actually came to form, but in the earliest stages of things I knew I wanted to release music from (Owl Paws),” said Urban Scandal creator Stephen Beebout, who met Schultz three years ago at a record store in San Francisco. “(They’re) extremely driven to continue to write better music, and to play that music to more and more new people. That is exactly what we look for in bands.” Urban Scandal re-released Owl Paws’ first EP March 5, and will be responsible for releasing the new EP this summer in vinyl and digital format. The new recordings will be a departure from the first in that it is truly a full-band effort. Owl Paws has been built on a singer-songwriter basis; but with the additional influences from each of the members as they joined the band, Hayes settled on a loose description of “harmony-laden, progressive singer-songwriter.” “I kind of like to think that it’s music that people our age and younger can listen to and kind of latch on to, but also, I can play this for my mom and dad,” said Siobal. With their appeal to a variety of audiences, Owl Paws will be looking to reach new listeners this summer with a tour on the West Coast. Owl Paws will be back headlining in San Francisco April 4 at the Elbo Room. The first EP is available for free at bandcamp.com.
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8 OPINION STAFF EDITORIAL
CSU, Reed continue to bite the hands that feed
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T THIS RATE SOMEONE COULD VEry easily turn the saga of the budget crisis into a soap opera. The back and forth between the California Faculty Association and Chancellor Charles Reed has been an ongoing drama. The last 18 months have seen negotiations, demands and foot stomping from both sides. Now, as the CFA Board of Directors calls for another statewide faculty strike, the turmoil is ramping up once again. Enough is enough. Students and teachers cannot continue to participate in this dog-and-pony show. Chancellor Reed and the CSU administration have the power to pull the plug on this ridiculousness. Our professors are not asking for the moon, yet Chancellor Reed continues to stubbornly resist giving any of their bargaining points the time of day. According to a November 2011 negotiation update, representatives of the Chancellor’s office indicated they have no response to make concerning dire issues voiced by the CFA. These aren’t menial topics. These are concerns about everything from salary to workloads, benefits to rules about appointing instructors. You know, the important stuff that should not be ignored by a stubborn and out-oftouch Chancellor. This attitude is not only disrespectful to faculty, but harmful. For every professor denied tenure because of a lack of funds and for every instructor who can’t afford to be rehired semester after semester, the blood is on the hands of those who refuse to negotiate.
All CSU administrators have to do is give the teachers what they deserve, and what they have been demanding for months. A reprieve from increased workloads and ballooning class sizes is not too much to ask. Anyone who is not willing to negotiate these items doesn’t deserve to be in a position to oversee them in the first place. Those uncomfortable with the idea of a strike have to realize that CFA has been forced into the position after months of rejected negotiations. At this point, it is not their responsibility to call off the strike. It is Chancellor Reed’s responsibility to provide a settlement to faculty. It is his duty to students, faculty and everyone he represents in the CSU system to be flexible. It is true that these strikes will inconvenience students. In the rolling two-day strike model proposed, the 23 CSU campuses would be broken into groups. Each group would participate in the strike for two days on different dates. Classes would be cancelled, homework and exams would go unreturned, and campus life would be disrupted. While this disruption would be annoying, a reality where our instructors continue to be stripped of their value is a much more disturbing prospect. It is unacceptable that CSU faculty has been working without a contract for more than a year. It is unacceptable that the CFA proposals have been flat out ignored, especially at a time when students and faculty alike need a solution to a model of higher education system that is no longer viable. This strike can be the last of its kind. It has the potential to be the final bargaining chip in the game that Reed and the CFA have been playing. It is up to Reed and the CSU administration to make it so. ART BY SARA DONCHEY sdonchey@mail.sfsu.edu
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BY BRITTNEY BARSOTTI | bbarsott@mail.sfsu.edu required campus police assistance. So far this HE REASONS semester, there have been six suicide attempts on for legally considering campus. someone an adult at 18 make perfect sense in most Four of those nine students were committed to adult mental health respects, but when dealing with an issue as sensitive as mental health, treatment specific to those who fall institutions. But their brains aren’t adult yet. So did they get the care they really needed? into this gap seems necessary. The issue with adult mental health wards is that the frontal lobe isn’t The crux of the problem seems to be that 18 is considered legal adult age, which comes with lots of fully developed until the mid 20s, or as late as 27 in some cases. This responsibilities, but the center of the brain that controls logic and reason- part of the brain is commonly referred to the center for higher reasoning and helps rationalize emotional impulses. ing isn’t fully developed until the mid to late 20s. Students, including The care of these young people should take this into account. Having those at SF State, bear the blunt end of this pressure. a “young” brain in an adult body can make it difficult to differentiate They have to make decisions that could drastically alter their future facts from feelings. This makes it easier to become overwhelmed by at a young age. emotions, resulting in anxiety attacks or the need for commitment to a A friend I grew up with has been in and out of different facilities mental facility. from a young age because of his struggle with bipolar disorder. He ex“Of course people are going to respond differently to therapy,” said perienced adult mental facilities at age 20 and it scared him. It made him terrified; it didn’t help him. He was handed some pills and put into group Derethia Duval, a licensed marriage and family therapist and director of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center at SF State. “But, therapy with people who kept cycling through the ward. people of all ages can absorb therapy and can change from it.” If there was a facility that had similar mental health needs and brain The mental health field needs to establish a middle ground between a development, the experience could have been more beneficial. legal adult and a psychologically-developed adult. He is now 28; his medications are stabilized and he has not been The services need to teach more coping skills and work to develop committed to a facility for five years. He felt given up on in the adult wards, but when he was in adolescent that pause in thinking before reacting that can be crucial to controlling emotional impulses. wards he felt as though they genuinely cared about him. They gave him Having facilities or wards that are specifically trained to deal with the tools he needed to get better. According to the SF State crime log, there were nine reported suicide mental health issues in the college age demographic would make getting the proper help needed a lot easier. attempts and four reported anxiety attacks on campus last semester that
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THE INS & OUTS A WEEKLY SEX COLUMN BY CASSIE BECKER
that often comes with its own language and jargon,” INCE SEX IN PUBLIC COMES she said. with all kinds of legal strings atAccept that as a newbie you aren’t familiar with tached, you might have decided everything that’s going on and don’t be afraid to take to bring it indoors. But bumping and grinding in your room with the your time getting used to the situation. “Remember that walking through the door is not door closed is just plain boring if you’re a bit of an exhibitionist - so an obligation to engage in any activity,” Mayhem said. “It is not uncommon for first-timers to spend head to a sex club. their first visit just watching and San Francisco has lots of them, getting a feel for things. Remember: including Power Exchange, a You don’t have to jump into the deep pansexual venue where anything Since breaking up with her end feet first. You can always check goes; SF Citadel, a BDSM club inner prude, Cassie Becker things out one night and come back currently changing venues; and has done it all. Her interest again at a later date.” Mission Control, which features in sexual exploration has lead her to write several If you do choose to jump into the themed play parties. Sex clubs blogs and break even more action, don’t just walk up to someare designed for people to engage beds. She’s extensively one and start touching or engaging in sexual activities, either with a researched and written in some sort of sexual activity. Wait partner or a stranger, in the safety about it - all with a sexy for an explicit yes as your green smile. of a closed building. No cops, no light and then go for it. And if you legal problems. Unfortunately, goget turned down, don’t be afraid to ing to a sex club for the first time try again with someone else. Just can be a bit intimidating if you because you’re not right for that one person doesn’t don’t know what you’re getting yourself into. Lucky mean you’re not exactly what someone else is lookfor you sex club virgins, there’s some pretty basic ing for. guidelines. If your night ends up being just plain terrible, try, Individual clubs tend to have their own rules and try again. codes of conduct along the lines of being respectful “If your first experience wasn’t quite what you’re and getting permission before touching anything, and no photography of any kind. Maggie Mayhem, fetish looking for but the idea of going to a sex club still intrigues you, shop around and check out a different model and blogger of missmaggiemayhem.com, recommends that sex club virgins treat their first visit venue or a different theme night,” Mayhem recommends. “The more specifically you can identify what to a sex club as they would going to any new place. you want, the easier it will be to find a good match.” “Visiting a sex club for the first time is a lot like As long as you don’t stand in the corner masturtraveling to a new country. It’s exciting but it can also be intimidating because it’s a whole new culture bating like a creeper, you’re going to be just fine.
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10 S P O R T S PLAYER
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Freshman Mark Lindsay has been chosen as the Xpress Player of the Week. In the most recent game against the Sonoma State Seawolves, Lindsay collected three hits in five at-bats. He also drove in a runner before scoring the game-winning run on a throwing error. Lindsay is second on the team in batting average, .338, and runs batted in, 12.
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GATORS’ SPORTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MAR. 16 SOFTBALL
SF State vs. Chico State University at 1 p.m. (San Francisco, Calif.)
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SF State vs. UC San Diego at 2 p.m. (San Francisco, Calif.)
SATURDAY, MAR. 17 BASEBALL
SF State vs. UC San Diego at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. (San Francisco, Calif.)
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SUNDAY, MAR. 18 BASEBALL
SF State vs. UC San Diego at 11 a.m. (San Francisco, Calif.)
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 21 BASEBALL
SF State vs. University of San Francisco at 2 p.m. (USF campus, San Francisco, Calif.)
PREP WORK: (LEFT) SF State’s Dylan Phillipy practices on teammate Alex Williams during a team practice March 6. Phillipy was one of three athletes who competed at the NCAA Division II National Championships March 9 and 10. Phillipy won one of three matches. (CENTER) Julian Perez takes a second to catch his breath during practice. Perez went 0-2 at the tournament. (RIGHT) Isaiah Jimenez gets ready to practice with wrestling alumni Joshua Nolan. Jimenez, ranked third, narrowly lost two of three matches at the tournament. Photos by Sam Battles
Wrestlers fall short at nationals BY SEAN DUFFY | scduffy@mail.sfsu.edu In front of 4,000 spectators the top “I just froze up, the pressure got to me. wrestlers from Division II showcased their You got to perform at nationals and I didn’t,” skills at the sport’s premier collegiate tournament. Unfortunately for Jimenez said. “I put a lot of pressure on myself going in number the SF State wrestling team, hard work and persistence failed to earn three in the country.” trophies this season. Jimenez was ranked third after winning his weight class at the The Gators have sent at least one wrestler to nationals for the Regional 4 tournament. He led the team with a 24-8 season record past 49 years; but for the first time in four years, this season’s three leading up to his second trip to nationals. Despite the disappointing representing athletes failed to place in the top eight and achieve results, Jimenez said that the experience will allow him to calm his an All-American status for the team, despite close losses and high nerves for next season. expectations. The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division “Next year I’m not going to worry so much about nationals, just II Championships in Pueblo, Colo. March 9 and 10, showcased the got to worry about getting better,” he said. “You just got to look at top 16 wrestlers in 10 different weight classes. what you did wrong and fix the little things.” The double-elimination tournament proved daunting for SF State Phillipy’s tournament experience started off better than qualifiers Isaiah Jimenez, 165 pound weight class; Dylan Phillipy, Jimenez’s, but ended just as suddenly. 149 pound weight class; and Julian Perez, 133 pound weight class. He won his first match against top seeded Ethan Swope, 3-0. They all cited mental pressure as a reason for unsuccessful perforHowever, he was unable to fully capitalize after suffering a narrow mances. loss to Maryville’s John Hagerty, 7-6. Phillipy’s tournament experi“Last year we had three All-Americans,” said head wrestling ence ended after a decisive loss to second ranked Nathan Link, 18-4. coach Lars Jensen. “At nationals it’s all about who can handle the “I need to work on creating an offense,” Phillipy said. “It was pressure and perform. They let their nerves get to them a bit.” definitely a letdown, but it’s just fuel for next year. I can’t wait to Perez faced a difficult draw in his 0-2 tournament mark. He get back on the mat.” came to nationals ranked eighth and lost 12-4 against Jason JeremiaJimenez echoed Phillipy’s post-tournament sentiments. Jimenez son. He was unable to rebound against the top seeded Evan Yenelov- feels that coming close to All-American status will only help motiich, losing the match 8-4. vate the qualifiers next season and inspire the rest of the team. “Perez didn’t wrestle that well, it was his first time there. He’s “Being so close to being an All-American makes you want it got another year left so that’s good,” Jensen said. “He seemed to even more,” he said. have jitters. I think he let the situation get to him.” Their newfound inspiration will hopefully translate into better Despite being the only qualifier with nationals experience, success next year, as the combination of greater workout intensity Jimenez also let the pressure of the competition affect his perforand nationals experience should enable the team to send more wresmance. tlers to nationals. Jimenez’s matches came down to close calls; all three were With a solid recruiting class and the maturation of qualifiers, decided by two points or fewer. He lost against fourteenth seeded Jensen thinks next year’s squad could be the best in years. Chris Watson from Central Oklahoma. After defeating Kutztown “Now that we haven’t done well, we’ll have greater incentive,” University’s Micah Bollinger 4-2 in overtime, Jimenez’s tournament he said. “They (national qualifiers) can all come back and if we can appearance came to an abrupt end when in his next match, he lost do some recruiting next year... I think we’ll have one of our best 2-1 in overtime. teams in 10 years on paper.”
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March 7 vs. University of Nevada 5-4 March 10 vs. Sonoma State University 6-5
WRESTLING March 9 NCAA Division II National Championships Placed 36 of 42
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD March 9 NCAA Division II National Championships Placed 22 of 50
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“The competition was pretty much what I expected it to be; there was a lot of strong jumpers,” McDaniel said. “I mainly wanted to jump my goal of 40 feet. It was really important to me.” McDaniel’s school-wide record-breaking leap of 40 feet 2 inches in the triple jump earned her third place and an All-American title at the championship. She broke her own school record of 39 feet 5 3/4 inches set Feb. 4 at the New Mexico Classic. The program is on the rise due to the trio’s performance in the indoor championship, as well as the seven student athletes who were named to the NCAA Division II All-West Region women’s indoor track and field team this season. The team placed 22 out of 50, a standing that has increased their expectations for the future. “It’s not good enough for me to just skate by, I wouldn’t be doing myself justice,” McDaniel said. “At this level the people who put in the most work are the ones that are going to be the most successful.” Moiola cleared 5 feet 6 1/2 inches in the high jump, but barely missed the cut to become an All-American after her performance notched her ninth place in the competition. “It was a good experience for her. She’s never been to a national championship meet,” said head coach Terry Burke. Nagging injuries slowed down Musika in the shot put. Despite a sore ankle, she managed to throw for 42 feet 6 3/4 inches, which earned her 12th place. Musika refused to use her injuries as an excuse. “I never really had to deal with injuries before. I definitely should have been more safe and taped up my ankle before I competed, but you live and you learn,” Musika said. Although Moiola and Musika came up short of their All-American goal, the experience bodes well for them in their final outdoor meets. The three athletes will look to put the events from the indoor championships behind them and use their experience for the NCAA Division II
Outdoor National Championships, which are more than a month away. McDaniel’s early success has ensured a promising career at SF State in the coming years. After her predictions about the nationals came to fruition, her confidence is at an all-time high and she feels better prepared for upcoming seasons. “I’m enjoying it. I feel like it’s an advantage to start off earlier so hopefully by my senior year I’m amazing and I’ll be used to competing at a higher level,” McDaniel said. While McDaniel was relishing the moment of her first indoor nationals, Musika was not looking for enjoyment from the competition. With three outdoor national competitions under her belt, she prepared for the level of competition that awaited the Gators. “I don’t do this for fun; this has always been a job for me ever since freshman year,” said Musika. “I’m one of nine kids so I knew I had to go to college with some kind of scholarship, and track was the easiest for me.” Musika, in her final year of competition, is looking forward to finishing off her senior year with a bang by succeeding in the outdoor competitions. Moiola is also looking to do something big in her final season with the team. Through unfaltering motivation, she has used the indoor competitions as a learning experience and preparation for the upcoming events. “Success motivates me. Doing well makes me want to do even better. The meets where you surpass what you expected is more motivation to keep going,” Moiola said. Burke aims to take it easy on the athletes in practice in order to recover before the outdoor championship. McDaniel, however, has other plans in mind. “I’m going to push myself harder because the (outdoor) competition is going to be better; people there are going to be jumping farther than the meets I usually go to,” she said. “I want to be a competitor.”
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from both parties presenting their case to a neutral third party representative that prepares a report with recommendations for action. If an agreement is still not made, both sides will present a final offer, and a strike can legally be called. The proposal by the CSU includes an evaluation process before lecturers receive tenured employment, and requires faculty to report outside employment consistent with a recommendation by the Bureau of State Audits, according to CSU spokesman Erik Fallis. “We have a certain amount of funding from the state to provide for a certain number of students. If we use some of that for summer education, we would have less of that available to serve students during the school year. If you’re teaching extended education, there is some difference (from teaching during the regular school year),” Fallis said. According to CFA spokesman Brian Ferguson, the primary concern for the faculty is the quality of education, and moving more classes into extended learning like summer school means more for-profit classes. “Many of the proposals are things like moving more classes into the for-profit arms where students have to pay more, and the issues of class size and determining how many students can be in a class. The working conditions we teach in are the learning conditions the students have to learn in,” Ferguson said. According to Fallis, the administration believes a plan to strike is premature since legally a strike cannot take place until the bargaining process is complete. “We hope the faculty union would work through the negotiation process as opposed to taking premature action before they are legally able to strike. They are not legally able to strike until we’ve completed the process,” Fallis said. Ferguson said even though there is no definite time when the bargaining contract will be settled, the CFA is preparing for a strike as a protective measure.
“Bargaining and the process could be over in a matter of weeks or a matter of months. Basically what we’re doing is setting in motion the ability to strike when and if a contract can’t be reached,” Ferguson said. Ferguson said the decision was planned in April because it is an appropriate time before school closes for the summer. “It’s a function of the academic year, our people aren’t here in the summer,” Ferguson said. In order for the strike to take place, a majority of CFA members need to vote in support. If approved, the strike would become a twoday “rolling” process across the 23 CSU campuses at different times. Some faculty question whether canceling class due to a strike is beneficial when students are experiencing tuition increases and cuts to education, but some faculty members are looking at the larger message behind the strike. “I don’t want people to miss out on their education, but I’m taking a longer view on who’s going to be missing out. It’s for the protection of the larger system because if we don’t make some serious fundamental changes, we aren’t going to have one in a couple years,” said Dariotis. Anthropology lecturer Sheila Tully said the problem with the bargaining contract is the lack of priority to the backbone of the educational system, the educators and students. “The chancellor has hired a firm to negotiate our contract. He is paying them $4,000 a day. I get paid a little more than $4,000 to teach a class for fifteen weeks. Those are the priorities. It’s as if we’re an afterthought.” Tully does not want a strike, but said she will support it to show the seriousness of the contract situation. “I hope we don’t go out on a strike, but one thing that the strike does is shows the other side that you’re really serious and willing to go to take that measure in order to get a fair contract,” Tully said.
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