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The annual One-Act Fringe Theatre Festival, which features student written, produced and acted plays, this year expands its run into a third week.

BRIDGING the SCRIPT and the STAGE

PART THREE IN A SERIES OF FOUR STORIES

As departments and programs merge and others consider it, results unclear H CAMPUS MERGER H

PRACTICING: Safiya Martinez performs in the piece “So You Can Hear Me” at a the dress rehearsal for SF State’s One-Act Fringe Festival. The event will run through April 20 at the Studio Theatre in the Creative Arts Building. Photo by Cindy Waters

BY DEVERY SHEFFER

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BY KATHERINE YAU | kyau202@mail.sfsu.edu

While last year’s college consolidation involved a considerable amount of restructuring, more extensive department reorganization looms in the distance.

Turning some departments into programs whilst merging others is the University’s next step to save funds, Reorganizing according to Provost departments Sue Rosser. means changes Such a transition to funding and from department to program includes leadership. changes such as Some faculty sharing funding, say these resources and adminchanges have a istrative authorities negative effect. with other similar programs, according to various faculty, including professors Jeffrey Snipes and Colleen Hoff.

“Such mergers save salaries of chairs, freeing more faculty to teach, and of staff,” Rosser said. “This is already happening in the College of Health and Human Services.

It is supposed to be occurring in other colleges.”

The difference between departments and programs is largely administrative, and some programs that were once departments now have to share resources, funding and leadership with other similar programs, according to public administration professor Genie Stowers.

“A department has a chair and a program has a director, for instance. Faculty and students would probably not even notice the difference,” Stowers said.

But Akash Singh, a junior and international business major, has noted the possible effects of these merges from a fiscal perspective.

“Personally, it’s kind of a bummer. It’s like those majors don’t have a place. They seem to have been really limited in resources. It’s not really even a smart decision from a business stance,” Singh said.

Another difference between programs SEE PROGRAMS ON PAGE 3

Most playwriting students at SF State never get to see their creations to life on stage with actors, design or sound. This is exactly why Roy Conboy, head of the playwriting program at SF State, created the One-Act Fringe Theatre

festival 15 years ago.

Last semester, Conboy and three students spent their Thanksgiving break reading and discussing more than 60 scripts submitted by students for this year’s annual fringe festival. This was the highest number of submissions since it began, and it included several

exceptional plays. This led the selection committee to the decision of extending the festival of student written, directed and acted works to the longest it has ever been: three weeks.

Ben Calabrese, a theater stuSEE LIFE ON PAGE 6

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

VOTING EXTENDED, TURNOUT LOW

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FTER AN EXtended voting period that dipped into Spring Break, election results are in for the next leaders of Associated

Despite campaiging restrictions, the elected and incoming ASI officers hope to promote positive changes on campus.

Students, Inc. The official winners met Monday to discuss the next steps before they begin their terms May 1. The incoming student officers will go on a retreat the weekend of April 13 where they will establish the goals and objectives they hope to accomplish over the next year.

Incoming ASI President Adenike Hamilton aims to ensure that students’ fees are spent in the most efficient way possible.

“I ran because I saw a need for more cooperation between the two student auxiliaries, Associated Students, Inc. as well as the Cesar Chavez Student Center,” Hamilton said. “Both of those have separate student fees. I feel like there’s a disparity in how those fees are spent. I believe that if they are both student fees they should work more collaboratively and get things done.”

The voting period was extended after an error came to the attention of Horace Montgomery, ASI director of programs and services, that undeclared

ONLY

6%

OF SF STATE STUDENTS VOTED IN THE ASI ELECTION

students were not being allowed to vote in the elections. The online ballot was restricting 1,400 undeclared students from voting due to a University error.

The error was discovered three days into the voting period and was fixed by the next day, so ASI decided to extend the elections an additional three days to give those students the same amount of time to vote, according to Montgomery.

“We don’t want anyone to think they have been disenfranchised,” Montgomery said.

SF State also sent out an email notifying students that the issue had been resolved and that they were still eligible to vote.

“It actually worked in our favor because it served as a reminder to students to vote,” Montgomery said.

We got a larger turnout than we have ever had on that Friday (after the email was sent).”

Only 6 percent, or 1,670 SF State students voted in the elections that were extended an additional three days, according to Montgomery.

There were about 100 voters who voted over spring break as well, according to Montgomery.

“In my opinion they did a stellar job considering they couldn’t campaign at all,” Montgomery said.

“The rain that entire week prevented the campaign.”

Students and organizations campaigned in past years in the quad to encourage voting, an activity that was hindered by the rainy weather this year.

The University typically doesn’t send out a lot of SEE ASI ON PAGE 3

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SF SPEAKS OUT WOULD YOUR SHOPPING HABITS CHANGE IF THE BOOKSTORE WERE RUN BY A LARGE CORPORATION?

“It wouldn’t affect me. I come here for convenience.

I wouldn’t go somewhere else because the prices are already high.”

MICHAEL ATHEY, 26

ART EDUCATION MAJOR

“I would be more inclined to purchase from Amazon or more independent retailers...I’d spend more time going out to find the books instead of giving money to some big corporation.”

LAUREN ROBERTS, 22 PHILOSOPHY MAJOR

“If the prices go up in the Bookstore, I would probably opt to (shop) online. Even renting books here is expensive. ”

KASSY MCNAMARA, 18 UNDECLARED MAJOR

STRENGTH: Mya Whitaker shows the tattoo she dedicated to friends who died in recent years. After losing seven friends in one year, Whitaker returned to debating as a means to cope.

Photo by Hang Cheng

Student rediscovers power of debate Mya Whitaker was getting ready to League during high school, the nonprofit

BY CAROLYN COPELAND | carolync@mail.sfsu.edu begin her second semester at SF State was happy to have her back as an alumni in January 2010 when she heard the news that one of her closintern. It was incorporated into her contract that in order to be est friends had been killed outside of a party in Hayward. As the rehired at BAUDL, she had to join the debate team at SF State as a months went by, several more of her friends were killed. The cycle way to advance her skills. continued until January the following year when she mourned the “Debate was always something that made me happy, especially seventh death of a friend. after all the tragedies kept happening,” she said. “I eventually fell Heartbroken, financially unstable and nearly failing out of in love with it all over again.” school, Whitaker didn’t think she had the strength or the grades to Whitaker returned to debating in the spring of 2011. Although complete the academic year. she had less experience than some other debaters, coaches put her And then she got a text message. through a high level of competition from the very beginning.

Her former high school debate coach, Michael Scheer, asked “As a debater, Mya has always had a lot of passion and courher how she was doing and what her grades looked like. age,” said Stephanie Eisenberg, a volunteer for BAUDL and one of “I didn’t even know he still had my number,” said Whitaker, the coaches for the SF State debate team. “Not only is she smart, a sociology major. “I thought, ‘Wow, I don’t know any program but she’s got a lot of things to say.” where the teacher cares enough to message me and ask me how On top of going to school and debating for the SF State team, I’m doing.’ He cared enough to not let me fail and pushed me to Whitaker works as both a mentor and coach for the debate teams at get involved with debate again.”

Skyline and Castlemont high schools in Oakland, respectively.

Whitaker had joined the debate team during her senior year at “If I had to rate (Whitaker) as a coach on a scale from one to Skyline High School in Oakland after Scheer told her she talked 10, I’d give her a 10,” said Michelle Thomas, a sophomore on the too much. Although she was accustomed to using her fists to get debate team at Castlemont High School. “She really knows how to her point across to others, the debate team taught her to communidebate and tells us the strategies she uses.” cate verbally.

Whitaker said that if it hadn’t been for BAUDL, she would “There’s a power factor that comes with being a debater,” said have dropped out of college by now. In January, she was promoted Whitaker. “People have to listen to you and respect what you’re to program assistant, which requires her to recruit students to saying.” debate for the league.

Those who have debated against Whitaker have acknowledged “I wouldn’t be able to do my job if it wasn’t for Mya,” said the poise and feisty attitude she brings to the stage. Jessica Winsey, Perry Green, the program director for BAUDL. “Since she was a former student at Street Academy High School in Oakland, promoted, our program has been much more robust. She’s got her debated against Whitaker on five separate occasions. Although feet on the ground and interacts with students in a way that I just Winsey won the first four debates, Whitaker and her partner won can’t.” the fifth debate by a split decision and became the first city chamAlthough she spends several days a week helping students pions of Oakland. debate, Whitaker has also been an influence on them outside of the “Every time I would go against (Whitaker) it would be a fun classroom. experience,” said Winsey. “She brings a sense of realness to the de“Mya is someone who I wholeheartedly respect,” said Gregory bate since she incorporates a lot of personal experience. She’s just Belvin, a senior and captain for the Skyline High School debate herself. She makes her arguments simple, clear and to the point.” team. “If she were to criticize me, it would hold a lot more weight Although she had spent less than a year on the team, she travthan anything a teacher or debate coach could say. She’s been a eled to Chicago to debate in the prestigious Chase Urban Debate guiding voice for me and a good example for minorities.”

National Championship.

Whitaker said that transitioning from a fighter who could barely “People underestimate me,” she said. “I am this girl with color- communicate to a well-spoken debater has made her realize that ful hair and tattoos, and then the moment people learn that I debate she is better than her economic situation. and that I’m intelligent, they realize they can’t just talk to me any “Debating is an outlet for me and a lot of people,” she said. way they want.”

“Having all this built up anger and then finally being able to exSince Whitaker had success with the Bay Area Urban Debate press yourself verbally feels really good.”

03.28 through 04.03 “One of the main reasons I shop at the Bookstore is because of its convenience and that it’s nonprofit. I don’t have to worry about them asking too much money out of me. I kind of trust that it’s going to be the best price possible.”

CHRIS HURTT, 19 ART MAJOR

REPORTING BY CAROLYN COPELAND PHOTOS BY HENRY NGUYEN

CRIME BLOTTER

Compiled by Tamerra Griffin

Quasi-truthful ruminations loosely based on true events.

MOOCH FOR MIDNIGHT MUSIC

D.A.R.E.-ING DRIVER

WEEDED OUT OF A SALE

Officers responded to a report from a University Park North dweller that somebody had made multiple charges to his credit card between 9 p.m. March 28 and 11 a.m. March 29. Given the time frame of the spending spree, one can only presume that the identity thief had just purchased a smartphone and raided iTunes for music and apps. About $200 later, the mysterious subject is probably wandering the city listening to Fun.’s “We Are Young” and playing Draw Something.

University police arrested an intoxicated partier as she attempted - with some difficulty - to get inside her car around 2:30 a.m. March 31.

Supposedly, the young woman was in the midst of shooting a public service announcement for the infamous D.A.R.E. program about the dangers of driving under the influence. Apparently, the video’s director had stepped away to play beer pong just as the police showed up, and the star of the show had been taken to the county jail before she could explain her drunken motives to authorities.

A marijuana dealer was caught purple-handed on Winston Drive March 30. An officer determined the subject was in possession of weed that he intended to sell. However, when the attempt was made to confiscate the Mary J., the vendor presumably decided that was the moment to practice what he had learned in the four martial arts classes he’d acquired through a particularly enticing Groupon. The self-defense moves were not enough, though; he was later transported to the county jail, and his car was towed from the scene.

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and departments is the security and stability the latter structure provides, according to associate health education professor Ramon Castellbanch.

“If you get demoted from department to program, in terms of your survival, it’s not a good development,” said Castellblanch, who previously served as the California Faculty Association chapter president for SF State. “For programs, it’s harder for them to get a faculty hire. Once you become established as a department there’s a much better likelihood that what you’re doing will stay in place.”

Departments with few tenure-track faculty are considered to be small and are more likely to either merge with another department or become a program along with other studies of a similar nature, according to criminal justice professor Jeffrey Snipes.

This, he said, was an imperfect logic as it ignored other aspects of a department’s size.

“One problem is that the number of students isn’t taken into account. Criminal justice has about 700 majors, but a relatively low number of four tenured and tenure track faculty, if you don’t take our lecturers into account,” Snipes said.

Castellblanch added that departments with fewer educators are especially at risk in the consolidation.

“If you get a department that’s under 10 (faculty), it’s more likely that you’re going to be considered for some type of merger,” Castellblanch said.

Some former departments such as public administration, urban planning and criminal justice are now programs in the larger School of Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, a new academic body that also houses environmental studies. The four entities share resources and funds, and have even collaborated to write a grant proposal as a school.

Stowers stated that while the programs loved being a part of SPACE, the movement created a need for reorganization.

“The program directors and the school director

meet every three weeks to talk about issues and how to coordinate. Two weeks ago, there was an event for all faculty and staff to help us all to get to know one another, which was really excellent,” Stowers said.

For some departments that have become programs, the forced transition seems evident that the University has abandoned them.

“More disturbing is that the department of sexuality studies has been downgraded to a program and merged with the department of sociology,” said human sexuality professor Colleen Hoff. “While we have tremendous support from sociology and we are all working together to preserve the richness and rigor of the master’s degree in sexuality studies, this feels like our program, our students and our faculty do not have support from the greater University.”

While becoming a program involves some administrative challenges, some faculty feel their new placement is appropriate.

“After gaining department status several years ago, we are now once again a program by default,” Snipes said. “We are part of an exciting new school in a college that is a good fit for us. Our view is that our new placement has opened up new opportunities for us despite the challenges.”

The College of Liberal & Creative Arts may be tentatively slated to streamline departments in the future, according to LCA Dean Paul Sherwin.

“There’s considerable talk about merging or partnerships. No hard and fast decisions have been made yet,” Sherwin said.

The business, education, science and engineering and ethnic studies colleges currently have no plans to merge departments, according to College of Business Dean Caran Colvin, College of Ethnic Studies Dean Kenneth Monteiro, College of Science and Engineering Dean Sheldon Axler, and the Graduate College of Education Dean Jacob Perea.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

ASI officials plan to maximize student fees CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

emails to students to ensure they don’t feel like they are being spammed. Only in the last few years has the University sent out emails to students before ASI elections, according to Montgomery. ASI doesn’t have access to all the email addresses for students, so they are unable to notify students about elections on their own.

There are currently three vacant positions: freshman representative, ethnic studies representative and education representative, which will be appointed by the new board when their term begins.

Some of the issues the new board of directors hope to address include funding for student organizations, according to Sunny Pak, the incoming VP of Internal Affairs.

Kris Domingo, vice president of finance, decided to run because of his experience working with ASI, and serving a similar role as the current assistant coordinator for the student-led organization Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor.

“I’ve dealt with ASI in terms of funding proposals and my own organization when it comes to budgeting for events,” he said. “I understand how hard it can be to scramble for funds.”

The incoming ASI officers will be inaugurated April 30 at 5 p.m. in Jack Adams Hall.

Contact Eva Charles 415.338.3133 echarles@sfsu.edu

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GROUP SEEKS TO EASE HOUSING SHORTAGE

BY ANA PREZA | acpreza@mail.sfsu.edu

acknowledging other housing shortages as well.

“We want to create new student housing without cannibalizing existing housing stock,” Wiener said.

Those involved with the legislation know that finding housing in San Francisco for both residents and students is tough.

They want this ordinance to encourage new construction of student housing so that students are not occupying permanent residential housing.

“We hope that it will contain a lot of incentives to build new (student housing) and to help us get at this situation,” Colen said.

Amendments to the proposed legislation would allow a few exceptions to converting existing housing into student housing. Institutions would be able to convert housing previously used as religious housing such as monasteries and convents.

Also, housing that is on a lot adjacent to a postsecondary institution could be converted into student housing as long as that institution has owned that housing for at least 10 years.

In 2010, then-mayor Gavin Newsom signed an ordinance that exempts specific student housing from housing fees when the housing is provided to students who have demonstrated some financial need. That legislation prompted the planning department to create a definition of student housing, said Sophie Hayward from the planning department who has been working with Wiener on the legislation.

Students use Craigslist because it is an easy way to find housing when living in the dorms may not be an option.

Finding student housing can be difficult in San Francisco, but one group hopes to ease the crunch by allowing schools more leeway to build.

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TUDENTS MAY NOT NEED to use Craigslist to find housing anymore.

Together, Supervisor Scott Wiener, the San Francisco planning department and the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition have been working on creating legislation that would not only define student housing in San Francisco, but would also create new student housing facilities and increase residential housing, which they say is scarce.

Tim Colen, executive director of the SFHAC, said their focus has been on the production of new student housing. They estimate that there is a shortage of more than 50,000 beds in San Francisco.

The ordinance defines student housing as living space for students of universities or higher educational institutions that must be owned, operated or controlled by those institutions. Student housing will be permitted in specified zoning districts, especially those near universities.

The new ordinance will ban conversion of residential housing into student housing but will, however, allow student housing that is no longer owned or controlled by higher educational institutions to become residential housing.

In creating a clear definition, Wiener hopes to address the shortage of student housing available while

Communications major Andrea Bedoy, 21, who lives in a two bedroom apartment in the city, said students could benefit from new student housing because many have a hard time finding apartments.

Two girls she knew could not get into the dorms and had to live in a hotel until they could find a good place to live.

“I think (new student construction) would be beneficial,” said Bedoy. “I don’t know who would take advantage of it, but it would be a good back-up plan.”

Residents expressed concern about the effectiveness of the new legislation. Since housing is scarce, they want this legislation to protect that housing from being occupied by students.

Former supervisor John Bardis said neighborhood associations are concerned about the lack of housing for residents; an increase in student housing should leave more room for the residents in neighborhoods in the city, especially those overrun with students.

“Hopefully new construction of housing for students would provide and save the housing that is needed and expand the housing supply of our city,” Bardis said.

There is concern from smaller higher education institutions about the effects of this legislation.

Megann Sept, associate dean of the San Francisco Art Institute, said her institution has 650 students and the institution houses approximately 140 of those students in two leased buildings downtown. She said they support the ordinance but ask that they accommodate small schools like her institution.

Sept said the school has never been able to acquire additional property for student housing.

The buildings leased for student housing are old hotels and hostels, which do not displace permanent residents.

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After enduring abuse in foster care homes, SF State graduate Sokhom Mao beat the odds and now works to help others.

CITY 5

A FOSTER CHILD’S STORY: Surviving the system

“I always keep her in my heart,” Mao said. “She was very Sokhom Mao grew up in loving. You don’t get a better the foster care system with his person than my mom.” five siblings under the care of Mao is a founding memabusive relatives and in several ber of the Guardian Scholars group homes, after his mother program at SF State and he passed away when he was 12 attributes much of his success to years old. the support of the program.

“Growing up with my aunt Miriam Markowitz, careerand uncle was a horrible experiplanning manager of Guardian ence,” Mao said. “My aunt was Scholars, said the program proextremely abusive - physically, vides tools for foster students verbally and psychologically.” to graduate such as year-round By all definitions, he wasn’t housing, tutoring, counseling supposed to enter college, but he and financial aid. But most walked out as an SF State graduimportantly they play the role of ate in 2010. parents.

“When I graduated I just had “The Guardian Scholars this feeling of accomplishment provides a level of parenting because of all the challenges that foster student’s lack. It’s an and obstacles I had to face,” incredible feeling when students Mao said. “I proved the system enter the program and they realwrong. I showed that foster ize things are finally going in youths are just as capable as any the right direction,” Markowitz other student.” said.

According to research done Markowitz said many foster PAY IT FORWARD: Sokhom Mao, a former foster child, now works for the California Social Work Education Center at UC Berkeley. by the Chapin Hall at the Unistudents struggle with being on A 2010 SF State alumnus, Mao began working with fostered youth a few months after graduation. Photo by Nelson Estrada versity of Chicago, less than 3 their own for the first time. percent of 593 former foster care “Foster students have to adyouth received a bachelor’s degree. The study cited a need for employment, childcare just to a new environment at school because they have consistently faced abandonment responsibilities and high tuition costs as some of the top reasons why most foster stuand hardships,” Markowitz said. “But here at the program we want them to be able to be dents didn’t finish college. themselves and be comfortable in a family atmosphere.”

“There are so many flaws in the foster system. There’s no level of support or presMao’s younger sister Chhienda, who currently attends SF State, said her big brother sure for foster students to go to college,” Mao said. has been an inspiration for her.

Mao said that while he attended SF State he faced the usual suspects of stressors “Sokhom has been a positive role model for me. I remember growing up he always such as exams, essays and research papers, and had to take on the challenge of taking encouraged me to go to school and he kept me motivated,” Chhienda said. “It’s like care of his younger brother while working part-time at the University police department. we’re a team. We help one another and push each other to do better.”

“It was the people around me that got me through the tough times,” Mao said.

Today Mao is grateful to have a job in child welfare working for the California So“From high school to college I always had folks supporting me telling me I can do cial Work Education Center at UC Berkeley, which is the largest collaborative training things.” center in the United States providing service training in child welfare.

But Mao said his greatest motivation came from his mother.

“My goal now is to make sure people are aware of the continuing problem of our “Before my mom passed she told me I had to go to college, and that was all the foster care system because it doesn’t just affect the youth or social workers, it affects motivation I needed to hear,” Mao said. everybody,” Mao said. “People need to understand the value of families and the imporHis mom, Houv Vong, was a refugee during the Cambodian civil war in 1970. tance of children because a lot of them deserve better.”

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EXCELSIOR Tucked away in the Southeastern part of the city, the Excelsior neighborhood encompasses the residential Mission Terrace and Outer Mission. Though it’s easy to dismiss this neighborhood for its sketchy, run-down appearance, the many hidden food gems that line Ocean and Geneva avenues make this an undiscovered foodie haven for students and locals alike.

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PACITAS SALVADORIAN BAKERY HINT: There’s nothing better than a lightly sweetened pan dulce to indulge in during an afternoon break. This mom-and-pop bakery churns up delicious, authentic Salvadorian baked goods all day long. Its best-seller, the vibrant red and delightfully sweet guava cookies, will satiate anyone’s pastry fix.

DESPAIR, LAUGHTER LIFE and

TOP: Brian Martin (left), Katharine Camilli (middle) and Rusty Maldonado (right) perform “Broken Sand Dollars” at the dress rehearsal for SF State’s Fringe Festival.

Photo by Henry Nguyen RIGHT: Safiya Martinez performs in the piece “So You Can Hear Me.” All plays in the festival were written by SF State students.

Photo by Cindy Waters

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ABOVE: Stephen Patrick Frothingham (left) and Ben Calabrese (right) perform “Visitant.” The festival runs through April 20. Photo by Henry Nguyen

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dent, festival producer and member of the script selection committee, is happy that this year’s event has been able to accomplish what it set out to do: show off student-written work.

“We had a lot of submissions and a lot of really good submissions. We felt that there were enough that we could base three different programs off of them and not water down the event at all,” Calabrese said.

The festival offers open writing submissions to all SF State students on campus. Any student can submit a script to be reviewed and if it’s picked by the selection committee, they will work with the writer to choose students to direct and act in the play.

Alandra Hileman, a 23-year-old senior, submitted her comedy “The Proper Rules of Urinal Etiquette,” inspired by her experience with the “bro code” she has learned over the years from her

many guy friends. Her play was one of the 13 selected for the festival and will be showing during the third week.

“I heard the number of submissions that had gone in and I knew some of the other people who had submitted,” said Hileman. “I was shocked at the level of talent so I was not expecting my ridiculous comedy to get picked.”

Extending the festival an extra week gives more opportunities for students to see their writings come alive on stage, but it’s also much more work.

“I’m excited about it; there’s a lot of wonderful stuff. But there’s also the idea of whether we’re insane or not,” said Conboy. “We’ll see how we feel about it at the end.”

Finding room for rehearsal space among the other upcoming main stage productions is just one of many problems the festival faces. With the number of plays showing in the short span of

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time, everyone is feeling the pressure, especially the stage managers in charge of getting all the technical aspects in line, including the lights, sound and props.

Brandyna Bishop, a 22-year-old junior and stage manager of the One-Act Fringe Theatre, said the event is a good way for students to get involved in all aspects of theater production despite the challenge of putting on so many plays in so little time.

“The rehearsal space is limited because the building is not that big so it’s kind of hard, but you just have to make it work,” Bishop said. “But it’s also really great because it gives everyone experience.”

Each of the three weeks consists of its own set of plays that will show each night, Tuesday through Friday at 7 p.m. in the Studio Theatre at SF State through April 20.

DATES: Tues. - Fri., through April 20 PHONE: 415-338-2467 TIME: 7 p.m.

LOCATION: Creative Arts Building, Studio Theatre

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STUDENT AUTHOR DRAWS ON YOUTHFUL DISCOVERIES FOR SHORT STORIES

BY HUNTER MULICH | hunter@mail.sfsu.edu

Authors aren’t known for being the most holy or sober people. And student Joe Riley, 23, fits right in.

He’s not the greatest student, but Riley’s shaping up to be a promising writer in the eyes of those around him.

The English literature major published his first collection of short stories last month called “How Strange it is to be Anything at All.” The cover holds together a collection of ex-girlfriends, alcohol, drug-induced revelations and urban adventure.

“Now the typical college student goes to school for five years as opposed to four, and it’s impossible to get a job, so we all work at restaurants. It’s about coming to terms with that extended adolescence,” Riley said.

“You’re going to deal with adversity regardless; that doesn’t mean life isn’t worth trying to continue with.”

Heartbreak, a copy of “The DaVinci Code” and the need to impress a girl is what sparked Riley to put together this collection of stories, but he has been interested in reading since he was a kid. His father, a literature professor at UC Santa Barbara, would leave books on his pillow and discussions of the books replaced the radio when the two were in a car.

Years later when Riley made it to SF State his teachers began to notice him, but not always in a positive way.

“Joe wasn’t the best student in class,” said Truong Tran, a lecturer in the creative writing department. “But the best students don’t always make the best writers.”

Camille Roy, an adjunct teacher in the creative writ-

EXPRESSION: English literature major Joe Riley’s newly-published book, entitled “How Strange it is to be Anything at All,” is a compilation of short stories.

Photo by Hang Cheng

ing department had similar things to say.

“He was a bit scattershot in that he had trouble being consistent, but he was capable of doing excellent work,” she said.

Despite shortcomings in the classroom, those same teachers took note of his humanity and passion for writing.

“There is a tangible sense of hopefulness with him,” Tran said. “He was very curious towards the craft or writing. At the time, I knew there was something unique, but he was still learning.”

Riley was on the road to failing Roy’s craft of fiction class by the end of the semester, but his final assignment was so compelling he ended up passing, he recalled with a clever smirk drenched in satisfaction.

The stories he wrote in those classes joined others to become the 21 chapters in “How Strange.” There’s no central plot between the covers, just repeated themes.

“It’s a collage of an angry 17- to 23-year-old who is finally coming to terms with the world,” Riley said.

A connection his dad had through the literary world landed his anonymous manuscript in the hands of Word Palace Press. The independent publisher based in San Luis Obispo picked Riley’s work out of a pile of 10 other nameless pieces and ended up printing 1,000 copies.

They’re available on Amazon.com as well as bookstores across the state, but most of the promotion is done by Riley and friends.

Writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway,

T.S. Elliot and John Steinbeck were muses into the world of words as Riley grew up. He’s even got a tattoo referencing “The Great Gatsby” on his inner arm. His friends, mom and grandparents also inspired the characters. The girl Riley put the book together to impress is illustrated on the cover, smoking a cigarette and drinking beer near a rainbow.

“I recognize myself in a couple stories,” said roommate Chris Gewehr, who mentioned Riley was never too stressed during the writing process. “He never went too far off from what actually happened.”

“How Strange” is part diary, part story, part life manual for the young and urban. It’s a bound notebook of trials and troubles that he’s amassed through his life, specifically the last few fuzzy years. It’s a celebration of a very uncertain age and time in life, basking in elevating realizations and a commemorating existence in general.

“We, well, a lot of kids go out and get way too fucked up and are like, ‘Oh, I shouldn’t be doing this,’ while they have a beer in their hand and they’re smoking a joint,” Riley said. “It’s about how we’re further stagnating ourselves with this obsession with getting intoxicated.”

He’s got more in the works, as well as plans of graduating this semester and returning for a creative writing in the graduate program. But for now, a little break.

“It kind of strenuous because you’re looking into your brain from the past year and that’s kind of exhausting,” Riley said. “But, I didn’t go crazy. Well, maybe sometimes.”

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EGINNING TOday and continuing through next week, administrators will meet to get input from three bidders who are seeking the privilege of running the SF State Bookstore, as well as public comment.

Like an exclusive Sotheby’s auction, few seem to know about a meeting that will auction off the right to take students’ hard earned money, spent in the name of the written word.

Currently, the SF State Bookstore is managed by the nonprofit Franciscan Shops, as it has been since 1954. A vendor under the control of the Cesar Chavez Governing Board, which manages the leases of everyone in the Student Center, from Ike’s to Carmelina’s, Franciscan Shops has operated under a commitment to the University’s students since its creation.

Now, the University is entertaining offers from two corporate entities – Barnes & Noble and Follett Corporation – to take over Bookstore operations. We are concerned, just as we should be concerned whenever a nonprofit entity converts to a for-profit model.

When talking about such a dramatic structure shift, it is our duty as beneficiaries in a public system to question any move that has the potential to further privatize our college experience.

While the consequences of bringing in a corporation to run the Bookstore are still shrouded in speculation and unanswered questions, it is impossible to argue against the good the current Bookstore has done for this campus.

They have donated money from their profits to SF State’s general fund every year – both in good and bad financial times.

Those who manage the Bookstore, including CEO and General Manager Robert Strong, are ever-present in the store and accessible to anyone who wants to know more about its operations. Most of its employee roster is filled with SF State students and alum, something that has built a strong base of support for the little nonprofit that could.

As universities in the CSU system have turned one by one to large corporations to manage their bookstore operations, Franciscan Shops maintained its role on campus.

It turned to alternative methods of getting students access to books at the lowest price possible as textbook prices climbed and tuition skyrocketed. It was the leading school in terms of volume for textbooks rented in a pilot program last year, saving students thousands of dollars.

For this dedication to students and their pocketbooks, the Bookstore management has been rewarded with a fight to save their nonprofit organization as the University Corporation, a group who manages and controls various aspects of financing for the campus, sent out a request for bids on management of the store.

This is a terrible reward for so many

years of dedicated service.

Even a long-established nonprofit like Franciscan does not have the resources to throw at defending their turf from a large corporation. If UCorp decides to bring in a new vendor, the Bookstore will be operated as a for-profit enterprise. It will not only be a new branch for the vendor, but also a source of revenue for UCorp.

Whoever wins the battle will move forward with a new mandate for donations to the University. Rather than a voluntary donation, a new bookstore vendor will fill a contractual obligation that will earn UCorp a big check each year, to be disbursed as its board sees fit.

That’s right. No longer will the Bookstore contribute to the general fund. Instead, this money will have to go through another corporate bottleneck before ending up in the hands of the campus. This is a gross lapse of judgment that may permanently alter the community of this campus.

No longer can students needs be put first when the operators of the Bookstore are mandated to give back a certain amount of money to UCorp. They have to make sure that they meet the minimum profit not only to their own bottom line, but also to the administration’s.

Turning the quad into a yard sale isn’t the answer to the University’s financial problems.

Please, members of UCorp, think about more than the bottom line when you auction off a part of our campus. This may be one sale that can’t go to the highest bidder.

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Roughly 40 percent of the women surveyed experienced adies, you know the feeling. That slow, delicious buildup of warmth and comfort a coregasm on 10 or more individual occasions, usually when exercising in a public place. Embarrassingly, 20 percent couldn’t that shortens your breath and explodes like control themselves. a million tiny fireworks all over your body, Participants reported various occasions that they’d experienced nearly paralyzing you with pleasure. Now, the coregasm, but about 26 percent had one while lifting weights, imagine that during your afternoon Pilates.

20 percent during yoga, nearly 16 percent while bicycling, just About 51 percent of women have experimore than 13 percent while running and almost 20 percent during enced an orgasm in connection with abdomiwalking or hiking - any of which might work for nal exercises, according to a study conducted by you in your local gym. researchers at Indiana University and published Or not. The study didn’t delve into how in a special edition of the peer-reviewed journal Since breaking up with her common it is to experience a coregasm, or the “Sexual and Relationship Therapy” in March. inner prude, Cassie Becker mechanisms behind the mind-blowing pleasure has done it all. Her interest It’s a phenomenon known as the coregasm. in sexual exploration has the exercises produced.

Keep in mind that an orgasm is a series of led her to write several But the research could pave the way for even muscle contractions in the genitals that leads to blogs and break even more more work to be done on the nature and experithe release of endorphins; the coregasm is that in beds. She’s extensively ences of the female orgasm since evidence points a different part of the body. researched and written about it - all with a sexy to the fact that the pleasure may be more related The study, based on results of surveys smile. to physical processes than sexual arousal, said administered online to nearly 400 women aged Debby Herbenick, co-author of the study and co18 to 63, has advanced Alfred Kinsey’s research director of the Center for Sexual Health Promoexplored in his 1953 book “Sexual Behavior in tion at Indiana University. the Human Female” on exercise-induced orgasms.

Unfortunately, Lee doesn’t think it would be possible for men Matthew Lee, SF State kinesiology professor who specializes to experience a coregasm. in exercise physiology, thinks the connection might be between “My guess is no. One reason why I’m saying that is because abdominal and pelvic muscle contractions; but since people reI’ve never heard of a situation where that’s happened,” Lee said. spond differently to exercise, not all women could be so lucky.

“I think there are just going to be a lot of individual differences “I would assume the anatomical differences and just the mechanism of what’s occurring (during an orgasm) would be different between people. Some people, yeah, I think it definitely can happen. Other people, probably not,” he said. Lee said this is probably enough where that wouldn’t happen.”

If you find yourself struggling to try to get that coregasm durbecause of the different ways people respond to exercise and what ing your morning crunches, you might just not be one of the lucky turns them on. ones. In that case, just go for an old-fashioned routine of vigorous “When they’re doing abdominal exercises it’s possible that those (pelvic floor muscles) are being activated, too, and that’s the sex or an intense masturbation session and you should be more than cured. link that I could see,” he said. “

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Senior baseball player and starting catcher Matt Quintero has been chosen as Xpress Player of the Week. During the Sonoma State double header April 1, Quintero went 3 for 5 hits in the first game and 1 for 3 hits in the second game, picking up a total of two runs and three runs batted in. Quintero is also ranked first in home runs and second in RBIs with 15.

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GATORS’ SPORTS SCHEDULE THURSDAY, APRIL 5 BASEBALL

SF State vs. Cal Poly Pomona at 3 p.m.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 6 BASEBALL

SF State vs. Cal Poly Pomona at 1 p.m.

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SOFTBALL

SF State vs. Humboldt State University at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD

SF State at the Distance Carnival at 8 a.m.

(San Francisco, Calif.)

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 BASEBALL

SF State vs. Cal Poly Pomona at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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SOFTBALL

SF State vs. Humboldt State University at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 10 BASEBALL

SF State vs. Menlo College at 2:30 p.m.

(Atherton, Calif.)

SOFTBALL

SF State vs. Cal State Stanislaus at 2 p.m.

(San Francisco, Calif.)

Commitment to balance means no room for men’s track

BY SEAN DUFFY | scduffy@mail.sfsu.edu

Gender equity laws and demonstrating interest and oplimited funding together portunity in collegiate sports. confine SF State’s athletic The absence of men’s track program, leaving the school and field has prevented junior without a men’s track and field Alex Yonas from participating team. in athletics at SF State.

These constraints have After starring in track fragmented who can participate in high school, competing in the school’s sports teams, primarily in the 3,000-meter inhibiting potential athletes steeplechase, Yonas initially from competing. attended the University of San Many students often Francisco, but left after his fawonder why SF State only has ther suffered a heart attack, and certain teams, but in addition ended up transferring to Merritt to scarce athletic funding, balCollege, a community college. ancing the number of athletic “I couldn’t afford to go teams for men and women due to college,” Yonas said. “It to Title IX, which sets stanwould have to be either work dards for gender equality in and go to school or get paid to sports, is part of the reason. run track and go to school. I This stems from a lawsuit couldn’t work, run track and go the California State University to school at the same time.” system settled with a women’s Many of his teammates group over the inclusion of were in the same situation and women in school sports, makdevoted a large portion of their ing compliance with the act time to competing and preparmore explicit. The lawsuit ing for their events because stated that the ratio of male to they could only afford to go to female athletes should be recollege if they received scholflective of the student populaarships. tion’s gender ratio.

“I did track and field and “It is very firmly encross country, but I hated cross forced in terms of scholarship country. Our track guys did athletes,” said Terry Burke, cross country to train for track LOOKING BACK: Former SF State student Tony Keros competes in a javelin throw as part women’s track and field coach. of a decathlon during a conference championship meet in 1989. The school stopped having a and field,” Yonas said. “We “I find it difficult to tell young viewed track and field as trainmen’s track and field team in 2004. Photo by Victoria Sheridan/Xpress Archives men that we don’t have a team ing for a job.” to compete on.”

Continued funding woes In 1993, the CSU system settled a lawsuit with the California have prevented the school from adding sports, as they receive the National Organization for Women, which alleged that 19 schools were majority of their funding from a $68 fee students pay into their tuition failing to comply with Title IX. The two parties ultimately settled on a costs, $58 of which goes to the athletic department, and the other $10 consent decree that specified how the schools must comply, stating that to recreation. athletic enrollment and expenditures must reflect the student body.

“We’re very dependent on enrollment; the more students we have “It’s not necessarily stricter, but it’s more specific. The number the better we are,” Burke explained. of athletes has to be close to the makeup of the school,” said Athletic In the 2010-11 athletic year, the school gave out $341,000 in Director Michael Simpson. scholarships to its 296 athletes. Some student athletes don’t receive any Men’s track and field was among the sports cut at SF State in 2004, scholarship money, while others receive up to $2,500. when the athletic department was forced to eliminate five sports be“We have the lowest resources in terms of scholarships and other cause of financing issues and the sport was chosen to balance the male areas in the conference. It is really tough with the cost of SF State and to female sport correlation. the limited funding,” Burke said.

Besides men’s track and field, the school also dropped men’s and Chico State University spent $644,000 on scholarships for 375 women’s swimming, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball. Volathletes, which is an average of $1,706, nearly $600 higher than SF leyball was ultimately brought back in order to help the department’s State. Its total athletic costs were $4.7 million, 20 percent higher than gender ratio.

SF State’s $3.9 million.

“That helped our gender numbers. If we brought back a women’s “You look at schools like Chico State and (UC) San Diego, who sport, we could add another men’s team,” Simpson said. “It biases you have more funding than ever, and it’s reflected in their results,” Burke toward large women’s sports.” said.

Title IX was passed in 1972 and aims to eliminate gender inequality Yonas has suffered a few injuries since leaving USF, but said he in collegiate athletics. would still like to run track, though SF State is not planning to add the The act provided a three-prong test for compliance. The first prong sport any time soon. deals with proportionality, the second focuses on progress toward “Both my parents went to SF State, so they wanted me to go there,” proportionality or equality and the final examines student responses Yonas said. “They’re just not in a position to add a men’s track team.”

SOFTBALL WIN SCORES FROM THE LAST WEEK OF GATOR SPORTS LOSS

BASEBALL LOSS

March 30 vs.

Sonoma State University 1-14

LOSS

March 30 vs.

Sonoma State University 6-1 April 1 vs.

Sonoma State University 9-10 April 1 vs.

Sonoma State University 4-8

WIN

March 30 vs.

University of Hawaii at Hilo 4-2

WIN

March 30 vs.

Central Washington University 5-4

WIN

March 30 vs.

Notre Dame de Namur University 5-4

WIN

LOSS

LOSS

March 31 vs. Northwest Nazarene University 10-8 March 31 vs.

Grand Canyon University 3-4 April 1 vs.

Montana State Billings 3-5

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Students make jiujitsu club possible, affordable kicked out or not finding any room.”

Though Heung only spent a short time at a professional jiujitsu academy, he still wanted to maintain that same level of training with people that shared similar interests. Creating a friendly atmosphere where anyone, with minimal experience, can learn is part of the club’s constitution, Heung said.

“It’s pretty intimidating to just jump in and try it

move in a way they shouldn’t be and that’s how someone might get hurt.”

Two students with a passion for the Brazilian ground Most members of athletic clubs pay a fee to cover fighting sport known as jiujitsu have brought it to SF the insurance costs, but that would contradict Heung’s State as a cash-free recreational club. goal of keeping the club free. As a result, he constructed Kevin Heung, 24, Justin Orozco, 22, co-founders the jiujitsu club to be recreational and not competitive to of SF State’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club, found it next to ensure free participation. impossible to balance paying their martial arts academy “We’re not training to go and compete,” Heung said. fees while going to school. To “Due to extra costs and insurance their dismay, the pair could not procedures, we chose to have the find a dedicated place to train on organization be recreational.” campus without the legitimacy of The recreation aspect of the club being part of a club. Taking matallows for any student with interest ters into their own hands, they to participate. Most members of the started an on-campus jiujitsu jiujitsu club have only started practicclub to further their training and ing since the club started one month invite others to participate in the ago and are not experienced enough martial arts self-defense club. in the sport to compete.

“Not everyone can afford a Biology major Aaron Tracht, 18, gym,” Heung said. “(I) wanted started training after being cut from somewhere where everyone can the University’s wrestling team last go to and it doesn’t have to cost fall. He decided to join the club as a a thing.” way to stay active, but found that an Heung started working durill-fated position in wrestling is the ing Fall 2011 to organize the most powerful position in jiujitsu. club, which was made official “I’m not comfortable on my in March 2012. Within its first back,” Tracht said. “In wrestling it’s week, the club gained 20 memthe worst thing you can do, but in bers. Spanish major Jonathan jiujitsu you’re there all of the time.”

Grant, 31, has previous experiHeung said he hopes the club can ence and was excited to see the grow and hold seminars, which will flyer for the club. promote the club and gain points.

“It’s really expensive to do if The University allocates funds you go to a professional dojo,” by points each club gains through he said, referring to a martial arts ROUGH: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu club first-time participant Kyle Acevedo, 18, (top) and 10 jiujitsu veteran Filipe Angeles, 27, (botmembership or volunteer work. The studio. “Coming here, we just sports club council accepts annual tom) practice an armbar hold under the supervision of club co-founder Kevin Heung (left) in the wrestling training room. The get to share our knowledge and allocation requests through April club was created to provide a free space for jiujitsu enthusiasts to practice the sport. Photo by Gil Riego Jr. it’s free.”

16 that can help club sports receive Heung began his training funding for future semesters. in jiujitsu at Bushido Fight Team’s academy on Vicente (jiujitsu),” he said. “I wanted a different atmosphere.

The jiujitsu club has already earned at least 25 points Street about one year ago. After only a few months of Something that is really, really friendly.” by gaining members, but needs 60 total to apply for the training, Heung struggled to balance paying the gym fees, Inviting newcomers into a physical sport can be danallocation. and finding the time to train while going to school, so gerous and lead to injury, which is why SF State covers “If our club earns enough points, we can request fundhe left the academy. Not giving up what he had learned, athletic programs with insurance. Programs that are not ing for the club through the sports council,” Heung said.

Heung continued to train on campus with fellow Bushido recreational are charged for this coverage and have extra “So it is actually more of an incentive for our club to earn teammate Orozco, a criminal justice major. costs added on to their competitive sport. those points.”

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