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Project Rebound’s success fuels expansion CHANTEL CARNES ccarnes@mail.sfsu.edu

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MENTORSHIP: Bob Tunnell (left), a Project Rebound volunteer advisor, and Jason Bell (right), the Project Rebound director, put together an article for students to read inside the Project Rebound office located in the Cesar Chavez Student Center Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Project Rebound, a program helping the formerly incarcerated obtain college degrees, will be expanding its program to 10 other California State Universities in Fall 2016 after over 20 years of providing services at SF State, according to Project Rebound Director Jason Bell.

Entering his final semester at SF State after four years in Project

Rebound, Malcolm McKinney, 35, said he would not be the person he is today without the program.

“Before I joined this program, I was in a dark place with no idea what I wanted to do with my life,” McKinney said. “Project Rebound gave me a reason. That’s what it does — it provides you with a purpose in life.”

CSU Trustee J. Lawrence

Norton and Chancellor Timothy White determined it was time to extend Project Rebound’s services to more universities in January 2009, according to Bell, who said SF State will serve as the lead agency and will oversee the program throughout its expansion.

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Intramural flag football fosters camaraderie, competition JESSE SAETURN essej@mail.sfsu.edu

Under the bright lights of West Campus Green Field, SF State students laced up their cleats and wrapped flags around their waists as they prepared to engage in the friendly competition of intramural flag football.

Student referee Ryan Williams said intramural sports emphasize fun and competition.

“A lot of the students who joined like the competition and are having fun showcasing the skills they’ve got,” Williams said.

The games’ officials consist of three student referees, with one acting as the scorekeeper.

Some students joined flag football because it’s the only football-related activity the University offers, according to Williams.

“Our school doesn’t have a football team, so many of the students come to play intramural because they want to get involved with the sport somehow,” Williams said.

Williams added that a lot of the students are freshman who recently played high school football and wanted to continue playing.

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STUTTER STEP: Mitchell Lam (3)

of Joey T. & Company has his flag pulled in an intramural flag football game against the San Francisco 69ers at the West Campus Green Field Monday, Sept. 28.

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VOCALIZE: Student Marian Cobb writes down her questions after a finance committee meeting held by Associated Students, Inc. in Cesar Chavez Student Center at SF State Monday, Oct. 5. The meeting was to dicuss funding for historic organizations.

Long-standing student groups combat ASI budget proposal

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CHANTEL CARNES ccarnes@mail.sfsu.edu

he Associated Students, Inc. Finance Committee addressed concerns regarding the group's allocation of funds Monday, after growing criticism of a proposal that would reduce budgets for historic campus groups.

“After sitting in the meeting, I can see the board blaming (historical organizations) when this proposal was just dropped in our lap last minute,” said Hermanos Unidos Outreach and Alumni Chairman Christian Rivera Nolan.

“I would like to see ASI suspend the cuts until next year so we can all have more time to work toward finding a more sustainable solution with more student input.”

Historic organizations, which include La Raza Unida, the Black Student Union,

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Student Kouncil of Intertribal Nations and of Finance Niza Del Carmen. “We are not the General Union of Palestine Students, necessarily cutting the funding; we are among others, currently receive redistributing it in a way that will allow $4,000 in funding for us to fund more events.” historic events and $1,500 Del Carmen said an for special events. The increase in request for proposed distribution funding from student would decrease organizations prompted funds for historical the proposal. The organization events proposal is intended to and special events by shift the money being between $500 and taken away from historic $1,000, while new organization events and organizations will move them to fund newer receive $500 less than student organizations.

-Anabell Guerrero their usual $1,000 budget, “We need to demand what according to the finance we want from them, because committee’s online budget this is our campus too,” said proposal.

La Raza Unida Coordinator “We inherited this proposal from last Anabell Guerrero, 20. “The money is not year’s board members, but what I want to just for us – how can you support our general make clear is that I want to move away from body by decreasing our funding?” the word ‘cuts,’” said ASI Vice President

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The money is not just for us – how can you support our general body by decreasing our funding?

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Impact of future pouring rights deal worries environmental groups IMANI MILLER / XPRESS

COLLABORATE: SF State students and

alumni from the Real Food Challenge gather to prepare for a demonstration advocating for transparency from campus administration with the pouring rights agreement Sunday, Oct. 4.

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embers of environmental student groups at SF State said they are growing frustrated as the school moves forward with a pouring rights agreement, seeking a deal in which a major soda brand will represent 80 percent of all vendors on campus.

“The way that President (Leslie E.) Wong has been going about this contract is very controversial, very (non-)transparent and secretive and not inclusive in any way whatsoever,” said An Bui, president of the Real Food Challenge at SF State. “The pouring rights issue is an issue in itself, but this is also a reflection of a larger issue in lack of shared governance.”

Bui, 19, said that the RFC is against a possible pouring rights contract at SF State because it would infringe on the campus

community and limit students’ healthy beverage choices.

“There is going to be advertising across campus, and that’s a private company coming into a public institution and having advertising,” Bui said. “And the options will be limited in terms of healthy choices.”

According to Jonathan Morales, who is a member of the pouring rights committee and the director of news and new media at SF State, the University would benefit in several ways from adopting a pouring rights agreement.

“Right now, many of the beverages that would be covered by a pouring rights agreement are already on campus, but are not regulated,” Morales said in an email.

“That means the University not only receives no direct benefit from their sale, but also has no control over things like the ratio of healthy beverage options to sugary beverages or sustainability practices.”

SF State’s proposed pouring rights agreement would last for 8-10 years and entail a one-time donation of at least $2 million from the chosen company, according to the official request for proposals. An additional fee of $125,000 would also be collected annually by SF State.

Celia LoBuono Gonzalez, a member of the Real Food Challenge, said that the majority of this funding would go to the athletics department. Information on how exactly the funds would be distributed cannot be released at this time because it is part of the confidential negotiations, Morales said.

The committee is still reviewing proposals and the agreement, which are currently confidential, according to Morales. However, the committee has decided to host town hall meetings Oct. 14 and 15, Morales said, where students

and staff will be given a platform to ask questions of the contenders and voice their concerns.

Morales said representatives from CocaCola Co. will attend the meeting Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. in J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 244, while representatives from PepsiCo Inc. will meet with students and staff Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. at the same location.

Gonzales said the proposed town hall meeting is not enough and that members of the community need to contribute to the agreement.

“When you see what this town hall meeting is about, it’s not going to be about whether students want this or not,” Gonzalez said. “It’s going to be ‘A or B?’ like, ‘we’re doing this.’ It’s really an issue of shared governance.”

The Environmentally Concerned Organization of Students does not support pouring rights at SF State for several reasons, including health and waste issues, according to Liana Derus, ECO Students co-president and treasurer.

According to Morales, many other California State Universities have pouring rights agreements in place. Elizabeth Chapin, public affairs web communications specialist at the CSU Office of the Chancellor, said that the CSU has no system-wide policy for selling pouring rights and doesn’t keep track of individual universities’ agreements.

Gonzalez said she thinks SF State should be representative of the larger community and therefore not support large corporations.

“Our own city supervisors have, just this summer, enacted a city ordinance to put warning labels on all sugary beverage advertisements,” Gonzalez said. “We are still part of the larger community, so it hurts, it really hurts, and I feel, we feel, that this goes against the strategic plan, the goals, the identity that SF State says it’s about.”

XPRESS What do you think about the University’s potential pouring rights agreement? yoursELF WE ASKED SF STATE STUDENTS:

“I think that the pouring rights agreement is unfortunate. In my opinion, it is capitalism and it is all focused on money.”

ALFREDo LOPEZ, 18 CINEMA major

“For me as an individual, the agreement is not going to affect my life. My life is not positively influenced whether I choose to buy Coke or Pepsi.”

“I grew up with a healthier background, and I strongly believe in healthy choices. I don’t think the agreement is good, and it also limits other people’s beverage options.”

“The pouring rights agreement doesn’t bother me because I’m not conscious of it. I believe students should have a say because students are the ones that will be purchasing drinks on campus.”

PAUL VILLA, 23 COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

VANESSA HOUNSHELL,18 COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

Salahuddin Temueri, 19 POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR

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CSU deems Project Rebound a success rebound Continued from the front “Project Rebound has helped hundreds of formerly incarcerated individuals to earn bachelor’s degrees and beyond,” Bell said. The program’s expansion plans to bring its model to other CSUs to help reduce criminal relapses and encourage the pursuit of higher education, according to Bell.

Pelican Bay State Prison educator Margaret Johnson introduced McKinney to Project Rebound while he was serving a five-year prison sentence for selling narcotics, according to McKinney. He said he worked for Johnson while he was incarcerated and helped other inmates work toward their GED certificates.

“I was honestly just trying to JOEL ANGEL JUÁREZ / XPRESS pay my bills, put food on REDEMPTION: Malcom McKinney (left), an SF State senior and business management major involved in Project Rebound, receives a food voucher from Project Rebound Director Jason Bell (right) at the Project Rebound office in the Cesar Chavez Student Center Tuesday, Oct. 6. the table and ended up in a bad situation,” life as a business McKinney said. “Before I came Southern California through the with many graduates receiving McKinney transaction and here, I didn’t really know what expansion, set to take place in some of the top honors in the said. “Not wanted to I wanted to be. I’m proud of 2016. state.

I’m a better person all people understand myself. I’m about to graduate, “This program helps fill a “For those who are currently who go how the and I actually have something to void and builds a bridge to a incarcerated and thinking about now – I’m calmer to prison economy live for because of this program.” better and successful life,” Miles being a part of Project Rebound, and wiser, and I are bad operated According to Project said. “This isn’t just a program, I would tell them to think about know what I want out people, so that he Rebound Office Coordinator it’s an extensive family.” their life and the situation they and could learn to Joseph Miles, only 15 to Bell said he has maintained are in now, and then think how of life.

Project control it and 20 percent of incarcerated long-term relationships with the Project Rebound can help get Rebound never be taken individuals in California are CSUs over the last few years. them to where they want to go in gave me the advantage of. located in the Bay Area, while The expansion is moving rapidly, life,” McKinney said. “It gives -Malcolm McKinney opportunity to “I’m a better the other 80 to 85 percent are as the participating CSUs are them the opportunity to go to prove that.” person now — located in Southern California. on the verge of hiring staff, college and be educated. It gives McKinney said he chose I’m calmer and wiser, and I He said Project Rebound’s goal according to Miles. He called the them the opportunity to think to major in business management know what I want out of life,” is to reach more universities in program a “recipe for success,” better so that they can do better.” because he views everything in

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Business conference provides women insight into corporate world

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MOBY HOWEIDY

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F State’s College of Business will focus on teaching women the skills they need to succeed in corporate enterprise at a leadership conference Oct. 8 and 9.

The Women’s Emerging Leadership Forum, a twoday gathering at SF State’s downtown campus, will feature talks and workshops giving young women the tools to navigate the male-dominated world of business, according to the event website.

“These types of events give our women students the chance to network with each other, but also other emerging leaders in business,” said SF State College Of Business Dean Linda Oubré. “If in five years, I can say that women looked me up to tell me what an impact the symposium had on their life and career, that will be a huge accomplishment.”

Oubré is one of the four keynote speakers who will be talking about their experiences within the corporate world and how they reached their level of achievement. Joining the dean are Kieran Casey, business process and compliance manager for Google; Cheryl Lester, vice president of

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LEADERSHIP: SF State College of Business Dean Linda Oubré will be

speak at the Second Annual Women’s Emerging Leadership Forum Oct 8 and 9 at the SF State downtown campus. Oubre poses for a portrait outside of the Business Building Tuesday, May 19.

operations strategy and support for Sam’s Club; and Marina Park Sutton, CEO of Girl

Scouts of Northern California.

Students like Brenda Ibanescu, a finance major and

Sexual assault bill incites controversy at SF State ALLISON MICHIE

amichie@mail.sfsu.edu

After an SF State graduate student was sexually assaulted, she said her own skepticism about the incident influenced her decision to not approach police.

“I doubted that there was enough evidence and that enough had happened to me to be worthy of anyone believing me or this person being punished for it,” said Sage Russo, a graduate student and sexuality studies major at SF State.

Her experiences inspired her to spread awareness against a recent bill that she believed would make the process of reporting an assault even more traumatizing.

The Safe Campus Act is a nationwide bill last amended July 29 that would provide more protection to those accused of sexual assault on college campuses.

Opponents, including Russo, are currently collecting signatures for a petition against the bill.

More than 50 percent of college campus sexual assault victims, including those whose cases involved penetration, chose not to report the crime because they did not feel it was serious enough, according to an Association of American Universities survey.

SF State Vice President and Title XI Coordinator Luoluo Hong said she supports the Safe Campus Act. “As a Title IX coordinator, I always appreciate it when legislators address issues of importance to institutions of higher

education and I support the intention of the proposed legislation in the Safe Campus Act to ensure that due process measures are in place for both complainants and respondents,” Hong said.

Hong cited concerns with the proposed amendment, which makes it more difficult for victims to report the crime, she said.

Russo said she opposes Sec. 163 of the bill in particular, which would require a student victim of sexual assault on campus to first report the crime to police before reporting to the University for any course of action to be taken.

“It alleviates the University from any responsibility and just puts it all into law enforcement’s hands,” Russo said. “It’s really just so the universities don’t have to report rapes, they don’t have to say that anything bad is happening on campus and they don’t have foot the bill for any of it, they don’t have to have the reputation loss.”

Eighty percent of female sexual assault victims in college choose not to report the crime, 13 percent more than their non-student, college-age counterparts, according to a 2014 Bureau of Justice Statistics report. The report also found that 80 percent of victims, both on and off campus, knew their attacker.

“The fact of the matter is that most people are being sexually assaulted by people they know,” Russo said. “It’s just so complicated. When you look at

president of SF State’s Financial Analysis and Management Education Organization, said they realize how important it is for young women to have mentors to guide them through their careers.

“If we can start as early as San Francisco State and even earlier at high school and middle school levels, showing women that there are leaders out there who are women just like them who struggled to get leadership positions, that helps,” Ibanescu said.

Even though women make up 50.8 percent of the U.S. population, only 14.6 percent of executive officers, 8.1 percent of top earners and 4.6 percent of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are women, according to the Center for American Progress.

“I don't think women have a real problem getting entry level positions,” Ibanescu said. “But once you are in, the real problem is getting to management level, VP level and CEO level or decision makers at a company.”

According to the Center for American Progress, these statistics have an even greater impact on women of color, who only occupy 11.9 percent of all managerial positions. Of those women, 5.3 percent are African American, 3.9 percent are Latina and 2.7 percent are Asian

the statistics that vastly more people are expelled for plagiarism than they are for sexual assault, it’s laughable. It’s revolting and absolutely disgusting.”

Senior business information systems major, Krista Abueg, who is a proponent of the bill, said she believes having victims report to police first will ensure adequate legal action is taken.

“The police can take legal action on your case,” Abueg said. “I’m not really sure what the University can do for you, but that’s how I see it. My parents always tell me that if something happens, report it to the police. So basically, you’re taking legal measures and then the school can further prosecute from there.”

Senior communication studies major Gigi Sarnicola said she believes that the Safe Campus Act will scare student victims from reporting when they are sexually assaulted.

American. As of 2014, women of color only occupy 3.2 percent of all board seats of Fortune 500 companies.

College of Business Executive Director Orlando Harris said that the he is excited to create a place where young people can learn more about the workforce. The event has the potential to help young businesswomen confidently enter their careers, he said.

“One of the things we wanted to do is make sure that we create a platform for women who want to lead, inspire and share knowledge,” Harris said. “I enjoy the fact that we can create more awareness around the issues and present opportunities to problem solve.”

Although there has been steady progress in the business world that has given women a louder voice within the industry, more change is necessary to ensure women are given the same leadership opportunities as men, according to Oubré.

“I always like to say that diversity breeds diversity,” Oubré said. “And it takes more than one of anything to start making a difference. How can we expect businesses to have more women leaders if we as business schools have so few deans and faculty and graduate so few women?”

“(For) these 18-to-20-year-old students, this may be the first time they have come into contact with the law,” Sarnicola said. “Not to mention, they have already experienced a horrific situation, which becomes even more embarrassing as they describe to these strangers what happened to them.”

Sarnicola and Russo both said they believe that students who experience the trauma of sexual assault need to know that they have a secure space to go and someone willing to listen to them.

SF State’s SAFE Place provides confidential counseling to students and victims of sexual assault from certified crisis intervention counselors.

“Having the right resources, the right people to talk to, knowing that there is a place or person they can go to for times like these — that is what students need,” Sarnicola said.

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OUTREACH: Sage Russo, a sexuality studies graduate student, poses for a portrait in the Quad at SF State Monday, Oct. 5.

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Freshman reels in customers with surf-inspired designs

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COURTNEE BRIGGS cbriggs@mail.sfsu.edu

aid-back, easygoing vibes came to life with the colors of a waterfront sunset when SF State freshman Michael Ihle created one of his favorite designs on the back of a T-shirt.

Ihle is a first year business major and Bay Area native from Concord whose idea for a clothing line originated his junior year of high school. What started from a single design soon developed into a brand, he said.

“I was taking my sister to the Oakland airport and we drove past this Chinese restaurant on the freeway, and it had a fish kite blowing in the wind,” Ihle said.

“I saw it and thought, ‘that’s sick.’”

With the image in mind, Ihle took to his computer to create his own design. He said he had no intentions of making clothing from it, but after feeling like the design was missing something, he decided to put a name on it.

DUNES: Michael Ihle, freshman,

poses for a portrait at Lands End Tuesday, Sept. 29. Ihle created The Bait Shop, a beach-themed line of clothing and hats.

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“To this day I can’t remember how I came up with it, but I thought, ‘fish, bait shop; cool.' It works,” Ihle said.

The design eventually transformed into his beachinspired clothing line “The Bait Shop," which includes four different shirt designs and a line of hats.

He made his first T-shirt design for himself and his siblings, and got positive feedback when he wore it his first day of senior year, he said.

Shortly after, Ihle had more shirts made for his closest friends to wear. “(Ihle) and a few of us wore this design around the school to see the feedback we would receive, and, as we wished, people wanted the shirts too,” said Luke Vergara, one of Ihle’s best friends.

Soon, other students asked Ihle if they could purchase his merchandise. Ihle said hearing people’s honest opinions motivated him to carry out the brand.

“The most rewarding part

THREADS: The Bait Shop line includes multiple hat and shirt designs, displayed at Lands End Tuesday, Sept. 29.

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was just seeing people wearing my stuff,” Ihle said.

Marlito Montes, another one of Ihle's friends who first wore his shirts, said he thinks people want to wear Ihle's designs because they're unique.

"I feel like the reason people like his brand is the style of art and the ideas he puts on the clothing," Montes said.

Ihle said art has always been

a part of his life and his clothing line was just the product of his passions coming together.

“I’ve always been passionate about not just design, but drawing and creating. I’ve always liked dressing well,” Ihle said. “Being able to finally bring that together was an awesome feeling."

According to Ivana Markova, a lecturer in the apparel design

and merchandising department, fashion is one of the highest forms of self-expression.

“Fashion is an art of self-expression that allows students to tell a story about their cultural heritage, social conditions or simply the way they live,” Markova said.

For Ihle, fashion is an expression of his personality.

“I didn’t choose the beachy theme, it just came to being from ideas I had in my mind,” he said. “The vibes at the beach are so fun and chill, and that’s really like my personality.”

Ihle said he draws inspiration from anything he sees, and the personality that flows through San Francisco is just one example.

“Going down to Ocean Beach is a totally different feel from being inside San Francisco; it’s like both worlds,” he said.

While SF State wasn’t his first choice, Ihle said he had his brand in mind when deciding to attend the school.

“I really wanna make stuff primarily in the street wear, underground type of world, and that is such a big thing here,” he said.

Ihle said his goal is to have his brand become a big company that he runs himself, so he plans to double major in business and graphic design.

He said he would also like the brand to have its own stores, while he continues to expand his creativity.

“Realistically, (the goal) is just to be creating something that I enjoy,” he said. “I want somebody to see something I make and be happy.”

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Friends divvy up chores and center stage

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ISABELLA OHLMEYER

JUBILANT: Lauren Prentiss (left) and

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he familiar sound of popcorn kernels fired away in the microwave, signaling the beginning of movie night at the home of SF State theatre majors Lauren “Lo” Prentiss and Rosie Anderson.

While the two share giggles from the comfort of their living room on weekend nights, the roommates’ prose is far different during the week as they prepare onstage for their lead roles in “Stop Kiss,” debuting at the Little Theatre in the Creative Arts Building Friday, Oct. 9.

“In each story line of ‘Stop Kiss,’ the playwright Diana Son traces the history of their romance,” said Roy Conboy, director of “Stop Kiss.” “In the ‘before,’ we follow the ups and downs of their attempts to get together. In the ‘after,’ we follow the ups and downs of whether they can ever be together while the forces of the outside world bear down on their relationship.”

Much like their roles on stage, the duo said their friendship also shares a special meaning.

“The whole play is about evolving friendship, and I think anyone who has a best friend can relate to the situations these characters are put in,” Anderson said. “Both Lauren’s and my characters realize how special their friendship is, and that is why they fall in love.”

Prentiss and Anderson met during the Spring 2013 semester in an acting class their freshman

Rosie Anderson (right) joke around on stage during the rehearsal of “Stop Kiss” Thursday, Oct. 1 in the Little Theatre in the Creative Arts Building. “Stop Kiss” will be debuting Friday, Oct. 9.

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year and later found a house to rent the following summer in the Sunset District with two more roommates.

“Lo and I decided to live together because we had grown to be great friends, and she needed a new place to live, and I wanted to change my living situation, so we got together with two other girls and found HEARTFELT: Lauren Prentiss (left) and Rosie Anderson a house,” (right) act out an intimate moment on stage while rehearsing for “Stop Kiss” in the Little Theatre in the Anderson Creative Arts Building Thursday, Oct. 1. said.

IMANI MILLER / XPRESS The two friends have had experience in other shows at

SF State, but “Stop Kiss” will be their first time on stage together.

“We have both been cast as lead roles in the past at SF State, but this is the first time we’ve gotten cast as leads in the same show and worked on anything together,” Prentiss said.

“Stop Kiss” follows the journey of two women who develop a friendship unlike anything they’ve ever had before, according to Conboy.

Conboy said he did not know about Prentiss and Anderson’s friendship off stage, but said he can see how it translates to their chemistry on stage.

“The trust that actors who are friends bring into the room can be an asset if it

The theatre majors said they can both relate to their stage characters but also said they found differences between themselves and the person they portray on stage.

“I definitely relate to my character, and I believe Lauren does too,” Anderson said.

“Lauren’s and my relationship off stage has never gotten romantic, so it’s different in that way, but we can both relate to the friendship.”

Prentiss also said she relates most to the characters’ friendship in “Stop Kiss” and appreciates Anderson’s support both on and off stage.

“I relate completely to the friendship my character has with her best friend. Rosie and I have a great dynamic both on and off stage,” Prentiss said.”It’s awesome doing this emotionally taxing show, because when we’re up there, she’s my partner, and I know she’s got my back and I have hers.” helps create a As the director of “Stop safe space to Kiss,” Conboy said he explore personally identifies with the challenges the two main female characters face, which is why he chose to showcase this production at SF State.

“The play tells a very human story of struggle for many people who have been marginalized in -Lauren Prentiss their lives because of their sexuality,” difficult emotions and I do feel Conboy said. “As a Chicano like that’s how things are going artist, I identify with their for these two,” Conboy said. struggle. I’m doing it for them.”

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It’s awesome doing this emotionally taxing show, because when we’re up there, she’s my partner and I know she’s got my back and I have hers.

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INPUT: SF State students protest against funding

cut for historical organizations during a public comment section of the Associated Students, Inc. board meeting at Jack Adams Hall Wednesday, Sept. 30.

ASI calls for redistribution of student group funding PROTEST Continued from the front La Raza Unida Student see ASI plan in advance ways Organization gathered other to be more transparent, because historic groups Friday to discuss it does take a long time for us the demands they hope will sway to plan out our events for our the finance committee in their organizations.” favor, such as increasing the The term ‘historical event’ budget and requesting student has not been defined, according groups be included in budget to ASI graduate representative decisions.

Sharlana Turner. She said the “ASI needs to work on finance committee would work on funding a budget in agreement defining what a historical event with the student organizations, means and most importantly rather than cutting funding with work towards creating more no input from the transparency between organizations,” ASI and the student said La organizations.

Raza Emotions member rose during We want to work Felipe the finance together with the Macias, committee organizations and we 23. meeting do not want to cut your “None Monday funding, but rather of us when reallocate that money asked La Raza in a way that allows us for this, coordinator to help everyone and it Ashley Reyes, feels as if 22, brought we are being to attention a -Phoebe Dye punished – questionable this is the time Facebook post we really need made by Vice ASI to have our back and take President of Internal Affairs responsibility.”

Sarah Marie Pishny after last The student organizations week’s decision to postpone the are frustrated with the funding vote. proposal, according to Pilipino “Stupidity is a disease. Mob American Collegiate Endeavor mentality is a virus. People who Executive Assistant Eden speak without proper information Alcomendas. deserve zero respect from me,” “It’s sad that our ethnic Pishny said in the post. communities in the SF Bay Area Tensions in the room faded as are being gentrified and it’s Pishny said she did not mean to disappointing to see it happening offend anyone and apologized to on our student campus,” the groups.

Alcomendas said. “I would like to “That comment was not

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DEMAND CHANGE: Ghila Andemeskel, right, communicates his concern about historical organizations’ funding cuts during the Associated Students, Inc. meeting at Cesar Chavez Student Center Monday, Oct. 5.

supposed to come off as me calling you guys stupid or referring to you as a mob, but it’s an intimidating process having to go to work and having 50 plus students yelling at you, but I do apologize,” Pishny said. “I don’t want to offend anyone; I shouldn’t have posted my personal feelings like that. In the end, we just VOCALIZE:

Manal Ayyad expresses her concerns about funding cuts for historic campus groups during an Associated Students, Inc. Finance Committee meeting at Cesar Chavez Student Center Monday, Oct. 5.

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want to satisfy everyone, but we can’t and that’s frustrating.

In preparation for an Oct. 14 vote on the proposed reallocation of funds, the ASI Finance Committee asked members of the historic groups to write down their concerns and questions on the poster papers taped to the wall, which will be brought to

ASI board members.

“We want to work together with the organizations, and we do not want to cut your funding but rather reallocate that money in a way that allows us to help everyone,” ASI President Phoebe Dye said.

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n the wake of police shootings and protests that have changed the face of our nation, the magnitude of racial discrimination in the U.S. seems insurmountable.

Our generation hasn’t faced codified racism on the same scale as those who came before us, but we face a great cultural obstacle in the persistent and insidious bias against minorities.

We’ve seen this bias played out live on the evening news night after night over the last year, as police shootings move to the forefront of the national consciousness.

These shootings are the ultimate deadly result of America’s prejudice, which paints minorities, especially black and Hispanic people, as violent criminals.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills into law Saturday, Oct. 3 to combat racial profiling by police, according to the ACLU. The signing of the bills into law is especially important in light of The

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California's new bills help document racially biased shootings by police: now it's time to stop them at the source

Guardian’s running tally of people killed by police in the U.S. so far this year, which places California as the state with the highest number of deaths.

Prior to the laws’ passage, sheriffs and police chiefs were only required to submit the number of justifiable homicides to the Department of Justice, according to the bill’s text. The new law would mandate that law enforcement include additional information about police shootings of civilians, among other incidents.

Specific details that must be included

are the gender, race and age of the person who was injured, shot or killed after an altercation with the police. According to the bill’s text, costs incurred by police departments would be paid for by the state.

What is not clear is what systems will be in place to ensure the accuracy of these reports.

A graph compiled by The Atlantic illustrates that more Hispanics were killed by police in California than any other racial group between 2009 and 2014. Even more alarming, black people were killed at a rate nearly three times than their proportion within California’s population.

The bills Brown signed into law Saturday are a step in the right direction.

We need to increase awareness of just how serious the racial divide in police brutality is and hold law enforcement accountable.

We need to attack this problem at its source and address the ingrained racial bias that festers in the heart of our nation. The lives of minorities should not be the price to pay for our failure to progress as a society.

Female masturbation isn’t a sin; it empowers women EVA BARRAGAN

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The girls I’ve befriended over the years discuss practically every detail about their sex lives.

They compare the size of their boyfriend’s penises, the number of partners they’ve slept with, who had the latest pregnancy or STD scare, the desire to experiment with the same sex and they even discuss their fears of being raped. These women will talk about everything except the topic of female masturbation.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve masturbated before going to bed, especially if I’m recuperating from a long, exhausting day. There’s nothing like a little “me” time to really help me unwind and relax.

Girls may not talk about masturbation as often or as publicly as men, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t flicking the bean beneath the sheets and it definitely doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy it.

Female masturbation is still one of the most stigmatized topics to discuss in our society.

We see men masturbate all the time. It’s in every teen movie, comedy routine and pop-culture element, but try showing a scene of a woman petting her kitty, think back to Natalie Portman in the movie “Black Swan,” and it becomes the most controversial scene of the century.

We live in a society where male pleasure is a given and female pleasure is portrayed as a privilege.

In a study of undergraduate college students, 98 percent of men reported having ever masturbated while only 44 percent of women said they did the same, according to the

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Kinsey Institute. That means that almost 60 percent of females in their early 20s have never once indulged in self pleasure, and that is honestly a damn shame.

Ladies, masturbating is good for you.

In fact, studies have shown that women who masturbate receive several benefits including enhancing their physical, mental and sexual health and the health of their sexual relationships, according to Planned Parenthood.

Masturbation can create a sense of well-being, enhance sex with partners, physically and emotionally help people learn how they like to be touched and stimulated sexually, increase the ability to have orgasms and can even reduce stress and relieve

menstrual cramps.

Unfortunately, I feel like many women still feel like masturbating is only for when you are single, in a long-distance relationship or going through a dry spell. When I asked my cousin what her thoughts on female masturbation were, she simply replied, “I do it when necessary — I’m not sure there’s much more to say, I guess.”

Do it when necessary?

Masturbating is not a chore, it’s empowering. There is nothing sexier or more freeing then knowing your own body, and in turn, teaching your partner how and where you liked to be touched.

However, even with that being said, women didn’t come up with

the idea that female masturbation is dirty all on their own. We have been conditioned to believe that we are merely sexual objects and our sole purpose is to exist to arouse men and not ourselves.

The conversation about female masturbation, or masturbation in general, needs to start in grade school. Young girls need to be told that it’s okay to explore the changes in their bodies, and that they are in control of their sexuality, not society.

Ladies, we need to realize that our sexual pleasure should come before anyone else’s and there shouldn’t be shame in putting or petting yourself first. So pick up a dildo, your favorite sparkly vibrator or your trusted index finger and get to it.

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Audiences Clinton’s feminism shouldn’t give excludes women of color reboots the boot GENESIS CHAVEZ- CARO gchavezc@mail.sfsu.edu

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memories won’t be gone when they inevitably remake the series in reidcamm@mail.sfsu.edu 20 years. I’ll still be first in line at Whenever a Hollywood reboot, the midnight showing for the new sequel or spinoff is announced, movies. And if they end up being you can hear the stifled sounds of terrible, I’ll still appreciate the a million angry people screaming original films. about today’s unoriginal movie Sony is the only major studio market. If you listen closely without a lucrative movie universe, enough, you can even hear the so you can’t blame them for trying shrieks of people pleading with to produce a valuable franchise.

Hollywood to stop remaking their Successful sequels make a lot of favorite childhood movies. money at the box office and with The freshest screams stem from other ventures, like merchandise the new, animated Ghostbusters and theme parks. movie in the works at Sony, Currently, seven of the top 10 according to the Hollywood highest-grossing films of 2015 Reporter. This is the third are reboots, spinoffs or sequels, Ghostbusters movie currently according to Box Office Mojo. being made. The animated feature The top three movies of the year joins the upcoming all-female include the fourth Jurassic Park reboot “Ghostbusters” and the movie, the seventh Fast and spinoff movie “Ghost Corps.”

Furious movie and the 11th movie The haters making a fuss in the Marvel cinematic universe. over Hollywood reboots are just Disney owns Star Wars and emitting pointless white noise.

Marvel, two of the biggest movie There’s nothing wrong with franchises around. The Avengers’ rebooting beloved franchises. franchise has grossed over $8 Reboots are financially successful billion since 2010 and Star Wars and no matter how much you is so big that Disneyland will soon complain, they’re not going to ruin have an entire land devoted to just your favorite franchise.

Star Wars. So if Sony thinks they The thought of a classic film can revive an ’80s movie and turn being remade may sound upsetting, it into something more than just but it isn’t the end of the world. If retro Hot Topic merchandise, more the new “Ghostbusters” flops, the power to them. love for the originals will still be It makes no financial sense for there. movie studios to stop remaking The Harry Potter movies were movies, and a bad remake isn’t a huge part of my childhood. I going to hurt your childhood. If have fond memories of repeatedly you don’t want to see it, then don’t watching them until I had entire watch it. If two mediocre animated scenes memorized and then hiding television shows in the ’90s didn’t that information from my parents kill the Ghostbusters franchise, because they thought the series three movies with A-list comedy was satanic. But those loving stars sure aren’t going to do it.

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t’s 2015, and it is time for a female president in the White House. As a feminist, I am glad Hillary Clinton rose to the challenge — well, not really.

One of the words most commonly used to describe Clinton is “feminist.” A feminist, as defined by writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.” This isn’t an incorrect description of Clinton, since her efforts have focused on closing the wage gap between men and women.

It is, however, very naive to think that Clinton is a representative of all American women. Clinton has only known the experience of a white woman in America and is quite ignorant when it comes to the issues of women of color. Clinton needs to do more as a politician to advocate for minority women if she’s going to consider herself a feminist.

She uses the word feminist, but when she talks about helping women, Hillary doesn’t talk about the different intersections that affect a woman, including class, race or ability. A modern feminist needs to not only acknowledge the inequalities that women of different backgrounds face, but act to make these inequalities disappear. Clinton has done far too little to offer a solution for the issues that affect women of color.

Women of color are often employed in the lowest-earning occupations and work the least

amount of hours, according to the Center for American Progress.

Overall, women make 78 cents to every white man’s dollar, but Native American women make 65 cents, black women make 64 cents and Latina women make 54 cents to that dollar, according to the American Association of University Women.

Although Clinton has acknowledged the wage gap between women during speeches, she hasn’t fully addressed the factors that create and continue

stopped by police than white women, according to the African American Policy Forum.

Clinton needs to not only address the issues, like the wage gap and police brutality, but also use her political influence to propose a solution for minority women.

If she fails to do so, women like Sandra Bland, Yvette Smith and Rekia Boyd will continue to be invisible to Clinton’s feminism.

Her corporate feminism, which

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to widen the wage gap, like education or immigration status.

Clinton plans to give full citizenship to immigrant youths, known as the DREAMers.

Although this can be a good thing, her supporters fail to see how corporate her feminism is: she wants to help undocumented youth because she acknowledges them as people who can “contribute to the U.S. economy.”

She has also acknowledged police brutality and has even talked about reforming the prison system during a speech in May because of the amount of black men incarcerated compared to their white counterparts. But where does this leave black women? Black women are 54 percent more prone to being

focuses more on big business than social justice issues, doesn’t speak to me as a young, feminist woman of color because I simply don’t have the money or the education to benefit from her feminism.

If she wants to be considered a true feminist, Clinton needs to find a way to make her feminism more inclusive. Look at women of color as people who matter, not just people who contribute economically to this nation. We are so much more than that.

People often assume that just because I’m a feminist I will vote for Clinton because she is a woman and is considered a feminist. Whether I will vote for Clinton or not remains uncertain, but one thing that I do know is that she is not my feminist.

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SNAG THE FLAG: Taurean

Oram (7) of the Wolf Pack flag football team dives through the air as he grabs a Swolldiers player’s flag in an intramural flag football game at the West Campus Green Field Monday, Sept. 28.

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Flags fly in intramural sport’s kickoff intramural Continued from the front SF State student Darnel Salcedo said he played football in high school and enjoys the opportunity to keep playing. “I decided to join intramural because I wanted to pursue my interest in football,” Salcedo said.

Dominic Vincente DeAnda, captain of his team, DAVID HENRY / XPRESS

ACCURACY: Robbie Herndon (5) of

the Wolf Pack flag football team throws a pass in an intramural flag football game against the Swolldiers at the West Campus Green Field Monday, Sept. 28.

said he loves playing football and has devoted most of his life to competing in the sport. DeAnda said that he has been playing football for 10 years, including Pop Warner and high school football.

“Football has been my favorite sport my whole life and a sport I grew up playing,” DeAnda said.

Some students said intramural participation has benefitted them socially.

“It helps me release stress from school, meet new people and strengthen the relationship with my friends,” DeAnda said.

DeAnda’s teammate, John Abellana, said one of the reason he joined intramural sports was

because he wanted to bond with his friends.

“I love playing the game, especially with my three close friends,” Abellana said.

Intramural sports played at SF State include flag football, basketball, volleyball and indoor and outdoor soccer. Each participant must sign a liability waiver before starting to play.

Failure to do so would prohibit their participation.

Students can join intramural flag football or other sports by going onto the University campus recreation site and clicking on the IM league link.

“After you make an account, join a team or sign up for free agent,” Williams said.

Swedish goalie blocks shots for women’s soccer CARLOS GUERRERO

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occer wasn’t the original reason that the SF State goalkeeper decided to trade in the picturesque red rooftops of Sundsvall, Sweden for the California sun, but that hasn’t stopped her from making an impact in her first season with the Gators.

“I didn’t really fit in in Sweden and was kind of sick of it,” said Karin Nordin, 26. “I also wanted to study, so I said to my parents, ‘I’ll just do the one year in Santa Barbara.’ Then it ended up being three years.”

Nordin moved to Santa Barbara four years ago to attend Santa Barbara City College. She said originally, her only plans were to continue her studies and branch out out of her surroundings in Sweden.

During her first two years in the U.S., Nordin, who had been playing soccer regularly since the age of 6, played intramural soccer. It was when a Santa Barbara City College coach saw her play that she was offered a spot on the team.

In her one season playing for SBCC, Nordin led a defense that posted seven clean sheets, according to the SBCC athletics website.

Nordin said she applied to SF State before she decided if she wanted to play soccer for the Gators.

“The team graduated a goalkeeper last year as a senior, so I really wanted to bring in someone with a lot of experience,”

said head coach Tracy Hamm. “She’s a very good player with a very high work ethic and is definitely one of the most competitive players on the team.”

Her experience has proven to be an important part of the group, according to Hamm, who said Nordin always knows what her defenders should be doing.

“Her experience is crucial – the goalkeeper position is so much about being in the right place and organizing correctly,” said assistant coach Val Henderson. “You can’t buy experience, and she comes in with a wealth of that.”

On game days, Nordin – who has short, platinum blonde hair – can be heard yelling out her defenders’ names to get their attention. She also said she brings a certain intensity to the goalie’s box that’s reserved for her opponents.

“If you’re going to be a goalie, you kind of have to decide who’s winning as soon as you step on the field,” Nordin said. “Like, this is my goalie area, and if someone touches me, I’ll basically kill you.”

Nordin demonstrates a different demeanor off the field that her teammates have come to know.

“She’s hilarious,” said defender Paige Yeider. “She has a very unique personality that people are kind of drawn to. The fact that she’s from Europe adds a little flavor to the team.”

This season, Nordin has guided the Gators to a 6-3-2 record in the games she has played, with two shutouts and an average of one goal allowed per game,

according to the SF State athletics website.

Her performance on the field thus far can be partly attributed to feeling comfortable coming from such a different society, senior defender Molly Schuster said.

“She seems to really like it here,” Schuster said. “If you’re going to go anywhere from another country, San Francisco is a pretty good place to be because it’s so culturally different, so it’s easy to fit in.”

Nordin has fit in so well that she said she hasn’t felt the need to go back to Sweden for over a year, she said.

“My dad said, ‘You better come home for Christmas this time,’ because I haven’t been home for about a year and a half now,” Nordin said Nordin said that she misses her friends and family, but doesn’t miss some aspects of the culture and society in Sweden. She said she enjoys living in America and hopes to stay as long as possible.

Although she hasn’t completely ruled out soccer as a part of her future, Nordin said she has bigger plans away from the soccer field.

“I really want to become a diplomat,” said Nordin, an international relations major. “I believe that I have a lot of

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NET MINDER: Karin Nordin, SF State Gators

goalie, poses for a portrait at Cox Stadium at SF State Tuesday, Sept. 22.

international aspects that I feel that I can contribute to this country.”

But for now she’s content starting in front of the net for the Gators.

“I feel as if I have an amazing opportunity right now, and you can’t say no to amazing opportunities with an amazing team and amazing coaches.”

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WELL -ROUNDED: (ABOVE) Jaclyn Clark (6), outside hitter for the SF State Gators, spikes the ball against Stanislaus State Warriors, middle blocker, Taylor Massengale (12) and setter Maddi Seidl (11), at the Swamp at SF State Tuesday, Sept. 29. The Gators lost 1-3. (BELOW) Clark (6) cheers on her teammates during a match against CSU Dominguez Hills Saturday, Oct. 3. Gators won 24- 15.

Volleyball player stays humble despite success DAVID CURL

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When asked what makes her a special player, outside hitter Jaclyn Clark's face turned red with embarrassment as she struggled to compliment herself.

Her humility isn’t the attitude one would expect from one of SF State’s all-time greats.

Over the past four years on the Gators’ volleyball team, Clark has put up big numbers. Eleven games into her senior year, she ranks sixth all-time in digs, sixth all-time in kills and sixth all-time in service aces in the school's history.

Clark said she credits her confidence as a player to the support of her family, coaches and teammates.

“I never expected I’d be such a big part of this team,” Clark said, despite holding the Saugus High School record in kills, digs and service aces. “It means so much to me to be a Gator and to have been a big player.”

As a child, Clark said her

family encouraged her to play sports. Once she began high school, she said her coach and teammates nurtured her as the only freshman on the team.

Interest from scouts and the affirmation of her skills from her father were what convinced her of her ability to play college volleyball, she said.

“I’ve had so many ups and downs in my career, like any athlete,” Clark said. “The coaching staff always helps me out of those slumps, and my teammates are there to pick me up when I’m being too hard on myself.”

When Clark does find confidence, she is one of the most versatile hitters in the very competitive California Collegiate Athletics Association, according to her coach, Jill Muhe.

“Jac has the complete package,” said Muhe, who has coached Clark for three seasons.

“At any point, she can fire off a variety of shots, in a variety of ways, to a variety of places. She may not be the most powerful

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hitter, but she might have the most range of any hitter in the conference.”

Muhe said that Clark’s versatility extends past purely hitting the ball.

“She’s fantastic at every aspect of the game," Muhe said.

"She passes, she hits, she digs, she blocks and she serves. She is a real all-around player.”

According to Clark, it’s all about doing her job any way she can. “(During games) I focus on the things I can control,” Clark said.

“I forget about everything else, and if I’m lacking in one of those areas, I’m trying to make it up elsewhere.”

Jessica Nicerio, one of the team's three seniors along with Clark, also said Clark has a wide skill set.

“Every hitter hits, but Jac is an all-around great player who does it all," Nicero said. "Even if she’s injured or struggling, she fights through."

According to Muhe, Clark has also improved her skills as a setter.

“When I first got (Clark), she hated setting with her hands,” Muhe said. “I would say ‘take it on your hands,’ but she would always bump it. Now she always wants to set and probably wants to run out there as a setter one game.”

Clark said the bonds she has formed within the team are what she will take away from her experience with SF State volleyball.

While the team often indulges in conventional activities together, such as sporting events or hangout sessions, they also express their bond in different ways.

“I absolutely hate bananas. I would rather eat 100 cheeseburgers than ever eat one,” Clark said.

“My lovely teammates will put bananas in my locker, in my bag and even shove them in my face.

It’s horrible.”

Despite Clark’s distaste for the fruit, the running joke is hysterical, according to Nicerio.

“I still love them, usually,” Clark said, smiling.