THURSDAY OCTOBER 29, 2015 Vol. L No. 6
Skeleton Clique turns out for Twenty Øne Piløts show. See review on Page 5.
FREMONT, CA OHLONEMONITOR.COM
Ghost hunting at the Plunge, Monitor style SAM CAMPBELL Opinions editor On a dark and sprinkling Tuesday night, Monitor Editor-in-chiefVanessa Luis, our good friend Trent Triskelion, and I decided to venture into the Hayward Plunge to try to contact the other side. If you wander up the trail about 200 yards, so the story goes, you will see minirockslides, find cold spots and dark shadows, and hear
children crying and pleading for help. There are rumors about a brutal murder here, although there is no evidence to support the story. As we pulled up, the light radiating from the neon sign on the front of the building lit up the parking lot, and we made our way to the back. With our flashlights and voice recorder we began walking down the path past the stage and toward the entrance of the walking trail,
Trent leading the way with her bag of barbecue potato chips. As we approached the stage area, I did all I could to attempt to talk the both of them out of doing this. Then we heard loud noises coming from the hillside. We all shot the light from our flashlights up and saw a deer. Vanessa walked up to the entrance of the trail to take a picture of the sign. She stood there, just snapping pictures,
but all of a sudden she ran back toward us. “I saw something moving in the bushes.” Vanessa said she’s pretty sure it was an animal, but the lack of sound of crunching leaves from a spot in heavy brush of course raises some questions. Now that we had some pictures, we decided to get some pictures of the Girl Scout cabin up at the top of the hill. This is where we talked about the legend and
tried to somewhat psych one another out. Of course, it wasn’t too hard to do that to me, since I was already freaking out. We walked back down, sat on a stone wall and ran an extremely short EVP session where we asked questions ranging from “How did you die” to “Can you tell me if there are mountain lions around?” Continued on Page 3
Ohlone will have six unisex bathrooms
SHARK TALK
BRIANNE O’SULLIVAN News editor
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About 100 people came to hear Paul J. Clerkin, a researcher at the Pacific Shark Research Center at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, speak about his work on Friday at the Newark campus. Clerkin, who has appeared on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, has discovered new species of shark during his travels to the Indian Ocean.
The Fremont and Newark campuses will have a total of six unisex bathrooms open to students in the upcoming weeks. Two unisex bathrooms are currently available to staff and students in the president’s office, located in Building 27 on the Fremont campus. One is also available at the human resources office in Building 19, and another is available in the lower level of Hyman Hall. Within the next few weeks, a unisex bathroom will become available to students in FP-25. According to the administration, a specific lock is needed before the bathroom can be opened to students. There is one on the Newark campus, located in Wing 4. The plans for the Academic Core Project in the center of the Fremont campus call for unisex bathrooms in all the new buildings.
SFSU professor draws inspiration from family, experiences VANESSA LUIS Editor-in-chief It was a packed and energetic room when Javon Johnson began his set at Ohlone on Wednesday. More than 100 students and faculty turned out at 11: 45 a.m. in Room 7101 to see the San Francisco State University professor share some of his poems, which touch on the present condition of the black community within society. His pieces closely relate to the key elements of one of the more recognized civil rights movements, #black-
livesmatter. Johnson, who received his doctorate in Performance Studies at Northwestern University, is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at San Francisco State. He won back-to-back national poetry slam championships in 2003 and 2004, and has appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. Johnson focused his poetry on the black community, with pieces titled “cuz he’s black” and the follow up piece “cuz she’s black.”While the subject is very solemn, he allows a balance of humor in
his pieces that is refreshing and emphasizes the ability to laugh and smile in the face of oppression and pain. Other pieces touched on the subject of love, relationships, education and his future daughter. Johnson filled the time between his poems with some light-hearted stories. He spoke of his first-grade love, a man who attacked him with a water gun, his tendency to read and watch television at the same time, and ex-girlfriends. Continued on Page 2
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Professor Javon Johnson performs at Ohlone on Wednesday.