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APRIL 22 - APRIL 28, 2014

Students encouraged to “Do One Thing Today” Julia Chacko Staff Writer

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STAR // Connor Gibson Students gather to show their solidarity for those affected by sexual assault in the annual Take Back the Night walk. Turn to page 8 to read more.

Athletes seek solution for Sports Club Programs Cara Fuqua Staff Writer

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or many of the athletes and supervisors of Sonoma State sports clubs, there is quite a large transition in motion. On July 1, the Center for Student Leadership, Involvement & Service (CSLIS) will become responsible for all campus sports clubs. Students, staff and other Sonoma State community members in attendance of the Associated Students meeting on Friday discussed changing the supervision of all sports clubs from Campus Recreation Sports Club program to CSLIS offices.

“The goal in moving the sport club programs to CSLIS is to place all clubs and organizations under one roof for continuity in the oversight of risk management, campus policy and advising,” said Director of CSLIS Heather Howard Martin. “CSLIS has always been responsible for the charter of all clubs, including sport; this just keeps everything in-house and provides for a higher level in the continuity of our services.”

For many Sonoma State athletes, this transition over to CSLIS offices is not welcomed. Some members of the sports clubs are against the change because this transition will result in losing the advising of Mike Dominguez, current supervisor of the Sports Club Program.

Not only has Dominguez been the supervisor of all club sports for more than nine years, but he also caters to the needs of student athletes.

Many of the athletes present at the meeting on Friday had one main goal: to keep Dominguez in charge of all sports clubs.

As athletes from a variety of different sports clubs began stating their complaints regarding the shift in supervision, it was clear the main concern was keeping all athletes involved in a club sport safe. Student athletes voiced their concerns regarding the lack of experience CSLIS has in managing sports clubs.

“Mike has been a major asset to our team,” said Sonoma State Sapphires Dance Team Captain Sam Bosarge. “Any problem or issue we’ve had, he’s jumped to our aid. Not having him here to help us is doing an injustice to our team and all sports clubs.”

As far as Dominguez no longer supervising all sports clubs, Martin said, “With the addition of two new professional staff in the CSLIS office, we look forward to being able to ideally provide a greater level of professional advising and support to our

STAR// Connor Gibson Associated Students President Mac Hart explains that a lack of specialized advisors for high-risk programs, like sports, is part of the current problem. sport club areas, similarly to what we have done with fraternity/ sorority life. We envision maintaining a close, professional relationship with our Campus Rec partners and will continue to collaborate where appropriate and in areas to best serve our students. We remain in the same division, making this very seamless.”

The CSLIS offices are responsible for many other clubs, all Greek life and campus leadership programs. After July 1, CSLIS will also be taking over 23 sports clubs consisting of more than 520 athletes.

For most student athletes, the main concern is that the knowledge CSLIS has about sports clubs will not compare to the expertise of Dominguez. A few athletes agree that CSLIS has primary expertise in regards to the social aspect of campus

onoma State University’s push to create a cleaner and greener campus community has a new face. The “Do One Thing Today” (DOTT) campaign is the newest endeavor to inform our community about the significant and various sustainability efforts happening across campus.

“All the statistics are telling us that global warming is deeply, deeply affecting weather patterns and the ability to produce and equally distribute food and water,” said Paul Draper, SSU director of sustainability. “[DOTT] is an invitation for individuals to do something that is in their power to affect climate change, and it starts at a local level.”

“Too often, ‘Sustainability’ is cast as a buzz word and is used without a deeper understanding of the environmental, economic and socio-cultural concerns that are arising out of a globalized, industrialized, digitalized, twenty first century lifestyle,” said Tomio Endo, incoming director of sustainability for Join Us Making Progress (JUMP) and co-director of the Sonoma Student Growers’ Cooperative. “All of us at JUMP and the Sonoma Student Growers’ Cooperative are hoping we can provide practical and meaningful opportunities for students to discover and explore what a sustainable lifestyle may look like from their own perspective.”

Although Sonoma State has made several notable achievements in sustainability such as the many Join Us Making Progress (JUMP) programs, student-grown food in the Kitchens, composting within campus dining, and an Associated Students’ resolution concerning water bottle filling stations on campus, there is an acknowledged disconnect between the different efforts.

“There are many [sustainability efforts] going on, but each is secluded so we don’t know what each other are doing,” said Allison Jenks, Associated Students senator for sustainability. “[This campaign] is working on connecting all of these parts.”

“Do One Thing Today” began in February with the combination of Draper’s desire to connect the dots between various on-campus organizations’ individual efforts and the provost’s vision that sustainability be one of the university’s signature priorities.

Partnering with artist Kurt Kemp and East Bay marketing firm Green Flash, Draper released a poster which illustrates DOTT’s aims. He also organized several students, faculty and staff to make a short video about the importance of sustainability on the Sonoma State campus.

“As an artist who works pretty much by myself all of the time, it was truly enjoyable to collaborate with Paul and the others involved in the creation of the poster,” said Kemp. The posters can be seen across campus, and the video is on the Sustainable SSU website.

“We were asked to come in and help create a video that would inspire others to act sustainably,” said Tom Cavers, a partner of Green Flash who helped with the creation of the video. “The ironic thing about all of this was that we walked away inspired ourselves. It was so neat how individuals were acting on their own to do great things for sustainability.”

DOTT’s campaign hopes to draw more support from this week’s Earth Week, a week of sustainability-related events organized by Associated Students including an Earth Day Fair today. The Fair will be held in the plaza between Darwin and Stevenson Hall from 11:30-1:00 p.m. and will feature live music and a Tesla “S” car. Other actions and events planned for Earth Week are a Santa Rosa Creek Clean Up, a plastic bag and clothing drive, a Nutrition Workshop and a Toward Route Zero College Sustainability Tour. For a full list of Earth Week events, visit the Sonoma State website.

Earth Week is only the beginning of DOTT’s movement.

A campus-wide effort to increase student participation in recycling and waste diversion is occurring during Move Out Week (May 8-9). Student volunteer groups will be stationed near the resident buildings to help direct students to sustainably dispose of their unwanted goods.

Last week’s “Sustainability in the Classroom” award recipients will find their proposed courses added to more than 35 existing courses in sustainability offered at SSU in disciplines as diverse as environmental studies, geology, biology, economics, communications studies, philosophy, geology, anthropology, political science, sociology and liberal studies. The new

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This week’s can’t miss article:

“Athletes seek solution for Sports Club Program” You don’t have to be an athlete to become interested in what’s going on at Campus Recreation right now. As the Center for Student Leadership, Involvement and Service plans to take control over the Sports Club Program, athletes are frustrated and worried about losing their strong and knowledgable supervisor. Read about what’s going on and attend the next Associated Students meeting on Friday to voice your opinion.

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Internet insecurity Read more about Heartbleed on page 4.

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hink back to how simple and low-tech your life was as a kid more than a decade or so ago. Then contrast that life to what it is today, where the Internet is something we’re so accustomed to that it’s completely embedded into our everyday lives.

Now imagine how long you could go without it.

No matter how many times we get frustrated by expiring Seawolf passcode alerts, it becomes more alarming and important to change our information when a new threat like the “Heartbleed” bug is born.

According to Forbes.com, Neel Mehta of Google Security discovered the defect: a security hole in the Open SSL library system (used for “secure” web browsing) that has been around for the past two years, leaving online passwords and e-mails in an exposed state.

Information Security Officer Andru Luvisi sent out a grave e-mail last Monday to all Sonoma State University students and employees addressing the glitch. She said the Information Technology staff assessed their servers and determined some used for verifying usernames and passwords were vulnerable.

“The vulnerability has been fixed, but the potential exists that an attacker may have compromised the passwords of some SSU community,” said Luvisi in the e-mail.

All employees are required to change their passwords by

April’s close, where students will have to by the end of May. But if Heartbleed is as bad as it sounds, shouldn’t this adjustment be enforced as soon as possible?

While it’s understandable security breaches like this have been discovered and quickly mended in the past, it makes us question why it took so long to find Heartbleed. Many of these are updated often and companies pay for services to keep tabs on their security statuses.

Still, we had it coming eventually. How can anyone’s information ever truly be safe online? Software companies and websites can promise us this, but all they’re really selling is protection of mind, not identity.

The Internet is truly “The Wild Wild West” with no law or e-sheriffs to keep the bad guys at bay. No regulations—plus cute pictures of puppies—equal a digital playground where someone’s going to try to take your lunch money.

Many of us can’t see ourselves living without the Internet for a week, let alone a few days. It might be time to face the truth: we have an addiction.

Sure, we joke casually about being hooked; but in reality, it is a dependence that our society isn’t ready to take seriously yet.

We are of the age when taking care of financial needs online, like shopping and banking, becomes the convenient route for many of us, but it’s scary to think of the conse-

STAR // Garett Knight quences that may come from doing this excessively. In fact, going through financial transactions online is so easily convenient that many of us have fooled ourselves into thinking Internet crimes “won’t happen to us”—but unfortunately, they very well could.

The Internet is by no means safe, but common sense and a little caution go a long way.

Here are some tips: • If a site that has never asked for your bank information suddenly does, don’t just enter it.

• Look carefully at the URLs of the websites you’re using: www.facebook.com is Facebook. www.faecbook. com is not.

• If a video asks you to enter a CAPTCHA to view it, don’t; it’s using the “Enter” key as approval to access your account info, and as

permission to post on your Facebook wall, thereby catching more victims.

• Don’t open e-mails or tweets from friends or followers that read, “I posted a picture.” Do your friends ever talk like that? Probably not.

• Use trusted sites like Amazon.com that offer recourse methods if you do get scammed. Don’t buy from websites you can’t verify.

• Watch your bank statements. The sooner you catch any issues, the easier it will be to fix them.

Since we’ve been able to watch the Internet evolve as much as it has, we should also realize how dangerous it could be. Next time we plan on trying to find Comic-Con or Coachella tickets online, we’ll be sure to take the cautionary steps to avoid a disastrous scam.

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Letters to the Editor Resident grateful for student Dear Editor, I would like to thank a student who found my purse on a bus and hand delivered it to the bus depot, but she did not leave a name at the office where she returned it, only that she was a student, and I think she was a Sonoma State student because I was told that she got on that bus at a Sonoma State stop. Phew.

Everything was there, even the

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Across 3. First place winner of SSU-TV Film Fest (2 Words) 4. Justin Shluker’s sport 5. Dance show opener 7. Staff spotlight (2 Words) 9. The goal of “Do One Thing Today” 10. Baseball’s opponent 12. Writing award’s namesake (2 Words) 13. Softball winner 14. Senior Send Off music Down 1. New “Late Show” host (2 Words) 2. Seawolves’ rival 6. Current Sports Club Program Supervisor (2 Words) 7. Phil Crews teaches at UC ____ (2 Words) 8. Internet (in)security 11. Take Back the Night partner

cash and all the cards and info that I agonized over.

Thank you, whoever you are; you are lovely have restored my faith in humans. Plus, your karma is golden.

- Jane G., Rohnert Park resident

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on the Environmental Health & Safety web site (http://www.sonoma.edu/ ehs/water/ccr2013.pdf). The report is designed to inform the campus community about the quality of water that Facilities Management delivers to the Sonoma State University campus every day. This report shows the quality of water produced at SSU and explains the data that is collected and reported.

If you have any questions about the report or concerning your water utility, please call (707) 664-2932.

- Craig Dawson, Director of Energy/Environmental Health and Safety

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Get outside of Nightmare on East Cotati your comfort zone Registration week is back with a vengeance

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STAR // Robbie Geiss Difficulties with registration is nothing new for an SSU student, so it is important to be prepared and have a game plan for those dreaded appointment times.

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Tyler Drinnen Staff Writer

arrived at Sonoma State three years ago, taking college level courses with a goal of getting my degree done within four years. It seemed to be reasonable. Now fast forward, taking into consideration the minor unplanned bumps in the road of past semester flops and class cuts, senior graduation appeared to be in arm’s reach.

Well, it’s that transitional time again and you’re that much closer to your own Senior Send Off. Stress levels are high and academic precedence is in full force. Time to buckle down and dodge the registration bullet: the annual semester registration process has begun. We all know that multiple term papers are due and final exam dates are approaching; why not make your 2014 to 2015 registration route that much simpler with a few artless tricks of the trade?

I’m sure all students by this time have received e-mails regarding the formal registration guidelines and I would hope that, prior to this week, seeking academic advisement was at the top of your to-do list. But just in case registration management slipped your mind there are a few important details I’d like to highlight.

Registration appointments start yesterday and will remain open for swapping classes until May 30. Individual student appointment dates and times can be found easily on the new “Student Center” link (MySSU account) under “Enrollment Dates” on the right of the page. The maximum registration unit load of 16 is still in effect for undergraduate students and the maximum registration unit load of 18 is for graduates or credential students.

Luckily, if you don’t get your first pick, you can wait list a number of classes up to 12 units, with the hopes and chances of getting into a full class. It’s no secret that settling for second, third and even fourth choice is the most frustrating part of school registration. I could remember as a freshman and sophomore in college getting the classes you actually wanted was like getting your favorite giant candy bar on Halloween: the chances were slim, but still very possible.

And believe me, I get it: we don’t just want classes, we need them. So don’t leave it to chance by limiting yourself to just the class listing possibilities here at SSU. Seek out your local junior college for those last, pesky GE requirements and lower division course level classes or even take a course online, all at a fraction of a cost you’re paying in comparison to tuition at Sonoma State.

The best advice I could ever give during registration after a happy-go-lucky Easter is to not put all your eggs in one basket. Petitioning for units exceeding the maximum is always an option, but keep in mind “petitions for extra units will be reserved for seniors who have applied for fall 2014 graduation.” If you do indeed plan on petitioning for more units, Admissions and Records will contact you by e-mail with either an approved or denied generic form of response. You can expect to see these ‘responses’ by July of this year.

Something to keep in mind is allowing for change, flexibility and possibilities when arranging your fall 2014 semester, because you might just have to end up taking that 8 a.m. Friday class you’ve been avoiding. I know, such a sacrifice, right? No, we have to give a little to get a little, particularly when making those difficult class choices.

Remember that, as a college student, you and you alone are responsible for formulating the outcome of your success: don’t get lazy or forget to add, drop or swap out classes when necessary. I once went a semester long thinking I had withdrawn from an unwanted class only to find out I had done so incorrectly.

You don’t want to be that guy. Keep the current academic calendar imbedded with your personal calendar of significant dates and time pressing deadlines for future reference.

If you are in the middle of a total registration breakdown, you can contact the registration help line all week from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at (707) 664-2000, with any questions or comments regarding current registration procedures. Or if you’re on campus, stop by the registration help lab during the same hours in Schulz Hall Library, room 2007.

While I critique the method of registration among all schools, I would like to acknowledge that the communication of current SSU registration guidelines has been the most transparent and clear in all my years of attending this school: kudos to Sonoma State.

Prior to my registration, I was able to plan well in advance a schedule that, in long term I would be happy taking all semester. With the new and improved ‘Registration Checklist,’ I was able to find an abundant amount of resources designed to help make my registration simple. Check out the current registration checklist in PDF form on the Sonoma State website by searching for ‘Registration Checklist.’

Take it semester by semester, class by class, and the time associated to academia will fly by in no time. It really does get better and less complicated, the farther you proceed as a student.

Good day and good luck, my fellow colleagues, in these hard times of registration.

very day, do something that scares you. I’m not going to take credit for those words of wisdom; that’s definitely some paraphrasing of Eleanor Roosevelt. Her phrasing is probably even more eloquent, but that’s beside the point.

The point is that this is such a relevant concept for people my age. With so many pressures and responsibilities, sometimes simply getting out of bed in the morning can be just as scary and daunting as climbing a 50-foot rock wall or public speaking.

This idea is something I decided I really wanted to write about because recently I’ve realized that it is so easy to make up excuses to avoid things that are frightening or foreign to us because it is simply the easier thing to do. People are creatures of habit, and we enjoy our habits. They’re safe and comforting. But they also could be what hinder us from discovering new opportunities, meeting new people and making fantastic memories.

I got my first tattoo this past weekend after putting it off for quite some time. I had known exactly what I wanted for three years, got close to making an appointment several times and even canceled one. I had my excuses.

They were good excuses too, let me tell you: I wanted to be 100 percent sure before making a permanent change to my body, it would be irresponsible to spend so much money when I’m broke, it’s a generic design etc.

Yet there I was after three years, still talking about how much I wanted it and still making excuses about why I shouldn’t get it. It was as if it was never the right time.

The second time I made my appointment, I knew I couldn’t flake. So I didn’t. Now, people who have tattoos or who are impulsive and confident in their decisions are probably asking themselves: “What’s wrong with this girl? It’s not a big deal.”

You are 100 percent right. It isn’t a big deal—to you.

But coming from someone who has to weigh the pros and cons of every important decision, I can tell you this decision was high on the difficulty scale for me. But on the day I was fated to finally have ink permanently etched into my skin, I woke up with Eleanor’s words in my head. So I did it.

I’m not going to lie, it was incredibly painful. There was one point toward the end where I was cursing my decision in my head and mustering all the self-control I could not to curse the artist out loud. That said, I couldn’t be happier with the result. What I’m trying to say with this anecdote of mine is that you shouldn’t let doubt or fear of the unknown inhibit you from making changes in your life every day, big or small. Maybe that “scary” thing for you is just walking up to a person and introducing yourself, admitting to someone that you need help or letting go of a toxic relationship.

People are creatures of habit and we enjoy our habits.

They’re safe and comforting.

But they also could be what hinder us from discovering new opportunities, meeting new people and making fantastic memories.

Conquering fears are what life is about. Speaking of scary, I recently found out that I will be graduating a semester earlier than I had originally thought. It’s actually kind of an intimidating thought. This means I have to get a start on planning what I’m going to be doing after college. The next “scary” thing that I have to conquer is just figuring out how to make that transition into the next chapter of my life. I need to figure out how to become an adult, as opposed to this psuedo-adult I find myself to be.

This time in our lives is about both loss and growth.

I think that once someone learns how to embrace that idea of change, it becomes easier to do things that “scare you.” Every time you check another fear of your list, you shed a layer that helps you get closer to your true self.

Adventure is out there Gian D’Ambra Staff Writer

Having these four or m o r e years of your life to figure out who you really are is exhilarating. Staying in the United States for college is part of that plan for many students. But there are the few brave ones who decide that there is more out there to be explored and learned from, even while still in school. Going overseas at some point in college is helpful in more ways than one.

During the most pivotal years of our lives, many of us just go through the motions until something clicks. I’ll get this out of the way now and let you know that I am one of those students, though my “clicking” came long before college.

Anyway, I am also one of the students who always sat back and wondered what life could have been like if I ventured out more than in just the United States. I regret not going overseas to study abroad or explore for a summer, and I know I’m not the only one who feels that way.

We are all making life-long friends at this point in our lives, whether it is in college or not. The friends of mine who have studied abroad now have friends in corners of the world that will most likely remain just a dream to me throughout life. Being more worldly doesn’t always help in terms of personal growth, but I’m sure it doesn’t hurt.

My roommates are actually embarking on a post-graduate European journey just five days after we walk the commencement stage. One of them, though, has already been to many of the places they will be going. He spent a year in Denmark and is using his past connections to make life, and my friends’ trip, much easier and less stressful.

He made a good impression on his host family and newly made European friends, so they are opening

their doors to help show my friends a good time, and save them money.

Instead of paying for hotels every night, they now have a few free nights to rest easier.

Not everyone goes back to his or her European adventure, and life in the states still becomes easier and more beneficial. I wrote an article last week on how people like myself are being forced to take a back seat in the job market. We fall short of even entry-level jobs because of lack of experience, even if our credentials coming out of college are superb. That saddens me, especially knowing that there was once a time where getting a great job was not a

far off dream right after college.

But what doesn’t sadden me is knowing that those who are being referred to in this article also have the upper hand in the job market.

Employers always look for something that makes one applicant stand out more than the rest. If someone who has the same credentials as me coming out of college also has a semester of college overseas under their belt, and I lose the job I want to them, more power to them.

I applaud their effort and envy their choice to better their life with this opportunity. If you have the opportunity to go overseas, take it and you’ll eventually reap the benefits.

STAR // Eddie Blake SSU offers a variety of programs for those who are interested in studying and gaining experiences around the world.

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Essay contest examines ethics, law, justice Megan Kleszcz Asst. Copy Editor

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here are many ways in which students may establish credentials for their careers after college. One way is Sonoma State’s Warren Court Essay Competition, which shines a spotlight on ethics, law and justice and encourages excellence in writing.

STAR // Connor Gibson The Associated Students have tabled the issue until their next meeting this Friday.

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life and does not fully understand the safety precautions and active planning in running 23 sports clubs involves. “[Dominguez] basically knows our team’s ins and outs and knows the individualized attention we need,” said Captain of the Sonoma State Men’s Lacrosse team, Connor Khuenle. “We’ve developed a trust with him. We can go up to him and express our interests and concerns.”

During the meeting, all members of Associated Students were present and actively responding to the complaints of the athletes.

“For the most part, most student organizations have social risk,” said Associ-

ated Students President Mac Hart. “As far as clubs in general, there is a dire need of advisors right now just because of specialized risks, health and safety.”

The meeting concluded with an agreement to meet again in the presence of Neil Markley, senior director for entrepreneurial activities, in order to discuss a possible solution to the issue regarding CSLIS taking over club sports. Many of the Associated Students senators had mixed opinions about the sports clubs being run by CSLIS and a solution to the problem could not be made at this time.

The next Associated Students meeting will discuss a possible outcome for student athletes and CSLIS working together in fall 2014.

This year’s first place winner of the Warren Court Essay Competition was political science major Ricky Frankel and the second place winner was philosophy major Dan Lyman. English major Adam Brashears and philosophy major Katherine Merrell received the competition’s honorable mentions.

“I wrote about Aspirationalism, which is a broader way to interpret the Constitution. More specifically, this kind of interpretation sees the Constitution as a ‘living document’ that evolves with society’s views,” said Frankel.

Frankel won a writing award at the Model UN conference in New York last year for his international-relation based essay. He was then inspired to enter the Warren Court Essay Competition, despite the competition being law and ethics based.

Second place award winner, Lyman, will be attending law school at the University of San Francisco in the fall.

“This award gave me the chance to rethink some of my legal and moral arguments which doesn’t hurt as I prepare to devote my life to such issues,” said Lyman.

Lyman was honored to receive the award but did not see a direct impact on his future career plans.

The Warren Court Essay Award has a first place prize of $500, a second place prize of $250 and honorable mentions. There are three people who serve as judges in the competition: the Director of Center for Ethics, Law and Society, Joshua Glasgow, political science professor David McCuan and criminal justice professor Eric Williams.

Lyman credits his inspiration in writing to several teachers he has had at SSU and also his fiancé.

“I have had several teachers who have inspired my writing, both here at SSU and at other schools,” said Lyman “The real writer in my life, though, is my fiancé. She is a much better writer than I am, and she pushes me to be better, and sometimes helps me develop my ideas into something that someone else can read and understand.”

“The question that I sought to answer [in my essay] is whether or not, on an individual level, we should accept religiously motivated justifications for the votes that we cast. This is a recurring issue in politics and it is quite intriguing,” said Lyman.

“Does allowing religious justifications give a religious majority the power to create religious laws, and does this violate the separation of church and state? But conversely, if we disregard people’s votes because they come from a place of faith, are we not deeming the concerns of citizens illegitimate based on their religion?”

Dr. Ken Marcus, a professor emeritus at Sonoma State, started the Warren Court Award with a donation. The award’s namesake, Earl Warren was the fourteenth Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Marcus taught at in the Political Science and Criminal Justice departments at SSU and is now retired. In his retirement though, Marcus has continued to support Sonoma State students.

Lyman is the president of Sonoma State’s Philosophy Club and has worked closely with Glasgow throughout the past years “He (Glasgow) was the one who invited me to apply for the contest, and I’m glad I did,” said Lyman. “Josh is a great mentor and a great person.

I hope this contest continues every year, it’s great to develop a little friendly competition around the philosophy department,” said Lyman.

The award ceremony for the Warren Court Essay Competition will be held on April 29 at noon in the Bennett Valley room of the Student Center.

Heartbleed vulnerability threatens OpenSSL Library Amanda Scrabis Staff Writer

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he Heartbleed computer virus has Internet security experts panicked to save the personal information of their users. The virus’ discovery was credited to Neel Mehta from the Google Security team and Codenomicon, a Finnish cyber security company. The Heartbleed virus is considered one of the biggest breaches of security in recent years. Matthew Glavor, an IT consultant for Nettouch Consulting, said that the term Heartbleed comes from client/ server communication known as Heartbeat.

“The term ‘Heartbeat’ is used for when a user’s computer is asking the server if there is still a connection. Heartbleed is dangerous because they are accessing not only client/server communication, but server/client as well. The exploiters use this communication to access stored information that you usually want to keep secure, such as passwords or credit card information,” said Glavor.

Normally a computer virus is a program that causes unintended actions on a user’s computer, usually with malicious intent. Generally, viruses (Malware) are distributed through email attachments, unpatched security f laws or downloads. After the virus makes its way onto a computer, Malware begins to access personal information that a user would normally keep confidential.

The media has coined Heartbleed as a “virus,” but in actuality Heartbleed is a “vulnerability.” A vulnerability is a f law in a program that an attacker uses to exploit weaknesses in software, such as a web browser or a PDF reader.

The Heartbleed vulnerability is a f law in the OpenSSL Library. A library is a set of instructions for a particular portion of a program.

COURTESY // Melissa Morel The Heartbleed virus accesses communication between client and server, and stored information like passwords.

OpenSSL is a protocol that secures communication between a user’s computer and a server. The vulnerability in OpenSSL is threatening due to its widespread use. Andru Luvisi, an information security officer at Sonoma State University, said that Heartbleed is detrimental due to the large amount of programs that utilize the OpenSSL library.

“Heartbleed is a high impact vulnerability because OpenSSL is used in a lot of software pieces. Some of these pieces are used in very popular web servers such as NGINX and Apache. [Heartbleed is] easy to exploit, requires little skill, leaves no evidence and is generally used on important traffic containing data that needs protecting,” said Luvisi.

While Heartbleed could have potentially been avoided, in more than 400,000 lines of code that make up OpenSSL, only about 30 of the lines pertaining to the exploit were improperly written.

“The mistake is such a small part of OpenSSL, it’s like finding a single grammatical error in a 100-page essay,” said Luvisi.

Security officials are working to integrate the patch used to block the information from being further compromised.

Some of the major sites affected include Facebook,

Instagram, Amazon, Reddit, Tumblr, Gmail, Yahoo, Netflix and Mojang AB, the creators of Mine Craft. Melissa Morel, the treasurer of the Women in Computer Science Club, said that being proactive is a good way to protect your information.

“In my opinion, to protect your information: Remember that no matter what, nothing is ever 100 percent secure.

As we saw with the Heartbleed vulnerability, you need to protect yourself by changing your passwords regularly and being conscious of where you are connecting to the Internet,” said Morel. “Also, make sure the passwords you are using are strong by avoiding dictionary words and numbers that may be related to you, such as a birth/graduation year or address. Conveniently, the more difficult it is for you to remember, the more secure it is.”

To further protect from the Heartbleed vulnerability, install browser extensions such a Foxbleed or Chromebleed for Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers, respectively. A browser extension is an add-on to a browser that increases functionality.

For more information, ask the experts at the Sonoma State IT tesk located in Schultz 1000 or visit their website at www.sonoma.edu/it/helpdesk.

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courses will be presented at the “Sustainability Expo” to be held at the Green Music Center on Oct. 21 and will be available for students next year.

“I’m excited about the ‘Do One Thing Today’ campaign,” said Claudia Luke, director of the Sonoma State Preserves. “Sonoma State’s three Preserves (Galbreath Wildlands Preserve, Fairfield Osborn Preserve, and Los Guillicos Preserve) are places where students can learn about how they are connected to local environments. I hope students will sign up for one of our internship programs as their ‘one thing today.’”

“Another great thing about DOTT is that it shows people that sustainability is a daily, conscious decision that you don’t need to devote your life to in a big crazy way,” said Jenks. “Doing one thing every day adds up, whether it is choosing a reusable water bottle instead of a single use water bottle, or making a point of composting the waste from your lunch correctly.”

“I believe that ‘thinking’ sustainably is not enough; we need to ‘do’ sustainably,” said Endo. “For students, DOTT may just mean getting outside more and taking a moment out of your day to tell a friend that you care; but

COURTESY // SSU News Center The DOTT program encourages students to do something for the environment every day. regardless, these small and simple acts can help make SSU and life a more wholesome and exciting place.”

For more information, visit sonoma.edu, Twitter or Facebook.

Finding the lost and found Eric Wilde Guest Contributor Did you know if you have lost anything on campus it may be at the SSU lost and found? The SSU Police Department wants to remind everyone that the campus lost and found is at Seawolf Services, located on the first floor of Salazar Hall. This is the same place you can turn anything in that you may have found; or if it is after hours, it can be brought to Police Services.

So, if you’ve lost a bicycle it might be located at Seawolf Services. The Police Department does its best to keep an up-to-date log of all found bicycles on campus, but even officers check in with Seawolf Services

when a bike goes missing (on that note: if your bicycle isn’t registered, visit Police Services to get it registered any day and at any time).

Lastly, the police would also like to send out a sincere thank you! There have been numerous calls into dispatch that have helped locate suspicious people on campus and led to finding individuals responsible for hitting parked cars in our parking lots.

Please continue to call the Police Department if you suspect anyone suspicious and/ or hear someone hit a car and leave the scene before leaving their information. We can always use an extra pair of eyes.

Eric Wilde is a police officer at Sonoma State University. Police Services can be reached at 707-664-4444.

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Dancers welcome spring season Kathleen Collins Staff Writer

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s lights dimmed, cellphones chimed to sleep and programs rustled, dozens of SSU dancers clamored backstage, eager to perform. It was closing night of the Sonoma State Dance Department’s 2014 Spring Concert, and the energy in Person Theater was as alive as ever.

Starting big, the show opened with a number called “Suspect,” a piece that the SSU dance program performed at the American College Dance Association in Arizona this past March.

The dance featured eerily soothing music as dancers clapped and slapped their way across the dance floor, while blue and gold lighting bathed the stage in an ethereal glow.

A quick change of pace came with the next piece, “The More You Think You See…” choreographed by Tony La in collaboration with the performers. Featuring a soundtrack mash-up of “Cups,” by Anna Kendrick, “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” by Daft Punk, and various other electronic songs, the dancers moved in incredibly sharp movements reminiscent of MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew.” At times, their precision made them seem more like soulful robots rather than humans capable of error.

Haley Woods and Fiona Mackenzie took the stage for their duet entitled in Swedish, “Oroa Dig Inte,” or “Do Not Worry” in English. Featuring beautiful vocals by Icelandic band Sigur Rós, the duo leaped and twirled across the floor, using each other as propulsion more than the stage below. The red-lipped smiles on the dancers’ faces spoke just as much as their movements.

Immediately after, a change of pace came about with the inyour-face number “Anxiety/Ailments.” Dancers took the stage in a red and yellow light and dove into a gracefully violent number, sound-tracked with an Apocalyptica track. Ankle pulling and ground slapping added to the already intense vibes from the grungy, booming music, and short, jerky movements accented the piece even more. “My inspiration for this piece was the physical symptoms stress can impose on our bodies, and the further stress that this can place on both mind and body,” wrote choreographer Stephanie DeGroote in the program.

“Perceptions,” choreographed by Anthony S. Finley, featured recordings of the 10 dancers discussing what they believe “love” is, and each dancer performing their own freestyle solo.

The topics ranged from romance to self-love, and ended with all of the dancers coming together and dancing to “Where is the Love” by the Black Eyed Peas. “Love is internal, love is eternal, love is powerful, but love is also unique. The viewpoint may change from person to person but the feeling will forever be universal,” wrote Finley.

As the first act came to a close, a piece titled “Home” featured a medley of musical stylings, ranging from “Sweet Disposition” by the Temper Trap to “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake and Lil Jon. Four pairs of sparkly red tennis shoes lined the front of the stage; as the piece progressed, four dancers approached the front of the stage and put the shoes on. For the ending, the quartet

COURTESY // David Papas Christina Kitchen frolics across the stage in her piece. descended into the audience as an excerpt from “The Wizard of Oz” played, and a chorus of “There’s no place like home” quickly transitioned into the chorus of “Turn Down For What,” which left the audience exploding with raucous laughter.

“Pretty amazing, really,” said audience member Gus Sinks.

When asked for his favorite piece, Sinks said “Home” was wonderfully done, and wondered if there was any correlation between the Wizard of Oz theme and the framed picture of Ray Bolger, the original scarecrow in the film, hanging in the lobby.

The second act was chock-full of talent and skillful choreography as a Gatsby-themed piece wowed the audience through a range of dance styles, costumes, and a soundtrack that included songs by Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Jay Z. “When I am on Your Shoulders” was prefaced by choreographer Vanessa McCormick talking to the audience and telling them that tonight, her dancers had no idea what song they would be dancing to, and they would therefore have to rely on each other to stay on count. The surprise song was “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga; the dancers adapted beautifully, and closed the piece with a smile on every face. The show ended with a combination Hair/Age of Aquarius piece that featured tie-dyed shirts, bellbottom jeans and abundant headbands. Dancers jumped and twirled around energetically before inviting the rest of the cast onstage for the final bow, and closing the 2014 Spring Dance season.

Both the choreography and the dancing itself in the Spring Concert proved to be innovative and entertaining.

Eliot Chang brings laughs

Colbert to host ‘Late Night’

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tephen Colbert, to the excitement of many, was given the late night spot on CBS, replacing David Letterman who has held the position since 1993. Colbert has been on Comedy Central as a direct competitor to “The Late Show” since the early days of Jon Stewart’s current run as “Daily Show” host, and as host of “The Colbert Report” since 2005.

Colbert has managed to create a career on his current program by satirically personifying the stereotype of a radical right-wing news reporter. However, he will not be bringing the character he’s best known for over with him to CBS. Late night television is now dominated by youth culture. Gone are the days of your parents leaving on “The Late Show” or “The Tonight Show” and falling asleep immediately after the monologue, and now are the times of a new generation. The exit of Letterman, along with Leno earlier this year, marks the end of a multidecade-long era in late night television that started with the exit of Johnny Carson from the Tonight Show.

“I feel like there is a new era coming in and things that were once taboo ideas are now being expressed openly,” said junior Yadira Molina, a political science major. Colbert taking over Letterman’s position is just one of the major changes in favor of youth culture that networks have made for their late night slots recently.

Jimmy Fallon recently replaced Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show” and Seth Meyers, another Saturday Night Live alumnus, took over Fallon’s old job as “Late Night” host. Almost all late night talk shows are now being written for and adored by younger audiences; even Conan O’Brien, who has been around almost as long as Letterman and Leno, has always been regarded as the offbeat, hip and young show host is now the old man in late night television.

Colbert himself will leave a coveted time slot unoccupied when he moves to “The Late Show,” which leaves Comedy Central to find a comedian, writer, or perhaps another “Daily Show” correspondent to replace him.

CBS has also set an interesting precedent by going out of network to hire a replacement instead of promoting or moving from within.

COURTESY // David Papas

facebook.com Stephen Colbert will be taking over “The Late Show” from David Letterman starting in 2015.

NBC, the main rival of CBS and current head of late night ratings, has set up a system of inward promotion that was supposed to begin with Conan moving from “Late Night” to “The Tonight Show” which, of course, did not work out. Yet NBC now seems to be fully committed to their system with the promotion of Fallon to “The Tonight Show” and Meyers’ move from “Weekend Update” desk anchor to “Late Night” host.

CBS, on the other hand, has chosen to go out of network and tap in Colbert instead of their current “Late Show” follow-up, Craig Ferguson. Ferguson is remaining in his current time slot and it is hard to imagine that he feels less than neglected by his home network, passed over for the job many assumed he would have naturally inherited. Ferguson is a much more niche host, whose monologues are mainly unscripted and whose only co-host is a robot.

No matter what happens in the world of late night talk shows, Colbert is sure to make waves and help transition an entire generation from the underground to the mainstream of late night comedy.

f you are easily offended, leave NOW,” said the voice coming from the speakers of Ives 101 when introducing Eliot Chang. “Scandalous Stand Up” was an appropriate title for Chang’s comedy show, who made many jokes to engage the crowd of about 60 people on Thursday night.

Chang has previously performed on Comedy Central, Chelsea Lately and Showtime.

After seeing a flyer for his show around campus, Anjelica Martinez decided to see Chang on Thursday night. “I really liked how small and intimate the setting was. We’re lucky he came to Sonoma State instead of having to pay a bunch of money to see him,” said Martinez.

Chang’s joke topics included drinking, dating, being Asian, gay rights, cars, Asian stereotypes, racism, girls’ poses in Facebook pictures, broken phones, working from home, interracial couples, vegans, our dependency on cell phones and even jokes about the crowd.

His first joked started by asking who in the crowd was over 21. A few students yelled and cheered, and he responded with, “Now I know who all of the alcoholics are.”

Chang made many jokes about being Asian. He used his comedy to defend his culture and to joke about it at the same time.

After asking if anyone had seen him on Comedy Central or “Chelsea Lately,” Chang said, “Maybe I just look familiar because I look like 14 million other people.”

Chang’s jokes incorporated impersonations and dirty humor to get the crowd to laugh, and it worked. Through the show, the crowd was engaged and laughing at Chang’s jokes.

He joked about the usage of chopsticks in Chi-

na. “We don’t actually use them, we just like to see white people try,” said Chang.

“Being Asian, you can’t stand too close to other Asians because people think you’re a family,” said Chang when joking about how Asians look alike.

He talked about girls’ iPhones and how they always have cracked screens. “I feel like whenever guys leave the room girls go, ‘dodge phone’,” said Chang, bringing many loud laughs throughout the room.

When talking about how dependent we are with our phones, Chang said, “Your car gets stolen and you say ‘My phone was in there!’ Yeah, so was your car. And your baby.”

After joking about how girls’ poses in photos make them look like they have scoliosis, Chang added, “And half of you are still explaining to the person next to you what scoliosis is.”

Chang even defended gay rights by commenting that people shouldn’t worry about other people being gay because it doesn’t affect them. “’I’m gay.’

Okay, where’s the money you owe me? Just don’t leave it in the closet,” joked Chang.

Chang called out any vegans in the crowd by saying, “Vegans—you’re wrong.” Even with a few disagreeing and upset boos from the vegans in the crowd, Chang continued with his jokes, not caring that he offended some.

Chang ended his show by explaining that the show would be followed by a Q-and-A session that would include answering anonymous text messages from the crowd. He also told the crowd that he would be selling videos after the show, joking that he was selling Iron Man, the Avengers, and other DVDs. His well-deserved spot on Comedy Central was made clear with the jokes and laughs that he brought to Sonoma State. With a wide range of jokes, Eliot Chang was a great fit for a comedy show at Sonoma State.

facebook.com Comedian Eliot Chang visited campus for his “Scandalous Stand Up” tour. Chang has appeared on “Chelsea Lately” and had a stand up special on Comedy Central.

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Student film festival offers creativity, snacks Brandon Stachnik Asst. A&E Editor

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othing complements a night of cinematic originality quite like free popcorn. While the refreshments were satisfying, the real treat at the third annual SSU-TV Film Fest was the chance to watch the finished products of the award-winning directors.

Three student-produced films were selected as finalists and shown on the big screen Tuesday evening.

SSU-TV General Manager Conor McElhaney hosted the viewing event together with senior Molly Rosenberg in a not-so-full Cooperage.

Many Communication and Media Studies majors, who either starred in the films or were friends with the producers, came to watch alongside other student film fanatics.

Bonus student film projects from previous years were also played that night, and while it was apparent the videos weren’t contenders for any awards, they still proved to be entertaining. One film, for example, parodied many blockbuster hits, including: “The Hangover,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Mean Girls” and “Lord of the Rings.”

The project, aptly titled “The Great Hangover to Rule the Mean Girls,” amused the crowd in numerous scenes, including one featuring a scrubby Gandalf impersonator who yelled “You will get ass” before handing a bottle of vodka to a teenage Frodo.

Although they could be funny, there was an obvi-

ous gap in the level of professionalism between the older films and the contest finalists.

The first award-winning film played was third place finalist Cesar Cruz’s “The Rollin’ Brothers.” A wide shot of the beautiful countryside divided by a highway where a Hispanic teenager in a black leather jacket was driving an Oldsmobile-style car was the opening scene.

The main character, Ricky, met his friends down by a local high school, and it was immediately apparent they were all a part of a gang. The Rollin’ Brothers were all adorned in 50s outfits similar to “Grease,” with leather jackets and cuffed plain white T-shirts.

Members of the rival gang, the Dukes, are soon introduced, and included in the group is a pretty girl who Ricky is apparently smitten with. The rest of the film portrays the feud between the two gangs, and the death of Ricky during a street fight with the Dukes marks the end of the story.

Cruz’s project was reminiscent of S.E. Hinton’s “The Outsiders” in that it told the story of a group of boys who just wanted to be respected, but only knew how to obtain that respect through violence. The acting in the film was excellent, and while the audio in some of the clips could be improved upon, the story was edited together very well.

The second place winner was David Tedla’s documentary: “The Zulla Haile Story.” Tedla’s piece took the viewer on a journey through the life of a now accomplished Christian man who was once on a path of self-destruction.

STAR // Brandon Stachnik Student and STAR photographer Evan Croker received first place for his production of two separate music videos.

In the very beginning of the film, Haile said in an interview with Tedla, “Unless you learn to discipline yourself in certain ways, you’re always going to be empty.”

Tedla did an excellent job in editing together the inspirational story of a man who once sold drugs for a living that now manages a sober living home. Coherent narration was paired well with commentary from both friends of Zulla, as well as Zulla himself. Tedla

said he was tentative in submitting his documentary to the film fest.

“I did have hesitation submitting it because I felt like people may be turned off by the mention of God, Jesus and a preacher,” said Tedla, “but I thought about it and said, ‘Why should I care about what other people think?’ So I submitted it on the last day and I got second place. Not bad.”

First place was awarded to Evan Croker for his impressive production of two separate music videos.

The first video, by rap group NA$A, was titled “Undermine.” The hip-hop duo was filmed by Croker at numerous locations, from forested areas to rooftops.

One aspect of Croker’s cinematography the judges liked in particular was his excellent use of shot composition. Quick cuts and cool effects were added to complete a stylish video.

The second music video, titled “Love and Hate,” was performed by artists Jonasy and Mike Stad. A softer song with a rhythm and blues hook played as a soundtrack to scenes of the two rappers performing their song in front of a lake and in a backyard. Cuts to the artists’ silhouettes while rapping added to the aesthetic.

While the SSU-TV Film Fest produced some quality video projects, the organization of the event could be improved on. With a little more exposure, maybe next year a larger crowd will be eager to gather and enjoy these original student films.

Disclaimer: Evan Croker is a photographer for the Sonoma State STAR.

Graduating Seawolves display artistic talents

STAR // Brandon Stachnik

STAR // Evan Croker

STAR // Evan Croker The Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibit at the Sonoma State University Art Gallery debuted on Thursday and runs until May 10. The exhibition features the work of 11 students in the Art Department who are graduating this spring with their Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), an advanced degree requiring an additional year of focused study in their chosen medium. Top left, Angela Dela Cruz’s sculpture is inspired by ‘having fun.’ Top right, selected works by Danielle Cartier on display. Bottom three, works by Jose McLennan featured both acrylic and mixed media.

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Take Back the Night inspires courage Alexis Garcia-Mills Asst. Features Editor

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ilence is powerful. Speaking up in the midst of silence is what brings a difference.

Take Back the Night honored Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Thursday to reach out to Sonoma State students on the issues of sexual assault and empower those to let their voices be heard.

“I felt the event was awe inspiring,” said sophomore Devin Beard. “I always knew how many people were affected by sexual assault but I never knew it was the person sitting next to me. It made me fully realize the intensity on such a more personal level.”

Coming into the event, people were welcomed with a glow in the dark bracelet that read “Take Back the Night” along with live music softly playing in the background.

After representatives from Verity and the Counseling and Psychological Services spoke, the room was completely silent and open for anyone to come share any personal story they

pleased.

“I couldn’t believe how many people stood up to share their story with a crowd full of strangers,” said senior Maddie Lewis. “It made me think about how many people I’ve met, seemingly ordinary people, who have been affected by sexual assault.”

What Verity emphasized was how this event empowered others. Once people stood up tall in front of the crowd, their personal stories not only empowered them but brought more awareness to how many people this issue has affected.

When mass amounts of people in the audience shared their personal life experiences it tore at listeners’ heartstrings to hear how often these issues actually happen to students of Sonoma State.

Laura Williams, staff psychologist from CAPS, spoke about how CAPS is here for SSU students to provide support in any problem they might be having, big or small. She talked about how all types of sexual assault impact souls, body, mind and spirit, which make people emotionally numb.

Verity representatives then tackled the idea

that people believe the victim can control what happens to them and how the victims tend to blame themselves. They made it clear that the only person to blame is the attacker.

Vagina Monologues performers came to feature “My Short Skirt” to emphasize that what someone chooses to wear, such as a sexually provocative outfit, does not give people the right to sexually assault or rape someone in any way. No matter how short the skirt, that is no legal reason to rape, even though it has been in the past.

The first Take Back the Night was held in 1978 in San Francisco to stand up for violence against women but mainly sexual assault. The walk was symbolical for women to take back their community and be able to go out after dark and be safe.

Sonoma State has continued this event throughout the years. Together they did a candlelight march around campus to signify awareness against sexual assault and encourage a decrease of theses issues in the community.

The complete silence brought respect to the tragedies but also some awkwardness among the

audience. Each person who stood up took a deep breath of courage to share with the rest of the audience his or her personal tragedies.

As one person after another stood up, this eye-opening experience brought to light how many people we pass day-to-day suffer from these issues. People took advantage of the opportunity to talk about their personal issues with sexual assault because in our society, there is never a right time to talk.

The work and time that CAPS, Verity and Vagina Monologues dedicates to the issue of sexual awareness is mainly to prevent it, if not end the issue all together. Just remember sex is best with consent. Our bodies belong to ourselves and we each have our own right to do or not to do with them. No one has the right to tell you or force you to do anything you do not please. It is your body and your choice.

For anyone who needs support, call CAPS on-campus at (707) 664-2153, call Verity 24hour crisis hotline at (707) 545-7273, or call Sonoma County Crisis Line at (707) 576-8181.

Don’t be afraid to talk to someone because you are not alone.

STAR // Connor Gibson Take Back the Night was an inspiring event that tackled the issues of sexual violence. It included a candlelight walk around campus, various speakers from support services, and students who shared their personal experiences.

Professor speaks on chemistry of wine Stuart Courtney Staff Writer

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he continuum of high-culture music concerts at Weill Hall was given a hiatus on April 17 for an introspective look inside the scientific soul of California winemaking. Chemistry and biochemistry professor Phil Crews from the University of California, Santa Cruz presented a lecture entitled “The Chemistry and Science of Wines & Wine Making” to more than 700 attendees consisting of Sonoma State chemistry and biochemistry students and faculty, curious enophiles and a few insiders from the local wine industry. The event was funded by a grant from the Green Music Center Board of Advisors University Affairs Committee.

Crews teaches “Intro to Wine & Wine Chemistry” and other courses at UC Santa Cruz and is the owner-winemaker of Pelican Ranch Winery in Capitola. His passion for science and winemaking, as well as his teaching experience, were clearly evident in his informal yet intellectual rhetorical style. Crews accompanied his lecture with a PowerPoint presentation as he wove a mosaic of winemaking basics, wine and grape chemistry, insight into ratings from wine competitions and critics and humorous observations about wine appreciation. He also offered advice on how to pursue a career in winemaking.

“The best way to start a winemaking journey is to get a chemistry degree, read scholarly books about

winemaking, and finally, make and taste a lot of wine,” said Crews.

He introduced part two of his lecture, “Important Wine Molecules,” by saying 500 volatile compounds such as terpenes (aromatic hydrocarbons found in grapes and oak barrels) have been identified in white wines. For example, wine lactone (C10H14O2) leaves impressions of coconut on the human palate and can be detected at a threshold of only 0.01 micrograms per liter. He transitioned to the chemistry of wine by percentage of its components.

“Wine is approximately 86 percent water, 12 percent alcohol, one percent glycerol, .4 percent organic acids and .2 percent minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium,” said Crews in conjunction with PowerPoint slides showing graphs and lists. The audience laughed in unison as he made light of the fact that one could fulfill their recommended daily allowance of potassium by drinking a half-liter of wine daily.

Part three was titled “Importance of Sensory Evaluation.” This section included two suggested home experiments. One is an informal wine judging where the host places four wines in unmarked paper bags, and asks a group of 10 friends to rate the wines per the following system: “+” for the best wine, “–” for the worst wine, and “zero” for the remaining two wines. The host tallies the scores and announces the winners and losers.

On a more scientific note, Crews had data and charts comparing and contrasting the human sen-

STAR // Evan Croker Professor Phil Crews from UC Santa Cruz educates the Sonoma State community on the process of winemaking.

sory evaluation of wine with analysis via gas chromatography olfactometry (GC-O). The latter provided considerable depth and precision compared to human testing, but the human evaluation was nearly as accurate on most of the essential components. Crews did not qualify the experience of the human testers, but the data suggests they were trained professionals such as winemakers, sommeliers or wine critics.

During part four of his lecture, “The Grapes of Math v. the Grapes of Tradition,” Crews compared wines made with one controversial high-tech method versus traditional means. “The Grapes of Math” was the title of an article in the November 2001 issue of Wired magazine featuring Leo McCloskey’s biochemical company called Enologix.

McCloskey created a database of benchmark wines by analyzing hundreds of critically acclaimed wines with biochemistry and computer software.

Enologix analyzes grapes before harvest and unfinished wines for its winery clients, and can advise them on the optimum time to pick the fruit as well as a variety of cellar practices such as fermentation temperatures, barrel selection, aging and filtering.

The goal is for clients to make wines that garner scores of 90+ points from publications such as Wine Advocate or Wine Spectator.

Such esteem helps wineries “pull” their products through the sales and distribution channels.

Crews contrasted that approach with traditional winemaking methodology such as using native yeasts, simple barrel fermentations and unfiltered wines He prefers purchased strains of yeast instead of native yeasts and finishes all of his wines at Pelican Ranch Winery with screw cap closures because he believes they age his wines more consistently than cork.

Returning to advice for wantto-be winemakers, Crews listed several bastions of formal wine education such as the University of California, Davis; Fresno State University; Cornell University and more.

Crews finished his presentation with questions and answers, but not before one final jab at modern winemaking styles. “Buttery, oaky chardonnays are for termites.”

Staff Spotlight: Susan Kashack Vasillos Loufas Staff Writer

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t is fairly easy to say there are great people in the Sonoma State community, and amongst these great people is Susan Kashack.

Kashack is the associate vice president for marketing and communications and chief communications officer for Sonoma State, and handles many different types of tasks and jobs.

As a student, one may have seen e-mails from her name and that is because Kashack’s job involves “oversight of all internal and external communications and content of the administrative sites of the SSU website.”

She is also editor of the university magazine “Insights,” crisis communications manager and university spokesperson. Kashack oversees others who manage media relations, social media and the employee newsletter “Work Place.”

Kashack handles communication studies in the same school she received her Bachelor’s degree in, as she was a communications student at SSU herself. She received her Master’s degree at San Francisco State right after.

Kashack likes her field of study because she believes the most important thing in any situation is communication.

“As long as people know what’s going on, why and how it affects them, everyone will work together to solve problems,” said Kashack. “I want to always help with that effort.”

Kashack stands as a communicator for the entire community and communicates with people every single day to complete work for SSU. She is inspired by other people as well.

“I’m inspired by anyone who works to accomplish what they want. It’s rarely easy, and requires planning and time, but knowing what you want and doing what you have to do to get there. That’s inspiring to me,” said Kashack.

Kashack loves hard workers because these are the people she deals with on a consistent basis. She has to meet important people outside of SSU at events to promote the great work the university does on a daily basis. The job Kashack holds is very important and necessary for Sonoma State to thrive and move forward.

As for the future, “I hope to work at Sonoma State for the next four or five years,” said Kashack. “Then [I want to] retire and do all those things I just can’t get to on a daily basis.”

She wants to see places such as Mount Rushmore and the Panama Canal which she believes are crazy, amazing places. Kashack

sonoma.edu Susan Kashack has dedicated 30 years of her work to the Sonoma State community by serving as chief communications officer for the campus. also wants to visit every ballpark in America to see the different baseball teams’ homes in Major League Baseball. Kashack wants to see more of the world and do things she has never had the opportunity to do.

When speaking overall about Sonoma State, Kashack has nothing to call it other than “home.”

“I’ve been at SSU almost 30 years and the car almost drives itself there,” said Kashack.

She gets to see and interact with friends and colleagues who also work here at Sonoma State on a daily basis. Kashack also applauds SSU’s campus, calling it “beautiful” and “park-like” and giving thanks to Sonoma’s landscaping staff.

As one can see, Kashack has a love for this school and serves it with great pride when working here to better the school and its success as time goes on.

You may have heard of her, you may have never heard of her, you may have seen her and you may just be a great friend of hers.

Whichever way it is for you, know that Kashack puts in lots of effort to improve Sonoma State and make it a great university.

She is a good person to know on campus because she has a great amount of knowledge and knows this school like the back of her hand.

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Senior Seawolves sent off memorably Claudia Jambor Staff Writer

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ou know it’s Senior Send Off Day when you see Sonoma State University President Ruben Armiñana wearing an apron over his button up shirt and tie, giving out free hot dogs. Darwin Quad looked somewhat like a festival ground on Thursday as the campus celebrated its graduating students with a bang. Santa Rosa’s KTRY radio blasted out popular tunes as seniors kicked back and enjoyed the sunshine.

They enjoyed the fun of a bouncy house as well as free food, games and prizes provided by various campus and offcampus organizations. The staff of the Seawolf Service Center was in the thick of the festivities. Tracey Goodman, a Seawolf service staff member, enjoyed celebrating the achievements of seniors throughout the day.

“It’s lighthearted; [the seniors] get to come and have a little fun, eat some snacks. Our department works with them a lot; we do all the parking and IDs and all of that. It’s fun to see them get to this point,” said Goodman.

SSU Alumni Association hosted the event encouraging seniors to stay connected with the campus post-graduation. The director of the SSU Alumni Association, Laurie Ogg, said the occasion is “always bittersweet.”

“We as a university are so fortunate and enjoy such an outstanding group of students who give so much to the univer-

sity,” said Ogg. “It’s tough to see them go, but you know that they are going to go off and do wonderful things and they’re going to springboard into their careers.”

The day served as a good time for graduating seniors to ref lect upon their college experiences throughout the last four or more years. Business Management major Konnor Darr is ready to graduate and experience the world beyond college.

“It’s been rough getting [my college degree] all done in four years. I’m ready to get into the real world,” said Darr.

Sociology major Anzra Sullivan’s experience at Sonoma State has been an overall positive experience, despite recent challenges the campus has faced.

“Considering the issues Sonoma has been having lately, I personally have had a very good experience here. I never had trouble getting my classes that I needed. I made use of the great faculty and resources that they do have here,” said Sullivan.

Utilizing the knowledge of faculty and staff is important in avoiding a “big workload” in senior year, according to Biochemistry major Stella Katisi.

She advises students to plan ahead and speak to an advisor to ensure they have completed all the necessary classes to graduate.

“Know all the requirements, see your advisor because there may be changes you don’t know about,” said Katisi.

Sullivan perceives Sonoma State’s faculty as more than

just her educators and as a network for personal support.

“I had great relationships with faculty. I love hanging out with my professors when I can and talking about nerdy stuff with them,” said Sullivan. “I went through my own personal issues and being able to go to them outside of class and let them know what was going on I also saw a lot of support there.”

From working to graduate school, the post-graduation plans of graduating seniors are various.

Biochemistry major Bennah Naju credits the Pre-Health Club on campus for encouraging her to apply to pharmacy school after graduation.

“The Pre-Health Club experience made me decide I really want to go to pharmacy school; [the Pre-Health Club] kind of directed me,” said Naju.

Other seniors, like liberal studies major Kelsey Curry, are going to take a year off and seek employment before starting graduate school.

“I’m going to move back home and get a job, I’m hoping to get a job at Kaiser (Permanente),” said Curry.

Graduating seniors also passed on some final words of advice to continuing Seawolves; sociology major Dustin Arbuckle said it’s important to make college “the best it can be.”

“Enjoy it; you’re only here for four to five years. Make sure you balance out your fun and your school and don’t waste four years in the library and look back and think how much better your experience could have been,” said Arbuckle.

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Seawolves split series with Otters

Left, Wesley Wallace slams a hit. Right, Garrett Schwartz makes a run for home.

J ake Tucker Staff Writer

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he Cal State Monterey Bay Otters traveled up to Rohnert Park this weekend to play in a four-game series against the red hot Sonoma State Seawolves, who are the 30 th ranked team in the nation.

“Having no strikeouts in the game, I really trusted my defense behind me to make plays; and they did. The Otters pitched really well, commanding the zone and keeping our hitters off balance.”

To the Otter’s dismay, Sonoma’s ace pitcher George Asmus stayed hot in the first game of the series, throwing a complete game, surrendering four hits and one earned run while striking out 10 Monterey

batters on the way to improving his record to a perfect 5-0. Asmus is also currently leading the nation in earned run average at an incredible 0.50, and had a strong no-hit bid until it was broken up in the seventh inning.

The Otters stayed off of the scoreboard until the top of the ninth when Mark Hurley shot a single up the middle, scoring Brian Hamm. SSU also had a mild day offensively, collecting only six hits distributed by six different batters.

The Seawolves had to endure a painful Friday double header, as they would be defeated in each game by two runs. Starter Jon Richards had a rough day on the mound, throwing four and a third innings and surrendering nine hits, seven runs (only four earned) and one walk, while failing to collect a strike out.

The Seawolves did everything they could to rally back in the ninth of the first game, scoring three runs, but fell short with a final score of 10-8. Eric Ehlow and Garrett Schwartz led the way for Sonoma State, each contributing two hits, including a double, a run, and a RBI. The Otters were led

by third baseman Matt Urakami who had a very strong performance, finishing the day 4-5 with a triple and four runs batted in.

Travis Bonner also had a big day, collecting two hits, including a double and a grand slam.

The tone didn’t change for the ‘Wolves in the second game of the day, as the Otters would come out victorious 3-1. Sonoma would only be able to give their starter Haydon Turpin one run of support on six hits.

Turpin arguably pitched well enough for the win, throwing five innings, giving up five hits, three runs (two earned), and a walk.

His record fell to 1-1 on the season.

“I feel like I struggled early; had a few mental mistakes.” said Turpin. “I kept my composure and settled back in the fourth and fifth innings after getting out of the jam in the third. Having no strikeouts in the game, I really trusted my defense behind me to make plays; and they did. The Otters pitched really well commanding the zone and keeping our hitters off balance.”

Freshman Daniel Caresio and senior Jackson Stogner each collected a pair of hits, and Stogner tallied Sonoma State’s

only RBI. Mark Hurley finished the day with a double and a RBI, and Richie Johnson finished 1-2 with a run and a RBI. Sonoma State sent out Freshman Matt Hammonds to the mound to start the final game of the series on Sunday. He was lucky to have the Seawolves’ offense. The ‘Wolves main offensive contributor was Justin Serrao, who finished the day with a pair of hits, a double, and drove in three runs. Alex Crosby also added three hits, including two doubles, a run, and a RBI. Hammonds had a solid outing, tossing five and a third innings, while giving up four hits, three runs (two earned), and struck three Otter batters out on the way to his first victory of his collegiate career, 6-3.

“It was an overall great team win. Our offense was putting runs on the board and the defense was making plays behind me,” said Hammonds.

The game ended with a spectacular catch by Caresio, colliding into the wall after making the catch that stranded runners at second and third in the bottom of the ninth.

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Softball Friday April 18 SSU - 0 Chico - 1 SSU - 2 Chico - 3 Saturday April 19 SSU - 4 Chico - 0

Women’s Tennis Thursday April 17 SSU - 2 Azusa Pacific - 5 Friday April 18 SSU - 5 Fresno Pacific - 3

SSU - 9 Chico - 1

Saturday April 19 SSU - 5 Point Loma - 3

Baseball Thursday April 17 SSU - 3 Monterey Bay - 1

Men’s Tennis Thursday April 17 SSU - 1 BYU Hawaii - 5

Friday April 18 SSU - 8 CSUMB - 10

Friday April 18 SSU - 5 Hawaii-Hilo - 2

SSU - 1 CSUMB - 3

Saturday April 19 SSU - 0 Fresno Pacific - 5

Saturday April 19 SSU - 6 CSUMB - 3

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Softball crushes rival Wildcats in home-game series Kory Arnold Staff Writer

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t turned out to be quite the weekend for sophomore Amanda Llerena and the rest of the lady Seawoloves softball team as they successfully completed a two-game sweep over the Chico State Wildcats to regain the fourth position in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) standings. Llerenea toed the rubber for both games on Saturday and was absolutely lights out, not allowing any runs in the combined 12 innings of work. She also only allowed six total hits and put together a combined total of 12 strikeouts.

Game one was nothing but absolute dominance by Llerenea, who only allowed four runners to reach base the entire game while surrendering just two hits in her complete-game shutout. The lady Seawolves’ offense was sparked in the second inning from an RBI triple off the bat of freshman Alison Strycula to drive in the first run. Junior Holli Brown then followed up the triple by hitting a sacrifice f ly to drive in Strycula from third to make the score 2-0 Seawolves.

The game was generally quiet from then on out, due to both Llerenea and Chico State’s Alex Molina excellent pitching performances, until the sixth inning when two more runs were scored on a throwing error by the Wildcats with the bases loaded to make the score 4-0 Seawolves. However, these runs happened to be just insurance for the Seawolves due to Ller-

enea, who retired the final 15 hitters in a row to secure the victory.

For game two, the Seawolves elected to once again go with Llerena to start on the mound, and it was as if she picked up from where she left off the last game. The Wildcats has no answer as Llerena continued her stellar performance by tossing five more shutout innings, striking out three and only allowing four base hits. The Seawolves’ bats also remained to stay hot as they busted out 15 hits against the Wildcats.

Getting it going early, the Seawolves tacked on the first run in the first inning off an RBI single by Alison Strycula to put the Seawolves up 1-0 to start the game. From then on out, the Seawolves offense continued to set the tone of the game.

By putting up five runs between the third and fourth innings to make the score 6-0, backed by Llerena’s shut down pitching, the game was too out of reach for the Wildcats.

Strycula continued to crush the ball as she finished the game going 3-5 with three RBIs in the Seawolves’ final 9-1 win. Strycula was complemented by senior Megan Konieczka, who also finished the game with three base knocks. Juniors Ancia Purdy and Amanda Rossetta, as well as sophomore Aubrie Tolliver, each had two hits apiece for the Seawolves, one being a two-run home run off the bat of Tolliver in the sixth inning.

The lady Seawolves now improve to 33-17 on the year and take back the fourth place spot in the CCAA. With only four

COURTESY // SSU Athletics Megan Konieczka finished the game with three base knocks. games remaining in the season, the Seawolves will have to finish strong in order to qualify for the CCAA Championship Tournament that takes place in two weeks on May 2. The team will be looking to qualify for the tournament for the fifth time in the last six seasons.

Player Profile: Justin Shluker I COURTESY // SSU Athletics The Capital City Clash is scheduled for May 4 at 1 p.m.

Sonoma, Chico State to clash Angelica Viera Staff Writer

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hat is a sporting event without a little rivalry?

There’s the Giants vs. the Dodgers, the Lakers vs. the Celtics, and then there’s Sonoma State vs.

Chico State. The two CSU teams have been going at it for decades, often making it the game to watch.

Whether it is basketball, volleyball or soccer, the competition between the Sonoma State Seawolves and the Chico State Wildcats sure brings in a crowd. But no rivalry is quite as big as the one on the diamond: spring baseball.

The two teams are taking the grudge match all the way to the capital for the third annual Capital City Clash. The finale of this season’s Seawolves vs. Wildcats baseball series will be played at Raley Field in Sacramento, May 4 at 1 p.m. Raley Field is currently home of the Triple-

A team, the Sacramento River Cats, affiliates of the Oakland A’s.

Both teams have been battling to take home this title all season.

During last year’s Capital City Clash, the Seawolves played big and swept the Wildcats in the four-game series for the first time since 1993. George Asmus gave an all-star performance on the mound, helping the Seawolves take home the 5-0 win in the last game of the series last April.

Since 2005, both teams have had their share of victories in the series, Sonoma State winning 24 of the last 43 games and Chico State taking the other 19. The teams have played each other 20 times in either the California Collegiate Athletic Association or the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament and are surely regular rivals in the post season as well. Between the two teams, they have won eight of the 15 conference championships since 1999, Seawolves with five and Wildcats with three.

This season the Wildcats currently lead the pack in conference standings with 24 wins and seven losses (33-8 overall) with the Seawolves right on their tail with 18 wins and six losses (21-10 overall) followed by UC San Diego (23-9), Cal Poly Pomona (22-10) and Cal State East Bay (17-15). Both front-runners home and away game records show that familiarity with the field doesn’t make much of a difference. Chico State stands at 21-4 home and 12-4 away while Sonoma State holds 12-6 home and 9-6 away.

The two teams are familiar with Sacramento’s Raley Field and how it feels to play on the diamond for the title. It will be up to this season’s team newcomers, as well as the veterans, to push each other to battle for the win. Like it does every year, the Capital City Clash is expected to bring in yet another big crowd with loyal and excited fans from both teams.

Seawolf Sports April 22 Men’s Golf at CCAA Championships All Day

Softball at San Francisco State 1 p.m.

3 p.m.

Baseball vs. Cal State Stanislaus 2 p.m.

5:30 p.m.

April 23 Men’s Golf at CCAA Championships All Day

Water Polo vs. Cal State East Bay (at La Jolla, CA) noon

Water Polo at WWPA Championships TBA

April 25 Baseball vs. Cal State Stanislaus noon 3:30 p.m.

April 26 Softball at San Francisco State noon 2 p.m.

April 27 Water Polo at WWPA Championships TBA

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Halia Daugherty Staff Writer

f anyone were to tell you that you can’t achieve your dreams, they’re wrong. You can achieve anything that you set your mind to, whether it be backpacking across the country, becoming the finest chef in New York City, or becoming a professional golfer; a dream freshman Justin Shluker plans to pursue.

At age 7, Shluker’s father got him into playing golf. He played every year growing up and when he reached high school he joined the golf team at Park City High School in Park City, Utah. The talent came naturally, but he worked even harder to become better and excel every year.

His junior and senior years of high school, Shluker and his team went to the State Championship and won both years. At the two-day State Championship his junior year it was raining the whole first day and snowed the second day. On the second day it was between 34 and 40 degrees and it snowed for the entire front nine. He had to wear four layers of clothing and winter ski gloves with warmers inside of them just to keep warm during the tournament.

“The hardest obstacle was how cold it was and trying not to get too frustrated while maintaining my job in the game,” said Shluker.

In the back nine, when the snow let up and the weather got nicer, Shluker shot five under to win the tournament.

It is proven that Shluker is dedicated to golf as it is one of the main components of his life.

Aside from his high school team, Shluker has competed in many tournaments and continues to do so with the Sonoma State golf team.

“I’m really glad Justin decided to become a Seawolf because several schools wanted his talents,” said teammate Blake Basham. “He is a really good golfer and has proven it at practice and in tournaments.”

Shluker was recruited by many different schools that offered good opportunities, but he chose Sonoma State because of the area and the golf team seemed to be the best fit for him.

As a part of the team, Shluker has grown and matured with the help of his coaches, Val Verhunce and Gary Fain.

At his second collegiate tournament

COURTESY // SSU Athletics Justin Shluker is a freshman on the men’s golf team. with the Seawolves, he earned sixth place out of 91 participants at the Coyote Classic held by Cal State San Bernardino. He was able to help his team into a tie for seventh place.

“Justin is a really good kid. He works hard at his game and has a maturity on the golf course that is rare of his age. He has a very solid and aggressive styled game,” said teammate Matt Medeiros.

With the achievements that Shluker and his team have already had this season, he expects the very best of himself and his team. The top five head to Nationals in a few weeks, and Shluker wants to have the privilege to be a part of that team and help the Seawolves win Nationals.

Shluker is very proud to be a part of the Sonoma State golf team.

“It’s fun to be around them. They’re kind of like a family, everyone’s got each other’s back,” said Shluker.

“You’re competing against them, but you want them to do well.”

Shluker plans to achieve more golf experience to make it to the next level and get better and better at his game with the Sonoma State golf team. His dream is to pursue golf as a professional career and he believes that he will make it there.

“A lot of hard work and a lot of sacrifices will get me to the professional level. I want to improve on everything one step at a time,” said Shluker.

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Senior Send-Off

STAR // Connor Gibson Students enjoyed games, a bouncy house, massages, music from KTRY Country 106.3 FM and hot dogs served by President Ruben Armi単ana (top left) at the Senior Send Off in the Darwin Quad last week, hosted by the Sonoma State Alumni Association. Some graduating seniors entered a Senior Drawing and took home gift cards from Target, Starbucks, Whole Foods, Sports Authority; the grand prize was a $500 Amazon gift card. To read more, flip to page 9.