The S tate Hornet September 8, 2010
C alifornia S tate U niversity, S acramento
O ne C opy F ree
E st . 1949
Campus improvements at a glance
Graphic by Megan Harris
Photos by Robert Linggi
State Hornet
Facilities Services is now renovating Lot 7, upper right, to add more parking spaces. Other recently completed construction projects on campus are the newly opened The Well, lower right, Del Norte Hall, upper left, and the Library, lower left. Del Norte Hall now houses the campus Human Resources and technologically updated classrooms. The Library now has a User Services desk and a bigger Library Collaborative. Not shown is Folsom Hall, which is located off campus and now houses classrooms for nursing students. • ONGOING CONSTRUCTION: - Lot 7 renovation • RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS: - Library renovation - The Well - Del Norte Hall - Folsom Hall (former CalSTRS building)
By Michelle Curtis mcurtis@statehornet.com Over the past several months, Sacramento State has undergone construction projects to maintain and renovate existing facilities, and to build new ones. A number of projects, however, have been put on hold due to lack of funding.
ONGOING CONSTRUCTION
Facilities Services began repaving Lot 7, located on State University Drive East. Mario Ruiz, interim associate vice president of Fa-
cilities, said maintenance of the parking lot had been delayed and Lot 7 would occasionally rise up. Facilities is also redesigning the parking lot to accommodate more parking spaces. The parking lot maintenance and renovation cost $753,000. Revenue from parking permit sales through the University Transportation and Parking Services funded the project, said Freddy Orozco, assistant to the director of UTAPS. While the project may be disruptive during the first few weeks of the semester, Ruiz said traffic can still flow smoothly through surrounding areas. “Traffic can flow easily with the construction because
Public Records bill on governor’s desk By Ken Paglia kpaglia@statehornet.com A bill on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk, if passed, will give the public a glimpse of how campus auxiliary organizations, such as Associated Students Inc. and University Enterprises Inc., handle their money. SB 330, authored by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, expands the Public Records Act
to include campus auxiliary organizations. Schwarzenegger vetoed an earlier version of the bill in October 2009, saying it would scare away private donors. The bill has been amended to allow donors to remain anonymous, as long as the donor does not receive a gift worth more than $500 in exchange for the donation. Schwarzenegger has until Sept. 30 to either veto the bill or sign it into law.
Six Sacramento State auxiliary organizations that will be affected by the bill are UEI, University Enterprises Development Group, the University Foundation, Capitol Public Radio, ASI and the University Union. “These auxiliary organizations are there for the sole purpose of helping students, and should be subject to the see SB330| page A6
of the road way. It is easy to get in and out without an issue,” Ruiz said. Paige Nordberg, junior religious studies and philosophy major, said repaving the parking lot when classes started is poor timing, but it needed to be fixed. “There were always issues with that (flooding),” Nordberg said. “It flooded a few times last year.”
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
In addition to the Lot 7 renovation, the Library has undergone two projects since the end of spring. see CONSTRUCTION | page A6
Former foster youths to benefit from new grant By Michelle Curtis mcurtis@statehornet.com In the past two years, a committee of legislative staffers have raised about $30,000 to help students in Sacramento State’s Guardian Scholars program. The offices of Assemblyman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, have established the Julianne Mari Huerta Memorial Scholarship in 2008 to raise money for
the Guardian Scholars program. Joy Salvetti, Guardian Scholars director, said the funds will be used for scholarships, stipends and emergency funds, which would help students with medical needs, groceries and see FOSTER| page A8
Right: Junior psychology major Tia Holiday studies at the Guardian Scholars office at Sac State.
Becky Bell State Hornet
Sac State lays off employees to cut expenses, save money By Micah Stevenson mstevenson@statehornet.com Since California State University employees are now exempt from furloughs, the CSU campuses have been using other methods to save money and cut
costs. The CSU system is now cutting back on operating and travel expenses, transferring employees to non-state funding when possible and leaving unfilled employee positions vacant.
CAMPUS COST-CUTTING MEASURES • Eliminated 45 vacant staff and management positions
• Left 28 staff and management positions vacant
• Transferred 17 positions to non-state funding sources
• Laid off eight full-time employees
With Sacramento State’s current budget deficit of $26 million, the campus is not exempted from using these measures. Sac State has eliminated 38 vacant staff and seven vacant management positions, trans-
ferred 17 positions to non-state funded sources and left 20 staff and eight management positions vacant. The university spends about 80 percent of its annual budget see CUTTING| page A8
INSIDE THE STATE HORNET MOUNTAIN LIONS
Mountain Lions begin practice and prepare to storm Hornet Stadium. Find out more in Sports.
Sports | B4
THE MOSQUE CONTROVERSY The proposed building is blocks away from Ground Zero. Find out what all the buzz is about in Opinion
Opinion | A7
CARLY DAVIS
Being born with a missing limb didn’t stop her from winning Miss Congeniality. Read her story in Features.
Features | B1
CHILDREN’S DVD Find out more about education professor Francie Dillon’s DVD project, which will be available to Sac State students by November.
News | A3
WATER-SKI AND WAKEBOARD CLUB
Read more about the club’s Catch-A-Ride event for new members.
Online News statehornet.com
The State Hornet Issue 2 | Volume 63 | No. 2
A2
Wednesday - September 8
News Section
NEWS ROUNDUP Sac State’s weekly news briefs and campus events Peak Adventures to host community rafting trip
executive director of The Well, said this broke the official Guinness Book of World Record’s 712 players.
Peak Adventures invites all students to participate in its first all-campus white water rafting trip on Sept. 19. Students will be rafting for three to four hours on the upper section of the American River, starting at the Chili Bar Dam and ending in Coloma. Registration is until Friday. For more information, contact Peak Adventures at peakinfo@csus.edu or (916) 278-6321.
UNIQUE to host 11th annual Phlagleblast The 11th annual Phlagleblast, hosted by UNIQUE, will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the University Union. Students who attend the Union’s open house and welcome celebration will receive a Phlagleblast game card. Students can fill out the card and be eligible to enter a prize drawing. For more information, contact UNIQUE at (916) 278-6997 or UNIQUEPrograms@SacStateUNIQUE.com.
statehornet.com
The State Hornet | Staff Editor in Chief
Assistant Features Editor
Leidhra Johnson
Matt Rascher
(916) 278-6584
(916) 278-5148
editor@statehornet.com
mrascher@statehornet.com
Print Managing Editor
Photo Editor
Katrina Tupper (916) 278-7300 ktupper@statehornet.com Online Managing Editor Dustin Nosler (916) 278-5590
Robert Linggi (916) 278-5500 rlinggi@statehornet.com Assistant Photo Editor Julie Keefer (916) 278-5500 jkeefer@statehornet.com
online@statehornet.com Graphics Editor News Editor
Megan Harris
Kristine Guerra
(916) 278-5590
(916) 278-5590
mharris@statehornet.com
news@statehornet.com Multimedia Editor Assistant News Editor
Courtesy of Peak Adventures
California State Student Association seeks students to serve on committees The California State Student Association is looking for 10 yearlong student representatives to serve on California State University committees. Students who are selected to serve on the committees will give input on broad areas of university policy, including academic affairs, student services, administration and finance. Applications are due Friday. Interested students can download an application form at www.csustudents.org. For more information, contact Sarah Vagts at svagts@calstate.edu.
Sean McCullough
Lauren Greenwood
(916) 278-5590
(916) 278-7248
smccullough@statehornet.com
lgreenwood@statehornet.com Copy Chief Opinion Editor
Courtesy of UNIQUE
Benjamin R. Schilter
Daniel Vasilchuk
(916) 278-5585
(916) 278-7567
bschilter@statehornet.com
opinion@statehornet.com Advertising Manager
▶◀ ▶◀ ▶◀ Contact Lauren Greenwood in the News department at (916) 278-7248. ▶◀ ▶◀ ▶◀
Correction In the article, “Sac State students struggle as fees continue to rise” published on Sept. 1, Naeim Zamani is a male.
Sac State breaks world record for largest dodgeball game
Also, in the editorial, “Find a support system on campus,” Christina Li worked at The State Hornet in spring 2009 and fall 2009.
Sacramento State broke the world record for the largest dodgeball game during the grand opening of The Well Thursday. The Well hosted a dodgeball game with 1,208 players and 150 spectators. Leslie David,
The State Hornet apologizes for these errors. Please contact Katrina Tupper, print managing editor, for corrections at (916) 278-7300 or ktupper@statehornet.com
Sports Editor
Diane Kauffman
Marshall Hampson
(916) 278-6583
(916) 278-5145
ads@statehornet.com
sports@statehornet.com Advertisement Designer Assistant Sports Editor
Matt Erickson
Cassie Kolias
(916) 278-6583
(916) 278-5145
ads@statehornet.com
ckolias@statehornet.com Features Editor
Professional Journalist in Residence & Adviser
Miriam Arghandiwal
Holly Heyser
(916) 278-4155
(916) 278-5612
features@statehornet.com
hheyser@statehornet.com
The first copy of this newspaper is free. Additional copies cost $1. All views expressed herein are the responsibility of The State Hornet and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Sacramento State Journalism Program, the Communication Studies Department, administration, student body or ASI unless otherwise noted. The State Hornet is copyrighted, and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the express permission of The State Hornet. Signed articles, letters and artwork express the opinions of the authors and illustrators. Unsigned articles are the responsibility of The State Hornet. The State Hornet reserves the right to reject or edit all submissions.
The appearance of an advertisement in The State Hornet does not constitute an endorsement by the newspaper of the goods and services advertised therein. The State Hornet reserves the right to reject any advertisements deemed inappropriate. An advertisement is not considered accepted until publication. Further, The State Hornet shall not be liable for any omission on an advertisement ordered to be published. By written request, The State Hornet will reschedule and run the advertisement at the advertiser’s cost. In no case shall The State Hornet be liable for any general, special or consequential damages. Claims for adjustments of any error must be made no later than three days after publication date upon which said error occurred.
Wednesday - September 8
News Section
statehornet.com
A3
Professor aims to enhance Sac State receives grant for communication with kids students with disabilities By Micah Stevenson mstevenson@statehornet.com Sacramento State education professor Francie Dillon will be distributing an instructional DVD on effective storytelling, which she hopes will help people communicate better with children. “It takes expression to capture and hold a child’s attention,” Dillon said. “Being able to growl like a bear or breathe like a dragon while reading a story to a child is a simple, universal, yet an underrated skill that anyone can learn.” The First 5 El Dorado County’s High 5 for Quality Program and Sac State’s Academic Technology and Creative Services Division approved the funding for Dillon’s project this summer. First 5 awarded Dillon about $22,000, Dillon said. Sac State chose to contribute an in-kind grant, meaning the campus would match First 5’s initial contribution to Dillon. A First 5 representative could not be reached for comment. Dillon said even children’s psychologists may have trouble talking with children, and
Courtesy Photo
Francie Dillon will create an educational DVD on effective storytelling. The DVD will be available by late November.
anyone who has or will ever work with children, including parents, teachers, childcare providers and students, can benefit from watching the DVD. “There are so many majors and careers that involve the youth,” Dillon said. “Being able to read stories, dynamically, gives students an asset in communicating with young children for their profession.” She mentioned bibliotherapy, which uses books to address psychological issues in a child, as an example of the importance of the skills people can gain from watching the DVD. Dillon’s 30-minute-long DVD will show her reading aloud stories from three books for children ages 5 years old and younger, she said. “You’re not just telling the story to a child,” Dillon said. “By reading the story out loud and using the character’s own voice, you give life to the author’s text. By engaging their sense of humor and natural playfulness, a great storyteller can encourage a child’s enjoyment of books.” She said there are reading skills that would be effective for infants, but not for toddlers. “The skills involved in being a great storyteller attract attention like no others,” Dillon said. “This DVD will give its viewers an introduction to effectively use your voice, facial expression and body language.” Michaeline Veden, executive producer of Sac State’s Creative Services Division, said the DVD would provide the university with teaching tools it would otherwise have had to buy from a less reliable and more expensive source. “This DVD is being made for the story-reading cause,” Dillon said. “It’s not being used as a promotion of me, First 5 or Sac State. Our partnership wants to serve the population, which is why we’re making it free. It won’t just serve CSUS or El Dorado; it will be a public service
“You’re not just telling the story to a child. By reading the story out loud and using the character’s own voice, you give life to the author’s text. By engaging their sense of humor and natural playfulness, a great storyteller can encourage a child’s enjoyment of books.” - Francie Dillon, Sac State education professor announcement to all child-care providers.” Dillon and her crew will film on Sept. 16 and 17, and the DVD will be ready for distribution to libraries and early childhood education programs by late November. Sac State students will also be able to use the DVD when it becomes available. “When the project is completed, First 5 will receive a designated number of DVDs to use,” Dillon said. “At the same time, the DVD will be used in teacher education and early childhood education classes on campus.” Veden said Dillon has done a lot of work with First 5, and she was able to build a strong relationship with the organization. “From this relationship, First 5 wanted to create a product based on her skills,” Veden said. Among the work Dillon has done with First 5 is the program Jazzbabies, a performance targeted toward expanding toddlers’ awareness on literature, music and of themselves. Dillon said from fall 2009 to spring 2010, she performed the Jazzbabies show for about 5,200 people. “Ultimately, my goal is to instill a lifelong love of reading,” Dillon said.
By Cayla Gales cgales@statehornet.com The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded $275,940 to Sacramento State’s Student Support Services Program to benefit students with disabilities. The announcement came from Rep. Doris Matsui, DSacramento, in August. The program received the grant through the TRIO Student Supportive Services, a group of federal educational opportunity programs. The money is the first of the grants the program will receive over the course of five years. It will be used to pay for tutors, counselors, scribes, note takers and alternative testing for students, said Melissa Repa, project director of the program. The grant will also help fund non-academic activities, such as disability awareness events for faculty and staff, and financial literacy for students. Matsui helped endorse the grant and secure some of the funds. Spokeswoman Mara Lee said Matsui has always supported higher education, and is “always looking for opportunities to help Sacramento State.” Sac State’s Student Support Services Program’s main objective is to help students with disabilities, students from low-income families, and firstgeneration college students with academic and financial needs, to succeed and graduate from college. “It’s a great program. It’s very helpful,” said junior recreation and leisure studies major Samuelu Folau, who’s part of the program. Folau said the grant helps him with books, transportation and medical expenses. He has been
Steven Turner State Hornet
Junior recreation and leisure studies major Samueluww Folau is one of the students who will benefit from the recently awarded grant to Sac State’s Student Support Services Program.
a part of the program since his freshman year. He visits the office, located in Lassen Hall, when he needs academic advising and counseling. After he graduates, Folau said he plans to get his master’s degree and focus on recreational therapy, sports, help other stu-
dents with disabilities, and show them other ways to have fun. Folau said he loves sports, and he is hoping to one day join the Paralympics. He said he had that idea after taking a recreational class, where he took part in wheelchair rugby.
FOR RENT 2 rooms available for a 4 bed 2 bath House. Bathroom is shared, fully furnished house, rent includes all utilities. DSL internet. Close to CSUS shuttle and lite rail. No smoking, drugs. Email edman_melissa@yahoo.com
A4
Wednesday - September 8
News Section
statehornet.com
A5
Wednesday - September 8
News Section
statehornet.com
Sac State receives $1 million grant for STEM research STIMULUS-FUNDED SAC STATE PROJECTS: - $17,664 for biomedical research for discovering anti-viral drugs that could prevent HIV - $257,795 for research on a sesquiterpenes, which is known to inhibit tumors - $900,000 to upgrade tools for biochemical and atmospheric research - Study on computer security - Math-teaching program - Post-graduate work for biochemistry projects - 48 work-study jobs
By Ken Paglia kpaglia@statehornet.com Sacramento State’s science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, programs got a boost this past year from President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. About eight Sac State STEM projects have been awarded more than $1 million in stimulus funds since last year. The projects focused primarily on outreach, teaching and STEM research efforts. The California State University system as a whole received $62 million in stimulus funds to support roughly 200 STEM projects on 22 campuses, according to a CSU press release. The funds augmented more than $300 million of other ongoing federal funding that
helps the CSU advance education and research in science and engineering. Some of the projects focused on health, such as Sac State chemistry professor Katherine McReynold’s biomedical research funded by $17,664 from the stimulus fund. “The award provided stipends and supplies for two undergraduate students to assist with research for the summer last year and part of this year,” McReynolds said. “This allowed those students to focus on their research full time, instead of having to get non-chemistry summer jobs.” If successful, the research would lead to anti-viral drugs to treat and prevent certain diseases, such as HIV, McReynolds said. Other stimulus-funded Sac State projects went toward a study of computer security, a
math-teaching program, equipment and post-graduate work for biochemistry projects and 48 work-study jobs. Almost $900,000 supported two National Science Foundation grants that upgraded analytical tools for chemical, biochemical and atmospheric research. A $257,795 award to Sac State chemistry professor Brad Baker had a major research focus, which is examining how much of a particular family of chemical compounds are emitted by plants, said Sean Kearns, science communications adviser for the CSU chancellor’s office. “It’s examining the levels of sesquiterpenes in the atmosphere, which is a group of naturally occurring hydrocarbons involved in pheromones and other plant physiology,” Kearns said. “Sesquiterpenes have been of intense interest
to pharmaceutical researchers. Some have been shown to inhibit tumors.” Three stimulus awards for STEM projects were given during the 2008-09 awards period, said David Earwicker, assistant vice president for research administration and contract administration. Two went to the chemistry department, and one toward a teacher education project. About eight awards were given during the 2009-10 period, but the cut off date is Sept. 30, which means additional grants could be on the way. Earwicker declined to say which projects could qualify for the grants. “I don’t want to jinx it by saying which projects could qualify, but the proposals are out there,” Earwicker said. “At this late date, we’re not overly optimistic. We’re just quietly
waiting.” While additional stimulus funds for STEM projects is uncertain, it is clear that research professionals have paved the way for growth in science fields. “Sac State has been designated an emerging research institute by a National Academy of Sciences cooperative. What this means is that there’s expanded capacity to pursue federal funding for our research,” said Sac State spokeswoman Kimberly Nava. Other campuses that received stimulus funding in the past year for STEM research are CSU, Stanislaus, San Jose State, San Diego State, CSU, Monterey Bay, Fresno State, CSU, Los Angeles, CSU, Fullerton, San Francisco State, CSU, Northridge, Cal Poly, Pomona, CSU, Long Beach and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
ASK A SAC STATE POLICE OFFICER
Police department creates new service centers on campus Get answers to all of your questions about the Sacramento State Police Department affairs. This week, public information officer Scott Christian introduces the department’s new programs for students. On behalf of the Sacramento State Police Department, welcome back. Another fall semester, and it is already shaping up to be a busy and exciting one. The department has implemented two new programs that may be of interest to the campus community, and both were started in the beginning of this semester. The first program is the establishment of two police service centers, one located in Desmond Hall and the other in the University Union. The Desmond Hall service center is located just off the Desmond Hall recreation room,
and is staffed from 7 to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Union service center is located in the former Recreational Sports Office, across from the Mellow Me Out Salon. The service center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Both the Union and Desmond Hall police service centers are staffed by police officers and community service officers, and offer a variety of services. These services include taking crime and incident reports, assistance with fix-it ticket sign-offs, bicycle registration, engraving personal property, as well as answering any questions
regarding campus safety, personal safety and crime prevention. Be sure to stop by and say hello. The second program is the Sac State Police Department’s Facebook page. The Facebook page can be found by searching for “Sacramento State Police Department” in the Facebook search engine. The department is using the Facebook page for campus crime news and trends, crime prevention tips and department activity information. If you are a Facebook user, be sure to log in and check out the page. Lastly, the police officers and
staff want the campus community to know that we are your police department. We are here to serve you, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year. If you have a question about crime prevention, have been a victim of a crime, or want to give us a tip regarding a crime, please contact us. Stop by the Public Safety building or one of our police service centers, or contact our 24-hour dispatch telephone number at (916) 278-6851. We can also be reached by e-mail at police@csus.edu. As always, in the event of an emergency, dial 911 from
any campus telephone to be connected to our dispatch center. On behalf of all the police officers, dispatchers and staff of the University Police Department, have a happy, safe, and productive semester. If you have a question for the police officers, dispatchers, and administrative staff members of the Sacramento
State Police Department, e-mail the question to asktheofficer@ csus.edu, and your question may be answered in a future column.
A6
News Section
Wednesday - September 8
statehornet.com
Construction: Library Collaborative now expanded Continued | page A1 The Reserve Book Room, Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Services, where students can borrow laptops, have been consolidated to one desk called User Services. Mary Reddick, head of User Services, said the project is to make the Library more accessible. “We can better serve the faculty and students,” Reddick said. “Make things more convenient, modern and up-to-date.” The Library Collaborative has been expanded into the previous Reserve Book Room area, said Linda Goff, head of institutional services. This added more study space and materials in the
Library Collaborative, which now has 37 computers, two black-and-white printers, one color printer, two photocopy machines and one scanner. Other improvements throughout the Library include an upgraded air handler to improve air conditioning, more group study rooms and restored seating. To cut costs, the university tried to repair chairs in the Library before purchasing new ones, spokeswoman Kimberly Nava said in an e-mail to The State Hornet. Nava said general funds implemented through the normal budget provided funding for the Library renovations. Tabzeera Dosu, dean of the Library, said funds were pro-
vided from the 2009-10 budget. The cost was not provided. Reddick said a future project for the Library includes remodeling the website to make it more accessible with Wi-Fi devices. There is no projection date of when this will begin. Other recently finished construction projects on campus are The Well, Del Norte Hall and Folsom Hall, located on Folsom Boulevard. The Well, a 150,000-squarefoot recreation, health and fitness facility, officially opened Thursday. Costs of building, the $71 million facility, were paid for by student fees. Del Norte Hall, which used to be the Hornet Bookstore, has been renovated to make room for the campus’ Human
Resources department. Nursing students have also started using parts of Folsom Hall, which used to be the California State Teachers’ Retirement System’s headquarters building. Rob Hammerstad, junior biology major, said remodeling and construction of the buildings is necessary, but there is a misappropriation of funds. “Two semesters ago I had classes in Eureka (Hall) and it feels like having classes in a cave, but at the same time I don’t know if this is the time to be building a gymnasium,” Hammerstad said. Lois Boulgarides, lecturer and interim president of the Capitol chapter of the California Faculty Association said
Robert Linggi State Hornet
Lot 7 is undergoing renovation to add parking spaces.
while the new buildings on campus are nice, the students, faculty and staff need to be prioritized. “It is important that we keep
in mind that the priority lies in academics. Buildings are nice but let’s not forget our core mission: providing academics for students,” she said.
PROJECTS ON HOLD SCIENCE COMPLEX II - Construction was supposed to start last spring - Target completion date: fall 2013 - Estimated cost: $97.1 million - Funding source: state funds, federal grants, private donations - Purpose: science, math classrooms
EVENT CENTER - Start of construction: unknown - Target completion date: unknown - Estimated cost: $50 to $60 million - Funding source: proposed developer financed - Purpose: a 6000- to 8000-seating arena for sports events, concerts
RAMONA VILLAGE - Start of construction: unknown - Target completion date: unknown - Estimated cost: $150 million - Funding source: public or private development, housing sales - Purpose: faculty and staff housing
PLACER EDUCATION CENTER - Start of construction: unknown - Target completion date: unknown - Estimated cost: unknown - Funding source: unknown - Purpose: satellite campus in South Placer County
SACRAMENTO STATE TRAM - Start of construction: unknown - Target completion date: unknown - Estimated cost: unknown - Funding source: unknown - Purpose: a bus transit system that will connect Sac State to the 65th Street light rail station
SB330: Bill may deter donors, CSU spokesman says Continued | page A1 Public Records Act,” said Adam Keigwin, Yee’s chief of staff. “Some of student’s fees go to auxiliary organizations. That’s student money, and they should have oversight of that money. It’s the only way to ensure that administrators are accountable.” The governor was still reviewing the bill as of Sept. 1, and would not comment on it publicly, said spokesman Matt Connelly. Opponents of the bill said
even its amended version could deter donors, ultimately decreasing revenue for auxiliaries and diminishing their ability to serve students. “The bill’s language still puts requirements on donors,” said Erik Fallis, spokesman for the California State University chancellor’s office. Fallis cited the amended language barring anonymity of donors receiving gifts valued more than $500. “It still has the likelihood of a chilling effect on donors who would like to be considered
anonymous,” Fallis said. The CSU proposed multiple amendments that would have “better protected donor anonymity while allowing auxiliaries to benefit students and faculty,” Fallis said. But the proposals were not considered, he said. “The amendments would have allowed auxiliaries to function the way they were set up to - by operating as nonprofits to benefit the California State University system,” Fallis said. Chris Chavez, president of the California State Student Asso-
ciation, the organization made up of the student governments of all 23 CSU campuses, agreed the bill could deter donors if signed into law. “If somebody donates to the University Foundation, and other organizations can see it, those organizations can certainly hit the donors up for money,” Chavez said. “It could cause people to shy away.” SB 330, as law, could also harm auxiliary organizations’ business operations, Chavez said. “Let’s say the (University)
Union at Sac State puts out a request for food vendors to come to campus,” Chavez said. “If those contracts become public, it becomes harder for the Union to negotiate the best contract.”
RECENT CONTROVERSIES
Just this summer, two CSU auxiliary organizations stirred controversy. UEI came under scrutiny for paying to renovate Sac State President Alexander Gonzalez’s kitchen. A July audit by the attorney general’s office found the auxiliary’s 2003 purchase
of a new range and hood for Gonzalez’s kitchen stove “was not a transaction that fell within UEI’s charitable purposes.” CSU Stanislaus’ University Foundation sparked national headlines in June for refusing to reveal what it paid former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to speak at the university. Following a court order, the auxiliary organization disclosed Palin’s $75,000 speaker’s fee. Yee’s bill would expand disclosure rules for those university foundations, Keigwin said.
A8
Wednesday - September 8
News Section
statehornet.com
Foster: Support program Cutting: Ruiz says energy provided by scholarship efficiency cuts spending Continued | page A1 bills. She said the committee is continuously raising funds for the endowed scholarship. Julianne Huerta worked as a fiscal analyst for the state Assembly for six years. Peter Schaafsma, Assembly fiscal staff director, said Huerta worked on foster youth’s issues and believed that education leads to better jobs. “She believed education was a valuable thing for anybody’s resume to qualify for better jobs,” Schaafsma said. “She was interested in emancipating foster youth.” Established at Sac State in 2006, the Guardian Scholars program provides financial resources, and academic and emotional support for former foster youths, who have been released from foster care after turning 18. The program teaches students about available financial assistance, housing options and health services.
“We are a support program specifically for former foster youth who are attending Sac State to achieve either their bachelor’s or master’s degree,” Salvetti said. Tia Holiday, junior psychology major, is one of the 58 scholars in the program. She said she joined the program after attending a Guardian Scholars retreat in April. “I am so used to doing everything on my own, and then I found this program,” Holiday said. Guardian Scholars is allowing Holiday to be involved with Sac State students, who were former foster youths, while working to inspire current foster youths. Through outreach efforts, the scholars teach middle school and high school students about the program. “You can get all these students involved,” Holiday said. “You are going back out into the community and saying, ‘You’re a foster youth but you can do
amazing things with your life.’” Holiday said the program has helped her figure out everything, from scholarships and graduate school possibilities. “I now have a set plan of where I will be in 10 years,” Holiday said. Other donors, such as the Stuart Foundation, Sleep Train and Foster Youth Education Fund, also provide funding for Guardian Scholars. Students have to be admitted to Sac State to qualify for the program. Faculty, staff and community members are involved through the program’s mentor component. Salvetti said this provides important relationship-building skills as the students interact with faculty, staff and community members. “It is all about relationships not just academics,” Salvetti said. “It is creating, building and maintaining relationships.” For more information, go to www.csus.edu/gs.
Becky Bell State Hornet
Junior psychology major Tia Holiday, left, chats with Joy Salvetti, director of Sac State’s Guardian Scholars. Salvetti said the program enables students to build relationships with fellow former foster youths, faculty, staff and community members.
efficiency standards. He cited the American River Courtyard and The Well, which, he said, both use energyefficient lighting, heating and air-conditioning systems. “Installing these systems ini-
tainties about the state budget, the university does not know on employees’ wages and if more layoffs will occur this benefits. semester. Sac State spokeswoman KimIt is still unknown whether berly Nava said these measures CSU will receive the proposed do not save a set amount of the $365 million in state funding. school’s funding, Lois Boulgabut they make a rides, interim significant differpresident of the ence in planning Capitol chapter for the budget. of the California When the Faculty Associacampus had the tion, said lowerchoice of reducing the univering the budget sity’s funding for by either 12 or employees not 18 percent, these only puts a strainprecautionary ing workload on measures helped the faculty, but in making the also results in losdecision that cuting a significant Becky Bell State Hornet ting the budget amount of classes by 18 percent was The Well’s lobby has energy efficient skylights for students. not necessary. “Ultimately, it that control the light and heat levels in the facility. “I can’t tell affects the entire Facilities Services’ Mario Ruiz said such features you how much educational expemay cost more to install, but saves the university money our rience,” Boulgamoney in the long run. campus directly rides said. “The saved from these California Faculty measures,” Nava said, “but Association is very concerned tially costs more money,” Ruiz because of these measures, we on how badly these cuts affect said, “but it will save so much were able to lower our overall students and faculty. It is unformore in the long run. spending on the budget. It’s tunate that we’ve lost so much Sac State has also announced all about working within the non-academic money because layoffs of eight full-time emprojected budget.” of these new cuts, but education ployees shortly after last spring. Mario Ruiz, interim associshould be the most important The campus decided that of its ate vice president of Facilities priority for the campus.” roughly 2,688 positions, these Services, agreed, saying the Boulgarides said no costeight positions were the least main concern is maintaining cutting measure should ever needed. efficiency given the limited hinder an instructor’s ability to The university gave the resources. employees, who are represented teach or a student’s ability to “You can ask how much learn. by the CSU Employees Union, money we’re saving by cutting She, however, agreed with layoff notices at least 60 days costs, but I couldn’t tell you, Chancellor Charles Reed’s decibefore their last day of work. because it’s just not that simple,” sion to exempt CSU employees “Deep cuts in state support he said. “Let’s say, hypothetical- of higher education have left us from furloughs, which ended ly, that you lay off two of your with no further options, and the for the CSU on June 30, saving five workers. Sure, you’ll save CSU chancellor’s office has con- Sac State a total of $16 million. money by putting the workload curred that the limited number “We didn’t see the evidence on only three employees, but that the furloughs’ benefits of layoffs is unavoidable as part the real question is: Is saving outweighed their costs,” Boulof our overall need to reduce the money worth the slower garides said. “We were assured salary expenses,” Sac State service and efficiency?” that jobs would be saved from President Alexander Gonzalez Ruiz said one way to save them. However, we lost about said in a statement issued after money and still maintain ef200 temporary and part-time the layoffs were announced. ficiency is by following energy employees.” Nava said because of uncerContinued | page A1
A7
THESTATEHORNET
Opinion
www . s t a t e h o r n e t . c o m
S eptember 8, Wednesday
| F a l l I ss u e 2 | S a c r a m e n t o S t a t e
Park 51 heals takes proactive Islamophobia EDITORIAL
CSU
stance on admissions enrolled. Allowing students to apply is simply building a base of qualified students who could eventually be admitted. Ed Mills, associate vice president of enrollment management, said all applications for admission will be pending until a budget is approved and funding is provided by the state. “On the one hand we’re not closed,” Mills said. “And on the other hand we’re telling students we don’t know whether we will be able to admit them or not.” With no budget in sight, some may argue allowing students to apply for spring admission is irrational. But opening admission doors is not foolish at all; it would allow the CSU system to take advantage of the total proposed $365 million in funds, should they become available. These funds would go toward student academics and services as well as providing additional access to the CSU system for ap-
The California State University system has opened its admission doors for the spring semester, without waiting for the state budget to be approved. A new state budget should have been approved more than 60 days ago, in accordance with the June deadline. But the final day of the legislative session has passed and there still is no budget. Now, the next window of opportunity to get a budget approved will come in December. Then the governor and the Legislature will have one month to get it approved. Instead of waiting until January, the CSU has allowed students to apply for spring admission beginning Aug. 1. and ending Sept. 27. Admission into the spring 2010 semester was closed due to budget cuts. The open admission period does not mean that all transfer students who apply for admission will be
STATE HORNET OPINION ONLINE
plicants. The $60.6 million of that total would go toward funding an increase in enrollment. Erik Fallis, CSU spokesman, said the CSU system is looking to create a “pipeline” for the spring semester; so if the budget passes, the proposed $60.6 million could be taken advantage of quickly and timely. “We can’t turn around and in a couple of days have thousands more new students in our system,” Fallis said. Should the budget fall through, there are options for what students could do with their applications for admission. For one, students can decide to have their application fee completely refunded. The second option would allow students to roll their application forward to the fall semester. Both of these options allow for the CSU system to attract more students, even though their application
status would be pending. Fallis said the CSU system is able to open the door to more students because of the possibility of state funding. In the midst of a tough economic climate, an open spring admission period improves the CSU’s image by showing the public that the CSU system is proactive in its planning for the future. A proactive plan means it does not matter what the final approved state budget looks like, the applicant will always have a choice to either remain in the system or withdraw completely. Will we see more enrolled students on our campus this spring? Maybe not. But the CSU chancellor’s plan for enrollment expansion at least allows room for positive change. Opening admission before a budget is approved is better than scrambling to collect large numbers of applicants to admit on short notice.
Ground Zero Mosque
We’re waiting...
Cole Mayer asks students to weigh in on the controversy.
Please send your letters or comics to the editor to opinion@statehornet.com
Marcy Hendricks State Hornet
By Matt DeStefano mdestefano@statehornet.com
The debate surrounding the construction of a “Ground Zero Mosque” is filled with irrationality. A proposed Islamic center 60 blocks away from Ground Zero, which will be called Park 51, would house this controversial mosque. The center will focus on positive outreach to the community. Park 51 would also serve to help Americans heal from the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. If approved, Park 51 will be a 13-story Islamic community center that will feature a culinary center, a basketball court and an art studio in addition to the mosque. It would be open to the general public and would strive to “bring the best of the world to New York City, and New York City’s energy, diversity, and aspirations to the world,” according to Park51.org. The aspirations of this center include education, recreation and relaxation to escape the pressures of the busy city life, according to Park51.org. Through this center, the Muslim community would reach out to people of all faiths in order to promote these aspirations. Opponents of the mosque say it would be disrespectful to the families who suffered on Sept. 11, since it would be built in such close proximity to Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center towers once stood. The debate about the construction of Park 51 tramples on religious freedom, said Michael Bloomberg, New York City’s mayor, while speaking on The Daily Show. Bloomberg said the opponents of the proposed building should be ashamed. Hanan Hasson, former president of Sacramento State’s Muslim Students’
Association, feels the same way. “As a citizen of America, Muslims have equal protection under the First Amendment,” Hasson said. In this country the First Amendment guarantees the freedom of religion. Building a mosque within the Islamic center will simply serve to let Muslims freely practice their religion. The vocal opponents of the mosque seem to ignore that Muslims, who are equal citizens like all Americans, share this right. Sarah Palin, former Republican presidential candidate, is one such opponent. Palin called out on her Twitter profile for “peaceseeking Muslims to refudiate the plan, in the interest of healing.” This request implies that Muslims shared responsibility in the World Trade Center attacks, when there is no absolute proof of this. The faulty premise that many Americans share is that the only way to heal from the terrorist attacks is by pushing Muslims away. This premise has likely caused the fight about the mosque construction plans. Mark Brown, government professor, feels that Americans have a skewed view of Islamic terrorism. “Some Americans seem to assume that Islamic terrorism is a direct product of Islam,” Brown said. “There are many different versions of Islam, the vast majority of them opposed to terrorism.” In order for the healing to be complete, Americans must put aside their Islamophobia and accept others, no matter their religion. Malina Dunk, Folsom Lake College history professor, said the best way to address fear is through education. “The more people understand the complexity of Islam, and stop associating the religion and culture with aggression and hate, the better off we will all be,” Dunk said. Park 51, the new Islamic Community Center, is meant as an educational tool for Americans. To oppose this project is to oppose a step forward in rebuilding a more tolerant and knowledgeable America.
Guest Column: Government should make a stronger effort to fight unemployment For most Americans, the Labor Day weekend will be a welcome reprieve from the 9-to-5 daily grind. But for nearly 15 million Americans, today is little more than a sad reminder they are without a job. The number of people unemployed is almost double what it was at the start of the recession in Dec. 2007. Eleven states report unemployment rates more than 10 percent. And these figures do not take into account the millions who have given up looking for work, or settled for part-time jobs or jobs in which they are highly overqualified. Since the end of 2007, the hospitality industry has lost half a million jobs. Same for the financial sector. The retail industry has lost more than a million jobs. The
manufacturing sector has lost 2 million. You might be wondering if any sectors have added jobs. One notable area that has blossomed is the government. Since the recession began, the federal government has added more than 262,000 jobs. At a time when everyone else is being forced to tighten their belts and make painful budget cuts, many are perplexed that government continues to grow. The government workforce is 22.5 million. That means 22.5 million workers are relying on American taxpayers - not the goods-producing private sector - for their paychecks. While these jobs may put food on the table, are more government jobs really a path to recovery? The problem is not just that the government sec-
tor is growing while the rest of the labor market is shrinking; it’s also that those jobs appear to be paying above market wages. According to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, average compensation, which is wages plus benefits, for a civilian federal employee is $123,000; for the private sector the same job is $61,000. Even the most conservative estimates, adjusting for differences in skill level and experience, suggest that private-sector employees have to work for 13 1/2 months to make the same amount earned by government employees in 12 months. While government seems highly confident in its decision to grow, the business world is not. Businesses are holding
onto an estimated $1.8 trillion in cash reserves. This is money desperately needed to drive innovation and job creation. These enormous cash reserves are largely a result of uncertainty and lack of confidence about policies coming from Washington. All of the unknowns surrounding economic policy, for example, which taxes will increase and whether stimulus money will continue to distort the market, have left businesses unable to plan. Businesses must decide where or when to invest and whether to expand and hire. So they wait, as does our recovery. Washington continues to hold to its claim that its dramatic increase in spending has helped economic growth. For instance, a recent report from the Congressional
Budget Office suggested that the $862 billion socalled stimulus act created between 1.4 and 3.3 million jobs. But as Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former chief economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, recently pointed out, the government promised us that enacting the stimulus would keep the unemployment below 8 percent; it is now 9.5 percent. Furchtgott-Roth criticized the new report and asked, “If its models failed to accurately predict the effects of the stimulus bill then, why should we believe the models now?” Many Washington officials spent the last three months participating in a nationwide tour, dubbed “Recovery Summer,” to convince the public that government spending has worked to assuage
the nation’s labor pains and jump-start economic growth. However, without real jobs and economic growth to back up the claims, Washington’s stimulus victory tour has done little but frustrate those who can plainly see the lackluster results. The greatest service we could do for the unemployed is to demand government get serious about the unemployment epidemic by cutting spending and restoring confidence to the private sector. It’s high time we stop playing politics with Americans’ livelihoods and there’s no better time to start than today. ▶◀ ▶◀ ▶◀
Gretchen Hamel, executive director of Public Notice.
B1
THESTATEHORNET
Features
www . s t a t e ho r n e t . c o m
S eptember 8, Wednesday
| F a l l I ss u e 2 | S a c r a m e n t o S t a t e
Miss Congeniality redefines beauty Carly Davis joins the Miss Lake County 2010 pageant and shows that no obstacle is too great to overcome.
By Miriam Arghandiwal arghandiwal@statehornet.com
Courtesy Photo
Carly Davis set an example and won Miss Congeniality at the Miss Lake County 2010 pageant.
Carly Davis, senior kinesiology major, won Miss Congeniality in the Miss Lake County 2010 Pageant Friday. She also set a precedent by being the first beauty queen missing a limb to ever participate in Lake County’s pageant. While Davis did not rank high enough to advance onto the Miss California Pageant, she said she did succeed in reaching her ultimate goal, which was motivating others into believing that they could accomplish anything they set out to do. “I didn’t enter this pageant to win, I didn’t enter it for the scholarship money,” Davis said. “I wanted to serve as a role model for all amputated children.” Davis said an online forum on bornjustright.com initially inspired her to join the pageant. She said she often read posts from parents who were concerned about their children’s futures and in fear that their kids might be held back from normal day-to-day activities such as swimming and crawling. Davis said she would try to assure the parents that their children could lead normal lives, just like herself. “I would respond to posts by looking back at my life as a child,” Davis said. Participating in the pageant was another way for Davis to show these kinds of families that their children would not have to hold back in life. With the pageant as her medium she had a public forum to voice her story and reach more people, said Kellie Davis, Davis’ sister. Knowing her daughter is capable of anything was a lesson Carly Davis’ mother, Diane Davis, was fortunate to learn early-on. “I was in the hospital with Carly when she was a bout a week old and I saw an older accomplished woman with a missing limb,” she said. “As a mother, I said to myself, ‘That is how I want my daughter to be.’ And so I always encouraged her and told her she could do anything.”
Carly Davis said she took her mother’s encouragement and spent her childhood participating in various sports. “I was the youngest advanced swimmer in our town at the age of six,” she said. Carly Davis also played basketball, soccer and rode dirt bikes. She said when it came to baseball, she forced her mother to put her on a boy’s baseball team because playing with the girls was too easy. “I’ve always been a tomboy so I had to go through the transformation of being like, ‘Okay, this pageant is whatever,’ to ‘Oh my god, I love these girls and this is so much fun,’” Carly Davis said. One of the things Carly Davis enjoyed most about the pageant was all the people she got to meet. “Everyone was incredible,” she said. “It’s a nonprofit organization so everyone is there on their own time trying to help you and make you a better person.” Although Carly Davis enjoyed her experience in the pageant, there were some obstacles she had to face - discrimination being one of them. “I’ve been told a number of times, ‘Oh you’re so beautiful,’ and then when they notice I use a prosthetic, they’ll go, ‘No you do not, you’re too pretty,”’ Carly Davis said. “And to me I’m just like what do you mean I’m too pretty?” Carly Davis said she has never been able to reconcile with the meaning of the statement, “Too pretty to use a prosthetic,” but with this beauty pageant she hoped to redefine what beauty really meant. She said technology like prosthetics are being integrated into the human body and while some choose to beautify their bodies with plastic surgery and implants she has a prosthetic that helps her complete everyday tasks. “Some people have hip placements some have their knees fixed, the only difference is that mine is visible - on the outside,” she said. “(The pageant) was my way of saying, ‘Hey this is still beautiful.’” Aside from letting others see the beauty of her prosthetic, Kellie Davis said one of the most effective ways Carly Davis and her family deal with discrimination and ignorance is by educating people. “(Carly) explains to people, ‘I was born like this but I can still
do X, Y and Z and I can do them the well,’” Kellie Davis said. Carly Davis said her greatest obstacle in the pageant was getting people to look past the prosthetic. “I understand that it’s not normal to see someone with a prosthetic and I understand that there’s a shock value involved in it,” Carly Davis said. “During that pageant I wasn’t wearing a long sleeve shirt, I was wearing dresses so it took a while for people to look past the prosthetic and see me for who I am.” Carly Davis said while she understands how others can see her as being “special,” she does not consider herself to be anything of the sort. “I think we all go through life with what we have and make the best of it,” she said. “Personally I’m one of those people where if you tell me I can’t do something I’ll do it - just to prove you wrong.” Carly Davis said the title of Miss Congeniality was fitting because she knew she had given her fellow contestants a new point of view about herself by getting them to see past her prosthetic and treating her as an equal. Other con-
testants even felt comfortable enough to joke about Carly Davis’ prosthetic with her. “On the night of the pageant one of the stage managers came out and ran through anything we might be forgetting,” Carly Davis said. “One of my fellow contestants turned to me and said, ‘Oh my God Carly, you forgot something…your arm!’ And we all burst into laughter.” Carly Davis said she has a great sense of humor and loves to joke about her prosthetic. “One of my favorite things to do is to make up stories about how I lost my arm,” she said. “I’ve lost it by a shark attack, an alligator attack, etc.” Overall, the most rewarding part of the whole experience was the feedback Carly Davis got back from families that wrote letters to her after the press had covered her story, she said. Carly Davis said she feels that if someone sees a problem in something and makes no moves to do something to make the situation better, then they have no right to complain. “(Carly) hates the word inspiration,” Diane Davis said. “Inspiration is when someone admires what you’re doing - Carly wants to motivate kids into knowing that they can do anything.”
Courtesy Photo
Davis was the first person with a missing limb to compete for Miss Lake County.
Contemporary art exhibit curated by six students By Jamie Ramirez jramirez@statehornet.com Last fall, Phil Hitchcock, art professor and director of the University Library Art Gallery, approached a group of students in his Art Gallery Management class with a project idea. The team of six students continued to work together through the summer to turn the class project into a professional exhibition. This exhibition contains artwork from contemporary female artists across the state and is open until Nov. 13 in the Sacramento State Library Gallery. The exhibit is titled, “As they see it,” and was curated by Stephanie Mercado, Sac State student curator. “The exhibition displays the work of eight female artists, each of them unique in medium and style,” Mercado said. Hitchcock said the purpose of the exhibit is to bring work of contemporary female artists to Sacramento. He said inviting them to be part of this exhibition would give these talents the exposure they deserve. Mercado co-curated the exhibition with Sac State studio art majors: Charles Freeman, Elly
Johnson, Amber Massey, Leah Neher and Hailey Rathke. “We did everything from choosing the artists and their work, as well as managing a
budget along with crating and shipping,” Mercado said. This will be the first exhibition at our campus featuring women artists only, Mercado
said. “As they see it” describes how these female artists view their lives, society, people and the world. “The pieces require you to
look closely,” Mercado said. “There is always something you cannot see without taking a closer look. These artists are very playful with their work... all
Brittany Bradley State Hornet
Beverly Rayner, one of the featured female artists at the gallery “As They See It,” created a coat using various forms of paper that where strategically placed. The train extended for more than 12 feet.
very diverse in medium and nature. They all reflect something different about society (and) gender roles.” Artist Nina Zurier’s photography is featured in the front room of the exhibition. She attended the opening on Thursday with husband John Zurier, an imminent adjunct professor at California College of Arts in San Francisco. Her works of art are essentially four photographs of a similar theme, placed horizontally next to one another surrounded by a white border. Her favorite piece titled “Call me,” was shot on the east coast. “These were shot from a moving train in New York,” Nina Zurier said. “You can click the shutter, but you don’t always know what you’ll get.” Nina Zurier said even though the photos were seemingly different, the four frames shared like compositions in subtle splashes of color and horizontal lines. Nina Zurier said enlarging photographs means often losing the quality of a photo because it becomes more pixelated and see Women| page B3
B2
Wednesday - September 8
Features Section
statehornet.com
Sac State music professor’s expertise inspires students By Leia Ostermann lostermann@statehornet.com Some professors practice their trade, others just teach. Keith Bohm, professor of music at Sacramento State, plays the dual role of musician and educator. As a soloist, Bohm has performed in recitals across the United States and toured through Europe. As an educator, Bohm has taught master-classes, lectures and music theory, saxophone and music education at elementary schools, high schools, community centers, summer camps and universities like Sac State. “You have to be doing what you are teaching; otherwise you aren’t keeping up, especially as a music teacher. You have to be playing at the highest level. My goal is to inspire my students,” Bohm said. Bohm inspired his student, Marlon Ramirez, senior music performance and composition major. Marlon spoke of Bohm’s virtuosity, the fluent skill and style, exhibited in his instruction to the saxophone quartet. Ramirez spoke of a rehearsal in which all four members of the quartet were struggling with their parts. Ramirez recalls when Bohm said, “Playing this difficult technique is not hard, you just have to have rhythm.” After his students argued that the technique was more than just keeping time, Bohm pulled out his own saxophone, transposing and playing all four of their parts on the spot. “That’s when I knew he probably knows something about sax,” Ramirez said. According to Bohm, everything in life has an opportunity to teach or an opportunity to perform. John Cozza, the staff accompanist and music teacher who works closely with Bohm, said his students get the kind of teacher that really loves profession. “He has his heart fully in both fields, studio teaching and stage performance,” Cozza said. “He is
a fine teacher and a really good colleague.” Bohm and Cozza are performing a recital tonight at Sac State in Capistrano Hall at 8:00 p.m. for their students and the community. Ramirez said he is looking forward to seeing his teacher perform on a professional and virtuosic level. “He is a standard of performance excellence. You aren’t as great as he is, but you are always striving for that excellence,” Ramirez said. “He is probably practicing right now - he practices almost two and a half hours a day.” Cozza said Bohm is always prepared for every rehearsal. Even after devoting his life to perfecting the piano, Cozza said he can barely keep up with the tricky repertoire of the saxophone and the control, color and dynamics characteristic of Bohm. Rich, chocolate, velvet, dark, these were the words Bohm used to describe the tone of his saxophone technique. It affects the listener to hear the beauty that Bohm weaves into classical music, different from the bright and jazzy style of contemporary artists, Cozza said. Despite the compliments of being named a virtuoso by publications such as the Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Classical Voice, Bohm humbly said he thinks of himself as a student of his art. “He can make whatever sound he wants come out of the sax,” Cozza said. Bohm said he is the solo classical saxophone player in this area, unknown by the community and having to prove himself worthy in the world of classical music. The saxophone is considered the black sheep of the musical world, Bohm said, but he performs out of the love of music and the lifestyle of music. “No matter what kind of day you have, the minute you start playing, it changes your mood completely,” Bohm said. Bohm said he began learning
the saxophone in the fifth-grade. Both of his parents were instrumentalists, accordion and trombone musicians, but neither pushed him towards the stage. Instead, he said they gifted him with the passion for music and the self-will to pursue it. Bohm considered himself lucky in high school for the opportunities he had to join over four bands, choirs and orchestras in order to grow in musical theory and performance. These included chamber music, vocal jazz, jazz band and choir. Bohm said he was a wellrounded student, also participating in sports and academic activities. It was the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet from Lörrach, Germany that inspired Bohm to switch from a practical business major into a full-time musician. Bohm said he first heard the sound of the German Rashchèr Quartet at Sac State’s New American Music Festival, which he now co-directs. After seeing that a saxophone could adopt so many versatile sounds, Bohm earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance from Sac State. Additionally, the Rashchèr Quartet motivated Bohm to move to Germany for six months, taking four private lessons a week with each instrumentalist in the Rashchèr Quartet. Bohm said this gave him opportunity to perform abroad with some of the most renowned saxophone musicians. After moving back to the United States, Bohm received a master’s degree in music performance from the University of Southern Mississippi and received a doctorate in musical arts in performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music. After his education, Bohm toured around the United States for two years, sharing his passion. Bohm has continued to pursue this passion at Sac State for the last ten years, this time
as a professor. Bohm teaches many styles of music education, but the German methodology which encourages improvisation is his favorite. Bohm holds his students to a high standard, Ramirez said, and they trust his because of his impeccable technique. “He makes sounds come from the sax that we can only dream of,” Ramirez said. Bohm said that it is hard to draw the line between the constructive criticism of student’s music and being an encouraging influence. One way that Bohm does this is to have a high standard of air, articulation and phrasing, and yet be inspiring and positive. “Leave your dramas at the door,” said Bohm, “and let the character of the music take you into a new place.” Bohm said he loves when a student becomes an artist because it humbles him. But it can also be sad when a talent student does not practice, Bohm said. “I give (my students) my heart and soul in every lesson. But if you aren’t self-motivated, you aren’t going to make it, not in anything in life,” Bohm said. Bohm said his passion is to perform, not as an entertainer, but as an artist. This concert with John Cozza tonight is a connection between two talented music teachers, Bohm said. Not one person is in control, Cozza said, but we will instead let the music lead us back and forth. “We are creating art. Creating an atmosphere. Playing one piece that pushed the audience and gets them thinking. Tonal and atonal. Tension and release,” Bohm said. Bohm is not only a performer and a teacher, but he is also always looking for ways to grow in his own art. “You always have to be learning. You never stop being a student in life. No matter how good of an instrumentalist you are,” Bohm said.
Robert Linggi State Hornet
Music professor Keith Bohm rehearses with pianist John Cozza for their concert tonight in Capistrano Hall at 8 p.m.
Wednesday - September 8
Features Section
MATT ABOUT FOOD | ICE CREAM SUNDAE
Nothing says ice cream like a plethora of whipped cream
Graphic by: Megan Harris Photos By: Matt Rascher State Hornet
Right: Leatherby’s Matthew’s Small Sundae. Center: Bur’s Fountains’ rocky road and strawberry cheesecake sundae. Right: Gunther’s Black Raspberry Fudge Sundae. By Matt Rascher mrascher@statehornet.com It’s safe to say my favorite meal of the day is dessert. Whether it is fudge brownies with chocolate chips, German Chocolate cake or deep fried Oreos, I am a fan. I could eat peanut butter cups for breakfast, Twinkies for lunch and mix it up with some Flan for dinner. But the one dessert I always come back to, the one that never gets old, the one that goes with everything, is ice cream.
Ice cream, for those who can tolerate lactose, is one of the most satisfying, delicious and comforting foods ever. It comes in hundreds of different flavors and is usually the first dessert I turn to. This brings us to this week’s competition; I will be throwing my scale away and indulging in three of Sacramento’s finest ice cream parlors. While there are many different frozen concoctions to try I will be sticking with a staple: the classic Ice Cream Sundae.
LEATHERBY’S
GUNTHER’S
BURR’S FOUNTAINS
Leatherby’s has always been about family, well family and ice cream. Family is great and all but I came here to get a sundae, and a sundae is what I got. I ordered the Matthew’s Small Sundae, which is two scoops of ice cream; I chose Rocky Road and their delicious Vanilla, topped with the would-probably-taste-good-on-everything hot fudge and whipped cream, nuts and a cherry. This sundae was served in a tall glass rather than a bowl like the other two and the difference did little for me. In fact I feel like the amount of ice cream and toppings was pretty disproportionate to the amount I received in the other two. Don’t get me wrong, this sundae was awesome, but I am a man who likes his whipped cream and I like a lot of it. While the ice cream to cost ratio was a bit off here I still enjoyed my experience. The atmosphere was nice, the ice cream was good and I left full. I would recommend Leatherby’s to anyone, but only if you’re tired of going somewhere else.
A neighborhood fixture of the Curtis Park area, Gunther’s has been serving ice cream since 1940. The diner is filled with ancient wooden booths showing off people’s names and messages etched in to the wood from the years and years of visits. For my visit my sundae consisted of Black Raspberry Fudge, Fudge Brownie and Vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, raspberry and marshmallow toppings and topped off with a heaping dose of whipped cream, nuts and of course, a cherry. Diving in the fudge gushed over the sides of the bowl and though I didn’t slow down, it didn’t seem like I was making any progress. I eventually finished the three scoop sundae really savoring the mixture of the hot fudge and the marshmallow sauces over the fruity taste of the raspberry ice cream and sauce. I could feel the cavities forming. Overall Gunther’s was very tasty and had a wonderful atmosphere, I plan on going back and maybe leaving a little message on my booth.
Going into Burr’s I wasn’t expecting a lot. I had heard good things but I didn’t know how this place would stand up to the tried and true Gunther’s and Leatherby’s. To my surprise and elation Burr’s more than carried it’s own weight. I ordered the two scoop sundae with Rocky Road and Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream, hot fudge and strawberry sauces, which had real strawberries in it - amazing, whipped cream, nuts and a cherry. It came out to me with strawberries and sauce dripping over the sides of the bowl and while I could be wrong, I’m pretty sure it was calling my name. From the first bite of this sundae the chocolate and berry flavors mixing together was my best combination so far. While it only had two scoops, the scoops were huge and the quality of the ice cream was very good. The nuts were actual chopped almonds and added a layer to the sundae the other two lacked. Overall, this sundae believer.
Now this is a competition, and I have to choose a winner, but honestly if you’re on your way to get ice cream you’re already a winner. For this soiree of the sundaes though my winner is Burr’s Fountains. I loved this sundae. The quality of the toppings including the real strawberries floating in the absolute heaven that was this sundae made me wish I was there right now eating another one rather than writing this column. The ice cream itself, my favorite Rocky Road, and the ever so delicious Strawberry Cheesecake blended together perfectly with the hot fudge and strawberry sauce to form a concoction that would rival ancient Rome! If ancient Rome
was an ice cream flavor. This sundae was so good I wanted to make it into a house so I could live in it. I wanted to take Beyonce’s advice and put a ring on it. I wanted to take it home with me and introduce it to my family. I wanted to make a critically acclaimed but short running sitcom starring this sundae. Mostly though I wanted to eat it, and at the end of the day, or even the beginning, that is what ice cream is good for. If you do not agree or want to share your ice cream adventures, comment or write me at mrascher@statehornet.com. For next week’s challenge, Sacramento’s best sushi!
statehornet.com
B3
Women: Class project gives students real, life experience Continued | page B1 hues of reds, blues and greens become more dominant. The challenge she faces with her photography she said, is keeping the quality when the photos are enlarged. John and Nina Zurier said they are familiar with some of the featured artists who include: Cassandra C. Jones, Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton, Mary Oros, Beverly Rayner, Kelly Reemsten, Sondra Schwetman, Joyce Hsu and Kathy Venter. John and Nina Zurier said they are friends with MitchellDayton, whose work was also featured in the 2006 film “Art School Confidential.” Mitchell-Dayton’s oil paintings hang more than 11-feet tall. She had two paintings on linen hanging next to one another - one of a teenage boy with acne in camouflage shorts and the other a female in a mini dress, combat boots and short blond hair. Every artist used a different medium. They varied in style from sculpture to oil paintings to digital photography slide shows. Berit Anderson, a studio art gallery major said her favorite artist at the exhibition is Reemsten. She liked the painting titled, “The Escape,” an oil painting on canvas. “I like her unique composition,” Anderson said. “One (painting) has no head and still portrays a lot of emotion. Anderson said she also enjoyed the final piece by Rayner. She constructed a coat using strategically placed cards, newspaper clippings and other various forms of paper. The train of the coat extended more than 12 feet onto the floor. “I just like the idea of how the cards come together to make a coat,” Anderson said.
The coat was lined with old black and white photographs, mostly head-shots and some with more than one person. The train of the coat was made up of letters from insurance companies, place cards from a wedding, Christmas cards, mother’s day cards, newspapers clippings, and more. One newspaper clipping read, “Life is a mission. Every other definition of life is false, and leads all who accept it astray. Mazzini.” Rayner’s work takes a look
at how women see themselves, how women relate personally and socially to one another, she wrote in her artist statement. She wrote that she examines how women negotiate with nature through science and through industry. “This exhibition has been a priceless experience,” Mercado said. “Not many students are given this opportunity. The knowledge and trust Phil Hitchcock has instilled in myself and the others is something we will be eternally grateful for.”
Brittany Bradley State Hornet
The captivating piece, “Black in Blue,” by Mary Oros stands in the University Library Gallery. Oros is one of eight featured artists whose work is displayed in the Women’s Contemporary art exhibit, “As They See It.”
B4 NCAA Sports Updates FOOTBALL at STANFORD
SEPT. 4
L 52-17 vs. WESTERN OREGON
SEPT. 11 @ 6:05 P.M.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SACRAMENTO STATE INVITATIONAL SEPT. 3-4 vs. UTSA
SEPT. 3 L 3-2
(25-15, 25-18, 23-25, 21-25, 15-4)
vs. ELON
SEPT. 4 W 3-0
(25-22, 25-15, 25-20)
vs. CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE
SEPT. 4 W 3-1
(25-22, 25-20, 29-31, 25-18)
TEAM WINS 2010 SACRAMENTO STATE INVITATIONAL at COMCAST CHALLENGE
SEPT. 10
(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.)
MEN’S SOCCER DUKE INVITATIONAL SEPT. 3-5 at NC STATE
SEPT. 3
L 3-4 (2OT) at DUKE
SEPT. 5
L 4-1
vs. UC DAVIS
SEPT. 10
@ 5:00 P.M. at STANFORD
THESTATEHORNET
www . statehornet . c o m
As the Sacramento Mountain Lions near its season opener, the team has been preparing in training camp this summer for its debut season in Sacramento. Before coming to Sacramento, the team was known as the California Redwoods and played its home games in San Jose and San Francisco. The team finished the season with a 2-4 record and placed third in the United Football League. This season the Mountain Lions will play their home games at Hornet Stadium. The Mountain Lions training camp started Aug. 23 at the Harvard Corporate Center and is going exactly how head coach Dennis Green expected. “We’re giving it all we got,” Green said. “We have a lot of guys fighting for their spots on the roster. That’s what makes for a good training camp.” Green and his coaching staff currently have 69 players in camp and will make cuts to eventually end up with a 52-man roster before the season starts. “The only pieces of this team that are pretty much set is both the offensive and defensive lines due to experience,” Green said. Green said he has another position on his team that is very secure. The starting quarterback will be former NFL star Daunte Culpepper for the Mountain Lions. “Daunte is one of the best pro quarterbacks around,” Green said. “Having a player of his caliber will mean a lot to this team’s success.” After watching the Mountain Lions practice, it is clear Culpepper gives this group the veteran leadership that every successful
SEPT. 5
T 0-0
vs. NEVADA
SEPT. 10
@ 2:30 P.M. vs. MENLO COLLEGE
@ GRANITE REGIONAL PARK
MEN’S GOLF @ PALOUS COUGAR INVITATIONAL SEPT. 12-14 (PULLMAN, WASH.)
WOMEN’S GOLF @ CHIP-N CLUB INVITATIONAL SEPT. 13-14 (LINCOLN, NEB.)
INSIDE: Defensive lineman Christian Clark is getting national attention. Find out his story of how he started playing football and made it into the national spotlight. Story on B5
Quarterback Daunte Culpepper takes a snap during a scrimmage and hopes to succeed this season with head coach Dennis Green. The two worked together previously in the NFL on the Minnesota Vikings from 1999 to 2001. football team needs. “I’ve always embraced the leadership role,” Culpepper said. “I’m not a loud or real cheerful leader, but I will speak up when necessary. It’s very important to make sure that the team is doing all the little things. Like never walking but rather jogging on the practice field.” In recent years, Culpepper’s career has been hindered by a nagging injury to his right knee. Culpepper is finally not wearing any protective knee braces and is moving around the pocket like
By Alyssa Huskinson ahuskinson@statehornet.com
at LONG BEACH STATE
HORNET JAMBOREE SEPT. 11
Ashley Neal State Hornet
he did in his early years in the NFL. “The knee is 100 percent,” Culpepper said. “I’m not battling any injuries this season and that feels great.” Culpepper is not the only player on the Mountain Lions that is poised to make an impact. The Mountain Lions may have two of the best players in the UFL at running back. Cory Ross, who led the UFL in rushing yards last season, is complimented with former Michigan Wolverine Chris Perry.
Ross attended college at the University of Nebraska where he ranks ninth all-time in career rushing yards. He also played from 2006-08 with the Baltimore Ravens as a back-up running back and kick returner. While at the University of Michigan, Perry acquired a long list of accomplishments. His senior season 2003 he rushed for 1,674 yards and 18 touchdowns. Perry finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy vote, received the Doak Walker Award and was the Big Ten Conference MVP.
Perry was a first round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2004 NFL draft. Perry was cut from the team in 2009 and is poised to prove he can become a dominant running back once again. Perry has not appeared in training camp due to a passing in his family. He is expected to join training camp this week and compete with Ross for the starting spot. see Lions| page B6
Star player earns preseason award
WOMEN’S SOCCER
CROSS COUNTRY
| F a l l I ss u e 2 | S a c ra m ento S tate
By Brad Schmidt bschmidt@statehornet.com
SEPT. 12
SEPT. 12
Wednesday
Mountain Lions get trained
@ 6:00 P.M.
@ 3:30 P.M.
Sports
S eptember 8,
Julie Keefer State Hornet
Ernesto Carranza became the first Hornet during the Division I era to be named MPSF player of the year
The 2009 Mountain Pacific Soccer Federation’s Player of the Year is constantly improving. As the Sacramento State men’s soccer team continues to strive for another record-breaking season, senior midfielder Ernesto Carranza has the national spotlight on him. Last season, he racked up six goals and six assists, which helped lead the Hornets to the second round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament. He was awarded with a first team allMPSF honor. Carranza said he hopes the
team will successfully integrate the upperclassmen with the freshman to achieve a successful season. “My personal goals are to make it to the NCAA championships and to get further than the second round, as we did last year,” Carranza said. “We have a good complement of young players and veterans and we have a lot of players which have different talents and will take us to achieving our goal this year.” Carranza also earned first team all-Far West Region honors, which is the first time any Sac State player has done so while playing in Division I. He led the Hornets with four goals and two
assists throughout the 2009 conference matches. "I try not to pay attention to these honors. I try and focus on the team," Carranza said. Carranza was given ThirdTeam All-America honors from College Soccer News this preseason, which makes him the first player in school history to receive this accolade. Over his three-year career, Carranza had 11 goals and 12 assists. With his assists total, he ranks fourth in Sac State’s history. “It’s nice to have the recognition,” Carranza said. “It only says that - I’m not going to go on the field and accomplish what I
need to do just by those people saying that I’m good. I just need to keep working harder at this moment.” Head Coach Michael Linenberger said he feels strongly that Carranza deserves the recognition he has been given. “I’m very happy for him. He’s been a very good player for three years and last year he had an outstanding year,” Linenberger said. “For me, he’s the type of player that I’d pay money to watch play. He’s so exciting, different, creative, fantastic on the ball. He’s not your generic cookie cutter player.” see Carranza| page B6
Volleyball team thrives Hornet Girlz work despite major injuries to boost spirit and By Cassie Kolias ckolias@statehornet.com The Sacramento State volleyball team faces a few major obstacles this season. The obstacles? Two knees and a shoulder. The team is facing a season without two players who would have been in the starting lineup, including setter Hannah Hettinga and middle hitter and co-captain Maddison Thivierge who both are benched because of knee injuries. Right side hitter Anna Schoener was originally out with a shoulder injury, but has been placed in a new position that would be less strenuous on her shoulder. “We are definitely going to have adversity this season,” said co-captain Janelle Currey. “I think we are mature enough and tough enough that we should be able to fight for it and still be successful.” Hettinga started feeling pain in her knee last season due to Tendonitis, when she appeared in 24 matches. She came into August
practice and tried to see if she could play through the discomfort. But it was not good news. She will be redshirt as she and the coaching staff opted for season-ending surgery on Aug. 12. “It’s rough not playing especially when you play the first couple days of double days and then the decision is that you can’t play,”
Hettinga said. “It’s rough but I’m trying to support and do what I can.” Thivierge hurt her knee last season during a practice where she did a twist and plant, and landed on her knee wrong. She will continue to be co-captain see Injuries| page B6
Brittany Bradley State Hornet
Injured players Maddison Thivierge (right) and Hannah Hettinga (left) cheer on the team from the sidelines.Thivierge is still named co-captain despite being injured.
help community By Cassie Kolias ckolias@statehornet.com On Monday and Friday nights if you listen close enough, you may be able to hear the Lady Gaga remixes playing on repeat in Yosemite Hall. You probably did not know the low buzzing was coming from the Hornet Girlz, Sacramento State’s dance team. The Hornet Girlz are the dancers you see on the sidelines at nearly every game, from football to women’s basketball, dressed in some form of sparkly green and gold, not to be confused with the cheerleading team. Unlike the majority of college dance teams, the Hornet Girlz main purpose is not eyeing national trophies. The team is completely focused on providing a spirit squad at Sac State. “It’s really important because we kind of serve as ambassadors to the school,” said senior team leader Courtney Haun. “We can
get our friends and the crowd involved in different things.” Roberts said that being part of the Hornet Girlz is not easy work, and it is quite the opposee Girlz| page B6
Robert Linggi State Hornet
Coach Jolie Roberts leads the team in step drills during practice on Aug. 30.
Wednesday - September 8
Sports Section
statehornet.com
B5
Defensive lineman tackles national spotlight as a walk-on By Brad Schmidt bschmidt@statehornet.com Sacramento State football defensive linemen Christian Clark went from a 2006 walk-on to a 2010 first-team preseason AllAmerican and is poised to make a big impact for the Hornets. Clark grew up in Los Angeles, where he played a number of different sports such as football, basketball, baseball, track and field and volleyball. Clark said his favorite sport of the all was basketball, but he knew it would never work because he can not jump very high. Clark credits his father for getting him into sports as a youngster, but gives credit to his mother and godfather for helping him turn into the successful young man he is today. “My mother gave me my guidance,” Clark said. “My godfather was my basketball coach. He instilled in me hard work, determination and passion for the game. He also taught me to listen to those that came before you and help those coming up behind you.” Playing different sports in his childhood helped Clark make the important decision of which sport he wanted to pursue in college. “They gave me a break from
playing football so I didn’t get burned out,” Clark said. “I had a good opportunity to try different sports and pick the one that I was best at.” Coming out of Palisades Charter High School, Clark was getting very little attention from college football scouts. Clark attended a lineman camp at the University of Pacific, where he met with a Sac State offensive line coach. Clark eventually got into contact with Lou Bias, who wanted Clark to walk on and play defense. So he did and never looked back. Clark has started 22 straight games for the Hornets and is coming off of a huge year. Clark led all defensive linemen on the team with 44 tackles and led the Hornets with 15.5 tacklesfor-loss. Clark also led the team with 10 sacks, which tied him for sixth-most in Hornet singleseason history. “When I first came here, I had goals set for myself and every year I’ve been trying to work towards those goals,” Clark said. “Especially coming from being a walk on to where I’m at now, I have met all my goals except for one and that’s making the playoffs.” Making the playoffs is Clark’s No. 1 goal for this upcoming season. He also said picking up
where he left off last season and helping players behind him are his goals for this year. Sac State’s defensive line coach Jon Osterhout said he knew he had a special player when he met Clark for the first time. “He is very intelligent, has a high football IQ, and is very low key both on and off the field,” Osterhout said. “As I got to know him better, I saw his impeccable work ethic on the field and he’s one of the best practice players I’ve ever seen. He’s a coach’s dream.” Clark is a proven leader on the defense. However, he is not someone you are going to hear yelling at teammates. “I try to lead by my actions,” Clark said. “Anytime you have success, people tend to gravitate towards you and put you in a leadership role.” Clark’s teammates are aware of his vast understanding of the game, as well as his ability to share with others what he knows. “Clark is a team guy all the way,” said sophomore offensive lineman Aaron Gasper. “He shows that by mentoring all the younger defensive lineman in practice everyday.” Osterhout said he is aware of the importance of having a guy like Clark with a good work-
ethic. “Christian is received in the locker room very well,” Osterhout said. “He leads by example and is not your vocal leader that’s going to bark and yell, but he’s going to show up everyday. I don’t think he’s missed a single practice since I’ve been here. He’s a true team guy that the football staff has really been able to rely on.” Clark’s intensity on the practice field is something that separates him from other players. “Christian brings it everyday at practice,” Gasper said. “He expects everyone else at practice to bring it too and that makes us all better.” Clark’s success has made him a recognizable name and said he is aware of what comes with that. “I wouldn’t say there’s any added pressure, just higher expectations from others,” Clark said. “Once I step on the field, all that stuff goes out the window and I just focus on playing. I’ve put in the work so I don’t worry about other peoples’ expectations because I know the expectations I have for myself are higher than anyone else’s.” Clark plans to graduate this fall while maintaining a 3.0 GPA. “I hope to continue playing football,” Clark said. “If not, get
a job - maybe as a firefighter. But I want to play the game as long as I can and ride till the wheels fall off.“ It’s not often that a walk-on ends up receiving All–American honors in their career. Clark is someone that his coaches and the Sac State community should be proud to call their own. “All it takes is for one team to fall in love with you,” Osterhout said. “His productivity stands for itself. It’s going to be hard for someone to get rid of him because of the way he shows up everyday.”
Photos By Bob Solorio/Sacramento State Athletics
Top Right: Christian Clark celebrates after a sack. Above: Christian Clark looks to tackle the running back.
On Second Thought: Roger Clemens indicted Members of The State Hornet sports section share their stance on the Roger Clemens trial
By Brad Schmidt bschmidt@statehornet.com The steroid era in baseball has tainted the game as we know it and also branded some of its best players as cheaters. Roger Clemens is the latest to make headlines about being indicted for his steroid allegations. Clemens has had many opportunities to come clean about his steroid usage, but has instead remained defiant on the subject. His long time trainer, Brian Mc-
Namee, said he told congress he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormones. Clemens’ former teammate and good friend, Andy Pettitte, told Congress Clemens talked to him about his steroid usage. Is there any way Clemens is telling the truth? Well there are two ways of looking at this case. The first is to realize Clemens is facing a minimum of 12 to 15 months and a maximum of 30 years in prison, if convicted. The fact that Clemens is willing to jeopardize his own freedom is enough to take what he says seriously. The other argument is this is a man full of pride and has a larger than life ego that has gotten himself in some really hot water. Despite the evidence presented against him, I’m going to wait until the final verdict is made before I label Clemens a cheater. He deserves a fair trial just like anyone else.
By Alyssa Huskinson ahuskinson@statehornet.com Roger "The Rocket" Clemens might have made his most important pitch ever on Aug. 30. Clemens said, “not guilty, your honor,” in his arraignment on his six-count indictment for allegedly lying to Congress for the use of steroids and human growth hormones. The trial is set for April 5. Clemens was originally alleged of using anabolic steroids by the
release of the 2007 Mitchell Report. I don’t foresee any sign of a plea bargain in Clemens’ future. Clemens pled not guilty, after he was indicted on Aug. 19 for perjury, false statements and obstructing Congress. Clemens was an 11-time AllStar selection throughout his career. If found guilty, Clemens could face up to 30 years in jail and let’s face it, he’s not going to be doing hard time - especially not for any lengthy period like 30 years. He’ll be like all of the other famous people doing time, isolated from the general population. In reality, I don’t really care about the use of performance enhancement drugs. If an athlete is going to use a substance to enhance their performance, they’re the ones doing harm to their body - just trying to get an edge on the game.
By Matt Harrington mharrington@statehornet.com The eyes of the baseball world were focused on former pitcher Roger Clemens’ hearing in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 30 as he pleaded not guilty for his sixcount indictment for allegedly lying to Congress about his use of steroids and human growth hormones. This normally would not be a big deal, say if you’re a little kid lying to your teacher that your
dog ate your homework. However, allegations by his own personal trainer knowing he took steroids and human growth hormones didn’t help his situation. Clemens played on five different MLB teams throughout his 24-year. In 2008, Clemens was only trying to save himself from any prosecution by Congress, but instead he made himself look guilty by dodging around the questions of the committee members. Clemens should be investigated for allegedly lying to Congress, but not two years after the fact. Who Congress should be investigating and prosecuting are those members of gasoline giant British Petroleum for its major mishandling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There are more important things than who is doping up to play a game.
Men’s soccer aims for second-straight NCAA appearance By Alyssa Huskinson ahuskinson@statehornet.com
Photo By Bob Solorio/Sacramento State Athletics
Above: Junior Adam Bettencourt hits a header during the game against UC Davis on Monday Oct. 5, 2009 at Hornet Field. Bettencourt was the team’s tri-captain and was an MPSF All-Academic honoree last year. Below: Sophomore Oscar Torrico runs down the field looking for open teammates during the game against UC Davis on Monday Oct. 5, 2009 at Hornet Field. Torrico was an MPSF All-Academic selection last season.
Photo By Bob Solorio/Sacramento State Athletics
Last season proved to be a record breaking season for the Sacramento State men’s soccer team. The team went 6-0-1 in conference play; with this record they won the Mountain Pacific Soccer Federation conference and were named tournament champions, obtaining the second MPSF regular season title ever. The team finished with an overall record of 12-6-3, setting a single season record with 12 victories. After the 2009 season, head coach Michael Linenberger was selected as MPSF Coach of the Year and midfielder Ernesto Carranza was named the 2009 MPSF Player of the Year. Linenberger, entering his 22nd year as part of the men’s soccer program, said he is optimistic about the upcoming season. “Our goals are pretty consistent from year to year; we always want to finish with a winning record, try and win our conference championship and get a berth to the NCAA playoffs,” Linenberger said. “Having said that, last year is the first time we accomplished our goals. So our goal this year is can we duplicate and repeat our title.” The team was ranked 28th in the College Soccer News preseason top-30, which is the highest they have ever ranked in the poll. “It’s nice to be recognized,” Linenberger said. “This is a new team, a new season; we’ve
been trying to tell our players you can’t get too excited about any early press you’re receiving. You’ve got to go out every single game and prove yourself. If we go out and drop the first four games, then that ranking doesn’t really matter. We got to back it up with our performance.” The team hopes to advance in the NCAA tournament even further than they did last season - last year they advanced to the second round of the tournament. This was the first time in Sac State history the team advanced in the tournament. “First of all, soccer is a team sport. So one of my goals is to make it to the NCAA tournament and make it further so we have a chance to play at a top level,” said senior midfielder Fernando Cabadas. Even with newcomers, the team is hopeful this season will be victorious. “We have a pretty big team. We feel one of the things we did this year with our recruiting class is we brought in better athletes - bigger, stronger, faster.” Linenberger said. “We think we have good quality athletes.” Cabadas ranks third in school history with 14 career assists and is on his way to break the school record during his final season as a Hornet. “A personal goal is that the coaches have been telling me to shoot more, so I can score and get my stats up - achieve five goals and coming off last season with 10 or more assists to maintain that level of play,” Cabadas said.
Six of the team’s seniors graduated last semester, including center David Von Stockhausen. “We have a good returning group with probably two of the best pure soccer players we’ve ever had in the history of our soccer program,” Linenberger said. “Fernando and Ernesto, both of whom are seniors; so we expect them to lead the team this year.” Although, a few key players graduated last semester Linenberger said he has many reasons to be optimistic about the team. “We’re still waiting to see who’s going to step up, it’s a little early but so far the guys that look good in the beginning of the season are: Erick Lariz, Chimdum Mez and Rory O’Day,” Linenberger said. “We have two good freshman goalies, so we’re still waiting to see who will step it up for starting goal keeper.” With a mixed group of seniors and freshmen, the team is finding leaders throughout the roster. “My personal goals are to win a starting spot in goal. Hopefully if I can do that, then get ten shutouts,” said freshman goalie Frederico Antionelli. “As a goal keeper I need to be a leader. Regardless of class, whether I’m a freshman or a senior, that’s something I really need to focus on. Soccer, especially at this level, anything can happen, we have the talent to defend our title.” The team hopes to achieve its goals this season and Cabadas said defending its title will take commitment and perseverance.
“It’s all about chemistry. We have the same midfield as last year, the back line has changed a little bit, and we’ve add a few forwards like Chris Bettencourt, he’s a great addition to our attacking force,” Cabadas said. With established leaders the team embarks on a new season. “We think we have a lot of creativity; central midfield is definitely the strength of our team. They’re creative, good on the ball and its fun to watch them play,” Linenberger said. “They can break a game at any time. In the past, I think some teams have overlooked us and this year we’re going to get everybody’s best performance.” There is definitely a high level of commitment and effort from Cabadas and his teammates. “In any college game you’re not assured anything offensively. You might have some days where your team struggles to keep the ball or score, what is guaranteed is the effort,” Cabadas said. The Hornets are still looking to find the winning success the team had last season. After coming up winless in the Duke Nike Classic over the weekend with losses to Duke University and North Carolina State, the Hornets fell to an 0-2-0 record for the season. The Hornets have yet to play a MPSF conference game this season The men’s season continues as they face the UC Davis Aggies as part of the Causeway Cup battle on Friday.
B6
Wednesday - September 8
Sports Section
statehornet.com
Carranza: Honored Lions: Summer camp comes to a close midfielder shoots as team prepares for season-opener for school records Continued | page B4
Continued | page B4 Carranza only needs nine more points to break the topfive in total points. “We’ve been talking to him that he can’t get caught up in the early press. We know he’ll be a marked man every game we play,” Linenberger said. “He’s going to have to work harder this year to have another good year, but if he can do that, I think he can have a very bright future playing at the next level.” With Carranza’s level of commitment, teammates agree that they enjoy playing soccer with the midfielder.
“He’s one of the best players I’ve ever played with,” said freshman goalie Frederico Antonelli. “I’ve seen a lot of players and he definitely has what it takes to go to the next level.” Senior midfielder Fernando Cabadas said he agrees Carranza deserves all the recognition he has been awarded. “Ernie’s one of those players that’s one in a million,” Cabadas said. “Even when we train on a daily basis, you appreciate it. You see things that other players or teams can’t see because maybe that day he didn’t have his best day and at practice, he does it day in and day out."
The Mountain Lions have acquired former Sac State Hornet standout receiver, Otis Amey. Amey played at Sac State from 2001-04, where became the school’s all-time leader in nearly every receiving and returning category. Amey played for the San Francisco 49ers in 2005 where he served as a kick returner. Amey says he is not the only reliable target for Culpepper on this roster. “Joe West, Sonny Shackelford, Cameron Colvin and Antonio Chatman can all make big plays,” Amey said. “We are all batting for the top two positions on the depth chart.”
On the defensive side of the ball, the Mountain Lions are led by stand out linebacker Dontarrious Thomas. Thomas was a four-year starter at the University of Auburn where he finished his career with 350 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 15 interceptions. “Thomas is our leader on defense,” Green said. “His work ethic and attitude rubs off on the rest of the guys. That’s what makes him special to this team.” The Mountain Lions training camp wraps up on Sept. 10 and they will open their season on Sept. 18 on the road against the Hartford Colonials. The following weekend will be Sacramento’s first look at Mountain Lions as they host the Florida Tuskers.
Ashley Neal State Hornet
Otis Amey, Sacramento State alumnus, runs the ball for the Mountain Lions offense during a full contact scrimmage. The training camp ends Sept. 10.
Injuries: Middle hitter forced Girlz: Dancers stay involved to redshirt her senior year with outreach and athletics Continued | page B4 for the team. “It’s very different,” Thivierge said. “I have to find different ways to lead and not just on the
Brittany Bradley State Hornet
Heated support comes from the bench as injured players cheer on the team.
court and not physically. I have to be more vocal, so now is a time to look at the game from a different perspective and to offer different kinds of advice rather than being able to show it through work ethic.” Schoener will get playing time at the setter position, a position she has never played before. As a setter she will not have to handle as much arm swinging as as her normal position. She will battle through the shoulder injury as a setter where she can provide a block with her 5-foot-11 frame. Schoener has come back from multiple injuries during her five seasons with the team, including a season-ending shoulder surgery in 2007 and a knee injury in 2008. She came back in 2009 and played in 30 matches. “I don’t think I’ve ever been that nervous to play before,” Schoener said about her new position. “But I really enjoyed it. I think if we just work hard and
remember that it comes down to how much we want it and not just individual skills. I think we showed a little of that this weekend.” Despite injuries, the team went into its first tournament in Corvallis Oregon on Aug. 27-28 and ended with a 2-1 record. The team beat Oregon State University and University of Portland. Currey and junior middle hitter Kelsey Elston led the team. Currey averaged 4.13 kills and 3.53 digs per set, while Elston averaged 1.60 blocks and 1.13 blocks to follow her five service aces. The team still holds out hope for a good season. “This season will be a little bit interesting,” Volta said. “We’ve been a little bit snake-bitten with some injuries, so we’ve got some people playing new positions, and some new people on the floor. I think they are working hard and I like what I see at practice.”
Continued | page B4 site. “It’s underestimated how hard they work,” Roberts said. “I think there are a lot of things that go unnoticed. And they are just a bunch of great girls that do this on their own time. There are no scholarships that are available. They do this because they love the program and they love to dance.” Aside from dancing and studying, the Hornet Girlz do a lot of community outreach. They participate in events like the Breast Cancer Awareness walks, the Relay for Life and Vision Walks. The Hornet Girlz perform at local high schools and sometimes for the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. You will also see them showing pride at all school events, including when new students move into their dorm rooms, Homecoming Week and the Choreography Showcase.
“I like how involved we are in the school,” said sophomore Rachael Jensen. “It’s a great way to enhance your college experience and be a part of your college,
Robert Linggi State Hornet
Sac State junior Ali Bryant holds a pose during practice for the Sacramento State Dance Team.
and really be proud of where you go to school, and get people involved.” Roberts said the team continuously finds more ways to bring a higher level of energy to everything they do. “The best part of performing at events is entertaining the crowd and just having a lot of school spirit and seeing the crowd react to us and seeing how the team reacts to us,” said junior team leader Danielle Rego. Jensen said when recruiting new girls, Roberts looks for people who really want to work as a team, and essentially as a unit that is close like a family. “It gives the girls a sense of belonging at the school,” Roberts said. “It gets them pumped up and I think they bring a great amount of energy.” You might not know it, but next time you see the Hornet Girlz perform during halftime, you will probably see more to them than just dance moves.