The S tate Hornet April 21, 2010
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Lack of funds closes doors By Timothy Sandoval tsandoval@statehornet.com
Courtesy Photos from Leisa Faulkner and Paul Burke Megan Harris State Hornet
Sacramento State graduate student Leisa Faulkner and sociology professor Paul Burke have been visiting Haiti to distribute food and medical supplies to residents of Cite Soleil and Port au Prince. Through their charitable organization, Children’s Hope, they’re also raising funds for an amputee clinic. More than 4,000 Haitians lost their limbs after the earthquake and only 120 have been fabricated.
Reaching out to Haitians By Lauren Greenwood lgreenwood@statehornet.com
Madam Pun and her visiting American daughter are providing a home and a school to 20 orphans in her backyard in Cite Soleil, Haiti, while also picking up family-size bottles of hand sanitizer to distribute throughout the city. Pun is one of the many volunteers helping to distribute $240,000 worth of hand sanitizer donated to Children’s Hope, a Sacramento nonprofit organization. The supplies will be distributed next month to the living camps of Cite Soleil, where threats of cholera, malaria and exotic diseases are prevalent. Sacramento State sociology graduate student Leisa Faulkner founded Children’s Hope in 2004 to help the children and people of Haiti. Members of Children’s Hope regularly go to Haiti to do humanitarian work, Faulkner said. She and her team of volunteers take hand-carried donations to schools, clinics or prisons. Faulkner has made 13 trips to Haiti since 2004. She has brought other
people into Children’s Hope, like sociology professor Paul Burke, who is the vice president of the organization. Burke, Faulkner and three other Sacramento community members recently returned from their weeklong trip to Port au Prince and Cite Soleil. While on their latest trip, they delivered medical supplies, raised funds for an amputee clinic project and finalized the details of an airlift drop that would deliver $250,000 worth of medical supplies. “We feel responsible to make all of the donation monies go as far as humanly possible. We buy wholesale pharmaceuticals, antibiotics and pain medications before we go,” Faulkner said. They visited hospitals and amputee clinics, such as the Lamp, Handicapped International and Helping Hands for Haiti, and a clinic in Mire Balais. The Lamp is the only free medical clinic in Cite Soleil.
Sacramento State may declare a campus-wide enrollment impaction, which would close the door to many applicants because of lack of state funding. Impaction came on the table when enrollment officials went through the thousands of applications for the 2010-11 academic year and found that enrollment could potentially exceed funding by 1,000 students. According to state law, the university must accept all qualified applicants. Sacramento-area high school and community college graduation projections indicate that the number of applicants to Sac State will continue to increase in the coming years, said Edward Mills, vice president for enrollment management. Projections for next year’s budget, however, indicate a 6 to 18 percent cut in funds. Mills estimated that Sac State could be more than $4 million short to fund the new students. “The budget is going down at the same time that the demand to get into the school is spiraling upward,” said Joseph Sheley, Sac State provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. Enrollment officials have not determined how many applicants will not be accepted. By declaring impaction, the university would raise the GPA and SAT requirements for incoming freshmen and the GPA requirement for transfer students, Mills said. Officials have not determined how high the GPA and SAT standards see Enroll| page A5
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Fundraising for campus’ favorite man Summit to raise student awareness By Kalie Barnes-Young kbarnesyoung@statehornet.com Around 300 students from the California State University system will be taking part in the annual California Higher Education Student Summit, where students learn about advocacy, lobbying techniques and public policy. The California State Student Association will be hosting the four-day conference, also known as CHESS, from Friday to Monday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sacramento. The event is the only statewide conference specifically tailored to CSU students. The conference includes workshops intended to hone students’ leadership skills and test their knowledge of statewide policy issues that most affect CSU students. Weekend workshops will focus on campus action, stu-
dent leadership, multicultural perspectives in public higher education and advanced student leadership. “Our purpose is to bring as many students to the state Capitol as possible to educate them on the issues that are directly affecting our budget and train them on how to effectively lobby the Legislature,” said Miles Nevin, CSSA’s executive director. Students will also learn effective lobbying techniques, which will then be put to test during Monday’s CSU Student Advocacy Day at the Capitol. Students will meet with public policy makers and utilize skills they have learned over the weekend. “I think what we’re doing at CHESS is vital to our program this year,” Nevin said. see CHESS| page A8
By Cahil Bhanji cbhanji@statehornet.com
Sacramento State students have given their support to an unusual slogan. It’s not “Go Hornets” or “Defeat the Aggies;” it’s “Saaaandwich and Soda.” Those three words can be heard around campus almost every weekday from friendly Togo’s employee Cheng Wang. Wang sets up a shop at his sandwich and soda cart between the University Union and Library Quad from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. almost every weekday. Now, the Sac State club Engineers Without Borders is taking the slogan one step further. Beginning Friday, the club will be selling shirts with sandwich and soda-inspired designs and the famed slogan, “It’s ah lunch time!” for $15 next to Wang’s cart. “It was a group idea to make
the shirts and then donate some of the funds to him, but when we told him our plan he refused to take the funds,” said David Tigerino, senior civil engineer major and club president. “We wanted to give him a gift and the university a gift to cement him on campus as the sandwich and soda guy.” Wang earned his bachelor’s degree in China and immigrated to America in 1989. He attended Sac State, where in 1993 he received his master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Wang bragged how he was the first of his friends to earn his degree and get a full-time
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Cheng Wang’s popularity soars as a Sac State club prepares to sell shirts with “sandwich and soda” designs.
job. Shortly after earning his degree, Wang suffered a severe stroke that left him in a coma.
Upon waking up, he lost his see Sandwich| page A8
INSIDE THE STATE HORNET LOCAL BREWERIES
Find out which local Sacramento breweries are brewing up the most unique types of beer.
Features | B1
ASI CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS ASI’s elections are starting on Tuesday. Get the lowdown on who The State Hornet thinks is most qualified for their positions.
Opinion | A7
SCHOOLS CUT FOOTBALL
Seven CSUs have decided to cut football. Will Sac State consider cutting football as well?
Sports | B3
ALUMNI MONTH
Contrary to popular belief, some Sac State alumni are known for more than selling their virginity and starring on “The Real World.”
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STUDENTS GET DIRTY
Students volunteered to get filthy in local creeks. Find out why.
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ASI Election 2010 Candidate Guide PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Major: junior, international business
Major: senior, government Leadership positions: founder and president of Soccer Club
Leadership positions: public relations and philanthropy chair for Sigma Chi; secretary for Honors Committee Main goals: educate students about ASI, focus on community service, increase funding to clubs
JOHN ARNDT Ignite The Fire
DOMINIC CAMPOS
The Movement
Major: junior, economics Leadership positions: ASI VP of finance, president of Student Economics Association, president of Toastmasters Leadership Club Main goals: advocate at administrative level, operate in a studentfocused manner, better manage student dollars at the program level
TERRY MARTIN
Vote Impact!
VINCE VICARI ...Is Just Like You
Main goals: advocate for student rights, promote stronger campus community, promote ASI on Facebook, host farmer’s market on campus
RYLAN GERVASE
Vote Impact!
GETTING TO KNOW THE CANDIDATES
Major: senior, journalism Leadership positions: student president in high school, coordinator for Haagen-Smit Symposium, coordinator for International Climate Champions retreat. Main goals: be accessible, interact with students, increase support of colleges and clubs, increase focus on commuter students
The State Hornet compiled the candidates’ main goals, past and present leadership positions, current campus involvement, and political slate.
SANDRA GALLO
Fiscal Watchdog
ALEX SAKHNYUK For
Transparency
Where: Riverfront Quad When: Noon, Thursday
Vote Impact!
Major: senior, business entrepreneurship. Leadership positions: creator and former president of College Democrats, Resident Adviser, on The State Hornet Publications Board. Main goals: improve club outreach, work with business director to recruit club members, reactivate funds development council, sponsor reserve book room, expand pool of Dollars of Organizations and Clubs to properly support clubs.
VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
YEIMI LOPEZ
Vote for Visibility
Movement
Major: junior, organizational communications. Leadership positions: member of Lambda Pi Eta Epsilon Phi chapter and Phi Kappa Phi. Main goals: act as a liaison between campus committees and Board of Directors, survey and evaluate students on issues.
Major: junior, communication studies. Leadership positions: director of undeclared, president of Chicano/Latino Recognition Ceremony, PR chair for STAND, Sac State Coalition Organizer. Main goals: meet with provost and administration to oversee and contribute to changes, expose information to students.
Vote Impact! Major: junior, English. Leadership positions: previous director of undeclared students; constituency affairs secretary of ASI board, president of Student Alumni Association. Main goals: encourage student involvement, work with all members of ASI Board of Directors of educate students.
CHRIS SMITH
KATIE HANCOCK
SARAH COUCH
Where: asi.csus.edu When: 8 a.m., April 27 7:30 p.m., April 28
Presidential Debate
Major: junior, business administration. Leadership positions: on ASI Finance and Budget Committee; treasurer of Sacramento Association of Collegiate Entrepreneurs. Main goals: improve money management, advocate for students, increase ASI accountability, work with university administration and compromise, increase funding to DOC scholarships
VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS
ELECTIONS
ASI DEBATES
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE Major: finance. Leadership positions: ASI director of business, president of Beta Gamma Sigma, co-chair of ASI Finance and Budget Committee; co-chair Business Joint Leadership Council. Main goals: advocate for affordable education, closely watch the finances of ASI, encourage student involvement, offer programs and services that students want, be more visible.
Major: sophomore, international relations. Leadership positions: CSSA Financial Aid officer, Senior Patrol Leader of Boy Scout troop. Main goals: use student dollars responsibly, sponsor alumni mentorship programs, improve marketing of ASI, make sure ASI is student friendly, advocating for student issues, creating programs to improve student life.
SARKIS PILOYAN
The
Vote Impact! Major: Sophomore, business administration. Leadership positions: ASI representative on Academic Affairs Budget Advisory Committee representative, Vice Chair of ASI Scholarship Committee. Main goals: increase transparency, more student involvement, expand Office of Governmental Affairs, increase funding for ASI Scholarship
DIRECTORS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ARTS AND LETTERS Hoffman could not be reached for comment.
HANNAH HOFFMAN
GRACE NICOLAS
The Movement
Vote Impact!
Major: senior communication studies. Leadership positions: director of public relations for United Sorority Council. Main goals: act as a liaison for faculty and students, increase student involvement, promote donor awareness.
ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Major: junior, electrical and electronics engineering. Leadership positions: president of STAND, webmaster of Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Main goals: leadership workshops, student involvement.
SERGIO TAPIAS
Dreams are for Real
ROBERT ROSE Vote Impact!
Major: freshman, mechanical engineering. Leadership positions: secretary of American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Main goals: increase student scholarships, reduce budget impact on students.
NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS Gabriel could not be reached for comment.
NIELSEN GABRIEL
MANNY GARCHA
Vote Impact!
For the Students
UNDECLARED
SARAH GWINN
Vote Impact!
Major: freshman, undeclared. Leadership positions: involved in Junior Statesmen of America in high school. Main goals: fight for student issues, let students know where their money is going.
Major: senior, biology. Leadership positions: president of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Joint Council. Main goals: advocate for increased funding for math and science departments, help publicize club events.
BLAKE MENEZES
Vote Impact!
EDUCATION
LEE CHA Vote Impact!
CAITLIN HICKS
Vote Impact!
Major: graduate, teaching credential. Leadership positions: vice president of Circle K. Main goals: guide future educators to get involved to change situations on campus at K-12 level, where many will be teaching.
AKWINDER KAUR
The Movement
Major: junior, business administration. Leadership positions: intern at Sen. Barbara Boxer’s office, CAMP scholar. Main goals: student activism, meet with Gonzalez, Schwarzenegger to restore funds to CSU.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
VALARIE PLEVNEY
Independent
Major: senior, social work. Leadership positions: president of Bachelor of Social Work Association. Main goals: communicate with students, increase advocacy at Capitol.
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
IVANIA ENRIQUEZ
The Movement
Major: junior, psychology. Leadership positions: treasurer for Associated Students of Mendocino College. Main goals: act as liaison between students and ASI, advocate for student involvement, encourage student participation on committees.
MICHAEL SOTO
Vote Impact
Major: sophomore, government and economics. Leadership positions: vice chair of Dollars for Organizations and Clubs Committee, VP of Political Science Society. Main goals: encourage student rallying, advocate for students.
UNIVERSITY UNION BOARD
GRADUATE Major: graduate, economics. Leadership positions: vice president of Student Economics Association. Main goals: expand marketing of ASI, work with budget to find more ways to benefit students.
Major: junior, business administration. Leadership positions: vice president of events for Marketing Association. Main goals: bring industry professionals into classrooms, unite students of different colleges to advocate on common issues.
BRENT LOFY Imcumbent
Major: junior, kinesiology. Leadership positions: Resident Adviser, resident all manager. Main goals: approve activities and resources that are beneficial to students that the Union and the Well can provide.
LILY RANKINS Vote Impact!
Major: senior, business administration. Leadership positions: secretary for Accounting Society, president of Cooper Woodson College Student Association. Main goals: educate students about ASI, student representation.
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Professor gets award for bilingual education work her administrative activism in bilingual education, and for her part in writing the grant for the California Bi-national Teacher Education Project. The $7,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Education funds teaching credential students in the California State University’s Bilingual CrossCultural Language and Academic Development program. This credential program allows students to study bilingual education in Mexico while earning academic credits from their respective CSU campuses.
education and has been a great By Ricky Alejandro leader in our department,” ralejandro@statehornet.com Baird said. “Thanks to Nadeen, we are able to give this stipend A Sacramento State profesto 20 students a year for five sor received the California years, which pretty much Association of Bilingual Edupays for the entire semester in cation award, which is given Mexico.” annually to honor professors Graduates of this program for outstanding teacher prepacome back with increased ration. Spanish proficiency and unNadeen Ruiz, professor of derstanding of the culture and bilingual and multicultural ededucational system in Mexico. ucation, received the award at “All of our graduates say the 2010 Educator and Parent that they would recommend of the Year Awards Luncheon this program to their friends held last month at the San Jose as the best way to obtain the Convention Center. bilingual elementary teaching Ruiz is the first in her family credential,” to gradushe said. ate from Ruiz college. She “I feel that the more that we can retain our received bilingualism or become bilingual in this country, the said there are both her bachemore tolerant we will all be of the language and cognitive lor’s degree cultural diversity that has always been an important and social in Spanpart of our country. benefits ish and a - Nadine Ruiz, to being a bilingual bilingual and multicultural education professor bilingual teaching student. credential Ruiz encourages her students She said bilingualism profrom UC Davis. She received to retain their home languages vides more opportunities to her master’s degree and docif they grew up in a family that students, adding that every job torate in 1988 from Stanford spoke a language other than she has obtained has been beUniversity. English. cause of her fluency in English While at Stanford, Ruiz got “Here in the United States, and Spanish. a scholarship from the U.S. speaking another language “Research has shown that Department of Education, sometimes is considered to bilingual students tend to have which required her to become more cognitive flexibility that a bilingual teaching trainer for make you ‘less American’ or a less proficient user of English,” helps them be more divergent three years after graduation. Ruiz said. “I feel that the more thinkers,” Ruiz said. “AcademiNow, more than 25 years that we can retain our bilincally, the fact that bilinguals later, Ruiz is still training bigualism or become bilingual in can both understand and lingual teachers and hopes the federal government will recog- this country, the more tolerant produce content knowledge we will all be of the language in two languages gives them nize the need for bilingualism and cultural diversity that has the edge in terms of access to and bilingual education. always been an important part information. “Children who speak a of our country.” She also said students raised language other than English Peter Baird, associate speaking only English should are a tremendous resource for professor in the bilingual do everything they can to the country, and I am hoping study abroad and become fluthe Obama administration will and multicultural education department, and Ruiz’s colent in other languages. recognize and support proleague, said he has a “profound “We have a great Global grams that help them retain their linguistic heritage instead amount of respect” for Ruiz for Education office here on camher contributions to secondpus, and all students should of encouraging its loss,” Ruiz language education. visit to find out if there’s a said. “She has done significant program that works for their Ruiz was given the award for research on second language major,” Ruiz said.
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Campus to honor alumni for success, community service ByTimothy Sandoval tsandoval@statehornet.com Sacramento State and the Alumni Association will be hosting the 38th annual
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Doug Curley became editor in chief of Comstock’s, a business magazine covering the Sacramento region, when the magazine was in need of a complete redesign and faced with local competition.
Distinguished Service Awards on April 29, which will honor alumni for outstanding achievement in their professional careers and their work in community service.
April is Alumni month at Sac State; the awards are part of an array of events that Sac State will host to honor alumni. This year, seven alumni will be
honored with the Distinguished Service Awards. The list includes the following: Doug Curley, editor in chief of Comstock’s magazine; Helena Fitch-Snyder, zoologist; Ed-
die Kho, president of Morton & Pitalo Inc.; Cristina Mendonsa, evening news anchor of KXTV Channel 10; Michael Reinero, vice president of Smile Business
Products; and Holly Tiche, president of Placer Ranch. The State Hornet caught up with some of the honorees, who are all humbled by the award.
Doug Curley, ‘79
Cristina Mendonsa, ‘96
Baldwin Chiu, ‘98
“The magazine doesn’t look or read anything like it did five years ago,” Curley said. “Readership went up, advertising went up, and we garnered a lot attention from both our readers in the community and industry peers.” Since Curley became editor in chief, Comstock’s has received several Maggie Awards from the Western Publication Association, including one for Best Business Magazine. Curley said he was honored to receive the Distinguished Service Award. “It’s not like I am the head of big corporation throwing some big endowments,” he said. “So, it’s an honor.”
During college, Mendonsa went to numerous radio stations asking how to get involved with them. “I knew I wasn’t going to have a Columbia School of Journalism degree,” Mendonsa said. “You need energy and a little touch of ignorance when you graduate to think that you can do that because there are so many people who will tell you can’t.” When she had her first interview for a television spot, the director told her that her writing was shaky, her voice was bad, and she didn’t look good on camera. Mendonsa said she felt truly honored receive the award. “How many people go to college and graduate, go on in life, and are called back to that college to be honored?” she said.
“When I am with an engineering circle, they are always surprised, like, ‘What, you’re a rapper? And what, you’re an actor?’” Chiu said. “Whenever I’m with a bunch of rappers, they are like, ‘What, you’re an engineer?’” Chiu’s album, “Lyrical Engineer,” combines serious and playful songs and a wide array of music. “I kind of like to make every track different so it can appeal to a wider audience,” he said. Chiu has worked on a scene with Will Smith in the film, “The Pursuit of Happyness.” He said over the years, he has learned to deal with his engineering and artistic careers. “Just because I am an artist does not mean that I cannot be an engineer,” he said.
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Cristina Mendonsa has been the news anchor for News 10’s evening news programs for years, winning Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award. But Mendonsa said she had humble beginnings, working for numerous radio stations for free while in college.
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Baldwin Chiu said he has been called a “Renaissance man.” Chiu works as an electrical engineer for Barry-Wehmiller Companies. He also recently released a rap album and has acted alongside Will Smith.
ASK A SAC STATE POLICE OFFICER Get answers to all of your questions about the Sacramento State Police Department affairs. This week, public information officer Scott Christian answers student questions about traffic accidents. What should I do if I am involved in a traffic accident? Statistics show that at one time or another, just about everyone is involved in an automobile accident. Knowing what to do after being involved in a car accident is just as important as knowing how to avoid a collision. First of all, always remember to try to stay as calm as possible immediately following the accident. Being angry and upset at yourself, the other driver, or the situation isn’t going change any-
thing, and allowing emotions to take over will only make a difficult situation worse. After a collision, be sure to check all involved parties for injury, without putting yourself at risk of being struck by a passing car. If there are injuries, notify the police department immediately, and, if you are trained, try to administer first aid. After assessing involved parties for injury, consider moving the involved vehicles to a safe place after the accident. Police officers do not need the vehicles to be in their post-collision
points of rest to conduct a traffic collision investigation. If the involved vehicles cannot be moved, ensure that they are visible to passing traffic. Turn on the hazard lights of the involved vehicles, and if appropriate, place traffic cones, reflectors, warning triangles or flares to the rear of the collision scene, if it is possible to do so with putting yourself at risk for being struck by a passing vehicle. Probably the most important safety issue to remember while at the scene of a traffic accident
is to be aware of passing traffic. Always check the vehicle’s blind spot and mirrors when exiting the vehicle following a crash, and if possible, exit on the nontraffic side, especially on a busy roadway. Lastly, do not stand in between vehicles at the crash scene, because it limits the view of oncoming traffic. It’s also important to be aware that California state law requires drivers to provide their name and current address, their driver’s license number, vehicle identification number, and the address of the registered
owner of their vehicle, as well as vehicle insurance information to the other drivers or property owners involved in the accident who are present at the traffic accident scene. If the driver or owner of the property cannot be located, the law states that drivers may leave the scene only after leaving a note containing their name and address, as well as an explanation of the accident, and the name and address of the owner of their vehicle. Additionally, state law requires that all vehicle collisions
that involve more than $750.00 worth of damage or that involve personal injury be reported to the California Department of Motor Vehicles within 10 days of the accident. Consider contacting the police department for assistance in the event of a minor collision. If you have a question for the police officers, dispatchers, and administrative staff members of the Sacramento State Police Department, email the question to asktheofficer@csus.edu, and your question may be answered in a future column.
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Haiti: Children’s Hope is seeking more volunteers Continued | page A1 “Cite Soleil is (a) huge, notorious slum that is incredibly poor,” Burke said. “Imagine if 500,000 people were homeless and living on the street - that’s Cite Soleil Residents of Cite Soleil rely heavily on donations because they cannot afford the necessary medical supplies to survive. A 3-year-old baby boy would have died of respiratory failure and high fever had it not been for the Tylenol drops donated by a Sacramento resident, Burke said. While delivering medical supplies to the Lamp, Burke and Faulkner met a mother with her baby boy wrapped in a towel and wearing a diaper made out of his sister’s bikini bottom. When Faulkner gave the baby a
kiss, she said she noticed he was unnaturally hot. The doctor at the clinic said the baby was having respiratory failure and needed to be brought to the hospital for him to live, Burke and Faulkner said. “I asked him if infant Tylenol drops might help and he said we could try. I dug into the medical supply box we had just dropped off, found the drops and gave them to the baby,” Faulkner said. “It brought the fever down so we had time to drive the few hours it took to get to the closest hospital.” Burke said they are grateful to “the thoughtful person in Sacramento who donated Tylenol drops that saved a life.” In addition to delivering medical supplies, Burke and Faulkner started setting up an amputee clinic in Cite Soleil.
They brought in Jim Thweatt, a physical therapist from West Sacramento, who’s also an amputee. An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 Haitians lost limbs after the earthquake because of falling debris and gangrene-related infection. Artificial legs are the most commonly requested artificial limbs, and doctors are still expecting to discover more amputee cases, according to a Miami Herald report. “After the earthquake, people were cutting off other people’s arms and legs with hacksaws, Burke said. They didn’t have any anesthetics,” Burke said. “People are hobbling along with no legs or arms.” Burke and Faulkner said they spoke with many Haitian doctors and physical therapists and
discovered that only 120 new limbs have been fabricated since the earthquake. After seeing the need for an amputee clinic firsthand, Thweatt and Children’s Hope started to raise funds to set up the clinic, where Thweatt can see amputee patients and provide physical therapy. Besides working on their projects, Burke and Faulkner also deliver food to shelters in Cite Soleil. “The hunger is overwhelming. We never really know what’s going to happen,” Faulkner said. “They are inspiring in their resiliency.” Burke and Faulkner are already preparing for their next trip in July and are collecting medical supplies and donations. They said they hope the Sac State community will get involved with Children’s Hope,
Burke said. “It really does make a difference. I never have enough to meet one site’s needs,” Burke said. “If every Sac State student could donate, then we would have over 25,000 items.” Burke and Faulkner are also seeking interns to fly down to Haiti with Children’s Hope for a month. Students must be able to carry two 50-pound duffel bags filled with medical supplies, Burke said. “We don’t know where the next path will take us, but we do know that it’ll definitely include medical supplies, research and clinic buildings,” Faulkner said. “Every day, you’ll experience at least one tragedy and one miracle. There’s something so heart-wrenching, and then a few minutes later this miracle will happen. It’s inexplicable
and inspiring.”
HOW YOU CAN HELP Children’s Hope needs:
- Tylenol: adult Tylenol, children’s Tylenol, infant Tylenol drops - Vitamins: prenatal, children and adults’ vitamins - Wound care: gauze, Bandaids, Ace bandages - Food: granola bars, powdered milk, formula - Dental: toothbrushes, dental floss, toothpaste - Birth control: condoms, pregnancy tests. There will be a booth from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 28, 29, and May 4-6 in the University Union lobby where students can donate supplies.
Enroll: Sac State to limit service to greater Sac area Continued | page A1 will be raised. Mills said Sac State would give priority to applicants in its local service region, which includes 10 surrounding counties. However, Sac State may have to reduce its service region to only the greater Sacramento region. This includes El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and
Yuba counties. Ninety percent of Sac State students come from the current service region. If Sac State declares impaction, students coming from across the state and abroad would have a harder time trying to get into Sac State because they would not have priority, Mills said. “I am not in higher educa-
tion to restrict students, but I think it’s what we have to do for at least a few years until the state sorts out the budget, and, I hope, fund higher ed again,” Mills said. The deadline to apply for impaction to the chancellor’s office is April 30. Specifics of the plan will not be determined until December. Sheley, Mills and Vice Presi-
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dent for Student Affairs Lori Varlotta have made presentations about impaction to President Alexander Gonzalez’s Cabinet and the Faculty Senate, and will make a presentation to Associated Students Inc. board of directors today. “The idea is to consult in an authentic way, not just say, ‘Hey we told you so, bye,’” Sheley said. “We will make that deadline, and I think we will do it having a very informed discussion, and if people don’t know all the details, they will at least get the big picture choices.” A few faculty members are concerned that the April 30 deadline is too close to have an informed opinion of the plan. Margarita Berta-Ávila, associate professor of bilingual and multicultural education, said she thinks the presentations came to the Faculty Senate too close to the deadline. “I feel really concerned being asked to make such a quick decision, a big decision, without
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really having everything laid out in front of us,” she said. Still, others believe that Sac State doesn’t have much of a choice. “My impression is that if we don’t do it, then students already here may have decreased access to classes and services,” said Wendy Buchan, professor of family and consumer sciences. “I think it could be beneficial in making sure that students can get more classes and services they need while they are here.” Other faculty members have discussed program impaction, which would only impact certain majors, as an alternative to campus-wide impaction. Mills said he believes program impaction will not address the problem. “Although I think it’s important for the provost and the faculty to look at program impaction, from a university standpoint it doesn’t lower the number of students; it just
changes where they are,” Mills said. “Within campus-wide impaction, I think program impaction is important to make sure that we have a balanced approach and that all the students in different majors can get the services they need from their faculty.” The university is also struggling to meet the mandated 10.8 percent enrollment reduction for the 2010-11 school year. Mills said the university would likely have to impose unit caps and limit or close spring admissions to meet the reduction. The decision to apply for impaction is ultimately up to Gonzalez. The chancellor’s office will wither deny or accept the proposal. “Impaction is a reality we must consider because the data strongly suggest that we would be enrolling more students than we have money to properly serve,” Gonzalez said in an email to the campus.
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Torres said although ASI can only sponsor 40 Sac State “I don’t think we can be doing students, there are ways for everything we’re doing this year other students to achieve without CHESS because it’s one similar goals. of the pieces of the puzzle to “ASI has lobby corps, which our budget advocacy work.” essentially teaches them the Sacramento State’s Associated same thing as CHESS, but Students Inc. will also be playwith a bit more of a local ing a part during the conferfocus,” he said. ence, along with other CSU CSSA student hopes to engovernergize CSU CHESS will be held from Friday ment students into to Sunday at the Hyatt Regency organizabecoming Hotel at 1209 L St., and on tions. ASI advocates Monday at the Capitol. is sponfor legislasoring 40 tive change, Sac State Nevin said. students to attend CHESS, said “We want them (students) ASI President Roberto Torres. to get excited about being “Many students have conadvocates and this is exactly cerns about fees going up or what CHESS aims to do.” furloughs, but they don’t get inTorres said CHESS has a volved enough to help ASI and greater impact beyond student CSSA make progress,” Torres advocacy. said. “Because of CHESS, they “In the long run, it keeps the can, at least, know the resources fight for public higher educathey have to help the cause tion in California alive, and we and improve our educational expose the state to the value of institution.” our institution,” Torres said. Continued | page A1
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full-time job and began the long process to recovery. “I didn’t get to walk at graduation because I was in the hospital,” Wang said. “I put the cap on and sent a picture home to my mother in China to show her I graduated while I was in the hospital.” After his stroke left him unable to work as an engineer, he came back to the university looking for work. Wang is an on-call translator at the UC Davis Medical Center because he is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English. “Not only can I do my job as a translator after a stroke; my boss said I do it excellent.” Wang said. With the funds raised from the T-shirt sales, the club hopes to give the university a gift in his name. The group is also requesting President Alexander Gonzalez to make
Wang an honorary guest at the graduation. Gonzalez was unable to be reached for comment. Senior graphic design major Elizabeth Perez, who is personally inspired by Wang’s story, helped finalize the design for the shirt. “He used to be one of us walking the halls and going to class as a student,” she said. “Even though a tragedy struck him, he gives you hope to make it through the end of the tunnel and get our degree.” Senior sociology major Jennifer Rushing said the shirt will remind her of her “good old CSUS days.” “We’re graduating and when we’re gone, we’re going to miss him,” she said. Engineers Without Borders originally wanted to create a scholarship in Wang’s name, but creating and maintaining a scholarship was too difficult to complete before graduation,
Tigerino said. Some of the new ideas for what the funds could be used for are a dedicated bench or table for the campus, or just anything to cement him on campus as the “Sandwich and Soda Guy,” Tigerino said. Wang has also become somewhat of a celebrity on campus, with a Facebook fan page being fashioned in his honor. “SAAAAAANDWICH AND SODA,” Wang’s fan page, has about 5,000 followers who discuss topics, such as how to leave Wang a tip or organizing the next sandwich and soda day. Wang is well aware of his support. “I’d like to get 5,000 fans on Facebook … world-famous,” Wang said. Engineers Without Boarders set up a table on April 14 and 15 during Wang’s shift so students could vote on the T-shirt
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design and color. Tigerino said it was Wang’s idea to let the students vote on the design and the colors. “When you order the shirt, I can sign it for free,” Wang said.
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Hard times call for tough leaders On April 27, students will begin voting for the best candidates to defend Sacramento State from budget and class cutbacks. These elected officials of Associated Students Inc. will be in charge of representing this campus’ more than 25,000 students. To represent a group of that size, the next ASI officers need to be more visible and accessible than their predecessors. These leaders need to be in touch with clubs and organizations on campus. All of the officers need to go outside their offices frequently during the semester and talk to students about their concerns. The door to ASI should not just be open. Students need
to know they can go in and talk to officers about their problems. Last year, voter turnout hit more than 14 percent of Sac State’s student body – nearly twice as much as two years ago. Fee increases to several programs on campus, including The State Hornet, seemed to have prompted a large response. This year there are no measures to increase fees on the ballot, but it’s just as important, with more budget cuts to the university system on the way, that students go out en masse to vote. By not voting, students are not caring about how this entire university is run, since ASI represents students on several committees that can
directly impact how this university operates. The elected officers will face a tough road ahead. Sac State is caught in California’s fiscal ruin. Students’ education is being cut away with every budget reduction from the state. Students need proactive leaders who will not just bang on the Legislature’s door, but who will be also able to talk with state officials. ASI needs to focus on being advocates at the state level. To do this, its officers need to know what the students’ needs are. ASI needs to focus on making sure that more core sections of our education
system are not cut. It needs to fight against furloughs that keep professors out of classes. The officers need to then offer insightful and informed counterproposals to cuts that will affect the quality of our higher education. Of course, ASI will have to compromise with the administration. Students cannot escape budget cuts without feeling a little bit of backlash. But ASI must be willing to use its resources to protect students from bearing the majority of the CSU system’s financial burden. Meetings with free food and T-shirts are not enough to get students on board with ASI. It first needs to attract campus clubs and organizations
and use them to reach out to students. A good way to get the campus involved is by bringing back the student senate. This group would act as a legislative body for ASI. Also, to hold ASI accountable to the students, it needs a judicial body. The ideas put forth here will not be easy, but they have to happen if ASI is going to truly represent students on a democratic level. This representation is the primary function of ASI, and it’s why the candidates are compensated with scholarship money in exchange for their hard work. Students need the next ASI officers to be active members of this campus. If ASI’s next torchbearers
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follow through with everything written here, they will properly represent the students of Sac State. But first, students need to make sure they are choosing the candidates who will be out-front and honestly listening to their concerns. So, come April 27, put your vote in and make Sac State a better university.
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Give local fashion your support
By Julia Baum jbaum@statehornet.com Buying from American companies is no longer enough to help our economy; we need to get as local as possible. The American garment industry as a whole has been suffering a slow death for a while. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said in 2008 there were just 497,100 people working in the textile product and apparel manufacturing industries in the United States. The bureau expects employment in these fields to decline by nearly half within eight years. Local business owner Felicia Strati sells clothing from Greece, Italy and France. She has sold clothing from local designer Richard Hallmarq, but prefers carrying clothing that is, by comparison, less avant garde and cutting-edge. Strati favors European brands
because she said clothing in the mainstream American market are too big or too small for her liking and they have more intricate details than she admires. “I’m looking for the happy medium that gives you longevity for your investment pieces,” Strati said. “I love the textiles and I love their fit better.” There are upsides to supporting a local vendor like Strati, even if she sells European clothing - like the pleasure of wearing a ridiculously beautiful garment from her chic selfnamed boutique. The labor bureau estimates if half of the U.S. population spent $50 each month at locally owned businesses, those purchases would generate $42.6 billion in revenue. If you shop online, none of your money comes back to your community. “I think it’s very important that we do play our role in supporting these businesses,” said Natasia Berry, president of the Student Fashion Association. “The duty of an organization is to bring awareness. We’re in an economic situation … these boutiques need as much help as they can get.” If you’re hesitant to patronize local merchants because of their prices, I’ll let you in on a little secret called “layaway.”
Some boutique owners like Strati will accept 20 percent cash down on a garment and hold on to it for about four weeks until you pay off the rest. It’s a great way to buy something nice without racking up credit card debt. “With the boutiques downtown, they are a little pricey,” Berry said. “They’re not too expensive, but they’re not the cheapest.” Buying from local boutiques means your money also helps promote fair wages and good working conditions. According to Behind the Label, a website devoted to international labor and human rights, about 80 percent of workers producing clothing for U.S. retailers like Walmart and J. Crew work under conditions
which violate local and international labor laws. Workers in China have reportedly been paid as little as 14 cents an hour, which correlates with their regular 14-hour days. The shame is that I hear more about ethically sourced diamonds these than clothes. The number of people regularly buying diamonds versus clothing is probably greatly outnumbered. Does it feel OK to wear clothing made with the sweat off the backs of children in Third World sweatshops, or does spending your money toward a good cause by buying locally make you feel better? It’s time that we started making more discerning decisions about what we put on our backs.
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Whenever conversations turn to relationship satisfaction, rest assured that a discussion about sex is not far off. The problem with being in a new relationship is, within those first few excited months you can become too focused on getting your satisfaction from sex alone. And when this passion fades, you can be left feeling empty-handed. Todd Migliaccio, a sociology professor at Sacramento State who specializes in family and gender studies, says that a couple’s sexual relationship is only part of the equation. “Passion ebbs and flows in a relationship,” Migliaccio said. “For longevity, you need to base the happiness of your relationships on something more long-term.” If you want to give your relationship more substance, you need to look past the enjoyment you get from sex, and really appreciate what it is you love about that person. If you recognize what those non-sexual reasons are, then the inevitable cooling-off period can be more like a hurdle than a barricade. Rebecca Cameron, psychology professor and clinical psychologist agrees. “It helps if the other things like friendship and communication overlap,” Cameron said. Shared values make a good foundation to build a satisfying and enjoyable relationship. If you have similar ideas of what is expected from each other in the relationship, then you can function better in the present and avoid landmines down the road. Psychology professor Nancy
Kalish has conducted research on more than 2,000 couples since 1993 and published two books on the topic. She said similar backgrounds are important. “It didn’t matter whether the romance had been sexual or not,” Kalish said. “No difference. The important thing was the shared upbringing of the early years.” Compromise is another important lubricant to keep a relationship running smoothly. Many people think relationship compromise means that both parties give up little by little until the decision lands right in the middle, and both parties are effected as equally as possible. But this is still a self-based approach, because both of you are focusing on how the outcome is going to affect you rather than the relationship. This isn’t a selfless act of giving; it sounds more like a business transaction. It’s trying to gain the most and lose the least without making the other party so angry that he or she calls off the whole deal. What relationship compromise should really produce is the decision that is most beneficial for the relationship. “The individuals can still look at the end result and say, ‘That sucks, for me,’ but realize that it’s still what’s best for ‘us,’” Migliaccio said. Nobody said relationships were easy, but remember: being in a relationship means you are on the same team, so make sure you communicate like a team.
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ASI Election 2010 State Hornet Endorsements PRESIDENT
NAME VINCE VICARI
NAME TERRY MARTIN
NAME DOMINIC CAMPOS
NAME JOHN ARNDT
Vicari seemed to have the best plan for opening ASI up to students by using his connections across campus to reach out to students. Even though the Hornet is not endorsing him, it recognizes Vicari’s potential to be a great president as well.
The Hornet endorses Martin because he presented a clear plan of action for next semester. Martin also has a strong track record as vice president of finance, having expanded ASI’s scholarships and Dollars for Organizations and Clubs program.
Campos had interesting ideas for bringing the campus together, but his lack of history within ASI set him apart from the others. The Hornet does feel he could be a great motivator for students to get active about their education.
Arndt, like the other candidates, really focused on a plan to open up ASI to the students by connecting with clubs and organizations on campus. He would do a fine job, but there are other candidates with more thorough plans.
VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS
SARKIS PILOYAN
YEIMI LOPEZ
NAME RYLAN GERVASE
SARAH COUCH
KATIE HANCOCK
Piloyan wants students to guide ASI. By wanting to hand out surveys and get to know students’ opinions around campus, he has a plan that the Hornet has to endorse.
With her experience in ASI the Sac State Coalition, Lopez has shown how active and invested she is in our academic system. However, her plan wasn’t as thorough as her opponent’s.
Gervase is running unopposed, but the Hornet still endorses him because he wants to hold the ASI board of directors accountable and his plan to start an alumni mentorship program for current students.
The Hornet is endorsing Couch because of her history in ASI, serving for the past two years, and her plan to reach out to students at freshman orientation and focus on recruitment.
While The Hornet feels that Hancock could do a very good job, she has a lack of experience in leadership positions while enrolled at Sacramento State.
VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE
UNIVERSITY UNION BOARD
SANDRA GALLO
ALEX SAKHNYUK
CHRIS SMITH
LILY RANKINS
Gallo presented the Hornet with a thorough plan which included offering more scholarships by cutting back on ASI’s spending on other programs.
The Hornet feels that Alex needs more experience before it is comfortable giving him an endorsement.
Smith is very knowledgeable about Sac State, but his plan for dealing with ASI’s finances is not as thorough as Gallo’s. The Hornet does think he would fill the job well.
Rankins would make a great student representative for the board because of her willingness to listen to students.
BRENT LOFY Lofy did not participate in The State Hornet interview process.
DIRECTORS ARTS AND LETTERS
EDUCATION
GRACE NICOLAS
HANNAH HOFFMAN
LEE CHA
Nicolas has held executive positions in several sororities, and has a solid outreach plan for students in her department.
Hoffman did not participate in The State Hornet interview process.
The Hornet endorses Cha for his willingness to reach students by using class presentations and clubs.
ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AKWINDER KAUR The State Hornet feels that Kaur’s plan to bring in students was less thorough than her opponent’s.
Being president of the American Marketing Association, The Hornet feels Menezes can effectively reach out to students.
NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SERGIO TAPIAS
ROBERT ROSE
VALARIE PLEVNEY
MANNY GARCHA
Tapias wants to provide academic support to students in this department, but his plan for doing so was not made very clear.
Rose, like his opponent, wants to increase ASI’s visibility in the engineering and computer science department. He also wants ASI to offer more scholarships.
The Hornet supports Plevney’s plan to organize a joint council committee with two student representatives from each department.
Being president of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Join Council wants professors to turn to greener, The Hornet feels he would be a great addition to the board of directors.
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
BLAKE MENEZES
NIELSEN GABRIEL Gabriel did not participate in The State Hornet interview process.
GRADUATE
UNDECLARED
IVANIA ENRIQUEZ
MICHAEL SOTO
CAITLIN HICKS
SARAH GWINN
The Hornet likes that Enriquez wants ASI to be accessible to students. It feels her plan to do this was not detailed enough.
The Hornet endorses Soto because of his focus on bringing students together to rally against fee increases and budget cuts.
Hicks is unopposed, but the Hornet likes her focus on fighting for increasing student jobs on campus.
The Hornet feels she needs more experience before it can offer her an official endorsement.
ASI PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE STATEMENTS Editor’s note: Dominic Campos of The Movement did not submit a candidate statement to the Hornet.
Vince Vicari, independent Hi, I’m Vince Vicari. In this short commentary, I hope you can get a little bit better understanding of me as a student, and as a candidate. I’d like for you to know that I’m making a big effort to be the first “green” campaign on campus – you will not see any flyers or papers relating to my campaign. I work hard to lower my own carbon footprint, as well as Sacramento State’s impact on the environment. I’m running independently because I believe that leadership comes from a person’s own self-confidence to inspire and succeed as an individual. The result is a snowball effect within a community inspired to succeed by its leader. What ASI needs to work on isn’t visibility, its approachability. That is something I can guarantee you if I’m elected as your ASI president. You will know who I am. Maybe you’re the type of student who doesn’t choose
to or doesn’t have time to participate in anything on campus; I understand and respect that. But should you have any questions or comments about anything, I want you to know that I will be ready to address your concerns. Many essential programs that have a great impact on school morale are on the chopping block, and I want to work hard with you to see that amazing programs like Recreational Sports and Sac State’s vocal jazz program can continue to thrive. Whether you’re a single mother or a fraternity brother, you will have my ear and I will be your voice, if you grant me the privilege of representing you as president. If you see me around campus, please don’t hesitate to talk to me if you have a question about my goals or my campaign. When it’s time, “Vote Vince.”
John Arndt, Ignite the Fire Hello everyone! My name is John Arndt and I am running to be the next president of ASI. I am an active member in Sigma Chi fraternity and the Honors Committee, and in both, I have held numerous leadership positions. Last year, I participated in a student exchange program to the beautiful Gothenburg, Sweden, where I was the liaison of the International Student Buddy Committee. Having been involved in different clubs, organizations, activities and as an employee in Academic Advising and the Career Center, I know the ins and outs of the university. As ASI president, I will be dedicated to serving and advocating for you, the student population of Sacramento State. In this time of budget cuts and furlough days, ASI’s greatest power is in securing the quality of the education under the constraints that have been placed upon us. As college students, we are pursing an education to fur-
ther ourselves for the future; I will do my best increase the value of your hard work and the degree that you will attain. I will also work to make Sac State a greater presence in the surrounding community, which is why as ASI pesident, I will emphasize community service and emphasize student involvement in campus activities and decision making. ASI’s representation is only as strong as the voices of the students who support it. As president, I plan to have monthly meetings with the leaders of clubs and organizations as an avenue where complaints and suggestions can be heard. Together we will achieve the change we want to see in the CSU system. Together, we the students will have the power to IGNITE THE FIRE it takes to save our education.
Terry Martin, Vote Impact! ASI is a $6.6 million nonprofit corporation and the second-largest employer of students on campus. It provides us with programs and services such as Peak Adventures, the Aquatic Center and Safe Rides. It funds clubs and organizations, provides scholarship opportunities and fights for our education before the administration and the state Capitol. ASI is run by a studentelected board of directors, yet every year students still do not know what ASI is, who runs it and how they can connect with the many resources that it has to offer. Under my leadership, this will change! My name is Terry Martin and I am running for ASI president because I am the most experienced, qualified change agent to make a difference in our campus community through ASI. I first got involved in ASI as a freshman volunteering for the Office of Governmental Affairs. My sophomore year I was appointed as a student representative to the Finance and Budget Committee. One
year later I was elected vice president of finance. While in office, I reformed Dollars for Organizations and Clubs funding, created more scholarship opportunities for students, formed the Financial Relations Committee and tripled student representation in the ASI budget process. I have also held several leadership roles in student organizations, including president of the Student Economics Association, public relations chair for Circle K and Alternative Break Team Leader. With each successive leadership role, I have learned more about how to run an effective organization and increased my commitment to community service. If I am fortunate enough to be elected, you will have more than an experienced, battletested public servant working for you. You will have an open, honest, hard-working ASI president who will go into office every day looking to improve your college experience. My name is Terry Martin and I ask for your vote!
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RUBICON: 2004 Capitol Ave.
Reporting by: Miriam Arghandiwal
RIVER CITY: 545 Downtown Plaza
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Right: The cool room at Rubicon where kegs and tanks of original beer are stored after being brewed. Below: Rubicon is located near 20th Street and Capitol Avenue.
Left: The beer holding room at River City Brewing Company. Below: River City is located near 5th and K streets in the K Street Mall.
here we get to find a balance between the two.” The brewery’s experimental beer has led them to create many award winning beers like their India Pale Ale, which won gold medals at the Great American Beer Festival. The brewery opened in 1987 and since then has become an active part of the Sacramento community. The pub holds events like Oktoberfest and celebrations on St. Patrick’s Day that draw a lot of business, Griffin said.
ORIGINAL BEERS
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Rubicon Brewing Company has created a reputation for itself by experimenting with brewing. “I feel like I’m a mad scientist and the brewery is my lab,” said Alfred Griffin, a brewer at Rubicon. “Good brewing is like art and science mixed, if you focus only on science you’ll never get anything out of the ordinary, if you focus only on the art you’ll never make drinkable beer. Working
Chech Pilsner: Is made of imported European malts and hops. Amber: Crafted from a blend of three malts and imported German Hops. Oatmeal Stout: Brewed with roasted barley and flaked oats, and a healthy dose of Cascade hops. Monkey Knife Fight Pale Ale: An American Style Pale Ale. Made with Crystal Malts and just enough Mt. Hood hops in the finish. India Pale Ale :Made with portions of Cascade and Chinook hops.
HOPPY: 6300 Folsom Blvd. Hoppy Brewing Company opened in 1999. Located near Sacramento State, the brewery has a consistent flow of customers that change faces every four years, said Troy Paski, founder of Hoppy Brewing Company. Consistency is an ongoing theme at Hoppy, Paski said. Beer is usually all made the same with four main ingredients: hops, water, grain and yeast. What sets Hoppy brewers Tony Nguyen State Hornet
apart is their ability to keep the taste of their beer consistent, which requires a great deal of concentration to small details while producing the beer. Ernie Felix, a regular customer at Hoppy, said he has a mug engraved with his name at Hoppy. Hoppy gives out a self-titled mug to each of its club members who pay $50 annually. This membership also gives them up to 25 percent more value on pint beers. The brewpub participates in charity events like on April 10 when they raised money for Multiple Sclerosis. The brewpub holds daily happy hours from 3 to 6 p.m. and a late-night happy hour from 9:30 p.m. until closing.
ORIGINAL BEERS
Golden Nugget Cream Ale: Ale beer fermented with ale yeasts at lager temperatures to produce a smooth brew. The beer is balanced with Munich Malts. Liquid Sunshine Ale: Features a dose of Crystal hops that lend a grapefruit-like flavor. Brewed with barley, wheat and rye for a dry multigrain complexity. Hoppy Face Amber Ale: Amber ale with caramel malts.
Inside the K Street Mall, is one of the few micro-breweries left in town, River City Brewing Company, opened in 1993. Brian Confresi, brewer, said the brewery is one of the only breweries in Sacramento that still uses California-grown wheat in their beer. River City has a complex two-part brewing process that draws in crowds of white-collar workers and mall shoppers daily. “When we first opened business was booming because the mall had a nightclub inside of it, things have simmered down since then but it’s still a nice area,” Confresi said. River City brews six original beers and holds happy hours from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, when all pints and house wines are served for only $3.25.
ORIGINAL BEERS
K Street Kolsch: A light yet flavorful beer with a crisp and clean citrus finish. This is a Germanstyle ale that tastes like a lager.
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Hefewizen: Bavarian-style Hefewizen and has more spicy flavors than most wheat beers; unfiltered and has hints of clove and banana. Cap City Pale: Golden colored with a crisp, malty taste; a fresh take on the American pale ale. Black River Stout: A dry stout in the Irish tradition, served with a nitrogen dispenser for a creamy head.
BREW IT UP: 801 14th St. Brew It Up! is a fun-filled brewery that offers one thing the others do not: a chance for customers to come in and brew their own beer. The small brewpub is a favorite location for local businesses to bring their employees. With starting packages beginning at $220, the brewery offers a workshop, brewing materials and bottling of the beer. Customers can even create labels for their own beer bottles. Each package allows the customer to create 12 gallons of beer. Thomas Castillo, who has been working as a brewer at Brew It Up! for the past four years, said the brewpub provides an outlet for people who want to brew beer but do not want or have the money to invest in opening a brewery. Castillo’s favorite part of working at the pub has been his experience in learning. “When people come in to brew beer we get to work with them and sometimes it’s not just us teaching them,” he said. “We learn things from them too and get to incorporate that into the beers we make and sell here.” Besides making beer the pub also features happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. daily.
ORIGINAL BEERS
California Common: Made from pale tworow malts, American-grown British hops and California-style hybrid yeast. Wet Dream: Made with Coriander, orange peel, local orange blossom honey and cracked wheat. Irish Amber: Made with high roasted caramel malt, pale two row malts. Mia Matsudaira State Hornet
Left: Thomas Castillo, brew master, checks a batch of grain in a silo at Brew It Up! Above: Brew It Up! is located at 14th and H streets downtown.
Above: Hoppy is located near 63rd Street and Folsom Boulevard. Right: The cool room at Hoppy Brewing Company.
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Marble from Michelangelo quarry in exhibit at Sac State By Erin Rogers erogers@statehornet.com Marianne Ryan, a Woodlandbased artist whose work is displayed in the Witt Gallery at Sacramento State, uses the same marble stone that Michelangelo used in his popular works in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. In her exhibit, “The Last Wedding Part 1: In Progress,” Ryan uses marble stone to portray a wedding precession that she envisions to be the last wedding on Earth. “This exhibit is addressing the curiosity in my mind of whom and what people might attend or participate in what will be the last wedding,” Ryan said. “I suspect it will happen one day.” Ryan abstractly portrayed the idea of “The Last Wedding” by strategically placing stones in different groupings alongside beautiful draperies. This rock groupings follow a somewhat of a linear fashion, like that of a wedding procession, that follows her main piece: a beaded wedding dress. The dress is framed by two concrete-block pillars that act as a support system for a larger white slab of marble that weighs more than 50 pounds, Ryan said. The marble, she said, is directly from the Michelangelo quarry in Carrara, Italy. She said Michelangelo got his marble
from this quarry when he was creating his sculptural work during the Renaissance. “There are several Roman structures created from this quarry where Ryan got her marble,” said Michele TaylorHamilton, grad student and cocurator of the exhibit. “The most important, of course, would be the Pantheon.” After seeing this magnificent marble, Ryan said she was overwhelmed with desire. “I just knew I had to have it,” she said. Fortunately, Ryan was able to meet the owner of this wellknown Italian quarry and was promised she could have all of the marble she wanted. “They proceeded to slice pieces of marble off like bread,” Ryan said. “Pieces that I myself could handle, pick up and carry.” Ryan then brought the marble home by suitcase, and began working on creating her vision. “I just wanted to show the marble because, to me, this is the most beautiful thing I have seen in the world,” Ryan said. “I became very dedicated to working with this magnificent stone.” When thinking of ways she could showcase the stone, Ryan said, she came up with the idea of a wedding theme because of the pure-white coloring. “I thought I could use this material, the purest white in the world, to represent the idea that
it is appropriate to wear white at a wedding,” Ryan said. To portray the followers of the wedding, Ryan created groups of stone with their own specific items that resembled offerings guests might offer the bride and groom of the last wedding. “Each group is delivering what they feel is the most important thing that should be included in the wedding,” Ryan said. “In this case, it would be the items for the wedding dress or items that the bride needs.” Items offered to the bride include buttons and ribbons. These items, Ryan said, are an offering for the bride, since she might need a fastener for her wedding gown. She used old American threads dating from around 1905, Irish lace and even satin fabrics from France. “The items I have shown are the intended to be the finest of what you can have,” Ryan said. “When it comes to the last wedding on Earth, it should be only the most elegant items.” One interesting factor about all of the items used is the lack of adhesives used when places the items together, said Dana Iske, senior art history major and Ryan’s student assistant. She said not using glues or other materials to hold the stone together was very nerve-wracking. “I worked with the artist to help set it up and it was pretty
PRIDE week exhibit offers outlet for self-expression By John Saelee jsaelee@statehornet.com Jannet Ortega, senior art major, created an image of the Virgin Mary with a contemporary twist, which shows the partial body of two women pasted on either side of the Virgin Mary, which today hangs in the Multi-Cultural Center in honor of PRIDE week. The image is located in the exhibit titled “Vibrant Expressions: Queer People of Color.” Ortega’s interpretation of the Virgin Mary, titled “Duality,” makes the viewer believe her personality is accepting of all humans, much like the Virgin Mary.
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Francisco Hernandez, junior environmental studies major, created this piece, titled, “Yo...(Me)” for the “Vibrant Expressions” exhibit.
A reception will be held for the exhibit at 3 p.m. today in the Multi-Cultural Center. Through this exhibit and PRIDE Week, the PRIDE Center hopes to make more people aware of the queer community, which includes the bisexual, gay, intersex, lesbian, queer, transgender, questioning and ally community. The Multi-Cultural Center intended to share the many artistic expressions of the queer community through the exhibit, although all members of society were welcome to participate. Sac State students, staff, faculty and alumni were invited by the Multi-Cultural Center, regardless of their artistic talent or sexual orientation, to participate in creating art or bring in previous artwork for the exhibit. The participants’ artwork is meant to expose their inspirations or empowerment in life. Jessica Castellon, senior ethnic studies and sociology major and intern at the Multi-Cultural Center, is the coordinator of the “Vibrant Expressions” exhibit . Castellon said she is hoping to the exhibit will help the queer community at Sac State build a connection with the campus. “By allowing people who self-identify as a queer person of color to display their art, we are giving space to begin dialogue and critical conversations about social justice issues,” she said. “The art exhibit allows for the queer community to reach out
and support each other.” There will be various art forms, which include paintings, drawings, literary pieces and photographs, said Lisa Vargas, graduate peer mentor and intern at the Multi-Cultural Center. “It is important for the Multi-Cultural Center to create a positive opportunity for people to express themselves regardless of orientation, religion or identity,” Vargas said. Castellon said art as communication can be powerful in showing a person’s self. “Art is a very important avenue for self-expression and identity building because it is helping people represent where they stand and where they come from,” she said. Francisco Hernandez, junior environmental studies major and participant in the exhibit, said it is important for the queer community to take part because it helps them expose their identity freely. “There’s always going to be oppression in society, but ‘Vibrant Expressions’ is helping to take that away by providing an extra opportunity for people to express who they are or how they feel without oppression,” he said. Hernandez said expressing himself through art has been beneficial for him because he feels less restricted. “There’s no limit on what you can do with art,” he said.
difficult because a lot of it was like a balancing act,” Iske said. “It was all about placement and figuring out where all of the rocks belonged in the room.” At the end of the wedding procession is the main piece - a wedding dress nestled between two concrete block pillars with a large marble stone on top. Taylor-Hamilton said she felt as if the pillars appear to be restricting the dress, or in this case, the bride. “I am looking at it as this individual being squeezed into this idea of being married,” TaylorHamilton said. “It depends on the viewer, but I feel uncomfortable looking at how the concrete blocks restrict the dress.” Michael Montgomery, senior graphic design major, also felt as if this main piece portrayed an uncomfortable situation where the bride is being trapped. “It’s interesting to see the progression of the rocks - they seem to get heavier and heavier until you get to the wedding dress and are stopped by all of the weight,” Montgomery said. “The concrete pillars remind me of being trapped in marriage.” Unfortunately, this is not what Ryan was trying to portray with this main piece. She said the concrete pillars surrounding the dress are for support, rather than restriction. “The dress is about being held secure until it is needed for the
last wedding,” Ryan said. After all her hard work, Ryan felt the need to share the exhibit with Sac State.
“People need to see something this beautiful exists in the world, exactly the way it comes out of the ground,” she said.
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A wedding dress stands between two concrete block pillars in the Else Gallery in Kadema Hall as part of Marianne Ryan’s “The Last Wedding, Part 1: In Progress.” Bottom left: Ryan used balanced stones in her exhibit.
Explicit production explores common relationship issues By Miriam Arghandiwal arghandiwal@statehornet.com A mind-twisting drama that confuses dreams with reality will heat up the stage at Sacramento State’s Playwrights’ Theater this weekend in a production of an award winning playwright, José Rivera’s “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot.” Directed by theater and dance professor Manuel Pickett, “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” is a play about the struggles of a young woman, Gabriella, and her husband, Benito. Benito is a solider who travels often, moving from place to place with Gabriella at his side. The constant moving becomes a drag to Gabriella because she cannot fulfill her desire to pursue her own dreams. In the play, the couple is relocated to the desert where Gabriella spends much of her time alone while Benito is off fighting. She is left alone with her own thoughts and the incessant fear for her husband’s well-being. During her time alone in the desert, her surroundings come to life. These surroundings include coyotes, cacti, her cat and the moon. “It’s almost like cabin fever. These things are her only company and they have begun to communicate with her and she begins to believe she has become insane,” Pickett said.
Pickett said the production falls into a magic realism genre. “Magic realism is what happens when you take a realistic situation, one that can be universally understood and then mix it with surrealistic situations or out of the ordinary things, the mixture helps define reality to a further state,” he said. Pickett said one surrealistic instance in the play is when the coyote and the cat argue with each other. They face different forms of the same problems Gabriella and Benito face. The alternative form of argumentation offers the audience a different light in which they can examine and interpret Gabriella and Benito’s struggles, he said. Pickett said the dreams are unrealistic but the subject of each dream is very real to Gabriella. John Dryden, Sac State alumnus who plays Benito in the play, said one of his favorite scenes is when the moon talks about a painting that reflects Gabriella’s and Benito’s problems. “There’s a part where the moon references a painting of two pieces of bread that are ripped away from each other. The painting reflects Benito and Gabriella because they too are being ripped away from each other due to their different desires,” Dryden said. The most difficult part of the play, Pickett said, was the analysis needed for the script. The cast spent hours stopping at various scenes and discussing
what exactly was going on and what it meant, he said. Bringing to life the relationship between reality and illusions, and getting the actors to do the same, was a challenging aspect of the play, Pickett said. Another challenging part of the play was its promiscuity. Despite all the struggles the actors face, Pickett said, the most difficult aspect to adjust to was the nudity. “Our actors range from 18 to 24 years old, so for some students it’s their first time exposing themselves on stage like that,” Pickett said. Dryden said the nudity was not an issue for him because he tries to put himself aside while getting into character. “I focus on telling a character story and think of them as a real person with real thoughts. For the character, nervousness doesn’t exist because an audience doesn’t exist so I push that aside for me,” he said. Stage manager and sophomore theater major Christa Kinch said the play will twist the audience’s mind. “You won’t know what’s a dream and what’s reality at one point, you have to pay attention and in the end it comes together brilliantly,” Kinch said. Pickett said the play encourages students not to be afraid of their own imagination. It also brings them to understand that intelligence is the exercise of perception, he said.
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Head coach John Smith on his team scoring runs early in Sunday’s win:
“I thought we did a really good job of execution of situational hitting. We had situations where we had chances to drive in runs. We made good contact, found holes and found the outfield grass when we needed to.”
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Bob Mattos, Sacramento State’s football head coach from 1978-92, died March 14 at the age of 68 from brain cancer. A celebration of his life was held April 11 at the Alumni Center. Approximately 500 people were in attendance. Mattos won 84 games as Hornet head coach, which is the most of any football coach in school history. He helped to raise some of the funds to get the Eli Broad Field House built. Mattos was inducted into the Sac State Football Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.
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By Miriam Arghandiwal marghandiwal@statehornet.com
What is known as America’s most popular sport is now a rare commodity in the California State University system. In the past two decades, the CSU system has experienced a drastic decline of its football programs. Of the 22 schools in the system, seven have football, including Sacramento State. Craig Perez, director of development and member of the Stinger Athletic Association, said the decline can be traced to three problems: finances, gender-equity requirements and lack of community support. Terry Wanless, athletic director, said since Sac State adopted football in 1955, there have been numerous occasions where the future of football was questioned because of money and gender equity. However, the university had strong support for the program so it has been able to maintain it. Sac State’s first obstacle came in the 1980s when the school’s football team went from being a non-scholarship program to having scholarships. This allowed the school to recruit competitive players. Wanless said the transition helped Sac State advance its football team and establish itself as a Division I team, but it also increased its funding needs. The university’s second obstacle came in the mid-1990s after California’s National
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Head coach Marshall Sperbeck pushed the team with enthusiasm, while other CSUs cut its football programs. Organization for Women filed a lawsuit against the CSU system for ignoring Title IX, the federal law that required equal funding and opportunities in athletics to be offered for women and men. The decision required schools to look at the ratio of their undergraduate men and women enrollment and then measure 5 percent within that ratio. They would then have to stay within that 5 percent measurement while distributing scholarships and participation to their athletics. This would enforce the equal selection among men and women in athletics. Wanless said to meet this requirement, funding needed to increase to for women’s sports. San Francisco State University chose to cut some men’s athletic programs, and in its case, football was removed. Football at San Francisco State required the most funding and it held the largest number
of male players, said Dick Mannini, football head coach at San Francisco State in 1995 when the program was canceled. Mannini said San Francisco State is a commuter school, where many students live offcampus and come to campus for school and work, and then return home. Since the school lacked a strong campus life, the football team did not have a support system to pressure the school into keeping the it. “The simplest way to put it is that we had an athletic director and president who didn’t know what they were doing,” he said. Mannini said the school did not make a good effort to save the program and could have found an alternative route to meet the Title IX’s requirement. “It was easier dropping 85 men than to add women’s sports,” Mannini said. “It see Cutting | page B6
By Ross Coleman rcoleman@statehornet.com Last week the NCAA came out with its own version of “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly” when it announced three new rule changes in college football. The Good: Spot fouls for taunting, meaning loss of a touchdown if a player taunts the other team before scoring. The Bad: The abolition of the wedge block on kick returns. The Ugly: No more words or numbers on eye black. I know many people disagree with me, but I love the new rule that takes away a score if you taunt your opponent on the way to the end zone. After seeing USC taunt its opponents on seemingly every touchdown for a decade, it makes me happy to see harsher penalties for schools that think they can do anything they want. That’s right, the days of Desmond Reed flipping into the end zone and getting a 15-yard
penalty on the kickoff are over. Instead, it is a loss of a touchdown and added incentive for the defense to get a stop. But the only problem I could see is the rule is a judgment call. Referees could have too much power in determining the outcome. If the taunting term was more outlined, this rule would work perfectly. The other odd thing is this rule will not be in effect until the 2011 season. But all in all, I like the idea of a more severe punishment for acting like an ass. Onto the bad: The wedge. I understand why this rule was changed. The wedge has been the cause of many concussions in its day. But to be honest, that is why I am bummed it is being outlawed. I love watching a grown man sprint 50 yards down field and smashing into a wall of other grown men as hard as he can. I feel like the wording of this rule makes it a little too much like the former “Halo Rule” on punt returns, which stated on a punt return, the return man had an imaginary halo that was a yard around him that no defender could enter before the return man caught the ball. The wedge rule states no more see Rules | page B6
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Head coach Mike Connors on his team’s performance:
“It was good from the standpoint of race experience. All these crews are fast. I thought the field, even though it was very good last year, the depth of field, in terms of everybody’s boats and overall speed might have been higher quality.
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KIRYL HARBATSIUK MEN’S TENNIS Men’s tennis player Kiryl Harbatsiuk has been voted State Hornet Athlete of the Week after breaking a school record for consecutive wins. During the week Harbatsiuk had singles wins over Mirko Zapletal from Fresno State, Dean Jackson from the University of San Diego, Brian Brogan from Santa Clara University and Philip Therp from UC Santa Barbara.
Harbatsiuk’s 21st straight singles match win broke the previous Sac State record set in 2008 by current teammate Anton Stryhas. The junior from Belarus has now won 24 in a row, has a 25-1 record on the season and is currently ranked No. 84 in the country. Harbatsiuk was also named Big Sky Conference’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for the
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fourth time this year. This week, Harbatsiuk will be competing in the Big Sky Conference Tournament at the Gold River Racquet Club. Last year Harbatsiuk helped the Hornets win the Big Sky Tournament en route to be named Big Sky Player of the Year.
Go to statehornet.com to vote for this week’s nominees. Voting ends Saturday at 11:59 p.m.
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Above: Josh Powers slides into home to give the Hornets a 3-2 lead on Saturday. Left: The Hornets row in synchronization Saturday at the Lake Natoma Invitational.
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Craighead signs three-year deal with Hornets By Marshall Hampson mhampson@statehornet.com Women’s basketball head coach Jamie Craighead had the interim title removed and signed a three-year contract with Sacramento State for the 2010-11 season and beyond. Craighead became the youngest Division I women’s basketball head coach in the nation at age 29. She coached the Hornets last season under the title of interim head coach and led the Hornets to a 15-win season, which included a school-record 10 Big Sky Conference wins. Craighead said she had a feeling she might get offered the position after the season and was glad she had it right. “Not a whole lot of things really get me excited; I’m pretty level-headed,” Craighead said. “But knowing that I’m going to be here for three more years at least is very exciting. I’m very excited about the success we had this year and wanting to build on that.” The women finished with the
No. 3 seed in the Big Sky Tournament and reached the .500 mark for the first time since the 1993-94 season. Athletic Director Terry Wanless said he and the administration made the right choice in keeping Craighead. “She far exceeded the objectives that we had thought were capable of being obtained,” he said. “It wasn’t just about winning more games. It was about managing the program in such a way that she gained the confidence of the administration in a way that we felt very comfortable in moving her permanently into that full-time position.” Craighead also coached the team to a seven-game winning streak from Jan. 21 to Feb. 23 – the Hornets’ longest since joining Division I in 1991-92. Despite the streak, Craighead said she will be expecting more from her team this year. “This year was kind of a breakout year, but it’s not good enough,” Craighead said. “I tell our players we had a good season. There’s nothing great about
being a .500 team. I understand anyone that’s around here in the department that hasn’t seen this type of success from the program is like, ‘That was a great year!’ When we win 20 games, that will be a great year.” Craighead quickly became known for her offense coaching style. The team ranked sixth in the nation with 79.1 points per game and fifth in 3-pointers made per game with 8.8. Junior guard Tika Koshiyama-Diaz played for Craighead this season and said she is eager to play for Craighead next year. “I’m really excited that she’ll be with us for three more years,” she said. “I love our coach. Our system that we’re playing with right now will only get better for next year.” Koshiyama-Diaz led the team this season in steals with 54 and was second with 141 assists. After a year as interim head coach, Craighead said she’s already set expectations for the women and has plans to incorporate more defensive fullcourt and half-court plays.
“These kids know what to expect from me now,” Craighead said. “I know what to expect from them. They know how hard I’m going to push them. They know what type of fitness level they have to have to play the way that we play.” Before working as the interim head coach last season, she coached as an assistant head coach for a year in the 2008-09 season. “I learned something every single day,” Craighead said. “It’s different when you’re an assistant. You always have ideas but as a head coach you’re the one who decides if the ideas are going to get put in place. Every day is something new.” Craighead played at the University of Oregon, where the Ducks reached the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament three times and won the 2002 Women’s National Invitational Tournament Champion her senior year. Both Craighead and Wanless said they have the goal of the team making it to the NCAA
Sports Briefs VOLEZ THROWS TWO SHUTOUTS AGAINST SAN DIEGO Sophomore pitcher Shelby Volez threw shutouts on back-to-back days against the University of San Diego over the weekend.
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Jamie Craighead’s team improved by six wins from the 2008-09 season. tournament. “Our goals are like everybody else’s in the Big Sky,” Wanless said. “We’re trying to win the Big Sky Conference, we want to get into the NCAA Tournament and we want to make some noise once we get there. We think under Jamie’s leadership we can make that happen.”
The Hornets split two doubleheaders with the Toreros, winning 4-0 and 1-0. The team’s record is now 15-26 overall and 5-2 in Pacifc Coast Softball Conference play.
BASEBALL TAKES THREE OF FOUR FROM HAWAII The baseball team opened conference play by taking three out of four games from the University of Hawaii. The team is currently leading the Western Athletic Conference at 3-1.
Wakeboarding club president is quite the ‘Bright’ dude By Marshall Hampson mhampson@statehornet.com Sacramento State’s Wakeboarding Club has a national champion leading it. His name is Dan Bright. Bright, who became the club’s president this year, came to Sac State for the same reason a lot of students do - an education. He also came to the school to wakeboard. Bright, a senior business marketing major, said one of the reasons he came to Sac State was to be a part of the wakeboard club. He has wakeboarded for a majority of his life. “I started wakeboarding when I was about 7 years old,” he said. “My parents were really into boating and waterskiing. And basically when the sport started, they picked me up a little board and threw me out there.” As Bright grew older and started learning more tricks, the wakeboard industry started to notice Bright’s ability. At the age of 17, he landed his first sponsor with Hyperlite Wakeboards. Hyperlite Wakeboard Designer and Marketing Manager Greg Nelson said the company picked up Bright because of his talent and character. “His riding is insane and his
personality is even better,” Nelson said. “We work with people who have good personalities. You need to be great on the water, but you also need to have a shining personality.” Bright receives brand new wakeboards as part Hyperlite’s sponsorship and said he loves the fact he represents the company. “Right when I picked up my first sponsor, I realized I can go somewhere with this,” he said. “It was cool. Just to have a label on you that you ride for this company is an exciting feeling.” Bright has recently been sponsored by Empulse Clothing and Off-Axis Boardshop. He began riding in contests in 2005 and was part of the Sac State wakeboard team that made it to the Collegiate National Championship in 2008. Bright said gusty winds during the 2008 Wakeboard Collegiate National Championship, held in Colorado, almost led officials to stop the competition. The finals consisted of eight riders who were all looking for a shot at being the Collegiate National Champion. But on that day, Bright was crowned the 2008 Wakeboard Collegiate National Champion. “I was probably mid-pack.
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Wakeboarding club president Dan Bright pulls tricks during practice at Folsom lake on March 24.
I wasn’t the best guy there by all means,” Bright said. “The choppy water leveled the playing field for everybody. I guess I was the one that put down the best run on that given day.” Not only did the win give Bright the title of national champion, but in the same year, he also placed first in the Delta Riders Association Tournament. Bright’s sponsor was pleased with his multiple wins throughout the year. “It’s great for Sac State, it’s great for Hyperlite and wakeboarding in general,” Nelson said. “College wakeboarding doesn’t get a whole lot of financial support to begin with and the athletes are doing every thing because it’s what they love to do.” Jenni Quincy, freshman recreation, parks and tourism major, joined the wakeboard club this year and said Bright has been a mentor to her. “Dan definitely has taught me how to love what I accomplish, be it small or large,” Quincy said. “He always tells me that if I crash hard, that just means that I am trying to do something amazing.” Quincy gets on the boat three times a week with Bright and witnesses his skills firsthand.
“I think Dan is an amazing wakeboarder. He is a lot of fun to watch ride,” she said. “To see someone as good as he is trying to land a trick and succeed, definitely gives other riders, like myself, hope that it is possible.” Bright made it back to the 2009 Collegiate National Championship, but lost in the semifinals to Hank Carter of the University of Texas. Bright usually competes individually. However, he said he enjoys trying to make everyone who is involved in the club a better wakeboarder. “It comes down to that moment when they actually learn it,” Bright said. “We spend a day, a week, a month trying this new trick and I’m helping them do everything I can. The day that they actually land that new trick or learn that new skill is very rewarding.” As Bright continues to ride for Hyperlite and operate the Sac State wakeboarding club, Quincy said the passion he has for wakeboarding is his most important quality. “He gives off a great vibe on the boat,” Quincy said. “A real wakeboarder has to love the water, love what they can do on the water and share with others that love. Dan does it all.”
Education and desire lead Stryhas to flourish at Sac State By Sergio Saldana ssaldana@statehornet.com In Belarus, where every sport is overshadowed by a winter sport, Anton Stryhas has put the spotlight on tennis and used his athletic ability to continue his career while receiving a college education. While at Sacramento State, Stryhas has been named the
first team all-Big Sky Conference in three seasons and is on pace to make it a fourth. In 2009, Stryhas and teammate Kiryl Harbatsiuk became the first Hornet doubles team to advance to the NCAA tournament, where they reached the second round. Stryhas, a senior, grew up in the country’s capital of Minsk, where he initially played ice
hockey before getting his hands on a tennis racket. “My dad was a hockey player, so he wanted me to play ice hockey,” Stryhas said. “I couldn’t really skate, so he told me to pick whatever sport I wanted to play and tennis looked interesting to me.” Stryhas has earned the Big Sky Conference’s Player of the Week six times in his career.
He began in tennis not knowing it would be his true calling. “I would say a year after I started, I was the best player in my section,” Stryhas said. “I beat every kid I played.” The problem Stryhas faced was that Belarus was not athlete-friendly. “If you’re an athlete, you’re not represented in school,” he said. “So if you are in school
you’re studying academics only. There are no leagues or divisions in high school or college.” In Belarus, club sports are the only way athletes can play organized competitive sports. Athletes participate in the leagues until they are 18. After that, the athletes can decide whether or not they want to try to turn professional. Stryhas said the only people
who attempt to go professional are the people have money. Even the great players in Belarus have a difficult time becoming a professional. “To try and go professional costs a lot of money, Stryhas said. “If you do not become sponsored you will need to pay your own way to tournaments see Stryhas | page B6
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Rowing is more than a family affair for Hopkins sisters By Matt Harrington mharrington@statehornet.com Much like a family, athletes work together to achieve goals. For two Sacramento State sisters, Heather and Holly Hopkins, the sport of rowing has become like a second family. The sisters come from a family of six and since joining the Sac State team, they have added 45 new family members. The sisters are natives of Davis. Holly is a junior and Heather is a senior. Both of them are kinesiology majors. For the pair, being part of a tight-knit group is nothing new. Their mother said all four of her children are close. “We did an independent study program when they were in grade school, so they had a lot of family time,” Jill Hopkins said. “They were involved in a lot of extracurricular activities and very involved in groups, both in a learning sense and dance or craft.”
The desire to row also extends to their brothers as one rows collegiately and the other for a local club. Their youngest brother Aric rows for River City Rowing Club in the Port of Sacramento and the thirdoldest child, Justin, rows for the University of Washington. Holly Hopkins has been rowing with Sac State for the last four years. Heather Hopkins is in her second year on the team. Holly Hopkins said she feels it is great having her sister competing with her on the team as well as having her in the same boat, just a seat behind her. “It’s super. She is a strong rower, so it’s great to have someone like that,” Holly Hopkins said. “But it is also fun because it’s also something we both know. It was kind of bad when we were growing up; she was the only one of four siblings not rowing. We would be talking about rowing and she would be interested, but not really.” The sisters were first intro-
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Sisters Heather and Holly Hopkins push through their race at the Sacramento State Invitational on March 13. duced to sports through dancing. Each started as technical ballerina dancers – Holly at age 4 and Heather at age 2. Holly Hopkins joined the River City Rowing Club during her senior year of high school. Heather Hopkins said rowing appealed to her because it was something that was going to be
challenging for her after having a long career in dancing. “I used to be ballet dancer. I danced for a really long time,” Heather Hopkins said. “I think I was looking for something to do – something athletic and difficult. I have never been without something like that.” Kellie Cook, Holly’s room-
mate and co-captain of the rowing team, said the sisters are a solid pair who help the team improve each day. “Both Holly and Heather are hard workers,” Cook said. “They continue to make our team and boat faster.” Since joining the rowing team, Holly Hopkins has been part of two Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships at the varsity level. Heather Hopkins was part of the 2009 team that won the championship for a second time in three years. The team is competing for its third championship in four years this season. Holly Hopkins is one of two captains on the team. She helps to organize team socials and dinners. These gatherings helped to bring the team together, similar to that of a family-style gathering. Head coach Mike Connors said Holly Hopkins and Cook help to further team cohesiveness by setting up a program in
which each novice is mentored by a varsity rower. “The team captains set up buddies for each of the rowers,” he said. “They will assign a varsity rower to a novice rower and the two exchange gifts from time to time, but also guide them in their learning to row.” Jill Hopkins said she hopes her family can give back to the rowing program someday because of what it does for the students on the team. She also said rowing is more than a family to the Hopkins sisters; it is like a sorority that has given her daughters a lot. “Mike Connors had a famous quote a few years ago that has become famous in our house,” Jill Hopkins said. “One girl said rowing was taking up so much of her time and she wanted to quit to join a sorority and he said to the rower, ‘Rowing is a sorority. You don’t need any other sorority. Rowing is the best sorority that you are going to find.’”
On Second Thought: Causeway Rivalry How meaningful is the Causeway Rivalry with UC Davis to you?
By Marshall Hampson mhampson@statehornet.com The Causeway Cup rivalry makes me feel like the campus has school spirit. Every time we play UC Davis, you can tell the school community comes together.
For example, after the win over UC Davis in football, the campus was on a high because we just beat our rivals in the last 20 seconds of the game. Watching other Division I teams have their own rivalries makes me feel like Sacramento State and UC Davis are contributing to the excitement that is shared nationwide. The Causeway Cup makes the rivalry that much better. I have friends who go to UC Davis and it feels good to keep bringing up the fact that we beat them in football this year. I wish the excitement level was a little higher on campus, but we’ll start seeing that when both teams are powerhouses in the major sports.
By Ross Coleman rcoleman@statehornet.com What makes a good rivalry? Proximity? Hatred? Fans? Growing up in Southern California, I have spent most of my life in the middle of the
UCLA-USC rivalry. Because of how heated that rivalry is, I assumed most rivalries were that intense. After being a Sac State student for more than a year, I have come to realize the Causeway Rivalry has potential to be a great, but it isn’t there yet. The football game this year, when we beat Davis on a lastsecond play, made me feel like the rivalry had moved up a notch. I made sure to rub it in to every single person I know associated with “that” school – that it had lost. But I don’t get the impression that either student body cares all that much. In fact, I would be impressed if many people know that Davis was our rival.
By Matt Harrington mharrington@statehornet.com Is the Causeway rivalry even relevant anymore or has the importance of the game gone the way of low tuition? Sometimes the games can be as relevant as an undefeated season against
a bunch schools that have no chance at winning. On second thought, yes, the rivalry with UC Davis is relevant. Though our rivalry is not as long or as storied as some of the great rivalries in sports, it is just as important. In the 56th annual installment of the Causeway Classic, the Hornets charged back from a 21-10 deficit in third quarter to score the Aggies 21-7 in the fourth quarter to win 31-28 with 0:28 left to play – in front of 17,127 fans, no less. What better way is there to take out the frustrations of a season than on your school rival? I can’t name one.
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defeated Title IX’s purpose. Its goal was to give women athlete’s equal opportunities to men, not to take opportunities from men away.” Sac State decided to take the route of working harder to balance the athletic department. It voted to pass a referendum to increase student fees in order to meet the gender equity decrees. Wanless said Sac State’s percentage of undergraduate women students is 57 percent; 14 percent higher than men. Sac State has 11 women’s sports programs and nine men’s sport programs and met the ratio within 1 percent last year. Wanless said football costs Sac State up to $2 million a year. By comparison, football costs about $7.5 million at schools like San Diego State, according to an article in the San Diego Tribune. The university contemplated canceling its football program in 2008. Wanless said schools like Cal and UCLA have football teams in Division I and receive their funding in a business model, which allows the teams to fund themselves without help from the school. They get money from sales of merchandise,
and traveling costs.” However, if someone wanted to go to college instead of attempting to play professional tennis, the options are limited. Colleges allow students to study only one particular subject in Belarus. The opportunity to choose is restricted. “Universities back home are really concentrated on a particular subject,” Stryhas said. “You are very limited on your choices of what you want to study.”
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Sacramento State’s football team gears up during spring practice, while other CSUs have cut football completely. ticket sales and television funding. CSUs, on the other hand, are more commonly part of the NCAA’s Football Conference Subdivision and are funded by an educational model. In an educational model, sports teams are dependent on their universities’ support for funding. A football team has 85 to 100 players. Football is more costly than other sports, Wanless said. He said Sac State’s program receives funding from the athletic department budget and the general fund, which includes money from student fees. The football program draws students to Sac State who would have otherwise not attended,
including students like Hornet wide receiver Chase Deadder. “If they cut football, I’d probably end up going home to finish up my degree there,” Deadder said. “I came here because of football, and if they don’t have that then I can get my education back home, too.” Wanless said football is an important part of the university and a strong source of pride. “Football brings a university together,” Wanless said, “It’s a fan-based sport. People get excited about it in a way they can’t about other sports. Everyone questions whether that’s right or wrong, but either way it’s a reality.”
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Anton Stryhas won the Big Sky MVP in 2008 and is the team’s captain.
Rules: Anti-taunting restrictions could provide some classic coach reactions Continued | page B3 than two members of the return team can be within a yard of each other while standing shoulder to shoulder. How terrible does that sound? What if you got a really tall guy next to two short guys? Their shoulders would not be anywhere close to each other.
It’s just another thing the refs have to watch during the part of the game when they seem to miss more calls. The rule was passed after a lot of schools have already completed their spring practices, meaning some schools were not able to practice their kick return formations without a wedge. Now I understand the NFL
banned wedge blocks last year and the NCAA wanted to follow suit, but to announce it this close to the season just because the NFL did it doesn’t make sense. It is just bad. Now for The Ugly. Honestly, I don’t care if people have something written on their eye black. It looks ridiculous. But then again, eye black itself
looks ugly. Not that I am trying to be the fashion police, but I don’t give a crap what your area code is. It has no bearing on how you perform on the field. I’m most interested to see the look on a coach’s face the first time a player gets a touchdown called back for taunting the opponent. It will be a classic moment.
The information handed out by the colleges in Belarus is taught in a different manner than in the United States. “Back home, the academics are so outdated.” Stryhas said. “The material is based on theoretical ideas. Here, the material is hands-on, which makes it more useful.” Stryhas sought to come to the U.S. for a specific reason. “I wanted more of an opportunity to choose my career while receiving a higher education,” Stryhas said. “The main reason I chose to come to the United States and play tennis was to extend my tennis career.” Even with the extreme lifestyle changes Stryhas faced, his game did not falter. Stryhas is the team’s captain for a second consecutive year. “I have improved greatly in all aspects since coming to Sacramento,” Stryhas said. “We practice a lot and work on our swings all the time.” Marko Starcevic, junior tennis player, said Stryhas’ attitude and character toward the game sets a strong example for the team. “He is a good leader. He speaks well (and) he can motivate us,” Starcevic said. “In general, he is a really good player with lots of experience.”
Junior tennis player Joe DeGuzman said Stryhas’ ability is unmatched. “He is the best,” DeGuzman said. “There is nothing he can do better on the court.” DeGuzman also said Stryhas helps to keep the team focused. Stryhas’ academic goals are to continue school, receive a degree in business and pursue other avenues in the tennis field. “I’m thinking of going for my master’s after I graduate,” Stryhas said. “I want to stick around and maybe become an assistant to the tennis team while I am getting my master’s.”